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20090109258 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, WIPING METHOD OF LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head capable of ejecting liquid from a plurality of ejection ports by driving a plurality of ejection energy generation elements corresponding to the plurality of ejection portions. The apparatus includes a wiping mechanism capable of wiping an ejection port face in which a plurality of ejection ports is arranged in the liquid ejecting head. The ink ejection from the plurality of ejection ports is performed in a manner of a plurality of divisions. A time interval from a last wiping to a next wiping is adjusted according to an interval of the ejection energy generating elements corresponding to an adjacent ejection port. | 04-30-2009 |
20100045726 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROLLING METHOD - In conveying a print medium before and after a stop-unstable region in a printing apparatus, an image quality is improved while restricting a reduction of a throughput. Specifically a conveying amount is made smaller than a first conveying amount in a usual region. Thereby, the first conveying amount is maximized and the printing in the image region can be complemented by four times of scans after the conveyance of the conveying amount is completed. | 02-25-2010 |
20110141179 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING METHOD - This invention has a plurality of print heads, each including a first and second nozzle arrays. The different print heads are arranged so as to include an overlap area. The difference in distribution rate between the plurality of nozzle arrays for the same color is set to be larger when the number of ejections in the overlap portion is equal to or larger than the threshold than when the number of ejections in the overlap portion is smaller than the threshold. The print data for the same color is distributed among the plurality of nozzle arrays for the same color so that the number of pixels with the same ink overlap sequence as that in the non-overlap areas is larger than the number of pixels with an overlap sequence different from that in the non-overlap areas when the number of ejections is equal to or larger than the predetermined threshold. | 06-16-2011 |
20120194833 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING COLOR CORRECTION PARAMETER FOR RECORDING APPARATUS - From a cost and productivity perspective, the recording and color-measurement of a test pattern to determine whether it is necessary to execute calibration places a heavy burden on a user. The present invention determines the need for processing to generate a color correction parameter without recording a test pattern. More specifically, the present invention determines whether it is necessary to execute color correction parameter generation processing based on an increase in a dot count since color correction parameter generation processing was previously executed, or a change in a ejection rate. | 08-02-2012 |
20130194327 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - It is an objective of the present invention to provide an image processing method that can perform an accurate calibration corresponding to an ink receiving characteristic of a printing medium. The present invention obtains information regarding an ink amount that can be applied to a unit area of a printing medium. Then, the present invention determines, based on the information obtained, a combination of a plurality of ink application amounts corresponding to a plurality of first patches for adjusting ink application amounts corresponding to the respective gradation levels of an image to be printed on the printing medium. | 08-01-2013 |
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20080244093 | DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS AND DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM - When multimedia data made up of a plurality of related files is transferred to a data receiving apparatus, a single data object that includes the plurality of related files is generated in a format supported by the data receiving apparatus. This data object is then transferred to the data receiving apparatus, and therefore the data receiving apparatus can confirm the relationship between the plurality of files. | 10-02-2008 |
20100299374 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - As an embodiment of the present invention, a data processing apparatus stores as cache data, in a RAM, data included in a predetermined fixed length area of a stored file. The PC sends a transfer request for cache data to the data processing apparatus, and the data processing apparatus sends the cache data to the PC. The PC extracts thumbnail images and EXIF data from the received cache data. Therefore, the data processing apparatus does not need to extract thumbnail images, etc. | 11-25-2010 |
20130100298 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - In the presence of a switching instruction of operation modes in an image capture apparatus, it is examined whether image data is being transferred or not. When the image data is not being transferred, the operation modes are immediately switched. When the image data is being transferred, the operation modes are switched after the completion of transfer. | 04-25-2013 |
20130176256 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display control apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting a touch operation on a display unit, a storing unit for temporarily storing data of a plurality of images, and a display control unit for performing, in response to the detection unit detecting a touch operation including a movement with a touch kept on the display unit, a scrolling process for scrolling an image displayed on the display unit to display another image temporarily stored in the storing unit, and performing, in response to the detection unit detecting a touch operation including a movement for a predetermined distance or longer with a touch kept on the display unit, an updating process for updating the data of the plurality of images temporarily stored in the storing unit with data of another plurality of images to display the images included in the other plurality of images on the display unit. | 07-11-2013 |
20140028875 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing device comprising: a position acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of position information; a generating unit configured to generate log data by associating each of the plurality of position information with date and time information indicating a date and time at which the position information was acquired; and a control unit configured to control processing for establishing a connection with an image capturing device, transmitting position information included in the log data to the image capturing device, and adding the position information to images recorded on the image capturing device, wherein the control unit performs control so that position information acquired after a predetermined timing, out of position information acquired during connection with the image capturing device, is not transmitted to the image capturing device. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032551 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record a plurality of pieces of information in which position information and date and time information are associated with each other, as log data in a recording medium, a reception unit configured to receive identification information capable of specifying image files recorded in an external device and imaging dates and times relating to the image files, from the external device without receiving the image files, a determination unit configured to determine whether the received imaging dates and times and the date and time information of the log data are in a predetermined relationship, and an association unit configured to associate identification information corresponding to the imaging dates and times determined to be in the predetermined relationship with position information corresponding to the date and time information of the log data determined to be in the predetermined relationship. | 01-30-2014 |
20140327785 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - In the presence of a switching instruction of operation modes in an image capture apparatus, it is examined whether image data is being transferred or not. When the image data is not being transferred, the operation modes are immediately switched. When the image data is being transferred, the operation modes are switched after the completion of transfer. | 11-06-2014 |
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20080239586 | Current perpendicular to plane magneto-resistance effect element, magnetic head, and magnetic recording/reproducing device - A current perpendicular to plane magneto-resistance effect element includes: a magneto-resistance effect film comprised of a fixed magnetization layer, a free magnetization layer, and a complex spacer layer including an insulating layer and current paths formed through the insulating layer; a biasing mechanism for stabilizing the free magnetization layer; a shielding mechanism for ensuring a reproducing resolution of the magneto-resistance effect element; and a pair of electrodes for flowing a current perpendicular to a film surface of the magneto-resistance effect element; wherein a resistance area product (RA:Ω×μm | 10-02-2008 |
20080239591 | Magneto-resistance effect element, and method for manufacturing the same - A magneto-resistance effect element, including: | 10-02-2008 |
20110049090 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes forming a magnetic recording layer, an etching protection layer, and an adhesion layer on a substrate, applying a resist on the adhesion layer, transferring patterns of protrusions and recesses on the resist by imprinting to form a resist pattern, patterning the adhesion layer by using the resist pattern as a mask, patterning the etching protection layer by using the resist pattern as a mask, etching the magnetic recording layer by using patterns of the adhesion layer and the etching protection layer as masks to form patterns of protrusions and recesses of the magnetic recording layer and removing the pattern of the adhesion layer, stripping the pattern of the etching protection layer, and exposing the patterns of protrusions and recesses of the magnetic recording layer to a non-ionized reducing gas. | 03-03-2011 |
20110261478 | MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT AND MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive element includes a stack and a pair of electrodes that allows electric current to flow through the stack in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the stack. The stack includes a cap layer, a magnetization pinned layer, a magnetization free layer provided between the cap layer and the magnetization pinned layer, a tunneling insulator provided between the magnetization pinned layer and the magnetization free layer, and a functional layer provided within the magnetization pinned layer, between the magnetization pinned layer and the tunneling insulator, between the tunneling insulator and the magnetization free layer, within the magnetization free layer, or between the magnetization free layer and the cap layer. The functional layer includes an oxide including at least one element selected from Zn, In, Sn and Cd and at least one element selected from Fe, Co and Ni. | 10-27-2011 |
20120229936 | MAGNETO-RESISTANCE EFFECT DEVICE, AND MAGNETIC RECORDER - According to one embodiment, a magneto-resistance effect device includes: a multilayer structure having a cap layer; a magnetization pinned layer; a magnetization free layer provided between the cap layer and the magnetization pinned layer; a spacer layer provided between the magnetization pinned layer and the magnetization free layer; a function layer which is provided in the magnetization pinned layer, between the magnetization pinned layer and the spacer layer, between the spacer layer and the magnetization free layer, in the magnetization free layer, or between the magnetization free layer and the cap layer, the function layer having oxide containing at least one element selected from Zn, In, Sn and Cd, and at least one element selected from Fe, Co and Ni; and a pair of electrodes for applying a current perpendicularly to a film plane of the multilayer structure. | 09-13-2012 |
20140153139 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive element includes a layered structure and a pair of electrodes, the layered structure including a cap layer, a magnetization pinned layer, a magnetization free layer, a spacer layer and a functional layer provided in the magnetization pinned layer, between the magnetization pinned layer and the spacer layer, between the spacer layer and the magnetization free layer, in the magnetization free layer, or between the magnetization free layer and the cap layer and including an oxide, the method including forming a film including a base material of the functional layer, performing an oxidation treatment on the film using a gas containing oxygen in a form of at least one selected from the group consisting of molecule, ion, plasma and radical, and performing a reduction treatment using a reducing gas on the film after the oxidation treatment. | 06-05-2014 |
20140362477 | MAGNETO-RESISTANCE EFFECT DEVICE, AND MAGNETIC RECORDER - According to one embodiment, a magneto-resistance effect device includes: a multilayer structure having a cap layer; a magnetization pinned layer; a magnetization free layer provided between the cap layer and the magnetization pinned layer; a spacer layer provided between the magnetization pinned layer and the magnetization free layer; a function layer which is provided in the magnetization pinned layer, between the magnetization pinned layer and the spacer layer, between the spacer layer and the magnetization free layer, in the magnetization free layer, or between the magnetization free layer and the cap layer, the function layer having oxide containing at least one element selected from Zn, In, Sn and Cd, and at least one element selected from Fe, Co and Ni; and a pair of electrodes for applying a current perpendicularly to a film plane of the multilayer structure. | 12-11-2014 |
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20110273606 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device provided with an imaging unit for imaging object light, and a display unit for displaying an image, comprises: a storage unit that stores at least one of setting information regarding image capture performed in a predetermined image capture mode in which a predetermined image capture condition can be set and setting information regarding functions other than the image capture; a determination unit that determines whether a predetermined condition is satisfied when the predetermined image capture mode is released and then the imaging device re-enters the predetermined image capture mode; and a control unit that controls whether to cause the display unit to display presence display, which indicates presence or absence of the setting information stored in the storage unit, based on a determination result of the determination unit. | 11-10-2011 |
20130045001 | FINDER UNIT, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is a finder unit including: a transmission-type display section that displays information as overlaid on a subject image; and a display controller that, when an illuminating section illuminates the display section, changes a first display state to a second display state, where in the first display state, a first region which is at least a part of an outer region of an effective image capturing range is displayed so that a transmission ratio of the subject image in the first region is lowered, and in the second display state, a second region which is a part of the outer region and is smaller in area than the first region is displayed so that a transmission ratio of the subject image in the second region is lowered. | 02-21-2013 |
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20080205137 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a voltage generating circuit, a memory circuit which stores a reference pulse number of an advance-write voltage of the memory cell array and a parameter, and a control circuit which controls, when a pulse number of the advance-write voltage is less than the reference pulse number of the advance-write voltage, the voltage generating circuit in a manner to decrease at least an initial value of a write voltage and a step-up width of the write voltage in accordance with the parameter. | 08-28-2008 |
20090008680 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTERGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor chip, a memory cell array arranged on the semiconductor chip and first and second decoder strings arranged along both ends of the memory cell array. The arrangement position of the first decoder string is deviated from the arrangement position of the second decoder string and a space caused by the deviation is arranged in the corner of the semiconductor chip. | 01-08-2009 |
20090278190 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory according to the present invention includes memory cell units, which include data select lines formed in parallel to each other, data transfer lines crossing the data select lines and aligned in parallel to each other, and electrically rewritable memory cell transistors disposed at intersections of the data transfer lines and the data select lines. It further includes: a memory cell array block in which the memory cell units are disposed along the data select lines; first source lines, connected to one end of the memory cell units, and aligned along the data select lines; and second source lines electrically connected to the first source lines, and disposed along the data select lines. | 11-12-2009 |
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20080217623 | OPTICAL SENSOR ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An optical sensor element includes: an n-type semiconductor region formed on a substrate; an i-type semiconductor region which is formed on the substrate between the p-type semiconductor region and the n-type semiconductor region and which is lower in impurity concentration than the p-type semiconductor region and the n-type semiconductor region; an anode electrode formed on the insulation film and connected to the p-type semiconductor region; and a cathode electrode formed on the insulation film and connected to the n-type semiconductor region. A reverse bias voltage V | 09-11-2008 |
20090079725 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display device includes: a drive circuit supplying a first signal voltage and a first reverse bias in a first frame time period, and supplying a second signal voltage and a second reverse bias in a second frame time period subsequent to the first frame time period; a first drive TFT receiving the first signal voltage to supply a first drive current based on the first signal voltage in the first frame time period, and receiving the second reverse bias in the second frame time period; a second drive TFT receiving the first reverse bias in the first frame time period, and receiving the second signal voltage to supply a second drive current based on the second signal voltage in the second frame time period; and a display element emitting light based on the first drive current in the first frame time period and emitting light based on the second drive current in the second frame time period. | 03-26-2009 |
20090242781 | X-RAY DETECTOR - An X-ray detector includes: a semiconductor substrate to generate charged particles by an irradiation of an X-ray; a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in matrix on an X-ray incident surface of the semiconductor substrate and applied with a first electric potential to detect the charged particles; and a platy electrode provided on a surface opposite to the X-ray incident surface of the semiconductor substrate and applied with a second electric potential different from the first electric potential. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244045 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND A DRIVING METHOD OF THE DISPLAY DEVICE - This disclosure concerns a display device including an n-type drive transistor controlling a current flowing the light emitting element; a bias transistor; a Vt detection transistor; a capacitor; a scanning transistor, wherein before setting the first electrode of the capacitor to have the threshold voltage of the drive transistor, the bias transistor connects a first signal line to the gate of the drive transistor to apply the negative bias to the gate of the drive transistor, the scanning line driver sets the first electrode to have a higher level potential than the threshold voltage of the drive transistor, and the Vt detection transistor connects the gate to the drain of the drive transistor to set the first electrode to have the threshold voltage of the drive transistor. | 10-01-2009 |
20090250708 | THIN-FILM PHOTODIODE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A thin-film photodiode has a substrate, a thin-film element formed on the substrate and a micro lens formed above the thin-film element. The thin-film element includes a first semiconductor layer of p-type semiconductor formed on the substrate, a second semiconductor layer formed in contact with the first semiconductor layer on the substrate and formed of i-type semiconductor or p-type semiconductor having lower impurity concentration than the first semiconductor layer and a third semiconductor layer formed of an n-type semiconductor layer formed in contact with the second semiconductor layer on the substrate. The position of an optical axis center of the lens is set between a boundary between the second and third semiconductor layers and a lateral center of the second semiconductor layer. | 10-08-2009 |
20090251496 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - This disclosure concerns a display device including: scanning lines; data lines; a drive transistor controlling a current through a light emitting element; a bias transistor connected between a gate of the drive transistor and a first signal line transmitting a negative bias lower than a potential of the second power supply; a Vt detection transistor setting a threshold voltage of the drive transistor; a capacitor applying a potential difference between gate-source of the drive transistor; a scanning transistor setting a potential of the data line to the second electrode; a scanning line driver; and a data line driver transmitting potential data to the pixel columns, wherein before setting the threshold voltage to the first electrode, the bias transistor connects the first signal line to the gate of the drive transistor and applies the negative bias to the gate of the drive transistor. | 10-08-2009 |
20110164025 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - [Problem] By improving the accuracy of compensation for a threshold voltage shift of a driving transistor that controls a current supplied to a current-driven type self light-emitting element, excellent display performance is maintained over an extended period of time. | 07-07-2011 |
20110168909 | X-RAY DETECTOR | 07-14-2011 |