19th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110109592 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device has a display panel where a photosensor and a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer are arranged. The display device detects a shadow of the object, which is projected on the display panel when the object approaches the display panel and blocks ambient light, with a photosensor, whereby a position or motion of the object is detected. Even when the object is not in contact with the display panel, the object can be detected. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109593 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An object is to reduce noise caused by variations in characteristics of photosensors provided for each pixel in a display panel having an image capturing function by the photosensors and to provide an image with high precision. A display device includes a display panel including photosensors arranged in matrix and an image processing circuit, in which the photosensors captures a black image and an image of an object; and the image processing circuit produces an image having image data (Y−X) using image data X of the black image and image data Y of the image of the object. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109594 | TOUCH SCREEN OVERLAY FOR MOBILE DEVICES TO FACILITATE ACCURACY AND SPEED OF DATA ENTRY - A touch target array overlay that can be associated with a surface of a touch screen of a mobile or fixed device is provided. The touch target array may be translucent transparent or opaque and may have tactile features. The touch target array may include a base member and a plurality of touchable array elements. The base member may be coupled to the surface of the touch screen of the mobile device. Further, the plurality of touchable array elements may be disposed on the base member. The plurality of touchable array elements may facilitate a user to input information in the mobile device. Moreover, the plurality of touchable array elements may align with virtual keys of a virtual keypad of the mobile device, or other features. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109595 | Handwriting Regions Keyed to a Data Receptor - Embodiments include an article of manufacture, apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, an article of manufacture includes a writing surface having at least two regions that accept handwriting. Each region of the at least two regions that accept handwriting respectively includes a unique user-understandable identifier and a unique machine-distinguishable identifier keyed to a data receptor. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109596 | FLAT DISPLAY DEVICE WITH LIGHT SHIELDING LAYER - A flat display device in which a semi-transparent non-display area is processed to be non-transparent for preventing a display area from being reduced and fabricating a thinner flat display device is disclosed. The flat display device includes a first substrate having a display area with a pixel matrix formed therein and a non-display area with a driving circuit for driving the pixel matrix formed therein, a second substrate bonded to the first substrate with sealant, and a light shielding layer formed on the second substrate for making the non-display area non-transparent. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109597 | DISPLAY DRIVER, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A display driver to output blanking data to a display panel in response to a hardware reset signal applied while image data is being displayed on the display panel. Additionally, a method of operating a display driver includes supplying image data to a display panel, and supplying blanking data to the display panel in response to a reset signal applied while the image data is being supplied to the display panel. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109598 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A pixel for an organic light emitting display is disclosed. The pixel is configured to provide a current to an organic light emitting diode which is substantially independent of a voltage threshold of the driving transistor of the circuit. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109599 | APPARATUS FOR SCAN DRIVING - A scan driving apparatus, includes a first scan driving unit coupled to a second scan driving unit, the first scan driving unit receives a first start signal, a first clock signal, a second clock signal, and sequentially outputs the first clock signal as a first scan, and outputs the first boost clock signal as a first boost signal, and the second scan driving receives the first clock signal, the second clock signal, a second boost clock signal, and the first scan signal as a second start signal, to sequentially output the second clock signal as a second scan signal, and sequentially outputs the second boost clock signal as a second boost signal. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109600 | Image Display Apparatus to Which Plurality of Image Sources Can Be Connected - When a history image display mode is performed, a display region of a display unit of a projector is divided into a plurality of windows. In a main window, an image based on a currently selected image signal is displayed. In a plurality of sub windows, history images as images based on image signals selected in the past are displayed in accordance with chronological order. When a user desires to switch an input image, the user uses a remote controller or a manipulation unit to perform a manipulation to select a desired history image on a screen of the display unit. When the manipulation to select a history image is performed, the projector selects an input terminal corresponding to the selected history image, and causes an image based on an image signal from the input terminal to be displayed in the main window. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109601 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device including a photoreception unit on an active matrix substrate in correspondence with one or two or more pixels, and a driving unit that drives the photoreception unit. The photoreception unit includes a photodiode, a capacitor that accumulates a charge in accordance with the electrical signal from when a reset signal (RST) from the driving unit has switched from the high level to the low level to when a readout signal (RWS) at the high level from the driving unit has been applied, and a switching element that, while the readout signal (RWS) is at the high level, allows output of a photoreception signal whose output level changes in accordance with the amount of accumulated charge. In a row selection period, after writing of an image signal to pixel electrodes in the row selected in the row selection period has ended, the driving unit switches the reset signal (RST) applied to the photoreception unit in the same row from the high level to the low level. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109602 | FAULT DETECTION APPARATUS FOR ALPHANUMERIC DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING A FAULT - A fault detection apparatus comprises a signal translation stage having an input arranged to receive an input waveform derived from a signal for a capacitive load. The signal translation stage is arranged to generate a translated output signal representative of at least an aspect of the input waveform. The apparatus also comprises a detection stage arranged to receive the translated output signal from the signal translation stage and analyse a first part and a second part of the translated output signal respectively corresponding to a first step function and a second step function, the first and second step functions being opposite in direction of transition. The analysis performed by the detection stage is a comparison of the first and second parts of the translated output signal respectively with an expected first part and an expected second part of the translated output signal. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109603 | Display Panel and Driving Method Thereof - Display panels buffering display data from a data driver. The display panel comprises a first signal line, a first data line, a first scan line interlaced with the first data line, a first pixel coupled to the first data line and the first scan line, a first switching element comprising a first terminal coupled to the first data line, a first storage capacitor coupled between a second terminal of the first switching element and a ground, and a second switching element coupled to the first storage capacitor and the first signal line. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109604 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - There is provided an EL light-emitting device with less uneven brightness. When a drain current of a plurality of current controlling TFTs is Id, a mobility is μ, a gate capacitance per unit area is Co, a maximum gate voltage is Vgs | 2011-05-12 |
20110109605 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH IMAGE PICKUP FUNCTION, DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display device with an image pickup function includes: a plurality of pixel signal lines each supplied with a pixel signal; a plurality of display pixels each performing a display operation based on the pixel signal; and a plurality of image pickup elements each including a photo-detector and a capacitor, the photo-detector generating a current of a magnitude corresponding to a photo-detection amount, the capacitor performing a discharging operation which follows a charging operation with the current from the photo-detector to output a charged voltage for a read operation. In the display device, a voltage level of the pixel signal line during the discharging operation is equal to a voltage level of the pixel signal line during the reading operation. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109606 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND BACKLIGHT ILLUMINATION METHOD FOR DISPLAY THEREOF - A terminal device includes a display ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109607 | DISPLAY MODULE AND APPLICATIONS OF THE SAME - A display module is provided, which includes a first and a second substrates, a transparent type solar cell, a display device, an electric power storage device, a driving circuit and a power supply transfer switch. In the display module, the first substrate, the transparent type solar cell, the display device and the second substrate are successively arranged according to an incident direction of a light source. The transparent type solar cell has a visible light transmittance of 10%-40% and a color temperature (Tc) larger than 2400K. The electric power storage device is connected to the transparent type solar cell for storing electric power there from, and the driving circuit is connected to the display device for driving the same. The power supply transfer switch is used for transferring the electric power into the electric power storage device or the driving circuit. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109608 | MULTI DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A multi-display system, a display device and a driving method thereof are provided. A multi-display system includes: a first display device which determines whether a video signal is input to the first display device, outputs a control signal which indicates whether the video signal is input to the first display device, and displays a video based on the input video signal if it is determined that the video signal is input; and a second display device which enters one of a power saving mode and a normal mode according to the control signal output by the first display device, and displays the video based on the video signal if the control signals indicates that the video signal is input. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109609 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch sensitive display device utilizing infrared ray sensing transistors. The transistors are configured, and comprise specified materials, to allow them to be formed with fewer photolithography processes, reducing cost and manufacturing time. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109610 | Display device and electronic apparatus - A display device includes: pixel circuits; a signal electric potential generating unit generating a first signal electric potential used for increasing the number of gray scales of luminance of light emission of the pixel circuits and a second signal electric potential equal to or higher than the first signal electric potential, based on a video signal; and a control signal generating unit generating a control signal used for supplying the first and second signal electric potentials to the pixel circuits. Each of the pixel circuits includes a holding capacitor used for maintaining a signal voltage corresponding to the second signal electric potential, a writing transistor writing the second signal electric potential to the holding capacitor based on the control signal after writing the first signal electric potential, a driving transistor outputting a signal current based on the signal voltage corresponding to mobility of the driving transistor at the first signal electric potential written by the writing transistor, and a light emitting device emitting light in accordance with the signal current. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109611 | SURFACE-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - This invention provides a surface-emitting display device comprising a plurality of power supply lines | 2011-05-12 |
20110109612 | SHARING SWITCH TFTS IN PIXEL CIRCUITS - A circuit and driving technique to improve the display resolution of an AMOLED display. Sharing of switch transistors between several sub-pixels in the display leads to improved manufacturing yield by minimizing the number of transistors used. The method also allows for conventional sequential scan driving to be used. The circuit includes a shared switch transistor connected between a voltage data line and a shared line that is connected to a reference voltage through a reference voltage transistor, a first pixel including a first light emitting device configured to be current driven by a first drive circuit connected to the shared line through a first storage device, a second pixel including a second light emitting device configured to be current driven by a second drive circuit connected to the shared line through a second storage device, and a reference current line configured to apply a bias current to the first and second drive circuits. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109613 | MOBILE DEVICE, BATTERY PACK, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A mobile device includes a plurality of applications and is driven by a chargeable and dischargeable secondary battery to perform the applications. The mobile device includes a remaining quantity detecting unit which detects a remaining quantity of the secondary battery, a current consumption computing unit which computes a current consumption consumed by execution of each of the applications, a processing amount computing unit which computes an executable processing amount of each of the applications based on the battery remaining quantity detected by the remaining quantity detecting unit and the current consumption of each of the applications computed by the current consumption computing unit, and a display control unit which displays the executable processing amount of each of the applications computed by the processing amount computing unit on a display device of the mobile device. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109614 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - A driving circuit and a driving method of an light emitting diode (LED) are provided. The driving circuit includes a current source, a voltage source, a voltage detecting unit, a memory unit, and a control unit. The voltage detecting unit detects a present voltage value of the LED. The memory unit records a previous voltage value of the LED. The control unit controls the voltage source to provide a pre-charge voltage to the LED in a driving period, and to cease providing the pre-charge voltage when the present voltage value is no longer less than the previous voltage value. The voltage level of the pre-charge voltage is determined by the previous voltage value. The control unit controls the current source to provide a driving current to the LED in the driving period. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109615 | ENERGY SAVING DRIVING SEQUENCE FOR A DISPLAY - A method of writing a display image to a display having an array of pixels according to a selected driving sequence. One driving sequence includes addressing each color row in a line of the array in a sequence before addressing a second line. Another driving sequence includes addressing a first color row of each line in the array before addressing a second color row of each line in the array. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109616 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF THE ORAL CAVITY - A method for creating three-dimensional models of intra-oral scenes features. The intra-oral scene is illuminated by a two-dimensional array of structured illumination points, with anti-aliasing achieved by using stored two-dimensional patterns of pixels for anti-aliasing. Using a single camera to form images reduces the amount of apparatus necessary to introduce into the patient's mouth. Three-dimensional models are obtained from the single image by triangulation with a stored image of the structured illumination onto a reference surface such as a plane. Alternative methods include the use of “bar-coded” one-dimensional patterns. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109617 | Visualizing Depth - An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. The image may then be analyzed to identify one or more targets within the scene. When a target is identified, vertices may be generated. A mesh model may then be created by drawing lines that may connect the vertices. Additionally, a depth value may also be calculated for each vertex. The depth values of the vertices may then be used to extrude the mesh model such that the mesh model may represent the target in the three-dimensional virtual world. A colorization scheme, a texture, lighting effects, or the like, may be also applied to the mesh model to convey the depth the virtual object may have in the virtual world. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109618 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING NAVIGATION DATA IN 3D - A computer arrangement including a processor and memory accessible for the processor is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the memory includes a computer program including data and instructions arranged to allow the processor to: a) obtain an image to be displayed, b) obtain depth information relating to the image, c) use depth information to identify at least one region in the image, and d) select display mode for at least one identified region. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109619 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus and an image display method where the image display apparatus according to an embodiment displays a main screen and a sub-screen having a different depth or slope from the main screen so as to create the illusion of depth and distance. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109620 | Image processing apparatus and method for enhancing depth perception - An image processing apparatus and a method for enhancing depth are disclosed. The image processing apparatus may classify an input image into a foreground layer, a middle layer, a background layer, may calculate a representative color of each of the classified layers, and perform rendering of a color stereoscopy of the middle layer and a color stereoscopy of the background layer based on the representative color and a lightness of the background layer, thereby enhancing a stereoscopic effect and a depth. Also, a color temperature of the foreground layer and a color temperature of the middle layer are controlled based on the representative color and the background layer, to generate a difference in depth between the middle layer and the foreground layer, thereby representing an image having a more enhanced depth. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109621 | System and Method for Designing an Insert Based on a Three Dimensional Image of a Foot - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a method and system for designing a support device for a foot. The method and system may include a scanner for obtaining a two-dimensional image of the surface of a foot; an image processing facility for converting the two-dimensional image of the surface of the foot into a three-dimensional map; and a support device design facility for designing a support device based on the foot parameters from the three-dimensional map. The support device design facility is adapted to modify the support device design based at least in part on a foot abnormality. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109622 | STEREOSCOPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A stereoscopic liquid crystal display device having a touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein a stable touch detection can be performed without influencing the operation of a neighboring display panel or an electrically-driven liquid crystal lens, are disclosed. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109623 | PARALLAX BARRIER FILTER - There is provided a parallax barrier filter realizing far higher brightness than a conventional barrier filter. A large number of apertures | 2011-05-12 |
20110109624 | POWER SAVING IN MOBILE DEVICES BY OPTIMIZING FRAME RATE OUTPUT - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method comprising providing 2-D or 3-D graphics content to a graphics processing module; processing the graphics content to generate a stream of images (e.g., three dimensional images and/or two dimensional images) for display, the stream having a frame rate; and governing a rate of processing the graphics content to limit the frame rate of the generated stream of images to be less than or equal to a frame rate threshold. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109625 | DRAWING PROCESSING APPARATUS, TEXTURE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND TESSELLATION METHOD - A drawing processing apparatus for performing tessellation processing, comprising a pixel shader and a texture unit. An internal division operation part of the pixel shader issues texture load instructions to the texture unit, specifying parametric coordinate values of a patch of a parametric surface, and thereby acquires internal division factors interpolated based on the parametric coordinate values from the texture unit. The internal division operation part issues texture load instructions to the texture unit further, specifying the internal division factors acquired from the texture unit as new interpolation factors, and thereby acquires control points internally divided based on the internal division factors in advance from the texture unit. Based on the internal division factors corresponding to the parametric coordinate values, the internal division operation part performs recursive internal division operations on the control points acquired from the texture unit, thereby determining a point on the parametric surface corresponding to the parametric coordinate values. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109626 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING AN IMAGE IN ORDER TO LOCATE A PART THEREOF - A method is disclosed to automatically segment 3D and higher-dimensional images into two subsets without user intervention, with no topological restriction on the solution, and in such a way that the solution is an optimal in a precisely defined optimization criterion, including an exactly defined degree of smoothness. A minimum-cut algorithm is used on a graph devised so that the optimization criterion translates into the minimization of the graph cut. The minimum cut thus found is interpreted as the segmentation with desired property | 2011-05-12 |
20110109627 | Method and Apparatus for Three-Dimensional Visualization and Analysis for Automatic Non-Destructive Examination of a Solid Rotor using Ultrasonic Phased Array - A method and apparatus for three-dimensional visualization and analysis for automatic non-destructive examination of a solid Rotor using ultrasonic phased array is disclosed. Data is acquired by scanning a solid rotor with a phased array ultrasound transducer producing a plurality of two dimensional ultrasound scans. Each of a plurality of sample points of a plurality of two dimensional ultrasound scans are associated with a corresponding 3D image point of a regular grid. A kernel function for each of the plurality of sample points defining a size and shape of a kernel located at the corresponding image point is determined. A weight is assigned to each kernel which, in one embodiment, is based on the sample point value. A value for each image point of the regular 3D grid is determined based on kernels overlapping each image point. A three-dimensional volume representing the solid rotor is then visualized. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109628 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN EFFECT ON VIRTUAL OBJECTS - A method of affecting the virtual objects, disposing a first group of blocks of identification in real three-dimensional space; shaping, in real three-dimensional space, the real physical base system of the coordinates fixed to a space position of blocks of identification of the first group; spotting coordinates of working area of displays in real three-dimensional space relative to the real physical base system of coordinates; setting coordinates of three-dimensional virtual objects created in advance in digital format in real three-dimensional space relative to the real physical base system of the coordinates, wherein disposing the second group of blocks of the identification, setting in real three-dimensional space a position of a fixing point of the virtual pointer, and spotting coordinates of a fixing point of the virtual pointer in real three-dimensional space regarding the real physical system of coordinates; setting, with necessary detailing, of a coordinate of a collection of a geometrical place of points of the virtual pointer relative to a fixing point of the virtual pointer; spotting in real three-dimensional space relative to the real physical base system of coordinates with necessary detailing of coordinate of a collection of a geometrical place of points of the virtual pointer, hitting, in a field of coordinates of working area of displays; shaping a collection of the virtual objects whose coordinates in real three-dimensional space hit in the field calculated, taking into account layout of a geometrical location of points of the virtual pointer, coordinates of working area of displays hitting in field; performing the preset virtual operations on modification of virtual objects from the generated collection of virtual objects. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109629 | RENDERING IMPROVEMENT FOR 3D DISPLAY - A method of creating image data, the image data suitable for use with an autostereoscopic display, the method comprising taking a plurality of samples of a 3D scene, each sample taken for the combination of a pixel on a 2D display and an aperture of the autostereoscopic display, wherein the center line of projection for all samples for a particular aperture pass through substantially the same point of the aperture. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109630 | Preparation and Presentation of Patient-Individual Panoramic Visualizations - The invention relates to a method for generating and presenting a panorama image of a jaw region, wherein first a set of volume data representing the jaw region of a patient is generated by means of a tomographic method, wherein the volume data is composed of a plurality of individual volume elements (“voxels”), wherein multiple horizontal section planes intersecting the jaw are determined, wherein a contour surface ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109631 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING VOLUME RENDERING USING SHADOW CALCULATION - A method and a system are provided for performing volume rendering a 3D array of image data to produce images with an increased spatial information and thus increase the usefulness of the generated images. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109632 | RULE BASED VISUALIZATION MECHANISM - A visualization mechanism may use two sets of rules having different priorities to generate points of interest for a dataset, and display the dataset with labels for the points of interest. The first set of rules may identify and label points of interest by various mechanisms, including analysis of the dataset and comparison to other datasets. The second set of rules may de-clutter the points interest by filtering and aggregating the points of interest by various mechanisms including the priority of the rule that created the point of interest. A display generator may create the visualization of the dataset along with various labels. In some embodiments, the display generator may allow real time user interaction with the data, which may include resizing the visualization in which the filtering and aggregation may be re-applied. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109633 | System and Method For Visualizing Data Corresponding To Physical Objects - There is provided a system and method for providing a visualization of data describing a physical structure, the data relating to a plurality of properties that each vary along a segment of a curved path. An exemplary method comprises defining a plurality of display locations, each of which is adapted to display a data value for each of the plurality of properties at a corresponding location along the segment of the curved path. The exemplary method also comprises providing a visual representation corresponding to data values for each of the plurality of properties at each of the plurality of data locations along the segment of the curved path. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109634 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF INFORMATION RENDERING ON PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device-implemented method includes rendering information on a display of the portable electronic device, detecting receipt of an initiating input, and rendering a band, including at least one field, along an edge of the display. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109635 | Animations - At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a method for animating a display region, windows, or views displayed on a display of a device. The method includes starting at least two animations. The method further includes determining the progress of each animation. The method further includes completing each animation based on a single timer. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109636 | Method and System for Communicating with External Device Through Processing Unit in Graphics System - The present invention sets forth a method and system for communicating with an external device through a processing unit in a graphics system of a computing device. In one embodiment, the method comprises allocating a first set of memory buffers having a first memory buffer and a second memory buffer in the graphics system based on an identification information of the external device, and invoking a first thread processor of the processing unit of the graphics system to perform services associated with a physical layer according to the identification information of the external device by storing a first data stream received from the external device through an I/O interface of the processing unit of the graphics system in the first memory buffer and retrieving a second data stream from the second memory buffer for transmission to the external device through the I/O interface. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109637 | PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A processing device has plural processing modules executing a processing; and plural connectors each having a linking section, an associating section, and a controller. The linking section is able to link with at least one other connector at an input side or an output side. The associating section associates the connector with one of the processing modules. In accordance with a linked state, the controller controls the processing module associated by the associating section. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109638 | RESTART INDEX THAT SETS A TOPOLOGY - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for reducing overhead associated with transmitting primitive draw commands from memory to a graphics processing unit (GPU). Command pairs comprising an end draw command and a begin draw command associated with a conventional graphics application programming interface (API) are selectively replaced with a new construct. The new construct is a reset topology index, which implements a combined function of the end draw command and begin draw command. The new construct improves efficiency by reducing total data transmitted from memory to the GPU. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109639 | POWER SAVINGS IN A COMPUTING DEVICE DURING VIDEO PLAYBACK - Display data and video data are stored within a graphics processing unit to reduce power consumed by the computing device during video playback. Storing display data and video data within the GPU reduces power consumption, because bus transaction activity is reduced and the need to read data from a larger, common main memory is avoided. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109640 | System and Method for Sprite Capture and Creation - A sprite capture and reproduction system for a gaming machine is disclosed. A sprite is a graphic image that can move within a larger graphic image. The system includes a sprite capture component and a sprite reproduction component. The sprite capture component enables capture of a sprite in video memory for use as another sprite. The sprite reproduction component enables reproduction of independent animated images that are combinable in a larger animation. The system does not require a discreet texture for each and every image that is loaded. Additionally, the system dramatically increases likelihood that desired images are resident and available for use in video memory, thereby saving texture memory. Further, the system minimizes shadow RAM usage. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109641 | INFORMATION INPUT HELP SHEET, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE INFORMATION INPUT HELP SHEET, PRINT-ASSOCIATED OUTPUT SYSTEM USING THE INFORMATION INPUT HELP SHEET, AND CALIBRATION METHOD - The technical objective is to provide a simple and low-cost information input help sheet and an information processing system which exhibit a significantly high input accuracy and input efficiency without limiting a mounting object. The information input help sheet comprises an infrared reflection layer which reflects infrared rays from one side and transmits visible light, and a dot pattern layer provided on one side of the infrared reflection layer and on which dots generated by a dot-code generating algorithm and formed with material having an infrared absorbing characteristic are arranged according to a predetermined rule, in order to perform a variety of multimedia information output and/or operation instructions. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109642 | METHOD OF COMPOSITING VARIABLE ALPHA FILLS SUPPORTING GROUP OPACITY - A method of compositing a plurality of graphic objects with a compositing buffer, is disclosed. The plurality of graphic objects forming a group is attenuated by group opacity and is composited from a top object to a bottom object. Based on a first mask and the group opacity, a second mask is generated. The first mask stores a remaining possible contribution for further graphic objects below and including the plurality of graphic objects. The plurality of graphic objects in a top down order is processed. In particular, for each graphic object of the plurality of graphic objects: (a) a contribution value for the graphic object using the second mask is determined, the contribution value representing a contribution of the graphic object to the compositing buffer; (b) a colour value of the graphic object is composited with the compositing buffer using the contribution value; and (c) the second mask is updated using the contribution value. The first mask is then updated using the second mask and the group opacity. The updated first mask is configured for further compositing of objects below the plurality of graphic objects. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109643 | MONITORING WEB SITE CONTENT - Systems and methods for monitoring Web page content associated with processing a resource request are provided. A client computing device generates a sample image corresponding to a set of resources rendered in response to a resource request. A processing component, such as an image analysis component, then compares the sample image with an averaged reference image to identify a compared image. The averaged reference image is determined from averaging a pixel intensity value for each pixel in a first reference image with a pixel intensity value for each pixel in a second reference image. These first and second reference images both correspond to the same set of requested resources. The processing component then weights the compared image to produce a weighted compared image and determines whether a sum of the intensity values for each pixel in the weighted compared image exceeds a threshold. Aspects of systems and methods for generating an alert message if the threshold is exceeded are also provided. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109644 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MOTION CONTROL WITH DISPLAY LUMINANCE COMPENSATION - A system and method for performing motion control measures an effect of luminance variations of a display on captured image data containing motion information with regard to brightness and adjusts the brightness of the image data to compensate the effect of the luminance variations of the display on the image data to increase the accuracy of object motion sensing for motion control. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109645 | DYNAMIC THEME COLOR PALETTE GENERATION - There is provided a method of changing a theme for a user interface of a computer system comprising receiving an identification of an image with which to define a color palette of a theme for rendering elements of a user interface on a color display of the computer system; analysing the image to determine at least one predominant color; and defining the color palette in response to the analysis. The image may comprise a background image selected by a user for display by the computer system. Dynamic generation of the color palette matches the user interface to colors to provide flexible and appealing themes. A computer readable memory having recorded thereon instructions to carry out this method is also provided, as well as a device comprising such memory. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109646 | Cursor for Application of Image Adjustments - Systems and techniques are disclosed for applying an effect to a digital image using a cursor. An effect can be applied to an image at a region under a cursor. The cursor has an outer periphery and an effect indicating periphery within the outer periphery. The outer periphery defines a maximum extent to which the effect is applied. The effect indicating periphery indicates how the effect will be applied to the image, such as providing a visual indication of a softness setting. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109647 | PROGRAM GENERATION DEVICE, PROGRAM GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A program generation device ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109648 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MARKETING - A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, the steps of transmitting media content to a group of set top boxes for presentation with an overlay superimposed onto the media content, receiving a first comment from a first set top box of the group of set top boxes where the first comment is presentable with the overlay and the media content by the group of set top boxes, determining a first advertisement based on the first comment, and transmitting the first advertisement to the first set top box for presentation with the overlay and the media content. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109649 | Map Display Device - There are provided: a map display control unit that brings up a map on display at a display monitor; a stormy weather condition information reception unit that receives stormy weather condition information; and a stormy weather condition information display control unit that provides a storm path forecast, indicating a predicted path of a storm, based upon the stormy weather condition information by superimposing the storm path forecast over the map on display at the display monitor. The stormy weather condition information display control unit displays the storm path forecast by using a fan-shaped range centered on a current position of the storm with an arc thereof passing through a predicted position that the storm is estimated to assume. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109650 | Displaying Computer-Aided Detection Information With Associated Breast Tomosynthesis Image Information - Methods, systems, and related computer program products for processing and displaying computer-aided detection (CAD) information associated with medical breast x-ray images, such as breast x-ray tomosynthesis volumes, are described. An interactive graphical user interface for displaying a tomosynthesis data volume is described that includes a display of a two-dimensional composited image having slabbed sub-images spatially localized to marked CAD findings. Also described is a graphical navigation tool for optimized CAD-assisted viewing of the data volume, comprising a plurality of CAD indicator icons running near and along a slice ruler, each CAD indicator icon spanning a contiguous segment of the slice ruler and corresponding in depthwise position and extent to a subset of image slices spanned by the associated CAD finding, each CAD indicator icon including at least one single-slice highlighting mark indicating a respective image slice containing viewable image information corresponding to the associated CAD finding. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109651 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING EFFICACY OF MEDICAMENTS - A method and apparatus for determining the efficacy of a medicament for the treatment of wounds or scars. The method comprises selecting first and second scarring site portions wherein said first scarring site portion has been treated with said medicament. A pair of images comprising a first image of said first scarring site portion and a second image of said second scarring site portion is generated, and the pair of images is displayed. A recording element comprising first and second recording portions is provided, wherein said first recording portion comprises a plurality of first points indicating that scarring in said first image is less severe than scarring in said second image, and said second recording portion comprises a plurality of second points indicating that scarring in said second image is less severe than scarring in said first image, each of said first and second points having different associated values. Data identifying one of said points is received and used to determine the efficacy of said medicament. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109652 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTION OF GAMMA CHARACTERISTICS FOR A DISPLAY - A method and system for gamma adjustment for average power level dependency displays includes applying gamma controlled functions over a range of values at a plurality of average power levels (APLs) for a display. The gamma controlled functions include coefficients for reconstruction of the gamma controlled functions. Upon a change to an APL, interpolation is performed between the coefficients to predict a new gamma controlled function for the new APL. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109653 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - In a two-phase driving operation that is performed in at least one sub-field when an average luminance level is a predetermined value or more, a first ramp waveform that drops from a first potential to a second potential is applied to a plurality of first electrodes, a second ramp waveform that drops from a third potential that is higher than the first potential to a fourth potential that is higher than the second potential is applied to a plurality of second scan electrodes in a setup period, and a scan pulse is sequentially applied to the plurality of first scan electrodes, and then a scan pulse is sequentially applied to the plurality of second electrodes in a write period. The two-phase driving operation is employed to prevent discharge failures during write discharges. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109654 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - The invention relates to a flexible display comprising a first flexible layer configured to comprise pixels | 2011-05-12 |
20110109655 | BACKLIGHT AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A backlight is provided that can prevent light emitting elements and other circuit components from undergoing degradation due to temperature elevation during backlight operation. A display device utilizing the backlight is also provided. In at least one example embodiment, the backlight is a backlight that is provided on the rear side of a display unit and projects illumination used for displaying images onto the display unit, the backlight including: multiple light emitting elements arranged in a single plane; a light source driving circuit having a light source control unit that defines the value of the drive power applied to each light emitting element and a light source driver unit that applies drive power corresponding to the value defined by the light source control unit to the light emitting elements; and temperature sensors that detect the ambient temperature of the regions where the light emitting elements that attain the highest temperatures during operation are disposed, wherein the light source control unit reduces the drive power applied to the light emitting elements that attain the highest temperatures during operation when the output values of the temperature sensors exceed a predetermined threshold value. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109656 | Image display device and image display system using the same - A display system and method in which light is provided and images are generated by modulating the provided light. At least one of the timing or duty of the provided light may be controlled. By allowing for such control of the provided light an increase in system performance may be realized. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109657 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal module including a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal device as a component of a transparent display, and an electronic apparatus equipped with the liquid crystal module. The liquid crystal module includes: a liquid crystal panel that performs gradation display between transparent color and white using the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal device; and a driving section that drives the liquid crystal panel. The driving section includes a gradation conversion section that relates a plurality of input gradation values between transparent color and white with a plurality of output gradation values between a minimum opacity and a maximum opacity individually. The gradation conversion section employs an S-shaped curve that defines the relation between the input gradation values and the output gradation values. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109658 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH DYNAMIC BACKLIGHT CONTROL - A liquid crystal display (LCD) capable of converting input RGB data into RGBW data to provide the RGBW data to a panel. The LCD simultaneously controls the light level of a backlight and the amount of the RGBW data to prevent RGBW picture quality from being damaged in pure color data, minimizes the power consumption of the LCD, and applies the above to a CPU interface method as well as an RGB interface method. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109659 | Plasmonic Electronic Skin - A method is provided for color tuning a plasmonic device with a color tunable electronic skin. A plasmonic electronic skin is used, including a first substrate, a plasmonic structure, an electrically conductive transparent first electrode layer, an electrically conductive transparent second electrode layer, and a polymer-networked liquid crystal (PNLC) layer interposed between the first and second transparent electrode layers. In response to receiving a color tuning voltage, a full visible spectrum incident light, and a PNLC switch voltage, the plasmonic structure generates a first primary color. A primary color exhibits a single wavelength peak with a spectral full width at half magnitudes (FWHMs) in the visible spectrum of light. In response to receiving the PNLC switch voltage between the first and second electrode layers, the PNLC layer passes incident light. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109660 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device includes: pixels at crossing regions of scan lines, light emission control lines, sensing lines, and data lines; a sensor configured to extract deterioration information from organic light emitting diodes included in the pixels during a first sensing period and to extract threshold voltage and mobility information of driving transistors included in the pixels during a second sensing period; a converter configured to generate corrected data by changing input data based on the deterioration information and the threshold voltage and mobility information; and a data driver configured to supply data signals, the data signals being based on the corrected data during a driving period and being reference data signals during the second sensing period, wherein the sensor is configured to extract the threshold voltage and mobility information of the driving transistors using second electric currents from the pixels in response to the reference data signals. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109661 | LUMINANCE CORRECTION SYSTEM AND LUMINANCE CORRECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - A luminance correction system comprises: a data applying unit coupled to a panel of the flat panel display, and configured to apply data including center gamma value information according to a selected luminance mode to the panel; an image analyzing unit configured to analyze an image displayed on the panel according to the data and output at least one analyzed result; an offset value setting unit coupled to the image analyzing unit, and configured to generate a reference offset value corresponding to a center gamma value for a reference luminance and the at least one analyzed result, and to generate an additional offset value corresponding to the second luminance mode and the at least one analyzed result when a second luminance mode is selected; and a data adjusting unit coupled to the offset value setting unit, and configured to adjust the data according to the reference offset value and supply the adjusted data to the data applying unit. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109662 | DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display, which includes a first pixel, a second pixel and a third pixel that display different colors, includes: an image signal compensation unit that compensates input image signals corresponding to the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel to generate compensated input image signals; and a data driver that supplies data voltages to the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel based on the compensated input image signals. The image signal compensation unit shifts a value of the input image signal corresponding to the first pixel by a first value with respect to a common voltage, shifts a value of the input image signal corresponding to the second pixel by a second value with respect to the common voltage, and shifts a value of the input image signal corresponding to the third pixel by a third value with respect to the common voltage. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109663 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND DISPLAY UNIT - An illuminating device capable of improving display luminance while decreasing light leakage in a range with a large view angle and a display unit are provided. In a light modulation device bonded to a light guide plate, a light modulation layer containing a bulk and microparticles is provided. Both the bulk and the microparticles have optical anisotropy, and each response speed to an electric field is different from each other. Thereby, by controlling the electric field, each optical axis orientation of the bulk and the microparticles is able to correspond with each other, or is able to be different from each other. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109664 | Display device, method for driving the same, and electronic unit - A display device includes: a display section including a plurality of pixels each having a light emitting element and a pixel circuit; and a drive circuit performing display drive on the plurality of pixels through selecting each of the plurality of pixels to write a first signal voltage and a second signal voltage in this order into the selected pixel, the first and second signal voltages being provided based on a video signal. The drive circuit varies magnitude of each of the first and second signal voltages in accordance with a gray-scale value of the video signal, thereby performing gray-scale interpolation on a light emission luminance level for each of the light emitting elements. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109665 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DRIVING SYSTEM - A display driving circuit ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109666 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes data lines, a plurality of pixel circuits, and a control circuit which obtains data line potentials which are formed by correcting potentials which allow the respective pixel circuits to display tones. The control circuit obtains the data line potentials such that a correction amount from a first potential to the data line potential when a tone potential in a frame which is displayed is the first potential and a tone potential in a frame right before the frame is a second potential, and a correction amount from the second potential to the data line potential when the tone potential of the frame which is displayed is the second potential and the tone potential of the frame right before the frame is the first potential differ from each other. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109667 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WHITE BALANCE OF LASER DISPLAY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to device and method for adjusting white balance in a laser display system, which enables to adjust white balance taking an optical characteristic of a laser beam into account. The device for adjusting white balance in a laser display system, having red, green, and blue laser beam sources, includes a temperature sensing unit for sensing the present temperatures of the laser beam sources, a detecting unit for measuring laser beam output intensity of the laser beam sources, a storing unit for storing reference values on allowable current ranges at different temperatures and laser beam output intensity at different temperatures, an adjusting value generating unit for comparing a measured value of the laser beam output intensity obtained from the detecting unit to the reference values obtained from the storing unit, to generate an adjusting value, a laser beam source driving unit for adjusting the laser beam output intensity of a relevant laser beam source according to a current value within the allowable current range or the adjusting value generated thus, and a control unit for searching the storing unit for the allowable current range corresponding to the present temperature sensed thus, or the reference value corresponding to the laser beam output intensity measured thus to control the adjusting value generating unit and the laser beam source driving unit. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109668 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DRIVING SYSTEM - A display driving device ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109669 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DRIVING SYSTEM - A display driving circuit ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109670 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRIVING AN ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY PANEL - An active matrix display panel comprises a substrate, an array of pixel circuits being arranged in a matrix of at least one column and a plurality of rows on the substrate, each pixel circuit comprising a light-emitting element, capable of emitting light of an intensity determined by the value of a current passed through it, and at least one column line, each column line arranged to conduct a reference current, provided by a current driving circuit, when connected to the panel. The pixel circuits in a column are divided into a plurality of groups of at least one pixel circuit. The active matrix display panel comprises at least one current mirror circuit associated with a first group, comprising a first current mirror, arranged to mirror a reference current flowing through a column line to a first current mirror output. Each pixel circuit in the first group comprises at least a first current-memory stage, having an output terminal connected to the light-emitting element, wherein the first current-memory stage is capable of drawing a current determined at least partly by the current mirrored to the first current mirror output through the output terminal. Each current mirror circuit comprises at least one additional current mirror, arranged to mirror a reference current flowing through an associated column line to an additional current mirror output, wherein each additional current mirror output is connected in parallel to the first current mirror output. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109671 | INTEGRATED STRUCTURE OF AN INKJET HEAD AND AN ANTENNA - An integrated structure of an inkjet head and an antenna includes a metal heat dissipation board, a flexible (or rigid) circuit board and an antenna module. The metal heat dissipation has an elongated printing ribbon. The flexible (or rigid) circuit board is mounted on the metal heat dissipation board, and has one end electrically connected with the printing ribbon and the other end having a plurality of parallel circuits mounted thereon and connected to external control circuits. The antenna module is directly mounted on and electrically connected with the flexible (or rigid) circuit board. Given the integrated structure, the antenna module is effectively mounted on the inkjet head to reduce the size of the structure and lower the cost thereof. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109672 | AIR EXTRACTION PRINTER - An inkjet printer comprising an ink chamber supplying ink. An air extraction chamber is included that comprises an air chamber, a one-way relief valve for venting of the air chamber to ambient. A compressible member is used for forcing air to be vented from the air chamber through the one-way relief valve and for applying a reduced air pressure to an air permeable membrane while the one-way relief valve is closed. A carriage propels the array of nozzles, the ink chamber, the membrane and the air extraction chamber along a carriage scan path. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109673 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - The printing device including: a first setting unit configured to set printing mode of a main image and to set either front-surface printing mode for printing a background image on the medium and then printing the main image on the background image or rear-surface printing mode for printing the main image on the medium and then printing the background image on the main image; and a second setting unit configured to set a printing mode of an additional image printed in association with the printing of the main image and to set either front-surface printing mode for printing a background image for the additional image on the medium and then printing the additional image on the background image for the additional image or rear-surface printing mode for printing the additional image on the medium and then printing the background image for the additional image on the additional image. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109674 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTION PRINTER - A liquid ejection device includes: a drive waveform generator generating a drive waveform signal; a modulator performing pulse modulation on a signal from the drive waveform generator to provide a modulated signal; a digital power amplifier performing power amplification on the modulated signal to provide an amplified digital signal; a Lowpass Filter smoothing the amplified digital signal to provide a drive signal of an actuator; a compensator advancing the phase of the drive signal to provide a negative feedback signal; and a subtractor providing a differential signal between the drive waveform signal and the negative feedback signal as an input signal to the modulator. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109675 | PHASE SHIFTS FOR PRINTING AT TWO SPEEDS - The method includes forming first size drops by applying drop forming pulses during a unit time period τ | 2011-05-12 |
20110109676 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A driving pulse for air bubble removal flushing which is a first maintenance pulse is a driving pulse which removes air bubbles in an ink flow path of a recording head, a driving pulse for thickened ink discharge flushing which is a second maintenance pulse is a driving pulse which removes thickened ink, thereby stabilizing a meniscus, and in a maintenance process which restores ejection capability of the recording head, after an air bubble removal flushing process is executed by using the driving pulse for air bubble removal flushing, a thickened ink discharge flushing process is executed by using the driving pulse for thickened ink discharge flushing. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109677 | DYNAMIC PHASE SHIFTS TO IMPROVE STREAM PRINT - A method of forming print drops includes forming drops of a first size by applying drop forming energy pulses during a unit time period, τ | 2011-05-12 |
20110109678 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL ABSOLUTE POSITION SENSOR AND PROJECTION CONTROL FOR A HANDHELD PRINTER - A handheld portable printer includes members and a handle that are joined together to form a generally O-shaped device. The members provide a rigid and strong structure and an area for housing a projector to project an image on the print surface of the image to be printed. The bottom member houses a pair of absolute position sensors spaced apart and aligned upon the longitudinal axis on the bottom of the handheld portable printer. A controller is associated with the absolute position sensors to produce precise position information. The controller uses the precise position information to control the projection of the image to be printed and the printing of pixels by the print head. In one embodiment, the print head is controlled such that each pixel is printed at least twice. The present invention also includes a number of novel methods including: a method for printing an image with a handheld printer, a method for projecting an image to be printed, and a method for registering a location of a printer and portions of a printed image. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109679 | PRINTING ORIFICE HEALTH DETECTION DEVICE - A detection device ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109680 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device comprising a line head including a plurality of recording element arrays arranged in one direction such that the recording elements have overlapping regions at the mutually adjoining end portions, characterized by comprising a halftone processor for subjecting multilevel image data to a halftone process in accordance with a first half tone processing rule to form the pattern of the dots to be recorded, as a recording pattern, an allocation processor for allocating which of the recording element arrays adjoining in the overlapping regions is used to record according to the recording pattern, by using a second half tone processing rule to suppress the low-frequency component of a space frequency, and a driver for driving the recording elements so that the dot data allocated to the individual recording element arrays may be recorded by the recording elements of the individual recording element arrays contained in the line head. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109681 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An image recording range setting unit is provided on a conveyance path of a recording medium, and estimates a width of the recording medium on the basis of a detection result of a medium side end detecting unit for detecting a position of one side end of the recording medium. A recording range, on which image recording is to be performed, is set on the basis of the estimated width, and an image recording process is executed on the recording range. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109682 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a conveying mechanism, a printing unit, a drying unit, and a control unit. The conveying mechanism conveys a sheet and the printing unit applies an ink onto the sheet conveyed by the conveying mechanism to perform print operation. The drying unit may dry the sheet on which an ink has been applied by the printing unit. The control unit controls the conveying mechanism, the printing unit, and the drying unit. The control unit controls the conveying mechanism to vary a sheet conveyance amount per unit time while print operation of one job is in progress. The control unit further controls the drying unit depending on variation in the sheet conveyance amount while the print operation of the one job is in progress. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109683 | Temperature Leveling Roller and Pressure Nip Assembly - An imaging device includes a substantially continuous web of media, and a web transport system configured to transport the continuous web along a web path. A print station is positioned along the web path and is configured to apply ink to the continuous web. A temperature leveling ink spreader is disposed along the web path downstream from the print station. The temperature leveling ink spreader includes a leveler roller including a heater configured to generate thermal energy to heat the leveler roller to a spreading temperature. The leveler roller is positioned to be partially wrapped by the continuous web to generate a predetermined dwell time between the continuous web and the leveler roller as the continuous web is being transported to equalize the temperatures of the web and ink on the web to within a predetermined range about the spreading temperature. The temperature leveling ink spreader includes a pressure roller positioned adjacent the leveler roller to form a spreading nip therebetween through which the continuous web is fed after the predetermined dwell time. The spreading nip is configured to apply a predetermined pressure to the continuous web and the ink thereon. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109684 | INK JET PRINTING - A continuous ink jet printer comprises a gutter for collecting ink droplets not used in printing. Pumping apparatus draws ink from the gutter and control apparatus is configured to vary the level of pumping by the pumping apparatus depending on the temperature or other parameter of the ink. As the temperature of the ink increases the level of pumping is reduced. The pumping apparatus may comprise two venturi pumps connected in parallel each having its throat connected to the gutter. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109685 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - In at least one of the period when the conveying speed of a continuous record medium is accelerated until the conveying speed reaches a constant speed and the period when the conveying speed is decelerated to stop conveying the continuous record medium, a test pattern is recorded on the continuous record medium by a first image recording unit and a second image recording unit. The pattern is read by a first detection unit and a second detection unit, and a record check unit determines whether or not there is a record error in the test pattern. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109686 | Utilizing A Printer To Customize Apparel In A Retail Facility - Customized articles of footwear are produced by providing options and graphics that are selected by a customer when submitting a custom order at a retail facility. The graphics are selected from a catalog while the options, such as a shoe model or a shoe size, are selected at an order interface rendered at a computing device. The computing device processes the order by uploading printing instructions associated with the customer-selected graphic or by converting specifications of the order into the printing instructions. The printing instructions are passed to a printer that is configured to move inkjet nozzles in a pattern and, concurrently, control a timed release of coloring agent from the inkjet nozzles based on the printing instructions. Releasing the coloring agent over the article of footwear physically applies a design thereto, which substantially resembles the customer-selected graphic. An oven typically cures the design via infrared heat over a timeframe. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109687 | INKJET EMULSION INK - According to one embodiment, an inkjet emulsion ink includes coloring material, an aqueous liquid, an oil liquid, and a polyvinyl alcohol. The aqueous liquid accounts for 10 to 40% by weight of the inkjet emulsion ink, the oil liquid accounts for 60 to 90% by weight of the inkjet emulsion ink. At least a part of the oil liquid is an aromatic alcohol represented by general formula A. The polyvinyl alcohol accounts for 0.1 to 3% by weight of the inkjet emulsion ink and is represented by general formula B. The viscosity of an aqueous solution containing 4% by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol at 20° C. is less than 10 mPa·s. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109688 | SILICON/GERMANIUM OXIDE PARTICLE INKS, INKJET PRINTING AND PROCESSES FOR DOPING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES - Highly uniform silica nanoparticles can be formed into stable dispersions with a desirable small secondary particle size. The silican particles can be surface modified to form the dispersions. The silica nanoparticles can be doped to change the particle properties and/or to provide dopant for subsequent transfer to other materials. The dispersions can be printed as an ink for appropriate applications. The dispersions can be used to selectively dope semiconductor materials such as for the formation of photovoltaic cells or for the formation of printed electronic circuits. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109689 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a supply unit having a humidifying portion that supplies humidified gas near a nozzle array of a line-type recording head. In correspondence to displacement of the recording head in a direction of the nozzle array, at least one of an introducing direction and an introducing position of the supplied humidified gas can be changed. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109690 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A supply unit is provided to supply humidified gas near a nozzle array of a line-type recording head. The flow-rate distribution of the supplied humidified gas in a direction of the nozzle array is changeable in accordance with a conveying region where a sheet is conveyed while opposing the nozzle array. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109691 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a recording head having a sealing portion arranged in proximity to nozzle arrays and protruding beyond a nozzle surface. A wiper unit configured to wipe the nozzle surface of the recording head has a first wiper blade and a second wiper blade, and the first wiper blade is arranged to be inclined by an angle θ | 2011-05-12 |