08th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130044078 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING THROUGH A CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR - Devices and methods for communicating information through a capacitive touch sensor based on patterns. In one example, a device for communicating a plurality of distinct patterns through a conductive element includes: a conductive element adapted to conduct a first pattern and a second pattern, wherein the first conducted pattern and the second conducted pattern each provide a uniquely identifiable parasitic capacitance effect on a capacitive touch sensor; and a selector for selecting between conducting the first pattern and the second pattern. A method of communicating through a capacitive touch sensor, includes the steps of: providing a device for communicating a plurality of distinct patterns through a conductive element; placing the conductive element in contact with a capacitive touch sensor; and interpreting the parasitic capacitance effect on the capacitive touch sensor to determine whether the device is communicating the first pattern or the second pattern. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044079 | 5-WIRE RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN PRESSURE MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A 5-wire touch screen system includes a touch screen ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130044080 | DUAL-VIEW DISPLAY DEVICE OPERATING METHOD - A dual-view display device operating method for operating a dual-view display device that delivers different images to viewers at different sides and has multiple sensors in multiple sides thereof by: sensing the approaching of an object by the sensors to produce a heading value corresponding to the direction of the object, and then coupling and computing all received sensing signals from the sensors to produce an operating parameter for running an air gesture application procedure. Thus, the dual-view display device allows different users to execute different operating procedures on respectively viewed different video displays, saving the installation cost and enhancing operational convenience. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044081 | OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM AND A POSITIONING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides an optical touch system and a positioning method thereof based on stereo vision theory. The proposed optical touch system adopts at least two adjustable linear image sensors to capture image information so that the information can be applicable to different sizes of touch screens by adjusting locations of the image sensors. Sensing area covers the whole screen without the need to increase quantity of sensors; besides, the present disclosure also provides a positioning method for the optical touch system, malting the spectra emitted by a stylus correspond to the image sensors, which leaves out complicated image processing to improve the speed and accuracy of touch response. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044082 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch-sensing display panel including a front substrate, scan lines, data lines, pixel structures, photo-sensors, readout devices, a rear substrate and a display medium is provided. The front substrate has an inner surface. The scan lines and the data lines are on the inner surface of the front substrate and intersected to each other. The pixel structures are disposed on the inner surface of the front substrate, and each pixel structure is electrically connected to one of the scan lines and one of the data lines correspondingly. The photo-sensors are disposed on the inner surface of the front substrate. Each readout device is electrically connected to one of the photo-sensor correspondingly. The rear substrate is disposed opposite to the front substrate. The display medium is sealed between the front substrate and the rear substrate. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044083 | CRT Light Pen Interface for Flat Panel Displays - A CRT light pen emulating interface with power save and remote access for flat panel displays includes a pen flat panel display that indicates at least one of a user action with a light pen switch or other device and a presence of a light pen emulating object positioned on or proximate to a display surface of the electromagnetic pen flat panel display. A light pen emulating object is positioned proximate to the electromagnetic pen flat panel display. A processor generates a light pen emulation signal comprising position data for the light pen emulating object relative to the display surface of the electromagnetic flat panel display. A light pen CRT electronic interface converts the position data for the light pen emulating object into a corresponding signal that is comparable to a signal generated by a CRT light pen viewing a scanning dot on the CRT screen. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044084 | SECURING PROTECTED CONTENT DURING VIDEO PLAYBACK - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that drives a display from a computer system. During operation, the system writes graphical output to protected memory and drives the display from the protected memory. If the graphical output lacks protection, the system discontinues the driving of the display from the protected memory. In particular, upon detecting a lack of protection in the graphical output, the system continues to drive the display from the protected memory during a grace period associated with the lack of protection in the graphical output. The system then discontinues driving of the display from the protected memory if protection of the graphical output does not resume during the grace period. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044085 | Liquid crystal panel driving circuit and liquid crystal display Device Using the Same - The present invention discloses a liquid crystal panel driving circuit and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device using the same, multiple scan chips and multiple discharge resistors which are corresponding to all the scan chips one-to-one, wherein each said discharge resistor is used for loading the scan drive and the scan line of the corresponding scan chip. Because the loading resistor group of the clipper circuit is divided into multiple discharge resistors which are matched with all the scan chips, the discharge energy will be reduced as long as each discharge resistor is responsible for the loading of the corresponding scan chip, and the problem of local overheating will not be generated. In addition, the discharge resistors can be distributed into different positions; the arrangement of the driving circuit can be freely selected; the heat is uniformly dissipated by distributing the discharge resistors, and local overheating will be avoided and not affect the performance of the circuit. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044086 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display panel driving device and a driving method thereof are provided. The display panel driving device includes a host and a driving chip, in which the driving chip includes a store unit and a driving module. The host switches sources of image data received by the driving module according to content of the image data, so as to determine whether the driving module receives the image data from the store unit or not. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044087 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING DEVICE - A display panel driving device is provided. The display panel driving device includes a host and a driving chip. The driving chip includes a store unit, a driving module and a transmitting interface unit. The host controls the transmitting interface unit to switch sources of image data received by the driving module according to content of the image data, so as to determine whether the driving module receives the image data from the store unit or not. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044088 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DISPLAY DRIVING SYSTEM - A data transmission method applied in a display, which includes a display panel, is provided. The data transmission method includes the following steps of: providing a host controller and n display drivers, n is a natural number greater than 1; providing a communication link under mobile industry processor interface (MIPI), connecting the host controller to the n display drivers; determining n virtual channel values Vc1-Vcn corresponding to the respective n display drivers; employing the host controller for providing a command with a virtual channel parameter through the communication link under MIPI; when the virtual channel parameter corresponds to an i | 2013-02-21 |
20130044089 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DISPLAY DRIVING SYSTEM - A data transmission method applied in a display, which includes a display panel, is provided. The data transmission method includes the following steps of: providing a host controller and n display drivers, n is a natural number greater than 1; providing a communication link under mobile industry processor interface (MIPI), connecting the host controller to the n display drivers; determining n virtual channel values Vc | 2013-02-21 |
20130044090 | SUB-PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD OF FLAT DISPLAY PANEL - A sub-pixel circuit, display panel and driving method of the display panel are provided. The display panel has a plurality of data lines, scan lines and sub-pixel circuits. At least one of the sub-pixel circuits is electrically coupled to one data line and three scan lines. The sub-pixel circuit determines whether to receive data from the coupled data line or not according to scan signals transmitted on the coupled three scan lines, and controls transmittance itself accordingly. Specifically, the scan signals transmitted on the coupled three scan lines are different from each other. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044091 | SIGNAL CONTROL DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME AND SIGNAL CONTROL METHOD USING THE SAME - A signal controlling method for a display device for signal processing between an external system and a display panel that displays an image by receiving a signal from the external system. The method includes receiving N clock signals and N data signals synchronized with the N clock signals from the external system through N channels, N being a natural number no less than 2; writing the received N data signals in N storage units in order of reception time of the N data signals; extracting one clock signal from the N clock signals; and outputting the N data signals written in the N storage units simultaneously in synchronization with the extracted clock signal. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044092 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a display device including a plurality of sensing unit groups consisting of a plurality of sensing units and arranged in a matrix form. The display device further includes a plurality of gate lines connected to the plurality of sensing units included in a first sensing unit group, at least one sensing signal line connected to the plurality of sensing units, a scan driver transmitting gate signals to the gate lines, and a sensing signal processor processing a sensing signal transmitted by the sensing signal line. The gate lines transmit the gate signals according to different gate clock signals. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044093 | DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A POSITION OF AN OBJECT APPLIED TO A THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - A display includes a backlight source, display panel, first light source, and controller. The display panel includes a sensor array for sensing first reflection light generated from an object reflecting first detection light. The first detection light is generated by the backlight source for locating a coordinate of a projection point of the object on the display panel. The first light source is disposed in a first side of the display panel, for repeatedly transmitting second detection light of different transmitting angles to the object at different time to generate a second reflection light. The second reflection light is sensed by the sensor array. The controller is for performing a corresponding operation according to a transmitting angle of the first light source and the coordinate of the projection point when brightness value of the reflective light is substantially greater than a predict value. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044094 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device, which includes a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix form. Each of the pixel units further includes a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode. The first sub-pixel electrode is set at a central position of the pixel unit. The second sub-pixel electrode is circumferentially set along a circumference of the first sub-pixel electrode. With the above arrangement, the present invention improves the γ view angle characteristics of the liquid crystal display device to provide enhanced performance of displaying of the liquid crystal display device and thus improving quality of displaying. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044095 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes: a substrate; a first and a second thin film transistor (TFT) both disposed on the substrate and both having an active layer, a gate, a source and a drain electrode. A gate line is connected to the gate electrode of the first TFT, and a data line is connected to the source electrode of the first TFT. A common power source line is connected to the source electrode of the second TFT, intersects the gate line, and is parallel to the data line. A pixel electrode is connected to the drain electrode of the second TFT. An organic emission layer is disposed on the first electrode. A common electrode line is disposed on the organic emission layer. A secondary common power source line is formed with the same material as and is parallel to the common electrode line. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044096 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a display panel includes generating a clock signal including a high period which includes a first horizontal period having a first level, a second horizontal period having a second level smaller than the first level, and a third horizontal period having the first level, and a low period having a third level, generating a gate signal which includes the first level in the first horizontal period, the second level in the second horizontal period, and the first level in the third horizontal period based on the clock signal, and charging a data voltage to a pixel of the display panel in response to the gate signal. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044097 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DISPLAY CONTROL IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for automatically controlling screens displayed on two display units installed in a mobile terminal are provided, in which, an event is identified, if an event occurs, and on and off states of the display units are controlled, if the event is identified as a control operation of the display units corresponding to a user's key input. If the event is identified as a control operation of the display units corresponding to an operation of a sensor, the display units are automatically controlled corresponding to rotation of the mobile terminal. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044098 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a gate driver, a source driver and a common driver. An input video signal is stored in a line memory and a gray scale with which an applied voltage becomes highest is detected from data corresponding to 1 line among the signal. A common electrode is driven by a common voltage being reduced in accordance with the gray scale and having a low effective value. The driver is driven by an output controlled in accordance with the voltage thus reduced. A voltage applied to a common electrode is set by using a LUT and a common voltage is set by using a LUT. It is therefore possible to provide a liquid crystal display device and a method of driving the liquid crystal display device, each of which can reduce power consumption. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044099 | PERFORMANCE DISPLAY DEVICE - A performance display device comprising a base receptacle and a display unit; wherein the display unit comprises a display screen and a processor, and is operable by a mode switch; the mode switch is operated by relative pivotal motion between the display unit and the base receptacle; characterized in that the display unit and the base receptacle are complementarily shaped to cooperatively form a hinge axis about which the mode changing pivotal motion takes place. A performance display device having a hinge axis formed by the complementarily shaped display unit and base receptacle provides a simple, robust, and reliable device. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044100 | PORTABLE DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED USER INTERFACE FOR MICROFLUIDIC DISPLAY - A portable device for providing an integrated user interface for microfluidic display is provided. The device includes a touchscreen and a microfluidic display being substantially transparent and superimposed over the touchscreen. A surface of the microfluidic display deforms in accordance with a touchscreen input item. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044101 | Three-Dimensional Image Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - Disclosed are a 3D image display device and a driving method thereof. The 3D image display device includes a panel, a barrier panel, an image collector, and a timing controller. The panel includes a plurality of left-eye pixels and right-eye pixels. The barrier panel is disposed at a front surface of the panel, and includes a light transmitting area and a light blocking area. The image collector collects images of an object. The timing controller sets and stores a view map with the images in a view map correction mode and, in a 3D viewing mode, determines which of a plurality of viewing zones for a 3D image the object is located in and generates a barrier control signal for driving the barrier panel according to the determined result. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044102 | METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for outputting a 3D image and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The method for outputting a 3D image includes generating a left eye image and a right eye image using an input image, decreasing resolution of the left eye image and the right eye image by a predetermined positive number of times and outputting the left eye image and the right eye image by increasing an output frequency by the positive number of times. Accordingly, a 60 Hz timing controller used for a general display apparatus may be used and thus, a flickering effect and a cross-talk effect may be prevented. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044103 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - Disclosed is an apparatus for displaying stereoscopic images. The apparatus for displaying stereoscopic images includes a stereoscopic image-generating part, a main display part, a sub-display part, and a translucent reflective structure part. The stereoscopic image-generating part splits a single image to generate a first stereoscopic image to be directly viewed by a user and a second stereoscopic image to be reflected and viewed by the user. The main display part directly displays the first stereoscopic image to a gaze of a user. The sub-display part displays the second stereoscopic image. The translucent reflective structure part reflects the second stereoscopic image displayed on the sub-display part. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044104 | Methods and Apparatus for Displaying an Image with Enhanced Depth Effect - Methods and apparatus for displaying an image with enhanced image depth arc disclosed. In one method, a range of depth values of picture elements (pixels) of an image is divided into multiple depth layers, and pixels in the different depth layers are displayed in a phased manner relative to the frame start time. For each image frame, objects with increasing depth in a scene arc displayed with increasing delays relative to the image frame start time. The resulting illusion of depth is believed to be attributable to the edge-detection response of the human visual system. which reacts strongly to the alternating illumination on each side of an object's edge. In some implementations, the display device includes multiple pixel units that arc individually activated dependent upon corresponding pixel depth data. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044105 | Three Dimensional Display Compute System - System and method for video holographic display. Information is received regarding a 2D hogel array with multiple hogel apertures, specifying number, size, and/or spacing of the hogel apertures. Information regarding a 3D scene is received, including a scaling factor mapping the 3D scene to a 3D display volume. Due to gradual variation of radiation patterns from hogel to hogel, a full set of color radiation intensity patterns for the entire hogel array may be generated by interpolating the color radiation intensity patterns from a sparse subset of the hogels without having to compute all of the patterns. The full set of color radiation intensity patterns may then be used to holographically display the 3D scene. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044106 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OBJECT PROCESSING IN VIRTUAL WORLDS - Systems and methods of virtual world interaction, operation, implementation, instantiation, creation, and other functions related to virtual worlds (note that where the term “virtual world” is used herein, it is to be understood as referring to virtual world systems, virtual environments reflecting real, simulated, fantasy, or other structures, and includes information systems that utilize interaction within a 3D environment). Various embodiments facilitate interoperation between and within virtual worlds, and may provide consistent structures for operating virtual worlds. The disclosed embodiments may further enable individuals to build new virtual worlds within a framework, and allow third party users to better interact with those worlds. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044107 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MANAGED SCRIPT EXECUTION - Systems and methods of virtual world interaction, operation, implementation, instantiation, creation, and other functions related to virtual worlds (note that where the term “virtual world” is used herein, it is to be understood as referring to virtual world systems, virtual environments reflecting real, simulated, fantasy, or other structures, and includes information systems that utilize interaction within a 3D environment). Various embodiments facilitate interoperation between and within virtual worlds, and may provide consistent structures for operating virtual worlds. The disclosed embodiments may further enable individuals to build new virtual worlds within a framework, and allow third party users to better interact with those worlds. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044108 | IMAGE RENDERING DEVICE, IMAGE RENDERING METHOD, AND IMAGE RENDERING PROGRAM FOR RENDERING STEREOSCOPIC PANORAMIC IMAGES - An image rendering device realizes stereoscopic viewing of a joint background image. A DIBR unit | 2013-02-21 |
20130044109 | CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A control method and apparatus for stereoscopic display is provided. The method includes: obtaining the position change information of glasses of a user (s | 2013-02-21 |
20130044110 | Generating Simulated Neural Circuits in a Voxel Space - A three-dimensional voxel space is generated in which to generate a simulated neural circuit. The voxel space includes a plurality of voxels that store localized information. After the voxel space is generated, a plurality of simulated branched neurons, each of which has one or more input and/or output branches that occupy at least one of the voxels, are embedded in the voxel space. One or more of the branches of the plurality of simulated neurons then are generated in a manner that changes the voxels occupied by the grown branches, and the localized information stored in the voxels is updated to reflect the changes in the voxels occupied by the grown branches. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044111 | User Configurable Central Monitoring Station - The invention provides a dynamic central monitoring station having multiple touch screens for displaying numerical and graphical representation of vital statistics of one or more patients. The central monitoring station is connected to one or more bedside monitors and telemetry devices. The multiple touch screens are configurable to simultaneously display real time and historic patient data corresponding to a plurality of patients. One screen serves as a dedicated display screen for the review of individual patient data while the remaining screens continue to display vital statistics for all of the monitored patients. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044112 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FREQUENCY DOMAIN DISPLAY WITH VISUAL INDICATION OF FFT WINDOW SHAPE - A test and measurement instrument includes a display having a time domain graticule and a frequency domain graticule. A processor is configured to process an input signal to generate a time domain waveform for display in the time domain graticule, the input signal being correlated to a time base. The processor is also configured to process a second input signal and generate a frequency domain waveform for display in the frequency domain graticule, the second input signal being correlated to the same time base. The frequency domain waveform is correlated to a selected time period of the time base. The processor is also configured to generate a spectrum time indicator configured to graphically illustrate a transform parameter, a location and the selected time period in the time domain graticule with respect to the frequency domain waveform. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044113 | System, Method, and Device for Organizing and Presenting Digital Flyers - A system, method and communication device are disclosed for organizing and presenting a plurality of digital flyers. Using flyer stack information, which organizes the plurality of digital flyers into at least one flyer stack, the plurality of digital flyers are presented to allow for inter-flyer and intra-flyer navigation. Moreover, the flyer stack information may be used to allow the inter-flyer and intra-flyer content to be searched. This is achieved by providing a method and communication device that receives the flyer stack information from a server, and presents the flyer stack information in a flyer navigation interface. The flyer navigation interface displays the at least one flyer stack, selects the flyer stack from the at least one flyer stack, and displays a digital flyer from the selected flyer stack in the flyer navigation interface as a current digital flyer, including displaying an indication of a next digital flyer in the selected flyer stack, the next digital flyer being accessible by navigating to the indication. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044114 | Visual Representation of Data According to an Abstraction Hierarchy - Visual representations having visual nodes that can each show up to two levels of an abstraction hierarchy of data, extracted elements of the data, and/or categories thereof, with the optional ability to explode the data, the extracted elements, and/or the categories into additional visual nodes provide capability for deeper composition exploration. Relationships among the data, the extracted elements, and/or the categories can be represented via lines within and across visual nodes. The visual representation can provide an user with awareness of different attributes of the data, the extracted elements, and/or the categories in context even for large, complex corpora of data. The representations of the data, the extracted elements, and/or the categories in the visual representation can be sorted, can depict relative size or quantity across various attributes, and can provide insight into relationships based on metadata and/or content. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044115 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - To provide a display device capable of displaying a trajectory of a specific portion of a program controlled control target device regardless of whether the control program is a simple sequential execution type or a situation adaptive type. A PC ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130044116 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ANIMATION BY TAGGING OBJECTS WITHIN A GAME ENVIRONMENT - A game developer can “tag” an item in the game environment. When an animated character walks near the “tagged” item, the animation engine can cause the character's head to turn toward the item, and mathematically computes what needs to be done in order to make the action look real and normal. The tag can also be modified to elicit an emotional response from the character. For example, a tagged enemy can cause fear, while a tagged inanimate object may cause only indifference or indifferent interest. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044117 | VECTOR REGISTER FILE CACHING OF CONTEXT DATA STRUCTURE FOR MAINTAINING STATE DATA IN A MULTITHREADED IMAGE PROCESSING PIPELINE - Frequently accessed state data used in a multithreaded graphics processing architecture is cached within a vector register file of a processing unit to optimize accesses to the state data and minimize memory bus utilization associated therewith. A processing unit may include a fixed point execution unit as well as a vector floating point execution unit, and a vector register file utilized by the vector floating point execution unit may be used to cache state data used by the fixed point execution unit and transferred as needed into the general purpose registers accessible by the fixed point execution unit, thereby reducing the need to repeatedly retrieve and write back the state data from and to an L1 or lower level cache accessed by the fixed point execution unit. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044118 | ERROR RECOVERY OPERATIONS FOR A HARDWARE ACCELERATOR - In at least some embodiments, an apparatus includes a hardware accelerator subsystem with a pipeline. The hardware accelerator subsystem is configured to perform error recovery operations in response to a bit stream error. The error recovery operations comprise a pipe-down process to completely decode a data block that is already in the pipeline, an overwrite process to overwrite commands in the hardware accelerator subsystem with null operations (NOPs) once the pipe-down process is complete, and a pipe-up process to restart decoding operations of the pipeline at a next synchronization point. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044119 | ANALYTE-TESTING DEVICE - A device adapted to determine an analyte concentration of a fluid sample using a test sensor. The device comprises a display adapted to display information to a user. The device further comprises at least one user-interface mechanism adapted to allow the user to interact with the device. The device further comprises a body portion including at least one opening formed therein, the at least one opening being of sufficient size to receive the test sensor. The device further comprises a memory adapted to store a plurality of stored analyte concentrations. The device further comprises a processing feature adapted to inhibit the stored analyte concentrations from being displayed on the display. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044120 | THERMAL COLOR SHIFT REDUCTION IN LCDS - Systems, methods, and devices are provided for an electronic display with thermally compensated pixels. Such an electronic display may have an array of pixels, at least some of which may be thermally compensated pixels that exhibit reduced color shift over a 20° C. change in temperature. These thermally compensated pixels may have numbers of pixel electrode fingers, pixel electrode widths and spacings, cell gap depths, and/or pixel edge distances that cause the array of pixels to exhibit a reduced color shift than otherwise (e.g., a color shift of less than delta u′v′ of about 0.0092 from a starting white point) when the temperature of the electronic display changes from about 30° C. to about 50° C. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044121 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY CAPABLE OF REDUCING GHOST SHADOWS AND FRAME REFRESH METHOD THEREOF - An electrophoretic display capable of reducing ghost shadows includes an electrophoretic panel, a pixel gray level recording unit, and a control signal generation unit. The electrophoretic panel includes a plurality of pixels. The pixel gray level recording unit is used for recording gray levels of the plurality of pixels when the electrophoretic panel displays a frame according to an image signal. The control signal generation unit is coupled to the pixel gray level recording unit and the plurality of pixels for providing a first refresh control signal for a first group pixels of the plurality of pixels and a second refresh control signal different from the first refresh control signal for a second group pixels of the plurality of pixels according to the gray levels of the plurality of pixels when the electrophoretic panel refreshes the frame according to the image signal. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044122 | COLOR ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT, DIGITAL COLOR ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A digital color adjustment device for a multimedia apparatus is provided. The digital color adjustment device performs color adjustment on a received pixel color data and sends to a display unit of the multimedia apparatus for display. The digital color adjustment device includes a hue shift lookup table, a saturation mapping lookup table, a brightness transformation lookup table and a non-linear output lookup table. The digital color adjustment device performs gamut mapping non-linear adjustment and/or independent color non-linear adjustment. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044123 | USER-SPECIFIED IMAGE COLORIZATION FOR APPLICATION USER INTERFACE - Techniques involving dynamic colorization of graphical user interfaces. One representative technique includes enabling a user to specify colors in which user interface elements will be colored in an application. An application colorization service is initiated in response to the user specification of the colors, which is used at least to obtain the colors specified by the user, and to create bitmap images of the application's user interface elements using the user-specified colors. A bitmap image output location is made accessible to the application to enable the application to retrieve the created bitmap images, and present the application using the application user interface elements having the user-specified colors. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044124 | CONTENT NORMALIZATION ON DIGITAL DISPLAYS - Described herein are various technologies pertaining to dynamically modifying content that is desirably displayed on a large display to correct for distortions caused by a position of eyes of a user relative to the large display. Modification of the content is undertaken dynamically based at least in part upon a sensed or computed position of the user relative to the display. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044125 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN ELEMENTARY IMAGE OF A COMPOSITE IMAGE AND AN ASSOCIATED VIEWING DEVICE - This method for displaying an elementary image of a composite image grouping several elementary images on a viewing device with memory, capable of allocating a global memory area for the processing of images, comprises:
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20130044126 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A visible image based on light output from a region to be observed by illumination of the region to be observed with visible light, and a special image based on light output from the region to be observed by illumination of the region to be observed with special light in a wavelength band that is different from the wavelength band of the visible light are obtained. An extraction image is generated by extracting a part of image data representing the visible image. A superimposition image is generated by superimposing the generated extraction image on the special image. The generated superimposition image is displayed. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044127 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ALIGNING A PLURALITY OF DIGITAL PICTURES - A method for aligning a plurality of first digital pictures. Each first digital picture includes a plurality of pixels wherein each pixel is associated with a pixel value. The method includes generating a second digital picture for each first digital picture. Generating the second digital picture for the first digital picture includes determining, for each of a plurality of pixels of the first digital picture, a number representing the pixel values of a plurality of pixels in a neighborhood of the pixel relatively to the pixel value of the pixel. The method further includes assigning the number as a pixel value to a pixel of the second digital image corresponding to the pixel of the first digital image. The method further includes generating aligning parameters based on the plurality of second digital pictures. The method further includes aligning the plurality of first digital pictures based on the aligning parameters. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044128 | CONTEXT ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY - A user interface includes a virtual object having an appearance in context with a real environment of a user using a see-through, near-eye augmented reality display device system. A virtual type of object and at least one real world object are selected based on compatibility criteria for forming a physical connection like attachment, supporting or integration of the virtual object with the at least one real object. Other appearance characteristics, e.g. color, size or shape, of the virtual object are selected for satisfying compatibility criteria with the selected at least one real object. Additionally, a virtual object type and appearance characteristics of the virtual object may be selected based on a social context of the user, a personal context of the user or both. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044129 | LOCATION BASED SKINS FOR MIXED REALITY DISPLAYS - The technology provides embodiments for providing a location-based skin for a see-through, mixed reality display device system. In many embodiments, a location-based skin includes a virtual object viewable by a see-through, mixed reality display device system which has been detected in a specific location. Some location-based skins implement an ambient effect. The see-through, mixed reality display device system is detected to be present in a location and receives and displays a skin while in the location in accordance with user settings. User data may be uploaded and displayed in a skin in accordance with user settings. A location may be a physical space at a fixed position and may also be a space defined relative to a position of a real object, for example, another see-through, mixed reality display device system. Furthermore, a location may be a location within another location. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044130 | PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL PERSONAL INFORMATION BY A MIXED REALITY DEVICE - The technology provides contextual personal information by a mixed reality display device system being worn by a user. A user inputs person selection criteria, and the display system sends a request for data identifying at least one person in a location of the user who satisfy the person selection criteria to a cloud based application with access to user profile data for multiple users. Upon receiving data identifying the at least one person, the display system outputs data identifying the person if he or she is within the field of view. An identifier and a position indicator of the person in the location is output if not. Directional sensors on the display device may also be used for determining a position of the person. Cloud based executing software can identify and track the positions of people based on image and non-image data from display devices in the location. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044131 | SOFTWARE CONTROLLER FOR AUDIO MIXER EQUIPMENT - A method for revealing changes in settings of an analogue control console, the method comprising:
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20130044132 | USER AUGMENTED REALITY FOR CAMERA-ENABLED MOBILE DEVICES - A user augmented reality (UAR) service for a camera-enabled mobile device obtains meta data regarding one or more images/video that are captured with such device and provides the meta data in the display of the mobile device. The meta data is interactive and allows the user to obtain additional information or specific types of information, such as information that will aid the user in making a decision regarding the identified objects or selectable action options that can be used to initiate actions with respect to the identified objects. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044133 | DETERMINATION OF BLANK SECTORS IN DIGITAL IMAGES - A process for producing rectangular aggregates in a digital image in which a user is directed to put annotation relating to the image. The process includes implementing a divergence level calculation procedure for categorizing the pixels of the image either above or below a divergence threshold. Then, imposing a grid on the image, of which each grid element is larger than a pixel. Further, implementing a grid element homogeneity calculation procedure, by employing homogeneity threshold for classifying the grid elements as being either homogeneous or non-homogeneous. Further, implementing a rectangular aggregate formation procedure, in which homogeneous grid elements are grouped in rectangles. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044134 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TIME CORRELATED SIGNAL ACQUISITION AND VIEWING - A test and measurement instrument includes a display having a time domain graticule and a frequency domain graticule. A processor is configured to sample an input signal to generate a time domain waveform for display in the time domain graticule. The processor is also configured to generate a frequency domain waveform for display in the frequency domain graticule, the frequency domain waveform being correlated to a selected time period of the time domain graticule. The processor is also configured to generate a spectrum time indicator configured to graphically illustrate a location and the selected time period of the time domain graticule with respect to the frequency domain waveform. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044135 | ELECTRONIC BOOK AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF FILES - An electronic book (e-book) includes a display screen. When a user reads a file on the display screen, the e-book determines a distance between the user's face and the e-book based on distance information in a captured image of the user. When the distance equals or is more than a first distance, the e-book displays the file in an original size. When the distance equals or is less than a second distance, the e-book displays the file in the original size as multiplied by a maximum multiplying factor. When the distance is more than the second distance and less than the first distance, the e-book adjusts a multiplying factor for the file according to the current distance and the zoom rules, and adjusts the display of the file on the display screen accordingly. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044136 | Customization of an Immersive Environment - A computing device includes an immersive environment module for facilitating simultaneous display of a plurality of applications on a display device without relying on system chrome. At least a first of the applications is displayed in a primary region of the display. The computing device also includes a UI management component for enabling a user selection of an application for simultaneous display on the display device with at least one other application. Processing logic is configured to determine a size in at least one direction of content of a user-selected application as it is displayed on a non-primary region of the display device simultaneous with display of content of the first application on the primary region of the display device. The determination is based at least in part on one or more pre-defined size requirements specified by the selected application. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044137 | SELECTIVE MAP MARKER AGGREGATION - The selective aggregation of marker objects on a map is disclosed. A plurality of marker objects is received in response to a query. The marker objects are each defined by a set of coordinates to a specific location on the map. The map is segregated into a plurality of bounding areas each defined by a set of bounding coordinates. A bounding area count of the number of marker objects having coordinates within a first one of the bounding areas is generated. The bounding area count is compared to a predetermined threshold. If the bounding area count is greater, a first aggregate marker is displayed in the first one of the bounding areas of the map. Otherwise, each of the marker objects within the first one of the bounding areas of the map is displayed. The marker objects are positioned according to the set of coordinates associated therewith. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044138 | IMAGE POSITION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - In order to achieve reduction in size, an image position adjustment device ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130044139 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING A CAMERA - Systems and methods for navigating a camera are provided. In some aspects, a method includes identifying an initial projection of a target on a viewport of the camera. The initial projection is associated with an initial camera pose of the camera. The method also includes determining a final projection of the target on the viewport. The final projection is associated with a final camera pose of the camera. The method also includes calculating intermediate camera poses of the camera along a navigational path between the initial camera pose and the final camera pose. Each of the intermediate camera poses is associated with a corresponding intermediate projection of the target on the viewport. The intermediate camera poses is calculated such that each subsequent one of the intermediate projections is closer to the final projection than is a previous one of the intermediate projections. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044140 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATING CONTENT ON SCREEN USING POINTING DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for navigating content larger than a display screen of a terminal using a pointing device are provided. The method includes acquiring, when a pointing position is changed on a screen partially displaying a content that is larger than the screen, a current pointing position by tracking the change of the pointing position, comparing an X axis displacement and a Y axis displacement from an initial pointing position as a starting position to the current pointing position with a predefined X axis threshold value and Y axis threshold value, respectively, determining a movement direction as one of an X axis, a Y axis, and an XY (diagonal) axis directions based on the comparison result, and scrolling the content in the movement direction to display an off-screen part of the content. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044141 | Cross-slide Gesture to Select and Rearrange - Cross slide gestures for touch displays are described. In at least some embodiments, cross slide gestures can be used on content that pans or scrolls in one direction, to enable additional actions, such as content selection, drag and drop operations, and the like. In one or more embodiments, a cross slide gesture can be performed by dragging an item or object in a direction that is different from a scrolling direction. The different-direction drag can be mapped to additional actions or functionality. In one or more embodiments, one or more thresholds can be utilized, such as a distance threshold, in combination with the different-direction drag, to map to additional actions or functionality. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044142 | METHOD OF DRIVING A PIXEL AND A SYSTEM FOR THE SAME - The present invention provides a method of driving pixels of an LCD including step (S | 2013-02-21 |
20130044143 | Liquid Crystal Display - A liquid crystal display includes a TFT-LCD module which comprises a pixel for showing grayscale signal, a data line, and a first switching unit for controlling operation of the pixel. The pixel includes a main sub-pixel and a secondary sub-pixel. The TFT-LCD module further includes a pair of pixel capacitors and a second switching unit. The sub-pixel comprises a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, and the TFT-LCD module further comprises a third switching unit for controlling operation of the second sub-pixel. The present invention can reduce crosstalk when showing a 3D image and keep the brightness of 2D images by controlling the operation of the second sub-pixel. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044144 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving method for a liquid crystal display includes the following steps: before the switching operation from a preceding frame to a next frame, looking up a preset second lookup table to obtain an actual gray scale of the preceding frame based on frame data of the preceding frame, the frame data of the preceding frame at least includes gray scale; according to the actual gray scale of the preceding frame and a predetermined gray scale of the next frame, looking up a preset first lookup table to obtain an overdrive gray scale for the switching operation from the preceding frame to the next frame ; performing an overdrive operation according to the overdrive gray scale. With the driving method, the gray scale can be corrected by the second lookup table, which improves the display effect of the liquid crystal display. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044145 | BLUE PHASE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving method is cooperated with a blue phase liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus having a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate. The first substrate has a first electrode layer, and the second substrate has a pixel electrode and a second electrode layer. The driving method includes the steps of: transmitting a first gray level voltage to the pixel electrode; transmitting a first black frame insertion voltage to the pixel electrode; and transmitting a first voltage to the first electrode layer, thereby providing a voltage gap between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. Accordingly, the dark-state light-leakage of the blue phase LCD apparatus can be improved. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044146 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DRIVER AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - In a display device and a display driver, when a grayscale of a display image is equal to or lower than a specific grayscale value obtained from a histogram of the display image, a display grayscale is extended with a linear function. On the other hand, when a grayscale of a display image is equal to or higher than the specific grayscale value, histogram equalization of a part higher than the specific grayscale value is performed, and the display grayscale is extended with a non-linear function obtained from the histogram equalization. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044147 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes a backlight unit including light emitting blocks driven independently of each other, a display panel which emits first light including a first image information using a first image data during an N-th frame period and emits second light including a second image information using a second image data during an (N+1)-th frame period, where N is a natural number; and an active retarder including polarizing blocks sequentially scanned along a first direction, where the active retarder converts the first light into first polarized light during the N-th frame period and converts the second light into second polarized light during the (N+1)-th frame period, and where the light emitting blocks are sequentially turned off in a unit of at least one light emitting block in each of the N-th and (N+1)-th frame periods along a scanning direction of the polarizing blocks. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044148 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a recording head, a sub tank, a carriage, a main tank, and a fluid feeding unit supplying fluid from the main tank to the sub tank, in which the sub tank includes a displacement member displaced depending on a remaining amount, the carriage includes a first detecting unit detecting the displacement member, the apparatus main body includes a second detecting unit detecting the displacement member,the image forming apparatus detects and stores a differential supply amount corresponding to a displacement amount of the displacement member between positions detected by the first detecting unit and the second detecting unit, respectively, and the differential supply amount of liquid is supplied to the sub tank after the first detecting unit detects the displacement member when liquid is supplied without using the second detecting unit. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044149 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink particle generation unit that makes a pressurized ink injected from a nozzle into particles, a charging unit that electrically charges the ink particle of those subjected to particulation, which corresponds to a dot to be printed, a polarizing unit that polarizes the electrically charged ink particle in a polarizing electric field, a collection unit that allows a gutter to collect the ink particle corresponding to the dot that is not printed, and a character forming unit that forms a character as a dot matrix on a printing object. A phase detection charging signal is applied to the ink particle that is not used for printing when forming the dot matrix character so as to detect an optimum charging timing in a process of forming the dot matrix character. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044150 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - In a serial type of color inkjet printing apparatus having a plurality of nozzle arrays, overlapping areas are provided in the respective operating nozzle areas, but printing of a high-quality image can be achieved without color banding and gloss variations accompanying non-uniformity in the ink application process. To attain this, while the operating nozzle areas of the plurality of nozzle arrays partially overlap with each other, the overlapping area of the operating nozzle area of each nozzle array is set to be equal to an integral multiple of the amount of conveyance. In consequence, the ink application process for the entire image area is made uniform. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044151 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PRINTING DEVICE, AND A PRINTING DEVICE - A control method that conveys a recording medium fed from a first conveyance unit a specific number of paper feed steps after the leading end is detected by a first detection unit, and stops conveyance after conveying the leading end of the recording medium passed the second conveyance unit, second detection unit, and print unit to an initial printing position has a reference distance acquisition step that gets a reference number of conveyance steps equal to the distance between the second detection unit and the initial printing position in the specific number of conveyance steps; an actual step count measurement step that measures an actual number of steps the recording medium is conveyed during actual conveyance from detection of the leading end by the second detection unit until conveyance stops; and an evaluation step that determines if paper feed error occurred when conveying the recording medium. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044152 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When it is decided that the PE sensor installed upstream of the conveying roller has detected paper, the motor driving the recovery operation is stopped. This prevents paper jamming that may be caused by the reverse rotation of the motor during the recovery operation. That is, when print paper happens to remain on a conveying path for some reason, at a position where it can be driven simultaneously by both of the intermediate and the conveying rollers, the activation of the recovery operation, which is powered by the same motor that drives these rollers, can result in paper jamming because the recovery operation causes the conveying roller to rotate in a direction reverse to that of the intermediate roller. The paper jamming can, however, be prevented by stopping the conveying of the paper before it reaches a position where it is driven by the two rollers at the same time. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044153 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a transporting device that transports a recording medium, a recording head that ejects fluid to the recording medium, a first supporting surface that supports the recording medium at a position opposed to the recording head, a heating device that has a second supporting surface that supports the recording medium at an upstream side of a transport direction more than the recording head along with heating the recording medium on the second supporting surface, a floating detection device that detects floating of the recording medium with respect to at least one of the first supporting surface and the second supporting surface, and a control device that controls a heating state of the recording medium on the second supporting surface, based on the detection result of the floating detection device. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044154 | CONVEYING DEVICE AND CONVEYING CONTROL METHOD - A conveying device and a conveying control method that can control a phase of a main conveying roller and a position of a print medium with an inexpensive configuration and a fast throughput are provided. For that purpose, an LF roller phase is obtained, phase matching control is performed so that the print medium comes to a desired position when the LF roller is at a desired phase, and skewing of the print medium is corrected by the same control method as the phase matching control. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044155 | Method and System for Distributed Network of Nanoparticle Ink Based Piezoelectric Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring - The disclosure provides in one embodiment a system for monitoring structural health of a structure. The system has a structure to be monitored for structural health. The system further has a distributed network of nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor assemblies deposited onto the structure. Each assembly has a plurality of nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensors and a plurality of conductive ink power and communication wire assemblies interconnecting the plurality of sensors. The system further has an ink deposition apparatus depositing the distributed network of nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor assemblies onto the structure. The system further has an electrical power source providing electrical power to the distributed network. The system further has a data communications network retrieving and processing structural health data of the structure via one or more signals from the sensors. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044156 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head configured to eject liquid to a target; a supporting unit configured to support the target; a light-detecting unit arranged so that a transporting route is located between the supporting unit and the light-detecting unit in a prescribed direction in which the supporting unit and the target supported by the supporting unit are arranged when the supporting unit supports the target, and including a light-emitting portion configured to emit light and a light-receiving portion configured to receive the light from the light-emitting portion; and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not at least part of a supported portion of the target supported by the supporting unit is separated from the supporting unit on the basis of the light-receiving quantity at the light-receiving portion. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044157 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRE-TREATMENT COMPOSITION - Pre-treatment composition and printing method, for producing durable images, using it are disclosed. Said pre-treatment composition includes a liquid vehicle, a polyvalent metal salt as fixing agent, and a latex resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from −22° C. to 20° C. Said method encompasses applying the pre-treatment composition onto a recording medium and applying an ink composition including an aqueous liquid vehicle and a colorant, over said pre-treatment composition, wherein the time interval between the finishing point of the application of the pre-treatment composition and between the starting point of the application of the ink composition is between 1 and 30 seconds. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044158 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING CARRIAGE MOUNTING RECORDING HEAD FOR EJECTING LIQUID DROPLETS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a carriage, a first recording head, a second recording head, and a maintenance assembly. The carriage is movable in a main scanning direction. The first recording head has nozzles in a nozzle face thereof to eject liquid droplets. The second recording head has nozzles in a nozzle face thereof to eject liquid droplets. The second recording head is displaced from the first recording head in a sub scanning direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction. The maintenance assembly maintains and recovers the first recording head and the second recording head. The maintenance assembly includes a first maintenance device and a second maintenance device. The first maintenance device is held by the apparatus body. The second maintenance device is reciprocally movable between a first position to oppose the first recording head and a second position to oppose the second recording head. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044159 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a carriage with a recording head, a wiper holder that holds a wiper to wipe a discharge port surface of the recording head, a latch member arranged on the wiper holder that moves between a latch position where the wiper holder is held at a wiping position and a release position where the wiper holder is released, and a latch release member that moves the latch member from the latch position to the release position. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044160 | PRINTER AND PRINTING WITH BOUNDARY LAYER DISRUPTION - A printer for printing on a print medium includes a print module supporting at least one printhead having ink orifices formed in a front face thereof through which ink drops are ejected into a print zone between the printhead and the print medium during printing, and a member extending beyond the front face of the printhead toward the print medium from the print module adjacent the printhead, wherein the member disrupts a boundary layer of air in the print zone between the printhead and the print medium during printing. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044161 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND CARRIAGE UNIT - A movable carriage unit on which a head for discharging ink is mountable includes a fixing member movable between a fixing position for fixing the head to a mounting position and a releasing position for releasing the fixation of the head, and a moving unit including an operation portion. The moving unit is configured to move the fixing member from the fixing position to the releasing position. A guide configured to guide the head to the mounting position when the fixing member is moved to the releasing position by an operation of the operation portion is formed on the operation portion. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044162 | SUPEROLEOPHOBIC GLASS DEVICES AND THEIR METHODS - Various embodiments provide materials and methods for a superoleophobic device, which can include a conformal oleophobic coating disposed on glass pillars and/or stripe-shaped glass structures on a glass substrate to provide the device with a textured superoleophobic surface. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044163 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - A fluid ejection device includes a thin film heater resistor portion having a heater resistor, and a two-layer structure disposed over the heater resistor. The two-layer structure includes a top layer and a bottom layer, with the top layer having a hardness that is at least 1.5 times greater than the hardness of the bottom layer. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044164 | INK CARTRIDGE, INK CARTRIDGE ASSEMLBY AND INK CARTRIDGE DETERMINATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to an ink cartridge, an ink cartridge set and an ink cartridge determination system. The invention comprises a first signal blocking section and a second signal blocking section, wherein the second signal blocking section is a movable component and is in an initial ink cartridge installation detection position before detection, and the initial ink cartridge installation detection position determines whether or not the second signal blocking section prevents a second signal from passing through the second signal blocking section or changes the path of the second signal. That is to say, different ink cartridges can be distinguished by different initial ink cartridge installation detection positions of the movable second signal blocking section. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044165 | System And Method For Pressure Control Of An Ink Delivery System - A pressurized ink delivery system having two delivery reservoirs in an inkjet printer enables a control system to alternate between the two reservoirs for printhead supply without coupling pressurized air from a delivery reservoir to a low pressure source of ink. Each delivery reservoir includes a conduit having an orifice that enables the pressure within a delivery reservoir to exit the reservoir before the ink delivery reservoir is fluidly connected to the low pressure source of ink for refilling of the delivery reservoir. By dropping the high pressure reservoir to atmosphere and then switching the seal actuators for the two reservoirs, the spray of ink is avoided. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044166 | PRINTING SYSTEM INCLUDING FILTER WITH UNIFORM PORES - A printing system includes a filter, a printhead including nozzles through which liquid is emitted, and a liquid supply system in liquid communication with the printhead through the filter. The filter, an electroformed metal structure, includes a plurality of first recesses, a plurality of second recesses, a plurality of first pores, and a plurality of second pores. Each of the plurality of first recesses includes a first recess diameter and a first recess center-to-center spacing relative to each other. Each of the plurality of second recesses includes a second recess diameter and a second recess center-to-center spacing relative to each other. Each of the plurality of first pores is in fluid communication with a corresponding one of the plurality of first recesses and each of the plurality of second pores is in fluid communication with a corresponding one of the plurality of second recesses. In the filter, the first recess diameter is not equal to the second recess diameter and the first recess center-to-center spacing is not equal to the second recess center-to-center spacing. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044167 | FLEXIBLE, SCRATCH RESISTANT RADIATION CURABLE INKJET INKS - A free radical radiation curable inkjet ink containing a photoinitiator and polymerizable compounds includes a) no more than 15 wt % of one or more monofunctional acrylates wherein the homopolymer thereof has a T | 2013-02-21 |
20130044168 | INK-JET IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND INK-JET INK SET - In the present invention, provided are an ink jet image forming method employing actinic energy radiation curable ink-jet ink exhibiting no offset resistance during storage by superposing printed portions after printing in addition to excellent properties of printing durability, gloss evenness of coated paper and paper-feeding suitability, and an ink jet ink set thereof. It is a feature that the ink jet image forming method possessing the steps of providing colorless ink on a substrate, followed by heating the colorless ink provided on the substrate, and subsequently exposing the colorless ink provided on the substrate, to actinic energy radiation, wherein the colorless ink contains no colorant but an actinic energy radiation curable composition and a gelling agent with which a thermoreversible gel is formed. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044169 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming member; a conveying member that retains with a retaining member a leading end portion of the recording medium and conveys the recording medium; a suction-attachment plate that is disposed with a separation to the conveying member, the suction-attachment plate suction-attaching the back face of the recording medium being conveyed by the conveying member while the leading end portion of the recording medium is retained by the retaining member and including a suction-attachment face at a temperature of from 30° C. to 70° C. for suction-attaching the recording medium; and a heating member that is disposed on the opposite side of the conveyed recording medium to the suction-attachment plate side and heats and dries the recording medium such that the front face of the recording medium being conveyed by the conveying member is imparted with heat energy of from 1.0 J/cm | 2013-02-21 |
20130044170 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an image forming member that jets liquid droplets onto a recording medium and forms an image on a front face of the recording medium, a tension imparting member that induces tension of 100N/m to 1000N/m in the recording medium image-formed on the recording medium front face by the image forming member, and a drying member that dries the image formed on the front face of the recording medium when tension induced in the recording medium by the tension imparting member to a residual moisture level of 3 g/m | 2013-02-21 |
20130044171 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording portion that ejects liquid onto a recording medium which is transported in a transportation direction so as to perform recording processing, a first infrared heating portion that is arranged at a recording surface side of the recording medium, and irradiates the recording medium on which the recording processing has been performed by the recording portion with infrared rays having wavelengths which are easy to be absorbed by water contained in the liquid, and a second infrared heating portion that is arranged at the recording surface side of the recording medium at the downstream side with respect to the first infrared heating portion in the transportation direction, and irradiates the recording medium which has been heated by the first infrared heating portion with infrared rays having wavelengths which are easy to be absorbed by a solvent contained in the liquid. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044172 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IRRADIATOR - An image recording apparatus includes: a nozzle that discharges electromagnetic wave curable ink that is cured when an electromagnetic wave is irradiated onto a recording medium; and an irradiator for irradiating the electromagnetic wave, wherein a filter that transmits the electromagnetic wave is provided on the irradiator, and the filter has a first transmittance that causes the electromagnetic wave curable ink on the recording medium to be curable with respect to an electromagnetic wave that is incident at a first angle and a second transmittance that maintains a state in which the nozzle can discharge the electromagnetic wave curable ink with respect to an electromagnetic wave that is incident at a second angle. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044173 | MULTI-FUNCTION PRINTER - A multi-function printer including a body, a door, a carriage, and a pushing lever is provided. The door assembled to the body being opened or closed relative to the body. The carriage and the pushing lever are movably disposed in the body, wherein the pushing lever moves between a first and a second positions relative to the body. The pushing lever located at the first position has an end on a moving path of the carriage, and the door is on a moving path of the other end of the pushing lever. When the carriage moves to a pushing segment, the carriage drives the pushing lever to move from the first position to the second position, such that the pushing lever pushes open the door relative to the body. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044174 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a housing having an access cover, a paper feed tray, and a paper discharge tray provided on a side thereof in a rotatable manner. A rotation pivot of the paper feed tray and a rotation pivot of the access cover are arranged on the same axis, and a rotation pivot of the paper discharge tray is arranged with a shift from the rotation pivot of the access cover. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044175 | Method and System of Fabricating PZT Nanoparticle Ink Based Piezoelectric Sensor - The disclosure provides in one embodiment a method of fabricating a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor. The method has a step of formulating a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) nanoparticle ink. The method further has a step of depositing the PZT nanoparticle ink onto a substrate via an ink deposition process to form a PZT nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044176 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE - An optical writing device forms an electrostatic latent image and includes a pixel-information acquiring unit that acquires pixel information and stores the acquired pixel information in a storage medium with respect to each main scanning line; a tilt correcting unit that generates a tilt correction signal specifying a main scanning line from which the pixel information to be input to a light source is read out from the storage medium in order to correct a tilt of the electrostatic latent image; a position correcting unit that generates a position correction signal specifying a timing to input the pixel information to the light source in order to correct a position of the electrostatic latent image; and a pixel-information-input control unit that controls input of the pixel information from the storage medium to the light source in response to the tilt correction signal and the position correction signal. | 2013-02-21 |
20130044177 | SURFACE-EMITTING LASER DEVICE AND SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ARRAY INCLUDING SAME - A surface-emitting laser device is disclosed that includes a substrate connected to a heat sink; a first reflective layer formed of a semiconductor distributed Bragg reflector on the substrate; a first cavity spacer layer formed in contact with the first reflective layer; an active layer formed in contact with the first cavity spacer layer; a second cavity spacer layer formed in contact with the active layer; and a second reflective layer formed of a semiconductor distributed Bragg reflector in contact with the second cavity spacer layer. The first cavity spacer layer includes a semiconductor material having a thermal conductivity greater than the thermal conductivity of a semiconductor material forming the second cavity spacer layer. | 2013-02-21 |