Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090086281 | IMAGE WRITING DEVICE - An image writing device is provided and includes: a case including an accommodating part that accommodates a plurality of display media stacked, a entrance and exit port which is communicated with the accommodating part and through which the display media enter and exit the case, and a window through which an image on a display surface of a display medium can be externally browsed, the image being written in the display medium by applying external stimulation; a conveying part that conveys the display medium into and out of the case through the entrance and exit port; and a writing part arranged near the entrance and exit port of the case, the writing part applying the external stimulation to the display medium to write the image in the display medium when the display medium is conveyed into or out of the case by way of the conveying part. | 04-02-2009 |
20090103946 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises: a holding unit that holds a medium on which an image is formed by irradiation of image-bearing light, the medium having a liquid crystal layer, a photoconductor layer that changes a resistance in response to irradiation of light, and a pair of electrode layers provided in an opposing relation so as to sandwich the liquid crystal layer and photoconductor layer, with at least one of the pair of electrode layers being divided into stripe-shaped sub-electrode layers; an irradiating unit that irradiates the medium with image-bearing light linearly along a longitudinal direction of the sub-electrode layers; a transporting unit that transports the irradiating unit along the surface of the medium in a first or second direction; a power supply unit that applies a voltage between the sub-electrode layer and the electrode layer; and an optical shielding unit that shields the photoconductor layer. | 04-23-2009 |
20100053117 | WRITING DEVICE - A writing device comprising: an irradiation unit that irradiates light to an optically writable display medium which displays an image responsive to irradiated light; a focusing unit that focuses light irradiated by the irradiation unit on the display medium; and a selector that causes the light irradiated by the irradiation unit to pass through or not to pass through the focusing unit for irradiation to the display medium. | 03-04-2010 |
20100067885 | RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording device includes: a first irradiation unit that irradiates first light to an optical-recording-type display medium during a recording period on the basis of image data, the display medium being configured to display an image recorded in the display medium using light; and a second irradiation unit that irradiates second light having given energy to the display medium during the recording period. | 03-18-2010 |
20100073136 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A wireless communications apparatus includes: a second communications unit that uses electromagnetic waves to perform wireless communications with a recording medium having a first communications unit that stores information; and a housing that houses a portion of the recording medium, the portion including the first communications unit, wherein the second communications unit is provided at a position that faces the first communications unit housed in the housing; and the housing has a first electromagnetic wave suppressing member that suppresses radiation of electromagnetic waves from inside to outside, and suppresses radiation of electromagnetic waves from the second communications unit in a direction other than towards the first communications unit of the recording medium in a state housed in the housing. | 03-25-2010 |
20100073264 | DISPLAY MEDIUM INITIALIZATION DEVICE AND RECORDING DEVICE - A display medium initialization device includes: a case containing an irradiation unit that irradiates light to an optical-recording-type display medium configured to display an image according to irradiated light; a light-taking unit that takes outside light into the case from outside the case; and a light-guiding unit that guides the outside light taken by the light-taking unit to the irradiation unit. | 03-25-2010 |
20100079390 | IMAGE INPUT DETECTION APPARATUS AND STORING MEDIUM - An image input detection apparatus comprises: a voltage applier that applies a voltage of a predetermined waveform to a display medium; a first acquisition unit that acquires a vibration waveform generated in the display medium; a first memory that stores a vibration waveform determined based on the waveform of the voltage applied by the voltage applier; and a second memory that stores information representing that an image written on the display medium has been overwritten, when the difference between the waveform acquired by the first acquisition unit and the waveform stored in the first memory lies within a threshold value. | 04-01-2010 |
20110173567 | DISPLAY-CONTROLLING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY-CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A display-controlling device includes: a display-controlling unit that controls a display unit to display an image indicating an item selected upon receipt of an instruction at a receiving unit, wherein if a first image indicating a first selected item is displayed at a first position, and an item instructed to be selected changes from the first selected item to a second selected item, the display-controlling unit causes there to be displayed, without erasure of the first image, a second image indicating the second selected item at a second position, which position is reached from the first position by movement in the first direction by an amount based on a position of the second selected item as viewed from the first selected item, with simultaneous movement in a second direction other than the first direction by a predetermined amount. | 07-14-2011 |