09th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100052885 | OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM - An object detection system for a vehicle comprising an infrared camera for gathering an image of at least a part of the surroundings of the vehicle; and a processor for applying an algorithm to at least a part of the image gathered by the camera, the algorithm identifying non-relevant hot or warm objects ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100052887 | Tire Pressure Monitor System Module - A tire pressure monitor system module provides modular products with tire pressure monitor system functionality. The tire pressure monitor system module may be added to a modular product to provide tire pressure monitor system functionality. The tire pressure monitor system module may be a stand-alone module that may be attached, connected or in communication with a modular product. The tire pressure monitor system tool may include all of the functionality available to tire pressure monitor systems. The tire pressure monitor system module may include modules for transmitting and receiving signals from a tire pressure monitor system, resetting and diagnosing a tire pressure monitor system, initiating, determining, and selecting procedures associated with the tire pressure monitor system, simulating a tire pressure sensor of a tire pressure monitor system, storing, displaying, and updating information related to tire pressure monitor systems, and notifying a user of a status of a procedure and that a procedure has been completed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052899 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WIRELESS DEVICES - Systems and techniques for command communication between wireless devices are described. In one implementation, a data gathering device (such as a continuous glucose monitor) and a monitoring/control device, which communicate data samples through a frequency hopping protocol, utilize a dedicated command frequency for the transmission of non-data instructions and acknowledgements. A command mode is described where the command frequency is regularly listened to by a device to determine if pairing or other instructions are being sent. In another example, when communications are disrupted or corrupted, the devices revert to using the command frequency in order to reacquire a paired link between the devices. The command frequency is also used for a flight mode, where the data-acquisition device goes into a low-, or no-power transmission mode and remains in the mode, storing sampled data, until instructed to leave the flight mode over the command frequency. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052900 | SYSTEM TO MONITOR THE INGESTION OF MEDICINES - A system for monitoring ingestion of medicine ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100052901 | AGGREGATED USER PRESENCE MANAGEMENT METHOD WITHIN A HOME NETWORK AND DEVICE FOR USER PRESENCE MANAGEMENT WITHIN A HOME NETWORK - The present invention relates to a presence management method within home network. The presence of one or more users at one or more devices within a home network is determined and the determined presence information for the one or more users is stored. If data from a remote server having a specific recipient are received, then it is determined which of the one or more users corresponds to said recipient and the received data are sent in accordance with the stored presence information to at least one device within the home network for which the presence of the one or more users corresponding to said recipient has been stored. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052905 | PASSIVE THERMAL IMAGE GLASS BREAKAGE DETECTOR - A system and method for detecting glass breakage using thermal imaging is provided. The system includes an infrared image detector for acquiring an infrared image of a monitored area, and a signal processor for processing the acquired images to determine removal of a glass door or window based on a comparison of the thermal signature of the acquired image against the thermal signature of a reference image. Specifically, signal processor subtracts the reference image data from the acquired image data, which results in a substantially uniform image when the acquired image matches the reference image. On the other hand, the image resulting from the subtraction exhibits significant non-uniformity when the acquired image does not match the reference image, as would be the case if the pane of glass of a door or window were broken, removed or opened. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052907 | Bicycle or other mobile object anti-theft alarm device - A security alarm system suitable for bicycles or other mobile articles, which may be attached to said article to be protected. This anti-theft device is equipped with a security cable and a siren and two LED's. Said cable may be spooled thru the major components of the article. Having several options of attachment said alarm is suitable on many different articles, such as construction equipment, motorcycles, children's toys, barbeques etcetera. The security siren alarm system is simple to operate yet provides a sophisticated security unit. This system uses a low current drain design in the arming/timing circuit to provide long battery life. The security cable provides ample length to attach a number of parts together even more than one bicycle. Should this cable be cut or somehow removed the attached alarm will sound off for up to three hours. Thus providing ample time to thwart or apprehended the thief | 2010-03-04 |
20100052918 | Method and Device for Training Young Children to Fall Asleep - A sleep training device for assisting caregivers in training infants to sleep includes: a housing; a controller disposed within the housing; and an input device configured to be accessed from outside the housing and operationally coupled to the controller. The input device is provided for allowing a caregiver to input status information of an infant. The sleep training device also includes a storage device disposed within the housing and operationally coupled to the controller, the storage device provided to store training data regarding a sleep training regimen; and a display viewable from outside the housing and operationally coupled to the controller. The controller a) receives the status information from the input device and the training data from the storage device; b) based on the status information and the training data, calculates care instructions; and c) provides instructions to the display to present the care instructions to the caregiver. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052921 | Water Sensor Switch System - A drain pan system for activating a pump when detecting a predetermined water level in a drain pan is provided. The drain pan system includes the drain pan, the pump, a water sensor, first and second inputs, a control section and a switching device. The water sensor is coupled to the drain pan for detecting a level of water in the drain pan, the water sensor generating a drain pan water level detection signal in response to detection of the level of the water in the drain pan equal to or greater than a predetermined water level. The pump is coupled to the drain pan and, when activated, pumps the water from the drain pan. The first input couples a source line to a first power potential. The second input couples a neutral line to a second power potential, the second power potential being a neutral potential. The control section is coupled to the water sensor for receiving the drain pan water level detection signal therefrom. The control section is also connected to the first and second inputs and generates a switching signal in response to the drain pan water level detection signal. In addition, the switching device is coupled to the control section for connecting the first input to the pump in response to the switching signal, thereby activating the pump to pump the water from the drain pan. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052922 | REBREATHER OXYGEN RISK ALARM - A device that indicates a hypoxia risk or hyperoxia risk, or analogue thereto, using an integral value that is reset when a user activates a switch and which integrates over time from each reset event as a function calculating the PPO2 deviation from parameters that include ambient pressure changes or derivatives thereof and physiological parameters or analogues thereof, from which a metabolic parameter is calculated. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052923 | REDUCING HDD FAILURE CAUSED BY ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE FROM WIRELESS DEVICES - A system to reduce electromagnetic interference caused damage. The system includes a signal detector operably coupled to a wireless network. The system further includes a warning activator coupled to the signal detector. The warning activator activates a warning upon detection of a wireless signal in the network by the signal detector. The system further includes a warning apparatus coupled to the warning activator. The warning apparatus generates the warning in response to a detected wireless signal. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052924 | Method and System for Detecting and Managing a Fault Alarm Storm - A method and system of managing network alarms including associating an alarm type with a plurality of network alarms using information associated with the plurality of network alarms, the information comprising a quantity of the plurality of network alarms and a cause of the network alarms; and processing the plurality of network alarms based on the alarm type associated therewith. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052928 | Intelligent Security Controller - An intelligent security system that can be retrofit with existing equipment in the field, where the system, upon connection to existing End-Of-Line resistors automatically reads and calibrates itself to function with the various resistors already installed. The system provides for interrogation of non-supervised devices and may be remotely managed via a network connection. The system is designed as a fully integrated and easy to install security system that minimizes installation time and costs and provides for a compact and neat controller. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052930 | ACTIVITY PATTERN BASED BATTERY CHARGING ALERTS FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A method for providing activity pattern based battery charging alerts for mobile devices, the method includes: monitoring usage patterns of a mobile device; determining periods of activity and inactivity for the mobile device's usage; creating an activity log detailing the determined periods of activity and inactivity; monitoring levels of available battery charge for the mobile device; correlating the levels of available battery charge with the activity log; and generating a charging advisory alert in response to at least one of: an available battery charge dropping below a threshold value prior to a period of device inactivity, or toward the end of a period of activity. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052931 | GESTURE CONTROL KEY FOB - A key fob for a vehicle that provides a certain vehicle function depending on the motion applied to the key fob. The key fob includes a switch that is pressed when the vehicle operator wishes to transmit a command. Pressing the switch causes a device, such as a camera or accelerometer, to be put in a motion detecting mode, where a subsequent motion of the key fob causes the key fob to transmit a command associated with that motion. For example, the vehicle operator can press the switch on the key fob and make an upward motion, which will cause the vehicle door locks to unlock. Likewise, pressing the switch on the key fob and making a downward motion may cause the door locks to lock. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052933 | PROXIMITY SENSING - Wire antennas ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100052958 | SAMPLE-DEPENDENT AMPLIFICATION OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE SIGNAL - A digitizer for digitizing a magnetic resonance (MR) signal is hereby disclosed, the digitizer comprising at least two analog amplifiers ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100052959 | CONTINUOUS-TIME SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR USING DYNAMIC ELEMENT MATCHING HAVING LOW LATENCY AND DYNAMIC ELEMENT MATCHING METHOD THEREOF - In a continuous-time sigma-delta modulator, by using dynamic element matching (DEM) with respect to comparators of a quantizer, or by generating a plurality of candidate DEM results in advance for selecting an approximate DEM result, a time slot for DEM operations in each cycle of a sampling signal is significantly increased without being rushed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052960 | DUAL DATA WEIGHTED AVERAGE DYNAMIC ELEMENT MATCHING IN ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL - Methods and systems to provide dynamic element matching (DEM) in multi-phase sample systems include multiple uncorrelated, dual data weighted averaging, dynamic element matching (DDWA DEM). DDWA DEM may be implemented in a multiple-phase sample system in which sample paths and feedback paths share capacitances. Compensation feedback is apportioned amongst corresponding banks of capacitive sample circuits to utilize the capacitive sample circuits within each bank substantially equally over multiple sample cycles. The apportioning is substantially un-correlated between banks, which may reduce in-band quantization noise folding. DDWA DEM may be implemented within a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), in a delta-sigma modulator. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052961 | DELTA SIGMA ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A ΔΣ analog-to-digital converter includes a previous stage amplifier circuit which amplifies an input signal, a conversion circuit which converts an analog signal into a digital signal, where the analog signal is output from the previous stage amplifier circuit, an input node provided in the previous stage amplifier circuit, a plurality of capacitors provided in the conversion circuit, a first amplifier and a second amplifier, and a path switching circuit which connects the first amplifier to the input node in a first mode and connects the first amplifier to the plurality of capacitors in a second mode, where the first mode is for sampling the analog signal and the second mode is for performing an integration operation. The first amplifier forms the previous stage amplifier circuit in the first mode, and forms an integrator which carries out the integration operation performed in the conversion circuit in the second mode. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052963 | Digital-to-Analog Converter - A PRA-DAC is disclosed. The PRA-DAC is operable to increase its conversion speed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052964 | Digital to Analog Converter and Display Driving System Thereof - A digital to analog converter of the source driver includes a gamma voltage generator and a data decoder. The gamma voltage generator receives a gamma code to generate an analog gamma voltage. The gamma voltage includes a register, a reference decoder, and a calibrator. The register stores the gamma code. The reference decoder converts the gamma code from the register into the analog gamma voltage. The calibrator, receiving a reference gamma voltage in a calibration mode, includes a comparator and a counter, in which the counter tunes the gamma code according to the control signal generated by the comparator comparing the analog gamma voltage and the reference gamma voltage. The data decoder receives digital pixel data and selects one gamma voltage as a driving voltage based on the digital pixel data. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052967 | Analog to digital converter (ADC) with extended dynamic input rang - A method and apparatus is disclosed to extend a dynamic input range of an analog to digital converter (ADC). A composite ADC may include one or more ADCs. The one or more ADCs compare a signal metric of an analog input signal to quantization levels to produce intermediate digital output signals using one or more non-clipping input values. The composite ADC may select among the one or more intermediate digital output signals based on the signal metric of the analog input signal to produce a final digital output. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052979 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF STATUS MESSAGES IN A SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM - In a method for optimization of status messages in a satellite navigation system, which comprises a space segment having a plurality of satellites that emit navigation signals to be received and evaluated by utilization systems for position determination, and a ground segment having a plurality of observation stations that monitor the satellites, a threshold value is determined, as a function of location, for a message indicating that the error of a satellite is no longer acceptable. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052983 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING CLOCK BIAS ACCURACY IN A HYBRID POSITIONING SYSTEM - This disclosure describes systems and methods for maintaining clock bias accuracy in a hybrid positioning system. In some embodiments, the method to maintain the stability of an internal clock of an satellite positioning system receiver by using WLAN access points (APs) can include maintaining the internal clock accuracy of a satellite positioning system receiver by using one or more WLAN APs as a reference. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052984 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A SATELLITE NAVIGATION RECEIVER - A satellite navigation receiver includes a processing unit, a clock generator, and a power management interface. The processing unit is operable for locating the satellite navigation receiver according to multiple satellite signals. The clock generator coupled to the processing unit is operable for providing a reference clock to the processing unit. The power management interface coupled to the processing unit and the clock generator is operable for switching the satellite navigation receiver in multiple operation states. The operation states include a sleep state in which the processing unit is powered off and the clock generator is powered on. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052986 | COHERENT COMBINING FOR WIDELY-SEPARATED APERTURES - Method for coherently combining signals received from two widely separated antenna apertures ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100052989 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AT A PREDETERMINED GRANULARITY THE DIRECTION AND RANGE OF A TRANSMITTING MOBILE DEVICE - Systems and methods for determining a direction and range, at a predetermined level of granularity, for a transmitting device in a communications system are presented. Determinations, based on indicia related to the signal conditions, information contained in the received signals, and/or inferences surrounding the transmission conditions can be employed in identifying a transmitter, determining the range and direction of a transmitter and/or identifying a relative location of a transmitter without relaying, retransmitting, and/or conveying the transmitted and received signal across a supporting communications network. These determinations can be formed centrally at the transmitting or receiving user equipment or mobile device or formed in a distributed manner between the transmitting and receiving user equipment or mobile devices across a communications system. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052991 | Wireless Position Location And Tracking System - Techniques for accurate position location and tracking suitable for a wide range of facilities in variable environments are disclosed. In one aspect, a system for position location comprises a plurality of sensors (e.g. a network monitor, an environment sensor) for generating measurements of a plurality of sources, a plurality of objects or tags, each object generating measurements of the plurality of sources, and a processor for receiving the measurements and generating a position location for one or more objects in accordance with the received measurements. In another aspect, a position engine comprises a mapped space of a physical environment, and a processor for updating the mapped space in response to received measurements. The position engine may receive second measurements from an object within the physical environment, and generate a position location estimate for the object from the received second measurements and the mapped space. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052992 | Sheet Member for Improving Communication, and Antenna Device and Electronic Information Transmitting Apparatus Provided Therewith - In one embodiment of the present invention, a conductive pattern portion formed in a pattern layer functions as an antenna, and, when electromagnetic waves at a predetermined frequency arrive, resonance occurs, and an electromagnetic wave of a specific frequency is introduced into a sheet member. As to the sheet member having the pattern layer, even in a small and thin sheet member, the phase of reflected waves from the reflection area can be adjusted, and thus an area having high electric field intensity due to interference between reflected waves from the reflection area and arriving electromagnetic waves can be set in the vicinity of the antenna element. When the sheet member is disposed between an antenna element and a communication jamming member, an electromagnetic field is generated around the conductive pattern portion, and an electromagnetic energy is supplied from the conductive pattern portion to the antenna element, and therefore receiving power of the antenna element can be increased. Accordingly, wireless communication can be suitably performed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100052994 | INCLINED ANTENNA SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, a method and system for designing an inclined antenna array with a hybrid mechanical-electronic steering system with improved radiation performances at low elevation angles is presented. In an exemplary embodiment, a radiating element structure is attached to a mounting surface and includes a patch antenna and a ground plane. The bottom edge of the patch antenna is farther from the mounting surface than the top edge of the patch antenna. If the radiating element structure is used in an inclined array antenna, then the patch antenna has an uncovered view of a low elevation angle. Furthermore, at least a portion of a patch antenna may be uncovered and have a clear view. A clear view of the low elevation angle results in increased directivity and increased polarization quality due to reduced signal scattering. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053028 | SEAMLESS DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF PANELS - A seamless display apparatus having a plurality of panels connected side by side is disclosed. A backlight module disposed under the panels emits a light and perpendicularly transmits the light onto the panels. The region between two adjacent panels is invisible without any light passing therethrough. A light-pervious hollow tube is disposed above a joint section of the two adjacent panels and a protection glass is provided over the light-pervious hollow tube. In such a way, the invisible region is eliminated from the protection glass by twice refraction occurring at the outer and inner sides of the light-pervious hollow tube. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053029 | MOBILE PROJECTED SETS - One particular implementation of the present invention may take the form of a mobile set configured to include one or more projection devices to display a media presentation to a viewer. The mobile set may be configured to follow a fixed path or may move through autonomous navigation. In one embodiment, the mobile set may be included as part of an amusement park ride to interact with the ride patrons and provide them with a greater entertainment experience. For example, the mobile projected set may be synchronized to move with a carrier vehicle carrying the ride patrons and project a presentation or display to the ride patrons during the ride. Placing the projected scene on a mobile set allows the patrons to interact with the projected scene for a longer period of time then if the projected scene was stationary. Further, the mobile sets may be used to configure and control sightlines through the ride to provide a more dynamic environment for the amusement park ride. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053030 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROCESS DISPLAY AND NON-DISPLAY INFORMATION - In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a substrate including a display information optical path to receive display information and includes a non-display information optical path to receive non-display information. In some embodiments, the display information optical path includes a display information optical power. In some embodiments, the non-display information optical path includes one or more filters and a non-display information optical power. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053032 | Touch detecting circuit for bistable electronic display - A touch detecting circuit of the present invention is provided between a substrate and a bistable display film of a display. The touch detecting circuit includes a plurality of first electrodes along a first direction, a plurality of second electrodes along a second direction, and an insulating layer between the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The insulating layer has through holes, on opposite ends of which the first electrodes and the second electrodes are provided. Each of the second electrodes has a contact terminal not masking the entire through hole. The first electrodes will contact the second electrodes under an external force exertion and a resistance effect will occur to let the system terminal of the display detecting the location of the external force. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053033 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SHIELD GLASS WITH BLACKENED CONDUCTIVE PATTERN AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method of producing an electromagnetic interference shield glass and a blackened electromagnetic interference shield glass. The method comprises (a) forming a conductive pattern on at least one side of a front side and a rear side of glass, and (b) blackening a surface of the conductive pattern by using a solution comprising a reductive metal ion. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053039 | Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - A display device includes a plurality of pixels respectively including a plurality of light-emitting elements, a comparing unit for comparing input image signals during a plurality of continuous frames for each pixel and determining whether the input image signals are repeated, a signal converter for converting the input image signal into a compensating image signal for the pixel where the input image signals are repeated during the continuous frames, and a data driver generating a data signal corresponding to the compensation image signal to supply the data signal to the pixel. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053040 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device includes: horizontal scan lines; vertical scan lines; an electro-optical element disposed at each of positions where the horizontal scan lines and the vertical scan lines intersect and selectively turned on based on a video signal and a vertical scan signal; a defect information storing section that stores defect information indicating whether each of the electro-optical elements has a defect; and a video signal generating section that generates a video signal to be supplied to the electro-optical element in each position based on a video signal supplied from outside and the defect information, wherein the video signal generating section supplies a video signal to the electro-optical elements such that the supply of a level required for turning on an element is stopped for an electro-optical element having a defect and the video signal supplied from the outside is supplied to an electro-optical element having no defect. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053041 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel circuit including at least a light emitting element, and a thin film transistor that supplies to the light emitting element a first current controlling a gray scale according to luminance-current characteristics of the light emitting element, wherein the thin film transistor has a back gate electrode, at least a driving period in which the thin film transistor supplies the first current to the light emitting element, and a writing period in which a second current is written to the thin film transistor before the driving period in order to pass the first current to the thin film transistor during the driving period are included, and by changing voltages which are applied to the back gate electrode in the driving period and the writing period, current capability to a gate voltage of the thin film transistor is made to differ. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053042 | Display Device - A plurality of data signal lines each of which is connected to at least one pixel circuit in one pixel circuit column and is not connected to the pixel circuits of other pixel circuit columns are provided to one pixel circuit column, and the pixel circuits in the pixel circuit column are connected to any one of the plurality of data signal lines. An image display device having such a constitution can alleviate lowering of display quality attributed to transmission delay or voltage drop of a scanning signal. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053045 | ACTIVE MATRIX LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An active matrix display device comprises an array of display pixels, each pixel comprising: a current-driven light emitting display element ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100053046 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - In a backlight device that performs an area control, part of a plurality of light emitting sections is configured based on a relationship where, between at least two light emitting sections controlled by a first control unit, at least one light emitting section controlled by a second control unit that is different from the first control unit, is provided. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053069 | MOBILE COMPUTING SYSTEM FACILITATING ADAPTIVE DISPLAY OF CONTENT AMONG A PLURALITY OF DISPLAY COMPONENTS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY COMPONENT - Systems, devices, and/or methods that facilitate adaptive display of content among a plurality of display components including at least one virtual image display component are presented. The disclosed subject matter facilitates forming determinations or inferences based on various metrics for adaptively routing content to select display devices. The display interface component, at least in part, routes content selectively between a primary display component and a virtual image display (VID) component. This can better optimize the use of VID components to avoid overstimulation of a user while allowing access to the benefits of the VID component under predetermined conditions. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053071 | Display control of classified content based on flexible display containing electronic device conformation - A method includes, but is not limited to: obtaining first information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of a flexible display containing electronic device and controlling display of one or more portions of the flexible display containing electronic device regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the flexible display containing electronic device. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053072 | Application control based on flexible interface conformation sequence status - A method includes, but is not limited to: obtaining information associated with one or more changes in one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the flexible interface and coordinating the one or more changes in one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the flexible interface with one or more commands. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053073 | Display control based on bendable display containing electronic device conformation sequence status - A method includes, but is not limited to: obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of a bendable display containing electronic device and controlling display of one or more portions of the bendable display containing electronic device regarding display of second information in response to the information associated with the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the bendable display containing electronic device. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053074 | Display control based on bendable display containing electronic device conformation sequence status - A system includes, but is not limited to: one or more conformation sensor modules configured to direct obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of a bendable display containing electronic device and one or more display control modules configured to direct controlling display of one or more portions of the bendable display containing electronic device regarding display of second information in response to the information associated with the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the bendable display containing electronic device. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053076 | Display control based on bendable interface containing electronic device conformation sequence status - A system includes, but is not limited to: one and one or more display control modules configured to direct controlling display of one or more portions of the bendable interface containing electronic device regarding display of second information in response to the information associated with the one or more changes in one or more sequences of two or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the bendable interface containing electronic device. In addition to the foregoing, other related system/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053091 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING OBJECTS ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - A method of identifying objects on a touch-sensitive device comprises scanning a plurality of “m” traces of the touch-sensitive device, m being a positive integer, obtaining a count value of each of the “m” traces, wherein an x-th trace has a count value a | 2010-03-04 |
20100053093 | Multi-point touch-sensitive system - A multi-touch detection system includes a touch-sensitive device, a microcontroller coupled to the touch sensitive device, and an electronic application coupled to the microcontroller. The touch-sensitive device includes multiple electrically isolated conductive regions and the conductive regions are configured to detect multiple contacts from a user simultaneously and generate respective output signals for the multiple user contacts. The microcontroller is configured to receive the output signals from the conductive regions and generate one or more control signals in response to the output signals. The electronic application includes a screen displaying multiple human-machine interactive objects and a signal processor. The signal processor is configured to receive the control signals from the microcontroller and alter the appearance of the human-machine interactive objects on the screen in accordance with the control signals. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053094 | Method of operating a multi-point touch-sensitive system - A computer-implemented method in connection with a multi-touch detection system is disclosed. The multi-touch detection system includes a touch-sensitive device, a microcontroller coupled to the touch sensitive device, and an electronic application coupled to the microcontroller. The touch-sensitive device has multiple electrically isolated conductive regions. In response to detecting multiple simultaneous contacts a user has with the conductive regions, the touch-sensitive device generates multiple output signals, one signal for each of the multiple simultaneous contacts, and transmits the output signals to the microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to generate one or more control signals in response to the output signals and transmit the control signals to the electronic application. The electronic application includes a screen displaying multiple human-machine interactive objects. In response to the control signals, the electronic application alters the appearance of the human-machine interactive objects on the screen. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053096 | TERMINAL, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal is provided including a touchscreen and a controller. The controller is configured to display, on the touchscreen, a moving picture and a subset of a plurality of key frame pictures for the moving picture. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053109 | Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method - To provide an information processing apparatus and information processing method capable of correcting a contact or proximity position to be closer to a user-intended contact or proximity position with high accuracy. It includes a calculation unit | 2010-03-04 |
20100053111 | MULTI-TOUCH CONTROL FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method performed by a device having a touch panel and a display includes identifying touch coordinates of a first touch on the touch panel, and associating the first touch coordinates with an object on the display. The method also includes identifying touch coordinates of a second touch on the touch panel, and associating the second touch coordinates with an object on the display. The method also includes associating the second touch with a command signal based on the coordinates of the first touch and the second touch; and altering the display based on the command signal. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053112 | Integrated pixel structure, integrated touch panel LCD device and method of controlling the same - An integrated pixel structure, an integrated touch panel LCD device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The integrated pixel structure includes a transistor matrix substrate, a color filter substrate being parallel with the transistor matrix substrate, and a liquid crystal layer placed between the transistor matrix substrate and the color filter substrate. The transistor matrix substrate includes a first transistor, a first storage capacitor connected to the first transistor, a second transistor, a second storage capacitor connected to the second transistor, and a conductive protrusion. The conductive protrusion is disposed corresponding to the second storage capacitor and configured to electrically connect the second storage capacitor and the color filter substrate. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053113 | Electromagnetic Stylus for Operating a Capacitive Touch Panel - When a user moves an electromagnetic stylus to a capacitive touch panel, a transceiving winding will detect the frequency of the capacitive touch panel. A synchronizing winding will oscillate to generate a signal having a frequency similar to that of the capacitive touch panel. An oscillator will amplify the signal generated by the synchronizing winding. A circuit board will process the signal amplified by the oscillator. Finally the transceiving winding will emit a wireless signal with a frequency similar to that of the capacitive touch panel to interfere with the electric (magnetic) field of the capacitive touch panel so as to detect a triggered coordinate of the capacitive touch panel. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053115 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY - A touch screen display apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a conductive pad formed on the first substrate, a cell-gap spacer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, an auxiliary cell-gap spacer disposed around the cell-gap spacer, and a conductive spacer formed on the second substrate to correspond to the conductive pad, wherein the conductive spacer is movably connected to the conductive pad. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053119 | Input/output device - An input/output device capable of displaying a high-resolution two-dimensional image and detecting the position of an object in three-dimensional space in spite of having a low profile is provided. An input/output device includes: a display section including, in a mixed manner, image pickup regions for obtaining image pickup data of an object and a display region for displaying an image based on image data; a microlens arranged on a display surface of the display section so as to correspond to each of the image pickup regions; and a position detection section detecting position of the object based on image pickup data obtained from the image pickup regions of the display section. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053120 | TOUCHSCREEN STYLUS - A touchscreen stylus applies to a capacitive touchscreen and comprises a body being hollow and having an accommodating space thereinside, and a coil arranged inside the accommodating space and forming a current loop. The body also has an electric-conduction element at one end thereof, and the electric-conduction element is used to contact the capacitive touchscreen. The current loop induces an electric field in the coil. The touchscreen detects the induced electric filed and works out the coordinates of the point the touchscreen stylus contacts. In the present invention, the current from the touchscreen needn't flow through the user's hand, and the touchscreen stylus makes the touchscreen detect the contact point more accurately. The touchscreen stylus of the present invention overcomes the conventional problems that current has to flow through the hand and that the touchscreen is unable to correctly recognize the instructions from the stylus. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053124 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME WITH MIRROR FUNCTION - A digital photo frame (DPF) includes a power source, a power management unit, a display panel, a backlight unit, a motion detector and a processing unit. The display panel includes a reflective structure. The power management unit is used to manage the power supply from the power source to the DPE The backlight unit connects with the display panel and the power management unit. The motion detector is used to produce a detection signal when detecting there is someone around the DPF within a relatively short range. The processing unit connects with the motion detector and the power management unit, when the processing unit receives the detection signal, the processing unit controls the power management unit to discontinue the power from the power source to the backlight unit, therefore display panel reflects images via the reflective structure. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053125 | DISPLAY DRIVER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A display driver integrated circuit (IC) apparatus having an improved data transmission characteristic, an electronic apparatus having the same, and a method of operating the same. The display driver IC apparatus includes a memory unit to store data, a logic circuit unit to perform data processing of a plurality of pieces of data that are read by the memory unit through a plurality of data lines, and a switching unit disposed on the plurality of data lines between the memory unit and the logic circuit and comprising transmission gates corresponding to the plurality of data lines, so as to control transmission of the plurality of pieces of data that are read by the memory. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053159 | COMBINED INTENSITY PROJECTION - The invention relates to a system ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100053160 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An extraction unit extracts a centerline of a tubular structure from a volume data set. A generation unit generates a plurality of image data sets concerning a plurality of curved planes based on the volume data set. Each of the curved planes contains the centerline. The plurality of image data sets have a plurality of image lengths respectively and contain a plurality of centerlines respectively. A first specification unit specifies a first image data set or a second image data set from the plurality of image data sets. The first image data set is specified based on the plurality of image lengths of the plurality of image data sets. The second image data set is specified based on gradients of the plurality of centerlines of the plurality of image data sets. A display unit displays the first image or the second image. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053162 | ACCELERATED RAY TRACING USING SHALLOW BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHIES - Methods, systems, devices, and computer program code (software) products enable acceleration of ray tracing by using acceleration data structures with high arity to enable processing of nodes using streaming SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) instructions with reduced memory requirements. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053163 | POINT-CLOUD CLIP FILTER - A viewer renders a first image from a point cloud of data of a scanned scene accessed from a data store. A region of interest may then be defined. In response, the image is updated to only include data included within the region of interest. Alternatively, the region of interest may be provided to a second viewer, where a second image is rendered or updated to only include data included within the region of interest. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053165 | IMAGE ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image adjusting method includes supplying an adjusting device connected with a display device; receiving an adjusting request including a source location, a target location and a revolution of the display device from the display device; obtaining the source location, the target location and the revolution of the display device from the adjusting request, and images from the source location; reducing the resolution of the obtained image according to the resolution of the display device when a revolution of the obtained image is not consistent with the revolution of the display device; and storing the adjusted desired image to the target location. A display device and an adjusting device are also provided. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053167 | STATISTICAL ECONOMIC DATA DISPLAY SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - Even if a display means or a memory capacity of a terminal device is small in size, a plurality of economic statistical data are displayed in such a form that the data can be compared with each other. Out of economic statistical data a client terminal device ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100053168 | METHOD FOR GRAPHICALLY DISPLAYING PIECES OF MUSIC - A Method for graphically displaying pieces of music on a screen, comprising: providing a plurality of pieces of music, each piece of music having a music attribute; calculating a mapping function that maps values of said music attribute to coordinate values of a dimension of said screen; determining, for each of said pieces of music, a respective coordinate value based on said mapping function and a respective value of a respective music attribute; displaying on said screen a graphical symbol representing a respective piece of music at said respective coordinate value of said dimension. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053170 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTING A MULTI-BLOCK STRUCTURED MESH TOPOLOGY OF AN OBJECT TO A MODIFICATION IN ITS GEOMETRY - A computer-aided method for adapting a multi-block mesh topology of an object ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100053173 | Display control of classified content based on flexible display containing electronic device conformation - A system includes, but is not limited to one and one or more display control modules configured to direct control of display of one or more portions of the flexible display containing electronic device regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the flexible display containing electronic device. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053174 | Display control of classified content based on flexible interface e-paper conformation - A method includes, but is not limited to: obtaining and controlling display of one or more portions of the flexible interface containing electronic device regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with the one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the flexible interface containing electronic device. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053175 | Wireless Display for Compensation or Cause - Embodiment of wireless display devices that may display graphics, advertisements, text and data of any type controlled remotely or by embedded instructions that are embedded, affixed or weaved into clothing and other belongings of a person. Businesses can partner with people willing to wear said device for compensation. The said display can be tracked by GPS and compensation models and tiers created based on distance, location and the duration the display displays advertisement data for said businesses. In addition, said display may optionally transmit audio and can optionally contain a mechanism for input. This can be applied to both commercial and personal uses. Other embodiments are described and shown. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053176 | Video Processing Across Multiple Graphics Processing Units - A processing unit, method, and graphics processing system are provided for processing a plurality of frames of graphics data. For instance, the processing unit can include a first plurality of graphics processing units (GPUs), a second plurality of GPUs, and a plurality of compositors. The first plurality of GPUs can be configured to process a first frame of graphics data. Likewise, the second plurality of GPUs can be configured to process a second frame of graphics data. Further, each compositor in the plurality of compositors can be coupled to a respective GPU from the first and second pluralities of GPUs, where the plurality of compositors is configured to sequentially pass the first and second frames of graphics data to a display module. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053181 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF PROCESSING VIDEO - A memory controller is disclosed that allocates local memory space to a set of macroblocks of a picture being processed. Information associated with a specific macroblock of the set of macroblocks is written to non-local memory when it is no longer needed to complete processing of a current row of macroblocks. When information associated with the specific macroblock is later needed to process a different row of macroblocks, the memory controller allocates local memory space to the specific macroblock and stores the previously saved information from non-local memory to the local memory. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053184 | Apparatus and method for processing image data - An image data processing apparatus includes a temporary reception buffer. A reception interface section generates first write addresses and first read address for the temporary reception buffer and memory write addresses for a storage unit. When pixel data for a first block are continuously and sequentially supplied, the pixel data are stored in the temporary reception buffer in units of second blocks. The stored pixel data are read from the temporary reception buffer in units of third blocks while the pixel data for the second block are stored in the temporary reception buffer. The read pixel data for the third blocks of the second block are stored in the storage unit in units of columns of each of the third blocks. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053187 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Readable Medium for Editing an Avatar and Performing Authentication - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprising a processor configured to determine a property associated with an access device; and automatically select a characteristic of an avatar based at least in part on the property is disclosed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053188 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING DIGITAL IMAGE AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for adjusting digital image is provided. The method includes: acquiring a predetermined time interval; receiving input signals; generates control signals according to operations on the button; and adjusting images according to the control signals. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053190 | Method and Apparatus for Signal Compensation in an Image Display Device - A signal compensation method for an image display device includes deriving an input signal, which is a product of an original signal and a gain value, comparing the input signal with a threshold range for generating a comparison result, generating a difference value according to the comparison result, and generating an output signal according to the original signal, the difference value and a weighting value. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053193 | DATA CREATING APPARATUS AND DRAWING APPARATUS - A data creating apparatus creates image data for causing a graphic to be displayed by a displaying device. In the data creating apparatus, an information acquiring unit acquires information on a display characteristic of the displaying device. A storing unit stores information representing a basic portion of the graphic. A creating unit creates gradation information that is information for correcting gradation data of a portion other than the basic portion of the graphic. The creating unit creates the gradation information based on the information on the display characteristic of the displaying device. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053195 | Filter device, image correction circuit, image dispay device, and method of correcting image - The present invention provides a filter device allowing unnatural variation in image quality caused by image processing to be suppressed. The filter device including a filter section performing a filtering operation on an input image data so that, when time-varying amount in a total frequency value in a neighboring-classes block configured with a couple of neighboring classes in a histogram distribution of the input image data is equal to or less than a predetermined value, time-varying amount of a frequency value in each of the classes in the neighboring-classes block is suppressed to be equal to or less than a predetermined limitation value. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053196 | PROGRAMMABLE CYCLE STATE MACHINE INTERFACE - A programmable cycle state machine interface to a microcontroller comprising a programmable cycle state machine, a first and second data bus, a first and second control output, and a control input for programming the cycle of the state machine. The programmable nature of the state machine allows for design and implementation changes without the need to redesign customized state machine logic on the microcontroller. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053197 | System and Method for Enhancing Gray Scale Output on a Color Display - There is disclosed a system and method for enhancing gray scale output on a color display. Various gray intensities are mapped based on an image made of various shades of gray so that a viewer perceives a depth of gray levels beyond those available in gray scale from the color display. Pseudo shades of gray are displayed between the levels of true gray that typically are displayed in order to provide a smoother transition between the levels of true gray that are displayed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053229 | RIM SYSTEM FOR A DISPLAY - This invention relates to a rim system for a display such as a TV or a computer display. Controllable light sources are used for emitting light beam of at least one wavelength into a light guide comprising an inner and an outer side and a front and a back side, the light guide being adapted for guiding incoming light emitted by the light sources. The light guide | 2010-03-04 |
20100053230 | DISPLAY DEVICE USING MOVEMENT OF PARTICLES - A method is provided for driving a display device comprising an array of rows and columns of display pixels, each pixel comprising particles which are moved to control the display state of the pixel. A display addressing mode is provided for writing an output image on a display, which has a line-by-line partial writing operation (to a temporary storage electrode) and a parallel writing operation to finish off the writing of the display. This enables a reduction in addressing time, as the distance of movement of the particles is reduced during the line-by-line phase, so that the line time can be reduced. The writing is then completed with a parallel phase for all the display, and the overall writing time is reduced. A further mode is provided to enable even more rapid writing of lines, and this can be used to modify images even more rapidly, but only with simple line-based modifications. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053232 | Image Optimization Method for Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention provides an image optimization method for performing data update on pixel units in the pixel matrix of the liquid crystal displays. The pixel matrix includes at least a first row and a second row, wherein the first row and the second row respectively include a plurality of pixel units. In one frame period, the image optimization method performs data update respectively on pixel units of the first row and the second row according to a first sequence. In another frame period, the image optimization method performs data update respectively on pixel units of the first row and the second row according to a second sequence. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053236 | INK-JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink-jet recording method is provided, which includes (i) supplying on a coated paper a treatment liquid containing 15% by mass or more of a polyvalent metal compound for fixing the components contained in an ink composition and having a viscosity at 25° C. of from 2 mPa·s to 8 mPa·s, in an amount of from −50% to +50% with respect to the value of ΔV [ml/m | 2010-03-04 |
20100053239 | LIQUID APPLICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - The liquid application apparatus includes: a drum which holds a sheet-shaped recording medium on a circumferential surface thereof and rotationally conveys the recording medium; a belt which is wrapped about at least a pair of rollers and makes contact with the recording medium held on the circumferential surface of the drum and rotationally conveyed; a belt travel device which causes the belt to travel; and an application liquid supply device which supplies an application liquid to a circumferential surface of the belt. The application liquid supplied to the circumferential surface of the belt is applied to the recording medium through the belt. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053240 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus including: (a) a recording head; (b) an ink supply source; (c) an ink supply conduit interconnecting the recording head and the ink supply source, such that the ink is supplied from the ink supply source to the recording head in an ink supplying direction; (d) a movable body disposed in the ink supply conduit and movable in the ink supply conduit; (e) a moving device configured to move the movable body in the ink supply conduit; and (f) a control device configured to control the moving device. The ink supply conduit includes a small-clearance defining portion in which a small clearance is to be defined between the movable body and an inner surface of the ink supply conduit when the movable body is being positioned in the small-clearance defining portion. The control device is configured to control the moving device, such that the movable body is moved from a first position located in the small-clearance defining portion, to a second position located in the small-clearance defining portion, whereby the ink within the small-clearance defining portion is caused to flow toward the recording head. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053241 | Non-interfering flushing method for inkjet printers - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving an overlay having a flushing pattern to flush nozzles of an inkjet print head, printing a page of print data and flushing the nozzles of the inkjet print head during the printing of the page of print data as indicated by the flushing pattern. The flushing of a nozzle does not occur at a data point of the flushing pattern corresponding to a data point of the page of print data. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053243 | LIQUID EJECTION SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD USING SAME - A liquid ejection substrate used to eject a liquid includes a substrate having an element row including a plurality of elements provided in a row, where each of the elements generates energy, drive circuits that drive and control the elements, a signal line that is shared by and connected to the drive circuits, the signal line being provided along the element row, and a heating portion generating heat used to heat the substrate, wherein the heating portion is provided so that the heating portion does not overlap the signal line with reference to a direction perpendicular to a face of the substrate. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053247 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus that prints an image on a print medium using special glossy ink and color ink, the printing apparatus includes a print head including a plurality of special glossy ink nozzles for ejecting the special glossy ink and a plurality of color ink nozzles for ejecting the color ink, a print unit that drives the print head, an obtaining part that obtains image data, a print controller that prints the obtained image data on the print medium by controlling the print head and the print unit. In a case of printing the obtained image data on the special glossy region, the print controller allows a group of the special glossy ink nozzles to be offset from a group of the color ink nozzles in the sub-scanning direction by a predetermined interval, and then performs the printing by ejecting the special glossy ink and the color ink at timings different from each other. In a case of printing the obtained image data on the dedicated color region, the print controller uses a relatively large number of the color ink nozzles as compared with a number of the color ink nozzles used when the special glossy region is printed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053249 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND EJECTION INSPECTING METHOD - Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head that causes liquid to be ejected from nozzle openings by driving of an ejection driving portion; a driving signal generation portion that generates a driving pulse for driving the ejection driving portion; a liquid receiving portion that is disposed so as to oppose a nozzle forming face of the liquid ejecting head and receive the ink ejected from the nozzle openings; and an ejection inspecting portion that detects an electrical variation occurring between a conductive portion of the liquid ejecting head and the liquid receiving portion when liquid is ejected towards the liquid receiving portion from the nozzle openings in a state where an electric voltage is applied between the conductive portion and the liquid receiving portion, thereby inspecting the ejection and non-ejection of the liquid from the nozzle openings. The driving signal generation portion generates an ejection inspection driving pulse for use in an ejection inspection process by the ejection inspecting portion and corrects the waveform of the ejection inspection driving pulse in accordance with the ambient temperature. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053250 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is disclosed a recording apparatus including a feeding mechanism, a recording head, a position sensor, a determining portion, and a recording-head controller. The feeding mechanism feeds a recording medium placed on a feeding surface. The recording head ejects a liquid droplet onto the recording medium on the feeding mechanism. The position sensor outputs a detection signal when the recording medium being fed by the feeding mechanism reaches a predetermined position, and also when a liquid-droplet ejection area formed at a part of the feeding surface reaches the predetermined position. The determining portion determines whether the liquid-droplet ejection area reaches the predetermined position. The recording-head controller controls the recording head such that: (i) when the detection signal is not outputted from the position sensor, the recording head does not eject a liquid droplet, (ii) when the detection signal is outputted from the position sensor and the determining portion determines that the liquid-droplet ejection area does not reach the predetermined position, the recording head records on the recording medium an image desired to be recorded on the recording medium, and (iii) when the detection signal is outputted from the position sensor and the determining portion determines that the liquid-droplet ejection area reaches the predetermined position, the recording head prints on the liquid-droplet ejection area an image desired to be printed on the liquid-droplet ejection area. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053252 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging apparatus includes a liquid discharging head having a nozzle opening, a pressure generating chamber communicating with the nozzle opening and a pressure generator that generates a change in the pressure of a liquid inside the pressure generating chamber, the liquid discharging head being capable of discharging the liquid from the nozzle opening by operation of the pressure generator; and a driving signal generator that is capable of repeatedly generating in constant periods a first driving signal and a second driving signal that each include a discharge pulse for discharging the liquid by driving the pressure generator; wherein, when the Helmholtz natural oscillation period inside the pressure generating chamber is denoted by Tc and n is taken to be a natural number, a time Δt from a beginning of a first discharge pulse included in the first driving signal to a beginning of a second discharge pulse included in the second driving signal satisfies (n−½)Tc<Δt2010-03-04 | |
20100053253 | Liquid jet recording apparatus and liquid jet recording method - We provide a liquid jet recording apparatus includes: a liquid container; a jetting portion for jetting the liquid disposed lower than the surface of the liquid contained in the liquid container; a conduit for communicating the jetting portion with the liquid container disposed between the jetting portion and the liquid container; an on-off valve for open or close the conduit being disposed in the conduit; a liquid storing portion for damping pressure fluctuations of the liquid which flows in the conduit disposed in the conduit between the on-off valve and the jetting portion; a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure of the liquid in the conduit disposed in the conduit between the liquid storing portion and the jetting portion; and a control portion for controlling the on-off valve to be opened or closed based on a pressure value measured by the pressure sensor. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053254 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is disclosed a recording apparatus including a recording head, a feeding mechanism, a detector, and a controller. The recording head has an ejection surface from which a droplet of a liquid is ejected. The feeding mechanism includes a plurality of rollers and an endless feeder belt wound around the rollers and having a feeding surface opposed to the ejection surface, and feeds a recording medium placed on the feeding surface a part of which serves as a liquid-droplet ejection area onto which a droplet of the liquid is ejected. The detector detects a trigger for initiating a manual cleansing of the liquid-droplet ejection area. The controller controls the feeding mechanism such that when the detector detects the trigger, the liquid-droplet ejection area is located at a cleansing position where the liquid-droplet ejection area is not opposed to the ejection surface of the recording head. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053256 | INK SUCTION APPARATUS - An ink suction apparatus is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the ink suction apparatus, which sucks in residual ink of an inkjet head, includes: a suction nozzle, which sucks in the residual ink; a heater, which is adjacent to the suction nozzle and heats the suction nozzle to prevent the suction nozzle from being blocked by the residual ink; a nozzle cover, which is installed on the suction nozzle and opens and closes the suction nozzle to control sucking power of the suction nozzle; a collection chamber, which collects the residual ink having been sucked into the suction nozzle; and a suction pump, which generates sucking power and provides the sucking power to the suction nozzle. The ink suction apparatus can prevent a suction nozzle from being blocked when sucking in hyper-viscous residual ink and control the sucking power of the suction nozzle by controlling the suction nozzle's opening and closing. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053257 | Liquid Droplet Jetting Apparatus - A printer controls a suction pump such that a difference in a discharge amount of an ink and a flow speed of the ink discharged from each nozzle is small between a complete purge in which all ink supply portions connected to a second head communicate with an atmosphere, and a suction purge is performed simultaneously for the nozzles of all types of the second head, and a partial purge in which a communication of a part of the ink supply portions with the atmosphere is blocked by a dummy cartridge, and the suction purge is performed only for the nozzles corresponding to the ink supply portions of which the communication with the atmosphere is not blocked. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053289 | SECURITY PRINTING WITH GEL INKS - A method and system of embossing ink including applying the ink to a print substrate, applying an embossing substrate to the ink wherein the embossing substrate imprints a predetermined pattern into the ink, and curing, via a radiation source, the ink such that an imprint of the predetermined pattern is embossed in the ink. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053294 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER - The present invention provides a thermal head with increased contact pressure between a heat generating portion and a printing medium to increase printing quality with a low heat loss. A thermal head includes: a plurality of heat generating resistors formed via an insulating layer; a driver circuit unit for driving the plurality of heat generating resistors to generate a heat; a wiring for connecting the driver circuit unit to the plurality of heat generating resistors; a protecting film formed to cover the plurality of heat generating resistors, the driver circuit unit and the wiring, wherein the plurality of heat generating resistors, the driver circuit unit, the wiring and the protecting film are formed on a substrate, and a thermal insulating layer having a thermal conductivity smaller than 0.5 W/m·K and having a maximum thickness of larger than 10 μm is provided between the heat generating resistor and the substrate. | 2010-03-04 |