11th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090066687 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - (Object) To provide a liquid crystal display device which simultaneously uses a method for simultaneously driving two screens and a method for driving scan-back light. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066688 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A display apparatus and a method for displaying an image are provided. The display apparatus includes a memory which stores one or more images; a communication unit which receives a universal serial bus (USB) video signal transmitted via a USB cable from an external apparatus, and receives a specific command signal from the external apparatus if the external apparatus starts to boot; and a main controller which determines that the external apparatus is being booted and causes the stored images to be displayed on a screen if the command signal is received through the communication unit. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066689 | Image displaying method - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method for displaying an image including a plurality of blocks in which code information can be embedded, includes obtaining a first image including a plurality of blocks, obtaining a second image determined by changing the characteristic value of the selected blocks of the first image so as to associate the value with the code information to be embedded, and displaying the first image data and the second image data, sequentially. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066690 | SELECTIVE INTERACTIVE MAPPING OF REAL-WORLD OBJECTS TO CREATE INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL-WORLD OBJECTS - A method for interactively defining a virtual-world space based on real-world objects in a real-world space is disclosed. In one operation, one or more real-world objects in the real-world space is captured to define the virtual-world space. In another operation, one of the real-world objects is identified, the identified object is to be characterized into a virtual-world object. In yet another operation, a user is prompted for user identification of one or more object locations to enable extraction of parameters for real-world object, and the object locations are identified relative to an identifiable reference plane in the real-world space. In another operation, the extracted parameters of the real-world object may be stored in memory. The virtual-world object can then be generated in the virtual world space from the stored extracted parameters of the real-world object. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066691 | METHOD FOR RENDERING AN OBJECT - The method is for rendering an object. An object to be rendered is identified. An outline of the object is defined. A front plate of the object is identified. A back plate that is shifted relative to the front plate is created. A beveled side extending between the front plate and the back plate is identified. A beveled contour of the beveled side from a series of segments of edges is created. A boundary line between visible and non-visible segments of surfaces is identified. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066692 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY SIMULATING AND IMAGING REALISTIC WATER SURFACE AND OTHER EFFECTS - Water surface and other effects are efficiently simulated to provide real time or near real time imaging on low-capacity computer graphics computation platforms. Water and other surfaces are modeled using multiple independent layers can be dynamically adjusted in response to real time events. The number of layers used in a given area can be adjusted to reduce computational loading as needed. Different algorithms can be employed on different layers to give different effects. The multiple layer modeling is preferably converted to polygons using an adaptive polygon mesh generator based on camera location and direction in the 3D world to provide automatic level of detailing and generating a minimal number of polygons. The visual effects of water droplets and other coatings on see-through surfaces can be modeled and provided using indirect texturing. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066693 | Encoding A Depth Map Into An Image Using Analysis Of Two Consecutive Captured Frames - A computer implemented method of calculating and encoding depth data from captured image data is disclosed. In one operation, the computer implemented method captures two successive frames of image data through a single image capture device. In another operation, differences between a first frame of image data and a second frame of the image data are determined. In still another operation, a depth map is calculated when pixel data of the first frame of the image data is compared to pixel data of the second frame of the image data. In another operation, the depth map is encoded into a header of the first frame of image data. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066694 | Methods and systems for generating 3-dimensional computer images - There are provided methods and apparatus for generating a 3-dimensional computer image. The image comprises a number of objects and is divided into separate areas. In a first aspect, control data to link to object data stored in a memory for each object is derived for two objects at a time. This improves processing and memory usage. In a second aspect, two or more separate areas can be processed in parallel by deriving control data for the two separate areas at a time. This improves processing time. To avoid fetching data for both areas, that is actually only applicable to one area, encoding is used in the control data. In a third aspect, object data can be stored on one or across two memory pages, and the control data includes one memory page address in the former case and two memory page addresses in the latter case. This improves memory usage. In a fourth aspect, object data can be stored across two non-contiguous memory pages, by using a look-up table with contiguous portions allocated for each object's object data. This also improves memory usage. In a fifth aspect, when partial rendering is used, and partial depth data is stored and subsequently updated, the depth data can be stored across two memory pages using link portions in the memory pages to either indicate the end of data storage or point to the next memory page. This also improves memory usage. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066695 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A MAP - A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which when executed cause a computing device to receive a request from a client to display a map projection of a spatial reference, wherein the spatial reference comprises a location and a scale, select a projected coordinate system from a plurality of projected coordinate systems based on the spatial reference and a set of business rules, generate the map projection of the spatial reference using the projected coordinate system, and send the map projection to the client, wherein the map projection is displayed on the client. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066696 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image processing method introduces a graphical feature or effect into a part of one or more video images of a scene. The scene includes a view of a plurality of objects disposed on an object plane, the part of the video images including one of the plurality of objects on the object plane. The method includes forming a three dimensional model view of the object plane, calculating a transform matrix for transforming points in the model of the object plane into the view of the object plane in the video image, forming the graphical feature or effect in the model of the object plane, transforming the graphical feature or effect from the model to the image view of the object plane using the transform matrix, identifying the one of the plurality of object which is to be viewed within the part of the video image, in which the object is present, and extracting the part of the image view from the video images, into which the graphical feature has been transformed, the extracted part including that part of the feature of effect, which has been transformed from the model. The image processing method provides an improved way of adding a graphical feature or effect to a plane on which a plurality of objects are disposed, so that when a part of the video image, in which one of the plurality of objects, is viewed, the graphical feature or effect appears to the viewer to be a natural scene as if the graphical feature or effect is actually present. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066697 | CARICATURE TOOL - Pre-designing caricatures is inflexible and hinders the design process. Accordingly, a technique for rendering a caricature made up of at least one caricature part is provided. For a subject caricature, each caricature part is sized and positioned based on the size and position of a base connection point. Each caricature part has at least one piece. Each piece is assigned a respective layer for purposes of rendering and is rendered in order according to the layer assigned to the piece. A complete caricature is assembled from each caricature part, each being sized, positioned, and ordered based on the steps of sizing, positioning, and ordering. Rendering the complete caricature in this flexible manner enables a diversity of caricatures to be rendered without having to create an entire library of possible caricatures. In this way, the design process is enhanced. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066698 | Systems And Methods For Performing Quantity Takeoff Computations From Computer Aided Design Drawings - One or more embodiments of the invention set forth methods for performing quantity takeoff computations from computer aided design (CAD) drawings. The user initiates the quantity takeoff of an instance of a drawing object by manually selecting one or more geometries that visually represent the instance. The quantity takeoff engine identifies or creates a takeoff object that is associated with the drawing object. A takeoff object may include the dimension of geometry to quantify, the object parameter to be quantified, and the takeoff calculations to be performed. The takeoff measurement tool quantifies the instance and adds markup information to the CAD drawings to represent the determined quantity. Subsequently, the quantity takeoff engine performs takeoff calculations and adds the quantity and cost information to a takeoff report representing all previous selected instances. Advantageously, these techniques allow the user to incrementally create takeoff reports without making any manual measurements. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066699 | Vector image drawing circuit and method for vector image drawing - A vector image drawer comprises: an outline definer, a divider, an outline flag setter, a filler, and a continue flag setter. The outline definer defines outline data for indicating a start pixel and an end pixel of a filling along each scanning line of a drawing region. The divider divides the drawing region into an m×n matrix of drawing subregions. The outline flag setter sets an outline flag for indicating a presence of the outline data for each of the drawing subregions. The filler performs a fill processing for drawing subregions in a case where a continue flag is set fur an adjacent drawing subregions and the outline flag is set for each of the drawing subregions. A continue flag setter sets the continue flag for each of the scanning line, whether a filling continues into an adjacent drawing subregion. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066700 | FACIAL ANIMATION USING MOTION CAPTURE DATA - Methods and apparatus for facial animation using motion capture data are described herein. A mathematic solution based on minimizing a metric reduces the number of motion capture markers needed to accurately translate motion capture data to facial animation. A set of motion capture markers and their placement on an actor are defined and a set of virtual shapes having virtual markers are defined. The movement of the virtual markers are modeled based on an anatomical model. An initial facial capture is correlated to a corresponding virtual reference shape. For each subsequent facial capture, a delta vector is computed and a matrix solution determined based on the delta marker, initial positions, and set of virtual shapes. The solution can minimize a metric such as mean squared distance. The solution can be manually modified or edited using a user interface or console. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066701 | IMAGE BROWSING METHOD AND IMAGE BROWSING APPARATUS THEREOF - An image browsing method includes: detecting a movement corresponding to a user input to generate a detecting variation; checking if the detecting variation is greater than a predetermined threshold value; when the detecting variation is greater than the predetermined threshold value, displaying an animation indicative of completely turning a page for showing a target image instead of a current image in order to allow browsing of the target image; and when the detecting variation is not greater than the predetermined threshold value, displaying the current image for browsing of the current image. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066702 | Development Tool for Animated Graphics Application - A presentation engine collects information concerning the rendering of the frames of an animated graphics application, such the time taken for rendering the frame and the amount of memory used. This information quantifies the amount of certain computing resources being utilized on a per-frame basis, enabling identification by the authors of the animated graphics application, particularly by the designers of the animated graphics, of frames that are problematic, especially on resource-limited devices. The generation of information does not depend on the animated graphics application being instrumented to generate the metrics. The method is adaptable to any resource-limited device, to which the presentation engine is ported or adapted to run. When executing on a resource-limited device, the information is sent to a workstation for analysis. An analysis tool, which may be a stand-alone program or part of an authoring tool or other program, displays the collected metrics graphically in relation to the frame. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066703 | CONSTRAINT SCHEMES FOR COMPUTER SIMULATION OF CLOTH AND OTHER MATERIALS - Constraint schemes for use in the computer simulation and animation of cloth, clothing and other materials helps to prevent clothing from excessive stretching, bunching up in unwanted areas, or “passing through” rigid objects during collisions. Several types of constraint systems are employed, including the use of skinned vertices as constraints and axial constraints. In these schemes cloth simulated vertices are generated for the material using a cloth simulation technique, and skinned vertices are generated for the material using a skin simulation technique. One or more of the cloth simulated vertices are compared to the corresponding skinned vertices. The cloth simulated vertices are modified if they deviate from the corresponding skinned vertices by more than a certain amount. Vertical constraints are also employed, which involve generating a first set of vertices for the material using a cloth simulation technique, comparing a vertical component of each of the first set of vertices to a lower limit for each of the first set of vertices, and for each vertical component that falls below the lower limit, modifying the vertical component to be equal to the lower limit. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066704 | WIRELESS GRAPHICS CARD - A device is provided for use in a portable computer. The device includes a wireless graphics card that includes a connector for coupling to an expansion slot of the portable computer and for receiving a plurality of signals from the portable computer, the plurality of signals including video, audio, and data signals and an ultra wideband (UWB) chipset coupled to the connector for processing the plurality of signals and for generating an OFDM modulated signal that includes at least the video signal, where the OFDM modulated signal including the video signal is wirelessly transmitted over an UWB link to a monitor for display. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066705 | System and method for an information handling system having an external graphics processor system for operating multiple monitors - Methods and systems are disclosed for an information handling system comprising an internal graphics system and an external graphics system, wherein both the internal and external graphics systems may operate simultaneously to support multiple monitors. The internal graphics system may be provided, for example, from a notebook computer. The external graphics system may comprise a pass thru port providing graphics from the internal graphics to a first monitor simultaneously with a graphics card of the external graphics system supporting a second monitor. The external graphics system can support two monitors, as well. HDTV can be supported instead of one of the monitors supported by the external graphics system. The system which contains internal graphics capabilities may include an Express card socket, wherein an external graphics processor unit of the external graphics system is coupled to Express card socket. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066706 | Image Processing System - The present multi-processor system performs information processing suitably. The system can receive, reproduce and record a variety of image contents. By comprising a powerful CPU in the multi-processors, a plurality of pieces of large image data, such as high definition image data or the like, can be processed simultaneously in parallel, which was difficult conventionally. Since task processing, such as demodulation processing or the like, is assigned respectively in view of the remaining processing capacity of each of the plurality of processors, the system can reproduce contents efficiently. By sharing roles, a plurality of different contents, such as an image, a voice, or the like can be processed simultaneously and can be displayed or reproduced at a desired timing. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066707 | SOURCE DRIVER FOR IMAGE SCROLLING - A source driver comprising a frame memory, a first line buffer, and a second line buffer. The frame memory stores bits of pixel values of an image. The first line buffer then sequentially latches the bits of the pixel values from the frame memory with a first address index. The second line buffer then sequentially latch the bits of the pixel values from the first line buffer with a second address index, which is different from the first address index, and writes the bits of the pixel values back to the frame memory, such that the image is scrolled. The present invention also provides a method of refreshing the frame memory in a source driver. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066708 | Hands-free, user-formatted instruction display system - An instruction display system includes memory for storing instruction information in a format specified by the user, a display, and a hands-free user-controlled processor. Hands-free user inputs define selected portions of the stored instruction information that are to be displayed. The memory, display and processor are coupled to the user by a mounting assembly that allows the user to readily view the display for a particular activity. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066709 | DISPLAY DRIVER - A display driver for sending display data to a display panel includes a sampling circuit and a selector. The sampling circuit receives moving image data and a sampling signal generated by a write signal and an address designated with an address decoder and captures the moving image data on the basis of the sampling signal. The selector receives still image data, a selecting signal and the moving image data captured by the sampling circuit and selects one of the still image data and the moving image data on the basis of the selecting signal. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066710 | Customized remote access to imaging node front panels - Methods and systems for customized remote access to imaging node front panels offer improvements in the areas of unified access, on-screen viewing and comprehension of front panels delivered by diverse imaging nodes to remote client nodes. The imaging nodes may be diverse, for example, in terms of message formats used to deliver front panel data, screen resolution assumptions implicit in front panel data and languages in which front panel data are delivered. Customization is provided, in some embodiments, by a server node that intermediates between the imaging nodes and the client nodes. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066711 | RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) SENSING SYSTEM, RF DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PUZZLE SYSTEM USING THE SAME - This invention discloses a RF sensing system, a RF display device and a puzzle system using the same. The RF sensing system includes a platform, at least one RF reader and a RF display device. The RF reader is installed at the platform for generating a radio signal. The RF display device includes a display panel and a flat panel. If the RF display device receives the radio signal, the display panel can change a display state. The flat panel has a text or an image. If the display panel is at an opaque state, at least a portion of the text or the image is blocked by the display panel. If the display panel is at a transparent state, the text or the image is exposed. If the flat panel has a puzzle pattern, several RF display devices can be used for forming a puzzle. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066712 | ADVANCED DATA VISUALIZATION SOLUTIONS IN HIGH-VOLUME DATA ANALYTICS - A system and method for creating a visual perspective of operational information that facilitates rapid decision making. The system and method merges existing data sources from any number of computer-fed external data sources through an applications server to display data sets in easily recognizable, repeatable images (tiles) uniquely designed for a user's application. The system and method creates visual perspectives of data that accelerate decision-making and problem-solving processes by displaying repeatable images (tiles) that display performance results versus expected performance criteria in high-volume, intuitive displays. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066713 | Medical Image System - A medical image system capable of changing a display configuration to a desired one by an easy operation is provided. In a medical image system | 2009-03-12 |
20090066714 | Systems and Methods for Managing Texture Data in a Computer - Provided are methods for managing texture data in Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). The methods include receiving, into an arbiter, a preload request configured to request processing of texture data in advance of shader processing and receiving, into the arbiter, a dependent read request configured to request processing of texture data after shader processing. The methods also include receiving, into the arbiter, a capacity signal from a texture buffer and determining, utilizing the virtual buffer capacity signal, a selected request corresponding which of the preload request and the dependent read request is granted. The methods further include processing, in a texture processor, texture data corresponding to the selected request. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066715 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL IMAGE TO BE DISPLAYED ON DISPLAY DEVICE WITH BACKLIGHT MODULE - A method and apparatus for processing a digital image to be displayed on a display panel illuminated with a backlight module. The backlight module is set to a specific backlight duty according to a luminance statistic of the digital image. The digital image is remapped through a tone mapping function formed according to the specific backlight duty and the luminance statistic. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066716 | Video Blending Using Time-Averaged Color Keys - A display system combines a graphic plane and a video overlay plane using color keys in the graphics plane. By time-averaging patterns of color keys in successive frames of the graphics plane, individual pixels of the graphics plane can be made to appear partially transparent. Using this technique, regions in the graphics plane (e.g., a menu) can be partially transparent with respect to the video overlay, and aliasing can be reduced by making selected pixels in the graphics plane partially transparent. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066717 | Color Management System that Enables Dynamic Balancing of Performance with Flexibility - A method and system for allowing a computer system platform the ability to intervene in the content workflow and perform additional color management based upon the content state and any color management policies in place is provided. Profile data from a source is converted to an intermediate color space upon entry into the platform at a choke point. In response to the current color content, profile data, and/or policy controls of the platform, color management input can be managed to change color management data immediately, change color management data at a later point, and/or ignore color management data. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066718 | System and Method for Image-based Color Sequence Reallocation - System and method for image-based color sequence reallocation in sequential color display systems. A method comprises generating a color signal from an image to be displayed, wherein the color signal contains light intensity information, computing percentages of the color sequence to be allocated to each color in a set of colors in a sequential color display system, wherein the computing is based on the light intensity information, allocating the color sequence based on the computed percentages, and displaying the image using the color sequence. The allocation of the color sequence based on the image allows for the elimination of color intensities that are greater than needed in displaying the image. Portions of the color sequence formerly used to display the eliminated color intensities may be used to display colors with usable intensities, thereby increasing the brightness of images. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066719 | IMAGE DITHERING BASED ON FAREY FRACTIONS - A method for image processing includes quantizing pixel values of the first digital image to form a sequence of quantized pixel values each having the second bit depth. The step of quantizing the pixel values generates a sequence of least significant bit groups, each of the least significant bit groups including one or more least significant bits removed from an associated pixel value of the first digital image, The method also includes converting at least some of the least significant bit groups to binary values, the conversion of each least significant bit group using a binary representation of a fraction proportional to a value of the one or more least significant bits from the least significant bit group and adding the binary values to the quantized pixel values to produce the processed digital image. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066720 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFORMING ADAPTIVELY VISUAL CONTENTS ACCORDING TO TERMINAL USER'S COLOR VISION CHARACTERISTICS - Disclosed are a method and a system that adaptively transform visual contents inputted from a network, in accordance with the visual characteristics of a terminal user. A visual characteristics descriptor that describes the information of the user visual characteristics in a predetermined format is proposed. The descriptor includes the information of the color vision deficiency type and the color vision deficiency degree. The color vision deficiency may be described in numerical degree or textual degree. The invention adaptively transforms visual contents differently in accordance with the color vision deficiency type. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066721 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ACCELERATED VIDEO PROCESSING IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems and methods for processing signals are disclosed. The method may include, in a communication device that includes a chip operating to processing video signals, receiving video data from a camera. The received video data may include alternating YUV formatted video data and RGB formatted video data. The received video data may be separated into separate YUV images and separate RGB images. The separate YUV images may be transferred to a first device, and the separate RGB images may be transferred to a second device. The camera may be configured to generate the video data that includes alternating YUV formatted video data and RGB formatted video data. The separate YUV images may be DMA transferred to the first device. A DMA controller may be configured to alternately transfer the separate YUV images and separate RGB images. The alternate transfer via the DMA controller may occur without assistance from on-chip processor. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066722 | System, Device, and Method for Conveying Information Using Enhanced Rapid Serial Presentation - A method for rendering a rapid serial presentation on a consumer device having at least a display screen involves rendering a portion of the rapid serial presentation on the display screen of the consumer device, automatically pausing rendering of the rapid serial presentation, displaying a message on the display screen for a quantum of time during such pausing, and thereafter resuming rendering of the rapid serial presentation on the display screen. The message may include an advertisement, a suggested action, or a question presented to a consumer. RSP content and non-RSP content may be rendered at different locations of the display screen. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066723 | POSITION ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR PROJECTION IMAGES - A position adjustment method for projection images for adjusting positions of two projection images projected from two of plural projectors contained in a multi-projection display onto a projection surface such that the two projection images have an overlapping area by using two adjustment images one of which has a first pattern and the other of which has a second pattern includes: a first step for setting pixel values of a first color and pixel values of a second color such that a predetermined characteristic is exhibited in the overlapping area when the two adjustment images are projected at appropriately correlated positions, producing two adjustment image data, corresponding to the two adjustment images, in which the first color and the second color are allocated to the first pattern and the second pattern such that the first color of the first pattern overlaps with the second color of the second pattern and such that the second color of the first pattern overlaps with the first color of the second pattern when the two adjustment images are projected at appropriately correlated positions, and giving the adjustment image data to the two projectors; a second step for calculating evaluation values associated with the characteristic based on image data obtained by taking an image of the projection surface on which the two adjustment images corresponding to the two adjustment image data are projected from the two projectors; and a third step for performing position adjustment for the two projection images based on the evaluation values. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066724 | GRAPHICS DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH GRAPHICS WINDOW CONTROL MECHANISM - A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, a graphics input and an audio input simultaneously. The chip processes graphics images organized as windows. The chip obtains data that describes the windows, sorts the data according to the depth of the window on the display, transfers graphics images from memory, and blends the graphics images using alpha values associated with the graphics images. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066725 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD - An information-processing apparatus determines whether a stimulation generation unit and a background virtual object contact each other based on position and orientation information about the stimulation generation unit and position and orientation information about the background virtual object. If it is determined that the stimulation generation unit and the background virtual object contact each other, the information-processing apparatus determines whether the stimulation generation unit is included within an attention range. The information-processing apparatus generates operation setting information for controlling an operation of the stimulation generation unit according to a result of the determination and outputs the generated operation setting information to the stimulation generation unit. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066726 | COMPOSITE IMAGE-GENERATING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO FUNCTION AS COMPOSITE IMAGE-GENERATING DEVICE - A composite image-generating device includes: a geometric transformation table that assigns coordinates corresponding to positions of pixels of an output image on an input image received from a capturing section; and an output image-generating section that generates the output image by superimposing an overlay image based on overlay data associated with the positions of the pixels of the output image in the geometric transformation table on an image obtained by geometrically transforming the input image according to the geometric transformation table. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066727 | System for extended high frame rate imaging with limited-diffraction beams - A system for producing a high frame rate image includes transmitting a single weighted spatial frequency signal of energy toward an object to be imaged; weighting multiple receive spatial frequency signals from the object, or by performing a spatial Fourier transform; reconstructing an image data set from the single transmitted spatial frequency signal and the multiple receive spatial frequency signals; and, reconstructing the high frame rate, high resolution and high contrast image from the image data set. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066728 | Device and Method for Screen Rotation on a Touch-Screen Display - In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a device with a touch screen display is disclosed. In the method, a multifinger twisting gesture is detected on or near the touch screen display. The multifinger twisting gesture has a corresponding degree of rotation. A 90° screen rotation command is executed if the corresponding degree of rotation exceeds a predefined degree of rotation. A screen rotation command with an acute angle of rotation is executed and, upon ceasing to detect the multifinger twisting gesture, a screen rotation command with an angle of rotation opposite to the acute angle is executed if the corresponding degree of rotation is less than the predefined degree of rotation. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066729 | Real-time display of measurement array data for handheld computing devices in communication with instruments - The present invention provides a method for a handheld computer with a graphical display showing multiple points of data in real-time from a microcontroller-driven analog measurement instrument via a low speed, wired or wireless transport. A finite amount of measurements are taken at a predetermined interval from a sensor wherein the measurements are converted into a digital word using an Analog to Digital converter and a high speed microcontroller performing all the timing operations to read the sensor. The measurements read from the Analog to Digital converter are then stored in a signal buffer where mathematical transformations, such as integrations and domain conversions are done on the signal buffer as instructed from software running on a client machine. Once the desired transformations are complete either all or a contiguous subset of the measurements are scaled to an array of integers that denote display coordinates in a predetermined viewing area on the clients LCD display. This display coordinate integer array is then compressed before it is sent to the client for viewing via either a wired serial transport or a wireless serial transport. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066730 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - At the time of switching an image to be displayed from a first image to a second image with different number of recording pixels with the display scale fixed, display is controlled such that of a partial range displayed in a display region of the image, a relative position of a point farthest from the center of the first image, as to the first image, and of a partial range displayed in a display region of the second image, the relative position of a point corresponding to the farthest point in the first image, as to the second image, are equal. Corresponding ranges between images before and after switching therebetween can be displayed with the display scale fixed, such that the probability of the displayed region extending outside of the entire image is reduced and comparison of images is facilitated. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066731 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING DISPLAY CHARACTERISTIC THEREOF - An image display device and a method for correcting a display characteristic thereof are provided. The image display device includes a composite color luminance determination unit which determines luminance of a composite color using luminance of a neutral color and luminance of a pure chromatic color, a display unit which displays an image signal using the luminance of the neutral color and the luminance of the pure chromatic color and the determined luminance of the composite color, a display characteristic measurement unit which measures a display characteristic parameter from the displayed image signal, and a display characteristic correction unit which corrects a display characteristic according to a result of comparing the measured display characteristic parameter and a preset target value. Accordingly, an accurate gamma correction can be performed. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066732 | LCD PANEL DRIVING CIRCUIT - The present invention provides an LCD panel driving circuit capable of suppressing unevenness in gradation even by a centralized amplifier system. In the LCD panel driving circuit, a source driver includes source terminals. The source terminals are sectioned into three source terminal groups. Decoder groups, bus wirings and amplifier groups are respectively assigned to the three source terminal groups by ones, and the LCD panel is driven by a centralized amplifier system every section. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066733 | Method Of Printing An Interface Onto A Surface - A method of printing an interface onto a surface is disclosed. The method starts by providing a printer comprising a data input module for receiving document data from a computer system, a coded data generator for generating coded data using at least some of the document data, the coded data being indicative of an identity of a region of a surface to be printed on and of a plurality of locations on the surface to be printed on, a printhead for printing the interface onto the surface, and an ink supply for supplying ink to the printhead, the ink supply comprising an ink set including at least one visible text/graphics ink and a coded data ink, the coded data ink being absorptive of wavelengths in the near-infrared range. Visible text/graphics and the coded data is then printed onto the surface using the printer. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066734 | INK CARTRIDGE REFILLING - Apparatus for refilling and subsequently sealing an ink jet cartridge. The apparatus including a body with a pointed distal end which can be pushed through a tape covering the fill hole for the cartridge. A recess is provided in the proximal end of the apparatus for connection to a syringe or a feed pipe. A passage connects with the recess and also a radial passage adjacent the distal end of the apparatus. A resilient sleeve locates in a circumferential recess extending around the apparatus and covering the end of the passage in a rest condition to provide a one way valve. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066735 | STAMP HAVING WITH A GOVERNOR FOR REGULATING MOTION OF THE A PRINTHEAD - Provided is a stamp having a housing defining an opening, and a printhead and ink cartridge arrangement housed within the housing. The printhead is displaceable between a protected position within the housing and a printing position in which the printhead is exposed via the opening. The stamp also includes control circuitry configured to control the printhead for printing preprogrammed indicia on a print media, the control circuitry including a memory for storing said indicia. The stamp further includes a mechanical arrangement with a governor for displacing the printhead from the protected position to the printing position, said governor regulating motion of the printhead during printing. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066736 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS, INK JET PRINTING METHOD, AND PRELIMINARY DISCHARGE CONTROL METHOD - On performing a predetermined printing operation, whether or not, among a plurality of printing elements, only a part of the printing elements are applied is detected. If it is judged that only the part of the printing elements are used, a judgment is made whether or not the preliminary discharge operation is performed based on the number of discharges for the part of the printing elements, and if it is not judged that only the part of the printing elements are used, a judgment is made whether or not the preliminary discharge operation is performed based on the number of discharges for all of the printing elements of the printing head. This eliminates an unnecessary preliminary discharge for non-printing elements even in a printing operation mode in which only a part of the printing elements are applied. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066737 | Image forming apparatus and image forming system - An image forming apparatus includes: a liquid jetting head jetting a liquid to form an image; a recovery mechanism discharging the liquid in the liquid jetting head to an external part to recover jetting performance of the liquid jetting head; a controller controlling an operation of the recovery mechanism; and an information obtaining section obtaining predetermined information, wherein the controller controls the recovery mechanism according to the predetermined information obtained by the information obtaining section. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066738 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes: a piezoelectric body that deforms and ejects liquid droplets as a result of a voltage being applied thereto and, when a superposed voltage, obtained by superposing a constant voltage of a constant voltage level and a waveform voltage of a sinusoidal waveform is applied thereto, an electrostatic capacitance and a deformation amount changes in response to the voltage level of the constant voltage; and a voltage applying unit that uses, as a reference voltage level, a voltage level of the constant voltage when the square of the deformation amount divided by the electrostatic capacitance is at a maximum value, and which applies to the piezoelectric body, when the piezoelectric body is to eject the liquid droplets, a drive voltage in which a drive waveform is superposed on the constant voltage that is within a predetermined range that includes the reference voltage level | 2009-03-12 |
20090066739 | HEAD DRIVE DEVICE OF INKJET PRINTER AND INK JET PRINTER - A head drive apparatus of an inkjet printer, having: a plurality of nozzles provided to an inkjet head for ejecting liquid drops; actuators provided corresponding to the nozzles; and a drive unit that applies a drive signal to the actuators, wherein the drive unit, comprising: a drive waveform generator that generates a drive waveform signal as a reference of a signal to control drive of the actuators; a modulator that pulse modulates a drive waveform signal generated by the drive waveform generator; a digital power amplifier that amplifies power of a modulated signal subjected to the pulse modulation by the modulator; a low pass filter that smoothes a amplified digital signal subjected to the power amplification by the digital power amplifier and supplying the signal as a drive signal to the actuators; and an inverse filter provided in a subsequent stage of the drive waveform generator that corrects at least the frequency characteristics of the filter comprised of capacitances of the low pass filter and the actuators to a predetermined frequency characteristics, independently of the number of the actuators to drive. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066740 | PRINTER CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING AN INK DOT SIZE - Provided is a printer controller for an inkjet printer having a printhead with a plurality of nozzle arrangements, a paper transport mechanism, and an authentication chip. The controller has a data bus and purpose-specific functional units connected to the data bus. The controller is configured to execute software to control a dot size of ink discharged by the respective nozzles by heating the ink in a nozzle by applying at least one firing pulse of a duration less than a duration required to discharge an ink dot, sensing the temperature of the heated ink in the nozzle, and loading and updating a table having sensed values of temperature of ink in the nozzle, resistivity of an actuator heater of the nozzle and width of at least part of the actuator heater. The controller then changes the duration of a firing pulse used to discharge an ink dot in response to the updated table of sensed temperature, resistivity and width values so as to produce a uniform ink dot size. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066741 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A liquid discharging apparatus includes a discharging device, a liquid receiving device, a voltage applying device, an electrical change detection device, a driving signal generating device, and a control device. The discharging device discharges liquid from a nozzle to a target on the basis of discharge data. At the time of discharging, the control device controls the discharging device so as to perform discharging on the basis of the discharge data using a generated discharge data driving signal. At the time of the nozzle testing, the control device controls the voltage applying device so as to apply a predetermined voltage between the discharging device and the liquid receiving device and controls the discharging device using a test driving signal to determine on the basis of an electrical change detected by the electrical change detection device whether the liquid is discharged to thereby perform the nozzle testing. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066742 | PRINTHEAD WITH INCREASING DRIVE PULSE TO COUNTER HEATER OXIDE GROWTH - An inkjet printer that has a printhead with an array of ejection devices for ejecting drops of liquid onto a media substrate. Each of the ejection devices having a chamber for holding liquid, a nozzle in fluid communication with the chamber and a heater positioned in the chamber for contact with the liquid such that resistive heating of the heater generates a vapour bubble that ejects a drop of the liquid through the nozzle. The printer also has a controller for receiving print data and generating drive pulses to energize the heaters in accordance with the print data. The controller increases the drive pulse energy during the printhead lifetime. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066743 | EJECTION INSPECTING DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, AND EJECTION INSPECTING METHOD - An ejection inspecting device which inspects an ejection state of an ejection head, including nozzles ejecting fluid, includes fluid receiving areas corresponding to the ejection head so as to receive the fluid ejected from the nozzles. A potential difference generating unit generates predetermined potential differences between the ejection head and the fluid receiving areas. Electrical variation detecting units detect electrical variations of the fluid receiving areas. A control unit drives the ejection head to eject the fluid to the fluid receiving areas from the nozzles in a state in which the predetermined potential differences are generated between the ejection head and the fluid receiving areas by the potential difference generating unit. The ejection inspecting device also inspects the nozzles to determine whether the fluid is ejected from the nozzles on the basis of the detection results of the electrical variation detecting units in the fluid receiving areas. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066744 | INK JET PRINTER CAPABLE OF FORMING HIGH DEFINITION IMAGES - An ink jet printer ejects ink droplets of a plurality of sizes based on image data, and prints dots of a plurality of sizes corresponding to the ink droplets of the plurality of sizes for recording the image. In the ink jet printer, in order to print a smoothing dot close to a normal dot, pulse voltage having a waveform having its printing timing changed from a waveform for printing the normal dot is applied to a piezoelectric element. As a result, an ink jet printer capable of recording high definition images can be provided. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066745 | RECORDING UNIT - A recording unit is mounted on a thermal transfer printer in which heating elements of a thermal head are heated to thermally transfer ink a recording material. The recording unit includes a head unit having the thermal head; and a cooling unit having a cooling medium flow path for circulating a cooling medium to cool the thermal head. The cooling unit is configured to cause the head unit to be held at an immovable state relative to the cooling medium flow path so as to surround the cooling medium flow path by the pressure contact of the cooling medium flow path by means of a pressure contact and release mechanism. Separation of the head unit from the cooling unit body is allowed by the release of the pressure contact and release mechanism. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066746 | Printer, printing program, and printing method - A printer includes a print head in which nozzles that form an image by discharging ink are arranged in a plurality of lines. The printer prints out an image on the basis of print form data in which information of layout contents of printing elements that form the content of print is set according to the attribute of each printing element. The printer includes a print form data storage unit, a printing element data storage unit, a print form data selection unit, a printing element data selection unit, and a printing element data insertion unit. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066747 | PRINT ELEMENT DE-PRIME METHOD - An image forming device comprises an ink reservoir that contains a reservoir ink. The ink reservoir is arranged to provide the reservoir ink to an included print element by means of an included ink supply channel. A print element ink thus is supplied to the print element. When a fault condition is detected that indicates a likelihood of a freezing of the print element ink, the print element is de-primed by forcing the print element ink to evacuate, discharge, withdraw or flow from the print element by means of the ink supply channel. The fault condition comprises any of a loss of power, a power-down process or a print element temperature being less than or equal to a threshold value. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066748 | U-SHAPED PRINTHEAD CAPPING DEVICE - A capping device for a printhead comprises a metal body having a U-shaped transverse profile and defining a plurality of holes through an upper surface thereof; an integral spring constructed from a side wall of the metal body, the integral spring adapted to bias the capping device away from a side of a channel in which the capping device is installed; and an elastomeric seal attached to an inner side of the upper surface of the metal body, said elastomeric seal keyed to the metal body by the holes. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066749 | Collecting waste ink in a printer system - A method and system of dynamically collecting waste ink in a printing system is disclosed. The method includes providing a collection reservoir for the waste ink wherein the waste ink has a conductance, positioning at least two electrodes in the collection reservoir and sensing the conductance of the waste ink so as to determine when the collection reservoir needs to be serviced. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066750 | Forceless support frame for printhead shuttle in digital printers - In a digital printer the elements involved directly in the print process, which are located on a shuttle assembly are mounted upon a metrological frame which is isolated from the base frame by vibration dampers. Because the elements of the shuttle drive systems, such as a belt drive system having a motor and pulleys, are mounted upon the base frame, the drive and reaction forces from the motor drive systems are led to the base frame while the shuttles assembly is guided by the force-free, vibration free metrological frame. This allows for higher accuracy during printing as the metrological frame serves as a vibration free reference element. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066751 | INKJET PRINTHEAD WITH INK PRIMING ASSISTANCE FEATURES - An inkjet printhead with a wafer substrate, a plurality of ink chambers formed on one side of the wafer substrate, each having a nozzle and an actuator for ejecting ink through the nozzle, an ink inlet defined by the wafer substrate in fluid communication with the ink chambers and, at least one priming feature extending through the ink inlet. The surface tension of an ink meniscus at the ink inlet acts to draw ink out of the ink inlet and toward the ink chambers. By introducing a priming feature into the plane of the inlet aperture, the surface tension in the ink meniscus can be redirected to pull the ink along the intend flow path rather than push it back into the inlet. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066752 | LIQUID JET HEAD - A liquid ejecting head includes a plurality of nozzles each including an ejection outlet for ejecting a droplet, an ejection energy generating element, disposed at a position opposing the ejection outlet, for generating energy for ejecting a droplet, a pressure chamber provided with the ejection energy generating element and fluidly communicating with the ejection outlet, and a supply passage for supplying the liquid to the pressure chamber, wherein the nozzles include a first nozzle and a second nozzle which are connected with respective ones of the supply passages having lengths different from each other, wherein the first nozzle and the second nozzle are, disposed at one end portion with respect to a widthwise direction of an elongated supply chamber for supplying the liquid to the first nozzle, wherein the supply passage for the first nozzle extends in a direction perpendicular to a direction of liquid ejection from the ejection outlet and fluidly communicates with the supply chamber, and wherein the supply passage for the first nozzle extends in a direction parallel with the direction of liquid ejection. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066753 | INK JET PRINT HEAD - An object of the present invention is to provide a reliable ink jet print head that enables small ink droplets to be ejected at a high frequency while preventing possible satellites and mist. In the present invention, a bubbling chamber in which an energy generating element is disposed communicates, via an ejection port portion, with an ejection port | 2009-03-12 |
20090066754 | INK DELIVERY ARRANGEMENT WITH CMOS DRIVEN NOZZLES - An ink delivery arrangement includes a silicon substrate that defines a plurality of ink inlet channels. A CMOS drive circuitry layer is arranged on the silicon substrate. A plurality of nozzle arrangements is positioned on the silicon substrate to be in fluid communication with respective ink inlet channels. Each nozzle arrangement includes an annular nozzle wall about a respective ink inlet channel. A nozzle roof is on the nozzle wall so that the wall and roof define a nozzle chamber, the roof being movable with respect to the wall. A nozzle rim is defined by the nozzle roof so that ink can be ejected from the nozzle chamber when the roof is moved with respect to the wall. An electrically actuated beam is fast with the substrate to receive current from the drive circuitry layer and is connected to the nozzle roof to move the nozzle roof when actuated by the current. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066755 | NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT FOR AN INK JET PRINTER HAVING SYMMETRICALLY ARRANGED ACTUATORS - Provided is a nozzle arrangement for an ink jet printer. The arrangement includes a wafer substrate with a layer of drive circuitry, said substrate defining an ink supply channel through the substrate leading to an ink chamber with sidewalls and a roof having a fixed portion fast with the substrate and a movable portion displaceable with respect to the fixed portion and defining an ink ejection port. The arrangement also includes an ink ejection arrangement for ejecting ink from the ink chamber via the port, said ink ejection arrangement having four symmetrically arranged thermal bend actuators each connected to a respective side of the movable portion to displace said movable portions in a rectilinear manner relative to the fixed portions during ink ejection. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066756 | Printhead Having Nozzle Arrangements With Magnetic Paddle Actuators - Provided is a printhead having a plurality of nozzle arrangements. Each arrangement includes a wafer substrate defining a nozzle chamber, said chamber having a roof wall with an ink ejection port defined therein and an ink supply channel defined through the substrate for supplying the chamber with ink. Each arrangement also includes a magnetic paddle arranged within an electrical coil arrangement which is positioned about the inlet of the nozzle chamber such that the magnetic paddle ejects ink from the chamber via the ejection port when the coil arrangement receives electrical signals. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066757 | NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT WITH AN ACTUATOR HAVING IRIS VANES - Provided is a nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle arrangement includes a substrate defining an ink inlet, a roof portion defining an ejection port, the roof portion supported on said substrate by posts, and an actuator arranged between the posts and having four iris vanes each respectively arranged to form a wall of a chamber, said iris vanes operating in an iris-type manner to reduce a volume of the chamber to eject ink from the chamber via the ejection port. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066758 | FLEXIBLE PRINTHEAD CIRCUIT - A flexible circuit for use within a printhead assembly and to connect a printhead body to an external circuit includes a substantially planar portion having one or more layers of conductive material and having a top surface substantially parallel to a top surface of the printhead body. One or more integrated circuits can be mounted onto the planar portion. Multiple leads extend from each integrated circuit, the leads electrically connected to the printhead body. One or more arms are attached to, and substantially perpendicular to, the planar portion, each arm including one or more external connectors configured to connect to the external circuit. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066759 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED EJECTION HEAD PLANARITY AND REDUCED EJECTION HEAD DAMAGE - A micro-fluid ejection head assembly having improved assembly characteristics and methods of manufacturing a micro-fluid ejection head assembly. The micro-fluid ejection head includes a fluid supply body having at least one fluid supply port in a recessed area therein. A reinforcing member circumscribes the fluid supply port. A micro-fluid ejection head is attached with an adhesive to the supply body in the recessed area so that cracking of the ejection head during adhesive curing is substantially reduced. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066760 | Inkjet Printhead Assembly - A printhead assembly is disclosed. The printhead assembly comprises a printhead formed from a silicon substrate, and a support member. The support member comprises a core element defining a plurality of ink reservoirs and a multilayer shell. Each ink reservoir is in fluid communication with the printhead. The multilayer shell is formed around at least part of the core element, and has an effective coefficient of thermal expansion which is comparable to that of silicon. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066761 | INKJET HEATER WITH HEATER ELEMENT SUPPORTED BY SLOPED SIDES WITH LESS RESISTANCE - An inkjet printhead that has a chamber for holding a quantity of ink, a nozzle in fluid communication with the chamber, a pair of electrodes and, a heater for generating a vapour bubble in the ink to eject a drop through the nozzle. The heater has contacts for electrical connection with the pair of contacts, a heater element suspended in the chamber between the contacts and the nozzle, and sloped side portions extending between the heater element and the contacts. The heater element has higher electrical resistance than the contacts and the sloped side portions. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066762 | Thermal Printhead With Heater Element And Nozzle Sharing Common Plane Of Symmetry - An ink jet printhead that has a nozzle aperture | 2009-03-12 |
20090066763 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, INK-JET HEAD USING THE SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The piezoelectric device includes a substrate, a first electrode formed on the substrate, a piezoelectric film formed on the first electrode and a second electrode formed on a second side of the piezoelectric film which is away from a first side where the first electrode is formed. The first electrode is composed of a first layer in contact with the substrate and a second layer in contact with the piezoelectric film. The first layer is formed of a material that is wet etched at a different rate than the substrate. The in %-jet head includes the piezoelectric device, a liquid droplet storing/ejecting member for ejecting ink droplets through a ink spout and provided on the piezoelectric device and a diaphragm for vibrating in response to expansion or contraction of the piezoelectric device and provided between the piezoelectric device and the liquid droplet storing/ejecting member. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066764 | PRINTER WITH MUTUALLY ENGAGING INK CARTRIDGE, PRINTHEAD CARTRIDGE AND PRINTER BODY - An inkjet printer that has a printer body, a printhead cartridge for installation in the printer body, and an ink cartridge for supplying the printhead cartridge with ink. The ink cartridge has an ink outlet valve and an air inlet, the ink outlet valve engaging an ink inlet valve on the printhead cartridge, and the air inlet engaging a complementary formation on the printer body to open the air inlet and locate the ink cartridge. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066765 | Pagewidth Printhead Assembly With Top-Fed Ink Ducts - A pagewidth printhead assembly comprises an ink conduit structure defining a plurality of longitudinal ink ducts; a pagewidth printhead mounted to said ink conduit structure on a bottom surface thereof, the pagewidth printhead being in fluid communication with the ink conduit structure; a plurality of inlet ports provided adjacent and substantially planar to the ink conduit structure and the plurality of longitudinal ink ducts; and an ink distribution structure including a plurality of ink channels connecting each of the plurality of longitudinal ink ducts with respective inlet ports. The ink channels extend from respective inlet ports above the ink conduit structure so as to feed into respective longitudinal ink ducts from above. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066766 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An ink according to the present invention is an ink including a pigment, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent, characterized in that | 2009-03-12 |
20090066767 | PRINTHEAD CARTRIDGE FOR A PAGEWIDTH PRINTER HAVING A NUMBER OF INK SUPPLY BAGS - A cartridge for a pagewidth inkjet printer has a body configured to fit in a cradle of the inkjet printer. A printhead capper is mounted on the body, the capper and the body defining a print media feed path along which print media is fed. A printhead is housed in the body to print on the print media. An ink distribution support mounts the printhead to the body and distributes ink to the printhead. An ink supply is arranged in the body for supplying the printhead with ink via the ink distribution support. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066768 | INK CARTRIDGE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - The ink cartridge includes an ink supply port formed at a position, offset to one side, of a wall configuring an ink container body; a positioning projecting portion, formed on one wall out of two opposing walls adjacent the wall, whose upper surface and side portion are regulated in position when the cartridge has been mounted on a recording apparatus; a lever, formed on the other wall out of the two walls, maintaining a normal hinged-open state and having a projection that is forcibly displaced outward when the cartridge is mounted on the recording apparatus; and electrodes that are connected to a memory unit storing information on the ink in an ink container and formed on the positioning projecting portion. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066769 | Solid ink stick delivery system with static constraints, strategic barriers and breakage controls - A system for an ink delivery system of a phase change ink imaging device comprises a feed chute having an insertion end and a melt end. An ink stick transport is configured to move at least one ink stick between the insertion end and the melt end of the feed chute. At least one sensor is positioned in the feed chute for detecting a coded sensor feature of the at least one ink stick moving along the feed chute between the insertion end and melt end. The system includes at least one nudger positioned in the feed chute that is configured to influence a position of the at least one ink stick moving along the feed chute so that the coded sensor feature of the at least one ink stick is in a sensing position with respect to the at least one sensor. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066770 | Solid ink stick with anti jam edge bevel - An ink stick for use in a phase change ink imaging device comprises a leading end; a trailing end; and a plurality of longitudinal surfaces extending between the leading end and the trailing end. Each longitudinal surface of the plurality has a leading edge adjacent the leading end and a trailing edge adjacent the trailing end. At least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge is configured as a clearance edge that enables the at least one longitudinal surface to clear a wall of a feed chute as the at least one longitudinal surface progresses through the feed chute. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066771 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD UNIT AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF - In an ink jet recording head unit, on a surface of an ejection outlet surface of an ink jet recording head, a tape is applied so that a portion at the tape with a relatively high adhesiveness corresponds to an area of the ejection outlet surface with a relatively high hydrophobicity and a portion of the tape with a relatively low adhesiveness corresponds to an area of the ejection outlet surface with a relatively low hydrophobicity. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066772 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - To reduce ink bleeding and growing of dot diameters for high image quality, an ink jet recording apparatus for recording a color image includes a first head group including chromatic color ink recording heads, a second head group including at least one of a transparent ink recording head and an achromatic color ink recording head, and light emitting devices for curing a photocurable ink having landed on a recording medium. The first and the second head groups are disposed along a scanning direction. The chromatic color ink recording heads of the first head group do not have the light emitting device therebetween along the scanning direction. And the light emitting device is arranged along the scanning direction between the first and second head groups and further arranged at least on a trailing side, in the scanning direction, of a trailing one of the first and second head groups. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066773 | GOLF BALL - A golf ball having an indicia produced by ink jet printing is disclosed. An ink composition containing a coloring agent and a resin is dispensed on a transfer medium, using an ink jet printer, to form an indicia. The indicia is transferred from the transfer medium to the dimpled surface of a golf ball. In another form of the invention, an indicia is applied directly to a golf ball, without a transfer medium. In this method, an indicia receiving layer is applied on at least a portion of the golf ball surface, then the indicia is printed directly on the indicia receiving layer using an ink jet printer. The indicia on the golf ball has an impact resistance suitable for use in competitive play. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066774 | INKJET RECORDING MEDIUM AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An inkjet recording medium comprising a resin coated sheet formed from a base paper having both sides coated with a resin, and ink receiving layers provided on both sides of the resin coated sheet as outermost layers, wherein a static friction coefficient between at least one of the ink receiving layers and a metal roller onto which wear-resistant particles are adhered is from 0.3 to 0.6. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066775 | Printing System For Layered Object Printing - A printing system is provided having a conveyor for conveying a substrate along a conveying direction, and a sequence of printhead groups arranged along the conveying direction for printing respective object layers onto one another. A first printhead group within the sequence prints its respective object layer onto the substrate. At least one of the printhead groups is configured to print its respective object layer with at least two materials. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066776 | THERMAL RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PRINTED OBJECT - A control section | 2009-03-12 |
20090066777 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS - An information recording apparatus enables information to be recorded in a thermosensitive recording medium accurately while preventing the development of skew. When a rewritable medium is conveyed to a recording unit, the rotation of the rewritable medium and its position with reference to an axis are adjusted. Specifically, the rewritable medium is held between guide pins to such an extent as not to warp the rewritable medium while the medium is sandwiched between a clamper and a conveyance tray, until the rewritable medium reaches the recording unit. Thus, the rewritable medium is delivered to the recording unit with an adjusted posture, allowing the recording unit to record information in the rewritable medium without the development of skew in the rewritable medium. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066778 | THERMAL PRINTER, THERMAL PRINTER CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A thermal printer | 2009-03-12 |
20090066779 | Line Head and Image Forming Device Using the Same - A line head includes a lens array having a plurality of positive lens systems in a first direction. Each positive lens system has a pair of lenses with positive refractive power. A light emitter array disposed on an object side of the lens array has a plurality of light emitting elements disposed corresponding to the positive lens systems. An aperture plate forms an aperture stop on the object side of the pair of lenses. A focal distance f | 2009-03-12 |
20090066780 | Image forming apparatus, optical writing device, and optical writing method - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carriers and an optical writing device including light sources that emit light beams of different wavelengths, a deflector that deflects the light beams emitted from the light sources and synthesized on an identical axis in a sub-scanning direction, a first beam separator, a second beam separator, a first imaging device, and a second imaging device. The first beam separator and the second beam separator are located between the first imaging device and the second imaging device and transmit or reflect the light beams according to travel directions or wavelengths thereof. One of the targets is scanned with the light beam transmitted through the second beam separator. Another target is scanned with the light beam reflected by the second and first beam separators. The first and second imaging devices narrow the beams in the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction, respectively. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066781 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING VIDEO VOICEMAIL - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller adapted to establish communications with a voicemail system over a Public Switched Telephone Network port of the communication device, receive from the voicemail system by way of a broadband port of the communication device an invitation to switch to a video call over the broadband port, transmit a Session Initiation Protocol message to establish video communications with the voicemail system, and transmit to the voicemail system a video message to be recorded by the voicemail system as a video voicemail message. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066782 | SPATIAL-TEMPORAL MULTI-RESOLUTION IMAGE SENSOR WITH ADAPTIVE FRAME RATES FOR TRACKING MOVEMENT IN A REGION OF INTEREST - A sensor includes an array of pixels to capture an image, the array of pixels arranged as a plurality of pixel groups, each of the pixel groups having a two or more pixels coupled to a shared floating diffusion node for outputting merged image signals from the pixel groups, at least one inter-pixel switch to control transfer of electrical charge from a floating diffusion node for a first one of the pixel groups to a floating diffusion node for a second one of the pixel groups to temporarily store a portion of a previous image frame within the floating diffusion node for the second one of the pixel groups, and a motion comparator to compare an image signal from the first one of the pixel groups with an image signal from the second one of the pixel groups to detect motion between a current frame and the previous frame. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066783 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC FILE - A method and apparatus for generating a stereoscopic file defined based on a conventional International Standardization Organization (ISO) based media file format. The apparatus includes an encoder encoding first video data and second video data that are included in three-dimensional (3D) video data; and a file generating unit arranging the encoded first video data and second video data according to the information of a stereoscopic file format including boxes that are selected from boxes included in a conventional International Standardization Organization (ISO) based media file format in order to store and generate the stereoscopic file, and generating the stereoscopic file. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066784 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus and method generate a three dimensional representation of a scene which includes a plurality of objects disposed on a plane. The three dimensional representation is generated from one or more video images of the scene, which include the objects on the plane produced from a view of the scene by a video camera. The method comprises processing the captured video images so as to extract one or more image features from each object, comparing the one or more image features with sample image features from a predetermined set of possible example objects which the video images may contain, and identifying the objects from the comparison of the image features with the stored image features of the possible example objects. The method also includes generating object path data, which includes object identification data for each object which identifies the respective object; and provides a position of the object on the plane in the video images with respect to time. The method further includes calculating a projection matrix for projecting the position of each of the objects according to the object path data from the plane into a three dimensional model of the plane. As such a three dimensional representation of the scene which includes a synthesised representation of each of the plurality of objects on the plane can be produced, by projecting the position of the objects according to the object path data into the plane of the three dimensional model of the scene using the projection matrix and a predetermined assumption of the height of each of the objects. Accordingly, a three dimensional representation of a live video image of, for example, a football match can be generated, or tracking information included on the live video images. As such, a change in a relative view of the generated three dimensional representation can be made, so that a view can be provided in the three dimensional representation of the scene from a view point at which no camera is actually present to capture video images of the live scene. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066785 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND REPRODUCING 3D STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE FILE INCLUDING 2D IMAGE - A method for controlling moving picture encoding using channel information of wireless networks is provided. By the method, it is possible to use a pre-verified standard technology in the prescription of a stereoscopic image file format, thereby simplifying a verification procedure for a new standard. Also, it is possible to use a new a stereoscopic image file format, thereby selecting, generating, and reproducing either of a 2D image file or a 3D stereoscopic image file. In particular, according to a system and a method for using a file format used to generate a 3D stereoscopic image, it is possible to reproduce and display a caption in the form of a 2D image during reproduction of the 3D stereoscopic image, thereby reducing eyestrain of a user, and additionally providing an image such as news, or an advertisement, to a user. | 2009-03-12 |
20090066786 | Depth Illusion Digital Imaging - A method of generating a visual display of a scene having a desired illusion of depth comprising: generating a sequence of display images of the scene; setting velocities of features in the scene to generate non-perspective distortions of the scene in the display images; and sequentially displaying the display images. | 2009-03-12 |