32nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110193828 | TELESCOPING STYLUS FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A stylus includes a housing, a core, a pole and a positioning member. The core is slidably received in the housing. The pole is secured in the housing. The pole includes a first ring groove and a second ring groove. The positioning member is mounted to the core. A plurality of arcuate portions is formed on the positioning member. The arcuate portions are selectably engaged in the first ring groove and the second ring groove to position the stylus at different positions. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193829 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A flexible display device includes an operating body, a flexible display panel and a flexible air bag. The flexible display panel, connecting to the operating body, is able to be scrolled to a stored status or unscrolled to an operating status. The flexible air bag is disposed on a bottom surface of the flexible display panel, wherein the flexible display panel is inflated or vacuumed when the flexible display panel is in the operating status in order to maintain a flat surface of the flexible display panel. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193830 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus in which data lines of first and second sides of the display panel are connected is disclosed. In some embodiments, the display apparatus includes gate driving units respectively driving the first and second sides of the panel. The surface area of a data driving block which occupies a large portion of a driver circuit is, accordingly, reduced. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193831 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes a switching element that is formed for each pixel; a gate line that is connected to the switching element; a first scanning line driving circuit and a second scanning line driving circuit that are connected to the gate line; and a control unit that normally controls the first scanning line driving circuit to output a signal driving the switching element, and controls an output of the second scanning line driving circuit to be brought into a high-impedance state. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193832 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a display device including: a switching element configured to be formed for each of pixels; a gate line configured to be connected to the switching element; and a scanning line drive circuit configured to be connected to the gate line. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193833 | Liquid Crystal Display and Pulse Adjustment Circuit Thereof - A liquid crystal display comprises a power supply, a pulse adjustment circuit, and a gate driver. The pulse adjustment circuit is connected between the power supply and the gate driver. The power supply provides power signals. The pulse adjustment circuit adjusts the plurality of pulses of the power signals or selects the appropriate voltage levels for the power signals to have cutting angles or enlarged amplitudes, whereby the influence of the feedthrough voltage on the thin film transistors of the driving circuit would be reduced so that the display quality of the liquid crystal display is improved. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193834 | PIXEL DRIVER CIRCUIT AND PIXEL CIRCUIT HAVING THE PIXEL DRIVER CIRCUIT - A pixel driver circuit for driving a light-emitting element and a pixel circuit having the pixel driver circuit are provided. The pixel driver circuit includes a data line, address lines, switch thin film transistors, feedback thin film transistors and drive thin film transistors. The pixel circuit may include an organic light emitting diode, which is driven by the pixel driver circuit. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193835 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a gate line, a data line and a pixel electrode. The gate line is extended in a first direction on a base substrate. The data line is extended in a second direction crossing to the first direction. The pixel electrode is disposed on a pixel area of the base substrate. The pixel electrode includes a first sub-electrode and a second sub-electrode spaced apart by an opening portion, and receives a voltage having a same polarity. The opening portion includes a straight line portion extended in the first direction, a diagonal line portion extended in a third direction crossing the first and second directions, and a protrusion portion disposed in a length direction of the straight line portion at a portion of the pixel electrode where the straight line portion and the diagonal line portion meet. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193836 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device in which partial driving can be performed with a simplified configuration of a circuit including a wiring. One of signal processing circuits includes a first transistor that controls the potential of its respective gate signal line, and a second transistor that outputs a start signal for the subsequent stage and a reset signal for the preceding stage. A signal for controlling whether the gate signal line is in an active state (a state where a selection signal is output) or a non-active state (a state where a selection signal is not output or a non-selection signal continues to be output) is input to the first transistor. A clock signal is input to the second transistor. Thus, the number of wirings necessary for operating the device is reduced. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193837 | SUBSTRATE FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICES, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A electro-optical device is provide with a substrate, a pixel electrode, a transistor which is provided more to a lower layer side than the pixel electrode, and a connection electrode which is arranged more to an upper layer side than a gate insulating film, is formed to directly overlap with at least a portion of a gate electrode and a source/drain electrode in a region where the gate insulating film is not formed, and is electrically connected to the transistor. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193838 | Driving Device, Driving Method, and Flat Panel Display - A driving device for a flat panel display includes a distance detection module for detecting a distance between a base point of a housing of the flat panel display and a user, to generate a detection result, and a control module for adjusting output effects of the flat panel display according to the detection result. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193839 | LEVEL SHIFTER FOR USE IN LCD DISPLAY APPLICATIONS - A level shifter for use in LCD display applications is provided which includes a group of separate channels each with a signal input and a signal output and with channel control circuitry supporting gate voltage shaping for improving image quality. The level shifter further has a number of flicker clock inputs. The channel control circuitry of each particular channel in the group comprises logic circuitry combining all of said flicker clock inputs with the signal input of the particular channel and signal inputs form other channels into a gate voltage shaping enable signal for the control circuitry of the particular channel. With this configuration it is possible to use the same level shifter IC with only one flicker clock signal for all phases, regardless of how many, without the need for an additional synchronization signal, or multiple flicker clock signals as is conventional. The level shifter automatically determines which input signal needs to be modified for the gate voltage shaping when the active portion of the flicker clock signal is detected. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193840 | METHODS FOR DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS USING DIELECTROPHORETIC FORCES - A dielectrophoretic display has a substrate having walls defining a cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface. A fluid is contained within the cavity; and a plurality of particles are present in the fluid. There is applied to the substrate an electric field effective to cause dielectrophoretic movement of the particles so that the particles occupy only a minor proportion of the viewing surface. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193841 | METHODS FOR DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS USING DIELECTROPHORETIC FORCES - A dielectrophoretic display has a substrate having walls defining a cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface. A fluid is contained within the cavity; and a plurality of particles are present in the fluid. There is applied to the substrate an electric field effective to cause dielectrophoretic movement of the particles so that the particles occupy only a minor proportion of the viewing surface. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193842 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHODS OF DRIVING SAME - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and methods of driving same. In one embodiment, the LCD) includes a plurality of gate lines, {G | 2011-08-11 |
20110193843 | Display device and electronic apparatus - A transistor connected to a power source for driving a light-emitting element driving transistor and a transistor setting to a predetermined voltage a source voltage of the light-emitting element driving transistor are commonly controlled by a control signal that takes one of three levels. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193844 | POWER SOURCE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A power source circuit of a display apparatus includes a voltage divider, an operational amplifier, a first switch, a second switch, and a protector. The voltage divider generates a divided voltage between a first driving voltage and a ground voltage. The operational amplifier receives the divided voltage and outputs the divided voltage as a second driving voltage. The first switch is connected between a first supply voltage terminal to receive the first driving voltage and a common node. The second switch is connected between the common node and a second supply voltage terminal to receive the ground voltage. The protector is connected to the common node to limit a voltage output of the first supply voltage terminal in response to a voltage of the common node. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193845 | METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND CONTROLLER - A method of driving an electrophoretic display device is a method of driving an electrophoretic display device provided with a plurality of pixels with an electrophoretic layer interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode, a first display state is selected as a display state of the pixels by applying a positive voltage, a second display state is selected as a display state of the pixels by applying a negative voltage, a halftone between the first display state and the second display state is selected according to a total continuation time of the negative voltage applied to the pixels in the first display state, and a positive compensation voltage pulse is applied after applying at least one negative driving voltage pulse to select the halftone. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193846 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An object is to provide a display device that performs accurate display. A circuit is formed using a transistor that includes an oxide semiconductor and has a low off-state current. A precharge circuit or an inspection circuit is formed in addition to a pixel circuit. The off-state current is low because the oxide semiconductor is used. Thus, it is not likely that a signal or voltage is leaked in the precharge circuit or the inspection circuit to cause defective display. As a result, a display device that performs accurate display can be provided. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193847 | DISPLAY DEVICE - When an active area (AA) side of CS trunk wiring groups (BB | 2011-08-11 |
20110193848 | LEVEL SHIFTER CIRCUIT, LOAD DRIVE DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The level shifter circuit includes a differential amp ( | 2011-08-11 |
20110193849 | VOLTAGE REGULATION METHOD - A voltage regulation method is provided and includes the following steps. A plurality of fixed voltages is provided to a gray-level resistor string, and a plurality of gray-level voltages and the fixed voltages are divided into a first voltage group and a second voltage group according to signal-to-noise ratios of the gray-level values. It is to determine whether the regulated fixed voltage is used to regulate a gray-level voltage corresponding to low gray-level value according to different voltage group. When the regulated fixed voltage is used to regulate the gray-level voltage corresponding to low gray-level value, it is determined whether the fixed voltage is regulated again by measuring a luminance value of a gray-level voltage having higher signal-to-noise ratio. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193850 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - There is provided an organic light emitting display device for providing a compensation period of a threshold voltage. The organic light emitting display device includes: a scan driver configured to supply a plurality of scan signals to a plurality of scan lines, each of the scan signals having a width greater than two horizontal periods; a data driver configured to supply a plurality of data signals to a plurality of data lines; and a pixel including an organic light emitting diode, a pixel circuit having a first transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied to the organic light emitting diode, and a compensation circuit configured to control a voltage of a gate electrode of the first transistor to compensate for deterioration of the organic light emitting diode; wherein the scan driver is configured to supply a current scan signal which partially overlaps in time with a previous scan signal. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193851 | Method of Driving an Electro-Phoretic Display and Related Display System - The present invention discloses a method of driving an electro-phoretic display. The electro-phoretic display includes a first display region and a second display region. The method includes: utilizing the first display region to display a first image; updating the first image by a first updating frequency; utilizing the second display region to display a second image; and updating the second image by a second updating frequency; wherein the first image represents a first information, the first information has a first property, and the first updating frequency is corresponding to the first property; the second image represents a second information, the second information has a second property, and the second updating frequency is corresponding to the second property; and the first updating frequency is different from the second updating frequency. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193852 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - There is provided a liquid crystal display for minimizing power consumption. The liquid crystal display includes transmission regions formed in a liquid crystal panel in units of horizontal lines, reflection regions positioned between the transmission regions, first sub pixels formed in the transmission regions, and second sub pixels formed in the reflection regions. A total number of the second sub pixels is smaller than a total number of the first sub pixels. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193853 | SCANNING SIGNAL LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT, SHIFT REGISTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display device capable of preventing a malfunction and a display defect due to an off-leak from occurring even when a circuit in a shift register is configured utilizing thin film transistors of relatively large off-leaks. In at least one embodiment, each of bistable circuits that constitute the shift register includes: a thin film transistor for increasing a potential of an output terminal based on a first clock; a thin film transistor for decreasing the potential of the output terminal; a thin film transistor for increasing a potential of a range netA connected to a gate terminal of the thin film transistor based on a start signal; thin film transistors for decreasing the potential of the range netA; a capacitor for increasing the potential of a range netB connected to a gate terminal of the thin film transistor; and a thin film transistor for decreasing the potential of the range netB. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193854 | SYNCHRONOUS BUS DRIVING METHOD - Techniques are provided for synchronizing the data signals transmitted through a synchronous bus in a display device. One embodiment includes manipulating the clock signals and/or data signals transmitted by a display controller in the display based on the location on the bus where a data signal is to be transmitted. For example, a pre-emphasized clock signal having a higher initial voltage level may be used for a data signal transmitted farther on the bus from the display controller. The pre-emphasized clock signal may compensate for propagation delays associated with transmitting the data signal through the bus. Further, a de-emphasized clock signal may be used for data signals transmitted to a section on the bus closer on to the display controller, and neutral clock signals may be used for data signals transmitted to a section that is of intermediate distance from the display controller. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193855 | PIXEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel, a display device including the pixel, and a driving method are disclosed. Each of a plurality of pixels included in the display device includes: an organic light emitting diode (OLED); a driving transistor for transmitting a driving current to the OLED according to a data signal; a first transistor for transmitting the data signal to the driving transistor according to a scan signal; and a first capacitor including a first terminal coupled to the first transistor and a second terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the driving transistor. In addition, the driving transistor is for diode-connecting in response to a threshold voltage compensation signal during a threshold voltage compensation period to compensate for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor. The threshold voltage compensation signal includes at least two pulses. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193856 | PIXEL, DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel, a display device using the same, and a driving method thereof are disclosed. According to exemplary embodiments of the pixel, the display device including the same, and the driving method thereof, sufficient time to compensate the threshold voltage of the driving transistor of the pixel may be obtained under high resolution and high frequency driving to realize a display device of high image quality. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193857 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING A COLLECTION OF WIDGETS ON A MOBILE DEVICE DISPLAY - A system renders a collection of widgets on a mobile device display by identifying a first appearance and a second appearance associated with a respective rendering of a first and second collection of widgets on the mobile device display. The system transitions from the rendering of the first collection to the second. The system receives notification to transition the collection of widgets on the mobile device display from a two-dimensional presentation to a three-dimensional presentation. The system renders a native widget on the mobile device display utilizing a native interface by identifying a non-native widget requiring a non-native interface to operate on the mobile device display. The system provides a proxy widget to host the non-native widget allowing the non-native widget to operate on the mobile device display utilizing the native interface. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193858 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES USING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for displaying images using an electronic device sets a virtual three dimension (3D) image of an object, and stores the virtual 3D image in a storage device of the electronic device. The method further obtains a movement direction and a movement angle of the electronic device by a G-Sensor of the electronic device, rotates the virtual 3D image of the object according to the movement direction and the movement angle of the electronic device, and displays the rotated image of the object on a display device of the electronic device. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193859 | Apparatus and method for generating octree based 3D map - A method of generating a 3D complex octree map. A plurality of points each having 3D location information are detected from a range image. A space having the detected plurality of points is represented using grids. If points in a grid forms a plane, the grid is not subdivided and planar information about the plane is stored. A space not forming a plane is subdivided, thereby enhancing the storage efficiency. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193860 | Method and Apparatus for Converting an Overlay Area into a 3D Image - Apparatuses and methods for converting an overlay area of a two-dimensional (2D) monoscopic image into a three-dimensional (3D) image are provided. A depth map representing a perspective based on an input monoscopic image is generated to provide depth values of the input monoscopic image. At least one overlay area and at least one background image included in the input monoscopic image are then detected, and a depth value of one or more or both of the overlay area and the background image are corrected to a desired value. A stereoscopic image is generated based on the corrected depth value, such that the resulting stereoscopic image prevents inconsistent viewing depths between an overlay area and the background image in order to prevent viewer fatigue. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193861 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A three-dimensional sense adjusting unit displays three-dimensional images to a user. If a displayed reaches a limit of parallax, the user responds to the three-dimensional sense adjusting unit. According to acquired appropriate parallax information, a parallax control unit generates parallax images to realize the appropriate parallax in the subsequent stereo display. The control of parallaxes is realized by optimally setting camera parameters by going back to three-dimensional data. Functions to realize the appropriate parallax are made into and presented by a library. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193862 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EARLY Z TEST IN TITLE-BASED THREE-DIMENSIONAL RENDERING - A method and system for an early Z test in a tile-based three-dimensional rendering is provided. In the method and system for an early Z test, a portion which is not displayed to a user is removed prior to performing a rasterization process, and thereby performing the 3D rendering efficiently. The method includes segmenting a scene into tiles for performing a rendering with respect to a triangle; selecting a first tile of the tiles, which has a tile Z value less than a minimum Z value of the triangle; and performing the rendering with respect to the triangle in remaining tiles excluding the selected first tile of the tiles. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193863 | THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - A three dimensional display system comprises a display ( | 2011-08-11 |
20110193864 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Examples of image processing methods are described herein. Other embodiments and related systems methods are also disclosed herein. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193865 | ELECTRONIC NOMOGRAM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING ELECTRONIC NOMOGRAM - An electronic nomogram includes an image data storing unit for storing nomogram image data of a coordinate plane having a first axis and a second axis; an instruction receiving unit for receiving an instruction specifying a position of a point graphic displayed on a nomogram; a numerical value acquiring unit for acquiring first and second numerical values; a calculation unit for calculating a value of a calculation result of a predetermined function that uses as arguments the first and second numerical values; an image generation unit for generating point graphic image data at a position specified by the received instruction and generating as calculation result image data, image data of the value of the calculation result of the function; and an image display unit for displaying the nomogram image data, the point graphic image data and the calculation result image data. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193866 | DATA INPUT SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus with a thumb-sized keyboard. The keyboard has at least one key for every letter of an alphabet. The apparatus also has an interface to couple a first indication of a first character associated with a first keystroke on the keyboard to a computer in real-time when the interface is in communication with the computer. The apparatus also has a memory interface to couple a second indication of a second character associated with a second keystroke on the keyboard to a removable memory device. The apparatus may communicate with a computer using a wireless communication link. The apparatus may communicate keystrokes on the thumb-sized keyboard to the computer such that the computer may register and display characters associated with the keystrokes as if they had been made on an attached keyboard. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193867 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING DYNAMIC EFFECT OF CHARACTER CAPABLE OF INTERACTING WITH IMAGE - A method for producing motion effects of a character capable of interacting with a background image in accordance with the characteristics of the background image is provided, including extracting the characteristics of the background image; determining a character to be provided with the motion effects in the background in accordance with the extracted characteristics of the background image; recognizing external signals including a user input; determining the motion of the character in accordance with the characteristics of the background image and the recognized external signals; and reproducing an animation for executing the motion of the character in the background image. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193868 | GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR - A graphics display system integrated circuit processes analog video input, digital video input, and graphics input. The system incorporates a graphics accelerator that includes memory for graphics data. The accelerator preferably includes a coprocessor for performing vector type operations on a plurality of components of one pixel of the graphics data. The accelerator also includes an expanded instruction set for storing and loading data. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193869 | SCALE-DEPENDENT RENDERING OF NATURAL MEDIA STYLES - A method for generating a scale-dependent rendering of natural media styles in a vector-based graphics application is disclosed. A vector-based graphics drawing may be resized such that certain scale-dependent parameters are scaled proportionately, while other scale-independent parameters are not scaled. The result of such resizing is a scaled rendering of the vector-based graphics drawing that closely resemble hand drawn images created using natural media materials. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193870 | Off axis halo reduction - A method for modifying an image to be displayed on a display includes receiving an image to be displayed on the display having a backlight and a transmissive panel. A backlight signal is provided to the backlight for causing the backlight to selectively illuminate different portions of the backlight with different characteristics. The characteristics include at least one of a different color and a difference luminance. A panel signal is provided to the panel for causing the transmissive panel to selectively change its transmittivities. At least one of the backlight signal and the panel signal are modified in a manner to reduce off-axis artifacts in selected regions of the display. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193871 | RENDERING MULTI-LAYERED IMAGE - A multi-layered image may be rasterized onto a background by considering each layer in the image from front to back. The alpha channel of a background buffer is cleared, so that it may act as an accumulator of total consumed opacity. Each image layer, from front to back, is then considered. For each layer, the layer's alpha value is multiplied by the complement of the alpha channel's current value, and the product is added to the background alpha channel. The background alpha channel is then multiplied by a global alpha value. The background color values are then pre-darkened by the complement of the resulting background alpha channel value. The background alpha channel is then cleared again, and the layers are rasterized and added, from front to back, onto the pre-darkened background, this time taking into consideration the per-layer color values. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193872 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID DAYLIGHT-COUPLED BACKLIGHTS FOR SUNLIGHT VIEWABLE DISPLAYS - A control system for a hybrid daylight-coupled display having an LCD panel, a diffuser, and a curved reflector behind the LCD panel, and an active backlight for providing backlighting from an active light source. For passive backlighting, the diffuser transmits daylight to the reflector, which reflects the daylight to the LCD panel and provides substantially uniform distribution of the daylight on the LCD panel for backlighting it. The control system comprises a sensor unit detecting ambient light level surrounding the LCD display and another sensor unit detecting backlights provided by the active backlight and the daylight. The control system adjusts the brightness of the active backlight based on data from the two sensor units. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193873 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MOSAIC IMAGE INCLUDING TEXT - A device and a method for generating a mosaic image including a text is provided. The method includes configuring, upon receiving a request for generating the mosaic image, a mosaic generation screen and displaying the mosaic generation screen; receiving a text input from a user; producing a mosaic unit image that includes the input text; receiving a user-selection of an original image from among at least one original image; and generating the mosaic image for the selected original image. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193874 | COLOR ELECTRONIC PAPER KEYPAD DEVICE - A color electronic paper keypad device is provided that includes an electronic paper sheet having a plurality of electrode patterns. One or more of the plurality of electrode patterns displays a color depending on whether an electric field is applied. The device also includes a color display disposed over the electronic paper sheet. The color display changes the displayed color depending on whether a second electric field is applied. An illumination light reflects from or transmits through the color display to change the displayed color of the one or more electrode patterns. The device further includes a front light unit for illuminating said color display. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193875 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device that corrects unevenness of a display image that is generated by overlapping a plurality of images, includes: a correction table storing unit that stores a plurality of types of correction tables; and an unevenness correction processing unit that performs an unevenness correcting process of an input image signal corresponding to the plurality of images based on a correction table selected from the plurality of types of correction tables stored in the correction table storing unit that corresponds to a designated display mode. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193876 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided a display processing apparatus that displays an image represented by image data. The apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store the image data, an obtaining unit configured to obtain surrounding image data representing an image of surroundings in which the display processing apparatus is located, a determination unit configured to determine a color given to a region not smaller than a specific threshold region in a surrounding image represented by the obtained surrounding image data or the type of person determined from a face region of a person included in the surrounding image, a conversion unit configured to convert an image represented by the image data into a specific painting style associated with the determined color or the determine type of person, and a display unit configured to display a converted image represented by the converted image data. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193877 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE COLOR OF IMAGES - A method for adjusting the color of images is provided. In the method, firstly, an original hue-saturation-value (HSV) color coordinate is obtained from an original image signal. Next, the original HSV color coordinate is converted into an adjusted HSV color coordinate according to color adjusting data. Afterwards, the adjusted HSV color coordinate is converted into a corrected HSV color coordinate. Then, an output image signal is generated according to the corrected HSV color coordinate. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193878 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HISTORY OF INFORMATION ASSOCIATED TO TIME INFORMATION - A method and an apparatus for providing a history of information associated with time information capable of displaying internal or external associated information associated with time information as one information item and capable of intuitively providing a history of information associated with a corresponding time by controlling time information are provided. The method for providing information in a mobile terminal includes, displaying an information item including a combination of time information and associated information, updating and displaying the associated information as time information goes by, extracting associated information corresponding to changed time information when the time information changes according to a control event, and displaying a history of associated information corresponding to the changed time information. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193879 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) FOR BROADCAST INFORMATION - An electronic device and a method for providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) are disclosed. The electronic device includes a formatter configured to output a first signal for displaying an image data of a first broadcast content to a display, a controller configured to detect a first request for providing broadcast information, form a first set of pixel data for displaying a GUI providing the broadcast information in response to detecting the first request, and form a second set of pixel data and a third set of pixel data using the first set of pixel data, and a mixer configured to mix the image data with the second set of pixel data and the third set of pixel data. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193880 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE CONTROL METHOD, AND OPTICAL SHUTTER - An image display system includes: display unit ( | 2011-08-11 |
20110193881 | REGULATION OF NAVIGATION SPEED AMONG DISPLAYED ITEMS AND TILT ANGLE THEREOF RESPONSIVE TO USER APPLIED PRESSURE - An electronic device can include a touch sensitive display screen and a controller circuit. The touch sensitive display screen identifies a location where a user is pressing and generates a force signal that indicates how hard the user is pressing. The controller circuit controls a speed at which information items are scrolled across the screen and controls a tilt angle of the displayed information items responsive to the force signal. The controller circuit graphically renders the tilt angle on the screen by tapering width of the displayed information items in a defined direction and regulates the tapered width responsive to the force signal. No tilt angle is rendered when the force signal indicates that the user is not pressing the screen. The scrolling speed and the tilt angle of the displayed information items are increased, to provide a visual indication to the user of the increased scrolling speed, responsive to the force signal indicating that the user is pressing harder against the screen. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193882 | TECHNIQUES FOR 3-D ELASTIC SPATIAL REGISTRATION OF MULTIPLE MODES OF MEASURING A BODY - Techniques for registration of multiple measurement modes of a body include receiving first and second data from different modes. Each includes measured values with coordinate values. For two mechanically aligned modes, any non-rigid registration is performed. For some modes, the non-rigid registration includes a coarse transformation and multiple fine scale transformations. The coarse transformation maximizes a coarse similarity measure. The second data is sub-divided into contiguous sub-regions. Fine transformations are determined between the sub-regions and corresponding portions of the first data to maximize a fine similarity measure. Sub-dividing and determining fine transformations repeats until stop conditions are satisfied. Transformations between the last-divided sub-regions are interpolated. Any of the fine similarity measure, a search region, interpolation method, subdivision location, and the use of rigid or non-rigid fine transformations are adaptive to properties of the first or second data so that the registration is automatic without human intervention. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193883 | Implementing And Interpolating Rotations From a Computing Input Device - Novel and simple methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a 3D rotation using input from a mouse, trackball, or other input device are described. Methods of implementing rotations are presented which lead to new realizations of the 3D rotation group and its double-cover, the unit quaternions. New methods, systems, and computer program products are also presented for interpolating rotations of a 3D scene that is more efficient than previously-known quaternion-based methods. The new methods are also used to derive the quaternion composition formula from the geometry of 3D rotations. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193884 | Set Color Level According To Origin - In one embodiment a system includes a source. The source can include a source port to transmit video data from the source. The source port can also receive origin data from a display device. The source can include a controller to compare an origin of the display device to an origin in the source and set the color levels for the video data based on the origin. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193885 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY - Disclosed herein is an organic light emitting display. The organic light emitting display is configured to include: a first transistor that receives a data signal from a data line in response to a scan signal from a scan signal line; a first capacitor that is charged with voltage corresponding to the data signal; a driving transistor that controls driving current supplied from a first power supply by corresponding to a voltage value charged in the first capacitor; a second transistor that connects or blocks the driving current transmitted through the driving transistor in response to an emission control signal from an emission control line; an organic light emitting diode that is connected between the second transistor and a second power supply and generates light corresponding to the driving current supplied from the driving transistor; and a reverse bias voltage applying module that reverses the polarity of the voltage supplied to the driving transistor simultaneously with applying reverse bias voltage to the organic light emitting diode in response to a reverse bias applying signal. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193886 | Organic light emitting display and method of driving the same - An organic light emitting display includes pixels positioned at intersections between data lines and scan lines, a data change unit receiving first data of i (i is a natural number) bits to generate second data of j (j is a natural number equal to or larger than i) bits so that a desired gamma value is realized, a gamma voltage unit for generating gray scale voltages corresponding to l (l is a natural number larger than i) bits, and a data driver for selecting one of the gray scale voltages as a data signal to correspond to the second data and for supplying the data signal to the data line. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193887 | TRANSFORMER, CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING THE TRANSFORMER, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE CIRCUIT BOARD - A transformer including; a bobbin, a coil wound to the bobbin, a core inserted within the bobbin and a soldering pin disposed connected to the bobbin, wherein the soldering pin has at least one first hole. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193888 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image characteristic judgement circuit analyzes input image data and obtains first brightness data indicating brightness of a backlight within a single vertical period and image characteristic data corresponding to the first brightness data. In at least one embodiment, an image data conversion circuit performs conversion to the input image data according to the image characteristic data and outputs the image data after the conversion to a liquid crystal panel. A period-by-period brightness calculation circuit obtains, based on the first brightness data, second brightness data indicating brightness of the backlight within each of a plurality of periods into which the single vertical period is divided. A brightness setting circuit | 2011-08-11 |
20110193889 | Backlight unit, liquid crystal display device, data generating method, data generating program and recording medium - Provided are a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device including the backlight unit mounted therein. In at least one embodiment of the backlight unit, a process control section performs correction processing to a light source red image signal of a red LED chip, by using an LUT, based on the relationship between the light source red image signal and luminance of the red LED chip. Furthermore, correction processing is performed by using an LUT, based on a light source green image signal of a green LED chip different from the red LED chip. The light source red image signal becomes a new light source red image signal. In the backlight unit, luminance nonuniformity and chromaticity nonuniformity due to the fact that one LED chip is affected by instantaneous heat generated by other LED chip are reduced. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193890 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are a backlight unit and a display device. The backlight unit includes alight emitting module including a plurality of light emitting devices; a controller for controlling an operation of the light emitting module; a light guide plate disposed at one side of the light emitting module; and an optical member disposed on or under the light guide plate. The light emitting module includes a first light emitting device and a second light emitting device. Light linearity of the first light emitting device is superior to light linearity of the second light emitting device, and a light orientation angle of the first light emitting device is smaller than a light orientation angle of the second light emitting device. The controller selectively drives the first and second light emitting devices. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193891 | Three-Dimensional Image Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - A three dimensional image display device includes a display panel and shutter glasses. White image data is displayed during a white image data input period which is disposed before an input period of left eye image data or an input period of right eye image data. As a result, the luminance of a three dimensional image display device may be increased. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193892 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a driving method to reduce power consumption, and to simplify the process of manufacturing the display device by configuring a driver made of PMOS transistors, is disclosed. The display device includes a display unit and a light emission driver. The display unit includes scan lines for transmitting scan signals, data lines for transmitting data signals, light emitting signal lines for transmitting light emitting signals, and pixels coupled to the scan lines, data lines, and light emitting signal lines. The light emission driver is for receiving a partial driving selection signal for selecting one of a normal driving mode or a partial driving mode, an area selection signal for dividing the display unit into a display area and a non-display area, a synchronization signal generated in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal, and first and second light emitting clock signals, for outputting the light emitting signals. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193893 | PROJECTOR FOR ACHIEVING A WIDE VARIETY OF GRADATION AND COLOR REPRESENTATION, PROJECTION SYSTEM, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A projector, includes: an illumination device that radiates plural colors of light in a time-sharing manner; a reflective optical modulator that forms, based on input image information, an optical image for each of the plural colors of light radiated from the illumination device in a time-sharing manner; a projection optical device that projects the optical images of the plural colors of light formed by the reflective optical modulator; and a controller that controls the illumination device and the reflective optical modulator, the controller including: an image information analyzer that analyzes the input image information; and an illumination time controller that dynamically changes and controls illumination time of the plural colors of light by the illumination device based on an analysis result by the image information analyzer. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193894 | Pulse Width Modulation Algorithm - In display systems employing spatial light modulators, the OFF-state light from OFF-state pixels of the spatial light modulator can be captured and directed back to the pixels of the spatial light modulator so as to recycle the OFF-state light in the display system. Bitplanes derived from the desired image to be produced are calibrated to include the recycled off-state light to properly produce the desired image using the display system. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193895 | High Dynamic Range Display with Rear Modulator Control - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computer-based image processing, and more particularly, to systems, computer-readable mediums, methods, and apparatuses to operate a rear modulator in a high dynamic range display to, among other things, characterize input images into pixel characteristics which may be data-reduced representations of a group of pixels corresponding to the input image, and to relate a modulation value intensity image to a weighted combination of the pixel characteristics. The modulation value intensity image may be used to derive a rear modulator drive signal, which, turn, may be configured to control one or more modulating elements to generate a low resolution image of the input image at the rear modulator. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193896 | Backlight Simulation at Reduced Resolutions to Determine Spatial Modulation of Light for High Dynamic Range Images - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to generating images with an enhanced range of brightness levels, and more particularly, to facilitating high dynamic range imaging by adjusting pixel data and/or using predicted values of luminance, for example, at different resolutions. In at least one embodiment, a method generates an image with an enhanced range of brightness levels. The method can include accessing a model of backlight that includes data representing values of luminance for a number of first samples. The method also can include inverting the values of luminance, as well as upsampling inverted values of luminance to determine upsampled values of luminance. Further, the method can include scaling pixel data for a number of second samples by the upsampled values of luminance to control a modulator to generate an image. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193897 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE PARTITIONS OF A BACKLIGHT UNIT OF A 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for controlling a backlight unit of a three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus receiving a 3D video sequence is provided. The method includes determining the image brightness level of the 3D video sequence displayed on a liquid crystal display (LCD) unit, for each of a plurality of partial regions of the LCD unit to which a plurality of sub-blocks of the backlight unit emit light; determining turn-on times of the plurality of sub-blocks of the backlight unit, based on the image brightness of each of the partial regions of the LCD unit; and determining turn-on periods of the plurality of sub-blocks of the backlight unit by synchronizing with a switching period between a set including a left visual point frame and a right visual point frame of the 3D video sequence. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193898 | METHOD FOR CHANGING RESOLUTION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method for changing a resolution and a display apparatus and system using the method are provided. The method for changing a resolution includes receiving an input indicating a resolution selected from among a plurality of resolutions, transmitting information of the selected resolution to an external device, receiving an image which has been processed based on the information of the selected resolution from the external device, and displaying the received image on a screen the display apparatus. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193899 | LIQUID EJECTION RECORDING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTION RECORDING METHOD - Provided are a liquid jet recording apparatus and a liquid jet recording method, which simplify a structure for adjusting pressure of liquid supplied to nozzles. The liquid jet recording apparatus includes a liquid container ( | 2011-08-11 |
20110193900 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CLEANING METHOD IN LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The liquid ejecting apparatus includes nozzles which eject ink, an ink flow path which supplies ink from the upstream side toward the downstream side, a maintenance pump capable of suctioning and discharging ink from the ink flow path, a one-way valve which is opened in accordance with decompression on the downstream side, thereby allowing passage of ink from the upstream side to the downstream side, and a control unit which controls the driving of the maintenance pump, thereby performing a cleaning process, wherein the control unit makes the maintenance pump suction ink from a pressure-changing position in the ink flow path by performing the suction driving of the maintenance pump after making the maintenance pump discharge ink from the pressure-changing position in the ink flow path into the ink flow path by performing the discharge driving of the maintenance pump. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193901 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - A method to determine an amount of remaining fluid in a replaceable fluid supply unit includes determining a first estimated fluid volume of a first replaceable fluid supply unit in communication with a fluid ejector unit, determining a first correction factor corresponding to the first replaceable fluid supply unit in communication with the fluid ejector unit including at least a first volume ratio parameter corresponding to a ratio of a first nominal fluid volume of the first replaceable fluid supply unit and the first estimated fluid volume, determining an amount of fluid consumed from a second replaceable fluid supply unit configured to replace the first replaceable fluid supply unit, and determining a remaining amount of fluid in the second replaceable fluid supply unit by subtracting the determined amount of fluid consumed from a second nominal fluid volume of the second replaceable fluid supply unit. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193902 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet printing apparatus includes: a conveyance device which conveys paper; an inkjet head which ejecting droplets of colored ink onto the paper conveyed by the conveyance device so as to form an image on the paper; a transparent liquid deposition device which deposits a transparent liquid onto a blank background portion of the paper conveyed by the conveyance device; a transparent liquid deposition volume determination device which determines a deposition volume of the transparent liquid to be deposited onto the paper, according to printing information that is required for printing the image on the paper; and a transparent liquid deposition control device which controls the transparent liquid deposition device in such a manner that the transparent liquid with the deposition volume determined by the transparent liquid deposition volume determination device is deposited onto the blank background portion of the paper. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193903 | Monitoring apparatus for inkjet head - There is provided a monitoring apparatus for an inkjet head including a resistance element connected between a driving circuit generating a driving signal and a piezoelectric element applying pressure to an ink chamber according to the driving signal, an amplifier unit amplifying a differential voltage between an output voltage from the driving circuit and a voltage generated in the piezoelectric element, and a detecting unit detecting whether ink is being normally ejected, based on the amplified differential voltage from the amplifier unit. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193904 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD - An ink jet recording head includes a nozzle array and discharge energy generation elements. The nozzles include discharge ports to discharge liquid when recording, pressure chambers to communicate with respective discharge ports, and liquid flow paths to supply liquid to the respective pressure chambers. The discharge energy generation elements apply discharge energy to the pressure chambers to discharge liquid from the nozzles in a predetermined order during time-division driving. Arranging intervals of the liquid flow paths take at least two different values. When a drive timing difference average between the adjacent discharge energy generation elements is calculated by a particular expression, a relationship of D≧Y is satisfied between an interval D and an interval Y in a k-th discharge energy generation element and a k+1-th discharge energy generation element positioned adjacent to the k-th discharge energy generation element. The intervals D and Y represent distances between particular liquid flow paths. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193905 | PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device includes a plurality of heads, a movement mechanism, and a calculation unit. The heads are configured to print an image on a medium by discharging colored inks onto the medium. The heads discharge the inks at different positions in a predetermined direction. The movement mechanism is configured to move the medium and the heads in the predetermined direction relative to each other. The calculation unit is configured to determine respective discharge amounts of ink discharged from each of the heads when the image is printed. A position in the predetermined direction, in which the inks are discharged from the heads, is varied based on the discharge amounts determined by the calculation unit. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193906 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a fluid ejecting head having nozzle rows formed by a plurality of nozzles, in which a fluid is ejected from the nozzle rows. The fluid ejecting apparatus includes a linear absorbing member which extends along the nozzle row, is installed so as to move from one side of the nozzle row to the other side, and absorbs the fluid ejected from the nozzles, the linear shaped absorbing member absorbing the fluid ejected from the nozzles, a running mechanism which runs the absorbing member from the one side of the nozzle row to the other side, a detection mechanism which detects a running speed of the absorbing member run by the running mechanism, and an adjustment unit which adjusts the running speed of the absorbing member run by the running mechanism based on the running speed of the absorbing member detected by the detection mechanism. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193907 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM OF CONTROLLING FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND TARGET - Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus ejecting a fluid in a set ejection area of a target, including: a transport unit transporting the target; a fluid ejection unit moving in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to a transport direction of the target and being capable of ejecting the fluid from a nozzle to the target; a mark detection unit moving in the perpendicular direction together with the fluid ejection unit and being capable of detecting a predetermined mark formed in the target; a before-ejecting distance acquisition unit acquiring a before-ejecting distance; and a control unit controlling the transport unit and the fluid ejection unit based on the acquired before-ejecting distance so that the target is transported by the transport unit and the fluid is ejected from the nozzle to the set ejection area while the fluid ejection unit moves in the perpendicular direction. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193908 | INKJET PRINTING DEVICE WITH COMPENSATION FOR JET VELOCITY - The invention relates to a process for compensating for effects related to variations in the velocities of electrically charged ink drops ( | 2011-08-11 |
20110193909 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - The liquid ejection device includes: a platen configured to hold a recording medium by suction through the use of a plurality of suction holes; a suction unit configured to generate a negative pressure for holding the recording medium to the platen by suction; a suction flow passage configured to transmit the negative pressure generated by the suction unit to the platen, the suction flow passage being disposed between the suction unit and the platen; and a communication control unit configured to control communication between the suction unit and the suction holes not blocked by the recording medium, through the use of a flow of air suctioned from the suction holes not blocked by the recording medium. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193910 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes: an image generating unit configured to generate an image to be printed on a recording paper; a paper type designating unit configured for a user to directly designate a type of the recording paper or to designate automatic identification of a type of the recording paper; a paper type identification device configured to identify the type of the recording paper presented by the user when automatic identification of the type of the recording paper is designated by the paper type designating unit; and a printing unit configured to print the image generated by the image generating unit onto the recording paper in accordance with the type of the recording paper identified by the paper type identification device. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193911 | METHOD OF MINIMIZING KOGATION IN THERMAL INKJET PRINTHEADS - A method of minimizing kogation of a heater element in a thermal inkjet printhead. The method comprises the steps of: (i) supplying an inkjet ink to a nozzle chamber of the printhead; and (ii) repeatedly actuating a heater element in the nozzle chamber so as to heat a portion of the ink to a temperature sufficient to form a bubble therein, thereby causing droplets of ink to be ejected from a nozzle opening associated with the nozzle chamber. The ink comprises an acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature (T | 2011-08-11 |
20110193912 | INK COMPOSITION AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink composition is disclosed which includes a pigment that is coated with a water-insoluble resin, particles of a water-insoluble polymer having a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or higher, a solid moistening agent, a water-soluble organic solvent, particles of a wax having a melting point of from 40° C. to lower than 100° C., and water. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193913 | Inkjet head cleaning apparatus - There is provided an inkjet head cleaning apparatus including: an air blowing unit spaced apart from a nozzle ejecting ink at a predetermined distance and blowing air toward the nozzle; a blocking surface disposed to face the air blowing unit and blocking ink being removed from the nozzle due to the air released by the air blowing unit; a rebound blocking unit disposed between the blocking surface and the nozzle and blocking ink droplets being rebounded farther than a predetermined distance from the blocking surface among the ink blocked by the blocking surface; and a storage unit receiving the removed ink. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193914 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND WIPING METHOD - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes: a fluid ejecting head in which nozzles that eject fluid are provided; a wiper that wipes a nozzle formation face, in which nozzle orifices of the nozzles are formed, in the fluid ejecting head; and a pressurization mechanism which changes the curvature of a concave liquid surface formed in the nozzle, in the nozzle by performing pressurization on the fluid in the fluid ejecting head at the time of the wiping. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193915 | Piezoelectric actuator, inkjet head including the same, and method of manufacturing piezoelectric actuator - A piezoelectric actuator according to an aspect of the invention may include: upper and lower electrodes supplying a driving voltage; and a piezoelectric material formed by solidifying a piezoelectric liquid having viscosity between the upper and lower electrodes and providing a driving force to ink inside an ink chamber of an inkjet head. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193916 | ACTUATOR, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING HEAD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS - An actuator that includes a substrate; first conductive layers provided so as to extend in a first direction and to be disposed adjacent to each other on the substrate; a piezoelectric body layer having a first portion formed so as to cover the first conductive layers and openings between the first conductive layers, a second portion other than the first portions, and a contact to the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer having a third portion which overlap with the first conductive layers in the second direction, a fourth portion connected to the third portion being formed over the second portion of the piezoelectric body layer, and a fifth portion connected to the first conductive layer in the contact ; and a wiring having a sixth portion which is formed over the fourth portion of the second conductive layer and a seventh portion connected to the fifth portion. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193917 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING SOLID-INK PELLETS FROM A CONTAINER - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for supplying solid-ink pellets from a container to a printing apparatus. The solid-ink pellets are held in a collapsible, hermetic bag, which is carried in the container. The bag is partially or fully transparent. A vacuum interface provides an access point to the bag. Further, a perforated nozzle, adapted to engage the vacuum interface, provides airflow within the bag and is configured to apply a suction force to extract solid-ink pellets from the bag. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193918 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CLEANING METHOD - A printer includes: a fluid ejecting head provided with multiple nozzles that eject ink; an ink supply tube that supplies the ink to the fluid ejecting head; and a pressure application mechanism that pressurizes the ink to swell from the nozzles by pressurizing the ink within the ink supply tube and then depressurizes the interior of the ink supply tube while the ink is swelling from the nozzles. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193919 | INK JET PRINTER MODULE AND PRINTER USING THE SAME - An ink jet printer module is disclosed, which comprises a module body which forms an outer structure of the module; an ink inlet port, a washing liquid inlet port and a pneumatic inlet port which are provided at the module body and are connected with the main ink tank, the washing liquid tank and the pneumatic pump, respectively; an ink flow path, a washing liquid flow path, and a pneumatic flow path which are provided in the interior of the module body and communicate with the ink inlet port, the washing liquid inlet port and the pneumatic inlet port, respectively; a common flow path which is provided in the interior of the module body and selectively communicates with either the washing liquid flow path or the washing liquid flow path, so that the pneumatic and washing liquid can be selectively inputted; an ink opening and closing valve which is provided at the module body for controlling the opening and closing of the ink flow path; a pneumatic and washing liquid selection valve which is provided in the module body and controls either the pneumatic or the washing liquid to be selectively inputted into the common low path; an ink discharge port which is provided in the module body and discharges the ink of the ink flow path to the outside of the module body in accordance with a control of the ink opening and closing valve; and a common discharge port which is provided in the module body and discharges either the pneumatic or the washing liquid of the common flow path to the outside of the module body in accordance with a control of the pneumatic and washing liquid selection valve. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193920 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND NOZZLE RECOVERY METHOD USED IN LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a recording head that ejects an ink from a plurality of nozzles, a liquid supply passage and a reservoir that supply the ink from an upstream side toward a downstream side, a maintenance pump that is able to suck and discharge the ink from and to the liquid supply passage, a filter that clarify the ink in the reservoir, and a control unit that performs a recovery process of the nozzles by controlling an operation of the pump, wherein the control unit causes the maintenance pump to perform a sucking operation to suck the ink, and then causes the pump to perform a discharging operation to discharge the ink, thereby supplying the ink clarified by the filter to the nozzle side. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193921 | PRINTER BED AND INK JET PRINTER USING THE SAME - An ink jet printer bed in which a printing object placed on a bed is stably fixed by means of air suction and is printed, is disclosed, which comprises a plurality of upper plates having a plurality of air suction ports on their front surfaces; an intermediate plate which is formed of a guide space of which intermediate portion is open via its upper lower sides, the intermediate plate being assembled to a lower side of the upper plate; a lower plate which is assembled to a lower side of the intermediate portion and is formed of at least one air passage; a connection part which is assembled to each air passage of the lower plate and is connected with a suction pump; and a sensor which detects an air pressure in the interior of the bed and transmits a result of the detection to a controller which controls the operation of the suction pump, so the air pressure of the interior of the bed by the suction pump can be adjusted. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193922 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is capable of more accurately detecting the relationship between an actual amount of color deviation and an estimated amount of color deviation. The image forming apparatus forms a color deviation detection mark at timing when the estimated amount of deviation reaches a threshold value. The timing is different from the timing when it is determined that it is necessary to perform normal calibration. The image forming apparatus determines the relationship between the actual amount of deviation of an image forming position from a reference and the estimated amount of deviation to set an estimating unit for estimating the amount of deviation. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193923 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Restricting a screen line number to prevent degradation in graininess depending on the type of recording paper causes a problem in which the image quality of output matter deteriorates. An image forming apparatus according to the present invention changes an exposure area for one pixel used in image formation in accordance with recording paper in consideration of differences in the influence of the height of toner on graininess depending on recording paper. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193924 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A driving circuit includes a reference voltage generating circuit and a driver circuit. The driver circuit drives a driven element at a level determined by the reference voltage output by the reference voltage generating circuit. The reference voltage generating circuit includes a regulating section that generates a regulated voltage, a temperature compensation section that applies a temperature compensation to the regulated voltage to compensate for the temperature characteristics of the driven element, and a voltage amplifying section that amplifies the resulting temperature compensated voltage to generate the reference voltage, thereby supplying a reference voltage high enough to avoid noise effects. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193925 | THERMAL PRINTER - A thermal printer includes a body detachably including a platen roller unit having a platen roller, and a cover element movable relative to the body between an open position and a closed position, detachably including a thermal printhead unit. The cover element further includes a claw protruding backward, a stepped pin extending downward, including a step portion at a bottom end, and a stepped pin adjuster element. The thermal printhead unit includes an exothermic element array, a supported portion to be hooked on the claw, and a notch portion to be hooked on the step portion. The platen roller unit and the thermal printhead unit include respective positioning elements which engage with each other to restrict a relative movement of the exothermic element array and the platen roller while the cover element is in a closed position. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193926 | THERMAL PRINTER - A thermal printer in which papers in a plurality of different widths are usable is configured of a platen roller unit including a platen roller; a thermal printhead unit including a thermal printhead and an exothermic element array; and a plurality of bias elements arranged on the thermal printhead in a width direction to press the thermal printhead onto the platen roller, in which the number of the bias elements is a value obtained by dividing a maximum width of the different widths by a highest common factor of the different widths; the bias elements are arranged with an equal interval which is the highest common factor of the different widths; and among the bias elements, a bias element arranged outside of the width of a paper in use is configured not to apply a load to the thermal printhead to press the platen roller. | 2011-08-11 |
20110193927 | THERMAL PRINTER - A thermal printer includes a thermal printhead, a head cover configured to partially cover the thermal printhead, a paper container configured to house a paper, and a damper disposed on a paper feeding path between the thermal printhead and the paper container and configured to press the paper fed on the paper feeding path. The damper is combined with the head cover. | 2011-08-11 |