| 22nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
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| 20110128238 | ELECTRIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electric device and its control method are disclosed. The electric device includes: a display unit; a receiving unit configured to receive paper; a sensing unit configured to detect at least one of a state of the received paper and a state of user's handwriting input to the received paper; and a controller configured to display a result value calculated based on the detection of the sensing unit on the display unit. A state of paper or a state of handwriting input to the paper is detected and a corresponding result value is displayed on the display unit, thus improving emotional quality of the electric device. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128239 | ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER TRANSDUCERS FOR TACTILE FEEDBACK DEVICES - Electroactive polymer transducers for sensory feedback applications in user interface devices are disclosed. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128240 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH A TOUCH DEVICE - A display device with a touch device comprises a substrate, a first bridge electrode positioned on the substrate, a plurality of insulating layer patterns covering both ends and a central portion of the first bridge electrode, a plurality of first electrodes separately positioned on the substrate comprising the insulating layer patterns, and connected to the first bridge electrode, a second bridge electrode positioned on the insulating layer patterns covering the central portion of the first bridge electrode, and crossing the first bridge electrode, and a plurality of second electrodes positioned to be separated from the first electrode on the substrate and integrally connected with the second bridge electrode. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128241 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a terminal can be used in further consideration of user's convenience. The present invention includes displaying at least one object on a display unit of a touchscreen type provided to a front side of a housing of a bar type, if a first touch gesture is performed on the object, enabling the object to move from the main display unit via a first subdisplay unit provided to one lateral side of the housing to a second subdisplay unit of the touchscreen type provided to a backside of the housing, and if a second touch gesture is performed on the object displayed on the second subdisplay unit, enabling the object to move to the main display unit via the first subdisplay unit from the second subdisplay unit. Accordingly, when a touchscreen is attached to at least two sides of a mobile terminal, a terminal user is facilitated to use the mobile terminal in a manner of utilizing how to display the touchscreen provided to the at least two sides. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128242 | DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME HAVING COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES - A digital display device for displaying content associated with multiple sets of sources of content is described herein. The digital display device includes a display configured to provide at least a first display region and a second display region. The digital display device further includes a communication component configured to transmit and receive signals to and from a telecommunications network and a storage component configured to store a mapping of sources of content to the first and second display regions. The digital display device also includes a routing component that automatically routes content associated with the first and second sets of sources for display on at least one of the first and second display regions. The first and second display regions display the content substantially simultaneously. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128243 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display device with a multitouch touchpanel, an identification module, an object display module and a determination module. The identification module is configured to identify an operator by means of a touch operation on the multitouch touchpanel. The object display module is configured to display an object used to indicate n regions capable of accepting the identification touch operation on a screen of the display device. The determination module is configured to accept the identification touch operation on at least one of n regions on the multitouch touchpanel corresponding to the n regions capable of accepting identification touch operation m times, and to determine whether operator identification is succeeded based on whether the m identification touch operations agree with a touch operations registered in advance. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128244 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE TOUCH PANEL - A mobile device with a touch screen and a method for operating the touch panel are provided. The mobile device includes a touch panel and a controller. The touch panel divides the area into first and second areas, where the size of the first area corresponds to that of a display unit. The controller performs user functions according to touch events that occur on the first and second areas. The mobile device can increase the usable space in the installation of the touch screen. The method can efficiently operate the touch panel of the touch screen. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128245 | PIEZOELECTRIC SPEAKER, SPEAKER APPARATUS, AND TACTILE FEEDBACK APPARATUS - A piezoelectric speaker that includes an electrode formed on opposing main surfaces of a piezoelectric sheet having a predetermined stretching axis and made of a chiral polymer. The electrode is divided into four electrode portions by a plurality of dividing lines extending in a radiation direction. The four electrode portions are distributed along the outer peripheral portion except for the central portion of a vibration region. Voltage is applied to the respective four electrode portions in such a manner that electric field vectors generated in the thickness direction of the piezoelectric sheet direct in opposite directions between the adjacent ones of four sheet portions of the piezoelectric sheet to which voltage is applied by the electrode portions. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128246 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - An electrostatic capacitive coupling type touch panel in which a period before wiring formed outside an input region is chipped or wire-broken due to deterioration of a mask pattern can be prolonged. The touch panel has an input region and plural wirings formed around the input region. The input region has plural X electrodes and plural Y electrodes crossing the X electrodes. The plural wirings are connected to corresponding electrodes of the plural X electrodes and Y electrodes. The plural wirings respectively have a conductive layer and a metal layer formed on the conductive layer. The conductive layer is formed to be wider than the metal layer. The plural wirings have a corner. Among the plural wirings, in the wiring provided in the farthest position from the input region, the corner of the metal layer is chamfered. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128247 | OPERATION CONSOLE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH THE CONSOLE, AND OPERATION METHOD - In an image forming apparatus including software buttons and hardware buttons, a log-in image is displayed, and when input of a log-in name by a user is completed, determination is made as to whether an operation device used at that time is hardware buttons. If the operation device is hardware buttons, the image forming apparatus erases a software keyboard from a display panel, and if the operation device is not the hardware buttons, turns off a hardware button lamp. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128248 | INPUT DETECTION DEVICE, INPUT DETECTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An input detection device ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128249 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A capacitive touch display device includes a stylus, a display panel, and a capacitive touch unit. The stylus touches the display panel by clicking to input a touch signal and contacts the capacitive touch unit at a contact area. The capacitive touch unit is disposed on the display panel and includes a plurality of first sensing series and a plurality of second sensing series. Each of the first sensing series includes a plurality of first sensing pads electrically connected to one another. A pitch between any two adjacent first sensing pads is P. The second sensing series intersect the first sensing series. The contact area contacted by the stylus has a contact width D, and the ratio of the contact width D to the pitch P between any two adjacent first sensing pads satisfies the following ratio condition: 1.4≦(D/P)≦1.6. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128250 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING USER INPUT - A method and a device for detecting user input includes receiving a user input at an input arrangement of a user interface. The input arrangement has at least one piezoelectric sensor that generates an electric signal in response to the input. The electric signal is processed to determine the presence of the input. The processing may indicate the magnitude of the force of the input, in addition to the input's location. An output arrangement of the user interface generates an output in response to the processing. The output may be a haptic, audio or visual output. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128251 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A CONTACT ON A TOUCH SCREEN - A method of detecting a contact on a touch-screen panel including a plurality of touch-sensitive units arranged on a touch-sensitive surface. The method comprises receiving at least two induction signals induced by a contact of an object with the touch-sensitive surface at a point in between at least two adjacent touch-sensitive units. The at least two adjacent touch-sensitive units include a first touch-sensitive unit and a second touch-sensitive unit. The at least two induction signals include a first induction signal induced by contact with the first touch-sensitive unit and a second induction signal induced by contact with the second touch-sensitive unit. The method further comprises combining the first and second induction signals to produce at least part of a touch signal, and processing the touch signal to generate a control signal and outputting the control signal to a terminal application device to enable user to view data from coordinates of the contact point. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128252 | CAPACITANCE TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is a capacitance touch panel, including a substrate, a transparent electrode formed at a partial area of a substrate, and an optical layer formed on the substrate formed with the transparent electrode in an overspreading (blanketing) way, whereby the optical layers are formed on a transparent electrode, each having a different refractive index to reduce a reflexibility of the transparent electrode and a reflexibility of a substrate, thereby improving a transparent electrode-visible phenomenon. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128253 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch screen display device includes a common electrode, a base substrate disposed opposite to the common electrode, a display signal line formed on the base substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a touch position sensing part formed between the base substrate and the pixel electrodes, the touch position sensing part sensing a change of electrostatic capacitance formed between the common electrode and the touch position sensing part, and a display layer disposed between the common electrode and the pixel electrodes. The display layer includes a plurality of micro capsules comprising positively charged pigment particles and negatively charged pigment particles. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128254 | TOUCH SENSOR, DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A capacitive type touch sensor appropriately detecting an object, and a display and an electronic device including such a touch sensor are provided. The display including a drive electrode receiving a drive signal, a detection electrode located adjacent to the drive electrode, and a dielectric material located between the drive electrode and the detection electrode defining a capacitive area. The detection electrode generates an output signal driven by the drive signal, a detection circuit electrically connected to the detection electrode sensing the output signal. A switch element is electrically connected between the detection electrode and a voltage source providing a predefined voltage level and having a first state and a second state. A display control circuit controls a voltage applied between a display common voltage electrode and a pixel electrode to display an image based on an image signal, and the display common voltage electrode serves as the drive electrode. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128255 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS - A light source module includes a light source, a light guide unit, an opaque reflective element, a reflective unit, and a patterned light-absorbing element. The light guide unit has first and second surfaces, a light incident surface, and third and fourth surfaces. A beam from the light source enters the light guide unit through the light incident surface and is transmitted to outside through the first surface. The opaque reflective element covers a portion of the first surface adjacent to the light incident surface. The patterned light-absorbing element is disposed on a surface of the reflective unit. A portion of the patterned light-absorbing element is between a portion of the third surface adjacent to the light incident surface and the reflective unit. Another portion of the patterned light-absorbing element is between a portion of the fourth surface adjacent to the light incident surface and the reflective unit. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128256 | LIGHT GUIDE APPARATUS AND OPTICAL TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light guide apparatus is adapted to a touch display apparatus. The touch display apparatus has a display area. The light guide apparatus includes a plurality of light guide units and a plurality of light sources. The light guide units are disposed beside a first side of the display area. Each of the light guide units has a light incident surface, and a space is between each two adjacent light guide units. The light sources are disposed beside the light incident surfaces of the light guide units. Each of the light sources is capable of providing a beam. The beam is capable of entering the light guide unit through the light incident surface and is capable of being transmitted to an external environment from the light guide unit. An optical touch display apparatus is also provided. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128257 | TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER TOUCH SCREEN SENSOR - TDR (time domain reflection) technology may be used in optical domain or in electrical domain. For electrical TDR, single layer ITO glass may form a transmission line as a base TDR touch sensor. When the touch sensor is paired, the existing internal metal line of the display device may be reused as a TDR sensor and the ITO glass may be removed. When touched, the TDR profile is changed dynamically from baseline to the particular profile due to its dynamic impedance profile change across the display screen. Likewise, for optical TDR touch sensing, 2 dimensional optical slab waveguide is used to carry OTDR signal. When touched, the profile is changed due to this perturbation mainly by evanescent field changes on that particular position. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128258 | Mouse Pen - A mouse pen includes a pen pipe having a touch device with a touch board module and an up-down event module, and the controlling circuit mainly controls a circuit board with a micro processor as well as connects to the battery module, the touch device, and a detective device. While moving the pen pipe, the detective module detects signals on a moving track; thence the touch board module and the up-down event module would affect an auxiliary function and executive command. After processed by a processor, signals are wirelessly transmitted to an outer electronic device for controlling the cursor and other related operations on a screen. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128259 | Display device and driving method - There is provided a display device including an array substrate including pixels arranged in a matrix manner and gate control circuits that scan gate lines of the pixels and that are provided on the array substrate such that the gate control circuits correspond to the respective gate lines of the pixels. Each of the gate control circuits includes a first output terminal that outputs a signal to each of the gate lines, and a second output terminal that outputs a signal that is supplied to a gate control circuit in a subsequent stage. When adjacent two of the gate lines are scanned simultaneously from an upper part of a screen by the signal output from the first output terminal of each of the gate control circuits, a gate on period is provided during which outputs from the first output terminals of adjacent two of the gate control circuits are the same. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128260 | Stacked Display With A Bended Substrate, An Electronic Apparatus And A Method For Manufacturing The Same - A stacked display ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128261 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines perpendicular to and insulatively intersecting the scan lines and a plurality of scanning-signal transmission lines insulatively disposed between the data lines and parallel to the data lines. The scanning-signal transmission lines provide scanning signals to the scan lines. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128262 | HIGH RESOLUTION PIXEL ARCHITECTURE - A high resolution pixel using organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) in a staggered arrangement to increase aperture ratio is disclosed. The arrangement may be used with both bottom and top emission type pixels. The arrangement includes a first organic light emitting device emitting light of a first color. A second organic light emitting device emitting light of a second color is located in a bottom row under the first organic light emitting device. A third organic light emitting device emitting light of a third color is located in a top row with the first organic light emitting device. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128263 | GRAY SCALE DISPLAY DEVICE - Video signals are subjected to necessary signal processing by a video signal processing unit | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128264 | TRANSFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A transflective display device includes upper and lower substrates, and a plurality of pixel regions that are disposed between the upper and lower substrates. Each of the pixel regions is controllable to switch between a bright state and a dark state, and includes a liquid crystal display structure, an emissive display structure, and a photovoltaic structure. The photovoltaic structure is capable of absorbing light to generate an electrical power. The liquid crystal display structure is controllable to operate between a transmissive mode and a reflective mode. The emissive display structure is controllable to emit graded light or to not emit light. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128265 | VIDEO RATE ChLCD DRIVING WITH ACTIVE MATRIX BACKPLANES - A device and method providing a pixel architecture that, in at least one embodiment, contains both an on/off memory element and a switching element to utilize low-power liquid crystal displays for video or near-video applications. Such an embodiment can be implemented, for example, using a pair of TFTs for implementing the memory element and switching element on a common substrate. Other embodiments can utilize actual memory devices for the memory elements. This device and method are particularly useful for driving cholestric display elements for video or near video rate applications. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128266 | MULTIPLEX ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DRIVER CIRCUIT - A multiplex electrophoretic display driver circuit comprises a memory unit, a display controller and a voltage driving unit. The memory unit has two registers respectively storing the current and former gray-level matrix signals. The gray-level matrix signal contains gray-level data corresponding to electrophoretic pixels. The display controller has an encoding circuit and a counting circuit. The encoding circuit generates a difference-value matrix signal containing difference values according to a difference between the current and former gray-level matrix signals and then generates a voltage-difference matrix signal containing voltage-difference signals corresponding to the electrophoretic pixels. The counting circuit receives the difference-value matrix signal and counts to generate refreshing values corresponding to the difference values. The encoding circuit adds the refreshing values to a next-cycled difference-value matrix signal to generate a new voltage-difference matrix signal. The voltage driving unit drives the electrophoretic pixels according to the voltage-difference matrix signal. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128267 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAYS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The invention discloses an electronic paper display and driving method thereof. The electronic paper display includes a plurality of image units and a control unit. The image units are arranged as a matrix. Before image data received by the electronic paper display being written into the image units, the control unit drives a first image unit of every two adjacent images into a first extreme state and a second image unit of the two adjacent images into a second extreme state during a first preset duration, and drives the first image unit into the second extreme state and the second image unit into the first extreme state during a second preset duration. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128268 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY - An organic light emitting display includes an image display unit having a plurality of pixels, and first and second pixel power lines that receive pixel-driving voltages from first and second power supplies, respectively. The second pixel power lines are interleaved with the first pixel power lines. Adjacent pixels of the same color from among the plurality of pixels provided in the image display unit are coupled to pixel power lines corresponding to different power supplies. This is to solve or mitigate the problem of non-uniform brightness of the entire image display unit due to voltage drops in the pixel power lines. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128269 | STEROSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic image display device comprises: a display panel including thin film transistors (TFTs) formed at crossings of data lines and gate lines and m×n (m and n are positive integers) number of pixels divided into main subpixels and auxiliary subpixels; a data driving circuit supplying a data voltage of a two-dimensional (2D) image to the data lines in a 2D mode and supplying a data voltage of a three-dimensional (3D) image to the data lines in a 3D mode; and a gate driving circuit simultaneously supplying gate pulses to a pair of gate lines including neighboring gate lines in the 2D mode and simultaneously supplying gate pulses to even-numbered gate lines in the 3D mode. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128270 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving method of a plasma display device with reduced black luminance is provided. During at least one TV field without a main reset period, the at least one TV field including a first subfield and a second subfield having a reset waveform in a reset period of the first subfield and the second subfield, respectively, the method includes: applying a first scan low voltage or a first scan high voltage to a scan electrode during an address period of the first subfield; and applying a second scan low voltage or a second scan high voltage to the scan electrode during an address period of the second subfield, wherein the first and the second scan low voltages are maintained at a constant level for a period of time in the first and second subfields, respectively, and the first scan low voltage is different from the second scan low voltage. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128271 | Signal line drive circuit, display device and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a signal line drive circuit including: a positive voltage supply section; a negative voltage supply section; line buffers; a positive selector; a negative selector; and an output selector, wherein the positive selector is arranged on one side, the negative selector on other side, the positive voltage supply section on the one side, and the negative voltage supply section on the other side, in such a manner that they are symmetrical with respect to the line buffers. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128272 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ACCEPTING ALTERNATING COMMON VOLTAGE - A liquid crystal display includes a pixel matrix having a plurality of pixels and a common voltage driver. Each pixel includes a TFT, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode. The pixels are defined as a first pixel group and a second pixel group. The pixels in the first pixel group all have a first polarity in each frame period, the pixels in the second pixel group all have a second polarity in each frame period, and the first polarity and the second polarity are different. The common voltage driver is configured for providing a first common voltage to the common electrodes of the pixels in the first pixel group and providing a second common voltage to the common electrodes of the pixels in the second pixel group. The first common voltage and the second common voltage are alternating voltages, and have inverse phases. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128273 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD USING THE SAME - A display panel driving circuit includes: N number of buffers (N is an integer no less than 1) configured to buffer data voltages and enable or disable supply of buffered signals in response to a charge sharing control signal; and N number of output multiplexers each configured to receive outputs of two adjacent buffers among outputs of the N number of buffers and transfer the output of one buffer or the outputs of the two buffers to a corresponding one of data lines in response to the charge sharing control signal. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128274 | Integrated Circuit Device and Electronic Instrument - An integrated circuit device includes first and second transistors NTr | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128275 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR, DISPLAY ELEMENT, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A field effect transistor includes a gate electrode to which a gate voltage is applied; a source electrode and a drain electrode for obtaining a current in response to the gate voltage; an active layer provided adjacent to the source electrode and the drain electrode and formed of an oxide semiconductor including magnesium and indium as major components; and a gate insulating layer provided between the gate electrode and the active layer. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128276 | Display apparatus and display drive method - A display apparatus includes: a pixel array including pixel circuits arranged in a matrix form, in which each pixel circuit has a light-emitting device, a drive transistor applying a current corresponding to a gate-source voltage to the light-emitting device, a sampling transistor inputting a voltage supplied from a signal line to a gate of the drive transistor, and a storage capacitor connected between the gate and source of the drive transistor so as to store a threshold voltage of the drive transistor and an input video signal voltage; a signal selector that supplies a reference voltage and the video signal voltage to signal lines arranged in columns on the pixel array in horizontal periods corresponding to the number of horizontal lines in one unit when the horizontal lines of the respective pixel circuits of the pixel array are grouped as one unit; and a scanner that applies a pulse to control lines arranged in rows on the pixel array so as to control the sampling transistor of the pixel circuit. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128277 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DRIVE DEVICE USING SAME, AS WELL AS PARAMETER SETTING CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND POWER SUPPLY UNIT - The operational amplifier according to the present invention has at least one differential input part for generating a voltage signal corresponding to an electric potential difference between a positive-phase input signal and a negative-phase input signal by using a differential pair configured from a pair of transistors; an output part for generating and outputting an output signal of a logic level corresponding to the voltage signal generated by the differential input part; at least one auxiliary current generator for detecting a sudden change in the positive-phase input signal or the negative-phase input signal and generating an auxiliary current; and a drive current generator for adding together a predetermined reference current and the auxiliary current and generating a drive current of the differential input part. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128278 | REGULATING CIRCUIT - A regulating circuit for driving a display screen pixel having a light-emitting diode includes at least one operational amplifier ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128279 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A device for driving a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel having a plurality pixel regions formed thereon, a data driver to drive data lines on the liquid crystal panel, a gate driver to drive gate lines on the liquid crystal panel, a driving voltage generating unit to generate a common voltage wherein a level of the common voltage swings every frame, and a timing controller to control the driving voltage generating unit and the gate driver to generate a gate driving voltage wherein a level of the gate driving voltage varies in accordance with the common voltage swinging level. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128280 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel including a first substrate, scan lines, data lines, sub-pixel units, a light-shielding layer, a second substrate, and a display medium is provided. Each of the sub-pixel units includes a main display unit and a sub-display unit. The main display unit includes a first switch and a first pixel electrode, wherein the first pixel electrode and the data lines adjacent thereto are separated from each other with a gap (G | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128281 | USER-RESPONSIVE RENDERING OF A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE ENVIRONMENT - Methods, services, program products and devices are provided for user-defined configuration of a rendering of a virtual universe domain environment. A first user of a virtual universe domain environment selects or defines an artifact tag comprising rendering data and a protocol for applying the tag to an artifact of the virtual universe domain, the protocol comprising a compliance prerequisite for rendering the tag information to another second user of the virtual universe domain environment. A first user requesting application of a tag to an artifact item within the virtual universe domain, causes a setting or updating of a protocol compliance value. An avatar of another, second second user engaging the artifact item causes a virtual universe client of the engaging second user avatar to render the item to the second user in compliance with the tag rendering data if a set or updated compliance value meets a compliance prerequisite. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128282 | Method for Generating the Depth of a Stereo Image - A method for generating image depth of a stereo image is provided. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, a stereo image is received. Next, a number of paths with greater gradient are searched in the stereo image. Then, the image depths of a number of first pixels in the paths are generated. After that, the image depths of a number of second pixels not in the paths are generated according to the image depths of the first pixels. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128283 | FILE SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A file selection system includes a display unit, a time-of-flight (TOF) camera, and a processing unit. The TOF camera captures an image, and obtains data about distances between a number of points of an individual in the image and the TOF camera. The processing unit examines the image to find a face, and build a 3D model of the face of the individual according to the face and the data about distances between the number of points of the individual and the TOF camera, and determining a gazing direction of the face and a location of the face relative to a display unit according to the 3D model of the face of the individual to obtain which area the face looks at. The processing unit further selects a media content according to the area the face looks at. The display unit displays the selected media content. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128284 | GEOMETRY SIMPLIFICATION APPARATUS, GEOMETRY SIMPLIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a geometry simplification apparatus including a simplification target feature extractor and a geometry simplification processor. The simplification target feature extractor extracts a second feature, similar to a first feature in geometry from a part for which geometry simplification is manually performed, based on information about the first feature. The geometry simplification processor simplifies the second feature extracted by the simplification target feature extractor based on information about a geometry simplification method performed to the first feature. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128285 | PARALLEL TRIANGLE TESSELLATION - Triangles are tessellated by an algorithm that is adapted for efficient parallel processing. A plurality of input triangles for tessellation are received. Within each input triangle, a number of tessellated vertices and a number of output triangles to be generated are calculated. A scan-based methodology accesses data stored in lookup tables to generate locations of the output triangles within the input triangle. In some implementations, multiple output triangles within the input triangle are generated simultaneously by parallel processing. A tessellated input triangle is divided into the multiple output triangles that are rendered in a computer graphic system. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128286 | IMAGE RESTORATION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image restoration apparatus includes: a control processor unit for separating foreground and background from a loaded input image to transmit each of the separated foreground and background images as a three-dimensional (3D) texture; and a graphic processor unit for generating a visual hull of voxel units corresponding to the transmitted 3D texture, transforming the generated visual hull into mesh units, performing data alignment and pixel transform, determining a screen display value to perform rendering using the determined screen display value. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128287 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of displaying a stereoscopic image includes providing light to a first display area of a display panel during a second sub frame of an (N−1)-th frame, the first display area displaying a first left eye image during a first sub frame of the (N−1)-th frame prior to the second sub frame of the (N−1)-th frame panel and providing the light to a second display area of the display panel during a first sub frame of an N-th frame, the second display area displaying a second left eye image during the second sub frame of the (N−1)-th frame prior to the first sub frame of the N-th frame, where N is positive integer. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128288 | Region of Interest Selector for Visual Queries - A client system receives an image such as a photograph, a screen shot, a scanned image, or a video frame. The image has a first resolution which is likely larger than a maximum resolution for visual queries. As such, if a visual query were created from the image some resolution would be lost. Instead, a user selects a region of interest within the image. The region of interest has a second resolution, which is smaller than the first resolution. The client system then creates a visual query from the region of interest. The visual query has a resolution no larger than a pre-defined maximum resolution for visual queries. Because the visual query is created from the region of interest rather, than the entire received image, most of the resolution is concentrated specifically on the region of interest. The visual query is then sent to a server system. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128289 | Facilitating Temporal Comparison of Medical Images - Methods, systems, and computer program products for facilitating temporal comparison of medical images is provided, with one exemplary application being for breast mammograms. In one embodiment, prior and subsequent mammographic images of a breast acquired using at least partially different mammogram acquisition systems are displayed for simultaneous viewing on a same mammogram display at an identical tissue distance per unit display distance without requiring a scale-adjusting viewer input. Also described are other embodiments for optimally scaling, windowing and/or otherwise advantageously processing and/or displaying prior and subsequent mammographic image sets in manners that facilitate temporal comparison therebetween. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128290 | Strategies for Processing Media Information Using a Plug-In Processing Module in a Path-Agnostic Manner - A media processing framework includes multiple media processing paths. At least one of the media processing paths includes a media processing pipeline which is in-process with respect to an application which interacts with the media processing pipeline. At least one other of the media processing paths includes a media processing pipeline which is out-of-process with respect to the application. The application can specify a custom plug-in presenter module to be set in either the in-process media processing pipeline or the out-of-process media processing pipeline. The application need not be “aware” of the pipeline that is being used, whether the pipeline is in-process or out-of-process, or the security level that is applied to the media processing pipeline. Both the in-process and the out-of-process media processing pipelines can supply media information to a presentation processor, such as a compositing engine. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128291 | PROGRAM GENERATION DEVICE, PROGRAM GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - When a generating device generates a control program for displaying images of characters on a display screen of a mobile terminal, if a character represented in accordance with a font identity not supported by the mobile terminal is included, an item of image data representing an image that depicts the character according to the font identity is generated in advance in the generating device. When the control program is executed in the mobile terminal, a character represented in accordance with a font identity not supported by the mobile terminal can be displayed by use of the image data that has been generated in advance. With regard to a font identity supported by font data stored in the mobile terminal, an image depicting a character according to the font identity can be generated using the font data, so that the image is displayed on the mobile terminal. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128292 | DYNAMICS-BASED MOTION GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A dynamics-based motion generation apparatus includes: a dynamics model conversion unit for automatically converting character model data into dynamics model data of a character to be subjected to a dynamics simulation; a dynamics model control unit for modifying the dynamics model data and adding or modifying an environment model; a dynamics motion conversion unit for automatically converting reference motion data of the character, which has been created by using the character model data, into dynamics motion data through the dynamics simulation by referring to the dynamics model data and the environment model; and a motion editing unit for editing the reference motion data to decrease a gap between reference motion data and dynamics motion data. The apparatus further includes a robot motion control unit for controlling a robot by inputting preset torque values to related joint motors of the robot by referring to the dynamics motion data. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128293 | System Co-Processor - Embodiments of the invention provide assigning two different class identifiers to a device to allow loading to an operating system as different devices. The device may be a graphics device. The graphics device may be integrated in various configurations, including but not limited to a central processing unit, chipset and so forth. The processor or chipset may be associated with a first identifier associated with a graphics processor and a second device identifier that enables the processor or chipset as a co-processor. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128294 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A parameter acquiring portion | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128295 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus causes a display device to display a first image from images associated with an observation target object. The images include the first image and a second image which corresponds to an annotation mark. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus also causes the display device to display the annotation mark corresponding to the second image. In this embodiment, the displayed annotation mark overlaps the first image. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128296 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a calculation unit to calculate a compression gain that is applied to a low-frequency component of an input image and an amplification gain that is applied to a high-frequency component of the input image, a generation unit to generate a display image in which a pixel value of a pixel of the input image is corrected based on the compression gain and the amplification gain calculated by the calculation unit, and a display unit to display the display image. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128297 | System and Method for Maintaining Hue Constancy - System and method for maintaining perceived hue constancy. A method for displaying an image includes receiving a color vector and associated image data, remapping the color vector to maintain a perceived hue constancy by adjusting a hue component of the color vector in response to a change in a lightness component or a chroma component of the color vector, providing the remapped color vector to a light source for display, and displaying image data associated with the color vector. The use of the constant hue curve ensures that the adjusting of the color vector maintains the perceived hue of the color vector, thereby helping to maintain image quality. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128298 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus having a function of controlling a display of document data by a projector. The image processing apparatus analyzes a property of the document data, generates display data for displaying the document data by the projector, determines a control command for controlling the projector based on the analyzed property of the document data, and transmits the generated display data and the determined control command to the projector. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128299 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display device which displays a first image associated with a first observation target object. The first image has a first display range. In one example embodiment, the display device displays a second image associated with a second observation target object. The second image has a second display range. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus enables a user to change the first display range of the first image. In response to the first display range being changed, the information processing apparatus simultaneously changes the second display range of the second image. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128300 | Augmented reality videogame broadcast programming - There is provided a system and method for integrating a virtual rendering system and a video capture system using flexible camera control to provide an augmented reality. There is provided a method comprising receiving input data from a plurality of clients for modifying a virtual environment presented using the virtual rendering system, obtaining, from the virtual rendering system, a virtual camera configuration of a virtual camera in the virtual environment, programming the video capture system using the virtual camera configuration to correspondingly control a robotic camera in a real environment, capturing a video capture feed using the robotic camera, obtaining a virtually rendered feed using the virtual camera showing the modifying of the virtual environment, rendering the composite render by processing the feeds, and outputting the composite render to the display. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128301 | ELECTRONIC MAGNIFIER - A purpose of the invention is to provide an electronic magnifier that can facilitate grasping of a position when a display portion is moved in a magnified display state and can improve the visibility. An image capturing section | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128302 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND LOCAL DIMMING CONTROL CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight unit including a plurality of light sources, the backlight unit providing light to a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, a backlight driving circuit that individually drives a plurality of previously determined blocks each including the light sources based on a dimming value of each of the blocks, and a local dimming control circuit that calculates a pixel gain value compensating for a luminance reduction resulting from the dimming value of each block and corrects the pixel gain value based on a grayscale saturation level of each block. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128303 | Driving circuit for light emitting diode - A pulse modulator generates a first pulse signal having a duty ratio which is adjusted such that a detection voltage which indicates the electrical state of an LED string to be driven matches a predetermined reference voltage. A first pulse signal is applied to a primary coil of a pulse transformer. A DC/DC converter includes a switching element the ON/OFF operation of which is controlled according to a signal that originates at a secondary coil of the pulse transformer. The DC/DC converter stabilizes an input voltage Vdc, and supplies the input voltage Vdc thus stabilized to the anode of the LED string. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128304 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light emitting element circuit according to the present invention includes: a plurality of LED chains connected in parallel to each other, each of the plurality of LED chains including LEDs that are a plurality of light emitting elements connected in series; a transistor that is a reference element connected in series to the LED chain being one of the plurality of LED chains; and transistors that are one or more subordinate elements respectively connected in series to the LED chains among the plurality of LED chains except for the LED chain, a control voltage thereof following a control voltage of the transistor, wherein the transistor takes a voltage of a predetermined node on the LED chain as the control voltage. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128305 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A display apparatus in which a plurality of light sources emit light to a pixel includes a correction unit configured to correct a luminance distribution of a display target image or a light emission distribution obtained when the plurality of light sources emit light at a certain light emission intensity so that an interval between the luminance distribution and the light emission distribution is increased; and a control unit configured to control an amount of light emitted from each of the plurality of light sources based on the luminance distribution or the light emission distribution corrected by the correction unit. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128306 | Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus Capable of Maintaining High Color Purity - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a white color light source and a coloring light source, a detection circuit which detects a brightness of an input image signal, an image quality processing calculation circuit, a light source control circuit, and an image control circuit. The coloring light source includes a blue light source. The image quality processing calculation circuit outputs to the light source control circuit a light source control signal for (1) increasing a light intensity of the coloring light source when an average luminance of the input image signal is detected to be higher than a predetermined luminance based on a detection result of the detection circuit, and for (2) turning-on only the white color light source without turning-on the coloring light source when the average luminance of the input image signal is detected to be lower than the predetermined luminance. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128307 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING COLOR IN A DISPLAY - Embodiments include methods and devices for controlling the spectral profile and color gamut of light produced by an interferometric display. Such devices include illuminating a display with selected wavelengths of light. Embodiments also include a display comprising separate sections that output different predetermined colors of light. Other embodiments include methods of making the aforementioned devices. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128308 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - In a plasma display panel, abnormal discharge in address periods is suppressed to enhance image display quality. The scan electrode driving circuit generates a first falling down-ramp voltage i.e. down-ramp voltage L | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128309 | MULTI-PRIMARY COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-primary color display device according to the present invention includes pixels, each having a plurality of sub-pixels. The plurality of sub-pixels include first, second, third and fourth sub-pixels for displaying first, second, third and fourth colors having first, second, third and fourth hues. The second and third hues are adjacent to the first hue on both sides thereof on an a*b* plane of an L*a*b* colorimetric system. When a color displayed by each pixel changes from black to an optimal color of the first hue, luminance values of the plurality of sub-pixels are set such that the luminance value of the first sub-pixel starts to be increased and also the luminance values of the second and third sub-pixels start to be increased at a rate of increase lower than the rate of increase of the first sub-pixel. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128310 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PIXEL CLOCK FREQUENCY THEREOF - An electronic device and a method for adjusting a pixel clock frequency thereof are provided. The electronic device automatically detects whether or not the electronic device has a wireless communication module during a boot procedure. If the electronic device has the wireless communication module, the electronic device reads an adjustment parameter corresponding to a panel model of the electronic device through a lookup table stored in the electronic device and adjusts the pixel clock frequency according to the adjustment parameter so as to avoid generating harmonics of the panel pixel clock in an operating frequency band of the wireless communication module. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128311 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A display device for a vehicle includes: a self-luminous indicator which has a display screen with a plurality of pixels; a display control unit that displays image information indicating at least a given display pattern on a display screen of the self-luminous indicator; a display time measuring unit that measures a display time of the self-luminous indicator; and a brightness adjusting unit that adjusts the brightness of the display screen on the basis of at least the display time measured by the display time measuring unit in order to suppress non-uniform brightness deterioration of the display screen when the non-uniform brightness deterioration occurs on the display screen. The display control unit displays the image information on the display screen of the self-luminous indicator with the brightness adjusted by the brightness adjusting unit. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128312 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATION SIGNAL GENERATING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING PULSE WIDTH MODULATION SIGNAL GENERATING DEVICE, AND PULSE WIDTH MODULATION SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD - A pulse width modulation signal generating device which generates a pulse width modulation signal for modulating laser beam according to image data includes: a cycle signal output circuit which outputs a cycle signal having a cycle corresponding to a drawing rate for drawing the image data by the laser beam; and a pulse width modulation circuit which receives supply of the image data and the cycle signal and modulates a pulse wave having a cycle determined by the cycle signal by changing duty ratio of the pulse wave based on the image data to produce the pulse width modulation signal. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128313 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes a valve which adjusts the flow rate of a recording liquid in a return passage connecting an outflow opening with a tank, a pump which supplies the recording liquid from the tank to the internal passage via the supply passage, a detecting unit which detects an operating state of the pump, and a calculating unit which calculates the viscosity of the recording liquid. The calculating unit calculates the viscosity of the recording liquid based on the operating state of the pump detected by the detecting unit, while the recording liquid in the tank circulates so as to serially pass through the supply passage, the internal passage, and the return passage. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128314 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - In a liquid ejecting apparatus, when a ON/OFF detector detects that power of the liquid ejecting apparatus is switched to an ON state from an OFF state, a controller controls a liquid transfer unit such that liquid is transferred to a tank of which residual amount of liquid is smaller from a tank of which residual amount of liquid is larger based on the residual amount of liquid in a first tank detected by the first liquid residual amount detector and the residual amount of liquid in a second tank detected by the second liquid residual amount detector. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128315 | LENS SHEET AND PRINTER - A lens sheet has an external shape of a rectangle or a square defined by four sheet ends in a vertical direction thereto. The lens sheet includes: a first surface, on which a plurality of lenses extending in a direction inclined to one of the sheet ends are arranged in parallel with each other; and a second surface opposite to the first surface, on which a printing is to be performed or to which a printed medium is to be stuck. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128316 | LIQUID DROP EJECTION USING DUAL FEED EJECTOR - A liquid ejector is provided that includes a structure defining a plurality of chambers with one of the plurality of chambers including a first surface and a second surface. The first surface includes a nozzle orifice. A drop forming mechanism is located on the second surface of the chamber opposite the nozzle orifice. A first liquid feed channel and a second liquid feed channel are in fluid communication with the chamber. A first segment of a segmented liquid inlet is in fluid communication with the first liquid feed channel and a second segment of the segmented liquid inlet is in fluid communication with the second liquid feed channel. The first segment of the segmented liquid inlet is also in fluid communication with another one of the plurality of chambers and the second segment of the liquid inlet is also in fluid communication with another one of the plurality of chambers. A liquid is provided to the chamber through the first liquid feed channel and the second liquid feed channel from the segmented liquid inlet. A drop of the liquid is ejected through the nozzle orifice of the chamber by operating the associated drop forming mechanism. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128317 | CAPACITIVE LOAD DRIVING CIRCUIT - A capacitive load driving circuit includes: a voltage waveform output unit that outputs a voltage waveform used for driving a plurality of capacitive loads; and a voltage waveform applying unit that connects each of the plurality of capacitive loads to output of the voltage waveform output unit to thereby apply the voltage waveform to each of the plurality of capacitive loads, wherein the voltage waveform applying unit releases the connection between the capacitive load and the output of the voltage waveform output unit when voltage of the voltage waveform falls outside a voltage range determined for each of the plurality of capacitive loads, and connects the capacitive load to the output of the voltage waveform output unit when the voltage of the voltage waveform falls within the voltage range, to thereby apply a different voltage waveform to each of the plurality of capacitive loads. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128318 | PRINTING ASSEMBLY CALIBRATION - A printing assembly includes a transport system configured to transport items on a transport path and a printer rotatably disposed on a support. The printer includes a plurality of printing elements disposed sequentially along the transport path. A method of calibrating the printing assembly includes aligning a first reference associated with the printer with a second reference associated with the support, transporting an item on the transport path, printing a pattern on the item using a first printing element and a second printing element, determining a correction value from the pattern, and rotating the printer relative to the support in an amount corresponding to the correction value to substantially align the printing elements with the transport path. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128319 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing system includes: a head that discharges electromagnetically-curable ink of multiple colors, each color having a different ease of curing with respect to electromagnetic wave, onto a medium; a provisional curing unit, common for all of the colors, that provisionally cures the electromagnetically-curable ink that has landed on the medium by irradiating the electromagnetically-curable ink with electromagnetic waves; and a controller that determines an irradiation condition of the provisional curing unit based on an ink discharge amount for each of the multiple colors per unit of area that has been found based on print data that has undergone a halftone process for each of the multiple colors, the ink discharge amount being weighted based on the ease of curing of each of the colors. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128320 | INK RECEIVING DEVICE FOR INK JET PRINTER - An ink receiving device C for an ink jet printer includes: an ink receptacle which receives ink discharged from nozzles of ink jet heads; and a support member which supports the ink receptacle in a manner to enable the ink receptacle to move horizontally. The ink receptacle is enabled by the support member to move horizontally to three positions including: a standby position at which the ink receptacle does not disturb the ink jet heads from printing on a print medium; an ink receiving position which is below the ink discharging surfaces of the ink jet heads and at which the ink receptacle receives ink discharged for a purpose other than printing; and a maintenance position which is different from the ink receiving position and the standby position and at which a maintenance work of the ink receptacle is performed. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128321 | SERVICING ARTICLE - In one embodiment, a servicing article comprises a web comprising a first material impregnated with a servicing fluid, the servicing fluid including a solvent that does not evaporate at ambient printer conditions, and a plurality of physical barriers within the first material, extending approximately across the first material's width, to restrict servicing fluid migration lengthwise along the web. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128322 | CAPPING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A capping device including: (a) a cap structure that is to be movable, relative to a body, in a contact direction toward a surface of the object so as to be brought into contact with the surface, for thereby covering the surface of the object; (b) a transmission mechanism configured to transmit, to the cap structure, a pressing force that causes the cap structure to be brought into the surface; and (c) a support member that supports the transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism being configured to restrain increase and reduction of the pressing force, such that the pressing force transmitted to the cap structure is held in a given amount range at least when a distance between the cap structure and the support member in the contact direction is in a given distance range while the cap structure is in contact with the surface. Also disclosed is a liquid ejection apparatus including the above-described capping device. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128323 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a common array base member; and plural head modules each formed of a module base member and plural heads configured to discharge droplets arranged in an array on the module base member. The plural head modules are attached on the common array base member. The heads of at least two of the head modules discharge liquid droplets of the same color. The at least two of the head modules are positioned relative to a same reference point provided by a reference member on the common array base member. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128324 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A FLUID EJECTION MODULE - A system and method for mounting a fluid droplet ejection module to a frame is disclosed, where the fluid ejection module includes a mounting component having a mounting surface. A connector is configured to detachably attach to the frame and is positioned between the frame and the mounting surface of the fluid ejection module. A portion of a mating surface of the connector is positioned adjacent the mounting surface of a corresponding fluid ejection module and is in direct contact with the mounting surface. One or more recesses are formed in at least one of either the mounting surface of the fluid ejection module or the mating surface of the connector. The one or more recesses have a substantially uniform thickness and are filled with an adhesive. The adhesive is cured after aligning the fluid ejection module to the frame. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128325 | BONDABLE PRINTED WIRING WITH IMPROVED WEAR RESISTANCE - A printed wiring member includes a dielectric substrate; a patterned copper layer formed on the dielectric substrate. The patterned copper layer includes i) contact pads for wire bonding; ii) connector pads for making electrical connection with an electrical connector; and iii) conductor traces between contact pads and corresponding connector pads. A nickel coating is formed on the contact pads and the connector pads, and a gold layer is formed on the nickel coating on the contact pads and the connector pads. A palladium deposit is formed on the gold layer on at least the connector pads. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128326 | PRINTHEAD HAVING DUAL ARM EJECTION ACTUATORS - A printhead is provided which has a plurality of fluid chambers and nozzles for ejection of fluid from the chambers defined on a substrate having electrical circuitry. Each chamber has an actuator cantilevered on the substrate with a first arm connected to the electrical circuitry and a second arm connected at each end to the first arm. Electrical current from the electrical circuitry causing heating and expansion of the first arm relative to the second arm thereby deflecting the actuator relative to the substrate. Each actuator has an ejection member connected to the free end and positioned within the chamber so that the deflection of the actuator causes displacement of the ejection member resulting in ejection of fluid from the chamber through the nozzle. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128327 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC, METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, AND ULTRASONIC MOTOR - A piezoelectric ceramic that includes barium titanate and 0.04 mass % or more and 0.20 mass % or less manganese relative to barium titanate. The piezoelectric ceramic is composed of crystal grains. The crystal grains include crystal grains A having an equivalent circular diameter of 30 μm or more and 300 μm or less and crystal grains B having an equivalent circular diameter of 0.5 μm or more and 3 μm or less. The crystal grains A and the crystal grains B individually form aggregates and the aggregates of the crystal grains A and the aggregates of the crystal grains B form a sea-island structure. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128328 | Piezoelectric Actuator, Liquid Discharge Head, and Method of Manufacturing Same - A piezoelectric actuator may include a piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric actuator may also include an electrode layer which is disposed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric actuator may further include a metal terminal which is disposed on the electrode layer, and configured as a contact point with respect to an external terminal. The piezoelectric actuator may yet further include a metal layer which is disposed between the piezoelectric layer and each of the metal terminal and the electrode layer. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128329 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes a pressure sensor and a determining unit. The pressure sensor is configured to detect a pressure in an ink supply path for use in supplying ink from an ink tank to a recording head. The determining unit determines whether the ink supply path is anomalous based on a result of detection of the pressure in the ink supply path by the pressure sensor performed in response to application of a fluctuating pressure to the ink in the ink tank. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128330 | REFILLABLE INK TANKS - An ink tank for use in a printer. In one embodiment, an ink tank includes an outer housing that defines an interior space, and an internal ink bag provided within the interior space, the ink bag being configured to be repeatedly be filled with and deliver ink, the ink tank including a metalized layer having a layer of polymeric material on which has been deposited a metal material. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128331 | Water-Based Ink for Ink-Jet Recording, Ink Cartridge, and Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes a coloring agent, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The coloring agent includes the following a dye (1) and a dye (2).
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| 20110128332 | Water-Based Ink for Ink-Jet Recording, Ink Cartridge, and Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes a coloring agent, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The coloring agent includes the following a dye (1) and a dye (2).
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| 20110128333 | Water-Based Ink Set for Ink Jet Recording, Ink Cartridge, and Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - A water-based ink set includes a yellow ink, a magenta ink, and a cyan ink, each including a coloring agent, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The yellow ink includes dyes (Y-1) and (Y-2), the magenta ink includes dyes (M-1) and (M-2), and the cyan ink includes a dye (C-1). | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128334 | LIQUID CONTAINING TANK, LIQUID-JET HEAD UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid containing tank for containing a liquid to be supplied to a liquid-jet head. The liquid containing tank includes a containing part containing the liquid supplied from the outside; and a supply channel separated from the containing part by a partition wall rising from the bottom surface of the containing part and supplying the liquid from the containing part to the liquid-jet head. The containing part includes a first region and a second region, the flow speed of the liquid in the first region of the containing part is lower than the flow speed of the liquid in the second region of the containing part, and the horizontal cross sectional area of the first region of the containing part is less than the horizontal cross sectional area of the second region of the containing part. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128335 | CIRCULATING FLUID FOR FLUID DROPLET EJECTING - A fluid droplet ejection apparatus includes a printhead having a fluid supply and a fluid return. A substrate is attached to the printhead, and the substrate includes a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet on a surface of the substrate proximate to the fluid supply and fluid return. Nozzles are in fluid communication with the fluid inlet. The fluid inlet of the substrate is in fluid communication with the fluid supply, and the fluid outlet is in fluid communication with the fluid return. A first circulation path through the substrate is between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The fluid supply is in fluid communication with the fluid return through a second circulation path that is through the printhead and not through the substrate. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128336 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRINTING - A printing apparatus includes a head which discharges coating ink which coats a medium and electromagnetic radiation-curable ink for image formation having a surface tension lower than the surface tension of the coating ink, a curing unit which irradiates the electromagnetic radiation-curable ink for image formation with electromagnetic waves to cure the electromagnetic radiation-curable ink for image formation, and a controller which makes the head execute a first discharge processing of discharging the coating ink to coat the medium and makes the head execute a second discharge processing of discharging the electromagnetic radiation-curable ink for image formation onto the medium coated by the coating ink to form an image in this order, and then, makes the curing unit execute a curing processing of irradiating the electromagnetic radiation-curable ink for image formation discharged onto the medium with the electromagnetic waves to cure the electromagnetic radiation-curable ink for image formation. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110128337 | MEDIA TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR NON-CONTACTING PRINTING - A digital printing system for printing on a continuous web of print media includes a support structure that guides the continuous web of print media under tension through the printing system. The printing system includes a first mechanism that is affixed to the support structure that positions the print media in a cross track direction. A second mechanism is affixed to the support structure that sets tension of the print media. A third mechanism is affixed to the support structure that sets an angular trajectory of the print media. A roller is affixed to the support structure and is configured to align to the print media being guided through the printing system without necessarily being aligned to another roller located upstream or downstream relative to the roller. A drive roller is affixed to the support structure that moves the print media through the printing system. A printhead is located downstream relative to the first mechanism. The printhead is configured to selectively moisten at least a portion of the print media being guided through the printing system without contacting the print media. | 2011-06-02 |
