31st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120194531 | NON-VOLATILE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PORTABLE DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PORTABLE DEVICE - A non-volatile storage medium storing a control program readable by a computer of a portable device including a sensor to output detected information indicative of at least one of a movement and an attitude of the portable device, a data memory portion to store image data, and a display portion to display an image on the basis of the image data, wherein the control program enables the computer to function as: a partial area specifying portion to specify, as a partial image area, an area of a partial image that is a portion of the image represented by the image data, on the basis of at least one of the movement and attitude of the portable device indicated by the detected information; and a display control portion to display the partial image in the partial image area specified by the partial area specifying portion, on the display portion. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194532 | CONTROL METHOD FOR BI-STABLE DISPLAYING, TIMING CONTROLLER, AND BI-STABLE DISPLAY DEVICE WITH SUCH TIMING CONTROLLER - A control method for bi-stable displaying is provided, using queues for storing coordinates to achieve pipeline parallel processing on display data, thereby increasing display speed. In a preceding stage of the display process, because a plurality of queues may be used for temporarily storing part of the display data which is then reconstructed into complete display data to update a current frame buffer, comparing pixel data and generating driving data can be simultaneously preformed upon a plurality of line segments. Moreover, in a succeeding stage of the display process, a similar process may be performed to update a previous frame buffer, so access time can be reduced and errors caused by overlapping image blocks can also be avoided. Furthermore, the method may be also applied to a timing controller and a bi-stable display device. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194533 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - A portable electronic device and an image communication method thereof are provided. The portable electronic device includes a display, a processing module and a memory. The processing module provides frame data of a corresponding frame for the display to show, enables the portable electronic device to emulate a virtual storage device under a communication link, and produces image data compliant with a file format according to the frame data of the frame. The memory stores the image data, which can be read through the communication link. The processing module provides a frame data update for the display to show and updates the image data according to the frame data update. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194534 | System and Method for Managing Cache Storage in Adaptive Video Streaming System - A plurality of encoded video segments that are stored in a cache memory and associated with every n | 2012-08-02 |
20120194535 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL VECTOR FILLS USING TOPOLOGICAL RECIPES - A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to update a fill region of a computer drawing. A topological recipe representing the fill region is defined. The recipe includes a region set (of regions to be filled where the regions are areas bound by contours), a contour set (of contours that are a chain of curve segments), and curve segments. A final fill area of the fill region based on the topological recipe is computed. The final fill area is displayed and the curve segments are then modified. In response to the modification of the curve segments, the final fill area is dynamically updated and displayed. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194536 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A data processing method compensates a color of input data for a present frame of a display panel of a display apparatus to generate color compensating data. Dimming levels of a plurality of light emitting blocks included in a light source module for the display panel are determined using the color compensating data. Compensating data of the present frame is generated using the color compensating data and compensating coefficient data including the dimming levels. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194537 | Systems and Methods for Performing Color Adjustment of Pixels on a Color Display - System and methods are provided for performing saturation adjustment of one or more pixels. In one embodiment, an input color value of a pixel is received. The input color value includes an input saturation component. An adjusted color value is extracted from a predetermined look-up table that maps the input color value to the adjusted color value, the adjusted color value having an adjusted saturation component that is different from the input saturation component. The adjusted color value is output. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194538 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGHLIGHTING FUNCTIONAL DISPLAY ITEMS - A method for highlighting functional display items, the method comprising the steps of: selecting ( | 2012-08-02 |
20120194539 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing device. A first color space converting unit converts image data in an RGB colorimetric system, which has a color gamut wider than a color gamut of a liquid crystal panel into image data in an XYZ colorimetric system. A three-dimensional nonlinear color gamut converting unit performs conversion on tristimulus values of the XYZ signal. At this time, the image data is classified into four colors and converted respectively such that the first color is displayed in a color accurate to the inputted data, the second color is displayed such that saturation of the second color is increased, the third color is displayed using a color gamut of a predetermined range out of the color gamut of the liquid crystal panel, and the fourth color is displayed in a color corresponding to a boundary of the color gamut of the liquid crystal panel. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194540 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING, NAMING, AND DISPLAYING MEDICAL IMAGES - A method of matching medical images according to user-defined matches rules. In one embodiment, the matched medical images are displayed according user-defined display rules such that the matched medical images may be visually compared in manner that is suitable to the viewer's viewing preferences. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194541 | APPARATUS TO EDIT AUGMENTED REALITY DATA - Provided is a technique of allowing a user to store, edit, or create AR data provided from an AR service. An Augmented Reality (AR) editing apparatus includes: an image acquiring unit to acquire an image including at least one object; an object information data receiver to receive at least one piece of object information data; a storage management unit to selectively store the object information data; and an image creator to create an AR image using the image and the object information data. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194542 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A server device | 2012-08-02 |
20120194543 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The orientation of an image display apparatus is detected and units of display data are developed from prescribed addresses of a display memory and displayed on a display device in conformity with mode of operation and the detected orientation. In case of a mode of operation in which at least two operation screens are displayed on the display device, main and subordinate units of display data are each laid out and displayed on the screen of the display device. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194544 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Electronic equipment includes a display portion that displays a thumbnail image of an input image, a user interface that receives a modifying instruction operation for instructing to perform a modifying process, and an image processing portion that performs the modifying process on the input image or an image to be a base of the input image in accordance with the modifying instruction operation. When the thumbnail image is displayed on the display portion, it is visually indicated using the display portion whether or not the input image is an image obtained via the modifying process. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194545 | INTERFACE APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an interface apparatus for displaying a GUI object according to a position and a direction of a pointing object comprises a display unit, an image capturing unit, a detection unit, and an additional display unit. The display unit displays a movie based on a first image frame group. The image capturing unit obtains a second image frame group by capturing an image of a surface on which the movie is displayed. The detection unit detects a position and a direction of the pointing object based on the first image frame group and the second image frame group. The additional display unit displays a specific shape which is superimposed to the first image frame group, so that the detected position of the pointing object is irradiated with light of no less than a predetermined illuminance and the light attenuates according to a distance from the position. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194546 | Specialized Keyboard for Dental Examinations - The present invention includes a device, system and method of use consisting of a specialized dental keyboard wherein the specialized keyboard resides as virtual keys on a touch screen panel on a device such as a tablet computer including such devices as an Apple iPad. The invention includes a software component that enables customer configurable keyboard layouts including a plurality of specialized keys that provide short-cut macros to streamline data entry during a dental exam. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194547 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A PERSPECTIVE DISPLAY - An approach is provided for generating a perspective display. A display manager receives a request to generate a perspective display of one or more items of a location-based user interface, the request specifying first location information associated with a viewing location. The display manager determines to define a surface with respect to the first location information, wherein the surface is divided into an array of cells receives an input, from the device, for selecting a group of the points of interest on the mapping display and captures an image of the mapping display based on the input. The display manager then processes and/or facilitates a processing of second location information associated with the one or more items to map one or more representations of the one or more items onto one or more of the cells. Finally, the display manager processes and/or facilitates a processing of the first location information to determine at least a portion of the surface to cause, at least in part, rendering of the perspective display. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194548 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY SHARING AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE - An augmented reality (AR) system and method for remotely sharing an AR service using different markers are provided. The AR system includes a plurality of client devices and a host device. The host device of the AR system may set a sharing area of different makers, and may enable sharing of information included in the sharing area among remotely located client devices. The client device of the AR system may display an AR object identified in the sharing area and may share information related to the AR object through an AR service. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194549 | AR GLASSES SPECIFIC USER INTERFACE BASED ON A CONNECTED EXTERNAL DEVICE TYPE - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the eyepiece includes a user interface based on a connected external device type. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194550 | SENSOR-BASED COMMAND AND CONTROL OF EXTERNAL DEVICES WITH FEEDBACK FROM THE EXTERNAL DEVICE TO THE AR GLASSES - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the eyepiece includes sensor-based command and control of external devices with feedback from the external device to the eyepiece. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194551 | AR GLASSES WITH USER-ACTION BASED COMMAND AND CONTROL OF EXTERNAL DEVICES - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the eyepiece has a user-action based command and control of external devices. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194552 | AR GLASSES WITH PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF EXTERNAL DEVICE BASED ON EVENT INPUT - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the eyepiece includes predictive control of external device based on an event input. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194553 | AR GLASSES WITH SENSOR AND USER ACTION BASED CONTROL OF EXTERNAL DEVICES WITH FEEDBACK - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the eyepiece includes sensor and user action based control of external devices with feedback. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194554 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ALARM METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus comprising a memory storing instructions is provided. The apparatus includes a control unit for executing the instructions to send signals to display, for a user, a first virtual image superimposed onto an image of real space, the image of real space comprising an image of a potential source of interest for the user. The control unit further executes instructions to send signals to send signals to analyze the image of real space to detect the potential source of interest. The control unit further executes instructions to send signals to notify the user of the potential source of interest. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194555 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR VIRTUALLY DECORATING A ROOM OR AREA - A computer system and method for providing virtual decoration of an area to be decorated with artwork. The method and system adapted and configured to receive a digital image of an area to be decorated and provide a digital inventory of images each depicting a piece of artwork. An electronic virtual queue is provided for retaining selected artwork images chosen from the digital inventory wherein at least one artwork image is selected from the queue which is designated to be virtually positioned and superimposed in the digital image of an area to be decorated. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194556 | 3D AVIONICS VIEWPOINT CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a system and method for displaying exocentric views of an aircraft in a three-dimensional manner, wherein a pilot, or other user, can select from a plurality of different exocentric viewpoints. The user can thus see a three-dimensional rendering of the terrain, obstacles, and/or other images around the aircraft from vantage points other than the egocentric vantage point of most aircraft display systems. This enables the pilot to easily increase his or her situational awareness. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194557 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSFORMING AND DISPLAYING COORDINATE DATUM - A system for transforming and displaying coordinates dates, which collects a coordinate area image from a controller of a machine by image collect means, wherein the coordinate imager includes numeral pattern and the coordinate numeral of the numeral pattern is gained from the feedback value of the grating scale or the encoder of the machine, and displayed on a monitor of the controller. The system, hereinbefore, transforms the coordinate numeral pattern into coordinate value for calculating and the change range of the coordinate value is synchronously displayed on a screen of the system for a measure system to refer and compare. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194558 | METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS TOOLSET - System and method for providing access to ArcMap netCDF utilities and adding support for observational data to ArcMap including, but not limited to, comparing observational data to model data in a graphical manner, and maintaining the security classifications for each layer in ArcMap so that the highest security classification of the data being viewed is known at all times. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194559 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN DISPLAYS IN TOUCH SCREEN TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for controlling screen display in a touch screen terminal. The method includes determining a zoom-in region, zooming in contents belonging to the zoom-in region at a corresponding magnification, and expressing the zoomed-in contents. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194560 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND APPLIANCE FOR USE IN THE REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - An appliance according to the present invention is operative under instructions from a plurality of control units, which includes a first control unit and a second control unit. The first control unit outputs a first control signal to the appliance to instruct the appliance to perform a predetermined operation. The second control unit outputs a second control signal to the appliance to instruct the appliance to perform the predetermined operation. The appliance includes a receiving section that receives the first and second control signals and an image control section that changes sizes of a particular image to be presented during the predetermined operation depending on whether the receiving section has received the first control signal or the second control signal. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194561 | REMOTE CONTROL OF COMPUTER DEVICES - An apparatus for remote hand control of a computer device, the apparatus comprising: a hand tracker, configured to track movement of a hand of a user of the computer device, an image presenter, associated with the hand tracker, configured to present a first image representative of the hand and a second image to the user, and to move the first image in concert with the tracked movement, and a computer controller, associated with the image presenter and configured to control the computer device in accordance with an interaction between the first image and the second image, thereby allowing the user to control the computer device, by moving the hand for bringing the first image and the second image into the interaction. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194562 | Method For Spatial Smoothing In A Shader Pipeline For A Multi-Projector Display - A device, computer-readable medium or method for adjusting pixels of a source image prior to being output to a display device comprising: segmenting the pixels of the source image into spatial groups; assigning an adjustment method to each pixel in a group; creating an adjustment matrix set with rows (or columns) corresponding to the plurality of adjustment methods, and columns (or rows) corresponding to a range of pixel values that exceed a discrete output device value, and adjustment values as entries; receiving a pixel of the source image in a graphics processing unit (GPU) and using the GPU to: determine the pixel's relative location in its spatial group and its corresponding adjustment method; determine the range of pixel values that the value of the pixel exceeds a discrete output device value: select an adjustment value from the adjustment matrix set; and adjust the value of the pixel by the adjustment value. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194563 | LIGHT MODULATING CELL, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A 3D image display system with high resolution is disclosed. The system may deflect left and right eye images to a left and right eye of a viewer, respectively. As such, the viewer can see 3D images. With a time-sharing mode, all of electronically switchable light modulating cells are configured to modulate all of the images deflected to the left eye of the viewer during a first period, and modulate all of the images to the right eye of the viewer during a second period, and the first period and the second period are alternate periods. Alternatively, a part of the electronically switchable light modulating cells are configured to modulate left eye images deflected to the left eye of the viewer, and another part of the electronically switchable light modulating cells are configured to modulate right eye images to the right eye of the viewer during the same period. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194564 | DISPLAY WITH SECURE DECOMPRESSION OF IMAGE SIGNALS - A display decompresses an image signal divided spatially into a plurality of algorithm blocks. The display substrate has a display area, and a cover affixed to the display substrate. A plurality of pixels is disposed between the display substrate and cover in the display area for providing light to a user in response to a drive signal. A plurality of control units is disposed between the display substrate and cover in the display area. Each is connected to one or more of the plurality of pixels. Each control unit receives an algorithm block and produce respective drive signal(s) for the connected pixel(s) by decompressing the data in the received algorithm block. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194565 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE MULTILEVEL-DRIVE CHROMATICITY-SHIFT COMPENSATION - Compensation for chromaticity shift of an electroluminescent (EL) emitter having a luminance and a chromaticity that both correspond to current density is performed. Different black, first and second current densities are selected based on a received designated luminance and a selected chromaticity, each current density corresponding to emitted light colorimetrically distinct from the light emitted at the other two current densities. Respective percentages of a selected emission time are calculated for each current density to produce the designated luminance and selected chromaticity. The current densities are provided to the EL emitter for the calculated respective percentages of the emission time so that the integrated light output of the EL emitter during the selected emission time is colorimetrically indistinct from the designated luminance and selected chromaticity. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194566 | COMPENSATION CIRCUIT FOR A LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - A compensation circuit for a liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of source scan lines, a plurality of gate scan lines, a plurality of inverse gate scan lines, a plurality of pixel units, and a plurality of compensation units. Each source scan line is used for outputting a data voltage, each gate scan line is used for outputting a control signal, and each inverse gate scan line is used for outputting an inverse control signal. A pixel unit of the plurality of pixel units is charged/discharged to a voltage corresponding to a gray level according to a corresponding control signal and a corresponding data voltage, and a corresponding compensation unit provides a compensation voltage to compensate the voltage corresponding to the gray level according to an inverse control signal. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194567 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING IMAGE SIGNAL - A liquid crystal display includes an image signal modifier for generating a modified signal based on a first image signal of a first frame, a second image signal of a second frame, and a lookup table. A data driver converts the modified signal into a data voltage which is supplied to a pixel of the display. The lookup table stores a plurality of reference modified signals for a plurality of reference first image signals and a plurality of reference second image signals. The lookup table includes a first lookup table having a gray gap of the reference first image signals and a gray gap of the reference second image signals of x, and a second lookup table having a gray gap of the reference first image signals and a gray gap of the reference second image signals of y, where y is greater than x. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194568 | Method for Driving Liquid Crystal Display Device - A method of driving a light source unit of a liquid crystal display panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes the steps of calculating average and maximum values of image signals applied to the liquid crystal panel; calculating a representative value of the image signals using the average and maximum values; determining the luminance of the light source unit according to the representative value and driving the light source unit accordingly. The representative value may be calculated from L | 2012-08-02 |
20120194569 | DRIVER OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for driving a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel has a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form and a plurality of data lines. The method includes generating gray level signals corresponding to the plurality of pixels according to input image data; determining whether the gray level values of the pixels in a same row corresponding to the plurality of data lines of a first color are all outside a first range; and when the gray level values of the pixels in the same row corresponding to the plurality of data lines of the first color are all outside the first range, controlling polarity of the gray level signals of the pixels in the same row corresponding to the plurality of data lines of the first color in a column inversion mode. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194570 | CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A control device for a display unit that includes pixels each having display elements is disclosed. The control device comprising a control unit counting sections where pixels with different gradations are placed next to each other in a predetermined region among an image to be displayed on the display unit. The control unit outputs an instruction to execute a refresh drive in the predetermined region when an integrated value of the sections exceeds a predetermined value. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194571 | IMAGE DRIVER AND DISPLAY HAVING MULTIPLE GAMMA GENERATOR - An image driver includes an adjustment signal module, a multiplexer, and a conversion module. The adjustment module generates at least a first adjustment signal and a second adjustment signal. The multiplexer is connected to the adjustment signal module and selectively outputs one of the adjustment signals. The conversion module includes a plurality of conversion units, wherein each of the conversion units receives the selected adjustment signal and generates a driving signal based on the adjustment signal received. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194572 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention is a display apparatus ( | 2012-08-02 |
20120194573 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In the liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-08-02 |
20120194574 | Liquid Crystal Display Device With Influences of Offset Voltages Reduced - A semiconductor integrated circuit including a first register which latches display data, a second register which latches the display data of the first register in accordance with a first clock, a gray scale voltage generator which outputs a plurality of gray scale voltages, a decoder which selects a gray scale voltage in accordance with the display data of the second register from the plurality of gray scale voltages, and an amplifier including a first transistor and a second transistor. A first terminal of the first transistor and a first terminal of the second transistor are connected to a first voltage line, and the gray scale voltage outputted from the decoder is supplied to one of input terminals of the first transistor and the second transistor in accordance with a control signal. A phase of the control signal is reversed at intervals of two horizontal scanning lines. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194575 | GAMMA-VOLTAGE GENERATOR - A gamma-voltage generator is provided to generating a plurality of first gamma voltages and second gamma voltages. At least one of the first gamma voltages generated by DACs of the gamma-voltage generator within a first frame period and at least one of the second gamma voltages generated by the DACs within a second frame period are outputted from a same one of the gamma buffers of the gamma-voltage generator, whereby the transmitted gamma voltages have substantially equal offset. Therefore, the display quality approaches an ideal condition. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194576 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device including pixels has formed therein at least two driving blocks each made up of pixel rows, and includes: a signal line driving circuit that outputs a signal voltage to an output line disposed in each of pixel columns; and a selector circuit that provides a signal voltage outputted from the output line to one of a first signal line and a second signal line which are provided in each of the columns, provides a standard voltage from a standard voltage source to one of the two signal lines, and provides the signal voltage and the standard voltage mutually exclusively to the two signal lines. Each of the pixels includes a current control unit and an organic EL element. Pixels in the k-th driving block are connected to the first signal line and pixels in the (k+1)-th driving block are connected to the second signal line. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194577 | DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display includes pixels each having an switching element, drain drivers and gate drivers for operating the switching elements and the pixels, and drain lines and gate lines supplying signals from the drain drivers and the gate drivers to the switching elements being formed on one of a pair of substrates sandwiching a liquid crystal layer. Wiring lines are formed on the one of a pair of substrates for transferring display data signals and a clock signal to the gate drivers. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194578 | DYNAMIC GAMUT CONTROL - A method of dynamic gamut control is provided for a display having a multi-spectral (typically multi-color) backlight, and sub-pixels corresponding to the different backlight spectra and at least one common sub-pixel. The display may for example be an RGBW display having an RGB backlight. The method comprises iteratively calculating the minimum required backlight intensities that will allow all (selected) color points of an image to be represented by the display. The determination for a light source of the backlight is based on determinations of intensities determined for other light sources in a previous iteration. In some embodiments, the approach allows for a clipping of a number of the color points. The invention may reduce power consumption while maintaining a high image quality and can be implemented computationally very efficiently. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194579 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing control apparatus configured to execute printing using continuous sheets stored in a plurality of storage portions includes a determination unit configured to determine a continuous sheet usable by each print job in a print queue, and a decision unit configured to decide a use order of the continuous sheets stored in the plurality of storage portions based on a result of determination by the determination unit, wherein the decision unit decides the use order so that a continuous sheet with a smaller remaining amount is used preferentially. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194580 | PRINTING APPARATUS - This invention relates to realization of a more efficient power-saving mode in a printing apparatus capable of connecting an extension board for function enhancement. When the printing apparatus connects an extension board including a CPU and memory, the CPU of the extension board receives information required to return to a normal operation mode from a controller unit, and stores the received information in the memory before transition from the normal operation mode to the power-saving mode. Then, the controller unit lowers an operation frequency of a CPU thereof, and stops power supply to respective units of the apparatus, which do not require any power supply. In the power-saving mode, the extension board monitors an elapse of a predetermined time period and reception of print data, thereby, even in the power-saving mode, normally returning to the normal operation mode after the elapse of the time period. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194581 | LIQUID DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes: a liquid droplet jetting head; a liquid kind detecting section detecting whether a liquid, used in the liquid droplet jetting head, is a first liquid having a conductivity of not less than a predetermined value or a second liquid having a conductivity of less than the predetermined value; a discharge mechanism discharging the liquid inside the liquid droplet jetting head therefrom; a waste liquid recovery device recovering the liquid discharged by the discharge mechanism, and including: a waste liquid case, an absorbing body accommodated in the waste liquid case, and a waste liquid detection mechanism measuring an electric current value in the absorbing body and thereby detecting whether or not the liquid arrives at a full-liquid detection position of the absorbing body; and a waste liquid absorb amount estimating section estimating an amount of the waste liquid absorbed in the absorbing body. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194582 | INK CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an ink container rotatable to take a first position and a second position, including an ink reservoir containing ink; and first and second detecting sensors connected to a detecting unit that determines whether the ink reservoir contains a predetermined amount of the ink based on current flowing through the first and second detecting sensors. The first and second detecting sensors are provided to face directions different from each other such that whether the ink reservoir contains a first predetermined amount of the ink for the first position is determined based on whether the first detecting sensor contacts the ink when the ink container takes the first position, and whether the ink reservoir contains a second predetermined amount of the ink for the second position is determined based on whether the second detecting sensor contacts the ink when the ink container takes the second position. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194583 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAFE USE OF A WET ON WET TEXTILE PRINTER - A wet on wet garment printing device for printing on a textile surface comprises: an ink holder; a printing head mounted for printing onto the textile surface using ink from the ink holder; a wetting applicator for wetting the locations prior to printing using a wetting composition; and an ink regulator configured to identify compatibility of ink in the holding unit with the wetting composition and to operate the wetting applicator only upon successful identification of compatibility. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194584 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, CONTROLLER THEREFOR, NONVOLATILE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus including: a head having an ejection face having ejection openings through which liquid is ejected, an ejection space being defined so as to face the ejection face; a sealing mechanism configured to selectively establish a sealing state for sealing the ejection space and an unsealing state; a humid-air supply mechanism configured to supply humid air into the ejection space in the sealing state; and a controller. The controller controls the humid-air supply mechanism to humidify the ejection space such that a humidity in the ejection space becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined humidity. The controller controls the head to perform a non-ejection flushing in at least one of a humidification period in which the humid-air supply mechanism humidifies the ejection space and a post-humidification period that extends for a first period from a completion of the humidification. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194585 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A recording head that includes a pressure chamber filled with ink and a piezoelectric element changing pressure inside the pressure chamber, and that ejects ink from the nozzle according to the change in the pressure inside the pressure chamber. A control unit controls the piezoelectric element and performs ejection driving for ejecting the ink from the nozzle or micro-vibration driving for micro-vibrating a liquid surface inside the nozzle to an extent at which the ink is not ejected from the nozzle; and performs a flushing operation of an ejection amount according to a number of times of micro-vibration driving in a driving period, in a preparation period after the driving period has passed. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194586 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE AND PRINTING HEAD - In an inkjet recording device, nozzles are arranged orthogonally to a deflection direction of deflection electrodes. Ink jetted from each nozzle is charged by a pair of charging electrodes. Charged droplets are deflected by an electric field formed thereby. Voltages applied to each electrode and timings thereof can be independently adjusted. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194587 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND DETERMINATION METHOD THEREOF - A printing apparatus, comprising a plurality of printing element substrates provided with printing elements that discharge ink using thermal energy, a plurality of temperature sensors, each of the plurality of temperature sensors is provided on each of the printing element substrates, and that measure a temperature of the printing element substrates, a selection unit configured to select any one of the plurality of temperature sensors, a control unit configured to perform control such that driving is performed for only the printing elements of the printing element substrate on which is provided the temperature sensor selected by the selection unit, and a determination unit configured to determine a presence/absence of an abnormality of the printing element substrates based on a measured temperature that has been measured by the temperature sensor selected by the selection unit. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194588 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - Inspection patterns of each ink are printed on a transparent medium, by the use of a print head having a plurality of nozzle groups which discharges multiple types of ink, respectively. The inspection patterns printed on the transparent medium are read by the sensor. When reading the inspection patterns, the background color is switched, by the use of a background color switching section which faces the sensor with the inspection patterns interposed therebetween and in which a background color is switched. An occurrence of a defective nozzle is determined based on a reading result of the sensor. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194589 | PRINTER - A printer includes a head for performing printing, a roll element on which a print medium is wound, a first conveying mechanism for rotating the roll element, an auxiliary roller positioned between the head and the roll, a second conveying mechanism for driving the auxiliary roller, a nip roller constituting a pair with the auxiliary roller to hold the medium on both sides, a nip roller drive mechanism for driving the nip roller and creating a state in which the medium is held on both sides and a state in which the medium is not held on both sides, and a controller for setting the nip roller to a first state in which the roll element is rotated in a forward direction to convey the print medium, and a second state in which the roll element is rotated in a reverse direction to convey the print medium. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194590 | LIQUID-DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NONVOLATILE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - A liquid-droplet ejecting apparatus including: a head configured to eject liquid onto a recording medium; a curl-amount calculating section configured to calculate a curl amount of the recording medium on the basis of a location of at least one evaluation region on the recording medium and calculated amount of the liquid and the calculated number of liquid droplets to be ejected for the at least one evaluation region; and a curl suppressing section configured to change the evaluation ejection data for the at least one evaluation region on the basis of the calculated curl amount of the recording medium so as to change the amount of the liquid and/or the number of the liquid droplets to be ejected onto at least the at least one evaluation region on the recording medium to suppress the curl of the recording medium. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194591 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A storage unit stores temperature correction table in which the temperature T detected by the thermistor is associated with correction information of ink ejection timing, and a printer controller corrects the ink ejection timing of each recording head with reference to the temperature detected by the thermistor and the temperature correction table. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194592 | COLOR PROFILE DETERMINATION FOR PRINTING SYSTEMS - Methods and systems herein provide for allowing color profiles for printers to be determined based on the types of print engines installed at the printer and the types of colorants installed at the printer. In one embodiment, a printing system including a printer is disclosed. The printer comprises a colorant system, a print engine system, and a print controller. The colorant system identifies a type of colorant installed at the printer for printing to a physical media. The print engine system identifies a type of print engine installed at the printer for printing to the media using the colorant. The print controller receives a request for the type of colorant installed at the printer and the type of print engine installed at the printer to allow for a determination of a color profile for the printer. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194593 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INK SUPPLY AMOUNT/REGISTRATION ADJUSTMENT IN PRINTING PRESS - This invention discloses an apparatus for controlling ink supply amount/registration adjustment in a printing press. The apparatus includes a base, sensor head, sensor head moving unit, first detector, second detector, and control unit. The sensor head moving unit includes a upward/downward position adjusting unit which adjusts the upward/downward position of the sensor head. The second detector detects the upward/downward position of a color bar when color matching data of a color patch of each color in the color bar is measured by the first detector. The upward/downward position adjusting unit adjusts the upward/downward position of the sensor head based on the upward/downward position of the color bar, which is detected by the second detector. A method of controlling ink supply amount/registration adjustment in a printing press is also disclosed. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194594 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - There is provided an inkjet printing apparatus which performs a plurality of times of scans by a print head on a predetermined region and completes printing of the predetermined region by ejecting ink from the print head by the plurality of times of the scans, comprising generating means for performing a mask process in use of a mask to binary data of each of pixels constituting an image to be printed on the predetermined region to generate ejection data used in each of the plurality of times of the scans, wherein the mask assigns the binary data showing printing for each pixel to a plurality of times of scans among the plurality of times of the scans completing the printing to generate the ejection data for each scan of the pixel. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194595 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - While high print resolution, high image quality mode and a low print resolution, high speed mode are provided, image processes are made in common between them to the extent possible, and the same gradation characteristics and image densities can be obtained between them. For this purpose, for the high image quality mode, a dot arrangement pattern is prepared for a pixel region having gradation data of K levels, which determines the presence or absence of print dots at K-1 areas, and in which the printing of 1 dot is permitted at all of the K-1 areas. On the other hand, for the high speed mode, a dot arrangement pattern which determines the presence or absence of print dots at a number of areas less than K-1 is prepared, and in which the sum of the number of dots permitted to be printed at the pixel region is K-1. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194596 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND DOUBLE-SIDED PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - There is provided a printing apparatus including: a printing section; a transport mechanism in which a transport route and a re-transport route are formed, the transport mechanism including an install section to which a transport unit is to be installed; and a print control section which controls the printing section and the transport mechanism to execute a plurality of kinds of double-sided printing processes having different maximum numbers of sheets present at the same time in the transport mechanism from each other so that in a case that the transport unit is installed to the install section, a double-sided printing process in which a maximum number of sheets is large as compared with a case in which the transport unit is not installed to the install section is executed. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194597 | METHOD OF PRINTING AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A reference mark is formed for cutting a sheet in a region between a first image printed on the sheet being conveyed and a second image, and the sheet is cut based on the detected reference mark. The second image is printed such that the length of the region in a conveying direction in which the sheet is conveyed corresponds to the length of the first image in the direction. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194598 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus includes a liquid droplet adhesion unit which makes a first and second type of liquid droplet adhere to a recording medium, an irradiator which irradiates electromagnetic waves individually onto the droplets, an irradiation controller which makes the irradiator irradiate the electromagnetic waves periodically, and a frequency setting unit which sets a frequency of an irradiation period to a first frequency such that surface glossiness of the first-type liquid droplet is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value, and sets a frequency of the irradiation period to a second frequency which is different from the first frequency such that surface glossiness of the second-type liquid droplet is lower than the threshold value. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194599 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - An inkjet printing apparatus is provided that can establish a test pattern detection region according to the printing format, where performing printing by way of a margined printing and a marginless printing is possible. The inkjet printing apparatus detects the position of both ends of the test pattern. In the case of a margined printing, a detection of the ink ejection status is performed with respect to ejection ports that perform printing at a region between both ends of the margined test pattern, and that eject the ink forming the pixels of the margined test pattern. In the case of a marginless printing, a detection of the ink ejection status is performed with respect to ejection ports that perform printing at a region between both ends of the marginless test pattern, and that eject the ink forming the pixels of the marginless test pattern. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194600 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - There is provided a technique that, even if an image distortion is generated in an image acquired by reading out a test pattern by reading device, an analysis region of a pattern for detecting an ejection state of a nozzle is accurately set to determine the ejection state of the nozzle. There are provided control device for controlling the reading device to read out the pattern, and detecting device to detect a defect of an ejection based upon a distribution state of a density in a pattern in the analysis region. The detecting device corrects a position of the analysis region on the readout image determined based upon an arrangement of each nozzle on a design, corresponding to the distribution state of the density in the pattern in the analysis region. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194601 | Oil Reservoir with Float Level Sensor - A drum maintenance system for use in an imaging device includes a reservoir for the storage of release agent used by the drum maintenance unit. The reservoir includes a bottle, an end cap, and a float sensor. The float sensor has a buoyant member that is pivotably coupled to a proboscis extending from the end cap into the bottle and movement of the buoyant member enables detection of the release agent in the bottle reaching a predetermined level. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194602 | ASSEMBLY METHOD OF INKJET PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY AND INKJET PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an assembly method of an inkjet printhead assembly and an inkjet printhead assembly using the same, and more particularly, to an assembly method of an inkjet printhead assembly capable of securing a relative position between nozzles within a small error range in an inkjet printhead assembly having a side shooting head structure in which two or more head chips are bonded to a single bezel, and an inkjet printhead assembly using the same. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194603 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus, including: an endless belt having first and second areas each defined by two rollers and looped over rollers including at least one tension roller and at least one drive roller; a recording head opposed to the first area; and a first cleaning member, wherein, in a cleaning mode in which the first cleaning member cleans the belt, a controller is configured to have the first cleaning member be held in contact with the second area and to drive at least one of the at least one drive roller such that the second area is located on a downstream side of the at least one tension roller and on an upstream side of the at least one of the at least one drive roller in a running direction of the belt. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194604 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPLACING HUMIDIFICATION-LIQUID TANK OF THE APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus including: a head having a face that has ejection openings through which liquid is ejected to record an image on a recording medium, an ejection space being defined so as to face the face; a humidification-liquid tank storing humidification liquid having a nonvolatile component; a sealing mechanism configured to selectively establish a sealing state in which the sealing mechanism seals the ejection space from an outside and an unsealing state in which the sealing mechanism does not seal the ejection space from the outside; and a humid-air supply mechanism configured to supply humid air into the ejection space when the sealing mechanism is in the sealing state, the humid air being an air humidified by the humidification liquid in the humidification-liquid tank, wherein the humidification-liquid tank is configured to be mountable on and removable from the humid-air supply mechanism. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194605 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND NONVOLATILE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A liquid ejection apparatus, including: a head having ejection openings and configured to eject liquid through the ejection openings; a sealing mechanism configured to selectively establish a sealing state in which the sealing mechanism seals an ejection space in which the ejection openings are open, from an outside and an unsealing state in which the sealing mechanism does not seal the ejection space from the outside; and a humid-air supply mechanism configured to supply a humid air into the ejection space when the sealing mechanism is in the sealing state; wherein a controller is configured to control the humid-air supply mechanism such that an amount of the humid air to be supplied into the ejection space from the, humid-air supply mechanism when the sealing mechanism is in the sealing state increases with a longer length of time of the unsealing state just before the current sealing state. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194606 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharge space which faces a discharge surface of a liquid discharge head which is sealed by a cap. A humidification pump is driven to rotate forward such that air in a discharge space is humidified while passing through a water reservoir via an opening and tubes. Humidified air flows into the discharge space via a tube and an opening. When an amount of non-volatile component in the water reservoir exceeds a prescribed amount, the humidification pump is driven to rotate backward such that water stored in the water reservoir is exhausted through the opening via the tubes. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194607 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - An inkjet printing apparatus | 2012-08-02 |
20120194608 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a pressure control unit provided in a liquid flow path so as to control pressure. The pressure control unit includes a liquid introduction unit, a liquid chamber having a diaphragm, a communication hole that allows communication between the liquid introduction unit and the liquid chamber, and a wall portion provided on the side of the liquid chamber, so as to switch between a first mode in which the wall portion forms a first flow path for the liquid flowing through the communication hole toward the liquid outlet without contacting the diaphragm in accordance with a pressure in the liquid chamber, and a second mode in which the wall portion forms a second flow path different from the first flow path, in contact with the diaphragm. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194609 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVING INK FROM SURFACES OF COMPONENTS IN A PRINTER - A printhead cleaning device includes a housing having an opening and an ink receptacle positioned within the opening. A member has a first end positioned in the ink receptacle and a second end that extends out of the opening in the housing. The member is configured to contact a drip bib and provide a path for liquid ink to move from the drip bib to the ink receptacle. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194610 | NOZZLE SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A nozzle surface cleaning apparatus cleans a nozzle surface of an inkjet head. The nozzle surface cleaning apparatus includes: a wiping device which performs a wiping operation on the nozzle surface with a wiping member having permeability; an observation device which observes a soiled state of the wiping member having been used in the wiping operation; and a judgment device which makes a judgment on appropriateness of a setting of the wiping operation on a basis of the soiled state observed by the observation device. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194611 | LIQUID DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes a liquid droplet jetting head which jets droplets of two types of liquids; a discharge mechanism which discharges the two types of liquids from the jetting head respectively; a waste liquid recovery device which recovers the two types of liquids discharged by the discharge mechanism, having a waste liquid case, an absorbing body accommodated in the waste liquid case, two liquid intake portions for letting the two types of liquids discharged by the discharge mechanism flow respectively into the waste liquid case, and a waste liquid detection section which detects whether only one or both of the two types of liquids has or have reached a detection position by measuring electric conductivity at the detection position away from the two liquid intake portions in the absorbing body; and a full liquid judging section which judges whether the absorbing body is fully permeated. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194612 | CARRIAGE WITH CAPPING SURFACE FOR INKJET PRINTHEAD - A carriage for conveying an inkjet printhead in a printer, the carriage including a holding receptacle for the inkjet printhead, the holding receptacle includes a first sidewall; a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall; and a bottom wall extending between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the bottom wall including a frame surrounding an opening, wherein the frame is configured to be sealingly engageable with a face of the printhead. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194613 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a print head for inkjet printing, and a guide disposed opposing the print head and configured to guide a back surface of a sheet being conveyed in a first direction. The back surface is a reverse surface of a surface being printed. The printing apparatus further includes a receiving unit disposed opposing the print head and configured to receive ink outside the sheet being conveyed, and a mechanism configured to change a position of the guide in a second direction relative to the receiving unit being fixed, according to a size of the sheet to be used. The second direction crosses the first direction. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194614 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - A nozzle use range and a nozzle nonuse range are set in nozzles of a print head. In a forward direction printing in the first pas, printing is performed by the use nozzles thus set. After the first pass is performed, a print medium is conveyed by a nozzle arrangement length of the nozzle nonuse range in a conveyance direction. Along with it, the nozzle use range and the nozzle nonuse range for the second pass are set by shifting the nozzle use range. The backward direction printing in the second pass is performed in the nozzle use range thus set. Printing in an area having a width equivalent to a nozzle arrangement length of the use nozzles can be completed by the two passes in the forward and backward directions. A raster in the area to be printed is printed by the two different nozzles. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194615 | Inkjet Ejector Having an Improved Filter - A manifold assembly has been constructed that filters ink before the ink enters an inkjet ejector in an inkjet print head. The manifold assembly includes an adhesive layer having openings, an ink manifold layer having a plurality of openings, the openings in the adhesive layer being aligned with the openings in the ink manifold layer, and a polymer layer having a plurality of filter areas, the filter areas being aligned with the openings in the ink manifold layer and the openings in the adhesive layer, the adhesive layer being interposed between the polymer layer and the ink manifold layer. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194616 | UV CURABLE INKJET COMPOSITIONS FOR HIGH-DENSITY PRINT HEADS - A combination of: a) an inkjet print head having a nozzle density of at least 600 dpi and nozzles with an outer nozzle diameter D smaller than 25 μm; and b) a UV curable inkjet composition containing 0 to 10 wt % of one or more monofunctional monomers and at least A wt % of 2-(2-vinyloxyethoxy)ethyl acrylate, wherein both wt % are based on the total weight of the UV curable inkjet composition; and wherein A is defined by the formula 100 wt %−D×3.0 wt %/μm≦A≦100 wt %−D×1.0 wt %/μm. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194617 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE AND SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID DROP EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID DROP EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID DROP EJECTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a substrate which forms a wiring pattern on a substrate having a plurality of through-holes. In the method, the wiring pattern is formed, after burying a filling material into the through-holes and planarizing a surface of the substrate. The filling material may be a conductive material, and a portion of the conductive material may be removed after the wiring pattern is formed. Removal of the portion of the conductive material may be carried out after a protective film, which protects the wiring pattern, is formed. The filling material may be a conductive material and a sacrificial material, and the sacrificial material may be removed after the wiring pattern is formed. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194618 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is an ink jet recording head, including: an ink ejection portion, in which heat is applied to ink supplied inside thereof, thereby providing the ink with a pressure for ejecting the ink outside; a substrate having a first surface on which the ink ejection portion is provided and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the second surface having at least one recess; and a heat radiation member for releasing heat outside, the heat being transmitted from the ink ejection portion to the substrate, the heat radiation member having a protrusion with a shape corresponding to a shape of the recess, the protrusion being embedded in the recess so that the protrusion is provided in direct contact with the recess. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194619 | INK MIXING SYSTEM - An ink system of an ink jet printer includes a fluid tank. The fluid tank includes a generally conically shaped side wall, the side wall sloping inwardly from a top portion to a bottom portion. A bottom surface is disposed adjacent the bottom portion of the side wall. A first fluid conduit is disposed in the fluid tank and includes an opening adjacent to and above the bottom surface of the fluid tank. A second fluid conduit is disposed in the fluid tank and includes an opening at a location above the opening of the first fluid conduit. A pump is in fluid communication with the first fluid conduit and the second fluid conduit. An ink supply line is in fluid communication with the pump. A print head is in fluid communication with the ink supply line. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194620 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a pressure control unit provided in a liquid flow path so as to control pressure. The pressure control unit includes a liquid introduction unit, a liquid chamber having a diaphragm, a communication hole that allows communication between the liquid introduction unit and the liquid chamber, a movable member including an opposing surface disposed on the side of the liquid chamber so as to oppose the communication hole, the movable member being disposed so as to move in response to the displacement of the diaphragm unit, and a displacement member that displaces the opposing surface between a first posture of opposing the communication hole and a second posture in which the opposing surface is tilted with respect to the communication hole in an angle different from the first posture. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194621 | INK-JET RECORDING METHOD - Aspects of the present invention provide an ink-jet recording method including the step of applying an ink to a recording medium by discharging the ink from a recording head by action of thermal energy and the step of fixing the ink to the recording medium by heating the ink applied to the recording medium. The ink contains water, a self-dispersing pigment, and resin particles. The resin particles have a glass transition temperature of not less than 25° C., an average particle diameter of 70 nm or more and 220 nm or less, and an acid value of 25 mg KOH/g or more and 150 mg KOH/g or less. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194622 | ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT EMITTING DIODE CURING OF UV REACTIVE INK - A method for printing a pattern on a electrical circuit, the method includes jetting on the electrical circuit an ultraviolet curable ink to form a pattern; and at least partially curing the ultraviolet curable ink by exposing the pattern to ultraviolet radiation generated from at least one ultraviolet light emitting diode (LED). | 2012-08-02 |
20120194623 | ELECTROMAGNETIC IRRADIATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electromagnetic irradiation device is provided. The electromagnetic irradiation device includes an irradiator which irradiates droplets that are attached to a recording medium with an electromagnetic wave, an irradiation control unit which causes the irradiator to periodically irradiate the attached droplets with the electromagnetic, and a frequency setting unit which sets a frequency of an irradiation period which is a period during which the irradiator is caused to emit the electromagnetic wave. The period may be set to be equal to or greater than | 2012-08-02 |
20120194624 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE IRRADIATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An electromagnetic wave irradiation device includes an irradiator which irradiates electromagnetic waves onto a liquid droplet which has been adhered to a recording medium, an irradiation controller which causes the irradiator to irradiate the electromagnetic waves periodically such that a frequency of an irradiation period in which the electromagnetic waves are irradiated is a predetermined frequency, and a time setting unit which sets a time ratio obtained by dividing a length of an irradiation time by the irradiator in the irradiation period by a length of a termination time during which the electromagnetic waves are not irradiated by the irradiator in the irradiation period to be a value of greater than or equal to 0.2 and less than or equal to 2. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194625 | INKJET RECORDING MEDIUM - An inkjet recording medium includes a substrate, a base layer disposed on the substrate, and an ink receiving layer disposed on the base layer. The ink receiving layer includes cationically-modified fumed silica having nanoparticles of alumina and/or silica mixed therein. The alumina nanoparticles have an individual particle size ranging from about 15 nm to about 50 nm, and the silica nanoparticles have an individual particle size ranging from about 5 nm to about 45 nm. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194626 | CASING PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A casing printing method and a printing apparatus using the same are disclosed. The printing method includes the following steps: providing an casing material to a printing apparatus, inputting data or information to a receiving module of the printing apparatus, detecting and adjusting a distance between a printing component of a printing module and the surface of the casing material real-timely via the printing module of the printing apparatus, and printing a pattern on the surface of the casing material correspondingly via the printing module of the printing apparatus according to the data or the information. The method can be applied to electronic device casings made of different materials, and it does not need to change the manufacture process and the casing can have diverse patterns or colors. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194627 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PRINT HEAD - The present invention is and includes a conversion circuit for allowing a printer controller to send a different set of control signals for dot history control to an integrated circuit driver other than those which the integrated circuit driver is designed to receive. The conversion circuit includes a plurality of driver circuits coupled to a plurality of strobe signals from at least one strobe signal generator, wherein each of the plurality of driver circuits comprises a plurality of gating groups respectively coupled to the plurality of strobe signals, wherein each of the plurality of gating groups includes a plurality of gate units respectively coupled to a plurality of heating elements wherein at least one gate unit controls at least one coupled heating element according to a corresponding strobe signal. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194628 | EXPOSURE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An exposure device includes a long board, plural light emitting elements arranged along a longitudinal direction of the board on one face of the board, plural inspection electrodes arranged along the longitudinal direction of the board on the other face of the board, and plural electrical wirings each electrically connects between one of the plural light emitting elements and one of the plural inspection electrodes that is not positioned nearest to the one of the plural light emitting elements. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194629 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT HEAD, LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY CHIP, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light emitting element head includes a first light emitting element array, a second light emitting element array, and an optical device. The first light emitting element array includes a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a main scan direction. The second light emitting element array includes a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in the main scan direction. The optical device focuses a light output from the first light emitting element array and the second light emitting element array on a photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor. The first light emitting element array and the second light emitting element array are overlapped each other in a sub scan direction in an overlapping section. Interval between the light emitting elements of the first light emitting element array are different from interval between the light emitting elements of the second light emitting element array. | 2012-08-02 |
20120194630 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of optical systems, each of which includes a light-beam generating unit that generates a light beam, a rotary polygon mirror that deflects the light beam so as to scan a image carrier, and a light-beam detecting unit that detects the light beam deflected for scanning at a predetermined position on a scanning path by rotationally driving the rotary polygon mirror; a time-difference measuring unit that measures a time difference between light-beam detecting signals; a generation-timing determining unit that determines time of generation timing for generating a start signal that designates a start of an image writing operation so that the generation timing does not overlap another timing when each of the light-beam detecting signals is output from the corresponding time-difference measuring unit; and a start-signal generating unit that generates the start signal based on the time for the generation timing. | 2012-08-02 |