09th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110050772 | PRINTING APPARATUS USING PLURAL COLOR INKS INCLUDING WHITE COLOR INK AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - A printing apparatus, which prints on a transparent printing medium with a back surface to which a white protective layer is detachably attached by using a plurality of color inks including a white color ink, includes a head having a nozzle group which ejects ink, a control unit which forms an image on the transparent printing medium by controlling the head, and a color measuring unit which measures color of the image formed on the transparent printing medium in a state in which the protective layer is attached to the transparent printing medium, in which the control unit controls the head such that a black image is formed on the transparent printing medium and a white image is formed on the formed black image in an overlapping manner in the case in which an object to be color-measured is a white image containing an image of a toned-white color which is an adjusted white color. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050773 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - The present invention provides a printing apparatus and a printing method in which the frequency of an operation of detecting an inappropriate ejection state of each ejection port is increased, while allowing a decrease in throughput to be suppressed. The printing apparatus includes first ejection state sensing means for carrying out a first ejection state sensing process in which an ejection state sensing process of determining whether or not ejected droplets are normal is executed, during a single process, on all the ejection ports formed in the print head. The printing apparatus further includes second ejection state sensing means for carrying out a second ejection state sensing process in which the ejection state sensing process is executed on the ejection ports in a part of a plurality of ejection port groups into which the plurality of ejection ports formed in the print head are divided. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050774 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus and Liquid Ejecting Method - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head that ejects liquid onto a medium; a head-moving unit that moves the head in a moving direction; a temperature-acquiring unit that acquires a temperature relating to the head; and a control unit that controls the head and the head-moving unit. The control unit corrects an ejection timing of the liquid and causes the head to eject the liquid during forward scanning and backward scanning in the moving direction if the temperature acquired by the temperature-acquiring unit is within a predetermined range. The control unit causes the head to eject the liquid during one of the forward scanning and the backward scanning in the moving direction if the temperature acquired by the temperature-acquiring unit is outside the predetermined range. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050775 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus And Ejection Inspecting Method - A liquid ejecting apparatus including: (A) a nozzle that ejects a liquid; (B) a sensor that outputs a signal in accordance with a temperature change of the liquid; (C) a driving signal generation section that generates a driving signal for ejecting the liquid from the nozzle; (D) an inspection section that ejects the liquid of a first electrical potential; and (E) a controller that corrects the driving signal that is generated at the driving signal generation section in accordance with the liquid temperature. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050776 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus for discharging ink from a recording head arraying a plurality of nozzles to execute recording of an image includes a drive unit configured to form a group with a defined number of nozzles so as to include an adjacent nozzle in a different block and to execute time-division driving of the block according to a driving order corresponding to a recording mode, and a recording control unit configured to execute scan recording to a recording medium in a first recording mode or a second recording mode. Each pass of scan recording in the second recording mode is executed using nozzles smaller in number than a number of nozzles used to execute each pass of scan recording in the first recording mode. The recording apparatus further includes a driving control unit configured to control the drive unit wherein a drive interval of an adjacent nozzle in the same group corresponding to the first recording mode is larger than a drive interval of an adjacent nozzle in the same group corresponding to the second recording mode. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050777 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes a printing unit, a transfer route, a heating chamber, and a heater. The printing unit ejects ink onto a sheet through nozzles of the inkjet heads. The transfer route transfers the sheet as printed at the printing unit. The heating chamber accommodates at least part of the transfer route to heat the sheet as transferred in the transfer route. The heater heats inside the heating chamber. The heating chamber is sectioned into sub-chambers along the transfer route, including a first sub-chamber to be heated by the heater and a second sub-chamber to be lower in temperature than the first sub-chamber and located between the printing unit and the first sub-chamber. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050778 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND SHEET FEEDING METHOD OF INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an ink jet recording apparatus includes a first ink jet head, a second ink jet head, a main feeding passage, a first roundabout feeding passage, and a controller. The first ink jet head forms an image on a medium. The second ink jet head forms an image on the medium. The main feeding passage feeds the medium so that the first ink jet head and the second ink jet head form an image on the medium. The first roundabout feeding passage feeds the medium without allowing the medium to face the first ink jet head. The controller controls so as to feed the medium through the first roundabout feeding passage if the first ink jet head is unusable. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050779 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - There is provided an ink jet recording apparatus capable of shortening the recording duration even when an image to be recorded includes a high-duty area having a large amount of ink to be discharged in the case of two-sided recording on a recording medium. The ink jet recording apparatus, which reverses the recording medium to enable two-sided recording, performs dividing the image to be recorded on a high-duty area having a large amount of ink to be discharged into two (first and second) planes, first plane recording involving a unit area to be subjected to an ink discharge amount below a predetermined amount, reversing the recording medium, and recording on the rear surface, and reversing the recording medium again, and second plane recording. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050780 | IMAGE RECORDER - An image recorder includes a driving source generating any of a first-direction force and a second-direction force, a function executing mechanism executing a functional operation, a switching mechanism switching between a first state to allow the function executing mechanism to execute the functional operation and a second state to forbid the function executing mechanism to execute the functional operation, a transmission mechanism transmitting the first-direction force to a feed roller unit and the function executing mechanism and transmitting the second-direction force to the feed roller unit and the switching mechanism, and a controller that after detection of a sheet on a tray, controls the driving source to generate the second-direction force such that the switching mechanism switches to the second state, and thereafter controls the driving source to generate the first-direction force such that the feed roller unit nips the sheet on the tray. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050781 | INKJET INK - According to one embodiment, an inkjet ink includes a pigment, an aqueous liquid, an oil liquid, and a dihydric alcohol soluble in the aqueous liquid and the oil liquid. The aqueous liquid accounts for 10 to 70% by weight of the inkjet ink, and the oil liquid accounts for 70 to 10% by weight of the inkjet ink. At least a part of the oil liquid is an aromatic alcohol represented by general formula AA, | 2011-03-03 |
20110050782 | INKJET INK - According to one embodiment, an inkjet ink includes a pigment, an aqueous liquid, an oil liquid, and a monohydric aliphatic alcohol that has 3 or fewer carbon atoms, and is soluble in the aqueous liquid and the oil liquid. The aqueous liquid accounts for 10 to 70% by weight of the inkjet ink, and the oil liquid accounts for 70 to 10% by weight of the inkjet ink. At least a part of the oil liquid is an aromatic alcohol represented by general formula AA, | 2011-03-03 |
20110050783 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes: a carriage mounting print head, executing scanning in a direction perpendicular to a transport direction of a printing medium, and being movable in a vertical direction in accordance with the thickness of the printing medium; an encoder scale having a predetermined pattern and extending in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction; a detection sensor detecting the pattern of the encoder scale and including a slit into which the encoder scale is inserted; and a frame shaft-supporting a transport roller transporting the printing medium. The encoder scale stretches in the frame and a predetermined portion of the encoder scale in the extension direction engages with the frame through an engagement section. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050784 | AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION FOR INKJET RECORDING AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An aqueous ink composition for inkjet recording, including: a coloring material containing at least one selected from the group consisting of azo pigments represented by the following formula (1) and tautomers thereof, and salts and hydrates thereof; a dispersant; and a urethane-modified polyester resin | 2011-03-03 |
20110050785 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes a member having a liquid ejection port, wherein a surface of the member on which the ejection port is open is formed by a curing reaction of a siloxane compound having a first group and a second group. The first group has a fluorine atom. The second group has at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, a carbonyl group, and a polyether structure. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050786 | INK COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD - An ink composition includes a metal microparticle, a dispersion medium having water as a main ingredient, a dispersant for dispersing the metal microparticle into the dispersion medium, and a water-soluble polyhydric alcohol that is trivalent to hexavalent and solid under normal conditions, and whose concentration is 5 to 20 weight % relative to a total weight of the ink composition. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050787 | TRISAZO COMPOUND, INK COMPOSITION, RECORDING METHOD AND COLORED BODY - Disclosed is a dye compound for black ink which has high solubility in media composed mainly of water and which is stable even when a high-concentration aqueous solution and ink are stored over a long term. The density of printed images is very high, and even if a high-concentration solution is used for printing, no bronzing occurs in the images, and black recorded images are provided with which all aspects of printed image durability, particularly light resistance and ozone gas resistance, are excellent. Also disclosed is an ink composition thereof. Trisazo compounds represented by general formula (1) or tautomers thereof or salts thereof are used as said dye compound for black ink. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050788 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an image forming method including jetting an ink composition containing a pigment, a volatile water-soluble organic solvent, polymer particles and water, from a heated nozzle plate of an inkjet head onto a recording medium; and applying a maintenance liquid on a nozzle surface of the nozzle plate after jetting. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050789 | INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an ink set including: an ink composition including a pigment, polymer particles having an ethylene oxide chain in a side chain of the polymer, and a water-soluble polymerizable compound that has an ethylene oxide chain and that is polymerized by active energy rays; and a treating liquid including an aggregating agent that aggregates ingredients in the ink composition. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050790 | INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink set which includes an ink composition including a pigment, polymer particles having a glass transition temperature of 70° C. or more and a volume average particle size of 70 nm or lower, and a water-soluble polymerizable compound that undergoes polymerization when irradiated with an active energy ray; and a treatment liquid including an aggregating agent for aggregating components in the ink composition, and an image forming method, including an ink applying process for applying the ink composition; and a treatment liquid applying process for applying the treatment liquid, are provided. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050791 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes an ejection mechanism that ejects, toward a recording medium, a first ink containing hollow resin particles, and a second ink which does not contain a colorant and which contains a permeating liquid that permeates to the inside of the hollow resin particles and a fixing resin compound for fixing the permeating liquid, the fixing resin compound having an average particle diameter equal to or less than the average particle diameter of the hollow resin particles. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050792 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes an ejection mechanism that ejects, toward a recording medium, an ink containing hollow resin particles, and a moisturizing liquid that contains a humectant and that does not contain a thickener, the viscosity of which is increased by drying, or a colorant. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050793 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting apparatus that includes liquid ejecting heads ejecting a liquid includes: a supply passage permitting a tank storing the liquid to communicate with the plurality of liquid ejecting heads and supplying the liquid from the tank to the liquid ejecting heads; and a circulation passage permitting the liquid ejecting heads to communicate with the tank and circulating the liquid from the liquid ejecting heads to the tank. The plurality of liquid ejecting heads eject the liquid, while circulating the liquid along a path from the tank to the plurality of liquid ejecting heads via the supply passage and the circulation passage. A passage resistance of the circulation passage is set to be smaller than a passage resistance of the supply passage. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050794 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus and Method of Cleaning Liquid Ejecting Head of Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting apparatus provided with N (N≧2) liquid ejecting heads which eject liquid, the liquid ejecting apparatus including a supply path through which liquid is supplied from a tank to the N liquid ejecting heads, a circulation path through which liquid is returned from the liquid ejecting heads to the tank, N opening and closing valves that are installed for each liquid ejecting head on at least one of the supply path and the circulation path, and a liquid sending unit that applies a force sending the liquid from the tank toward the liquid ejecting heads. M opening and closing valves corresponding to M (M2011-03-03 | |
20110050795 | INK SET AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - The present invention provides an ink set including an ink composition and a maintenance liquid, wherein the ink composition includes a pigment, polymer particles having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50° C. or higher, and at least one of urea or a urea derivative. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050796 | LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid jetting apparatus including: a first and a second cartridge attaching section; a liquid jetting head on which a plurality of first nozzles and a plurality of second nozzles are formed and which has a plurality of driving sections provided corresponding to the nozzles respectively; and a flushing control unit which operates the driving sections to cause execution of a first flushing operation in which an amount of the liquid forcibly jetted from the first nozzles is made smaller than an amount of the liquid forcibly jetted from the second nozzles when a height of the first cartridge is greater than a height of the second cartridge. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050797 | MAINTENANCE METHOD FOR LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS - A maintenance method which is used for a liquid jetting apparatus provided with a jetting head which has a nozzle surface formed with nozzle holes and which jets a liquid from the nozzle holes and a cap which covers the nozzle surface, includes: detecting a temperature in the liquid jetting apparatus; discharging the liquid in the jetting head from the nozzle holes into the cap in a state that the nozzle surface of the jetting head is covered with the cap; sucking the liquid discharged into the cap via a discharge hole provided at a bottom portion of the cap in a state that the cap is separated from the jetting head; and determining a suction amount for sucking the liquid discharged into the cap per a predetermined period of time based on the detected temperature. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050798 | MAINTENANCE METHOD FOR LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS - A maintenance method for a liquid jetting apparatus provided with a jetting head which has a nozzle surface formed with nozzle holes and which discharges a liquid from the nozzle holes, and a cap which covers the nozzle surface includes discharging the liquid in the jetting head from the nozzle holes into the cap in a state that the nozzle surface of the jetting head is covered with the cap; and sucking the liquid discharged into the cap via a discharge hole provided at a bottom portion of the cap in a state that the cap is separated from the jetting head; and the liquid, which is discharged into the cap, is sucked in first and second suction modes in which suction amounts per a predetermined period of time are different from each other. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050799 | INK DISCHARGE APPARATUS - An ink discharge apparatus is provided, including a discharge head which has a nozzle surface formed with a first nozzle for discharging an ink of a first color and a second nozzle for discharging an ink of a second color darker than the first color; a cap; a sucking mechanism which performs suction for a space in the cap; a moving mechanism which positions the cap at a capping position and at a retracted position; and a purge control mechanism which controls the moving mechanism so that the cap is separated from the nozzle surface while allowing a second distance between the cap and an area near the second nozzle to be smaller than a first distance between the cap and an area near the first nozzle after completion of a purge operation. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050800 | LIQUID RECEIVING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid receiving apparatus includes a liquid receiving member that receives first liquid discharged from a liquid ejecting head and stores second liquid, thereby suppressing the first liquid from being precipitated. An upper portion of the liquid receiving member is opened. An absorbing member in the liquid receiving member contacts stored liquid containing the second liquid stored in the liquid receiving member and absorbs the stored liquid and the discharged first liquid. A liquid level lowering suppressing unit partitions the liquid receiving member into a first region in which an upper portion is covered by the absorbing member and second regions in which upper portions are not covered and suppresses the liquid level in the first region from lowering until the liquid level of the stored liquid in the second regions lowers to threshold height when the liquid level of the stored liquid is lowered. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050801 | CLEANING DEVICE, LIQUID APPLICATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The cleaning device includes: a wiper blade which is arranged along an axial direction of a pressure drum holding and conveying a medium on which liquid is applied, the pressure drum holding the medium on a pressure drum circumferential surface of the pressure drum and conveying the medium in a prescribed medium conveyance direction, the wiper blade wiping and removing the liquid adhering to the pressure drum circumferential surface, the wiper blade being disposed in such a manner that a wiper blade face of the wiper blade is inclined from a normal to the pressure drum circumferential surface at a contact position with the wiper blade face to form an angle of smaller than 90° between the wiper blade face and the pressure drum circumferential surface on an upstream side from the contact position in terms of the medium conveyance direction; a movement device which moves the wiper blade so as to separate the wiper blade from the pressure drum circumferential surface when a gripping member arranged on the pressure drum to hold an end portion of the medium passes a wiping process position of the wiper blade; and a liquid pool removal device which removes at least a portion of the liquid in a liquid pool formed by the liquid that has been wiped by the wiper blade immediately before the wiper blade is separated from the pressure drum circumferential surface and that has not slid completely down the wiper blade face. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050802 | DEVICE FOR MOUNTING PRINTING HEADS - The invention relates to a device for mounting printing heads for depositing fluids on a printing surface. The invention more particularly relates to a printing head mounting for improving the deposition precision and properties for a plurality of fluids. In order to do so, the present invention provides a printing head mounting having a geometric revolution axis about which are provided at least two means for maintaining printing heads. To this end, the invention provides a printing head holder that comprises at least two means ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110050803 | SELF-ASSEMBLY MONOLAYER MODIFIED PRINTHEAD - Described herein are printheads for inkjet printing and, more specifically, printheads modified with a self-assembly monolayer (SAM). Also described are processes for making and using the printheads as well as processes for forming patterns and images on a substrate including jetting inkjet inks or jettable materials using a printhead for inkjet printing that has been modified with a self-assembly monolayer. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050804 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid ejecting head has a nozzle substrate made of crystalline material, in which a nozzle through which liquid is ejected is provided by an etching process. The nozzle includes a plurality of continuous nozzle sections having different diameters arranged coaxially in the direction of the thickness of the crystalline material. The nozzle sections include a first nozzle section that is located at the ejection-side end and that has a first diameter, and a second nozzle section that is continuous with the first nozzle section and that has a second diameter larger than the first diameter. The difference between the first diameter and the second diameter is not less than 0.1 and not greater than 0.4 relative to the first diameter. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050805 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a plurality of flow channel units, each of which includes a pressure generating chamber operable to generate pressure therein and a nozzle plate formed with a nozzle from which liquid is ejected by the pressure; a plurality of drive units, each of which includes a piezoelectric vibrator operable to apply a pressure vibration to the pressure generating chamber, and which correspond to the plurality of the flow channel units, respectively; and a head casing, in which the plurality of the drive units are stored, and to which the plurality of the flow channel units are fixed. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050806 | CRACK-RESISTANT THERMAL BEND ACTUATOR - A thermal bend actuator comprises an active beam for connection to drive circuitry and a passive beam mechanically cooperating with the active beam. When a current is passed through the active beam, the active beam expands relative to the passive beam resulting in bending of the actuator. The passive beam comprises a first layer comprised of silicon nitride and a second layer comprised of silicon dioxide. The second layer is sandwiched between the first layer and the active beam to provide thermal insulation for the first layer. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050807 | INKJET PRINTHEAD HAVING SELECTIVELY ACTUABLE NOZZLES ARRANGED IN NOZZLE PAIRS - An inkjet printhead includes a substrate having an array of nozzles grouped in nozzle pairs. Each nozzle pair has a common nozzle chamber and a single actuator configured to selectively eject ink from one or other of the nozzles in the nozzle pair. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050808 | PIEZOELECTRIC PRINTHEAD AND RELATED METHODS - A piezoelectric printhead and related methods provide a first metallic electrode and a second metallic electrode deposited over a top surface and a bottom surface, respectively, of a piezoceramic plate. The second electrode is segmented into a plurality of electrode segments. A diaphragm is positioned over a plurality of pressure chambers, where the diaphragm includes a conductor positioned over each chamber. The piezoceramic plate is attached to the diaphragm such that each conductor on the diaphragm faces multiple electrode segments. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050809 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A piezoelectric actuator is provided, including a vibration plate, a piezoelectric layer, a plurality of individual electrodes arranged in two arrays, first and second common electrodes which have first and second facing portions facing parts of the individual electrodes and first and second connecting portions connecting the first and second facing portions respectively, and first and second wiring portions which are arranged on the vibration plate and which are connected to the first and second common electrodes respectively via first and second connecting wirings, wherein one of the first connecting wirings connects the first connecting portion and one of the first wiring portion while striding over the second connecting portion. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050810 | Droplet ejecting apparatus - A droplet ejecting apparatus, including: a droplet ejecting head including a cavity unit with pressure chambers and a piezoelectric actuator; and a voltage application device, the actuator including: first active portions; second active portions; a first potential electrode which is constantly given a first potential by the voltage application device; a second potential electrode which includes second branch portions respectively corresponding to the second active portions and a second trunk portion that connects the second branch portions and which is constantly given a second potential different from the first potential by the voltage application device; and individual electrodes to each of which the first and second potentials are selectively given at a connection portion thereof by the voltage application device, wherein the connection portion is disposed so as to overlap the second trunk portion as seen in a superposition direction in which the cavity unit and the actuator are superposed. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050811 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A liquid ejecting head includes a piezoelectric element including a first electrode, a seed layer provided on the first electrode and containing BiFeO | 2011-03-03 |
20110050812 | DROPLET SELECTION MECHANISM - A method and droplet selection device are provided for a continuous printer for selectively deflecting a droplet from a predetermined printing trajectory. In particular, a droplet selection device is provided for a continuous printer, comprising a droplet ejection system arranged to generate a continuous stream of droplets from a first fluid jetted out of an outlet channel; and a jet system arranged to generate a second jet for colliding the jet into the stream of droplets. The jet system comprises a deflector to selectively deflect the second jet into the continuous stream of droplets, so as to selectively deflect the droplets from a predefined printing trajectory. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050813 | HIGH SPEED PRINTING MATERIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM - A printing material delivery system includes a printing material storage that includes a printing material. The printing material deliver system also includes a print head. A pressurizing device defines a housing that includes an inlet coupled to the printing material storage, an outlet coupled to the print head, and that houses a rotatable member that is operable to rotate and create a pressure differential in order to transfer the printing material from the printing material storage, through the pressurizing device, and out of the print head. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050814 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH A STRUCTURE FOR PREVENTING BUBBLES FROM ENTERING RECORDING HEAD OR REMAINING IN A FLUID SUPPLY CHANNEL - An image forming apparatus includes plural heads each having a nozzle configured to discharge a droplet of a recording fluid; a distributing member to which the plural heads are attached, the distributing member having an inlet portion, a supply channel portion, and a common fluid chamber communicated with the inlet portion and configured to supply the recording fluid to the plural heads; and a fluid containing unit configured to supply the recording fluid to the distributing member via the inlet portion and the supply channel portion. The distributing member includes a flow-directing wall disposed between the supply channel portion and the common fluid chamber. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050815 | FLOW-PASSAGE CONNECTING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A flow-passage connecting device for connecting flow passages of first and second members, including: a joint to be attached at one end to an end portion of the passage of the first member and to be connected at the other end to the passage of the second member, the joint having a hollow space through which a fluid flows; a joint support portion for supporting the joint when the joint is attached, such that a positional adjustment of the joint in a direction perpendicular to a joint attachment direction is permitted within a first position-adjust range; and a position-adjust-range limiting portion disposed distant from the end portion of the passage of the first member in a direction opposite to the attachment direction and configured to limit the positional adjustment of the joint in the perpendicular direction within a second position-adjust range smaller than the first range when the joint is attached. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050816 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes the pressure adjusting valve including a movable member movably disposed in the pressure adjusting valve, a first throttling part; and a second throttling part, wherein the second throttling part is formed as a gap between an internal wall of the frame of the pressure adjusting valve and the movable member, an internal fluid resistance of the pressure adjusting valve varies in response to the flow rate of the liquid, and when the liquid is discharged from the nozzle, the liquid is fed from the liquid tank to the recording head by the liquid feeding unit in a state where the recording head is in fluid communication with the liquid tank via the pressure adjusting valve. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050817 | LIQUID-JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid-jetting apparatus includes: a liquid-jetting head which jets the liquid; a liquid tank which stores the liquid; a first flow passage which connects the liquid-jetting head and the liquid tank; a gas-liquid separating section which is arranged on the first flow passage and which separates the liquid and a gas in the liquid; a gas communication passage which connects the gas-liquid separating section and the liquid tank and through which the gas in the gas-liquid separating section is transported to the liquid tank; a second flow passage which communicates an upstream side and a down stream side of the gas-liquid separating section; and a switching mechanism which selectively switches between a first passage route for supplying the liquid through only the first flow passage and a second passage route for supplying the liquid through the second flow passage. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050818 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING GAS DUCT - A printhead assembly includes an ink distribution assembly including an ink distribution molding, the ink distribution molding including a plurality of ducts; at least one printhead integrated circuit in fluid communication with the ink distribution assembly; and a rotary platen having at least three surface, each surface for providing one of a platen surface, capping portion, and a blotting portion. The ink distribution assembly delivers delivers ink via one or more of the plurality of ducts to the at least one printhead integrated circuit, and delivers a gas into a vicinity of a printing surface region of the at least one printhead integrated circuit via at least one of the plurality of ducts. The ink distribution molding includes a plurality of ink inlet ports in fluid communication with an ink cassette via a plurality of ink hoses. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050819 | LIQUID CARRYING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A liquid carrying container which is removably mounted to a body of an image forming device is disclosed. The liquid carrying container includes a liquid containing bag which contains liquid; and a supply port section which has an elastically deformable portion through which a hollow nozzle member is pierced from the side of the image forming device, wherein the supply port section is directly held within a recess section formed on the liquid containing bag, and the hollow nozzle member penetrates through the supply port section and the liquid containing bag to face inside the liquid containing bag. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050820 | INK CARTRIDGES HAVING HEAT-STAKED VENT SEALING MEMBERS - An ink cartridge includes a body that is adapted to contain ink, an air vent provided on the body adapted to enable air to pass into and out of the body, and a sealing member that covers the air vent, the sealing member being heat staked to the body. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050821 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a head body that has a nozzle opening for ejecting liquid supplied via a liquid supply path. A first supply member for the liquid supply path has an introduction port for introducing the liquid. A second supply member is positioned on a downstream side of the first supply member. A filter between the first and second supply members crosses the liquid supply path. An integrated molding portion fixes the first and second supply members by resin in a state where the filter is pinched between the first and second supply members. The first and second supply members have pinching portions for pinching the filter therebetween. A wall surface is positioned on one of the first and second supply members and between the filter and the resin to surround an outer periphery of the filter. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050822 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system includes a temporary-curing light source radiating temporary-curing light to dots formed on a medium, and a complete-curing light source radiating complete-curing light to the dots irradiated with the temporary-curing light and having a wavelength band different from that of the temporary-curing light source. In the printing system described above, ink used for forming the dots includes at least two types of photopolymerization initiators which photopolymerize a monomer when being irradiated with light, and the two types of photopolymerization initiators have absorption peaks at different wavelengths. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050823 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a transport unit that intermittently transports an elongated recording medium from an upstream side to a downstream side as the lengthwise direction of the recording medium moves along a transport path. A recording unit adheres a recording material to the recording medium when the recording medium is stopped in a midstream position of the transport path. A drying unit downstream from the recording unit heats and dries the recording material. A contact member has a contact surface continuous contact with the surface of the recording medium opposite the surface thereof to which the recording material is adhered, from the time when the recording medium enters into the drying unit to the time when the recording medium is discharged from the drying unit. The contact member forms the transport path with the contact surface having at least one bent section in the drying unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050824 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a recording apparatus. The recording apparatus includes: a support member which supports a recording medium; a recording head which applies a recording material to one surface of the recording medium supported on the support member; and a fixing unit which fixes the recording material adhered to the one surface of the recording medium transported from the support member, wherein the support member and the fixing unit are arranged to be partly overlapped with each other in an up and down direction. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050825 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus, includes: a record head having an image formation surface which forms an image on a recording medium; a conveyance belt which conveys the recording medium to a position to face the image formation surface; a media attracting platen having a pair of electrodes, which is disposed in such a manner that the conveyance belt is sandwiched between the media attracting platen and the image formation surface; a voltage supply unit which applies a voltage to the pair of electrodes so as to attract the recording medium to the conveyance belt; and a transport unit which moves at least one of the conveyance belt and the media attracting platen so that a spacing distance between the conveyance belt and the media attracting platen is selectively switched between a first distance and a second distance longer than the first distance. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050826 | TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A transport apparatus which transports a sheet-like medium along a transport direction while one surface of the sheet-like medium is sucked to a holding surface, includes side members having opposed faces which are opposed to a portion of the holding surface at a position near the edge of the holding surface in a width direction intersecting with the transport direction. The side members form spaces between the other surface of the sheet-like medium and the opposed faces when the sheet-like medium is transported in a state where edges of the sheet-like medium in the width direction are interposed between the opposed faces and the holding surface. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050827 | INKJET RECORDING MEDIUM - An inkjet recording medium and a coating composition for forming an inkjet recording medium. In accordance with one aspect, an inkjet recording medium is disclosed comprising an inkjet-receptive coating on a coated paper substrate. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050828 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid discharge head of the present invention comprises a substrate and a flow path wall member provided on the substrate and having a wall of a flow path communicated with a discharge port for discharging liquid, wherein said flow path wall member is provided with a cavity not communicated with said flow path, when viewed in a direction from said discharge port toward said substrate, said cavity has a shape of a character, and said character corresponds to information regarding said liquid discharge head. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050829 | PRINT HEAD PULSING TECHNIQUES FOR MULTICOLOR PRINTERS - In one aspect of the invention there is disclosed a multicolor thermal imaging system wherein different heating elements on a thermal print head can print on different color-forming layers of a multicolor thermal imaging member in a single pass. The line-printing time is divided into segments, each of which is divided into a plurality of subintervals. All of the pulses within the segments have the same energy. In one embodiment, every pulse has the same amplitude and duration. Different colors are selected for printing during the different segments by varying the fraction of subintervals that contain pulses. This technique allows multiple colors to be printed using a thermal print head with a single strobe signal line. Pulsing patterns may be chosen to reduce the coincidence of pulses provided to multiple print head elements, thereby reducing the peak power requirements of the print head. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050830 | PRINT HEAD PULSING TECHNIQUES FOR MULTICOLOR PRINTERS - In one aspect of the invention there is disclosed a multicolor thermal imaging system wherein different heating elements on a thermal print head can print on different color-forming layers of a multicolor thermal imaging member in a single pass. The line-printing time is divided into portions, each of which is divided into a plurality of subintervals. All of the pulses within the portions have the same energy. In one embodiment, every pulse has the same amplitude and duration. Different colors are selected for printing during the different portions by varying the fraction of subintervals that contain pulses. This technique allows multiple colors to be printed using a thermal print head with a single strobe signal line. Pulsing patterns may be chosen to reduce the coincidence of pulses provided to multiple print head elements, thereby reducing the peak power requirements of the print head. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050831 | Thermal Printer - A thermal printer avoids or reduces difficult to correct problems caused by recording paper that has passed the printing position leaving the paper transportation path. A printing mechanism has a head mounting plate that carries a line thermal head, a front guide plate disposed downstream from the head mounting plate, a platen roller that defines the printing position A, and a back guide member disposed downstream from the platen roller. The head mounting plate and front guide plate have interlocking parts that interlock with each other widthwise to the paper transportation path. A paper detector that detects entry of the recording paper | 2011-03-03 |
20110050832 | Printing apparatus and printing method - A printing apparatus | 2011-03-03 |
20110050833 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus including a black developer with increased capacity. The image forming apparatus includes optical scanners, where the optical scanners have the same focusing distance from the light source to the photo conductor, and the light reflecting unit of one of the optical scanners is arranged at a position different from the light reflecting unit of another optical scanner, such that intervals between the developers vary. Accordingly, although developers of the same type are used, the capacity of the black developer, which is most frequently used, may be easily increased by arranging the relative positions of the developers. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050834 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium includes: a light emitting member having multiple light emitting elements provided side-by-side along a direction of an axis of an electrophotographic photosensitive drum of a process cartridge removably mounted to a mounting portion to subject the drum to exposure according to image information; a light emitting member support which supports the light emitting member, and is movable between an exposure position, at which the drum is subjected to exposure, and a retracted position, at which the light emitting member is retracted from the exposure position; and a moving member configured to move the light emitting member support between the exposure position and the retracted position in a state in which the light emitting member keeps parallel to the axis of the drum. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050835 | EXPOSURE HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An exposure head includes: a light emitting element substrate in which light emitting elements are arranged in a first direction; first lens arrays with first lenses, to which the light from the light emitting elements is incident, arranged thereon; second lens arrays with second lenses, to which the light emitting from the first lenses is incident, and each of which constitutes with each of the first lenses an optical system whose absolute value of a lateral magnification is less than one, arranged thereon; first spacers which are arranged on the light emitting element substrate and support the first lens arrays; and second spacers which are arranged on the first lens arrays so as to be in different positions from those of the first spacers when seen from an optical axis direction of the optical system and support the second lens arrays. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050836 | EXPOSURE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - In an exposure device, a light source device having multiple light emitting devices arranged in one-dimensional or two-dimensional directions projects light against an image bearing member. A light source holding member holds the light source device in place. An optical device condenses the light projected from the light source device onto the image bearing member. An optical device holding member holds the optical device to maintain a predetermined gap between the optical device and the light source device on the light source holding member. A positioning member supports the light source holding member above the image bearing member to maintain a predetermined gap between the image bearing member and the light source device on the light source holding member. When seen from a light emitting point of the light source device, a position at which the positioning member supports the light source holding member is opposite the image bearing member. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050837 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - If inclination correction of scanning line is performed while the incident position of the laser beam is not suitable, the shape of a spot of the laser beam which forms an image on a photosensitive drum may not be uniform depending on the scanning position of the laser beam. The housing is provided with a U-shaped groove to which the convex portion of a lens hold member that holds the lens is engaged. With the position of the convex portion adjusted, the convex portion is attached and secured in the U-shaped groove. Thus, the installation position of the lens to an optical path of the laser beam is adjusted, and the lens can be rotated and adjusted in order to correct an inclination or a bending of scanning line. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050838 | SEMICONDUCTOR COMPOSITE DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, OPTICAL PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor composite device, including steps of: preparing a substrate comprising circuit elements, which are part of a driving circuit; attaching an array of driven elements onto the substrate via a passivation layer, the array being formed of a semiconductor thin film having a crystal structure wherein the driven elements are arrayed to be driven by the driving circuit; and forming a metal wire by a photo-lithography method such that the circuit elements are electrically connected with the metal wire to form the driving circuit and the driving circuit is electrically connected to the driven elements with the metal wire. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050839 | LIGHT SCANNING UNIT AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - Provided are a light scanning unit and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus employing the same. A possible form deviation during fabrication of a cylindrical lens employed by the light scanning unit is reduced by intentionally giving a form deviation to the incident surface and the emission surface of the cylindrical lens in the main scanning direction. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050840 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO CALL - Provided are an apparatus, system and method for facilitating a video call between a first caller and a second caller, the apparatus including: an image sensor which captures an image of the first caller; a display which displays an image of the second caller; a microphone which captures audio input by the first caller; a speaker which plays audio input by the second caller; a detector which is operable to determine a location of the first caller; and a controller which controls the detector to determine the location as corresponding to an original location, wherein if the first caller changes from the original location to a new location, the controller controls the detector to determine the location as being the new location and controls the microphone to readjust based on the determined new location of the first caller. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050841 | PORTABLE REMOTE PRESENCE ROBOT - A tele-presence system that includes a portable robot face coupled to a remote station. The robot face includes a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker and a robot microphone. The remote station includes a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker and a station microphone. The portable robot face can be attached to a platform mounted to the ceiling of an ambulance. The portable robot face can be used by a physician at the remote station to provide remote medical consultation. When the patient is moved from the ambulance the portable robot face can be detached from the platform and moved with the patient. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050842 | DISTANCE LEARNING VIA INSTRUCTOR IMMERSION INTO REMOTE CLASSROOM - A distance learning scenario includes a local classroom having a local videoconferencing device communicating with a remote videoconferencing device at a remote classroom. A first local camera captures images of the local participants, a second local camera captures images of an instructor, and a local display screen displays images of remote participants. At the remote location, a first remote camera captures images of remote participants, a first remote display screen displays images of local participants, and a second remote display screen displays images of the instructor. The local display screen is situated on a side of the local presenter that is substantially opposite to the side on which the first remote display screen is situated relative to the second remote display screen at the remote location to implement video-mirroring. The local and remote display screens display life-size images of the participants and the instructor. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050843 | Video Conference Apparatus and Method Thereof - A video conference apparatus having a path-selecting unit is disclosed. A camera data captured by a camera can be transferred into the video processor via a content data path and be displayed as a content video, or the camera data can be transferred into a video processor via a camera data path and be displayed as a live video. A video conference method thereof is also disclosed. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050844 | PLUG-IN TO ENABLE CAD SOFTWARE NOT HAVING GREATER THAN 180 DEGREE CAPABILITY TO PRESENT IMAGE FROM CAMERA OF MORE THAN 180 DEGREES - A plug-in is provided to a CAD program on a vehicle to permit the CAD program to present an image from a vehicle-mounted video camera that exceeds a 180 degree field of view, even though the core CAD program without plug-in is designed to present no more than a 180 degree field of view image. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050845 | MINIATURIZED ALL-REFLECTIVE HOLOGRAPHIC FOURIER TRANSFORM IMAGING SPECTROMETER BASED ON A NEW ALL-REFLECTIVE INTERFEROMETER - A miniaturized Holographic Fourier transform imaging spectrometer HFTIS, made from simple all-reflective components and with no moving parts, is provided. This HFTIS includes an all-reflective two beam interferometer, which provides two interfering beams; a two-dimensional detector array to detect the interference pattern created by the beams; a computing machine for correcting the distortions in the pattern and calculating the spectrum from the corrected interferogram. The same principle can be used to build spot spectrometers, line-scan imaging spectrometers (also called array spectrometers or line-scan hyperspectral cameras) as well as two-dimensional instantaneous imaging spectrometers (also called staring hyperspectral cameras). In all variants of HFTIS that can be built using this invention, the wave-signal collecting element can also be built of all-reflective components. Digital correction can be utilized to straighten the interference fringes and to compensate for the impact of used lenses and other refractive components, to produce correct spectra after Fourier Transformation. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050846 | Method and Apparatus for Displaying 3D Multi-Viewpoint Camera Video Over a Network - A number of cameras capture a scene and send corresponding video sub-streams to an acquisition PC. Each sub-stream is made up of a plurality of sub-frames. The acquisition PC sends the sub-streams over a network to a playback PC. The playback PC stores each sub-frame in a queue corresponding to an associated sub-stream. For each sub-stream the playback PC calculates a sub-stream average period to produce a plurality of sub-stream average periods. It then calculates a composite average period by averaging the plurality of sub-stream average periods, and calculates a playback frame rate as a reciprocal of the composite average period. The playback PC then reads the sub-frames from their corresponding queue in synchronism with the calculated playback frame rate to display the plurality of sub-streams. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050847 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base-view stream and a dependent-view stream. The base-view stream is used for monoscopic video playback. The dependent-view stream is used for stereoscopic video playback in combination with the base-view stream. The recording medium further includes a first file and a second file. The first file refers to the base-view stream in monoscopic video playback, and the second file refers to the base-view stream in stereoscopic video playback. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050848 | SYNCHRONIZED VIEWS OF VIDEO DATA AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL DATA - Tools are described for preparing digital dental models for use in dental restoration production processes, along with associated systems and methods. Dental modeling is improved by supplementing views of three-dimensional models with still images of the modeled subject matter. Video data acquired during a scan of the model provides a source of still images that can be displayed alongside a rendered three-dimensional model, and the two views (model and still image) may be synchronized to provide a common perspective of the model's subject matter. This approach provides useful visual information for disambiguating surface features of the model during processing steps such as marking a margin of a prepared tooth surface for a restoration. Interactive modeling tools may be similarly enhanced. For example, tools for margin marking may synchronize display of margin lines between the still image and the model so that a user can interact with either or both of the visual representations, with changes to a margin reflected in both displays. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050849 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OF 3D SHUTTER GLASSES USING THE SAME - An apparatus for receiving a sync signal and an apparatus for controlling a three-dimensional (3D) shutter glass using the same. The apparatus for receiving the synchronization signal includes: a synchronization signal receiver which receives a synchronization signal from a source unit; and a controller which analyzes a period of the received synchronization signal and generates a mode signal according to the analyzed period of the received synchronization to control the synchronization signal receiver, wherein the synchronization signal receiver can be selectively operable to receive the synchronization signal according to the mode signal | 2011-03-03 |
20110050850 | VIDEO COMBINING DEVICE, VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND VIDEO COMBINING METHOD - According to embodiments described herein, there is provided a video combining device including: a frame extraction module configured to extract left-eye frames and right-eye frames; a graphic object generation module configured to generate a left-eye object and a right-eye object; a combined image generation module configured to generate combined left-eye frames/combined right-eye frames by synchronizedly combining those with the left-eye object/right-eye object, respectively; a frame group generation module configured to generate a left-eye frame group and a right-eye frame group by performing a frame interpolation based on the combined left-eye frames and the combined right-eye frames; and an image output module configured to alternately output the left-eye frame group and the right-eye frame group so as to sequentially rewrite the screen. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050851 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING A 1080P60 VIDEO IN 1080I FORMAT TO A LEGACY 1080I CAPABLE VIDEO RECEIVER WITHOUT RESOLUTION LOSS - A single progressive 1080P60 side-by-side 3D video or a single progressive 1080P60 2D video is captured for transmission to interlaced receivers such as a legacy 1080i capable video receiver. A video transmitter splits the captured 1080P60 video into a plurality of even-indexed line pictures and odd-indexed line pictures. Lines of the plurality of even-indexed line pictures and odd-indexed line pictures are reassembled to generate two interlaced video sequences such as two 1080i video sequences. The video transmitter compresses the generated two 1080i video sequences, respectively, utilizing different compression algorithms, for example. Pictures that originate from the same one of the plurality of pictures in the captured 1080P60 video may be synchronized for a progressive display at the legacy 1080i capable video receiver. The legacy 1080i capable video receiver may decode the synchronized pictures from the video transmitter so as to restore the captured 1080P60 video for display in progressive format. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050852 | STEREO TELESTRATION FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY - In one embodiment of the invention, a robotic surgical system includes a master control console having a stereo viewer to view stereo images; a surgical manipulator having a stereo endoscopic camera coupled to a robotic arm to generate the stereo images of a surgical site; a stereo telestration device coupled between the stereo endoscopic camera and the stereo viewer to mix telestration graphics and the stereo images of the surgical site together for viewing by the stereo viewer; and a telestration generator coupled to the stereo telestration device to generate the telestration graphics for overlay on the stereo images of the surgical site. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050853 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING 2D IMAGE DATA TO STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA - Methods and Systems are provided for converting a two-dimensional image sequence into a three-dimensional image. In one embodiment, a method for converting a two-dimensional image sequence into a three-dimensional image includes determining camera motion parameters between consecutive images in a monoscopic sequence of reference 2D images, wherein the consecutive images comprise a current reference image and an adjacent image, determining a horizontal disparity map for a target image using the camera motion parameters, determining a disparity probability value for each disparity vector of the disparity map, and determining a target image as a weighted average of pixel values in the current reference image using the disparity probability values, such that the target image and current reference image comprise a stereoscopic image pair. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050854 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND PSEUDO-3D IMAGE CREATION DEVICE - The present invention provides an apparatus that includes a color and polarization image capturing section | 2011-03-03 |
20110050855 | OPTICAL MEASURING DEVICE WITH TWO CAMERA UNITS - The invention relates to an optical measurement device with an image acquisition unit, which has at least two camera units ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110050856 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING APPARATUS - A stereoscopic imaging apparatus includes: a first and second imaging units, each of which has a substantially rectangular shape, and each of which has a thick section and a thin section that are arranged side by side; and a camera body which has a substantially rectangular shape, and in which the first and second imaging units are arranged side by side in a lateral direction of the camera body, wherein the first and second imaging units are arranged so that the thin section of the first imaging unit is positioned at an outer side of the camera body and so that the thick section of the second imaging unit is positioned at the outer side, the first imaging unit is arranged in parallel with the lateral direction, and the second imaging unit is arranged so as to be inclined inward by a predetermined angle with respect to the lateral direction. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050857 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE IN 3D IMAGE SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for displaying 3D images, which do not need to be reversed, so that users can watch the 3D images without modification in a 3D image system. The 3D images display extracts characteristic information regarding a plurality of imaging devices from left and right images taken by the imaging devices, selects an image among the left and right images, determines a reference element in the selected image, determines a selection element corresponding to the reference element in the non-selected image; calculates a disparity value between the left and right images by using the reference element and the selection element, determines whether the left and right images are normal or not by using the disparity value, and corrects the left and right images based on the determination result. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050858 | 3D IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND SYMMETRIC PRISM ARRAY FOR THE SAME - The present invention discloses a 3D image capture device and a symmetric prism array for the same. The symmetric prism array comprises a plurality of right triangle prisms, wherein the longer legs of the right triangle prisms are arranged along an identical line on the incident plane, and wherein the right triangle prisms are left-right symmetric with respect to a central symmetry line, and wherein the normals of the hypotenuses of the right triangle prisms diverge from the central symmetry line. The symmetric prism array that captures light from two different directions is arranged in front of the lens of the 3D image capture device, whereby the 3D image capture device can capture images from two different directions simultaneously. After the image processing by the 3D image capture device, 3D images are presented. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050859 | DEVICES AND METHODS OF GENERATING THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) COLORED MODELS - A method of forming at least one three dimensional (3D) color image of at least one object in a target space. The method comprises projecting, each of a plurality of projection cycles, a sequence comprising a plurality of gray coded light patterns, each colored in one of red green or blue, on a target space, capturing a plurality of two dimensional (2D) images of the target space during a plurality of acquisition cycles, each the acquisition cycle being timed to correspond with the projection of at least a sub sequence of the sequence, the sub sequence comprising red, green, and blue gray coded light patterns of the plurality of gray coded light patterns, extracting range data and color texture information of at least one object in the target space from the plurality of 2D images, and forming a 3D color image of the range data and color texture information. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050860 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND TRANSMITTING HIGH DEFINITION 3-D MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - One particular implementation of the present invention may take the form of a method and system for encoding and/or transmitting high definition 3-D multimedia content. In one embodiment, the frames for each eye of a viewer may be transmitted in a frame sequential manner to a display device, with an occasional null frame included in the frame stream. The null frame may be ignored by the display device and not presented to the viewer. In another embodiment, a synchronization signal may be presented to the display device to instruct the display device on how to display the frame-sequenced frames such that the 3-D effect of the content may be achieved. The synchronization signal may be presented to the display device embedded within the frames of the content or embedded within the null frames. The synchronization signal may also be provided out of band, such as on a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cable. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050861 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a stereoscopic image display device obtains a substantially greater value of a maximum value of luminous when displaying a first stereoscopic image and a maximum value of luminous when displaying a second stereoscopic image in each of plural areas divided from a display panel surface corresponding to plural light sources which illuminate the display panel thereby to control the emitted light amount of the light source corresponding to the area. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050862 | Frame Rate Conversion Apparatus for 3D display and Associated Method - A frame rate conversion apparatus for 3D display is provided. The frame rate conversion apparatus for 3D display is capable of preserving alternate display of left and right frames while also preventing an issue of frame tearing. The frame rate conversion apparatus includes a storage unit, an input controller and an output controller. The input controller inputs an input frame sequence to the storage unit according to an input frame rate. The input frame sequence includes a plurality of frame pairs each having a left frame and a corresponding right frame. The output controller alternately outputs one of the left frames and one of the right frames from the storage unit according to an output frame rate and left/right frame information associated with the frame pairs in the storage unit to form an output frame sequence. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050863 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a display apparatus and a control method thereof which includes receiving a three-dimensional image signal comprising left eye image data and right eye image data between successive first and second vertical blank sections; generating a third vertical blank section which divides the left eye image data and the right eye image data between the first and second vertical blank sections of the received image signal if the received image signal is determined as a three-dimensional image signal; and displaying an image based on the image signal having the generated third vertical blank section. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050864 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR TRANSFORMING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES INTO THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A system and process is provided for the conversion of a stream of two-dimensional images into a pair of streams of images for providing the perception of a stream of three-dimensional images. Each complimentary image in the image stream undergoes the application of a selection and remapping process to independently alter portions of the image, so that the remappings shift the image elements in a manner which produces a stereo depth effect when the images are viewed through the appropriate viewing device. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050865 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display apparatus and a driving method thereof. The display apparatus includes: a video processor which processes an input video signal including a left-eye image and a right-eye image; a display unit which displays an image based on the video signal processed by the video processor; a backlight unit which emits light to the display unit; and a controller which controls at least one of the display unit and the backlight unit so that a margin period between a scan of the left-eye image and a scan of the right-eye image corresponds to a period during which the left shutter and the right shutter are shifted between opened and closed states. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050866 | SHUTTER GLASSES FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Shutter-type three-dimensional (3D) glasses used with a display apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic image, and a driving method thereof are provided. The shutter-type 3D glasses include a shutter which includes a left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter alternately opened and closed in sync with a left-eye image and a right-eye image; a signal receiver which receives a synchronous signal for driving the shutter from the display apparatus; and a shutter driver which determines whether a synchronous signal is normal or abnormal, compensates the synchronous signal if the synchronous signal is abnormal, and supplies the compensated synchronous signal to the shutter. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050867 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A stereoscopic video display system includes a display device for displaying stereoscopic video, an image pickup element for generating image data, a position determiner for processing the image data received by the image pickup element to determine position information of at least one object identified in the image data, and a plurality of light output sections each having one or more light transmitters. Each light transmitter is configured to output timing signals having a signal strength based on the determined position information. The stereoscopic video display system also includes at least one set of shutter eyeglasses including a light receiving section for receiving timing signals output from at least one of the light transmitters of the light output sections. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050868 | Shutter drive unit and three dimensional image display system - Disclosed herein is a shutter drive unit, including: at least one inductor; first and second drive paths; first and second shutter including first and second drive object capacitive loads, respectively; first and second clamping circuits adapted to clamp the first and second drive object capacitive loads either to a power source potential or to a reference potential through the first and second drive paths, respectively; a first switch adapted to switch connection and non-connection between the inductor and the first drive object capacitive load over to each other; a second switch adapted to switch connection and non-connection between the inductor and the second drive object capacitive load over to each other; and a power collecting portion having a function of applying an intermediate voltage between the power source potential and the reference potential to the inductor, and a power collecting function of collecting a power by the inductor. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050869 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A parallax information detection unit detects parallax information based on a motion vector obtained resulting from motion compensation on a 3D video performed by a decoder, and converts the detected parallax information into a stereoscopic effect level. Then, a control unit compares the stereoscopic effect level with a lock level recorded in a lock level register, and performs stereoscopic display effect control based on a result of the comparison. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050870 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an organic EL display device includes an organic EL element, a pixel circuit configured to include an output switch which controls emission/non-emission of the organic EL element, and a luminance switching module configured to output to the output switch a first control signal which causes the organic EL element to emit light with a first total emission time per unit time, when a first display mode of displaying a two-dimensional image is selected, and to output to the output switch a second control signal which causes the organic EL element to emit light with a second total emission time, which is longer than the first total emission time, per unit time, when a second display mode of displaying a three-dimensional image is selected. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050871 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A three-dimensional (3D) image display device includes a display panel including an upper substrate and a lower substrate, the display panel displaying a left eye image and a right eye image; a patterned retarder that applies first and second circular polarizations to the light corresponding to the left and right eye images, respectively; a conductive tape attached to the upper substrate to discharge static electricity from the display panel; a panel guide on which the display panel and the patterned retarder are mounted; an electrically conductive gasket disposed on the panel guide in contact with the conductive tape; and a top case disposed on the panel guide and the conductive gasket such that the conductive gasket electrically connects the conductive tape to the top case. | 2011-03-03 |