01st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120001901 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING 3D AUGMENTED REALITY - An apparatus to provide three-dimensional (3D) augmented reality (AR) image includes an image obtainer to obtain an image including an object, and an image processor to calculate 3D position information about the object, obtain AR data corresponding to the object, covert the AR data according to the 3D position information, and generate a 3D AR image using the converted AR data and the obtained image. A method for providing 3D AR image includes obtaining an image including an object, calculating 3D position information of the object, obtaining AR data corresponding to the object, converting AR data according to the 3D position information, generating a 3D AR image using the converted AR data and the obtained image, and displaying the generated 3D AR image. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001902 | Apparatus and method for bidirectionally inpainting occlusion area based on predicted volume - An apparatus and method for bidirectionally inpainting an occlusion area appearing during generation of a virtual viewpoint image, using a foreground area and a background area based on a predicted volume are provided. The method includes receiving an input of a depth image and a color image, the depth image having depth information for a first viewpoint, and the color image having color information for the first viewpoint, generating a virtual viewpoint image at a second viewpoint based on the depth image and the color image, separating the virtual viewpoint image into a foreground area and a background area, based on the depth information and direction information regarding a direction from the first viewpoint to the second viewpoint, predicting a three-dimensional (3D) volume of the foreground area, and inpainting an occlusion area bidirectionally using the foreground area and the background area, based on the predicted 3D volume, the occlusion area being included in the virtual viewpoint image. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001903 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - An display apparatus displays a three-dimensional image formed of a plurality of viewpoint images, and includes an image controller that controls a second viewpoint image to suppress a crosstalk of a first viewpoint image the first viewpoint image and the second viewpoint image are included in the plurality of viewpoint images. The image controller switches a control mode for suppressing the crosstalk, between a subtraction mode and an addition mode in accordance with an image input signal forming the three-dimensional image. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001904 | METHOD OF PROCESSING 3D IMAGES, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM - The method is for processing a multiplex image, the multiplex including at least one first view intended to be viewed by a first eye of an observer and at least one second view intended to be viewed by a second eye of the observer. The two views are spatially sub-sampled according to complementary grids and mutually spatially shifted. The method includes a demultiplexing of the multiplex image so as to extract the first and the second views. And, for at least one missing pixel of the first view, there is a determination of a first window of the first view containing the location of the missing pixel and representing a first detail in the first view, a determination of a second window of the second view representing the same first detail in the second view, and a formulation of the missing pixel by using the pixels of the second window. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001905 | Seamless Integration of Multi-GPU Rendering - A computer based rendering system is provided. The computer based rendering system includes an abstraction mechanism to provide configuring instructions to two or more processors, the configuring instructions being operative to facilitate scene rendering. The configuring provides processor setup instructions to at least one driver. Each of the two or more processors renders a respective portion of the scene independent of the other of the processors. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001906 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR 3D ANIMATION - A system for 3-dimensional animation includes a computer apparatus, a means for display in communication with the computer apparatus, and a means for storage in communication with the computer apparatus. The means for storage is disposed to store data representing a 3D animation, the means for display is disposed to display a representation of the 3D animation, and the computer apparatus is configured to perform a method of 3D animation. The method includes setting an inter-axial distance between logical representations of two cameras, the inter-axial distance being configured to produce a desired 3D effect for a target audience, and creating a stereoscopic frame set representing the 3D animation using the logical representations of the two cameras. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001907 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR 3D ANIMATION - A system includes a computer apparatus, a means for display, and a means for storage. The computer apparatus is configured to perform a method of 3D animation. The method includes setting a first inter-axial distance between logical representations of a first set of two cameras, the first inter-axial distance being configured to produce a desired 3D effect for a target audience, setting a second inter-axial distance between logical representations of a second set of two cameras, the second inter-axial distance being based on the first inter-axial distance, setting a multi-rig spacing between the first and second sets of two cameras, the multi-rig spacing begin a value determined to reduce depth distortion effects in the 3D animation, and creating a stereoscopic frame set representing the 3D animation using the logical representations of the first and second sets of two cameras. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001908 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING SURFACE PROCESSED DATA - Surface processed data is formed to which a grain having a good outward appearance is applied without generating little distortion on the surface of a product by requiring no enormous data process. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001909 | SEAMLESS FRACTURE IN A PRODUCTION PIPELINE - Systems and processes for rendering fractures in an object are provided. In one example, a surface representation of an object may be converted into a volumetric representation of the object. The volumetric representation of the object may be divided into volumetric representations of two or more fragments. The volumetric representations of the two or more fragments may be converted into surface representations of the two or more fragments. Additional information associated with attributes of adjacent fragments may be used to convert the volumetric representations of the two or more fragments into surface representations of the two or more fragments. The surface representations of the two or more fragments may be displayed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001910 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, CURVED LINE SPECIFYING APPARATUS, CURVED LINE SPECIFYING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A curved line specifying apparatus includes a curved surface specifying section for receiving a curved surface specifying operation in which a curved surface S in a virtual three-dimensional space is specified and a cross section image display section for outputting, to a display, the curved surface in which a cross section image of a three-dimensional image is embedded, pixel values of the cross section image being voxel values assigned to voxels on the curved surface S. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001911 | METHOD FOR GENERATING SHADOWS IN AN IMAGE - As to generate shadows in an image, the method comprises the steps of:
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20120001912 | RAY TRACING SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES AND METHODS - Aspects comprise systems implementing 3-D graphics processing functionality in a multiprocessing system. Control flow structures are used in scheduling instances of computation in the multiporcessing system, where different points in the control flow structure serve as points where deferral of some instances of computation can be performed in favor of scheduling other instances of computation. In some examples, the control flow structure identifies particular tasks, such as intersection testing of a particular portion of an acceleration structure, and a particular element of shading code. In some examples, the aspects are used in 3-D graphics processing systems that can perform ray tracing based rendering. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001913 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a computer system and a control method thereof. The computer system can include a graphic unit to generate and output an image signal, a connector to which a display to display an image based on the image signal is connected, a user input unit to receive an input, and a controller to identify the display, determine whether to adjust a resolution of the image, change the resolution of the image for resolution adjustment of the image to be displayed, and control the graphic unit to display the image based on the resolution of the image selected by the user. With this configuration, a user can easily adjust an image resolution. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001914 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING FIXED-SCALE CONTENT ON MOBILE DEVICES - A system and method for maintaining certain content items at a fixed size and resolution and/or position relative to a device display are described herein. Fixed-scale content items are maintained at a given size, resolution, and/or, in some cases, position relative to a display regardless of changes in size and/or resolution of other displayed content. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001915 | CLOSE-PACKED, UNIFORMLY ADJACENT MULTIRESOLUTIONAL, OVERLAPPING SPATIAL DATA ORDERING - A method, apparatus, system and data structure is disclosed for mapping of spatial data to linear indexing for efficient computational storage, retrieval, integration, transmission, visual display, analysis, fusion, and modeling. These inventions are based on space being decomposed into uniform discrete closely packed (hexagonal) cell areas ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001916 | Method and Apparatus For Correlating Simulation Models With Physical Devices Based on Correlation Metrics - A method, program product, and apparatus are provided to correlate operation of a first system and a second system. A first set of metrics are generated for a first set of data produced during operation of the first system. A second set of metrics are generated that correspond to each of metrics in the first set of metrics from a second set of data produced during operation of the second system. A correlation score is computed for the first and second systems based on differences between the first set of metrics and the second set of metrics. The first set of metrics, the second set of metrics, and the correlation score are presented on the display to indicate a similarity of operation of the first and second systems. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001917 | Management of a History of a Meeting - Provenance techniques are disclosed for managing a history of a meeting. For example, a method for managing a history associated with a meeting comprises the following steps. Data associated with the meeting is collected. Provenance data is generated based on at least a portion of the collected data, wherein the provenance data is indicative of a lineage of one or more data items. A provenance graph is generated that defines a visual representation of the generated provenance data, wherein graph elements comprise one or more nodes and one or more edges between nodes, wherein nodes of the graph represent records associated with the collected data and edges of the graph represent relations between the records. One or more applications are associated with at least one graph element and are selectable to invoke functionality. The generated provenance graph is stored in a repository for use in analyzing the meeting. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001918 | Techniques for Displaying Numeric Data Sets that Include Multiple Measures - Various embodiments of computer implemented techniques, methods, computer executable instructions, and systems for displaying data are described herein. Various embodiments include methods such as a method including receiving data including a dimension and a set of measures. The set of measures includes a first measure, a second measure, and a third measure. The method also includes associating the dimension with a set of markers. The first measure is associated with a first axis and the second measure with the area of the markers. The third measure is associated with a set of indicators. The indicators are embedded in a plurality of the set of markers. The method further includes displaying the set of markers with respect to the first axis in a graph. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001919 | Social Graph Based Recommender - Personalized sorted lists of data items for users within an online social network can be generated. Users within the social network are profiled based on their interests. Concepts are segmented in the ontological database into clusters of concepts that are shared by several user profiles. A social graph is defined in which nodes represent the users within the social network and edges represent the explicit connections between the users. A neighborhood graph for each concept cluster is defined. Multilayered social affinity graphs are defined. Data items acted upon by users within the social network in a given time interval are identified. Users within the social network that have acted upon the identified data items are determined. One or more layers of the social affinity graphs are selected for each identified item. Initial endorsement values in the nodes are injecting for each identified item. The endorsement values are propagated across the selected layers of the social affinity graphs for each identified item until some stopping criteria is met. A sorted list of items acted upon by other users is generated for each user within the social network. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001920 | GRAPHICAL DISPLAY FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL PATIENT DATA - An intuitive graphical display as described herein can be rendered by a host device that obtains physiological patient data (such as blood glucose values) in real time or substantially real time. The graphical display includes a calibrated bar graph having a desired measurement range for the monitored parameter. The graphical display also includes a dynamic measurement value indicator that moves along the bar graph in a manner that tracks the current value of the monitored physiological characteristic. The graphical display may also incorporate easy-to-interpret display elements that allow the user to quickly determine whether the current value of the monitored physiological characteristic is within or outside a normal range, whether the monitored physiological characteristic is rising or falling, and the approximate rate of change of the monitored physiological characteristic. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001921 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING, MANAGING, SHARING AND DISPLAYING PERSONALIZED FONTS ON A CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURE - The present invention concerns a method allowing at least an user's device connected to a server ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001922 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND SHARING PERSONALIZED FONTS ON A CLIENT/SERVER ARCHITECTURE - The present invention concerns a method allowing an author to create a bitmap font and distributing it to at least an user's device connected to a server ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001923 | SOUND-ENHANCED EBOOK WITH SOUND EVENTS TRIGGERED BY READER PROGRESS - A sound-enhanced ebook is disclosed, the sound being presented to a reader of the ebook in accordance with the reader's progress through the ebook. The sound-enhanced ebook includes text information, and a plurality of sound events, each sound event being played in response to a reader's progress through particular text information associated with the sound event. Also disclosed is an ebook presenter for presenting text and coordinated sound events of a sound-enhanced ebook to a reader, the sound events being presented as the reader progresses through particular text of the ebook. The ebook presenter includes a text presentation module, a reader progress module, and a sound event presentation module, each sound event being associated with particular text information of the ebook, and each sound event being presentable in response to the reader's progress through the text information of the ebook as estimated by the reader progress module. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001924 | Embedding Animation in Electronic Mail, Text Messages and Websites - Provided are techniques for providing animation in electronic communications. An image is generated by capturing multiple photographs from a camera or video camera. The first photograph is called the “naked photo.” Using a graphics program, photos subsequent to the naked photo are edited to cut an element common to the subsequent photos. The cut images are pasted into the naked photo as layers. The modified naked photo, including the layers, is stored as a web-enabled graphics file, which is then transmitted in conjunction with electronic communication. When the electronic communication is received, the naked photo is displayed and each of the layers is displayed and removed in the order that each was taken with a short delay between photos. In this manner, a movie is generated with much smaller files than is currently possible. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001925 | Dynamic Feedback Load Balancing - A method for rendering a scene across N number of processors is provided. The method includes evaluating performance statistics for each of the processors and establishing load rendering boundaries for each of the processors, the boundaries defining a respective portion of the scene. The method also includes dynamically adjusting the boundaries based upon the establishing and the evaluating. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001926 | Intermediate Language Accelerator Chip - An accelerator chip can be positioned between a processor chip and a memory. The accelerator chip enhances the operation of a Java program by running portions of the Java program for the processor chip. In a preferred embodiment, the accelerator chip includes a hardware translator unit and a dedicated execution engine. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001927 | INTEGRATED GRAPHICS PROCESSOR DATA COPY ELIMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS WHEN USING SYSTEM MEMORY - A method and apparatus for processing data in a system comprising a central processing unit (CPU), a system memory, and a graphics processing unit (GPU) includes determining whether the GPU is an integrated graphics processor (IGP). Based upon a determination that the GPU is an IGP, data stored in the system memory is accessed by the GPU without copying the data to a memory on the GPU. Processing is performed on the data in the GPU. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001928 | Method and system for identifying and defining geofences - The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to an improved mapping and navigational system. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a system for defining and assigning geographical boundaries to points of interests on a graphical map, where the geographical boundaries preferably correlate to spatially defined boundaries of the respective points of interests. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the points of interest, along with the respective defined geographical boundaries, can be transferred from a personal computing device to a telecommunication device, such as a portable communication device, so as to be used for mapping purposes and to set off proximity alerts when the portable communication device, equipped with a GPS unit, enters or exits the geographical boundary of a particular point of interest. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001929 | VOLTAGE INITIALIZATION CIRCUIT BEING CAPABLE OF RECORDING A PREFERRED VOLTEGE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - A voltage initialization circuit for recording a preferred voltage includes a first terminal, a second input terminal, a first buffer circuit connected to a first node, a second buffer circuit connected to a second node, a ground connected to the first buffer circuit via the first node and connected to the second buffer circuit via the second node, a first resistor, and a second resistor. The first resistor is connected between the first input terminal and ground. The second resistor is connected between the second input terminal and ground. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001930 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a graphics processing unit detects characteristics of video data by analyzing frames of the video data by using at least one first processing core of a plurality of processing cores, and applies a process, which is associated with the detected characteristics of the video data, to audio data on a memory, by using at least one second processing core of the plurality of processing cores. The graphics processing unit includes an audio signal output interface and outputs an audio signal corresponding to the audio data, to which the process has been applied, to a sound device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001931 | ADJUSTING SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROJECTOR INCLUDING THE SAME - A projector includes a body, an input unit for receiving images, a reference image storage unit for storing a reference image, a micro controller unit (MCU), a graphic processing unit (GPU), an optical unit, and a sensing unit. The reference image is processed by the MCU and the GPU, and then projected on a screen to form a projection image by the optical unit. The sensing unit is mounted on a front surface of the body to sense the projection image and transmit data of the projection image to the MCU. The MCU compares the reference image and the projection image to obtain a correction value. The GPU adjusts its calculations according to the correction value. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001932 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING VISUALLY-IMPAIRED USERS TO VIEW VISUAL CONTENT - Methods, systems and computer program products for assisting a visually-impaired user to view visual content. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001933 | COMPUTATIONS OF POWER FUNCTIONS USING POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATIONS - A power function is approximated over an applicable data interval with polynomials determined by means of a Chebyshev minimax approximation technique. In some cases, multiple polynomials may be used to approximate the function over respective ranges of the desirable interval, in a piecewise manner. The appropriate polynomial that approximates the power function over the range of interest is derived and stored. When the power function is to be applied to a particular data value, the data value is first evaluated to determine where it lies within the applicable interval. The constants for the polynomial associated with that range of the interval are then retrieved and used to calculate the power of that data value. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001934 | LANGUAGE-BASED COLOR EDITING FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Methods and a system for a natural language control interface are provided to enable a user to modify colors in a digital image. A textual interface is provided to select a color to be modified within the image and a direction of change for the modification. A swipe interface is provided to select a magnitude and polarity for the modification. Actions on the textual and swipe interface are converted to natural language commands which are in turn used to derive a color transformation that is applied to relevant portions of the image to yield a modified image. The modifications are displayed in real time for a user to observe as they are inputted. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001935 | METHOD FOR IMAGE RENDERING IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - A method of rendering user-specified image products by executing a plurality of user-interactive tasks relating to an image product. At least some of the user-interactive tasks specify a portion of the image product. A change probability of further changes to the portion of the image product is computed, and if the change probability is below a predetermined threshold, a portion of the image product is rendered. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001936 | MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided are a map information processing device, a map information processing method, a map information processing program, and a recording medium by which useful information such as address information can be given to an architectural structural shape efficiently with high accuracy while the time and cost are drastically reduced. First map data configured to include address information indicating the address of a building or a lot and dot coordinate information indicating dot coordinates for representing the position of the building or the lot as a dot and second map data configured to include shape coordinate information indicating a coordinate group for representing the planar outer shape of the building or the lot are read, it is judged from the dot coordinate information included in the first map data and the shape coordinate information included in the second map data whether or not the address information corresponding to the dot coordinate information and the shape coordinate information are associated with each other, and when it is judged by an association judging means that both are associated with each other, association information for associating the address information corresponding to the dot coordinate information and the shape coordinate information with each other is generated. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001937 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus and a display apparatus including an imaging unit. The display apparatus superimposes an image of a first processing apparatus not having a predetermined function, captured by the imaging unit, and an image of a second processing apparatus having the predetermined function to display the superimposed image, and sends an image captured by the imaging unit to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus performs processing for providing the predetermined function, when detecting, from the captured image received from the display apparatus, that a user of the first processing apparatus has performed an operation for using the predetermined function. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001938 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING A CONSTANT LEVEL OF INFORMATION IN AUGMENTED REALITY - An apparatus for providing a constant level of information in an augmented reality environment may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including determining a first number of points of interest associated with a first set of real world objects of a current location(s). The first set of real world objects is currently displayed. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to determine whether the first number is below a predetermined threshold and may increase a view range of a device to display a second set of real world objects. The view range may be increased in order to increase the first number to a second number of points of interest that corresponds to the threshold, based on determining that the first number is below the threshold. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001939 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING SUGGESTED INFORMATION LAYERS IN AUGMENTED REALITY - An apparatus for automatically suggesting information layers in augmented reality may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including providing layers of information relating to virtual information corresponding to information indicating a current location of the apparatus. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to determine that a layer(s) of information is enabled to provide virtual information for display. The virtual information corresponds to locations of real world objects in or proximate to the current location. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to determine other information layers associates with content for the current location based on the number of items virtual information for the enabled layer being below a threshold and automatically suggest one or more other layers of information for selection. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001940 | DIGITAL DOCUMENT EDITING METHOD, DIGITAL DOCUMENT EDITING PROGRAM AND DIGITAL DOCUMENT EDITING APPARATUS - The invention relates to an editing of a digital document containing an image, a text, a pattern and the like on pages constituting the digital document. In response to an operation for deleting an image positioned in a page, such image is not added to another page but is moved to and displayed in an evacuation area provided independently from the page area. In the evacuation area, such image is displayed together with a serial number of the page in which such image was present originally. Thus the page layout is not destructed in pages other than the page of image deletion, and the user can easily confirm later the image existed in such page. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001941 | Image display and storage apparatus, method and medium - An image display and storage device, method, and medium to process an original image and generate a main image so that the original image does not overlap a sub image, and store the original image instead of the main image when the main image and the sub image are displayed. The device includes an image processor to receive an image, and to generate a display image and a storage image using the received image, a display unit to receive the display image from the image processor, and to display the display image, and an image storing unit to receive the storage image from the image processor and to store the image. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001942 | Display Device and Arrangement Method of OSD Switches - A display device in the invention comprises an OSP section and OSD switches | 2012-01-05 |
20120001943 | Electronic device, computer-readable medium storing control program, and control method - In an electronic device, a control unit determines a state of changes of tilt angles detected by a tilt sensor, modifies at least one of control information stored in a control information storage unit, and a tilt direction and tilt angle detected by the tilt sensor, depending on the determined state of the changes, and changes the display orientation of a display unit on the basis of the modification result. The tilt sensor detects the tilt direction and tilt angle of the display unit with respect to the vertical downward direction. The control information storage unit stores the control information indicating correlations between display orientations of the display unit and tilts of the own device. A detected tilt data storage unit stores detected tilt data indicating a history of tilt directions and tilt angles detected by the tilt sensor. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001944 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In order to attain the object described above, a game apparatus is able to use coordinate input means and display means, and positions a virtual camera Ca in a three-dimensional virtual space. When a predetermined operation is performed at any position in a predetermined range on a touch panel (coordinate input means), the game apparatus performs zooming-in-on operation (changes an angle θ | 2012-01-05 |
20120001945 | Fine Object Positioning - There is disclosed a method of controlling the positioning of an object displayed on an interactive display surface, in which interactive display surface the display resolution is greater than the detection resolution, the method comprising: determining selection of a displayed object on the interactive display surface; detecting movement of an input at the interactive display surface associated with the selected displayed object; and in an object transformation mode, moving at least one displayed pixel of the selected displayed object by a distance which is less than the distance of the detected movement of the detected input. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001946 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A device and method for driving a liquid crystal display device, which is capable of improving image quality and reducing power consumption by varying a light emission region of a backlight unit according to brightness characteristics of a display image, is disclosed. The driving device includes a liquid crystal panel, panel drivers, a timing controller for generating control signals to control the panel drivers, analyzing a brightness distribution of externally input image data to set the number of divisional driving regions of a backlight, and generating a dimming control signal to control the brightness of each of the divisional driving regions, and a backlight unit for divisionally setting the driving regions of the backlight according to the number of divisional driving regions and the dimming control signal and driving the driving regions according to the dimming control signal to irradiate light to the liquid crystal panel. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001947 | RGBW DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an exemplary RGBW display apparatus, a plurality of four-color image output signals and a plurality of mapping scale ratios are generated according to a plurality of three-color image input signals. Furthermore, a backlight output intensity outputted from a backlight module is dynamically adjusted according to the mapping scale ratios and a white color signal adjust ratio is generated. In addition, a white color signal in each of the four-color image output signals is adjusted to be an updated white color signal according to the white color signal adjust ratio. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001948 | Display device, pixel circuit and display drive method thereof - A display device includes: a pixel array in which pixel circuits each having a light emitting device and a drive transistor which applies current corresponding to an inputted video signal voltage to the light emitting device are arranged in a matrix state; a signal selector supplying at least the video signal voltage and a reference voltage as signal line voltages to respective signal lines arranged in columns on the pixel array; a first write scanner outputting a first scanning pulse with respect to respective first write control lines arranged in rows on the pixel array, which is used for controlling input of the signal line voltages to the pixel circuits; and a second write scanner outputting a second scanning pulse with respect to respective second write control lines arranged in columns on the pixel array, which is used for controlling input of the signal line voltages to the pixel circuits with the first scanning pulse. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001949 | Brightness Controller, Brightness Control Method, and Computer Program Product - According to one embodiment, a brightness controller includes a plurality of display modules, a specifying module, and a controller. The display modules each include a display screen the brightness of which is adjustable. The specifying module specifies at least one of the display modules to display an application. The controller individually controls the brightness of the display screen of the display module specified by the specifying module based on features of the application displayed on the display module. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001950 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THEREOF - A method for driving an organic light emitting display device that is able to minimize power consumption while in a standby mode. In order to decrease power consumption during standby mode, only a portion of the display corresponding to the standby mode display area displays an image while in standby mode, and a remainder of the image producing display displays black. The method includes sequentially supplying a scanning signal to the standby mode display region and the standby mode non-display region, supplying a data signal in response to the image in a data driver when supplying the scanning signal to the standby mode display region and supplying the data signal in response to a black image from an inspecting unit while supplying the scanning signal to the standby mode non-display region. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001951 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a light source section; a liquid crystal display panel including pixels corresponding to a plurality of colors; an overdrive processing section performing predetermined overdrive processing on an input picture signal; a gain correction section performing a predetermined gain correction on the overdrive-processed picture signal; and a drive section performing a display-drive based on the gain-corrected picture signal. The liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of substrates and liquid crystal cells forming the pixels. A plurality of values corresponding to respective colors of the pixels are provided for cell gaps of the liquid crystal cells. The overdrive processing section performs common overdrive processing for pixels of respective colors, and the gain correction section performs different gain corrections corresponding to respective values of the cell gaps. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001952 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A driving circuit includes a pair of operational amplifiers, one producing an analog voltage output of positive polarity, the other producing an analog voltage output of negative polarity. An output switching circuit interchanges these outputs between a pair of data lines. One or both of the operational amplifiers includes a parasitic diode having one terminal connected to the output terminal of the operational amplifier and another terminal normally connected to a power supply voltage of the operational amplifier. When the output of the operational amplifier is switched, a protective switching circuit temporarily disconnects the parasitic diode from the power supply of the operational amplifier and instead connects it to a power supply line carrying a voltage high enough, or low enough, to ensure that the parasitic diode is not forward biased by the existing voltage on the data line to which the output is switched. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001953 | METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a first subframe period, light sources of a first region and a third region emit lights at the same time; light sources of a second region and a fourth region emit no light at the same time, in which light emission of different colors is performed in the first region and the third region. In a second subframe period, light sources of the second region and the fourth region emit lights at the same time; light sources of the first region and the third region emit no light at the same time, in which light emission of different colors is performed in the second region and the fourth region. The first region and the third region are separated from each other with the second region interposed therebetween; and the second region and the fourth region are separated from each other with the third region interposed therebetween. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001954 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device comprising a backlight and a pixel portion including first to 2n-th scan lines, wherein, in a first case of expressing a color image, first pixels controlled by the first to n-th scan lines are configured to express a first image using at least one of first to third hues supplied in a first rotating order, and second pixels controlled by the (n+1)-th to 2n-th scan lines are configured to express a second image using at least one of the first to third hues supplied in a second rotating order, wherein, in a second case of expressing a monochrome image, the first and second pixels controlled by the first to 2n-th scan lines are configured to express the monochrome image by external light reflected by the reflective pixel electrode, and wherein the first rotating order is different from the second rotating order. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001955 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The liquid crystal display device includes a pixel portion including first and second regions and light sources. The first and second regions each include a liquid crystal element whose transmissivity is controlled in accordance with a voltage of an image signal and a transistor for controlling holding of the voltage, whose off-state current is extremely low. The light sources perform first and second drivings: lights whose hues are different from each other are sequentially supplied to the first region in a first rotating order and the lights are sequentially supplied to the second region in a second rotating order which is different from the first rotating order in the first driving; and a light having a single hue is supplied consecutively to one or both of the first and second regions in the second driving. The period for holding the voltage is different between the first and second drivings. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001956 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DRIVE CIRCUIT - A display device includes, a display section time-divisionally displaying a plurality of images with different parallaxes in a manner of progressive (or line-sequential) scan, a backlight section including a plurality of light-emission subsections partitioned in a direction of the progressive scan, a light-barrier section including a plurality of barrier groups each including a plurality of barriers each allowed to be switched between open state and closed state, a light-barrier drive section individually driving the plurality of barrier groups to open or close at different timings between the barrier groups, and a backlight controller controlling light emission from each of the light-emission subsections of the backlight section in synchronization with the progressive scan of the display section. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001957 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An electrophoretic display and a driving method thereof are provided. The electrophoretic display includes a display panel, a storage unit and a timing controller. The display panel has a plurality of sub pixels. The storage unit stores a plurality of sets of multiple-grayscale driving waveforms, in which the driving voltage scales of driving waveforms corresponding to a same grayscale in the sets of multiple-grayscale driving waveforms are different from each other. The timing controller is coupled to the storage unit and the display panel and receives an image signal, and when the image signal transmits a multiple-grayscale frame, the timing controller sequentially adopts the sets of multiple-grayscale driving waveforms to drive the sub pixels. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001958 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An electrophoretic display and a driving method thereof are provided. The electrophoretic display includes a display panel, a storage unit, a timing controller (TCON). The display panel has a plurality of sub-pixels. The storage unit stores a plurality sets of driving waveforms, wherein the lengths of driving waveforms in the sets of driving waveforms are different from each other. The TCON has an analysis module, couples to the display panel and the storage unit, and receives an image signal having a plurality of display data. The analysis module analyzes the display data to obtain a analysis result. The TCON selects one of the sets of driving waveforms according to the analysis result, and drives the sub-pixels according to the selected set of driving waveforms. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001959 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electro-optical device in which an image to be projected on a projection surface as a projection image having a size changed by a display device is displayed on a display area on the basis of input image data includes a first input image correction circuit generating first correction data which is used for reducing color non-uniformity of the projection image that occurs due to the size change on the basis of the size of the projection image using first reference correction data and correcting the input image data using the generated first correction data and a second input image correction circuit correcting the corrected input image data on the basis of a plurality of second reference correction data corresponding to a plurality of specific levels among levels that the input image data can have and set for a plurality of sets of reference coordinates in the display area for reducing the color non-uniformity. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001960 | BACKLIGHT AND AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR SYSTEM - Apparatuses and methods to operate a display device of an electronic device. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a user setting of a display control parameter, and altering, based on the user setting, an effect of an ambient light sensor value (ALS) on control of the display control parameter. Also, according to embodiments of the inventions, a method of operating a display of an electronic device includes receiving a change to one of a display brightness output level and an ambient light sensor output level, and altering, according to the change, a display contrast output level. In some embodiments, a method of operating a proximity sensor of an electronic device includes receiving a light sensor output, and altering, according to the output, an on/off setting of a proximity sensor. Other apparatuses and methods and data processing systems and machine readable media are also described. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001961 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A drive signal generation part of an image display device includes a memory unit which stores data on a first waveform for scanning light out of a sawtooth waveform of a drive signal, and stores data on a second waveform which is a waveform formed by excluding the first waveform from the sawtooth waveform of the drive signal, and the drive signal generation part sequentially reads data on the first waveform from the memory unit at readout timing corresponding to resonance frequency of a high-speed scanning element and generates a portion of a drive signal corresponding to the first waveform, and sequentially reads data on a plurality of second waveforms stored in the memory unit corresponding to the resonance frequency of the high-speed scanning element and generates portions of the drive signal corresponding to the second waveforms corresponding to the resonance frequency of the high-speed scanning element. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001962 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ILLUMINATING INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATORS USING BACKLIGHTING - An interferometric modulator array device with backlighting is disclosed. The interferometric modulator array device includes a plurality of interferometric modulator elements. Each of the interferometric modulator elements includes an optical cavity. The interferometric modulator array includes an optical aperture region, and at least one reflecting element is positioned so as to receive light passing through the optical aperture region and reflect at least a portion of the received light to the cavities of the interferometric modulator elements. The interferometric modulator elements may be separated from each other such that an optical aperture region is formed between adjacent interferometric modulator elements. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001963 | MULTI PRIMARY CONVERSION - A multi-primary conversion ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001964 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - In the present liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001965 | DISPLAY PANEL HAVING CROSSOVER CONNECTIONS EFFECTING DOT INVERSION - A display is disclosed having crossover connections effecting polarity inversion. The display includes a panel comprising a subpixel repeating group having an even number of repeating subpixels in a first direction. The display also includes a driver circuit coupled to the panel to provide image data signals effecting polarity inversion to the panel. The display also includes a plurality of crossover connections from the driver circuit to the columns of the panel such that polarities of same color subpixels in the first direction alternate at a spatial frequency sufficient to abate undesirable visual effects on the panel when an image is displayed thereon; each crossover connection applying the same polarity to each subpixel in the column. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001966 | Determining Whether A Flow Path Is Ready For Ejecting A Drop - A method of determining whether a flow path is ready for ejection includes supplying liquid to the flow path, which includes a pumping chamber and a nozzle, after supplying fluid to the flow path, applying energy to an actuator adjacent to the pumping chamber, measuring an electrical characteristic of the actuator to obtain a measured value, and comparing the measured value to a threshold value to determine if the flow path is ready for ejection. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001967 | Method and Apparatus for Printing Using A Facetted Drum - The disclosure generally relates to a method and apparatus for printing from a rotating source. In an exemplary embodiment, the disclosure relates to a facetted drum for simultaneously printing multiple pixels. The facetted drum includes a support structure and a plurality of printheads affixed to the support structure, each printhead having at least one microporous structure for receiving a first quantity of liquid ink having dissolved or suspended film material in a carrier fluid and dispensing a second quantity of ink material substantially free of the carrier fluid. The plurality of printheads are positioned proximal to a substrate to simultaneously print a plurality of spatially-discrete and image-resolved pixels on the substrate. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001968 | INK JET PRINTER AND AIR PURGING CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An ink jet printer which uses a common air pump to configure an air path system to supply purge air generated by the air pump to an ink tank and then supply the purge air discharged from the ink tank to a print head or an air path system to supply purge air generated by the air pump directly to the pint head. This solves the following problem inherent to a conventional ink jet printer which recovers ink not used for printing: since an air pump for supplying air to air-purge the print head and an air pump for supplying air to air-purge the ink tank are required, the cost and weight of the printer tends to increase. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001969 | PRINT JOB DATA PROCESSING FOR MULTI-HEAD PRINTERS - Techniques are disclosed for performing processing, such as striping, staggering, and stitching, on print data prior to printing by a multi-head printer. Subsets of the print data may be stored in multiple stages of buffers and processed in parallel to increase processing efficiency. Print data representing digital photographs may be processed sufficiently rapidly to enable continuous printing of digital photographs at high speeds. Parameters of the system, such as print buffer size and interrupt frequency, may be varied in response to design requirements such as overall system cost. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001970 | DROPLET EJECTION DEVICE AND DROPLET EJECTION METHOD - A droplet ejection device in which cavitation is prevented and droplets are favorably ejected includes a nozzle, a liquid chamber communicating with the nozzle and arranged to house a material solution supplied through a liquid supply channel, a piezoelectric vibrator provided to the chamber, and a control mechanism arranged to apply driving voltage to the vibrator, and is arranged to eject droplets of the liquid from the nozzle by increasing and decreasing a volume of the chamber by the vibrator that is deformed in accordance with the voltage that is applied from the control mechanism, wherein the control mechanism is arranged to change the voltage, which is applied to the vibrator when the volume of the chamber is increased so as to suck the liquid into the chamber from the supply channel, in stages such that the volume of the chamber is increased in a plurality of stages. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001971 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a heating unit configured to produce thermal energy for discharging ink, and two electrodes which electrically connect with each other through the ink. Voltage is applied between the two electrodes, and a current value flowing through the ink is measured. Whether the ink is discharged or not is determined by determining whether the current changes when the heating unit is driven. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001972 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOF - A printing apparatus prints by discharging inks from respective nozzle arrays, the printhead having a plurality of nozzle arrays including at least a first nozzle array, a second nozzle array, and a third nozzle array, and the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array being arrayed to be shifted in a nozzle arrayed direction. The printing apparatus controls the first and second nozzle arrays to discharge inks to form a plurality of first patterns. The printing apparatus controls the third nozzle array to discharge inks to form second patterns while changing a shift amount in a direction which intersects with the nozzle arrayed direction with respect to the plurality of first patterns. The printing apparatus calculates an adjustment value required to adjust relative printing positions between the first nozzle array and the third nozzle array in the intersecting direction using the first patterns and the second patterns. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001973 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printer includes a moving section that moves an upstream background color nozzles and an upstream color nozzles in either an outward direction or a returning direction from among intersecting directions that intersect the transporting direction, and moves a downstream background color nozzles and a downstream color nozzles in either the outward direction or the returning direction, and a controlling section that makes the upstream background color nozzles and the upstream color nozzles form a background image, and makes at least the downstream color nozzles form a color image, wherein when the background image is formed, regarding the movement of the upstream background color nozzles and the upstream color nozzles in either the outward direction or the returning direction, the upstream background color nozzles and the upstream color nozzles are made to eject the respective inks thereof to tone the background image. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001974 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing device characterized by comprising a speed-acquiring section that acquires a creation speed when operational data is to be created by data conversion section on the basis of print data, wherein in a case where the creation speed acquired by the speed-acquiring section is lower than a prescribed speed, the speed at which printing section deposits printing matter onto a printing medium is made lower than in a case where the creation speed is higher than the prescribed speed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001975 | EFFICIENT DATA SCANNING FOR PRINT MODE SWITCHING - A method for printing images on an inkjet printer having grayscale print and color print modes, comprising performing an inspection process to inspect lines of image data in an inspection region downstream from a current swath of image data to determine a print mode for a future swath of image data. The inspection process includes inspecting the lines of image data in the inspection region according to a predetermined inspection sequence, determining whether an inspected line contains any pixels to be printed with color ink, and if so terminating the inspection process and designating that the future swath is to be printed with the color print mode; otherwise, if none of the lines are found to contain any pixels to be printed with color ink, designating the future swath to be printed with the grayscale print mode. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001976 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING HEAD - An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt having holes facing a head and to transfer a recording medium in a transferring direction perpendicular to an array direction of nozzles in the head, a driving unit to drive the endless belt, a driving speed control unit to control a driving speed of the endless belt, and a maintenance discharge amount acquisition unit to acquire an amount of a recording liquid to be discharged from the nozzles of the head to allow the amount of the recording liquid to be passed through the holes in the endless belt for performing maintenance during a non-image forming operation. The driving speed control unit sets the driving speed of the endless belt based on the amount of the recording liquid to be discharged from the nozzles acquired by the maintenance discharge amount acquisition unit. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001977 | PROVIDING UNIFORM ILLUMINATION TO A MOVING SENSOR - A method for providing uniform or substantially uniform illumination to a field of view of a light sensing device that is moving with respect to a light source, the method comprises the steps of (a) providing an inkjet printhead to eject ink for printing; (b) providing a monitor to track the position of the light sensing device relative to the light source; and (c) providing an energy supply that provides a time-varying energy as a function of the position of the light sensing device relative to the light source in a manner that provides substantially uniform illumination from the light source toward a field of view of the light sensing device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001978 | PRINTER WITH UNIFORM ILLUMINATION FOR MEDIA IDENTIFICATION - An inkjet printer includes (a) a media support defining a surface; (b) an inkjet printhead oriented to eject ink toward a print region proximate the defined surface; (c) a carriage that is movable along a carriage scan direction; (d) a monitor for tracking the position of the carriage; (e) a light source directed toward the defined surface; (f) a light sensing device mounted on the movable carriage; and (g) an energy supply that provides a time-varying energy as a function of the position of the light sensing device relative to the light source in order to provide substantially uniform illumination from the light source toward a field of view of the light sensing device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001979 | METHOD OF NON-AQUEOUS INKJET COMPOSITE PRINTING AND INK SET - A method of forming a dense image in non-aqueous inkjet composite printing wherein a black ink and at least one color ink are ejected in the same printing scan, comprising the step of:
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20120001980 | INK JET INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, AND INK CARTRIDGE - An ink jet ink containing a pigment and a polyurethane polymer, wherein the polyurethane polymer has units derived from a polyol having no acid group and having the carbon number of 13 or more and 250 or less, a diol having an acid group and having the carbon number of 1 or more and 7 or less, a polyol having a siloxane structure, and a polyisocyanate, and an acid value of the polyurethane polymer is 40.0 mgKOH/g or more and 80.0 mgKOH/g or less. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001981 | VARIABLE PRINTING MEDIUM HAVING HIGH GLOSSINESS, AND RECORDING METHOD - A printing medium including at least base paper and a coating layer, wherein the coating layer is directly formed on the base paper by a cast coating method using a coating liquid, which contains kaolin and amorphous silica and contains the amorphous silica in an amount of 3% by mass to 20% by mass. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001982 | Mitigation of Fluid Leaks - A fluid ejector head includes a die with a plurality of fluid ejector units, each fluid ejector unit comprising a pumping actuator having a drive electrode, and a manifold that contacts the first side of the die to define a module volume in fluidic communication with a drainage volume. The module volume is defined in part between the manifold and at least a portion of plurality of fluid ejector units, and the drainage volume is located apart from the fluid ejector units. The module volume, in comparison to the drainage volume, has a greater ratio of interior surface area to volume or has a greater percentage of interior surface area covered by a non-wetting coating. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001983 | INKJET APPARATUS - An inkjet apparatus having a liquid container configured to contain liquid, a conduit configured to discharge gas in a first space where an inkjet head is placed into the liquid contained in the liquid container, and a pump configured to discharge the gas from a second space over the surface of the liquid in the liquid container is provided. If the pump is operated, the second space is placed in a reduced pressure condition as compared to the first space, and the gas in the first space is discharged into the liquid through the conduit, thereby becomes bubbles, and floats up. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001984 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a record head having an ejection surface and a conveyance mechanism having a conveyance surface which passes through a position facing the ejection surface. The inkjet recording apparatus further includes: a capping mechanism which has a annular component provided around the record head to circumscribe the record head and is able to achieve capping such that the ejection surface is covered with the conveyance surface and the annular component as the annular component is caused to contact the conveyance surface; a recognition unit which recognizes a position of a first region on the conveyance surface, the first region being not smaller than an enclosed range on the conveyance surface which range is circumscribed by the annular component and being a region in which a predetermined amount or less ink adheres to an arbitrary range which is within the first region and is identical in size with the enclosed range; and a control unit which controls the capping mechanism and the conveyance mechanism so that the capping is achieved in such a way that the first region of the conveyance surface recognized by the recognition unit contacts the annular component. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001985 | MIST COLLECTING APPARATUS, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MIST COLLECTING APPARATUS - A mist collecting apparatus which sucks and collects mist that is generated due to ejection of a liquid includes: an exhaust duct from which a suction unit for sucking outside air extends downward; and a liquid absorbing member which is mounted to the suction unit so that a lower end portion thereof is disposed on an outside of the exhaust duct and an upper end portion thereof is disposed in the exhaust duct, wherein a suction pressure of the liquid absorbing member on a liquid by capillary force is equal to or greater than a difference between hydraulic heads of an upper and a lower end of the liquid absorbing member. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001986 | Nozzle plate and method for manufacturing the nozzle plate, and inkjet printer head with the nozzle plate - The present invention provides a nozzle plate, the nozzle plate including: a first silicon substrate; and a second silicon substrate which has a crystal orientation different from that of the first silicon substrate and is bonded to the first silicon substrate, wherein the first silicon substrate includes a first through hole, and the second silicon substrate includes a second through hole which the first through hole communicates with, and has a different structure from that of the first through hole. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001987 | Pressure purging device for inkjet recording apparatus - [Problem to be Solved] To provide a pressure purging device for an inkjet recording apparatus enabling pressure-purging only designated one of a plurality of recording heads and capable of preventing ink from leaking during the pressure purging. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001988 | Ink supply device for inkjet recording apparatus - [Problem to be Solved] To provide, in an inkjet recording apparatus including a plurality of recording heads, an ink supply device for the inkjet recording apparatus capable of efficiently humidifying ink flowing through the recording heads to control the viscosity of the ink. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001989 | INKJET PRINTER WITH FLOAT VALVE PRESSURE REGULATOR - An inkjet printer includes: an ink reservoir; a printhead having an ink inlet and an ink outlet; an upstream ink conduit connected to the ink inlet; a downstream ink conduit connected to the ink outlet; and a pressure-regulating chamber. The pressure-regulating chamber includes: an inlet port connected to the ink reservoir via a supply conduit; an outlet port connected to the upstream ink conduit; a vent open to atmosphere; and a float valve for maintaining a set level of ink in the pressure-regulating chamber. The float valve includes: an arm pivotally mounted about a pivot; a float mounted at one end of said arm; and a valve head connected to the arm for sealing engagement with a valve seat at the inlet port. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001990 | INK SUPPLY CONTAINER - An ink supply container includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to hold a first volume of ink and is configured to be releasably connectable to a printhead. The second portion is configured to hold a second volume of ink and is in communication with the first portion. The second portion is configured to extend over a top of at least one other ink supply container upon releasable connection of the first portion of the container to a printhead assembly. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001991 | ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION UNIT - An ultraviolet irradiation unit ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120001992 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus including: (a) a first conveyor configured to convey a recording medium along a first conveyance path; (b) a first recording head; (c) a second conveyor configured to convey the recording medium along a second conveyance path; (d) a second recording head; (e) a third conveyor configured to convey the recording medium along a third conveyance path; and (f) a posture changer configured to change a posture of at least a downstream-side portion of the first conveyor between a first angular posture and a second angular posture, such that at least a downstream-side part of the first conveyance path is directed to the second conveyance path when the at least the downstream-side portion of the first conveyor takes the first angular posture, and such that the at least the downstream-side part of the first conveyance path is directed to the third conveyance path when the at least the downstream-side portion of the first conveyor takes the second angular posture. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001993 | Image Forming Device - An image forming device, including: a housing having an opening; an opening and closing member rotatably supported by the housing between an opened state and a closed state, a pair of shaft parts respectively provided at lower portions of side walls of the opening and closing member; space formed under a lower edge of the opening and closing member; and a pair of shaft support members respectively provided on the housing, and wherein the pair of shaft support members respectively have shaft holes into which the pair of shaft parts are respectively inserted; each shaft support member has a fixed part and a deformable part having the shaft hole; and the deformable part is formed such that the lower edge part of the deformable part is positioned on a center side of the opening and closing member with respect to a position of the fixed part. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001994 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF THE SAME - According to one embodiment, if it is designated by operation of a control panel that a printed halftone image for test is defective, a number of revolutions of a polygon mirror is finely adjusted by a predetermined rate and a frequency of a serial data signal is finely adjusted by the rate. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001995 | EXPOSURE DEVICE CAPABLE OF STABILIZING DENSITY OF IMAGE FORMED BY MULTIPLE EXPOSURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE EXPOSURE DEVICE - An exposure device configured to perform exposure using a plurality of light beams and capable of stabilizing image density without increasing circuit size. The exposure device has a first light source for emitting a first light beam and a second light source for emitting a second light beam. The exposure device exposes a photosensitive drum such that areas exposed to the respective first and second light beams at least partially overlap each other. A first drive current having a predetermined value and a second drive current are supplied to the respective first and second light sources. A photodiode detects the intensities of the respective first and second light beams or the sum of the intensities. The second drive current is controlled based on a detection result from the photodiode such that the sum of the intensities becomes equal to a target intensity. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001996 | DRIVING DEVICE, PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A driving device that drives a light emitting thyristor array includes: a first driving circuit operated by a second power source; a scanning circuit including plural stages of scanning thyristors and sequentially scanning the plural stages of light emitting thyristors, a second driving circuit operated by a second power source, generating first and second clock signals for driving the scanning circuit, and outputting the first and second clock signals from first and second clock terminals, respectively, a terminal of an odd numbered stage scanning thyristor is commonly connected to the first clock terminal, another terminal of an even numbered stage scanning thyristor is commonly connected to the second clock terminal, and a control terminal of a first stage scanning thyristor is connected to the second clock terminal via a first resistor. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001997 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF THE SAME - According to one embodiment, the control section forms a latent image pattern for detecting malfunction, on each photoconductive drum. The control section determines malfunction of each laser unit based on the detection result of each surface potential sensor with respect to the formed latent image pattern. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001998 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided with an image forming apparatus, which includes: a laser output unit that outputs laser light; a rotary polygon mirror that reflects the laser light output from the laser output unit; a photoconductor where the laser light reflected from the rotary polygon mirror is incident to scan; and a controller that corrects the written position of laser light on the photoconductor in a first state where the amount of laser light output from the laser output unit is a first amount of light and a second state where the amount of laser light is larger than the first amount of light, by controlling emission timing of the laser output unit. | 2012-01-05 |
20120001999 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANGING A CAMERA CONFIGURATION IN RESPONSE TO SWITCHING BETWEEN MODES OF OPERATION - A videoconferencing terminal and method use a display and camera that are adaptable depending on the mode of operation: videoconference mode, or document camera mode. The camera is pivotally mounted on the display, and is pivotally positionable within different pivot ranges according to the pivot angle with respect to a surface on which the display is positioned. When the camera is rotated beyond a predetermined non-zero angle relative to a vertical plane, the mode of operation automatically switches to a document pick-up mode of operation. In the document pick-up mode, the image of the document is flipped so as to be viewed by users at both endpoints of a videoconference call. Also, the camera is set to maximum zoom and focus adjusted to a predetermined distance so as to make for a clean image capture of the document. Also, the camera provides for keystone correction due to the lens not being co-planer with the document. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002000 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO PROCESSING FOR IMPROVED VIDEO COMPRESSION - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for processing video. In one method, analog image information is acquired over an exposure period, and digital image information is generated from the analog image information at a frame period where the exposure period is greater than the frame period. In another method, stored characteristic information such as images of parties are compared to a received characteristic information. If there is a match, a communication link is established between the parties. | 2012-01-05 |