| 32nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
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| 20090195561 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A driving circuit of an electro-optical device includes a scanning line driving circuit and a data line driving circuit. When a writing scanning line is selected, the data line driving circuit supplies a data signal of an on or off voltage allocated to a sub-field corresponding to the selection in terms of a gray scale of the pixel corresponding to the selected one of the writing scanning lines and one of the data lines. Among the plurality of sub-fields, the length of a time period of the shortest sub-field is set shorter than the length of a time period required to select, by the scanning line driving circuit, the plurality of writing scanning lines. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195562 | Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - A driving method for driving a display device is provided. The driving device includes at least a pixel. The pixel has a first, a second, and a third sub-pixels respectively associated with three primary colors. The driving method includes the steps of driving the first, second and third sub-pixels respectively in accordance with a first, a second and a third driving sequences during a first, a second and a third frame periods. Moreover, the first, the second and the third driving sequences are different from each other. A display device applying said driving method is also provided herein. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195563 | METHOD FOR DRIVING MATRIX DISPLAYS - A method is described for driving matrix displays which are made up of a plurality of lines with individual pixels, which lines are configured as rows and columns, wherein individual lines are driven selectively by rows being activated for a defined row addressing time and an operating current or a corresponding voltage being applied to the columns in correlation with the activated row corresponding to the desired brightness in the pixels. In order to improve the performance of the display, the row addressing time for each row is determined as a function of the maximum brightness of all the columns of the row. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195564 | Driving method in liquid crystal display - A driving method in a liquid crystal display comprises the steps of: (a) receiving a first signal in a first time period; (b) comparing the first signal with a predetermined signal; (c) outputting the predetermined signal when a value of the first signal being smaller than or equal to a value of the predetermined signal; (d) transforming the predetermined signal into a driving voltage to drive a pixel; and (e) receiving a second signal and generating an overdriving voltage according to the predetermined signal and the second signal to drive the pixel in a second time period. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195565 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE CONTROLLING METHOD, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A first gray scale area, and a second gray scale area are set for the liquid crystal display device of the invention. Both of the gray scale areas contain a plurality of gray scale values, and gray scale values in the second gray scale area are larger than those in the first gray scale area. When the image data belong to the first gray scale value, the image data is corrected such the lightness is increased. When the image data belong to the second gray scale area, the image data is not corrected, or corrected with a smaller correction amount. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195566 | METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a method of driving an electrophoretic display device having a display unit including a plurality of pixels in which electrophoretic elements each including electrophoretic particles are disposed between a pixel electrode and a common electrode that face each other. The method includes: forming a gray scale image in the display unit by applying a voltage between the pixel electrode and the common electrode of each of the plurality of pixels in accordance with image data that has three or more gray scale levels; having the pixel electrode and the common electrode in a high-impedance state to be electrically cut off only for a predetermined period after the forming of the gray scale image; applying a first pulse voltage that has a same polarity as the voltage applied in accordance with the image data having a highest gray scale level in the forming of the gray scale image between the pixel electrode and the common electrode of a pixel of the plurality of pixels to which the voltage is applied in accordance with the image data having the highest gray scale level after the having the pixel electrode and the common electrode in the high-impedance state; and applying a second pulse voltage that has a same polarity as the voltage applied in accordance with the image data having a lowest gray scale level in the forming of the gray scale image between the pixel electrode and the common electrode of a pixel of the plurality of pixels to which the voltage is applied in accordance with the image data having the lowest gray scale level after the having the pixel electrode and the common electrode in the high impedance state. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195567 | COLOR CALIBRATING METHOD, COLOR CALIBRATING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A color calibrating method includes receiving a color signal wherein the color signal is associated with a set of minimum brightness voltages and a set of maximum brightness voltages, analyzing a distribution of the set of the minimum brightness voltages and a voltage distribution of the set of the maximum brightness voltages to obtain a first distribution curve and a second distribution curve, and adjusting a maximum value of the first distribution curve to a first target value and adjusting a maximum value of the second distribution curve to a second target value. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195568 | METHODS FOR DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS - A bistable electro-optic display having a plurality of pixels each of which is capable of displaying at least three optical states, including two extreme optical states, is driven by the method comprising a first drive scheme capable of effecting transitions between all of the gray levels which can be displayed by the pixels; and a second drive scheme which contains only transitions ending at one of the extreme optical states of the pixels. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195569 | Method of driving a display - The present invention relates to a method of driving a display comprising:
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| 20090195570 | RECORDING SYSTEM, RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD OF RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording system for performing a recording operation on a target includes a plurality of recording heads, a plurality of controllers that are arranged respectively for the plurality of recording heads, a data distributor that distributes a second data to each of the controllers, the second data resulting from dividing, by the number of recording heads, a first data to be supplied, and a data generator that generates a third data to be output to the plurality of recording heads in response to the second data, the controller includes a transfer unit that transfers the third data to be output to the recording head corresponding to another controller to the other controller, a verification unit that verifies that a record start condition is established. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195571 | Ink Set for Ink-Jet Recording, Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus, and Method of Ink-Jet Recording - An ink set for ink-jet recording comprises a main ink and a sub ink. The main ink comprises at least one of a polysaccharide and a polysaccharide derivative. The sub ink comprises enzyme degrading at least one of the polysaccharide and the polysaccharide derivative comprised in the main ink. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195572 | System And Method For Leveling Applied Ink In A Printer - A system enables ink on an image receiving member to be re-distributed to reduce banding effects in the image. The system includes an ink applicator for applying ink to form an ink image on an image receiving member as it passes by the ink applicator; a plenum chamber for receiving a flow of pressurized fluid from a fluid source, and at least one opening in the plenum chamber to direct the flow of pressurized fluid from the plenum towards the ink image on the image receiving member to re-distribute the ink on the image receiving member. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195573 | LIQUID DETECTION UNIT, AND LIQUID CONTAINER - Disclosed is a liquid detection unit having a liquid detection chamber, a detection portion including a detection space communicating with the liquid detection chamber via a through hole of a detection portion installation member and a piezoelectric sensor which detects remaining vibrations, and a movable member including a detection space sealing surface which is urged by an urging member and thus comes to abut against one surface of a detection portion installation member. The liquid detection chamber includes an abutting surface abutting against a second sealing surface being in contact with a first sealing surface of the movable member and the detection portion installation member. When a distance between the first sealing surface of the movable member to the detection space sealing surface is defined as L1 and a distance between the second sealing surface of the liquid detection chamber to the abutting surface is defined as L2, the relationship L1>L2 is satisfied. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195574 | Method for Jetting Color Ink - A method for jetting color ink includes determining an initial voltage value of a nozzle, wherein the initial voltage value corresponds to a predetermined jetting volume of the nozzle; determining a maximum adjusting voltage value of the nozzle, wherein the maximum adjusting voltage value may correspond to an allowable error value of the predetermined jetting volume; combining the initial voltage value with an adjusting voltage value to obtain a jetting voltage, wherein the adjusting voltage value may be randomly selected between zero to the maximum adjusting voltage value; and jetting the color ink from the nozzle according to the jetting voltage onto a sub-pixel in a pixel. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195575 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING NOZZLES OF INKJET HEAD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AMOUNTS OF INK EJECTED FROM NOZZLES OF INKJET HEAD - Provided are method of controlling nozzles of an inkjet head and an apparatus for measuring the amounts of ink ejected from the nozzles of the inkjet head. The method includes: preparing a mass measuring device, which measures the mass of ink by using an oscillation change, in a pixel; ejecting ink into the pixel from a nozzle of the inkjet head, and measuring the amount of ink ejected from the nozzle by using the mass measuring device; and adjusting a voltage waveform applied to the nozzle of the inkjet head. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195576 | LIQUID JET APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A liquid jet apparatus of the invention includes a drive waveform generator that generates a drive waveform signal, a modulator that pulse-modulates the drive waveform signal so as to produce a modulated signal, a digital power amplification circuit that amplifies the power of the modulated signal so as to produce an amplified digital signal, and a low pass filter that smoothes the amplified digital signal so as to produce a drive signal. The digital power amplification circuit includes multiple stages of digital power amplifiers each including a pair of switching elements that are push-pull-connected. The amplified digital signal is a multi-value signal that reaches a larger number of steps of electric potentials than the number of digital power amplifiers. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195577 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK EJECTION CONTROL METHOD - For the temperature adjustment process that uses high viscosity ink and is based on table No. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195578 | INK CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD TO MANUFACTURE INK CARTRIDGE - An ink cartridge to prevent image degradation due to a misalignment of nozzles in a transfer direction of a printing medium and a transverse direction includes a print head substrate, a first head unit including at least one first print head chip which is disposed on the print head substrate and includes a plurality of first nozzles arranged in plural lines in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction which is a transfer direction of a printing medium, thereby forming a first line in the second direction, and a second head unit including at least one second print head chip which is disposed on the print head substrate and which has an ink jetting area overlapping a predetermined area of the first line, thereby forming an overlapping area, and which includes a plurality of second nozzles arranged in plural lines in the second direction, thereby forming a second line spaced from the first line, and dots formed by the first and the second nozzles, which neighbor each other in the overlapping area when jetting ink, have a gap with respect to the first and the second directions within a range satisfying the following equation: | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195579 | INKJET PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRINTING - A method of printing comprises providing a carriage-type inkjet printer having a printhead, with the printer being responsive to digital signals and capable of printing in a multi-pass printing mode, supplying the printer with pigment-based inks, supplying the printer with a receiver surface suitable for printing of photographic images, detecting a degree of texturing on the receiver surface, selecting a number of passes for the multi-pass printing mode based on the detected degree of texturing of the receiver surface, and passing the print head over the receiver surface in accordance with the selected number of passes. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195580 | Liquid ejection control device, liquid ejection control method, liquid ejection control program, and liquid ejection device - A liquid ejection control device controlling a liquid ejecting mechanism having a plurality of liquid ejection heads, includes a dividing unit to which image data consisting of a plurality of pixels is inputted and which divides the image data into a plurality of pieces of divided image data, each corresponding to pixels which undergo a liquid ejection, of each of the liquid ejection heads, a correction data acquiring unit which acquires correction data eliminating a deviation of liquid ejection locations of the plurality of liquid ejection heads, a correcting unit which corrects the divided image data on the basis of the correction data, and a liquid ejection controlling unit which performs liquid ejection control by which each of the liquid ejection heads is driven on the basis of the divided image data which is corrected. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195581 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRINT HEAD CALIBRATION - Systems and methods for print head calibration. In an exemplary embodiment, the method may include scanning an image on a print media to obtain an optical density profile. The method may also include selecting at least one window in the optical density profile. The method may also include generating an average profile for each window. The method may also include identifying variations in uniformity. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195582 | DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF RECOVERING EJECTION PERFORMANCE EFFICIENTLY - A droplet ejecting head is formed with at least one nozzle and is configured to eject a liquid droplet through the at least one nozzle in a nozzle axis direction. A carriage supports the droplet ejecting head. A guide member extends in a predetermined direction and is configured to guide the carriage so that the carriage is movable in the predetermined direction. A moving section moves the carriage along the guide member. The droplet ejecting head is configured to eject a liquid droplet through the at least one nozzle onto an ejection object while the moving section moves the carriage. A vibration generating section vibrates the droplet ejecting head in such a manner that vibration of liquid held in the at least one nozzle includes a component in the nozzle axis direction. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195583 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A printing apparatus includes: printheads being arranged along a transport path of a printing medium transported in a transporting direction and having a plurality of nozzles arranged in the direction of arrangement which intersects the transporting direction; a printhead control unit configured to print an image on the printing medium by discharging ink from part of the plurality of nozzles on the basis of given image data; and a discharge inspection unit configured to detect any discharge-defective nozzle present in the plurality of nozzles, the printhead control unit specifying specific nozzles which discharge ink for printing the image, determining whether any discharge-defective nozzle is included in the specific nozzles or not, and starting printing of the image when it is determined that no discharge-defective nozzle is included in the specific nozzles. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195584 | Double-sided record apparatus and double-sided record method - A double-sided record apparatus for forming images on both sides of a recording medium. The double-sided record apparatus includes: a print head that moves relatively to the record medium and ejects ink onto a face of the record medium; a counting unit configured to count the number of ejected ink droplets to a predetermined area on the record medium from the print head; a comparison unit configured to compare the number of ejected ink droplets counted by the counting unit with a predetermined value; and a determination unit configured to determine whether double-sided record of the record medium is enabled based on a comparison result of the comparison unit. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195585 | Image forming method, computer-readable recording medium, image processing device, image forming apparatus, and image forming system - Disclosed is an image forming method including forming an image including plural dots by using liquid drops of recording liquid, the image including a background portion and a character portion, detecting brightness characteristics of the character portion and background portion, and switching dot addition on or off, wherein a dot with a color identical to a color of the character portion is added to a contour portion of the character portion when the dot addition is switched on. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195586 | Method Of Printing With Overlapped Segements Of Printhead - A method of printing with overlapped segments of a segmented printhead is provided in which at least one temperature sensor on the printhead measures temperatures of adjacent segments to determine an overlapped region of the adjacent segments, an overlap signal indicative of the determined overlapped region is output from the temperature sensor to a half toning circuit, and the half toning circuit adjusts, using the received overlap signal, a half toning firing pattern of a continuous tone image for coextensive nozzles of the adjacent segments within the determined overlapped region such that V | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195587 | Method Of Generating Halftone Print Data For Overlapping Consecutive Printhead Segments - A method of generating halftone print data for overlapping end portions of a pair of consecutive printhead segments in an array of two or more printhead segments. Generally an end portion of a first printhead segment overlaps an end portion of a second printhead segment, in which each printhead segment includes a plurality of ink ejection nozzles. The method includes generating a dither value from a dither matrix, and then combining the dither value with an overlap signal, which represents an extent of overlap of the end portions, to produce an output value. A mathematical operation is then performed on continuous tone print data using a comparator, based on the output value, to produce the half tone data. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195588 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - An image forming apparatus performs an image forming operation by driving a ejecting element of a recording head with an ink ejecting drive voltage for ejecting ink, detects a temperature of ink to be flown into the recording head and a temperature of ink to be discharged respectively with a first temperature detection section and a second temperature detection section, and corrects the ink ejecting drive voltage on the basis of a temperature of ink being heat-transferred with the ejecting element, which is estimated with a predetermined conversion formula on the basis of the detected ink temperatures, for controlling an ink amount to be ejected. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195589 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, TRANSPORTING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming device prints an image on a recording sheet by performing a reciprocating movement of a print head in a main scanning direction while transporting the recording sheet intermittently in a transporting direction. The image forming device is arranged to select one of a measurement value and a theoretical value based on a result of comparison between the measurement value and the theoretical value, so that the selected value is used as a value that indicates a rear-end position of the recording sheet. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195590 | Telecommunications Device Having Printhead Capper For Holding Printed Media - A telecommunications device is provided having a printhead having nozzles for printing on a media substrate, and a capper movable between a capped position covering the nozzles and an uncapped position spaced from the nozzles. The capper assembly is configured to grip the printed media substrate so that it projects from the telecommunications device. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195591 | Printer Having Pivotally Capped Duplexed Printheads - A printer is provided having pagewidth printheads for printing on opposite faces of print media, pagewidth cappers pivotally mounted to the printheads, and an actuating mechanism for pivoting the cappers between respective non-capping and capping positions relative to the printheads. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195592 | CARTRIDGE UNIT INCORPORATING PRINTHEAD AND INK FEED SYSTEM - A cartridge unit for an inkjet printer comprises a printhead having an array of ink ejection nozzles; a plurality of ink storage compartment, each ink storage compartment having a variable storage volume and a displaceable wall section biased to expand the variable storage volume to generate a sustained negative pressure; an ink feed system for connecting the ink storage compartment to the printhead, the ink feed system including a plurality of channels extending parallel to a length of the printhead, each channel corresponding respectively to an ink storage compartment; and a printhead maintenance assembly, the printhead maintenance assembly having a capper spring biased against the array of ink ejection nozzles for covering the array of ink ejection nozzles. The printhead maintenance assembly includes a catch element engaged with an actuator, the catch element being movable by the actuator in a direction to counteract the biasing of the capper against the array of ink ejection nozzles. Each channel has defined along a bottom thereof a series of holes. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195593 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging apparatus discharges liquid onto a target, thereby forming dots. The apparatus includes a discharge head, a capping unit for moisturizing, a lifting and lowering unit, and a lid member. The discharge head has a discharge surface from which liquid is discharged. The capping unit is disposed substantially just below the discharge head when the discharge head is located at a predetermined reference position. The capping unit has an opening that comes into contact with the discharge head and seals the discharge surface. The lifting and lowering unit lifts and lowers the capping unit, thereby bringing the capping unit into contact with the discharge head and taking the capping unit out of contact with the discharge head. The lid member rotates around a rotating shaft using the lifting and lowering of the capping unit, thereby opening and closing the opening of the capping unit. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195594 | Printer With Movable Capping Member And Fixed Printhead And Platen - An inkjet printer that has a printhead with an elongate orifice plate and a surface that surrounds the elongate orifice plate, a platen that partially defines a media path extending passed the printhead, a capping member with a seal for sealing engagement with the surface that surrounds the printhead, and a static solenoid for moving the capping member in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the elongate orifice plate. During use, the printhead, the media path and the platen all remain fixed relative to each other, and the capping member is movable through the media path. Providing a sealing surface around the orifice plate that is configured to engage the cap and seal the printhead requires less manufacturing precision than a capping mechanism that directly engages the orifice plate. Production efficiencies from lower precision assembly have particular significance for high volume products. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195595 | APPARATUS FOR EJECTING LIQUID DROPLET, WORK TO BE APPLIED THERETO, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - An apparatus for ejecting liquid droplets for drawing a pattern on a workpiece having drawing areas in a longitudinal direction includes: a suction table disposed in a drawing space for holding the workpiece by suction; a delivering unit that intermittently delivers the workpiece onto the suction table in a sagged state; a drawing unit that draws a pattern on the workpiece held by suction by driving the functional liquid droplet ejection head to eject liquid droplets; a workpiece receiving unit that receives the drawn-on workpiece in a sagged state from the suction table; and a flushing unit on a feeding path of the work and including a flushing box provided between a lower surface of the functional liquid droplet ejection head and a sagged portion at least at one of the sagged portions of the workpiece for receiving ejected liquid droplets from the functional liquid droplet ejection head. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195596 | Printing device - A printing device includes a print head configured to discharge ink onto a recording medium while moving in a main scanning direction. The print head includes: a support face; a shock absorber; and a weight supported by the support face through the shock absorber. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195597 | Drive Mechanism Of Printhead Cradle - A drive mechanism of a printhead cradle is provided which has a motor, a rotor element drive assembly coupled with the motor for operating a rotor element of a printhead received by the printhead cradle, a print media transport assembly coupled with the motor for transporting print media past the received printhead, a controller for controlling the motor, and a rotor element angle sensor in signal communication with the controller for sensing an orientation of the rotor element. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195598 | Inkjet Printhead With Shared Ink Spread Restriction Walls - A printhead for an inkjet printer. The printhead comprising a wafer assembly defining a plurality of ink supply channels; and plural groups of ink ejection nozzle arrangements extending from the wafer assembly, each group of ink ejection nozzle arrangements sharing a common ink supply channel. Each group of ink ejection nozzle arrangements includes a plurality of ink ejection nozzle arrangements arranged in a pair of rows. Each group of ink ejection nozzles includes one ink spread restriction wall shared by the group, the ink spread restriction wall being interposed between each ink ejection nozzle of the group and so as to at least partially surround each ink ejection nozzle of the group. The shared ink spread restriction wall is spaced apart from each ink ejection nozzle arrangement to define a plurality of ink spread restriction pits between the common ink spread restriction wall and respective ink ejection nozzle arrangements. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195599 | Print Cradle For Retaining Pagewidth Print Cartridge - A printer cradle is provided having a recess with an inclined face for receiving and removably locating a print cartridge, a retainer for removably retaining the print cartridge within the recess, and resilient members arranged to act against the print cartridge as it is located by the inclined face and to bias the print cartridge against the retainer once located within the recess. The print cartridge has a pagewidth printhead, a printing fluid supply and a fluid connection between the printhead and the printing fluid supply. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195600 | Inkjet Printhead With Elongate Chassis Defining Ink Supply Apertures - An inkjet printhead that has an elongate chassis with a first set of apertures, an ink distribution unit for connection to an ink supply, and a plurality of printhead modules supported along the elongate chassis. The ink distribution unit has a plurality of ink distribution passages for connecting the ink supply to a second set of apertures and is supported on the chassis such that the plurality of printhead modules are supplied with ink from the second set of apertures via the first set of apertures. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195601 | INKJET PRINTING METHOD FOR COLORLESS INK - A printing method includes applying at least one of a plurality of pigmented colored inks to a receiving surface. A colorless ink is applied to the receiving surface. A majority of the colorless ink is ejected from of first nozzles on a printhead used for ejecting the colorless ink. At least 30% of an area on the receiving surface, which is passed over by the first nozzles, is covered with the colorless ink during a single pass of the printhead over the area. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195602 | Printing System, Printing Method, and Medium Storing Control Program for the Printing System - Heretofore there has been a case where a monochromatic image having a sufficient power of expression cannot be printed because of a narrow selection range of saturation. According to the present invention, in a predetermined print head, there is adopted a construction wherein the gradation characteristic of a color region capable of being color-reproduced is enhanced while narrowing the color region with use of a cyan color ink of a low saturation, a magenta color ink of a low saturation, a yellow color ink of a high saturation, and a black color ink, and color reproduction is performed. The color tone of the printed monochromatic image can be adjusted minutely with respect to the color components of cyan and magenta. On the other hand, the color region capable of being color-reproduced is wide substantially in the direction of yellow. Therefore, it is possible to ensure a sufficient selection range of saturation and print a monochromatic image of a high image quality having a sufficient power of expression. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195603 | Printer For A Web Substrate - A printer for a web substrate, having a casing, a plurality of printhead tiles arranged adjacent each other, each of the printhead tiles having a printhead integrated circuit formed to dispense fluid, a printed circuit board to facilitate communication with a processor controlling the printing, and fluid inlet ports to receive fluid and, a plurality of fluid channel members within the casing adjacent the printhead tiles, each of the fluid channel members having a plurality of ducts such that each of the ducts are in fluid communication with one of the fluid inlet ports respectively. The fluid channel member is provided with a female end portion and a male end portion complementary to the female portion for fluid communication between the fluid channel members. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195604 | INK-JET PRINTHEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a process for manufacturing an ink-jet printhead comprising the steps of providing a print head wafer comprising a plurality of print head dice, each print head die comprising a nozzle plate bonded to a barrier layer formed on a substrate, wherein said plurality of print head dice are arranged on the substrate so as to define at least one first dividing channel comprising at least one first channel portion, said at least one first channel portion having a bottom portion comprised between the lateral sides of said barrier layer of at least two adjacent print head dice and an upper portion comprised between the lateral sides of said nozzle plate of said at least two adjacent print head dice, and applying an adhesive composition in an amount able to substantially fill the whole length of said at least one first channel portion. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195605 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF NOZZLE PLATE FOR LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, NOZZLE PLATE FOR LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A manufacturing method of nozzle plate for liquid ejection head includes, providing a substrate having a first base material of Si and a second base material, of which the etching rate in Si anisotropic dry etching is lower then that of Si, provided on one side of the first base material, forming a film as a second etching mask on the surface of the second base material, forming a second etching mask pattern having a small-diameter opening shape in the second etching mask film, etching until the etching part is extended through the second base material, forming a film as a first etching mask film on the surface of the first base material, forming a first etching mask pattern having a large-diameter opening shape in the first etching mask film, and Si anisotropic dry etching until the etched part is extended through the first base material. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195606 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS HAVING SAME - A liquid ejecting head includes a passage unit made by laminating a plurality of plates including a first plate having a first through-hole with a first size and a second plate having a second through-hole with a second size which is larger than the first size. The first plate and the second plate are bonded with adhesive so that the first through-hole and the second through-hole in communication with each other. The affinity for the adhesive to bond to the inner peripheral surface of the second through-hole is set to be at least higher than the affinity for the adhesive to bond to the area around the opening of the first through-hole. Adhesive that flows out from between the first plate and the second plate at the time of bonding of the first plate and the second plate is guided to the inner peripheral surface of the second through-hole. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195607 | Inkjet printhead nozzle arrangement with movement transfer mechanism. - A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle arrangement comprises a substrate incorporating drive circuitry and defining an ink inlet channel; side walls extending from the substrate; a roof fast with the side walls and defining an ink ejection port in fluid communication with an ink chamber defined by the roof, the side walls, and the substrate, the ink chamber being in fluid communication with the ink inlet channel; an ink ejection member interposed between the ink inlet channel and the ink ejection port such that reciprocal movement of the ink ejection member causes ejection of ink from the ink ejection port; an actuator connected to the drive circuitry at a fixed end and having a free end reciprocally displaceable with respect to the substrate on receipt of an electrical signal from the drive circuitry; and a motion transmitting structure interposed between the free end of the actuator and the ink ejection member. The motion transmitting structure has an effort formation, a lever arm formation, and a load formation interconnecting the effort formation and the lever arm formation. The effort formation is adapted to engage with the free end of the actuator arm, and the lever arm formation is adapted to engage with the ink ejection member. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195608 | Printhead Having Laminated Ejection Fluid Distributors - A printhead is provided having a substrate with a plurality of ejection nozzles a plurality of adjacently arranged structures laminated with the substrate. Each nozzle has an inlet for supplying ejection fluid to the nozzle. The structures have a plurality of passages distributing the ejection fluid to the inlets of the nozzles. Each structure has elongate apertures to the passages. The long dimension of the elongate apertures in the abutting sides of adjacent structures are angled relative to each other. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195609 | Air Expulsion Arrangement For Printhead Assembly - A printhead assembly comprises an elongate channel member of a metal alloy, a flexible elongate fluid carrier, and a series of printhead modules mounted to an external surface of the fluid carrier. The flexible elongate fluid carrier is positioned on a floor of the channel member, and defines a plurality of passages longitudinally extending along a length of the fluid carrier. The fluid carrier further defines a repeated pattern of holes on the external surface. The holes provide fluid communication from outside the fluid carrier to respective passages of the fluid carrier. Each printhead module includes an upper micro-molding and a lower micro-molding. The lower micro-molding has an air inlet slot in fluid communication with one of the plurality of passages via a hole of the repeated pattern of holes. The upper micro-molding has an exhaust hole aligned with the air inlet slot and through which air carried in one of the passages is expelled. Each repeated pattern of holes diagonally spans a width of the fluid carrier, and the repeated pattern of holes together span a length of the fluid carrier. The air expelled through the exhaust hole facilitates repulsion of a print media from the printhead. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195610 | Printer Having Removably Constrained Printhead - A printer is provided having a pagewidth printhead and a casing having a channel in which the pagewidth printhead is removably clamped so as to constrain movement of the printhead relative to the casing across the longitudinal direction of the channel and to allow movement of the printhead along the longitudinal direction of the channel. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195611 | Printhead Assembly Having Removable Printhead Module And Controller - A printhead assembly is provided having at least one printhead module of at least two print nozzle integrated circuits and respective electrical connectors, at least one controller configured to process print data and to communicate the processed print data to microprocessing circuitry of at least one of the print nozzle integrated circuits via the respective electrical connector so as to control the printing operation of the print nozzle integrated circuit to print the processed print data, and a casing in which the printhead module and controller are removably mounted. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195612 | LIQUID DROP DISPENSER WITH MOVABLE DEFLECTOR - A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid supply adapted to feed a stream of liquid through the supply channel, a liquid return channel adapted to receive liquid from the supply channel, a liquid dispensing outlet opening, and a diverter member forming at least a portion of a wall of the liquid supply channel, said diverter member being selectively movable to form a convex surface along which liquid remains attached, thereby to divert droplets from the supply channel through the dispensing outlet opening. The motion of the diverter member is substantially orthogonal to the direction of liquid flow, so that energy associated with moving the diverter member imparts no energy to the diverted droplets. The energy associated with moving the diverter member is less than 100 nJ per pL droplet volume. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195613 | Movable Ink Ejection Structure And Inverse Profile Actuator Arms For Nozzle Arrangement - A nozzle arrangement for an ink jet printhead. The nozzle arrangement comprises a wafer substrate arrangement defining an ink inlet channel and a first wall surrounding the ink inlet channel; a movable ink ejection structure defining an ink ejection port and a second wall surrounding the first wall so that the wafer substrate arrangement and ink ejection structure together define a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink inlet channel and the ink ejection port; and a plurality of thermal bend actuators movably coupling the ink ejection structure to the wafer substrate arrangement. Each actuator comprises an arm for moving the ink ejection structure responsive to an applied electrical signal, whereby a volume of the nozzle chamber is varied. Each arm includes a pair of inner active portions and a pair of outer passive portions, the inner active portions having a profile inverse to that of the outer passive portions. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195614 | Inkjet Printhead Nozzle Arrangement With Actuator Arm Slot Protection Barrier - A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead comprises a substrate defining an ink supply channel; a nozzle chamber structure mounted on the substrate, the nozzle chamber structure defining a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink supply channel and a nozzle rim defining an ink ejection port in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber, the nozzle chamber structure further defining a slot in a first side wall thereof; a post, provided outside of the nozzle chamber, extending from the substrate; and a thermal actuator mechanism comprising an actuator arm extending from the post and through the slot to terminate freely in the nozzle chamber. The actuator arm comprises a slot protection barrier extending substantially orthogonally therefrom, the slot protection barrier positioned adjacent to the first side wall and spaced therefrom to define an ink holding area between the slot protection barrier and the first side wall. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195615 | Printhead Integrated Circuit Having Suspended Heater Elements - A printhead integrated circuit comprising a substrate having a plurality of nozzle assemblies. A nozzle plate has a plurality of nozzles openings defined therein and each nozzle opening corresponds to a respective nozzle assembly. Each nozzle assembly havs a respective nozzle chamber and a heater element positioned in the nozzle chamber. Each heater element is suspended in the nozzle chamber and parallel with a plane of the nozzle plate. The integrated circuit includes drive circuitry for controlling actuation of the heater elements. Each heater element includes solid material having a thickness of at least 0.25 microns and a mass of less than 10 nanograms. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195616 | Printhead Assembly With Ink Leakage Containment Walls For Nozzle Groups - A printhead assembly comprising a substrate defining a plurality of ink inlets; a plurality of nozzle assemblies positioned on the substrate, each nozzle assembly defining a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with a respective ink inlet and a nozzle opening from which ink is ejected; and a plurality of endless containment walls extending from the substrate. Each endless containment wall surrounds a group of nozzle assemblies and defines a containment chamber to contain leakage ink from the group of nozzle assemblies therewithin. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195617 | INKJET PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH SUSPENDED HEATER ELEMENT SPACED FROM CHAMBER WALLS - An inkjet printhead that has a plurality of nozzles and a bubble forming chamber corresponding to each nozzle. The bubble forming chamber of each nozzle has at least one side wall and at least one heater element suspended within each of the bubble forming chambers respectively. Each heater element is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble therein. The generation of the bubble causes the ejection of a drop of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture in each nozzle, to effect printing. The heater element is spaced from the side wall of the bubble forming chamber by between 0.1 microns and 20 microns. The nucleation and growth of a gas bubble causes the pressure pulse that ejects ink from the nozzle aperture. By laterally enclosing the bubble with at least one of the side walls of the chamber, most of the pressure is dissipated by ejecting ink through the nozzle. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195618 | Nozzle Arrangement With Ejection Apertures Having Externally Projecting Peripheral Rim - A nozzle arrangement ejects ink through apertures that each have an externally projecting peripheral rim. The nozzle arrangement has a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet passage and including heater element drive circuitry, a nozzle chamber structure formed on the substrate assembly, the nozzle chamber structure defining nozzle chambers in fluid communication with the ink inlet passage and apertures through which ink in each of the nozzle chambers can be ejected, and heater elements positioned between the drive circuitry and the apertures. The heater elements are connected to the drive circuitry and are individually supplied with current to eject ink from one of the apertures respectively. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195619 | Thin Nozzle Layer Printhead - An inkjet printhead that has a nozzle layer defining an array of nozzle apertures and a substrate for supporting the nozzle layer, the substrate defining a flow path for an ejectable liquid to each nozzle. Each nozzle aperture has an associated heater element positioned for heating the ejectable liquid above its boiling point to form a vapor bubble to eject a drop of the ejectable liquid through the nozzle aperture. The nozzle aperture is less than 5 microns thick in the drop ejection direction. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195620 | Inkjet Printhead With Heaters Mounted Proximate Thin Nozzle Layer - An inkjet printhead for ejecting drops of a printing fluid onto a media substrate. The inkjet printhead has an array of nozzle apertures defined in a nozzle layer less than 10 microns thick and a heater element adjacent each of the nozzles respectively for heating printing fluid to form a vapor bubble that ejects a drop of the printing fluid through the nozzle aperture corresponding to that heater element. The heater element is a layer of resistive material extending parallel to the nozzle layer and spaced less than 50 microns from the nozzle layer. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195621 | Inkjet Nozzle Arrangement Having Interleaved Heater Elements - An inkjet nozzle arrangement is provided having a wafer defining an ink chamber for holding ink and a chamber roof covering the ink chamber. The chamber roof has an ink ejection port supported by a plurality of outwardly extending bridge members and a plurality of elongate heater elements interleaved between the bridge members for causing ejection of ink held in the ink chamber through the ink ejection port. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195622 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE - A liquid ejecting head includes a reservoir forming substrate provided with a reservoir serving as a common liquid chamber; in which at least a portion of a wall surface of the reservoir is an inclined surface, a lower side of the reservoir in a vertical direction is provided with a lower portion of which a width is wider than an upper portion of the reservoir in the vertical direction thanks to the inclined surface, a compliance portion which absorbs pressure of the reservoir is disposed at an area which faces the lower portion and has a shape corresponding to the lower portion, and the reservoir communicates with an upper portion of each of the pressure generating chambers in the vertical direction rather than a lower portion of each of pressure generating chambers. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195623 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - When a piezoelectric actuator, having a lower electrode, an intermediate electrode, and an upper electrode respectively on upper surfaces of a vibration plate, a lower piezoelectric layer, and an upper piezoelectric layer mutually stacked, is produced, a voltage of 30 V is applied to the upper and the intermediate electrodes, and −30 V is applied to the lower electrode so that a second active portion, which is included in portions of the piezoelectric layers interposed between the upper and the lower electrodes and from which a portion opposed to the intermediate electrode is excluded, is polarized downwardly. After that, 0 V is applied to the upper and lower electrodes, and 30 V is applied to the intermediate electrode so that a first active portion, which is included in the upper piezoelectric layer and which is interposed between the upper and the intermediate electrodes, is polarized upwardly. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195624 | Printhead Assembly Having Angled Nested Structure - A printhead assembly includes an elongate ink distribution assembly defining elongate ink ducts from which ink transfer ports extend. The ink distribution assembly further defines a recess in which a laminated stack structure is received in fluid communication with the ink transfer ports. The laminated stack structure has layers between which ink channels in fluid communication with the ports are interleaved. The laminated stack defines at least one cavity in which respective ink ejection print head integrated circuits (ICs) can be received in fluid communication with the ink channels. The cavity is formed in the laminated stack structure so that the ICs can be disposed at a slight angle to the longitudinal axis of the ink distribution assembly. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195625 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus which can prevent a drop of a recording head upon attachment of the recording head to a carriage is provided. When a head cartridge is attached/removed to/from a carriage, the carriage is moved to an overlapping position with a head supporting base and stopped there. Projection supporting portions to guide and support rough guide projections on both side surfaces of the head cartridge so as to be properly received to guides provided for the carriage are provided for the head supporting base. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195626 | INKJET PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet printer using solvent ink containing an organic solvent and a colorant. The inkjet printer includes an inkjet head configured to eject the solvent ink to a medium, and a microwave irradiation unit configured to irradiate the medium, to which the solvent ink was ejected, with microwaves. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195627 | Printing Method for Printing Press and Printing Press - There are provided a printing method for a printing press that includes: printing an image on a sheet of paper fed using an ultraviolet curable paint; and irradiating the ultraviolet curable paint on the printed sheet fed by selectively causing a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed at predetermined intervals across a lateral direction of the sheet to turn on in accordance with the location and size of a predetermined area of the sheet, thereby irradiating the predetermined area with ultraviolet light therefrom and curing the predetermined area. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195628 | Inkjet Printer Accessory - An accessory receives sheets from an inkjet printer. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195629 | MEDIUM PROCESSING DEVICE - A medium processing device is provided. A case defines a space. A storage unit is configured to store a medium. A media drive is operable to perform at least one of writing data on the medium and reading data from the medium. A liquid ejecting unit is operable to eject liquid onto a surface of the medium. An air introducing port is configured to introduce air into the space from outside of the space. An air discharging port is configured to discharge the air to the outside from the space. The space includes a first part in which the media drive is disposed, a second part in which the liquid ejecting unit is disposed and a third part in which the storage unit is disposed. The air introducing port is provided in the first part and the air discharging port is provided in the second part. The first part, the second part and the third part are disposed so that the air is introduced into the first part, flows through the third part and is discharged from the second part. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195630 | Modular Printer System and Print Media Dispenser - A hand-held modular printer system for printing a stored image. The printer system comprises a memory module in which the image is stored; a printer module releasably interconnected with the memory module; and a print media dispenser module defining a print media outlet at one end thereof. The printer module has an elongate body defining an entry slot along one longitudinal side thereof and an exit slot along an opposite longitudinal side thereof. The printer module further comprises a print media passage extending transversely through the elongate body, and a printer arranged across the print media passage. The print media dispenser is adapted to be releasably interconnected with the printer module along a longitudinal side thereof so that the print media outlet is in register with the entry slot, the dispenser module being configured to store a stack of sheets of print media and comprising a dispensing mechanism for dispensing a sheet of print media through the outlet and into the passage for printing. The print media dispenser is provided, adjacent the print media outlet and parallel thereto, with a channel-shaped socket. The channel-shaped socket adapted to releasably receive the elongate body of the printer module therein. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195631 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IN MULTI-LEAF PRINTED PRODUCTS - An ion nozzle ( | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195632 | Thermal head and thermal printer - A thermal head which forms an image on a recording medium by pressing a protruding portion on which heating elements are arranged on the recording medium while driving the heating elements to be heated includes a head body portion in which the protruding portion and a concave gap portion facing the protruding portion are formed and a heat conductive layer provided on the side of the protruding portion of the head body portion, in which the heat conductive layer includes an electric insulating layer securing electric insulation to the heating elements and a heat diffusion layer diffusing heat generated from the heating elements. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195633 | METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE BY THERMAL TRANSFER - A method of forming an image, containing superposing a heat-sensitive transfer sheet on a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, and applying thermal energy from a side of a heat-resistant lubricating layer described below of the heat-sensitive transfer sheet, to form a thermally transferred image, | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195634 | Lens Array for a Line Head, a Line Head and an Image Forming Apparatus - A line head, includes: a head substrate that includes a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element; and a lens array that includes a first positive lens that images a light emitted from the first light emitting element on a specified plane and has a lens surface of a free-form surface, and a second positive lens that images a light emitted from the second light emitting element on the specified plane and has a lens surface of a free-form surface, each of the lens surfaces of the first and the second positive lenses having focal points with different focal lengths. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195635 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A deflector deflects a light beam emitted from a light source including a plurality of light-emitting units. A scanning optical system focuses the light beam deflected by the deflector on a scanning target surface. A monitoring photoreceiver receives a part of a light beam deflected by the deflector and directed toward an area within a scanning area outside an image area. A detecting unit individually detects emission powers of at least two light-emitting units based on an output signal of the monitoring photoreceiver in a single sweep of scanning. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195636 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A pre-deflector optical system includes an isolator arranged on an optical path of a light beam from a light source. The isolator has a first surface with different light transmittances depending on a polarization state of an incident light beam on a first side close to the light source and a second surface imparting an optical phase difference of a ¼ wavelength to the incident light beam on a second side. A deflector deflects the light beam passed through the pre-deflector optical system. A rotation mechanism rotates the isolator around its optical axis. A holding member holds the light source and the isolator in a predetermined positional relationship. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195637 | INSTANT VIDEO MESSAGING SYSTEM AND INSTANT VIDEO MESSAGING METHOD THEREOF - The instant video messaging system includes a display unit, an image capture unit, and a capture adjustment sub-system. The display unit is configured to display consecutive images transmitted from a remote end via a network. The image capture unit is configured to capture the consecutive images in a predetermined area. The capture adjustment sub-system is connected to the display unit and the image capture unit and configured to locate select subject aspects, determine if the select subject aspects comply with a predetermined presentation, adjust the select subject aspects of the captured images, and transmit the consecutive images to the remote end via the network. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195638 | Method and apparatus for face recognition enhanced video mixing - A telecommunications system includes a network; a plurality of user devices coupled to the network; a multipoint control unit coupled to the network and configured to supervise multipoint conferencing among the plurality of user devices, the multipoint control unit including a presentation mixer, the presentation mixer configured to remove one or more backgrounds from a presentation and mix a live video feed into the presentation as a substitute background; a screen for displaying a resulting mixed presentation such that a full area of the screen is used to display the mixed presentation; and a feature recognition system configured to identify a party from one or more features displayed on the screen and selectively adjust a transparency of said one or more features other than said party. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195639 | Panoramic Imaging Device - A panoramic imaging device comprises: a photodetector array; a lens array having, on one plane, a center lens for receiving light in a front range of 36° to form a central unit image on the photodetector array, and left and right side lenses for receiving lights in left and right ranges each of 72° in capture angle of 180°; and four prisms in two pairs placed facing the side lenses. The two pairs of left and right prisms (more inclined and less inclined pairs) collect lights in divided two pairs of left and right ranges each of 36° in the 72° range (pairs closer to, and farther from, the front range), respectively, to form four side unit images on the photodetector array which are combined with the central unit image to reproduce a panoramic image without using wide-angle lenses or complex image correction process. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195640 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA STREAM FOR TEMPORALLY PARTIAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DATA, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING TEMPORALLY PARTIAL 3D DATA OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - Provided is a method of decoding a stereoscopic image data stream. In the method, a plurality of monoscopic image data regions are determined from among image data regions of a stereoscopic image data stream; a composition time stamp (CTS) of each of the monoscopic image data regions is extracted; and, if there are colliding image data regions having the same CTS from among the monoscopic image data regions, monoscopic image data is extracted from a monoscopic image data region of a main stream of the colliding image data regions. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195641 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION USING RETINAL RIVALRY IN SCENE TRANSITIONS - A method for generating stereoscopic images with retinal rivalry effects. The method includes retrieving primary eye images and alternate eye images from memory. These images are filmed from horizontally offset cameras but include the same content. The method continues with processing the alternate eye images to introduce retinal rivalry such as by including a set of frames that have differing content from a corresponding set of frames from the primary eye images. The differing content, for example, may include an object rendered for the alternate eye that was not rendered in the primary eye images. The method may further include editing the primary eye images by inserting a transition and then editing the alternate eye images to perform the transition (e.g., a dissolve or cut) at a temporally offset transition point such as several frames later to introduce frames that differ in content from one eye stream to the other. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195642 | Three-dimensional image display device, three-dimensional image display method, and computer program product for three-dimensional image display - A three-dimensional image display device includes a two-dimensional image display screen having color filters in which each color is disposed on sub-pixels obtained by dividing one pixel in a vertical direction and same color is disposed on each column of sub-pixels; an optical plate having an exit pupil, the exit pupil being provided for making a viewing zone different for each pixel and having a longitudinal axis disposed as to be inclined from a vertical direction of the two-dimensional image display screen at a degree (θ) (θ≠0, −45°<θ<45°), the viewing zone being a region in which parallax information displayed on the two-dimensional image display screen is observed; and a viewing zone adjusting unit that adjusts the viewing zone by shifting the viewing zone in a horizontal direction of the two-dimensional image display screen by shifting the parallax information disposed on each pixel of the two-dimensional image display screen in the vertical direction by pixel. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195643 | MEDIAL AXIS DECOMPOSITION OF 2D OBJECTS TO SYNTHESIZE BINOCULAR DEPTH - A computer-based method for generating a stereoscopic image from a two dimensional (2D) image such as a 2D cell animation. An object is selected in the 2D image, such as an animated character, and is stored in memory as the base image. With an erosion engine, the selected object is eroded to generate a set of eroded versions of the base image corresponding to a number of erosion levels. Each erosion level image may be formed by eroding or removing a set of outer or edge pixels from the image on the prior level. The method continues with calculating a parallax shift value for each of the eroded versions of the base image. An alternate eye image is then generated by compositing the set of eroded versions along with the base image. The eroded versions are horizontally offset from the base image by the level-specific parallax shift values. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195644 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that can form an image composed of pixels on an image forming plane such that, by suppressing density of the pixels in each portion of the image to be formed on the image forming plane from becoming ununiformity, a natural image free from distortion or deflection is observed regardless of a shape of the image forming plane even in the case where the image forming plane is viewed at any position are provided. The image forming apparatus forms includes a light emitting unit that emits the light; a light scanning unit having at least one actuator in which a movable plate having a light reflector that reflects the light emitted from the light emitting unit is rotatably provided around one rotation axis or two rotation axes which are orthogonal to each other, the actuator irradiating and scanning the light reflected on the light reflector onto the image forming plane by rotation of the movable plate; a drive pattern generating unit that generates a drive pattern of the light emitting unit, the drive pattern by which the light emitting unit can emit the light with such timing and emission time that suppress density of the pixels in each portion of the image to be formed on the image forming plane from becoming ununiformity, wherein the ununiformity in the density of the pixels would be generated due to differences between incident angles of the light to be irradiated with respect to portions of the image forming plane corresponding to the respective pixels or differences between distances from the light emitting unit to the respective portions of the image forming plane; and a controlling unit that controls operation of the light emitting unit based on the drive pattern generated by the drive pattern generating unit. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195645 | SYSTEM OF DISPLAYING AND CAPTURING IMAGES USING NON-PLANAR MIRRORS - A system of displaying and capturing images using non-planar mirrors is disclosed. An embodiment of the invention comprises a display ( | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195646 | MICROSCOPE COMPRISING A CAMERA CONNECTION AND A CAMERA ADAPTER - A microscope comprising a camera connection in a image beam path is suggested. A camera adapter and a camera can be adapted to the camera connection, and the microscope can be used to reproduce the image of a sample on a sensor of the camera. Imaging of the beam path in the camera adapter comprises an intermediate imaging with a pupil plane having reduced beam diameter next to the pupil plane, and at least one optical means can be inserted into the reproduction beam path in the region of the reduced beam cross-section. An optical means or an interchangeable device comprising a plurality of optical means, such as filters, plane-parallel plates or wedge plate, is integrated into the pupil plane in the camera adapter. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195647 | DOWNHOLE FISH-IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a downhole fish-imaging system. The fish-imaging system includes, a fish-imaging device positionable downhole near the fish, and a processor. The fish-imaging device has at least one shape changeable portion with a plurality of sensors therein for monitoring the shape of the at least one shape changeable portion, a shape of the at least one shape changeable portion is influenced by a shape of the fish. The processor is in operable communication with the fish-imaging device and is coupled to a wired pipe for transmitting data therealong from the sensors. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195648 | VISION SYSTEM WITH SOFTWARE CONTROL FOR DETECTING DIRT AND OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON EGG SURFACES - A vision system incorporated into an item of egg handling equipment, the system incorporating software control for detecting at least one of color shades and defects on both brown and white eggs. An enclosure incorporates a plurality of high resolution producing cameras, these communicating via cable with a switch to a remote vision PC system A non-linear shaped diffuser is mounted along an open facing bottom of the enclosure for facilitating uniform lighting throughout an open interior of the enclosure associated with the cameras. The cameras are operable to produce multiple, high resolution images of each of a plurality of eggs continuously transported along the associated egg handling equipment, for classifying types of defects that are allowable and those that must be rejected, as well as assisting in the segregating of the eggs into more consistent shaded groups for eventual packaging. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195649 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING QUILTING MACHINE - A monitoring system for use with a sewing machine. The monitoring system includes a camera assembly mounted to a base of the sewing machine with a camera that collects images from a bottom side of the fabric. The camera assembly delivers images of the back side of the fabric to a monitor assembly that includes a display device. The display device displays the images collected by the camera. The monitor can be mounted to an upper or arm portion of the sewing machine for convenient viewing by the operator during use of the sewing machine. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195650 | VIRTUAL IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, VIRTUAL IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING VIRTUAL IMAGE GENERATING PROGRAM - A virtual image generation apparatus includes an image recording unit configured to record a plurality of images, each containing photography position data. An image selection unit selects, from the images recorded, an image from which to generate a virtual image. A map-image acquiring unit acquires an image corresponding to a map image containing the photography position data contained in the image selected A virtual scene image generation unit generates, from the image corresponding to the map image, a virtual image showing the image selected or showing a scene related to the photography position data contained in the image selected. An output unit outputs the virtual image data, thereby to display the scene represented by the virtual image generated. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195651 | Method of providing safety enforcement for school buses - A method for providing for enforcement of school bus safety laws in situations in which a driver of a vehicle near a school bus illegally passes the school bus when it is stopping or stopped and its stop-sign arm is deployed and/or emergency signals are on. The method provides a process for identifying and documenting with live streaming video a violation of school bus safety law as it occurs, documenting and preserving the evidence, presenting the evidence of an alleged violation to law enforcement authorities for determination of whether the case should be pursued, processing a citation or civil assessment to obtain payment of a fine or assessment, providing for the alleged violator to review the video and other evidence of the alleged violation, and providing for the payment of the fine or assessment. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195652 | Interactive Virtual Window Vision System For Mobile Platforms - The invention is a vision and image capture system for mobile platforms. The system comprises: an imaging sensor that comprises at least one imaging sub-sensor which is integrated in the outside walls of the platform; at least one display screen on which is displayed the images captured by the imaging sub-sensor; and a processing unit comprising hardware and software components for processing the gathered images, displaying them on the screen and optionally allowing other applications. The system of the invention is characterized in that the at least one imaging sub-sensor is mounted approximately at the height of the eyes of the operator of the system and at a predefined angle respective to the mobile platform matching the preferred viewing angle of the operator from his seat within the platform. This location and orientation of the imaging sub-sensor allows a life like simulation and presentation of the images on the screen to the operator as if he were looking at the scene through a transparent window in the side of the mobile platform. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195653 | Method And System For Transmitting Video Images Using Video Cameras Embedded In Signal/Street Lights - A method and system of video surveillance by using existing street light, traffic light and other household or outdoor light assemblies. A video camera is mounted in the light assembly and is powered through power lines of the light assembly. A converter is used to convert images captured by the video camera into Internet Protocol (IP) video data. A combiner then combines the IP video data into the power stream for transmission through the power lines. Both the converter and the combiner are housed in the light assembly. The IP video data travels through the power lines and is separated from the power stream at a collection point. The separated IP video data is transmitted wirelessly or through existing cables over the Internet for viewing. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195654 | VIRTUAL FENCE - The present invention is directed to a virtual fence provided using a plurality of video cameras. A method for providing a virtual fence in accordance with an embodiment includes: positioning a plurality of video cameras about a perimeter to be monitored, the perimeter comprising a plurality of designated areas; for each of the designated areas: capturing video data of the designated area using at least one video camera; analyzing the captured video data to detect an event; and sending at least one of image or video data to a central facility only in response to the detection of the event. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195655 | REMOTE CONTROL VIDEO SURVEILLANCE APPARATUS WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A remote control video surveillance apparatus is disclosed that includes a video camera and other types of sensors that communicate sensed data to other computers using wireless Internet functionality. The remote unit includes a cellular telephone transceiver so that it can be used in remote areas, or can be used on a mobile platform; in both cases, it does not require any hard-wired cable connectivity. The remote unit acts as a video surveillance platform that communicates over the cellular network to the Internet, and from there to a base station computer. The remote unit has a dynamic IP address, while the base station computer has a static IP address. User computers can also log into the remote unit through the base station via the Internet, and then receive data from the remote unit. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195656 | INTERACTIVE TRANSCRIPTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system which seamlessly combines natural way of handwriting (real world) with interactive digital media and technologies (virtual world) for providing a mixed or augmented reality perception to the user is disclosed. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195657 | OSD system and method for controlling the same - An onscreen display (OSD) system for a display device includes an OSD module including a microprocessor and a memory. The memory stores instructions about adjustment of a display characteristic and the microprocessor reads the instructions and generates an OSD menu including the instructions. An operation method for the system is also provided. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195658 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM PROVIDING IMAGE PATTERN DETECTION BASED UPON IMAGE TRANSITION BOUNDARIES AND RELATED METHODS - A video processing system may include an input for receiving video data including video signal values for a corresponding plurality of image pixels and having an image pattern therein. The system may further include a processor coupled to the input for determining a series of video signal value differences for each pair of adjacent image pixels along at least one direction, detecting at least one image transition boundary based upon the series of video signal value differences, and detecting the image pattern based upon the at least one image transition boundary. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195659 | Input apparatus and imaging apparatus - An input section includes a palm rest and a hand detection sensor on the top surface of a housing. The input section also includes, for example, an analog resistive touch panel above the housing to the front. A palm rest is used as a base for placing a palm for manipulating the touch panel and has a flat surface slightly forward with reference to a horizontal level. The touch panel tilts below the surface of the palm rest. The touch panel is given a tilt angle so that the fingertip or the finger cushion naturally touches the surface (panel surface) of the touch panel when the palm is placed on the palm rest. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090195660 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, DIGITAL CAMERA, AND PRINTER - An image signal processing system, comprising a receiver, an addition block, and a transmitting block, is provided. The image signal processing system transmits a first image signal to a print block. The print block prints the rectangular image using the whole printable area. The aspect ratio of the rectangular image is a first aspect ratio. The receiver receives an original image signal corresponding to an original image. The aspect ratio of the original image is a second aspect ratio. The addition block generates a synthesized image signal corresponding to a synthesized image. The aspect ratio of the synthesized image is the first aspect ratio or nearer to the first aspect ratio than the second aspect ratio. The transmitting block transmits the synthesized image signal as the first image signal to the print block. | 2009-08-06 |
