09th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110050672 | TFT-LCD ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A TFT-LCD array substrate comprising a transparent substrate and a gate line, a data line, a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode and a passivation layer that are formed on the transparent substrate. The passivation layer includes a first region corresponding to the pixel electrode, a second region corresponding to the gate line and a third region corresponding to the data line, the first region has a first thickness, the second region has the second thickness, and the third region has the third region. The first thickness is smaller than the second thickness, the second thickness is smaller or equal to the third thickness. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050673 | DISPLAY MODULE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display module includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a driving unit, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines. The first substrate has a first pixel electrode array, and the second substrate has a second pixel electrode array. The data lines are electrically connected to the driving unit and the first pixel electrode array, and part of the data lines are electrically connected to the second pixel electrode array through the first substrate. The scan lines are electrically connected to the driving unit and the first pixel electrode array, and are not electrically connected to the second pixel electrode array. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050674 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND IMAGE COMPENSATING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device and a method of compensating image of the organic light emitting display device. The organic light emitting display device includes a sensing circuit that is separate from a pixel circuit to sense a current supplied by a driving transistor. Accordingly, mura, spots, or image sticking generated due to deterioration of the driving transistor may be compensated for. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050675 | Image Display Device and Testing Method of the Same - It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a simple and accurate testing circuit and a testing method while occupying as small space as possible in an image display device. The testing circuit including a NAND circuit connected in series is mounted on the image display device. A broken wiring on a data signal line and a defect in a data latch circuit can be detected by observing an output waveform from the testing circuit. Accordingly, a broken wiring or the like on the data signal line and a scanning line and a defect in the latch circuit can be tested simply and accurately without an expensive testing apparatus and a great deal of time while occupying as small space as possible. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050676 | Apparatus for Outputting Gamma Filter Reference Voltage, Display Apparatus, and Method of Driving the Display Apparatus - An apparatus for outputting a gamma filter reference voltage, the apparatus including a gamma filter reference voltage generator that generates a first reference voltage to be applied as a reference voltage to a gamma filter and a plurality of second reference voltages, a temperature sensor that generates temperature information by sensing temperature, and a reference voltage adjustment unit that selects at least one of the plurality of second reference voltages based on the temperature information and applies the selected second reference voltage to the gamma filter. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050677 | SOURCE DRIVER - A source driver adapted to drive a display panel is provided herein. The source driver includes a first output buffer, a detection module and a conversion module. The first output buffer enhances a first pixel signal and thereby outputs a first enhanced pixel signal. The detection module detects a rise time of the first enhanced pixel signal. The conversion module adjusts a driving capability of the first output buffer in response to the rise time for adjusting a slew rate of the first output buffer. Therefore, the first output buffer in the source driver can dynamically and automatically adjusts the slew rate of the first output buffer through a feedback mechanism composed of the detection module and the conversion module. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050678 | FAST TRANSITIONS OF LARGE AREA CHOLESTERIC DISPLAYS - A gray scale drive scheme for passive matrix displays, more specifically cholesteric liquid crystal displays. Prior to writing an image, the display can be given a black appearance by first driving the pixels to a homeotropic state, then driving the pixels to a focal conic state. The drive scheme then resets pixels by driving the selected pixels to a homeotropic state. Selecting and non-selecting row voltage signals are then used in combination with column voltage signals to write an image to the display. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050679 | DRIVING CIRCUIT OF AN LCD PANEL AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - A driving circuit includes a receiving module, a data mapping module, a shift register module, a plurality of output channels, and a switching module. The receiving module receives data from a first number of parallel inputs. The data mapping module is coupled to the receiving module for mapping the data from the first number of parallel inputs to a second number of data buses according to a bus mode signal. The shift register module is used for generating a plurality of shift control signals. Each of the output channels latches data on the data buses based on the corresponding shift control signal. The switching module is connected between the shift register module and the output channels for outputting the shift control signals to the plurality of output channels according to the bus mode signal. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050680 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention in one aspect relates to a source driver comprising a first digital-to-analog converter with a positive polarity (PDAC), a second digital-to-analog converter with a negative polarity (NDAC), a first operational amplifier and a second operational amplifier. Each operational amplifier is characterized with a 1st & 2nd stage and an output stage. Both the PDAC and NDAC are coupled to the first and second operational amplifiers through a first pair of switches. The 1st & 2nd and output stages of the first operational amplifier are coupled to the 1st & 2nd and output stages of the second operational amplifier through a second pair of switches. The first and second operational amplifiers are coupled to odd data lines and even data line through a third pair of switches. Further, the amplitudes of the operational voltages for the PDAC, the NDAC and the output stages first and second operational amplifiers are set to be between the supply voltage and the ground voltage. Accordingly, the power consumption and the operational temperature are substantially reduced. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050681 | LOW VOLTAGE DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL OUTPUT STAGE - A low voltage differential signal (LVDS) output stage including a display signal digital circuit, a data parallel-to-serial (P2S) circuit and a transmitting circuit is provided. The display signal digital circuit generates a display signal and a display clock signal synchronous to each other according to a first frequency multiplication clock signal. The data P2S circuit samples the display signal according to a second frequency multiplication clock signal, so as to generate a serial data signal and a serial clock signal. The first frequency multiplication clock signal and the second frequency multiplication clock signal have a relationship of frequency multiplication. The data P2S circuit includes an adjustment structure for adjusting the serial clock signal according to the display clock signal and the second frequency multiplication clock signal, and controlling a transmitting time of the serial data signal transmitted according to a clock of the second frequency multiplication clock signal. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050682 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Back Light Module of the Liquid Crystal Display Device - A back light module of a liquid crystal display device and the liquid crystal display device are provided. The back light module includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a light emitting diode (LED) driver, and a plurality of LED light bars. Each LED light bar has a plurality of LED series. The LED driver simultaneously electrically connects the LED series of different LED light bars via tracks of the PCB. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050683 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A three-dimensional display device comprises a flat display panel and an image-converting sheet disposed on or above the display panel. The display panel comprises a matrix of unit display cells arranged as rows and columns and where the cells are spaced apart to have respective row and column direction pitches. The image-converting sheet comprises a plurality of inclined lenticular lenses where the inclination is set according to the row and column direction pitches so as to reduce perception of Moiré patterns when stereo-scopic images are projected through the image-converting sheet to an observer viewing the display panel as an upright panel having respectively different left and right stereo-scopic image projections. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050684 | INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTION - An inspection apparatus inspects an application that is executed in a game device and displays a virtual space. The inspection apparatus comprises: an exposure indicator acquiring unit that acquires a first index relating to the exposure of an advertisement displayed in the virtual space from the game device, the index being calculated by the application that displays the virtual space from a user's point of view; an inspection image acquiring unit that acquires the virtual space, which is actually displayed on a screen on a frame by frame basis; an advertisement region extracting unit that extracts an advertisement displaying region from the image of the virtual space; an exposure indicator calculating unit that calculates a second index relating to the exposure of the advertisement based on the advertisement displaying region; and a verification unit that verifies the application by cross-checking the first index and the second index. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050685 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus, which creates a pseudo three-dimensional image that improves depth perception of the image, includes: an input image acquiring unit that acquires an input image and a binary mask image that specifies an object area on the input image; a combining unit that extracts pixels in an area inside a quadrangular frame picture of the input image and pixels in the object area, specified by the binary mask image, on the input image to create a combined image; and a frame picture combining position determining unit that determines a position on the combined image at which the quadrangular frame picture is placed so that one of a pair of opposite edges of the quadrangular frame picture includes an intersection with boundary of the object area and another of the pair does not include an intersection with the boundary of the object area. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050686 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A three-dimensional data display apparatus is provided with a screen display processing section that generates a display screen with a structure arranged in a virtual space of a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system based on structure information stored in a data storage section and displays the display screen on a monitor, a grid setting-updating section that sets a grid in the virtual space, an operation information acquiring section that acquires operation information from a mouse, an input point position calculation section that calculates coordinates of an input point in the virtual space, calculates a moving destination of the input point based on the operation information, selects coordinates nearest to the moving destination of the input point from any one of the coordinates of each grid lattice based on the grid in the virtual space, the coordinates of a boundary of the structure and the coordinates of the point of intersection between the boundary of the structure and the grid and updates the coordinates of the input point and an input point display processing section that displays the input point at the updated coordinates. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050687 | Presentation of Objects in Stereoscopic 3D Displays - A data processing system includes a rendering system adapted to process data objects to render display frames for presentation via a visual display screen. The display frames include 2D display items corresponding to the data objects, each display item having a 2D screen location within the display frame defined by reference to an X/Y display plane. The rendering system renders stereoscopic 3D views of display frames by rendering left- and right-eye views of the display frames. The left- and right-eye views of the display frames are rendered by processing the data objects corresponding to the 2D display items such that respective left- and right-eye copies of the 2D display items are included in the left- and right-eye views. A set of 3D effects rules is provided that specify relationships between stereoscopic 3D effects and parameters associated with the data objects corresponding to the 2D display items. The stereoscopic 3D effects include lateral offsets in the X-direction of the X/Y display plane to be applied when rendering left- and right-eye copies of display items at respective screen locations, such that selected 2D display items may be perceived by a viewer as being displaced along a Z-axis perpendicular to said X/Y plane. Corresponding computer-implemented methods and computer program products are also included. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050688 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRANSPARENT ACCESS TO HARDWARE GRAPHIC LAYERS - The present invention relates generally to computer graphics, and more specifically to methods of, and systems for, configuring, controlling and accessing multiple hardware graphics layers that are used to compose a single video display. One aspect of the invention is broadly defined as follows: in a computer environment including a software application and an operating system running on a computer, the computer including a graphics card and a video display, the graphics card being operable to render images to the video display, the improvement comprising: the operating system including a universal application programming interface (API) which supports hardware layers on graphics cards; the operating system being operable to: receive draw events via the universal API; determine what hardware layers are available on the graphics card, and what their parameters are; and respond to draw requests from the software application by rendering the draw requests selectively to any of the available hardware layers on the graphics card; whereby the computer environment allows software applications to exploit available hardware layers on the graphics card. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050689 | Method and Apparatus for Creating of 3D Direction Displaying - An apparatus and method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) path are provided. The apparatus includes: a polygon generation unit to generate a left polygon and a right polygon on the left and the right of path data, respectively, based on a linear interpolation point of the path data; and a polygon conversion unit to apply a height value to the linear interpolation point based on the left polygon and the right polygon and to thereby generate the 3D path. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050690 | Apparatus and method of transforming 3D object - Provided are a three-dimensional (3D) object transformation apparatus and a method using the same, that may transform the 3D object to obtain animation effects. When transforming the 3D object, coordinates of a vertex constituting the 3D object may be controlled to naturally transform the 3D object. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050691 | REAL-TIME USER GUIDED OPTIMIZATION OF GENERAL 3D DATA - The present invention relates to a method semi-automatic simplification of a computer graphics model, where the model is rendered on a display and user controllable pointers on display allows a user to define parts of displayed model interactively and either remove or add data to the computer model in real-time on the chosen areas using automatic simplification algorithms. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050692 | INTERPOLATING AND RENDERING SUB-PHASES OF A 4D DATASET - A technique for rendering a deformable volume includes acquiring 3D images of a deformable volume including an object during phases of a deformation motion. The 3D images include voxels, a portion of which move from original coordinate locations during a primary phase to deformed coordinate locations during each subsequent phase of the deformation motion. Deformation matrixes each based upon one of the 3D images during a different one of the phases are generated. The deformation matrixes each include transformation vectors describing how to return the voxels from their deformed coordination locations to their original coordinate locations of the primary phase. A sub-phase 3D image of the deformable volume between consecutive phases is generated by interpolating between the transformation vectors of the consecutive phases associated with a given coordinate location within the deformable volume and retrieving voxel data from a primary 3D image at voxel locations referenced by interpolated transformation vectors. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050693 | Automatic Placement of Shadow Map Partitions - Shadow map partitions may be automatically placed based on the location or concentration of sample data depth in eye space. An initial positioning for the partitions may be determined based on user specified budgets for number of partitions, computation time, or memory utilization, in some embodiments. The initial positioning may be refined using a clustering algorithm in some cases. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050694 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING HAIR IMAGE - Provided are a system and method for rendering hair image which smoothly and vividly render a fiber type of long and slim object like hair when creating 3D content. The system includes a sampling point setting module, a transparency determination module and a color value determination module. The sampling point setting module sets a plurality of sampling points in a hair geometry region. The transparency determination module determines transparency of a pixel the hair geometry region, on the basis of the sampling point. The color value determination module determines a color value of the pixel on the basis of shading values for each of the sampling points. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050695 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COLOR IMAGE AND IMAGING DEVICE EMPLOYING SAME - A method of producing a color image comprising providing input image data from an image source such as a camera; generating an at least three-dimensional look-up table of values of input colors and output colors, wherein the values in the lookup table convert the input image color data to output image color data in an image rendering unit; loading the at least three-dimensional look-up table into an image color rendering controller; loading the input image data into the imaging color rendering controller; processing the input image data through the at least three-dimensional look-up table to produce output color values stored at the addresses in the at least three-dimensional look-up table; and outputting the output color values to the image rendering unit to produce an output image that is perceived to have at least one of enhanced brightness, enhanced contrast, or enhanced colorfulness compared to the input image. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050696 | EFFICIENT RADIAL GRADIENT FILLS - Disclosed is a method of rendering a radial gradient blend defined by a gradient function. The method identifies respective first and second radial limits for a point of the radial gradient blend, the respective first and second radial limits having known blend values and receives an estimated value of the gradient function for the point. The method determines a direction from the estimated value to an ideal value, wherein the ideal value is a value of the gradient function for the point and modifies the estimated value, based on the direction of the ideal value. The method checks the ideal value is within a predetermined threshold of the estimated value and stores a determined blend value for the point by interpolating between the known blend values of the respective first and second radial limits on the basis of the modified estimated value of the gradient function, to render the radial gradient blend. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050697 | COLOR COMPUTATION OF PIXELS USING A PLURALITY OF VERTEX OR FRAGMENT SHADER PROGRAMS - A plurality of vertex or fragment processors on a graphics processor perform computations. Each vertex or fragment processor is capable of executing a separate program to compute a specific result. A combiner manages the combination of the results from the respective processors, and produces a final transformed vertex or pixel value. The vertex or fragment processors and the combiner can be programmable to modify their operations. As such, the vertex or fragment processors can operate in a parallel or serial configuration, or both. The combiner manages and resolves the operations of the serial and/or parallel configurations. A synchronization barrier enables the combiner to perform data-dependency analysis to determine the timing and ordering of the respective processors' execution. A transformation module can include one or more programmable vertex processors that transforms three-dimensional geometric data into fragments. The fragment processors subsequently receive and compute a result for each fragment, which is combined using the combiner to produce the final pixel value. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050698 | ARCHITECTURES FOR PARALLELIZED INTERSECTION TESTING AND SHADING FOR RAY-TRACING RENDERING - Ray tracing scenes is accomplished using a plurality of intersection testing resources coupled with a plurality of shading resources, communicative in the aggregate through links/queues. A queue from testing to shading comprises respective ray/primitive intersection indications, comprising a ray identifier. A queue from shading to testing comprises identifiers of new rays to be tested, wherein data defining the rays is separately stored in memories distributed among the intersection testing resources. Ray definition data can be retained in distributed memories until rays complete intersection testing, and be selected for testing multiple times based on ray identifier. A structure of acceleration shapes can be used. Packets of ray identifiers and shape data can be passed among the intersection testing resources, and each resource can test rays identified in the packet, and for which definition data is present in its memory. Test results for acceleration shapes are used to collect rays against acceleration shapes, and closest detection ray/primitive intersections are indicated by sending ray identifiers to shading resources. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050699 | Teleport Preview Provisioning In Virtual Environments - Upon a request for a teleportation operation, a user of a virtual universe is provided with an interface for specification of image resolution parameters for initial rendering of a teleportation destination and the user's avatar which are degraded from a full resolution rendering of the teleportation destination and avatar. Degradation of resolution can be in regard to any of a plurality of image qualities such as spatial resolution, temporal resolution colors or color depth, light modeling and rendering style or the like or combinations thereof. Alternatively, a degraded copy of the teleportation destination can be provided as an alternative initial teleportation destination image. Since a rendering of a degraded image can be done with reduced response time, the user is thus provided with full control over a trade-off between image quality and response time and teleportation operations are thus encouraged. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050700 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A first intermediate image generating means ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110050701 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An intermediate image generating means ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110050702 | CONTRIBUTION BASED CHART SCALING - Charts are automatically scaled based on contributing data members. A relatable context of scale is provided by presenting a select group of lowest data members as a combined group such as a combination bar in a bar chart in response to smaller screen size, display area, resolution, and comparable factors. Further information on combined data members may be provided in a condensed graphic format such as a histogram. Value axes of the chart are scaled automatically to enhance visibility and detail of combined data members. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050703 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE SEGMENTATION USING TEXTURE AND INTENSITY CUES - A method for processing image data for segmentation includes receiving image data. One or more seed points are identified within the image data. Intensity and texture features are computer based on the received image data and the seed points. The image data is represented as a graph wherein each pixel of the image data is represented as a node and edges connect nodes representative of proximate pixels of the image data and establishing edge weights for the edges of the graph using a classifier that takes as input, one or more of the computed image features. Graph-based segmentation such as segmentation using the random walker approach may then be performed based on the graph representing the image data. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050704 | Method and System For Zoomable Attachment Handling on a Portable Electronic Device - A method for viewing a full image of a server stored original attachment on a portable electronic device including: building a graph structure within the server representing a map of the original image, downloading and displaying a re-sized image from the server to the portable electronic device, the original image exceeding an image size limit of the portable electronic device indicative of screen size of the portable electronic device, dividing the original image into four individual quadrants and calculating width and height parameters of the four individual quadrants, sending a request from the portable electronic device to the server to enlarge the image displayed on the device based on the width and height parameters, the request including the image size limit, retrieving and traversing the graph structure within the server to locate a separate image component constructed for the image size limit, collecting image binary data from the separate image component and modifying the image binary data based on the width and height parameters to create the full image of the original image, downloading each of the four resized quadrants to the attachment viewer and assembling the resized quadrants to display the full image of the original image on the portable electronic device. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050705 | SIGNAL ANALYZING APPARATUS - The present invention is to provide a signal analyzing apparatus which can easily identify a pattern high in error rate and a pattern causing bit errors in comparison with the conventional device. In a signal analyzing apparatus ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110050706 | Modifying Graphical Paths - A computing device includes a memory configured to store images and associated timing data. The computing device also includes a processor configured to execute instructions to perform a method that includes producing a graphical path on a digital map that represents positions associated with the images. The positions are estimated from the timing data associated with the images. The method also includes modifying the graphical path based upon data that represents user provided adjustments to the estimated positions of the images. The method also includes presenting the modified path. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050707 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT - A method and apparatus for providing content to user that is moving. The method includes obtaining movement information or bio-information about a user, processing content based on the movement information or the bio-information, and outputting the processed content. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050708 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device and a display method, for displaying configuration data of plural numbers of targets on a screen, in a region divided by rectangular parallelepipeds, comprises a processing unit, which is configured to form data having a Bit number corresponding to a number of pieces of the plural numbers of targets, and to recognize an existence of the configuration data of the plural numbers of targets, for each of the rectangular parallelepipeds divided, and to reflect the existence of the configuration data recognized on the Bit data, and an output unit, which is configured to output the Bit data reflected, and thereby to display it on the screen; thereby enabling to reduce the memory regions, while holding the configuration data holding a contacting or overlapping condition of the plural numbers of targets on a less memory region. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050709 | PIXEL CLOCKING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a clock circuit and a virtual pixel clock circuit. The clock circuit provides a common clock signal. The virtual pixel clock circuit provides a plurality of pixel clock signals in response to the common clock signal. One of the virtual pixel clock signals is at a different clock speed than another of the plurality of virtual pixel clock signals. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050710 | Internal, Processing-Unit Memory For General-Purpose Use - Disclosed herein is a graphics-processing unit (GPU) having an internal memory for general-purpose use and applications thereof. Such a GPU includes a first internal memory, an execution unit coupled to the first internal memory, and an interface configured to couple the first internal memory to a second internal memory of an other processing unit. The first internal memory may comprise a stacked dynamic random access memory (DRAM) or an embedded DRAM. The interface may be further configured to couple the first internal memory to a display device. The GPU may also include another interface configured to couple the first internal memory to a central processing unit. In addition, the GPU may be embodied in software and/or included in a computing system. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050711 | VIRTUALIZATION OF GRAPHICS RESOURCES - Graphics resources are virtualized through an interlace between graphics hardware and graphics clients. The interface allocates the graphics resources across multiple graphics clients, processes commands for access to the graphics resources from the graphics clients, and resolves conflicts for the graphics resources among the clients. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050712 | Extension To A Hypervisor That Utilizes Graphics Hardware On A Host - Graphics rendering in a virtual machine system is accelerated by utilizing host graphics hardware. In one embodiment, the virtual machine system includes a server that hosts a plurality of virtual machines. The server includes one or more graphics processing units. Each graphics processing unit can be allocated to multiple virtual machines to render images. A hypervisor that runs on the server is extended to include a redirection module, which receives a rendering request from a virtual machine and redirects the rendering request to a graphics driver. The graphics driver can commands an allocated portion of a graphics processing unit to render an image on the server. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050713 | Hardware-Based Scheduling of GPU Work - An apparatus and methods for scheduling and executing commands issued by a first processor, such as a CPU, on a second processor, such as a GPU, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of executing processes on a graphics processing unit (GPU) includes monitoring one or more buffers in a memory, selecting a first subset from the one or more buffers for execution on the GPU based on a workload profile of the GPU, and executing the first subset on the GPU. The GPU may also receive a priority ordering of the one or more buffers, where the selecting is further based on the received priority ordering. By performing prioritization and scheduling of commands in the GPU, system performance is enhanced. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050714 | Image processing device and imaging apparatus - An image processing device includes a memory interface to read out image data from a memory, and a memory access controller to control reading process of the memory interface so as to keep a number of pixels in a main scanning direction of the image data read out from the memory smaller than a number of pixels in a main scanning direction of a screen to which the image data is output. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050715 | METHOD OF REMAPPING MEMORY - A method of remapping memory, which is suitable for a server without a video graphics array (VGA), is provided. In the invention, a video memory buffer block is set in a system memory. First, a power on self test (POST) is executed for initializing the system memory. Next, a remap function is enabled. Then, a base address and a size of the video memory buffer block are set into a remap register of a chipset. Finally, the video memory buffer block is remapped into a memory address space originally mapped with a system management mode block according to the remap register. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050716 | Processing Unit with a Plurality of Shader Engines - A processor includes a first shader engine and a second shader engine. The first shader engine is configured to process pixel shaders for a first subset of pixels to be displayed on a display device. The second shader engine is configured to process pixel shaders for a second subset of pixels to be displayed on the display device. Both the first and second shader engines are also configured to process general-compute shaders and non-pixel graphics shaders. The processor may also include a level-one (L1) data cache, coupled to and positioned between the first and second shader engines. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050717 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus disclosed in the present application is made up of an analytical precision calculating module, an image analyzing module, and an image providing module. The analytical precision calculating module calculates an analytical precision of an image which satisfies a designated restrictive condition. The image analyzing module analyzes image information based on the calculated analytical precision. The image providing module accepts an image designation, calculates differences between an analysis result of image information of the designated image and image information of images other than the designated image, and provides a list of images arranged in an ascending order of differences thereof as a search result. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050718 | METHOD FOR COLOR ENHANCEMENT - A color enhancement method for a display device includes obtaining color information of a first display frame from the display, determining a dominant color according to the color information obtained, and color enhancing a second display frame following the first display frame by adjusting the second display frame according to the dominant color. The dominant color is obtained by analyzing the preceding display frame and dynamically enhancing the second display frame. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050719 | DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT - Embodiments of the present invention can receive a data point defining an ambient light level associated with a display and a corresponding brightness adjustment of the display with respect to a reference brightness. The embodiments can then define a brightness response model for the display based on the data point and at least one additional data point. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050720 | System and method for panning and selecting on large displays using mobile devices without client software - System and method that utilizes light sources, for example projectors embedded in mobile camera phones, to allow users to interact with documents on large displays without requiring users to install any third-party software. With this approach, multiple users can select interactors on the large display by displaying different images via their projector. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050721 | Image mapping to provide visual geographic path - Provided is a computer system and method for mapping a visual path. The method includes receiving one or more images included in a predefined area; receiving one or more parameters associated with the image; and integrating the images and parameters into a map of the predefined area to enable mapping the visual path through the predefined area in response to one or more input path parameters. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050722 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - A display control apparatus controls an input unit that inputs pieces of captured image data, an acquisition control unit that controls consecutive acquisition of a plurality of pieces of image data, a memory control unit that buffers in the memory unit the plurality of pieces of image data consecutively acquired by the acquisition control unit, an image compositor that composites the latest buffered image data and other (non-latest) pieces of image data successively buffered in the memory control unit, and a display control unit that displays chronologically an image represented by a image data composited by the image compositor. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050723 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a dividing unit configured to divide an input image into blocks having a shape determined beforehand of a predetermined number of pixels; a suitability calculating unit configured to calculate, by matching a specified image specified beforehand, and the image of each of the divided blocks by standards determined beforehand, the suitability of the specified image for each of the blocks; an insertion block determining unit configured to determine a block into which the specified image should be inserted based on the calculated suitability; and a specified image inserting unit configured to insert the specified image by replacing the image of the determined block with the specified image. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050724 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR SCANNING A DOCUMENT HAVING A RAISED IMAGE ON IT - A method and system include using a scanner to copy a document containing an original image and an embossment. The method includes first scanning a front face of the document from which the original image is visible to form a first image, wherein the first scanning is conducted with a sensitivity such that the embossment is essentially not visible in the first image; increasing a sensitivity of the scanner; second scanning the document to create a second image, wherein the embossment is visible in the second image; combining the first and second images so as to obtain a reproduction image of the original image containing the embossment. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050725 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for providing biometric information are provided. The method includes measuring biometric information corresponding to at least one body part of a user; processing the biometric information based on at least one of a type of the biometric information and a type of the body part; and displaying the processed biometric information over at least one of image data obtained by photographing the body part and the body part. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050726 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - When a digital camera is set to a reproduction mode, it functions as an image display apparatus. When an instruction to display thumbnails of recorded images is given to the digital camera, a thumbnail display screen is displayed on a display panel. The thumbnail display screen includes a thumbnail display section for displaying thumbnails of the recorded images and an importance degree setting section having operating members provided for individual keywords, which are previously assigned to the recorded images. The user can set the importance of each keyword at an appropriate degree by manipulating the corresponding operating member. According to the importance degree of the keyword(s) assigned to each image, the corresponding thumbnail is displayed in a variable size in the thumbnail display section. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050727 | Picture/character simultaneously displaying device and head mounted display device - A picture/character simultaneously displaying device includes: a picture display device for displaying a picture based on picture data; and a character display device for displaying characters synchronous with the picture based on character data. The character data contains therein text data about characters synchronous with a picture to be displayed, and metadata about characters to be displayed. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050728 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING RAPIDLY ROTATABLE DIMENSIONAL VIEW OF DATA OBJECTS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for generating generating a rapidly rotatable dimensional view of data objects. A modeling client can host modeling logic and an application programming interface (API) to create, access, manipulate, and import/export modeling objects used in modeling applications, such as engineering, medical, financial, and other modeling platforms. The source data accepted into the modeling client can include consumer or business-level applications, whose spreadsheet, database or other content can be extracted and encapsulated in object-oriented format, such as extensible markup language (XML) format. A set of dimensions of each model object can be associated via a set of linkages. A rotator widget or other interface object can be presented to allow a user to traverse the linkages and rapidly rotate through dimensions in a view, without having to manually switch or configure planes or other database dimensions, enhancing viewing efficiency of large layers. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DISPLAY ORIENTATION - A display adjustment system ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110050730 | Method of displaying data on a portable electronic device according to detected movement of the portable electronic device - A method of viewing data on a portable electronic device includes presenting data on a display of the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device having a sensor for detecting movement of the portable electronic device, the sensor detecting movement of the portable electronic device in a first direction, the first direction being parallel with the horizontal, and scrolling the data presented on the display in the first direction in response to the sensor detecting movement of the portable electronic device in the first direction. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050731 | System and method of adjusting zoom factors of display area and display contents - This specification discloses system and method of adjusting the zoom factors of display area and display contents. A zoom region around the cursor is zoomed by the area zoom factor, rendering an area zoomed image for display. The user can then adjust the zoom of the display area. The area zoomed image is zoomed by the contents zoom factor, rendering a contents zoomed image for display. The user can then zoom the display contents. The system thus achieves the effects of zooming the display area and display contents. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050732 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMIZING MAP PRESENTATIONS BASED ON USER INTERESTS - An approach is provided for customizing map presentations. A map customizing platform determines a degree of interest of a site represented on an image of a map by tracking at least one of a frequency of visit to the site and a time period of visit at the site. The map customizing platform then changes an image size of the site relative to the image of the map based on the degree of interest. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050733 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To provide a method for producing a thin film transistor improved in stability, uniformity, reproducibility, heat resistance, durability or the like, a thin film transistor, a thin film transistor substrate, an image display apparatus, an image display apparatus and a semiconductor device. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050734 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Reduced Power Usage of a Display Interface - A method detects by a display driver logic, inactivity between the display driver logic and a display logic, and deactivates an auxiliary channel by the display driver logic, wherein the auxiliary channel is between the display driver logic and the display logic. The method also detects, by the display driver logic via the auxiliary channel, a required operating mode capability of a display; and determines a minimum number of connection lines needed between the display driver logic and the display logic, to operate the display in the required operating mode capability. A display driver logic includes a connection port suitable for operative connection to a display logic, wherein the display drive logic is operative to detect inactivity between the display driver logic and the display logic, and deactivate an auxiliary channel between the display driver logic and the display logic. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050735 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY, BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - The present invention relates to an optical assembly, a backlight unit, and a display apparatus thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an optical assembly includes a first layer, a plurality of light sources disposed over the first layer, a second layer that is disposed above the first layer and covering the plurality of light sources, and a pattern layer disposed above or in the second layer, wherein the pattern layer includes a plurality of patterns disposed at positions substantially corresponding to the light sources. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050736 | PIXEL AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE THEREOF - A pixel and an illuminating device thereof are provided. The pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a transistor, a first switch, a second switch and a capacitor. One end of the OLED is electrically connected to a first voltage. A first source/drain of the transistor is electrically connected to a first potential point. The first switch is electrically connected between a second source/drain of the transistor and a second potential point, and is controlled by a first driving signal. The second switch is electrically connected between the second source/drain of the transistor and a gate of the transistor, and is controlled by a second driving signal. The capacitor is electrically connected between the gate of the transistor and a data line. The first driving signal and the second driving signal are used to alternately enable/disable the first and the second switches, so as to drive the pixel. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050737 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING CHROMATICITY OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A method for adjusting a chromaticity of a liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided. Firstly, a light-on-test is performed to a plurality of backlight modules according to a standard gamma curve of a liquid crystal panel to obtain a color space of a plurality of LCDs formed by the backlight modules and the liquid crystal panel. The color space has a plurality of chromaticity coordinate values for representing chromaticities of the LCDs. The standard gamma curve is a relation curve of brightness corresponding to different gamma voltages inputted to the liquid crystal panel. Next, the color space is divided into a predetermined chromaticity area and a plurality of adjusting chromaticity areas according to a standard chromaticity range. Finally, a plurality of gamma voltage adjusting values corresponding to the adjusting chromaticity areas is obtained according to the relative position relationship between the adjusting chromaticity areas and the predetermined chromaticity area. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050738 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD IN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device of at least one embodiment of the present invention causes an image to be displayed on a display panel in response to an image signal including image data (first image data) for warning display and image data (second image data) for general display. The image data for warning display has a gradation value exclusively used for the image data for warning display. The liquid crystal display device of at least one embodiment includes an image data identification section which identifies a type of image data by judging whether or not the image data has the gradation value exclusively used for the image data for warning display; and a gradation calculator (gradation conversion section) which carries out a conversion of gradation value with respect to the image data so that luminance of a displayed image is reduced in a case where ambient brightness declines. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050739 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processor includes: a luminance calculator configured to calculate a luminance of an illumination light based on an image signal, the illumination light illuminating a display screen displaying the image signal; a gradation corrector configured to correct a first gradation of the image signal to a second gradation, based on the luminance; a parameter determining module configured to determine a parameter of gradation smoothing process to be performed on an amplitude of the image signal based on the luminance; and a processing module configured to perform the gradation smoothing process on the image signal with the second gradation, by using the parameter. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050740 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device includes a scan driver for driving scan lines and light emitting control lines; a data driver for selecting any one gamma voltage of a plurality of gamma voltages corresponding to bit values of externally supplied data and generating data signals; a pixel coupled to a reference power, a first power, and a second power, and the pixel configured to compensate for a voltage drop of the first power using the reference power; and a gamma voltage controller for comparing a voltage value of the reference power with that of a comparative power having a target voltage value of the reference power to generate a comparison result and controlling voltage value of the gamma voltages in accordance with the comparison result. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050741 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device includes: a scan driver for driving one or more scan lines and emission control lines; a data driver for sequentially providing j data signals to each of a plurality of output lines in each horizontal period; a demultiplexer for transmitting the j data signals to j first data lines, the demultiplexer being coupled to the output lines; a plurality of pixels at crossing regions of the scan lines and second data lines extending in a direction crossing the scan lines; and a common circuit unit for controlling voltages of the second data lines coupled to the pixels by using a reference voltage and an initial voltage and the data signals, the common circuit unit being coupled between the first data lines and the second data lines. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050742 | BACKLIGHT UNIT, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BACKLIGHT UNIT - A backlight unit, a display apparatus, and a method of controlling the backlight unit are provided. The backlight unit includes an image depth information extraction unit configured to extract image depth information from an image signal and a brightness calculator configured to calculate brightnesses corresponding to the image depth information. The backlight unitimproves three-dimensional effects on an image by controlling the brightnesses of light emitting devices according to the brightnesses calculated to correspond to image depth. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050743 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a display device, which includes: a backlight unit that is divided into a plurality of blocks, is driven for each divided block, and includes at least one optical assembly; a display panel disposed on the upper side of the backlight unit; a controller that outputs a local dimming value for each block corresponding to brightness of each block of the backlight unit according to images displayed on the display panel; and a BLU driver that controls the brightness of the blocks of the backlight unit by using the local dimming value for each block, wherein the optical assembly includes a first layer; a plurality of light sources that is formed on the first layer to emit light; a second layer that is disposed on the upper side of the first layer and is formed to cover the plurality of light sources; and a reflective layer that is disposed between the first and second layers, and the BLU driver receives the local dimming value for each block to output the plurality of driving signals, and the blocks of the backlight unit are divided into a plurality of scan groups and is driven in the divided group unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050744 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing apparatus which corrects pixel data corresponding to pixels configuring a display image of a display device having light emitting elements includes an information storage unit which, in units of one or a plurality of pixels of the display device, stores information corresponding to operating currents of light emitting elements included in the one or plurality of pixels, and a pixel data correction unit which corrects the pixel data based on the information corresponding to the operating currents stored in the information storage unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050745 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING TRANSIENT OF IMAGE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A display apparatus and an image processing method are provided. The display apparatus processes an input image to improve a transient, and adjusts a gain of a luminance of a pixel of which a slope variation of a luminance exceeds a threshold value, the pixel being among pixels of the image having the improved transient. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050746 | LEVEL SHIFT CIRCUIT, AND DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A level shift circuit includes a first circuit connected between a first power supply terminal (PST) and an output terminal (OT) of the level shift circuit to set OT to a first voltage (V | 2011-03-03 |
20110050747 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device capable of correcting display of deteriorated pixels without causing a nonconstant tonality or improper color balance is provided. The display device includes a display section with plural pixels; signal lines; a data generation circuit; a D/A converter for sequentially converting a tone data to an analog voltage and outputting the analog voltage to the signal lines; a switch circuit for outputting a signal corresponding to the pixel state by switching the signal lines; an A/D converter for sequentially detecting the signal; and a detection circuit for estimating the state of the pixel from the signal. The D/A converter includes an output range setting means for setting an allowed output range of the analog voltage. The display device includes an output correction circuit that controls the output range setting means in accordance with the state of the pixel detected by the detection circuit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050748 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LUMINANCE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus includes: a display panel; a calculation circuit that calculates a luminance control value, which is a parameter for controlling display luminance, for each frame of a video signal to be displayed on the display panel; and a luminance control circuit that controls the display luminance of the frame using the luminance control value calculated by the calculation circuit. When the video signal is a video signal in which one image is constituted by a plurality of frames, the luminance control circuit applies a same luminance control value to the plurality of frames constituting one image, or decreases the difference of the luminance control values applied to the plurality of frames constituting one image to be lower than a predetermined value. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050749 | DATA DRIVER AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A data driver and an organic light emitting display having the same. The data driver has a switch unit provided between output terminals of respective output buffers that are provided in the data driver and data lines corresponding thereto. Here, the switch unit is also coupled to a source for providing a middle voltage, and allows the output terminals of the output buffers to be coupled to receive the middle voltage before data signals are output from the data driver by the operation of the switch unit, making it possible to improve the slew rate of the output buffer and to reduce power consumption, and an organic light emitting display having the same. The switch unit may includes a first switch coupled between the source for providing the middle voltage and the output terminals, and a second switch coupled between the output terminals and the respective data lines. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050750 | LCD DRIVING METHOD AND DEVICE - A LCD driving method and device for correcting LCD image sticking. The method of correcting image sticking in a LCD comprises steps of: determining whether any change occurs to a first image displayed by refreshing on a LCD in a predetermined time period; and controlling the LCD to refresh and display, after the predetermined time period, a second image that is different from the first image, if it is determined that no change occurs to the first image displayed by refreshing on the LCD in the predetermined time period, so as to correct image sticking caused by displaying the first image for a long period of time. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050751 | Organic Light Emitting Diode Display and Method of Driving the Same - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a method of driving the same. The OLED display includes a driving circuit for generating a plurality of data signals and a plurality of scan signals based on image information stored in a memory. The driving circuit receives an inactive state signal generated when the image information is a still image, generates only a plurality of scan signals and a plurality of data signals corresponding to a light emitting region in which the still image is displayed, and transfers the generated scan and data signals to a plurality of corresponding data lines and a plurality of corresponding scan lines, respectively. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050752 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - Crosstalk between adjacent discharge cells is reduced for a stable sustain discharge. A plasma display panel has scan electrodes and sustain electrodes arranged so that the positions of the corresponding scan electrode and sustain electrode are alternately interchanged in each display electrode pair, and image signal processing circuit converts an image signal into image data indicating light emission and no light emission in each discharge cell in each subfield. The image signal processing circuit generates the image data so that a combination of image data is avoided. One of two adjacent discharge cells having side-by-side scan electrodes is lit and the other of the discharge cells is unlit in one subfield of a plurality of subfields forming one field, and the one of the discharge cells is unlit and the other of the discharge cells is lit in a subfield after the one subfield in the same field. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050753 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus and a method of driving the LCD apparatus are provided. The LCD apparatus includes a panel unit including at least one pixel having a plurality of sub-pixels and a controller which inserts gray data into at least one pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels based on a frame period and a polarity of a liquid crystal of the at least one pixel. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050754 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a driving method thereof that can prevent distortion of luminance characteristics upon application of an ACL algorithm are disclosed. The display device includes a signal controller configured to correct luminance data according to the difference between image data of a current frame and image data of a previous frame. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050755 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE WITH SELECTIVELY REFLECTIVE DISPLAY - An electrical device in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes a display in which the reflectivity of the display is alterable to allow the display to display information to the user and to serve as a mirror for the user. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050756 | USE OF DISPLAYS IN LOW-POWER AND LOW-COST ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS - The application describes a device using a display and a method to control the display device in a low power consumption manner. The device may be geared towards disposable use and manufactured using printed electronics techniques. A simple controller system may adapt the state of the device based on type and status of power source(s), or with respect to application specific requirements within the life-cycle of the device. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050757 | CONFIGURATION OF CURRENT REGULATORS FOR LED-BASED FLEXIBLE VIDEO SCREENS - The present invention presents a distribution of four pixels ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110050758 | Display Driving Device and method thereof - In a display system, sums of differences between two consecutive frames are calculated according to differences, which are able to indicate a degree of difference between frames, such as pixel differences or luminance differences. A motion proportion is calculated according to various values of sums of differences of different blocks between frames, so that the degree of difference between the two consecutive frames may be indicated more concretely. At last, according to settings of a lookup table, different motion proportions may respectively correspond to different frame rates and different displaying states for displaying a frame under different requirements, so that the aim of saving power consumption without reducing display quality of frames is fulfilled. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050759 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND SCANNING LINE DRIVING DEVICE - In a display device driven by multi-picture element driving, in order to realize narrowing of a frame, a gate driver provided in the display device includes buffers. Storage capacitor driving signals are inputted in the buffers. In at least one embodiment, once the storage capacitor driving signals are inputted, the buffers shape waveforms of the storage capacitor driving signals, and outputs the storage capacitor driving signals thus shaped to storage capacitor wires via terminals “CSVtypeA | 2011-03-03 |
20110050760 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL APPARATUS AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THEREOF - An image display apparatus can display high-quality images. A backlight section ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110050761 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device uses a plurality of pixel circuits each of which includes a light-emitting element; a light-emission control switching element; a current control circuit for supplying a driving current, which corresponds to gray-level display data, to the light-emitting element via the light-emission control switching element; and a voltage control circuit, which includes a first capacitance element for storing a voltage corresponding to the gray-level display data, and controls ON/OFF operation of the light-emission switching element in accordance with the voltage stored. If the gray-level display data is data for causing the light-emitting element to display less than a certain luminance, the current control circuit supplies the light-emitting element with a constant driving current corresponding to the gray-level display data for displaying the certain luminance, and the voltage control circuit controls the ON time of the light-emission control switching element in accordance with a voltage stored. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050762 | IMAGE PRINTING DEVICE - an image printing device comprises a transfer roller configured to transfer a printing medium in a transfer direction, a first sensor configured to detect a rotation amount of the transfer roller, a carriage mounted with a printhead. The image printing device further comprises a second sensor mounted to the carriage and configured to detect the printing medium. The image printing device further comprises a reference member disposed at a position opposing to the second sensor and a drive transmission mechanism configured to move the reference member in conjunction with a rotation of the transfer roller. The image printing device determines a position of an origin of the transfer roller based on detection results of the first sensor and the second sensor. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050763 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a detecting unit, a determining unit, and a correcting unit. The detecting unit detects an overlapping portion of a first image printed on a first side of a sheet and a second image printed on a second side opposite to the first side. The determining unit determines whether the detected overlapping portion of the first image and the second image is equal to or larger than a predetermined area. The correcting unit corrects, if the overlapping portion is equal to or larger than the predetermined area, the density of one of the first image and the second image. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050764 | HARD IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - An imaging method includes coating a transfer member with an adhesion promoter in a liquid state, changing the adhesion promoter on the transfer member from the liquid state to at least one of a solid state and a gel state, depositing a liquid marking agent on the solidified adhesion promoter corresponding to an image, changing a state of the adhesion promoter from the solid state to the flowable state, and transferring the liquid marking agent and the adhesion promoter in the flowable state from the transfer member to a substrate to form a hard version of the image thereon. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050765 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge apparatus is provided, including a cartridge attaching section to which a first liquid cartridge and a second liquid cartridge smaller than the first liquid cartridge are selectively attached, a liquid discharge head having a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of driving sections individually corresponding to the nozzles, a purge mechanism which performs a purge operation, and a purge control unit which allows the purge mechanism to perform the purge operation so that a forcible ink discharge amount in a period of time in a case in which the first liquid cartridge is attached to the cartridge attaching section is smaller than a forcible ink discharge amount in a period of time in a case in which the second liquid cartridge is attached. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050766 | Liquid Supply Method - A liquid supply method of a liquid ejecting apparatus including a tank having a liquid capacity greater than a storage amount of the liquid which is stored in a liquid storage unit, and a liquid ejection unit that ejects the liquid supplied from the tank side includes the steps of: firstly supplying all the liquid in the liquid storage unit to the tank; agitating the liquid accommodated in the tank; and secondly supplying the liquid in the tank to the liquid ejection unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050767 | Variable format web press - A web press, in particular a variable format book web press, variable format newspaper web press, or variable format periodical web press, has printing units ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110050768 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A liquid ejection apparatus including: a flushing-operation-data producing section which produces flushing-operation data for flashing of ink; a second-liquid-ejection-data producing section which produces data about ejection of treatment liquid such that (i) the treatment liquid is to be landed on a dot area on which the ink is to be landed upon forming an image dot among dot areas and (ii) an amount of the treatment liquid landed to be on at least one dot area on which the ink is to be landed upon flashing of the ink is made smaller, by referring the flushing-operation data produced by the flushing-operation-data producing section, than an amount of the treatment liquid to be landed on a dot area on which the ink is not to be landed upon flashing; and a second-liquid controlling section which controls a head on the basis of the data produced by the second-liquid-ejection-data producing section. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050769 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING INKJET HEAD - A method for driving an inkjet head includes the step of applying drive signals including an ejection signal used for ejecting ink and a non-ejection signal used for not ejecting the ink, to an actuator provided with a pressure chamber at a constant cycle so as to increase or reduce pressure in the pressure chamber in such a manner that the ink is ejected or not ejected from a nozzle connected with the pressure chamber, wherein: a waveform of the ejection signal includes a combination of an ejection pulse for causing a droplet of the ink to be ejected from the nozzle and a non-ejection pulse for not causing a droplet of the ink to be ejected from the nozzle, the ejection pulse of the waveform of the ejection signal includes a part for reducing the pressure in the pressure chamber and a part for increasing the reduced pressure in the pressure chamber, the non-ejection pulse of the waveform of the ejection signal includes a part for reducing the pressure in the pressure chamber and a part for increasing the reduced pressure in the pressure chamber, the part for reducing the pressure in the pressure chamber of the non-ejection pulse of the waveform of the ejection signal is set to reduce the pressure in the pressure chamber while a tail of a droplet of the ink ejected from the nozzle by the ejection pulse is connected to the nozzle, the part for increasing the pressure in the pressure chamber of the non-ejection pulse of the waveform of the ejection signal is set to increase the pressure in the pressure chamber within a resonance period of the pressure chamber from a moment when the pressure in the pressure chamber is increased by the ejection pulse, and the non-ejection signal has a waveform including only a non-ejection pulse including a part for reducing the pressure in the pressure chamber and a part for increasing the reduced pressure in the pressure chamber, not to cause a droplet of the ink to be ejected from the nozzle. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050770 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes liquid ejecting heads, each ejecting a liquid from a nozzle by driving a pressurizing unit that causes the volume of a pressure chamber that communicates with the nozzle to change. A driving pulse generation unit generates driving pulses that drive the respective pressurizing units. A controller controls the ejection of the liquids by the liquid ejecting heads. Each driving pulse includes an ejection element that causes the pressure chamber to constrict, thereby ejecting liquid from the nozzle, and a retraction element that retracts a meniscus at the nozzle toward the pressure chamber by causing the pressure chamber constricted by the ejection element to expand. The controller sets the ending potential of the retraction element on the liquid ejecting head-by-liquid ejecting head basis so that the shapes of dots formed on a ejection target are made uniform throughout the liquid ejecting heads. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050771 | AUTOMATIC SCAN AND MARK APPARATUS - An automatic scan and mark apparatus has a machine tool, a location detection module, a laser detector, an ink jet and a control computer. The machine tool has a movable module and a stage. The stage mounts and holds a specimen having a scraped surface. The control computer controls the location detection module to determine a position of the movable module, controls the laser detector to detect a surface morphology of the scraped surface in a measurement range, and activates the ink jet to eject inks on high points of the scraped surface of the specimen. Thus, the surface morphology is built automatically and high points are screened out and marked by colored ink. Manufacturer may easily redo scraping of determined high points based on the marked location on the specimen without burdensome measurement. | 2011-03-03 |