17th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140111483 | MONITORING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TWO OR MORE OBJECTS WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for monitoring interactions by an input object with an interactive interface projected onto an interface object. That is, an input object (e.g., a finger) and an interface object (e.g., a wall, a hand, a notepad, etc.) may be identified and tracked in real-time using depth data (e.g., depth data extracted from images captured by a depth camera). An interactive interface (e.g., a calculator, an email program, a keyboard, etc.) may be projected onto the interface object, such that the input object may be used to interact with the interactive interface. For example, the input object may be tracked to determine whether the input object is touching or hovering above the interface object and/or a projected portion of the interactive interface. If the input object is in a touch state, then a corresponding event associated with the interactive interface may be invoked. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111484 | Input Testing Tool - Various embodiments provide an input test tool that promotes precision testing, flexibility and repeatability over a wide variety of functionality tests that are utilized in both touch and near-touch input scenarios. The input test tool enables a variety of degrees of motion, including both linear and rotational motion, so that a device under test can be tested utilizing a number of different linear and/or rotational input scenarios. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111485 | Input Testing Tool - Various embodiments provide an input test tool that promotes precision testing, flexibility and repeatability over a wide variety of functionality tests that are utilized in both touch and near-touch input scenarios. The input test tool enables a variety of degrees of motion, including both linear and rotational motion, so that a device under test can be tested utilizing a number of different linear and/or rotational input scenarios. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111486 | Precise Object Selection in Touch Sensing Systems - A method for operating a user interface on a system in which objects are displayed on a touch sensitive display screen. A touch coordinate is received from the touch sensitive display screen indicative of a touch location on the display screen. A search area surrounding the touch coordinate is searched for an object. The search area has an initial minimum size. If an object is found within the initial minimum search area it is identified. If no object is found, then the size of the search area is incrementally increased and searched until a final maximum size is reached. If no object is found, then the search is terminated. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111487 | Processing Method for Touch Operation and Terminal - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a processing method for a touch operation and a terminal. The method in the embodiments of the present invention includes: receiving a touch operation of a user, and determining coordinates of a touch point; calculating, when the coordinates of the touch point do not locate in the touch region of touch objects, a distance between the touch point and a touch region of each of the touch objects according to the coordinates of the touch point; and selecting the touch object corresponding to the minimum value among the distances as a touch operation object. By implementing the solutions of the present invention, ineffective touch operations may be prevented, a touch success rate may be increased, and accordingly touch operation experience of the user is improved. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111488 | STYLUS PEN AND INFORMATION DEVICE - One embodiment provides a stylus pen configured to be used as an input pen in a tablet input device. The stylus pen includes a pen tip including a high friction material, and a portion of the pen tip includes an approximately spherical shape. The stylus pen further includes a touch point and a touch point clarifying structure. The touch point clarifying structure is configured to enhance a visibility of the touch point of the stylus pen to a touching object. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111489 | Customer Authoring Tools for Creating User-Generated Content for Smart Pen Applications - In a pen-based computing system, a user-specific smart pen application is created from a template application using customer authoring tools. The template application contains computer program code that is to be executed by a processor of a smart pen. Application content and a representation for printed content are received. The application content, provided by user or customer, defines functional interactions between the printed content representation and a smart pen. The template application is combined with application content to generate a user-specific application comprising instructions for being executed on a processor of a smart pen. The user-specific application is stored on a storage medium. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111490 | SCAN DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A scan driver and a display device including the scan driver are provided. The scan driver is configured to drive a plurality of pixels with a plurality of gate signals and includes a plurality of stages, each of the stages including one or more regions, each of the regions including: a plurality of sub-drivers configured to generate ones of the gate signals and to transmit the ones of the gate signals to ones of the pixels; and a driver commonly coupled to the sub-drivers and configured to concurrently supply a common signal to each of the sub-drivers, the driver of one of the one or more regions being configured to receive the common signal of one of the one or more regions of a previous one of the stages during forward direction driving or of a next one of the stages during reverse direction driving. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111491 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method for Driving the Same - A liquid crystal display device includes a first switching element for supplying a data voltage to a pixel electrode during a first period, a second switching element for supplying a common voltage to an auxiliary electrode during the first period, a third switching element for supplying the data voltage to the auxiliary electrode during a second period subsequent to the first period, a common electrode to which the common voltage is supplied, a liquid crystal capacitor coupled between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and a storage capacitor coupled between the pixel electrode and the auxiliary electrode. The voltage at the auxiliary electrode changes from the common voltage during the first period to the data voltage during the second period, and a voltage at the pixel electrode changes from the data voltage during the first period to an amplified data voltage during the second period. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111492 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MICRO-PROJECTOR AND PROJECTING METHOD - A method of adjusting projector output according to environment, by an electronic device with micro-projector, is provided. The method includes capturing environmental information by a camera; adjusting the brightness of projector light source according to environmental information; and adjusting colors of contents for projection onto a particular screen. The electronic device is also provided. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111493 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPTICAL INFORMATION DETECTION METHOD - With this display apparatus, it is possible to switch between a mode wherein a movable shield plate closes a hole formed in a reflecting plate that reflects light from backlights which provide light from behind a liquid crystal panel that displays an image, and a mode wherein the hole is open. A color sensor arranged behind the reflecting plate detects information pertaining to the light from the backlights that has passed through the hole formed in the reflecting plate. Thus, it is possible to detect information pertaining to the light from the backlights from behind the reflecting plate with high precision, and to improve the appearance viewed from the display-surface side of the apparatus. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111494 | Self-detection Charge Sharing Module - A self-detection charge sharing module for a liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The self-detection charge sharing module includes at least one detecting unit, for detecting a plurality of input voltages of a plurality of operational amplifiers driving a plurality of data line sand a plurality of output voltage of the plurality of data line, to generate at least one detecting result, and at least one charge sharing unit, for conducting connection between at least one first data line and at least one second data line among the plurality of data line when the at least one detecting result indicates at least one corresponding first input voltage and at least one corresponding second input voltage among the plurality of input voltage have opposite voltage variation direction and vary toward each other. The at least one first input voltage and the at least one second input voltage maintain respective polarities. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111495 | SCANNING SIGNAL LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND DRIVING METHOD FOR SCANNING SIGNAL LINE - The purpose of this invention is to increase reliability of a switching element while reducing consumption power. In the vertical blanking period, an end pulse signal (ED) changes from the low level to the high level. The potential of first nodes (N | 2014-04-24 |
20140111496 | Displays with Circuitry for Compensating Parasitic Coupling Effects - An electronic device may have a display such as a liquid crystal display. The display may have a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor (TFT) layer. An active portion of the display may contain an array of display pixels that are controlled by control signals that are provided over intersecting gate lines and data lines. In an inactive portion of the display, display driver circuitry may be used to provide data signals for the data lines. Each display pixel may be coupled to a corresponding gate line, data line, and may share a common electrode. Changes in the data signals may be coupled onto the common electrode to cause voltage rippling. Compensation circuitry may be coupled to the common electrode via an AC or a DC coupling connection to help reduce the voltage rippling. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111497 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A backlight unit includes a power supply converter including a primary winding connected to an input power supply voltage, and a secondary winding which is connected to an output node and outputs a light emitting diode drive voltage to the output node in response to a mode signal and a switching control signal; and a light emitting diode string connected to the output node of the power supply converter, where the power supply converter serially connects a boosting winding to the secondary winding and the output node and when the mode signal represents a three dimensional image display mode, and outputs a boosted light emitting diode drive voltage to the output node through the boosting winding. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111498 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING POWER CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - There is provided a display device including: a display panel including a display area consisting of a plurality of pixel areas, and a non-display area surrounding the display area; a plurality of power lines formed on the display area to supply a first voltage to the plurality of pixel areas; a first power link line connected to the plurality of first power lines, and formed on the non-display area; and a plurality of drivers connected to the display panel, and including a plurality of output pads and a plurality of first power pads, the plurality of (first) power pads disposed between the plurality of output pads and respectively connected to the plurality of first power link lines. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111499 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYDEVICE - Discussed are an apparatus and method for driving a liquid crystal display device, whereby the apparatus includes a data driver for driving data lines of a liquid crystal panel, setting detectable temperatures for different temperature detection time points, detecting an ambient temperature at each temperature detection time point, and outputting a gate drive voltage variation signal and a common voltage variation signal in accordance with the set and detected temperatures at each temperature detection time point, and a power supplier for varying levels of a gate drive voltage and a common voltage in accordance with the gate drive voltage variation signal and the common voltage variation signal, and supplying the gate drive voltage and common voltage to a gate driver and the liquid crystal panel, respectively. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111500 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A display device is used for displaying a video image signal inputted from a signal source which is connected to the display device and is provided outside the display device. The display device includes: a presence sensor which detects whether a person exists within a target range where the display device performs detection; a control unit which changes an operation mode according to a detection result of the presence sensor, and controls a supply amount of electric power supplied to components of the display device according to the changed operation mode; and a communication interface unit which transmits to the signal source, information of the detection result of the presence sensor in a state in which the amount of power supply is controlled by the control unit. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111501 | POWER-OFF DISCHARGE CIRCUIT, AND SOURCE DRIVER CIRCUIT HAVING THE SAME - A power-off discharge circuit comprises a power voltage detection unit that detects whether a first power voltage for driving a source driver circuit is blocked and generates a discharge control signal, and a discharge unit that discharges a load circuit in a display panel based on the discharge control signal. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111502 | SCAN DRIVING CIRCUIT OF LCD PANEL, LCD DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD - The present disclosure discloses a scan driving circuit of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, an LCD device and a driving method. The scan driving circuit of the LCD panel includes a time delay component. An input end of the time delay component is coupled to an output enable. An output end of the time delay component is coupled to a dock voltage pulse. A delay time of the time delay component is less than an action time of a single output enable cycle. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111503 | LIGHT EMISSION DRIVER FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A light emission driver for a display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the driver includes a first node to which first and second light emitting power source voltages are applied according to respective clock signals. The driver also includes a second node to which the first and third light emitting power source voltages are applied according to the respective clock signals. The driver further includes first and second transistors respectively turned on by the first and second nodes and respectively transmitting the second and first light emitting power source voltages to a light emitting signal output terminal, respectively. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111504 | FLAT DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Disclosed are a flat panel display and a method for fabricating the same to connect defective sub-pixels to normal sub-pixels adjacent thereto, drive defective sub-pixels using thin film transistors of the normal sub-pixels and thereby repair the defective sub-pixels. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111505 | CALIBRATION METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, CALIBRATION DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY MODULE - A method for calibrating an image processing device performs first processing to first image data, using a three-dimensional lookup table, and performing second processing to image data that has been processed by the first processing, using a one-dimensional lookup table on the output side of the three-dimensional lookup table. The method includes first setting step for setting first calibration information for each color component to have a target color temperature at the one-dimensional lookup table, second setting step for setting second calibration information for mapping the first image data to a target color space at the three-dimensional lookup table, and correction step for correcting the first calibration information based on an error from a target characteristic using image data that has been processed by the second processing. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111506 | Pixel Circuit, Method For Driving The Same, Display Device And Display Method - A pixel circuit comprising a plurality of pixel units, wherein each pixel unit comprises a data line ( | 2014-04-24 |
20140111507 | 3-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE USING DEPTH IMAGE AND COLOR IMAGE AND THE METHOD | 2014-04-24 |
20140111508 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The invention relates to an image display apparatus for displaying an image like a three-dimensional medical image of an object. A template providing unit ( | 2014-04-24 |
20140111509 | Viewing Three Dimensional Digital Slides - Systems and methods for providing a view of a digital slide image. In an embodiment, a digital slide image file is accessed. The digital slide image file may comprise a plurality of first image planes representing an image of at least a portion of a slide specimen at varying focal depths. Then, a three-dimensional object is constructed from the digital slide image file. The three-dimensional image object comprises a plurality of second image planes that are derived from one or more of the first image planes and may comprise at least one image plane that has been interpolated from one or more of the first image planes. In addition, a two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional view of the three-dimensional object may be generated. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111510 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZED POLYGON REDUCTION OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS - The present invention relates to a computer implemented method for optimizing polygon reductions of a three-dimensional graphics object. The present invention also relates to a corresponding image processing apparatus and a computer program product. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE HYPOTHESES TESTING FOR SURFACE ORIENTATION DURING 3D POINT CLOUD EXTRACTION FROM 2D IMAGERY - The system and methods described herein operate on a plurality of images that include multiple views of the same scene, typically from slightly different viewing angles and/or lighting conditions. One of the images is selected as a reference image. For each image ray in a non-reference image, the system and methods resample a local region from the non-reference image's space to the reference image's space. The resampling is performed multiple times, each time with a different surface orientation hypothesis. The system and methods run cross-correlation style correlators on the resampled images, evaluate correlation scores for each of the resampled images, and select the surface orientation hypothesis associated with the highest correlation score. The system and methods project a peak of the correlation surface back through a geometry model for the selected surface orientation hypothesis to determine a three-dimensional (ground) location for the image ray. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111512 | BUFFER CLEARING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER GRAPHICS - According to one exemplary embodiment of a buffer clearing apparatus for computer graphics, a buffer clearing (BC) hardware agent is configured to interface between one or more system buses and a memory controller, to execute one or more frame buffer clearing operations while performing memory access or power of buffer-related operations at the same time. The BC hardware agent keeps track of a plurality of status to read from and/or write to a frame buffer. When the frame buffer is to be cleared, the BC hardware agent clears a clear tag table. When a background pixel of the frame buffer is to be read, the BC hardware agent returns a background value stored in itself. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111513 | VERTEX ORDER IN A TESSELLATION UNIT - Systems and methods for a tessellation are described. These systems and methods may divide the domain into a plurality of portions, including a first portion. The systems and methods may also determine coordinates for vertices for a first set of shapes that reside within the first portion, wherein each shape of the first set of shapes includes at least one vertex on a first edge of the first portion. After determining coordinates for the vertices for the first set of shapes, the systems and methods may determine coordinates for vertices for a second set of shapes that reside within the first portion. Each shape of the second set of shapes shares at least one vertex with at least one shape of the first set of shapes and none of the shapes of the second set of shapes includes a vertex on the first edge of the first portion. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111514 | MEDICAL SYSTEM - A medical system comprising a selection unit configured to select at least one of layers in a three-dimensional tomographic image of a retina, and a generation unit configured to generate an opacity function indicating an opacity of each of a plurality of voxels constituting the selected layer, based on a frequency distribution of luminance values of the plurality of voxels. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111515 | DYNAMIC GRAPHICS RENDERING SCHEDULING - Aspects can be for ray tracing of 3-D scenes, and include dynamically controlling a population of rays being stored in a memory, to keep the population within a target, a memory footprint or other resource usage specification. An example includes controlling the population by examining indicia associated with rays returning from intersection testing, to be shaded, the indicia correlated with behavior of shaders to be run for those rays, such that population control selects, or reorders rays for shading, to prioritize shading of rays whose shaders are expected to produce fewer rays. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111516 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT THINNING - A system for authoring, publishing, and distribution of electronic documents is provided. The system includes a content authoring and publishing application to author and publish electronic documents, a content distribution system to distribute electronic documents, and a set of user devices that include digital content viewing applications that are used to read the electronic documents. The content authoring and publishing application is used to author and publish high-resolution versions of electronic documents. The high-resolution version of each document is associated with a set of annotations for each high-resolution image in the document. The annotations allow an electronic document thinning tool in the content distribution system to create a low-resolution version of each image and generate a low-resolution version of the electronic document without receiving low-resolution images from the author of the document. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111517 | DETECTING AND PROCESSING ANOMALOUS PARAMETER DATA POINTS BY A MOBILE WIRELESS DATA NETWORK FORECASTING SYSTEM - A computer-automated method is described for identifying and remediating anomalous data points for acquired performance parameter (e.g., KPI) values for components of a mobile wireless data network—such as PDSNs. The remediated data point sets is thereafter used as input to a forecasting model rendering a forecast for a mobile wireless network performance indicator/parameter. Data point sequence seasonality is exploited to improve the detection of anomalous data points. Furthermore, correcting data point sets is reiterated until changes between two iterations of the correction process are within a threshold magnitude for terminating the iterative data point sequence correction process. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111518 | Methods and Systems Using a Fluid Treatment Polar Graph - Downhole fluid treatment planning systems and methods should enable efficient creation, review, and editing of downhole fluid treatment plans. In some of the disclosed embodiments, a downhole fluid treatment planning method includes receiving downhole environment information. The method also includes generating a polar graph with multiple stage type wedges to visually represent fluid coverages or volumes of a downhole fluid treatment plan based on the downhole environment information. Meanwhile, a system for downhole fluid treatment planning includes a memory having software and an output device. The system also includes a processor coupled to the memory to execute the software. The software configures the processor to receive downhole environment information and to output a polar graph. The polar graph includes multiple stage type wedges to visually represent fluid coverages or volumes of a downhole fluid treatment plan based on the downhole environment information. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111519 | BOREHOLE AND WELL DATA VISUALIZATION - A visualization system for visualizing data obtained in a borehole includes a processor configured to process the data based on user input and instructions and provide output for display on a display device. The system may also include a computer-readable medium configured to store the instructions, the instructions including commands to output values of two or more types of parameters at two or more depth values. The instructions may include commands to provide a perspective top-down or bottom-up fly-through display of the borehole including a zoomed-in image of values closest to a user. The processor may also output a display of a photographic image at each of the two or more depth values based on a correspondence between the values of the two or more types of parameters and the plurality of parameters associated with the photographic image. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111520 | USER-CENTRIC ANNOTATED LOCATION AWARE ASSET MAPPING - According to one general aspect, a method may include receiving a floor map indicating the structural layout of a predefined physical location. The method may also include receiving a point-of-interest (POI) data structure representing a POI and POI metadata associated with the POI. The method may include generating an annotated floor map, based upon the floor map and including a POI indicator, wherein the POI indicator is placed on the floor map at the location of an associated POI and indicates both the type of the associated POI and at least part of the status of the associated POI. The method may include displaying, via a display interface, at least a portion of the annotated floor map. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111521 | RENDERING SOURCE CONTENT FOR DISPLAY - A method for rendering source content for display in a destination figure is provided. The method may include receiving the source content of the file, replicating the source content in a region surrounding the source content, such that replicated source content is aligned with the source content, extracting an axis-aligned rectangular tile containing the source content from the region, and rendering the axis-aligned rectangular tile onto the destination figure. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111522 | OPTICAL KERNING FOR MULTI-CHARACTER SETS - A content processing application that implements a method for displaying characters at least a threshold distance apart. The method receives two consecutive characters. The method automatically identifies a distance between the two consecutive characters and moves at least one of the two consecutive characters to adjust the distance between the two consecutive characters to a threshold distance apart. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111523 | VARIABLE LENGTH ANIMATIONS BASED ON USER INPUTS - A computer-implemented method for transition animation is disclosed according to one aspect of the subject technology. The method comprises determining a user's level of experience using an application, determining a duration of a transition animation based on the user's determined level of experience, and playing the transition animation for the determined duration. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111524 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR DISPLAYING AN ANIMATION - A method for a terminal to display an animation, including: generating one or more supplementary image frames on a moving path between first and second adjacent original image frames of an animation; and displaying the animation with the generated one or more supplementary image frames at a predetermined frame rate. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111525 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image processing IC detects a fixed pattern displayed on the OEL panel within a period of time when a power supply is switched ON. A display position of the fixed pattern detected when the power supply is switched OFF is stored in a first memory, the display position of the fixed pattern stored in the first memory when the power supply is switched ON is read and sent to a driving circuit (DRV). The DRV measures element characteristics of a pixel at the display position of the fixed pattern sent from the image processing IC, compares with element characteristics of a pixel before deterioration stored in a second memory and sends a comparison result to the image processing IC. The image processing IC corrects image data input to the pixel at the display position of the fixed pattern based on the comparison result sent from the DRV. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111526 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A terminal device comprises a first image processing processor, a connection unit, and a control unit. The first image processing processor generates a first image signal from image data. The connection unit is connectable with a display apparatus which includes a second image processing processor for generating a second image signal from the image data. The control unit controls the first image processing processor and the second image processing processor. The control unit selects one of the first image processing processor and the second image processing processor. If the second image processing processor is selected, the control unit instructs the second image processing processor to perform a predetermined process, instructs the first image processing processor to generate the first image signal, and instructs the second image processing processor to generate the second image signal after the predetermined process is completed. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111527 | Graphic Rendering Engine And Method For Implementing Graphic Rendering Engine - A method for implementing a graphic rendering engine may be provided. In the method, rendering function information of a first graphic processing interface and a second graphic processing interface may be extracted. The first graphic processing interface and the second graphic processing interface may be encapsulated as a graphic rendering engine interface. Member functions of the graphic rendering engine interface may be defined according to the rendering function information. A rendering function corresponding to the member functions may be implemented by calling the first graphic processing interface or the second graphic processing interface with the graphic rendering engine interface. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111528 | Server-Based Fast Remote Display on Client Devices - A system and method for controlling a display on a client device such as a wireless communication device, e.g., a smartphone or similar device is presented. Aspects of the invention permit a more efficient and fast representation of the desired output onto the client's display including by caching certain display data on the client, temporarily and/or permanently, and transmitting only command and control level data from the server to the client for display of the cached display data. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111529 | CENTRALISED INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL APPLICATION SERVER - A system for processing a plurality of graphical programs on a centralized computer system whereby the images produced by the programs are compressed and transmitted to a plurality of remote processing devices where they are decompressed. Compression assistance data (CAD) is produced by intercepting instructions outputted by the programs and the CAD is then used in the compression step. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111530 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BUFFERING SIGNAL DELAY BETWEEN DISPLAY DEVICE IN MULTI-DISPLAY ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus for buffering a signal delay between display devices in a multi-display environment includes: a delay setting unit for storing a delay time value and providing the delay time value to a signal input controller; a storage unit for storing and outputting an image signal according to the control of the signal input controller; and the signal input controller for controlling an input of an image signal from an image processor to a display module, the signal input controller controlling the image signal input from the image processor to be stored in the storage unit and then input to the display module after a delay as much as the delay time value. Since an image signal input time difference of all display devices is buffered to offset a display time difference of the display devices, it is possible to prevent image quality from deteriorating. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111531 | TECHNIQUES TO CONTROL SELF REFRESH DISPLAY FUNCTIONALITY - Techniques are described to monitor a level of graphics processing activity and control power usage based on the level. When no graphics processing activity is detected for a period of time, then a timing controller for a display device is instructed to capture a current image and repeatedly display the captured image. The graphics processing devices can be powered down. When graphics processing activity is detected, the graphics processing devices are powered up and the components used to capture an image and display the captured image are powered down. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111532 | CONTENT ADAPTIVE IMAGE RESTORATION, SCALING AND ENHANCEMENT FOR HIGH DEFINITION DISPLAY - An image processor includes generates a content adaptive kernel from an image block with noise of a luminance component signal with a low resolution. The content adaptive kernel is convolved with the luminance component signal. A noise signal and an extracted texture which excludes noise are generated. The luminance component signal is filtered as function of the noise signal to generate an enhanced luminance component signal. Horizontal and vertical scaling is performed on the enhanced luminance component signal, the extracted texture, and the luminance component signal, with the luminance component signal adaptively scaled as a function of the extracted texture. The horizontally and vertically scaled enhanced luminance component signal, extracted texture and luminance component signal are then combined to generate an output luminance component signal with a high resolution. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111533 | REAL TIME INTERVISIBILITY ANALYSIS - A method comprises supplying textures and location information to a graphics processing unit. The textures represent elevation data of obstructions in an environment. The location information indicates locations of an object in the environment and a reference point. The method further comprises using a plurality of shader units of the graphics processing unit in parallel to process the texture to determine intervisibility between the object and the reference point. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111534 | Media-Editing Application for Generating and Editing Shadows - Some embodiments provide a media editing application for generating and editing shadows. The media editing application provides a set of editing tools for creating a composite presentation from first and second media clips, and a preview display area for displaying a preview of the composite presentation. In some embodiments, the media editing application provides a shadow generation tool for generating a shadow for the second media clip and displaying the shadow in the preview display area. The shadow is composited with the first and second media clips to create the composite presentation. The shadow projection tool of some embodiments includes a set of on-image controls for display in the preview display area near the second media clip. The set of on-image controls can be moved on the preview display to modify a set of attributes of the shadow. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111535 | LIGHT BOX EFFECT FOR VIEWING DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES - Devices for presentation of digital radiographic images. One device includes a memory for storing at least one radiographic image and a computer connected to the memory. The computer includes a processor and a user interface module. The user interface module is configured to generate a graphical user interface and to cause the at least one radiographic image to be displayed on a display in a first mode and in a light box mode that simulates the appearance of a physical light box. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111536 | PROJECTION APPARATUS, PROJECTION CONTROL APPARATUS, PROJECTION SYSTEM, AND PROJECTION STATE ADJUSTMENT METHOD - Considered is a case where an adjustment chart is projected larger than a screen that is a projection target and an outer frame is not projected on the screen. The position of a top side of the outer frame can be easily identified from an interval between intersections of a top side of the screen and sides of a rhombus. Similarly, the position of a right side of the outer frame can be easily identified from another interval, and a bottom side of the outer frame from still another interval. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111537 | COLOR ENHANCEMENT VIA GAMUT EXPANSION - Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations for color enhancement via gamut expansion. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111538 | OBTAINING USER PREFERENCES USING CATEGORIES OF IMAGES - Methods and systems present, to a user, different versions of sample images. Each of the sample images is classified into at least one image-element category of multiple image-element categories. Such methods and systems request the user to select preferred versions of the sample images from the different versions of the sample images, and receive in response a user selection of preferred images. The methods and systems determine user-specific preferences for each of the image-element categories based on the user selection of the preferred images. The methods and systems receive an image-processing request relating to user images from the user, and classify the user images into the image-element categories. When processing the image-processing request, the methods and systems alter renditions of the user images according to the user-specific preferences for each image-element category. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111539 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COLOR PALETTE MANAGEMENT WITHIN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method is provided that comprises receiving, from a user device, a first input indicating a first color, from a color palette, as a source color. The method further comprises receiving, from the user device, a second input indicating a second color from the color palette as a target color. The method also comprises receiving, from the user device, a plurality of user movement indicators representing an incremental mixing of the target color into the source color. The method further comprises defining a plurality of colors based on the first input, the second input and the plurality of user movement indicators. The method also comprises storing, data associated with each color from the plurality of colors. The method further comprises sending, for each color from the plurality of colors, a signal to display a representation of that color on the user interface associated with the user device. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111540 | VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL UNIT - A vehicle display apparatus includes a display panel to be placed at a position where a driver visually recognizes the display panel and to display information related to vehicle traveling status. The display panel includes a first display area for displaying a first information and a second display area for displaying second information. The vehicle display apparatus further includes a first display control portion for obtaining the first information, and a second display control portion for obtaining the second information and displaying the second information. A vehicle display apparatus includes the display panel which has a third display area for displaying third information and a fourth display area for displaying fourth information. The vehicle display apparatus further includes a third display control portion and a fourth display control portion. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111541 | AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF A TOOL - Apparatus and methods are described for use with a portion of a body of a subject including acquiring a plurality of images of the portion, and displaying one of the images. In response to receiving an input that is indicative of a given location within the image, an indication of a region within the portion is generated on the image. In response to receiving a further input, a dimension of the region that is indicated within the image is modified. In response thereto, at least one tool that is suitable for being placed at the region is identified, and/or a dimension of at least one tool that is suitable for being placed at the region is identified. An output is generated is response to the identification. Other applications are also described. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111542 | Platform for recognising text using mobile devices with a built-in device video camera and automatically retrieving associated content based on the recognised text - A platform for recognising text using mobile devices with a built-in device video camera and automatically retrieving associated content based on the recognised text. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111543 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS AND A DIGITAL DEVICE FOR THE SAME - A method for providing contents and a digital device for the same in which image data are displayed and navigated together with augmented reality information surrounded by a point where the corresponding image data are recorded. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111544 | Augmented Reality Control Systems - An augmented reality control system in which the generation and utilization of simple geometric forms of real world objects at the enterprise level are layered onto or based on real world objects. Digital data is aligned to real world objects via surrogate of simplified geometric forms. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111545 | Caching Support for Visual Search and Augmented Reality in Mobile Networks - A visual search and augmented reality are performed in a communication system that includes an Internet network attached to a mobile network. Data related to objects that are geographically related to at least one intermediate node is stored in at least one intermediate node in the mobile network. This involves transmitting a request for metadata from a user equipment in the mobile network towards the Internet network via the at least one intermediate node. The request comprises object recognition data related to an object geographically related to the at least one intermediate node. The request is de-tunnelled and intercepted in an intermediate node of the at least one intermediate node. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111546 | MIXED REALITY PRESENTATION SYSTEM - An image composition unit outputs a composition image of a physical space and virtual space to a display unit. The image composition unit calculates, as difference information, a half of the difference between an imaging time of the physical space and a generation completion predicted time of the virtual space. The difference information and acquired position and orientation information are transmitted to an image processing apparatus. A line-of-sight position prediction unit updates previous difference information using the received difference information, calculates, as the generation completion predicted time, a time ahead of a receiving time by the updated difference information, and predicts the position and orientation of a viewpoint at the calculated generation completion predicted time using the received position and orientation information. The virtual space based on the predicted position and orientation, and the generation completion predicted time are transmitted to a VHMD. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111547 | SYNCHRONIZED, INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAYS FOR MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES - A device can receive live video of a real-world, physical environment on a touch sensitive surface. One or more objects can be identified in the live video. An information layer can be generated related to the objects. In some implementations, the information layer can include annotations made by a user through the touch sensitive surface. The information layer and live video can be combined in a display of the device. Data can be received from one or more onboard sensors indicating that the device is in motion. The sensor data can be used to synchronize the live video and the information layer as the perspective of video camera view changes due to the motion. The live video and information layer can be shared with other devices over a communication link. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111548 | SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD OF TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for controlling display mode switching based on the rotation pattern of a portable terminal prevents unwanted orientation changes in the display for certain movements. The display mode switching control method of the present invention includes extracting a rotation pattern including pitch, roll, and yaw angles of the terminal; determining whether the rotation pattern is a valid rotation pattern based on the angles; and switching, when the rotation pattern is the valid rotation pattern, from a current display mode to other display mode. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111549 | Controlling contortion - An apparatus comprising: a flexible body comprising an arrangement for limiting flexing of the body, the arrangement comprising: a first part within the body; a second part within the body; a flexible interconnect extending at least between the first part and the second part wherein the arrangement is configured to change between a first configuration, in which a portion of the interconnect between the first part and the second part is of a variable length enabling more and less flexing of the interconnect, and a second configuration, in which the portion of the interconnect between the first part and the second part has a limited length that limits one or both of more flexing and less flexing. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111550 | USER AND DEVICE MOVEMENT BASED DISPLAY COMPENSATION - A direction and distance of movement of a display device as well as of a user of the display device are determined. Based on these determined directions and distances of movement, compensation to apply to content displayed on the display device to compensate for movement of the user with respect to the device is determined and applied to the content. A portion of the display device at which the user is looking can also be detected. The compensation is applied to the content only if applying the compensation would not result in the portion being positioned beyond the display device. If applying the compensation would result in the portion being positioned beyond the display device then appropriate corrective action is taken, such as not applying the compensation to the content. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111551 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information-processing device includes: an enlargement/reduction instruction receiving unit configured to receive an enlargement/reduction instruction to enlarge or reduce a display region that is at least a portion of a predetermined region; a first control unit configured to, when enlarging or reducing the display region in accordance with the enlargement/reduction instruction, compute, based on a relationship between a position of a point of regard of the display region within the predetermined region and a position of a reference point of the predetermined region, a position where the point of regard is to be located within the predetermined region after the enlargement or reduction; and a second control unit configured to enlarge or reduce the display region, based on the enlargement/reduction instruction. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111552 | MONITOR - A monitor is disclosed and includes a displaying device, a supporting device, and a console. The supporting device is connected to and supports the displaying device. The console is connected in communication to the displaying device and is capable of being engaged with the supporting device. The console includes a first switch key and a second switch key. The displaying device can be triggered to switch to a first displaying mode by the first switch key or to a second displaying mode by the second switch key. The detachable design for the console of the invention not only allows a user to quickly switch the displaying modes, but also avoids shaking due to performing the switching on the displaying device by fingers in the prior art. Therefore, the invention can effectively solve the inconvenience of switching or setting the displaying modes in the prior art. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111553 | INFERRING DIAGRAM STRUCTURE THROUGH IMPLICIT SHAPE RELATIONSHIPS - Information in a diagram is logically structured using lists, containers, and callouts without requiring the diagram author to explicitly define a structure or map any diagram contents to a structure. Logical relationships are inferred based on actions associated with shapes, groupings, and attributes of shapes/groupings taken by the author. Feedback mechanisms are provided to communicate an underlying structure to the author. Intelligent behaviors are enabled to expose manipulation of diagrams based on their logical structure. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111554 | Computer System for Continuous Oblique Panning - A computer system for continuously panning oblique images is disclosed. More particularly, the computer system uses a methodology whereby separate oblique images are presented in a manner that allows a user to maintain an understanding of the relationship of specific features between different oblique images when panning. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111555 | DISPLAY AND GLASSES - A security display system including security glasses and a security display is provided. The security display includes a noise image generator, a synchronous packet generator, a display unit and an image asymmetry generator. The noise image generator generates a noise image signal according to a normal image signal. The synchronous packet generator outputs a synchronous packet to the security glasses. The display unit displays a normal image according to the normal image signal in a glasses-open period and a noise image according to the noise image signal in a glasses-shut period. The image asymmetry generator corresponds to a first brightness integral when displaying the normal image in the glasses-open period, and to a second brightness integral when displaying the noise image the glasses-shut period. The second brightness integral is greater than the first brightness integral. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111556 | Array Substrate and Liquid Crystal Device with the Same - An array substrate is disclosed. Data lines directly pass through the area where a secondary pixel electrode is located to input, data signals to the secondary pixel electrode. First scanning lines, second scanning lines and switches are arranged between the adjacent pixels in an up-down direction. The area between the pixels is a dark area corresponding to an opaque area. Under a 3D display mode, a difference of the default voltages exists between a main pixel electrode and a secondary pixel electrode. In addition, a liquid crystal display is provided. By adopting the above design, the crosstalk and the color shift under the 3D display mode may be reduced. In addition, the reliability of the liquid crystal panel may be enhanced,. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111557 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of control lines. A pixel circuit of each of the pixels includes a driving transistor, an output switch, a pixel switch and a storage capacitance. A number of pixels PX of the plurality of pixels which are adjacent to one another in a column direction share the output switch. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111558 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND PROGRAM - Provided are a display device and the driving method of the display device with which eye fatigue of a user in long-term use of the display device is reduced. The display device includes a display unit, a detection unit, and a control unit. The detection unit detects a condition of a user's eye to obtain detected information and transmits the detected information to the control unit. The control unit extracts fatigue information on the user from the detected information and drives the display unit such that a luminance of light with a wavelength shorter than or equal to a predetermined wavelength among light emitted from the display unit is changed on the basis of the fatigue information. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111559 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus comprises a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines crossing the scan lines on the substrate, a plurality of light emitting units disposed in a display area of the substrate and at least a control integrated circuit (IC) chip. The control IC chip is disposed within the display area of the substrate and electrically connected to at least one of the scan lines and at least one of the data lines. The light emitting units are electrically connected to at least one of the control IC chip, which is controlled by at least one of the scan lines and receives a data signal from at least one of the data lines to control the luminous states of the light emitting units according to the data signal. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111560 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device (A) that can suppress variation in gradation of color temperature even if there is variation in components during production, the liquid crystal display device being provided with: an image signal generating section ( | 2014-04-24 |
20140111561 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DRIVE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal drive device and a liquid crystal display device each of which has a sufficiently excellent transmittance, provides a sufficiently high response speed, and sufficiently reduces the load on the circuit and the driver. The liquid crystal drive device of the present invention includes a first electrode pair that is a pair of electrodes and second electrode pair that is a pair of electrodes different from the first electrode pair. The device implements a driving operation that generates a potential difference between the electrodes of the first electrode pair and simultaneously generates a potential difference between the electrodes of the second electrode pair when a displayed image has a gray scale value that is half or smaller of the total number of gray scale values for image display. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111562 | AMOLED DRIVING CIRCUIT, AMOLED DRIVING METHOD, AND AMOLED DISPLAY DEVICE - In embodiments of the present disclosure, there are provided an AMOLED driving circuit, an AMOLED driving method and an AMOLED display device. The AMOLED driving circuit includes a light emitting device, a first switching transistor, a voltage regulator, a driving transistor and a capacitor. The driving transistor in the AMOLED driving circuit drives the light emitting device to emit light under the control of the voltage regulator, a driving current provided by the driving transistor is independent of Vth of the driving transistor, so that the driving current flowing through the light emitting device is prevented from being affected by the poor uniformity and drift of Vth, the uniformity in the driving currents flowing through the light emitting devices is enhanced, and thus the uniformity in the brightness of the AMOLED is improved. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111563 | PIXEL, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic image display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a scan driver, a gate driver, a data driver, and a controller, and a sub-frame includes a first period during which a data voltage according to an image data signal emitted in the previous sub-frame is initialized, a second period during which a data voltage according to the image data signal written in the previous sub-frame is transmitted and a threshold voltage of a driving transistor of each pixel is compensated, a third period during which a data voltage according to a next sub-frame's data signal is sequentially written to the respective pixels, and a fourth period that is concurrent with and equal to or longer than the third period and during which the respective pixels concurrently emit light corresponding to the data voltage according to the image data signal written in the previous sub-frame. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111564 | TIMING CONTROLLER AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A timing controller for a display apparatus includes a dithering unit outputting a first signal in which bit widths of image signals are reduced, an image pattern detector detecting an image pattern of the image signals and outputting a dithering off signal corresponding to the detected image pattern, a dithering selector receiving the first signal and converts the first signal to a second signal in response to the dithering off signal, and a response time compensator generating a present image signal from the second signal and compensates a liquid crystal response time in accordance with a difference between the present image signal and a first previous image signal to output a data signal. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111565 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DRIVING SYSTEM - A display driving circuit ( | 2014-04-24 |
20140111566 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting diode display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The organic light emitting diode display device according to an embodiment of the invention comprises a display panel including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate line pairs crossing the data lines, and a plurality of light emitting cells which include an organic light emitting diode device, first and second cell driving circuits for alternately driving the organic light emitting diode device; a data voltage generator supplying a data voltage of a first polarity to the data lines; a compensation voltage generator supplying a compensation voltage of a second polarity to the data lines; and a scan driver for sequentially supplying scan pulses to the gate line pairs, wherein the first and second cell driving circuits are alternately supplied with the data voltage and the compensation voltage in response to the scan pulses to alternately driven the organic light. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111567 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATION OF NON-UNIFORMITIES IN LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE DISPLAYS - A display degradation compensation system and method for adjusting the operating conditions for pixels in an OLED display to compensate for non-uniformity or aging of the display. The system or method sets an initial value for at least one of peak luminance and an operating condition, calculates compensation values for the pixels in the display, determines the number of pixels having compensation values larger than a predetermined threshold compensation value, and if the determined number of pixels having compensation values larger than said predetermined threshold value is greater than a predetermined threshold number, adjusts the set value until said determined number of pixels is less than said predetermined threshold number. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111568 | METHODS AND CASSETTES FOR DISCARDING INK - Methods and cassettes for discarding ink are disclosed. An example cassette includes a housing having a form factor to be received in a printer; a container to receive the discarded ink; and a memory to receive usage data from the printer, the usage data being indicative of an amount of the discarded ink received by the container. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111569 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING RECORDING HEAD FOR EJECTING LIQUID DROPLETS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a recording head, head tanks, main tanks, liquid feed pumps, a first driving source, a drive control unit, and a drive switching assembly. The drive switching assembly includes a second driving source, a cam, a slider member, a switching gear, switching position detected portions, and a detector. The detected portions are disposed at the cam so as to correspond to switching positions of the liquid feed pumps. One of the detected portions has a greater width in a rotation direction of the cam than any other detected portion. When a time from when the detector detects one of the detected portions to when the detector detects another one of the detected portions is shorter than a threshold value, the drive control unit determines, as a home position, a position of the cam on detection of the another one with the detector. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111570 | INK JET HEAD DRIVING DEVICE - A driving device of an ink jet head including a plurality of ejection channels, includes a plurality of driving waveform generation portions that are provided so as to respectively correspond to the plurality of ejection channels, a random number generation portion that generates a random number, and a connection portion. The respective driving waveform generation portions receive printing data and correction data, generate a driving signal of the ejection channels on the basis of the received printing data, correct a waveform of the driving signal by using the received correction data, and then output the corrected waveform to the corresponding ejection channels. The connection portion connects the random number generation portion to the respective driving waveform generation portions such that a random number generated from the random number generation portion is supplied to each of the driving waveform generation portions as correction data having a value independent for each of the driving waveform generation portions. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111571 | LIQUID JET APPARATUS PERFORMING PULSE MODULATION ON A DRIVE SIGNAL - A liquid jet apparatus according to the present invention includes a drive waveform generator adapted to generate a drive waveform signal, a modulator adapted to execute pulse modulation on the drive waveform signal, a digital power amplifier adapted to power-amplify the modulated signal, on which the pulse modulation is executed by the modulator, with a pair of switching elements push-pull coupled with each other, a low pass filter adapted to smooth the amplified digital signal obtained by the power-amplification of the digital power amplifier, and a modulation period modification circuit adapted to modify a modulation period of the pulse modulation of the modulator based on data of the drive waveform signal. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111572 | Inkjet Printing Positioning Device and Control Method Thereof - This invention provides an inkjet printing positioning device and control method thereof. The inkjet printing positioning device comprises: base; linear guide rail fixedly mounted on the base; inkjet unit, moving in matched manner with the linear guide rail; ball screw, driving the inkjet unit to move linearly when being rotated; servomotor, for driving the ball screw to rotate; a zero position detecting device, mounted in a position on the moving travel route of the inkjet unit from the initial position to the printing area, and for sending zero position signal when detects that the inkjet unit is passing by; controller connecting the zero position detecting device and the servomotor, and for controlling the servomotor to drive the inkjet unit to move from the current position to the printing area and locate there, and controlling the servomotor to drive the inkjet unit to move predetermined displacement upon receipt of zero position signal. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111573 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING POSITIONAL DEVIATION OF HEAD MODULES, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING INKJET HEAD - A method for analyzing positional deviation of head modules of an inkjet head having head modules connected and joined with each other includes: dividing a printing pattern and thereby creating division patterns; obtaining conversion factors of the nozzles of each division pattern; changing the number of nozzles used in calculation and thereby obtain a minimum value of a standard error of a positional deviation shift amount; changing the number of divisions of the division patterns and performing the calculation of the conversion factor and the standard error with the changed division patterns; determining the number of divisions and the number of nozzles with which the value of the standard error is minimal; and creating an analysis chart with the determined number of divisions and calculating the positional deviation shift amount based upon an average value of the positional deviation shift amounts of nozzles corresponding to the determined number of nozzles. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111574 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which is capable of ejecting a photo-curable liquid to be cured by irradiation with light from nozzles which open at a nozzle surface of a nozzle-forming member; a wiping unit for wiping the nozzle surface with a wiping member in contact with the nozzle surface, a portion of the wiping member in contact with the nozzle surface being made of cloth; and a heating mechanism for generating heat to heat the nozzle surface; wherein the wiping member is capable of wiping the nozzle surface in a state in which an ink splash of a photo-curable liquid attached on the nozzle surface has been softened by heating of the heating mechanism. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111575 | NOZZLE PLATE MAINTENANCE FOR FLUID EJECTION DEVICES - An ink jet printhead includes: a nozzle plate having an underside and including one or more nozzles in the underside configured to dispense drops of fluid in a dispensing direction; and a multi-level maintenance structure coupled to the nozzle plate such that a gap exists between a portion of the maintenance structure and the underside of the nozzle plate. The maintenance structure includes: a first portion having a first upper surface suspended at a first distance from the underside of the nozzle plate; and a second portion that is coupled to the first portion, the second portion having a second upper surface suspended at a second distance from the underside of the nozzle plate, which is greater than the first distance, the second upper surface laterally displaced relative to the first upper surface. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111576 | PRINTING UNIT OF THE IMPROVED TYPE AND INKJET PRINTING DEVICE COMPRISING SAID PRINTING UNIT - A printing unit is provided having a moveable printing head with a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzles to eject liquid ink; a cleaning station having a cleaning surface with at least one suction element to generate air suction; the cleaning station configured to clean the nozzles when the printing head overlaps with the cleaning station so that the nozzle plate and the cleaning surface at least partially overlap; a movement actuator means configured to move the printing head with respect to the cleaning station between a first position in which the suction element overlaps a first end of the nozzle plate and a second position in which the suction element overlaps a second end, opposite the first end, of the nozzle plate. A proximity sensor means measures a distance between the nozzle plate and the cleaning surface. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111577 | MAINTENANCE APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided a maintenance apparatus for removing ink from a nozzle surface of an inkjet head including a first region where a first nozzle is provided, a second region where a second nozzle is provided, and a third region located between the first region and the second region. The maintenance apparatus includes a first positioning section, a first wiping blade, and a second wiping blade. The first positioning section comes into contact with the third region and removes the ink present in the third region. When the first positioning section comes into contact with the third region, the first and second wiping blades come into contact with the first and second regions and remove the kinds of ink present in the first and second regions. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111578 | INKJET PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY COMPRISING PRINTHEAD MODULES HAVING CONVERGING INK GALLERIES - A printhead is provided having an elongate support having a plurality of internal webs protruding from a base section to define a plurality of parallel fluid supply channels, a shim supported by the support and defining a plurality of rows of openings through which fluid from respective supply channels is supplied, and a plurality of elongate printhead modules supported serially on the shim. Each module defines a plurality of fluid supply passages through which fluid passes to fluid ejection nozzles from respective rows of the openings. Either end of each module defines complementary formations such that adjacent modules nest together. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111579 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION RECORDING DEVICE - A liquid ejection head includes an ejection surface having a plurality of ejection opening sets each of which consists of at least two ejection openings adjacent to each other in a given direction. A straight line defined to connect between centers of the respective at least two ejection openings is parallel with the ejection surface and is inclined with respect to the given direction and a perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to the given direction. The straight line defined in one of each adjacent two of the ejection opening sets, which are adjacent to each other in the given direction, and the straight line defined in another of the each adjacent two of the ejection opening sets, are inclined with respect to the perpendicular direction, in respective directions opposite to each other. Also disclosed is a liquid ejection recording device including the liquid ejection head. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111580 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - In order to provide a liquid ejection head which enables ejection of a droplet at a higher frequency, according to the invention, a piezoelectric vibrator has a multilayer structure. In the multilayer structure, an upper piezoelectric layer and a lower piezoelectric layer are laminated one on another. A drive electrode is formed at a boundary between the upper piezoelectric layer and the lower piezoelectric layer and is electrically connected to a source for supplying a drive signal. An upper common electrode is formed on the surface of the upper piezoelectric layer. A lower common electrode is formed on the surface of the lower piezoelectric layer. An inertance of a nozzle orifice and an inertance of an ink supply port are set so as to become greater than an inertance of a pressure generating portion. | 2014-04-24 |
20140111581 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus which comprises a pressure generation chamber, a piezoelectric element, and a driving unit which supplies a driving signal to the piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric layer shows electric field induced phase transition and when among voltages at which the piezoelectric layer shows the electric field induced phase transition a voltage having a higher absolute value is defined as V | 2014-04-24 |
20140111582 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A liquid ejecting head includes a piezoelectric element, which is provided above a zirconium oxide layer having a piezoelectric layer and an electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer, in which the zirconium oxide layer is formed through a liquid-phase method and preferentially oriented with a (111) plane. | 2014-04-24 |