11th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100066706 | METHOD OF MOUNTING THUMBWHEEL SWITCH ON PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A thumbwheel switch for a handheld electronic device is mechanically and electrically mounted on the substrate of a printed circuit board using SMT with the thumbwheel seated in a cutout in the substrate and with the top surface of the thumbwheel about flush with the top surface of the substrate so that the thumbwheel is ergonomically positioned on the side of the handheld electronic device at the level of the display. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066707 | A Digital to Analogue Converter - In one embodiment of the present invention, a digital/analogue converter for converting an input n-bit digital code includes: a switched capacitor digital/analogue converter including a plurality of capacitors. The lower plate of each is connectable, dependent on the input digital code, to either a first reference voltage or a second reference voltage different from the first reference voltage. The converter also includes at least one further capacitor, and a switching arrangement for connecting the lower plate of the or each first further capacitor to either a third reference voltage or a fourth reference voltage different from the third reference voltage. The input to the first switching arrangement is independent of the input digital code. In the decoding phase, the output voltage floats to a voltage that depends on both the input data code and the direction and magnitude of charge injection across the further capacitor(s). | 2010-03-18 |
20100066708 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a timing controller which outputs image data, a data control signal and a first gate control signal, a data driving circuit which receives the image data and converts the image data into data voltages, a control signal converting circuit which delays the first gate control signal by a reference time period to convert the first gate control signal into a second gate control signal based on a reference signal, a gate driving circuit which outputs gate signals based on the second gate control signal, and a display panel which displays an image corresponding to the one line of the data voltages based on the gate signals. Each gate signal rises at a point in time delayed from a starting point of a corresponding horizontal scanning period by the reference time period and falls before an ending point of the corresponding horizontal scanning period. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066709 | INTERCONNECTION LINE DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INTERCONNECTION LINE DEVICE - An interconnection line device includes an insulating layer for electrical insulation; an external connection terminal which is formed on one surface of the insulating layer: an interconnection line which is formed on another surface of the insulating layer and whose one end portion area is connected to a predetermined signal line; and a connection portion which is arranged so as to penetrate through the insulating layer and connects another end portion area of the interconnection line to the external connection terminal. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066710 | NAIL CHIP MOUNTED WITH IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DEDICATED CHARGER - [Problems] To provide a nail chip that is self-luminous in the dark so as to vividly illuminate the fingertip there without wasting a paint and remover for use on nail, or container thereof, etc. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066711 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: two substrates sandwiching electro-optic material; source and gate lines on one substrate; switching elements coupled to the gate lines; a counter electrode coupled to pixel electrodes; gate dummy pixels including: gate dummy pixel electrodes applying an electric charge to the electro-optic material, and gate dummy switching elements switching between the gate lines and the gate dummy pixel electrodes; source dummy pixels including: source dummy pixel electrodes applying an electric charge to the electro-optic material, and source dummy switching elements switching between the source lines and the source dummy pixel electrodes; a test switch line transmitting a control signal controlling switching of the gate and source dummy switching elements; and test gate and source lines coupled to non-adjacent gate and source dummy pixel electrodes so that the gate and source lines provided with the gate and source dummy pixel electrodes are divided into two or more phases. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066712 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According an aspect of the invention, a video processing apparatus including: a sensor configured to measure an illuminance level; and a processing unit configured to receive a video signal and perform a gamma correction processing on the video signal to correct luminance of the video signal by using a correction value for the illuminance level so that the correction value becomes smaller as the illuminance level gets larger. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066713 | IMAGE DISPLAY - An image display device including an illumination means and a display means is provided. The illumination means has: a light source including a plurality of partial lighting sections; a drive means for driving the partial lighting sections separately; a plurality of photo-reception elements; and a control means for controlling the drive means based on amount of light received with the photo-reception elements to control photo-emission quantity of each of the partial lighting sections. Light from one or a set of partial lighting sections is received commonly with two or more of the photo-reception elements. The control means controls a photo-reception quantity ratio to maintain an initial state value. The photo-reception quantity ratio is a ratio among photo-reception quantity values in the two or more of the photo-reception elements, each of the photo-reception quantity values corresponding to light from the one or the set of partial lighting sections. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066714 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A display device includes a display panel having a display area in which a plurality of display pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, to display image information, a power supply driving section applying, to each of the display pixels in the display area, one of a first power supply voltage having a voltage value at which the display pixel is set to a non-display-operation state and a second power supply voltage having a voltage value at which the display pixel is set to a display operation state, and a control section controlling the power supply driving section to set a area-ratio of an first area in the display area in which the display pixels to which the first power supply voltage is applied are arranged to an second area in which the display pixels to which the second power supply voltage is applied are arranged. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066715 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE WITH TWO ELCTRICALLY CONNECTED CONDUCTIVE LAYERS RESPECTIVELY DISPOSED ON DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES - An organic electroluminescent device comprises two substrates facing to each other. The first substrate has a first conductive layer and a pixel array. A second substrate is located on the pixel array, and has a second conductive layer on its lower surface. The pixel array includes a plurality of organic light emitting diodes connected to the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer is electrically connected to the conductive layer, and then electrically connected to a voltage source by way of the first conductive layer. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066716 | Thin display device and method for controlling display content of electronic paper - A thin display device includes: an electronic paper having a display face, and a back face opposite to the display face; a flexure detector disposed on the back face of the electronic paper for detecting flexing of the electronic paper and generating a corresponding electronic signal; and a processing unit coupled electrically to the electronic paper and the flexure detector, for controlling display content of the display face of the electronic paper based on the electronic signal. By taking advantage of the flexibility of the electronic paper, a user is able to intuitively upscale and downscale the display content of the electronic paper through flexing the electronic paper. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066717 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD - A display device including a display layer displaying a black or white color according to an applied voltage, a transparent and non-transparent electrode that are disposed to sandwich the display layer, and a TFT driving circuit capable of applying any given voltage between the pair of electrodes. Also provided is a connection destination switching switch capable of switching the connection destination of the entire transparent electrode to an earth terminal or a connector power source terminal of an external power source connector. With this configuration, a voltage can be applied between the pair of electrodes without using the TFT driving circuit. Accordingly, if the TFT driving circuit fails to operate due to trouble caused by the displaying of information which is not permitted to be shown to others, a voltage can be applied to the display layer so that the displayed information can be erased. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066718 | DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL, AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - In a driving device of a plasma display panel including switch circuits (Q | 2010-03-18 |
20100066719 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, ITS DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD - The present invention relates to liquid crystal display devices employing the interlaced mode. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066720 | DATA DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A data driver, for sequentially supplying image data of each pixel to a display panel having pixels arranged in a matrix layout, for every line, includes a frame memory for storing pixel data having multiple-bits per single pixel in single screen segments; and a structure for converting from multiple-bit pixel data for a single line segment read out in single line units from the frame memory, into single bit pixel data corresponding to a subframe, in single frame units, wherein pixel data for a single line that has been converted to single-bit data by the conversion structure is output simultaneously for a single line. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066721 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A first ramp waveform rising from a first potential (Vi | 2010-03-18 |
20100066722 | INFORMATION REPRODUCTION APPARTUS AND VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS - In an asynchronous read channel system, a reference value interpolation-type maximum likelihood decoder ASML having a small circuit scale (e.g., seven taps) is employed. A nonlinear waveform the equalizer SEQ is provided before the maximum likelihood decoder ASML. The nonlinear waveform the equalizer SEQ includes an FIR filter having, for example, four taps, and performs nonlinear waveform equalization with respect to an input digital signal so that only signal components having small amplitudes and high frequencies are amplified. After the nonlinear waveform equalization, the signal is input to the reference value interpolation-type maximum likelihood decoder ASML, which performs maximum likelihood decoding with respect to the signal. Therefore, even when the reference value interpolation-type maximum likelihood decoder includes a smaller number of taps and thus has a small circuit scale, maximum likelihood decoding with a high error correction function can be performed. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066723 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a timing controller, a column driver, a row driver and a display unit. The timing controller outputs a first column clock embedded into image data during an active period, and outputs a second column clock embedded into blank data during a blank period. The column driver detects the first column clock and the image data and converts the image data into a first analog signal using the first column clock, and detects the second column clock and the blank data and converts the blank data into a second analog signal using the second column clock. The first column clock has a voltage level greater than a voltage level of the image data. The second column clock is embedded into the blank data and has a voltage level substantially the same as the voltage level of the image data. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066724 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a method of driving a display panel and a display apparatus using the same, in which a driving voltage is applied to a transistor provided in each pixel of the display to drive the transistor. A voltage level of the driving voltage applied to the transistor is adjusted every predetermined period and the changed driving voltage is applied to the transistor to prevent the operational reliability of the transistor from being lowered by a shift in the threshold voltage of the transistor. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066725 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DC LEVEL REDISTRIBUTION - A DC level redistribution method includes the steps of: receiving all positive signals and one negative signal of a plurality of pairs of differential signals; fixing a DC level of a positive signal of a designated pair of differential signals among a plurality of pairs of differential signals as a reference in order to adjust a DC level of a negative signal of the designated pair of differential signals for generating an adjusted negative signal; and taking the adjusted negative signal of the designated pair of differential signals as a reference in order to adjust DC levels of the positive signals of the other pairs of differential signals excluding the designated pair of differential signals. The DC redistribution method may be used in a display system. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066726 | Liquid crystal display and memory controlling method thereof - A display device including a display panel having a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines disposed cross-wisely, a timing controller, the timing controller including a data comparing and blank time detecting device comparing whether current data and previous data are same and detecting a blank time in which no data inputs to generate a flag signal for indicating the blank time and a data keeping time in which a data same with the previous data is inputted, a memory control signal generator generating a memory clock, and stopping the generation of the memory clock when the flag signal is generated, a memory which is operated by the memory clock intermittently by the flag signal, and a data synchronizer delaying the data in time for treating operation of the data comparing and blank time detecting device and the memory control signal generator to synchronize the data inputted to the memory with the memory clock, and a data drive circuit converting data from the memory into a data voltage and supplying to the data lines, and a gate drive circuit supplying a scan pulse to the gate lines. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066727 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A scan electrode driving circuit applies a rising ramp waveform voltage to scan electrodes (SCN | 2010-03-18 |
20100066728 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Driving Method of the Same - A liquid crystal display device and driving method therefor are disclosed. The device includes a plurality of signal lines that apply different gray scale voltages to each of the pixels. A driving circuit is provided to generate the gray scale voltages to be applied to the pixels. In operation, the driving circuit applies the first gray scale voltage at intervals of the horizontal scanning time within a display period. The second gray scale voltage is output by a number of times that is not smaller than twice and not greater than (M-N) times at intervals of the horizontal scanning time from the beginning of the vertical retrace interval. The second gray scale voltage is then stopped until completion of the vertical retrace interval. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066729 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING DIGITAL IMAGE AND METHOD THEREOF - A digital photo frame capable of adjusting images is provided. The digital photo frame includes a user input unit, a memory, a display, a processor. The memory is configured for storing images, original image property settings, and a predetermined algorithm, the predetermined algorithm records a rule to retrieve other settings based on an original property setting. The processor includes a reading module and a display module. The reading module is configured for obtaining images and settings of each image property from the memory. The display module is configured to retrieves other property settings according to the original property setting and the predetermined algorithm, display several instances of the same image at different retrieved settings simultaneously, and further select one of the settings as the desirable setting in response to the user input operation. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066730 | System for illustrating true three dimensional images in an enclosed medium - A system for generating three-dimensional images within an enclosed volume wherein the images are oriented with X, Y, and a Z axes. The system includes a transparent housing capable of allowing a collimated light to pass therethrough, at least one laser for producing at least one beam of collimated light, a plurality of light activated units capable of emitting light at threshold θ when activated by the collimated light generated by the laser apparatus. In addition, the system also includes a suspension medium for suspending light-activated units. The suspension medium is a compound with a density capable of suspending the light activated units in a uniform fashion throughout the space | 2010-03-18 |
20100066731 | Configurator Process and System - A configurator that creates multi angle images of a product that can be configured with options, accessories, colors and the like in 2d imagery, which does not require special software or hardware to view and interact with the configurator. The configurator automatically generates layer logic of how the product can be assembled for use in a configurator engine to manage the relationships of the 2d art layers. The approach outlined here has moved the linking and logic to the generation phase of the layers thereby automatically generating the configuration logic file at rendering that can be used by a simple program to assemble the layers for a visual interface. Essentially, 2d images are created in a layering scheme from 3d models that can be assembled into any combination based on logic to support various configurations of products. The layering scheme approach prevents the need to render complete product image for each combination including breaking into most/least common factors in separate layers and assembling after the fact. Optimization reduces the number of combinations required for multi-angle images of a configured product. The imagery and logic can be updated without as much manual involvement. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066732 | Image View Synthesis Using a Three-Dimensional Reference Model - A novel image view may be synthesized using a three-dimensional reference model. In an example embodiment, a device-implemented method for synthesizing a novel image view includes acts of registering, selecting, applying and synthesizing. An image is registered to at least one reference model. A source block of visual data from the image is selected with regard to a destination block of the reference model based on a source depth associated with the source block and a destination depth associated with the destination block. The destination position of the destination block of the reference model is not visible in the image. The source block of visual data from the image is applied to the destination block of the reference model to produce an image-augmented model. A novel image view is synthesized using the image-augmented model. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066733 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VIRTUAL WORLD ENVIRONMENTS BASED UPON EXISTING PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS - In general, the present invention provides a system and method for creating, managing and utilizing virtual worlds for enhanced management of an Information Technology (IT) environment. Two dimensional (2D) and three dimensional (3D) virtual world renditions are automatically created to replicate the associated real-life IT environment. Such virtual environments can then be used to familiarize staff with remote locations and to securely provide virtual data center tours to others. The virtual environments are managed through an information monitor and management module that generates a work order sent to the physical location for reconfiguration of the real-life environment. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066734 | Storage Medium Storing Three-Dimensional Image Processing Program, Three-Dimensional Image Processing Apparatus and Three-Dimensional Image Processing Method - A game apparatus functioning as a three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU executes three-dimensional image processing. When a cursor on a display screen is moved according to an instruction from a user, a gazing point is also moved acceding thereto. At this time, a view volume (cone) is deformed such that a gazing point plane is maintained at an original position. Thus, the gazing point and a vanishing point are overlapped with each other on the display screen. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066735 | APPARATUS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE - There is provided a 3D human machine interface (“3D HMI”), which 3D HMI may include (1) an image acquisition assembly, (2) an initializing module, (3) an image segmentation module, (4) a segmented data processing module, (5) a scoring module, (6) a projection module, (7) a fitting module, (8) a scoring and error detection module, (9) a recovery module, (10) a three dimensional correlation module, (11) a three dimensional skeleton prediction module, (12) an output module and a (13) depth extraction module. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066736 | METHOD, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, AND GAME DEVICE - In a first-person gun shooting game or the like, when the player has performed a shooting operation, a bullet is fired from a gun held by a player's character. When the bullet has hit an enemy character, the enemy character is damaged. The bullet that has hit the enemy character rebounds from the enemy character and hits another object (wooden box) positioned near the enemy character so that the other object breaks. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066737 | DYNAMIC-STATE ESTIMATING APPARATUS, DYNAMIC-STATE ESTIMATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A dynamic-state estimating apparatus includes a control-point setting unit setting a plurality of control points for a three-dimensional object model; a control-point color-information acquiring unit acquiring control-point color information indicating the color at a projection position where each control point is projected on an object image; an initial control-point color-information storing unit storing the control-point color information acquired from the object image for initial setup as initial control-point color information; a control-point position estimating unit estimating the position of each control point at a current time; a current control-point color-information acquiring unit acquiring current control-point color information resulting from projection of the control point on the object image at the current time; and a likelihood calculating unit calculating a likelihood by using the current control-point color information and the initial control-point color information. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066738 | MIXED REALITY SPACE IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS - A mixed reality space image providing apparatus configured to provide a user with a mixed reality space image in which a virtual object image is superimposed on a real space image is provided includes a selection unit configured to select simulation processing from among a plurality of types of simulation processing based on an instruction from the user, a simulation processing unit configured to perform the simulation processing selected by the selection unit with respect to the virtual object image, and a providing unit configured to generate a mixed reality space image by superimposing the simulation-processed virtual object image on the real space image and to provide the generated mixed reality space image to the user. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066739 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - It is applicable to CG processing for interactive purposes, and reduces memory access amount for loading the vertex data of the input polygon model. An image generating apparatus ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100066740 | Unified spectral and Geospatial Information Model and the Method and System Generating It - This invention relates to a product called unified spectral and geospatial information model and the method and system that generates the model. Here, the unified spectral and geospatial information model comprises an airborne image of ground surface and the three-dimensional coordinate system associated with the image. The image in such a model has three-dimensional XYZ coordinates in a ground coordinate system for every pixel of the image and multiple pixels of the image can have same XY coordinates. And, the XYZ coordinates of all the pixels of the image are uniquely attributed by the method and system presented in this invention. Allowing multiple pixels to have same XY coordinates is a uniqueness of this invented unified spectral and geospatial information model. An image of the unified spectral and geospatial information model always covers a scene of ground surface of the real world. All objects visible in such a scene are measurable in terms of radiometry and geometry, which makes it a unified spectral and geospatial information model. The unified spectral and geospatial information model can be made by the method and system of this invention with airborne imagery, GPS/IMU data, and ground surface elevation or range data. From an unified spectral and geospatial information model, one can read color information either in RGB or multi-spectral for radiometry and also make direct measurements of geospatial information. Additionally, application systems that utilize the unified spectral and geospatial information models can make three-dimensional displays or perspective views of the ground surface other three-dimensional manipulation and simulation of ground surface. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066741 | DEPLOYING ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS - A method, system, and computer usable program product for deploying analytic functions are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A resource is identified in an analytic function specification. A set of input time series is identified for the analytic function specification. An analytic function instance corresponding to the analytic function specification is instantiated in relation to an object of the resource. Each input time series in the set of time series is located in relation to the object. The analytic function instance is associated with each input time series in the set of time series. An analysis is performed using the set of input time series and an analytic function described in the analytic function specification. The analytic function instance is instantiated if both the object and the set of data sources are present in an object graph where the analytic function instance is to be instantiated. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066742 | STYLIZED PROSODY FOR SPEECH SYNTHESIS-BASED APPLICATIONS - Described is a technology by which the prosody of synthesized speech may be changed by varying data associated with that speech. An interface displays a visual representation of synthesized speech as one or more waveforms, along with the corresponding text from which the speech was synthesized. The user may interact with the visual representation to change data corresponding to the prosody, e.g., to change duration, pitch and/or loudness data, with respect to a part (or all) of the speech. The part of the speech that may be varied may comprise a phoneme, a morpheme, a syllable, a word, a phrase, and/or a sentence. The changed speech can be played back to hear the change in prosody resulting from the interactive changes. The user can also change the text and hear/see newly synthesized speech, which may then be similarly edited to change data that corresponds to that speech's prosody. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066743 | Method for improved visualization of dynamic values displayed in a digital format - A method is provided for improved visualization of digitally displayed values that change rapidly, based on the human ability to perceive only a certain amount of change within a specific time-frame. The changes to the value are displayed so that, whenever possible, only one digit changes within the time-frame thought to be ideal for a user to perceive the change of a single digit. The actual value displayed will follow the true value as closely as possible, hence, in most cases, only the digit that moves the displayed value closest to the true value will trigger a change during a perception time frame. If the true value stops changing, the displayed value will, by this fashion, completely catch up with the true value in a prompt manner and exactly match it. If the true value oscillates rapidly, the oscillation will only be displayed to the extent that it allows the viewer to perceive the changes. Only the amount of change that can be perceived is actually shown, thus greatly improving the readability of digital displays. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066744 | Method and apparatus for triangle traversal process in graphic rasterization - A method and apparatus for traversing a triangle in graphic rasterization are provided. The method includes creating a bounding box which is the smallest rectangle consisting of pixels that covers the triangle; choosing a traversal start pixel for traversing the triangle based on the bounding box; choosing a traversal direction based on the position relation between the traversal start pixel and the triangle; and traversing the triangle from the traversal start pixel in the traversal direction. The traversing the triangle includes calculating a next scan start pixel based on slope of a edge function of the triangle with respect to the traversal start pixel and the traversal direction. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066745 | Face Image Display, Face Image Display Method, and Face Image Display Program - The present invention provides a facial image display apparatus that can display moving images concentrated on the face when images of people's faces are displayed. A facial image display apparatus is provided wherein a facial area detecting unit ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100066746 | Widgetized avatar and a method and system of creating and using same - A widgetized avatar and a method and system of creating and using same is disclosed. The avatar includes computing code that provides for addition of the avatar as non-static content to at least two unique at least partially static web pages, and secondary computing code resident within the computing code, wherein the secondary computing code provides for association with at least one other portion of the computing code of ones selected from a plurality of physical characteristics, a plurality of personal information, and a plurality of actions. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066747 | MULTI-CHIP RENDERING WITH STATE CONTROL - Circuits, methods, and apparatus that provide multiple graphics processor systems where specific graphics processors can be instructed to not perform certain rendering operations while continuing to receive state updates, where the state updates are included in the rendering commands for these rendering operations. One embodiment provides commands instructing a graphics processor to start or stop rendering geometries. These commands can be directed to one or more specific processors by use of a set-subsystem device mask. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066748 | Method And Apparatus For Scheduling The Processing Of Multimedia Data In Parallel Processing Systems - An efficient method and device for the parallel processing of multimedia data. Blocks (or portions thereof) are transmitted to various parallel processors, in the order of their dependency data. Earlier blocks are sent to the parallel processors first, with later blocks sent later. The blocks are stored in the parallel processors in specific locations, and shifted around as necessary, so that every block, when it is processed, has its dependency data located in a specific set of earlier blocks with specified relative positions. In this manner, its dependency data can be retrieved with the same commands. That is, earlier blocks are shifted around so that later blocks can be processed with a single set of commands that instructs each processor to retrieve its dependency data from specific known relative locations that do not vary. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066749 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH SOFTWARE COMPONENTS - An image forming apparatus includes an embed-information processing control unit configured to control, based on a first software component, embed-information processing for extracting embedded information or for embedding information with respect to image data output from a second software component, and an embed-information processing service unit configured to perform the embed-information processing with respect to the image data in response to an instruction from the embed-information processing control unit, wherein the embed-information processing service unit includes a shared service unit configured to perform a process shared by different types of the embed-information processing, and one or more specific service units each configured to perform a different process specific to a different type of the embed-information processing, and wherein the shared service unit receives an instruction from the embed-information processing control unit, and the specific service units perform the embed-information processing with respect to the image data. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066750 | MOBILE VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM - A user can create “virtual graffiti” ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100066751 | ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY ORIENTATION OF AN IMAGE ON A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of displaying a first image on a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying a first image and a second image overlaid on the first image on a display unit of the mobile terminal; and changing the orientation of the first image and the second image according to a variation in the orientation of the mobile terminal. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066752 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal panel displays an image from image signals. A backlight device is disposed on the back side of the liquid crystal panel, and is divided into a plurality of regions. The backlight device comprises light sources in each of the regions. The light sources are positioned to emit light onto the liquid crystal panel. A histogram detector detects an image signal gradation distribution for each region and to produce a histogram therefrom. An image gain calculator calculates a gain from the detected gradation distribution of the histogram detector, and controls light emission from each light source in each region of the backlight device. A light emission luminance calculator controls the light emission luminance of each light source based on a maximum luminance of the light sources and based on an inverse number of the gain calculated in the image gain calculator. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066753 | Visual Effects Screen - There is provided a special effects greenscreen having a plurality of marks dispersed thereon in a selected pattern, wherein each of the marks is embedded in the greenscreen by weaving, knitting, felting, crocheting, screening, stamping, embossing or similar method to integrate the mark into the greenscreen material. The pattern may be a single repeated mark evenly spaced along horizontal lines, along vertical lines, or along both horizontal and vertical lines. The pattern may comprise a familiar ordered series of unique marks dispersed in a selected pattern on the greenscreen, for example, letters of the alphabet. The pattern may comprise a first mark embedded at a selected point on the greenscreen, a plurality of second marks each embedded a first distance away from the first mark, and a plurality of third marks each embedded a second distance from the first mark, wherein the second distance is greater than first distance. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066754 | CONTROL METHOD OF BACKLIGHT SOURCE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for controlling a backlight for illuminating a transmissive display panel includes measuring an amount of current supplied to the transmissive display panel, and controlling brightness caused by the backlight source on the basis of the amount of the current. Further the method includes storing data of a threshold value to be compared with the amount of the current, and controlling the brightness to decrease when the transmissive panel is a normally white type and the amount of the current is smaller than the threshold value data or when the transmissive panel is a normally black type and the amount of the current is larger than the threshold value data. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066755 | COLOR COMPOSITING USING TRANSPARENCY GROUPS - Methods and apparatus, including computer programs, for processing transparency attributes of digital graphics objects. The techniques result in the color compositing of an arbitrary structure of artwork elements defining the appearance of a page to produce a result color at any position on the page that is continuous with respect to all inputs. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066756 | IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF LESIONS IN MEDICAL IMAGING - A method for automated classification of curve patterns associated with dynamic image data of a lesion in a subject in order to determine characteristics of the lesion. The method comprising the steps of loading the image data into an electronic memory means, producing a plot of signal intensity profile, converting the signal intensity profile into a contrast enhancement profile, detecting a reference enhancement profile having a highly positive slope over an initial enhancement period followed by a decreasing profile portion, deriving signature curve types based on the reference enhancement profile, classifying an enhancement curve for each pixel in a selected ROI into one of the derived signature curve types using all available time points and displaying a grid-plot of the classified enhancement curves for all pixels in the selected ROI, wherein the overall display of curves and heterogeneity provides visual indication of the characteristics of the lesion. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066757 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an image signal processing apparatus capable of reproducing the appearance of an image that is displayed on a PDP. In an image processing unit | 2010-03-18 |
20100066758 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF IMAGE DISTRIBUTIONS - A method and system for automatically producing arrangements of two-dimensional extents in a computer-based editing or animation environment is presented. The method consists of defining a set of objects having two or more dimensions, automatically calculating and presenting an arrangement of said objects, and optionally iterating to produce alternative arrangements. The arrangements may use templates to guide the selection of sizes, border colors and transparency, rotation, and other attributes of the contained regions. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066759 | System for Extracting a Fingerprint Data From Video/Audio Signals - A system for extracting a fingerprint data from video/audio signals, comprising a frame buffer for storing the video frame images, which accepts a new video frame image and discards the oldest video frame image in a first in first out (FIFO) fashion; a sub-sampler for sampling the video images, which operates on one video frame image at a time, so that the output of the sub-sampler contains data samples obtained from multiple video frame images while the video image content itself is discarded, and after each video frame image is sampled at the head of the frame buffer, it is discarded after the sampling; a divider through which the data samples go, in order to divide the data samples into groups of video frames so as to be organized as one fingerprint segment after another one; a formatter which incorporates optional information to the fingerprint segment so as to form the fingerprint data, and at the output of the formatter, the video image content is discarded, only the fingerprint data and the associated optional information remain; and a transfer buffer which transfers the fingerprint data and the associated optional information by to the fingerprint database. According to the present invention, the system for extracting a fingerprint data from video/audio signals facilitates the automatic identification, archiving and search of video content without the need for human visual inspections. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066760 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING SYMMETRY IN 2D AND 3D OBJECTS - Systems and methods for enhancing symmetry in 2D and 3D objects are disclosed. At least some embodiments include a computer-readable storage medium including software (executable on a processor) to symmetrize a modeled physical object that causes the processor to identify a plurality of clusters (each including a plurality of symmetric point pairs each derived from a plurality of sampled surface points of the object), and to calculate and apply each of a first plurality of displacement value pairs to corresponding sample positions of the symmetric point pairs within at least one cluster, increasing the symmetry of the cluster. The software further causes the processor to calculate a second plurality of displacement value pairs, to contract the cluster using the second plurality of displacement value pairs, to merge two or more clusters within the transformation space, and to present a graphical representation of the symmetrized modeled physical object to a user. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066761 | METHOD OF DESIGNATING AN OBJECT IN AN IMAGE - The present invention relates to a method of designating an object in an image. The method includes: designating a point inside the object in the image; segmenting the image into elementary regions; identifying an origin region to which the point belongs; constructing a graph of connectedness between the regions; calculating a function of membership in the object for the regions connected to the origin region, by combining various membership criteria; merging the origin region with its connected regions, a connected region being merged if the value of its membership function is greater than a predetermined threshold; wherein the steps of calculating membership functions of the connected regions and of merging is repeated for each new merged region until no merging is performed. One or more embodiments of the invention applies to image processing in order to perform the graphical designation of an object by an operation that is simple for a user. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066762 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO AND GRAPHICS DATA TO CREATE A COMPOSITE OUTPUT IMAGE HAVING INDEPENDENT AND SEPARATE LAYERS OF VIDEO AND GRAPHICS DISPLAY PLANES - A method, apparatus, system and machine-readable medium for generating a composite output image based upon multiple input images. In certain embodiments, a plurality of input graphics images are iteratively blended in real time to provide a blended graphics image, which is then composited with other layers such as an input video image. The composite output image may then be provided to a display device. Iterative blending of the plurality of graphics images may include scaling, format conversion, and color space conversion, and may be performed based on priority information received for the graphics images from content sources. Compositing may include an alpha blending based on alpha values for pixels of the images. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066763 | ORIENTING DISPLAYED ELEMENTS RELATIVE TO A USER - One or more elements are initially displayed on a display component of an electronic device. After the one or more elements have been displayed on the display component of the electronic device, an image of a user of the electronic device is captured, and an orientation of the electronic device relative to the user is determined based on the captured image of the user of the electronic device. Thereafter, an orientation of at least one of the displayed elements is adjusted relative to the display component of the electronic device based on the determined orientation of the electronic device relative to the user. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066764 | SELECTIVE CHARACTER MAGNIFICATION ON TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES - Selectively magnifying a set of characters on a touch screen of a computing device. Input is received from a user via the touch screen. A target character is identified, along with a plurality of other characters, based on the received input. In some embodiments, the plurality of other characters includes characters adjacent to the target character, or symbols appropriate for the target character. The target character and plurality of other characters are magnified either by touching the screen or by getting in close proximity from the screen to enable the user to accurately select one or more intended characters from the magnified characters. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066765 | Display System and Power Control Method Thereof - A display system is provided The display system includes a power source unit for supplying power; a signal input unit for receiving a video signal from the outside; a video processor for converting a format of the video signals received from the signal input unit into a displayable format; a display unit electrically connected with the power source unit and displaying an image corresponding to a signal from the video signal processor; a light-emitting unit electrically connected with the power source unit and including at least two light sources; and a controller for judging an operating mode on the basis of a signal input from the signal input unit and controlling power supplied to the display unit and the light-emitting unit depending on the judged operating mode. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066766 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GAMMA CORRECTION OF DISPLAY SIGNALS - A method and apparatus for generating gamma corrected analogue voltages uses a first ladder resistor arrangement ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100066767 | LCOS INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A liquid crystal on silicon integrated circuit (LCOS IC) and electronic device using the same is provided. The electronic device comprises an LCOS IC, a processor and a cooler. The LCOS IC comprising a temperature sensor embedded in the LCOS IC for sensing a temperature and outputting a temperature sensing signal according to the temperature. The processor is coupled to the LCOS IC for receiving the temperature sensing signal and outputting a cooler control signal according to the temperature sensing signal. The cooler is coupled to the processor for receiving the cooler control signal and adjusting the cooler accordingly. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066768 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device is provided. The plasma display device includes a plasma display panel (PDP) having an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a plurality of scan electrodes and a plurality of sustain electrodes formed on the upper substrate, and a plurality of address electrodes formed on the lower substrate; and a driver applying driving signals to the plurality of electrodes, wherein a reset discharge occurs in a part of discharge cells. The plasma display device can contribute to the reduction of dark-area luminance and the improvement of dark-room contrast ratio. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066769 | Display device, controller driver and driving method for display panel - A display device includes a display panel, an environmental sensor, a correction circuit and a driving circuit. The correction circuit is configured to generate a corrected gray-scale data on the basis of input gray-scale data. The driving circuit is configured to drive the display panel in response to the corrected gray-scale data. The correction circuit generates the corrected gray-scale data by executing a correction using a polynomial in which the input gray-scale data are used as variables. Coefficients of the polynomial are changed in response to an output signal of the environmental sensor. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066770 | Pulse Width Modulation Display Pixels with Spatial Manipulation - Systems and methods of producing images are provided. Data corresponding to a first set of display pixels is received. When it is determined that a transition occurs in the first set of display pixels, a position of at least one display pixel in the first set of display pixels is adjusted based on the determined transition. The adjustment can involve adjusting a center of a pulse that causes formation of the display pixel away from a center of a modulation window. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066771 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a supply unit that supplies liquid recipient particles to receive liquid; a conveyance unit that conveys the liquid recipient particles supplied by the supply unit; a discharge unit that discharges liquid droplets to the liquid recipient particles conveyed by the conveyance unit; a humidity reducing unit that reduces relative humidity inside or around the supply unit; and a humidity increasing unit, on a downstream side of the supply unit, that increases relative humidity around at least one of the liquid recipient particles conveyed by the conveyance unit and the discharge unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066772 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PRINTING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An appropriate maintenance such as appropriate registration adjustment can be executed even if a status for the maintenance cannot be acquired from a printing apparatus. Specifically, if a status cannot be acquired from the printer, a printer driver refers to a history of number of past instructions for registration adjustment stored in a host computer to determine whether simplified registration adjustment or detailed registration adjustment is to be executed. If the printer driver does not detect any record of executed registration adjustment, that is, if the printer driver detects that no registration adjustment has been executed, then it determines that the simplified registration adjustment is to be executed. If the printer driver detects any record of executed registration adjustment, it determines that the detailed registration adjustment is to be executed. Thus, the invention enables the correct guidance and the corresponding appropriate registration adjustment even if the status cannot be acquired. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066773 | FLUID SUPPLY DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A FLUID SUPPLY DEVICE - A fluid supply device, a printing device, and a control method for a fluid supply device can desirably supply a fluid while maintaining good throughput, and can reduce device size and cost with a simple construction. The inkjet printer has an expansion mechanism that enables an ink refill operation in which a movable member expands an ink chamber by moving a piston that moves in contact with a regulator panel disposed to the main device side and supplies ink from an ink cartridge, a comparison means that determines whether or not the amount of ink left in the ink cartridge is less than a specified value, and a CPU that sets a long time mode in which the ink refill operation time is long when the amount of ink left in the ink cartridge is less than the specified value. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066774 | FLUID SUPPLY DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A FLUID SUPPLY DEVICE - A fluid supply device, a printing device, and a control method for a fluid supply device can appropriately determine when the main tank should be replaced without increasing device cost or size. In a structure in which an expansion mechanism draws ink from an ink cartridge by expanding an ink cartridge using the force of carriage movement, a calculation means | 2010-03-18 |
20100066775 | SPACER PLACING METHOD - A technology for placing spacers free from the occurrence of streaks is provided. Random numbers are generated by a computer, and made in one-by-one association with discharge positions of an object for discharging every generation, and stored in a memory unit of the computer. Coefficient values are determined for the respective discharge positions based on the stored random numbers, and individual voltage values to be required for the respective discharge positions are calculated through the multiplication of voltages set for respective nozzle holes N | 2010-03-18 |
20100066776 | INK JET HEAD DRIVING APPARATUS - Provided is an ink jet head driving apparatus which can highly accurately control jetting timing separately for each of a plurality of nozzles of a head without increasing the number of signal lines and can change the jetting timing for each jetting cycle. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066777 | INKJET PRINTER - A recording head having a plurality of recording elements arranged at a prescribed pitch in a first direction. A scanning unit is configured to move the recording head back and forth in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A setting unit is configured to set process pixels in an input image by rendering at least one of the plurality of recording elements disabled so as not to form dots and at least another one of the plurality of recording elements enabled to allow dots to be formed in each of a plurality of columns of a recording medium. A dot data generating unit is configured to generate dot data by applying a weight matrix to the density data of the process pixel. The dot data is applied to the recording head to form dots on the recording medium. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066778 | Inkjet Recording Apparatus - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a nozzle, a charging electrode, a deflecting electrode, a storage device, and an authentication device. The nozzle atomizes a supplied ink into ink particles by exciting and ejecting the supplied ink. The charging electrode electrically charges the ink particles. The deflecting electrode forms an electric field that deflects the ink particles electrically charged. The storage device storing therein a program(s) that implements a predetermined printing function(s). The predetermined printing function(s) becomes executable upon connection of an authentication key to the authentication device. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066779 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOZZLE COMPENSATION IN NON-CONTACT MATERIAL DEPOSITION - A method of printing is provided where printing is using a first printing unit having redundant nozzles. Then, the method may include stopping the printing with the first printing unit while continuing the printing with active nozzles of a second printing unit. The method may include inspecting the first printing unit and identifying faulty nozzles, then designating the faulty nozzles as inactive and designating inactive nozzles of the first printing unit as a new active nozzle. According to some embodiments the method may include moving the first printing unit to an inspection zone prior to inspecting while continuing the printing with active nozzles of a second printing unit and moving the first printing unit back to the printing zone after inspection and continuing the printing with the first printing unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066780 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus and Method of Forming Nozzle Test Pattern - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head that includes a plurality of nozzles disposed for each color of liquids and ejects liquids from the plurality of nozzles onto a medium; and a control unit that sets one of the plurality of nozzles as a test target nozzle and forms a nozzle test pattern used for testing defective liquid-ejection of the test target nozzle on a transparent color medium by landing the liquids ejected from the test target nozzle and a different nozzle of the plurality of nozzles, which is different from the test target nozzle, on the transparent color medium so as to be overlapped with each other. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066781 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET TRANSPORTING APPARATUS - An inkjet-type image forming apparatus includes a recording head configured to eject ink to form an image; a carriage where the recording head is provided, the carriage being configured to reciprocate in a direction orthogonal to a sheet transport direction; a transport unit disposed upstream of a print area in the sheet transport direction, the transport unit being configured to intermittently transport a sheet to the print area; a transport control unit configured to control the transport unit; a platen guide plate; a suction unit configured to suction the sheet onto the platen guide plate; and a control unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066782 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus including a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a sheet in a predetermined direction, a printing unit configured to print an image on the sheet, a direct sensor having an image pickup device configured to image the sheet, which is used to sense movement of the sheet by signal processing of an output from the image pickup device, a movement mechanism configured to move the image pickup device in a direction including a component of the predetermined direction, and a control unit configured to control the conveyance mechanism, the printing unit, and the movement mechanism. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066783 | CONVERTIBLE PRINTER - A convertible printer usable with either a flexible media or rigid media is disclosed. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066784 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus, including: a liquid ejecting head having a plurality of liquid-ejection openings, a liquid channel, and a plurality of actuators; an inflow liquid temperature sensor which detects a temperature of a liquid to be flowed into the liquid channel from an outside; a driver IC which is disposed so as to be thermally connected to the liquid ejecting head, which includes a signal producing circuit configured to produce an ejection signal, a non-ejection signal, and a vibration signal; and a controller including: a storing section configured to store drive data of the plurality of actuators; a first estimating section configured to estimate a first heat amount; a second estimating section configured to estimate a second heat amount; and a signal-producing-circuit controlling section configured to cause the signal producing circuit to produce the ejection signal, the non-ejection signal, and the vibration signal, wherein the signal-producing-circuit controlling section controls the signal producing circuit such that an increased heat amount exceeds a third heat amount. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066785 | INK JET PRINTER - An ink jet printer printing an image using a plurality of types of color ink. The heat exchanger cools and heats the ink to adjust the temperature of the ink. The heat exchanger has a contact and separate mechanism which, for ink cooling, tightly contacts a radiation section with a heat exchange section and which, for ink heating, separates the radiation section from the heat exchange section. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066786 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING ON A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A method, a printing system and a printing bridge. The printing bridge is configured to accommodate in a precise manner a jet print head. The jet print head includes first jet nozzles for injecting a first type jettable substance to form a first pattern onto the surface of a object, and a second jet nozzles for injecting a second type of jettable substance to form a first pattern onto the surface of a object. The first type jettable substance is utilized for printing a solder mask pattern and the second type jettable substance is utilized for printing a legend pattern. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066787 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head has: a nozzle plate having a nozzle surface in which at least one nozzle for ejecting droplets of a liquid are formed; an anti-drying liquid supply port which supplies an anti-drying liquid to the nozzle surface of the nozzle plate; a flow channel portion which is formed in the nozzle surface and through which the anti-drying liquid supplied to the nozzle surface from the anti-drying liquid supply port flows; and an anti-drying liquid discharge port which suctions and discharges the anti-drying liquid flowing through the flow channel portion on the nozzle surface, from the nozzle surface, wherein, while the anti-drying liquid flows through the flow channel portion, the anti-drying liquid evaporates to increase humidity. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066788 | PEROVSKITE-TYPE OXIDE FILM, PIEZOELECTRIC THIN-FILM DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE USING PEROVSKITE-TYPE OXIDE FILM, AS WELL AS PRODUCTION PROCESS AND EVALUATION METHOD FOR PEROVSKITE-TYPE OXIDE FILM - Provided is a perovskite-type oxide film having a perovskite-type crystal structure and containing lead as a chief component, which, when subjected to Raman microspectroscopy at a plurality of points on a surface thereof so as to measure Raman spectra upon application of an electric field of 100 kV/cm and upon application of no electric field, has a mean of absolute values of peak shift amounts that is 2.2 cm | 2010-03-18 |
20100066789 | LIQUID DROPLET JET HEAD, LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet jet head includes a pressure liquid chamber substrate including nozzles discharging liquid droplets and pressure liquid chambers communicated with the nozzles, a vibration board partially forming wall surfaces of the pressure liquid chambers, and a pressure converter vibrating the vibration board to change pressure in the pressure liquid chambers to discharge the liquid droplets from the nozzles, and including a piezoelectric element having an active region and a inactive region and electrodes disposed to apply an electric force to the active region and not to apply an electric force to the inactive region, and a groove separating the active region from the inactive region formed not so deep as to reach one of the electrodes in a portion in the inactive region facing the vibration board. In the liquid droplet jet head, the pressure liquid chamber substrate is supported by the inactive region of the piezoelectric element. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066790 | Image Display Apparatus - A configuration of an image display apparatus which can reduce a pump exclusive for solvent is provided. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066791 | Inkjet Printing Apparatus and Method - There is provided an apparatus and method for inkjet printing, particularly thermal inkjet printing, in which at least one radiation-curing device for curing the radiation-curable ink is integral with, and downstream of, the inkjet printing station. The inkjet printing apparatus further includes a plurality of commercial replaceable inkjet printer cartridges with integral printheads, mounted into a print carriage in fixed array positioned at a set distance above a continuously—moving industrial print media carried on a conveyor or on a web or sheet to engage non-contact printing on said industrial print media with photo-quality, multi-colour print capability. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066792 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR METERING FLUID FILM IN AN INK JET PRINTING SYSTEM - An apparatus ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100066793 | INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING ARRAY TYPE PRINT HEAD - An inkjet image forming apparatus having an array type print head to stably deliver a printing medium through a printing zone. The inkjet image forming apparatus includes an array type print head including a nozzle part to discharge ink to a printing zone, a first rolling unit having a first nip portion to nip the printing medium, wherein the first nip portion is disposed before the printing zone to deliver the printing medium to the printing zone, and a second rolling unit having a second nip portion to nip the printing medium, wherein the second nip portion is disposed downstream of the first rolling unit in a delivery direction of the printing medium. A distance between the first nip portion and the second nip portion is less than or equal to 3 inches. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066794 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a conveyance mechanism, a recording mechanism and a control unit. The conveyance mechanism has a roller in contact with a recording surface of a sheet and conveys the sheet in a first direction. The recording mechanism records an image on a recording surface using a recording head on which a plurality of nozzles are formed over a range covering a width of a sheet to be used along a second direction crossing the first direction. The control unit, which controls the conveyance and recording mechanisms, performs an image record operation and a preliminary discharge operation onto the recording surface. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066795 | INKJET PRINTER - A media sheet re-supply section is provided which connects the downstream side end to the upstream side end of a feeding section provided at a printing section to form an orbiting feed path together with the feeding section, and which flips over a media sheet sent out from the downstream side end of the feeding section, of which one side has received printing, and supplies it to the upstream side end of the feeding section. The media sheet re-supply section has a length of a feed path capable of holding, during printing on a current media sheet by the printing section, at least one preceding media sheet printed prior to the current media sheet. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066796 | PRINTER - A display unit includes a slide mechanism slidable in a lateral or vertical direction to a housing. A maintenance opening formed in the housing can be covered and uncovered. When the opening is uncovered, a user can access at least apart of a print section in the housing from the opening and perform maintenance. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066797 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THERMAL PRINTING - A method of controlling thermal printing based upon print density. The method includes receiving pre-formatted data representing information to be printed on two sides of a thermal print media from a computer by a processor of a thermal printer, analyzing the pre-formatted data by the thermal printer to determine different types of data to be printed with different print densities by the processor, determining an average print density of the different print densities by the processor, determining that the average print density is greater than a predetermined average print density by the processor, determining a power level required to print the data, and directing first and second thermal print heads to print the data based upon the required power level by the processor. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066798 | THERMAL PRINT HEAD - A thermal print head A includes a substrate | 2010-03-18 |
20100066799 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes a light source; a separating unit that separates a laser beam emitted from the light source into a first laser beam and a second laser beam; a first photoelectric converting unit that measures a light intensity of the first laser beam and outputs a first voltage depending on the light intensity of the first laser beam; a second photoelectric converting unit that measures a light intensity of the second laser beam, and outputs a second voltage depending on the light intensity of the second laser beam; and a control unit that executes a first light-intensity correction for correcting the light intensity of the second laser beam based on a current correction value and a drive current. The current correction value being a value used for correcting a light intensity of the laser beam based on the first voltage and the second voltage, and the drive current being a current preliminarily-set with respect to the laser beam to cause the light source to emit the laser beam. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066800 | MONITOR HAVING INTEGRAL CAMERA AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - As discussed herein, there is presented a visual communication system, a method of conducting two-way visual communication and an apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes: (1) a lens substrate having a first array of micro lenses on one side thereof, (2) an optical output substrate having a second array of display pixels and (3) an optical input substrate having a third array of image sensors laterally inter-dispersed with respect to display pixels of the first array and positioned to receive light from the micro lenses of the first array. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066801 | Method for Implementing RBT Interworking, Media Gateway Control Function Device, and Application Server - A method for implementing Ring Back Tone (RBT) interworking, a Media Gateway Control Function (MGCF) device, and an Application Server (AS) are provided. A Multimedia Ring Back Tone (MRBT) service is triggered when a Circuit Switched (CS) user originates a call to an MRBT subscriber in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). The method includes: receiving a message sent by an MRBT AS, where the message carries video RBT information; and notifying a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) to put through a calling terminal if determining that a video RBT needs to be played to the calling terminal according to the message. Therefore, a video RBT can be played when a CS user originates a call to an IMS user in the case of network interworking. An IMS video RBT may be played to the calling party when the CS user originates a call to the IMS user. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066802 | REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING MANUAL OPERATIONS - A system and method of conveying visual images of a manual process to a remote location. A camera is aligned on an operator's head so that a line of view of the camera is essentially the same as a line of sight of the operator who is performing the manual operation. The visual image is procured by the camera and is transmitted to a remote location for a viewing by a consultant who is located at the remote location. Two way verbal communications are provided between the operator and the consultant. The manual process is viewed remotely in real time by the consultant, with the consultant viewing the manual process in essentially the same line of sight as the operator. The consultant instructs the operator in the performance of the manual process by the two way verbal communication. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066803 | Bilingual communication system - Embodiments of the present invention include a system, apparatus and method for addressing the need of remotely providing live interpretation to location-specific sites in a timely manner. The system for bilingual communication includes a means to allow a first communicating party and a second communicating party to electronically communicate where the first party and second party communicate in different languages for a group consisting of all spoken languages and sign language. Either or both parties may be more than one person. Communication is made in at least a first location-specific site and is made in a timely manner through a remote third party live interpreter. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066804 | REAL TIME VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - Novel tools and techniques for providing video calling solutions. In some such solutions, a video calling device resides functionally inline between a set-top box and a television set. Such solutions can provide, in some cases, high performance video calling, high video quality, simplified installation, configuration and/or use, and/or the ability to enjoy video calling in an inclusive, comfortable environment, such as a family room, den, or media room. | 2010-03-18 |
20100066805 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING THROUGH A TELEVISION FORWARDING DEVICE - A system and method for implementing a video conference through a television forwarding device. A remote user is authenticated through a website. A selection of a user is received for the remote user to communicate with through the video conference. An invitation is sent to the television forwarding device. The invitation being configured to prompt the user to accept implementation of the video conference. The video conference is implemented between the remote user and the user in response to the user accepting the invitation. | 2010-03-18 |