| 10th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
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| 20120056837 | MOTION CONTROL TOUCH SCREEN METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus and method of controlling a motion of an object on a touch screen of a device including recognizing pressures at least two positions on the touch screen of the device, and controlling a motion of the object on the touch screen using a difference in pressure between the at least two recognized positions. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056838 | Touch Sensitive Device - A touch sensitive device comprising a touch surface, a force exciter coupled to the touch surface to excite vibration in the surface in response to a signal sent to the exciter, with the touch surface and exciter together forming a coupled system and a signal generator to generate the signal, with the signal generator generating a carrier wave signal at frequencies within the frequency bandwidth of the coupled system and modulating the carrier wave signal with a complex modulation where the modulated carrier wave signal has a time response comparable to that of a low frequency signal which produces a desired haptic sensation whereby a user touching the touch surface excited by the exciter in response to the modulated carrier wave signal experiences the desired haptic sensation which is perceived at a frequency below the frequency bandwidth of the coupled system. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056839 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK FOR TOUCHPADS AND OTHER TOUCH CONTROLS - A haptic feedback planar touch control used to provide input to a computer. A touch input device includes a planar touch surface that inputs a position signal to a processor of the computer based on a location of user contact on the touch surface. The computer can position a cursor in a displayed graphical environment based at least in part on the position signal, or perform a different function. At least one actuator is also coupled to the touch input device and outputs a force to provide a haptic sensation to the user contacting the touch surface. The touch input device can be a touchpad separate from the computer's display screen, or can be a touch screen. Output haptic sensations on the touch input device can include pulses, vibrations, and spatial textures. The touch input device can include multiple different regions to control different computer functions. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056840 | Precise selection techniques for multi-touch screens - A unique system and method is provided that facilitates pixel-accurate targeting with respect to multi-touch sensitive displays when selecting or viewing content with a cursor. In particular, the system and method can track dual inputs from a primary finger and a secondary finger, for example. The primary finger can control movement of the cursor while the secondary finger can adjust a control-display ratio of the screen. As a result, cursor steering and selection of an assistance mode can be performed at about the same time or concurrently. In addition, the system and method can stabilize a cursor position at a top middle point of a user's finger in order to mitigate clicking errors when making a selection. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056841 | Touch-sensitive interface and method using orthogonal signaling - A touch screen system includes a capacitive touch screen ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056842 | Sensing Apparatus for Touch Panel and Sensing Method Thereof - A sensing apparatus for a touch panel includes: sensitive capacitors formed between intersections of first electrodes and the second electrodes; a first sensing circuit, for positioning two locations of the first electrodes by sensing changed capacitance values of the sensitive capacitors corresponding to the two locations of the first electrodes; a second sensing circuit, for positioning two locations of the second electrodes by two objects by sensing changed capacitance values of the sensitive capacitors corresponding to the two locations of the second electrodes; and a third sensing circuit for sequentially positioning two locations of the scanned electrodes by sensing changed capacitance values of the sensitive capacitors corresponding to the two locations of the scanned electrodes, wherein a control circuit determines the two touch points according to the two locations of the first electrodes, and the two locations of the second electrodes and the two locations of the scanned electrodes. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056843 | RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a resistive touch panel, including: a transparent substrate; a transparent electrode formed on the transparent substrate and including a conductive polymer; and a curing agent applied to the transparent electrode, the curing agent undergoing a hydrolysis reaction with the conductive polymer to cure the transparent electrode. The resistive touch panel is advantageous in that, even when a transparent electrode is formed using a conductive polymer having low hardness, the hardness of the transparent electrode is improved by the application of the curing agent, so that it is possible to prevent the contact resistance between the transparent electrodes facing each other from changing in relation to the pressure intensity of input means, thereby improving the touch sensitivity and performance of the resistive touch panel. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056844 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed herein is a capacitive touch screen. The capacitive touch screen includes: a base member including an active region through which an image generated in a display passes and an inactive region which extends from the active region and is formed to be stepwise; a plurality of electrode patterns which intersects with the top and the bottom of the base member and are disposed in the active region; electrode wirings which are connected to the electrode patterns disposed in the active region and extend to the inactive region; and a window formed on the top of the base member. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056845 | TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed herein is a touch screen including a touch panel and a window disposed at a top side of the touch panel. In particular, a groove part is formed in the window or the lower substrate and the touch panel is configured in the groove part to reduce an interface of the touch panel, exposed to the outside, thereby making it possible to prevent infiltration of moisture and oil. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056846 | TOUCH-BASED USER INTERFACES EMPLOYING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR HDTP PARAMETER AND SYMBOL DERIVATION - Systems and methods for implementing a touch user interface using an artificial neural network are described. A touch sensor with a touch surface produces tactile sensing data responsive to human touch made by a user to the touch surface. At least one processor performs calculations on the tactile sensing data and produces processed sensor data provided to at least one artificial neural network. The artificial neural networks perform operations on the processed sensor data to produce interpreted data that has user interface information responsive to the human touch. The artificial neural networks are able to distinguish among a plurality of gestures made by a user. In various implementations the touch sensor can include a capacitive matrix, pressure sensor array, LED array, or a video camera. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056847 | AUGMENTED REALITY PROXIMITY SENSING - Technologies are generally described for employing proximity sensing mechanisms in augmented reality (AR) systems. Sensors strategically placed on AR eyeglasses in locations such as right and/or left arms, bridge, or flip-up feature of the eyeglasses may be used to detect AR eyeglass usage for power management and/or to provide user interface elements like volume control, display controls, user input, and comparable ones. According to some examples, the sensors may be mechanical sensors, capacitive sensors, optical sensors, inductive sensors, magnetic sensors, and/or similar components. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056848 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including an input position acquisition unit, a depressing force acquisition unit and an input control unit. An input position acquisition unit obtains an input position detected with respect to an input operation. A depressing force acquisition unit obtains a depressing force detected with respect to the input operation. An input control unit fixes the input position as a position of an input candidate in response to a timing at which an increase amount of the depressing force has exceeded a first threshold value, at a stage prior to an input candidate determination operation of determining the input candidate as input information. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056849 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus is provided that includes a first detection unit configured to determine whether or not a user control member is within a first threshold distance of the touch panel. The apparatus also includes a second detection unit configured to determine a direction of movement of the user control member with respect to a touch panel when the user control member is not in contact with the touch panel, and a display control unit configure to, when the user control member is determined to be moving within the threshold distance and in a predetermined direction, generate signals to alter a first displayed object such that the altered first displayed object appears to move closer to the user control member. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056850 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including a detector that detects movement of a manipulation body in a vertical direction in relation to a display, and a processor that determines a speed of movement of the manipulation body based on an output of the detector, and determines a process to be executed based on the determined speed of movement. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056851 | METHOD AND DRIVING APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING SENSING VALUE OF TOUCH PANEL - A method and a driving apparatus for identifying a sensing value of a touch panel are provided. The method includes sensing a plurality of electrodes of the touch panel to obtain raw data and baseline data of each electrode, wherein an electrode S | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056852 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method for controlling an electronic apparatus including a touchless interface and a control interface, comprising: detecting a first control action applied to the touchless interface; detecting a second control action applied to the control interface; and controlling the electronic apparatus to perform a corresponding function according to the first control action and the second control action. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056853 | OPTICAL TOUCH DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - In one embodiment, an optical touch device is disclosed. The device includes a housing having an opening through which a screen is exposed, light-emitting elements provided along a first side of the opening and configured to emit infrared light, and a drive unit configured to sequentially select and drive the light-emitting elements. The device further includes a detection control unit configured to output a timing signal synchronized with the timing of the driving operation of the drive unit and to detect a position of a blocking object on the screen. Further, the device includes light-receiving sensors, provided along a second side of the opening, opposite the first side of the opening, configured to be selected by the timing signal to output to the detection control unit a result of reception of the infrared light, the light-receiving sensors including different kinds of light-receiving sensors differing in a light-receiving characteristic. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056854 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND OPTICALTOUCH PANEL - An optical waveguide of the present invention includes a light-absorptive section formed in a recess of a clad. The light-absorptive section prevents unwanted light from traveling through the clad. The light-absorptive section absorbs light at all wavelengths (infrared light, visible light, and ultraviolet light). The light-absorptive section is located adjacent to a light-receiving element. In the case where there is a light-absorptive section, cores are encircled by the thin clad and the thin clad encircling respective cores is encircled by the light-absorptive section. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056855 | INTERFEROMETRIC DISPLAY DEVICE - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus including one or more capacitance control layers to decrease the magnitude of an electric field between a movable layer and an electrode. In one aspect, a display device includes an electrode, a movable layer, and a capacitance control layer. At least a portion of the movable layer can be configured to move toward the electrode when a voltage is applied across the electrode and the movable layer and an interferometric cavity can be disposed between the movable layer and the first electrode. The capacitance control layer can be configured to decrease the magnitude of an electric field between the movable layer and the electrode when the voltage is applied across the movable layer and the electrode. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056856 | METHOD OF DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving liquid crystal display panel includes generating a plurality of data frames from a data frame. A high data frame having a high luminance and a low data frame having a low luminance generated from two frames of the generated plurality of data frames. The high data frame and the low data frame are displayed on the liquid crystal display panel according to a time division rate. Accordingly, a pixel is space-divided into first and second sub areas having different distances between the first and second pixel electrodes, and the high data and the low data are time-divided and displayed on the pixel, enhancing visibility of the resulting image. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056857 | Display apparatus and display method thereof - A display apparatus and a display method thereof are provided. The display apparatus comprises a panel, an unusual status detecting unit, a status recognizing unit, a scan driver and a data driver. The unusual status detecting unit detects an unusual status to output a status feedback signal. The status recognizing unit transforms a first output enabling signal into a second output enabling signal according to the status feedback signal. The scan driver outputs a plurality of scan signals to drive the panel according to the clock signal and the second output enabling signal. The second output enabling signal masks at least one of the scan signals. The data driver outputs the data signals to the panel. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056858 | GATE DRIVING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a gate driving apparatus and a display device including the same. The gate driving apparatus includes a plurality of stages arranged sequentially, each stage is adapted to output a gate signal and including first output lines and a second output line, wherein the first output lines are electrically connected to a gate line corresponding to each of the stages and are adapted to transmit the gate signal to a plurality of pixels coupled to the gate line, the second output line is adapted to transmit the gate signal to a preceding stage of each of the stages, and the first output lines and the second output line share one contact pad. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056859 | DISPLAY MODULE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREOF - A display module and an assembly method thereof are provided. The display module includes a display region, at least one connection terminal, and a plurality of connective lines. The display region, the connection terminal, and the connective lines are disposed on a same flexible substrate. A plurality of pixels is arranged within the display region. The connection terminal is arranged at an extension portion of a non-display region of the flexible substrate. The connective lines respectively connect the pixels in the display region to the connection terminal at the extension portion. The connection terminal is connected to an external circuit for receiving signals and transmitting the same to the display region. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056860 | DISPLAY DEVICE - To suppress fluctuation in the threshold voltage of a transistor, to reduce the number of connections of a display panel and a driver IC, to achieve reduction in power consumption of a display device, and to achieve increase in size and high definition of the display device. A gate electrode of a transistor which easily deteriorates is connected to a wiring to which a high potential is supplied through a first switching transistor and a wiring to which a low potential is supplied through a second switching transistor; a clock signal is input to a gate electrode of the first switching transistor; and an inverted clock signal is input to a gate electrode of the second switching transistor. Thus, the high potential and the low potential are alternately applied to the gate electrode of the transistor which easily deteriorates. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056861 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The semiconductor device includes a plurality of photosensors arranged in matrix. The photosensors each include a photoelectric conversion element and an amplifier circuit. A backlight is turned on, an object to be detected is irradiated with light, and the photosensor in a p-th row performs the reset operation and the storage operation. After that, the backlight is turned off, and the photosensor in a (p+1)th row performs the reset operation and the storage operation. Then, the photosensors in all the rows sequentially perform the selection operation. A difference between output signals obtained from the photosensors in adjacent rows is obtained. Using the difference, a captured image of the object is generated and a region where the object exists is detected. The amplifier circuit includes a transistor for holding stored electric charge, in which a channel is formed in an oxide semiconductor layer. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056862 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - To provide a display device whose display can be recognized even in dark places or under the strong outside light. The display device performs display by controlling the number of gray scales in accordance with the intensity of outside light, which means a display mode can be switched in accordance with the data to be displayed on the display screen. A video signal generation circuit is controlled in each display mode in such a manner that it directly outputs an input video signal with an analog value, outputs a signal with a binary digital value, or outputs a signal with a multivalued digital value. As a result, gray scales displayed in pixels are timely changed. Accordingly, clear images can be displayed while maintaining high visibility in various environments, in the wide range from, for example, dark places or indoors (e.g., under a fluorescent lighting) to outdoors (e.g., under the sunlight). | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056863 | Oscillator Circuit and Semiconductor Device Using the Oscillator Circuit - The oscillator circuit includes a comparator circuit which compares a potential supplied to one of input terminals with a potential supplied to the other of the input terminals and outputs a high power supply potential or a low power supply potential, a capacitor which is electrically connected to the one of the input terminals of the comparator circuit, and a charge and discharge circuit which charges and discharges the capacitor. The charge and discharge circuit includes a first current supply circuit and a second current supply circuit. Each of a current value of the first current supply circuit and a current value of the second current supply circuit can be controlled with the use of a digital control signal. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056864 | DYNAMIC VOLTAGE SUPPLY FOR LCD TIMING CONTROLLER - An integrated circuit voltage supply circuitry for liquid crystal display and a method are disclosed. The voltage supply comprises a DC voltage regulator having a reference voltage input and a feedback voltage input; a positive voltage pin and a negative voltage pin providing power to the DC voltage regulator; a network of resistors comprising a plurality of parallel branches, each branch having at least one resistor and one node; a plurality of LCD modules supported by the DC voltage regulator, each module connecting to the node of each parallel branch; a plurality of diodes each formed between the node of one module and a feedback diode; and the feedback diode connected to the feedback voltage input of the DC voltage regulator, wherein the DC voltage regulator keeps the voltage for each LCD module not lower than the reference voltage, regardless of each module's consumption of current. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056865 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING APPARATUS - A light emitting diode (LED) driving apparatus is provided, which includes a power conversion circuit for receiving and converting an input power so as to generate a DC voltage to simultaneously drive a plurality of LED strings arranged in parallel; and a plurality of current regulation chips each having a single regulation channel and respectively corresponding to the LED strings, wherein an i | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056866 | ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY HAVING RESET FUNCTION - There is provided an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) display including a driver generating analog driving signals based on previously prepared driving data; a pixel unit including an organic light emitting diode connected between first and second power supply terminals receiving first and second power, respectively, charging values equivalent to the driving data according to the driving signals and simultaneously detecting the driving signals in order to detect deterioration in a preset tracking period, allowing current to flow through the organic light emitting diode according to the values charged in the tracking period in a preset holding period, and setting a reset period between the holding period and a tracking period subsequent thereto to reset the charged values; and an ADC detecting a deterioration voltage corresponding to the driving signals having deterioration information of the organic light emitting diode of the pixel unit in the tracking period. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056867 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LEAKAGE CURRENT COMPENSATION WHEN SENSING STATES OF DISPLAY ELEMENTS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for calibrating display arrays. A leakage compensation circuit is provided in conjunction with a circuit for sensing display element states. The leakage compensation circuit may include a leakage current integrator and a voltage to current converter. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056868 | DRIVER FOR AN OLED DEVICE | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056869 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVER - There is provided an organic light emitting diode driver capable of compensating for pixel deterioration in real time during the driving of pixels by selectively compensating pixels, requiring compensation, for the deterioration thereof. The organic light emitting diode driver includes: a converter converting input data into compensation data used to selectively compensate for pixel deterioration according to whether or no the input data has been calibrated; a driver driving pixels of a pixel unit according to the compensation data from the converter; and a compensator providing the converter with a deterioration compensation signal according to deterioration information obtained from a pixel driven by the driver. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056870 | TIMING CONTROLLER, COLUMN DRIVER AND DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME - The present invention relates to a timing controller, to a column driver, and to a display apparatus, comprising same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a timing controller, to a column driver, and to a display apparatus for providing a structure of a data signal transmission line and a signal transmission protocol which can achieve high signal quality and a low EMI level and which are highly efficient in effectively transmitting data. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056871 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A three-dimensional (3D) imaging system and method are disclosed. A motion estimation and motion compensation (MEMC) unit performs the motion estimation (ME) and the motion compensation (MC) on a reference frame and a current frame, thereby generating an MEMC generated frame and motion vector (MV) information. A depth controller partitions the reference frame into multiple regions according to the MV information, thereby generating depth information. A scene-mode depth generator generates a depth map according to the reference frame and the depth information. A depth-image-based rendering (DIBR) unit generates a scene-mode generated frame according to the reference frame and the depth map. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056872 | Image processing apparatus and method using tracking of gaze of user - An apparatus and method for outputting view images by tracking a gaze of a user are provided. The image processing apparatus estimates movement of a gaze of a user using a camera, and determines an output order of view images according to the gaze movement. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056873 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH IMAGE CONVERSION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a display system includes: receiving an input image having input pixels; assigning a pixel information for the input pixels corresponding to a semantic category; detecting input background pixels from the input pixels with the pixel information; identifying input foreground pixels from the input pixels with the background pixels; assigning a pixel depth to the input background pixels and input foreground pixels; generating a depth map with the input background pixels and the input foreground pixels; and generating a processed image from the input image with the depth map for displaying on a device. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056874 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH IMAGE CONVERSION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a display system includes: receiving a current input image with current input pixels; identifying an input object, having input object pixels, based on differences in characteristics of the current input pixels; calculating an object pixel depth for the input object pixels from an image depth map of the current input image based on a weighted average of depth candidates; and generating a processed image, having a perceived depth, from the current input image with the image depth map and the object pixel depth for displaying on a device. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056875 | METHOD FOR OPERATING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same may be provided. A display that is arranged substantially horizontally may be used so content may be variously and conveniently used to improve user convenience. Social network services may also be more conveniently used. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056876 | 3D VIEWING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed herein. The image display apparatus may include a display to display a 3D image having a left-eye image and a right-eye image, a sensor to detect positions of a first viewing device and a second viewing device for viewing the 3D image, and a controller configured control a perceived view of the 3D image viewed through the viewing devices. The perceived view of the 3D image may be changed based on a position of the viewing devices or the user relative to the display. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056877 | Information Processing Device, Program, and Information Processing Method - There is provided an information processing device including a display control section which causes a three-dimensional space in which an object is arranged to be displayed on a display screen, an acquisition section which acquires a pointing operation in the three-dimensional space, and a position setting section which sets a pointing position in the three-dimensional space on the basis of the pointing operation. The display control section displays the pointing position in the three-dimensional space, a difference of the pointing position from a position of the object in a depth direction of the display screen having been corrected. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056878 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a display, a sensor, and a controller. The display has a screen. The sensor is configured to detect an inclination. The controller is configured to display a first object on the screen and display a second object associated with the first object on the screen in accordance with the inclination detected by the sensor. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056879 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A 3D image display apparatus and a 3D image display method are provided. The 3D image display apparatus generates a 2D image region and a 3D image region, forms shutter patterns for the 3D and 2D image regions, and adjusts a light emitting direction according to the shutter patterns. Accordingly, the 2D and 3D images may be selectively displayed on one screen. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056880 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a drawing position calculation unit for calculating a drawing position of each image of a group of at least two images in a shape being divided at predetermined distance in the width direction so that each of the images is to be displayed on a screen as a stereoscopic image, the shape which is expected to be displayed on a screen as a stereoscopic image, and an image drawing unit for drawing each image of the group of images at the drawing position calculated by the drawing position calculation unit. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056881 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - A parallax adjusting command is applied when a stereoscopic image is displayed in an image compositing area defined on a page constituting an electronic album. The amount of parallax is enlarged in response to application of a command for enlarging the amount of parallax. If enlarging the amount of parallax results in margins being produced when the stereoscopic image is displayed in the image compositing area, the enlargement of the amount of parallax is not reflected in the display of the stereoscopic image. Thus, margins are prevented from being produced in the image compositing area. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056882 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - Margins are prevented from being produced when the amount of parallax of a stereoscopic image has been enlarged. A parallax adjustment command is applied if a stereoscopic image is displayed in an image compositing area that has been defined on a page constituting an electronic album. The amount of parallax is enlarged in response to application of a command to enlarge the amount of parallax. If enlarging the amount of parallax will cause margins to be produced when the stereoscopic image is displayed in the image compositing area on the page, then this page is replaced by a page on which an image compositing area that will not produce margins has been formed. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056883 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display control device including an image adjustment unit for taking, in a case one object image among an object image for a right eye to be observed by a right eye of a viewer and an object image for a left eye to be observed by a left eye of the viewer includes a non-matching portion not matching an other object image, the non-matching portion as an adjustment target image that is a target of adjustment, and adjusting the adjustment target image to be an image less clear than a base image that is the adjustment target image before adjustment, and a display control unit for performing control of stereoscopically displaying an object based on an object image after adjustment that is the one object image that has been adjusted by the image adjustment unit and the other object image. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056884 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display control device which includes an information acquisition unit for acquiring information related to an object image for a right eye to be observed by a right eye of a viewer and an object image for a left eye to be observed by a left eye of the viewer, a determination unit for determining whether scale correction of the information acquired by the information acquisition unit can be omitted, and a display control unit for performing control of stereoscopically displaying an object based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit, in a case it is determined that the scale correction can be omitted. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056885 | IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image generation system includes an object space setting section that sets an object space in which a plurality of objects are disposed, and an image generation section that generates a first-viewpoint image viewed from a first viewpoint in the object space, and a second-viewpoint image viewed from a second viewpoint in the object space, the first viewpoint and the second viewpoint implementing stereovision. The image generation section performs a drawing process to generate the first-viewpoint image and the second-viewpoint image, the drawing process changing a display state of an object in a direction from an inner drawing area toward an area outside the inner drawing area, the inner drawing area being positioned within a common area of a first-viewpoint view volume corresponding to the first viewpoint and a second-viewpoint view volume corresponding to the second viewpoint. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056886 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a technique capable of suppressing the deterioration in azimuth resolution and distance resolution in even a modulated and transmitted or received signal or a signal reflected by an object and varied in intensity when acquiring waveform information. A measurement device comprise: a plurality of sensors which receive waves propagating through a space; and a sampling timing calculation means which obtains, on the basis of the relative positions of the sensors and the velocities of the waves, the difference between the arrival times of the waves received by the respective sensors and calculates, for each sensor, sampling timing for acquiring the waveform information relating to the waves, on the basis of the difference between the arrival times. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056887 | DEPTH ESTIMATION SYSTEM FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a depth estimation system includes: calculating focus measures for positions on a two-dimensional image; generating a depth map for the two-dimensional image based on fitting the focus measure through a Gaussian function; generating a three-dimensional image from the depth map and the two-dimensional image; and processing the three-dimensional image on a storage unit for displaying on a device. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056888 | COMPUTER-AIDED PARALLELIZING OF COMPUTATION GRAPHS - An approach to automatically specifying, or assisting with the specification of, a parallel computation graph involves determining data processing characteristics of the linking elements that couple data processing elements of the graph. The characteristics of the linking elements are determined according to the characteristics of the upstream and/or downstream data processing elements associated with the linking element, for example, to enable computation by the parallel computation graph that is equivalent to computation of an associated serial graph. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056889 | ALTERNATE SOURCE FOR CONTROLLING AN ANIMATION - Techniques and tools described herein provide effective ways to program a property of a target object to vary depending on a source. For example, for a key frame animation for a property of a target UI element, an alternate time source is set to a property of a source UI element. When the target UI element is rendered at runtime, the animation changes the target value depending on the value of the property of the source UI element. Features of UI elements and animations can be specified in markup language. The alternate time source can be specified through a call to a programming interface. Animations for multiple target UI elements can have the same source, in which case different parameters for the respective animations can be used to adjust source values in different ways. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056890 | FLEXIBLE FILM INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for providing interferometric modulator displays using flexible films. In one aspect, a method of forming an interferometric modulator device includes providing a conductive element, depositing a reflective layer over at least a portion of the conductive element, and depositing a plurality of spacing elements over the conductive element. The absorber layer and the substrate are provided over the conductive element such that the absorber layer is disposed between the substrate and the spacing elements. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056891 | MIGRATING AND SAVE RESTORING A VIRTUAL 3D GRAPHICS DEVICE - A virtual graphics processing unit within a virtual machine may be restored by causing a reset to the virtual graphics processing unit. The state of the virtual graphics processing unit may not be saved during a migration or save and restore operation, but a reset of the virtual graphics processing unit may cause all applications with processes in the virtual graphics processing unit to re-start and thereby recreate the state of the virtual graphics processing unit. A hypervisor may include a separate graphics processor unit process that may present a virtual graphics processing unit to a virtual machine and communicate with a physical graphics processing unit in hardware. When a virtual machine may be restored after a save or migration, the hypervisor may cause the virtual graphics processor unit to reset and its state to be recreated. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056892 | COMPUTER-AIDED PARALLELIZING OF COMPUTATION GRAPHS - An approach to automatically specifying, or assisting with the specification of, a parallel computation graph involves determining data processing characteristics of the linking elements that couple data processing elements of the graph. The characteristics of the linking elements are determined according to the characteristics of the upstream and/or downstream data processing elements associated with the linking element, for example, to enable computation by the parallel computation graph that is equivalent to computation of an associated serial graph. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056893 | SIMILAR IMAGE SEARCH DEVICE, SIMILAR IMAGE SEARCH METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A similar image search device includes an image database where image data is accumulated in advance, and a search unit which searches with regard to an input image from a search request origin for images which are similar to the input image from image data accumulated in the image database, where the search unit has a determination unit, which determines degrees of similarity of the input image and each image accumulated in the image database using a plurality of determination standards obtained by applying and combining weights of differences in a plurality of characteristic values which express the characteristics of an image, and a tuning screen transmission unit, which transmits images where the degrees of similarity determined by the determination unit satisfy predetermined conditions to the search request origin as a tuning screen which is divided into groups for each of the determination standards. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056894 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an information processing device and method, and program that can properly perform gamut conversion of content. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056895 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, COLOR CORRECTION TABLE GENERATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COLOR CORRECTION TABLE GENERATION METHOD, COLOR ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image processing device, a color correction table generation device, a display device, an image processing method, a color correction table generation method, a color adjustment method of a display device, and an image processing program capable of color matching to preferred colors of which excessive emphasis in chroma is suppressed. There are provided a chroma limit setting section for setting a chroma limit based on a optimal color, and a color correction table generation section for generating a color correction table by making a correspondence between an input color and an output color having chroma no greater than a chroma limit. The color correction table is stored in a color correction table storage section. The color correction execution section executes color correction along the color correction table so that the projector outputs a color with chroma no greater than the chroma limit. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056896 | PRESENTING INFORMATION ON A SEE-THOUGH DISPLAY - A method for displaying information on a see-through display to provide improved viewability of digital information to a user, includes: providing a see-through display including control electronics, an image source with optics and a transparent viewing area, so that a user can view a scene with overlying digital information on the transparent viewing area of the see-through display and receiving digital information and providing the digital information to the control electronics. The method further includes using the control electronics to modify the digital information to increase viewability and providing the modified digital information to the image source so that the modified digital information is presented on the transparent viewing area overlying the viewed scene. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056897 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display unit in which sub-pixels are periodically arranged at a first sub-pixel pitch in a first direction of a screen, each pixel is formed by the plurality of sub-pixels, and a plurality of viewpoint images is displayed on a display surface; and a barrier unit in which transmissive sections having a first width in the first direction are periodically arranged. The first width is set to be approximated to a multiple m (where m=1, 2, . . . , N (where N is the number of plurality of viewpoint images)) of the first sub-pixel pitch. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056898 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing device including: a recognition unit configured to recognize a plurality of users present in an input image captured by an imaging device; an information acquisition unit configured to acquire display information to be displayed in association with each user recognized by the recognition unit; a weight determination unit configured to determine a weight of each user recognized by the recognition unit; and an output image generation unit configured to generate an output image by determining a display position of the display information associated with each user on the basis of the weight of each user determined by the weight determination unit and overlaying the display information on the input image in the determined display position. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056899 | GENERATING A MULTI-LAYERED GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE AND THE USE THEREOF - Systems, devices, features, and methods for generating and/or using a multi-layered image are disclosed. For example, a method of creating a multi-layered image from a three-dimensional model of a geographic area includes receiving three-dimensional graphical object data that represents a geographic area. The three-dimensional graphical object includes multiple geographic features. A first graphical layer of a first geographic feature of the three-dimensional graphical object is rendered as a first independent image layer. A second graphical layer of a second geographic feature of the three-dimensional graphical object is rendered as a second independent image layer. The first graphical layer and the second graphical layer are combined or overlaid to form the multi-layered image. Also, removal of layers may occur in a reverse order of their creation and/or may avoid causing gaps within the other layers not removed. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056900 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFACING - A method and apparatus for interfacing includes outputting at least one object to a display embodying a three-dimensional space and determining a radius of rotation of the at least one object, based on a distance between the at least one object and a rotation axis in the three-dimensional space. The method and apparatus further include controlling the at least one object to rotate around the rotation axis based on the radius of rotation when a rotation command for the at least one object is received. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE CONTENT SUMMARIZATION - System and method for adaptive content summarization is disclosed. In one embodiment, a summary size of content is computed based on a usability cost function and an information loss function. Further, a summary of the content is extracted based on the summary size. Furthermore, the extracted summary is displayed on a display device. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056902 | MULTI-DISPLAY APPARATUS - A multi-display apparatus including a display unit | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056903 | Information Processing Device And Information Processing Method - First a standard image to which a link is defined is displayed. If a user operates a input device and if the viewpoint enters into the first link boundary, and if the information indicating that a resume operation is required does not exist the first frame of moving image data is read out and displayed on the display device as a still image. If the viewpoint enters into the second link boundary, playing back and displaying of the moving image and is started. If the viewpoint moves out from the second link boundary, a frame displayed when the playback of the moving image is suspended is displayed as a still image and the resume point is stored. If the viewpoint moves out of the first link boundary, a standard image is displayed. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056904 | Organic light emitting diode display - An OLED display having a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel arranged in a matrix format including: a substrate; gate lines formed on the substrate; data lines crossing the gate lines in the insulated manner; a plurality of driving power lines formed on the substrate and including a first driving power line transmitting a driving voltage to the first pixel, second driving power line transmitting a driving voltage to the second pixel, and a third driving power line transmitting a driving voltage to the third pixel; a switching thin film transistor connected with the gate lines and the data lines; a driving transistor connected with the switching thin film transistor and the driving power lines; a first electrode connected with the driving transistor; an organic light emitting member formed on the first electrode; and a second electrode formed on the organic light emitting member. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056905 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - In one embodiment, an image display apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight, a calculation unit, a reference unit, a multiplier unit, and a determination unit. The backlight includes light sources illuminating the liquid crystal panel unit. The calculation unit calculates a representative value of relative luminances of pixels in the each of small regions into which the display region is divided. The reference unit refers to prestored lighting pattern data items for the light sources. The multiplier unit multiplies, for each of the small regions, the referred lighting pattern data item by the representative value. The determination unit determines emission intensities of respective light sources based on multiplication results of the multiplier unit. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056906 | SIGNAL GENERATION FOR LED/LCD-BASED HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE DISPLAYS - A method of operating a high dynamic range display device comprises the steps of: accessing an image signal; generating an intermediate backlighting driver signal for individual backlight elements for a backlighting unit responsive to the image signal; convoluting the intermediate backlighting driver signals with a point spread function of the backlighting unit; deriving at least one new backlighting driver signal responsive to the convoluting step; determining display error associated with a plurality of available light shutter signals of a front-end unit having individual light shutters and associated with the at least one new backlighting driver signal, the front-end unit having a higher resolution than the backlighting unit; driving the display device with a combination of shutter signals and new backlighting driver signals that causes a reduction in the display error with respect to other generated intermediate backlighting driver signals and other available light shutter signals. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056907 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRIVING LOCAL DIMMING IN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides method and device for driving local dimming in a liquid crystal display device which enables adaptive application of a gradation roll-off according to an image characteristic. The method for driving local dimming in a liquid crystal display device includes the steps of determining a local dimming value of each light emitting block by analyzing a received image data light emitting block by light emitting block of a backlight unit, producing a pixel compensating coefficient on a light quantity change of each pixel by using the local dimming value of each light emitting block, producing a required gradient value by compensating the received image data by using the pixel compensating coefficient, and producing maximum required gradient values for one frame and an average value of the maximum required gradient values for one frame, determining a roll-off end point of a gradient roll-off section according to the maximum required gradient value, and determining a roll-off starting point of the gradient roll-off section according to the average of the maximum required gradient values, setting a gradient change curve of the gradient roll-off section by using the roll-off starting point and end point, and producing a gain value of each pixel from the gradient change curve, and forwarding an output gradient value by correcting the required gradient value by using the gain value of each pixel. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056908 | OVERDRIVING VALUE GENERATING METHOD - An overdriving value generating method adapted to a liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided. The overdriving value generating method includes the following steps. A current gray value and a previous gray value are received. A first gray reference value and a second gray reference value closed to the current gray value, and a first previous gray reference value and a second previous gray reference value closed to the previous gray value, and four first overdriving values are obtained according a look-up table (LUT). A target overdriving value corresponding to the current gray value and the previous gray value is obtained through a four dots interpolation operation or a parallelogram interpolation operation according to the current gray value, the previous gray value, the first gray reference value, the second gray reference value, the first previous gray reference value, the second previous gray reference value, and the first overdriving values. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056909 | DRIVING METHOD OF DISPLAY PANEL - A driving method for a display panel is provided, wherein the display panel includes a plurality of scan lines, data lines and pixels. The driving method includes the step of driving N scan lines simultaneously and delivering the same pixel data to the pixels coupled to the enabled N scan lines through each one data line. N is a positive integral, and N>1. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056910 | CALIBRATION OF DISPLAY FOR COLOR RESPONSE SHIFTS AT DIFFERENT LUMINANCE SETTINGS AND FOR CROSS-TALK BETWEEN CHANNELS - The techniques of this disclosure are applicable to backlight display devices. For such devices, the backlight may have different backlight intensity settings in order to promote power conservation. The techniques of this disclosure may apply different adjustments to the display, depending on the backlight intensity setting. In one example, different color correction matrices may be applied for different backlight settings in order to achieve desirable adjustments in the device at the different backlight settings. The adjustments described herein may address chrominance shifts due to different backlight settings as well as cross-talk between color channels. The techniques may also be applicable to organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays that have different luminance settings, and some described techniques may be applicable to displays that have static or fixed luminance output. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056911 | ADAPTIVE COLOR CORRECTION FOR DISPLAY WITH BACKLIGHT MODULATION - The techniques of this disclosure are applicable to backlight display devices. For such devices, the backlight may have different backlight intensity settings in order to promote power conservation. The techniques of this disclosure may apply different adjustments to the display, depending on the backlight intensity setting. In one example, different color correction matrices may be applied for different backlight settings in order to achieve desirable adjustments in the device at the different backlight settings. The adjustments described herein may address chrominance shifts due to different backlight settings as well as cross-talk between color channels. The techniques may also be applicable to organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays that have different luminance settings, and some described techniques may be applicable to displays that have static or fixed luminance output. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056912 | BACKLIGHT APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - A backlight apparatus for illuminating a display unit, including: a light-emitting element block including a plurality of light-emitting elements that are connected serially; and a driving control unit configured to control driving for each of the plurality of light-emitting elements by supplying a current to the light-emitting element block, wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting elements is provided with a bypass circuit such that, even when a break occurs in a light-emitting element, a current from the driving control unit is supplied to the other light-emitting elements. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056913 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a plurality of pixels respectively including, a light emitting element, a driving transistor configured to control driving current to the light emitting element, and a storage capasitor configured to be written voltage corresponding to a gradation value on and hold the voltage and configured to apply display voltage depending on the voltage corresponding to the gradation value between a gate and a source of the driving transistor. The display device further includes a stress voltage application unit configured to apply a stress voltage having a voltage value outside a range of a value capable of taking the display voltage between the gate and the source of the driving transistor. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056914 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A display device is provided that comprises a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image by spatial light modulation, and circuitry for switching liquid crystal in the panel between having a first configuration in a first mode to cause an image displayed using the panel to be discernible from a wide range of viewing angles, and having a second configuration in a second mode to cause an image displayed using the panel to be discernible substantially only from within a narrow range of viewing angles. Several types of display panel to achieve such in-panel switching between public and private viewing modes are disclosed. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056915 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS DRIVING METHOD, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - An overshooting process is carried out, in an LCD device ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056916 | Display device and driving method thereof - A display device includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines and emitting light according to corresponding image data; a dummy pixel connected to a dummy scan line and a dummy data line; and a compensation image data generator calculating a compensation amount according to an accumulation light emitting time of the first organic light emitting element to detect the compensation amount corresponding to each accumulation light emitting time of a plurality of second organic light emitting elements of the plurality of pixels by using a decreasing amount of luminance corresponding a resistance of a first organic light emitting element according to an accumulation light emitting time of the first organic light emitting element of the dummy pixel, and compensating the corresponding image data according to the detected compensation amount. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056917 | ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A scanning line driving circuit sequentially selects each of a plurality of scanning lines for each unit period. A signal supply circuit supplies, to a signal line, a gradation potential in accordance with a designated gradation of a pixel in a write period within the unit period. The signal supply circuit supplies a pre-charge potential to the signal line in a pre-charge period before the start of the write period in a first unit period of the plurality of unit periods, and the supply of the pre-charge potential to the signal line stops in a second unit period. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056918 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight, a luminance distribution calculation unit, an error calculation unit, and an emission intensity update unit. The backlight includes a plurality of light sources which emit light. The luminance distribution calculation unit calculates a predicted value for an intensity distribution of light entering the liquid crystal panel if each of the light sources is lit with an emission intensity. The error calculation unit obtains a brightness of a display image which is realized if the each of the light sources is lit with the emission intensity, and the error calculation unit calculates an error between the obtained brightness and an ideal brightness of the display image corresponding to the input video signal. The emission intensity update unit updates the emission intensity of the each of the light sources to reduce the error. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056919 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus comprises a plurality of display panels and a time controller electrically coupled to each of the display panels respectively. The time controller is configured for sending out at least two priority control signals to each of the display panels according to an image data, to select at least one of the display panels to displaying the image data. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056920 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A mounting detection circuit of a printing apparatus outputs a first mounting inspection signal to one of first terminals and outputs a second mounting inspection signal to one of second terminals thereby performing a mounting inspection for determining whether or not printing materials are mounted depending on whether or not second mounting response signal is received, and examines at least one of whether or not the second mounting response signal is influenced by the first mounting inspection signal and whether or not a first mounting response signal is influenced by the second mounting inspection signal thereby performing a leakage inspection for determining whether or not there is a leakage between the first and second terminals. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056921 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING MATERIAL CARTRIDGE, PRINTING MATERIAL CONTAINER ADAPTER, CARTRIDGE SET, AND ADAPTER SET - A printing apparatus includes: a holder in which a printing material cartridge set is mounted; and a mounting detection circuit for detecting mounted states of printing material cartridges in the holder. Each of the N printing material cartridges includes a storage device for storing information regarding a printing material which is contained, an electric device for mounting detection, a terminal for the storage device, and a terminal for the electric device. The electric devices of the N printing material cartridges are configured so that a detection voltage becomes equal to or greater than a threshold voltage set in advance when the N printing material cartridges are all mounted in the holder. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056922 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a print head that is able to apply light-blocking ink that blocks light and metallic ink that creates a metallic look on a printing medium, a metallic look control unit that determines the ink amount per unit area of the light-blocking ink that the print head applies based on the created metallic look, and an ink application control unit that controls the print head, applies the metallic ink and the light-blocking ink based on the determined ink amount on the printing medium, and laminates the metallic ink and the light-blocking ink such that the side that is viewed has the metallic ink. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056923 | CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL-JET PRINTING - Embodiments of methods and apparatus for micro-printing films are disclosed. According to various embodiments, the printing apparatus includes printheads with ink-jets for dispensing droplets of ink formed from a carrier liquid and a print material. The printheads also include thermal-jets for depositing the print material onto a substrate from the droplets of ink dispensed by ink-jets. The droplets of ink dispensed by ink-jets flow into micro-structures on the thermal-jets and the thermal-jets are heated to evaporate the carrier liquid and to vaporize and direct the print material onto a substrate. The printing apparatus further includes a control unit that is configured to automatically adjust an output from one or more printheads based on one or more measured quantities. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056924 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND FLUID EJECTING METHOD - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles that eject fluid onto a medium are arranged, a first movement unit that displaces a relative position between the medium and the nozzle row, and a control unit that forms a plurality of dot-lines by repeating a fluid ejection operation in which fluid is ejected so as to form a dot-line, such that a maximum time between when one of the adjacent dot-lines in the plurality of dot-lines is formed to when the other of the adjacent dot-lines is formed is reduced. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056925 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - An inkjet printing apparatus includes: a conveyer belt with a plurality of belt holes formed therein, the conveyer belt suctioning and conveying a recording medium with a negative pressure acting on the belt holes; a platen with a plurality of through holes formed therein; a pressure-reducing unit for generating the negative pressure on a side of the platen opposite from the side thereof supporting the conveyer belt; inkjet nozzles disposed to face the platen; a distance-changing unit for changing a distance between the inkjet nozzles and a surface of the conveyer belt on which the recording medium is suctioned; and a size-adjusting unit for adjusting, when the distance is large, a size of at least one through hole in a through hole group, which includes the through holes positioned in the vicinity of the inkjet nozzles, such that the size of the at least one through hole is reduced. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056926 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus which includes a head for discharging colored radiation curable ink and colorless radiation curable ink that are cured upon irradiation with electromagnetic waves onto a medium, and a controller for causing dots of the colored radiation curable ink and dots of the colorless radiation curable ink to be densely arranged. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056927 | TRANSPORT DEVICE, RECORDING APPARATUS, TRANSPORT METHOD - The transport control section performs, in a case where a first motor and a second motor are driven so as to transport a long sheet to the downstream side in a transport direction, prescribed processing that is different from the processing in a case where the deflection amount of the sheet becomes equal to or greater than a reference amount, in a case where the deflection amount of the sheet between a shaft member and a sending roller in the transport direction does not become equal to or greater than the reference amount. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056928 | METHOD AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING JET DETECTION - Disclosed is a user interface associated with a printing system and a method of using the user interface to select a profile for jet detection. The printing system has a plurality of jets for outputting test images and document images and a jet detection device with at least one or more sensors for reading the output test images to detect faulty jets. The user interface provides a plurality of profiles for the jet detection device for selection. Each profile has a plurality of predetermined conditions that cause a test image to be printed at a particular location and analyzed. For example, a profile can include a time and a location for printing output test images using one or more of the plurality of jets. Thus, a user can control the conditions for outputting test images and determining missing or faulty jets within the system. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056929 | INK JET RECORDING-TARGETED NON-AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet recording-targeted non-aqueous ink composition contains pigment, polyvinyl chloride, and a solvent represented by the formula 1, | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056930 | ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE INK COMPOSITION, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND INKJET PRINTED ARTICLE - An active energy ray-curable ink composition is disclosed which includes a colorant, a dispersant, a polymerizable compound and water. The dispersant includes a hydrophobic repeating unit including a residue obtained by removing one hydrogen atom from a compound selected from the group consisting of a benzene ring-containing compound, an aromatic hydrocarbon ring-condensed polycyclic compound, a heteromonocyclic compound and a hetero ring-condensed heteropolycyclic compound; a hydrophilic repeating unit including an ionic group; and a hydrophilic repeating unit including a nonionic group. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056931 | MAGENTA COLORING MATTER, INK COMPOSITION, AND COLORED BODY - As an ink composition which is highly soluble in water and has a hue and clarity suitable for inkjet recording, an ink composition containing at least one pigment represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof as a pigment is provided. In formula (1), X | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056932 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF SUCTIONING LIQUID FROM NOZZLES OF RECORDING HEAD AND COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head configured to have a nozzle face on which nozzles that discharge liquid droplets are formed; a cap configured to cap the nozzle face of the recording head; a discharge path configured to be connected to the cap; a suction pump configured to be provided in the discharge path and be made of a tube pump; and an atmosphere opening part configured to open an airtight space, created when the nozzle face is capped by the cap, to the atmosphere. The atmosphere opening part is configured to communicate with the inside of the cap at a position higher than a surface of liquid discharged into the cap, and a check valve configured to prevent a flow of the liquid toward the cap from the suction pump is provided in the discharge path. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056933 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a recording head having a nozzle surface in which nozzles to eject liquid droplets in a horizontal direction or a direction slanted from the horizontal direction are formed, the nozzle surface being disposed in a vertical direction or a direction slanted from the vertical direction; a head tank to supply liquid to the recording head; a suction cap to cap the nozzle surface of the recording head; a suction member connected to the suction cap to suck out liquid from the nozzles by the suction cap; a valve member to open or close a sealed space formed by capping the nozzle surface with the suction cap to atmosphere; a liquid supplier to supply the liquid to the head tank and return the liquid from the head tank; and a control unit to control servicing of the recording head. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056934 | PRINTER HAVING PRINTHEAD PURGING MEMBERS - A printer is provided having duplex printheads arranged in a printing position on opposite sides of a print media path, two purging members each inclined at a predetermined angle to the print media path, tubes connecting the purging members with a suction pump, and a displacement mechanism configured to displace the printheads between the printing position and a purging position at which the printheads are located at the predetermined angle adjacent the purging members. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056935 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND INKJET HEAD CLEANING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an inkjet recording device includes a cleaning member which faces a nozzle surface of an inkjet head and moves along a row of nozzles, a control device which controls ones of the nozzles to partially discharge ink, the ones of the nozzles positioning in an area which the cleaning member faces when the cleaning member moves, and an ink retaining part which retains the ink between the cleaning member and the nozzle surface of the inkjet head which faces the cleaning member. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120056936 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING CARRIAGE THAT MOUNTS IMAGE FORMING UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes a carriage movably supported to move reciprocally in a main scanning direction, an image forming unit mounted on the carriage to form an image, a driving pulley disposed at a first end in the main scanning direction, a driven pulley disposed at a second end opposite the first end in the main scanning direction, a driving source operatively connected to the driving pulley to rotate the driving pulley, a carriage drawing member extended between the driving pulley and the driven pulley and partially mounted to the carriage to draw the carriage, a mount disposed on the carriage to mount the carriage drawing member, a holder disposed on the carriage to hook the carriage drawing member extended from the mount during assembly, and a guide member to guide the carriage drawing member extended from the mount and the holder. | 2012-03-08 |
