02nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150009173 | FINGER DETECTION ON TOUCH SCREENS FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A method for dynamically controlling an input mode of a touch screen ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150009174 | TOUCH PANEL WITH A SINGLE-LAYER LOW-COMPLEXITY TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE PATTERN AND SENSING METHOD THEREFOR - A touch panel with a single-layer low-complexity transparent electrode pattern includes a substrate, N sensing electrodes, and M conductive traces. The N sensing electrodes and the M conductive traces are formed on the substrate, where N and M are each a positive integer. Each conductive trace has a specific impedance value and is connected with two sensing electrodes. Any one of the N sensing electrodes is connected with at least another one sensing electrode through at least one conductive trace, such that each sensing electrode has a different RC time constant. N driving signals with different frequencies are sequentially applied to the N sensing electrodes via one of the N sensing electrodes to measure capacitance changes of the N sensing electrodes for detecting one touched sensing electrode. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009175 | MULTI-USER MULTI-TOUCH PROJECTED CAPACITANCE TOUCH SENSOR - Techniques for providing multi-user multi-touch projected capacitive touch sensors are disclosed herein. Some embodiments may include a touch sensor including a touch substrate with a touch surface, a sensing array, and a controller. The sensing array may be configured to provide sense signals indicating a first touch and a second touch occurring concurrently on the touch surface of the touch substrate. The controller may be configured to receive the sense signals from the sensing array and based on the sense signals, determine whether the first touch and the second touch share at least one anti-ghost. In response to determining that the first touch and the second touch share the at least one anti-ghost, the controller may be configured associate the first touch and the second touch with a common touch entity, such as an individual person. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009176 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device | 2015-01-08 |
20150009177 | OPERATION DEVICE - An operation device includes a touch operation unit that has an operation surface; and a control device that responds to a selection operation performed on each of selection items displayed on a display device arranged remotely from the touch operation unit, based on two-dimensional coordinates of a finger touch point on the operation surface, wherein the control device operates in an absolute coordinate mode, in which a coordinate system of the display device corresponds absolutely to a coordinate system of the operation surface of the touch operation unit, when any of the selection items is not selected and, at the same time, operates in a relative coordinate mode, in which the coordinate system of the display device corresponds relatively to the coordinate system of the operation surface of the touch operation unit, when one of the selection items is selected. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009178 | INPUT DEVICE COMPRISING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT SURFACE - Input device has a touch sensitive input surface with a sensor for detecting the position of an object touching the input surface, an interface for transferring sensor data and a device for producing haptically detectable feedback, which is designed to move the input surface, which is mounted so as to be movable along an axis. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009179 | TOUCH DETECTION METHOD AND TOUCH DETECTION APPARATUS HAVING BUILT UP LINEARITY - A touch detection apparatus includes a sensor pad to output a signal based on a touch state in response to an alternating voltage in a floating state after being charged, an operational amplifier including a first input connected to an output of the sensor pad and a second input to receive the alternating voltage, a level shift detection unit to detect a touch signal based on a difference between a voltage variation at an output end of the operational amplifier caused by the alternating voltage and a voltage variation at the output end of the operational amplifier caused by occurrence of a touch, and a switching unit including a first switch to control an electric potential between a first input and the output end of the operational amplifier and a second switch to connect or not the sensor pad and the first input of the operational amplifier. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009180 | Two-Dimensional Touch Panel - A capacitive touch panel is provided capable of detecting multiple simultaneous touches. The touch panel delivers sets of capacitance signal values to a processor which computes the coordinates of single or multiple touch locations on the touch panel. The processing of each set is performed by (i) identifying the sensing element having the largest capacitance signal value; (ii) defining a region around that sensing element; and (iii) repeating the process iteratively, wherein each subsequent identifying step excludes signals that lie in previously defined regions. A multi-touch sensor is thus provided in which the signal processing is based on successive definition of regions or sub-blocks in the touch: panel. The touch location in each region can be determined more accurately by then applying interpolation between the adjacent signal values. This allows for position resolution at a finer scale than that defined by the touch panel's electrode patterning. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009181 | OUT-CELL OPTICAL TOUCH DEVICE AND RELATED CALIBRATING METHOD - A calibrating method applied to an out-cell optical touch device relative to a display panel is disclosed. The calibrating method is suitable for the out-cell optical touch device that includes at least one signal sensor and at least two position sensors. The position sensors are respectively disposed on two adjacent sides of a frame of the out-cell optical touch device. The calibrating method includes acquiring a first value according to dimensions of the display panel, detecting a distance between the frame and sides of the display panel to acquire a second value, utilizing the first value and the second value to obtain an offset, and transforming touch coordinates detected by the signal sensor into screen coordinates applied for the display panel according to the offset. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009182 | COORDINATE DETECTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BOARD SYSTEM - A coordinate detecting device, which is used in a system including a display section including a display surface, two optical sensor units disposed at one side of the display section and including light emitting and receiving surfaces, and optical reflection members disposed at other three sides of the display section, includes adjustment units adjusting the respective light emitting and receiving surfaces of the optical sensor units where the reflection light is irradiated and received, and impact absorption units absorbing impact applied to the respective optical sensor units. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009183 | TOUCH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN A POINTER AND A SURFACE - A method for determining the distance from a tip of a pointer to a surface using a light source and a single camera, the method comprising detecting in an image captured by the camera a tip of the pointer, determining in the image captured by the camera the intensity of a set of pixels below the tip of the pointer, the intensity defining a reflection by the surface of the tip of the pointer illuminated by the light source, and determining the distance from the tip of the pointer to the surface depending upon the intensity of the set of pixels below the tip of the pointer and an intensity of pixels of the tip of the pointer in the image. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009184 | Method for Demonstrating Interaction With a touch Sensitive Screen via Video - First video showing content displayed on a touch sensitive screen is combined with second video from a camera showing a user's interaction with the touch sensitive screen. The second video is filtered (digitally or physically) to prevent the camera from capturing the content of the touch sensitive screen. Combining the first video with the second video creates a combined video containing both a high quality image of the graphic user interface of an application appearing on the touch sensitive screen as well as how a person operating the application is gesturing and otherwise touching the touch sensitive screen when interacting with the application. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009185 | TOUCH SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING ACOUSTIC SENSING IN A THIN COVER GLASS - Touch systems and methods that employ acoustic sensing in a thin glass sheet are disclosed. The touch system includes a generally planar acoustic-sensing assembly that includes the thin glass sheet. Thin-film piezoelectric acoustic transducers are arranged on the top surface or the bottom surface and adjacent the perimeter and serve as either transmitters or receivers. A signal-processing algorithm run on a controller is used to process the receiver signals to determine at least one characteristic of a touch event. Use of a thin glass sheet allows for the acoustic transducers to operate at a frequency f in the range from 0.5 MHz to 5 MHz, thereby providing for excellent pressure sensitivity and spatial resolution of touch events. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009186 | FINGER BIOMETRIC SENSING DEVICE INCLUDING COUPLING CAPACITOR AND RESET CIRCUITRY AND RELATED METHODS - A finger biometric sensing device may include an array of finger biometric sensing pixel electrodes and amplifiers coupled together in series and to be selectively coupled to respective ones of the array of finger biometric sensing pixels. The finger biometric sensing device may further include at least one coupling capacitor between an output of a given amplifier and a corresponding input of a next amplifier of the plurality thereof, and reset circuitry capable of selectively resetting the input of the next amplifier. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009187 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION SENSING OF A HANDHELD DEVICE RELATIVE TO A STYLUS - A handheld device and method of operation for determining motion of the handheld device relative to a stylus is presented, in which the stylus is used to provide a frame of reference for the handheld device rather than as a user input device. Stylus orientation data, descriptive of an absolute orientation of a stylus, and handheld device orientation data, descriptive of an absolute orientation of the handheld device, are used to determine motion of the handheld device relative to the stylus. The handheld device has orientation and/or motion sensors, a communication module operable to receive stylus orientation data, and a processor operable to determine the motion or orientation of the handheld device relative to the stylus and execute an application dependent thereon. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009188 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a data driver transferring data voltages to a plurality of data lines, and a gate driver transferring gate signals to a plurality of gate lines. The display device also includes a signal controller controlling the data driver and the gate driver and including a signal processor. The signal processor includes a memory and a coupling index calculator calculating a coupling index which represents a coupling degree between adjacent rows. The signal processor compensates for the input image signal to generate a compensated image signal based at least in part on the coupling index. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009189 | DRIVING A MULTI-LAYER TRANSPARENT DISPLAY - A system and method for driving a multi-layer transparent display, the multi-transparent display including a first transparent display layer and a second transparent display layer is provided. The system includes an input module to receive a stimulus to present content via the multi-transparent display; a display module to determine whether the content is presented via the first transparent display layer or the second transparent display layer; and a layer driver to determine, in response to a condition, whether the content is displayed via the first transparent display layer or the second transparent display layer. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009190 | DISPLAY DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - An example display device includes: a first display; a surface on which a storage device storing data is placed; a data reader that reads the data from the storage device by contactless communication; a contact detector that detects contact of the storage device with the surface; and a display controller that controls the first display to display an image based on the data read by the data reader upon detection of contact between the storage device and the surface by the contact detector. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009191 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRIVING AN ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY CIRCUIT - A method and system for driving an active matrix display is provided. The system includes a drive circuit for a pixel having a light emitting device. The drive circuit includes a drive transistor for driving the light emitting device. The system includes a mechanism for adjusting the gate voltage of the drive transistor. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009192 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE OPTIMIZATION METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus and an image optimization method are provided. The image display apparatus includes an image content analyzer, a luminance compensator, and an image optimization processor The image content analyzer receives image data and ambient luminance and generates a backlight luminance adjustment value according to the image data and the ambient luminance. The luminance compensator generates an image data luminance adjustment value according to the backlight luminance adjustment value and generates first image data by adjusting the luminance of the image data according to the image data luminance adjustment value. The image optimization processor generates a saturation adjustment weight according to the image data luminance adjustment value. According to the saturation adjustment weight, the image optimization processor generates output image data by adjusting the luminance of the first image data. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009193 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display panel includes a panel section having a display area in which a plurality of display pixels are two-dimensionally disposed and a ring-like frame area provided at the periphery of the display area, and a barrier section that is disposed at a position opposed to the panel section and has a barrier pattern composed of a light blocking area and a light transmissive area. Both the light blocking area and the light transmissive area are disposed in a first area opposed to the display area and a ring-like second area opposed to the frame area. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009194 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels, each including a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a first blue sub-pixel and a second blue sub-pixel; and an initialization power source configured to supply a plurality of initialization voltages to the pixels, wherein the first and second blue sub-pixels are adjacent to each other and are coupled to a same data line. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009195 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVING METHOD - A liquid crystal display device includes: a data signal line; a scan signal line; a pixel electrode; a transistor connected to (i) the data signal line, (ii) the scan signal line, and (iii) the pixel electrode; and a common electrode, the liquid crystal display device being configured to turn on the transistor during a power-off sequence by causing a change in an electric potential of the scan signal line, the electric potential of the scan signal line reaching a first electric potential at a first timing after the change is initiated, and the common electrode being in an electrically floating state at a second timing which comes after the first timing. This, in a case where the transistor is turned on in preparation for an operation to turn off a power source of the liquid crystal display device, makes it unlikely for a DC voltage to be applied across a pixel even if potential variation (kickback) occurs at the pixel electrode in reaction to a change in status of the transistor from an on state to an off state. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009196 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a driving method for the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel and a first source driver. The display panel has a pixel array. The first source driver sequentially supplies a first overdrive voltage and a driving voltage to a pixel in the pixel array. The first overdrive voltage has a plurality of voltage levels according to positions of pixels in the pixel array. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009197 | VIDEO OUTPUT SYSTEM AND LOAD DETECTING METHOD THEREFOR - A video output system at least includes a first video output terminal, a control circuit, a first digital-to-analog converter, and a first bias voltage generator. The first video output terminal is selectively connected with a first video input terminal of a display device through a signal cable. According to a constant detecting current generated by the first digital-to-analog converter, or the first bias voltage generator, the first video output terminal has a detecting voltage for indicating whether the video output system is connected with the display device. When the video output system is connected with the display device, the control circuit enables the first digital-to-analog converter but disables the first bias voltage generator. When the video output system is not connected with the display device, the control circuit disables the first digital-to-analog converter but enables the first bias voltage generator. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009198 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display includes a plurality of pixels coupled to scan and data lines; a scan driver configured to supply a scan signal to the pixels through the scan lines; a data driver configured to supply a data signal to the pixels through the data lines; and a power supplier configured to supply first and second voltages to the pixels and a third voltage to at least one of the scan and the data driver, wherein the power supplier includes a first converter configured to convert an input voltage into the first voltage, a second converter configured to convert the input voltage into the second voltage, a third converter configured to receive the first voltage and convert the received first voltage into the third voltage, and a shutdown switch configured to control whether or not the first voltage generated by the first converter is supplied to the pixels. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009199 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A pixel circuit including an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a first transistor, a first capacitor, a second transistor, a second capacitor and a third transistor is disclosed. In one aspect, the first transistor controls the amount of current flowing from a first power source to a second power source via the OLED, corresponding to a voltage at a first node. The first capacitor has a first terminal connected to a data line. The second transistor is connected between a second terminal of the first capacitor and a second node. The second capacitor is connected between the second node and the first node. The third transistor is connected between a fixed voltage source and the second terminal of the first capacitor, and has a turn-on period non-overlapping with that of the second transistor. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009200 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND POWER CONSUMPTION REDUCTION METHOD - The present invention relates to a display device and a method of operating the display device that reduces power consumption, the method including: operating the display device in a normal driving mode to display an image on a display panel according to an image data signal; operating the display device in a sleep mode, by adjusting a clock signal and an image data signal transmitted from a set controller to of the display device to a first voltage; measuring a sleep mode time period during which the display device operates in the sleep mode; and adjusting a register value of the set controller when the measured sleep mode time period exceeds a first reference time period and maintaining the clock signal at a second voltage according to the adjusted register value as a clock-off mode. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009201 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes a pixel array unit formed by disposing pixel circuits having a P-channel type drive transistor that drives a light-emitting unit, a sampling transistor that applies a signal voltage, a light emission control transistor that controls emission/non-emission of the light-emitting unit, a storage capacitor that is connected between a gate electrode and a source electrode of the drive transistor and an auxiliary capacitor that is connected to the source electrode, and a drive unit that, during threshold correction, respectively applies a first voltage and a second voltage to the source electrode of the drive transistor and the gate electrode thereof, the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage being less than a threshold voltage of the drive transistor, and subsequently performs driving that applies a standard voltage used in threshold correction to the gate electrode when the source electrode is in a floating state. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009202 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display driving circuit including an output buffer unit that is connected to a common voltage and first and second voltages and outputs a pair of pixel signals; an output switch that directly connects the pair of pixel signals to a pair of output lines or connects the pair of pixel signals to the pair of output lines such that they cross each other; and a pre-charging unit that charges the pair of output lines by using pre-charging voltages. Consequently, power consumption and heat generation of the display driving circuit are reduced. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009203 | GENERATION AND DISPLAY OF DIGITAL IMAGES - The present invention relates to a digital display plotter for plotting images on a digital display device | 2015-01-08 |
20150009204 | CLEANING COMMON UNWANTED SIGNALS FROM PIXEL MEASUREMENTS IN EMISSIVE DISPLAYS - Methods of compensating for common unwanted signals present in pixel data measurements of a pixel circuit in a display having a plurality of pixel circuits each including a storage device, a drive transistor, and a light emitting device. First pixel data is measured from a first pixel circuit through a monitor line. Second pixel data from the first pixel circuit or a second pixel circuit is measured through the monitor line or another monitor line. The first measured pixel data or the second measured pixel data or both are used to clean the other of the first measured pixel data or the second measured pixel data of common unwanted signals to produce cleaned data for parameter extraction from the first pixel and/or second pixel. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009205 | Method of Improving Ericsson Texture Compression 1 Image Quality - A method of improving Ericsson Texture Compression image quality includes providing an original image in the RGB color space, performing an image dithering process on the original image to produce a dithered image, and performing an Ericsson Texture Compression process on the dithered image to produce a compressed image. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009206 | REAL-TIME MOBILE CAPTURE AND APPLICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES AS TEXTURES IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS - A computer-implemented method for obtaining texture data for a three-dimensional model is disclosed. The method is performed at a portable electronic device including a camera, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs. The method includes obtaining an image of one or more objects with the camera. The method also includes concurrently displaying at least a portion of the image with one or more objects in the three-dimensional model. The one or more objects in the three-dimensional model at least partially overlay the one or more objects in the image. The method furthermore includes storing at least one or more portions of the image as texture data for one or more of the one or more objects in the image. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009207 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL FACE MODEL - A method for three-dimensional face generation is described. An inverse depth map is calculated based on a depth map and an inverted first matrix. The inverted first matrix is generated from two images in which pixels are aligned vertically and differ horizontally. The inverse depth map is normalized to correct for distortions in the depth map caused by image rectification. A three-dimensional face model is generated based on the inverse depth map and one of the two images. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009208 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a display processing apparatus including a largest phase viewpoint determining part configured to determine a largest phase viewpoint having the largest phase among viewpoint images at a plurality of viewpoint positions in a normal vision region for presenting a stereoscopic image, and a phase determining part configured to determine phases for the viewpoint images at the respective viewpoint positions so that the phase differences between the viewpoint images at the neighboring viewpoint positions are half or less of the phase at the largest phase viewpoint. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009209 | PROCESSING MODEL DATA REPRESENTING A BIOLOGICAL BODY SECTION HAVING A DEFECT PORTION - A method of processing model data representing a body section with bilateral symmetry of a biological organism is proposed that comprises the steps of providing object imaging data representing the body section having one or more defect portions; calculating a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis of the body section based on mathematical analysis of the object imaging data; and determining a mirror plane based on the calculated longitudinal and lateral axes. Said mirror plane allows for reconstructing the one or more defect portions by mirroring one or more corresponding portions having no defects at the mirror plane. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009210 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING OPTICALLY DETERMINED SURFACE GEOMETRIES - In a method for displaying at least one property of an optically determined surface geometry of at least one three-dimensional object, in particular a tooth, on a display, in particular a computer screen, a defined region of the surface geometry is monitored to ascertain whether a defined criterion has been fulfilled. An amount of optically determined data of the defined region is a criterion. A number of defined regions of the surface geometry are assigned a property when all the regions of the number meet the criterion. The property is displayed graphically in a defined manner, wherein different properties are graphically displayed in a differing manner. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009211 | METHOD FOR SETTING AND DETERMINING DIRECTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AXES OF 3D OBJECT - The invention provides a method for setting the directions of principal axes of a 3D object is provided. The method comprises: for each of any two principal axes, setting the direction of the principal axis according to at least one predefined function, with which the result calculated of the 3D object for the vertices in the positive half space of the principal axis is smaller than or equal to the result for the vertices in the negative half space of the principal axis, wherein a vertex in the positive half space of the principal axis means the one with a coordinate of the principal axis larger than 0, and a vertex in the negative half space of the principal axis means the one with a coordinate of the axis smaller than 0; setting the direction of the third principal axis of to follow the right-hand rule with said two principal axes, wherein the vector for the third axis is the cross product of the vectors for said two principal axes; and displaying a signal of the 3D object with the directions of the principal axes set according to the above steps. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009212 | CLOUD-BASED DATA PROCESSING - Cloud-based data processing. Input data is captured at a data acquisition device. The input data is streamed to a cloud server communicatively coupled to the data acquisition device over a network connection, in which at least a portion of the streaming of the input data occurs concurrent to the capturing of the input data, and in which the cloud server is configured for performing data processing on the input data to generate processed data. The data acquisition device receives the processed data, in which at least a portion of the receiving of the processed data occurs concurrent to the streaming of the input data. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009213 | DYNAMIC GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR MEDICAL WORKSTATIONS CROSS-REFERENCE TO REATED APPLICATIONS - Dynamic systems and methods for depicting context among different views of an imaging visualization application used by a medical workstation are provided. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009214 | REAL-TIME 3D COMPUTER VISION PROCESSING ENGINE FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION, RECONSTRUCTION, AND ANALYSIS - Methods and systems are described for generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of a fully-formed object represented in a noisy or partial scene. An image processing module of a computing device receives images captured by a sensor. The module generates partial 3D mesh models of physical objects in the scene based upon analysis of the images, and determines a location of at least one target object in the scene by comparing the images to one or more 3D reference models and extracting a 3D point cloud of the target object. The module matches the 3D point cloud of the target object to a selected 3D reference model based upon a similarity parameter, and detects one or more features of the target object. The module generates a fully formed 3D model of the target object using partial or noisy 3D points from the scene, extracts the detected features of the target object and features of the 3D reference models that correspond to the detected features, and calculates measurements of the detected features. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009215 | GENERATING A 3D IMAGE FOR GEOLOGICAL MODELING - Generating a 3D image for geological modeling includes receiving a two dimensional (2D) facies map of the surface of a geographic region. 2D objects are extracted from the 2D facies map and combined into an object group. The 2D object group is edited to adjust for spatial distribution in 3D space to obtain edited 2D object group. Further, a depth is assigned to the edited 2D object group to obtain a 3D object group. A facies characteristic is assigned to the 3D object group to obtain the 3D compound model, which is stored. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009216 | STORAGE MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus that functions as non-liming example image processing apparatus includes a CPU that performs an updating process of a determinant for producing a shadow map in parallel with production and display processing of image data. In the updating process of the determinant, even in a case where an imaging range of a virtual camera is changed or a direction of a light from a light source is changed, if and when a changing amount of the imaging range of the virtual camera from a time that the determinant is previously calculated (updated) is less than a predetermined amount and a changing amount of the direction of the light from the light source from that time is also less than a predetermined amount, the determinant is not updated. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009217 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING PREVIEW IMAGES - An image forming apparatus as an image displaying apparatus displays a preview image of the first page at a first resolution. The image forming apparatus enlarges and displays the preview image of the first page when receiving an operation to enlarge the preview image of the first page. The image forming apparatus stores a history of the resolution of the preview image being enlarged of the first page. The image forming apparatus determines a second resolution based on the history of the resolution, when receiving an operation to display a preview image of the second page. The image forming apparatus generates the preview image of the second page at the second resolution. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009218 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes, a projecting unit that converts image data into light and projects the light at a predetermined angle of view, a projecting direction changing unit that changes the projecting direction of the projecting unit from a first projecting direction to a second projecting direction, a projection angle derivation unit that derives a projection angle between the first projecting direction and a projecting direction after changed, and an image cutting out unit that generates cut-out image data that a part of a region of an image of the inputted image data is cut out based on the angle of view and the projection angle as image data to be projected, when the projecting unit projects the image of the inputted image data stored on the storage unit across the first projecting direction and the second projecting direction. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009219 | COMPOSING SHAPES AND DATA SERIES IN GEOMETRIES - Formulating a visual scene includes accessing shapes, each corresponding to an object that is to be visually represented. Formulating the visual scene also includes accessing a data series, which includes data points to be applied to the shapes. Formulating the visual scene also includes accessing a geometry, which includes a container, a binding definition, and an arrangement definition. The data series is visualized within the container by visually rendering each shape within the container. The binding definition defines how to apply each data point to a shape. The arrangement definition defines how to map an axis set to a coordinate system of the container, and how to lay out the shapes within dimensions of the container. Formulating the visual scene includes populating the geometry with a visual representation of the data series using the shapes, including visually rendering each shape within the container according to the binding and arrangement definitions. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009220 | SHUTTER ASSEMBLIES INCORPORATING OUT-OF-PLANE MOTION RESTRICTION FEATURES - This disclosure provides systems and apparatus for restricting out-of-plane motion during light modulator operation. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a light modulator that has a conductive movable light blocking component supported over a light blocking layer. The light modulator includes an electrostatic actuator that has a drive electrode configured to move the light blocking component laterally with respect to an aperture formed through the light blocking layer. The light modulator further includes an elongated electrode separate from the drive electrode and electrically isolated from the movable light blocking component. The elongated electrode extends alongside a path traveled by the movable light blocking component for substantially the entire length of the path. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009221 | DIRECT INTERFACING OF AN EXTERNAL GRAPHICS CARD TO A DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AT A MOTHERBOARD-LEVEL - A method includes providing an Input/Output (I/O) interface at a periphery of a motherboard of a data processing device, and providing traces between a processor of the data processing device and the I/O interface across a surface of the motherboard. The traces provide conductive pathways between circuits of the processor and the I/O interface. The method also includes exposing the I/O interface through an external cosmetic surface of the data processing device in an assembled state thereof by way of a port complementary to that of a port of an external graphics card to enable direct coupling of the external graphics card to the data processing device through the exposed I/O interface by way of the complementary ports to provide boosting of processing through the data processing device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009222 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLOUD BASED VIRTUALIZED GRAPHICS PROCESSING FOR REMOTE DISPLAYS - An apparatus for providing graphics processing. The apparatus includes a dual CPU socket architecture comprising a first CPU socket and a second CPU socket. The apparatus includes a plurality of GPU boards providing a plurality of GPU processors coupled to the first CPU socket and the second CPU socket, wherein each GPU board comprises two or more of the plurality of GPU processors. The apparatus includes a communication interface coupling the first CPU socket to a first subset of one or more GPU boards and the second CPU socket to a second subset of one or more GPU boards. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009223 | APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING INSTRUCTIONS THAT IMPOSE PIPELINE INTERDEPENDENCIES - Techniques are disclosed relating to implementation of gradient-type graphics instructions. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes first and second execution pipelines and a register file. In this embodiment, the register file is coupled to the first and second execution pipelines and configured to store operands for the first and second execution pipelines. In this embodiment, the apparatus is configured to determine that a graphics instruction imposes a dependency between the first and second pipeline. In response to this determination, the apparatus is configured to read a plurality of operands from the register file including an operand assigned to the second execution pipeline and to select the operand assigned to the second execution pipeline as an input operand for the first execution pipeline. The apparatus may be configured such that operands assigned to the second execution pipeline are accessible by the first execution pipeline only via the register file and not from other locations. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009224 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a display device and a method of driving it, capable of displaying images properly even upon asynchronous input of image data while taking advantages of decreased power consumption implemented by intermission driving. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009225 | System and Method for Providing Instant Video in an Information Handling System - Before initializing a memory of an information handling system, a method includes loading an image of a video option ROM code for a graphics interface device to a cache associated with a processor of the information handling system, and executing the video option ROM code to initialize the graphics interface device. The method also includes executing a. memory reference code to initialize the memory, and while executing the memory reference code, providing status information from the graphics interface device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009226 | COLOR CHART DETECTION APPARATUS, COLOR CHART DETECTION METHOD, AND COLOR CHART DETECTION COMPUTER PROGRAM - A color chart detection apparatus that detects a color chart from an image representing the color chart having a plurality of palettes arranged in a predefined order is provided. The color chart detection apparatus: extracts any pixel having a color component corresponding to each designated one of a predetermined number of palettes; selects at least three palettes to form a first group and, when a combination of pixels selected on a palette-by-palette basis from among the pixels extracted for the respective palettes included in the first group is arranged in the predefined order, detects each of the pixels included in the combination as being a candidate pixel; and based on the candidate pixel, computes color information representing color of the palette corresponding to the candidate pixel on the image and position information representing position of the corresponding palette on the image. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009227 | COLOR GRADING PREVIEW METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method for previewing a color graded image commences by first obtaining color metadata corresponding to a sample image appearance selected by a user from among a set of different sample image appearances, each sample image appearance having associated color metadata. The color metadata corresponding to the selected sample image appearance is stored with an image file the user has selected for color grading. The color metadata corresponding to the selected sample image appearance is applied to the image file to generate a preview of the image file, as it would appear when color graded with the color metadata. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009228 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND ANTI-SATURATION METHOD FOR IMAGE DATA AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing method, an anti-saturation method for image data and an image processing device are provided. The image processing method includes: analyzing an image frame to obtain an original gain value corresponding to grayscale values of the image frame, wherein the original gain value is greater than 1; obtaining a lookup table recording conversion relationship between default grayscale values and default gain values, wherein the lookup table is used for performing anti-saturation processing on image data of the image frame; according to the original gain value, performing anti-saturation processing for the image frame by using the lookup table to obtain an adjusted conversion relationship of the image frame, wherein the adjusted conversion relationship defines a conversion relationship between different grayscale values of the image frame and corresponding adjusted gain values; and performing gain processing on image data of the image frame according to the adjusted conversion relationship. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009229 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATORS OF REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICES - The current disclosure is directed to systems and methods that process standard video signal data and that control a reflective display panel to brightly display videos and images in colors selected from a broad range of colors. In certain implementations, an input video/image signal is first transformed from a RGB encoding to an encoding based on a new color system that encodes colors using spectral, black, and white components. The reflective display panel includes an array of pixels, with each pixel comprising one or more self-parallelizing interferometric modulators (“SPIMs”). Each SPIM contains a plurality of electrodes disposed on a bottom plate, a fixed top plate, and a movable plate separated by a cavity. Appropriate voltages are applied to the electrodes to vary the cavity depth of the SPIM in order for the SPIM to reflect a color of a particular wavelength or to appear black or white. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009230 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING LIST OF IMAGES CORRESPONDING TO CONTENTS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus capable of promptly displaying a list of images corresponding to respective contents such that a user can quickly identify the images. The display control apparatus acquires data items of the respective contents or reduced images corresponding to the respective contents, and generates a list screen using the acquired data items or reduced images. The display control apparatus generates the list screen using display objects predetermined in association with attributes of the contents, respectively, before the data items or the reduced images are acquired. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009231 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing device including an obtaining section configured to obtain a commonly-displayed object which is commonly displayed before and after a display state is updated, a layout determination section configured to determine a display position of the commonly-displayed object on a display screen after an operation of changing the display state based on a direction of the operation, and an image generating section configured to generate a display image including the commonly-displayed object at the determined display position. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009232 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR GENERATING COMPUTER-MEDIATED REALITY DISPLAY DATA - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for generating computer-mediated reality display data based on user instantaneous motion data. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009233 | Asset-Linked Augmented Reality With User Generated Content and User Assigned Editable Links - Systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed that facilitate content sharing coupled with a producer-designated physical asset. Specifically, in an aspect, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed wherein an augmented reality experience is created for a consumer. The augmented reality experience comprises content (e.g., a video, image, audio file, and the like) created by a producer for the consumer. The content is linked by the producer with a physical asset chosen by the producer via a producer key. The consumer may access the augmented reality experience via a computing device by providing a consumer key and detecting the producer-designated physical asset with the computing device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009234 | BITMAP ARRAY FOR OPTIMALLY DISTRIBUTING MAP DATA CONTENT TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES - A method of distributing map data from a map server to a wireless communications device entails generating a bitmap array representative of the vector map data for a given zoom level, computing attributes of the bitmap array to determine which map features to retain and which map features to suppress, and then transmitting to the wireless device only the map data for the map features to be retained. By counting the number of bitmap cells representing a polygonal map feature such as a park, lake, or island, the approximate area is quickly estimated. If the area falls below a threshold, the map data for the small polygon is discarded. Similarly, if a polyline map feature overlaps (or is too proximate to) another polyline map feature, one of the polyline map features is discarded. The map data actually transmitted is thus reduced, thereby economizing bandwidth without unduly sacrificing map detail. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009235 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ORDINATE ABSCISSA VALUE PAIRS ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - An apparatus for displaying ordinate-abscissa value pairs with discrete display points in the abscissa and ordinate directions determines an interpolated ordinate value at half the abscissa spacing between the respective abscissa value and the respective abscissa value of the display points to the left and right. A maximum ordinate value and a minimum ordinate value are then determined from the ordinate value of the respective ordinate-abscissa value pair, and the respectively interpolated ordinate values on the left and right. A random or pseudo-random ordinate value is then selected between the determined maximum and minimum ordinate values for every abscissa value of the display points. The ordinate resolution of the display points is thus reduced by comparison with the ordinate resolution of the ordinate-abscissa value pairs. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009236 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes: an image display unit that displays an image; an eyeball position acquiring unit that acquires an orientation of an eye of a viewer relative to a reference position; and an image moving unit that translates the image display unit or an image displayed on the image display unit by a distance corresponding to the acquired orientation of the eye relative to the reference position or rotationally moves the image display unit or the image displayed on the image display unit by an angle corresponding to the acquired orientation of the eye relative to the reference position. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009237 | Orientation Arbitration - Methods and devices for configuring and displaying individual display screens of a multi-display device. More particularly, the method includes determining and presenting the display orientation of each display independently of other displays. The method and device may present a portrait display orientation in one display screen while simultaneously present a landscape display orientation in another display screen. Display orientation may be based on the user's desires and/or requirements of a hosted application. Upon rotation of the multi-display device, each screen display may be configured to maintain its orientation or may be configured to allow its display orientation to change, for example from portrait to landscape orientation. The display orientation characteristics for each display screen may be selectable by the user. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009238 | METHOD FOR ZOOMING INTO AND OUT OF AN IMAGE SHOWN ON A DISPLAY - Provided is a method for zooming into and out of an image shown on a display. The method, in one embodiment, includes, providing an image on a display, and detecting a relative distance of an object to the display. The method, in this embodiment, further includes zooming into or out of the image as the relative distance changes. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009239 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a backlight module, a backlight control module and a flicker removing module. The backlight module electrically connected between an input pin and an output pin which belong to the backlight control module, provides a backlight source to a display panel. The input pin receives a first voltage to control a continuity of an input current which is supplied to the backlight module and has no frequency variation. The flicker removing module electrically connected to the output pin receives a pulse width modulation signal and according to a duty cycle of the pulse width modulation signal, controls an output current outputted by the output pin, so as to control the backlight control module to control the input current according to the output current. The input current is associated with a backlight brightness of the backlight module. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009240 | GAMMA REFERENCE VOLTAGES GENERATING CIRCUIT WITH OUTPUT OFFSET AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A gamma reference voltages generating circuit with output offset for controlling a gray level of a light-emitting unit is provided. The light-emitting unit includes a switch and a light-emitting element which is coupled to a bias voltage. The gamma reference voltages generating circuit includes a first gamma voltage divider and a digital-to-analog converter. The first gamma voltage divider includes a plurality of resistors. A first terminal of the first gamma voltage divider is coupled to the bias voltage, and a second terminal of the first gamma voltage divider is coupled to a reference current source. The digital-to-analog converter is coupled to the first gamma voltage divider to receive a plurality of reference voltages generated by the first gamma voltage divider. The digital-to-analog converter is controlled by a digital control signal to output one of the reference voltages to a control terminal of the switch in the light-emitting unit. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009241 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of driving a display panel includes determining a source voltage level by a vertical portion in a present horizontal line of the display panel based on data of the present horizontal line, the display panel including a plurality of vertical portions extended along a vertical direction and arranged in a horizontal direction (the plurality of vertical portions including a vertical portion), generating correction data of the present horizontal line by the vertical portion utilizing the source voltage level of the present horizontal line determined by the vertical portion, generating a source voltage of the present horizontal line by the vertical portion utilizing the source voltage level of the horizontal line determined by the vertical portion, and driving the display panel by the vertical portion utilizing the correction data and the source voltage of the present horizontal line. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009242 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVING METHOD - A display device includes: a signal controller which receives an input image signal and generates a changed image signal, where the signal controller divides the inputted image signal into red, green and blue image signals, changes the blue image signal to a first blue image signal or a second blue image signal, matches white balance of the red, green, first blue or second blue image signals, and generates the changed image signal by compensating a gamma value of the red, green, first blue or second blue image signals; a display panel which displays an image corresponding to the changed image signal, where the display panel includes a pixel including red, green, first blue and second blue sub-pixels; and a data driver which receives the changed image signal from the signal controller and applies a data voltage corresponding to the changed image signal to the display panel. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009243 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes a pixel array unit that is formed by disposing pixel circuits that include a P-channel type drive transistor that drives a light-emitting unit, a sampling transistor that applies a signal voltage, a light emission control transistor that controls light emission and non-light emission of the light-emitting unit, a storage capacitor that is connected between a gate electrode and a source electrode of the drive transistor and an auxiliary capacitor, a first end of which is connected to the source electrode of the drive transistor, and a drive unit that, during threshold correction, applies a standard voltage that is used in threshold correction to the gate electrode of the drive transistor in a state in which the source electrode of the drive transistor has been set to a floating state, and subsequently applies a pulse signal to a second end of the auxiliary capacitor. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009244 | ELECTROFLUIDIC DISPLAY PIXELS - A device cover includes a protective layer and a display layer. The display layer includes a plurality of display pixels. Each display pixel includes a first fluid having a first color characteristic and a second fluid having a second color characteristic. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009245 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, CONTROL CIRCUIT OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a control unit that controls a display unit having a plurality of pixels. The control unit performs a differential driving operation of performing an operation of erasing a first image component which is a part of a display image in a first display state and an operation of displaying a second image component which is a part of a display image in a second display state by selectively driving the pixels having different gray scales in the first display state and the second display state when the display unit is changed from the first display state to the second display state. The operation of erasing the first image component includes an extended erasing operation of driving a first pixel group which includes the pixels constituting the first image component and the pixels being adjacent to the first image component and surrounding the first image component. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009246 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - An image display method includes the steps of: acquiring a third image formed by applying dynamic range extension processing to a first image and a second image photographed with low sensitivity or low exposure with respect to the first image, or a fourth image without dynamic range extension processing; displaying the acquired image in a transmissive type display panel; and making backlight luminance of a segment corresponding to a high luminance portion in the third image higher than backlight luminance of a segment corresponding to a low luminance portion when the acquired image is determined to be the third image. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009247 | SEQUENTIAL COLOUR MATRIX LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A video system including a sequential color liquid crystal display with a panel of pixels arranged in rows and columns, including a mechanism that controls unit brightness levels on each pixel in the panel called grey levels, each grey level corresponding to a video information received at the input. The grey level controlled on a pixel is achieved with an analog voltage that varies monotonously depending on the row associated with the pixel and/or a color to be displayed. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009248 | COPY PROTECTION FROM CAPTURE DEVICES FOR PHOTOS AND VIDEOS - Embodiments provide techniques for providing copy protection from capturing a displayed image using one or more camera devices. Embodiments generate a plurality of frames, based on the received image, such that when the plurality of frames are displayed using at least a threshold refresh rate, the displayed plurality of frames appears as the received image when viewed by a user, and the displayed plurality of frames appears as one of a plurality of other images when captured by an image capture device. The plurality of frames are then output for display on one or more display devices configured to use at least the threshold refresh rate. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009249 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVING DEVICE - Provided is a video display device wherein a light emission luminance control is performed in accordance with a video signal corresponding to each of a plurality of divisional areas of a backlight. In the video display device: while power limiting control is being performed, the contrast can be improved and further the feeling of brightness for a high-luminance video can be increased; and even when an OSD image is displayed, display quality can be prevented from being degraded. A backlight control portion of the video display device defines a first luminance of LED for each divisional areas according to a first feature amount for a video indicated by a video signal after synthesizing of an OSD signal to be displayed in a display area corresponding to the divisional area, and controls the LED light emission by uniformly multiplying the first luminance by constant scale factor in a range where a total value of the LED drive current is equal to or less than a predetermined allowable current value. An OSD output portion ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150009250 | MULTIPLE POLARITY INVERSION DRIVING METHOD AND DISPLAY DRIVER, TIMING CONTROLLER, AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A multiple polarity inversion driving method is provided, capable of being operated in a number of inversion schemes, and being flexibly adjusted in accordance with different design requirements and application conditions. The driving method includes providing display data in accordance with an inversion switching time unit as a repeated time unit. The inversion switching time unit has a number of different types of polarity distribution pattern intervals. Additionally, the display data provided to the different types of polarity distribution pattern intervals respectively have different types of polarity distribution patterns on the display. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009251 | Control System, Control Device, and Method of Controlling a Control Device - The possibility of information acquired from a recording device not being correct can be detected. A management server | 2015-01-08 |
20150009252 | LIQUID DROP EJECTION STATE DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A liquid drop ejection state detection device includes a plurality of nozzle sequences configured to have a plurality of nozzles, a light-emitting element configured to emit a light beam incident on a liquid drop from each nozzle of each nozzle sequence, a light-receiving element provided at a position outside a beam diameter of the light beam and configured to receive scattered light from the liquid drop and detect an ejection state of the liquid drop based on an amount of the scattered light, a light-emitting element movement part configured to move the light-emitting element in a direction intersecting with a light axis of the light beam, and an adjustment part configured to adjust an amount of light of the light beam emitted from the light-emitting element. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009253 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - An ink is ultra-permeation ink which has a surface tension in a range of 25 mN/m or greater and 35 mN/m or less, and a printer is capable of switching between a single-pass mode in which a specific landing pattern is formed on the recording paper by scan performed once and a multi-pass mode in which the specific landing pattern is formed on the landing target by scan performed a plurality of times. A controller performs control such that a total amount of ink which lands on a region in which the specific landing pattern is formed is relatively great in a case of the single-pass mode compared to a case of the multi-pass mode. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009254 | PRINTING APPARATUS - [Problems to be Solved] | 2015-01-08 |
20150009255 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device, includes: a conveying device that is capable of changing a conveyance speed of a recording medium; a plurality of liquid droplet ejecting devices which is arranged in the order along a conveyance direction of the recording medium which is conveyed by the conveying device; and a control unit which changes a concentration of a liquid droplet per unit area which is ejected from the liquid droplet ejecting device to be landed on the recording medium, in accordance with the conveyance speed, when a multi-color image is formed using liquid droplets of different colors which are ejected from two or more of the plurality of liquid droplet ejecting devices. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009256 | FREQUENCY-BASED WEB STEERING IN PRINTING SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are provided for predictively compensating for frequency-based shifts of the position of a web of print media in a continuous-forms printer. The system comprises a sensor and a controller. The sensor is able to detect lateral shifts of the web of print media traveling through the continuous-forms printer. The controller is able to identify a frequency of the lateral shifts of the web, and to steer the web based on the frequency. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009257 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTHEAD, AND METHOD OF POSITIONING PRINT MEDIA IN A PRINTER - A printing device and a positioning method of a printing device can accurately compensate for deviation between the intended conveyance of the print medium, and the actual movement of the print medium when conveyed. A printer | 2015-01-08 |
20150009258 | PRINTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The control unit of a printer feeds paper P from a paper supply path | 2015-01-08 |
20150009259 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, FLUID EJECTION DEVICE, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - Motor control devices and methods are described herein. In one embodiment, such a device includes a fluid ejection head configured to eject a fluid onto a sheet that is on a downstream side from a transport driving roller along a supply direction of the sheet. The device also includes a first motor that provides a driving force for rotating a roll on which the sheet is wound, and a second motor that provides a driving force for driving the transport driving roller. The transport driving roller is on a downstream side from the roll along the supply direction of the sheet. The device also includes a motor control unit that simultaneously drives the first and second motors, and the motor control unit is configured to control an interpolation output that is given to the first motor while subjected to a change in a driving speed of the second motor. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009260 | LIQUID COMPOSITION, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDED IMAGE - The invention provides an aqueous liquid composition containing a water-soluble monomer, a photopolymerization initiator and an aqueous medium and further containing a polymer emulsion, wherein the water-soluble monomer is a monomer that has two or more ethylenically unsaturated bonds and is curable with an active energy ray. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009261 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head, a driving signal generator which generates a micro vibration pulse, a controller which controls applying of the micro vibration pulse to a pressure generation unit, a cap which includes a sealing space not including an absorber inside, and seals a nozzle in the sealing space by being in close contact with the liquid ejecting head, and a suction unit which sucks liquid from a nozzle, in which micro vibration driving which causes liquid in the pressure chamber corresponding to a nozzle to be subjected to a micro vibration by applying at least one or more micro vibration pulses to the pressure generation unit corresponding to the nozzle in which a cleaning operation including a suction operation using the suction unit is performed is intermittently performed. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009262 | ALIGNMENT OF PRINTHEADS IN PRINTING SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are provided for aligning printheads of a printing system. The system comprises a sensor and a controller. The sensor is able to detect changes in a lateral position of a web of print media traveling through a continuous-forms printing system, and the controller is able to adjust a lateral position of a printhead while the printing system is operating to compensate for the detected changes in web position. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009263 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A sliding section that slides on a guide rail to which grease is applied while integrally moving with a carriage is provided in a side surface of the carriage that is equipped with a liquid ejecting head and reciprocates in a moving direction. The sliding section has one side edge section extending so as to cross the moving direction in a position of one side in the moving direction, and the other side edge section extending so as to cross the moving direction in a position of the other side in the moving direction. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009264 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - An inkjet printer ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150009265 | PHOTOPOLYMERIZABLE INKJET INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - To provide a photopolymerizable inkjet ink including: diethylene glycol dimethacrylate; caprolactone-modified dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate; and a photopolymerization initiator represented by the following general formula (1): | 2015-01-08 |
20150009266 | INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET PRINTER - Provided is an ink cartridge in which ink is received and which includes a through-hole. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009267 | LIQUID SUPPLY - In one example, an ink storage unit for an inkjet printer includes multiple bags to hold ink, a single housing enclosing the bags and configured to fit inside the printer, and an outlet from each bag to connect to an ink flow path external to the housing. In another example, a liquid supply unit includes multiple primary containers each holding liquid, a single secondary container enclosing the primary containers, and an outlet from each primary container. In this example, each outlet is positioned at the middle of a vertical column of liquid in the corresponding primary container. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009268 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND SET - An image recording method including the steps of applying a liquid composition to a recording medium and applying an ink containing a pigment to the recording medium so as to overlap at least with a part of a region of the recording medium to which the liquid composition is applied. The water absorption amount of the recording medium at a contact time of 1 second according to the Bristow's method is 15 ml/m | 2015-01-08 |
20150009269 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a medium supporting portion that supports a recording target medium, and an electromagnetic wave irradiator that emits electromagnetic waves onto the recording target medium on the medium supporting portion and dries ink present on the recording target medium using the electromagnetic waves. In the recording apparatus, the medium supporting portion has a thermal conductivity of equal to or higher than 0.057 w/(m·K) and equal to or lower than 2.2 w/(m·K). | 2015-01-08 |
20150009270 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A thermal head includes: a substrate; a heat storage layer disposed on the substrate; a heat-generating section disposed on the heat storage layer; an electrode electrically connected to the heat-generating section; a protection layer which coats the heat-generating section and a part of the electrode; and a first coating layer which coats a part of the protection layer and is disposed downstream in a transportation direction of a recording medium, with respect to the heat-generating section, the first coating layer including a first protrusion protruding towards a recording medium side, an end on a heat-generating section side of the first coating layer being positioned between the first protrusion and the heat-generating section, and the end on the heat-generating section side of the first coating layer being positioned in a range of L/2 from the heat-generating section, in which L is a distance between the heat-generating section and the first protrusion. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009271 | System and Method of Thermal Printing Security Features - The present invention relates to thermal printers and, more particularly, to direct thermal printers structured, configured, and/or programmed to print security features such as pantographs, watermarks, and microprinting on a thermal media substrate. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009272 | Laser Marking Using Scalable Fonts - A system directs a laser beam to mark a material with an alphanumeric code. Character and quality information corresponding to a mark to apply to the material with the laser beam can be received, a font definition that specifies character segments can be obtained, a set of multiple spaced locations can be generated from the character segments in accordance with the character and quality information, and the material can be marked with the laser beam by directing the laser beam to dwell at the locations and move between the locations without deactivating the laser beam. | 2015-01-08 |