SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160142010 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOVING OBJECT - An electronic component includes a wiring substrate, a heating element, a first support, a second support, and a container. The heating element, the first support, and the second support are electrically connected to the wiring substrate. Each of the first support and the second support includes a protrusion portion, and the protrusion portion of the second support is shorter than the protrusion portion of the first support. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139865 | HOST DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - Text data is acquired from print request data, print content is expressed as raster data and print data is generated using a printer command based on the print request data, the acquired text data is added to the print data using the command, and the print data is sent with the text data to the printer. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139325 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND LIGHTING DEVICE - In a lighting device of a display device, a plurality of light emitting elements are mounted on a surface of a light source substrate, and the light source substrate is supported by a light source support member by means of a positioning (fixing) structure such as a metal screw. The plurality of light emitting elements are divided into a plurality of blocks, and the emission light amount can be controlled with respect to each of the blocks. Although the head of the screw is exposed on the surface of the light source substrate, the screw is located between adjacent ones of the blocks. Therefore, even though the illuminating light intensity becomes partially discontinuous owing to the presence of the screw, degradation of display quality originating from such discontinuity can be suppressed. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139215 | MAGNETISM MEASURING DEVICE, GAS CELL, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETISM MEASURING DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF GAS CELL - A magnetism measuring device includes: a gas cell which includes a cell portion that has a main chamber, a reservoir, a communication hole which allows the main chamber and the reservoir to communicate with each other, and an opening provided in the reservoir, a sealing portion which seals the opening, an ampoule disposed in the reservoir, and an alkali metal gas which fills the main chamber and the reservoir. The ampoule is disposed at a predetermined position in the reservoir, and the opening is provided at a position that is distant from the predetermined position. | 05-19-2016 |
20160136950 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING MODULE - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit that has an ejecting unit for ejecting liquid; a first wiring that transmits a driving signal for driving the ejecting unit to the liquid ejecting unit; a first connector that is provided in the liquid ejecting unit, and electrically connects the first wiring; a second wiring that transmits an ejecting control signal for controlling a supply of the driving signal to the ejecting unit to the liquid ejecting unit; and a second connector that is provided in the liquid ejecting unit, and electrically connects the second wiring, in which the liquid ejecting unit is located between the first connector and the second connector. | 05-19-2016 |
20160133079 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing method corrects an image acquired from a medium exposed to ultraviolet light and makes parts printed with UV ink easily recognizable. A control device acquires a first image captured by an image sensor from a check exposed to visible light, and acquires a second image captured by the image sensor from the check when exposed to ultraviolet light. The control device generates a first edge image by applying an image processing filter that extracts edges in the first image, and generates a second edge image by applying an image processing filter that extracts edges in the second image. The control device then finds common edges where a first edge extracted in the first edge image and a second edge extracted in the second edge match each other, removes the common edges from the second edge image, and outputs a second image from which the common edges are removed. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132724 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device combines an image of a medium exposed to visible light and an image of the medium exposed to ultraviolet light so that parts printed with UV ink can be easily identified. A control device (image processing device) has an image acquisition unit that drives an image sensor -and acquires a first image by imaging the face a check when exposed to a visible first light, and acquires a second image by imaging the face of the check when exposed to an ultraviolet second light; a reverse image generating unit that generates a reversed second image by reversing light and dark in the second image; and a second synthesizing unit that generates a second synthesized image by combining the first image and the reversed second image. Because the reversed second image that is the reverse of the second image becomes an image that is light overall, a drop in the luminance and a drop in the contrast of the first synthesized image can be suppressed, and parts printed with UV ink are easily discerned. | 05-12-2016 |
20160130454 | INK COMPOSITION - There is provided an ink composition including: a predetermined dye (C-1); a dye (C-2) containing at least one of C.I. Direct Blues 86 and 199; an alkylene oxide adduct of an acetylene glycol having a main chain of 12 or more carbon atoms; an acetylene glycol having a main chain of 10 or more carbon atoms; and a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether, in which the content ratio A of the dye (C-1) and the dye (C-2) (the dye (C-1):the dye (C-2)) is 7:3 to 9.5:0.5, and the content of the dye (C-1) is 2.0 mass % to 5.0 mass %. | 05-12-2016 |
20160127703 | PROJECTOR, PROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method includes sending image related working status information representing image-related working status of a projector that projects images, to a client over a network in response to a request to provide the image-related working status of the projector. The image-related working status is related to display characteristic of the projected image. The method includes controlling the image-related working status of the projector based on the control information received from the client over the network in response to the sent image-related working status information. The image-related working status information is sent to the client with screen information from which the client can display a user interface that includes the image-related working status information. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124691 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, PRINT RESULT PRE-DISPLAY METHOD, AND PRINT RESULT PRE-DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image display control device includes a display unit that displays a print result of an image to be printed on a paper by a printing device as a pre-display image before the printing is performed and a PC that controls the pre-display image displayed on the display unit. The PC causes the display unit to display the pre-display image, which is displayed when the printing device prints the image on an area to be printed on the paper without margins, by dividing the pre-display image into a print area which is set so as to correspond to the area to be printed, a protrusion area which is outside the print area and where a printing operation of the image is performed by the printing device, and a cutoff area which is outside the protrusion area and where the printing operation of the image is not performed. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124293 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND PROJECTION SYSTEM - A light source device includes a discharge lamp configured to emit light, a discharge lamp driving unit configured to supply a driving current for driving the discharge lamp to the discharge lamp, and a control unit configured to control the discharge lamp driving unit. A driving current waveform of the driving current alternately has a first period and a second period. An absolute value of the driving current during the first period is smaller than an absolute value of the driving current during the second period. The control unit is configured to supply an alternating current as the driving current to the discharge lamp during the first period. A frequency of the alternating current during the first period is equal to or higher than 750 Hz. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124229 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND MOUNTED DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical element includes a light guide is provided with a incidence section and a emission section, a semitransmissive reflective film is provided in the inside of the light guide, a first diffraction element is provided in the incidence section, and is provided with a plurality of gratings, a second diffraction element is provided in the emission section, and is provided with a plurality of gratings, and a reflective film is provided in the incidence section in a periphery of the first diffraction element, in which the pitch of the plurality of gratings of the first diffraction element is equivalent to the pitch of the plurality of gratings of the second diffraction element, and each extension direction of the plurality of gratings of the first diffraction element is the same direction as each extension direction of the plurality of gratings of the second diffraction element. | 05-05-2016 |
20160122565 | INK COMPOSITION - There is provided an ink composition, including: a combination of specific dyes, in which the dynamic contact angle of the ink to a silicon wafer is 24° or lower at 100 msec after dropping, and is 9° or lower at 5,100 msec after dropping. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121628 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus; and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121616 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid injecting apparatus equipped with a liquid injecting head, which is mounted on a carriage and moved reciprocally in a widthwise direction of a target, and a valve unit, which is mounted on the carriage to be supplied with liquid via a supply passage from a liquid retainer and to supply liquid to the liquid injecting head. The valve unit has a pressure chamber connected to the liquid retainer via the supply passage; a valve, which opens or closes the supply passage to supply liquid to the pressure chamber; and a flexible film member, which is displaced based on a negative pressure generated as liquid in the pressure chamber decreases to thereby operate the valve. | 05-05-2016 |
20160116744 | IMAGE RELAY OPTICAL SYSTEM AND VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An image relay optical system is provided with an optical coupling member before incidence of image light on a light guide member. Among a first light incident surface, a coupling member reflecting surface, and a first light emitting surface provided in the optical coupling member, the coupling member reflecting surface and the first light emitting surface are curved surfaces. Therefore, a large bright virtual image with reduced aberration can be displayed. | 04-28-2016 |
20160115330 | INK JET COMPOSITION AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink composition includes a solvent containing at least one compound represented by the following general formula (1): | 04-28-2016 |
20160112051 | OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MOVING OBJECT - An oscillator includes an oscillation element; an oscillation circuit which causes the oscillation element to oscillate; a heat generation element which heats the oscillation element; a temperature control circuit which controls the heat generation element; and a temperature correction circuit which corrects frequency-temperature characteristics of an output signal of the oscillation circuit. | 04-21-2016 |
20160110146 | PRINTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A PRINTING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Based on characteristics of the font type, the results of printing by a previous printer and the results of printing by a replacement printer are made the same or nearly the same. The control unit | 04-21-2016 |
20160108268 | PHOTO-CURABLE INK JET INK SET AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME - A photo-curable ink jet ink set includes an undercoating photo-curable ink jet ink containing a (meth)acrylic acid ester having a vinyl ether group expressed by general formula (I), and an overcoating photo-curable ink jet ink. The undercoating photo-curable ink jet ink has a higher surface tension than the overcoating photo-curable ink jet ink. | 04-21-2016 |
20160107461 | MEDIA CONVEYANCE DEVICE, PRINTER, AND CONTROL METHOD OF A PRINTER - A printer takes up slack in media while suppressing excessive rewinding, and can check the movement of a movable member that moves following change in tension on the media. The printer drives the supply motor in a first operating mode in a slack removal operation that rewinds the recording paper (media) onto a paper roll | 04-21-2016 |
20160104143 | RECORDING DEVICE, TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF A RECORDING DEVICE - The recording device | 04-14-2016 |
20160103642 | PRINTING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF A PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device and a control method of a printing device efficiently execute a process of merging plural data objects and printing. The printer has a printer control unit that interprets and renders plural print object datas on plural layers, and generates print data by overwriting and merging one layer on another layer, and a print unit that prints based on the print data generated by the printer control unit. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103636 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING DEVICE - A control server | 04-14-2016 |
20160103635 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING DEVICE - The recording device | 04-14-2016 |
20160103326 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE - A head-mounted display device includes an image processing unit that controls a display drive units. The image processing unit controls the pair of display drive units so as to move the emission areas in any one of a first direction in which an image formed by the image light emitted from one of the display drive units and an image formed by the image light emitted from the other of the display drive units move close to each other in cooperation and a second direction in which an image formed by the image light emitted from one of the display drive units and an image formed by the image light emitted from the other of the display drive units move apart from each other in cooperation to change a focal distance of an image in a virtual image which is visually recognized by the user. | 04-14-2016 |
20160100144 | PROJECTION SYSTEM AND PROJECTOR - A projection system performs projection on a projection surface using a plurality of projectors including a first projector and a second projector. The projection system projects, using the first projector, a first guide in a position a predetermined amount of a margin spaced apart from a border of a projection region where an image is projected and projects, using the second projector, a second guide distinguishable from the first guide. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096370 | LIQUID RECOVERY CONTAINERS AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - First, second, and third ink absorbing bodies are accommodated in a container of a recovery reservoir in this order from the side corresponding to a bottom surface of the container, so that an introduction chamber is defined in the middle of a recovery space. A lid having a shutter plate and a communication hole is located over the third ink absorbing body. The upper side of the introduction chamber is covered by the shutter plate to suppress volatilization of solvent element of waste ink introduced into the introduction chamber. In addition, the communication hole is located in a portion of the upper surface of the third ink absorbing body, so that solvent element of ink absorbed by the third ink absorption body volatilizes. | 04-07-2016 |
20160089918 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND LIQUID DISCHARGE POSITION ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A liquid discharging apparatus includes a discharging unit that includes a nozzle row that discharges a liquid, and that is able to reciprocate in a first direction that intersects the nozzle row; a transport unit that transports a medium in a second direction that intersects the first direction; and a reading unit that reads the liquid discharged from the discharging unit to the medium. The liquid discharging apparatus is configured to execute an adjustment pattern forming operation for forming a first adjustment pattern for adjusting a landing position of the liquid discharged from the discharging unit in the first direction and a second adjustment pattern for adjusting the landing position of the liquid discharged from the discharging unit in the second direction on the medium, and an adjustment pattern reading operation for reading the first and second adjustment pattern with the reading unit according to a single command. | 03-31-2016 |
20160089883 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND TRANSPORT AMOUNT ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A liquid discharging apparatus includes a discharging unit that includes a row of nozzles configured to discharge a liquid, the discharging unit being configured to reciprocate in an outward direction and a return direction, the outward and return directions being transverse to the nozzle row; and a transport unit configured to intermittently transport a medium in a direction transverse to the outward and return directions. The liquid discharging apparatus is configured to form at least one adjustment pattern for adjusting a transport amount of each individual transport during the intermittent transport. The liquid discharging apparatus is configured to form the at least one adjustment pattern such that the at least one adjustment pattern includes both an outward direction movement pattern formed while moving the discharging unit in the outward direction and a return direction movement pattern formed while moving the discharging unit in the return direction. | 03-31-2016 |
20160083603 | RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INK SET - Disclosed is a recording method including recording which includes attaching a color ink composition, which contains a coloring material, and a reaction solution, which includes an aggregating agent which aggregates components of the color ink composition, to a recording medium in no particular order, in which the color ink composition gives recorded matter with a glossiness at 60° of 60 to 100 when the color ink composition is individually attached to a recording medium with a glossiness at 60° of 80 to 100. | 03-24-2016 |
20160083597 | RADICALLY POLYMERIZABLE PHOTO-CURABLE INK JET INK COMPOSITION - A radically polymerizable photo-curable ink jet ink composition contains a radically polymerizable compound, a white pigment, a polymer dispersant, and at least one saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid. | 03-24-2016 |
20160082763 | RECORDING METHOD - Disclosed is a recording method including attaching a reaction solution which forms a recording region S | 03-24-2016 |
20160082724 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM OF LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a wiring substrate; and a liquid ejecting head, in which the liquid ejecting head includes a plurality of electrodes, an ejecting unit, and a non-ejecting unit, the wiring substrate is connected to the plurality of electrodes, the ejecting unit includes a driven element which is displaced due to a signal waveform applied to an electrode which is provided so as to correspond to at least one of the plurality of electrodes, a pressure chamber, and nozzles, the non-ejecting unit is provided so as to correspond to at least another electrode among the plurality of electrodes, and does not include at least one of the nozzle, the driven element, and the pressure chamber, and the signal waveform which is applied to an electrode which corresponds to the non-ejecting unit is designated by a dummy signal in the printing data. | 03-24-2016 |
20160067976 | INK CARTRIDGE FOR INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS, CONNECTION UNIT AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink cartridge for supplying the ink in an ink reserving chamber via an ink supply port into a recording head has a differential pressure valve mechanism disposed between an ink flow port and the ink supply port in the ink reserving chamber, whereby the ink is supplied an adequate amount to the recording head by opening or closing the differential pressure valve mechanism in accordance with an ink pressure of the recording head. As a result, it is possible to supply the ink at a substantially constant pressure to the recording head without regard to the variation in the amount of ink or the movement of the carriage. | 03-10-2016 |
20160065878 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system includes a transmitting device adapted to transmit video data, and a display device adapted to display a picture based on the video data. The transmitting device includes a wired connection section, and a wireless transmission section adapted to wirelessly transmit the video data. The display device includes a wired connection section, and a wireless reception section adapted to receive the video data, the transmitting device and the display device transmit and receive identification information used in a case in which the wireless transmission section and the wireless reception section perform communication in a state in which the wired connection section of the transmitting device and the wired connection, section of the display device are connected to each other with wire, and perform pairing adapted to associate the transmitting device and the display device with each otter based on the identification information transmitted and received. | 03-03-2016 |
20160064428 | Solid-State Image Capturing Device And Manufacturing Method Thereof - An aspect of the invention is a solid-state image capturing device that includes a P-type well | 03-03-2016 |
20160063472 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING SYSTEM - A recording device transmits attribute information. A management device receives the attribute information transmitted by the recording device, and sends environmental settings information stored relationally to the attribute information to the recording device. The recording device receives the environmental settings information sent by the management device, configures environmental settings based on the environmental settings information, and sends a configuration completion report indicating configuration was completed to the management device when configuration is completed. The management device receives the configuration completion report sent by the recording device, and stores the environmental settings information sent to the recording device relationally to the identification information of the recording device. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062706 | RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A RECORDING DEVICE, AND RECORDING SYSTEM - A recording device | 03-03-2016 |
20160059549 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE - A liquid ejecting device including: an ejection unit that includes a piezoelectric element which is shifted according to a driving signal, and a nozzle that ejects a liquid which the shift of the piezoelectric element; a generating unit that generates the driving signal based on a designation signal; a supply unit that supplies the designation signal to the generating unit; a detecting unit that detects residual vibration generated in the ejection unit after the piezoelectric element is shifted according to the driving signal; and a determining unit that determines an ejection state of the liquid in the ejection unit based on the detection results of the detecting unit, in which the detecting unit detects the residual vibration during a detection period, and the supply unit supplies the designation signal to the generating unit during a period other than the detection period. | 03-03-2016 |
20160052316 | PRINTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A PRINTING DEVICE, AND A PROGRAM - A control method of a printing device comprising setting a threshold value based on a first detection value and a second detection value acquired from a detector when a target object is in a first state; comparing the threshold value with a detection value acquired from the detector and determining whether the target object is in a first state or a second state; and setting the threshold value at a time when printing starts on the target object. | 02-25-2016 |
20160049012 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A transmission type head mounted display device includes an image display unit configured to display an image and causes a user wearing the head mounted display device to visually recognize the image, and to transmit an outside scene; a movement detection unit configured to detect that the head mounted display device moves to a specific place; and a processing control unit configured to change at least a part of predetermined functions mounted on the head mounted display device. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046139 | Roll Paper for Printing, and Inkjet Printer - Roll paper for printing maintains high bending resistance at the perforations without impairing the ease of separation at the perforation. The paper has perforations | 02-18-2016 |
20160046134 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is an ink jet recording method including: discharging an ultraviolet ray-curable ink, which has a viscosity at 20° C. of 25 mPa·s or less and an average equivalent of polymerizable unsaturated double bond of 100 to 150, from a head onto a recording medium at a discharge temperature of 30° C. to 40° C.; and irradiating the ultraviolet ray-curable ink, attached onto the recording medium, with ultraviolet rays emitted from a light source to cure the ultraviolet ray-curable ink. | 02-18-2016 |
20160043256 | Solar Cell, Electronic Device, and Manufacturing Method of Solar Cell - A power generating film is disposed on a substrate, a transparent conductive film is disposed on the power generating film in an overlapping manner, a first insulating film having a thickness of greater than or equal to 1 μm is disposed on the transparent conductive film, and the substrate is formed into a predetermined shape by irradiating the substrate with laser light which is condensed thereto and by spraying gas onto the substrate. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042574 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING SYSTEM - To prevent forgery of printouts by a simple configuration that can be easily introduced to an existing system, a printer | 02-11-2016 |
20160042337 | CRADLE, CRADLE CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A cradle in which a recording device can be installed charges the installed recording device and can execute processes using the ability for a recording device to be installed. A cradle | 02-11-2016 |
20160041459 | Projector - A relay system (formed of a plurality of optical systems) that generates a spherical aberration allows each light ray flux to be so adjusted that the cross section thereof has a moderate size (moderate degree of spread) on an image panel surface of each color modulation light valve, that is, the light ray flux is not brought into complete focus but is blurred. Further, as the aberrations to be generated, the amount of spherical aberration is set to be much greater than those of the other third-order aberrations, whereby generated spots are allowed to have the same shape irrespective of the field position. | 02-11-2016 |
20160035295 | LEVEL SHIFT CIRCUIT, ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - To realize a level shift circuit with the small occupation area and capable of performing high-speed operation, a level shift circuit includes an electric potential converting unit that converts a first electric potential of an input signal to a third electric potential and converts a second electric potential of an input signal to a fourth electric potential. A capacitor includes first and second electrodes, the first electrode being electrically connected to the input unit, and the second electrode being electrically connected to an output node of the electric potential converting unit. A buffer unit converts the third and fourth electrical potentials to fifth and sixth electrical potentials, respectively. The capacitor reflects the input signal in the electric potential of the output node of the electric potential converting unit without delay by capacitive coupling, thereby realizing a level shift circuit that is capable of performing high-speed operation. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033760 | Electro-Optical Device, Manufacturing Method for Electro-Optical Device, and Electronic Apparatus - An electro-optical device includes a substrate, a mirror support pillar extending in a direction in which the pillar intersects with a surface of the substrate, and a mirror that is so disposed as to be distanced from the substrate and to be capable of being displaced with respect to the mirror support pillar. The mirror has a reflective metal film, and a reflection enhancing lamination film that covers a portion including a surface and a side surface of the reflective metal film. | 02-04-2016 |
20160032125 | INK SET - There is provided an ink set including at least: a yellow ink; a magenta ink; and a cyan ink, in which the yellow ink includes one or more kinds selected from a group consisting of coloring materials represented by the following Formulae (Y-1) and (Y-2), the magenta ink includes one or more kinds selected from a group consisting of coloring materials represented by the following Formulae (M-1) and (M-2), and the cyan ink includes one or more kinds selected from a group consisting of coloring materials represented by the following Formulae (C-1) and (C-2). | 02-04-2016 |
20160031232 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD, PHOTOCURABLE INK JET INK COMPOSITION, AND INK JET RECORDING DEVICE - The ink jet recording method includes discharging liquid droplets of a photocurable ink composition including a solvent, a polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator from a head to a recording medium to land the liquid droplets, thereby forming an image; evaporating the solvent included in the photocurable ink composition constituting the image; and irradiating the image after the second step with light, wherein when the irradiation is initiated in the third step, the content of the polymerizable compound included in the photocurable ink composition constituting the image after the second step is from 20 to 90% by mass, based on the total mass of the ink composition. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031217 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - Suspension or deposition of ink mist is suppressed. | 02-04-2016 |
20160029484 | Electronic Component, Manufacturing Method for Electronic Component, Electronic Apparatus, and Moving Object - In order to prevent deformation or damage of a base of a lead terminal by alleviating stress which concentrates on the base of the lead terminal protruding from an electronic component main body, the lead terminal includes a connection pad connected to a connection terminal provided on a first substrate, and a lead portion extending from the connection pad, and the lead terminal also includes a first surface connected to the connection terminal, a second surface that is a rear surface thereof, and a third surface that is a side surface, and in which the lead portion includes a first bent section and a third bent section that are bent in a direction intersecting the first surface or the second surface, a second bent section that is bent in a direction intersecting the third surface between the first bent section and the third bent section. | 01-28-2016 |
20160026415 | NETWORK SYSTEM, CLIENT AND CLIENT CONTROL METHOD - A network system has a printer with an internal web browser connected to a web server. The printer has a request unit that sends an HTTP request with printer status information embedded in the URL to the server, a data acquisition unit that gets HTML data from the server, and a print unit that executes a printing process based on the supplied HTML data. The server includes a request receiving unit that receives HTTP requests from the printer, a data transmission unit that sends HTML data to the client, and a status management unit that manages the printer status based on the status information embedded in the URL of the HTTP request. | 01-28-2016 |
20160025525 | SENSOR UNIT, ARMOR BODY FOR SENSOR MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MOVING OBJECT - A sensor unit includes a sensor module including a first plane and a second plane that crosses the first plane, and an armor body configured to house the sensor module. The armor body includes a first reference inner plane for positioning the first plane of the sensor module, a first reference outer plane parallel to the first reference inner plane and provided on an outer surface of the first reference inner plane, a second reference inner plane for positioning the second plane of the sensor module, and a second reference outer plane parallel to the second reference inner plane and provided on an outer surface of the second reference inner plane. | 01-28-2016 |
20160023224 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND TUBE POSITION CORRECTING METHOD - A liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharge portion capable of discharging a liquid, a carriage movable along scanning directions between a first position and a second position, a tube that is connected to the discharge portion and that supplies the liquid to the discharge portion, a frame provided at such a position as to be able to contact the tube, and a tube support portion that is provided between the frame and the carriage and that has a supporting surface capable of supporting the tube. The carriage includes an inclined portion that is inclined so as to move the tube toward the supporting surface when the carriage moves along the scanning directions while the tube is not supported by the supporting surface. | 01-28-2016 |
20160019015 | PRINT IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINT IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY METHOD OF PRINT IMAGE SELECTION SCREEN - A print image processing device includes an input unit to which print conditions are input, a conversion unit (a printer driver) which converts image information into a print image, and a display unit which displays selection candidates (sample images) of the print image which is formed based on the input print conditions in a selectable manner. | 01-21-2016 |
20160016412 | LIQUID CONTAINER - A technique that can restrict an arrangement angle of a liquid cartridge before use in a packaged state is provided. A packaging body | 01-21-2016 |
20160004489 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SETUP METHOD, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A communication system | 01-07-2016 |
20160001578 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD, ULTRAVIOLET-RAY CURABLE INK, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording method includes ejecting an ultraviolet-ray curable ink of which a viscosity at 28° C. is 8 mPa·s or more from a head to a recording medium, and curing the ultraviolet-ray curable ink attached to the recording medium, wherein, in the ejecting of the ultraviolet-ray curable ink, the ultraviolet-ray curable ink is heated such that a temperature of the ejected ultraviolet-ray curable ink becomes 28° C. to 40° C., and a viscosity of the ultraviolet-ray curable ink at the temperature is 15 mPa·s or less. | 01-07-2016 |
20150379933 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device comprises a substrate, a scanning line, a data line, a pixel circuit, and a first storage capacitor holding a first voltage corresponding to a data signal. The first storage capacitor includes a first portion and a second portion connected in parallel. The first portion and the second portion overlap when viewed from a direction orthogonal with respect to the first main surface. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378249 | Light Source Device, Method For Manufacturing Light Source Device, And Projector - A light source device includes: a first semiconductor laser; a second semiconductor laser; a first collimator lens corresponding to the first semiconductor laser; a second collimator lens corresponding to the second semiconductor laser; and a deflection prism provided on the light exiting side of the first collimator lens so that an angle formed by a principal ray of first light emitted from the first semiconductor laser and a principal ray of second light emitted from the second semiconductor laser is smaller on the light exiting side of the deflection prism than on the light incident side thereof. | 12-31-2015 |
20150376397 | COMPOSITION FOR INJECTION MOLDING, SINTERED COMPACT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINTERED COMPACT - A composition for injection molding includes: an inorganic powder composed of at least one of a metal material and a ceramic material; and a binder containing a polyacetal-based resin and an ethylene-glycidyl methacrylate-based copolymer. In the composition, the ethylene-glycidyl methacrylate-based copolymer is contained in an amount of 1% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less with respect to the amount of the polyacetal-based resin. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375519 | INK SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD FOR AN INKJET PRINTER, AND AN INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer | 12-31-2015 |
20150371602 | Integrated Circuit Device, Electronic Apparatus, And Control Method For Electrooptic Panel - An integrated circuit device includes: a timing information storage section that stores phase length information in correspondence with an index number; a waveform information storage section that stores waveform information related to a plurality of drive waveforms used in response to at least one display state; a timing control section that reads an index number included for each phase in the waveform information, reads phase length information corresponding to the index number from the timing information storage section, and sequentially generates a selection signal during a drive voltage application period corresponding to a plurality of phases; and a drive waveform selection section that selects a waveform value representing a drive voltage, out of a plurality of units of waveform information stored in the waveform information storage section, in accordance with the selection signal. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369427 | Gas Cell - A gas cell includes a cell main body having an internal space defined by inner walls, a gas of alkali metal or hydrogen sealed in the internal space, and a coating layer formed at least on part of the inner walls using a material having a long-chain molecule structure, wherein molecules more than half of molecules forming the coating layer are perpendicularly oriented with respect to the inner walls. | 12-24-2015 |
20150367624 | LABEL PEELING DEVICE, FLUID EJECTION DEVICE, AND LABEL PEELING METHOD - A holding unit holds label paper conveyed from a label printer that ejects ink onto the label paper. A peeling unit is disposed to the label paper conveyance path downstream from the holding unit, and peels labels from the liner of the label paper. The peeling unit can move bidirectionally between a start peeling position and an end peeling position. A peeling member folds back only the liner portion of the label paper. A peeling conveyance roller disposed downstream from the peeling member on the label paper conveyance path conveys the label paper. The peeling member moves from the start peeling position to the end peeling position by being pushed by the label paper conveyed by the peeling conveyance roller while the label paper is still held by the holding unit. | 12-24-2015 |
20150367623 | LABEL PEELING DEVICE, FLUID EJECTION DEVICE, AND LABEL PEELING METHOD - A label peeling device has a holding unit that can hold label paper conveyed from a label printer that ejects ink onto label paper P having labels Pb and a liner Pa to which the labels Pb are affixed; a peeling unit that is disposed downstream on the label paper P conveyance path from the holding unit, can move bidirectionally between a start peeling position separated from the holding unit and an end peeling position near the holding unit, and peels labels Pb from the liner Pa by moving from the start peeling position to the end peeling position; a motor that moves the peeling unit; an encoder that detects the position of the peeling unit; and a controller that controls the motor based on the position of the peeling unit detected by the encoder. | 12-24-2015 |
20150355869 | NETWORK DEVICE, NETWORK PRINTER, AND CONTROL METHOD OF A NETWORK DEVICE - A network device that can be used without requiring a device driver dependent upon the environment of an external device, a network printer, and a control method of a network device are provided. A file server has a management unit configured to manage a folder and information; a folder creation unit configured to create on the file server the folder to receive a process request from a client terminal; a process execution unit configured to execute a specific process when the process request is received in the folder; and a process result reporting unit configured to report the process result of the process execution unit to the folder. | 12-10-2015 |
20150346595 | PROJECTION DEVICE PARTICLE-CONTAINMENT SHIELD - A particle-containment shield is provided. The particles-containment shield includes a containment structure that defines an air inlet to receive air heated by a projection lamp from the outlet of the projection-lamp module and defines an air outlet to vent air heated by the projection lamp away from the projection lamp. The containment structure is sealed intermediate the air inlet and the air outlet such that air heated by the projection lamp that enters through the air inlet exits the containment structure through the air outlet. The containment structure defines a length, a width, and a height of the particle-containment shield. The particle-containment shield includes one or more deflection members is arranged in the containment structure to collectively block all straight line paths from the air inlet to the air outlet so as to inhibit projection lamp particles from exiting the air outlet upon projection lamp rupture. | 12-03-2015 |
20150339549 | PRINT DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PRINTING DEVICE - A print data processing system | 11-26-2015 |
20150336401 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet recording method uses an ink jet recording apparatus including a plurality of heads arranged in parallel in a first direction, each of which ejects droplets of a different radiation-curable ink composition onto a recording medium, and first light sources provided for corresponding heads so as to be disposed at a predetermined side of the corresponding heads. The first light sources emit active radiation to irradiate the droplets on the recording medium. The method includes ejecting droplets of the ink compositions from the heads onto the recording medium, and performing a first irradiation by irradiating the droplets of each ink composition with the active radiation from the corresponding first light source at an irradiation energy within 500 ms after the droplets have landed. The irradiation energy is in the range of 5% to 10% of the energy E | 11-26-2015 |
20150329723 | SURFACE COATED PARTICLES AND USE OF SAME - A surface-coated particle that includes a titanium dioxide particle, and a coating film that covers the titanium dioxide particle, and a method for producing the same, are disclosed. The surface-coated particle includes an element (a) that is phosphorus or sulfur, and an element (b) that is at least one element selected from elements (excluding titanium) respectively belonging to Groups 2 to 12 in the periodic table, the concentration of the element (a) in the surface-coated particle being 2 atom % or more, provided that the concentration of titanium in the surface-coated particle is 100 atom %, and the atomic ratio “(b)/(a)” of the element (b) to the element (a) in the surface-coated particle being more than 0.5. | 11-19-2015 |
20150328909 | MEDIA CONVEYANCE DEVICE, PRINTER, AND CONTROL METHOD OF A PRINTER - A printer takes up slack in media while suppressing excessive rewinding, and can check the movement of a movable member that moves following change in tension on the media. The printer drives the supply motor in a first operating mode in a slack removal operation that rewinds the recording paper (media) onto a paper roll | 11-19-2015 |
20150328904 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet recording method includes attaching a reaction liquid and one or more ink jet ink compositions to a low-absorbing or non-absorbing recording medium, in which the reaction liquid contains a reactant which is a carboxylic acid or carboxylate that reacts with a component of the ink jet ink composition, the ink jet ink composition contains a resin and water, and when a deposition amount in an area in which the deposition amount of the resin is the greatest per unit area in a deposition area of the ink jet ink composition on the low-absorbing or non-absorbing recording medium is set to be 100%, the reaction liquid and the ink jet ink composition are deposited so that a mass ratio between the deposition amount of the resin and the deposition amount of the reactant (resin/reactant) in the deposition area in which the deposition amount of the resin is in a range of 20% to 100% is in a range of 1.5 to 16. | 11-19-2015 |
20150328897 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE THEREOF - A maintenance method of an ink jet recording apparatus that performs recording of images on a recording medium using a non-aqueous ink, in which the ink jet recording apparatus includes a nozzle forming surface in which nozzles that discharge the non-aqueous ink are provided; and a wiping member with liquid absorbency, the method including wiping the nozzle forming surface with the wiping member using an impregnating solution, and in which the impregnating solution contains at least one organic solvent selected from a group consisting of compounds represented by the following General Formula (I), esters, and dibasic acid esters. | 11-19-2015 |
20150317821 | Geodesic Distance Based Primitive Segmentation and Fitting for 3D Modeling of Non-Rigid Objects from 2D Images - A stereo camera system produces a stereo image pair of a cable harness, which is used to define a 3D point cloud of the cable harness at its current pose position. Pose information of specific parts of the cable harness are determined from the 3D point cloud, and the cable harness is then re-presented as a collection of primitive geometric shapes of known dimensions, whose positions and orientations follow the spatial position and orientation of the imaged cable harness. The length, position and number of geometric shapes are atomically determined from a 2D image segmentation of one of the images in the stereo image pair. | 11-05-2015 |
20150315397 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is an ink jet recording apparatus including: a base metal pigment ink composition; and a first nozzle that ejects the base metal pigment ink composition, in which the base metal pigment ink composition contains a flat base metal pigment of which a 50% average particle diameter D50 is in a range of 100 nm to 1 μm, and an organic compound of which a surface tension at 20° C. is 35 mN/m or greater, and an ejection interval T1 after the base metal pigment ink composition is ejected from the first nozzle and before the base metal pigment ink composition is ejected again from the first nozzle is within 100 μs. | 11-05-2015 |
20150304509 | PRINTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - An inkjet printer enables flexibly controlling nozzle maintenance of nozzles that eject ink according to individual user needs. A printing device that prints by ejecting ink from nozzles, includes a user interface unit that receives configuration information related to a nozzle maintenance process of the nozzles; and a nozzle maintenance control unit that executes a nozzle check at a set nozzle check timing as the nozzle maintenance process when the configuration information includes information to execute a nozzle check, and information about the timing of the nozzle check to execute when a clogged nozzle having an ink ejection problem is detected. | 10-22-2015 |
20150293431 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: an external case provided with an opening through which light passes; a projection system disposed within an inside space of the external case, wherein the projection system includes a reflection member having a reflection surface capable of reflecting light received from a light source device to guide the light toward the opening, and projects the light to the outside of the external case via the opening; and a detection unit which detects a foreign material existing on the optical path of the light in the area of light exit of the opening. | 10-15-2015 |
20150291818 | ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE INK JET COMPOSITION AND STORAGE BODY THEREOF - There is provided an ultraviolet-curable ink jet composition, which is stored in an storage body, including a pigment; a pigment dispersant; a polymerizable compound; and a photopolymerization initiator, in which water content is 0.05 mass % to 1.0 mass % based on the total amount of the ultraviolet-curable ink jet composition, and in which both the acid value and the amine value of the pigment dispersant are 50 mgKOH/g or less, and at least one of the acid value and the amine value thereof is 10 mgKOH/g or more. | 10-15-2015 |
20150290950 | MULTIFUNCTION PRINTING DEVICE - A small, compact multifunction printing device provides excellent ease of use with little possibility of slips and continuous paper jamming inside. The multifunction printer has a check processing unit and a continuous paper processing unit. The check processing unit has a U-shaped check conveyance path P | 10-15-2015 |
20150286910 | PRINTING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING DEVICE - A recording device includes a recording unit that performs a recording operation, a first storage unit that stores a first template associated with a recording form, a second storage unit that store a second template corresponding to the first template, and a recording control unit that takes the second template corresponding to the designated first template from the second storage unit and gets the recording unit to perform the recording operation by using the second template when a recording instruction containing data designating the first template is input. | 10-08-2015 |
20150284710 | METHOD OF MANIPULATING SOLID CARRIERS AND AN APPARATUS OF MANIPULATING SOLID CARRIERS - The present invention provides a method of manipulating a solid carrier and an apparatus of manipulating a solid carrier in which the solid carrier is passed through more regions in liquid in a vessel. More specifically, the method of manipulating the solid carrier is a method of manipulating a solid carrier in a liquid contained in a vessel, the solid carrier being magnetic and capable of carrying a substance, the method comprising: manipulating the solid carrier using a magnetic force application unit adapted to applying a magnetic force to the solid carrier in the vessel so that the relative position between the magnetic force application unit and the vessel is altered over a period of time by means of directing the solid carrier in a direction along either one or a combination of the vectors of the longitudinal direction of the vessel and the direction crossing the longitudinal direction of the vessel. | 10-08-2015 |
20150284578 | INK COMPOSITION, INKJET RECORDING SYSTEM, AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An ink composition is held in an ink container that is provided with an ink inlet through which the ink container can be refilled with the ink composition, and is used in a state in which the ink container is fitted into an inkjet recording device that includes a recording head having a nozzle hole that ejects the ink composition, the ink composition including a disperse dye, and at least one of a silicon-based surfactant and a fluorine-based surfactant, the ink composition having a surface tension of 22 to 30 mN/m. | 10-08-2015 |
20150275012 | INK JET INK COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - An ink jet ink composition includes a disperse dye, and a sodium naphthalene sulfonate formalin condensate, in which a ratio of a concentration of sodium ions with respect to a content of the sodium naphthalene sulfonate formalin condensate (Na (ppm)/NSF (% by mass)) is 75 to 550. | 10-01-2015 |
20150274368 | NON-AQUEOUS PHOTOCURABLE INK JET COMPOSITION STORAGE BODY AND RECORDING METHOD - Provided is a non-aqueous photocurable ink jet composition storage body including: a non-aqueous photocurable ink jet composition which contains a polymerizable compound of which a moisture absorption rate at a temperature of 60° C. and relative humidity of 90% is equal to or greater than 1.5% by mass/24 hours; and a container which accommodates the non-aqueous photocurable ink jet composition and is formed of a member having a metal oxide layer, or a package which accommodates at least a container accommodating the non-aqueous photocurable ink jet composition and is formed of a member having a metal oxide layer. | 10-01-2015 |
20150273872 | INK JET METHOD AND INK JET APPARATUS - Provided is an ink jet method including cooling an attachment body by a cooling device; ejecting an ultraviolet curable composition from an ejection head to the attachment body having a surface temperature of 45° C. or lower by the cooling device to be attached to the attachment body; and irradiating the ultraviolet curable composition attached to the attachment body with ultraviolet light and curing the ultraviolet curable composition, in which a viscosity of the ultraviolet curable composition attached to the attachment body when being subjected to the irradiating with the ultraviolet light at a surface temperature of the attachment body is 6 mPa·s or greater. | 10-01-2015 |
20150273852 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer | 10-01-2015 |
20150270829 | DRIVE CIRCUIT, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHARGE PUMP CIRCUIT - A drive circuit includes an output circuit having an output node that outputs, to a charge pump circuit, a drive clock signal for driving the charge pump circuit. The output circuit generates the drive clock signal based on a first clock signal and a second clock signal that is a signal whose voltage level does not change in a period during which the voltage level of the first clock signal changes, and controls, based on the second clock signal, an impedance of the output node so as to be up, in a period before the voltage levels of the drive clock signal changes. | 09-24-2015 |
20150267148 | MAINTENANCE LIQUID AND MAINTENANCE METHOD - There is provided a maintenance liquid, which is used in maintenance of a device equipped with a discharge head for discharging an ultraviolet ray curable-type composition containing the acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator toward an attachment object, including a polymerizable compound in which a saturation solubility of an acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator at 20° C. is equal to or greater than 5.0% by mass. | 09-24-2015 |
20150267064 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD FOR PRINTING PIGMENT - There is provided an ink jet recording method for printing a pigment in which a pigment printing ink composition including at least pigment as a colorant is discharged from a nozzle opening as an ink droplet having an amount of the ink of the ink droplet of 9 ng or less with an average discharging speed V of 5 m/s or greater at a distance in the range of 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm in the direction from the nozzle opening to cloth, and whereby the pigment printing ink composition is adhered to the cloth. | 09-24-2015 |
20150266302 | METHOD OF SUPPLYING FLUID TO A FLUID EJECTION HEAD, FLUID SUPPLY MECHANISM, AND FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - A drop in the throughput of continuous printing operations caused by refilling a subtank with ink is suppressed. The control unit of an inkjet printer | 09-24-2015 |
20150262157 | RECEIPT GENERATING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF A RECEIPT GENERATING DEVICE - To appropriately execute a receipt generating process based on whether or not an application is installed on a mobile terminal as the target communication device. | 09-17-2015 |
20150261184 | Holocam Systems and Methods - Aspects of the present invention comprise holocam systems and methods that enable the capture and streaming of scenes. In embodiments, multiple image capture devices, which may be referred to as “orbs,” are used to capture images of a scene from different vantage points or frames of reference. In embodiments, each orb captures three-dimensional (3D) information, which is preferably in the form of a depth map and visible images (such as stereo image pairs and regular images). Aspects of the present invention also include mechanisms by which data captured by two or more orbs may be combined to create one composite 3D model of the scene. A viewer may then, in embodiments, use the 3D model to generate a view from a different frame of reference than was originally created by any single orb. | 09-17-2015 |
20150254633 | RECEIPT PRODUCTION SYSTEM, PRINTER, AND RECEIPT PRODUCTION METHOD - A printer for outputting receipts enables easily producing receipts for mobile payments. | 09-10-2015 |
20150251469 | PRINTER, PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM | 09-10-2015 |
20150249227 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The invention provides an electro-optical device that has luminescent elements of a long lifetime by preventing oxygen or moisture from entering to luminescent layers or electrodes even in case of an electrode-optical device provided with a number of luminescent layers and an electronic apparatus provided with the electro-optical device. The invention can include an electro-optical device having first electrodes on a base body, a plurality of element areas including element layers including at least one functional layers disposed above the first electrodes, a second electrode formed above the element layers, a surrounding sections disposed on the base body so as to cover outer sides of the element layers included the element areas in the nearest proximity of the periphery of the base body, and a gas-barrier layer covering over the second electrode. Outer sides of the surrounding sections can be covered with the second electrode, and the gas-barrier layer can be in contact with the base body. | 09-03-2015 |
20150247046 | NON-AQUEOUS INK JET INK COMPOSITION AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD USING SAME - A non-aqueous ink jet ink composition according to the invention contains a coloring material; a glycol ether-based solvent; and 10% by mass to 40% by mass of a carbonate-based solvent. It is preferable that the carbonate-based solvent is a compound represented by the general formula (2). | 09-03-2015 |
20150246543 | Suction Device, Suction Method, and Ejection Device - A suction device for an ejection head provided with a nozzle includes a cap capable of sealing a nozzle surface provided with the nozzle, a decompression pump serving as a decompression device, and a suction passage provided between the cap and the decompression pump. The negative pressure level of the suction passage set by the decompression pump are controlled on the basis of a volume of the suction passage such that a liquid with which the ejection head has been filled is sucked out from the nozzle. | 09-03-2015 |
20150245073 | CREATION OF IMAGE DESIGNATING FILE AND REPRODUCTION OF IMAGE USING SAME - A technique for enabling scenario files and image files for supply to a scenario generating device to be created easily is provided. The scenario creating device creates a scenario file supplied to a scenario reproducing device capable of reproducing only image files of a predetermined format. The scenario creating device comprises: an input section including a pointing device; a display section; and a scenario creating section for creating the scenario file. The scenario creating section provides a display of an execution icon on the display screen for causing the scenario creating section to execute a process. When a file icon for a source file of a predetermined format including pagewise scenario information and image information is dragged and dropped on the execution icon by means of operation of the pointing device, a scenario file is created on the basis of the scenario information, and an image file of the predetermined format is generated on the basis of the image information. | 08-27-2015 |
20150239261 | PRETREATMENT LIQUID FOR INK JET TEXTILE PRINTING AND TEXTILE PRINTING METHOD - A pretreatment liquid for ink jet textile printing according to an aspect of the invention used by being applied to a fabric before applying an ink composition for ink jet textile printing to the fabric includes a multivalent metal salt; and an aqueous medium, in which the concentration of the multivalent metal salt is within in a range of 0.025 mol/kg or more and 0.08 mol/kg or less. A textile printing method according to another aspect the invention includes applying a pretreatment liquid to at least a partial region of a fabric; and applying an ink composition for ink jet textile printing to at least a portion of the region to which the pretreatment liquid is applied. | 08-27-2015 |
20150237343 | METHOD OF MEASURING SHUTTER TIME LAG, DISPLAY DEVICE FOR MEASURING SHUTTER TIME LAG, SHUTTER TIME LAG MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAMERA, METHOD OF MEASURING DISPLAY DELAY OF CAMERA, AND DISPLAY DELAY MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A method of measuring a shutter time lag of a camera includes: a first step of switching a display pattern of a display unit including i (i is a natural number greater than 2) display elements to a different display pattern at every time TP, and in the first step, the number of j (j is a natural number, and 108-20-2015 | |
20150231886 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - A control unit | 08-20-2015 |
20150231880 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet recording method according to the invention includes: ejecting droplets of non-water-based ink, which contains an organic solvent, a color material, and resin, from nozzles of a recording head and causing the droplets to adhere to a recording medium to form an image; and preliminarily ejecting the droplets of the non-water-based-ink from the nozzles of the recording head not for forming the image. In the preliminary ejecting of the droplets, a time interval at which the preliminary ejecting is performed by a predetermined nozzle is equal to or greater than two seconds and equal to or less than twenty five seconds. The organic solvent contains a first solvent which is at least one kind selected from a hydrocarbon-based solvent, an alcohol-based solvent, and an ester-based solvent. Content of the first solvent is equal to or greater than 40% by mass with respect to entire content of the non-water-based ink. | 08-20-2015 |
20150228222 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is an electro-optic device including: a first pixel circuit that is provided corresponding to a position where one scanning line and a first data line are intersect with each other; a second pixel circuit that is provided corresponding to a position where the one scanning line and a second data line are intersect with each other; a first level shift unit circuit that shifts electric potential of a first data signal so as to compress electric potential amplitude of the first data signal with a first compression rate, and supplies the signal to the first data line; and a second level shift unit circuit that shifts electric potential of a second data signal so as to compress electric potential amplitude of the second data signal with a second compression rate different from the first compression rate, and supplies the signal to the second data line. | 08-13-2015 |
20150224783 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - An object is to improve a user's convenience. There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including a head ejecting a liquid onto a medium; a containing unit containing the liquid; and a mounting unit on which a storage material storing a liquid amount of the containing unit is mounted. If the storage material is removed from the mounting unit when the liquid ejecting apparatus performs an operation, the liquid ejecting apparatus selects any one state between a first state of stopping the operation and a second state without stopping the operation. | 08-13-2015 |
20150220903 | FUNCTION EXPANSION METHOD USING PRINT DATA, FUNCTION EXPANSION DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Various functions can be easily added using print data output from an exist lag application without modifying the existing application program. A function expansion method for executing a process that expands the functions of an application runs on a computer that operates according to an operating system on the operating system kernel layer, executes a specific process according to an application on an application layer, and has one or more communication ports, includes a step of acquiring print data output from the application on the operating system kernel layer, and a step of performing at the application layer a process expanding the function of the acquired print data, and outputs the print data after processing to a suitable communication port. | 08-06-2015 |
20150220826 | PRINTER AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system | 08-06-2015 |
20150220287 | METHOD OF ADDING VALUE TO PRINT DATA, A VALUE-ADDING DEVICE, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM - Various kinds of value can be easily added to print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A value-adding method executes a process of adding value to print data output from an application on a computer that has one or more communication ports and executes a specific process by means of an application, and includes a data acquisition step of acquiring the print data at the operating system kernel layer before the print data is received at the communication port, and a data processing step that applies at the application layer a process of adding and/or deleting print content in the print data based on previously registered information, and outputs the data after processing to the specified communication port. | 08-06-2015 |
20150213345 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device that changes the output format of the generated printout can dynamically change the output format of the printout using print data from an existing system. An image processing device that executes a process to change the output format of a printout has an output format selector that selects a template determining the format of the printout based on information contained in the print data for the printout, and a print data generator that changes the print data according to the selected template. | 07-30-2015 |
20150210878 | INK COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING - A non-aqueous ink composition for ink jet recording includes a pigment, a compound represented by General formula 1 below, and a phthalocyanine derivative provided with a polar group not having an amine structure, as a pigment dispersant for dispersing the pigment. The pigment is carbon black. The composition further includes an alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether: | 07-30-2015 |
20150210087 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording method for recording using an ink jet head having a nozzle forming surface and an irradiator having a light emitting portion for initially irradiating an ink composition attached to a recording medium with ultraviolet rays, in which a closest distance between an end portion of the nozzle forming surface and an end portion of the light emitting portion is equal to or less than 60 mm, the method including attaching to a recording medium by discharging an ink composition for ultraviolet ray curable-type ink jet recording including a tri- or higher functional polymerizable compound of equal to or less than 15% by mass and a photopolymerization Initiator, irradiating the ink composition for ultraviolet ray curable-type ink jet recording attached to the recording medium with ultraviolet rays from the light emitting portion, and cleaning the nozzle forming surface with a cleaning liquid by a wiping member. | 07-30-2015 |
20150205556 | CONTROL METHOD OF A PRINTER, A PRINTER, AND A PRINTING SYSTEM - A printer, a control method of a printer, and a control system enable a printer to efficiently inform a control device that cancelling a print job was instructed by operation of an operating unit. The printer detects if a cancel button was operated, stores button operation information indicating if the cancel button was operated based on the detection result, and if a status response request is received from a host computer, adds and returns button operation information in status information indicating the requested status. | 07-23-2015 |
20150202875 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A wiper member | 07-23-2015 |
20150198629 | MOTION ANALYZING APPARATUS - A sensor unit is installed to a target object and detects a given physical amount. A data acquisition unit acquires output data of the sensor unit in a period including a first period for which a real value of a value of m time integrals of the physical amount is known and a second period that is a target for motion analysis. An error time function estimating unit performs m time integrals of the output data of the sensor unit and estimates a time function of an error of a value of the physical amount detected by the sensor unit with respect to the real value of the value of the physical amount detected by the sensor unit based on a difference between a value of m time integrals of the output data and the real value for the first period. | 07-16-2015 |
20150197101 | COATING LIQUID FOR INK JET AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME - A coating liquid comprising: an oxazoline group-containing resin; an alkanediol having 7 or more carbon atoms; a surfactant; and water. | 07-16-2015 |
20150193175 | PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - A print control system | 07-09-2015 |
20150191596 | STIMULUS-RESPONSIVE COMPOUND, DEFORMABLE MATERIAL, AND ACTUATOR - A stimulus-responsive compound includes a pair of polysiloxane chains, a cross-linking moiety which cross-links the polysiloxane chains, and a liquid crystal moiety which is bonded to the polysiloxane chain. The cross-linking moiety includes a unit A which has a bond functioning as a rotation axis, and also has first and second groups located at different ends of the bond, a first unit B which is disposed at a first bonding site of the first group, a second unit B which is disposed at a first bonding site of the second group, a first unit C, and a second unit C. The first unit C and one of the polysiloxane chains are bonded to each other. The second unit C and the other of the polysiloxane chains are bonded to each other. The first unit B and the second unit B are bonded to each other by a reduction reaction. | 07-09-2015 |
20150191032 | ROLL PAPER CONVEYANCE CONTROL METHOD, ROLL PAPER CONVEYANCE DEVICE, AND PRINTER - In a rewind operation in which a supply motor rotates a paper roll to take up slack in the recording paper, movement of a movable member that is pushed in the direction applying tension to the recording paper and moves according to variation in the tension on the recording paper is detected, the supply motor is controlled according to movement of the movable member, and the time required to take up slack in the roll paper is shortened. | 07-09-2015 |
20150183604 | BELT CONVEYANCE DEVICE, MEDIA CONVEYANCE DEVICE, AND PRINTER | 07-02-2015 |
20150183218 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes: a nozzle surface which is a two-dimensional imaginary surface, and which includes first areas which are staggered in a plan view and second areas which are staggered in the plan view, wherein a nozzle is disposed in each of the first areas in the plan view, a recess is disposed in each of the second areas in the plan view, and the recess is recessed with respect to the nozzle surface and includes a bottom. | 07-02-2015 |
20150178801 | SALES MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM - A sales management support system includes a first server, and a second server that is connected to the first server through a network, and installed in a store. When selling a drug/food to a customer, the second server compares contraindication-related ingredient information corresponding to the drug/food that is sold to the customer with the contraindication-related ingredient information corresponding to the drug/food purchased by the customer in another store based on the contraindication-related ingredient information stored in a second server-side storage section, and purchase history information transmitted from the first server in response to request information, and generates contraindication information corresponding to the comparison result, the contraindication information indicating contraindications to the drug/food combination, or precautions against the drug/food combination. | 06-25-2015 |
20150175825 | INK COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING - An ink composition for ink jet recording according to the invention contains water, a coloring material, and three or more kinds of acetylene glycol-based surfactant selected from acetylene glycol represented by the following general formula (1) and an ethylene oxide adduct of acetylene glycol represented by the following general formula (2), and a total content of the acetylene glycol-based surfactant is 0.1% by mass to 3% by mass with respect to the total mass of the ink composition. | 06-25-2015 |
20150175374 | MEDIA CONVEYANCE CONTROL METHOD AND PRINTER | 06-25-2015 |
20150174931 | MEDIA CONVEYANCE CONTROL METHOD AND PRINTER - When conveyance of the recording paper | 06-25-2015 |
20150174905 | LIQUID RECOVERY CONTAINERS AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - First, second, and third ink absorbing bodies are accommodated in a container of a recovery reservoir in this order from the side corresponding to a bottom surface of the container, so that an introduction chamber is defined in the middle of a recovery space. A lid having a shutter plate and a communication hole is located over the third ink absorbing body. The upper side of the introduction chamber is covered by the shutter plate to suppress volatilization of solvent element of waste ink introduced into the introduction chamber. In addition, the communication hole is located in a portion of the upper surface of the third ink absorbing body, so that solvent element of ink absorbed by the third ink absorption body volatilizes. | 06-25-2015 |
20150158304 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an ink jet recording method, including: scanning a recording medium with an ink jet head and simultaneously discharging an ultraviolet-curable ink composition for ink jet recording from the ink jet head to adhere the ink composition to the recording medium; irradiating the ultraviolet-curable ink composition for ink jet recording adhered to the recording medium with ultraviolet rays two times or more; and wiping a nozzle of the ink jet head, from which the ultraviolet-curable ink composition for ink jet recording has been discharged, using a nozzle wiping member. | 06-11-2015 |
20150157261 | SUBSTANCE DETECTION DEVICE AND WATCH-TYPE BODY FAT BURNING MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A substance detection device capable of detecting a specific component in a biological gas collected from the skin is realized. | 06-11-2015 |
20150156374 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD AND A PROGRAM FOR MEASURING BLACK AND WHITE REFERENCE DATA - A carriage motor which is a heat generating device is arranged next to a CIS in a scanner unit. The carriage motor drives respective transport rollers of an ADF unit via a gear system as well. The scanner unit makes a white reference board be read so as to obtain white reference data, and obtains black reference data more frequently than the white reference data, e.g., in a continuous process for reading a document. As a CIS module continues a reading process, the black reference data changes as being affected by a change in temperature in the CIS module, etc. The scanner unit deals with such a change in the black reference data by obtaining the black reference data more frequently. | 06-04-2015 |
20150154582 | PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - A print control system | 06-04-2015 |
20150151548 | INK SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD FOR AN INKJET PRINTER, AND AN INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer | 06-04-2015 |
20150130881 | INK JET INK COMPOSITION FOR SUBLIMATION TRANSFER, INK SET, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DYED PRODUCT - An ink jet ink composition for sublimation transfer includes dye A and a dye B, in which the dye A is a disperse dye which has a molecular weight of 380 or less and an anthraquinone skeleton having a water-soluble group in a molecule, the dye B is a disperse dye which has a molecular weight of 400 or greater, and in the ink jet ink composition for sublimation transfer, dye solubility of the dye A is greater than dye solubility of the dye B. | 05-14-2015 |
20150129765 | INFRARED SENSOR, HEAT SENSING ELEMENT, AND HEAT SENSING METHOD USING THE SAME - An infrared sensor includes a heat sensing element in which a first electrode, a dielectric film, and a second electrode are sequentially laminated; and an electric charge detection device. The dielectric film represents antiferroelectricity and has a spontaneous polarization in a predetermined measurement environment. The electric charge detection device calculates an amount of relaxation current flowing by a change of the spontaneous polarization, and senses heat of the heat sensing element based on temperature dependence of the amount of relaxation current. | 05-14-2015 |
20150123954 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A device for controlling a display apparatus includes: an image acquiring portion that acquires first image data containing a tone value of each pixel; a parameter acquiring portion that acquires a parameter for determining a tone used to display an image, from among the tones of the pixel that change in a discrete manner; and a tone reducing portion that determines, in a case of reducing the number of tones to a number of tones smaller than that of the first image data, each tone value after the reduction of the number of tones, according to the parameter acquired by the parameter acquiring portion, and generates second image data in which the number of tones in the first image data acquired by the image acquiring portion has been reduced based on the determined tone value. | 05-07-2015 |
20150116751 | FUNCTION EXPANSION METHOD USING PRINT DATA, AND FUNCTION EXPANSION DEVICE - A method of expanding the function of an application in a computer that operates under an operating system and executes specific processes by an application has a step that acquires and sends print data that is output from the application to a driver to a communication port before the print data is received by the driver; a step that acquires and relays the transmitted print data, or the print data that is output from the application to the communication port, before the print data is received by the communication port; and a step that expands the function of the relayed print data on the application layer, and outputs the processed data to a communication port. | 04-30-2015 |
20150116424 | LINE PRINTER AND PRINTHEAD MOVING METHOD OF A LINE PRINTER - The carriage of a line printer has a head unit that supports a printhead, and a carriage frame that supports the head unit movably up and down. When moving the carriage from a standby position to an opposing position, the carriage is moved while the head unit is held at a up position where the gap to the platen unit is a first distance. The head unit is then lowered at the standby position from the up position to a down position where the platen gap is a second distance that is shorter than the first distance. | 04-30-2015 |
20150109619 | SAMPLE ANALYSIS ELEMENT AND DETECTION DEVICE - There is provided a sample analysis element capable of achieving enhancement of the near-field light while increasing the surface density of the hot spots. | 04-23-2015 |
20150109362 | PRINTER AND PRINTER CONTROL METHOD - A printer capable of preventing clogging the printhead nozzles due to paper dust produced from sprocket holes in continuous paper, and preventing the printhead from ejecting ink droplets except on the continuous paper, has a printhead that ejects ink droplets toward continuous paper having sprocket holes formed along both sides of the paper width; a cover member that covers the edge part of the width of the continuous paper where sprocket holes are formed in the range of the printhead in the conveyance direction of the continuous paper, and can move in the paper width direction; and a detection mechanism that detects the position of the cover member in the paper width direction. | 04-23-2015 |
20150103347 | SAMPLE ANALYSIS ELEMENT AND DETECTION DEVICE - There is provided a sample analysis element capable of uniting a propagating surface plasmon resonance with a localized surface plasmon resonance while increasing the surface density of the hot spots. The sample analysis element is provided with a plurality of metal nanobody lines. Each of the metal nanobody lines includes a plurality of metal nanobodies arranged in a line on a dielectric surface at a first pitch smaller than a wavelength of incident light, and the plurality of metal nanobody lines is arranged in parallel to each other at a second pitch larger than the first pitch. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103127 | PRINTER, AND PAPER POSITION DETECTION METHOD OF A PRINTER - Airborne ink mist is prevented from sticking to the detector part of a paper detector disposed on a carriage without using a configuration for capturing the ink mist. A printer has a conveyance path that conveys paper past the print position of a printhead; a carriage that carries the printhead; and a carriage moving mechanism that moves the carriage bidirectionally on the transverse axis of the printer. A paper detector and a shutter that opens and closes the detection part of the paper detector are disposed on the carriage. When the carriage moves to one end of the range of carriage movement, a shutter operating member disposed on a second side frame facing the carriage contacts the shutter and moves the shutter from its open position or closed position to the other position. | 04-16-2015 |
20150102273 | ELECTROPHORETIC MATERIAL, ELECTROPHORESIS DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In an electrophoretic material, first particles which are charged with a first polarity and second particles which are charged with a second polarity are dispersed in a solvent. A volume, which is obtained by dividing a volume of the solvent by a total number of particles, is called free volume, and a radius of a spherical space, which is occupied by sum of an average volume of the particles and the free volume, is called a free volume radius. A first particle average radius is greater than a second particle average radius. A difference between the free volume radius and the first particle average radius is greater than the second particle average radius. | 04-16-2015 |
20150098085 | SENSOR CHIP, SENSOR CARTRIDGE, AND DETECTION APPARATUS - A sensor chip capable of reliably combining propagating surface plasmon resonance with localized surface plasmon resonance of metal nanostructures is provided. A sensor chip includes a metal grating. The metal grating includes multiple long metal pieces extending in a first direction. The long metal pieces are arranged at a pitch smaller than the wavelength of an excitation light. A dielectric layer covers the surface of the metal grating. A linear concavo-convex pattern which extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction is formed on the dielectric layer. Metal nanostructures are placed on the surface of the dielectric layer. | 04-09-2015 |
20150097893 | BLACK INK COMPOSITION - Provided is a black ink composition containing a pigment, wherein the value calculated from the average particle diameter and the particle size distribution width of the pigment and the ink viscosity is regulated within a certain range, and the number of coarse particles contained in the ink composition is regulated to a certain value or less. The ink composition is excellent in ink storage stability and can give an image realized with good balance between color development, in particular, in high-speed printing and inhibition of a time-dependent change in printing density due to pigment sedimentation. | 04-09-2015 |
20150077767 | PRINTER AND CONTROL SYSTEM - The size of text printed based on font data can be adjusted. A printer has: a print unit that prints an image on a recording medium; a storage unit that stores a font table containing font data for characters, and stores adjustment ratio information specifying a ratio used to scale the size of the font data stored in the font table; a first communication unit that receives print instruction data including information specifying a character; a second communication unit that receives a change instruction instructing changing a ratio specified by the adjustment ratio information; and a control unit that scales the font data of the specified character at the ratio specified by the adjustment ratio information, and controls the print unit to print the character based on the scaled font data. | 03-19-2015 |
20150073890 | Printing System and Printer - A printing system can easily configure a data terminal when a POS application running on a server is used from a data terminal. | 03-12-2015 |
20150070560 | HIGH SPEED IMAGE SELECTING METHOD AND DIGITAL CAMERA HAVING HIGH SPEED IMAGE SELECTING FUNCTION - In a digital camera operation method, photographic images are taken with the camera and a corresponding compressed high resolution image and also a corresponding lower resolution image is stored for each. A fast display mode of the camera sequentially displays individual lower resolution display images, using the data of one of the lower resolution images. A normal display mode displays high resolution display images by expanding and displaying one of the compressed high resolution images. When changing from the fast display mode to the normal display mode, the lower resolution display image currently displayed can be replaced with the corresponding high resolution display image. | 03-12-2015 |
20150060865 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A light-emitting device includes a drive transistor for controlling the quantity of current supplied to a light-emitting element, a capacitor element electrically connected to a gate electrode of the drive transistor, and an electrical continuity portion for electrically connecting the drive transistor and the light-emitting element, these elements being disposed on a substrate. The electrical continuity portion is disposed on the side opposite to the capacitor element with the drive transistor disposed therebetween. | 03-05-2015 |
20150055841 | Orientation-Aware Average Intensity Histogram to Indicate Object Boundary Depth in Ultrasound Images - Linear candidate lines at different angles are used to determine an average intensity for each pixel level of an ultrasound image. The resultant average intensities are collected into a histogram, and the histogram is used to determine the depth positions of tissue boundary lines within an ultrasound image. | 02-26-2015 |
20150055839 | Intelligent Weighted Blending for Ultrasound Image Stitching - Ultrasound images are stitched together by extracting target image regions within each ultrasound image, identifying interest points for the extracted target images and then identifying interest point correspondences between the interest points of all the extracted target image regions. The interest point correspondence is used to define a common, word coordinate for all extracted target images, and the extracted target images are warped onto the world coordinates. A distance weight, w | 02-26-2015 |
20150054886 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a first nozzle row in which first nozzles ejecting a first liquid are arranged in a predetermined direction; a second nozzle row in which second nozzles ejecting a second liquid are arranged in the predetermined direction; a movement mechanism moving the first and second nozzle rows in a movement direction intersecting the predetermined direction relative to a medium; a transport mechanism transporting the medium in the predetermined direction relative to the first and second nozzle rows; and a control unit repeating an image forming operation of ejecting the liquids from the first and second nozzles while moving the first and second nozzle rows in the movement direction by the movement mechanism and a transport operation of transporting the medium in the predetermined direction relative to the first and second nozzle rows by the transport mechanism. When a first image is formed with the first liquid in a given image forming operation and then a second image is formed with the second liquid on the first image in another image forming operation, the control unit sets the first nozzles forming the first image to the nozzles located on an upstream side in the predetermined direction relative to the second nozzles forming the second image in forming the first and second images at a middle portion of the medium, and sets the first nozzles forming the first image to the nozzles located on a downstream side in the predetermined direction relative to the first nozzles, which form the first image at the middle portion of the medium, in forming the first and second images at an upper end portion of the medium. | 02-26-2015 |
20150049848 | RECEIVER CIRCUIT, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECEIVER CIRCUIT - A receiver circuit etc. which can receive a high-speed signal is provided without providing a PLL circuit etc. A first receiver circuit for capturing an input signal at a plurality of capture timings determined based on a capture clock signal, includes a delay circuit configured to delay the input signal by a set delay time, and output the delayed input signal, a data latch circuit configured to capture the input signal delayed by the delay circuit at each capture timing, a data test circuit configured to test a latch signal captured by the data latch circuit, and a data test result register configured so that a test result value is set therein. The data test circuit compares the latch signal captured by the latch circuit at each capture timing with an expected value, and outputs the result of the comparison. | 02-19-2015 |
20150048987 | SLEEVE ANTENNA AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - To provide a sleeve antenna that can be attached to a chassis while maintaining favorable antenna gain even when using a small circuit board, and a wireless communication device. | 02-19-2015 |
20150042965 | PROJECTED TELEVISION DEVICE AND SCREEN - A front projection display device is provided including an image-generating source configured to generate an image, a wide angle lens system adapted to receive the image, and a screen. The wide angle lens system may be configured to increase distortion of the image in a first stage and decrease distortion of the image in a second stage. The screen may be configured to receive the image from the wide angle lens system on a first side and reflect the image back to a viewer on the first side. In another embodiment, a screen is provided for a front projection system, the screen may be configured to receive light from a steep angle and may include any number of surface topographies configured to reflect light back to the viewer along a desired viewing plane. | 02-12-2015 |
20150042727 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - In a liquid ejecting head, a vibration plate includes an effective displacement portion provided for each pressure chamber and an island-shaped part which is provided in the effective displacement portion at a position on the opposite side to the pressure chamber and to which one end portion of a piezoelectric vibrator is bonded; the piezoelectric vibrator has a laminate structure in which electrodes and piezoelectric material are alternately laminated; a layer at an end of one side of the piezoelectric vibrator in the laminating direction is formed of an external electrode, while a layer at an end of the other side thereof in the same direction is formed of a piezoelectric material; and the piezoelectric vibrator is disposed so as to be shifted toward the other side in the laminating direction with respect to the effective displacement portion. | 02-12-2015 |
20150042031 | MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE - A media processing device executes a retard preparation operation that moves a separation roller and a paper return lever at a desired time even when the moving mechanism that moves a separation roller and a paper return lever together, and the conveyance mechanism that conveys the medium, share a common drive source. A printer has a moving mechanism that executes a retard preparation operation that moves the paper return lever and separation roller in conjunction with each other. Drive power from the conveyance motor is transferred to the moving mechanism. The printer also has a trigger lever that can move between an interference position physically interfering with the moving mechanism and preventing the retard preparation operation from starting, and an actuator that moves the trigger lever from the interference position to a non-interference position. | 02-12-2015 |
20150036220 | TARGET RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TARGET RECORDING MEDIUM - A lens sheet is provided with a lens layer which is formed by arranging lenses, which extend in a y direction as a first direction, in a plurality of lines in an x direction as a second direction which is a direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, and an ink absorbing layer which configures a surface on the opposite side with regard to a surface which is configured by the lens layer, where the thickness of an edge which is an end surface on one side of the lens layer in the x direction is thinner than the thickness of an edge which is an end surface on the other side. In other words, a width of a lens which is formed at the edge is wider than a width of a lens which is formed at the edge. | 02-05-2015 |
20150036182 | Print Control Device, Printing System, and Print Control Method - A print control device | 02-05-2015 |
20150036156 | PRINTING APPARATUS - In order for skew relative to the transport direction to be detected in a sheet which is transported to a recording unit, a carriage is initially moved in a scanning direction to a first position and the sheet is transported in this state. Then, when the front edge of the sheet in the transport direction is detected by a second sensor, the carriage is moved in a direction so that the second sensor is no longer able to locate the front edge to a second position, which is separated from the first position by a regulating movement distance. Furthermore, the sheet is transported to where the second sensor locates the front edge of the sheet in the transport direction at the second position and skew in the sheet is detected based on this transport distance and the regulating movement distance. | 02-05-2015 |
20150035898 | INK SET AND IMAGE PRINTING METHOD - An ink set includes a first ink that contains a white material and a first resin; and a second ink that contains a color material other than the white material and a second resin, wherein the first resin includes a component (A) causing cracks when resin of 0.5 g is dropped onto a slide glass and is dried at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 0% RH for 10 minutes, and wherein the second resin includes a component (B) of at least one of polyolefin wax and ethylene vinyl acetate resin. | 02-05-2015 |
20150035895 | NON-AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - A colorant, lactone having a content in a range of 5% by mass to 40% by mass, a first solvent having a water vapor pressure of 2 hPa or more and a content in a range of 5% by mass to 18% by mass at 20° C., and a second solvent having a water vapor pressure of 0.9 hPa or more and a content in a range of 2% by mass to 80% by mass at 20° C. are contained, a sum of the content of the first solvent and the content of the second solvent is 20% by mass or more, and the second solvent is at least one solvent selected from a group consisting of (poly)alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether and (poly)alkylene glycol dialkyl ether. | 02-05-2015 |
20150035890 | PRINTER AND PRINTER CONTROL METHOD - A printer includes a media stacking section, a print section, a pickup roller, a relay roller, a common actuator, a transport mechanism section and a control section. The control section is configured to control the common actuator based on a print job and displacement of the printing media. The control section is configured to stop transferring of driving force of the common actuator from the pickup roller to an n | 02-05-2015 |
20150035887 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A lens sheet is provided with a lens layer which is formed by arranging lenses, which extend in a y direction as a first direction, in a plurality of lines in an x direction as a second direction which is a direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, and an ink absorbing layer which configures a surface on the opposite side with regard to a surface which is configured by the lens layer, where the thickness of an edge which is an end surface on one side of the lens layer in the x direction is thinner than the thickness of an edge which is an end surface on the other side. The printer performs recording from the edge which is a reference side toward the edge on the opposite side. | 02-05-2015 |
20150029557 | IMAGE RETOUCHING PROGRAM - Provided is photo retouching software which is easy for photo studio personnel to use. Upon opening photo image(s), special photo retoucher converts photo image data thereof to working color space image data. At such time(s), if working ICC profile(s) is/are set which is/are different from ICC profile(s) previously embedded in such photo image file(s), color perceptual matching is carried out on the photo image data thereof based on such embedded ICC profile(s) and working ICC profile(s) when such photo image file(s) is/are opened. Furthermore, when such photo image(s) is/are displayed at monitor(s), such image data is converted to monitor color space image data through color matching using working ICC profile(s) and monitor ICC profile(s). | 01-29-2015 |
20150029282 | SHEET PRESSING DEVICE AND PRINTER - A sheet pressing device enables reliably pivoting a presser lever that presses a sheet material to a feed path surface to a pressure position and a released position. The sheet pressing device has a movable-side presser lever configured to pivot between a pressure position where die-cut label paper conveyed over the feed path surface is pressed by a sheet presser part to a flat surface, and a released position where the sheet presser part is separated from the die-cut label paper; and a lever spring respectively urges the movable-side presser lever to the pressure position or the released position from a neutral point between the pressure position and the released position. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029276 | LIQUID JET HEAD - A liquid jet apparatus is provided. The liquid jet apparatus includes a first damper chamber and a second damper chamber, a release path operatively associated with both the first damper chamber and the second damper chamber, and a control path connecting the first damper chamber, the second damper chamber, and the release path to each other. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029258 | INK SET, INK-JET RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDED MATERIAL - An ink set includes a metallic ink composition containing a metal pigment and at least one curable ink composition selected from the group consisting of a chromatic ink composition, a black ink composition, and a white ink composition. | 01-29-2015 |
20150028304 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The invention provides an electro-optical device that has luminescent elements of a long lifetime by preventing oxygen or moisture from entering to luminescent layers or electrodes even in case of an electrode-optical device provided with a number of luminescent layers and an electronic apparatus provided with the electro-optical device. The invention can include an electro-optical device having first electrodes on a base body, a plurality of element areas including element layers including at least one functional layers disposed above the first electrodes, a second electrode formed above the element layers, a surrounding sections disposed on the base body so as to cover outer sides of the element layers included the element areas in the nearest proximity of the periphery of the base body, and a gas-barrier layer covering over the second electrode. Outer sides of the surrounding sections can be covered with the second electrode, and the gas-barrier layer can be in contact with the base body. | 01-29-2015 |
20150027862 | ROBOT AND EMERGENCY STOP METHOD OF ROBOT - A robot includes a power source of the robot, and a switch section adapted to block electrical power supply to the power source. The switch section is disposed on a front side of the robot arranged to face to a workbench when at work. The switch section blocks the electrical power supply to the power source in a case in which it is detected that a distance between the robot and the workbench is longer than a predetermined distance. | 01-29-2015 |
20150022723 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - A video input section acquires a video signal formed of a plurality of frames. A frame separator separates the video signal acquired by the video input section on a frame basis and distributes the separated video signals. A plurality of parallel processors perform video processing in parallel on the separated video signals corresponding to the frames separated and distributed by the frame separator. A frame combiner combines the separated video signals on which the plurality of parallel processors have performed the video processing. | 01-22-2015 |
20150015853 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A detection image generation section generates a detection image, which is an image for detection a state of a projection image, image, and includes a plurality of detection image parts, and background images covering respective peripheries of the detection image parts. Each of the detection image parts includes a plurality of regions with respective luminance values different from each other, and the background images have luminance values lower than the luminance values of the detection image parts. The detection image generation section changes at least one of a luminance distribution of each of the detection image parts of the detection image to be generated and a size of each of the background images so that a luminance distribution of each of the detection image parts of the taken detection image obtained by imaging is approximated to a luminance distribution of corresponding one of the detection image parts of the detection image. | 01-15-2015 |
20150014474 | FEED GUIDE DEVICE AND PRINTER - A feed guide device that can hold a movable guide firmly when locked without making unlocking difficult has a movable guide | 01-15-2015 |
20150009263 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A sliding section that slides on a guide rail to which grease is applied while integrally moving with a carriage is provided in a side surface of the carriage that is equipped with a liquid ejecting head and reciprocates in a moving direction. The sliding section has one side edge section extending so as to cross the moving direction in a position of one side in the moving direction, and the other side edge section extending so as to cross the moving direction in a position of the other side in the moving direction. | 01-08-2015 |
20150009258 | PRINTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The control unit of a printer feeds paper P from a paper supply path | 01-08-2015 |
20140376040 | PRINTING CONTROL SERVER AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing control server includes an acquisition section and a printing control section. The acquisition section is configured to acquire posting data containing a specific character string in a posted content from a service offering server which provides a posting service. The printing control section is configured to make a printing device execute printing based on the posting data acquired. | 12-25-2014 |
20140376039 | PRINTING CONTROL SERVER AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing control server includes an administration section, an acquisition section, and a printing control section. The administration section is configured to associate a printing device with a user of the printing device and administer the printing device as being associated with the user. The acquisition section is configured to acquire posting data from a service offering server that provides a posting service. The printing control section is configured to control the printing device associated with the user of the acquired posting data to perform printing based on the posting data. | 12-25-2014 |
20140376010 | PRINTER AND PRINTING SYSTEM | 12-25-2014 |
20140376009 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A CONTROL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control device is enabled to separately produce receipts and coupons without modification of the control device. A host computer has a print control unit that generates and outputs a receipt control command causing a receipt printer to produce a receipt; and a data processing unit that determines if a coupon image print instructions command is included in the receipt control command generated by the print control unit, and if a coupon image print instructions command is included, generates and outputs to the receipt printer a receipt control command without the coupon image print instructions command, and generates and outputs to a coupon printer a coupon control command to print a coupon image based on the coupon image print instructions command. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375965 | LIGHT SOURCE, PROJECTOR, AND METHOD OF COOLING DISCHARGE LAMP - A light source includes a discharge lamp that outputs light, a discharge lamp driver that supplies drive power to the discharge lamp, a cooling unit that cools the discharge lamp, and a control unit that controls the cooling unit, and the control unit controls the cooling unit based on control information representing a relationship a rotation speed of the cooling unit between at least one of temperature information of the discharge lamp and a voltage between electrodes of the discharge lamp. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375733 | INK JET FOR PRINTING, INK JET INK SET, AND PRINTING METHOD - Provided is an ink jet ink for printing including: water; a first dye; and a second dye, in which the first dye is C.I. Acid Orange 33, and the second dye is one or two kinds selected from C.I. Acid Orange 56 and C.I. Acid Orange 94. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375715 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a liquid-ejecting head including a pressure-generating chamber filled with a photocurable ink composition containing a polymerizable functional group-containing compound and water, a nozzle communicating with the pressure-generating chamber and ejecting a droplet of the photocurable ink composition, and a pressure-generating member causing a pressure change in the pressure-generating chamber; and an ejection pulse-generating unit generating an ejection pulse for driving the pressure-generating member. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375619 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULE, POWER SUPPLY SUBSTRATE, WIRING SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - This invention provides an electro-optical module with reduced noise in driving voltage. The invention can include a power supply substrate that is arranged separately from the flexible substrate having a driver, so that the noise of the driving voltage supplied from the power supply substrate is reduced. | 12-25-2014 |
20140373775 | ADHESIVE LABEL PRODUCTION DEVICE - An adhesive label production device has an ejection mechanism that is easy to maintain. | 12-25-2014 |
20140368746 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a lamp, a ballast, an aperture member including light-blocking plates, a light-blocking plate driving motor, a control section, a light modulation device, and a projection optical system, and the control section controls the ballast and the light-blocking plate driving motor so as to modulate the lamp power based on a luminance of the video signal while fixing the aperture of the aperture member to a constant value in a picture period in accordance with a luminance parameter corresponding to a video signal group in the picture period among a series of the video signals. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368586 | INK CARTRIDGE FOR INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS, CONNECTION UNIT AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink cartridge for supplying the ink in an ink reserving chamber via an ink supply port into a recording head has a differential pressure valve mechanism disposed between an ink flow port and the ink supply port in the ink reserving chamber, whereby the ink is supplied an adequate amount to the recording head by opening or closing the differential pressure valve mechanism in accordance with an ink pressure of the recording head. As a result, it is possible to supply the ink at a substantially constant pressure to the recording head without regard to the variation in the amount of ink or the-movement of the carriage. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368582 | PIEZOELECTRIC UNIT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC UNIT - A piezoelectric unit includes a diaphragm made of ceramics, a base portion having a pressure chamber in which the diaphragm is set to a wall and a piezoelectric element having a dielectric layer provided at the opposite side of the base portion with respect to the diaphragm. In the piezoelectric unit, the roughness of a crystal of the outermost interface at the side of the piezoelectric element of the diaphragm is further smoothened than that of a ceramics material which is included in the diaphragm more inside than the interface. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368576 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus including a main body frame that has a main guiding member which has a sliding surface and enables a carriage to move in a scanning direction in a state where the carriage is mounted thereon, and a slide body which has a cap member which can abut on a liquid ejecting head to surround nozzles in such a manner that the slide body moves along with the carriage in a state where an abutment portion which can abut on the carriage abuts on the carriage, in which the carriage has a connection portion in which the carriage is connected to a movement mechanism which moves the carriage in the scanning direction. | 12-18-2014 |
20140366646 | FORCE DETECTOR, ROBOT, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT CARRYING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT TESTING APPARATUS, PART PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND MOVING OBJECT - A force detector includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a circuit board provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an element mounted on the circuit board and outputting a signal in response to an external force, wherein a hole is formed in the circuit board at a location where the element is placed, and a first convex part inserted into the hole and protruding toward the element is provided on the first substrate. Further, the element is placed within a periphery of the first convex part as seen from a direction perpendicular to the first substrate. | 12-18-2014 |
20140365008 | ROBOT, ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE, AND ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot includes a base, a first arm which is rotatable around a first rotating axis with respect to the base, a second arm which is rotatable around a second rotating axis orthogonal to the first rotating axis, a third arm which is rotatable around a third rotating axis parallel to the second rotating axis, a first angular velocity sensor provided in the first arm, and a second angular velocity sensor provided in the third arm. The angle between a detection axis of the first angular velocity sensor and the first rotating axis is a predetermined first angle. The angle between a detection axis of the second angular velocity sensor and the second rotating axis is a predetermined second angle. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365003 | ROBOT AND METHOD OF OPERATING ROBOT - A robot includes a base, a body connected to the base, a pair of articulated arms rotatably connected to the body, and a moving mechanism adapted to move the body toward or away from the base. Further, a relative positional relationship with a workbench is detected by moving the body with respect to the base using the moving mechanism while keeping the articulated arms in predetermined postures while facing the workbench, and then making the articulated arms contact the workbench. | 12-11-2014 |
20140364740 | ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A first interface of a media-adventitia interface and a second interface of a lumen-intima interface are specified on the basis of reflected waveform data in an n-th frame, a first interface of a media-adventitia interface and second interfaces of a lumen-intima interface are specified on the basis of reflected waveform data in an m-th frame, a first interface displacement amount and second interface displacement amounts between the n-th and m-th frames are determined, a reference displacement amount is calculated from the same reflected waveform data by phase difference tracking as the displacement amount of a vascular wall, and evaluation values for evaluating interface specification credibility are calculated from the first interface displacement amount, the second interface displacement amounts, and the reference displacement amount. | 12-11-2014 |
20140363223 | ATTACHING AND DETACHING DEVICE AND ROBOT - An attaching and detaching device that detachably attaches two structures includes a base fixed to one structure of the two structures and formed in a tabular shape, one or more engaging members supported by the base movably along a surface direction of the base and configured to engage with the other structure, an urging member configured to urge the engaging member toward an engaging direction in which the engaging member engages with the other structure, and a releasing mechanism including an operation lever configured to perform operation for moving the engaging member in a direction opposite to the engaging direction and releasing an attached state in which the two structures are attached to each other. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362416 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a dot data generating section configured to: compare a first threshold which is aligned with a dither mask and a corresponding gradation value which corresponds with the image data which is input; generate the dot data by determining that dots are to be formed in a case where it is determined that the corresponding gradation value exceeds the first threshold and generate the dot data by determining the forming of dots due to application of an error diffusion method by comparing correction data, where error diffusion in the image data is complete, and a second threshold in a case where it is determined that the corresponding gradation value does not exceed the first threshold as a result of the comparing; and diffuse errors, which occur as a result of generating the dot data, to pixels in a predetermined range in the vicinity in both cases. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362415 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The printing apparatus includes a comparator, a threshold setting section, and an error diffusion section. The comparator compares a first threshold which is aligned with a dither mask and the image data. The threshold setting section sets a second threshold which is used in the error diffusion method to one of a low threshold and a high threshold according to results of the comparing, and sets the low threshold to a value which is smaller than a gradation range of the image data in at least a low gradation area when it is determined that the image data exceeds the first threshold. The error diffusion section generates the dot data and to calculate distribution to pixels in the vicinity of gradation errors by comparing correction data where error distribution in the image data is complete using the error diffusion method and the low threshold or the high threshold. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362413 | FUNCTION EXPANSION METHOD USING PRINT DATA, FUNCTION EXPANSION DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Various functions can be easily added using print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A function expansion method for executing a process that expands the functions of an application runs on a computer that operates according to an operating system on the operating system kernel layer, executes a specific process according to an application on an application layer, and has one or more communication ports, includes a step of acquiring print data output from the application on the operating system kernel layer, and a step of performing at the application layer a process expanding the function of the acquired print data, and outputs the print data after processing to a suitable communication port. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362412 | METHOD OF ADDING VALUE TO PRINT DATA, A VALUE-ADDING DEVICE, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM - Various kinds of value can be easily added to print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A value-adding method executes a process of adding value to print data output from an application on a computer that has one or more communication ports and executes a specific process by means of an application, and includes a data acquisition step of acquiring the print data at the operating system kernel layer before the print data is received at the communication port, and a data processing step that applies at the application layer a process of adding and/or deleting print content in the print data based on previously registered information, and outputs the data after processing to the specified communication port. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362152 | ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE INK COMPOSITION FOR INK JET AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ultraviolet-curable ink composition for ink jet is for use in an ink jet recording method that includes irradiating the ultraviolet-curable ink composition for ink jet applied to a substrate with ultraviolet radiation that has a peak wavelength in the range of 380 to 405 nm from a semiconductor light source to obtain a cured coating. The product of the light transmissivity (%) of the cured coating at a wavelength of 395 nm and the irradiation energy of the ultraviolet radiation (mJ/cm | 12-11-2014 |
20140362151 | RADIATION-CURABLE INK FOR INK JET RECORDING, RECORD MADE USING THE SAME, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME - A radiation-curable ink for ink jet recording contains N-vinylcaprolactam. The N-vinylcaprolactam content is in a range of 5% by mass to 20% by mass, inclusive, relative to the total mass of the ink. The ink is for the purpose of making a marking on a recording medium, and the recording medium is a package substrate or a semiconductor substrate. The ink is applied to the package substrate or the semiconductor substrate, exposed to radiation, and then subjected to a heat treatment at a temperature in a range of 150° C. to 200° C., inclusive. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362148 | LIQUID CONTAINER - A liquid container includes a liquid storage part with which one end portion is constituted of a plurality of film members, and a liquid supply part for supplying a liquid stored in the liquid storage part to a liquid consumption apparatus. The liquid supply part has a bonded part that is bonded to the film member at the one end portion of the liquid storage part, and a liquid supply tube part at which is formed a liquid supply port oriented in a direction intersecting with a bonding surface of the bonded part. The liquid supply tube part is provided so that at least one part of the liquid supply port overlaps with the bonded part as viewed in an axial direction of the liquid supply tube part from a side of the liquid supply port. | 12-11-2014 |