14th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100085317 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE DEPENDING ON A USER'S CONTACT PATTERN - A graphical user interface (GUI) may be displayed on a display unit in an apparatus which may include a tactile sensor unit. When a contact by a user is detected at the tactile sensor unit, a control unit may receive a contact detection signal therefrom. Based on the contact detection signal, the control unit may determine a contact pattern and may then display the GUI corresponding to the contact pattern. The GUI may be displayed and modified depending on the location and pressure of contacts by a user's manipulating fingers. Therefore, a user can manipulate the apparatus without any inconvenience or accidental touches. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085318 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PORTABLE DEVICE - A touch input device and method for a portable device that is capable of inputting various user commands with diversified touch events detected on a touch screen is provided. A touch input method for a mobile terminal having a touch screen may include displaying a plurality of representative images representing content objects on the touch screen, selecting at least one representative image in response to a first command designated for a first touch event on the touch screen, and executing a second command designated for a second touch event on the touch screen. The second touch event may be defined by a movement direction, speed, a lift position of a touch, and the representative images selected by the first command. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085319 | ORGANIC ELECTROCONDUCTIVE POLYMER COATING LIQUID, ORGANIC ELECTROCONDUCTIVE POLYMER FILM, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, AND RESISTIVE FILM TOUCH PANEL - The organic electroconductive polymer coating liquid of the present invention contains an electroconductive polymer and a dopant, which is a water-soluble polymer, dispersed in at least one of a monohydric alcohol, a ketone or water. The viscosity of this dispersion is 6.0 mPa·s or less, and the average value of a dispersed particle diameter of the electroconductive polymer and the dopant is 50 nm or less. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085320 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device including: a rectangular display panel; a first film-like printed circuit board including a first terminal portion, the first film-like printed circuit board extending from one side of the rectangular display panel in a direction; a rectangular touch panel provided so as to be opposed to the rectangular display panel; and a second film-like printed circuit board including a second terminal portion, the second film-like printed circuit board extending from one side of the rectangular touch panel in the direction, the one side of the rectangular touch panel corresponding to a side parallel with and adjacent to the one side of the rectangular display panel, the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion being provided so that a connecting direction of the first terminal portion is different from a connecting direction of the second terminal portion. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085321 | SMALL TOUCH SENSITIVE INTERFACE ALLOWING SELECTION OF MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS - An interface or control device having one or more sensors and a barrier wherein the one or more sensors are arranged relative to the barrier to be able to detect touch or proximity of a finger on each of two opposite sides of the barrier, the barrier inhibits or provides a touch sensory indication of simultaneous touch or proximity of the finger to sensors or parts of the sensor on opposite sides of the barrier, and the size of the device is such that a finger could simultaneously touch or be near sensors or parts of a sensor on opposite sides of the device in normal use if the barrier were not present. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085322 | COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A capacitance detection device of a capacitance system includes: a capacitance sensor electrode for detecting a capacitance; a power source for supplying charges to be charged in the capacitance sensor electrode; an electric charge storage capacitor in which an amount of charges to be charged therein changes according to the electric charges charged in the capacitance sensor electrode; and a switch for changing a reference potential of the electric charge storage capacitor. The reference potential of the electric charge storage capacitor is changed in a period of measuring the capacitance. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085323 | Segmenting a Multi-Touch Input Region by User - Once a touch has been initiated on a touch input device (such as a multi-touch screen), the touch input device's coordinate space is geographically segmented such that additional touches in close proximity to the initial touch point are treated differently than subsequent touches not in close proximity to the initial touch point. Additional touches near the initial touch point may be associated with the same input stream as the initial touch, while additional touches that are not near the initial touch point may be associated with a second input stream. If the initial touch point moves, as in the case of dragging, the area to be treated as “in close proximity” may be relative to the current location of the touch (i.e., the zone of proximity may travel with the finger as the finger moves). This approach establishes a hardware-independent “first-come, first-serve” protocol. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085324 | CONTACT DETECTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND CONTACT DETECTING METHOD - A contact detecting device includes: n driving electrodes that are arranged in a scanning direction; a detection drive scanning unit that selects continuous m (2≦m2010-04-08 | |
20100085325 | COMBINATION TOUCH AND TRANSDUCER INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A combination touch and transducer input system is provided, which facilitates user input into an electronic system with a finger and/or a transducer (e.g., a stylus). The system includes a transducer configured to generate an electric field, and a sensor including an array of electrodes and a controller. The transducer is configured to transmit digital data, such as pen pressure data and switch status data, to the sensor. For example, the transducer comprises electronic circuitry configured to encode the digital data in a signal for transmission to the sensor. The sensor controller is configured to operate both in a touch sensing mode and in a transducer sensing mode. During the touch sensing mode, the controller determines a position of a proximate object (e.g., a finger) by capacitively sensing the object with the array of electrodes. During the transducer sensing mode, the controller determines a position of the transducer based on a signal received by the array of electrodes from the transducer, and also receives and decodes the digital data encoded in the received signal. Digital data can be encoded in a signal using any suitable digital modulation techniques, such as a Frequency-Shift Keying (FSK) technique. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085326 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A highly reliable electrostatic-capacitive-type display device with a touch panel which allows a user to perform finger touch inputting and exhibits excellent detection sensitivity is provided. A transparent conductive film is formed above a back surface of an electrostatic-capacitive-type touch panel so as to block noises generated by a display device. A conductive member is provided to supply a voltage to a transparent conductive film formed above a back surface of the touch panel. An electrode which is formed on the electrostatic-capacitive-type touch panel is divided in accordance with a ratio between the number of X electrodes and the number of Y electrodes. A floating electrode is formed in a gap defined between the electrodes so as to adjust an area of the electrode. Due to the shrinkage of the area of the electrode, it is possible to lower a noise level to a level equal to or lower than a signal level. Accordingly, an S/N ratio is increased thus enhancing detection sensitivity. Further, lines are branched on a flexible printed circuit board and intersecting lines are formed on a back surface of the flexible printed circuit board, and the intersecting lines are made to orthogonally intersect with lines formed on a front surface of the flexible printed circuit board thus lowering line capacitance. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085327 | CAPACITIVE MATRIX TOUCH SENSOR - A device includes a substrate, a top touch panel, and an electrode supported by the substrate including a conductive compressible material extending from the substrate to the top touch panel. Another electrode is supported by the substrate and arranged to form an electric field coupling with the electrode including the compressible material. A touch sensitive region is transferred from the substrate to the top touch panel by the compressible material. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085328 | Touch-Sensitive Display Device And Method - Apparatus for providing a touch-sensitive display are provided. A touch-sensitive display apparatus can include a first layer comprising a plurality of emitters disposed thereupon and a second layer comprising a screen for the display of images visible to the human eye. A first portion of the emitters can emit electromagnetic radiation at one or more first wavelengths invisible to the human eye. The electromagnetic radiation at the first wavelength can be partially or completely transmissible through the second layer. A user can dispose an object proximate to the second layer, causing the reflection of all or a portion of the electromagnetic radiation therefrom. The remaining portion of the emitters can absorb all or a portion of the reflected electromagnetic radiation at the first frequency. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085329 | Optical touch display device, optical touch sensing device and touch sensing method - The present invention provides an optical touch display device, an optical touch sensing device, and a method for calculating a touch position. The optical touch sensing device can be detachably attached on a display panel using adhesive or other method. The present invention includes a first light source, a second light source, a light sensing element, and a processing unit. When an object blocks the path of light, some light sensing elements will receive some or no light. The processing unit will then compute two line segments based on the positions of light sensing elements receiving some or no light. The two line segments cross each other and their intersection is defined as the position of object or the touch position. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085330 | TOUCH SCREEN SIGNAL PROCESSING - A coordinate detection system can comprise a display screen, a touch surface corresponding the top of the display screen or a material positioned above the screen and defining a touch area, at least one camera outside the touch area and configured to capture an image of space above the touch surface, an illumination system comprising a light source, the illumination system configured to project light from the light source through the touch surface, and a processor executing program code to identify whether an object interferes with the light from the light source projected through the touch surface based on the image captured by the at least one camera. Light can be directed upward by sources positioned behind the screen, by sources positioned behind the screen that direct light into a backlight assembly that directs the light upward, and/or by a forward optical assembly in front of the screen that directs the light upward. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085331 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A touch panel having high reading accuracy of an object to be detected is provided. In a method for driving a touch panel which is provided with a photo sensor in a pixel, an image is displayed in a display portion of a touch panel, a detection region is determined by detecting approach or contact of an object to be detected in a state in which the image is displayed, and the object to be detected is read while substantially equalizing the intensity of light of pixels in the detection region per unit time and unit area. The intensity of light of the pixels per unit time and unit area, which is to be substantially equal, is preferably the maximum intensity of light in the detection region before adjustment, more preferably, the intensity of light for white display. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085332 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE AND CONTACT POSITION DETECTION METHOD - A burst wave is applied to an excitation element of a touch panel main body from an oscillation section so as to excite surface acoustic waves, and the excited surface acoustic waves are received by a receiving element of the touch panel main body. The received signals are A/D converted by a receiving section, and a control section calculates the contact position and the contact width of the object in contact with the touch panel main body, based on time-series changes in the received strength. Based on the received strength of surface acoustic waves, the control section controls the wave number of the burst wave to be applied to the excitation element. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085333 | INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An input system ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100085334 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel, a chassis base and circuit board assemblies mounted on the chassis base. The plasma display panel includes: a front substrate, a rear substrate, and a plurality of electrodes between the front and rear substrates; and an electrode pattern formed on the rear substrate and separate from the plurality of electrodes. The chassis base is adjacent the rear substrate. The electrode pattern is configured for transmitting power and signals utilized to drive the plurality of electrodes from at least one of the plurality of circuit board assemblies. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085335 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An electro-optical device includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixels respectively provided at intersections between the plurality of scan lines and the plurality of data lines, and a scan line drive circuit that applies a selection voltage to the scan lines in a predetermined sequence. The scan line drive circuit is composed of a first scan line drive circuit disposed at one side of the scan line and a second scan line drive circuit disposed at the other side of the scan line. The first scan line drive circuit applies the selection voltage to some of the scan lines, and the second scan line drive circuit applies the selection voltage to the remaining scan lines. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085336 | DRIVING UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A driving unit includes a timing controller, a data driver having a data processor and a switching circuit, and a gate driver. The timing controller outputs image data, a data control signal, a gate control signal and a switching signal. The data processor converts the image data into a data voltage based on the data control signal, and the switching circuit receives the data voltage and a common voltage having a predetermined period and outputs either the common voltage or the data voltage in response to the switching signal. The gate driver outputs a gate voltage in response to the gate control signal. The timing controller outputs the switching signal at a time point in a first half period of a transition period of the common voltage, and the switching circuit outputs the common voltage at the time point. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085337 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel has a first plate and a second plate facing each other. An image display area of the plasma display panel is made up of cells emitting light by a discharge. A plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction and disposed at intervals and a first dielectric layer covering the display area of the first electrodes are provided on the first plate. In addition, a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and disposed at intervals are provided on the first dielectric layer. Further, a seal material is disposed in the shape of a frame, in order to adhere the second plate to the first plate, at a position more inside than an edge part of the first dielectric layer on an outer surround part of the display area on the second plate. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085338 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device of the present invention adopts a field sequential method whereby image display is performed by sequentially lighting light emitting devices in a backlight portion for each field. The image display device includes: a brightness sensor that is arranged so as to face the backlight portion with a display panel sandwiched in between and detects the brightness of light emitted from the backlight unit and transmitted through the display panel for each of light emitting colors; or a brightness sensor that detects the brightness of the light from the backlight portion for each of the emission colors and detects, by a common light receiving section, the brightness irrespective of the emission colors. The brightness of the light of the backlight portion is controlled according to the detected brightness value for each of the emission colors. This enables constant white balance adjustment to be achieved while realizing accurate detection of brightness required for the white balance adjustment. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085339 | SENSOR ELEMENT AND METHOD OF DRIVING SENSOR ELEMENT, AND INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The present invention provides a sensor element including two diode elements connected in series to each other, and a capacitive element having one end connected to a junction point between the two diode elements. Each of the diode elements includes a semiconductor layer having a p-type semiconductor region and an n-type semiconductor region facing each other in an in-plane direction, an anode electrode connected to the p-type semiconductor region, a cathode electrode connected to the n-type semiconductor region, a gate insulting film adjoining the semiconductor layer in a stacking direction, and a gate electrode facing the semiconductor layer with the gate insulating film in between. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085340 | Display apparatus - A display apparatus includes a panel in which a plurality of pixels illuminated by self-luminous elements are arranged in a matrix and a photodetector disposed on a back surface of the panel for measuring the luminance of the pixels. Each of the pixels has an aperture portion on a reflective layer provided below a luminous layer, to transmit light emitted from the luminous layer. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085341 | Semiconductor integrated circuit, self-luminous display panel module, electronic apparatus, and method for driving power supply line - Disclosed herein is a semiconductor integrated circuit including a power supply line drive circuit configured to drive power supply lines connected to pixels that are arranged in a matrix on a self-luminous display panel. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085342 | Display Panel - A display panel includes a power line supplying power, and a plurality of pixels connected with the power line, each pixel including a plurality of sub-pixel regions, and receiving the power to display an image. Each of the pixels further includes a plurality of driving thin film transistors and a plurality of light emitting units. Each of the driving thin film transistors are positioned in respective sub-pixel regions to receive the power to output driving signals. Each of the light emitting units are connected to respective driving thin film transistors, have relatively longer lengths in a first direction, and have the same width in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. One among the plurality of light emitting units is longer than the remaining light emitting units to thereby improve a light emitting efficiency and image display quality of a display panel. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085343 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - An electrophoretic display includes a first electrode, a second electrode that is provided opposite to the first electrode, an electrophoretic element being sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode, a pixel switching element connected to a scanning line and a data line, a memory circuit connected to the pixel switching element a switching circuit disposed between the memory circuit and the first electrodes, a first power line and a second power line connected to the memory circuit, and a first control line and a second control line connected to the switching circuit. In the electrophoretic display, at least one of the first control line and the second control line is disposed in parallel with the scanning line or the data line when viewed in plan. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085344 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An operational amplifier circuit according to an aspect of the present invention includes a differential amplifier unit. The differential amplifier circuit includes a first differential transistor and a second differential transistor, which form a first differential pair, and a current source transistor which supplies a current to the first differential pair. The operational amplifier circuit further includes a first variable resistive element connected between (i) at least one of sources of the first and the second differential transistors and (ii) a drain of the current source transistor. The first variable resistive element includes: a first terminal and a second terminal; first resistive elements connected in series; and a first correction voltage selecting circuit which modifies a resistance value between the first and the second terminals by changing the number of stages of the first resistive elements connected in series between the first and the second terminals. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085345 | Display apparatus and display driving method - A display apparatus includes the following components. A pixel array includes matrix-arranged pixel circuits each including at least a light emitting element, a drive transistor in which a drive voltage is applied between the drain and the source to supply a current corresponding to a signal value supplied between the gate and the source to the light emitting element, and a holding capacitor which is connected between the gate and the source of the drive transistor and which holds the input signal value. A mobility correction operating unit supplies the drive voltage to the transistor while the capacitor holds a correction signal value lower than the signal value to perform mobility correction for the transistor. A light emission operating unit allows the capacitor to hold the signal value and supplies the drive voltage to the transistor after correction to perform light emission at a luminance corresponding to the signal value. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085346 | Data line driving circuit for liquid crystal display device and method for controlling the same - A data line driving circuit for a liquid crystal display device comprising: a plurality of first data lines applied with a positive potential, a plurality of second data lines applied with a negative potential, comparison units that compare with a reference voltage at least one of a potential at a first common line connected to the plurality of first data lines and a potential at a second common line connected to the plurality of second data lines, and switches that are controlled so that the first data lines and the second data lines are set to a connection state or an interruption state according to a comparison result by the comparison units. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085347 | Display panel drive apparatus and display panel drive method - A display panel drive apparatus includes a source driver that drives each unit dot in accordance with a time-divisional clock, and a booster circuit that generates a supply voltage to be supplied to the source driver based on a clock having a rising edge and a falling edge each coinciding with an off-period of the time-divisional clock. The display panel drive apparatus performs a time-divisional driving operation during one horizontal period. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085348 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device and a method of driving the same are provided. The display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels defined in an area where a plurality of gate lines and data lines cross one another, a clock generator generating a gate clock signal using a clock generation control signal provided from a timing controller and a gate-on voltage, and a gate driver providing a gate signal to the gate lines in response to the gate clock signal. The gate signal includes a pre-charge period having a first gate-on level and a main-charge period having a second gate-on level that is higher than the first gate-on level. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085349 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device capable of freely setting correction based on a state of a luminance gradient in a self-emission display device for eliminating the luminance gradient. The display device includes: a data line drive circuit for outputting emission control signals for controlling light emission of display elements during a retrace period during which display signal voltages are not output; and an emission power supply circuit for supplying power supply voltages for the light emission of the display elements to power supply lines from at least one of external sides of a display region corresponding to a group including the display elements. The data line drive circuit generates and outputs the emission control signals different among data lines. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085350 | OBLIQUE DISPLAY WITH ADDITIONAL DETAIL - A method and system of creating an oblique display with additional detail such as texture and labels is disclosed. The footprint of objects on the image on a digital elevation map may be determined and an outline of the objects may be determined by creating object polygons that outline the bounds of the objects. The objects that are visible in the image and the objects that are occluded are determined using the footprint of the objects and the object polygons. The occluded object sections may be displayed in a modified form as part of the occluding object. Label display locations may be evaluated for objects to determine an optimal label display location based on a label criteria function and labels may be added to the objects in the image at the optimal label display location. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085351 | Depth of Field for a Camera in a Media-Editing Application - Some embodiments provide a method that provides tools for defining a scene including media objects in a multi-dimensional space. The method provides a set of user interface tools for adjusting a region of focus for rendering the space from a particular location within a particular field of view. In some embodiments, the region of focus is a first region in the space within the particular field of view and the space further includes a second region outside of the region of focus within the particular field of view. In some embodiments, the method also provides a set of effects for applying to the second region but not the first region to visually indicate the first region as the region of focus within the space and the second region as a region outside of the region of focus within the space. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085352 | PARALLEL SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION - Described is a technology in which point cloud surface reconstruction is performed via parallel processing on a graphics processing unit, achieving real-time reconstruction rates. An octree is built for a given set of oriented points, with each node containing a set of points enclosed by the node. The data structure is built on the GPU, in parallel, using level-order traversals to process nodes at a same tree level. The surface is reconstructed based on data configured and located via the traversals. To produce the surface, an implicit function over the volume spanned by the octree nodes is computed using the GPU, e.g., based on a Poisson surface reconstruction method. A sparse linear system is built and a multi-grid solver is employed to solve the system. An adaptive marching cubes procedure is performed on the GPU to extract an isosurface of the implicit function as a triangular mesh | 2010-04-08 |
20100085353 | USER-GUIDED SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION - Described is a technology by which a user interacts with a surface representative of a point cloud data to correct for imperfect scan data. The surface is reconstructed based on the interaction. Real time viewing of the image is facilitated by parallel surface reconstruction. For example, the user may draw strokes to reduce topological ambiguities in poorly-sampled areas. An algorithm automatically adds new oriented sample points to the original point cloud based on the user interaction. Then a new isosurface is generated for the augmented point cloud. The user also may specify the geometry of missing areas of the surface. The user copies a set of points from another point cloud, and places the points around the target area. A new isosurface is then generated. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085354 | MULTI-MEDIA PROCESSOR, HAND-HELD ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A hand-held electrical communication device including a host processor, a multi-media processor and a display unit is provided. The host processor is used for outputting a graphic rendering command. The multi-media processor is used for adjusting an original image frame as an adjusted image frame, processing a dynamic image of the adjusted image frame as a processed dynamic image frame, processing a static image of the adjusted image frame as a processed static image frame, or drawing a graphic frame according to the graphic rendering command. The multi-media processor scales the adjusted image frame, the processed dynamic image frame, the processed static image frame or the graphic frame. The display unit is controlled by the host processor to display the scaled adjusted image frame, the scaled processed dynamic image frame, the scaled processed static image frame or the scaled graphic frame. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085355 | Image Generating Apparatus, Image Processing Method, Information Recording Medium, and Program - A duplicate generating section ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100085356 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING MEDIA OBJECTS - System and method for integrating media objects for viewing on and manipulation via a computing device such as a personal computer. The system and method may be provided via an application program interface (API) which provides functions that allow an application program to create a scene and add media objects to the scene. The method includes preparing a translation vector and a rotation matrix for each of the media objects to define an orientation and a location of each of the media objects in the scene. The scene including the media objects is displayed. An interface is provided so that a user may manipulate the scene and the objects therein. The system and method may be implemented on a personal computer or other computing device. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085357 | Method and System for Rendering 3D Distance Fields - A method and system renders a 3D model of a 3D object as an image including image samples. The 3D model is a distance field, and the distance field includes surface cells representing portions of a surface of the 3D object. A set of image samples in the image is determined in an object-order phase for each surface cell. Each surface cell is then processed independent of other surface cells. The processing casts a ray, in an image order phase from each image sample in the set of image samples, through the surface cell to determine a contribution of the surface cell to the image sample, and then the image is rendered. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085358 | System and method for constructing a 3D scene model from an image - A system and method for constructing a 3D scene model comprising 3D objects and representing a scene, based upon a prior 3D scene model. The method comprises the steps of acquiring an image of the scene; initializing the computed 3D scene model to the prior 3D scene model; and modifying the computed 3D scene model to be consistent with the image. The step of modifying the computed 3D scene models consists of the sub-steps of comparing data of the image with objects of the 3D scene model, resulting in associated data and unassociated data; using the unassociated data to compute new objects that are not in the 3D scene model and adding the new objects to the 3D scene model; and using the associated data to detect objects in the prior 3D scene model that are absent and removing the absent objects from the 3D scene model. The present invention may also be used to construct multiple alternative 3D scene models. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085359 | SURFACE NORMAL RECONSTRUCTION FROM A SINGLE IMAGE - The construction of a surface normal map from a single image is disclosed herein. One disclosed embodiment comprises determining an initial surface map comprising initial surface normals, and then receiving an input requesting manual modification of a set of normals in the initial surface map. Lastly, the set of surface normals is modified as requested by the input, to form the surface normal map. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085360 | RENDERING IN SCATTERING MEDIA - Techniques are described for rendering a volume of scattering media, in particular by computing radiances of points or voxels in the scattering media. A set of sample points in the scattering media are found. Radiances of the sample points are computed. Radiance gradients of the sample points are computed from the radiances. The radiances and gradients are used to interpolate radiances throughout the scattering media. The set of sample points may be computed in an iterative dynamic manner in order to concentrate samples near features (e.g., shadow edges) of the scattering media. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING IMAGES IN CONSIDERATION OF REGION CHARACTERISTICS - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for enhancing images in consideration of region characteristics. An inverse gamma correction unit releases gamma correction and linearizes each of Red (R), Green (G), and Blue (B) colors. A threshold calculation unit calculates m-1 thresholds in order to divide the brightness of pixels into m regions, and labels each of the pixels as one of the m brightness regions. A block segmentation unit divides an input image into M×N blocks. A block statistics calculation unit determines one of the m brightness regions to which each of the blocks pertains, and labels the block as the corresponding brightness region. A block-based Look-Up Table (LUT) generation unit generates enhancement LUTs for the respective blocks. An image enhancement unit corrects the image using the LUTs for the respective blocks. A gamma correction unit performs gamma correction. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085362 | EQUALIZATION SIMULATOR WITH TRAINING SEQUENCE DETECTION FOR AN OSCILLOSCOPE - An equalization simulator with training sequence detection uses an oscilloscope to acquire digital samples of an analog waveform signal from a serial data link to produce a digitized waveform record. The equalization simulator has training sequence detection receiving the digitized waveform record and generates a training sequence, an equalization adapter receiving the digitized waveform record and the training sequence and generating equalizer taps, and an equalizer receiving the equalizer taps and the digitized waveform record and generating an equalized digitized waveform record. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085363 | Photo Realistic Talking Head Creation, Content Creation, and Distribution System and Method - A system and method for creating, distributing, and viewing photo-realistic talking head based multimedia content over a network, comprising a server and a variety of communication devices, including cell phones and other portable wireless devices, and a software suite, that enables users to communicate with each other through creation, use, and sharing of multimedia content, including photo-realistic talking head animations combined with text, audio, photo, and video content. Content is uploaded to at least one remote server, and accessed via a broad range of devices, such as cell phones, desktop computers, laptop computers, personal digital assistants, and cellular smartphones. Shows comprising the content may be viewed with a media player in various environments, such as internet social networking sites and chat rooms via a web browser application, or applications integrated into the operating systems of the digital devices, and distributed via the internet, cellular wireless networks, and other suitable networks. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085364 | Foot Roll Rigging - A system and method enables animators to efficiently pose character models' feet. An initial foot model position is received. The initial foot model position specifies a foot model contact point. One or more foot roll parameters are specified that change the relative angle between at least a portion of the foot model and an initial orientation of an alignment plane. Foot roll parameters specify the rotation of the foot model around foot model contact points. Foot roll parameters can include heel roll, ball roll, and toe roll, which specify the rotation of the foot model around contact points on the heel, ball, and toe, respectively, of a foot model. To maintain the position of the foot model contact point, the foot model position is adjusted based on the foot roll parameter. The repositioned foot model is realigned with alignment plane, which restores contact at the foot model contact point. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085365 | Dynamic Load Balancing in Multiple Video Processing Unit (VPU) Systems - Systems and methods are provided for processing data. The systems and methods include multiple processors that each couple to receive commands and data, where the commands and/or data correspond to frames of video that include multiple pixels. An interlink module is coupled to receive processed data corresponding to the frames from each of the processors. The interlink module divides a first frame into multiple frame portions by dividing pixels of the first frame using at least one balance point. The interlink module dynamically determines a position for the balance point that minimizes differences between the workload of the processors during processing of commands and/or data of one or more subsequent frames. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085366 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING VIDEO - Multiple Video Graphic Adapters (VGAs) are used to render video data to a common port. In one embodiment, each VGA will render an entire frame of video and provide it to the output port through a switch. The next adjacent frame will be calculated by a separate VGA and provided to an output port through the switch. A voltage adjustment is made to a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) of at least one of the VGAs in order to correlate the video-out voltages being provided by the VGAs. This correlation assures that the color being viewed on the screen is uniform regardless of which VGA is providing the signal. A dummy switch receives the video-output from each of the VGAs. When a VGA is not providing information to the output port, the dummy switch can be selected to provide the video-output of the selected VGA a resistance path which matches the resistance at the video port. This allows the video graphics controller to maintain a constant thermal state. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085367 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING WINDOW SYSTEM - A graphics processing method and apparatus which implement a window system are provided. The graphics processing method includes converting graphics processing of a window system into a vector-based application program interface (API) format usable in the GPU; and performing the converted graphics processing in the GPU. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085368 | TIMING CONTROLLER CAPABLE OF REMOVING SURGE SIGNAL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A timing controller includes a first stage removing a first surge signal generated during a first logic level period of a data enable signal, and a second stage receiving the data enable signal generated by the first stage and removing a second surge signal generated during a second logic level period of the received data enable signal. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085369 | IMAGE PRODUCTION IN IMAGING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING A MULTIFOCAL COLLIMATOR - In an imaging system employing a multifocal collimator, displaying an image. Framing an event stream into a first buffer. Mapping each first buffer bin to a bin of each of a normalization buffer and a count buffer. Normalization buffer and count buffer are the same dimension. First buffer bins correspond to normalization buffer bins and the count buffer bins such that geometric distortion from the multifocal collimator is substantially reduced. The value of each normalization buffer bin corresponds to the quantity of corresponding first buffer bins corresponding to that normalization buffer bin, and a value of each count buffer bin corresponds to total counts of the one or more of the first buffer bins corresponding to the each count buffer bin. Determining an updated image as the ratio of the values of count buffer bins to the normalization buffer bins. Displaying an image as a function of the updated image. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085370 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE TO DISPLAY IMAGE DATA - In the display of an image including a fixed background image and a variation image of the background image, at least one of the amount of data to be held and the amount of work to be processed is reduced. A display control device acquires pixel description data including a combination of position information for specifying a position on a pixel array and address information for specifying an address in an image storage unit of image data which is displayed at the position specified by the position information. Furthermore, the display control device reads out the image data from the address of the image storage unit specified by the address information and specifies the position on the pixel array specified by the image description data to the display to input the read out image data. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085371 | OPTIMAL 2D TEXTURING FROM MULTIPLE IMAGES - One or more images of an object are obtained. These are then warped onto the object. The object may be divided into sites where sites are overlapping circular regions of the object. For each site, a neighborhood graph may be created where each site is a node in the graph and each pair of sites with overlapping regions is connected by an edge. A list of covers of each site may be created where the list contains all the possible labels for that node. Each image that covers part of the site may be reviewed including all possible shifts up to some number of pixels. A cost may be assigned to each cover and costs for each of the covers may be calculated. The cover with the lowest cost may be selected. If the costs are too high, the resolution may be lowered, one or more possible covers may be selected and then the analysis may be performed using the selected covers at a higher resolution. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085372 | Colorization method and apparatus - A method for colorization of images is presented. The method comprises the following steps: Displaying an image ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100085373 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM AND DISPLAY - This invention is to provide an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and a display in which both of a secret image and a public image can be efficiently displayed with high picture quality without reducing contrast of the public image. One of output images is a secret image which displays an input secret image as one of input images in a partial area of a screen, all the output images including the secret image have a relationship to become, when a luminance value of each pixel thereof is totaled, an input public image as one of the input images; and during a period in which at least the secret image is being outputted, shutter glasses disposed between a display to which the image signals are inputted and user's eyes are set to a light transmission state. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085374 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An LCD device with an improved contrast ratio and a reduced electric power consumption and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The LCD device and the driving method thereof generate a data modulation control signal using single frame image data to be displayed on a liquid crystal panel, and then generating a plurality of modulated local dimming control signals for a plurality of divisional regions of the divided single frame image data. A modulated data, in which the single frame image data is compensated with the data modulation control signal is generated and applied to the liquid crystal panel. A plurality of driver signals each corresponding to the modulated local dimming control signals are applied to the blocks of a backlight unit. The divisional regions are opposite to the blocks, respectively. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085375 | Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel; a backlight unit; a panel drive circuit; a timing controller; an internal memory; a self-screen drive controller; a scaler unit; a selection unit; an internal power circuit; an external power circuit; and a microprocessor that blocks an output of the external power circuit from being supplied to the scaler unit in a self-screen drive. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085376 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN ELECTRONIC RENDERING OF A MARKING OPERATION BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC RECORD OF MARKING INFORMATION - Methods and apparatus for providing on a display device an electronic rendering of a marking operation to mark on ground, pavement, or other surface a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility. One or more electronic locate marks are displayed in a display field of the display device, based at least in part on one or more actuation data sets representing at least one physical locate mark created by an actuation of a marking device used for the marking operation. Exemplary actuation data sets comprise at least two pieces of geographic information for a corresponding physical locate mark. Electronic locate marks may be rendered statically or dynamically in the display field (e.g., as feedback during the marking operation, and/or in a timed sequence so as to recreate the marking operation), and may be overlaid on a digital image of work site/dig area in which the marking operation is performed. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085377 | CONSTRAINED LANGUAGE-BASED COLOR SELECTION ALGORITHM - A method to specify a color selection that allows users to construct verbal color descriptions of desired colors for color modification or correction using various components. These components include a user interface component for creating and combining color selection descriptions using menus or other suitable display techniques, a mapping or classifier component to map menu-items to representative color-samples, a component that translates representative color-samples to a mathematical selection transform and a component that maps a set of test colors through the mathematical selection transform to implement the color selector. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085378 | Display Controller, Electronic Apparatus and Method for Creating a Translucency Effect Using Color Model Transform - A display controller is configured for creating a translucency effect for a target image area of a source image containing image data expressed in a first color model. The display controller has a first color model converter adapted for color model transformation of the image data from the first color model to a second color model based upon a first predefined set of transformation coefficients, as well as a second color model converter adapted for color model transformation of the image data from the first color model to the second color model based upon a second predefined set of transformation coefficients. The display controller is controllable to produce a destination image by selecting transformed image data from the second color model converter for the target image area and by selecting transformed image data from the first color model converter for other image area(s) of the source image than the target image area. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085379 | EFFECT DEVICE, AV PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - Provided herein is an AV processing apparatus applied with an effect apparatus of the invention stores a plurality of video control programs for implementing a plurality types of video effects corresponding to a plurality types of audio effects to provide the same impression as each audio effect can give. The AV processing apparatus implements a video control program corresponding to a selected audio effect from the plurality types of video effects, thereby a video effect which can provide the same impression as the audio effect can give is achieved. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085380 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - To provide an image display device for displaying, when displaying a plurality of display targets while scrolling, the respective display targets in a manner that takes into consideration the sizes and scroll directions of the respective display targets. An image display device places a plurality of display targets on a virtual plane, instructs the size of a display area defined on a part of the virtual plane, displays an image showing a picture inside the display area, and moves at least either one of the display targets and display area along a predetermined direction set on the virtual plane, relative to the virtual plane, in which the respective display targets are placed so as to be included in an area which is a band area extending in the predetermined direction on the virtual plane, having a width corresponding to the instructed size of the display area, and partially overlapping the display area. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085381 | COORDINATE SYSTEM RECOVERY TOOL AND METHOD - A method of recovering coordinate system information for a geographic data file for which coordinate system information is unavailable. The method includes obtaining a raster image corresponding to the geographic data file, and correlating the raster image to the earth's surface. A list of probable coordinate systems for the raster image is generated, and a statistical analysis is performed for each likely coordinate system candidate. The suggested coordinate systems are then ranked using statistical analysis. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085382 | MULTI-PANEL ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage media for displaying an image at an electronic device are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method includes displaying an image at an electronic device that includes a first display surface and a second display surface separated from the first display surface by a gap. A first portion of the image is displayed at the first display surface, a second portion of the image is displayed at the second display surface, and a third portion of the image between the first portion and the second is not displayed. A movement of the electronic device is detected, and in response to detecting the movement, the third portion of the image is displayed at the second display surface. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085383 | RENDERING ANNOTATIONS FOR IMAGES - Techniques are described for rendering annotations associated with an image. A view of an image maybe shown on a display, and different portions of the image are displayed and undisplayed in the view according to panning and/or zooming of the image within the view. The image may have annotations. An annotation may have a location in the image and may have associated renderable media. The location of the annotation relative to the view may change according to the panning and/or zooming. A strength of the annotation may be computed, the strength changing based the panning and/or zooming of the image. The media may be rendered according to the strength. Whether to render the media may be determined by comparing the strength to a threshold. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085384 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND USER INTERFACE OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of controlling a mobile terminal and which includes displaying contents on a display screen of the terminal, receiving a signal indicating a portion of the display screen on the mobile terminal has been designated, and executing, via a control unit, a preset function corresponding to an output mode of information contained in the designated portion of the display screen. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085385 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image processing apparatus can detect a predetermined target object from image data. The image processing apparatus includes an image zooming unit configured to generate a plurality of pieces of zoomed image data that are mutually different in magnification from the image data input by an image inputting unit, a detection unit configured to extract a partial area from the plurality of pieces of zoomed image data generated by the image zooming unit, and detect the predetermined target object by performing collation to determine whether the extracted partial area coincides with a detection pattern stored in a detected pattern storage unit, and a detected information storage unit configured to store detection information including magnification information of the zoomed image data from which the predetermined target object is detected by the detection unit. In a case where the detection information is stored in the detected information storage unit, the image zooming unit determines a magnification of the zoomed image data based on the detection information and generates at least one piece of zoomed image data whose total number is smaller compared to a case where the detection information is not stored. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085386 | DRIVING CRICUIT AND GRAY INSERTION METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A driving circuit and a gray insertion method of a liquid crystal display (LCD) are provided. The gray insertion method includes analyzing whether a current frame belongs to a dynamic frame or a static frame. When the current frame belongs to a dynamic frame, charging time of a gray insertion image is extended. When the current frame belongs to a static frame, the charging time of a gray insertion image is shortened. As a result, motion blur on the LCD can be reduced and image quality can be increased. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085387 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TIMING CONTROLLER FOR CALIBRATING GRAYSCALE DATA AND METHOD FOR DRIVING PANEL THEREOF - A display apparatus for calibrating a grayscale data including a timing controller, and a method for driving a panel are provided. A display apparatus includes a timing controller which calibrates the grayscale data of the current frame using the grayscale data of the previous and the current frame and a driving unit which drives a panel using the calibrated grayscale data of the current frame. By generating calibrated grayscale data which are variable according to the change of grayscale, response times of liquid crystal may be improved. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085388 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICE - An active matrix display device, wherein each pixel includes a plurality of selectable divided pixels, wherein each divided pixel has a 1-bit static data storage element and emits light based on supplied data; and the plurality of divided pixels each produces a weighted amount of light so that the selected divided pixels will cause a predetermined amount of light to be produced. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085389 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display section including a plurality of display pixels which are arrayed in a matrix, a driving device configured to drive the plurality of display pixels, a timing controller which controls the driving device, and a first numerical value setting device which is connected to the timing controller, and configured to store set values of a gray-level pattern which is displayed on a pixel group which is composed of the plurality of display pixels, and the timing controller including a generating device configured to generate a gray-level signal which is supplied to the driving device, based on the set values of the gray-level pattern which are obtained from the first numerical value setting device. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085390 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A device that carries a panel comprising a back panel with wirings and electron emitting devices provided in intersection portions of the wirings and a face plate with formed therein cells comprising a fluorescent material that emits light, and in which gradation control is performed by varying an application time of a drive voltage that is applied to the electron emitting devices, wherein a line selection time is longer than 1 μs and the fluorescent material comprises a substance represented by a general formula Me | 2010-04-08 |
20100085391 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LED OPERATION IN PORTABLE APPARATUS - An LED driving apparatus and a method thereof in a portable terminal controls an input time difference between a signal controlling LED driving and a signal controlling LED brightness input to an LED driver. The input time differences are controlled in order to prevent an abnormal LED operation generated due to the input time difference between the signal controlling the LED driving and the signal controlling the LED brightness in a portable terminal. The LED driving apparatus includes a controller. When detecting the signal controlling the LED brightness prior to the signal controlling the LED driving, the controller controls an input time of the signal controlling the LED driving provided to the LED driver. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085392 | TIMING CONTROL CIRCUIT - A reception interface circuit receives a luminance signal for each of multiple colors and a clock signal as input signals. A timing control unit receives the luminance signals received by the reception interface circuit, and controls the timing and format thereof such that they match drivers. A transmission interface circuit transmits the signals generated by the timing controller IC to the drivers. The timing controller IC is included within a rectangular package as a built-in component. The reception interface circuit is arranged on a first short side of the package. The transmission interface circuit is arranged on a second short side of the package. The image data is input via input terminals arranged on the first short side. The output signals of the transmission interface circuit are output via output terminals arranged on the second short side. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085393 | Time Stamp - A time stamp is a device that prints time information on a time card inserted into a time card slot. The time card slot is formed to be inclined downwardly in the depthwise direction of the time stamp at an angle of 8 to 10 degrees or so with the mount surface of the time stamp being a reference. The time stamp has a mount portion to be attached to a wall surface. The time card slot extends in a direction orthogonal to the rear surface of the time stamp. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085394 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND PRINTING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid supply device includes a pressure unit configured to generate a pressure to supply liquid to a printing unit, the printing unit configured to discharge the liquid and perform printing on a printing medium; a pressure detecting unit configured to detect the pressure generated by the pressure unit; and a control unit configured to drive the pressure unit with a power corresponding to a liquid consuming speed of the printing unit if the pressure detecting unit detects a lower pressure than a predetermined pressure while the printing unit discharges the liquid. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085395 | Inkjet image-forming apparatus and method for printing - An image forming apparatus including: a print-job controller configured to receive a print job and control a printing operation based on the received print job; an ink-ejection driver configured to output a driving signal on the basis of the print job; an ink ejector configured to eject ink onto a paper sheet on the basis of the driving signal outputted by the ink-ejection driver; and an ink-temperature measuring unit configured to measure an ink temperature. When the ink temperature measured by the ink-temperature measuring unit is equal to or higher than a first reference temperature, the ink-ejection driver outputs a driving signal of a first voltage. When the ink temperature measured by the ink-temperature measuring unit is lower than the first reference temperature and is equal to or higher than a second reference temperature that is lower than the first reference temperature, the print-job controller performs the printing operation as long as predetermined conditions are satisfied for suppressing lowering of print quality possibly caused by ink ejection based on a driving signal of a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage and the ink-ejection driver outputs the driving signal of the second voltage while the printing operation is being performed. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085396 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - Inkjet apparatus includes: a tank; a first flow channel; a first liquid chamber; a second flow channel; a second liquid chamber; a first liquid movement; a second liquid movement device; a first pressure determination device; a second pressure determination device; a pressure control device which controls pressures in the first and second liquid chambers by respectively controlling the first and second liquid movement devices, in accordance with determination results of the first and second pressure determination devices, in such a manner that the internal pressures of the first and second liquid chambers respectively remain at the target pressures; a circulation path through which the liquid inside the first liquid chamber is circulated without passing through the inkjet head; and a deaeration device which is provided at an intermediate point of the circulation path and which removes dissolved gas. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085397 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a transporting unit that transports a printing medium in a transport direction. A print head group has print heads disposed at an interval in the transport direction. Each of the print heads has ink ejecting nozzles in a range substantially perpendicular to the transport direction, including a margin area outside an image forming area in the printing medium. Image detection units correspond to the print heads except for at least the uppermost upstream side print head in the transport direction. A printing control unit controls the print heads so that the print heads eject ink on the printing medium. The uppermost upstream side print head prints a reference timing pattern on the margin area. A print head corresponding to the detection unit prints a checking timing pattern when the reference timing pattern is detected, thereby controlling the ink ejection timing of the printing apparatus. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085398 | INK SURFACE DETECTING SYSTEMS AND INK CARTRIDGE - An ink surface detecting system has an ink cartridge and a first optical detector, and a second optical detector positioned above the first optical detector. The ink cartridge has an ink chamber and a pivoting member having a detected portion and a floating portion. A first distance between the center of pivotal movement of the pivoting member and a first end of the pivoting member is different from a second distance between the center of pivotal movement and a second end of the pivoting member. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085399 | TRAY INSERT FOR AN INK TRAY OF A PRODUCTION PRINTING SYSTEM - Tray inserts are disclosed for production printing systems. The tray inserts rest in ink trays and hold ink absorbing elements. The tray inserts and ink absorbing elements collect ink when printheads print outside of the margin of a printable medium, or otherwise discharge ink that does not contact the medium, such as during a cleaning cycle. When the ink absorbing elements become saturated and excess ink collects in the tray inserts, the tray inserts may be lifted vertically out of the ink trays and the ink absorbing elements may be removed from the tray inserts. The excess ink may then be dumped or otherwise cleaned from the tray inserts. In one embodiment, the tray inserts include drains which are used to empty the excess ink. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085400 | INK TRAY OF A PRODUCTION PRINTING SYSTEM HAVING AN OPEN BOTTOM SECTION - Production printing systems are disclosed. The production printing system comprises a printhead array operable to discharge ink to print on a printable medium, and an ink tray that is affixed in the printing system facing the printhead array. The ink tray has a bottom section that is open. The production printing system further comprises a tray insert adapted to rest in the ink tray and to be lifted from the ink tray, and an ink absorbing element adapted to rest in the tray insert and operable to absorb ink that is discharged from the printhead array when the ink does not contact the printable medium. With the tray insert removed from the ink tray, the printhead array is visible through the bottom of the ink tray so that the printheads may be inspected or cleaned. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085401 | ADJUSTABLE PRINT HEAD - An adjustable print head assembly for an ink jet printer includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes an outer wall and an inner passage. The second member includes an outer wall and an inner passage, the outer wall including an angled surface complementary to the angled surface of the first member. A print head is connected to the second member. At least one ink line runs from the umbilical to the print head, and is disposed through the inner passages of the first and second members. The print head assembly is adjustable from a first configuration to a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration, the print head axis is oriented generally parallel to the umbilical axis, and in the second configuration, the print head axis is oriented at a predetermined angle with respect to the umbilical axis. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085402 | Printhead Integrated Circuit With A Solenoid Piston - The invention provides for a printhead integrated circuit for an inkjet printer. The printhead integrated circuit includes a wafer substrate defining a nozzle outlet port. The printhead integrated circuit also includes an electromagnetic piston inside the chamber, the piston mounted to the wafer substrate via torsion springs, said piston operatively forced towards the outlet port when activated. Also included is a solenoid coil positioned on the wafer substrate about the piston to activate the piston when a current is passed through the coil. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085403 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND ACTUATOR DEVICE - A liquid ejecting head including a pressure-generating chamber which communicates with a nozzle opening, and a piezoelectric element including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer formed above the first electrode and having a perovskite structure represented by the general formula ABO | 2010-04-08 |
20100085404 | Detachable structure for ink cartridge, and control method for attaching/detaching ink cartridge - A detachable structure for an ink cartridge in a printer includes a storing unit, an acquisition unit, a determining unit, and an ink supply control unit. The storing unit is provided on the ink cartridge and stores information on the ink cartridge. The acquisition unit is provided on the printer and acquires the information stored in the storing unit when the ink cartridge is attached onto the printer. The determining unit certifies validity of the information acquired by the acquisition unit. The ink supply control unit allows ink supply from the ink cartridge when the validity of the information is certified by the determining unit. According to the structure, versatility of ink cartridges can be ensured and productivity cost for ink cartridges can be restricted. In addition, prevented can be undesirable ink mixture due to an erroneous installation of the ink cartridge by a user. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085405 | DEGASSING INK IN DIGITAL PRINTERS - A method of degassing ink in a printer having an ink storage tank containing a body of ink having an ink surface is described. The method comprises causing the body of ink to move in the storage tank, so as to increase the surface area of the ink surface in comparison with a flat ink surface that an equivalent stationary body of ink would have in the storage tank, and extracting gas from the ink body. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085406 | Printing Method for Printing Press and Printing Press - An object is to provide a printing method for a printing press and a printing press that are capable of providing advantages in terms of service life, heat generation, and power consumption while overcoming various problems caused by ultraviolet irradiation. The method includes: printing an image on a sheet of paper fed using an ultraviolet curable paint; and irradiating the ultraviolet curable paint on the printed sheet fed by irradiating the ultraviolet curable paint with ultraviolet light from a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed at predetermined intervals across the transverse direction of the sheet, thereby curing the ultraviolet curable paint, wherein all the light emitting diodes are turned on while shielding a predetermined area in the transverse direction of the sheet from ultraviolet light. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085407 | Transferred Medium - A transferred medium is provided. In one exemplary embodiment a transferred medium includes a projection part projected in a transferring direction. The projection part can be integrally formed at a front end of the transferred medium. The transferred medium can have a plate shape that can be nipped between a feed driving roller that is rotationally driven and a feed driven roller that is rotationally driven in contact with the feed driving roller. The transferred medium can also be configured to be transferred in the transferring direction with the rotation of the feed driving roller. Further, the transferred medium can include a plurality of the projection parts at its front end in a direction perpendicular to the transferring direction of the transferred medium with a predetermined pitch. Other embodiments of a transferred medium are also disclosed. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085408 | Printing method for thermal printer, computer program, and thermal printer apparatus - To reduce sticking without increasing a print time period in a thermal printer, a printing method comprises: an energizing start delay time calculating procedure of calculating delay time from end of paper feed of the thermal paper until start of energizing of the thermal head based on interval time of paper feed of the thermal paper that is performed in a step manner and energization time for energizing the thermal head correspondingly to data to be printed; a measuring procedure of measuring elapsed time after the end of the paper feed of the thermal paper; an energizing procedure of energizing the thermal head after the delay time calculated in the energizing start delay time calculating procedure has passed based on a result of the measurement obtained in the measuring procedure; and a paper feed procedure of moving the thermal paper in a step manner after end of the energization of the thermal head in the power supplying procedure. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085409 | Thermal printer apparatus and printing method - To provide a thermal printer apparatus and a printing method that can be adapted to different types of thermal paper having different thermal conductivity characteristics, a dot data memory | 2010-04-08 |
20100085410 | Printer with adhesive capabilities - A printer with adhesive capabilities is presented. A printer includes one or more printing elements to image one or two sides of print media. The printer also includes an adhesive element to apply or activate adhesive material on at least one of the two sides of the print media. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085411 | SYSTEMS FOR THERMAL PATTERNING - Systems for thermal patterning are presented. The system includes a thermal print head module. The thermal print head module includes at least one point heater. An elastic adjustable device is used for adjusting the flatness of the thermal print head module. A rotation adjustable device is used for controlling the thermal print head module to rotate with a predetermined angle. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085412 | THERMAL PRINT HEAD - A thermal printhead (A) includes an insulating substrate ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100085413 | Laser Packet Marking Unit - A laser marking unit for marking packets, having: a marking conveyor for feeding the packets successively along a marking path; and a marking station located along the marking conveyor, and having a laser marking device for marking a code on the outer surface of each packet conveyed on the marking conveyor. The laser marking device has a laser beam generator which emits a laser beam by means of an emitter; and a deflection box which deflects the laser beam onto the packet at the marking station by directing the laser beam along a focusing path that starts at the emitter and terminates on the outer surface of the packet. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085414 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING EMOTION EXPRESSION SERVICE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for providing an emotion expression service in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The method includes identifying, by the mobile communication terminal performing a video call with a calling terminal, information of emotion expression in images received from the calling terminal, and generating, by the mobile communication terminal, an event corresponding to the identified information of emotion expression. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085415 | DISPLAYING DYNAMIC CALLER IDENTITY DURING POINT-TO-POINT AND MULTIPOINT AUDIO/VIDEOCONFERENCE - A method for efficiently determining and displaying pertinent information determined from multiple input and calculated parameters associated with a videoconference call. The method for efficiently determining and displaying this personal information is performed using input from the user at an endpoint and calculated information throughout the videoconference to present personal information, about the currently speaking person, to all participants. Videoconferencing systems are typically used by multiple people at multiple locations. The method of this disclosure allows for more user interaction and knowledge transfer amongst the participants. By sharing information between the different locations participants are more aware of who is speaking at any given time and the importance to be applied to what that particular person is saying. | 2010-04-08 |
20100085416 | Multi-Device Capture and Spatial Browsing of Conferences - Multi-device capture and spatial browsing of conferences is described. In one implementation, a system detects cameras and microphones, such as the webcams on participants' notebook computers, in a conference room, group meeting, or table game, and enlists an ad-hoc array of available devices to capture each participant and the spatial relationships between participants. A video stream composited from the array is browsable by a user to navigate a 3-dimensional representation of the meeting. Each participant may be represented by a video pane, a foreground object, or a 3-D geometric model of the participant's face or body displayed in spatial relation to the other participants in a 3-dimensional arrangement analogous to the spatial arrangement of the meeting. The system may automatically re-orient the 3-dimensional representation as needed to best show the currently interesting event such as current speaker or may extend navigation controls to a user for manually viewing selected participants or nuanced interactions between participants. | 2010-04-08 |