04th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150022484 | IN-CELL TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - An in-cell touch display panel includes an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate and a display medium layer. The active device array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of active devices, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of common electrodes, a plurality of data signal lines and a plurality of switches. The pixel electrodes are respectively electrically connected to the corresponding active devices. The common electrodes are arranged into a plurality of common electrode series, wherein every two more common electrode series are connected to each other to form a first touch electrode. The data signal lines are respectively coupled to the pixel electrodes through the corresponding active devices. Every two more of the data signal lines are electrically connected to one of the switches, wherein the pixel electrodes and the data signal lines coupled to a same switch together form a second touch electrode. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022485 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE PANEL APPARATUS, CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR SCANNING TOUCH EVENT - Disclosure is related to a touch-sensitive panel apparatus, a control circuit, and a method for scanning touch event. The method is generally adapted to sensing a touch event when a touch object is used to contact a touch-sensitive panel device. The method in the beginning includes performing a time-division scanning process for separately scanning a first sensing region and a second sensing region according to a scanning timing scenario. After that, a triggering zone may be sensed when the scanning process finds a touch event. A full-time scanning process is then performed to the triggering zone. A touching position may be determined according to the scanning process. In one further embodiment, the method then verifies an operating frequency for the touch event so as to confirm a triggering event. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022486 | METHOD OF DRIVING TOUCH DISPLAY AND TOUCH DISPLAY CAPABLE OF INCREASING SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO - A method of driving touch display includes a switching circuit driving each block of N blocks of a touch panel to display a corresponding image according to a driving signal generated by a liquid crystal driving unit during a first predetermined time within each horizontal synchronization signal period corresponding to the block between two vertical synchronization signals of the touch panel; the switching circuit executing touch scanning on M blocks of the N blocks only corresponding to the block according to touch scanning signals generated by a touch control unit during a second predetermined time within the horizontal synchronization signal period; and the touch control unit receiving and processing a touch scanning result corresponding to each block of the M blocks through the switching circuit during a third predetermined time within the horizontal synchronization signal period, where N and M are integers, and M is smaller than N. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022487 | PROJECTIVE CAPACITIVE STYLUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - Configurations of a stylus and controlling methods thereof are disclosed. The proposed stylus causes a touch panel to generate a signal by an electrical field generated by a magnetic field via one of a conductor and an electric plate, wherein the stylus includes a set of windings and a magnet, which can move towards each other and generate a current on the set of windings through interaction. The current flows through the conductor/electric plate on a tip of the stylus to generate one of an electric flux line and a magnetic flux line such that the touch panel can sense the movement of the stylus. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022488 | TOUCH POINT DETECTING CIRCUIT, INDUCTIVE TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch point detecting circuit, an inductive touch screen and a touch display device are disclosed. The touch point detecting circuit includes a plurality of mutually inductive units arranged in an array, wherein each mutually inductive unit includes a first coil and a second coil which are mutually coupled inductors, the first coil of each mutually inductive unit in a same row is electrically connected to an identical first signal line, and the second coil of each mutually inductive unit in a same column is electrically connected to an identical second signal line. By adopting the touch point detecting circuit provided in the technical solution, not only may the detection precision be relatively high, but also the positions of touch points may be determined by detecting the mutual inductance change of each mutually inductive unit, so that multi-point touch is realized. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022489 | CAPACITIVE SENSING APPARATUS AND METHODS - One or more waveform generators impose an input waveform across touch sensor components. Phase shift detection logic measures a phase shift between the input waveform and an output waveform component associated with each waveform generator appearing across a touch sensor component. Amplitude ratio detection logic measures an output-to-input waveform magnitude ratio associated with each waveform generator. Translator logic converts the phase shift(s) and optionally the output-to-input waveform magnitude ratio(s) to capacitance values. Validation logic compares the resulting capacitance values to each other to determine consistency and validity during a particular waveform sampling time. The phase shift detection logic and the amplitude ratio detection logic are optionally implemented with discrete Fourier transform logic which includes narrow-band filtering to exclude electromagnetic interference frequency components from touch sensor signal measurements. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022490 | Human Interface Device and Method - A method for state tracking based gesture recognition engine for a sensor system has the steps of: defining a plurality of sequential states of a finite-state machine, determining a Sequence Progress Level (SPL) for each state, mapping a state probability distribution to a (single) SPL on run-time, and utilizing the mapped SPL estimate as an output value of the sensor system. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022491 | TOUCH SENSOR AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - The present disclosure relates to a touch sensor and touch sensitive display having a plurality of first and second conductive lines arranged substantially orthogonally with a sensing material to sense a change in capacitance between them. The first and second conductive lines and the sensing material defining an array of sensitive transistors. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022492 | TOUCH WINDOW AND TOUCH DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a touch window including a substrate, and an electrode part provided on the substrate to detect a position. The electrode part includes a base including an electrode. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022493 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen includes a power supply circuit, a signal-receiving electrode, a noise-sensing electrode, an inverted amplifying circuit, and a signal-emitting electrode. The power supply circuit provides the touch pen with a working voltage, the signal-receiving electrode receiving at least one surface signal of a touch-sensing electrode structure of a capacitive touch-sensitive device, and the noise-sensing electrode receives at least one ambient noise signal. The inverted amplifying circuit reversely amplifies a difference between the surface signal and the ambient noise signal to generate a reversely amplified signal, and the signal-emitting electrode emits the reversely amplified signal to attenuate a detection signal of the capacitive touch-sensitive device in a position coinciding with a touch point of the touch pen. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022494 | TOUCH DETECTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTING FUNCTION, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a touch detecting device includes: a first drive area and a second drive area each including drive electrodes and detection electrodes, the drive electrodes extending in a first direction, being arrayed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and being applied with a drive signal, the detection electrodes extending in the second direction, being arrayed in the first direction, and outputting a detection signal. Application of the drive signal to the drive electrodes in the second drive area is stopped at a timing to apply the drive signal to the drive electrodes arranged in a first predetermined area included in the first drive area, and application of the drive signal to the drive electrodes in the first drive area is stopped at a timing to apply the drive signal to a second predetermined area included in the second drive area. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022495 | Multi-Sensor Chip - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a sensor without a traditional substrate. In the disclosed embodiments, a substrate may be omitted and the sensor may be mounted on, and/or incorporated into, a functional element of an electronic device such as a cover glass for a touch screen or a display of a computing device. As a substrate may be used during formation of the sensor, the substrate on which the sensor is actually mounted on during use can be configured to have certain properties or characteristics, such as transparency, a certain thickness, and the like. In other words, the parameters of the substrate used to mount the sensor may not be constrained by the requirements of the manufacturing process of the sensor. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022496 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM HAVING EXCELLENT ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TOUCH PANEL USING THE SAME - A transparent conductive film having excellent electrical characteristics and a touch panel using the same is provided. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022497 | INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREENS - Integrated touch screens are provided including drive lines formed of grouped-together circuit elements of a thin film transistor layer and sense lines formed between a color filter layer and a material layer that modifies or generates light. The common electrodes (Vcom) in the TFT layer can be grouped together during a touch sensing operation to form drive lines. Sense lines can be formed on an underside of a color filter glass, and a liquid crystal region can be disposed between the color filter glass and the TFT layer. Placing the sense lines on the underside of the color filter glass, i.e., within the display pixel cell, can provide a benefit of allowing the color filter glass to be thinned after the pixel cells have been assembled, for example. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022498 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN HAVING DYNAMIC CAPACITANCE CONTROL AND IMPROVED TOUCH SENSING - Methods and apparatus for improving the sensing performance of a capacitive touch screen sensing device. The electrical potential of conductive structures proximate capacitive touch pads of the sensing device is altered to compensate for the effect of parasitic capacitance, based on external conditions such as water on the touch screen or an intervening user worn glove. The compensation for parasitic capacitance improves the signal to noise ratio and therefore the sensing performance of the device. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022499 | Touch Sensor with Capacitive Nodes Having a Capacitance that is Approximately the Same - According to one embodiment, a touch sensor has a first edge and a second edge approximately perpendicular to the first edge. The touch sensor includes a first plurality of electrodes approximately parallel to the first edge, and a second plurality of electrodes. Each of the second plurality of electrodes has a spine that is approximately parallel to the second edge and a plurality of conductive elements that are approximately parallel to the first edge and in physical contact with the spine. At least one electrode of the second plurality of electrodes is adjacent to the second edge. The touch sensor further includes a plurality of nodes. Each node is formed by a capacitive coupling between an electrode of the first plurality of electrodes and an electrode of the second plurality of electrodes. The capacitance of each node is approximately the same. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022500 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To achieve improved detection accuracy and time and position resolutions in an in-cell type capacitive touch sensor embedded in a liquid crystal panel of a liquid crystal display device, a drive electrode of the touch sensor is formed in a boundary region for separating pixel electrodes formed on a surface of a TFT substrate on a liquid crystal side, and a detection electrode is formed in a region of an opposing substrate that opposes the boundary region. A drive signal is supplied to the drive electrode to cause a voltage change, and based on the voltage change in the detection electrode caused thereby, a capacitance change in an opposing part between the drive electrode and the detection electrode is detected, to thereby detect contact of an object to a display surface near the opposing part in a liquid crystal panel. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022501 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To achieve improved detection accuracy and position resolution in an in-cell type capacitive touch sensor embedded in a liquid crystal panel of a liquid crystal display device, a drive electrode of a touch sensor is formed of a transparent conductive film laminated on a surface of a TFT substrate on a liquid crystal side below a pixel electrode, and disposed in a region between gate lines. A detection electrode is formed of a transparent conductive film laminated on an outward-directed surface of the TFT substrate. A drive signal is supplied to the drive electrode to cause a voltage change, and based on the voltage change in the detection electrode caused thereby, a capacitance change in an opposing part between the drive electrode and the detection electrode is detected, to thereby detect contact of an object to a display surface near the opposing part in a liquid crystal panel. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022502 | METHOD FOR READING OUT A LIGHT SENSOR CONTROL UNIT AND A DEVICE FOR READING OUT A LIGHT SENSOR CONTROL UNIT - A method for reading out a light sensor control unit having the method steps: (a) reading out a light signal of the light sensor by the light sensor control unit and generating a data signal corresponding to the light signal, b) storing the generated data signal in a buffer memory unit of the light sensor control unit and, if a terminating condition is not fulfilled: continuing the method with method step a), if the terminating condition is fulfilled: continuing the method with c) reading out the data signals stored in the buffer memory unit of the light sensor control unit in a data block by a processor device. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022503 | STYLUS PEN - A stylus pen having a plurality of writing tips for writing on a plurality of dissimilar public surfaces, an ink tip configured for dispensing ink while writing on paper, a resistive stylus tip configured for writing on an electronic pad or use on a pin pad and a capacitive stylus tip for writing on a touch screen, all three tips in one stylus pen, for use by an individual, replacing a public pen, a public resistive stylus and eliminating touching a public touch screen with a finger. In one embodiment, each tip has an overcap with an antimicrobial sponge disposed therein, the sponge sanitizing the writing tip when not in use. Stylus pen housing is composed from antimicrobial material such as copper that is sanitary when the stylus pen is in use. An LED (light-emitting diode) light emitting UV light is provided on one overcap. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022504 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DATA BETWEEN WIRELESS TERMINAL AND ELECTRONIC PEN - A method and a device for transmitting/receiving data between a wireless terminal and an electronic pen by recognizing a user's motion are provided. The method includes displaying a transmission list that is to be transmitted when data transmission to the electronic pen is requested after an approach of the electronic pen is detected, configuring data selected from displayed data in the transmission list as transmission data when a selection request signal is detected, and transmitting the configured transmission data to the electronic pen when transmission of the configured transmission data is requested. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022505 | POSITION MEASURING DEVICE AND POSITION INFORMATION INPUT SYSTEM USING SAME - Disclosed are a position measuring device capable of precisely measuring a position of an electronic pen tip, and a position information inputting system using the same. The position measuring device includes: a position measuring unit configured to measure a position of a tip of an electronic pen using a reference signal and ultrasonic signals, and configured to input position information on the electronic pen tip to an electronic device; a housing where the position measuring unit is installed; and a coupling means having one end connected to the housing, and another end coupled to the electronic device, so as to couple the housing to one side of the electronic device. Under such configuration, the position measuring device can enhance reliability by precisely measuring positions of characters or symbols to be input to an electronic device having a screen, and can enhance a user's convenience by reducing time taken to input characters or symbols by preventing an erroneous operation. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022506 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A display device ( | 2015-01-22 |
20150022507 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - An array substrate and a liquid crystal panel area disclosed. Each pixel cell of the array substrate includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode and a third pixel electrode. In addition, the pixel cell further includes a control circuit for operating on the second pixel electrode to change the voltage of the second pixel electrode. The third pixel electrode connects to the second pixel electrode via a third transistor. In the 2D display mode, the three pixel electrodes are all in the displaying state of corresponding 2D images. In the 3D display mode, the third pixel electrode is in the displaying state of corresponding black images, and the first and the second pixel electrodes are in the displaying state of corresponding 3D images. In this way, the color distortion in the 2D and 3D display modes are enhanced. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022508 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Artifacts in a specific pattern due to a time difference in a VTDC driving scheme may be prevented. A display device includes: a display including a first pixel circuit, a second pixel circuit, and a pixel group having a first light emitting element, a second light emitting element, a third light emitting element and a fourth light emitting element arranged in a first direction; and a light emission driver generating a first sub-light-emission control signal for controlling emission of the first light emitting element and a second sub-light-emission control signal for controlling emission of the second light emitting element in a first subframe, and generating a third sub-light-emission control signal for controlling emission of the third light emitting element and a fourth sub-light-emission control signal for controlling emission of the fourth light emitting element in a second subframe. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022509 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD THEREFOR - A polarity of a POL signal is reversed at least every frame in each scanning period. The polarity of the POL signal in the first frame in each scanning period is reversed every scanning period. The polarity of the POL signal is maintained, without being reversed every frame, in each pause period. The polarity of the POL signal is reversed every pause period. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022510 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL WITH THE SAME - An array substrate and a liquid crystal panel are disclosed. Each of the pixel cells in the array substrate includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode. The third pixel electrode connects to the second pixel electrode via a third transistor. In the 2D display mode, the third transistor is turn on such that the second pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode are electrically connected. At this moment, the three pixel electrodes are in the displaying state of corresponding 2D images. The voltage of the second pixel electrode is changed due to the voltage of the third pixel electrode. In the 3D display mode, the second pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode are not electrically connected such that the third pixel electrode is in the displaying state of the black images. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022511 | METHOD FOR POWER-ON SEQUENCE AND DEVICE WITH LOW CURRENT POWER SOURCE - A method for power-on sequence and a device with a low current power source are provided in the present invention. The method is used for enabling a device including a low current power source, a first circuit module and a second circuit module, wherein the low current power source is used for providing a power voltage. The method includes: switching a low voltage reset signal from a first logic voltage to a second logic voltage when the power voltage rise to a threshold voltage; enabling the first circuit module after a first preset time from the time when the low voltage reset signal switches from the first logic voltage to the second logic voltage; and enabling the second circuit module after a second preset time from the time when the first circuit module is enabled. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022512 | 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 pixel rows, a data driver configured to transfer data voltages to the display panel, a gate driver configured to transfer gate signals to the display panel, and a signal controller configured to control the data driver and the gate driver. The pixel rows are divided into i (i is a natural number of 2 or more) pixel row groups including a plurality of pixel rows, respectively. The display panel displays one still image for one frame set including the i sequential frames, and each of the i pixel row groups is charged by receiving the data voltage for each frame of the frame set, and the frames in which the i pixel row groups are charged are different from each other. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022513 | LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF REPAIRING THE SAME AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A light emitting display apparatus includes a plurality of emission pixels in an active area, a plurality of dummy pixels in a dummy area; and a plurality of repair lines, each connecting an emission pixel of the emission pixels to a dummy pixel of the dummy pixels, wherein a data signal is simultaneously provided to the emission pixel and the dummy pixel which are connected to the repair line so that the emission pixel emits light. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022514 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels at areas defined by intersections of scan lines, emission control lines, and data lines. A data driver supplies data signals to the data lines. A scan driver supplies scan signals to the scan lines and progressively supplies a reference power source voltage and an emission control signal to the emission control lines. The reference power source voltage is set to a voltage greater than a voltage of the scan signal and less than a voltage of the emission control signal. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022515 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide a highly browsable data processing device, provide a highly portable data processing device, provide a data processing device which consumes low power, or provide a data processing device having high display quality, the data processing device includes a display portion having flexibility, a plurality of driver circuit portions arranged in the periphery of the display portion, a sensor portion discerning an external state of the display portion, an arithmetic portion supplying image data to the driver circuit portions, and a memory portion storing a program executed by the arithmetic portion. A first mode in which the display portion is unfolded or a second mode in which the display portion is folded is sensed by the sensor. Low power consumption processing and degradation correction processing are carried out by the program in accordance with the first mode or the second mode. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022516 | FLEXIBLE 3-D CHARACTER RIGGING BLOCKS WITH INTERFACE OBLIGATIONS - A method of generating an animation rig for a 3-D computing environment may include accessing a plurality of blocks, each representing a particular rig element, and including interfaces that govern interactions with other rig elements and information for generating a portion of the animation rig corresponding to the particular rig element represented by the block. The method may also include receiving a selection of a first block that includes a first interface and first information and represents a first rig element, and receiving a selection of a second block that includes a second interface and second information and represents a second rig element. The method may additionally include receiving an instruction to connect the first interface to the second interface, generating the animation rig using the first information and the second information, and providing the animation rig to the 3-D computing environment. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022517 | FLEXIBLE 3-D CHARACTER RIGGING DEVELOPMENT ARCHITECTURE - A method of generating an animation rig for a three-dimensional (3-D) computing environment may include providing a rig generation environment that includes a library storing a plurality of blocks. Each of the plurality of blocks may represent particular rig elements and include information for generating the rig elements in the 3-D computing environment along with a first icon that is visually representative of the particular rig elements. The method may also include receiving and displaying two or more blocks in the rig generation environment, and receiving one or more graphical connections between the blocks. The method may additionally include generating the animation rig using the information of each of the two or more blocks and sending the animation rig from the rig generation environment to the 3-D computing environment. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022518 | IMAGE PROCESS DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESS METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESS PROGRAM - In an image process device, a depth map generation unit generates a depth map of an input image on the basis of the input image and a depth model. A 3D image generation unit performs a pixel shift on the input image on the basis of the depth map so as to generate an image from a different viewpoint. In this process, the 3D image generation unit alpha-blends a pixel of the object that is moved by the pixel shift and a pixel that is covered by the pixel of the object. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022519 | PIXEL SERIALIZATION TO IMPROVE CONSERVATIVE DEPTH ESTIMATION - One embodiment includes determining a first z-range for a first portion of a coarse raster tile, where the first portion includes a plurality of pixels having a first set of pixel locations, retrieving from a memory a corresponding z-range related to a second set of pixel locations associated with the coarse raster tile, where the first set of pixel locations comprises a subset of the second set of pixel locations, and comparing the first z-range to the corresponding z-range to determine whether the plurality of pixels is occluded. If the plurality of pixels determined to be occluded, then the plurality of pixels is culled. If the plurality of pixels is determined to not be occluded, then the plurality of pixels is transmitted to a fine raster unit for further processing. The coarse raster tile comprises a plurality of portions, including the first portion, and those portions are processed serially. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022520 | TESSELLATION DEVICE INCLUDING CACHE, METHOD THEREOF, AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE TESSELLATION DEVICE - A tessellation method includes determining whether a previous tag the same as a current tag of a current patch is stored in a cache, and transmitting a previous tessellation pattern corresponding to the previous tag stored in the cache to a domain shader when a cache hit occurs. The method may further include, when a cache miss occurs, generating a current tessellation pattern corresponding to the current patch using a tessellator and transmitting the generated current tessellation pattern to the domain shader, and storing the generated current tessellation pattern in the cache. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022521 | Sparse GPU Voxelization for 3D Surface Reconstruction - Processes and systems described herein enable a computing device to perform voxel-based three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction modeling using parallel graphics hardware. The computing device may generate an initial low resolution voxel list. The voxels of the voxel list may be represented as index triples corresponding to the 3D spatial location of a cell within a voxel grid (e.g., {ix, iy, iz}). Based on information of input images associated with an object, the computing device may remove certain voxels that do not intersect with a surface of the object. The remaining voxels may be subdivided one or more times into a certain number of sub-voxels in parallel to generate a new voxel list. The newly generated voxel list may be tested again to determine voxels that do not intersect with the object surface. This process may repeat in part. The output voxels may be rendered as projected images. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022522 | Luggage Visualization and Virtual Unpacking - Methods and systems for luggage visualization perform virtual unpacking by visually moving an object image away from its original pose. A scanned 3D volume is segmented guided by a confidence measure to create a label volume whose voxels specify the detected object IDs. The luggage dataset and the label volume are visualized by volume rendering. Using an automatic coloring algorithm, any pair of objects whose projections are adjacent in an image are assigned distinct hues. A layered framework efficiently renders a scene mixed with packed luggage, animated unpacking objects, and already unpacked objects put aside for further inspection. A GPU is used to automatically select objects that are not blocked by others and can be unpacked. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022523 | APPARATUS FOR, AND METHOD OF, RENDERING IMAGE DATA - Image rendering apparatus for rendering an image from a set of image data representing a volume, the apparatus comprises a rendering unit configured to perform a sampling process that comprises determining values of opacity for a plurality of sample positions along a specified path through the volume; at least one of a) determining values of colour/grayscale for the plurality of sample positions along the specified path, b) determining gradient values for a plurality of gradient positions along the specified path; and determining whether there is a transition to or from a high opacity state, and if there is a transition to or from a high opacity state modifying at least pad of the sampling process, wherein the rendering unit is further configured to process the determined values of opacity, colour/grayscale and/or gradient to determine a pixel value for a pixel of the image. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022524 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A sampler of an image processing apparatus may sample at least one first virtual point light (VPL) from a direct light view. The sampler may sample a second VPL in a three-dimensional (3D) space independent of the direct light view. A calculator may calculate a luminance of the second VPL using a first VPL adjacent to the second VPL selected from among the at least one first VPL. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022525 | TRIANGLE RASTERIZATION - Techniques are disclosed for deriving a list of pixels contained within a projected triangle in a way that is computationally efficient. In particular, the recursive techniques disclosed herein are particularly well-suited for implementation on modern multi-processor computer systems, and enable a list of pixels contained within a projected triangle to be derived quickly and efficiently. For example, in certain embodiments a network of projected triangles is overlaid by a plurality of tiles, which are subsequently divided into an array of sub-tiles, each of which can be processed in parallel by a multi-processor computer system. This recursive process advantageously allows three-dimensional objects to be rendered in a computationally efficient manner. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022526 | PHASE RETRIEVAL - There is provided a method of processing a pixellated image to retrieve a phase distribution representative of the image. The phase distribution representative of the image is in the Fourier domain. The method comprises padding the image pixels with padding, or non-image, pixels to increase the total number of pixels in the pixellated image. The method further comprises processing the padding or non-image pixels differently to the image pixels in each iteration of the iterative method. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022527 | Graph drawing techniques improving readabiity and aesthetics for high-degree nodes - A computer-implemented method is provided of drawing a graph in which nodes are connected by edges, with the edges having a specified minimum spacing. A shape or image representing a node is displayed, and a bounding box enclosing the node is determined, the bounding box being sized to satisfy the specified minimum spacing in relation to the bounding box. Outside the bounding box, placement of edges incident to the node is determined so as to satisfy the specified minimum spacing. Inside the bounding box, the edges are extended nearer to the image without requiring that the specified minimum spacing be observed, and the edges incident to the node are displayed. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022528 | PROGRAM INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROGRAM INFORMATION AND COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM PRODUCT - In a system according to an embodiment, program structure information may include interval information. Each interval information may include source code position information indicating a successive region on a source code of a target program and parent-child information for specifying a parent-child relationship with respect to the interval information. The program structure information may include a reference interval without a parent. A processing unit may specify the number of parents existing between each interval information and the reference interval as a depth of each interval information from the reference interval, and create display information by arranging the interval information on a coordinate system defined by a first axis representing depth from the reference interval and a second axis representing the parent-child relationship based on the depth from the reference and the parent-child information. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022529 | RECORDING DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a recording device for visualizing measured values and parameters of field devices in automation devices, having at least one analogue input for directly connecting at least one wired field device and having an Ethernet interface for communicating with a superordinate device. A graphical display is provided for indications and an exchangeable storage unit is provided for retrospectively recording measured values and parameters of field devices. In order to communicatively acquire wired and wireless measured value acquisition processes, a wireless communication interface having a signal converter which is connected to the Ethernet interface is included. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022530 | Method for Converting Paths Defined by a Nonzero Winding Rule - A method converts a two-dimensional input path defined according to a nonzero winding rule to an equivalent output path. Degenerate segments and degenerate contours of the input path are removed. Intersections of the input path are determined. Contours of the input, path that include intersections are marked. Unmarked interior contours are removed. Intersections are linked. The marked contours are walked to form new contours. Marked contours and degenerate contours are removed. The new contours and the unmarked contours are collected to form the equivalent output path. The equivalent output path can be rendered using either the nonzero winding rule or an even-odd parity rule. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022531 | Method for Labeling Segments of Paths as Interior or Exterior - A method for labeling a segment of a two-dimensional input path defined according to a nonzero winding rule as either interior or exterior is described. A winding number is initialized. A scan line that intersects the segment is identified. For each contour of the input path, winding values are accumulated into the winding number for any segments of the contour that cross the identified scan line, where the accumulation for coincident segments that cross the identified scan line at a same location as the segment is postponed. These coincident segments are marked and saved in a list. The labeling of the segment as either interior or exterior is determined from the list and the winding number. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022532 | Hierarchical Motion Blur Rasterization - Motion blur rasterization may involve executing a first test for each plane of a tile frustum. The first test is a frustum plane versus moving bounding box overlap test where planes bounding a moving primitive are overlap tested against a screen tile frustum. According to a second test executed after the first test, for primitive edges against tile corners, the second test is a tile corner versus moving edge overlap test. The corners of the screen space tile are tested against a moving triangle edge in two-dimensional homogeneous space. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022533 | Multiphase Buck Converter and Multiphase Buck Conversion Method - A multiphase buck converter ( | 2015-01-22 |
20150022534 | GRAPHICS PROCESSOR WITH ARITHMETIC AND ELEMENTARY FUNCTION UNITS - A graphics processor capable of efficiently performing arithmetic operations and computing elementary functions is described. The graphics processor has at least one arithmetic logic unit (ALU) that can perform arithmetic operations and at least one elementary function unit that can compute elementary functions. The ALU(s) and elementary function unit(s) may be arranged such that they can operate in parallel to improve throughput. The graphics processor may also include fewer elementary function units than ALUs, e.g., four ALUs and a single elementary function unit. The four ALUs may perform an arithmetic operation on (1) four components of an attribute for one pixel or (2) one component of an attribute for four pixels. The single elementary function unit may operate on one component of one pixel at a time. The use of a single elementary function unit may reduce cost while still providing good performance. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022535 | Distributed Graphics Processing - In accordance with some embodiments, stability of remote graphics processing may be improved by parallelizing the original high resolution graphics data processing into multiple lower resolution graphics data processed on the remote device. If some remote connections are down, the client graphics application can still generate the final screen image, with lower definition, from the rest of the resulted images to ensure that the frame is not dropped. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022536 | HEIRARCHY AND HINT BASED RENDERING PIPELINE SELECTION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a request for rendering a graphical object associated with a component of a computer system, the component including a request that hardware accelerated rendering be used in conjunction with the component. A hint is referenced, the hint including a condition under which hardware accelerated rendering should not be used. The graphical object is rendered without hardware accelerated rendering based on a determination that the condition of the hint is met with respect to the request. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022537 | VARIABLE FRAGMENT SHADING WITH SURFACE RECASTING - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for shading primitive fragments. A target buffer may be recast when shaded samples that are covered by a primitive fragment are generated at a first shading rate using a first sampling mode, the shaded samples are stored in the target buffer that is associated with the first sampling mode and the first shading rate, a second sampling mode is determined, and the target buffer is associated with the second sampling mode. A sampling mode and/or shading rate may be changed for a primitive. A primitive fragment that is associated with a first sampling mode and a first shading rate is received and a second sampling mode is determined for the primitive fragment. Shaded samples corresponding to the primitive fragment are generated, at a second shading rate, using the second sampling mode and the shaded samples are stored in a target buffer. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022538 | Enqueuing Kernels from Kernels on GPU/CPU - Graphics processing units (GPUs) and other compute units are allowed to enqueue tasks for themselves by themselves, without needing a host processor to queue the work for the GPU. Built-in functions enable kernels to enqueue kernels for execution on a device. In some embodiments, ndrange kernels execute over an N-dimensional range to provide data-parallel operations. Task kernels provide task-parallel operations. In some embodiments, kernels may be defined using clang block syntax. The order of execution of commands on a compute unit may be constrained or allow execution of commands out-of-order. Compute units may control when kernels enqueued by the compute unit begins execution. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022539 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus including a display unit including pixels and more than one core processor. Each core processor includes: a diffusion module changing first pixel data of an image signal divided according to rows and then outputting it using a threshold value corresponding to the first pixel data, generating diffusion data using a difference between the changed first pixel data and the first pixel data, and changing second pixel data and third pixel data using the diffusion data; a memory storing an image signal including the image signal divided according to rows and then outputting it and the pixel data changed in the diffusion module; and a memory controller reading an image signal including pixel data changed in the diffusion module and displaying the read image signal to the display unit. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022540 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING WRITING OF DATA TO GRAPHIC MEMORY - A method and apparatus for controlling writing of data to a graphic memory is provided. In the method and apparatus, a plurality of consecutively input data pieces are controlled to be not consecutively written to the same memory area in terms of time or space. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022541 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED SHADER OPTIMIZATION - Embodiments of the present invention are operable to communicate a list of important shaders and their current best-known compilations to remote client devices over a communications network. Client devices are allowed to produce modified shader compilations by varying optimizations. If a client device produces a modified compilation that beats an important shader's current best-known compilation, embodiments of the present invention can communicate this new best-known shader compilation back to a host computer system. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention may periodically broadcast the new best-known shader compilation back to client devices for possible further optimization or for efficient rendering operations using the best-known shader compilation. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022542 | TRANSMISSIVE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING TRANSMISSIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A head mounted display device that allows a user to visually recognize a content as a virtual image, includes a display part that displays the content in a predetermined display area, and a control part that determines a background color of the content and use environment brightness and adjusts brightness of the display area in response to the determination results thereof. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022543 | LIGHT SENSOR HAVING PARTIALLY OPAQUE OPTIC - A rearview assembly for a vehicle is provided that includes: a housing configured for mounting to the vehicle; a rearview element disposed in the housing that displays images of a scene exterior of the vehicle; a light sensor assembly disposed in the housing; and a controller for receiving the electrical signal of the light sensor and for adjusting a brightness of the images displayed by the rearview element. The light sensor includes a light sensor for outputting an electrical signal representing intensity of light impinging upon a light-receiving surface of the light sensor, and a secondary optical element configured to receive light, wherein the light passes through the secondary optical element to the light sensor, the secondary optical element including a tint material that is substantially color neutral for attenuating light passing therethrough. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022544 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING GRAPHICAL AND TEXTUAL OVERLAYS ON GEOSPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS - A method is provided for dynamically displaying graphical and textual overlays on geospatial arrangements. Glyph information provided by one or more third party systems may be stored in a centralized system. Upon request from a client terminal, the glyph information may be applied to a geospatial arrangement to generate an updated map to be displayed by the client terminal. Newly created glyphs, including new visual content, may be provided seamlessly after initial configuration. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING COLOR IMAGE AND DEPTH IMAGE OF OBJECT BY USING SINGLE FILTER - An apparatus for generating an image representing an object is provided. The apparatus may include a filtering unit configured to acquire first light of a first wavelength band and second light of a second wavelength band, which are included in light reflected from the object, by using a single filter; a sensing unit configured to convert both the first light and the second light into charges or convert only the second light into charges; a first image generating unit configured to generate a first image representing the object by correcting color values corresponding to the charges into which the first light and the second light have been converted; and a second image generating unit configured to generate a second image representing the object by using the charges into which the second light has been converted. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022546 | Method for Rendering Paths without Aliasing Artifacts - A method for rendering a two-dimensional input path defined according to a nonzero winding rule is described. Degenerate segments and degenerate contours of the input path are removed. intersections of the input path are determined. Contours of the input path that include intersections are marked. Unmarked interior contours are removed. Intersections are linked. The marked contours are walked to form new contours. Marked contours and degenerate contours are removed. The new contours and the unmarked contours are collected to form an equivalent output path. The contours of the equivalent output path are filled by either the nonzero winding rule or an even-odd parity rule. The segments of the equivalent output path are antialiased. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022547 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - When display of an image that is sent from a portable terminal ( | 2015-01-22 |
20150022548 | GRAPHICS SERVER FOR REMOTELY RENDERING A COMPOSITE IMAGE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A graphics server for remotely rendering a composite image and a method of use thereof. One embodiment of the graphics server includes: (1) a graphics renderer configured to render updates for a plurality of graphics windows within the composite image and (2) a display processing unit (DPU) configured to identify changed portions of the composite image and provide the changed portions to an encoder for encoding and subsequent transmission. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022549 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING GESTURES INTO DIGITAL GRAFFITI - The subject disclosure provides a device, computer readable storage medium, and method for converting gestures undergone by a device into digital graffiti. The disclosure includes ascertaining an orientation of the device and a path traversed by the device. Gestures undergone by the device are identified as a function of the orientation and the path. Digital graffiti corresponding to the gestures are then superimposed onto a digital canvas. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022550 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - Embodiments of the present disclosure can be used to generate an image replica of a person wearing various outfits to help the person visualize how clothes and accessories will look without actually having to try them on. Images can be generated from various angles to provide the person an experience as close as possible to actually wearing the clothes, accessories and looking at themselves in the mirror. Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure can help remove much of the current uncertainty involved in buying clothing and accessories online. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022551 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Discussed are a display device that copies a virtual image mapped to a marker to another marker and a control method thereof. The display device includes a sensor unit configured to sense an input to the display device, a camera unit configured to capture a surrounding image of the display device, a display unit configured to display a virtual image, and a processor configured to control the sensor unit, the camera unit, and the display unit. The processor is further configured to acquire information regarding a first virtual image mapped to a first marker and display the first virtual image using the acquired information regarding the first virtual image, when the first marker is recognized from the captured surrounding image, and maintain display of the first virtual image, when a copy trigger signal for the first virtual image is received and a second marker is overlaid on the first marker. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022552 | AR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD TECHNICAL FIELD - A first AR analyzer ( | 2015-01-22 |
20150022553 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image is generated by: mutually associating an object associated with image data as a tree structure that has the object as a node; allocating an order value to a child node group of each parent node; distributing image data of an object of interest to a layer on the basis of the depth of the tree structure and the order value allocated to each node in a subtree going up from a node corresponding to the object of interest to a root node; and superimposing the layers. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022554 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display device includes a combining section adapted to generate a composite image obtained by combining an OSD image with a first region of an input image, a setting section adapted to set a third region in the composite image based on the first region and a second region set at a predetermined position, a calculation section adapted to calculate a feature amount related to a luminance in the third region, and an expansion section adapted to expand a grayscale range of the luminance of the composite image based on the feature amount. The setting section sets the third region so as to include the first region and the second region in a case in which the combining section combines the OSD image, and in the case in which at least a part of the first region is located outside the second region. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022555 | Optimization of Label Placements in Street Level Images - A system, computer-implemented method and computer-readable medium for labeling an image. A two-dimensional street-level image and a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the image's content are received. Data representing a label to annotate at least a portion of a building in the two dimensional image is also received. A determination is made using the three dimensional mode as to where position the label for presentation within the two-dimensional model such that the label does not obscure presentation of the building in the two-dimensional image. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022556 | USER-DEFINABLE MORPHERS FOR MEDICAL DATA AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR THE SAME - Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium containing instructions for processing image data. One system includes at least one processor configured to generate a graphical user interface (“GUI”). Through the GUI, the at least one processor receives a matching condition and a morphing action from a user. The morphing action includes an action to perform on a data attribute associated with image data when the image data satisfies the matching condition. Based on the received matching condition and morphing action, the at least one processor creates executable code. The at least one processor also receives image data including an image data attribute and executes the executable code to determine if the received image data satisfies the matching condition. If the image data satisfies the matching condition, the at least one processor automatically performs the morphing action on the received image data attribute. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022557 | View-Driven Consumption of Frameless Media - This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling view-driven consumption of frameless media. These techniques and apparatuses provide frameless media and enable a user to engage with the frameless media by orienting a viewing device within the world created by that frameless media. This orienting by the user drives what the user sees in this world and when the user sees it. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022558 | Orientation Control For a Mobile Computing Device Based On User Behavior - The present disclosure involves a method of orientation control. Media content is displayed via a screen of a mobile computing device. The media content is displayed in a first orientation mode. A first satisfaction of a predefined condition is detected. In response to the detected first satisfaction of the predefined condition, the media content is displayed in a second orientation mode different from the first orientation mode. One of the first and second orientation modes is portrait, the other one of the first and second orientation modes is landscape. A second satisfaction of the predefined condition is detected immediately after the media content has been displayed in the second orientation mode. In response to the detected second satisfaction of the predefined condition, the media content is displayed in the first orientation mode. Thereafter, the predefined condition is adjusted in a manner so that it is more difficult to satisfy. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022559 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method of displaying an image in a portable terminal is provided. The method includescontinuously generating continuously at least one image of a subject,calculating a central point of the at least one image, anddisplaying a spatial image providing a spatial sense of the subject by using the central point. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022560 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND THE DRIVEN METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal device (LCD) and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The LCD includes a display panel, a data driven circuit configured for providing data voltages to the data lines, and a power reducing module. The display panel includes data lines, scanning lines intersecting with the data lines, and a matrix of pixels arranged in intersections of rows and columns The power reducing module is configured for storing a most-reload-image, comparing the data of the most-reload-image and the data of an input image, determining if the input image is a reload image increasing a power consumption of the data driven circuit, and changing a polarity inversion method of a timing controller. By changing the polarity inversion method of the timing controller basing on the input images, the display performance is guaranteed and the power consumption of the data driven circuit is reduced at the same time. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022561 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide a highly browsable data processing device, provide a highly portable data processing device, provide a data processing device which consumes low power, or provide a data processing device having high display quality, the data processing device includes a display portion having flexibility, a plurality of driver circuit portions arranged in the periphery of the display portion, a sensor portion discerning an external state of the display portion, an arithmetic portion supplying image data to the driver circuit portions, and a memory portion storing a program executed by the arithmetic portion. A first mode in which the display portion is unfolded or a second mode in which the display portion is folded is sensed by the sensor. Luminance adjustment processing is carried out by the program in accordance with the first mode or the second mode. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022562 | DISPLAY DRIVER - A gradation voltage corresponding to a display data is input to a signal electrode driving circuit. The signal electrode driving circuit includes a voltage output circuit which outputs a drive voltage corresponding to the input gradation voltage, and a slew rate assist circuit which accelerates a transition of an output voltage of the voltage output circuit. The slew rate assist circuit accelerates the transition of the output voltage after a predetermined time from a start of transition of the gradation voltage. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022563 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELF ADDRESSED INFORMATION DISPLAY - A system and method are described for creation of a mosaic display system. A device is assigned an address which may be used to produce unique sequence of illumination which is based on a code determined by the address. A sequence of images of a number of devices may be used to determine a spatial location associated with a device address. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022564 | Display Device And Method - A display device includes a first display module for receiving image data and displaying an image according to the received image data; a second display module disposed on the first display module and for receiving image data and displaying an image according to the received image data; and a control module for controlling the first display module and the second display module. The control module controls the second display module and makes the second display module modulated into a visible light band transmission state or a visible light band reflection state. When the second display module is modulated into the visible light band transmission state, the second display module is transparent to the visible light and penetrates the image displayed on the first display module. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022565 | Single pixel monochromatic display and signal-receivable module, and a device containing the module - A single pixel monochromatic display and signal-receivable module, and a device containing the module; the module is mainly a combination of a set of lenses and a color mixing screen; light beams projected from color light sources are converged through a light convergent plate, and then refracted through the light refractive color convergent plate which has refraction curved surfaces to same locations on a color mixing screen on which a single color is formed and a single pixel is thereby constituted; even subject to enlargement, there are no more tri-colors in a single pixel but only one single color in a single pixel; the module can also be used to emit or receive invisible electromagnetic waves, or can receive electromagnetic wave signals of another wave length during display. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022566 | COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A color display device including a lower substrate, a driving array, a display layer, a color filter substrate and a transparent substrate is provided. The driving array is disposed on the lower substrate. The display layer is disposed on the driving array and includes a first region and a second region. The color filter substrate is disposed on the display layer and is located in the first region. The transparent substrate is disposed on the display layer and is located in the second region. The color display device has a high light reflectivity, thereby improving the display quality of the color display device. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022567 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COLOR IMAGE AND IMAGING DEVICE EMPLOYING SAME - A method of producing a color image using a display comprised of pixels comprising red, green and blue primary color subpixels. The method comprises reducing the color gamut and increasing the brightness of the image relative to a base level, decreasing power to the display to reduce the brightness of the image, restoring color to the image to approximately the base level by modifying image pixel data using a three-dimensional lookup table to produce output image pixel data, and communicating the output image pixel data to the display. The display may be an LCD display, an LED display, an OLED display, a plasma display, and a DMD projector. Reducing the color gamut and increasing the brightness of the image may be accomplished by adding white to the image. The white may be added adaptively according to an algorithm by which the amount of white added decreases with increasing color saturation. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022568 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The white balance for a high brightness region and a low brightness region is improved in an image display device using MEMS and a laser light source. An image processing unit of the device superposes a signal based on a first measured value of a light quantity at a first temperature on a picture signal, during its blanking period, which is supplied to the laser light source, and superposes a high frequency signal on the picture signal during its effective scanning period. An amplification factor of the light source drive unit is changed so that a second measured value at a second temperature comes close to the first measured value at the first temperature as a target value based on the second measured value at which the light quantity of light generated at the laser light source is measured at the second temperature different from the first temperature on the signal based on the first measured value. By superposition of the high frequency signal, white balance control in a low brightness region for which control is especially difficult is performed with adequate accuracy. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022569 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image display device adapted to display an image based on an image signal includes a light source, an adjustment section adapted to adjust light intensity of a light emitted from the light source based on a feature amount related to a luminance of the image, a modulation section adapted to modulate the adjusted light based on the image signal, and a control section adapted to suppress reduction of the light intensity by the adjustment section in a case in which a predetermined condition related to temperature of the modulation section is satisfied. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022570 | System And Method For Optimized Application Of Release Agent In An Inkjet Printer With In-Line Coating - An inkjet printer and method therefore including a detector to monitor a quantity of release agent applied to a spreader drum. The inkjet printer includes a drum maintenance unit which applies the release agent to the spreader drum with a metering device, such as a metering blade, and determines a flow rate of unused release agent returned to a release agent sump. The determined flow rate of release agent provides a determination of the quantity of release agent applied to the spreader drum. Upon the determination that too much release agent has been applied based on the flow rate, an alert signal is generated indicating that the metering blade should be inspected and replaced if necessary. Monitoring the amount of release agent applied to the spreader drum in this way enables a more robust printing and in-line coating system. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022571 | System And Method For Monitoring The Application Of Release Agent In An Inkjet Printer - An inkjet printer and method therefore including a detector to monitor a quantity of release agent applied to a spreader drum. The inkjet printer includes a drum maintenance unit which applies the release agent to the spreader drum with a metering device, such as a metering blade, and determines a flow rate of unused or excess release agent returned to a release agent sump. The determined flow rate of release agent provides a determination of the quantity of release agent applied to the spreader drum. Upon the determination that too little release agent has been applied, at least one function of the inkjet printer is disabled to stop the flow of release agent and to facilitate maintenance if necessary. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022572 | INKJET PRINTER - A determiner determines whether a total ink amount in an ink circulation passage calculated by an ink amount calculator is less than an ink circulation necessary amount being an amount necessary for circulation of ink in the ink circulation passage, when a liquid level detector detects that a liquid level of the ink in an ink tank is lower than a liquid level corresponding to an ink circulation standard amount being a standard for ink circulation. A controller performs ink supply amount control to supply the ink from an ink bottle to the ink tank in such an amount that the total ink amount is kept below the ink circulation standard amount, when the determiner determines that the total ink amount is less than the ink circulation necessary amount. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022573 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF RECORDING IMAGE - An image recording apparatus includes a plurality of recording heads arranged in a staggered configuration in a width direction. Adjacent ones of the recording heads have respective adjacent nozzles for ejecting ink droplets onto positions adjacent to each other in the width direction on a recording medium. For recording an image, a correction area rate less than a dot area rate of an input mage in a recording position of each of the adjacent nozzles is calculated from the dot area rate. Then, ink droplets are ejected from each of the adjacent nozzles in accordance with the correction area rate. As a result, the amounts of ink droplets ejected from the adjacent nozzles are limited. For a recording process using a head unit including the recording heads arranged in a staggered configuration, this suppresses the occurrence of unevenness in density due to an undesirable flow or bleeding of ink at the boundary between recording regions of the recording heads. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022574 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet printing apparatus which performs printing by performing scanning using a print head has a problem in that quality of an image of a ruled line is degraded when ink is not ejected for a certain period of time. To address this problem, control is performed such that power for driving the print head for unit regions including pixels having a ruled-line attribute becomes higher than power for driving the print head for unit regions which do not include the pixels having the ruled-line attribute. By this, a high-quality ruled-line image may be printed. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022575 | PEAK ENERGY REDUCTION PRINTHEAD SYSTEM - A printhead system to reduce peak energy usage may include a printhead including a plurality of primitives including nozzles. A printhead control module may control the printhead to increase printed pixel resolution and to reduce peak pixel fill density for print media. The printhead control module may further control the printhead such that all the nozzles with a same address generally disposed in a column do not fire at the same time. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022576 | PRINTHEAD SPACING - A method of printing includes directing print media to a print zone between a printhead and a platen for printing; and adjusting a spacing between the printhead and the platen based on a combination of at least two of environmental conditions of the printing, a print mode of the printing, an orientation of the print media for the printing, and a characteristic of the print media for the printing. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022577 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a printing unit, a conveying unit, a driving source driving the conveying unit, a feeding unit, a discharging unit, a control unit, a switching mechanism switching a driving state of the feeding unit and a restricting mechanism restricting backward feeding of the discharging unit. The control unit changes a timing of feeding the subsequent printing medium in accordance with a printing start position of the subsequent printing medium. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022578 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING A CONVEYANCE ROLLER PAIR UPSTREAM OF A RECORDING UNIT - A recording apparatus includes conveyance roller pair disposed on the upstream side of a recording unit. An image formation operation is forbidden once the trailing edge of a recording medium has passed the conveyance roller pair, to reduce margin amount at the trailing edge of the recording medium. In a case where determination is made that the distance from the trailing edge of the recording medium to the conveyance roller pair is smaller than a first conveyance amount, the recording medium is conveyed by a second conveyance amount which is smaller than the first conveyance amount, so that the trailing edge of the recording medium is on the upstream side of the conveyance roller pair and that the distance from the trailing edge of the recording medium to the conveyance roller pair is smaller than a predetermined distance. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022579 | PRINTER WITH CUTTING FUNCTION, AND METHOD FOR CUTTING AND PRINTING - A printer with a cutting function includes a cutting mechanism configured to cut a medium, a sensor configured to detect a cut portion of the medium, a printing mechanism configured to perform printing on the medium, and a control device configured and programmed to control the cutting mechanism and the printing mechanism. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022580 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Because the ejection state of a printing element in a printing apparatus may vary at all times, an inspection item for inspecting a printed image may be set in consideration of the ejection state of the printing element. An inspection item for inspecting a printed image may be set based on information including a temperature characteristic of a printing head and a state of ink such as an elapsed time from the last ejection. This allows image inspection that matches with variations in the ejection state of the printing element. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022581 | MULTIPURPOSE PRINTER - A multipurpose printer and techniques for operating the printer are presented. A printer includes first and second print elements. During a first mode of operation for the printer, both the first and second print elements are configured to image both first and second sides of print media passing through the printer. During a second mode of operation, the first print element is prevented from interfacing with at least portions of the first side of the media that include adhesive materials affixed thereto. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022582 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming method, including: applying a treatment liquid to a recording medium; and applying a recording ink to the recording medium. The treatment liquid is free from a colorant, and contains an organic acid salt or a cationic resin or both thereof, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water. The water-soluble organic solvent contains one or more selected from sodium poly-γ-glutamate, N-acyl fatty acid-sodium L-glutamate, sodium N-lauroyl-L-aspartate, and a compound represented by General Formula 1 below. The recording ink contains a colorant, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant, a carboxyl group-containing resin, and water. | 2015-01-22 |
20150022583 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming method, including applying a treatment liquid to a recording medium, and applying a recording ink to the recording medium, wherein the treatment liquid is free from a colorant, and contains a cationic resin, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, the cationic resin is a cationic resin of which cationic degree lowers along with increase of pH, and the recording ink contains at least a colorant, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant, a carboxyl group-containing resin, and water. | 2015-01-22 |