| 10th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
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| 20110057899 | CAPACITIVE CONTROL PANEL - A control panel for proximity and force sensing, includes a cover layer, a first electrode layer including a first force sensor electrode, a second force sensor electrode positioned in a second electrode layer or on a support layer, and a dielectric substrate at least a portion of which is compressible and is positioned between the first and second force sensor electrodes. The support layer is positioned to support at the vicinity of the second force sensor electrode support location so that compression of the dielectric substrate and the separation of the first and second force sensor electrodes depends on the magnitude of a force applied to the cover layer. Touch sensor electrodes are positioned on one or more of the electrode layers such that their capacitance depends on proximity of an object such as a finger. Controllers measure the capacitance of the force and touch sensor electrodes respectively and output force and touch proximity signals. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057900 | TOUCH SENSING DISPLAY PANEL - A touch-sensing display panel including a display panel and a touch-sensing unit is provided. The touch-sensing unit includes a plurality of first sensing series, a plurality of second sensing series and a plurality of sensing signal transmission lines. Each of the first sensing series includes a plurality of first sub-sensing series and a plurality of first conductive branches connected with the first sub-sensing series. Each of the second sensing series includes a plurality of second sub-sensing series and a plurality of second conductive branches connected with the second sub-sensing series. The first sensing series and the second sensing series are intersected. Further, each one of the first sensing series and each one of the second sensing series is electrically connected to one of the sensing signal transmission lines, respectively. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057901 | COMPUTING DEVICE - A computing device ( | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057902 | TOUCH SENSOR AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display panel includes a touch sensor and the touch sensor includes a plurality of x-axis read-out lines, a plurality of y-axis read-out lines crossing the x-axis read-out lines, a plurality of sensor units provided in a plurality of regions defined by the x-axis read-out lines and the y-axis read-out lines. Each sensor unit comprises a reset unit that outputs a sampling voltage based on a reset voltage, a capacitance detector that generates a modified sampling voltage from the sampling voltage based on a variation of a cell gap of the display panel caused by a touch of the display panel, a first output unit that changes an electric potential of a corresponding x-axis read-out line in response to the modified sampling voltage and a second output unit that changes an electric potential of a corresponding y-axis read-out line in response to the modified sampling voltage. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057903 | Input Apparatus, Input Method and Program - There is provided an input apparatus including: a pressure detecting unit which detects press pressure of an operational body applied to a virtual key having one or more input candidates allocated selectively; and an input control unit which varies a selection state of the one or more input candidates selectively allocated to the virtual key for every pressing operation having, as a single time of pressing operation, timing that the press pressure detected by the pressure detecting unit exceeds a predetermined selection threshold value or timing that the press pressure becomes smaller than the selection threshold value as being attenuated after exceeding the selection threshold value. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057904 | Sensor Device and Information Processing Device - A sensor device is provided which includes a pressure-sensitive sensor which changes shape in response to pressing of an operation tool and which detects change in capacitance due to the change in shape, and a barrier which covers at least a part of the pressure-sensitive sensor and which prevents change in capacitance of the pressure-sensitive sensor due to capacitive coupling that occurs with approach between the pressure-sensitive sensor and the operation tool. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057905 | Touch Panel and Inspection Method Thereof - The present invention provides a touch panel, including a substrate, a plurality of first sensing lines, a plurality of second sensing lines and an insulation layer. The first sensing lines are disposed on the substrate. Each first sensing line extends along a first direction and at least one end of each first sensing line includes a first inspecting region. The second sensing lines are disposed on the substrate. At least one end of each second sensing line includes a second inspecting region and each second sensing line extends along a second direction. The first direction is not parallel to the second direction. The insulation layer covers the first sensing lines and the second sensing lines and exposes the first inspecting regions and the second inspecting regions. The present invention further provides an inspection method of a touch panel. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057906 | POINTING DEVICES - A touch pad uses a plurality of optical mouse type sensors. The sensors are optimized for detection of motion along the predominant direction of a user's finger as the finger is moved around the touch pad. A first one of the sensors functions to optically sense motion in a first direction, while a second one of the sensors functions to optically sense motion in a second, different, direction. The first and second directions are oriented a closed, for example, circular, path. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057907 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER INPUT PATTERN IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for determining a user input pattern in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a sensing unit, a pattern management unit, and an output management unit. The sensing unit includes a sensor for sensing light, and measuring a sensed value for light. The pattern management unit determines an input pattern of a user based on a measured value of the sensing unit. The output management unit performs an operation corresponding to the input pattern determined by the pattern management unit. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057908 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH A BUILT IN TOUCH SCREEN - A liquid crystal display device having a built in touch screen including a first substrate having pixel units comprising: a plurality of pixels displaying an image and sensor regions having light sensors formed adjacent to the corresponding pixel units to sense a position of a contacted object; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, comprising: color filters formed on regions corresponding to the pixel units and first black matrices formed on regions corresponding to the sensor regions of the pixel units; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a backlight assembly disposed on a bottom portion of the first substrate and providing light to the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal display device with the built in touch screen determines a point of contact on the touch screen. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057909 | OPERATION APPARATUS - A movable operation unit is movable on a two-dimensional operation surface of a main body. The two-dimensional operation surface is defined by an X-axis and a Y-axis perpendicular to each other. A Y-axis movable portion is rotatable around a rotation axis. The Y-axis movable portion is movable in the Y-axis direction when rotating around the rotation axis. The rotation axis extends in the X-axis direction relative to the main body. The Y-axis movable portion includes a sliding rail portion on which the movable operation unit is slidable in the X-axis direction. The movable operation unit is operable to slide in the X axial direction and move in the Y axial direction accompanied with rotation of the Y-axis movable portion around the rotation axis to performs a parallel shift in the two dimensional direction while regularly and constantly maintaining a posture of the movable operation unit. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057910 | DRIVING DISPLAYS - A method of driving a display, wherein the display comprises a layer of electroluminescent material (EL) and a layer of physically-stabilised liquid crystal (LC) wherein the layers of EL and LC are powered by a common set of electrodes. The method comprises driving the common electrodes with a voltage waveform which is substantially a truncated triangular waveform. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057911 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A plurality of display electrode pairs are divided into two display electrode pair groups I and II. One field is divided into M (M is an integer of 2 or more) sub-fields SFL (L=1 to M) each including a wall voltage adjusting period, an address period, and a sustain period. Based on a sustain period T1 of a K-th sub-field SFK and a wall voltage adjusting period T2 positioned between the sustain period T1 and the address period of a (K+1)-th sub-field, if T1>T2, a first driving method in which the sustain period T1 and the wall voltage adjusting period T2 are set for each of the display electrode pair groups I and II is used in the sub-field SFK, and if T1| 2011-03-10 | |
| 20110057912 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An electrophoretic display and a driving method thereof are provided. The electrophoretic display includes a display panel and a source driver. The display panel includes at least one pixel unit. The pixel unit is coupled to a pixel electrode and a common electrode. The source driver is coupled to the display panel. When the source driver provides a first driving voltage to the pixel electrode having a second driving voltage, the source driver provides a ground voltage to the pixel electrode, and then the source driver provides first driving voltage to the pixel electrode. The ground voltage is between the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage. Thereby, damage property of elements may be reduced. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057913 | Display apparatus and apparatus and method for generating power voltages - An apparatus for generating power voltages of a display apparatus including a plurality of pixel circuits comprises a storage capacitor power outputting unit configured to generate a storage capacitor power voltage using a first power voltage and apply the storage capacitor power voltage to storage capacitors included in the plurality of pixel circuits, and a gamma filter power outputting unit configured to generate a gamma filter power voltage using the first power voltage and apply the gamma filter power voltage to a gamma voltage generating unit. The first power voltage is generated from a power voltage supplied by a voltage source. The storage capacitor power voltage and the gamma filter power voltage are generated so as to have the same phase. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057914 | DATA DRIVER, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A data driver includes data lines, data voltage output parts that output data voltages to the data lines, and a data voltage sharing part connected to the data lines. The data voltage sharing part connects output terminals of two or more of the data voltage output parts to each other to charge-share the data voltages therebetween. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057915 | DRIVING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display comprising a display region, a control unit, a plurality of source drivers located along a first direction, and a plurality of gate drivers located along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A driving method of the liquid crystal display comprises dividing the display region into a plurality of screen regions with each screen region is in correspondence with one source driver or one gate driver; according to the display characteristics of the screen regions. The control unit generates a plurality of regulated signals for changing the output voltage value of the corresponding driver or changing the operating time of the corresponding driver. The regulated signal are sent to the corresponding driver. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057916 | DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR BISTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An exemplary driver circuit for bistable display device includes a plurality of pixel electrodes, a first power supply, a second power supply, a high-voltage gate control port selectively driven by the first power supply, a low-voltage gate control port selectively driven by the second power supply, a reference potential port, a first discharging circuit connecting the high-voltage gate control port to the ground, a second discharging circuit connecting the low-voltage gate control port to the ground, and a switch for deciding whether the reference potential port is electrically connected to a reference voltage source or not. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057917 | Organic light emitting display and method of driving the same - An organic light emitting display includes a mode determining unit adapted to determine whether the display is in a low power or common driving mode based on an operation control signal and to generate a control signal corresponding to the determined mode, a scan driver adapted to sequentially supply scan signals to scan lines, a data driver adapted to supply data signals to data lines in synchronization with the scan signals, pixels arranged at intersections of the scan lines and the data lines, and a timing controller adapted to control the scan driver and the data driver so that a frame frequency changes based on whether the low power driving mode or the common driving mode control signal is supplied from the mode determining unit, wherein the scan driver is adapted to uniformly maintain a pulse width of the scan signals regardless of a change in the frame frequency. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057918 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display device including a pixel having a memory. The pixel includes at least a display element, a capacitor, an inverter, and a switch. The switch is controlled with a signal held in the capacitor and a signal output from the inverter so that voltage is supplied to the display element. The inverter and the switch can be constituted by transistors with the same polarity. A semiconductor layer included in the pixel may be formed using a light-transmitting material. Moreover, a gate electrode, a drain electrode, and a capacitor electrode may be formed using a light-transmitting conductive layer. The pixel is formed using a light-transmitting material in such a manner, whereby the display device can be a transmissive display device while including a pixel having a memory. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057919 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an organic light emitting display including a display panel comprising sub pixels disposed at intersections of data lines and first and second scan lines; a data driver alternately outputting a positive data signal and a negative data signal to the data lines; and a scan driver respectively outputting a first scan signal and a second scan signal to the first scan lines and the second scan lines. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057920 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE - In an organic electroluminescence display device which includes: a display region DR in which a plurality of pixels are arranged; and a power source part CC which is arranged outside the display region, each of the plurality of pixels includes: a lower electrode An; a light emitting layer stacked above the lower electrode; and an upper electrode which includes a thin silver film AG and is formed by a layer shared in common by other pixels above the light emitting layer, the upper electrode extends to the power source part for electrically connection, the thin silver film has a portion arranged between the display region and the power source part, and a background layer containing an electron pair donor is arranged as a background of at least a portion of the thin silver film between the display region and the power source part. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057921 | BRAILLE DISPLAY - A braille display comprising an outer wall comprising an outer surface, an inner surface and a plurality of holes extending between the outer surface and the inner surface and which are arranged in an at least substantially regular pattern relative to each other. The braille display is further provided with braille cells wherein each braille cell comprises at least one tactile member which is movable between a first outer position and second outer position and activations means for moving the at least one tactile member between the first and second outer position. The at least one tactile member comprises a free top and each braille cell is located near the inner surface of the tactile member wherein each tactile member extends through one of the holes from the inner surface in a direction of the outer surface, at least if the tactile member is in the second position and wherein a position of the free top of the tactile member relative to the outer surface when the tactile member is in its first position differs from the position of the free top of the tactical member relative to the outer surface when the tactile member is in its second position, wherein each braille cell of a group of the braille cells is attached to the outer wall by means of a connection which acts on the one hand on the braille cell and on the other hand on the outer wall at a location adjacent to the braille cell. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057922 | DRIVE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A drive device according to the present invention includes a plurality of output amplifier circuits that are connected in parallel, a bias wire that supplies a bias voltage from a bias voltage supply source to the plurality of output amplifier circuits, a power supply wire that supplies a power supply voltage from a power supply voltage supply source to the plurality of output amplifier circuits, and a correction unit that superposes an offset voltage on the bias voltage so that a voltage difference between the power supply voltage and the bias voltage supplied to the plurality of output amplifier circuits is to be desirable. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057923 | DATA DRIVER - A data driver includes a gray scale voltage generating circuit includes resistance elements connected in series, and configured to generate a plurality of gray scale voltages; a gray scale voltage selecting circuit configured to select a selection gray scale voltage from among the plurality of gray scale voltages based on a digital signal. The gray scale voltage selecting circuit includes selecting circuits provided with MOS transistors for groups of resistance elements; an ESD (Electro-Static Discharge) protection circuit including P-type protection elements connected between a node for a first power supply voltage VDD and the plurality of nodes, and N-type protection elements connected between a node for a second power supply node to which a second power supply voltage VSS and the plurality of nodes; and a dummy gray scale voltage selecting circuit including a plurality of dummy selecting circuits which includes dummy circuit MOS transistors which are connected between the gray scale voltage generating circuit and the gray scale voltage selecting circuit. The plurality of dummy selecting circuits are always turned on to function as resistances. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057924 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE CIRCUIT USED THEREFOR - A drive circuit for driving data lines of a display panel in a display device is provided with grayscale voltage lines, a grayscale voltage supplying section, a DA converter circuit, an output voltage/precharge voltage switch circuitry and an output amplifier circuit. The grayscale voltage supplying section receives a plurality of reference voltages and a precharge voltage, and is configured to output a plurality of grayscale voltages generated from the reference voltages to the respective grayscale voltage lines and to selectively supply the precharge voltage to at least one of the grayscale voltage lines. The DA converter circuit receives the plurality of grayscale voltages, selects one of the plurality of grayscale voltages in response to a video signal and outputs the selected grayscale voltage. The output voltage/precharge voltage switch circuit is configured to selectively output the grayscale voltage received from the DA converter circuit or the precharge voltage received from the at least one grayscale voltage line, to corresponding one of the data lines of the display panel. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057925 | Light Emitting Device and Driving Method Thereof - According to a driving method of applying a reverse bias voltage, capacitance occurs due to a stacked structure of a conductor, an insulator and a conductor, or due to a structure of a TFT. This capacitance prevents normal operation. The invention provides a pixel configuration including at least a driving transistor for driving a light emitting element and a switching transistor for controlling the driving transistor, wherein the switching transistor is turned on in the case of applying a forward bias voltage after applying a reverse bias voltage. As a result, it is prevented that the potential changes due to unwanted capacitive coupling. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057926 | SHIFT REGISTER UNIT AND GATE DRIVE DEVICE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A shift register unit and a gate drive device for a liquid crystal display are disclosed. Both gate and drain of the tenth thin film transistor are connected to the source of the fifth thin film transistor, a source thereof is connected to a low voltage signal input terminal, threshold voltages of the eighth thin film transistor and the ninth thin film transistor are equal to or less than threshold voltage of the tenth thin film transistor. The shift register unit and the gate drive device for liquid crystal display provided in the present invention, could enable the thin film transistor used to suppress the noise in the shift register unit to maintain turning on, therefore it guarantees the reliability of the shift register unit. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057927 | LUMINANCE ENHANCEMENT STRUCTURE FOR REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICES - The present invention is directed to luminance enhancement structure for reflective display devices. The luminance enhancement structure comprises grooves and columns, wherein said grooves have a triangular cross-section and a top angle, and said grooves and columns are in alternating order and in a continuous form in one direction. The luminance enhancement structure not only can reduce the total internal reflection, but also especially can enhance the on-axis brightness of a display device. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057928 | GRAPH CREATION METHOD AND GRAPH CREATION DEVICE - A graph creation method includes setting on a plane a coordinate system in which three axis extend from an origin in a radial fashion, setting three evaluation results of three evaluation item for an evaluation object on each the three axis; determining a balance being one of center, circumcenter, incenter, orthocenter, and excenter of a polygon the vertices of which correspond to the three evaluation results set on the three axis; and creating on the coordinate system a graph in which the balance is set. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057929 | MODEL DRIVEN 3D GEOMETRIC MODELING SYSTEM - A method and system of generating a 3D geometric object model for a domain. The method includes: extracting basic geometric elements from an input source; converting the basic geometric elements into domain elements according to a domain model, wherein the domain elements preserve semantic information of their attributes and relationships defined by the domain model; and constructing a 3D geometric model, including 3D geometric objects, from the domain elements by geometric operators according to the domain model, wherein the 3D geometric objects maintain the semantic information of the domain elements, and the semantic information is allowed to be defined in a level of the objects. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057930 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING HIGH-SPEED, HIGH-RESOLUTION DEPTH EXTRACTION TO PROVIDE THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGERY FOR ENDOSCOPY - A system and method for providing high-speed, high-resolution three-dimensional imagery for endoscopy, particularly of a tissue surface at a medical procedure site is disclosed. High-resolution imagery provides greater detail of the tissue surface, but requires high-speed depth-frame imaging to provide timely updated depth information. A pattern of light, such as a point of light for example, may be projected onto the tissue surface and a reflected image analyzed to determine depth information. The point of light can be projected and analyzed quickly to produce faster depth-frame image rates. Three-dimensional structured-light depth resolution information may be generated and combined with either a two-dimensional image or a two-dimensional stereo image to provide three-dimensional imagery of the tissue surface. Switching between three-dimensional images and one of the two-dimensional image and a two-dimensional stereo image may also be provided. Further, the three-dimensional structured- light depth information may be further optimized by combining it with three-dimensional stereo-correspondence depth information to generate hybrid three-dimensional imagery. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057931 | Tessellation Engine and Applications Thereof - Disclosed herein methods, apparatuses, and systems for performing graphics processing. In this regard, a processing unit includes a tessellation module and a connectivity module. The tessellation module is configured to sequentially tessellate portions of a geometric shape to provide a series of tessellation points for the geometric shape. The connectivity module is configured to connect one or more groups of the tessellation points into one or more primitives in an order in which the series of tessellation points is provided. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057932 | Holographic Display - A holographic display is provided in which at least one spatial light modulator has a hierarchical structure of the column drivers, the function of the column drivers being distributed to n units which are connected in n cascading stages, where n is two or more, with each successive stage having slower speed circuitry than the previous stage. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057933 | Resolution Enhancement of Video Stream Based on Spatial and Temporal Correlation - A method and computer program product are provided for resolution enhancement of a video stream based on spatial and temporal correlation. For instance, the method can include predicting interpolated pixels for an image frame of the video stream based on a spatial correlation of pixels in the image frame. The method can also include generating one or more motion vectors for the image frame. Based on the spatially-correlated pixels and the one or more motion vectors, an enhanced image can be reconstructed. Further, the method can include providing a correction factor to one or more pixels in the enhanced image frame. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057934 | Management of Presentation Time in a Digital Media Presentation System with Variable Rate Presentation Capability - Techniques are provided for managing Presentation Time in a digital rendering system for presentation of temporally-ordered data when the digital rendering system includes a Variable Rate Presentation capability. In one embodiment, Presentation Time is converted to Data Time, and Data Time is reported instead of Presentation Time when only one time can be reported. In another embodiment, a predetermined one of Presentation Time and Data Time is returned in response to a request for a Current Time. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057935 | Tiling Compaction in Multi-Processor Systems - A method and system for processing a graphics frame in a multi-processor computing environment are described. Embodiments of the present invention enable the reduction of the memory footprint required for processing a graphics frame in a multi-processor system. In one embodiment a method of processing a graphics frame using a plurality of processors is presented. The method includes determining a respective assignment of tiles of the graphics frame to each processor of the plurality of processors; allocating a memory area in a local memory of each processor, where the size of the allocated memory area substantially corresponds to the aggregate size of tiles assigned to the respective processor; and storing the tiles of the respective assignment of tiles in the memory area of each respective processor. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057936 | Managing Resources to Facilitate Altering the Number of Active Processors - A method of managing resources is provided. The method includes identifying a resource associated with a processor responsive to an impending transition, and copying the identified resource from a memory associated with the GPU or to the memory associated with the GPU. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057937 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BLOCKING DATA ON A GPU - A method is provided for optimizing computer processes executing on a graphics processing unit (GPU) and a central processing unit (CPU). Process data is subdivided into sequentially processed data and parallel processed data. The parallel processed data is subdivided into a plurality of data blocks assigned to a plurality of processing cores of the GPU. The data blocks on the GPU are processed with other data blocks in parallel on the plurality of processing cores. Sequentially processed data is processed on the CPU. Result data processed on the CPU is returned. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057938 | Variable Frequency Output To One Or More Buffers - A system and method are presented by which data on a graphics processing unit (GPU) can be output to one or more buffers with independent output frequencies. In one embodiment, a GPU includes a shader processor configured to respectively emit a plurality of data sets into a plurality of streams in parallel. Each data is emitted into at least a portion of its respective stream. Also included is a first number of counters configured to respectively track the emitted data sets. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057939 | Reading a Local Memory of a Processing Unit - Disclosed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods for enabling efficient reads to a local memory of a processing unit. In an embodiment, a processing unit includes an interface and a buffer. The interface is configured to (i) send a request for a portion of data in a region of a local memory of an other processing unit and (ii) receive, responsive to the request, all the data from the region. The buffer is configured to store the data from the region of the local memory of the other processing unit. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057940 | Processing Unit to Implement Video Instructions and Applications Thereof - Disclosed herein is a processing unit configured to process video data, and applications thereof. In an embodiment, the processing unit includes a buffer and an execution unit. The buffer is configured to store a data word, wherein the data word comprises a plurality of bytes of video data. The execution unit is configured to execute a single instruction to (i) shift bytes of video data contained in the data word to align a desired byte of video data and (ii) process the desired byte of the video data to provide processed video data. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057941 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSERTING CONTENT INTO AN IMAGE SEQUENCE - Systems and methods for augmenting an image sequence with content are disclosed. A system may include a character generator, a graphics frame buffer and a graphics insertion system. The character generator may generate pixel block content. The graphics frame buffer may be in communication with the character generator and store the pixel block content. The graphics insertion system may be in communication with the first graphics frame buffer. The graphics insertion system may be used to retrieve the pixel block content from the first graphics frame buffer and modify an image sequence with an insert graphic based on the pixel block content. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057942 | Efficient Data Access for Unified Pixel Interpolation - Disclosed herein are methods, apparatuses, and systems for accessing vertex data stored in a memory, and applications thereof. Such a method includes writing vertex data of primitives into contiguous banks of a memory such that the vertex data of consecutively written primitives spans more than one row of the memory. Vertex data of two consecutively written primitives are read from the memory in a single clock cycle. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057943 | Balancing Luminance Disparity in a Display by Multiple Projectors - In an example embodiment, a system for creating a display from multiple projectors receives as an input a source pixel derived from an image to be displayed. The system generates a scalar-adjusted pixel by applying a scalar for an adjustment range to each channel value in the source pixel, where the scalar depends on whether the source pixel is gray or color. The system modifies each channel value in the scalar-adjusted pixel according to a luminance adjustment curve for a projector, where the luminance adjustment curve depends on whether the source pixel is gray or color. The system generates the luminance adjustment curve from captured calibration images by: (1) creating an interpolated response curve; and (2) generating and inverting a median difference curve based on the interpolated response curve for the projector and the interpolated response curves for the other projectors in the system. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057944 | METHOD OF ESTABLISHING A GAMMA TABLE - An exemplary embodiment of method of establishing a gamma table using a system includes following steps. Providing a signal generator, a display device, and a color analyzer, consists of measuring luminance values of the images corresponding to a plurality of reference sampling points. Obtaining a luminance characteristic curve based on the reference sampling points and luminance values using Bezier curve interpolation. Locating the gray scales on the luminance characteristic curve with the same luminance values as the gray scales of a standard gamma table. And establishing a gamma table by comparing the gray scales of the standard gamma curve and the luminance characteristic curve. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057945 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - A video display apparatus includes: an area-specific lighting value calculator configured to calculate a lighting value of each of divided light source regions of a backlight and output the lighting value as numerical data; a signal output module configured to output a video signal correlated with the lighting value to a display module; a backlight controller configured to control the backlight based on the lighting value; a correction gain setting module configured to obtain a signal correction coefficient; a frequency separator configured to separate the input video signal; a signal corrector configured to correct the lighting value with respect to a low frequency component or DC component separated from the input video signal to suppress amplification of noise contained in a dark portion and generate an output video signal; and a display controller configured to control the display module to display the output video signal. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057946 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing method includes obtaining a first spectral characteristic value in a sample point on a stained sample based on a value of a pixel of a stained-sample image obtained by imaging the stained sample, the sample point corresponding to the pixel, the stained sample being stained with a predetermined staining dye and to be observed; and obtaining gradual second spectral characteristic values on the staining dye. The method also includes estimating an amount of the staining dye in the sample point on the staining sample by using the second dye spectral characteristic values on the staining dye based on the first spectral characteristic value. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057947 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and method for displaying a display item is disclosed. A first pattern comprises an image at a first image size and a character string at a first character string size. A second pattern comprises the image at a second image size and the character string at a second character string size, the character string not overlapping the image at the second image size. The second image size is larger than the first image size, and the second character string size is larger than the first character string size. A selected size comprises at least a first size and a second size. The first pattern is displayed for the display item if the selected size is the first size, and the second pattern is displayed for the display item if the selected size is the second size. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057948 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ALIGNMENT - A method of aligning a first image captured by a first camera with at least a segment of an image captured with a second camera, the images captured by the first and second camera having an overlapping field of view, the method comprising:
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| 20110057949 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a plurality of data hold circuits that are associated with a plurality of pixel columns arranged in a pixel arranged area where a plurality of pixels are arranged in matrix, each of the plurality of data hold circuits being configured to hold data which is to be supplied to the pixel column; and a plurality of selectors, each selector being configured to selectively supply, based on whether a shift process for dithering is to be performed or not, one of outputs of a pair of data hold circuits coupled to said selector to the pixel column included in a pair of pixel columns that is associated with said pair of data hold circuits, said pair of pixel columns comprising pixel columns positioned side by side in the pixel arranged area. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057950 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA - A data processing device includes a receiving module, a rendering module and a color compensation module. The rendering module receives image data from the receiving module and renders the image data into first, second, third and fourth sub-pixel data based on a layout of a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel and a fourth sub-pixel and the color compensation module compensates for a color of the first, second and third sub-pixel data. The color compensation module converts the first, second and third sub-pixel data into first, second and third intermediate data, respectively, adds first, second and third delta values, which are determined based on the fourth sub-pixel data, to the first, second and third intermediate data, and thereby generates first, second and third compensation data. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057951 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, DISPLAY SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A display controller includes a controller input connectable to receive first image data representing a non-safety relevant part of an image to be displayed on a display and to receive second image data representing a safety relevant part of the image. A merging unit is connected to the controller input, for composing the image from the first image data and second image data. A controller output is connectable to the display, for outputting display data representing the image. An image monitor is connected to the controller output, for comparing a part of the image corresponding to the safety relevant part with an reference for the part. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057952 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and an image processing method processing a graphic image are provided. An image processing apparatus including: a display unit; a first image output unit which outputs a first image signal; a second image output unit which outputs a second image signal and a transparency information with respect to the second image signal; an image mixing unit which outputs a third image signal mixing the first image signal and the second image signal by using the transparency information; an image processing unit which processes the third image signal to output to the display unit; and a control unit which extracts the transparency information from the second image output unit, and outputs a position information about which the second image signal is displayed in the display unit based on the extracted transparency information to the image processing unit. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057953 | USER INTERFACE METHODS FOR ENDING AN APPLICATION - Methods and devices provide an efficient user interface for initiating a function by detecting an ellipsoidal continuous touch path on a touch surface of a computing device. In an embodiment the initiated function may end an application. A user may initiate the function operation by tracing an ellipsoidal shape (e.g., a circle) a touchscreen or touchpad. A display image may be contorted to inform the user about the progress towards accomplishing the function. The function operation of contorting the display image may begin at a minimum measure of the traced path and complete at a maximum measure of the traced path. In an embodiment, terminating an application and returning to the home display may be achieved in response to a clockwise path trace and minimizing of an application and returning to home display may be achieved in response to a counterclockwise path trace, or vice versa. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057954 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE PROGRAM - Generation of a 3D model in accordance with a user's desire is enabled. A model generation unit generates 2D or 3D model parts from extracted original parts. These model parts have been applied with relative exaggeration relative to another subject person or a background. If the user has selected a subject person of which a default part is modified, among subject persons of which the original parts have been extracted, via an operation unit, a model adjustment unit accepts selection of a modification menu item and a part desired to be modified, via the operation unit. If the part desired to be modified is selected, the part is modified or replaced depending on the selected menu item and on an input to the operation unit or a touch panel. A character generation unit generates a character with the modified part (with the default part if no modification is performed). | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057955 | Apparatus and method for changing screen status in portable terminal - An apparatus and method controls a screen change in a portable terminal to modify a status (e.g., a screen shift to a specific region or a screen rotation) of a screen being displayed by using a simple touch input. The apparatus includes a screen change unit for displaying a center point for a screen rotation if a touch input is released. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057956 | Method of improving the accuracy of selecting a soft button displayed on a touch-sensitive screen and related portable electronic device - A method of inputting commands through a touch-sensitive screen of a portable electronic device includes displaying a plurality of soft buttons on the touch-sensitive screen, detecting touch input on the touch-sensitive screen at a touch location, identifying a closest soft button that is nearest to the touch location, magnifying the closest soft button and one or more other soft buttons in the immediate vicinity of the closest soft button that are located in a same row or in a same column as the closest soft button, reducing the size of other soft buttons, detecting release of the touch input on the touch-sensitive screen at a release location after the soft buttons have been magnified, identifying a selected soft button located at the release location upon detecting release of the touch input, and executing a command corresponding to the selected soft button. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057957 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display, sensors, and a controller. The display displays a plurality of items on one side of a display screen. The sensors detect an operation input to the one side of the display screen. When contact operation is detected, the controller selects the item displayed near the detection position of the contact operation. Further, when pressing operation with a predetermined pressure is detected in such a state that the item is selected, the controller determines the selection of the item. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057958 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT, DATA DRIVER, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - A reference voltage generation circuit includes a gamma correction resistor circuit which outputs reference voltages generated by resistively dividing voltages of two opposite ends of a resistor circuit to resistive division nodes, and high-potential-side-voltage and low-potential side-voltage supply circuits which supply a high-potential-side voltage and a low-potential-side voltage to the two opposite ends, respectively. The high-potential-side-voltage and low-potential side-voltage supply circuits supply the high-potential-side voltage and the low-potential-side voltage to the two opposite ends, respectively, by switching the high-potential-side voltage and the low-potential-side voltage for each of color components which faun one pixel, the high-potential-side voltage and the low-potential-side voltage being provided for each of the color components. The gamma correction resistor circuit supplies the reference voltages switched for each of the color components to reference voltage signal lines to be selected as inputs of driver sections which drive data lines of an electro-optical device. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057959 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a temperature sensor, a timing controller, a data driver and a display panel. The temperature sensor senses a temperature, the timing controller includes a dynamic capacitance capture (“DCC”) block, which converts a green data, a red data and a blue data into a green compensation data, a red compensation data and a blue compensation data, respectively, based on the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor, and the data driver converts the red compensation data, the green compensation data and the blue compensation data into a data voltage and outputs the data voltage. The display panel receives the data voltage and displays an image. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057960 | BACKLIGHT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A backlight apparatus and a display apparatus are provided. The backlight apparatus includes N first switch units to switch a plurality of currents flowing in respective N light emitting element arrays according to an input brightness control signal, N second switch units to switch a plurality of currents flowing in respective N capacitors according to the input brightness control signal, and a reference current generation unit to generate and output a reference current based on the input brightness control signal. An inverter unit adjusts a total current supplied to all of the light emitting element arrays in total to be equal to the reference current if the total current is different from the reference current. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057961 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Backlight Control Method - In a liquid crystal device, an in-region gradation value detection section detects gradation levels of input video signals on every sub-region, removing gradation levels of pixels within a predetermined upper range (m %) from the brightest gradation level in the sub-region to detect the maximum in-region gradation level Pa. A boundary gradation value detecting section removes gradation levels for pixels within a predetermined upper range (n %) from the brightest gradation level for pixel groups belonging to the region boundary portion in the sub-region to detect the maximum boundary gradation level Pb. A backlight control value deciding section selects higher one of the level Pa and the level Pb as the maximum gradation level Pc in the sub-region, and decides a backlight control value K based on the ratio between the level Pc and the upper limit value Pmax of the gradation level. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057962 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Display device, with a plurality of display elements arranged in the shape of a bar, wherein each display element can represent at least one first display state (off) and one second display state (on), and a value being shown can be indicated by the second display state (on) of at least one display element assigned to the value, so that an intermediate value between the value being displayed and a succeeding or preceding value can be represented by activating the preceding or succeeding display element. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057963 | COLOR MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT AND RELATED METHOD - A color management circuit and a related color management method are provided. The color management circuit is disposed in a display device which has a panel provided with a panel conversion characteristic. The color management circuit includes: a first nonlinear conversion circuit, a color matrix conversion circuit and a second nonlinear conversion circuit. The first nonlinear conversion circuit is utilized for performing a first nonlinear conversion upon a color data to generate a first conversion data. The color matrix conversion circuit is utilized for performing a liner matrix calculation upon the first conversion data to generate a matrix calculation data. The second nonlinear conversion circuit is utilized for performing a second nonlinear conversion upon the matrix calculation data to generate a second conversion data to the panel, wherein a combined conversion characteristic of the second conversion characteristic with the panel conversion characteristic is substantially linear. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057964 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image display apparatus comprises: a display panel; and an image processing unit which divides one frame into a frame of a main image and N frame(s) of sub-image(s), and outputs a video signal that includes the frame of the main image and the frame(s) of the sub-image(s) to the display panel, wherein the image processing unit comprises: a brightness control unit which generates frames corresponding to the main image and the sub-images based on the same input image data, and relatively reduces the brightness of the frame corresponding to the sub-image with respect to the brightness of the frame corresponding to the main image; and a period setting unit which sets a length of respective horizontal scan periods so that the horizontal scan period in the frame of the main image is longer than the horizontal scan period in the frames of the sub-image. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057965 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING EDGE-TYPE BACKLIGHT UNIT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A method of controlling a liquid crystal display (LCD) device including an LCD panel and an edge-type backlight unit is provided. The method includes: controlling turn-on and turn-off periods of an upper light source unit and a lower light source unit of the edge-type backlight unit to be synchronized with a period during which a 3D image is output on the LCD panel, wherein the upper light source unit includes a light source disposed at an upper edge of the edge-type backlight unit, and the lower light source unit includes a light source disposed at a lower edge of the edge-type backlight unit. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057966 | DISPLAY PANEL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display panel device includes a luminescence element and a capacitor. A driving transistor includes a gate that is connected to a first electrode of the capacitor. A first switch is connected to the first electrode of the capacitor for setting a reference voltage to the first electrode of the capacitor. A data line supplies a data voltage to a second electrode of the capacitor. A second switch is connected between the data line and the second electrode of the capacitor. A wiring is connected to a first electrode of the luminescence element and the second electrode of the capacitor for interconnecting a first power line and the first electrode of the luminescence element with the second electrode of the capacitor, the second switch, and the data line. A third switch is connected in series with the driver between the first electrode of the luminescence element and the first power line. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057967 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device displays an input video signal on a display panel. The image display device includes: a computation unit which computes the reciprocal of a luminance signal and/or a chrominance signal, acquired when a white signal in the order of 100% is input to display a white screen on the display panel and an image of the white screen is captured by an imaging device; a memory unit which stores the reciprocal computed by the computation unit as correction data; and a correction unit which corrects luminance irregularity and/or color irregularity on the display panel by multiplication of the input video signal and the correction data stored in the memory unit. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057968 | COG PANEL SYSTEM ARRANGEMENT - Provided is a COG panel system capable of minimizing a block dim effect by considering a relationship among a plurality of chips. The COG panel system includes: an FPC which supplies at least two power supply voltages having a constant voltage level; a plurality of SDIs which are commonly supplied with a bypass power supply voltage from the FPC and generate respective parts of a plurality of consecutive LCD driving signals required for an arbitrary one line of an LCD; and at least one block dim correction resistance. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057969 | BACKLIGHT CONTROL CIRCUIT - A backlight control circuit includes a logic unit, a drive unit, a decoder, a current setting unit, a current stabilizer, a pulse width modulated generator, a plurality of light sources, and a control unit. The control unit controls the brightness of each light source according to the pulse width modulated signals from the pulse width modulated generator. The logic unit sends an enable signal to the control unit. The drive unit sends a first control signal to the decoder. According to a decoded signal from the decoder, the current setting unit sends a second control signal and an output voltage to the current stabilizer, the current stabilizer generates a steady current. According to the second control signal, the control unit selectively provides the steady current to the corresponding light source. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057970 | IMAGE-SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE-SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image-signal processing device includes an image-enlargement processing unit that generates image signals representing an image which has been enlarged by repeating pixels; a pattern-data output unit that outputs, for each of repetition areas which are obtained by repeating the pixels, a pattern data item in accordance with signals which are obtained by removing signals corresponding to a predetermined number of upper bits from a corresponding one of the image signals, the pattern data item being used to reproduce, in the pixels included in the repetition area, gradation based on the signals that are obtained by removing the signals corresponding to the predetermined number of upper bits from the image signal; and an addition unit that adds, for the repetition area, the pattern data item to the signals corresponding to the predetermined number of upper bits included in the image signal. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057971 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION ENABLING OR DISABLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a computing unit to compute an amount of ink to be used to record raster data if a remaining amount of ink reaches a predetermined amount, and a recording control part to enable the recording if the remaining amount of ink is greater than the amount of ink computed by the computing unit. The recording control part disables the recording if the remaining amount of ink is less than or equal to the amount of ink computed by the computing unit. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057972 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus including a first nozzle that ejects dye ink; a second nozzle that ejects pigment ink of a color that is the same as the dye ink; and a controller that controls ejection of ink from the first nozzle and the second nozzle. The controller performs a first ejection operation, in which the pigment ink is ejected from the second nozzle after the dye ink is ejected from the first nozzle, for a predetermined position on a medium and performs a second ejection operation, in which the dye ink is ejected from the first nozzle after the pigment ink is ejected from the second nozzle, for a second position on the medium. An amount of the pigment ink per unit area that is ejected in the second ejection operation is made smaller than an amount of the pigment ink per the unit area in the first ejection operation. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057973 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING METHOD - The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method in which even with a variation in ink ejection amount depending on an image print area, the ink ejection amount for preliminary ejection can be optimally set. For this purpose, a print area is divided into a plurality of areas, and the number of ink ejections through a nozzle is measured for each of the areas. Based on the number of ink ejections for each area, the number of ink ejections for the preliminary ejection is determined. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057974 | PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A printing device includes a carriage control part that reciprocates a carriage, a print control part that confirms an origin point of the carriage by a position detecting part, a carriage moving time calculation part that calculates a first moving time (B) and a second moving time (C), and a line feed time calculation part that calculates a third time (A). The first moving time is a period during which the carriage moves from a carriage position to the position detection part after print completion, and the second moving time is a period during which the carriage moves from the position detection part to a next print starting position. The third time (A) is a period during which the recording medium is carried from the print completion to the next print position. The position control part executes an origin point confirmation operation of the carriage when (B+C| 2011-03-10 | |
| 20110057975 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus for performing recording by scanning a recording head includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire temperature information of the recording head, a generation unit configured to generate a signal that indicates outputting of an output voltage based on the temperature information, a voltage control unit configured to control a voltage to be output to the recording head based on the signal, and a control unit configured to simultaneously perform preliminary ejection processing in an interval between a previous scan and a next scan of the recording head and output processing of the signal. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057976 | PRINTING USING PLURALITY OF COLOR INK INCLUDING WHITE INK - A printing apparatus executes printing on a transparent print medium using a plurality of color ink including white ink. The printing apparatus includes: a head having a first nozzle group ejecting the plurality of color ink to form a color image and a second nozzle group ejecting the white ink and at least one kind of ink other than the white ink to form a toning white image, which is an adjusted white image; and a controller controlling the head to form a first color image, a first toning white image, a second toning white image set independently from the first toning white image, and a second color image in this order on one surface of the print medium. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057977 | MEDIUM DETECTING DEVICE, PRINTER HAVING THE SAME AND MEDIUM DETECTING METHOD - A medium detecting device including a conveying path configured to convey a plurality of mediums therethrough is provided. A plurality of sensors configured to detect at least one of the plurality of mediums disposed in a conveying direction of the conveying path is also provided. The plurality of sensors is arranged at intervals longer than a minimum length of at least one of the plurality of mediums. A control unit is configured to generate position information of the plurality of mediums based on output from the plurality of sensors, and the relationship between the sensors. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057978 | PRINTING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a printing apparatus includes a transverse adjusting mechanism and an abutting frame. The transverse adjusting mechanism moves a passbook in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction to make a first side of the passbook abut on the abutting frame while the passbook set to be inserted to a medium inlet is being received and conveyed. Accordingly, the transverse adjusting mechanism positions the passbook with respect to a printing region of a dot head, and retracts the abutting frame from a conveying path while a statement paper is being conveyed. The printing apparatus includes a controller to determine whether the first side of the passbook is placed inward from the abutting frame. The controller controls receiving and conveying the inserted passbook based on the determination result. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057979 | Image forming device and image forming system - A location confirmation signal is transmitted from a feed paper carriage unit to a first image forming unit via a signal line and stored therein, a second location confirmation signal is transmitted from the first image forming unit to a second image forming unit and stored therein, and an n-th location confirmation signal is transmitted from an (n−1)-th image forming unit to a n-th image forming unit and stored therein. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057980 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING CORRECTION VALUE OF CONVEYING ERROR - The sequence of the acquisition of a correction value of a conveying error depending on the eccentricity of the conveying roller (correction value for eccentricity) and the acquisition of a correction value of a conveying error depending on the outer diameter of the roller (correction value for outer diameter) is considered to acquire a precise correction value for outer diameter. A test pattern to acquire the correction values for eccentricity and for outer diameter is formed with an area exceeds the area corresponding to an integer multiple of the circumferential length of the roller. The correction value for eccentricity and that for outer diameter are acquired in this sequence. The fluctuation in the conveying error is reduced by the application of the correction value for eccentricity, and the influence of the excess area is made smaller before the correction value for outer diameter is acquired by averaging the conveying errors. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057981 | RECORDING INK AS WELL AS INK MEDIA SET, INK CARTRIDGE, INK RECORDED MATTER, INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - A recording ink containing at least a solid component which contains a colorant and a resin and is a solid at 25° C., a liquid component which has a higher boiling point than that of water and is a liquid at 25° C. and water, wherein the total content of the liquid component in the recording ink is 20% by mass or less, the total content of the solid component in the recording ink is 20% by mass or more, and the total content of a resin component in the solid component is 40% by mass to 95% by mass relative to a total amount of the solid component is provided. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057982 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE - An ink composition, includes: water-insoluble polymer particles comprising a colorant and a water-insoluble polymer; and a compound represented by the following Formula (A), wherein the content of free polymer derived from the water-insoluble polymer is 1.0% by mass or less with respect to the total mass of the ink composition: | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057983 | AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND INKJET IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The invention provides an aqueous ink composition including: a) a water-based medium; b) a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond; and c) resin particles including a water-insoluble vinyl polymer and a water-insoluble photoinitiator. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057984 | AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An aqueous ink composition including a colorant, a polymer including a hydrophobic structural unit (a) represented by the following formula (1), a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound including an ethylenically unsaturated bond, and water: | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057985 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink composition including colored particles is disclosed. The colored particles includes a resin dispersant including at least one radically polymerizable group and at least one aromatic partial structure derived from a compound selected from the group consisting of an aromatic hydrocarbon compound, a condensed ring aromatic hydrocarbon compound, an aromatic heterocyclic compound, a condensed ring aromatic heterocyclic compound, and a compound having two or more aromatic hydrocarbon compounds linked to each other; and a colorant. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057986 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The invention provides an ink composition including water, a colorant, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and a water-soluble silicate, the water-soluble silicate being comprised in an amount of from 0.0001% by mass to 0.5% by mass with respect to a total mass of the ink composition, and the water-soluble organic solvent including a water-soluble organic solvent having a value of solubility parameter (SP) of 27.5 or less in an amount of 40% by mass or more with respect to a total mass of the water-soluble organic solvent; an ink composition including a water-soluble alkali metal silicate and a pigment coated with a water-insoluble resin, the water-insoluble resin including a structural unit having an acidic group; and an ink composition including a water-soluble alkali metal silicate, self-dispersing polymer particles, and a pigment. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057987 | INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink set including an aqueous ink composition and a treatment liquid is disclosed. The aqueous ink composition includes a pigment, a graft polymer including an anionic group at a side chain thereof, and an aqueous medium. The treatment liquid includes an acidic compound that aggregates one or more components of the aqueous ink composition. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057988 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FOAM APPLICATION DEVICE - An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a medium to be recorded; and a foam application unit that applies a foam generated from at least any one of a liquid and a gel to the medium to be recorded or an intermediate member for applying the foam to the medium to be recorded. The foam application unit has a foam generation unit that generates the foam, an application unit that applies the generated foam to the medium to be recorded or the intermediate member, a foam supplying path through which the generated foam is supplied to the application unit, and a unit that increases a volume of the foam supplying path. The foam application unit increases the volume of the foam supplying path when stopping the supply of the foam to the application unit. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057989 | INKJET PRINTING DEVICE HAVING ROTATING PLATEN - An inkjet printing device is disclosed. The inkjet printing device includes a rotating platen. The platen has disposed on part of the surface of the platen an ink absorbing member. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057990 | PRINT HEAD MAINTENANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An image-forming apparatus includes a print head unit including a plurality of head chips disposed in a widthwise direction of a supplied printing medium to eject ink to form an image, a wiping unit including a plurality of wiper members disposed in the widthwise direction of the printing medium, and a support member supporting the plurality of wiper members and located below the print head unit to move upwardly and downwardly. The image-forming apparatus also includes an ink discharging unit which accommodates and discharges ink spitted from the print head unit, an elevating driving unit which moves the wiping unit upwardly and downwardly between at least two positions of a first forward position which is a wiping standby position, a second forward position which is a scrapping position, and a retracted position, and a widthwise direction driving unit which reciprocates the wiping unit positioned in the first or second forward positions by the elevating driving unit. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057991 | Inkjet head and manufacturing method thereof - There is provided an inkjet head and a manufacturing method thereof. The inkjet head includes an upper substrate formed of a silicon material and having an ink chamber storing ink provided therein; an intermediate substrate bonded to the upper substrate, formed of a low temperature co-fired ceramic material, and having a connection path and a restrictor provided therein while the connection path and the restrictor are connected to the ink chamber; and a lower substrate bonded to the intermediate substrate, formed of a silicon material, and having a nozzle connected to the connection path provided therein. According to the inkjet head and the manufacturing method thereof, the densification and facilitation of bonding between substrates are achieved by using anodic bonding between a silicon substrate and a ceramic substrate, thereby improving manufacturing yield. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057992 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOF, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head is disclosed. The liquid ejection includes a flow channel plate, the flow channel plate being formed from one thin plate, the flow channel plate being formed with one or more pressure generating chambers, a fluid resistance section which supplies liquid to the pressure generating chamber, and a nozzle hole which opposes the pressure generating chamber. The flow channel plate is made of a metal material, and wherein the flow plate includes the pressure generating chamber which is formed of a groove-shaped indentation; the nozzle hole which is formed at one end in a longitudinal direction of the groove-shaped indentation; and the fluid resistance section which is formed at the other end in the longitudinal direction of the groove-shaped indentation. The pressure generating chamber, the nozzle head, and the fluid resistance section are formed such that they deform the thin plate in a thickness direction. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057993 | LIQUID COMPOSITION, SET, LIQUID CARTRIDGE, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid composition used in combination with an ink containing a coloring material is ejected by the action of thermal energy from a recording head including a heating resistor having a protecting layer that contains at least one of a metal and a metal oxide and that is to come into contact with the liquid composition. The liquid composition contains an organic acid having a carboxy group, an alkali metal ion, an organic acid having a sulfonate group, a polyvalent metal ion, and water. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057994 | LIQUID COMPOSITION, SET, LIQUID CARTRIDGE, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid composition used in combination with an ink containing a coloring material is ejected by the action of thermal energy from a recording head including a heating resistor having a protecting layer that is to come into contact with the liquid composition and that contains at least one of a metal and a metal oxide. The liquid composition contains at least either an organic compound having a carboxy group and an amino group or an amine oxide compound, an organic acid having a carboxy group, and water. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057995 | Inkjet head and inkjet head assembly having the same - There is provided an inkjet head and an inkjet head assembly having the same. The inkjet head includes an inkjet head plate having a plurality of nozzles ejecting ink provided therein; pressure chambers storing ink drawn in from both outer ends of the inkjet head plate in a width direction thereof and facing each other in a direction inwards of the width direction; piezoelectric elements supplying the pressure champers with driving force allowing ink to be ejected through the nozzles connected to the pressure chambers and disposed on the pressure chambers having membranes interposed therebetween; a pressure adjusting channel connecting the pressure chambers to adjust a pressure of ink ejected through the nozzles. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057996 | Printer Cartridge Having A Parasitic Power Circuit - Non-OEM printer cartridges for printers expecting an OEM cartridge are presented. A non-OEM printer cartridge includes a medium delivery system other than a medium delivery system ordinarily used or expected by a printer. A circuit within the non-OEM cartridge parasitically draws power from signal lines activated by the printer and powers the non-OEM cartridge's medium delivery system. Additionally, the circuit maintains a power draw and impedance within the printer's tolerance so that the printer accommodates the non-OEM cartridge. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057997 | LIQUID CONTAINER, METHODS OF ASSEMBLING OR DISASSEMBLING LIQUID CONTAINER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid container includes a case and a liquid containing bag contained in the case. The case includes an integrally formed hollow body having a front opening portion, a rear opening portion, and a supply-opening fixing portion. The supply-opening fixing portion is disposed on a front end of the hollow body and to which a supply opening portion of the liquid containing bag is fixedly attached. The case includes a front cover covering the front opening portion, and a rear cover covering the rear opening portion. The front opening portion is sized such that the liquid containing bag after use can be pulled out of the hollow body via the front opening portion. The rear opening portion is sized such that the liquid containing bag filled with ink can be inserted into the hollow body via the rear opening portion. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110057998 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus is disclosed. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a droplet ejecting head which has multiple nozzles for ejecting ink, multiple head tanks which generate a negative pressure at the droplet ejecting head and temporarily store a predetermined amount of ink, an ink cartridge which stores the ink, multiple liquid sending pumps which perform a forward transfer liquid process which sends the ink from the ink cartridge to the multiple head tanks, or a backward transfer liquid process which sends the ink from the multiple head tanks to the ink cartridge, and an ink supply channel being branched from the ink cartridge to multiple head tanks to supply ink from the ink cartridge to multiple head tanks by the corresponding one of multiple liquid sending pumps. | 2011-03-10 |
