10th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150062146 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a first calculation unit, and a conversion unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire image information including first color information that is represented by a first color gamut. The first calculation unit is configured to use information on a color gamut of an image display system that is capable of displaying an image based on the image information to calculate conversion information used for converting the first color information into second color information that is expressed by a second color gamut based on a user's instruction. The conversion unit is configured to use the conversion information to convert the first color information into the second color information. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062147 | DISPLAY METHOD FOR BACKGROUND OF APPLICATION PROGRAM AND MOBILE TERMINAL - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a display method for background of application program and a mobile terminal. The method includes the following steps: capturing image information, where the image information includes current environment information; separating a background displaying layer of a currently running application program; adding the image information to the background displaying layer of the currently running application program; and displaying the image information as a background of the currently running application program. According to the present invention, image information captured by using a camera may be used as a background of an application program, so that users can use an application program of a mobile terminal conveniently when walking. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062148 | ASSIGNING DISPLAY COLORS TO ACHIEVE APPARENT DESIRED COLORS - A system in accordance with an example is to assign a display color to a pixel to be displayed, to achieve an apparent desired color at a local neighborhood node of pixels having an apparent color bit depth greater than an addressable color palette for the display color that the pixel is capable of producing. The display color is assigned to the pixel based on a convex combination of colors of the local neighborhood node of pixels, to provide the desired color for the node based on local optical averaging. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062149 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING DITHERING UPON BOTH NORMAL MODE AND SELF REFRESH MODE IN LOWER TRANSMISSION DATA RATE AND RELATED APPARATUS THEREOF - A self refresh method with dithering has at least the following steps: generating a plurality of original frames; performing a dithering process upon the plurality of original frames to generate a plurality of dithering frames to a timing controller; checking if the plurality of original frames is unaltered; and when it is detected that the plurality of original frames is unaltered, requesting the timing controller to enter a self refresh mode, and stopping transmission of dithering frames after transmitting a specific frame and dithering information associated with the specific frame to the timing controller for further dithering processing. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062150 | DITHERING TO AVOID PIXEL VALUE CONVERSION ERRORS - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide a method for processing an image. The method includes receiving a plurality of input pixel values associated with a video frame and determining that a first portion of pixel values included in the plurality of input pixel values is within a first set of excluded values. The method further includes dithering the first portion of pixel values to generate a first plurality of dithered values. Each dithered value included in the first plurality of dithered values is not within the first set of excluded values. Additionally, a first average pixel value associated with the plurality of input pixel values is substantially similar to a second average pixel value associated with both the first plurality of dithered values and a plurality of pixel values that are spatially proximate to the first plurality of dithered values. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062151 | System and Method for Adjusting Pixel Saturation - In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for adjusting pixel saturation may generally include accessing, by one or more computing devices, a target distribution function associated with at least one target image and an input distribution function associated with at least one input image. The target distribution function may define a target probability for a pixel saturation of each pixel within the target image(s). The input distribution function may define an input probability for an initial saturation value of each pixel within the input image(s), with the input image(s) differing from the target image(s). The method may also include associating, by the computing device(s), the initial saturation value of each pixel within the input image(s) with a target saturation value based on the input and target distribution functions and adjusting, by the computing device(s), the initial saturation value of each pixel within the input image(s) to the corresponding target saturation value. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062152 | 3-DIMENSIONAL LOOK-UP TABLE-BASED COLOR MASKING TECHNIQUE - A method for correcting colors in an image commences by first defining a set of Red-Green-Blue (RGB) color triplets corresponding to user-selected colors defining a designated are of interest in the image to undergo color correction. The set of RGB color triplets are mapped into in a color space defined by cylindrical coordinates to create a three-dimensional look-up table (3D-LUT) that represents a first color range for the designated area of interest. The 3D-LUT undergoes adjustment to establish a second color range. Thereafter, the image is rendered using the 3D-LUT to replace colors in the designated area of interest with colors in the second color range. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062153 | Video Endoscopic System - Image data representing an image captured by a video endoscopic device is converted from a first color space to a second color space. The image data in the second color space is used to determine the location of features in the image. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062154 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS - When processing a set of tiles to generate an output in a tile based graphics processing pipeline, the pipeline, for one or more tiles of the set of tiles, renders one or more render targets containing data to be used in a processing operation ( | 2015-03-05 |
20150062155 | NEED-BELOW PROCESSING ACROSS Z-BAND BOUNDARIES - A method for producing a set of compositing instructions to render a region of a page receives a plurality of objects partitioned into at least two z-order bands, the received objects being associated with at least one transparency group that spans at least two bands. A transparency characteristic for at least one object within a z-order band is established. The method identifies a transparency group in the one band which is active in at least one other band and contains at least one object active in the region, determines contributing objects for the region in the band using the identified transparency group, the determination being performed by at least interpreting a change of the transparency characteristic of at least one object in the band, and produces a set of compositing instructions to render the region using the determined contributing objects. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062156 | Method to Visualize Semantic Data in Contextual Window - A method for displaying contextual semantic data in a graphical overlay includes activating a first lens corresponding to a first domain, and activating at least one first domain context within the first lens. The method also includes, responsive to activating the at least one first domain context within the first lens, displaying the first domain context within the first lens. At least one second domain context is activated and displayed throughout the entire graphical overlay while simultaneously displaying the at least one first domain context within the first lens. Alternatively, the at least one second domain context is displayed within an activated second lens, which corresponds to a second domain, while simultaneously displaying the at least one first domain context within the first lens. By simultaneously displaying the first and second domain contexts, a cross-domain interaction between the first and second domains is identified. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062157 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE - A method and system including a head mounted display for displaying information to a user when performing a medical procedure is described. A user wearing the head mounted display device can view objects, while simultaneously receiving and displaying feedback information on a procedure being performed. Text and graphical information is presented in a position on the head mounted display so that the object or a part of an object out of the line of sight appears in the same location and with the same shape, size and orientation as if the object or part of an object were visible to the user. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062158 | INTEGRATION OF HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS WITH PUBLIC DISPLAY DEVICES - Various arrangements for presenting private information are presented. Private information to be displayed via a head mounted display to a user may be identified. A marker displayed by a public display device may also be identified. This public display device may be visible in a vicinity of the user. The private information and an indication of the marker may be output to the head-mounted display of the user, such that the private information is displayed by the head-mounted display in relation to the marker displayed by the public display device. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062159 | DYNAMIC DISPLAY MARKERS - Various arrangements for defining a marker are presented. A first defined marker presented by a public display device may be determined to be insufficient for use by a head mounted display. The first defined marker may be used as a reference point for positioning information for display by the head mounted display. In response to determining that the first defined marker is insufficient, a second marker displayed by the public display device may be defined. The second marker may have a display characteristic different from the first defined marker. The second defined marker may then be used as the reference point for positioning the information for display by the head mounted display. An indication of the second marker may be transmitted to the head mounted display. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062160 | WEARABLE USER DEVICE ENHANCED DISPLAY SYSTEM - Systems and methods for displaying information on a wearable user device include determining calibration information based on user actions and information from images captured by a camera on a wearable user device. A field of view calibration may then be performed on a display engine in the wearable user device using the calibration information. Graphical information may then be displayed on a display device on the wearable user device according to a user field of view using the display engine in the wearable user. Field of view calibrations may be performed using calibration information that is based on: a user's head range of motion such that displayed graphical information conforms to that head range of motion, calibration objects by themselves that indicate a user's perspective in a user field of view, and calibration objects that allow the size of a user's hands to be determined and used to measure objects. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062161 | PORTABLE DEVICE DISPLAYING AUGMENTED REALITY IMAGE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR - A method of controlling a portable device according to one embodiment of the present specification can display an augmented reality image corresponding to a marker before the marker is displayed. The method includes the steps of configuring an angle of view of a camera unit as a first angle of view and an angle of view of a display unit as a second angle of view, wherein the second angle of view is less than the first angle of view, detecting a marker at an angle less than the first angle of view and larger than the second angle of view, and displaying a first part of an augmented reality image corresponding to the marker, wherein the first part may correspond to a part of the augmented reality image positioned within the second angle of view. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062162 | PORTABLE DEVICE DISPLAYING AUGMENTED REALITY IMAGE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR - A method of controlling a portable device according to one embodiment of the present specification includes detecting a marker, if the marker is detected in a first area of the portable device, displaying at least a part of the augmented reality image based on a position of the detected marker with a first augmented reality mode, wherein the augmented reality image corresponds to the marker and is assigned to a first position and if the detected marker deviates from the first area, displaying the augmented reality image assigned to the first position with a second augmented reality mode, wherein the first augmented reality mode displays the augmented reality image corresponding to the marker while the marker is positioned within the first area and wherein the second augmented reality mode displays the augmented reality image corresponding to the marker in case that the marker deviates from the first area. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062163 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR - A portable device is disclosed. A method of controlling a portable device, comprising the steps of capturing an image in front of the portable device, detecting a marker object from the image, displaying a virtual image corresponding to the marker object based on a location of the marker object, and terminating a display of the virtual image corresponding to the marker object, when the detecting of the marker object is terminated, terminate a display of the virtual image based on a first terminate mode if the gaze location of the user is detected at a first location, and terminate the display of the virtual image based on a second terminate mode if the gaze location of the user is detected at a second location. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062164 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY, METHOD OF CONTROLLING HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY, COMPUTER PROGRAM, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A head mounted display which allows a user to visually recognize a virtual image and external scenery, includes a generation unit that generates a list image including a first image which is a display image of an external apparatus connected to the head mounted display and a second image of the head mounted display, and an image display unit that forms the virtual image indicating the generated list image. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062165 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - When a hand of the user is recognized in an image pickup region of a camera, a head mounted display stores a contour shape of the hand which would be imaged by the camera in advance. In addition, the head mounted display receives an input of image data per pixel included in the camera, calculates a difference between colors of adjacent pixels represented by the image data, sets a set of image data having the same color system, where the calculated difference is within a predetermined threshold, as a group, and captures a contour of a region of the data. Next, the head mounted display compares the captured contour to a contour shape of the hand which is stored in advance to allow the user to recognize the hand of the user in the image pickup region. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062166 | EXPANDING A DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF A PHYSICAL PLANE - Techniques are presented for expanding a digital representation of a physical plane from a physical scene. In some aspects, a method may include determining an orientation and an initial portion of a physical plane in the scene, and subdividing a rectified image for the scene into a plurality of grid cells. For the grid cells, an image signature may be generated. A grid cell contiguous to the obtained initial portion of the plane is determined to include part of the plane. An iterative process may be performed for each neighboring grid cell from the grid cell contiguous to at least part of the obtained initial portion, determining whether the neighboring grid cell is to be included as part of the plane if the image signature of said neighboring grid cell is similar to the image signature of a grid cell already determined to be included as part of the plane. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062167 | VISION-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM USING INVISIBLE MARKER - A vision-based augmented reality system using an invisible marker indicates an invisible marker on a target object to be tracked, such that it can rapidly and correctly track the target object by detecting the invisible marker. The augmented reality system includes a target object (TO) including an infrared marker (IM) drawn by an invisible infrared light-emitting material; a visible-ray camera ( | 2015-03-05 |
20150062168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY BASED DIRECTIONS BASED ON VERBAL AND GESTURAL CUES - A method and system for providing augmented reality based directions. The method and system include receiving a voice input based on verbal cues provided by one or more vehicle occupants in a vehicle. The method and system also include receiving a gesture input and a gaze input based on gestural cues and gaze cues provided by the one or more vehicle occupants in the vehicle. The method and system additionally include determining directives based on the voice input, the gesture input and the gaze input and associating the directives with the surrounding environment of the vehicle. Additionally, the method and system include generating augmented reality graphical elements based on the directives and the association of the directives with the surrounding environment of the vehicle. The method and system further include displaying the augmented reality graphical elements on a heads-up display system of the vehicle. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062169 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - When a process of rendering an image in a single frame is performed by allocating an object to be displayed as an image to any of a plurality of layers and superimposing the plurality of layers, an image processing device refers to an object database including a list of object rendering commands for each layer and dynamically changes the number of object rendering processes performed in each layer according to the number of rendering commands included in the list, at the time of rendering an image in a single frame. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062170 | SIMULATED-IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SIMULATED IMAGE OF MULTI-PROJECTION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a simulated-image management device for providing a simulated image of a multi-projection system, the simulated-image management device including a simulated-image management unit which generates a simulated image that indirectly shows that specific image content is reproduced in a specific multi-projection theater, wherein the simulated image is an image showing that the specific image content is reproduced on a plurality of projection surfaces included in the specific multi-projection theater. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062171 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A COMPOSITION OF MULTI IMAGE LAYERS - A method for multi image layer composition includes dividing a frame buffer into tile areas, for each the area, determining image layers to be composited, for each tile area, generating a composite image layer by compositing its determined image layers, and merging the composite image layers into an overall composite image layer, wherein generating the composite image layers for at least one of the tiles comprises reading image layer information of the image layers from a top image layer to a bottom image layer, determining whether to read a lower image layer using the information of the image layers thereabove, if the lower image layer is determined not to be read, defining the image layer above the lower image layer as an effective bottom image layer, and compositing the effective bottom image layer with upper image layers, and not compositing the effective bottom image layer with an image layer thereunder. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062172 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image is displayed without impairing visibility, even in the case of a screen having a limited size. A display setting unit includes a target image display unit that displays an image of a workpiece on an LCD, an image selection unit that, in accordance with a selection operation, selects all or part of the image of the workpiece displayed on the LCD, a menu display unit that displays a menu image so as to be overlapped with the image of the workpiece in a translucent state, the menu image being made up of a plurality of parts that are partial images for displaying information or receiving an input operation, and a display switching unit that, in accordance with a switching instruction given via the operation unit, switches the size of the area occupied by the menu image on the LCD. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062173 | Method to Visualize Semantic Data in Contextual Window - A system and a computer program product for displaying contextual semantic data in a graphical overlay includes a processor activating a first lens corresponding to a first domain, activating at least one first domain context within the first lens, and responsive to activating the at least one first domain context within the first lens, displaying the first domain context within the first lens. At least one second domain context is activated and displayed throughout the entire graphical overlay while simultaneously displaying the at least one first domain context within the first lens. Alternatively, the at least one second domain context is displayed within an activated second lens, which corresponds to a second domain, while simultaneously displaying the at least one first domain context within the first lens. By simultaneously displaying the first and second domain contexts, a cross-domain interaction between the first and second domains is identified. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062174 | Method of Presenting Data in a Graphical Overlay - A method for displaying data in a graphical overlay includes overlaying a first lens, including a first dataset, on a first region of the graphical overlay while a second lens, including a second dataset, overlaps the first lens. The first and second datasets are simultaneously displayed, and a correlation between the datasets is determined. Separation of the first and second lenses preserves a circumscribed region within each lens. The first dataset corresponds to first orientation position of the first lens. Rotation of the first lens to a second orientation position reconfigures the first dataset to provide a modified first dataset which corresponds to the second position. A rotational position may also be associated with points in time, a first position corresponding to a first point in time and the first dataset representing the first dataset at the first point in time. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062175 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device is provided that includes a transparent display unit, a setting unit that sets transparency of a first screen that is output in the foreground to the transparent display unit, and a controller that determines transparency of a background object that is seen through the transparent display unit, based on the transparency of the first screen that is set, such that the transparency of at least one of the background object and at least one region of the first screen is changed, based on a detected event that is associated with transparency control of the transparent display unit. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062176 | Method of Presenting Data in a Graphical Overlay - A system and a computer program product for displaying data in a graphical overlay. The method includes overlaying a first lens, including a first dataset, on a first region of the graphical overlay while a second lens, including a second dataset, overlaps the first lens. The first and second datasets are simultaneously displayed, and a correlation between the datasets is determined. Separation of the first and second lenses preserves a circumscribed region within each lens. The first dataset corresponds to first orientation position of the first lens. Rotation of the first lens to a second orientation position reconfigures the first dataset to provide a modified first dataset which corresponds to the second position. A rotational position may also be associated with points in time, a first position corresponding to a first point in time and the first dataset representing the first dataset at the first point in time. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062177 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FITTING A TEMPLATE BASED ON SUBJECT INFORMATION - A method for fitting a template is described. A 2D template is selected based on user input. A subject is detected from an input image. Subject information is extracted from the input image. The subject information includes at least one of a location, a size, or an angle of the detected subject. The selected 2D template is fitted to the detected subject through a three-dimensional rotation based on the extracted subject information. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062178 | TILTING TO SCROLL - In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a computing device, an origin position of an image for display on the device and determining a subsequent position of the image. The method further includes rendering the image in its origin position when a predetermined movement of the device is detected. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062179 | TILTING TO SCROLL - In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a computing device, a scroll range for an image based on a dimension of the image, determining the image's origin position device's initial tilt, determining a second tilt and a rate of rotation about a first axis, and determining a rate of rotation about a second axis. The method includes comparing the device's rate of rotation about the first axis with the device's rate of rotation about the second axis or one of its components. The method further includes determining, based on the comparison, whether to render a scrolling presentation of the image. When the scrolling presentation of the image is to be rendered, the method includes determining a progress parameter based on the scroll range, the origin position, the initial tilt, and the second tilt; and rendering a scrolling presentation of the image based on the progress parameter. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062180 | SELF-ORIENTING DISPLAY - A self-orienting display senses the characteristics of an object and automatically rote CS and reformats a display image in accordance with those characteristics. In one embodiment, the object is the display device, such as a hand held device, that provides the display image. As the display device is rotated, the display image is automatically oriented to either a landscape orientation or a portrait orientation. Characteristics may be sensed by mechanical sensors, electrical sensors, optical sensors, acoustic sensors, gyroscopic sensors, or a combination thereof. Sensors may be positioned on the display device, a person, or a combination thereof. The display images may include graphic display images, textual display images, videos display images, and functional control buttons (e.g., functional displayed representations of control buttons such as play, rewind, stop, scroll). The self-orienting display may also include an authenticator that authenticates a user. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062181 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - Provided is a mobile terminal including: a terminal body that has a first side and a second side; a first display that is located at the first side; a second display that is located at the second side; a sensor that is configured to detect rotation of the mobile terminal; and a controller that is configured to: cause the first display to display a first information; and cause the second display to display a second information when the sensor detects that the mobile terminal is rotated a threshold amount, such that a general direction that the first side faced prior to the rotating of the mobile terminal is generally the same as a general direction that the second side faces after the rotating of the mobile terminal, wherein the second information is related to the first information. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062182 | TILE-BASED CACHING FOR RENDERING COMPLEX ARTWORK - Techniques are disclosed for rendering complex artwork using tile-based caching. The artwork is divided into one or more sets of separately rendered tiles. Each tile is progressively rendered at a particular scale level and stored in a cache. When the clip region or scale level is changed by the user, tiles in the cache that provide a so-called best rendering of the artwork in the clip region at the requested scale or zoom level are selected. The selected tiles can be displayed in the clip region while the artwork is rendered at the requested scale level. The best rendering includes the tile or tiles that are more completely rendered than other tiles in the cache, or if multiple tiles are as completely rendered as others, the best rendering includes the tile or tiles that are rendered at a scale level closest to the requested scale level. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062183 | METHOD OF ADJUSTING SCREEN MAGNIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of adjusting a screen magnification of an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a Dots Per Inch (DPI) setting screen in order to adjust a screen magnification of an object that is to be displayed on a display unit of the electronic device, receiving information about changed DPI through the DPI setting screen, calculating a screen magnification using the changed DPI and a preset Device-Independent Pixel (DIP), changing a size of the object to correspond to the calculated screen magnification, and displaying the object according to the changed size. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062184 | RESIZING PREDICTIVE KEYBOARD - Systems and methods for keypad button resizing are disclosed. In some implementations, a keypad including multiple characters is displayed on a display of a touchscreen device. A selection of one of the multiple characters on the keypad is received. For each character in the multiple characters on the keypad, a likelihood value that the character is a next character to be typed is predicted and a button size for the character is selected based on the predicted likelihood value. The keypad is modified based on the selected button size for each character. The modified keypad is displayed on the display of the touchscreen device. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062185 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BRIGHTNESS FOR A DISPLAY - An electronic apparatus including a display, a light sensor and a controller is provided. The display displays an image. The light sensor measures the ambient brightness received by the display. The controller is coupled to the display and the light sensor. The hardware brightness range of the display is divided into a plurality of segments, wherein the first segment includes the hardware lowest brightness of the display and the last segment includes the hardware highest brightness of the display. The controller limits the display brightness of the display to one of the segments according to the ambient brightness. The controller allows the user of the electronic apparatus to set the display brightness only when the display brightness is limited to the first segment. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062186 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LUMINANCE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a method for controlling a luminance of the display device are disclosed. The display device includes an average picture level (APL) calculator which calculates an APL of an input image and outputs the APL of the input image and an APL curve data, a luminance adjuster which adjusts the APL curve data and includes at least two luminance adjusting units which are enabled in response to a user input through a user interface, a data modulator for modulating data of the input image using a luminance defined in the APL curve data adjusted by the luminance adjuster, and a display panel driving circuit which writes data from the data modulator on a display panel and reproduces the input image on the display panel. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062187 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LUMINANCE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a method for controlling a luminance of the display device are disclosed. The display device includes an average picture level (APL) calculator which calculates an APL of an input image and outputs the APL of the input image and an APL curve data, a luminance adjuster which includes at least two luminance adjusting units enabled in response to a user input through a user interface and reduces a luminance of an APL section equal to or less than a predetermined reference value, a data modulator modulating data of the input image using a luminance defined in the APL curve data, and a display panel driving circuit which writes data from the data modulator on a display panel and reproduces the input image on the display panel. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062188 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display apparatus, a light source driving apparatus and a driving method thereof, the display apparatus including: an image processor which is configured to process an image; and a controller which is configured to set a plurality of current levels corresponding to a plurality of screen modes for a display and control the display to perform a dimming by receiving a current level of a current which corresponds to a screen mode of the display. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062189 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An image display control unit in a three-dimensional image display apparatus is configured to drive gate lines and the data lines so as to provide the display panel with a left eye image signal during a first frame in which a right eye image signal is displayed on the display panel, and with the right eye image signal during a second frame in which the left eye image signal is displayed on the display panel. During the first frame, each of the pixels provides a second capacitor with the right eye image signal, and a first capacitor with the left eye image signal. During the second frame, each of the pixels provides the first capacitor with the right eye image signal, and the second capacitor with the left eye image signal. A backlight unit maintains a turn-on state during the first and second frames. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062190 | LCD DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMAGE DITHERING COMPENSATION - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes: a data source, for generating a N-bit pixel data, N being a positive integer; a digital gamma correction unit, coupled to the data source, for performing digital gamma correction on the pixel data to generate a (N+M)-bit digital gamma correction pixel data, M being a positive integer; an image dithering unit, coupled to the digital gamma correction unit, for performing image dithering on the digital gamma correction pixel data to generate a (N+M−K)-bit dithering compensation pixel data, K being a positive integer; and a converter, coupled to the image dithering unit, for converting the dithering compensation pixel data into an output image. A bit number of the converter is lower than a bit number of the digital gamma correction unit. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062191 | METHOD OF DRIVING A LIGHT-SOURCE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of driving a light-source which provides a display panel displaying a picture during at least one frame period with light, includes determining a dimming-level configured to control a luminance of the light based on image data, determining whether the dimming-level of a current picture corresponds to a repetition dimming mode based on the dimming-level of a first previous picture, the first previous picture being displayed on the display panel prior to the current picture, and determining the dimming-level of the current picture to a fixed dimming-level in the repetition dimming mode. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062192 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - Discussed is an organic light emitting display device. The organic light emitting display device in one embodiment includes a plurality of pixels configured to each include an organic light emitting device which emits light with a data current, and a pixel circuit that includes a driving transistor which supplies the data current, which is based on a difference voltage between a data voltage and a reference voltage, to the organic light emitting device, a plurality of data lines configured to respectively supply a plurality of the data voltages to the plurality of pixels, a plurality of gate lines configured to supply a gate signal to the pixels, and a plurality of reference lines connected to at least one of the pixels, and configured to supply the reference voltage to the connected pixel. The reference voltage is varied according to data of a pixel connected to a corresponding reference line. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062193 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - An electro-optical device includes a driving transistor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a switching circuit. The driving transistor is connected between a power supply and an electrode of a light-emitting element. The first capacitor is connected between a gate and source of the driving transistor. The second capacitor stores a gray scale voltage. The switching circuit selectively connects the first capacitor and the second capacitor to the gate of the driving transistor. A control circuit applies the gray scale voltage to the second capacitor while the first capacitor is connected to the gate of the driving transistor by the switching circuit, and writes a source voltage of the driving transistor at the first capacitor while the second capacitor is connected to the gate of the driving transistor by the switching circuit. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062194 | PRE-CHARGING APPARATUS OF SOURCE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A source driver pre-charging apparatus including a data detection module, a determining module, and a pre-charging module is disclosed. The data detection module captures a first most significant bit having N bits in a current data and a second most significant bit having N bits in a former data and compares them to generate a compared result. N is a positive integer larger than or equal to 2. The determining module judges whether any data is transited from a first grey-level region to a second grey-level region between the former data and the current data and at least one other grey-level region is existed between the first grey-level region and the second grey-level region. If the judgment result of the determining module is yes, the pre-charging module performs a pre-charging action on an output voltage of a source driver. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062195 | ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An electroluminescence display device includes a controller which generates signals for controlling at least one pixel circuit during a first period and a second period. The controller controls current to a light-emitting element of the at least one pixel circuit based on a data voltage in the first period. The controller controls a supplying period of current to the light-emitting element based on a duty control voltage in the second period. The supplying period when the pixel circuit is driven at a first gray scale value is longer than that when the pixel circuit is driven at a second gray scale. The first gray scale value is greater than the second gray scale value. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062196 | NIGHT VISION COMPATIBLE DISPLAY - An aspect of the disclosure relates to an OLED display compatible for operation in both a day mode and a night mode and methods of operating such a display. In one embodiment, a display comprises a screen, a plurality of sub-pixels including red, green, blue and red-orange pixels. The display also comprises an arrangement scheme for the sub-pixels. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062197 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An image display device includes a plurality of pixels, a pixel detection unit configured to detect first pixels having same R, G, and B gray scale values for a predetermined time among the plurality of pixels, a gray scale value calculation unit configured to calculate average gray scale values of the first pixels and average gray scale values of corresponding R, G and B of second pixels in a predetermined area around the first pixels, a data correction unit configured to correct the R, G and B gray scale values of the first pixels, using the calculated average gray scale values of the first and second pixels, and a data driver configured to correct the image data with the corrected R, G and B gray scale values of the first pixels, and to supply the corrected image data to each pixel of the plurality of pixels. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062198 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a timing controller and a data driver. The timing controller to output a first control value including information on low gray scale values, a second control value including information on high gray scale values, and a third control value including information on subfields, corresponding to input data. The data driver to control the gray scale value of a pixel in a plurality of subfields in one frame based on the first, second and third control values. The pixel is driven in an analog manner when the gray scale value based on whether the first or second control value is output, and is driven in a digital manner when the gray scale value corresponds to an emission time during a predetermined subfield among the plurality of subfields. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062199 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display that can stably extract information from pixels. A driving method of the organic light emitting display includes: generating first digital values by sensing deterioration information of organic light emitting diodes respectively included in a plurality of pixels coupled to a data line during two or more continuous frame periods; storing the first digital values in a memory; generating second digital values by sensing threshold voltage and mobility information of driving transistors respectively included in the pixels during two or more continuous frame periods; storing the second digital values in the memory; converting input data into calibration data according to the information stored in the memory to display an image having a uniform brightness, irrespective of the deterioration information of the organic light emitting diodes and the threshold voltage and mobility information of the driving transistors; and supplying a data signal in accordance with the calibration data to the data line. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062200 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DRIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLACK FRAME INSERTION OF IMAGE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention discloses a liquid crystal driving method and apparatus for black frame insertion of an image, and a liquid crystal display device. The method includes, in a black frame insertion period after the frame period ends, sending, by a timing controller, a row of black image data to a register of a source driver; and in the black frame insertion period, maintaining, by the register, the row of black image data being output until the black frame insertion period ends, so as to enable the row of black image data to refresh each row of liquid crystal cells. Accordingly, the complexity of driving processes and the data calculations in the black frame insertion are greatly reduced. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062201 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a display device, including a display panel, a backlight module under the display panel and a driving circuit, wherein, a filter substrate of the display panel includes a plurality sets of filters each of which includes a red filter, a blue filter and a transparent filter; the backlight module includes a white backlight and a green backlight; and the driving circuit drives the white backlight to emit light and drives a red and blue pixels corresponding to the red and blue filters respectively to display at odd frames (or even frames), and drives the green backlight to emit light and drives a transparent pixel corresponding to the transparent filter to display at even frames (or odd frames). With the above technical solution, the Adobe RGB color coordinates can be met while a color of a mixed light can be adjusted and brightness can be enhanced. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062202 | TEMPORAL DITHERING TECHNIQUE USED IN ACCUMULATIVE DATA COMPRESSION - A method of accumulating data by a processor in a nonvolatile memory to track use of a device. The method includes: retrieving by the processor a next datum for accumulation into a first accumulation stored in the memory, the next datum representing a next use of the device; generating by the processor a next dither offset; adding by the processor the next dither offset to the next datum to produce a first sum; dividing by the processor the first sum by a scale factor to produce a quantized datum; and adding by the processor the quantized datum to the first accumulation. The first accumulation tracks the use of the device. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062203 | LCD DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING LCD PANEL, AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING LIGHT SPOT - A method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes: driving the LCD panel according to a location of a pixel of the LCD panel and a corresponding compensation value of the pixel of the LCD panel. The compensation value of the pixel corresponds to an offset value of a reference brightness corresponding to brightness of a light spot of the LCD panel before compensation of the light spot of the LCD panel. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062204 | DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display panel includes: a display section including a plurality of unit pixels; and a display drive section configured to generate first pixel packets and supply the first pixel packets to the display section, the first pixel packets each including luminance data of a digital signal, the pieces of luminance data determining respective luminances of respective predetermined number of unit pixels of the plurality of unit pixels, and the first pixel packets being equal in number to the predetermined number of unit pixels. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062205 | GRAY LEVEL CONTROL METHOD AND OPTICAL PROJECTION SYSTEM - The invention provides a gray level control method for outputting a total gray level during a total period, including: dividing the total period into M unit periods; alternatively outputting a gray level “0” or a selected gray level during each unit period; and integrating the gray levels output during the M unit periods to obtain the total gray level, wherein during each of N successive unit periods of the M unit periods the selected gray level is a first gray level, and during each of the remaining (M-N) unit periods the selected gray level is lower than the first gray level. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062206 | ADJUSTING A DISPLAY BASED ON A BRACE OF A COMPUTING DEVICE - For integrating multiple different touch based inputs, a method is disclosed that includes detecting a pressure at a screen pressure module, enabling a first touch module based on the pressure exceeding a pressure threshold value, and integrating input from a second touch module and the first touch module, the input from the first touch module and the second touch module being concurrently received. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062207 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge apparatus includes a power supply potential output section that outputs a first power supply potential, a first and a second switch drive section that generate a first and a second switch drive signal according to a modulation signal of an original drive signal, a first and a second switch that operate according to the first and the second switch drive signal, a rectifying device that is arranged between an output terminal of the power supply potential output section and a terminal of the first switch drive section, a connection node that is electrically connected to the first switch and the second switch, a capacitance element that is arranged between the terminal and the connection node, a signal conversion section that converts a signal which is generated at the connection node, into a drive signal, and a piezoelectric element that is transformed by the drive signal. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062208 | COLOR MIXING DETECTION METHOD, COLOR MIXING DETECTION APPARATUS, AND PRINTING APPARATUS FOR INKJET PRINTING HEAD - An ink color mixing in an inkjet printing head can be securely detected without being influenced by foreign matters such as the existence of dust and without requiring a complicated image processing. To realize this, the occurrence of a color mixing is detected when a printing density-changed part of a printed image of an inspection pattern continuously extends over a predetermined range or more in a direction in which the printing head is moved relative to the printing medium during the printing of the inspection pattern. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062209 | Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus | 2015-03-05 |
20150062210 | METHOD AND INKJET PRINTER FOR ACQUIRING GAP INFORMATION - A method is provided that is implemented on a control device connected with an inkjet printer, which includes an inkjet head having an ink discharging surface, a head scanning unit reciprocating the inkjet head relative to a recording sheet along a scanning direction parallel to the ink discharging surface, and a wave shape generating mechanism deforming the recording sheet in a predetermined wave shape that has tops of portions protruding in a first direction toward the ink discharging surface and bottoms of portions recessed in a second direction opposite to the first direction alternately arranged along the scanning direction, the method including acquiring gap information related to a gap between the ink discharging surface and each individual one of the tops and the bottoms on the recording sheet, and determining whether the gap information acquired for each individual one of the tops and the bottoms is abnormal. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062211 | INK JET APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INK JET APPARATUS - An ink jet apparatus includes a plurality of actuators discharge a liquid from a discharge port according to a driving signal input to an input terminal; a driving selector that outputs a drive switch control signal; a plurality of drive switches connect or disconnect the input terminal of the actuator and a driving signal source according to the drive switch control signal for the actuator, and allow the driving signal to pass therethrough and input the driving signal to the input terminal when the input terminal and the driving signal source are connected; a detection circuit that detects a voltage of the input terminal when being connected to the input terminal; and a plurality of detection switches connect or disconnect the input terminal of the actuator and the detection circuit, on the basis of the drive switch control signal or the driving signal passed through the drive switch. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062212 | ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, PRINTHEAD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An element substrate capable of suppressing occurrence of electromagnetic noise upon driving printing elements on an element substrate with long wiring lengths, preventing an operation error, and printing a high-quality image is provided. In the element substrate, plural element substrates each including printing elements are arrayed in an arrayed direction of the printing elements. Each element substrate including a wiring for supplying a driving power to drive the printing elements, and a ground wiring from the printing elements is configured as follows. Each element substrate includes a delay circuit for delaying a heat enable signal to drive the printing elements and supplying it to each printing element, and a switchover circuit for switching over, in accordance with a control signal, a delay sequence when supplying the heat enable signal to each printing element. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062213 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND HEAT UNIT - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a signal modulation section that causes an original drive signal to be pulse-modulated to generate a modulation signal, a signal amplification section that amplifies the modulation signal to generate an amplification modulation signal, a coil that smooths the amplification modulation signal to generate a drive signal, a piezoelectric element that deforms when the drive signal is applied thereto, a cavity that expands or contracts due to a deformation of the piezoelectric element, and a nozzle that communicates with the cavity and ejects a liquid in accordance with an increase/decrease of a pressure inside the cavity. A core material of the coil is made of a Mn—Zn-based ferrite. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062214 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND HEAT UNIT - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a signal modulation section that causes an original drive signal to be pulse-modulated to generate a modulation signal, a signal amplification section that amplifies the modulation signal to generate an amplification modulation signal, a coil that smooths the amplification modulation signal to generate a drive signal, a piezoelectric element that deforms when the drive signal is applied thereto, a cavity that expands or contracts due to a deformation of the piezoelectric element, and a nozzle that communicates with the cavity and ejects a liquid in accordance with an increase/decrease of a pressure inside the cavity. The coil is a ferrite core-type coil, and a core gap is provided to be equal to or wider than 1.1 mm. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062215 | RECORDING HEAD CONTROLLING APPARATUS, RECORDING HEAD, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A recording head controlling apparatus includes: a restoration unit configured to restore a clock signal and an image signal from a serial signal in which the clock signal and the image signal are superimposed and store it in a storage unit; and a transmission control unit configured to receive a synchronization signal of a driving waveform to drive each piezoelectric element and transmit the image signal stored in the storage unit to a driving unit for driving the piezoelectric element at a timing corresponding to the synchronization signal. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062216 | NAIL PRINT APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - A nail print apparatus, including: a print head which performs printing on a nail of a finger or a nail of a toe; an unprinted region detecting unit which detects an unprinted region on which a nail design is not printed in the nail having a printed region on which the nail design is printed, the unprinted region being generated by growth of the nail after the nail design is printed; and a printing control unit which controls the print head to perform printing on the unprinted region. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062217 | DOT DATA GENERATING METHOD, DOT DATA GENERATING DEVICE, INKJET RECORDING DEVICE, AND INKJET RECORDING SYSTEM - A dot data generating method uses a first inkjet recording device and a second inkjet recording device, in which a first image is printed using the first inkjet recording device based on first dot data which determines formation or non-formation of dots, and second dot data is generated to print a second image based on the second dot data using the second inkjet recording device in which a speed of a relative movement of the inkjet head and a recording medium when printing an image is small compared to the first inkjet recording device. The dot data generating method includes generating the second dot data by converting the first dot data such that data of each dot in which formation of a dot is determined is converted to form a plurality of dots at predetermined intervals between the dots in a relative movement direction in place of the each dot. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062218 | PRINTING WITH MULTIPLE PRINTHEAD DIES - A method and apparatus for printing is disclosed. The printing is done with multiple printhead dies. The nozzles in the different printhead dies are fired using different phases in an up-sampled encoder signal. The different phases correspond to a print offset between the different printhead dies. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062219 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - A liquid discharging apparatus including: a nozzle which discharges a liquid; a pressure chamber which communicates with the nozzle; a piezoelectric element which is provided in order to discharge the liquid corresponding to the pressure chamber; a driving signal generation unit which generates a driving signal in order to drive the piezoelectric element; and a residual vibration detection unit which detects a residual vibration. The driving signal generation unit generates a driving signal for inspection which is a first electric potential during a first period, is a second electric potential during a second period, is a third electric potential during a third period, is shifted from the first electric potential to the second electric potential, and is shifted from the second electric potential to the third electric potential. The third electric potential is an electric potential between the first electric potential and the second electric potential. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062220 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, PRINT HEAD UNIT, AND DRIVE SUBSTRATE - A plurality of THs are formed in the main substrate (drive substrate) in a region in which switching transistors are disposed. In addition, a solid pattern obtained by expanding an interconnection pattern at the periphery of the transistors is formed to surround the transistors. In addition, a solid pattern for heat dissipation is also formed on a rear surface to add a heat dissipation structure for a frame. According to this, it is possible to provide a liquid ejecting apparatus which has a simple configuration and which realizes operation stability without using a dedicated heat dissipation component. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062221 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a heating unit which heats a medium; a head which ejects liquid droplets onto the medium opposed thereto; and a driving signal generating unit which generates a driving signal to be applied to the head in order to eject the liquid droplets and which generates a driving signal different in accordance with whether the heating unit is used. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062222 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - A fluid ejection device is described. In an example, the fluid ejection device includes a substrate having a chamber formed thereon to contain a fluid. A thin-film stack is formed on the substrate having a resistor formed under the chamber. A transistor is formed in the substrate and coupled to the resistor. A circuit is formed in the substrate coupled to a gate of the transistor to selectively cause the transistor either to supply a firing current to the resistor for ejecting the fluid from the chamber or to dissipate power to warm the device. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062223 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DROPLET DISCHARGE DETECTOR - An image forming apparatus is provided, that includes a recording head including a plurality of nozzles to discharge droplets; and a droplet discharge sensor unit to detect whether a droplet has been discharged from the plurality of nozzles of the recording head or not. The droplet discharge sensor unit includes a resistor, on which the droplets discharged from the nozzles of the recording head lands, the resistor disposed opposite the recording head; and a sensor to detect a change in electrical resistance of the resistor when the droplets discharged from the plurality of nozzles of the recording head landed on the resistor. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062224 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an ink jet recording apparatus and method. In an aspect of the present invention, uneven concentration correction and non-ejection correction are performed at the time of drawing an image. In the non-ejection correction, a non-ejecting nozzle and a deflected ejection nozzle are detected as a defective nozzle, the detected defective nozzle is not allowed to eject ink to perform the non-ejection correction. When a deflected ejection nozzle is detected, an allowable value range of a deflected ejection amount of each of nozzles with respect to a deflected ejection amount of each of nozzles at the time of creating an uneven concentration correction parameter is determined. A nozzle in which a deflected ejection amount exceeds the allowable value range so that the deflected ejection occurs is detected as a deflected ejection nozzle. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062225 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING PRINTING POSITION SHIFT - A printing apparatus, including: printing unit; conveying unit; print control unit; correcting unit configured to determine, in printing an image on each of a plurality of sets of the same type of print medium, a correction value for correcting printing position shift between a plurality of nozzle arrays based on an inspection pattern printed on a preceding region of the print medium, and to correct the printing position between the plurality of nozzle arrays in the subsequent region of the print medium by using the determined correction value, wherein the correcting unit corrects, in printing on a leading end region of a set of print medium subsequent to the preceding set of print medium, the printing position shift by using the correction value used in printing on the preceding set of print medium. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062226 | LINE PRINTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - There is provided a line printer including: a nozzle that discharges liquid; a pressure chamber that communicates with the nozzle; a piezoelectric element that is provided to correspond to the pressure chamber and to discharge liquid; a pulse generation unit that generates a drive pulse to discharge liquid from the nozzle and an inspection pulse to inspect a liquid discharge state; and a residual vibration detection unit that detects residual vibration in the pressure chamber, which occurs after the inspection pulse is applied to the piezoelectric element. The drive pulse is caused to be applied to the piezoelectric element and the inspection pulse is caused not to be applied to the piezoelectric element at a first printing speed. The drive pulse and the inspection pulse are caused to be applied to the piezoelectric element at a second printing speed. The second printing speed is slower than the first printing speed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062227 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM - A print control apparatus is configured to control a print head adapted to discharge ink droplets of a plurality of sizes to execute printing. The print control apparatus includes a print control unit configured to acquire a gradation value of an ink color based on image data and to determine whether or not to discharge an ink droplet of one of the plurality of sizes based on the gradation value. The print control unit is configured to determine that the ink droplet to be discharged is the ink droplet of a first size or smaller when the gradation value belongs to a maximum value-side partial range including a maximum value, and to determine that the ink droplet to be discharged is only the ink droplet of the first size when the gradation value belongs to a range towards a minimum value-side than the partial range. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062228 | PRINTER - A printer includes a pair of input rollers, a pair of output rollers, a print head and a control section. The control section is configured to transport a print medium by rotating the input rollers and the output rollers after printing on a target region and before printing on a next target region. The control section is configured to determine, before carrying out transporting, whether a combination of the input rollers and the output rollers which pinch the print medium would change in a case where the print medium were transported from a current position to a next target position, and, in a case where there would be a change, the control section being configured to transport the print medium from the current position to the target position in a retracted state where the print head is moved to an outside of a range where the print medium passes. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062229 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes: a housing having an opening; an opening/closing cover that can be disposed in a closed position where the opening is covered, and an open position where the opening is exposed; a medium holder that holds a medium; a recorder that performs recording on a medium; and a transport mechanism that transports the medium from the medium holder toward the recorder along a transport path, in which the medium holder is provided with, a feed port for the medium, connected to the transport path and an alarm unit that warns that the medium is disposed at a position where the medium can be transported by the transport mechanism, and when the opening/closing cover is disposed in the open position, the feed port and the alarm unit can be visually checked. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING ON CONTINUOUS FEED MEDIA - A system and method for printing on continuous feed media. In one embodiment, a computer-readable storage device is encoded with instructions that when executed cause a processor to: 1) print, via a printer, an image on continuous feed media; 2) compute a compensation factor that accounts for variation in form length of the continuous feed media; 3) compute, based on the computation factor, a distance to advance the continuous feed media such that a succeeding print starts at a top of form location of the continuous feed media; and 4) cause the printer to advance the continuous feed media in accordance with the determined distance to advance such that the succeeding print starts at the top of form location of the continuous feed media. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062231 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - The present invention provided a printing apparatus including: an ink storage section; a detection unit detecting an ink remaining amount of the section; a printhead; an air communication section communicating with the section and air; a suction unit; and a control unit. When a predetermined transport-preparation condition regarding transport of the printing apparatus is satisfied, the control unit saves information about the ink remaining amount detected by the detection unit and controls the suction unit to drain ink in the air communication section through the printhead. When a predetermined start-up condition is satisfied, the control unit controls, based on the information, the suction unit to suck ink from the printhead. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062232 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND RESIDUAL INK DETECTION METHOD - An embodiment of this invention is directed to discriminating between an ink present state and a bubble state and accurately determining the presence/absence of ink in residual ink detection. A printing apparatus measures the voltage between two electrodes in an ink tank based on an electric current supplied to one of the two electrodes, and compares the measured voltage with a first threshold voltage. When the measured voltage is lower than the first threshold voltage, the measured voltage is compared with a second threshold voltage lower than the first threshold voltage. According to results of these two comparisons, control is performed to supply the electric current, re-measure the voltage between the two electrodes, and re-inspect a residual ink amount. In a case where accurate determination is suspected, the presence/absence of ink is determined by re-inspection. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062233 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR OPTIMIZING DEFECTIVE-RECORDING-ELEMENT COMPENSATION PARAMETER - In the optimization of a non-discharge correction parameter for correcting a non-discharge using a non-discharge correction nozzle, a first test chart including a non-recording region that is the recording position of the non-discharge correction nozzle, a measurement chart region where a measurement chart is formed, and a uniform concentration region is formed for a designated nozzle that is previously designated. Then, the first test chart is read, the reading data is analyzed, the concentration at the measurement chart and the concentration at the uniform concentration region are compared for each non-discharge correction parameter, and a non-discharge correction parameter corresponding to the concentration at the measurement chart that minimizes the concentration difference from the uniform concentration region is derived as the optimum value of the non-discharge correction parameter for the designated nozzle. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062234 | COLOR MIXING INSPECTION METHOD, COLOR MIXING INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PRINT APPARATUS - To provide a color mixing inspection method, a color mixing inspection apparatus and a print apparatus capable of carrying out a color mixing inspection at low cost for the inspection with high detection ability. To that end, an evaluation pattern is irradiated with light having a color complementary to color mixed into the evaluation pattern to emphasize the color mixing and measure lightness, thereby determining the presence of color mixing. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062235 | INK JET INK COMPOSITION, INK JET INK SET, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet ink composition includes one or more types selected from a group consisting of water, polymer fine particles, a siloxane-based surfactant, and a fluorine-based surfactant, and an acryl-based surfactant. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062236 | UNCOATED RECORDING MEDIA - An uncoated recording medium includes a blend of hardwood fibers and softwood fibers. The total fiber content is at least 80 wt % of a total wt % of the uncoated recording medium. A filler is present in the uncoated recording medium in an amount ranging from about 3 wt % to about 10.2 wt % of the total wt % of the uncoated recording medium. The uncoated recording medium has i) a weight ranging from about 50 g/m | 2015-03-05 |
20150062237 | PRINTER, PRINTER CONTROL METHOD, AND WETTABILITY ENHANCEMENT TREATMENT DEVICE - A printer or the like is provided that can perform wettability enhancement treatment as necessary. The printer includes a discharge unit | 2015-03-05 |
20150062238 | BLACK INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A black ink composition includes: carbon black and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the carbon black; a cyan pigment and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the cyan pigment; a magenta pigment and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the magenta pigment; water-insoluble resin particle; and water, wherein a content ratio of the carbon black is from 1.0 to 2.0% by mass with respect to the total mass of the composition, and a total amount of pigments is from 1.8 to 3.5% by mass with respect to the total mass of the composition. The black ink composition can be used in an ink set and an image forming method. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062239 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus and Control Method for Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection head capable of ejecting a solution, a rotating member having an outer surface capable of receiving the solution ejected from the ejection head, and a scraper that wipes off the solution adhering to the outer surface by sliding along the outer surface when the rotating member rotates, the rotating member carrying out a first rotational operation of rotating after flushing, in which the ejection head ejects the solution toward the outer surface, has been performed, and a second rotational operation of rotating from when the first rotational operation ends to when the next flushing is executed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062240 | CONTAINER HANDLING MACHINE FOR PRINTING ONTO CONTAINER - Container handling machine for printing onto containers with a transport device optionally configured as a carousel for transporting said containers, with direct printing heads and with a cleaning device for cleaning the direct printing heads, the cleaning device including at least one cleaning unit for dispensing cleaning fluid to a direct printing head and a collection device for discharging spent cleaning fluid. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062241 | PRINTHEAD DRIP MANAGEMENT USING INDEXING CLEANING WEB-BACKED FLEXURE CHUTE - A printhead cleaning device is configured to use a cleaning web to absorb the residual ink left on the faceplate of the printhead. The cleaning web is supplied from a feed cartridge and taken up by a take-up cartridge. The cartridges include indexing mechanisms that are configured to dispense and pull-in, respectively, a predetermined length of the cleaning web during each maintenance cycle of the printhead. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062242 | INKJET PRINTER - Hitherto, the tip of a wiper blade is always brought into contact with a specific position of an inkjet head, and hence a wear amount of the tip of the wiper blade varies, and the life of the wiper blade is determined depending on cleaning performance at a position where the wear amount is large. Only a part of the wiper blade has a large wear amount, and the life is limited because of the deterioration in cleaning performance. To deal with this, the positions of the wiper blade and the print head are varied in a given area in wiping, to thereby prevent the tip of the wiper blade from being always brought into contact with a specific position of the inkjet head, and prevent a specific portion from being damaged due to a specific cause. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062243 | 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. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062244 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN A JET UNIT AND A CURVED SURFACE - A method and an apparatus for producing a relative movement between a jet unit, preferably an inkjet print head, and a region of a curved surface of a three-dimensional object, for example a motor vehicle door, include a control unit controlling a manipulator, preferably an articulated-arm robot, for moving the jet unit on a path at a working distance from the surface or for moving the object on a path at a working distance from the jet unit. A set of first reference points, located substantially in the curved surface, are approximated by a first polynomial, a first polynomial curve, a circle or an ellipse. A set of second reference points generated from the first polynomial or from the first polynomial curve is at a working distance from the surface. The second reference points are transferred to the control unit of the manipulator, preferably as a control program. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062245 | PRINT BAR STRUCTURE - In one example, a print bar structure includes: a planar, rigid first part; an elongated second part having a front face on which one or more printheads may be mounted and a rear face opposite the front face; and an elongated third part having a front face. The second part and the third part are affixed to one another but not to the first part with the first part sandwiched tightly between the rear face of the second part and the front face of the third part such that the rear face of the second part and the front face of the third part conform to the planar shape of the first part. | 2015-03-05 |