50th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130328883 | Generating Land Cover for Display by a Mapping Application - Some embodiments provide a method for conflating geometries to a road in a map region for an electronic mapping service. The method receives a first geometry representing a road. The method receives several geometries arranged such that a gap representing the road is between the geometries. The gap is not aligned with the first geometry representing the road. The method expands the geometries toward the first geometry such that the geometries converge at the first geometry. The road geometry is for drawing over the plurality of other geometries by a client mapping application. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328884 | DIRECT OPENCL GRAPHICS RENDERING - A method and apparatus for rendering graphics is disclosed. An edge list and polygon list are generated from a polygon based model. Each polygon is handled in parallel. For each polygon, an active edge pair table is generated based on the polygon list and edge list. Active edge pairs are selected from the active edge table based on a minimum position on a predetermined axis. All active edge pairs that intersect a scan line are processed. The processing includes computing a color value for each pixel lying between points where each active edge pair intersects the scan line. The pixel is then rendered and the active edge table is updated. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328885 | DEPTH HIGHLIGHT, DEPTH HIGHLIGHT RANGE, AND WATER LEVEL OFFSET HIGHLIGHT DISPLAY AND SYSTEMS - A digital mapping display and related system for fishing, and other applications | 2013-12-12 |
20130328886 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AN ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE - Systems and methods for creating an electronic signature that looks like a handwritten signature. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328887 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HOSTING A PORTION OF A USER INTERFACE AND SYNCHRONIZING ANIMATION BETWEEN PROCESSES - Methods and systems for hosting a portion of a user interface and synchronizing animations between processes are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving with a first service at least one request for animation from a first process, transferring the at least one request for animation from the first service to a second service associated with a second process, and synchronizing the animation in the multiple views of the multiple processes. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328888 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANIMATING BETWEEN COLLECTION VIEWS - Techniques, systems, and methods for allowing a user to select amongst different collection views and to animate the transition from one collection view to another. To select a different collection view, the user may provide a certain gesture on the display screen which causes the items displayed in the current collection view to transition in an animated fashion to a new collection view selected by the particular gesture. The particular type of animation between different collection views depends upon the manner in which the items in each collection view are defined in their respective layouts and the manner that facilitates a relatively seamless transition of the items from one layout to another layout. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328889 | PADDING FOR MULTI-CHANNEL MEMORY - Techniques described in the disclosure are generally related to reserving padding bytes in system memory when storing data in the system memory. The reserving of padding bytes may allow a memory interface to efficiently utilize the channels to the system memory when storing or subsequently retrieving the data. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328890 | GPU with Dynamic Performance Adjustment - In one embodiment, a system includes a power management controller that controls a duty cycle of a processor to manage power. By frequently powering up and powering down the processor during a period of time, the power consumption of the processor may be controlled while providing the perception that the processor is continuously available. Additionally, in some cases, it may be a better power/performance tradeoff to run the processor at a higher power/performance state if the processor is executing for a significant portion of the execution interval (e.g. the frame time for a GPU). Executing at a higher power/performance state may permit a realization of a greater number of frames per second for a given workload, in an embodiment. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328891 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOW LATENCY TO APPLICATIONS USING HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSORS - Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are disclosed for responding to requests. A method of responding to requests may include receiving requests comprising callback functions. The one or more requests may be received in a first memory associated with processors of a first type, which may be CPUs. The requests may be moved to a second memory. The second memory may be associated with processors of a second type, which may be GPUs. GPU threads may process the requests to determine a result for the requests, when a number of the requests is at least a threshold number. The method may include moving the results to the first memory. The method may include the CPUs executing the one or more callback functions with the corresponding result. A GPU persistent thread may check the number of requests to determine when a threshold number of requests is reached. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328892 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, USER TERMINAL FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit which displays a screen including at least one content, a communication unit which communicates with a user terminal to control an operation of the display apparatus, and a control unit which transmits screen data corresponding to at least a part of the screen to be displayed on the user terminal in accordance with a predetermined event and reconfigures the screen so that an area of the screen corresponding to the transmitted screen data is distinguished from remaining areas of the screen. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328893 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAYING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A display device includes an identification information receive unit that receives, from a communication device which transmits a radio signal to a predetermined range, predetermined identification information of the communication device, an electromagnetic wave range receive unit that receives an electromagnetic wave range of the communication device based on electromagnetic wave range parameters corresponding to the identification information received by the identification information receive unit, and a screen generate unit that generates a screen for displaying the electromagnetic wave range received by the electromagnetic wave range receive unit at a predetermined position of a predetermined map. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328894 | ADAPTIVE FRAME RATE CONTROL - Displaying frames on an electronic display. Each frame is characterized by a time. Determining a characteristic of data related to each element of a first set of frames, each frame characterized as within a first time period. Determining a rate of change over time of the characteristic. Determining a frame rate based on the determined rate of change. Displaying a second set of frames at the frame rate. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328895 | GRAPHICS LIBRARY EXTENSIONS - Methods for enabling graphics features in processors are described herein. Methods are provided to enable trinary built-in functions in the shader, allow separation of the graphics processor's address space from the requirement that all textures must be physically backed, enable use of a sparse buffer allocated in virtual memory, allow a reference value used for stencil test to be generated and exported from a fragment shader, provide support for use specific operations in the stencil buffers, allow capture of multiple transform feedback streams, allow any combination of streams for rasterization, allow a same set of primitives to be used with multiple transform feedback streams as with a single stream, allow rendering to be directed to layered framebuffer attachments with only a vertex and fragment shader present, and allow geometry to be directed to one of an array of several independent viewport rectangles without a geometry shader. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328896 | TILED VIEWPORT COMPOSITION - A system that buffers an application image reduces bandwidth requirements for accessing memory. The application image may be logically separated into tiles. A viewport may identify a visible portion of the application image, where the visible portion is smaller than the application image. The tiles overlapped by the viewport may be buffered in a front buffer and a back buffer. The tiles not overlapped by the viewport may be buffered in the back buffer but not in the front buffer. A composition manager, with knowledge of the viewport and at least two noncontiguous tile buffers in the front buffer, may extract the visible portion of the application image directly from the noncontiguous tile buffers. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328897 | Reducing Output Latency in an Electrophoretic Display Controller - When updating an impulse-driven, electrophoretic display, a pixel synthesis operation is started first. After a first quantity of synthesized pixels has been generated, a display output operation is started. After generating the first quantity of synthesized pixels, the first frame of the display output operation is performed at substantially the same time as the pixel synthesis operation. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328898 | Render Tree Caching - GPU fragment programs can be used to render images in a computer system. These fragment programs are generated from render trees, which specify one or more filters or functions to be applied to an input image to render an output image. It is not uncommon for successive frames to require application of substantially the same filters. Therefore, rather than regenerate and recompile new fragment programs for successive corresponding render trees, the render trees are substantially uniquely identified and cached. Thus, when a render tree is received, it can be identified, and this identifier (such as a hash) can be used to determine whether a corresponding fragment program has already been generated, compiled and cached. If so, the corresponding cached fragment program is retrieved and executed. If not, a fragment program for the newly received render tree is generated and cached. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328899 | RENDERING DEVICE, RENDERING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A DMA controller reads image information recorded on a ROM by address unit from a front reading start position. A shift operator shifts a first data sequence of one row of the reading by only a designated number of bits, and generates a second data sequence. A DMA controller reads a third data sequence already stored in a VRAM writing start position. A controller performs a prescribed operation on the second data sequence and the third data sequence, and generates a fourth data sequence. The controller writes the generated fourth data sequence successively in a horizontal direction by address unit from the VRAM writing start position. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328900 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A bidirectional texture function image as a bidirectional reflectance distribution function for each pixel of a target object is input. An average bidirectional reflectance distribution function within at least a partial region of the bidirectional texture function image data, a power of the bidirectional reflectance distribution function of each pixel of the bidirectional texture function image data, and a peak position of each pixel of the bidirectional texture function image data are stored in a storage apparatus as information indicating the bidirectional reflectance distribution function for each pixel. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328901 | CAMPBELL DIAGRAM DISPLAYS AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME - Methods and systems for creating Campbell diagram displays for illustrating vibration characteristics of a moving apparatus, such as a rotary machine, are provided. Data, representing vibration amplitudes and frequencies are recorded against rotational speeds of an apparatus. The data is used to create waveforms representing the forward and/or reverse vibration frequencies of the apparatus. The waveforms in turn are used to create spectral line envelopes to provide enhanced two dimensional images indicating the amplitudes of the vibrations of the apparatus at particular rotational speeds. The spectral line envelopes may be empty, filled with one or more colors, or other illustration features to impart solidity to the envelopes to enhance visibility. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328902 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ELEMENT INCORPORATING REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENT DATA - A graphical user interface element incorporates real-time environment data from the user's environment. For example, a live video image captured by a local camera can be incorporated into the GUI, e.g., in a background region of a GUI element such as a menu bar. Front-facing (or rear-facing) camera images can be used to create a reflective (or translucent) effect. Color changes can reflect changes in ambient lighting. GUI elements can also be modified based on other real-time environment data, such as audio. The incorporation of real-time environment data into a user interface element for an application provides protection against spoofing of that element. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328903 | EFFICIENT CACHE PRELOADING - Methods, systems, and software are provided that may perform, for example, the following. A preload table may be determined based on a graphics item to be processed. The graphics item may comprise a plurality of graphics lines. The preload table may indicate a pattern of pixel processing and cache line preloading operations for a single one of the graphics lines. For each of the graphics lines of the graphics item, the pixels may be processed and the cache line preloading operations may be performed in accordance with the preload table. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328904 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a display device, including: a display panel having a display area having a plurality of pixels each composed of one or more sub-pixels, a first image and a second image being alternately displayed adjacent to each other in the sub-pixels, the first image and the second image being displayed in visual directions different from each other so as to be adapted to be discriminated from each other; and a crosstalk correcting portion having a crosstalk correcting table, configured to carry out crosstalk correction for images different from one another by using the crosstalk correcting table; wherein the display area is divided into a plurality of areas, and gamma correction which differs so as to correspond to the plurality of areas obtained through the division, respectively, is carried out for an image as an object of the crosstalk correction. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328905 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing performing local tone correction on an image, tone correction on an object (face) area can be suppressed from becoming nonuniform. The apparatus is provided with an acquisition unit ( | 2013-12-12 |
20130328906 | GRAY COLOR BALANCE TOOLS FOR EDITING IMAGES - Some embodiments provide a method that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for color balancing an image. The method provides a display area for displaying the image. The method provides several color balance modes. The method provides a user interface (UI) control associated with a color balance mode in the several color balance modes. The UI control performs a color balance operation on the image by (1) identifying a color cast in the image and (2) modifying pixels in the image based on the pixels' luminance values in order to reduce the color cast in the image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328907 | Method and Apparatus for Image Data Transformation - Image data is transformed for display on a target display. A sigmoidal transfer function provides a free parameter controlling min-tone contrast. The transfer function may be dynamically adjusted to accommodate changing ambient lighting conditions. The transformation may be selected so as to automatically adapt image data for display on a target display in a way that substantially preserves creative intent embodied in the image data. The image data may be video data. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328908 | TRANSPARENCY INFORMATION IN IMAGE OR VIDEO FORMAT NOT NATIVELY SUPPORTING TRANSPARENCY - Colour information and transparency information of pixels of a source image, which may be a partially transparent overlay image of a format that natively support transparency, are stored as a transformed image. The transformed image is of a format that does not natively support transparency. The transformed image has two disjoint regions, one storing the source color information and the other storing the source transparency information. The transformed image can be used as a representation of the overlay image when compositing with a base image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328909 | Systems, Methods, and Media for Generating Multidimensional Heat Maps - Systems, methods, and media for generating heat maps of event data are provided herein. Methods may include gathering instances of event data according to a performance characteristic, discretely decomposing the instances by applying at least one constraint to the instances, assigning a hue to each instance, the hue being associated with the at least one constraint, and generating a heat map that includes representations of the instances, wherein each representation includes the hue associated with the at least one constraint to which the instance has been assigned. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328910 | DYNAMICALLY GENERATED IMAGES AND EFFECTS - A shape may be virtually generated from a formula specifying a scalable property of the shape that determines the appearance of the shape as the size of the shape is changed. Once the shape is generated, a reflection and/or shadow may be generated according to one or more customizable parameters specifying different properties of the reflection and/or shadow. Reflections and shadows may be regenerated with shapes each time the shapes are resized. Each generated shape, reflection, and/or shadow may then be outputted to a display. Systems, methods, and computer readable media are provided. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328911 | IMAGE COLOR ESTIMATION METHOD, IMAGE COLOR ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE COLOR ESTIMATION PROGRAM - In an image color estimation method, a signal value SG (Rs, Gs, Bs) is calculated based on a first display property and a tone value T (S | 2013-12-12 |
20130328912 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING, PUBLISHING AND MANIPULATING DATA OBJECTS - Apparatus and methods for managing, manipulating and presenting data objects within a graphical user interface with variable dimensions, shapes, locations and interactions. The apparatus and methods allow for variable data objects to be both pinned and liquid depending on a larger management and manipulation apparatus. The apparatus consists of databases that store the data objects to be displayed within the user interface and the layout coordinates, variable potential object size, and whether the object can move or not based on the graphical user interface dimensions. The object manipulations include the representation of such objects on the graphical user interface in a defined sequence. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328913 | METHODS FOR VIEWING AND NAVIGATING BETWEEN PERSPECTIVES OF A DATA SET - Methods for viewing and navigating between perspectives of a data set are described. In one example, a method includes the steps of displaying a view of a data set arranged according to a first perspective and receiving an input associated with an affordance. The method includes the additional steps of determining a view transition based at least in part on the input, displaying the view transition, and updating the view based at least in part on the input. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328914 | PEEK MODE AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) EXPERIENCE - A tablet device determines a spatial relationship between the tablet device and a protective cover. The tablet device operates in accordance with the spatial relationship. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328915 | Annotation of Map Geometry Vertices - Some embodiments provide a method for a mapping service. The method receives a set of road segments for a map region. For each road segment in the set, the method generates a geometry that includes a set of vertices that define a boundary for the road segment. The geometries are included as part of a map tile for the map region. The map tiles are for downloading to user devices that render map presentations using the geometries. For several of the vertices, the method stores data with the vertices that specifies for the device at least one aspect of rendering the road for the map presentation. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328916 | Smoothing Road Geometry - Some embodiments provide a method for a mapping service. For a set of road segments that intersect at a junction in a map region, the method generates an initial set of geometries for use in generating downloadable map information for the map region. For each corner formed by the geometries at the junction, the method determines whether to perform a smoothing operation. When a particular corner meets a set of criteria, the method modifies the geometries of at least one road segment to smooth the corner. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328917 | SMART COVER PEEK - A tablet device includes a display configured to present visual content, a sensor array configured to detect a status of a foldable flap in relation to the display, and a processor configured to operate the tablet device in accordance with the determined status of the foldable flap in relation to the display. In one embodiment, the processor receives a setting value and uses the setting value to execute an application in accordance with the determined relationship of the flap and the display. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328918 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including an image generation unit that analyzes an input image, cuts out, based on an analysis result of the input image, a cut-out image from the input image, and generates cut-out image information in which the cut-out image is associated with a restrictive condition that the cut-out image satisfies. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328919 | CORRECTION OF SPATIAL ARTIFACTS IN RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES - The present invention encompasses methods, apparati, and computer-readable media for correcting spatial artifacts in composite radiographic images of an object ( | 2013-12-12 |
20130328920 | Compiling Images Within a Respondent Interface Using Layers and Highlight Features - An apparatus for compiling images within a respondent interface includes a survey datastore recording surveys including one or more test images. A rendering engine accesses the survey datastore and displays the one or more test images with controls for at least one respondent to provide feedback about the one or more test images during at least two modes of operation. A respondent feedback object instantiation engine detects respondent interaction with a touch screen displaying the one or more test images during first and second modes of operation, and records results of the respondent interaction in a feedback datastore by feedback types according to the first and second modes of operation. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328921 | Utilizing Heat Maps to Represent Respondent Sentiments - An apparatus utilizes heat maps to represent respondent sentiments. A datastore has recorded therein respondent feedback corresponding to detected interaction by respondents, during first and second modes of operation, with a touch screen displaying a test image. The respondent feedback is recorded in the datastore by feedback types according to the first and second modes of operation. A feedback compilation engine compiles the respondent feedback according to the feedback types. A heat map rendering engine graphically renders the respondent feedback as a feedback type specific heat map overlaying the test image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328922 | CELL-BASED COMPOSITED WINDOWING SYSTEM - A system improves the performance of compositing individual images representing graphic layers into a composite image. The system may subdivide an image area of the composite image into cells such that for each one of the cells, either none of the graphic layers overlap within a respective one of the cells or all of the graphic layers that overlap within the respective one of the cells overlap throughout the respective one of the cells. A composition operation may be applicable to composite the respective one of the cells. The system may determine which processor generates the respective one of the cells based on which one of the processors is able to perform the type composition operation. The processor may generate the respective one of the cells by processing the composition operation. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328923 | DIALOG NOTIFICATION - A user interface in which a notification is to be displayed in the context of a dialog already being displayed over a primary application work area. Rather than pop up an additional dialog to show the notification, the notification is displayed adjacent the existing dialog. If the notification is a confirmation request, the display of the confirmation request disables an advancement control in the dialog that would otherwise enable the user to advance to the next step in the dialog, or to close the dialog. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328924 | Constructing Road Geometry - Some embodiments provide a method for a mapping service. The method generates an initial set of geometries for a road graph defined for a map region. The road graph includes several road segments and junctions aggregated into roads. The method identifies an overlap between a first geometry of a first road segment and a second geometry of a second road segment. The first road segment and the second road segment are parts of different roads and do not meet at a junction. The method automatically modifies at least one of the first and second geometries in order to prevent the first geometry and second geometry from overlapping. In some embodiments each geometry is defined by a set of vertices that specify its boundaries. The method of some embodiments automatically modifies the vertices of at least one of the first and second geometries. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328925 | OBJECT FOCUS IN A MIXED REALITY ENVIRONMENT - A system and method are disclosed for interpreting user focus on virtual objects in a mixed reality environment. Using inference, express gestures and heuristic rules, the present system determines which of the virtual objects the user is likely focused on and interacting with. At that point, the present system may emphasize the selected virtual object over other virtual objects, and interact with the selected virtual object in a variety of ways. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328926 | AUGMENTED REALITY ARRANGEMENT OF NEARBY LOCATION INFORMATION - A method of displaying information of interest to a user on an electronic device comprises capturing an image of surrounding area via a camera, displaying the image on a display of the electronic device, identifying objects of interest in a portion of the image as points of interest (POI) to the user, obtaining POI information about the points of interest, arranging said POI information, and displaying the arranged information with augmented reality on the image for the identified objects. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328927 | AUGMENTED REALITY PLAYSPACES WITH ADAPTIVE GAME RULES - A system for generating a virtual gaming environment based on features identified within a real-world environment, and adapting the virtual gaming environment over time as the features identified within the real-world environment change is described. Utilizing the technology described, a person wearing a head-mounted display device (HMD) may walk around a real-world environment and play a virtual game that is adapted to that real-world environment. For example, the HMD may identify environmental features within a real-world environment such as five grassy areas and two cars, and then spawn virtual monsters based on the location and type of the environmental features identified. The location and type of the environmental features identified may vary depending on the particular real-world environment in which the HMD exists and therefore each virtual game may look different depending on the particular real-world environment. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328928 | OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE APPARATUS AND OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE METHOD - An obstacle detecting unit detects an obstacle for a user wearing a head mounted display from an image of the outside world. A distance calculating unit calculates the distance from a detected obstacle to the user wearing the head mounted display. An obstacle replacing unit replaces the detected obstacle with a virtual object. A virtual object synthesizing unit generates a virtual object at a position within a virtual space displayed on the head mounted display, in which the position is determined according to the distance to the obstacle. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328929 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE AND METHOD OF CHANGING INTO AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE SCREEN - A method of changing into a screen of an Augmented Reality (AR) service in a mobile communication terminal including a camera is provided. The method of changing into a screen of an AR service in a mobile communication terminal includes displaying a prior screen different from an AR service screen, detecting a predetermined event to change display of the prior screen to the AR service screen, driving the camera if the predetermined event has been detected, capturing an image using the camera, and displaying the AR service screen rendered based on the image captured by the camera. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328930 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE - An apparatus for providing an augmented reality service is provided. The apparatus includes a first server configured to provide an augmented reality service for a first region, a second server configured to provide an augmented reality service for a second region that is differentiated from the first region, and a terminal configured to receive information for the second region from any one of the first server and the second server, and at the time of entering the second region from the first region in the course of performing the augmented reality service mode for the first region, configured to output the information for the second region and configured to switch to the augmented reality service performing mode for the second region. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328931 | System and Method for Mobile Identification of Real Property by Geospatial Analysis - A system and method of identifying real property based on real time sensor collected geospatial data regarding the location, orientation and field of view of a camera enabled mobile computing device by a mobile device and collecting and returning information related to the identified real property. A mobile device user takes a picture of a property (i.e. home, building, structure etc.) at which time the client software captures the device's location and orientation-related sensor data before, during and after the picture is taken, and sends this data and the picture to the servers. The servers examine this data and use it to construct a database query of potential property matches, and the criteria by which those potential matches will be scored. The servers then score each candidate property against the criteria, and return the best match or matches to the client device, including additional information about each property. The client renders this information for the user, records passive or active user feedback about the accuracy of the match and information, and sends that feedback back to the server. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328932 | ADD SOCIAL COMMENT KEEPING PHOTO CONTEXT - A method of sharing image comments comprises displaying an image on a display of an electronic device, adding a comment associated with the image, selecting one or more destinations for sharing the image and the associated comment, and sharing the image and the associated comment with the one or more selected destinations. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328933 | INTERACTIVE ELECTRONICALLY PRESENTED MAP - The present invention provides computerized systems and methods for providing electronically presented interactive area representation, such as a map, and information associated therewith. A user can select text, imagery, or other information presented on the map and associated with one or more items or locations, causing presentation of information relating to the associated one or more items or locations, such as appropriate contact information or a hyperlink to an appropriate Web site. Additionally or alternatively, a user can input or select, based on a query or otherwise, information relating to one or more items or locations associated with text, imagery, or other information presented on the map, causing presentation of an indication of one or more locations of the associated text, imagery, or other information on the map. A magnifier feature allowing internal navigation within the map can be provided. Additionally, animated images can appear to move over the map. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328934 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display device and a control method thereof. The display device includes first and second display units each configured to output an image, a sensor unit configured to generate orientation state information by measuring relative positions and/or directions of the first and second display units and to generate position change information including a movement direction and movement distance of the first or second display unit by measuring whether the first or second display unit is changed in position, and a controller configured to detect a user command with respect to the first or second display unit using the orientation state information and the position change information, and to control the first or second display unit in response to the user command. The display device and the control method thereof provide an intuitive user interface configured to assist a user in more efficiently controlling a plurality of display units. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328935 | Multi-Stage Device Orientation Detection - In general, in one aspect, a method includes receiving data from one or more motion sensors of a mobile device and calculating, after the period of time, a statistical measurement of the motion sensor data. The method also includes comparing the calculated statistical measurement to one or more threshold values, and, based on the comparing, determining a dynamic state of the mobile device. The method also includes, based on the determined dynamic state, determining an orientation of the mobile device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328936 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROTATING DISPLAYED CONTENT - A display apparatus includes a detector to detect an angle of a center line of the display apparatus relative to a horizontal line of the south geomagnetic pole when in the horizontal plane. The apparatus stores a reference angle. The apparatus determines the rotation angle of the display apparatus by subtracting the reference angle from the angle of the center line of the display apparatus relative to the horizontal line of the south geomagnetic pole; and rotates display content according to the rotation angle. A related method is also disclosed. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328937 | COMPRESSION OF ROAD FEATURES IN MAP TILES - Road information is compressed for map tiles of a map containing a network of roads. The map can have different sets of tiles for each zoom level. For a given zoom level, road segments can be grouped based on the class of the roads (e.g., interstate highway, state highway, divided highway, side street, etc.). The road segments of a particular class can be combined into paths, and a representative segment can be chosen for each path. The features of the representative segment can be used in displaying the corresponding path, thereby reducing the size used to store the path in a map tile. This reduce-size map tile can be transmitted more efficiently due to the smaller size. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328938 | OBJECT SHARING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING OBJECT INPUT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - An object sharing system includes a common terminal and a personal terminal. The common terminal includes a common screen for displaying an object handwritten in the personal terminal, and a control section configured to define a reference size and transmit the reference size to the personal terminal. The personal terminal includes a personal screen including a touch panel, and a control section configured to perform processes of determining a guide size based on the reference size, and displaying a guide of the determined size on the personal screen, and processes of calculating a display size on the common screen of an object which has been handwritten on the personal screen, and transmitting the handwritten object and the display size to the common terminal. Further, the control section of the common terminal is further configured to make the common screen display the handwritten object of the display size. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328939 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PHYSICALLY MOVING A PORTABLE UNIT TO VIEW AN IMAGE OF A STATIONARY MAP - A background map remains stationary while a portable unit moves within a plane parallel to the screen of the portable unit. As the user moves the unit, images of the background map appear on the screen of the portable device. The user scans the stationary map presented on the screen of the portable unit. This has several benefits since now relative distances and angular displacements within the plane between objects that are outside of the range of the screen of the handheld unit can be immediately be located and placed into view on the screen of a portable unit. The handheld unit is like a Sliding Window which provides a view of this image of a stationary map lying in the background of the portable unit. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328940 | DESIGNING DEVICE, DESIGNING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A designing device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor executes a process including displaying, selecting, calculating, and causing. The displaying is displaying a designing screen. The selecting is selecting an element serving as a target to be edited from elements displayed on the designing screen. The calculating is calculating a central coordinate and magnification for zoom display of the designing screen based on an execution status of a command when the element is selected at the selecting. The causing is causing a display to perform zoom display of the designing screen at the magnification calculated centering on the central coordinate calculated. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328941 | Scalable Processing for Associating Geometries with Map Tiles - A method is provided that utilizes a parallel processing system to determine whether different geometries intersect each tile in a map hierarchy. The method receives a description of a geometry and an identification of a tile in a tile tree. The method utilizes an available processing unit to determine whether the geometry intersects the tile. When the geometry intersects the tile and the tile has child tiles, the method stores several task descriptions that can be assigned to any processing units in the parallel processing system. Each task description includes the description of the portion of the geometry that overlaps the tile and an identification of one of the child tiles of the tile. The method then assigns each of the tasks to an available processing unit to continue down the tree hierarchy to determine whether each child tile intersects a portion of the geometry. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328942 | HEAD UP DISPLAY FOR A VEHICLE - A head up display for a vehicle uses an anti-peep film to limit the optical image from the display module to be projected along a predetermined path, and the HUD is particularly designed so that the driver just can see the optical image displayed on the windshield without being able to see the optical image displayed on the display module. The use of the anti-peep film can reduce the brightness of the optical image projected from the display module. Therefore, a brightness-enhancement module is used to enhance the brightness of the optical image projected from the display module, so as to ensure that the optical image projected onto the reflection film from the display module can be clearly seen. Moreover, a first light source below the light guiding layer of the backlight module to substantially enhance the brightness of the optical image projected from the display module. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328943 | DIFFUSER INCLUDING PARTICLES AND BINDER - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for improving brightness, contrast, and/or viewable angle of a reflective display. A display includes a diffuser including particles and a binder over a substrate. At least some of the particles protrude from a planar or substantially planar upper surface of the binder, which provides a topographical pattern for the diffuser. The display includes a planarization layer on the diffuser. The planarization layer provides a planar or substantially planar surface for the formation of display elements over the planarization layer. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328944 | FRAMEWORK FOR DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS CONTROL AND VISUAL EXPERIENCE - A system and method calibrating operational characteristics of a device. Commands for operation of the device may be derived from a set of operational characteristics common to a set of devices similar to the device. This set of operational characteristics may further be adjusted by operational characteristics related to the device itself. This may allow for more adaptive control signals to be generated for control of portions of the device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328945 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A display device includes a first substrate, a display unit, an encapsulation structure, and a light transmittance converter. Each of the pixels in the display unit includes a first region from which light is emitted in a first direction and a second region, adjacent to the first region, through which external light is transmitted. The encapsulation structure covers and encapsulates the display unit, and includes at least one first layer having an inorganic material and at least one second layer having an organic material. The light transmittance converter is adjacent to the first substrate or the encapsulation structure, is on an outer side of the display unit in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and converts transmittance of the external light transmitted through the second region. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328946 | DISPLAY - A display having a substrate is provided. The substrate is at least partially made of a partially transparent material having a non-homogenous spectral transmission curve. The substrate has a display face and a rear face with at least one luminous element disposed in the region of the rear face. The luminous element includes at least two base color lamps, where the base color brightness of at least one of the base color lamps is different, in order to compensate for the spectrally non-homogenous transmission curve of the substrate. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328947 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display system includes a first image data generation section that generates first image data from color image data inputted, a second image data generation section that generates second image data by area coverage modulation of the first image data and a display processing section that performs a processing to display an image on an electronic paper based on the second image data. The first data generation section performs a processing to expand a difference between the luminance of a first pixel in the color image data and the luminance of a second pixel adjoining the first pixel. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328948 | Combined Emissive and Reflective Dual Modulation Display System - Pixels of a display system may comprise light emitting elements whose light output levels are set based on image data as well as background areas whose light reflectance levels are set based on the same image data. These light output levels and/or light reflectance levels may also be adjusted based on an ambient light level. The background areas may comprise light reflective elements which may be controlled individually or as a whole. The light output levels of the light emitting elements and the light reflectance levels of the light reflective elements are configured to generate collectively a pixel value for the pixel dependent on the image data. One or more modulation algorithms may be used to control the energy consumption, dynamic range, color gamut, point-spread function, etc., of the pixels in the display system. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328949 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for displaying an image, and an apparatus and a method for driving a light emitting device are provided. The light emitting device of the image display is controlled in accordance with a periodic signal relating to the image and a sensing signal reflecting an operating state of the light emitting device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328950 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION FOR DISPLAYS - A system, apparatus and method to reduce power consumption for displays is described. The method may include receiving image data comprising a plurality of color components, generating a histogram for each of the plurality of color components, and adjusting each of a plurality of light sources based on the histograms. The plurality of light sources may correspond to the plurality of color components. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328951 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVE METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A drive section sequentially supplies respective scanning lines with a control signal and supplies respective signal lines with a video signal to carry out a correction operation for holding a voltage equivalent to a threshold voltage of a drive transistor in a holding capacitance, and subsequently performs a write operation for writing the video signal in the holding capacitance, and before the correction operation, the drive section switches potentials at the bias line and adds a coupling voltage to one current terminal of the drive transistor via an auxiliary capacitance to carry out a preparation operation for an initialization to set a potential difference between a control terminal and the one current terminal of the drive transistor larger than the threshold voltage. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328952 | Differential VCOM Resistance or Capacitance Tuning for Improved Image Quality - Devices and methods for reducing a variation in voltage perturbation between common voltage layers (VCOMs) of a display in response to voltage interference are provided. In one example, a resistive element may be coupled to one of several VCOMs to increase the resistance value of the VCOM. The resistive element may cause a variation in voltage perturbations between the several VCOMs to become generally more uniform, thereby reducing or eliminating certain image artifacts. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328953 | Portable Printer for Direct Imaging on Surfaces - A portable imaging device has been developed. The portable imaging device enables a printhead to be mounted to a surface to print an image on the surface. The printhead moves in two or more directions while mounted on the printing surface enable the printhead to eject ink onto the surface to form the image on the surface. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328954 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a head having a nozzle through which ink that contains thermoplastic resin particles and whose viscosity at 50° C. is equal to or greater than 2.1 mPa·s is discharged, a pressure chamber, and a driving element; an ink non-absorptive medium; a heating unit; and a control unit that applies driving signals to the driving element. In the printing apparatus, a discharge waveform generated by the driving signal includes a first expansion-element that expands the pressure chamber, a contraction-element that contracts the pressure chamber having been expanded by the first expansion-element, a second expansion-element that expands the pressure chamber having been contracted by the contraction-element, a third expansion-element that further expands the pressure chamber having been expanded by the second-expansion element, and a connection-element that connects an end terminal of the second expansion-element with a start terminal of the third expansion-element at the same potential. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328955 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus comprising: a print head which relatively moves on a printing medium, and a print control unit that controls the print mechanism, a plurality of nozzle columns are formed in the print head, wherein the print control unit is configured to execute printing by using a first nozzle use setting configured such that a first group of a first nozzle column on an upper stream side is used and a second group of a second nozzle column on the downstream side is used, or a second nozzle use setting configured such that an entire third column is used, and a third nozzle use setting configured such that a third group of the second nozzle column on the upper stream side is used, and a fourth group of the first nozzle column on the downstream side is used in order of each first, second, and third nozzle use setting. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328956 | INKJET PRINTHEAD AND METHOD OF PRINTING WITH MULTIPLE DROP VOLUMES - A printhead and a method of ejecting liquid droplets are provided. The method includes providing a printhead operable to eject liquid drops having a plurality of drop volumes V | 2013-12-12 |
20130328957 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The ink jet printing apparatus, wherein, to print images on a printing medium, a plurality of print heads, each of which includes an ejection port array provided by arranging multiple ink ejection ports in a widthwise direction of the printing medium, are arranged in a conveying direction of the printing medium, including: a unit for detecting a printing position displacement with respect to a printing position of a reference print head on the printing medium for each of remaining print heads excluding the reference print head which is one of the plurality of print heads; and a unit for adding non-image data corresponding to the printing position displacement to print data to be printed by the plurality of print heads, so as to align the printing positions of the plurality of print heads. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328958 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing device which prints onto a printing medium comprising: a printing head; a control section which moves the printing head in a scanning direction and relatively moves either of the head or the printing medium in a direction which intersects with the scanning direction; and a discharge control section, wherein the printing head is provided with a plurality of color nozzle rows which are arranged to line up in the intersecting direction and where a plurality of nozzles which discharge the same color of color ink are arranged in the intersecting direction for each of the color nozzles rows, and a black ink nozzle row which is a nozzle row, which is arranged to line up with the color nozzle rows and discharges black ink, and which has a black ink nozzle group of the same number as the number of rows of the color nozzles. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328959 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a conveying section for withdrawing and conveying a printing medium stored in the form of a roll, a printing section for effecting a printing operation on the printing medium, a decurling device for correcting curling in the printing medium and a controlling section. The decurling device is disposed on the downstream side of the printing section. The controlling section controls such that a decurling operation to be effected before the printing operation and a decurling operation to be effected after the printing operation are effected by the decurling device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328960 | PAPER EJECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A paper ejection device holds paper ejected out from an upstream device through a paper-ejection opening of the upstream device. The paper ejection device includes: a pair of side fences arranged parallel and perpendicularly to a paper ejection direction, the paper ejection direction being a direction in which paper is ejected through the paper-ejection opening, to restrict positions of edges of the ejected paper in a width direction; and a control unit that, when an ejection speed at which the paper is ejected through the paper-ejection opening is higher than a predetermined speed, controls spacing between the pair of side fences to be narrower than spacing between the pair of side fences for paper ejected at a speed equal to or lower than the predetermined speed. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328961 | Inkjet Printer having an Image Drum Heater and Cooler - An inkjet offset printer includes a heated drum assembly having a hollow drum with an internal surface defining an internal cavity and a heater and a cooler located in the internal cavity. The heater includes at least one ceramic heater element. The cooler includes a slot to direct an air stream to the internal surface of the drum and aids in quenching the heating element for faster control responses. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328962 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND DATA GENERATION APPARATUS - In a mask pattern that determines whether ink is to be discharged and recorded for each pixel, a distance between recording permitting pixels at a portion employed for recording nozzles corresponding to a region where the temperature of a recording medium is relatively low after ink droplets are applied is set to be longer than a distance between recording permitting pixels at a portion employed for a recording region corresponding to a region on the recording medium other than the above-described region. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328963 | INKJET PRINTER - When an infrared-ray radiation device is arranged immediately above an ink jet head, the infrared-ray radiation device causes the temperature of a carriage to rise, resulting in ejection failure of ink. Further, employing a heat insulation material for the carriage requires cost and space for the heat insulation material. Even when a fan is mounted to an apparatus to introduce outside air, the temperature in the vicinity of the carriage is not easily decreased because the carriage is located at the center of the apparatus. When the outside air is actively introduced in a direction toward the carriage, the following problems arise. That is, the temperature of a recording medium is dropped, and hence the ink landing on the recording medium causes fixing failure. Further, the air is led to a nozzle surface of the ink jet head, and hence ejection failure occurs. Therefore, there is adopted a structure in which the outside air taken into the apparatus is directly taken into the carriage so that the temperature inside the carriage can be set close to the temperature of the outside air regardless of the temperature inside the apparatus, to thereby enable stable ejection by the ink jet head. At the same time, the outside air taken into the apparatus is discharged out of the apparatus through a duct located at a position away from a print surface, to thereby prevent decrease in temperature of the recording medium and ejection failure of the ink from the ink jet head. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328964 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRODUCT - Disclosure is related to an apparatus for producing a three-dimensional product. Apparatus is configured to print a 3D image onto a flat surface of grating film. The grating film has the flat surface and a grating textural surface. In an exemplary example, the apparatus includes an image capturing unit for generating an object image by photographing an object. A control unit is also included for extracting the object from the object image and regarding it as a foreground object image. Afterward, the foreground object image is combined with a background image, and a 3D picture is formed. The background image is stored in a background image storing unit. A printing unit is included for printing the combined three-dimensional image onto a flat surface of grating film. A bottom-layer forming unit is used to form an opaque layer onto the grating film printed with the three-dimensional image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328965 | Liquid Discharging Apparatus and Method of Discharging Liquid - A liquid discharging apparatus, which discharges liquid from a nozzle of a liquid discharging head on the basis of data, includes a controller and a member. When the controller is in a standby state where the liquid is not discharged from the nozzle on the basis of the data or after the controller has received a power OFF instruction, the controller performs a drawing operation in which the liquid is drawn to a side opposite to a discharge direction in which the liquid is discharged so as to at least form a space at a distal end portion of the nozzle. After the controller has performed the drawing operation, the member covers an opening of the nozzle. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328966 | Method for Positioning a Metering Blade With Reference to Roller and Blade Wear - A method has been developed to enable a controller to select between two angles at which to position a wiper configured to wipe release agent from an image drum. The controller selects the position of the wiper with reference to the number of times the wiper has wiped the image drum and the number of media sheets that have contacted the image drum. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328967 | MOVING MECHANISM, ROBOT HAND, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT TRANSPORT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INSPECTION DEVICE, LIQUID FEED PUMP, PRINTING DEVICE, PROJECTION DEVICE, AND TRANSPORT DEVICE - A moving mechanism includes a support, a moving body arranged movably in a predetermined direction relative to the support, a first groove provided in the support parallel to the moving direction, a second groove provided in the moving body parallel to the moving direction, and facing the first groove, and a vibrating body arranged in the support or moving body and biased to press the other of the moving body or the support. A direction which the first groove and the second groove face each other intersects a direction which the support and the moving body face each other, and a biasing direction which the vibrating body is biased intersects the direction which the first groove and the second groove face each other and the direction which the support and the moving body face each other. Accordingly, backlash of the moving body with respect to the support is suppressed. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328968 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes ejection ports for ejecting liquid, recesses respectively accommodating the ejection ports in the insides thereof, ejection sections operating as passages directed to the respective ejection ports, and liquid channels for supplying the respective ejection sections with liquid. The ejection sections and the liquid channels are arranged in rows extending in respective directions that intersect each other, and the connection sections respectively connecting the ejection sections and the corresponding liquid channels represent an elliptic contour having a major axis and a minor axis as viewed from the corresponding one of the ejection ports, while the recesses also represent an elliptic contour having a major axis and a minor axis. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328969 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - The effects on an image are maximally decreased with respect to ejection by printing elements included in the low flow rate areas of a serial channel in an inkjet printing apparatus that uses a joined head in which multiple chips provided with multiple printing element arrays are disposed. For this purpose, print data is distributed to individual printing elements at a joining portion between two chips, such that fewer printing elements execute ejection operations on a printing element array A distanced farther from the center line of a base plate than a printing element array D nearer the center line. Doing so suppresses ejection by printing elements included in low flow rate areas which manifest near the turns of an ink channel, and reduces density defects due to ejection by such printing elements. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328970 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY - A printhead assembly is provided, the printhead assembly including a printhead die, a black fluid slot formed in the printhead die to deliver black printing fluid, and a color fluid slot formed in the printhead die to deliver color printing fluid. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328971 | INK-JET PRINTING MODULE - An ink-jet printing module is used for a page-width array ink-jet printer. The ink jet printing module includes a page-width array platen and a plurality of ink-jet cartridges. The page-width array platen has a plurality of receiving cavities arranged as an array. Each of the ink-jet cartridges is detachably and independently embedded into one of the receiving cavities, and includes a body for storing ink, an ink-jet chip to be driven for ejecting the ink, a plurality of nozzles disposed on the ink-jet chip, and a control node for receiving signal to drive the ink-jet chip. The ink-jet chip is disposed on a bottom of the page-width array platen and is driven to eject the ink through the nozzles onto a printing medium. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328972 | INK-JET PRINTING MODULE - An ink-jet printing module is used for a page-width array ink-jet printer. The ink jet printing module includes a page-width array platen and a plurality of ink-jet cartridges. The page-width array platen has a plurality of receiving cavities arranged as an array. Each of the ink-jet cartridges is detachably and independently embedded into one of the receiving cavities. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328973 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING PROCESS - The invention provides an ink for use in an ink jet recording process in which an ink is ejected from a recording head by the action of thermal energy, comprising a pigment, a water-soluble polyurethane polymer, a compound represented by a general formula (1) having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 or more and 8,500 or less, and a polyethylene oxide alkyl ether the alkyl group of which has 12 or more carbon atoms, wherein based on the total mass of the ink the content (mass %) of the compound represented by the general formula (1) is 0.4 times or more and 10.0 times or less in terms of mass ratio with respect to the content (mass %) of the polyethylene oxide alkyl ether. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328974 | PIEZOELECTRIC FILM, INK JET HEAD, METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE BY THE INK JET HEAD, ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, METHOD OF MEASURING ANGULAR VELOCITY BY THE ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATING ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER USING THE PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATING ELEMENT - The present invention provides a non-lead piezoelectric film having high crystalline orientation, the low dielectric loss, the high polarization-disappear temperature, the high piezoelectric constant, and the high linearity between an applied electric field and an amount of displacement. The present invention is a piezoelectric film comprising: a Na | 2013-12-12 |
20130328975 | PRINTHEAD FABRICATION USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES - A printhead and methods for forming the printhead are provided. The printhead includes an additively manufactured printhead structure having multiple sintered material layers that correspond to discrete cross-sectional regions of the printhead structure, where each of the sintered material layers is integrally bonded to at least one other sintered material layer. The printhead further includes a polymer layer attached to a surface of the printhead structure, and the printhead structure includes one or more channels for flowing ink through the printhead structure, the one or more channels forming openings on at least one surface of the printhead structure. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328976 | DIGITAL DROP PATTERNING AND DEPOSITION DEVICE - A liquid dispenser includes a downwardly inclined slide surface. A carrier liquid dispensing channel includes an outlet that exits onto the downwardly inclined slide surface. A carrier liquid source provides a carrier liquid that flows continuously through the carrier liquid dispensing channel, through the outlet of the carrier liquid dispensing channel, and down the downwardly inclined slide surface. A functional liquid supply channel includes an outlet that exits onto the downwardly inclined slide surface. A functional liquid source provides a functional liquid to the outlet of the functional liquid supply channel. A drop formation device, associated with an interface of the outlet of the functional liquid supply channel and the downwardly inclined slide surface, is selectively actuated to form a discrete drop of the functional liquid in the carrier liquid flowing down the downwardly inclined slide surface. The functional liquid is immiscible in the carrier liquid. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328977 | DIGITAL DROP PATTERNING AND DEPOSITION DEVICE - A liquid dispensing system includes a downwardly inclined slide surface. A carrier liquid dispensing channel includes an outlet that exits onto the downwardly inclined slide surface. A carrier liquid flows continuously through the carrier liquid dispensing channel, the outlet of the carrier liquid dispensing channel, and down the slide surface. A liquid dispenser array structure includes functional liquid dispensers located on a substrate that is common to the functional liquid dispensers. The functional liquid dispensers include a functional liquid supply channel. A functional liquid source provides a functional liquid to the functional liquid dispensers through the functional liquid supply channel. A drop formation device, associated with an interface of the functional liquid supply channel and the downwardly inclined slide surface, is selectively actuated to form discrete functional liquid drops in the carrier liquid flowing down the slide surface. The functional liquid is immiscible in the carrier liquid. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328978 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink passage member capable of supplying ink from an ink storage unit to a carriage, a passage connecting member capable of connecting the ink passage member to a recording head, an operating member capable of switching the passage connecting member between a connection state where the ink passage member is connected to the recording head and a disconnection state where the ink passage member is disconnected from the recording head, and an operating-member regulating member regulating the operating member. The operating-member regulating member is capable of switching the operating member between a state where switching to the disconnection state by the operating member is permitted and a state where this switching is prevented. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328979 | INK SET FOR INKJET RECORDING, RECORDING METHOD, AND COLORED MATERIAL PRODUCED USING THE INK SET - An ink set for inkjet recording, which has excellent water resistance and light resistance in the hue range of yellow-orange-magenta. The ink set includes two-color ink compositions, i.e., a) a magenta ink composition and b) an yellow ink composition, each of which includes a dye, water and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the magenta ink composition a) contains a compound produced by sulfonating a compound represented by the formula (1), a salt of the compound, or a mixture thereof as a coloring agent. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328980 | LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT AMIDE GELLANTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are curable solid inks which are solid at room temperature and molten at an elevated temperature at which the molten ink is applied to a substrate. In particular, the curable solid inks of the present embodiments comprise low molecular weight amide gellants that impart self-leveling capabilities to the inks. Also disclosed herein are methods for making the amide gellant and the inks comprising the amide gellants. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328981 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes (A) a carriage that moves a nozzle ejecting a liquid which is cured by irradiation of an electromagnetic wave in a moving direction, (B) a first irradiation section that is installed on the carriage and irradiates electromagnetic waves on dots formed by landing the liquid which is ejected from the moving nozzle, on a medium, and (C) a second irradiation section that is installed on the carriage and irradiates electromagnetic waves on the dots which are irradiated by the electromagnetic waves from the first irradiation section, in which an irradiance level of the electromagnetic waves from the second irradiation section is different from that of the electromagnetic waves from the first irradiation section. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328982 | INK JET DEVICE COMPRISING FLUID EXTRACTION MEANS, AND ASSOCIATED INK JET METHOD - The invention relates to an ink jet device and to an associated ink jet method. The ink jet device comprises at least one ink jet head ( | 2013-12-12 |