| 36th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
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| 20090219239 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A display system includes a system module, a connector connected to the system module, and a display module connected to the system module through the connector. The display module includes a liquid crystal panel which displays an image, and a first printed circuit board (“PCB”) which drives the liquid crystal panel. The first PCB includes a ground layer having a first ground region electrically connected to the display module, and a second ground region electrically isolated from the first ground region and electrically connected to the connector. The system module is configured to transmit communication signals to the display module and/or receive communication signals from the display module. The system module is further configured to transmit a noise component, which is independent of the communication signals, to the display module through the connector. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219240 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DRIVER DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to reduce the size of a liquid crystal driver (semiconductor integrated circuit for driving liquid crystal) having therein a D/A converting circuit, converting digital image data to analog gradation voltage, and outputting a voltage to be applied to a signal line (source line) of a color liquid crystal panel. Output amplifiers of the final stage for outputting an image signal converted to gradation voltage are divided into a plurality of groups. D/A converting circuits for converting image data to gradation voltage are provided as circuits common to the groups. While switching the group, the D/A converting circuit is operated in a time sharing manner. The output amplifiers in the final stage related to image signals of the same color are selected and grouped. A selector function is provided between the D/A converting circuit and the output amplifier, and an image signal converted to gradation voltage by the D/A converting circuit is supplied to a desired hold circuit. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219241 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal display panel which includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal composition which is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; a pixel region which is formed of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix array on the first substrate, each pixel including a pixel electrode, a counter electrode which faces the pixel electrode in an opposed manner, and a switching element which is electrically connected with the pixel electrode; and a driver circuit which is mounted on the first substrate along a first side of the pixel region. In such a liquid crystal display device, the driver circuit is configured to rewrite a video signal in each pixel of the pixel region for every 1 frame period via the switching element, the driver circuit includes a first AC driving mode in which polarity of a video signal to be rewritten in a frame period succeeding to the 1 frame period is inverted, and a second AC driving mode in which the polarity of the video signal to be rewritten in the succeeding frame period is equal to polarity of the video signal in the 1 frame period, and a reference voltage of the video signal is corrected so as to decrease brightness of the pixel in the second AC driving mode. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219242 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL CONTROLLER, AND TIMING CONTROLLER - In a LCD device, deterioration in display quality due to the difference of the line resistances of scan-line control signal lines is prevented by a simple structure. A gate driver outputs, from respective output terminals connected to scan-line control signal lines of a liquid crystal panel, a panel control pulse for turning on a TFT. A timing control circuit outputs to the gate driver an output enable signal for controlling an output timing of the panel control pulse. The output enable signal includes an enable control pulse for enabling the panel control pulse to be output. The timing control circuit is capable of adjusting the pulse width of the enable control pulse in accordance with the output terminals of the gate driver. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219243 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A BACKLIGHT LEVEL FOR A DISPLAY ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure describes a system and method for adjusting a backlight for a display for an electronic device. In the method, the following steps are provided: identifying a highest brightness value of an image for generation on the display; determining whether there is sufficient brightness headroom for the image based on the highest brightness value. If the brightness headroom is sufficient, then the method adjusts the image to create an adjusted image where elements of the adjusted image are boosted in brightness from the image based on the brightness headroom; and generates the adjusted image on the display. Finally, the method adjusts a backlight level to a lower adjusted backlight level for the adjusted image based on the brightness headroom. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219244 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING AN INTENSITY VALUE AND A BACKLIGHT LEVEL FOR A DISPLAY OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a system and method for determining pixel intensity values (luma values) for an image being displayed on a display of an electronic device, then adjusting the pixel intensity and the backlight level for the image that is output to a liquid crystal display (LCD). The system comprises: a display for displaying an image to be displayed on the device; an image adjustment module to identify the pixel intensity values of the image, to determine new pixel intensity values for the image based in part on the original pixel intensity values, to provide the (adjusted) image at the new pixel intensity values to the display and to determine a backlight level for the image at the new pixel intensity values. The system further comprises a backlight system to provide a backlight for the adjusted image at the adjusted backlight level. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219245 | DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME - A method, apparatus and system for display of digital images that provides for duplicate file detection, dynamic simultaneous and sequential display of multiple images, user modifiable image display sequences, operating mode transition based upon motion sensing and automatic and selective transfer of images from external devices without requiring user or other human intervention. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219246 | TERMINAL DEVICE, TERMINAL SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM - A terminal device displays an image such that an operation part is positioned on a right side of the terminal device when image information is first-kind information indicating that an operation part is on a right side or a left side and a right-hand operation mode in which the operation part is operated by a user's right hand is set. A terminal device displays an image such that an operation part is positioned on a left side of the terminal device when image information is the first-kind information and a left-hand operation mode in which the operation part is operated by a user's left hand is set. A terminal device displays an image such that an operation part is positioned on a user's side of the terminal device when image information is second-kind information indicating that the operation part is on a deep side of the terminal device. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219247 | FLEXIBLE INFORMATION DISPLAY TERMINAL AND INTERFACE FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY - An information display terminal includes a flexible display unit that displays information and is configured to be flexible; bend sensors that are incorporated in the display unit and detect a bending degree by bending the display unit; and an image display control unit that controls a scrolling speed of the information displayed on the display unit in accordance with a detection output of the bend sensor, wherein a page turn-over display of the information is performed at the scrolling speed in accordance with the bending degree of the display unit. The information display terminal provides an interface for performing content browsing in a virtual world with the same sense of reading an actual book. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219248 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF SHOWING PAGE FLIP EFFECT AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for showing page flip effect when use electronic device enjoy electronic documents, including: when receiving a flip-page instruction, obtain a parameter from a parameter table from a storage unit, the parameter table contains several parameters, each parameter include a first group of coordinates, a content of a flip-page figure and a second group of coordinates; determining a target page according to the flip-page instruction; producing the flip-page figure of the current page according to the first group coordinates and the content; covering a second area of the current page determined by the second group of coordinates with a second area of the target page determined by the second group of coordinates to form a combined page; displaying the combined page. Present invention also provides an electronic device capable of showing a page flip effect. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219249 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH DOUBLE-SIDED OPERABLE KEYBOARD - There is provided an information processing apparatus with a double-sided operable keyboard, capable of executing desired application processing even in the case where a keyboard is folded and keys to be normally operated are directed to a reverse side (e.g., a display apparatus side or a lower side) with respect to a user. The information processing apparatus includes a display apparatus and a keyboard apparatus. The keyboard apparatus is foldable so as to cover a lower part or a portion of a display region of the display apparatus, and at least one function key assigned arbitrary applications are provided on a bottom surface of the keyboard apparatus. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus includes a keyboard position detecting part for detecting a relative position of the keyboard apparatus with respect to the display apparatus, and switches effective keys between keys on an upper surface of the keyboard apparatus and keys on the bottom surface of the keyboard apparatus in accordance with the relative position of the keyboard apparatus. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219250 | Interface with and communication between mobile electronic devices - An input device and mobile electronic devices having improved user interface capabilities are described. In one embodiment, a “triple-threat” device is provided in the form of a mobile electronic device of a slider construction. A two-way slider mechanism is provided. In one embodiment, a screen of the mobile electronic device is touch-sensitive (touch input); in a first slider position, tactile-response keys are exposed (key input); in another slider position, a writing pad is exposed (stylus input). | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219251 | VIRTUAL OPTICAL INPUT DEVICE WITH FEEDBACK AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a virtual optical input device capable of providing feedback and a method of controlling the same. In the method, a portion of an input means such as a finger, and a portion of a shadow of the input means generated by a light source are detected through image processing. Physical variations formed between them are used to detect the touch contact of the input means, calculate the position and motion of the input means, and provide the corresponding feedback. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219252 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MOVING CONTROLS ON A TOUCHSCREEN - An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for facilitating blind usage of an electronic device having a touchscreen. The electronic device may sense the location of a user's finger on the touchscreen and generate, at that location, an output associated with an object capable of being selected. Generating the output may include displaying an icon and/or generating a sensation associated with the object. Alternatively, generating an output may include generating a sensation or tactile feedback that guides the user to the location of an icon associated with the object. In addition, or alternatively, each of a plurality of objects may have a different sensation associated therewith. The electronic device may output the sensation of the various objects upon receipt of a tactile input at different locations on the touchscreen, so that the user can move his or her finger around the touchscreen until he can feel the desired object. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219253 | Interactive Surface Computer with Switchable Diffuser - An interactive surface computer with a switchable diffuser layer is described. The switchable layer has two states: a transparent state and a diffusing state. When it is in its diffusing state, a digital image is displayed and when the layer is in its transparent state, an image can be captured through the layer. In an embodiment, a projector is used to project the digital image onto the layer in its diffusing state and optical sensors are used for touch detection. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219254 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER WITH DUAL SCREENS - A notebook computer with dual screens includes a first display screen, a second display screen has a touch screen function, a motherboard includes a north bridge and a south bridge, a super input/output device, a touch screen control circuit is connected to the south bridge through the super input/output device, a channel selection circuit is connected to an output of the touch screen control circuit, first and second signal selection circuits are respectively connected to two outputs of the channel selection circuit via a switch, and a video card with dual ports. The first and second display screens are respectively connected to the first and second signal selection circuits. The two ports of the video card are connected to the first and second signal selection circuits. An input of the video card is connected to the motherboard. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219255 | TOUCHPAD COMBINED WITH A DISPLAY AND HAVING PROXIMITY AND TOUCH SENSING CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS OR INTERFACES TO BE DISPLAYED - A touch-sensitive and far-field or proximity sensitive touchpad combined with a display, wherein the touchpad is formed as a touchstrip that is concealed inside the display, wherein a first function or interface such as a menu is enabled when an actuating device reaches a threshold distance from the touchpad, wherein a second function or interface is enabled when the actuating device makes contact with the touchpad, and wherein the first function may or may not continue after contact is made with the touchpad. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219256 | Systems and Methods for Resolving Multitouch Scenarios for Optical Touchscreens - An optical touch detection system may rely on triangulating points in a touch area based on the direction of shadows cast by an object interrupting light in the touch area. When two interruptions occur simultaneously, ghost points and true touch points triangulated from the shadows can be distinguished from one another without resort to additional light detectors. In some embodiments, a distance from a touch point to a single light detector can be determined or estimated based on a change in the length of a shadow detected by a light detector when multiple light sources are used. Based on the distance, the true touch points can be identified by comparing the distance as determined from shadow extension to a distance calculated from the triangulated location of the touch points. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219257 | TOUCH SCREEN SENSOR - A touch screen sensor includes a visible light transparent substrate and an electrically conductive micropattern disposed on or in the visible light transparent substrate. The micropattern includes a first region micropattern within a touch sensing area and a second region micropattern. The first region micropattern has a first sheet resistance value in a first direction, is visible light transparent, and has at least 90% open area. The second region micropattern has a second sheet resistance value in the first direction. The first sheet resistance value is different from the second sheet resistance value. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219258 | TOUCH SCREEN SENSOR WITH LOW VISIBILITY CONDUCTORS - A touch screen sensor with a conductive micropattern includes one or more features to obscure or reduce the visibility of the conductive micropattern. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219259 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal having a display, and a touch panel disposed on the display and configured to detect a touch input is provided. The touch panel includes a first transparent film having an upper surface and a lower surface, a first transparent electrode layer at the upper surface of the first transparent film, a second transparent film having an upper surface and a lower surface, a second transparent electrode layer at the lower surface of the second transparent film, the second transparent film being configured to overlap the first transparent film with a gap therebetween such that the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer face each other, and a deformable optical layer filling the gap between the first transparent film and the second transparent film. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219260 | TOUCHPAD - A portable electronic apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a body portion and input means in the form of a touchpad. The touchpad is movable between a first relative position where it operates in a first mode, and a second relative position where it operates in a second mode. The touchpad is capable of receiving input data from one or both of its operational surfaces, so providing greater flexibility. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219261 | Touch-Sensitive Illuminated Display Apparatus and Method of Operation Thereof - A touch-sensitive system, and apparatus, and method of operation of the apparatus, are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a light source module configured to emit light; and a deformable waveguide coupled to the light source module and configured to transmit the light or a deflected version of the light at a situs at which pressure external to the deformable waveguide is applied. The deformable waveguide may also be illuminated by the light. The apparatus may also include one or more sensors configured to detect information indicative of the light or the deflected version of the light at the situs, and output a signal in response to the detected information. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219262 | Active Input Device for a Scanned Beam Display - An input device ( | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219263 | DRIVE CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A flexible printed circuit has ICs which drive display devices, connection wirings which connect the ICs and wirings on a display panel, and a resistor which is formed by the same process as the connection wirings. The ICs have a compensation circuit which compensates a voltage drop on the connection wirings. The compensation circuit applies an electric current flowing in the connection wirings or an electric current corresponding to this electric current to the resistor, so as to obtain a signal for compensating the voltage drop on the connection wirings. As a result, the voltage drop of the connection wirings on the flexile printed circuit can be accurately compensated. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219264 | VIDEO PLAYBACK ON ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAYS - A system for displaying video on electronic paper displays to reduce video playback artifacts comprises an electronic paper display, a video display driver, a video transcoder, a display controller, a memory buffer and a waveforms module. The video display driver receives a re-formatted video stream, which has been processed by the video transcoder, from the memory buffer. The video display driver directs the video transcoder to process the video stream and generate pixel data. The video display driver loads waveforms into the frame buffer and updates display commands repeatedly to activate the display controller until the end of the video playback. The video display driver directs copying video frames sequentially one by one from the memory buffer to the frame buffer in real time during the video playback. The video transcoder receives a video stream for presentation on the electronic paper display and processes the video stream generating pixel data that is provided to the display controller. The present invention also includes a method for displaying video on an electronic paper display. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219265 | Organic light emitting display device and method for driving the same - An organic light emitting display device having low power consumption is disclosed. Power in the device is saved by precharging data lines if the data of the current frame has a higher voltage than the data of the previous frame. Accordingly, if the data lines are precharged the data line driving buffer does not need to use as much power. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219266 | Pixel circuit arrays - A pixel circuit array may include pixel circuits and/or a global reset transistor that has a first end connected to a second end of a reset transistor and is turned on or off in response a global reset signal. Each pixel circuit may include: a transmission transistor that may receive and/or transmit photocharges through ends of the transmission transistor in response to a transmission control signal; the reset transistor that may have a first end connected to the second end of the transmission transistor and may be turned on or off in response a reset control signal; a source-follower transistor that may receive a signal from the second end of the reset transistor and/or may be turned on or off in response the received signal; and/or a selection transistor that may be connected to the source-follower transistor and/or may be turned on or off in response a selection control signal. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219267 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - According to an aspect of the invention, a video display apparatus includes: a sensor that measures an external environment to output the external environment; a storing unit that stores a correction value associated with the measured value; a adjusting unit that changes the correction value based on a given operation by a user; and a processor that adjusts a picture quality of a picture to be displayed on a display based on the measured value and the correction value. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219268 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, CORRECTION CIRCUIT THEREOF AND METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A correction circuit includes a timing control circuit for dividing a drive period assigned for drive of display devices into plural calculation slots, a luminance calculation circuit for calculating luminance including an effect of a voltage drop for each calculation slot, an accumulation circuit for temporally accumulating the luminance for each calculation slot, a corrected data determination circuit for outputting, as a corrected data, the value determined in accordance with the calculation slot at the time point when the accumulated luminance reaches a target luminance value, and a conversion circuit for converting the corrected data into modulation data to be applied to a modulation circuit. The width of the calculation slot is shorter than the width of the slot for pulse width modulation in at least a part of the drive period. The conversion circuit reduces the bit width of the corrected data by pseudo-gradation processing. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219269 | DRIVER CIRCUIT, METHOD FOR DRIVING, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A driver circuit includes a plurality of data signal output units each configured to provide the electro-optical device with the data signal, a timing signal output unit configured to provide the electro-optical device with the timing signals, a detection unit configured to detect signal levels of the data signals provided by the data signal output units, an adjustment unit configured to adjust the signal levels of the data signals provided by the data signal output units so as to approach one another on the basis of the detected signal levels, and a signal control unit configured to control the timing signal output unit so as to stop at least one of the timing signals before the detection unit detects the signal level. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219270 | APPARATUS FOR DRIVING AN LCD DISPLAY WITH REDUCTED POWER CONSUMPTION - Apparatus ( | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219271 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT READER SYSTEM - We describe an electronic document reader system for viewing electronic documents, in which the electronic documents are viewable on a removable electronic document reader display that is useable whilst removed from an electronic document reader display holder. The system comprises: a removable non-volatile display for viewing electronic documents thereon, the display having a display portion on which electronic documents are viewable; a display holder for receiving the removable display, the display holder comprising a back, and an open front shaped to receive the removable display, each of the display and the holder having an electrical interface, wherein, when the removable display is received in the open front, the removable display and holder form an electrically connected combined unit to enable the display to receive document data from the holder for display, and wherein the removable display is useable to read electronic documents when removed from the display holder. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219272 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVE CIRCUIT AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A PDP driving circuit and a plasma display apparatus with high image quality are realized. The PDP driving circuit of the present invention has a function of lowering the voltage of a recovery capacitor by connecting a step-up circuit including at least an inductor, a switch element, and a diode to the recovery capacitor, and regenerating the excessive voltage of the recovery capacitor to a sustain voltage power supply. Since the luminance can be lowered even in time of light load with low lighting rate by lowering the voltage of the recovery capacitor in time of low lighting rate, a high tone image display is realized, and the PDP driving circuit and the plasma display apparatus with high image quality are realized. In the data electrode driving circuit with slower write timing, the write operation is stabilized by raising the voltage of the recovery capacitor, whereby the PDP driving circuit and the plasma display apparatus with high image quality are realized. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219273 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH A SOLAR CELL AND DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A display system and a device having the display system are provided. The display system includes: a pixel area on which a pixel is formed; a substrate having a top side and a back side opposite to the top side, and a plurality of edges between the top side and the back side, the substrate being a main substrate on which the pixel area being formed or a sealing substrate; and a solar cell area having at least one solar cell integrated on a peripheral of the pixel area, the edge of the substrate or a combination thereof. The display system includes: a pixel area on a display substrate, including: a transparent electrode; and an emissive device for emitting a light, the transparent electrode and the emissive device being aligned in series on the display substrate, a solar cell placed behind the transparent electrode, for making the transparent electrode non-reflective to the emissive device. The device includes: the display system, and a chargeable power source electrically connected to the solar cell for supplying an operation power to the device. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219274 | Power circuit and liquid crystal display device using same - A power circuit includes a PWM circuit for generating a pulse wave, a first control signal and a second control signal, a switching mode voltage stabilizer circuit, a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The PWM circuit includes a pulse wave pin, a first control pin and a second control pin. The switching mode voltage stabilizer circuit receives the pulse wave via the pulse wave output pin, and converts an external input voltage into a first direct voltage under control of the pulse wave. The first control circuit receives the first control signal via the first control pin. The second control circuit receives the second control signal via the second control pin and the first direct voltage, and converts the first direct voltage into a second direct voltage. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219275 | DC-DC CONVERTER AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A DC-DC converter is provided including a switch unit, a coil, and a controller. The switch unit is coupled to an input power supply and is configured to transmit or not to transmit input power from the input power supply in accordance with a switching signal. The coil has a first terminal for receiving current output from the switch unit and a second terminal. The controller is coupled to the coil and is configured to operate or not to operate in accordance with an enable signal. The controller is configured to change a flow of current through the coil such that the second terminal of the coil is at a higher voltage than the first terminal of the coil. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219276 | DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display driving device and method capable of canceling an offset voltage while suppressing a delay in outputting an image signal to the display device by the time required for the image signal to be completely received in the display device. In an exemplary embodiment, when an image signal is input to an operational amplifier, a pixel of the display device, to which a voltage based on the image signal is applied, and an output terminal of the operational amplifier are connected to each other. The image signal is input to the operational amplifier, and, when charges corresponding to an offset voltage generated in the operational amplifier have accumulated in a capacitor, the image signal is input to the operational amplifier together with the charges accumulated in the capacitor while the connection between the pixel and the output terminal of the operational amplifier is maintained. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219277 | Imaging Device, Driving Method of the Same, Display Device and Electronic Apparatus - In an imaging device including imaging elements, a driver configuration which does not require much layout space and ensures a reduced number of wirings is provided. The imaging device includes imaging elements | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219278 | Electroluminescence display panel, electronic apparatus and driving method for electroluminescence display panel - An EL display panel having a pixel structure ready for an active matrix driving method, includes: an input signal line driving section configured to output an intermediate potential for mobility correction, a threshold value correction potential and a signal potential corresponding to a gradation value in order for each horizontal scanning period; and a writing controlling driving section configured to have a control period for keeping an on state of a sampling transistor for controlling writing of the potentials within a period beginning with a timing midway of an application period of the intermediate potential and ending with another point of time midway of an application period of the signal potential. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219279 | Driving method of memory access - The present invention provides a spatial light modulator, comprising: a plurality of pixel elements wherein each of the pixel elements comprises at least a switching element; a plurality of control lines connected to at least one of the switching elements; and a controller for generating and transmitting a control signal through the control line for controlling the switching element, wherein the controller starts transmitting the control signal to a first switching element through a first control line before the control signal applied to a second switching element through a second control line is turned off at a low voltage level. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219280 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING SEAM ARTIFACTS - Embodiments of the present invention include techniques for reducing artifacts in rendered images. In one embodiment, a dual UV engine generates a dual of the graph defined by an initial UV set associated with a 3D model. The dual UV engine then uses existing flattening and layout engines to generate a dual UV set from this dual graph. Using the dual graph to define the dual UV set ensures that the seams corresponding to the initial UV set and the dual UV set minimally intersect. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219281 | REDUCING SEAM ARTIFACTS WHEN APPLYING A TEXTURE TO A THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MODEL - Embodiments of the present invention include techniques for reducing artifacts in rendered images. In one embodiment, a dual UV engine generates a dual of the graph defined by an initial UV set associated with a 3D model. The dual UV engine then uses existing flattening and layout engines to generate a dual UV set from this dual graph. Using the dual graph to define the dual UV set ensures that the seams corresponding to the initial UV set and the dual UV set minimally intersect. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219282 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING DATASTREAM INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON MULTIVIEW IMAGE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING DATASTREAM BY USING THE SAME - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a datastream into which multiview image information is inserted. The method of decoding a multiview image datastream includes extracting multiview image information including information on at least one view image of a multiview image, from at least one elementary stream of the multiview image datastream; extracting a multiview image parameter regarding the multiview image based on the number of elementary streams and a correlation between view images of the multiview image; and restoring the multiview image by using the extracted multiview image parameter and the extracted multiview image information. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219283 | NON-LINEAR DEPTH RENDERING OF STEREOSCOPIC ANIMATED IMAGES - A method for rendering stereoscopic images with non-linear depth variation The method includes storing content in memory that is ready for rendering, e.g., computer animated images including animated objects or models. A processor is operated to position stereo or horizontally offset cameras and to render the images based on a non-linear relationship between disparity assigned to one or more of the animated objects and a distance between the cameras and the objects. The non-linear relationship is defined by a function or algorithm callable by the processor such as a function that defines a curved depth variation for the computer animated scene. In other cases, the non-linear relationship is defined by stored table, and the rendering includes using the distance between the cameras and an object to retrieve the disparity value to assign to that object. More than one non-linear relationship may be used to render objects with differing depth variations. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219284 | FRONTEND FOR UNIVERSAL RENDERING FRAMEWORK - Embodiments of the invention provide a renderer-agnostic method for representing materials independently from an underlying rendering engine. Advantageously, materials libraries may be extended with new materials for rendering with an existing rendering engine and implementation. Also, new rendering engines and implementations may be added for existing materials. Thus, at run-time, rather than limiting the rendering to being performed on a pre-determined rendering engine, the rendering application may efficiently and conveniently manage rendering a graphics scene on a plurality of rendering engines or implementations. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219285 | TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVING RAY TRACING PERFORMANCE - A technique to improve ray tracing performance. In one embodiment, polygons not intersecting a specially created frustum are excluded from further ray-triangle tests, thereby enabling more efficient traversal of an acceleration structure corresponding to the given scene. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219286 | NON-LINEAR BEAM TRACING FOR COMPUTER GRAPHICS - A non-linear beam tracing technique that supports full non-linear beam tracing effects including multiple reflections and refractions for computer graphics applications. The technique introduces non-linear beam tracing to render non-linear ray tracing effects such as curved mirror reflection, refraction, caustics, and shadows. Beams are allowed to be non-linear where rays within the same beam are not parallel or do not intersect at a single point. Such is the case when a primary beam bounces off of a surface and spawns one or more secondary rays or beams. Secondary beams can be rendered in a similar manner to primary rays or beams via polygon streaming. Beyond smooth ray bundles, the technique can also be applied to incoherent ray bundles which is useful for rendering bump mapped surfaces. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219287 | Modeling and rendering of heterogeneous translucent materials using the diffusion equation - An exemplary method includes providing image data for an illuminated physical sample of a heterogeneous translucent material, determining one or more material properties of the material based in part on a diffusion equation where one of the material properties is a diffusion coefficient for diffusion of radiation in the material and where the determining includes a regularization term for the diffusion coefficient, mapping the one or more material properties to a virtual object volume, assigning virtual illumination conditions to the virtual object volume, and rendering the virtual object volume using the virtual illumination conditions as a boundary condition for a system of diffusion equations of the virtual object volume. Other methods, devices and systems are also disclosed. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219288 | INTERACTIVE DEBUGGING AND MONITORING OF SHADER PROGRAMS EXECUTING ON A GRAPHICS PROCESSOR - A development application leverages the programmability of shader execution units in the graphics processing subsystem to make graphics processing subsystem state data accessible to applications executed outside the graphics processing subsystem. The development application modifies shaders to include state output instructions adapted to direct a shader execution unit to copy graphics processing subsystem state data to a location in the computer system that is accessible to applications executed outside of the graphics processing subsystem. Following the execution of the state output instructions, the shader execution unit can be halted or can continue executing the shader. The development application can modify the shader to include state restoration instructions adapted to direct the shader execution unit to set state data of the graphics processing subsystem to previous or new values. The development application can dynamically modify shaders with state output and restoration instructions to update state data of the graphics processing subsystem. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219289 | FAST THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION OF OBJECT VOLUMES WITHOUT IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION BY DIRECT DISPLAY OF ACQUIRED SENSOR DATA - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to 3D visualization of object volumes and provide a method, system and computer program product for fast 3D visualization of object volumes without image reconstruction by direct display of acquired sensor data. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for fast 3D visualization of object volumes without image reconstruction can be provided. The method can include acquiring a 3D dataset from an scanner of a 3D object volume, slicing the acquired sensor data without image reconstruction to produce a sequence of 2D images in Radon space and playing back the sequence of 2D images in a movie player to provide a rotating view of the 3D object volume. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219290 | IMAGE DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARTUS, IMAGE DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image display processing apparatus includes an input-shape detector detecting a shape of a trajectory of a line drawn in the monitor screen; a center-point determiner determining, in a case where the shape of the trajectory of the line is formed of a circular line and an offshoot line extending from the circular line, a center point of a graphic object formed of the circular line; a ratio calculator calculating a distance ratio between a distance from the center point of the graphic object to the circular line and a distance from the center point of the graphic object to an end point of the offshoot line; and an enlargement-ratio changer changing the enlargement ratio of the image on the basis of the distance ratio. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219291 | MOVIE ANIMATION SYSTEMS - This invention relates generally to methods, apparatus, and computer program code for machine-assisted generation of animated films/movies, in particular for animation based on games engine technology. We describe methods of controlling a plurality of virtual cameras in a 3D virtual reality environment, and also methods of controlling a plurality of animated characters and objects within the 3D virtual reality environment. These enable a director controlling said environment to create a movie of a story set within the environment We also describe methods of providing random time access to a scripted animation with many scripted activities and controlled-random performance activities, techniques for automatically controlling camera framing, and techniques for automatically controlling the gaze direction of animated characters within the movie. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219292 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPECIFYING ARBITRARY ANIMATION CONTROLS FOR MODEL OBJECTS - Systems and methods for defining or specifying an arbitrary set of one or more animation control elements or variables (i.e., “avars”), and for associating the set with a model object or part of a model object. Once a set of avars (“avarset”) is associated with an object model, a user is able to select that model or part of the model, and the avarset associated with that part of the model is made available to, or enabled for, any animation tool that affords avar editing capabilities or allows manipulation of the model using animation control elements. This enables users to create and save sets of avars to share between characters, or other objects, and shots. In certain embodiments, the user can associate multiple avarsets with a model part and can designate one of those sets as “primary” so that when that model part is selected, the designated primary avarset is broadcast to the available editing tools. Additionally, the user can override the primary designation set and select one of the other sets of avars, or the user can cycle through the various associated avarsets. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219293 | CELLULAR TELEPHONE SET AND CHARACTER DISPLAY PRESENTATION METHOD TO BE USED IN THE SAME - A cellular telephone set can increase number of display patterns of animation display without occupying large storage region in the memory and without performing setting operation every time. The character presentation means determines character to be displayed in each event screen upon depression of call release button after telephone calling, depression of call release button after telephone call reception, upon occurrence of at least one of presence of not responded call and newly received mail, and upon variation of state between open state and closed state of the first and second casings, depending upon calling history, time of calling, call arriving history, time of call arrival, and timing of detection of variation of state between open state and closed state of the first and second casing by the detecting means. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219294 | VISUAL STATE MANAGER FOR CONTROL SKINNING - Embodiments described herein are directed to automatically generating an animation for a transition between a current state and a new state. In one embodiment, a computer system accesses state properties of a visual element corresponding to a current state the visual element is in and a new state the visual element is to be transitioned to. The state properties include visual properties and transition description information. The computer system determines the differences between the visual properties of the current state and the new state and automatically generates an animation based on the determined differences between the visual properties for the current state and the new state, such that the animation is playable to transition the visual element from the current state to new state. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219295 | Display System and Method for Reducing Power Consumption of Same - For reducing power consumption of a display, whether a currently received frame data is different from a currently displayed frame data or not is discriminated. If the currently received frame data is different from the currently displayed frame data, execute data refresh in a normal way. If the currently received frame data is not different from the currently displayed frame data, suspend data refresh for saving power. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219296 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A display image of a frame is input in time series. An inverse colored image to cancel the display image is generated. The display image is divided into a plurality of subfields, and the inverse colored image is also divided into a plurality of subfields. A time divisional image is generated by disposing a display time of a subfield of the inverse colored image before and after a display time of a corresponding subfield of the display image. While displaying the time divisional image on a screen, a light from the screen is transmitted in synchronization with display timing of the display image in a display time of the time divisional image, and the light is cut off in synchronization with display timing of the inverse colored image in the display time of the time divisional image. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219297 | BOOTING METHOD OF COMPUTER SYSTEM AND BOOT LOGO PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A boot logo processing method includes the following steps. Palette data and a boot graphic including plurality colors are provided, and the colors include corresponding color values respectively in color gamut of the boot graphic. A boot graphic is provided, and it may be composed of plurality colors. When the number of the colors composing the boot graphic is greater than a default value of the number of the colors provided by the palette data, color value of every color is operated with color values of other colors to obtain plurality operating values. Thereby, in the processing method of the invention, part of the colors in the color gamut of the boot graphic are merged into a single color according to the operating values to decrease the number of the colors composing the boot graphic, and produce the boot logo at least according to the latest boot graphic. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219298 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ONLINE CARTOON OUTPUTS - A method and system for generating a cartoon are provided. The method includes receiving a digital image for processing at a server. The method includes executing a color structure coding procedure to produce a color-reduced interim image. The method includes generating a sketch from the digital image with a Difference of Gaussian procedure. The method includes combining the color-reduced interim image and the sketch into a processed cartoon. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219299 | Method and system for dynamic color allocation for anti-aliased images in palette-based systems - Example systems and methods of color allocation for an anti-aliased image involve reserving a number of palette entries in a palette of colors for a graphical user interface and dynamically determining a number of colors for anti-aliasing between first and second colors in the image. The determined anti-aliasing colors are allocated to the reserved palette entries. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219300 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A VIDEO SYNOPSIS - A computer-implemented method and system transforms a first sequence of video frames of a first dynamic scene to a second sequence of at least two video frames depicting a second dynamic scene. A subset of video frames in the first sequence is obtained that show movement of at least one object having a plurality of pixels located at respective x, y coordinates and portions from the subset are selected that show non-spatially overlapping appearances of the at least one object in the first dynamic scene. The portions are copied from at least three different input frames to at least two successive frames of the second sequence without changing the respective x, y coordinates of the pixels in the object and such that at least one of the frames of the second sequence contains at least two portions that appear at different frames in the first sequence. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219301 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an ultrasonic imaging system for evaluating and displaying a deformation of a body organ. A sequence of image data sets comprising at least a first image data set and a second image data set of echographic data is acquired. A motion vector field is calculated between image points of the second image data set and image points of the first image data set. A reference point is chosen within or outside the first and second image data sets. A first scanline is defined, which comprises said reference point. A motion vector of an image point is projected onto the defined first scanline, which provides a projected tissue velocity along the first scanline. The projected tissue velocity is used for evaluating a ID component of a deformation of the body organ at the image point along the direction of the first scanline. Such a ID component of a deformation of the body organ, for example a strain rate or a strain, is further rendered in a graphical representation of the sequence of image data sets. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219302 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF PROCESSING IMAGE AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for processing an image before the image is displayed on a display unit, including: obtaining information of the image and judging the aspect ratio of the image whether equal to the aspect ratio of the display unit; if equality, then display the image on the display unit; else, stretching the image to make the size of the image equal to the size of the display unit; blurring the stretched image; covering the blurred image with the original image and obtaining a combination image; displaying the combination image on the display unit. Present invention also provides an electronic device with the image processing function. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219303 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY - The invention describes a method for controlling a display, which method comprises the steps of displaying a portion of a visual presentation (VP) on the display ( | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219304 | Method for Browsing Through a List by Continuous Scrolling of a Graphic Feature and Related Terminal - The present invention relates to a navigation method on elements extracted from a determined list of elements. A part at least of the elements of the list is displayed and a navigation command enables the user to move a graphical characteristic on the displayed elements. The maximum speed of movement of the graphical characteristic depends on the total number of elements of the list. According to an improvement, the acceleration of the scrolling speed when the user maintains the navigation command also depends on the total number of elements of the list. The invention also relates to a terminal featuring a user interface implementing the method. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219305 | Ambient light script command encoding - Light script command encoding for intelligent ambient lighting to enhance video content allows many controlled operating parameters to be specified simultaneously for a plurality of ambient light units. Initialization or setting codes specify luminance, chrominance, and light character, while separable change codes specify changes in the controlled operating parameters. The change code can comprise a functional description of the desired change, including a change type and/or a rate parameter. Using change codes, an ambient light source can fully execute the change through a range of values without further command encoding, reducing required bandwidth. Setting and change codes can be entropy coded and packetized to allow separate communication via two distinct data sources, and storage in subcode or metaspaces. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219306 | LUMINANCE CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A luminance correction system and method include: a data signal application module that applies a data signal to emit light at a maximum luminance; a luminance measurement module that measures luminance of a display region to which the data signal is applied; a comparator that compares luminance with a target value of luminance to obtain a difference value therebetween; a lookup table that adjusts luminance variations of R, G, and B pixels included in the display region by corresponding to the difference value; a data adjustment module that adjusts the data signal depending on the luminance variations of the R, G, and B pixels to transfer it to the data signal applying module; a color coordinate judgment module that judges a color coordinate of the display region; and a chroma correction module that controls chroma corresponding to the color coordinate judged by the color coordinate judgment module. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219307 | LCD DRIVER CIRCUIT - A liquid crystal driver performs inversion driving of a plurality of data lines of a liquid crystal panel. A source driver generates a driving voltage in accordance with the brightness data indicating the brightness of a pixel, and supplies the driving voltage to the corresponding data line. A common electrode driver supplies an alternating-current common voltage to a common electrode of the liquid crystal panel. A reference voltage generating circuit includes a plurality of resistors that are connected in series between a power supply terminal and a ground terminal, and generates a plurality of reference voltages that are generated at a plurality of taps disposed at connection points of adjacent resistors. The source driver generates the driving voltage by using any one voltage selected from the plurality of reference voltages. The common electrode driver generates the common voltage by using any one voltage selected from the plurality of reference voltages. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219308 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, CORRECTION CIRCUIT THEREOF AND METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes: a correction circuit that outputs corrected data based on luminance data designating luminance of display devices, and a modulation circuit that outputs a pulse width modulation signal for driving the display device to the column wiring based on the corrected data. The correction circuit includes: a luminance calculation circuit that calculates luminance including an effect of a voltage drop in the row wiring and an effect of a light emission time of the display device for each predetermined time slot; an accumulation circuit that temporally accumulates the luminance for each time slot; and a corrected data determination circuit that outputs, as the corrected data, a value determined in accordance with the time slot at a time point when an accumulated luminance value obtained by the temporal accumulation reaches a target luminance value. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219309 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A DISPLAY - A method and system for reducing power consumption in a display includes driving a display comprising a plurality of display elements characterized by a display state. In a first mode of operation, the display state of substantially all the display elements is periodically re-set so as to display a first series of image frames. Upon changing to a second mode of operation, a second mode of operations comprises re-setting the display state of only a portion of the display elements so as to display a second series of image frames at a display element resolution which is less than said display element resolution used to display said first series of image frames. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219310 | INK CARTRIDGE-ATTACHING DEVICE AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink cartridge-attaching device includes a cartridge attachment section to which cartridges each storing an ink are attachable; optical sensors which are provided on the cartridge attachment section, which detect the cartridges attached to the cartridge attachment section, and each of which has light-emitting portion and light-receiving portion; and a controller which controls the optical sensors to obtain, based on signals from the optical sensors, information about the cartridges; and the optical sensors are disposed such that the light-emitting portion and the light-receiving portion of the optical sensors are arranged alternately in a row; and light emitted from the light-emitting portion included in a certain optical sensor among the optical sensors is received by the light-receiving portion included in the certain optical sensor and received by another light-receiving portion adjacent to the light-emitting portion and included in another optical sensor, among the optical sensors, adjacent to the certain optical sensor. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219311 | Droplet Applying Apparatus, Method for Measuring Gap of Droplet Ejecting Section and Method for Adjusting Gap of Droplet Ejecting Section - A droplet applying apparatus includes a base | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219312 | CUSTOM COLOR PRINTHEAD MODULE - A custom color printhead module comprises a mixing reservoir having a first opening and a second opening each configured to receive a first colored ink and a second colored ink and to mix the ink in the reservoir to form a custom colored ink. A first and a second reservoir supply valve are connected to the first and second opening, respectively, to open and close the first and second openings to enable and disable a flow of a first colored ink and a second colored ink into the mixing reservoir. A printhead is connected to the mixing reservoir to receive the custom colored ink from the mixing reservoir. A housing is configured to support the mixing reservoir and the printhead and configured for connection and removal from an imaging device. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219313 | METHOD, HEAD, AND APPARATUS FOR EJECTING LIQUID - A liquid ejecting method includes ejecting a liquid through a liquid ejecting head. Viscosity of the liquid falls within a range from 6 mPa·s to 15 mPa·s. The liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle that ejects the liquid, a pressure compartment that causes a change in the pressure of the liquid to eject the liquid through the nozzle, and a supply unit that communicates with the pressure compartment and supplies the liquid to the pressure compartment. A channel flow resistance of the supply unit ranges from equal to or higher than a channel flow resistance of the pressure compartment to equal to or lower than twice the channel flow resistance of the pressure compartment. A channel length of the pressure compartment ranges from equal to or longer than a channel length of the supply unit to equal to or shorter than twice the channel length of the supply unit, | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219314 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting head configured to eject liquid droplets onto an ejected target element to form a of dots arranged at predetermined dot intervals in dot columns. The liquid droplet ejecting head has a flow passage unit including individual flow passages including a first individual flow passage and a second individual flow passage, at least one common liquid chamber in fluid communication with each individual flow passage; and a plurality of nozzles, including a first nozzle fluidly communicating with the first individual flow passage and a second nozzle fluidly communicating with the second flow passage. A control unit causes a liquid droplet to be ejected from the first nozzle, then moves the ejecting head less than the dot interval, then subsequently suspends the first nozzle from ejecting, and ejects a liquid droplet from the second nozzle. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219315 | Liquid Discharge Device, Piezoelectric Ink Jet Head, and Driving Method for Liquid Discharge Device - It is possible to minimize the amplitude of residual vibration of a piezoelectric actuator so as to maintain the image quality of a formed image at a preferable level in case of an ink jet head, for example. A liquid discharge device includes a control unit ( | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219316 | PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A printing method and apparatus is disclosed wherein the printhead has a linear array of nozzles oriented in an axis, and drops of a liquid are printed at a particular location from first and second nozzles of the printhead at a first location. In an embodiment, the nozzles are arranged in groups, each group of nozzles being used to superpose spots of a particular liquid at a different location. A further method is described wherein the printhead is triggered by transferring printing triggers from a processing module to a printhead at print intervals representative of a plurality of fixed units of spatial displacement of the printhead. The present invention is particularly advantageous for the cycling of print nozzles, superposition of spots in linear arrays and fine control of spot positioning. The invention has particular application in the field of printing DNA microarrays. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219317 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - When thinning processing is performed to reduce the occurrence of black stripe caused by an overlap between scanning areas that is designed to prevent an end deviation from causing a white stripe, dots printed in a predetermined region by not only an ejection opening array subjected to the thinning processing but also other ejection opening arrays are counted so as to obtain their respective printing duties. Then, a color gamut is obtained based on the printing duties of the respective ejection opening arrays. Then, a thinning rate of the ejection opening array subjected to thinning processing is obtained by referring to a table corresponding to the color gamut, based on the printing duties of the respective ejection opening arrays obtained as above, and the thinning processing is performed. Accordingly, thinning processing can be performed which accurately reflects an amount of actual end deviation. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219318 | INKJET PRINTER - The recording head is formed with ejection holes including first ejection holes and second ejection holes arranged in a first direction. A recording medium has virtual columns extending in the first direction and virtual rows extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The virtual columns have first virtual columns and second virtual columns alternately arranged in the second direction. The scanning unit performs a first scan and a second scan in the second direction. The controller prevents the recording head in the first scan from ejecting ink droplets from the first ejection holes onto the first virtual columns and from the second ejection holes onto the second virtual columns, and prevents the recording head in the second scan from ejecting ink droplets from the first ejection holes onto the second virtual columns and from the second ejection holes at the first virtual columns. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219319 | MATERIAL JET SYSTEM - Material jet system, comprising a container for molten jet material ( | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219320 | Liquid Droplet Jetting Apparatus - A damper control section controls a piezoelectric actuator attached to a damper, in a printing mode of jetting an ink by a pressure applied by an actuator for jetting, to suppress a pressure fluctuation in an ink storage chamber, and controls the piezoelectric actuator, in a purge mode of discharging forcibly the ink in the ink-jet head as a waste liquid, to transport the ink in the ink storage chamber to the ink-jet head. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219321 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE, COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus etc. creating no blank space on a medium is achieved. The liquid ejecting apparatus has: a movable ejection head for ejecting a liquid; a feed mechanism for feeding a medium; and detecting means for detecting a position of an edge of the medium; wherein the apparatus repeats an operation of detecting the position of the edge with the detecting means, an operation of feeding the medium with the feed mechanism, and an operation of ejecting the liquid onto the medium from the moving ejection head; in accordance with the position of the edge that has been detected, the apparatus changes at least either one of a start position and an end position for ejecting the liquid from the moving ejection head; and if the position of the edge was not detected, the apparatus sets the start position or the end position to a position that has been established in advance. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219322 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording apparatus includes a feeding device which feeds a recording medium based on a target feed amount, a recording device which records an image on the recording medium that is fed by the feeding device, a feed-amount correcting portion which corrects the target feed amount, and a recording-position adjusting portion which adjusts a first position in which an image recording is initiated on the recording medium, corresponding to a correction of the target feed amount by the feed-amount correcting portion. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219323 | PRINTER WITH INK SUPPLY SYSTEM HAVING DOWNSTREAM CONDUIT LOOP - A printer comprising:
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| 20090219324 | PRINTER HAVING RECYCLING INK AND PRESSURE-EQUALIZED UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM INK LINES - A printer comprising a printhead and a pressure-regulating chamber containing ink at a predetermined first level relative to the printhead. The chamber comprises an outlet port, a return port positioned in a base of the chamber, a snorkel extending from the return port and terminating at a snorkel outlet positioned above the first level of ink, and an air vent open to atmosphere. An upstream ink line interconnects the outlet port and an ink inlet of the printhead. A downstream ink line interconnects the return port and an ink outlet of the printhead. The downstream ink line has a section looping below the first level of ink. In a printing configuration, a second level of ink in the snorkel is equal to the first level of ink in the chamber. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219325 | PRESSURE-REGULATING CHAMBER FOR GRAVITY CONTROL OF HYDROSTATIC INK PRESSURE AND RECYCLING INK SUPPLY SYSTEM - A pressure-regulating chamber for maintaining ink contained in the chamber at a predetermined first level relative to a printhead. The chamber comprises: an inlet port for connection to an ink reservoir via an ink supply line; an outlet port for connection to an ink inlet of the printhead via an upstream ink line; a return port for connection to an ink outlet of the printhead via a downstream ink line; a snorkel extending from the return port and terminating at a snorkel outlet positioned above the first level of ink; an air vent open to atmosphere; and a float valve for maintaining the predetermined first level of ink by controlling a flow of ink into the inlet port. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219326 | PRESSURE-REGULATING CHAMBER COMPRISING FLOAT VALVE BIASED TOWARDS CLOSURE BY INLET INK PRESSURE - A pressure-regulating chamber for maintaining ink contained in the chamber at a predetermined first level relative to a printhead. The chamber comprises: an inlet port for connection to an ink reservoir via an ink supply line; an outlet port for connection to an ink inlet of a printhead via an upstream ink line; an air vent open to atmosphere; and a float valve for maintaining the predetermined first level of ink by controlling a flow of ink into the inlet port. The float valve is biased towards a closed position by a positive ink pressure at the inlet port. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219327 | Inkjet Printer - A heating lamp unit ( | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219328 | Heated Drum Assembly Having Integrated Thermal Sensing For Use In A Printer - A heated drum assembly enables improved thermal control of a hollow drum in the heated drum assembly by integrating thermal sensing devices in the assembly. The heated drum assembly includes a hollow drum having a circumferential wall that defines an outer boundary for an internal cavity, the hollow drum having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis about which the hollow drum rotates, a stationary heater that is located within the internal cavity of the hollow drum to heat the circumferential wall as it passes by the heater, the heater having a reflector with at least one wall and at least one heating element between the reflector and the circumferential wall of the hollow drum, the reflector and a portion of the circumferential wall subtended by the reflector forming a heating zone, an insulating shield mounted to the wall of the reflector, a thermal cutout mounted on the insulating shield, a support arm having a first end and a second end, the first end of the support arm being mounted to the insulating shield, and a thermal sensor mounted to the second end of the support arm. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219329 | INK SENSING DEVICE - An ink sensing device for an ink supply system, the device comprising:
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| 20090219330 | INKJET PRINTING METHOD, PRETREATMENT LIQUID FOR INKJET PRINTING AND INK COMPOSITION - According to an embodiment of the present invention, with an inkjet printer, an image is formed by adhering a colorless pretreatment liquid containing a polyvalent metal salt, 3-methoxy-3-methyl-1-butanol, and water to a plain paper thereby subjecting the plain paper to pretreatment, and thereafter, ejecting at least one type of ink composition containing a pigment and water and reacting with the polyvalent metal salt onto the plain paper. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219331 | METHOD OF PRIMING A PRINTHEAD WITH CONCOMITANT REPLENISHMENT OF INK IN AN INK SUPPLY CHAMBER - A method of priming a printhead. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a printhead having a plurality of nozzles for ejection of ink, an ink inlet and an ink outlet; (ii) providing an ink chamber having an outlet port connected to the ink inlet via an upstream ink line, the ink chamber having an inlet port controlled by a valve; (iii) priming the printhead by pumping ink from the ink chamber, through the printhead and into a downstream ink line connected to the ink outlet; and (iv) opening the valve if a level of ink in the chamber falls below a predetermined first level and replenishing with ink from an ink reservoir when the valve is open. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219332 | METHOD OF DEPRIMING A PRINTHEAD WITH CONCOMITANT ISOLATION OF INK SUPPLY CHAMBER - A method of depriming a printhead. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a printhead having a plurality of nozzles for ejection of ink, an ink inlet and an ink outlet; (ii) providing an ink chamber having an outlet port connected to the ink inlet via an upstream ink line, the ink chamber having an inlet port controlled by a valve; (iii) depriming the printhead by pumping ink from a downstream ink line connected to the ink outlet, through the printhead and into the ink chamber; and (iv) closing the valve when a level of ink in the chamber reaches a predetermined first level, thereby isolating the ink chamber from an ink reservoir in fluid communication with the inlet port. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219333 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus is provided. The inkjet recording apparatus includes an inkjet head having a discharge surface in which discharge ports are formed for discharging ink; a moving mechanism that is configured to move the inkjet head and a recording medium relative to each other; and a capture unit that is configured to capture an extraneous substance, the capture unit disposed upstream of the inkjet head in a moving direction of the recording medium relative to the inkjet head, and disposed adjacent to the inkjet head. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219334 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording head includes a plurality of ink jet head substrates each including ejection outlets for ejecting ink and energy generating elements for generating energy for ejecting the ink; a supporting substrate for supporting the plurality of ink jet head substrates; an ink accommodating portion for accommodating the ink; and a filter provided at a communicating portion between the plurality of ink jet head substrates and the ink accommodating portion so as to be inclined with respect to gravitational direction. At a highest position of the filter with respect to gravitational direction, a suction opening through which the ink in the plurality of ink jet head substrates is capable of being sucked is provided. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219335 | Cleaning method and cleaning unit of ink ejection section, and image forming apparatus - A method of cleaning an ink ejection section in an image forming apparatus that forms an image by ejecting an ink from the ink ejection section. The method includes the steps of: an ink wiping step for wiping off the ink on the surface of the ink ejection section; a first cleaning step for cleaning the surface of the ink ejection section with a water-soluble organic solvent; a second cleaning step for cleaning with water the surface of the ink ejection section cleaned with the water-soluble organic solvent; and a liquid wiping step for wiping off the liquid on the surface of the ink ejection section cleaned through the second cleaning step. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219336 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a sub-tank which stores a certain volume of liquid; a liquid ejecting head which ejects the liquid supplied from the sub-tank; a sheet feeding drum which feeds an ejection target medium to be ejected with the liquid by rotation; a liquid container which stores the liquid to be supplied to the sub-tank; and a supply passage which connects the sub-tank to the liquid container so that the liquid is supplied from the liquid container to the sub-tank. The sheet feeding drum includes a liquid container receiving chamber receiving the liquid container and the liquid container receiving chamber communicates with the supply passage. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219337 | METHOD OF RECYCLING CONTAINER MEMBER - A method of recycling a container member containing a waste liquid absorbing member includes: removing at least a part of waste liquid from the waste liquid absorbing member having absorbed the waste liquid; and disposing the waste absorbing member, which at least a part of the waste liquid is removed from, in the container member. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219338 | WASTE LIQUID COLLECTOR - A waste liquid collector is detachably mounted on a device including a discharge unit discharging a waste liquid and stores the waste liquid discharged from the discharge unit when the waste liquid collector is mounted on the device. The waste liquid collector includes: a pressed portion which is pressed to be moved in a detachment direction in which the waste liquid collector is detached from the device when the waste liquid collector is mounted on the device; and an engagement portion which engages with a part of the device on the basis of a pressing force applied to the pressed portion. | 2009-09-03 |
