| 12th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
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| 20120069012 | POINT CLOUD ASSISTED PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A point cloud assisted photogrammetric restitution method is described. Said method comprises:
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| 20120069013 | PROCESSOR FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS - The object of the present invention is to provide a processor that is specifically suitable for three dimensional computer graphics that can handle pluralities of programs by only one processor. The control unit | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069014 | SPATIAL EXPLORATION FIELD OF VIEW PREVIEW MECHANISM - Indicators operable to preview or show the position and relative zoom level of a field of view within a virtual space. Virtual space exploration took typically make use of a field of view for limiting a user's view of the virtual space and zooming in on a portion of the virtual space. A spherical indicator is provided to show the current position of the field of view within the virtual space, as well as provide an indication of level of zoom. A local field of view indication is also provided to show the current position of the field of view, as well as provide an indication of level of zoom, with respect to a nearby object within the virtual space. Such indicators may be useful in exploring outer space as well as landscapes and any other spaces. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069015 | 3D IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD CAPABLE OF SELECTING 3D MODE FOR 3D IMAGE - The present invention relates to a device for reproducing a 3D image, and provides a 3D image reproduction device capable of selecting a 3D mode for a 3D image, comprising: a formatting unit which generates and transmits 3D image data for an inputted image signal; a mode input unit which receives the selection from a user for a 3D mode that the user wants to reproduce; and a user input processor which enables the formatting unit to generate the 3D image data in the 3D mode that is inputted from the user. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069016 | Method and Apparatus for Adding Detail to a 3D Solid Model Using a Secondary Geometric Representation - The invention is directed to systems and methods for detailing a graphical 3D solid model displayed to a user. An example system includes a graphical user interface device (e.g., joystick, keyboard, stylus, roller ball, touch screen, tablet, etc.) configured to receive input from a user and transmit the input to a computer including a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and/or a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a memory for use with the computer, and a video display configured to graphically display the detailed 3D solid model to the user. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069017 | Method and System for Efficient Extraction of a Silhouette of a 3D Mesh - A method and system for extracting a silhouette of a 3D mesh representing an anatomical structure is disclosed. The 3D mesh is projected to two dimensions. Silhouette candidate edges are generated in the projected mesh by pruning edges and mesh points based on topology analysis of the projected mesh. Each silhouette candidate edge that intersects with another edge in the projected mesh is split into two silhouette candidate edges. The silhouette is extracted using an edge following process on the silhouette candidate edges. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069018 | AR PROCESS APPARATUS, AR PROCESS METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A generating unit generates a 3D model of an object based on pair images obtained for the same object. An extracting unit extracts plural first feature points from a to-be-synthesis 3D model and plural second feature points from a synthesis 3D model. An obtaining unit obtains a coordinate conversion parameter based on the plural first feature points and second feature points. A converting unit converts a coordinate of the synthesis 3D model in a coordinate in the coordinate system of the to-be-synthesis 3D model using the coordinate conversion parameter. A synthesizing unit synthesizes all converted synthesis 3D models with the to-be-synthesis 3D model, and unifies feature points. A storing unit stores the synthesized 3D model of the object and information on the unified feature points in a memory card, etc. The stored data is used in an AR process. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069019 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - In accordance with various aspects of the disclosure, a method and apparatus is disclosed for constructing a three-dimensional model of a scene captured as a video stream including obtaining a video stream of a scene by a first camera; locating a horizon with respect to the scene with a second camera; and constructing a three-dimensional model of the scene based upon the obtained video stream and the located horizon. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069020 | Lighting Control for Occlusion-based Volume Illumination of Medical Data - Occlusion-based lighting control is provided in volume rendering of medical data. In addition to altering the brightness of a sample based on the degree of occlusion, the opacity for the sample is also or alternatively altered. For direct volume rendering, the depth of samples along a given ray contributing to the rendered pixel may be limited due to saturation. By varying the opacity, the depth at which samples contribute may be increased for less occluded samples. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069021 | Apparatus and method of early pixel discarding in graphic processing unit - A method to discard pixels early includes a first early depth test maintaining a depth value on a pixel to be discarded by a discard instruction, and a second early depth test updating the depth value on a pixel not to be discarded by the discard instruction. Because of the first and second early depth tests, a number of pixels to be processed by a pixel shading process may be reduced. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069022 | COLOR SEAMLESSNESS ACROSS TILED MULTI-PROJECTOR DISPLAYS - A method includes generating in a computer a representation for the color transfer function both direct and inverse, of a nonideal source device to those in a target device significantly different than the source device, using higher-dimensional Bezier patches by using a non-linear parameterization of the Bezier patches in the XYZ space for converting the RGB colors in the source device. The method is illustrated in an application for processing spatial variation in luminance and chrominance in a multiple projector display, which include the steps of balancing per projector white point, morphing per pixel chrominance gamut, constraining per pixel perceptual luminance; and smoothing per pixel Bezier based luminance. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069023 | RAY TRACING CORE AND RAY TRACING CHIP HAVING THE SAME - A ray tracing core comprising a ray generation unit and a plurality of T&I (Traversal & Intersection) units with MIMD (Multiple Instruction stream Multiple Data stream) architecture is disclosed. The ray generation unit generates at least one eye ray based on an eye ray generation information. The eye ray generation information includes a screen coordinate value. Each of the plurality of T&I units receives the at least one eye ray and checks whether there exists a triangle intersected with the received at least one eye ray. The triangle configures a space. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069024 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A GRAPH LATTICE FROM A CORPUS OF ONE OR MORE DATA GRAPHS - A document recognition system and method, where images are represented as a collection of primitive features whose spatial relations are represented as a graph. Useful subsets of all the possible subgraphs representing different portions of images are represented over a corpus of many images. The data structure is a lattice of subgraphs, and algorithms are provided means to build and use the graph lattice efficiently and effectively. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069025 | DISPLAYING INTERCONNECTS HAVING AN APPEARANCE INDICATING DATA CHARACTERISTICS - A method for determining a depth ordering between two planes in a 3D workspace of an application is provided. The method includes projecting vectors from a reference position through points of interest on the planes, determining corresponding points on the other plane, determining a number of points of interest on a first plane having a depth lower than its corresponding point and a number of points of interest on a second plane having a depth lower than its corresponding point, and setting the depth ordering based on these numbers. A method for displaying interconnects between nodes of a tree displayed in an application is provided. A node represents a multimedia item or a function and an interconnect represents data passed between two nodes. The method includes displaying an interconnect in the tree having an appearance indicating at least one characteristic of the data being passed between two nodes. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069026 | Segmentation of Free-Form Shapes into Chains of Circular Elements in Computer Graphics Applications - A solution for representing a free-form shape in a data-processing system is proposed. An illustrative method comprises associating sample points defining the free-form shape with a set of circular elements, and storing an indication of the circular elements. Associating includes determining a set of pivot points among the sample points in correspondence of maximum and minimum curvatures of the free-form shape, partitioning the sample points into a set of first groups of sample points each spanning around a corresponding pivot point and a set of second groups of sample points each extending according to a predefined minimum extent between a corresponding pair of adjacent first groups of sample points. Each first group is associated with a first circular element fitting the first group of sample points, and each second group is associated with at least one second circular element providing a predefined continuity with each adjacent first circular element. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069027 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device including: a storage unit | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069028 | REAL-TIME ANIMATIONS OF EMOTICONS USING FACIAL RECOGNITION DURING A VIDEO CHAT - Embodiments are directed towards displaying an animated video emoticon by augmenting features identified in a video stream. Augmenting features identified in the video stream may include modifying, in whole or in part, some aspects of the identified features but not other aspects. For example, a user may select an animated video emoticon indicating surprise. Surprise may be conveyed by detecting the location of the user's eyes in the video stream, enlarging a size aspect of the eyes so as to appear ‘wide-eyed’, but leaving other aspects such as color and shape unchanged. Then, the location and/or orientation of the eyes in the video stream are tracked, and the augmentation is applied to the eyes at each tracked location and/or orientation. In another embodiment, identified features may be removed from the video stream and replaced with images, graphics, video, and the like. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069029 | INTER-PROCESSOR COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES IN A MULTIPLE-PROCESSOR COMPUTING PLATFORM - This disclosure describes communication techniques that may be used within a multiple-processor computing platform. The techniques may, in some examples, provide software interfaces that may be used to support message passing within a multiple-processor computing platform that initiates tasks using command queues. The techniques may, in additional examples, provide software interfaces that may be used for shared memory inter-processor communication within a multiple-processor computing platform. In further examples, the techniques may provide a graphics processing unit (GPU) that includes hardware for supporting message passing and/or shared memory communication between the GPU and a host CPU. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069030 | METHOD OF UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION FOR INCREASING DISPLAY RATE - A method of uniform distribution for increasing a display rate. For data to be displayed, dividing a complete effective output enable (OE) time that is greater than one serial shift cycle into several unit serial shift cycles and uniformly distributing the effective OE time for display. The method implements the uniform distribution of the display time to the maximum extent by using an OE signal under the condition that the whole display time remains unchanged, thereby increasing effective output number of the uniform distribution, uniformly maintaining a display effect and steadily improving a refresh rate effect, so as to effectively increase a display quality and avoid a significant loss of brightness. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069031 | DECOUPLED HOLOGRAPHIC FILM AND DIFFUSER - In various embodiments described herein, a display device includes a front illumination device that comprises a light guide disposed forward of an array of display elements, such as an array of interferometric modulators, to distribute light across the array of display elements. The light guide may include a turning film to deliver uniform illumination from a light source to the array of display elements. For many portable display applications, the light guide comprises the substrate used in fabricating the display elements. The display device may include additional films as well. The light guide, for example, may include a diffuser and/or an optical isolation layer to further enhance the optical characteristics of the display. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069032 | Optimizing Virtual Graphics Processing Unit Utilization - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for optimizing virtual graphics processing unit utilization. Embodiments include assigning a computing intensity level to each virtual machine of a plurality of virtual machines; assigning a priority level to each virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines; determining for each server of a plurality of servers whether the server includes a virtual graphics processing unit (VGPU) that is available to perform compute intensive tasks for the plurality of virtual machines; and assigning one or more VGPUs to a virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines in dependence upon the computing intensity level and the priority level of the virtual machine and the number of VGPUs available to perform the compute intensive tasks. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069033 | Constant Buffering for a Computational Core of a Programmable Graphics Processing Unit - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to graphics processing systems, comprising: a plurality of execution units, wherein one of the execution units is configurable to process a thread corresponding to a rendering context, wherein the rendering context comprises a plurality of constants with a priority level; a constant buffer configurable to store the constants of the rendering context into a plurality of slot in a physical storage space; and an execution unit control unit configurable to assign the thread to one of the execution units; a constant buffer control unit providing a translation table for the rendering context to map the corresponding constants into the slots of the physical storage space. Comparable methods are also disclosed. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069034 | QoS-aware scheduling - In an embodiment, a memory controller includes multiple ports. Each port may be dedicated to a different type of traffic. In an embodiment, quality of service (QoS) parameters may be defined for the traffic types, and different traffic types may have different QoS parameter definitions. The memory controller may be configured to scheduled operations received on the different ports based on the QoS parameters. In an embodiment, the memory controller may support upgrade of the QoS parameters when subsequent operations are received that have higher QoS parameters, via sideband request, and/or via aging of operations. In an embodiment, the memory controller is configured to reduce emphasis on QoS parameters and increase emphasis on memory bandwidth optimization as operations flow through the memory controller pipeline. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069035 | INTER-PROCESSOR COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES IN A MULTIPLE-PROCESSOR COMPUTING PLATFORM - This disclosure describes communication techniques that may be used within a multiple-processor computing platform. The techniques may, in some examples, provide software interfaces that may be used to support message passing within a multiple-processor computing platform that initiates tasks using command queues. The techniques may, in additional examples, provide software interfaces that may be used for shared memory inter-processor communication within a multiple-processor computing platform. In further examples, the techniques may provide a graphics processing unit (GPU) that includes hardware for supporting message passing and/or shared memory communication between the GPU and a host CPU. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069036 | METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR DELIVERING APPLICATIONS OVER A WAN - An improved approach for a remote graphics rendering system that can utilize both server-side processing and client-side processing for the same display frame. Some techniques for optimizing a set of graphics command data to be sent from the server to the client include: eliminating some or all data, that is not needed by a client GPU to render one or more images, from the set of graphics command data to be transmitted to the client; applying precision changes to the set of graphics command data to be transmitted to the client; and performing one or more data type compression algorithms on the set of graphics command data. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069037 | RESOLUTION INDEPENDENT RENDERING OF QUADRATIC BEZIER CURVES USING PROGRAMMABLE GRAPHICS HARDWARE - A computer system, program, and method for resolution-independent rendering of an image defined at least in part by a Bezier curve function includes subdividing the image into a plurality of polygons based on Bezier control points of the Bezier curve function, each of the polygons being defined around a Bezier curve, assigning texture coordinates to the Bezier control points, projecting the plurality of polygons and the Bezier curves into texture space, constructing an implicit signed distance function based on the assigned texture coordinates and the Bezier curve function, determining for each pixel within each of the plurality of polygons, based on the implicit signed distance function, whether the pixel is located inside or outside the respective Bezier curve, and shading the pixels determined to be inside the Bezier curve. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069038 | Image Processing Method and Image Display System Utilizing the Same - An image display system including an adjuster, a first analysis module, a second analysis module and a brightness compensation module is disclosed. The adjuster utilizes a specific method and a depth information to adjust a processed image to generate a first image and a second image. The first analysis module analyzes the first image to obtain a first image distribution result. The second analysis module analyzes the second image to obtain a second image distribution result. The brightness compensation module adjusts brightness of the first and the second images according to the first and the second image distribution results. The adjusted first image serves as a left-eye image component and the adjusted second image serves as a right-eye image component. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069039 | TIMING CONTROLLER - A transmission method is provided for transmitting image data having pixels each comprising multiple sub-pixels provided for respective colors. The luminance of each sub-pixel provided for the corresponding color is represented by m-bit (m is an integer of 2 or more) luminance data R[m−1:0], G[m−1:0], and B[m−1:0]. Mapping is performed such that the bits provided for the same color at the same bit positions selected from the adjacent n (n represents an integer of 2 or more) pixels are sequentially arranged in the time direction so as to form a data unit. Data transmission is performed in units of data units (bit sets) thus mapped. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069040 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus comprising an input unit which inputs an image, a first region calculating unit which calculates a first region in the image, a second region calculating unit which calculates a second region, which is surrounding the first region in the image and an image deformation unit which magnifies the image included in the first region while deforming an image included in the second region | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069041 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - According to an aspect of the invention, an image processing apparatus includes a graphic registration unit, a registered graphic extraction unit, a color reduction unit and an image formation controller. A specific graphic is registered in the graphic registration unit. The registered graphic extraction unit extracts, from an image to be processed, the specific graphic registered in the graphic registration unit. The color reduction unit reduces the number of colors used for a portion of the image to be processed other than the specific graphic. The image formation controller controls an image forming apparatus to form the specific graphic and the portion of the image to be processed in which the number of the colors is reduced, according to a performance of the image forming apparatus. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069042 | SENSOR-EQUIPPED DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A sensor-equipped display apparatus including a light-transmissive display screen, a sensor that detects light passing through the light-transmissive display screen, and a material that visually obscures the sensor when viewed through the light-transmissive display screen. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069043 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An method is provided for controlling devices. The method comprises detecting location of an operating member in non-contacting proximity to a non-contacting interface. The method further comprises changing selection among a plurality of data objects belonging to a group, based on a change in detected location of the operating member while in proximity to the interface. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069044 | DYNAMIC GAMMA CONTROL METHOD FOR LCD - A dynamic gamma control method for an LCD is provided. The LCD displays a present frame by a plurality of gamma reference voltages and the present frame includes an R-pixel data sum, a G-pixel data sum and a B-pixel data sum which are obtained by respectively adding all R-pixel data, all G-pixel data and all B-pixel data of at least one pixel of the present frame. The method includes steps of: weighting the R-pixel data sum, the G-pixel data sum and the B-pixel data sum with a first, a second and a third parameters respectively and adding them up to obtain a gamma indication value, and choosing a suitable one from the plurality of gamma reference voltages to display the present frame thereby if the gamma indication value is equal to a gamma reference value formed by adding the first, the second and the third parameters up. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069045 | DRAWN IMAGE SHARING APPARATUS - A drawn image sharing apparatus for allowing images drawn on plural drawing objects to be shared among the drawing objects includes an image receive unit configured to receive an image transmitted from one or more other drawn image sharing apparatuses; an image display unit configured to display the image received by the image receive unit on a drawing object; a shared area image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image of a shared area of the image displayed by the image display unit; a difference image generating unit configured to generate a difference image indicating a difference in the shared area between the image displayed by the image display unit and the image acquired by the shared area image acquiring unit; and an image transmit unit configured to transmit the difference image to the one or more other drawn image sharing apparatuses. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069046 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGES ON A HEAD MOUNTED DEVICE - Systems and methods for displaying computer-generated images on a head mounted device are provided. In some embodiments, a system for displaying computer-generated image is provided and may include transparent surface including a coating and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a computer-generated image, determine the type of computer-generated image, vary a voltage applied to the coating of the transparent surface based on the determined type of computer-generated image, and display the received computer-generated image on the transparent surface. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069047 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND IMAGE EDITING PROGRAM - An image display apparatus is provided that includes a determination unit and a display management unit. The determination unit is configured to determine whether auxiliary information and still image data are stored together. The auxiliary information is stored to indicate that the still image data has been extracted from encoded moving picture data. The display management unit is configured to display a still image and a mark on a display unit. The still image is displayed based on the still image data, and the mark is displayed once the determination unit has determined that the auxiliary information and the still image data are stored together. The mark is also displayed to indicate that the still image data has been extracted from encoded moving picture data. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069048 | MEDICAL IMAGE HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A medical image handling system includes a monitor for displaying a medical image, an input device for inputting an image reading report corresponding to the medical image displayed on the monitor, and a processor. The processor judges the presence or absence of an image reading report corresponding to the medical image displayed on the monitor, and restricts a change of the medical image in a case where the image reading report is judged as being absent. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069049 | DIGITAL PATHOLOGY IMAGE MANIPULATION - Systems, methods, and products are described that provide for digital pathology image manipulation. One aspect provides for displaying one or more digital specimen images on a display device in one or more viewing windows arranged in one or more viewing configurations; and associating one or more images through one or more correlation processes comprising image co-registration, image locking, and image overlay processes. Other aspects and embodiments are also described herein. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069050 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION USING THE SAME - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for detecting an object includes receiving, on a transparent display, object selection information, determining an eye direction associated with the received object selection information, selecting at least one object displayed within a region of the transparent display defined by the received object selection information based on the determined eye direction, acquiring information on the selected object, and displaying the acquired information on the transparent display. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069051 | Method and System for Compositing an Augmented Reality Scene - Disclosed are systems and methods for compositing an augmented reality scene, the methods including the steps of extracting, by an extraction component into a memory of a data-processing machine, at least one object from a real-world image detected by a sensing device; geometrically reconstructing at least one virtual model from at least one object; and compositing AR content from at least one virtual model in order to augment the AR content on the real-world image, thereby creating AR scene. Preferably, the method further includes; extracting at least one annotation from the real-world image into the memory of the data-processing machine for modifying at least one virtual model according to at least one annotation. Preferably, the method further includes: interacting with AR scene by modifying AR content based on modification of at least one object and/or at least one annotation in the real-world image. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069052 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING DIFFERENT IMAGE INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ANGLE OF A TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention includes a method for providing different images by referring to angles of a terminal. The method includes the steps of: (a) if the angle falls under an angular range which includes 0 degree with respect to the horizontal plane, setting a content provided through the terminal to be map information, if the angle falls under an angular range which includes 90 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane, setting a content provided through the terminal to be preview image, and if the angle falls under an angular range which includes 180 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane, setting a content provided through the terminal to be weather; (b) acquiring information on the angle by using a sensor; (c) creating information on an image based on the set content; and (d) providing a user with the created information. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069053 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING AN IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - Disclosed is an image display apparatus including: a display section; a theme icon storage section which stores a plurality of sets of a theme of an image corresponded to a theme icon representing the theme; an image storage section which stores an image folder storing a sequence of a plurality of images; an image theme detecting section which detects an image theme of each image; a representative theme extracting section which extracts an image theme which represents an image line of the divided sequence of the plurality of images as an image line representative theme for each image line; and a folder icon display control section which positions each theme icon corresponding to the plurality of image line representative themes extracted by the representative theme extracting section according to an order of the image line to form a folder icon and allows the display section to display the folder icon. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069054 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAY SYSTEMS HAVING MOBILE COMPONENTS - Electronic display systems include mobile units for remotely modifying a displayed image. An electronic display system can include a display surface, a processing device, a mobile unit, and an input device. The display surface can receive and display an image rendered by the processing device. The display image on the display surface can be modified through interaction of the input device and the mobile unit. The input device can sense its position relative to the mobile unit and can transmit data relating to its position to the processing device. The processing device can interpret the position data as operations on the displayed image. Accordingly, the processing device can modify the displayed image on the display surface based on interactions between the input device and the mobile unit. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069055 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a target object, and a display control unit that adjusts an image display method through which an image is displayed, so as to alter the image as visually perceived along a direction of visually perceived depth when the detection unit detects the target object. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069056 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM - An information display apparatus is provided capable of performing display control based on a plurality of touch inputs from a multi-touch input panel. The information display apparatus comprises: a contact-point acquisition section for acquiring a contact point on the multi-touch input panel; a multi-touch determination section for determining whether the contact point acquired by the contact-point acquisition section is a multi-touch; a touch-motion determination section for, when the contact point is determined as a multi-touch by the multi-touch determination section, determining a moving motion of the contact point; a page-number setting section for calculating and setting a turning-page number for a multi-page turning processing, based on the moving motion determined by the touch-motion determination section; and a page turning processing section for performing a page turning processing based on the turning-page number determined by the page-number setting section. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069057 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - A liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal panel includes a common voltage generating section ( | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069058 | OFFSET CANCEL OUTPUT CIRCUIT OF SOURCE DRIVER FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An offset cancel output circuit of source drivers for driving liquid crystal displays which is capable of appropriately cancelling out an offset voltage from an output amplifier to thereby prevent degradation in display quality. The offset cancel output circuit includes an operational amplifier with a non-inverted input port to which a reference voltage is applied, and an input capacitor and an output capacitor with each one end thereof connected to an inverted input port of the operational amplifier. The offset cancel output circuit further includes a switching element circuit which has a first field effect transistor connected between the inverted input port and an output port of the operational amplifier and controlled to turn on during a reset operation. During the reset operation and the normal output operation, a first potential equal to the reference voltage is applied to the substrate of the first field effect transistor. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069059 | Organic Light Emitting Diode Display Device and Low Power Driving Method Thereof - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a low power driving method of the OLED display are provided. The OLED display comprises a display panel that comprises data lines, scan lines intersecting the data lines, and light emitting cells arranged in a matrix form, wherein the light emitting cells respectively comprise OLEDs, a DC-DC converter that is enabled in a normal mode to supply a first high potential power voltage to the display panel and is disabled in a low power mode, and a panel driver that drives the data lines and the scan lines of the display panel, disables the DC-DC converter in the low power mode, and supplies a second high potential power voltage to the display panel. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069060 | NOR-BASED GRAYSCALE FOR A DIGITAL DISPLAY - A digital display provides pulse-width-modulated pixel waveforms by applying a wired-NOR function to selected bits of stored image data. Image bits are selected according to a digital sequence and the wired-NOR function results in a trigger signal that may be used to switch the state of a pixel element. The pixel element may be a pixel state latch of a pixel driver circuit. The digital display may accept conventional 24-bit color video signals (one 8-bit gray-scale value for each pixel for each of the red, green, and blue primary colors), and convert this input signal to sequential color with PWM digital gray scale drive to each pixel. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069061 | DRIVING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - In a driving device and a display apparatus having the driving device, a converter converts input image data and outputs first and second sub-image data which have different values. A first compensator compensates the first sub-image data and outputs a first compensated image data, and a second compensator compensates the second sub-image data and outputs a second compensated image data. An output circuit controls output time of the first and second compensated image data. Accordingly, sub-image data for each sub-pixel may be exactly compensated by employing compensators to individually compensate for the sub-image data of each sub-pixel. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069062 | Driving Device, Driving Method, Image Display Device, Television Receiver, Display Monitor Device, Program And Record Medium - A driving device of a embodiment of the invention for driving a pixel array section includes a generation device (weighted average calculation section) for generating pixel values of driving signals of at least one color for pixels of the at least one color among driving signals of colors to be supplied sequentially to the pixel array section, the generation device being configured to generate the pixel values for each pixel of the at least one color on (i) a pixel value of the pixel in a current frame of the color of the pixel and (ii) a pixel value of the pixel in a previous of the same. This makes it possible to create a subframe appropriate in display position and luminance, thereby realizing an image display signal device, driving method, image display device, television receiver, and display monitor device, in which color breaking is effectively alleviated. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069063 | DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A display capable of improving both of display luminance and display quality in three-dimensional display, and an illumination device for such a display are provided. In three-dimensional display, in a light modulation element | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069064 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Disclosed is a paper-like display device which has improved contrast and image quality and is capable of high-speed operation. A front substrate | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069065 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided an electronic paper display device. The electronic paper display device includes a substrate including a plurality of cells formed by a plurality of barrier ribs; an upper electrode and a lower electrode respectively formed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the substrate; and an electronic paper display element mounted in each of the cells and having optical and electrical anisotropy. Here, torque applied to the electronic paper display element is controlled to express grayscale. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069066 | Method and Apparatus of Direct Inkjet Offset Lithographic Printing System - A method of producing an offset lithographic printing plate including the steps of graining and anodizing an aluminum plate; applying a receptive coating to the grained aluminum; applying an oleophilic inkjet fluid on top of the receptive coating; applying energy to the oleophilic inkjet fluid allowing an oleophilic resin of the oleophilic inkjet fluid to bond with the grained aluminum; and removing a portion of the receptive coating to expose part of the grained aluminum. The step of applying receptive coating can include obtaining a solution having a specific pH range, and maintaining a specific temperature range. A first immersion step is taken to immerse the aluminum plate in the solution, followed by rinsing with a portion of demineralized water. The invention can also include a second immersion step to immerse the aluminum plate in a surfactant water solution. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069067 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS - According to the present invention, each printing head includes chips wherein a plurality of nozzles are prepared. The density of dots formed by ejecting ink from the nozzles is detected for each chip, and when a density difference between the chips is smaller than a predetermined value, print data are corrected, and the number of dots is adjusted so as to reduce the density difference. When the density difference is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, first, a drive pulse for the nozzles is modulated and the volume of ink to be ejected for one dot is adjusted so as to reduce the density difference. Thereafter, the print data is corrected, and the number of dots to be formed is controlled so as to reduce the density difference. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069068 | LIQUID CARTRIDGE, LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE COMPRISING LIQUID CARTRIDGE AND MAIN BODY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CARTRIDGE, AND METHOD OF REFURBISHING LIQUID CARTRIDGE - A liquid cartridge includes a liquid storing portion that stores liquid therein, a liquid path that is in fluid communication with the liquid storing portion, a sensor, and a memory. The sensor outputs a particular data corresponding to a particular value indicating that the liquid storing portion is in fluid communication with an exterior of the liquid cartridge, and a further data corresponding to a further value indicating that the liquid storing portion is not in fluid communication with the exterior of the liquid cartridge. The memory includes a first data corresponding to a first value and a second data corresponding to a second value. The first value and the second value are defined such that when the particular data and the further data are outputted, one half of a sum of the first value and the second value is between the particular value and the further value. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069069 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging apparatus includes a liquid discharging head having liquid discharging nozzles; a platen that retains a recording sheet; a liquid detection unit which can move between the liquid discharging head and the platen and detects liquid discharge states from the liquid discharging nozzles; and a unit driving mechanism which moves the liquid detection unit, wherein the liquid detection unit moves from a detection start end to a detection termination end at the time of detection of the liquid discharge states, and at the time of movement of the liquid detection unit, liquid discharge operations from nozzle orifices in a certain area located at a certain distance from a detection position are performed ahead of detection by the liquid detection unit, and at the time of detection by the liquid detection unit, a liquid discharge operation from the nozzle orifice that becomes a detection target is performed again. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069070 | DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD FOR INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, a driving apparatus configured to drive an inkjet head configured to cause plural nozzles to discharge ink according to deformation of an electromechanical energy converting element includes: a signal generating unit configured to generate a driving signal to be applied to the electromechanical energy converting element; and a setting unit configured to set, with respect to a reference waveform, a delay time of a waveform of the driving signal in the nozzles by using a random number generated by a random number generator. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069071 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SELECTING PULSES TO FORM DRIVE WAVEFORM - An image forming apparatus creates a drive waveform containing a first pulse to discharge the droplet and a second pulse to cause a liquid to flow within a recording head. A data creation part creates data to select a first or second droplet discharge pulse. The first droplet discharge pulse contains the first pulse and the second pulse. The second droplet discharge pulse does not contain the second pulse. When the first or second droplet discharge pulse is selected in a subsequent drive period and when neither the first nor second droplet discharge pulse is selected in a current drive period, the second pulse is selected in the current drive period when selecting the second droplet discharge pulse in the subsequent drive period, and the second pulse is not selected in the current drive period when selecting the first droplet discharge pulse in the subsequent drive period. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069072 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing device includes one or more engines that are attachable to and detachable from the printing device and print an image on a recording medium. Each engine includes a plurality of head modules each having a plurality of heads that eject ink, one or more data transfer control units that control an image data, pixel by pixel, the image data being subjected to print and being transferred from an upper level device, and an output control unit that requests the data transfer control unit to transfer the image data in a pixel order in accordance with an ink ejection order determined by the engine mounted on the printing device, transfers the image data having been transferred in the pixel order to the head module, in the same pixel order, that is subjected to eject ink, and make the head module eject the ink onto the recording medium. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069073 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes: a fluid ejecting unit that ejects a colored fluid and a colorless fluid toward a fluid ejection target medium; an irradiating unit that irradiates ultraviolet rays onto a fluid that lies on or over the fluid ejection target medium so as to cure the fluid; and a controlling unit that controls the fluid ejecting operation of the fluid ejecting unit and the ultraviolet ray irradiating operation of the irradiating unit. The controlling unit performs control so that the colorless fluid is ejected on an image that is made of the colored fluid that landed on the fluid ejection target medium. After the start of the agglomeration of the colorless fluid that landed on the image, the controlling unit performs control so that ultraviolet rays are irradiated onto the colorless fluid. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069074 | GENERATING HALF TONE PRINT DATA FOR OVERLAPPING CONSECUTIVE PRINTHEAD SEGMENTS - A method of generating half tone print data is disclosed. The method starts by determining an extent of overlap caused by temperature variations of overlapping end portions of a pair of consecutive printhead segments. A dither value is also generated from a dither matrix, and the dither value is combined with the extent of overlap to produce an output value. A mathematical operation is performed on continuous tone print data based on the output value, to produce the half tone print data. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069075 | OPTICAL SENSOR FOR PRINTER MEDIA MOTION DETECTION - An inkjet printer includes a paper tray for holding print media; a pick-up roller for moving the print media along at least a portion of a pre-print zone of a paper transport path; a light source disposed along the pre-print zone of the paper transport path that directs light toward a non-print side of the print media for illuminating the non-print side of the print media; and an array sensor that receives reflected light from the non-print side of the print media; wherein data from the sensor is used to determine an amount of motion of the print media in the pre-print zone. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069076 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a supporting member on which a plurality of suction holes for sucking a recording medium are formed on a supporting face for supporting the recording medium, a transportation device which transports the recording medium along the supporting face, a recording head which ejects fluid on the recording medium supported by the supporting face so as to perform printing, and a control device which makes the recording head execute the printing when a front end of the recording medium in the transportation direction reaches to a position at which the front end of the recording medium covers the suction holes formed at downstream-most positions in the transportation direction on the supporting face. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069077 | MEDIUM HOLDING APPARATUS, INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INKJET IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a medium holding apparatus includes an endless device configured to rotate at a predetermined circumferential speed, a charging member arranged to be opposed to the surface of the endless device and configured to apply a voltage to a medium and attract the medium to the endless device using electrostatic force, a charge removing member arranged to be opposed to the surface of the endless device and configured to discharge charges in the medium using an alternating voltage, and a controller configured to offset a reference voltage of the alternating voltage to a polarity opposite to the polarity of the voltage applied during the attraction. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069078 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet recording apparatus includes a retaining roller, a charging member, an inkjet head, a reversing device, and a controller. The retaining roller retains a recording medium on the surface thereof and rotates. The charging member is arranged to be opposed to the surface of the retaining roller and attracts the recording medium to the surface of the retaining roller with electrostatic force and retains the recording medium on the surface of the retaining roller. The controller controls a position in an approaching and separating direction of the charging member with respect to the retaining roller if the recording medium is reversed by the reversing device after image formation on a first surface of the recording medium and then electrostatically attracted with a second surface of the recording medium faced to the outer side. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069079 | DISCHARGE RATE CONTROL METHOD FOR INK-JET PRINTER, INK SPREAD INSPECTING METHOD, AND ORIENTED FILM FORMING METHOD - Discharge rate control method for ink-jet printer | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069080 | INKJET PRINTER - The present invention relates to an inkjet printer for printing an image on a medium. The inkjet printer comprises an inkjet head for discharging at least one of a plurality of visible color inks and at least one fluorescent ink onto a medium when printing an image onto the medium. The plurality of visible color inks reflect light at respective wavelength ranges of the visible color inks. The at least one fluorescent ink reflects light at a wavelength range that is the same as a wavelength range of at least one of the plurality of visible color inks discharged from the inkjet head. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069081 | CONVEYING DEVICE OF RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, the image forming apparatus has an endless device with a circumferential surface, a laminated cover which is disposed at the circumferential surface of the endless device, a rotation mechanism which rotate the endless device, a supply mechanism which supplies a recording medium to the endless device, a charging roller, a recording head unit, and a discharge mechanism. The laminated cover includes a metal layer and a dielectric layer. The metal layer has both end portions in the circumferential direction, and both side portions. The dielectric layer also has both end portions in the circumferential direction and both the side portions. At least a part of both the end portions and both the side portions of the dielectric layer has extended regions which protrude from a circumferential edge of the metal layer. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069082 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An inkjet recording method is provided in which image formation is carried out by employing an ink set, the inks of each color including a polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator, and discharge of the inks being repeated 2 to 16 times for the same area. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069083 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink composition includes a compound having a structure represented by the following Formula (I), a polymerization initiator and water; | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069084 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink composition includes a polymerization initiator, water, and a modified polyallylamine or modified polyvinylamine having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond in a side chain thereof. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069085 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069086 | LIQUID COLLECTION RECEPTACLE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A waste ink tank capable of collecting discharged ink includes: an ink absorption member having a receiving area that receives the discharged ink and causes the ink to be absorbed; a recess that causes a suction force to act within the ink absorption member; and a recess, disposed in a position that is closer to the receiving area than the aforementioned recess, that causes a pressurizing force to act within the ink absorption member. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069087 | LIQUID COLLECTION CONTAINER AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A waste ink tank which is capable of collecting discharged ink includes an ink absorbing material which absorbs discharged ink and a recess which makes a suction force act on the ink absorbing material. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069088 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a liquid discharging head having liquid discharging faces; a cleaner unit having a cleaner that is separated from or brought into contact with the liquid discharging faces; a platen that is disposed to face the liquid discharging faces and retains the recording sheet; a unit driving mechanism that moves the cleaner unit along the liquid discharging faces; and a platen driving mechanism that moves the platen in a direction away from or toward the liquid discharging faces, wherein a movement pathway of the cleaner unit is formed between the liquid discharging head and the platen by moving the platen in a direction away from the liquid discharging faces, and when the cleaner unit has been located between the liquid discharging head and the platen, the cleaner is separated from or brought into contact with the liquid discharging faces by movement of the platen. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069089 | PRINT BAR LIFT - In one embodiment, an assembly includes a lift and a print bar mounted to the lift. The lift includes first and second guide rods oriented parallel to one another and perpendicular to an axis of the print bar across the print zone. The first end of the print bar is slidably connected to the first guide rod, the second end of the print bar is slidably connected to the second guide rod, and the lift is configured to simultaneously move both ends of the print bar along the guide rods. In another embodiment, an assembly includes a chassis and a lift supported by the chassis. The lift is configured to loosely hold a print bar and to raise and lower the print bar over a print zone such that both ends of the print bar move simultaneously. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069090 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of heads and a head support member. Each head has multiple nozzles arrayed in at least one row to eject liquid droplets. The support member has first and second positioning portions to position each head. Each head has a first positioning face to position each head in a nozzle array direction and a second positioning face to position each head in a direction perpendicular to the nozzle array direction. The first positioning face and the second positioning face are cut faces formed by cutting. Each of a first distance between the first positioning face and a first reference nozzle and a second distance between the second positioning face and a second reference nozzle is uniform between the heads. Each head is mounted to the support member with the first and second positioning faces contacting the first and second positioning portions, respectively. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069091 | LIQUID-DISCHARGING RECORDING HEAD - A liquid-discharging recording head includes first and second substrates each having an energy generating element and a supply port, and a support member on which the substrates are arranged. The first substrate is provided on one side in a longitudinal direction of the support member, and the second substrate is provided on an other side in the longitudinal direction of the support member. A driving circuit configured to drive the energy generating element is provided in a larger region between an end of a supply port in the first substrate on the other side in the longitudinal direction and an end of the first substrate on the other side and in a larger region between an end of a supply port in the second substrate on the one side in the longitudinal direction and an end of the second substrate on the one side. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069092 | LIQUID DISCHARGE METHOD, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge head is arranged in a manner that in the cross section of a discharge port in a liquid discharge direction, the discharge port includes: at least one projection that is convex inside the discharge port; a first area, for holding a liquid surface connecting a pillar-shaped liquid that is elongated outside the discharge port; and second areas where a fluid resistance is lower than that in the first area so as to pull the liquid in the discharge port in a direction opposite to the liquid discharge direction; and the first area is formed in the direction in which the projection is convex, and the second areas are formed on both sides of the projection. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069093 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes a common-chamber formation member including a common chamber to supply liquid to pressure chambers communicating nozzles for ejecting liquid droplets, a flexible thin-film member to form part of a wall face of the common chamber, and a thin-film support member bonded to the thin-film member with glue. The support member has an opening or a recessed portion at least partially having a shape that is broad in an area proximal to a first surface of the support member bonded to the thin-film member and becomes narrower as an area of the opening or the recessed portion is more distant from the first surface. The opening or the recessed portion is sealed with the thin-film member. A portion of the thin-film member corresponding to the opening or the recessed portion has the glue on only a periphery area of the portion that contacts the support member. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069094 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a liquid ejection head including a substrate including a liquid supply port and an energy generating element, in which the liquid supply port has at least one groove shape formed in a wall surface thereof, the at least one groove shape extending from a rear surface, which is a surface opposite to a front surface on which the energy generating element is formed, toward the front surface. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069095 | INKJET HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An inkjet head includes: an ink tank plate that includes a nozzle to discharge a liquid; a drive circuit member connected to an electromechanical transducer to apply a voltage to the electromechanical transducer to generate a pressure in an ink tank to discharge a liquid from the nozzle; a liquid supply plate stacked approximately in parallel with the drive circuit member on the ink tank plate; and a sealing material that hermetically seals an electrical connection between the drive circuit member and the wiring member. The liquid supply plate is provided with a receptacle having a hole portion or a concave portion and a mount area surrounded by the receptacle. The drive circuit member is received in the mount area. The sealing material is filled inside the mount area after the liquid supply plate is bonded to the ink tank plate. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069096 | NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT FOR PRINTHEAD - A nozzle arrangement for a printhead is provided which has a chamber defined on a substrate configured to hold fluid, an ejection port defined in the chamber, and an actuator for moving the ejection port relative to the substrate to eject the held fluid therethrough. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069097 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT - A liquid ejecting head unit includes a flow path unit including a flow path communicating with a plurality of nozzles, a head case in which a common liquid flow path for supplying liquid to the flow path of the flow path unit is formed and to which the flow path unit is bonded, a flow path member which is bonded to the head case at the side opposite to the side to which the flow path unit is bonded and includes an upstream-side flow path for supplying liquid to the common liquid flow path, a heater which is mounted on a side face of the head case and is capable of generating heat, and a metal plate a portion of which is bonded to the heater and other portions of which are opposed to a portion of the flow path member. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069098 | HEATING FLOW PATH UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - In the heating flow path unit, the entrance-side sealing member has an inflow restriction portion which restricts flow of liquid on a portion corresponding to an individual entrance-side opening of a liquid flow path in which flow rate is relatively high among the liquid flow paths. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069099 | TRANSDUCER HAVING AN IMPROVED ELECTRIC FIELD - A transducer including a dielectric material; a metal layer configured in a predetermined pattern having at least two electrodes; and a piezoelectric layer disposed underlying, between and overlying at least a portion of the metal layer and a portion of which abuts the dielectric material. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069100 | Ink-jet Print Head with Fast-acting Valve - Disclosed herein, a print head includes a reservoir, wherein the reservoir maintains fluid at a high hydrostatic pressure; a passage to receive the fluid from the reservoir, the passage including a fluid droplet ejection orifice; and a piezoelectric member positioned adjacent said passage, wherein the piezoelectric member may be activated to prevent flow of fluid through the passage. The piezoelectric member may be activated at a frequency greater than about 40 kilohertz, desirably greater than about 50 kilohertz, and even more desirably greater than about 100 kilohertz. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069101 | INKJET HEAD - An inkjet head includes a channel substrate having multiple individual liquid chambers arranged in a shorter-side direction of the channel substrate, the individual liquid chambers being separated by multiple liquid chamber partition walls and communicating with ink supply openings; multiple diaphragms defining surfaces of the individual liquid chambers facing toward nozzle openings; multiple actuators formed on the diaphragms, each of the actuators being formed of a lower electrode, a piezoelectric element, and an upper electrode stacked in layers; and multiple individual electrode interconnects led out from the upper electrodes of the actuators, the individual electrode interconnects being connected to the corresponding upper electrodes on the nozzle opening side and on the ink supply opening side of the upper electrodes, the individual electrode interconnects being formed in regions where the liquid chamber partition walls are formed. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069102 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an embodiment, a liquid droplet ejecting head includes sequentially in a laminated manner: a nozzle substrate; an ink tank substrate; a liquid supply substrate; and a frame substrate. The nozzle substrate is formed so that at least three or more nozzle rows are arranged in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the nozzle row; the driving circuit member is provided to oppose to an outer surface of the frame substrate so as to correspond to a region between two adjacent nozzle rows located at the 4N+2-th position and the 4N+3-th position (N is 0 or a natural number); and the driving circuit member is commonly used to drive the electro-mechanical converting element and to drive the electro-mechanical converting element used for another one or two nozzle rows adjacent to at least one of the two nozzle rows. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069103 | LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER - A liquid-ejecting head includes a pressure-generating chamber communicatively connected to a nozzle opening and also includes a piezoelectric transducer including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer. The first electrode contains platinum and titanium oxide with a rutile content of 76.5 to 100 mole percent. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069104 | Liquid Discharge Head and Recording Device Using Same - Provided is a liquid discharge head through which discharged liquid droplets are easily gathered into one droplet, and a recording device using the head. A liquid discharge head | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069105 | INK TANK - The present invention relates to an ink tank ( | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069106 | Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus that is a vertical installation type apparatus having a height direction dimension that is larger than at least one of a width direction dimension and a length direction dimension when the printing apparatus is installed, includes an ink cartridge that can be attached to and detached from a printing apparatus body, and an attachment section to which the ink cartridge is attached. The ink cartridge can be attached to and detached from the attachment section from a top surface side of the printing apparatus. The thus-structured printing apparatus allows a user to easily reach the attachment section for the ink cartridge regardless of which face of the printing apparatus is facing the user. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069107 | Ink Cartridge - An ink cartridge is detachably mounted on a cartridge holder. At least one first reflector is provided in the cartridge holder. A reflective-type optical sensor includes a light emitter and a light receiver. The optical sensor is operable to form an optical path originated from the light emitter to the light receiver via the first reflector. A shading member is provided in the ink cartridge operable to shade the optical path when the ink cartridge is mounted on the cartridge holder. A second reflector is provided in the ink cartridge. The second reflector reflects light emitted from the light emitter and varies an intensity thereof in accordance with an ink amount remaining in the ink cartridge. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069108 | INK COMPOSITION - The present invention provides an ink composition comprising at least a polymerizable compound, a photo-polymerization initiator and a polymerization accelerator, wherein the polymerizable compound comprises en N-vinyl compound, the photo-polymerization initiator comprises two or more compounds selected from the group consisting of bisacylphosphine oxides, monoacylphosphine oxides and α-amino ketones, and the polymerization accelerator comprises fine particles having a polymerizable functional group. The ink composition of the invention may be a transparent ink composition containing no coloring material. The ink composition of the invention may further contain a fluorescent whitening agent. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069109 | METHOD OF PRINTING - The application describes a method and apparatus for controlling surface finish in the printing of a substrate in a plurality of passes using a curable print material and an ink jet printer having a radiation source. A first set of passes is carried out, including depositing ink on the substrate and emitting radiation from a radiation source toward the deposited ink. The emitted radiation applies a dose of radiation in a first range. A second set of passes is then carried out to deposit ink on the substrate. Further radiation is emitted from a radiation source toward the deposited ink, the emitted radiation applying a dose of radiation in a second range different from the first range. | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069110 | INK DRYING APPARATUS AND INK-JET PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink drying apparatus ( | 2012-03-22 |
| 20120069111 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet recording apparatus includes a holding roller, a holding device, an image forming device, a reversing device, and a controller. The holding roller holds a recording medium. The holding device presses the recording medium and holds the recording medium on the surface of the holding roller. The controller performs control to press the recording medium against the holding roller with first pressing force if the image forming device forms an image on a first surface of the recording medium and press the recording medium against the holding roller with second pressing force smaller than the first pressing force if the image forming device forms an image on a second surface of the recording medium after the image is formed on the first surface of the recording medium and the recording medium is reversed by the reversing device. | 2012-03-22 |
