34th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100214310 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image processing apparatus transforms a color signal of a first color space defined by a predetermined standard into a color signal of a second color space which is defined according to display characteristics of a display device and has a color gamut wider than a color gamut of the first color space, and outputs the transformed color signal. More specifically, the image processing apparatus includes: a first correction unit configured to, for each of color values making up the color signal of the first color space, correct a color value exceeding a first upper limit to the first upper limit and correct a color value falling below a first lower limit to the first lower limit, the first upper limit and the first lower limit being necessary for expressing the color gamut of the second color space; a color space transformation unit configured to transform the color signal of the first color space corrected by said first correction unit, into the color signal of the second color space; and a second correction unit configured to, for each of color values making up the color signal of the second color space generated by said color space transformation unit, (i) correct a color value exceeding a second upper limit to the second upper limit and correct a color value falling below a second lower limit to the second lower limit, and (ii) output the corrected values, the second upper limit and the second lower limit being values which can be displayed by the display device. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214311 | MULTI-PRIMARY DISPLAY WITH SPECTRALLY ADAPTED BACK-ILLUMINATION - Some embodiments of the invention provide a device, system and method for displaying a color image. According to some exemplary embodiments of the invention a device for displaying a color image may include an illumination source including a plurality of light-producing elements able to produce light of each of m different wavelength spectra, wherein m is equal to or greater than three. The device may also include an array of attenuating elements able to spatially selectively attenuate the light produced by the illumination source according to an attenuation pattern corresponding to a gray-level representation of the color image, and an array of color sub-pixel filter elements able to receive selectively attenuated light from the array of attenuating elements, each sub-pixel filter element able to transmit light of one of n different primary colors, wherein n is equal to or greater than four. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214312 | Method and system of geometric deformation - A method of deforming a geometric object. The method comprises providing a data segment representing a geometric object, defining a contour enclosing the geometric object in the data segment, calculating a plurality of barycentric coordinates having a plurality of complex coefficients according to the enclosing contour, receiving user input to manipulate the enclosing contour to a target contour, and using the plurality of barycentric coordinates according to the target contour for mapping the geometric object to a target geometric object. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214313 | Techniques and Workflows for Computer Graphics Animation System - The disclosed implementations describe techniques and workflows for a computer graphics (CG) animation system. In some implementations, systems and methods are disclosed for representing scene composition and performing underlying computations within a unified generalized expression graph with cycles. Disclosed are natural mechanisms for level-of-detail control, adaptive caching, minimal re-compute, lazy evaluation, predictive computation and progressive refinement. The disclosed implementations provide real-time guarantees for minimum graphics frame rates and support automatic tradeoffs between rendering quality, accuracy and speed. The disclosed implementations also support new workflow paradigms, including layered animation and motion-path manipulation of articulated bodies. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214314 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY, AND PROGRAM - In an area selected as a highlighted display target, an area to be displayed in a highlighted manner or an area to be displayed in a character-invisible manner can be designated based on a color for highlighting. A display control unit for collectively controlling, for each area for which the same color has been designated, whether to display each selected area in at least text of a headword in a manner highlighted with a color designated for each area or to display the area in a character-invisible manner using the designated color and a first accepting unit for accepting designation of a color through a second input portion are provided. When there is an area displayed in a manner highlighted with the designated color at the time of acceptance of designation of the color, the display control unit causes the area displayed in the highlighted manner to be in turn displayed in a character-invisible manner using the designated color. On the other hand, when there is an area displayed in a character-invisible manner using the designated color at the time of acceptance of designation of the color, the display control unit causes the area displayed in the character-invisible manner to be in turn displayed in a manner highlighted with the designated color. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214315 | ENCODING CMYK DATA FOR DISPLAY USING INDEXED RGB - Machine-enabled methods of, and devices for, encoding color bitmap data as indexed red-green-blue (RGB) data for display. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214316 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to device and method for driving a liquid crystal display device. The device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of pixel regions, a gate driver for driving a plurality of gate lines on the liquid crystal display panel, a data driver for driving a plurality of data lines on the liquid crystal display panel, and a timing controller for analyzing an image data received from an outside of the driver according to pattern recognition information having a detection factor and a detection stop factor for a defective display pattern to detect, or stopping detection of, the defective display pattern, and changing an inversion system of the liquid crystal display panel according to a result of the detection of the defective display pattern. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214317 | Monitoring and control device - A monitoring and control device for use in a remote monitoring and control system includes a display unit provided with a screen for displaying operation buttons mated with the loads, an operation input unit operable by a user, the operation input unit including a touch switch panel superimposed on the screen of the display unit and a control unit for performing display control of the display unit and load control in response to the operation of the operation input unit. The control unit includes a display control unit for causing the display unit to display one operation page selected from a plurality of operation pages containing different combinations of operation buttons and a page changeover unit for changing over the operation page displayed on the display unit in response to a user's operation. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214318 | NEUROLOGICALLY INFORMED MORPHING - Morphing of source and target media including images, video, and audio is performed in a neurologically informed manner. Neurological data is used to determine optimal or near optimal source media and target media contribution levels for morphs that can be used to influence bias, persuasion, etc. Categorical perception shift boundaries and other regions are analyzed in evaluating contribution levels. Neurologically salient attributes of media are determined and morphed more significantly than less neurologically salient attributes. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214319 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect portrait/landscape orientation of the apparatus, a retrieval unit configured to retrieve, out of a plurality of image data, image data oriented according to the detected orientation, a display unit, and a control unit configured to display on the display unit an image relating to the retrieved image data. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214320 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL THROUGH MOTION RECOGNITION - An apparatus and a method for changing a screen mode depending on a posture and movement of a terminal are provided. A motion sensor measures a value of a three-axis sensor that changes depending on the posture or movement of the terminal, and transfers the measured value to the controller. A storage stores a plurality of screen modes corresponding to the posture or movement of the terminal. A controller determines the posture or movement of the terminal using the value of the three-axis sensor transferred from the motion sensor, and maintains the current screen mode a change in one of three axes is greater than the other two axes which indicates a user did not intended to switch the screen mode. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214321 | IMAGE OBJECT DETECTION BROWSER - At least one object in an image presented on a display of an apparatus is detected and image location data for each of the at least one object is obtained. Each detected object on the display is presented in a sequential fashion based the obtained image location data, where the image is panned on the display and a currently displayed object is resized by an image resizing module of the apparatus to be a focal point of the image. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214322 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for controlling a display and a display using the same. The method includes: detecting the approach of a user's hand to the display unit, determining a user's input hand shape; and displaying a display screen corresponds to the determined user's input hand shape. Through the present invention, a user may render a higher menu list and a lower menu list to be displayed on one screen, and may control display screen shift direction and speed, merely by performing a finger extending and folding action. Further, the user may control the size of a display screen by inputting the finger extending and folding action. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214323 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - This invention provides a mechanism that enables to use history information representing the history of a predetermined operation performed by an operator during a presentation without shooting it by a video camera or the like. To accomplish this, an image processing system stores, as history information, user operations such as pointer manipulation and an enlargement rendering operation at the time of presentation on the display apparatus together with the operation target display area. An image processing apparatus creates the digest data of the presentation using the history information and display data used for the presentation. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214324 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided that comprises a liquid crystal display panel ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100214325 | IMAGE DISPLAY - An image display (A) comprises a display unit ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100214326 | ACTIVE MATRIX LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An active matrix liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof is provided, in which two different gamma voltage signals can be generated for two pixels of a sub-pixel without extra source lines or gate lines. In a sub-pixel having a first pixel and a second pixel, the switching on/off of the first pixel is controlled by one gate line and that of the second pixel is controlled by one gate line and one source line. The first pixel has a first thin film transistor (TFT) and an electrostatic capacitor. The second pixel has second and third TFTs serially connected. Gate electrodes of the two serially-connected TFTs are connected to the gate line and the source line, respectively. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214327 | ADAPTIVE FEEDBACK CONTROL METHOD OF FSC DISPLAY - An adaptive feedback control method of a field sequential color display includes converting gray-scale values of a three primary color field of an input image into gray-scale values of a new three primary color field and a dominated color field (D-field); performing sampling; performing a pixel by pixel sum operation for each separated color through color gamut conversion to obtain a color difference sum; performing a feedback control at a bit precision to obtain a minimum color difference sum; and then performing a liquid crystal/backlight synchronization step of synchronizing a liquid crystal signal and a backlight gray-scale value of the input image; or dividing the input image into a plurality of blocks; performing feedback control operations; obtaining a minimum sum in each block to serve as an optical backlight value, thereby reducing a CBU phenomenon, and minimizing or controlling the generated CBUs to reduce the operation loads. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214328 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display device includes a motion detector that detects a magnitude of motion between frames from image data containing an image to be displayed, a frame number adjuster that adjusts the number of frames per unit time based on a detection result from the motion detector, a sub-frame number adjuster that adjusts the number of sub-frames included in one frame based on the detection result, and a controller that controls the frame number adjuster and the sub-frame number adjuster such that: when the detected magnitude is large, the number of frames is made larger and the number of sub-frames is made smaller in comparison with the case where the detected magnitude is small; and when the detected magnitude is small, the number of frames is made smaller and the number of sub-frames is made larger in comparison with the case where the detected magnitude is large. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214329 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - The protective layer of the plasma display device is formed of a base protective layer and a particle layer. The base protective layer is a thin film of magnesium oxide containing at least one of magnesium oxide, strontium oxide, calcium oxide, and barium oxide. The particle layer is formed in a manner that magnesium-oxide single-crystal particles, which have a structure surrounded by the specified two-type orientation face formed of (100) and (111) faces or the specified three-type orientation face formed of (100), (110), and (111) faces, are stuck to the base protective layer. The panel driving circuit drives the panel in a manner that one field period is formed of a first subfield group having a plurality of subfields and a second subfield group having a plurality of subfields temporally disposed after the first subfield group. Each subfield of the first subfield group has initializing period Ti, address period Tw for forming wall charge to generate a sustain discharge, and sustain period Ts. On the other hand, each subfield of the second subfield group has address period Tw for erasing wall discharge necessary for generating a sustain discharge and sustain period Ts. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214330 | Image display device - An image display device includes a gain calculator, a multiplier and an overdrive unit. The gain calculator calculates a ratio “Gmax0/Gmax1” as gain, with respect to each segmented region of liquid crystal panel. The symbol “Gmax1” represents a maximum gradation in one frame period of an image signal to be supplied to each segmented region. The symbol “Gmax0” represents a maximum gradation to be determined depending on the number of bits in the image signal. The multiplier multiplies an image signal subjected to frame frequency conversion in a frame frequency conversion unit by the gain to generate an image signal subjected to the area control processing, with respect to each segmented region. The overdrive unit emphasizes the image signal subjected to the area control processing, using an image signal generated by delaying the image signal subjected to the area control processing for one frame period. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214331 | BACKLIGHT UNIT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device includes a reflection plate, a light guide plate over the reflection plate, the light guide plate having n grooves at a lower surface and including (n+1) areas divided by the grooves, wherein n is a natural number, a first LED assembly disposed at a first side surface of the light guide plate, the first LED assembly including (n+1) LED packages, each of which has at least one LED, wherein the LED packages of the first LED assembly correspond to the areas, respectively, and are separately driven, and a plurality of optical sheets over the light guide plate. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214332 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is presented. The image forming apparatus includes an ink tank configured to store ink, a recording head configured to discharge ink stored in the ink tank onto a recording medium, an adjustment device configured to adjust the flow of ink from the ink tank to the recording head, a damper configured to temporarily store ink that is output from the ink tank to the recording head, an ink condition sensor configured to detect a condition of the ink stored in the damper, and a control device configured to adjust the adjustment device according to the condition detected by the ink condition sensor. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214333 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes a stage, a head, an adjustment mechanism, an ejection command means, and a control means. On the stage, a powder material is accumulated. The head ejects ink to the powder material on the stage. The adjustment mechanism adjusts a relative height of the stage and the head for each predetermined layer thickness so that a three-dimensional object is formed on the stage by the predetermined layer thickness. The ejection command means causes the ink to be ejected from the head so that the powder material is colored a plurality of colors corresponding to multilevel luminance information items in a multivalued image obtained by performing a multivalued processing of luminance with respect to a two-dimensional cross-sectional image data of a modeling target object. The control means controls the adjustment mechanism and the ejection command means so that the multivalued image is drawn for each layer thickness. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214334 | Inkjet head and inkjet recording method - An inkjet head includes: a pressure chamber; an actuator which expands and contracts volume of the pressure chamber; an ink supply flow channel; an individual supply flow channel having one end connected to the ink supply flow channel and another end connected to the pressure chamber, for guiding ink from the ink supply flow channel to the pressure chamber; a nozzle which ejects the ink; a nozzle flow channel having one end connected to the pressure chamber and another end connected to the nozzle, for guiding the ink from the pressure chamber to the nozzle; an ink recovery flow channel; an individual recovery flow channel having one end connected to the nozzle flow channel at a prescribed connection position set at an intermediate point of the nozzle flow channel and another end connected to the ink recovery flow channel, for guiding the ink from the nozzle flow channel to the ink recovery flow channel; an ink flow generation device which generates a flow of the ink from the nozzle flow channel toward the individual recovery flow channel; and a control device which controls driving of the actuator so as to drive the actuator in such a manner that, when performing ejection, volume of the pressure chamber contracts and thereby the ink is caused to be ejected from the nozzle, and when not performing the ejection, the volume of the pressure chamber expands and thereby a meniscus position of the ink is caused to be withdrawn to a vicinity of the prescribed connection position. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214335 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS, LIQUID DISCHARGING METHOD, AND DISCHARGE PULSE SETTING METHOD - A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a pressure chamber communicated with a nozzle; an element which performs the operation of imparting a pressure change to liquid in the pressure chamber; and a pulse generation section which generates a preceding discharge pulse and a following discharge pulse that operate the element, and determines a period from the end of the generation of the preceding discharge pulse to the start of the generation of the following discharge pulse in accordance with the liquid droplet amount which is discharged from the nozzle. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214336 | RECORDING CONTROL SYSTEM - In a recording control system, representative pixels are set as a part of the pixels in the detection region. The determining unit determines whether a pixel value of the selected at least one representative pixel falls within a first pixel value range. The recording head ejects ink based on pixel data in the first region while scanning in the first direction. The recording head ejects ink based on pixel data in the second region adjacent to the first region while scanning in the first direction when the pixel value of the selected at least one representative pixel falls within the first pixel value range. The recording head ejects ink based on pixel data in the second region while scanning in the second direction when the pixel value of at least one of the selected at least one representative pixel does not falls within the first pixel value range. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214337 | PRINTER WITH RESOLUTION REDUCTION BY NOZZLE DATA SHARING - A printer is shown that can selectively reduce its print resolution by sharing print for one nozzle in the nozzle array between several nozzles. Each nozzle has an ejection aperture and a corresponding actuator for ejecting printing fluid through the ejection aperture. A print engine controller sends print data to the array of nozzles in accordance with a designated print job. During use, the print engine controller can selectively reduce the print resolution by apportioning print data for a single nozzle between at least two nozzles of the array. This recognizes that some print jobs do not require the best resolution—a lower resolution is completely adequate for the purposes of the document being printed. This serves to extend the operational life of all the nozzles. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214338 | COMPENSATION FOR THERMAL DISTORTION IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - A method of compensating for thermally induced misalignments in a printing system includes measuring two or more temperatures of a structure within the printing system, mathematically differencing the two or more temperatures to produce a differenced value, inputting the differenced value into a correlation equation, the correlation equation predicting a misalignment of a target printing system component, and compensating for the predicted misalignment of the target printing system component. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214339 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE THAT PERFORMS BI-DIRECTIONAL PRINTING WHILE CALIBRATING CONVEYING AMOUNT OF RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming device performs a bi-directional printing operation and includes a unit that determines a first amount by calibrating a predetermined amount based on a first value relating to a positional offset of a print element, and a unit that determines a second amount by calibrating the predetermined amount based on a second value relating to a positional offset of another print element. A recording medium is conveyed in a conveying direction the first amount after one of forward and reverse prints and the second amount after the other of the forward and reverse prints. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214340 | PRINTER AND NOZZLE MALFUNCTION JUDGMENT PROGRAM - A printer comprises an ink-jet head, and a control unit which has a judgment pattern printing control section. When a judgment pattern is printed, the judgment pattern printing control section allows the discharge of ink droplets of a second color to an area on which ink droplets of a first color are to be landed, before discharging the ink droplets of the first color having a small color difference with respect to a color of a medium. Accordingly, the ink discharge malfunction is reliably judged for the nozzle irrelevant to the color of the recording medium and the color of the ink discharged from the ink-jet head. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214341 | COLOR PRINTING - A method of printing comprising setting a pixel black value of K for an ink limit and identifying each of black dots of a first subset of black dots having pixel black value K greater than the ink limit, and pixel color value of cyan, magenta, and yellow equal to zero. The method further comprises rendering only K for a pixel value for the first subset of black dots and replacing each of black dots of a second subset of black dots of a halftoned bit map for a predetermined area with a process black dot. The method still further comprises adding a non-black dot to each of black dots of a third subset of black dots of the bit-mapped data, wherein the halftoned bit map is generated by halftoning continuous tone data; wherein the black dots of the third subset comprises a percentage of all the black dots that tends to generally increase as a ratio of black coverage to total coverage in the predetermined area increases; wherein the first, second, and third subset comprises black dots that are mutually exclusive; and, printing the bit map. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214342 | RECORDING CONTROL SYSTEM - In a recording control system, the selecting unit selects at least one pixel from among the pixels in the detection region such that a number of the selected at least one pixel is smaller than a total number of the pixels in the detection region. The determining unit determines whether a pixel value of the selected pixel satisfies a criterion. The recording head ejects ink based on pixel data of the first region while scanning in the first direction. The recording head ejects ink based on pixel data of the second region adjacent to the first region while scanning in the first direction when the pixel value of the selected at least one pixel satisfies the criterion. The recording head ejects ink based on pixel data of the second region while scanning in the second direction when the pixel value of the selected pixel does not satisfy the criterion. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214343 | PRINTER - An ink jet printer includes a platen including an attraction portion for attracting a sheet and a sheet support surface in which an collection opening for collecting ink discharged outside the sheet is formed, a negative pressure generation mechanism configured to be used in common to generate a negative pressure to be supplied to each of the attraction portion and the collection opening, a first duct configured to connect the negative pressure generation mechanism and the attraction portion, a second duct configured to connect the negative pressure generation mechanism and the collection opening, and an adjustment mechanism configured to ununiformly change a negative pressure to be supplied to the attraction portion through the first duct and a negative pressure to be supplied to the collection opening through the second duct. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214344 | System And Method For Generating Robust Fiducial Patterns Used To Determine Coordinate Transformations - A method generates and evaluates a fiducial pattern for an imaging system. The method includes generating a fiducial pattern for an image substrate, and measuring a difference between a structure of the fiducial pattern and at least one of a structure of a printing system and a structure of a measurement pattern to determine whether the structure of the fiducial pattern is distinguishable from at least one of the structure of the printing system and the structure of the measurement pattern. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214345 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INVESTIGATING EJECTION FAILURE DETERMINATION PERFORMANCE - An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a head having a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink onto a recording medium; a conveyance device which conveys the recording medium in a prescribed direction along a conveyance path; an investigation pattern generation device which generates a thinned-out investigation pattern that is to be output by causing the nozzles other than a portion of the plurality of nozzles of the head to eject the ink; a reading device which is provided on the conveyance path and which reads in the investigation pattern output onto the recording medium; and a checking device which performs comparison between data of the investigation pattern read in by the reading device and data of the investigation pattern generated by the investigation pattern generation device, wherein a determination rate of ejection failure nozzles is found from result obtained by outputting the investigation pattern generated by the investigation pattern generation device onto the recording medium from the head, reading in the output investigation pattern by the reading device, and performing the comparison between the data of the investigation pattern thus read in and the data of the investigation pattern generated by the investigation pattern generation device. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214346 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a platen provided with a suction-collection section which sucks in and collects ink discharged deviating from an end portion of recording medium. The ink-jet recording apparatus includes a suction force generation unit for collecting ink configured to enable the suction collection section to generate a suction force, a collection flow path connecting the suction collection section to the suction force generation unit for collection, and a flow path control unit configured to vary an sectional area of the collection flow path. The sectional area of the collection flow path is varied according to an image forming time or a type of the recording medium. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214347 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image recording apparatus includes: a recording head having a plurality of recording elements; a conveyance device which conveys at least one of the recording head and a recording medium so as to cause relative movement between the recording head and the recording medium; a test chart output device which outputs a test chart including at least a density pattern onto the recording medium by using the recording head; an image reading device which reads in the test chart output by the test chart output device; a reading position information acquisition device which acquires reading position information for the density pattern, according to an image of the test chart obtained by reading in the test chart by the image reading device; a density information acquisition device which acquires reading density information for the density pattern corresponding to the reading position information, according to the image of the test chart obtained by reading in the test chart by the image reading device; a recording defect information acquisition device which acquires recording defect information indicating a recording element having a recording defect, of the plurality of recording elements; a density non-uniformity correction value calculation device which calculates density non-uniformity correction values for the plurality of recording elements, according to previously prepared output position information which indicates output positions of the plurality of recording elements with respect to the density pattern, the reading position information, the reading density information and the recording defect information; a density non-uniformity correction device which performs non-uniformity correction of image data, according to the density non-uniformity correction values; and an image output device which outputs the image data that has been subjected to the non-uniformity correction by the density non-uniformity correction device, onto the recording medium. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214348 | METHOD OF EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF OPTICAL SENSOR AND INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - Provided are a method of precisely evaluating the performance of an optical sensor including light-emitting elements corresponding to light-emitting wavelengths respectively representing multiple colors as well as a light-receiving element even under a condition in which mists of color inks adhere to the sensor, and a printing apparatus for carrying out the method. To this end, how much the performance of the optical sensor mounted on a carriage decreases is evaluated based on a cumulative number of ejections for each ink color, which number corresponds to the amount of mist, and a degree at which each ink affects each color LED. This makes it possible to precisely evaluate the performance of the optical sensor including the light-emitting elements corresponding to the light-emitting wavelengths respectively representing the multiple colors as well as the light-receiving element even under the condition in which the mists of the color inks adhere to the sensor. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214349 | CLOTH PRODUCT PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system for T-shirts applies a surface-treatment agent to a printing area of the surface of T-shirts set on a printing bed, by using a surface-treatment ink jet printer equipped with a spray nozzle of a valve-jet type. Next, white ink is applied to the printing area by an ink jet printer for the white ink, and a color image is then printed on the printing area by a color ink jet printer. The cloth-product printing operation needing the surface treatment can be efficiently performed by applying a surface treatment agent onto only the portion needing it with use of the spray nozzle of the valve-jet type. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214350 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head unit includes: a plurality of liquid ejecting heads, each of which has a nozzle array in which nozzles ejecting liquid droplets are arrayed; a base plate to which the plurality of liquid ejecting heads are fixed in a state being positioned at predetermined positions thereof; and positioning pins which are fixed to the base plate and engaged with positioning holes formed in the liquid ejecting heads. Each of the positioning pins is held in a holding hole provided in a fixing plate fixed to the base plate. A reference plate is joined to a surface of each of the fixing plates. Further, in each of the reference plates, there are provided: an insertion hole in which the positioning pin is substantially inscribed; and a minute hole that serves as a reference for positioning the positioning pin to the base plate. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214351 | INK JET IMAGE-FORMING METHOD, INK JET COLOR IMAGE-FORMING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet image-forming method for forming an image by applying an ink in a fixed amount of 0.5 pl or more to 6.0 pl or less to plain paper. The ink contains a self-dispersion pigment, water, a water-soluble compound having a coefficient of hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity of 0.37 or more as defined by the equation (A) stated in the description and a water-soluble compound having a coefficient of hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity of 0.25 or less, and has a surface tension of 34 mN/m or less. The application of the ink is divided into plural times when an image having a portion where the ink is applied in a duty of 80% or more and an amount of 5.0 μl/cm | 2010-08-26 |
20100214352 | INK FOR INKJET TEXTILE PRINTING - An ink for inkjet textile printing comprising a pigment, a water-dispersible resin, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the water-soluble organic solvent comprises a polyol having an SP value within a range from 10 to 15.5 (cal/cm | 2010-08-26 |
20100214353 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Suitable preliminary discharge conditions are set for a recording head using reaction liquid in bidirectional recording. While the recording head makes a reciprocating motion and scans a recording medium, a preliminary discharge of the reaction liquid is executed after recording on the recording medium from discharge ports on the rear side in a direction in which the recording head travels and a preliminary discharge of ink is executed when a preliminary discharge of the reaction liquid is not executed. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214354 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INKJET HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - The method of manufacturing an inkjet head, includes: an opening section forming step of forming, with respect to a SOI substrate having a first silicon layer, a second silicon layer and a first thermal oxide film between the first silicon layer and the second silicon layer, nozzle opening sections passing through the second silicon layer and the first thermal oxide film and reaching the first silicon layer; after the opening section forming step, a first silicon layer removing step of removing the first silicon layer; and after the first silicon layer removal step, a liquid-repellent film forming step of forming a liquid-repellent film on a surface of the first thermal oxide film that has been exposed in the first silicon layer removal step. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214355 | CLEANING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND CLEANING METHOD - The cleaning apparatus cleans a nozzle surface of a liquid ejection head. The cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning liquid supply device which supplies cleaning liquid to the nozzle surface while being not in contact with the nozzle surface; a liquid layer formation control device which causes the cleaning liquid supply device to supply a prescribed amount of the cleaning liquid to form a layer of the cleaning liquid that fills in a space between the cleaning liquid supply device and the nozzle surface; and a movement control device which controls a movement device so as to move the cleaning liquid supply device and the liquid ejection head relatively to each other at a relative speed in which a meniscus is not broken down, the meniscus being of the layer of the cleaning liquid in a portion of the layer of the cleaning liquid that makes contact with the nozzle surface. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214356 | RECORDING HEAD CLEANING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING HEAD CLEANING METHOD - The recording head cleaning apparatus cleans a nozzle surface of a recording head that is disposed at an inclination with respect to horizontal. The recording head cleaning apparatus includes: an application roller having a substantially conical shape of which a circumferential surface holds cleaning liquid and has an inclination corresponding to the inclination of the nozzle surface, an axis of the substantially conical shape being a rotational axis of the application roller; and a rotating device which rotates the application roller on the rotational axis to apply the cleaning liquid to the nozzle surface while not making the application roller in contact with the nozzle surface. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214357 | INKJET HEAD CLEANING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET HEAD CLEANING METHOD - The inkjet head cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning liquid application device including a cleaning liquid nozzle which applies cleaning liquid to a liquid ejection surface of an inkjet head; a cleaning liquid supply device which supplies the cleaning liquid to the cleaning liquid nozzle; and a flow speed adjustment device which adjusts a flow speed of the cleaning liquid supplied from the cleaning liquid supply device to the cleaning liquid nozzle in such a manner that a pillar of the cleaning liquid emitted from the cleaning liquid nozzle makes contact with the nozzle surface of the inkjet head. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214358 | Inkjet Printer Incorporating Capping Mechanism Actuated By Flexible Arm - An inkjet printer includes a printhead assembly for ejecting ink upon print media; a capping molding for engaging a face of the printhead assembly; and an actuator for actuating the capping molding against and away from the printhead assembly. The actuator includes a flexible arm attached at one end to the capping molding and at the other end to slip and drive wheels. The slip and drive wheels facilitating actuation of the capping molding via the flexible arm. The flexible arm facilitates conformation of the capping molding against the printhead assembly. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214359 | Fluid Ejecting with Centrally Formed Inlets and Outlets - An apparatus for ejecting droplets of a fluid includes a substrate, a first plurality of nozzles formed in a first region of a nozzle face of the substrate, and a second plurality of nozzles formed in a second region of the nozzle face. The second region is separated from the first region. An inlet and an outlet are both formed in an upper face of the substrate opposite a third region of the nozzle face, the third region being located between the first region and the second region, and a plurality of fluid paths formed in the substrate and fluidically connecting the first plurality of nozzles and the second plurality of nozzles with the inlet and outlet. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214360 | Fluid-ejection device having rollers - A first roller has a first roller center line; a second roller has a second roller center line. Fluid-ejection mechanisms eject fluid onto the media as the media is rolled past the rollers, and include first mechanisms and second mechanisms. The first mechanisms include first and second printheads, at least substantially equally between which a first positioning line is defined. The second mechanisms include third and fourth printheads, at least substantially equally between which a second positioning line is defined. The fluid-ejection mechanisms are disposed opposite to the roller and are positioned such that the first and second positioning lines are located between the first and second roller center lines, the first and the third printheads are not completely located between the first and the second roller center lines, and the second and the fourth printheads are completely located between the first and the second roller center lines. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214361 | CAST-IN PLACE INK FEED STRUCTURE USING ENCAPSULANT - A method of forming an enclosed fluid path in a print head includes providing a die member and a truncated nozzle plate spaced from the upper surface of the die member. The die and nozzle plate are formed on a print head substrate having an aperture formed therein. A sacrificial material is seated over the aperture of the print head substrate and joins a terminal end of the truncated nozzle plate. The sacrificial material is encapsulated from the terminal end of the nozzle plate to a surface of the print head substrate. Removal of the sacrificial material defines the fluid path from the aperture of the print head substrate to the nozzle plate. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214362 | INKJET PRINTHEAD WITH ACTUATORS SHARING A CURRENT PATH - A printhead for an inkjet printer is disclosed. The printhead has an elongate wafer substrate and an array of nozzles fabricated on the elongate wafer substrate. The array of nozzles is arranged in a first row and a second row extending parallel to each other and the longitudinal extent of the wafer substrate. Each nozzle has an ejection aperture and an actuator for ejecting printing fluid through the ejection aperture. Each of the actuators has a pair of electrodes spaced apart from each other in a direction transverse to a long edge of the wafer substrate such that one of electrode of each of the electrode pairs is proximate the long edge of the wafer substrate and the other electrode of each of the electrode pairs is remote from the long edge. The printhead also has drive circuitry formed on one surface of the wafer substrate for supplying current to the electrodes of the actuators. The drive circuitry is supplied with power and data along the long edge of the wafer substrate. At least one of the electrodes remote from the long edge of the first row share a current path which conducts current from the drive circuitry to the electrodes with at least one of the electrodes proximate the long edge of the second row, the first row being nearer to the long edge than the second row. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214363 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A MODULAR PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY - A method for assembling a modular printhead assembly having an ink delivery member and a plurality of printhead modules received in a channel at a predetermined pitch is disclosed. The method includes the steps of flexing the channel apart at a first location to enable receipt of a first printhead module into the channel at the first location, the step of flexing being performed against a pivot point located along a centreline of an underside of the channel; and flexing apart a first capping device to enable pushing of the first capping device over the first printhead module. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214364 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH DEVELOPER PASSAGE AMOUNT CONTROL ELECTRODES - An image forming apparatus comprises a toner-bearing member that bears toner and makes the toner clouded thereon. A toner passage control device including plural widthwise lines of toner passage holes in a printing medium conveyance direction is provided. Each of the toner passage holes includes a control electrode that controls passage of the toner through each of the toner passage holes toward a printing medium. a control pulse proving device provides a control pulse to the control electrode to operate. The control pulse applied to the control electrode of the one of the plural lines is different from that applied to the control electrode of the other one of the plural lines. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214365 | PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH CONTROLLED DROP MISDIRECTION - A printhead integrated circuit that has an array of ink chambers, each having a nozzle and an actuator for ejecting ink through the nozzle. The nozzle has a nozzle rim defining a nozzle aperture and a localized irregularity on the nozzle rim extending toward the centre of the nozzle aperture. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214366 | PRINTHEAD WITH DOUBLE OMEGA-SHAPED HEATER ELEMENTS - An ink jet printhead has a plurality of nozzles and a bubble forming chamber corresponding to each of the nozzles respectively. The bubble forming chambers are adapted to contain a bubble forming liquid and a heater element is disposed in each of the bubble forming chambers respectively. The heater elements are configured for thermal contact with the bubble forming liquid and, a pair of electrodes for each of the heater elements are positioned adjacent each other such that the heater element provides a single current path between the electrodes of each pair. Each of the heater elements has a double omega shape in which a smaller, inner omega shape is concentric with, and encircled by, a larger, outer omega shape. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214367 | PRINTHEAD HAVING NOZZLES WITH STACKED CAPACITIVE ACTUATORS - A printhead is provided having a fluid ejection nozzles which each have a substrate, a layer of drive circuitry deposited on the substrate, and subsequent etchant layers deposited on the drive circuitry to define a nozzle chamber with walls and a roof structure defining a fluid ejection port. Each nozzle also has a stacked capacitive actuator arranged in the chamber. The actuator has alternate electrode plates sandwiched between a compressible polymer, wherein activation of the stacked actuator draws the electrode plates together to compress the polymer storing energy therein, with subsequent de-activation releasing the energy to eject fluid within the chamber from the ejection port. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214368 | INK-JET HEAD - A ink-jet head is disclosed. The ink-jet head includes a chamber, which accommodates ink, a nozzle, which is coupled to the chamber to allow the ink to be ejected, a membrane, which is formed on the chamber at a side opposite to the nozzle, a first actuator, which is coupled to the membrane and configured to deform the membrane, and a second actuator, which is coupled to one side of the chamber and configured to deform the membrane. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the ink-jet head can provide the required displacement of the membrane, even with a thin-film type actuator. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214369 | Piezoelectric film, method for forming piezoelectric film, piezoelectric device and liquid discharge device - A piezoelectric film of the present invention has a surface roughness value P-V of not more than 170.0 nm, which is defined by a difference between a maximum height (peak value P) and a minimum height (valley value V) on a film surface, a piezoelectric constant d | 2010-08-26 |
20100214370 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE - A liquid ejecting head has a piezoelectric element with a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode. The liquid ejecting head causes pressure changes in a pressure generating chamber communicating with a nozzle opening. The piezoelectric layer has a perovskite structure and is preferentially orientated in a (100) plane. A method for producing the liquid ejecting head includes polarizing the piezoelectric layer by applying an electric field having energy higher than energy required for converting the polarization direction in the <111> direction to the <110> direction and lower than energy required for converting the polarization direction in the <111> direction to the <00 | 2010-08-26 |
20100214371 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - A liquid ejecting head includes a flow channel forming substrate in which a plurality of pressure generating chambers in communication with nozzles which eject liquid droplets are juxtaposed to each other; a diaphragm which is provided on the flow channel forming substrate and constitutes one side surface of the pressure generating chamber; and piezoelectric elements which are provided so that their leading ends abut on the diaphragm, wherein the diaphragm includes a first vibrating member and a second vibrating member disposed between the first vibrating member and the flow channel forming substrate, the first vibrating member is formed from a first composite plate made up of a first sheet member and a first supporting plate and has a first island portion which is constructed from the first supporting plate and on which a leading end of the piezoelectric element abuts, and the second vibrating member is formed from a second composite plate made up of a second sheet member and a second supporting plate and has a second island portion which is constructed from the second supporting plate and arranged at a portion opposite to the first island portion. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214372 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND ACTUATOR UNIT - A liquid ejecting head includes a flow channel-forming substrate including a pressure-generating chamber that is in communication with a nozzle opening through which liquid is ejected; and a piezoelectric device that is provided on a surface of the flow channel-forming substrate and is configured to cause change in pressure of the pressure-generating chamber. The piezoelectric device includes a pair of electrodes constituted by a cathode and an anode, and a piezoelectric layer that is sandwiched between the pair of electrodes and is displaceably disposed. A negatively charged region is formed in a portion of the piezoelectric layer, the portion being near the cathode. A positively charged region is formed in a portion of the piezoelectric layer, the portion being near the anode. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214373 | AUTHENTICATING A PRODUCT - This invention generally relates to a composition, an apparatus, and a method for authenticating a product. In particular, the invention relates to an ink composition for marking a product with a continuous inkjet printer. The composition includes a visible ink and a UV, visible, and/or IR marker. Marking includes depositing the ink composition on the product with the continuous inkjet printer. A marked product is authenticated with a hand-held apparatus that activates the marker in the mark with UV radiation. Activation of the marker in the mark changes the absorbance/reflectance of visible radiation by the mark without changing the visual appearance of the mark. Authenticity of the product is assessed by a change in absorbance or reflectance of visible radiation by the mark after activation of the mark. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214374 | Drop Generator - A drop generator includes a pressure chamber and a flexible diaphragm plate disposed on the chamber and forming a wall of the pressure chamber. A piezoelectric transducer having a bottom surface is attached to the diaphragm plate. The diaphragm plate includes a recess that forms a perimeter around the bottom surface of the transducer that partially underlies at least one edge of the bottom surface. An inlet channel is connected to the pressure chamber and configured to direct ink to the pressure chamber from a manifold. An outlet channel is connected to the pressure chamber to receive ink from the pressure chamber and has a channel axis that is perpendicular to the diaphragm plate. The outlet channel includes a first outlet channel section and a second outlet channel section. The first outlet channel section includes a plurality of subsections having alternating diameters. The second outlet channel section includes an aperture disposed at an end thereof. The second outlet channel section has a substantially continuous cross-sectional shape and a length that is greater than a length of the first outlet channel section. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214375 | APPARATUS FOR REFILLING AN INK CARTRIDGE FOR AN INKJET PRINTER - An apparatus for refilling an ink cartridge ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100214376 | INK TUBE FOR INKJET PRINTER - Disclosed is an ink tube for ink-jet printers, which has excellent flexibility and workability, while being small in compression set as well as in water vapor permeability and air permeability. Specifically, an ink tube for ink-jet printers is made from a thermoplastic elastomer composition which contains a rubber component containing a butyl rubber at a ratio of not less than 30% by mass but not more than 80% by mass, not less than 5 parts by mass but not more than 50% parts by mass of an olefin thermoplastic resin per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and not less than 10 parts by mass but not more than 100 parts by mass of a hydrogenated styrene thermoplastic elastomer per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component. In this thermoplastic elastomer composition, the rubber component is finely dispersed by dynamic crosslinking. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214377 | PRESSURE-REGULATING VALVE AND LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An internal wall of a secondary chamber excluding one surface includes a flat wall portion with a secondary-chamber-side opening of the communication flow passage being formed in the center portion thereof; a conforming wall portion with which a diaphragm deformed maximally in the minus direction makes conforming contact, the conforming wall portion being connected to the outside of the flat wall portion and having an outflow opening communicating with an outflow port formed at the bottom of the conforming wall portion; and a flow passage groove extending upward from the flat wall portion to cut into the conforming wall portion. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214378 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING RECORDING HEAD - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head having nozzles for ejecting droplets, a liquid tank that stores liquid to be supplied to the recording head, a first channel member connected to the recording head, a second channel member connected to the liquid tank, a pressure regulation valve including an internal channel that connects the first channel member to the second channel member, a third channel member connecting the pressure regulation valve to one of the second channel member and the liquid tank, and a liquid feed unit disposed on the third channel member to feed the liquid. The pressure regulation valve changes a fluid resistance of the internal channel of the pressure regulation valve in response to a flow amount of the liquid passing through the first channel member and, as liquid droplets are ejected from the nozzles, the liquid feed unit feeds the liquid from the liquid tank to the recording head with the recording head in communication with the liquid tank via the pressure regulation valve. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214379 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A manufacturing method produces a liquid ejecting head including first and second flow path members having liquid flow paths that communicate with each other. An integrally-molded member is surrounds the second flow path member on the second flow path member side of the first flow path member to join the first and second flow path members together. A holding process defines a space portion for forming the integrally-molded member in a frame section. The frame section is brought into contact with a contact surface of a recessed portion in the face of the second flow path member opposite the first flow path member, with the first and second flow path members contacting each other such that the liquid flow paths communicate with each other. A molding process fills the space portion with resin, thereby molding the integrally-molded member, and joins the first and second flow path members together. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214380 | Apparatus for Reducing Crosstalk in the Supply and Return Channels During Fluid Droplet Ejecting - A fluid droplet ejection apparatus includes a substrate having a fluid inlet passage, a plurality of nozzles, and a plurality of flow paths each fluidically connecting the fluid inlet passage to an associated nozzle of the plurality of nozzles. Each flow path includes a pumping chamber connected to the associated nozzle and an ascender fluidically connected between the fluid inlet passage and the pumping chamber. The ascender is located proximate to an outside edge of the fluid inlet passage. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214381 | PLUNGE ACTION REFILL DISPENSER FOR INKJET PRINTER CARTRIDGE - A printing fluid dispenser includes a housing with first and second portions, the first portion being displaceable relative to the second portion, and the second portion defining a collar at a bottom end thereof; a deformable membrane housed within the second portion for storing a quantity of printing fluid; and a resilient member adapted to deform in response to displacement of the first portion relative to the second portion. The first portion has a maximum displacement relative to the second portion that corresponds to a maximum possible pressure applied by the resilient member to the printing fluid. The deformable membrane includes an outlet pipe extending therefrom and fitting within the collar. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214382 | PRINTHEAD CARTRIDGE VALVE ASSEMBLY WITH DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE REGULATOR - A valve assembly for a printhead cartridge includes an inlet valve for engaging with an outlet valve of an ink cartridge, the inlet valve having a conical structure defining an inlet opening at a top thereof; a valve seat defined on an inner surface of the conical structure; a depressible valve member provided within the inlet valve, the depressible valve member being normally biased against the valve seat to form therewith a fluidic seal; a skirt engaging portion defined on the inner surface of the conical structure above the valve seat, the skirt engaging portion for engaging a resilient skirt of the ink cartridge, and a pressure regulator provided below the depressible valve member, the pressure regulator having a diaphragm and a regulator inlet defined through the diaphragm, the regulator inlet for facilitating flow of ink from a valve-side of the diaphragm to a printhead-side. The skirt engaging portion is dimensioned to engage the resilient skirt of the ink cartridge simultaneously with an engagement of a valve stem of the ink cartridge with the depressible valve member. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214383 | CARTRIDGE FOR PRINTER HAVING FLUID FLOW ARRANGEMENT - A cartridge for a printer is provided having a body defining a number of fluid reservoirs, a lid covering the body to seal fluid inside the reservoirs, and a printhead operatively fed with fluid from the reservoirs. A base of each reservoir is provided with a raised portion which surrounds a fluid outlet through which fluid flows for supply to the printhead. Each raised portion being moulded in the body to separate the outlet from the base of each reservoir to ensure a sufficient flow rate of fluid from the reservoir. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214384 | DAMPER, HEAD UNIT, LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS, AND AIR-DISCHARGE METHOD OF DAMPER - A damper includes a reservoir which stores a liquid and damps a pressure fluctuation in the liquid and includes a gas-liquid separation membrane which demarcates an upper portion of the reservoir, and a flexible damper film which demarcates the reservoir at a lower side of the gas-liquid separation membrane. Accordingly, there is provided a damper which is capable of improving an air-discharge efficiency while suppressing an increase in the size, and moreover improving a pressure relaxation efficiency. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214385 | Drying System for Web Printer - A drying system for a printer is provided. The printer feeds a media web along a media path past a printhead to an exit region. The drying system has a first chamber positioned on one side of the media web between the printhead and exit region, a heating element within the first chamber, a fan positioned to direct air past the heating element to produce heated air, and a second chamber positioned on the other side of the media web opposite the first chamber, the second chamber having an opening through which the heated air from the first chamber passes. The opening is configured so that the printed media web extends from the media path as a loop to hang within the second chamber through the opening from opposite sides of the opening. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214386 | PRINT ENGINE ASSEMBLY WITH DUAL MOTOR ASSEMBLIES - A print engine for in an inkjet printer includes a chassis; a print cartridge mounted to the chassis, the print cartridge including a wound length of print media and defining therewithin a plurality of ink reservoirs; a first motor assembly mounted to the chassis, the first motor assembly driving a roller of the print cartridge to transport the print media; a printhead assembly engaged with the print cartridge, the printhead assembly ejecting ink from the reservoirs onto the transported print media; a cutter assembly for cutting a printed length of print media from the remaining wound length; a second motor assembly mounted to the chassis, the second motor assembly driving the cutter assembly; and a capping mechanism displaceable towards and away from the printhead by a displacement mechanism, the capping mechanism including a carrier having an elongate rib positioned to abut with the printhead. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214387 | marking and/or coding - The invention describes an apparatus ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100214388 | ELECTRO-WETTING-ON-DIELECTRIC PRINTING - An electro-wetting-on-dielectric printing system includes a drum and an electrode array disposed on a surface of the drum, which is made up of individually addressable electrodes and an ink-phobic coating overlaying the electrodes. Electrically charging a portion of the electrodes allows ink to adhere to a portion of the ink-phobic coating in proximity to the charged electrodes. A method for electro-wetting-on-dielectric printing includes selectively charging individually addressable electrodes within an electrode array, and passing the electrode array through an ink bath, wherein ink adheres areas proximate to charged electrodes to form an image. The image is then transferred to the substrate. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214389 | Line Head and Image Forming Apparatus - A line head includes first to third light-emitting elements arranged in a first direction; and an optical system that forms images by light emitted from the first to third light-emitting elements on an imaging surface to form images of the light-emitting elements, in which the first light-emitting element is arranged between the second light-emitting element and the third light-emitting element in the first direction; the optical system has a first lens surface that has refractive power and is arranged so as to satisfy a relation of H>0.5D, where H is a distance in the first direction between the geometrical centers of the images of the second and third light-emitting elements, and D is the maximum width in the first direction of a light passing region of the first lens surface through which light emitted from the second and third light-emitting elements passes; and, light emitted from the first and second light-emitting elements do not overlap with each other on a cross section of the first lens surface taken along the first direction so as to include an optical axis of the optical system. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214390 | Image Forming Apparatus and Latent Image Carrier Unit - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier on which a latent image is formed, a line head that exposes the latent image carrier, and a developing section that develops the latent image. The line head includes a substrate, a light emitting element disposed on the substrate in a first direction, and a wiring installed on the substrate so as to be withdrawn from one end of the substrate in a second direction perpendicular to or substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The one end is disposed to be the developing section side. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214391 | System and Method for Providing Location Specific Sound in a Telepresence System - A system for providing location-specific sound in a telepresence system includes a plurality of remote microphones. Each remote microphone is associated with a respective area and operable to generate a sound signal from the voice of at least one user within the respective area. The system also includes a plurality of remote cameras. Each remote camera is associated with a respective remote microphone of the plurality of remote microphones and aligned to generate an image of its associated respective area. The system further includes a plurality of local displays. Each local display is operable to reproduce the image of a respective area generated by a respective remote camera. The system also includes a plurality of local loudspeakers. Each local loudspeaker is positioned proximate to a respective local display and operable to reproduce the sound signal from the voice of the at least one user within the respective area reproduced by the respective local display. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214392 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER-AIDED IMAGE PROCESSING FOR GENERATION OF A 360 DEGREE VIEW MODEL - There is provided an algorithm that allows one, using a sequence of object images provided at different angles, to generate a 360 degree view model of an object. To generate such a model, the inventive algorithm may involve the following tasks: 1) provide a set of images (the number and size are unlimited), 2) reduce their features to the same brightness and contrast, 3) separate an object from a complex (heterogeneous) background in the images, 4) stabilize the objects in every image with respect to each other, and 5) process the resulting sequence of images to generate a 360 degree view. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214393 | COMBINED EXCHANGE OF IMAGE AND RELATED DEPTH DATA - A method of combined exchange of image data and related depth data is disclosed. The method comprises: converting an input image signal, representing the image data, comprising a predetermined number of input color components (R,G,B) into an output image signal comprising a luminance component and a chrominance component; combining the output signal with the related depth data into a combined signal, comprising the luminance component, the chrominance component and a depth component (D) which is based on the depth data; and transmission of the combined signal over a number of channels ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100214394 | VOLUME SCANNING THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOATING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A volume scanning three-dimensional floating image display is constructed from a real mirror image forming optical system capable of forming the real mirror image of an object to be projected in a planar symmetric position with respect to a symmetry surface, and a display located under the symmetry surface showing images that serve as the object to be projected, and an actuator means capable of moving the display in a direction with a component perpendicular to the display surface, so by changing the displayed image synchronously with the motion of the display, the real mirror image of that image will be formed in the space on the other side of the symmetry surface as a three-dimensional floating image. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214395 | Camera System with Eye Finder Modules - The detection of the position of observer eyes in large object planes by a camera system with eye finder modules is disclosed, each of which comprises a camera with an objective lens and a camera chip. An embodiment is based on a camera system with two eye finder modules, where each eye finder module comprises an objective lens and a camera chip for detecting and determining the position of observer eyes in at least one object plane, and where the camera system is connected with a control unit. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214396 | Dual ZScreen Projection - A system and method for projecting stereoscopic images using a multiple projector arrangement is provided. The design comprises transmitting a first field train from the first projector, the first field train comprising first projector left and right images and concurrently transmitting a second field train from the second projector, the second field train comprising second projector left and right images. The first projector left image is transmitted by the first projector at substantially a same time as the second projector right image is transmitted by the second projector. Alternately, the design comprises transmitting a first field train from the first projector, the first field train comprising first projector left images alternating with first projector right images, and concurrently transmitting a second field train from the second projector, the second field train comprising second projector left images alternating with second projector right images. A quasi-interlacing technique is also provided. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214397 | Method and system of forming a stereo image - The invention relates to systems for performing color stereoscopic images and can be used for creating stereoscopic computer monitors and TV sets. A technical result consists in performing a color stereoscopic image with high sharpness without geometric distortions, with a maximum of resolution and a wide field of vision. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214398 | CAMERA POD THAT CAPTURES IMAGES OR VIDEO WHEN TRIGGERED BY A MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention provides methods and systems for remotely recording an image using a mobile device. In one embodiment, a user transmits a message using a mobile device to activate a camera pod to record an image. The user makes adjustments to the settings of the camera pod using the mobile device, and in some instances, initiates a trigger sequence using the mobile device. The camera pod records the image and transmits the image to the mobile device, enabling the user to preview the image. In some instances, the camera pod transmits the image to a storage server, where it is stored in an album. In one embodiment, the storage server creates a webpage with the captured visual record that the user can retrieve using a personal computer. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214399 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - There is provided an image capturing apparatus including a light splitting section that splits light from an object into first light and second light in such a manner that (i) a split ratio of light in a specified wavelength range is different from a split ratio of light in a non-specified wavelength range and (ii) the second light has a smaller amount of light than the first light in the specified wavelength range, a high-sensitivity imaging element that receives the first light, and a low-sensitivity imaging element that receives the second light, where the low-sensitivity imaging element has a lower sensitivity than the high-sensitivity imaging element. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214400 | IMAGE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROVIDING METHOD - A terminal, information generating servers and a positional information server are provided. The information generating servers are installed in respectively corresponding to a plurality of objects. Each object may be divided into small blocks as one or more spatial regions and a case is included in which the block is the small block. One or more image acquisition cameras are provided which acquire an internal image of each object or an external image in which surroundings of each object are seen from the object. A display image to be transmitted to the terminal is generated from the internal image or the external image of each object based on at least one of terminal positional information indicating a position of the terminal and terminal directional information indicating a direction of the terminal. While pointing a to-be-identified target object among the objects, the terminal detects, detects the terminal positional information and the terminal directional information. The positional information server records object positional information indicating a position of each object and access information for accessing the information generating server corresponding to each object such that the object positional information and the access information are correlated to each object. Candidate objects as candidates of the target object are identified from the respective objects based on the terminal positional information and the terminal directional information and object positional information of the candidate objects are extracted. The terminal identifies the target object from the candidate objects based on the object positional information of the candidate objects, the terminal positional information, and the terminal directional information; acquires access information of an information generating server corresponding to the target object from the positional information server; accesses the information generating server corresponding to the target object; acquires a display image from the information generating server; and displays the display image. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214401 | FIBER OPTIC PLATE, AND PALM PRINT AND FINGER PRINT READING APPARATUS - [Object] To enable to obtain a clear output image when a palm print is taken. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214402 | CAMERA ADAPTOR FOR A MEDICAL-OPTICAL OBSERVATION INSTRUMENT AND CAMERA-ADAPTOR COMBINATION - A camera adaptor ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100214403 | PHOTOMICROSCOPY SYSTEM, IMAGE INPUT DEVICE, AND AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE METHOD - A photomicroscopy system includes a microscope unit which outputs an enlarged image of a subject as a light flux, an image capturing unit which forms an image of the light flux output by the microscope unit and converts the formed image into digital data, a sensitivity changing unit which changes a sensitivity of the image capturing unit, and a computing unit which obtains an exposure time by using the digital data captured by the image capturing unit in a state where the sensitivity is increased to the high sensitivity after instructing the sensitivity changing unit to increase the sensitivity of the image capturing unit to the high sensitivity while calculating the exposure time for obtaining a suitable brightness by the image capturing unit, and sets the sensitivity of the image capturing unit to a low sensitivity after the exposure time is set in the image capturing unit. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214404 | FLUORESCENCE FOCAL MODULATION MICROSCOPY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A fluorescence focal modulation microscopy system and method is disclosed for high resolution molecular imaging of thick biological tissues with single photon excited fluorescence. Optical sectioning and diffraction limited spatial resolution are retained for imaging inside a multiple-scattering medium by the use of focal modulation, a technique for suppressing the background fluorescence signal excited by the scattered light. The focal modulation microscopy system has a spatial phase modulator inserted in the excitation light path, which varies the spatial distribution of coherent excitation light around the focal volume periodically at a preset frequency. A fluorescence focal modulation image is formed on a display with the demodulated fluorescence, while a confocal image is available simultaneously. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214405 | MICROSCOPE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION - A microscope imaging system for capturing a fluorescent observation image includes: an imaging unit capturing an observed image as a colored image; a plurality of fluorescent cubes; a fluorescent cube switch unit arranging any fluorescent cube on an optical observation path by switching the plurality of fluorescent cubes; a fluorescent cube determination unit determining the fluorescent cubes arranged on the optical observation path; a gray scale adjustment unit adjusting the ratios of the color components when each pixel configuring the observed image captured by the imaging unit is converted from a color to a gray scale depending on the wavelength characteristic of the determined fluorescent cube; and a conversion unit converting each pixel configuring the observed image captured by the imaging unit from the color to the gray scale on the basis of the adjusted ratios of the color components. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214406 | Shape Measurement Of Specular Reflective Surface - A method of measuring a shape of a specular reflective surface is provided. A pattern displayed on a surface of a target positioned at a target plane is produced from a specular reflective surface positioned at a measurement plane. An image of the reflection is recorded at an imaging plane. Positions of a plurality of points on the specular reflective surface relative to the imaging plane are determined. A first relation between feature positions on the image of the reflection and feature positions on the pattern is determined. The shape of the specular reflective surface is determined from a second relation involving a surface profile of the specular reflective surface and the first relation using the positions of the plurality of points as an initial condition. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214407 | CAMERA - A camera includes: an imaging unit that captures an image of a subject and obtains image data; a similarity level calculation unit that calculates a similarity level indicating a level of similarity of an image within a search frame to a template image in correspondence to each search frame position assumed as the search frame is shifted within a search target area set in each of frames input in time series from the imaging unit; a subject position determining unit that determines as a subject position a position assumed by the search frame, at which the similarity level is highest, in correspondence to each frame; a subject tracking unit that tracks the subject position from frame to frame; and a rangefinding unit that measures a distance (subject distance) from the camera to the subject, wherein: the similarity level calculation unit calculates the similarity level by factoring in rangefinding results. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214408 | Image Processing Sensor Systems - An image processing sensor system functions as a standalone unit to capture images and process the resulting signals to detect objects or events of interest. The processing significantly improves selectivity and specificity of detection objects and events. | 2010-08-26 |
20100214409 | Image Processing Sensor Systems - An image processing sensor system functions as a standalone unit to capture images and process the resulting signals to detect objects or events of interest. The processing significantly improves selectivity and specificity of detection objects and events. | 2010-08-26 |