| 36th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
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| 20080211815 | MOBILE MOTION CAPTURE CAMERAS - A system for capturing motion comprises: a motion capture volume configured to include at least one moving object having markers defining a plurality of points on the at least one moving object; at least one mobile motion capture camera, the at least one mobile motion capture camera configured to be moveable within the motion capture volume; and a motion capture processor coupled to the at least one mobile motion capture camera to produce a digital representation of movement of the at least one moving object. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211816 | Multiple parallel processor computer graphics system - An accelerated graphics processing subsystem combines the processing power of multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) or video cards. Video processing by the multiple video cards is organized by time division such that each video card is responsible for video data processing during a different time period. For example, two video cards may take turns, with the first video card controlling a display for a certain time period and the second video sequentially assuming video processing duties for a subsequent period. In this way, as one video card is managing the display in one time period, the second video card is processing video data for the for the next time period, thereby allowing extensive processing of the video data before the start of the next time period. The present invention may further incorporate load balancing such that the duration of the processing time periods for each of the video cards is dynamically modified to maximize composite video processing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211817 | Internet-based application profile database server system for updating graphic application profiles (GAPS) stored within the multi-mode parallel graphics rendering system of client machines running one or more graphic applications - An Internet-based application profile database server system for updating, graphic application profiles (GAPs) stored within a behavioral profile database in a multi-mode parallel graphics rendering system (MMPGRS) embodied within a client machine running one or more graphic applications. Each graphics application has a graphic application profile (GAP), and each client machine has a behavior profile associated with the running of a particular graphics application on said client machine. The Internet-based application profile database server system includes an Internet server, interfaced with a RDBMS, for communicating with one or more client machines over a communication network, such as the Internet, and programming one or more GAPs in each client machine so that the client machine supports users with high graphics performance through adaptive multi-modal parallel graphics operation. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211818 | GRAPHICS PROCESSOR WITH INTEGRATED WIRELESS CIRCUIT - Circuits, methods, and apparatus that are capable of processing graphics information and wirelessly transmitting processed graphics information to a monitor. In order to achieve a high bandwidth, one embodiment of the present invention provides a graphics processor chip that includes multiple RF transmitters such that processed graphics information can be transmitted using the cumulative bandwidth of multiple wireless channels. These transmitters can use one or more RF standards or proprietary signaling schemes. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211819 | RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR USING A SELF-TUNING BANDING MODE - A raster image processor (RIP) using a self-tuning banding mode is disclosed. The RIP automatically and continuously adjusts the band size used for generating the raster image based on past performance (i.e. past data throughput values) and corresponding band sizes. At the start of each page of image, or after a certain number of pages has been processed or certain amount of time has elapsed, the RIP determines whether performance has worsened since the last band size adjustment. If it has worsened, the band size is reverted to a previous best performing value. If the performance has improved, then the band size is changed in the same direction as the last change. Raster image processing is performed using the adjusted band size, | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211820 | Information Processing Device, Graphic Processor, Control Processor, and Information Processing Method - An arithmetic processing unit in a graphics processor alternately executes a process of a first image processing which generates a main image of an application, i.e., a base image and a process of a second image processing which generates a display image eventually displayed by performing a desired processing of the base image. Processing time for the process of the first image processing is designated by a first process executing unit in a main processor which requests execution of the process of the first image processing. Processing time for the process of the second image processing is predetermined. The first process executing unit further determines an address of storage area in a frame buffer storing the base image and, upon determination, transmits to the second process executing unit which requests execution of the process of the second image processing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211821 | Apparatus and method for reducing output rate of video data - A method for reducing output rate of video data for DisplayPort sink device is disclosed. By reducing the size of a blank area in a video frame, the invention reduces a pixel rate to become compatible with more types of back-end circuits having lower processing rates. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211822 | Method and System For Loading of Image Resource - Disclosed are image resource loading method comprising the steps of: identifying source data associated with a particular cell from a predetermined basic recording space, in case that a rendering event for the cell occurs; sequentially moving ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211823 | Three-dimensional graphic accelerator and method of reading texture data - A three-dimensional (3D) graphic accelerator accessing an external memory storing a plurality of texture data is provided. The 3D graphic accelerator may include a texture cache storing the texture data, a geometry processing unit generating texture status information, and a texture processing unit generating a texture address to access the texture cache and outputting one or more texels from the texture data of the texture cache. The texture cache receives the texture address from the texture processing unit and generates a control signal for reading a part or all of a series of texture data from the external memory in accordance with the texture status information when a cache miss occurs. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211824 | Portable communication terminal - There is provided a portable communication terminal capable of switching between icon display and non-display. Processes executed by a control unit of a portable phone which is an aspect of the portable communication terminal comprises the steps of detecting, during the execution of an icon-bar displaying process, a press of an operation key, terminating outputting icon data if the operation key is associated with the icon-bar non-display function and if there is already no icon bar being displayed, detecting a press of the operation key, and executing the icon-bar displaying process if the operation key is associated with the icon-bar display function and if there is no icon bar being displayed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211825 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD - A display control apparatus comprising a division unit configured to divide image data into a plurality of image data, a position information generation unit configured to generate position identification information required to identify positions of the plurality of image data divided by said division unit; and an image data transmission unit configured to transmit, in association with each other, the image data divided by said division unit and the position identification information generated by said position information generation unit for the image data to each of a plurality of display apparatuses configuring a single display screen. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211826 | Circular Intensity Distribution Analysis for the Detection of Convex, Concave and Flat Surfaces - A method for characterizing a shape of an object surface includes acquiring image data including the object. The image data is analyzed at a locus of points that are at a predetermined distance from a point of interest proximate to the object surface to determine which of the locus of points represents a foreground and which of the locus of points represents a background. The shape of the object surface is characterized based on the characterization of the locus of points. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211827 | FILTERING UNIT FOR FLOATING-POINT TEXTURE DATA - Floating-point texture filtering units leverage existing fixed-point filter circuits. Groups of floating-point texture values are converted to products of a fixed-point mantissa and a scaling factor that is the same for each texture value in the group. The fixed-point mantissas are filtered using a fixed-point filter circuit, and the filtered mantissa is combined with the scaling factor to determine a floating-point filtered value. Multiple floating-point filter results may be combined in a floating-point accumulator circuit. The same fixed-point filter circuit may also be used to filter fixed-point texture data by providing fixed-point input path that bypasses the format conversion and a fixed-point accumulator. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211828 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING CHARACTERISTIC DATA OF ILLUMINATION AROUND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of generating illumination characteristic data around an image display device, includes making predetermined illumination characteristic data around the image display device into a data format comprising a type block and an illuminance block. The type block indicates information on a type of illumination, and the illuminance block indicates information on the illuminance of illumination. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211829 | Driving Device for Quickly Changing the Gray Level of the Liquid Crystal Display and its Driving Method - A driving device for quickly changing the gray level of the liquid crystal display and its driving method are disclosed. The driving device includes a group of thin film transistors with matrix array, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines. The object of quickly changing the gray level of the liquid crystal display can be accomplished by the different arrangement of the gate lines and the data lines and the different connection of the thin film transistors with the gate lines and the data lines. The driving method for the said driving device includes: two gate lines in the liquid crystal display are simultaneously or synchronously turned on according to in the bright, period or in the black, period, the voltage for displaying the present frame interval data or the voltage for displaying black image is given to the thin film transistors connected with the gate lines, and scanning continues in turn. Tire present invention suits for the picture treatment of various liquid crystal displays, organic light emitting diode (OLED) display or plasma display panel (PDP). | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211830 | Apparatus and Method for Video Signal Conversion - According to one embodiment, there is provided a video signal conversion apparatus including a determination unit which receives a video signal to determine whether the video signal is an xvYCC standard video signal or a YC | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211831 | Portable communication terminal - There is provided a portable communication terminal capable of switching between icon display and non-display. Processes executed by a control unit of a portable phone which is an aspect of the portable communication terminal comprises the steps of detecting, during the execution of an icon-bar displaying process, a press of an operation key, terminating outputting icon data if the operation key is associated with the icon-bar non-display function and if there is already no icon bar being displayed, detecting a press of the operation key, and executing the icon-bar displaying process if the operation key is associated with the icon-bar display function and if there is no icon bar being displayed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211832 | Vehicular Operating Apparatus - A vehicular operating apparatus in which an operating portion on which operating switches are arranged is arranged in a vehicle cabin in a separate location that is physically distanced from a display portion that displays an operation menu image showing the positional arrangement and function of the operating switch of the operating portion. An imaging mechanism captures an image of a hand of a user that operates the operating portion, a combining and displaying mechanism combines the captured image of the hand with the operation menu image and displaying the combined image on the display portion, and a light emitting portion illuminates the operating portion. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211833 | Drive Method For A Display Device, Drive Device, Display Device, And Electronic Device - A drive method for a display device that displays by causing charged particles to migrate by applying an electric field, including a gray level drive step of causing the particles to migrate to a gray level that is not a saturation state in which migration of the particles is saturated. The gray level drive step changes the display by causing the particles to migrate to produce a display color difference. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211834 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING LIGHT SOURCE IN DISPLAY DEVICE - A device for driving a light source in an image display device includes input terminals to receive a horizontal synchronization signal and a control signal, an oscillator to generate a reference signal having a frequency, a controller to modulate the reference signal in response to the control signal and output a modulated signal, and a phase difference detecting unit to receive the horizontal synchronization signal and the modulated signal and detect a phase difference between the horizontal synchronization signal and the modulated signal to generate an output signal indicating the phase difference. The oscillator adjusts the frequency of the reference signal in response to the output signal of the phase difference detecting unit so that the horizontal synchronization signal and the reference signal are synchronized with each other. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211835 | Data line driver circuit for display panel and method of testing the same - A data line driver circuit for a display panel includes a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter circuit. The D/A converter circuit includes a first gradation voltage selecting circuit configured to control transistors of a first group to select one of gradation voltages of a first polarity based on a first display data; a second gradation voltage selecting circuit configured to control transistors of a second group to select one of gradation voltages of a second polarity based on a second display data; a first gradation voltage signal line configured to transfer the first polarity gradation voltage selected by the first gradation voltage selecting circuit; a second gradation voltage signal line configured to transfer the second polarity gradation voltage selected by the second gradation voltage selecting circuit; and a test switching circuit configured to operate in response to a test signal. The test switching circuit forms a short-circuit between the first and second gradation voltage signal lines in response to the test signal, to allow a leakage current to be measured between a drain and a source in each of one or more of the transistors of the first group and one or more of the transistors of the second group. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211836 | DRIVE SYSTEM FOR AN OPTICALLY ADDRESSED SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR - A system includes a driving apparatus configured to operate on an optically addressed spatial light modulator (OASLM) including a modulation layer notionally divided into a plurality of separately addressable segments. A pulse generator is configured to provide one or more voltage patterns and an optical pattern generator configured to provide one or more optical patterns of light. For each segment of the OASLM, the driving apparatus is further configured to write, over a predetermined number of write operations, a predetermined amount of light associated with the one or more optical patterns. The driving apparatus is configured to apply a reset pulse associated with the one or more voltage patterns, such that a resulting net charge on the modulation layer is zero. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211837 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus and Recording Method Therefor - A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211838 | LIQUID CONTAINER - Provided herein a liquid container including a liquid containing portion for containing liquid; and an detection portion which is used to detect the amount of liquid contained in the liquid containing portion, receives an input driving signal, and outputs a detection signal having a frequency lower than that of the driving signal. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211839 | REPLACEABLE PRINT CARTRIDGE - A replaceable print cartridge includes a container and a memory coupled to the container. The memory is configured to limit use of printing material that is to be contained in the container. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211840 | PRINTHEAD WITH ENERGY SUPPLY CONTROL AND ENERGY TRANSFER CONTROL - Disclosed is a printhead, such as a thermal printhead. The printhead includes at least one image-forming element configured to actuate between a printing position and a non-printing position relative to the printhead. The printhead can be configured to be incorporated into a printer for processing media, such as thermal media, such that the image-forming element is configured to transfer energy to the media when the image-forming element is in the printing position, and the image-forming element is configured to inhibit energy transfer to the media when the image-forming element is in the non-printing position. Corresponding methods and printers are also provided. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211841 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - The liquid ejection apparatus includes: a recording head which ejects an ejection liquid; a liquid container which accommodates air and the ejection liquid; a recording head connection flow channel which leads from the liquid container to the recording head; a pressure determination device which determines pressure of the ejection liquid accommodated in the liquid container; a first pressure supply device which drives a rotating body to remove or introduce the air from or to the liquid container so as to keep pressure of the air in the liquid container constant; a phase determination device which determines a phase of the rotating body; a second pressure supply device which is disposed in a pulsation suppressing flow channel that connects the liquid container with the recording head connection flow channel and which removes and introduces the ejection liquid from or to the liquid container; and a control device which controls rotation speed of the second pressure supply device in accordance with the phase of the rotating body determined by the phase determination device so as to cancel out variation of the pressure of the ejection liquid caused by the first pressure supply device. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211842 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND EJECTION DETERMINATION METHOD - The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head having a plurality of ejection ports which eject droplets of liquid; a light emitting device which emits a determination light beam intersecting with flight paths of the droplets ejected from at least two of the ejection ports to be examined; a light receiving device which receives the determination light beam having passed through the flight paths of the droplets and outputs a determination signal corresponding to an amount of received light; an ejection port selection device which selects the at least two of the ejection ports to be examined so that the at least two of the ejection ports are disposed on a line parallel to an optical axis of the determination light beam, and that a distance between the at least two of the ejection ports along the optical axis of the determination light beam is smaller than a prescribed specific distance; an ejection control device which performs ejection driving to eject the droplets at substantially same time from the at least two ejection ports selected by the ejection port selection device; and an ejection state judgment device which judges droplet ejection state of the at least two ejection ports according to the determination signal outputted by the light receiving device when the droplets ejected due to the ejection driving performed by the ejection control device pass through the determination light beam. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211843 | Method Of Operating A Nozzle Chamber Having Radially Positioned Actuators - Provided is a method of operating a nozzle chamber. The nozzle chamber has a wafer defining a chamber with an ink ejection port and ink supply channel along with a plurality of radially positioned actuators about the port. Each actuator has an internal serpentine core arranged in signal communication with a CMOS layer on the wafer. The method includes the steps of supplying the chamber with ink via the ink supply channel, and passing current through the serpentine cores for a predetermined period of time. The current produces thermal expansion of the actuators into the chamber to increase a chamber ink pressure to eject ink from the ejection port. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211844 | Determination of ink ejection amount error for a printer - A plurality of same ink nozzle arrays are provided, and multiple color patches are printed with mutually different dot recording rates respectively using one of the same ink nozzle arrays. Color specification value of the plurality of color patches is measured for each same ink nozzle array. The ink ejection amount error of each same ink nozzle array is determined based on the color specification values of the plurality of color patches for each same ink nozzle array. It is also possible to select among the plurality of color patches a preferable color patch that is closest to a specified reference color patch, and to determine the ink ejection amount error from the dot recording rate of the preferable color patch. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211845 | Method for Driving Piezoelectric Ink Jet Head - The present invention provides a method for driving a piezoelectric ink jet head that surely suppresses the ensuing vibration of the drive section while suppressing the flying speed of the ink droplet from decreasing, by setting the time constant τ | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211846 | SETTING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method is provided for setting a target moving velocity of a carriage in an image forming apparatus wherein a recording head is driven at a driving frequency proportional to a moving velocity of the carriage. The method includes steps of: varying the driving frequency of the recording head proportional to the moving velocity of the carriage so as to measure an ejection velocity of ink droplets ejected from nozzles of the recording head; deriving a velocity range where the ejection velocity of ink droplets from the nozzles of the recording head is increased as the moving velocity of the carriage is increased; calculating a control error between the target moving velocity and an actual moving velocity of the carriage; and setting the target moving velocity of the carriage such that the actual moving velocity of the carriage is within the velocity range based on the calculated control error. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211847 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AND TESTING JETTING STABILITY IN INKJET PRINT HEADS - The present invention provides systems, methods, and apparatus for monitoring and controlling a slew rate of a voltage signal provided to a PZT capacitor of a print head. The system includes a digital driver circuit adapted to generate a signal indicating a nominal slew rate, a probe circuit for measuring a firing pulse voltage signal provided to the capacitor, a comparator coupled to the digital driver and the probe circuit comparing a measured slew rate with the nominal slew rate generating a signal indicating a difference between the measured slew rate and the nominal slew rate, an analog driver circuit coupled to the comparator adapted to adjust the slew rate of the voltage signal in response to the difference signal, and an analog/digital converter adapted to sample the voltage signal output from the probe circuit and to provide an output for diagnostic purposes. Numerous other features and aspects are disclosed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211848 | HANDHELD IMAGE TRANSLATION DEVICE - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for a handheld image translation device are described herein. The handheld image translation device may include an image capture module to capture surface images of a medium and a positioning module to determine positioning information based at least in part on navigational measurements and/or the captured surface images. A print module of the handheld image translation device may cause print forming substances to be deposited based at least in part on the positioning information. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211849 | Inkjet Device and Method for the Controlled Positioning of Droplets of a Substance Onto a Substrate - The invention provides a device for the controlled positioning of droplets of a substance onto a substrate, the device comprising at least a print head comprising a nozzle provided to eject the droplet, the inkjet device further comprising a control camera arranged such that after ejection of the droplet out of the nozzle, the droplet is detected by the control camera. In case either the droplet volume or velocity or flight path or viscosity or surface tension start to deviate from preset values, the software can correct for this in a closed loop manner. If the droplet is not ejected at all, the control software stops the printer and an operator can maintain the print head. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211850 | Liquid Ejecting Method and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting method includes detecting a faulty nozzle in which an ejection fault occurs when a liquid should be ejected, calculating corrected tone values by correcting tone values of pixels adjacent to pixels at which the liquid should be ejected from the faulty nozzle based on a correction amount, and a liquid ejecting apparatus ejecting the liquid to the adjacent pixels based on the corrected tone values. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211851 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus has a conveyor for conveying a recording medium in a conveying direction, at least one recording head having a flow path unit, a driver IC configured to output a drive signal, and an actuator configured to actuate ink in the flow path based on the drive signal, and a controller for controlling each of the conveyor and the at least one recording head. At least one recording head of the at least one recording heads has a temperature sensor for detecting a current temperature of the driver IC of the recording head. The controller has a detecting unit for comparing the current temperature with a particular predetermined temperature, a driving control unit for driving the driver IC based at least on the current temperature, and a cycle determining unit for determining an ejection cycle of at least one recording head. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211852 | Recording medium, print control device, printing system, and computer readable medium - A recording medium on which a test image testing an operation to a plurality of liquid droplet ejecting elements arrayed in a liquid droplet ejecting head is drawn, the test image comprising a straight line set having a predetermined number of straight lines which are evenly spaced from each other, and being drawn parallel to each other in a predetermined direction, each of the straight lines having start points and end points which are disposed thereon, and the test image having ratio of width of each of the straight lines to interval between the straight lines adjacent to each other, the ratio satisfying the following formula (1): | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211853 | Inkjet Recording Apparatus - The inkjet recording apparatus comprises: a head which ejects ink droplets of light-curable ink to a print medium to form an image on the print medium; a light irradiating device which is located at a downstream side of the head, and irradiates light from a light source onto the ink droplets immediately after the ink droplets have been deposited on the print medium; and a control device which controls the light irradiating device in such a manner that luminous energy irradiated onto a region of the print medium where bleeding of the ink droplets would be conspicuous is greater than luminous energy irradiated onto another region of the print medium. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211854 | PRINTING POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD AND PRINTING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a printing position adjusting method capable of performing dot adjustment value acquisition processing that can accommodate diversified user needs of recent years, and a printing system capable of achieving the adjusting method. The printing position adjusting method according to the present invention provides a plurality of types of dot adjustment value acquisition processing capable of acquiring an adjustment value for matching printing positions, and enables selection of a single appropriate dot adjustment value acquisition processing type among the plurality of types of dot adjustment value acquisition processing according to the type of the print medium to be used. Consequently, a user will be able to suitably execute dot adjustment value acquisition processing with high accuracy in correspondence with the desired high level of quality. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211855 | Liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method for manufacturing electro-optic device, electro-optic device, and electronic equipment - A liquid droplet ejection apparatus performs a drawing operation on a workpiece set on a set table by driving the ejection of a functional liquid droplet ejection head in a head unit while moving the head unit in a main scanning direction relative to the set table. The liquid droplet ejection apparatus includes an ejection defect test unit for inspecting an ejection defect of the functional liquid droplet ejection head. The ejection defect test unit includes a drawn unit on which a predetermined test pattern is drawn by test ejection from the functional liquid droplet ejection head and ejection-defect determination means for determining the ejection defect by capturing an image of the test pattern drawn on the ejection-defect test unit and recognizing the image. The drawn unit is disposed on a scan moving axis offset from the set table towards the main scanning direction. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211856 | Liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method for manufacturing electro-optic device, electro-optic device, and electronic equipement - A liquid droplet ejection apparatus performs a drawing operation on a workpiece set on a set table by driving the ejection of a functional liquid droplet ejection head in a head unit while moving the head unit in a main scanning direction relative to the set table. The liquid droplet ejection apparatus includes an ejection defect test unit for inspecting an ejection defect of the functional liquid droplet ejection head. The ejection defect test unit includes a drawn unit on which a predetermined test pattern is drawn by test ejection from the functional liquid droplet ejection head and ejection-defect determination means for determining the ejection defect by capturing an image of the test pattern drawn on the ejection-defect test unit and recognizing the image. The drawn unit is disposed on a scan moving axis offset from the set table towards the main scanning direction. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211857 | Printhead Assembly Having A Tri-Layer Outer Shell Of A Hot Rolled Laminate Of Two Different Metals - A printhead assembly for an inkjet printer is provided. The assembly includes an outer shell of a hot rolled tri-layer laminate of two different metals, and a core element within the shell, the core element defining four separate ink reservoirs. Also included are a printhead constructed using MEMS techniques to provide the ink nozzles, chambers and actuators, and a micro molding for distributing ink from the ink reservoirs to the printhead. The tri-layer shell is configured such that the effective coefficient of thermal expansion of the shell as a whole is substantially equal to that of silicon. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211858 | Inkjet Printhead With Electrical Disconnection Of Printhead Prior To Removal - A maintenance assembly for a pagewidth printer, said assembly operatively mounted between posts of a main body of the printer so that the maintenance assembly is positioned adjacent a printhead assembly of the printer. The maintenance assembly includes a maintenance chassis defining tongue portions and having ends which are shaped to fit over the posts of the main body to secure the maintenance assembly in position. The maintenance assembly also includes a retainer element operatively engaging the chassis, and a lower molding and an upper molding operatively fast with each other to sandwich an absorbent insert between them. The moldings are in turn sandwiched between the chassis and retainer element, so that the maintenance assembly is useable to wipe the printhead of the printer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211859 | Printhead Assembly Having An Elongate Ink Delivery Extrusion With A Fitted End Cap - A printhead assembly for an ink jet printer. The printhead assembly includes an ink supply assembly having an elongate extrusion defining a number of distribution channels for distributing ink to a printhead via an end cap operatively fitted to said extrusion. The end cap includes an upper plate and a lower plate hingedly linked by means of a spine, and a plurality of plugs defined on the spine to plug said distribution channels when the cap is fitted to the extrusion. The upper plate defines apertures for operatively arranging said distribution channels in fluid communication with ink delivery hoses. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211860 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus configured to perform recording by discharging ink from a plurality of discharge ports disposed on a recording head. The apparatus includes a cap adapted to cover the plurality of discharge ports disposed on the recording head, a recessed portion defined on a bottom face inside the cap, a suction hole facilitating introducing a negative pressure to the recessed portion, an atmosphere communication hole located outside a range of the recessed portion and communicating with atmosphere, an ink absorber mounted inside the cap to cover the recessed portion, and a suction pump connected to the suction hole and configured to generate a negative pressure. When the plurality of discharge ports is covered with the cap, a projection image obtained when the plurality of discharge ports is projected onto the bottom face exists within the range of the recessed portion. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211861 | Duplex Printer Configured To Move Printheads Before Capping - The present invention relates to a duplex printer. The printer includes a support assembly and a pair of printheads mounted for movement with respect to the support assembly and configured to each eject ink upon print media. A print media feed mechanism is configured to feed the print media between the printheads during printing. A pair of movably mounted capping members is configured to cap respective printheads. A printhead movement actuating mechanism is configured to move the printheads into position for capping. A capping member actuating mechanism is configured to move the capping members into position for engagement with the moved printheads. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211862 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - An inkjet recording device includes a recording head having a nozzle surface formed with a plurality of nozzle arrays and a wiping mechanism having a wiper for wiping the nozzle surface. The wiping mechanism moves the wiper relative to and in contact with the nozzle surface, in a direction inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the plurality of nozzles arrays. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211863 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - The invention is directed to an inkjet recording apparatus having an inkjet head, a cap, and a moving mechanism. The inkjet head has an ejection surface having ink ejection openings. The cap is made of first and second extending portions, each of which has a leading edge closest to the ejection surface. The first and second portions define at least one enclosure. The particular moving mechanism moves one or both of the cap and the inkjet head between a first position and a second position. Each of the first extended portions extends further toward the ejection surface than each of the second extended portions. When the inkjet head and the cap are in the first position, the first extended portions contact the ejection surface, and the leading edges of the second extended portions are a predetermined distance away from the ejection surface. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211864 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SERVICING AN INKJET PRINT HEAD ON A HAND HELD PRINTER - A hand-held printer that includes an inkjet array having a plurality of inkjets is disclosed. The hand-held printer may include an inkjet cap sized to cooperatively engage the inkjet array, wherein the inkjet cap is movable between and open position and a closed position, and a plurality of wipers carried by the inkjet cap, wherein each of the plurality of wipers is configured to engage one of the plurality of inkjets as the inkjet cap moves from the open position to the closed position; and wherein each of the plurality of wipers includes a gasket configured to form a seal adjacent to one of the plurality of inkjets. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211865 | PRINTER ASSEMBLY WITH PRINTHEAD PURGING MEMBERS - The invention provides for a printer assembly for a pagewidth printer. The assembly includes a casing that defines a print media feed path, and duplex printheads arranged on opposite sides of the a print media feed path. Also included are two purging members each inclined at a predetermined angle to a direction of travel of print media through the path, each member defining a purging chamber. The assembly further includes extractor tubes connecting the purging chambers in fluid communication with a suction pump, and an actuating mechanism configured to displace the printheads between a printing position, where the printheads are able to print onto media fed through the feed gap, and a purging position, where the printheads are located at the predetermined angle relative to the media path adjacent the chambers to allow the suction pumps to remove material purged from said printheads. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211866 | Uv Inkjet Printing of Vision Control Panels - This invention concerns vision control panels and a method of UV inkjet printing vision control panels. A substantially imperforate light permeable material is partially printed with a ‘print pattern’ comprising a base layer and a design layer comprising a design colour layer. The method is limited to digital UV inkjet printing of all the superimposed layers required to make such panels. Optionally, the method uses a novel printhead array with a novel order of ink colour supply and/or novel software to enable the required build-up of ink layers, for example of black, optional silver, white, cyan, magenta, yellow and process black colours. Printing is preferably arranged so that the base layer and design colour layer are printed in the minimum number of passes of the printhead assembly of the digital UV inkjet printer to achieve the desired effect, preferably in one pass of the printhead assembly. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211867 | Liquid droplet discharge apparatus - In a liquid droplet discharge apparatus that prevents deterioration in the precision of ink droplet landing positions resulting from deformation of long members due to changes in the temperature environment, long members to which plural head units are attached are fixed at one end but slidably supported at the other end. The long members no longer bend because the other ends of the long members slide. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211868 | Head chip unit and method of producing the same, inkjet head, and inkjet printer - Provided area head chip unit capable of discharging a plurality of kinds of ink, down sizing, and of printing by the plurality of kinds of ink. A head chip unit includes a head chip having a substantially plate shape including: a channel extending from one edge side to another edge side to be opened on the another edge side; and an ink chamber formed in an arrangement direction orthogonal to a supply direction for forming the channel and communicating with the channel on the one edge side, the head chip being laminated in multiple. In the head chip unit, the ink chamber of at least one of the head chip includes a supply part formed until a position where the supply part is not overlapped with the channel and the ink chamber of another head chip in a laminating direction of the head chip, the another head chip being laminated on a surface of at least one of the head chip; and the another head chip laminated on the surface of at least one of the head chip including the supply part, includes an ink supply hole which is formed so that the ink supply hole is opened on the one side and penetrates the head chip so as to communicate with the supply part. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211869 | Mounting arrangement with a support and pressure plate for a printhead assembly. - The invention provides for a mounting arrangement for a printhead assembly having a plurality of modular printhead tiles each having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements for printing on a printing medium. Each tile has a flex PCB with which to provide the tile with electrical energy. The mounting arrangement includes a support defining retaining clips and channels operatively housing electrical busbars, as well as a pressure plate defining holes shaped and dimensioned to complementarily receive the retaining clips to engage the support which urges the flex PCBs against the busbars to provide electrical power to printhead tiles. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211870 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT - A method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting head unit which includes a liquid ejecting head having a liquid ejection surface through which a nozzle opening is opened to eject a liquid and a support member adhered onto the liquid ejection surface of the liquid ejecting head by an adhesive, the method including: forming a lyophobic film on the liquid ejection surface; forming a non-lyophobic area having no lyophobic film in an area in which the liquid ejection surface formed with the lyophobic film is adhered to the support member; performing primer processing of coating a primer liquid onto the non-lyophobic area; and adhering the support member to the non-lyophobic area of the liquid ejection surface using an adhesive. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211871 | NOZZLE PLATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NOZZLE PLATE, DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD, AND DROPLET DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A nozzle plate includes: a first silicon layer; a glass layer; a second silicon layer provided between the first silicon layer and the glass layer, the second silicon layer being bonded to the glass layer; and a silicon oxide layer provided between the first silicon layer and the second silicon layer. A nozzle hole passing through the first silicon layer and discharging a droplet is formed. A channel passing through the silicon oxide layer and the second silicon layer and communicating with the nozzle hole is formed. A liquid chamber formed in the glass layer and communicating with the channel is formed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211872 | DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS ALIGNMENT - In one aspect, the invention features assemblies for depositing droplets on a substrate during relative motion of the assembly and the substrate along a process direction. The assemblies include a first printhead module and a second printhead module contacting the first printhead module, each of the printhead modules including a surface that includes an array of nozzles through which the printhead modules can eject fluid droplets, wherein each nozzle in the first printhead module's nozzle array is offset with respect to a corresponding nozzle in the second printhead module's nozzle array in a direction orthogonal to the process direction. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211873 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RECORDING HEAD AND RECORDING HEAD - A method of manufacturing a recording head according to the present invention includes a plurality of steps to describe as follows. In a solder paste application step, solder paste bodies are partially applied onto a plurality of terminals. In a heating step, each of the plurality of solder paste bodies is heated, to thereby form a plurality of solder layers on the plurality of terminals. In a covering step, the plurality of terminals and the plurality of solder layers are covered by an uncured synthetic resin layer. In a contact step, a plurality of bumps formed in a bump forming step and the plurality of solder layers are contacted with each other, by pressing regions of the synthetic resin layer covering the solder layers and the bumps to each other. In a curing step, the uncured synthetic resin layer is cured. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211874 | Photonically Activated Fluid Ejector Apparatus And Methods - A fluid ejector head, including a fluid ejector disposed on an ejector support, and a semiconductive junction photo sensor electrically coupled to the fluid ejector. The fluid ejector head also includes a photon source photonically coupled only to the semiconductive junction photo sensor. Photons emitted from the photon source interact with the semiconductive junction photo sensor and generate an activation signal. The activation signal in turn activates the fluid ejector ejecting a fluid away from the fluid ejector. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211875 | Inkjet nozzle device with cantilevered actuating arm - A nozzle device is provided for an inkjet printer. The nozzle device includes a support structure defining an ink inlet chamber connected to a source of ink. A nozzle chamber structure defines a nozzle chamber for receiving ink from the ink inlet chamber and a nozzle opening through which ink in the nozzle chamber can be ejected. An elongate actuating arm is cantilevered relative to the support structure and terminates in a movable free end within the nozzle chamber. The actuating arm includes an active portion connected electrically to a current source, and which heats and expands upon activation of the current source. The actuating arm further includes a passive portion which is electrically isolated from the current source and is mechanically coupled to the active portion via at least one separating element. Differential expansion between the active and passive portions can cause the actuating arm to bend and the free end of the actuating arm to move within the nozzle chamber to eject ink therein through the nozzle opening. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211876 | Printhead For Use In Camera Photo-Printing - A printhead | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211877 | Inkjet Printhead Having Nozzle Arrangements With Ink Spreading Prevention Rims - Provided is an inkjet printhead having a plurality of nozzle arrangements. Each nozzle arrangement includes walls defining an ink chamber. The chamber includes an ink supply channel and an ink ejection port with an ink spreading prevention rim. Each nozzle arrangement also includes a thermal actuator mechanism configured to operatively eject ink from the chamber via the ejection port. The ink spreading prevention rim defines a pit for preventing ink from flowing across a surface of the ink jet printhead and affecting operation of said printhead. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211878 | NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT WITH A THERMAL ACTUATOR INCORPORATING HEAT SINKS - The present invention relates to a nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer. The nozzle arrangement includes a substrate assembly defining an inlet channel. A nozzle chamber wall and a roof wall are collectively positioned on the wafer substrate to define a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the inlet channel. The roof wall defines an ejection port in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber. A thermal actuator is mounted to the substrate assembly and extends into the nozzle chamber to terminate in a free end. The thermal actuator includes a pair of actuating members spaced apart to form a gap and a heat sink assembly positioned in the gap. One of the actuating members is connected to an electrical supply so that differential expansion between the actuating members can cause movement of the free end and results in the ejection of ink in the nozzle chamber from the ejection port. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211879 | Pagewidth inkjet printhead assembly with nozzle arrangements having actuator arms configured to be in thermal balance when in a quiescent state - Provided is a pagewidth inkjet printhead assembly having a plurality of nozzle arrangements. Each nozzle arrangement includes walls defining an ink chamber having an ink supply channel and an ink ejection port. The ink ejection port includes an ink spreading prevention rim. Each nozzle arrangement also includes a thermal actuator mechanism configured to operatively eject ink from the chamber via the ejection port. The actuator mechanism includes an actuator arm having two layers which are formed from a resiliently flexible conductive material. The arm includes the two layers surrounding a central material layer so that said two layers are in thermal balance with the arm in a quiescent state. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211880 | PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM DEVICE AND PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND INKJET HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - One objective of the invention is to provide a highly-efficient and reliable piezoelectric thin film device by improving the piezoelectric function of a piezoelectric thin film and obtaining a crystal structure wherein the dependency of a piezoelectric constant, relative to a voltage, is superior, and to also provide a method for manufacturing this piezoelectric thin film device. Another objective of the invention is to provide an inkjet head that satisfactorily exhibits the piezoelectric performance of the piezoelectric thin film device and that has a superior withstand voltage function and driving reliability, and to provide a high quality inkjet recording apparatus on which this inkjet head can be mounted. A piezoelectric thin film device includes: crystal grains that form piezoelectric thin film and grain boundaries that encircle the crystal grains, wherein the same crystal orientation is established for the grain boundaries and the crystal grains. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211881 | PIEZOELECTRIC MEMBER, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS UTILIZING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - The invention provides a piezoelectric film having a large piezoelectric property, and a piezoelectric element, a liquid discharge head and a liquid discharge apparatus utilizing the same. The piezoelectric film is formed by an epitaxial oxide of <100> orientation having at least a tetragonal crystal structure, in which the oxide is a perovskite type composite oxide represented by a general formula ABO | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211882 | LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A liquid-ejecting head including a channel-forming substrate provided with pressure-generating chambers that are communicated with nozzle openings for ejecting a liquid, pressure-generating units for generating a change in the pressure in the pressure-generating chambers, and a fluid-resistant protection film is provided. The protection film is disposed at least on the inner walls of the pressure-generating chambers and includes an amorphous layer of an amorphous film disposed on the inner wall surfaces and a crystal layer of a crystallized film disposed on the surface of the amorphous layer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211883 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND CHECK METHOD OF THE SAME - A piezoelectric actuator has a first ceramic layer covering openings of pressure chambers, a first electrode provided over the plurality of pressure chambers, a second ceramic layer, a second electrode, a third ceramic layer and a third electrode in this order from the side of the pressure chambers. By measuring insulation resistance between a cavity unit and the first electrode in the state where ink is filled into the pressure chambers, a defect in the ceramic layer is detected. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211884 | Liquid Feed Tube for Liquid Jetting Device and Liquid Jetting Device - A liquid feed tube for feeding a liquid from a liquid tank disposed on a liquid jetting device body side to a jetting head mounted on a reciprocating carriage, including: a long elastic member and a film member connected in an airtight state to the elastic member along a longitudinal direction of the elastic member; and a space part formed by the elastic member and the film member and used as a liquid feed passage, wherein the elastic member is made of a specific resin composition. Thus, the bending rigidity of the liquid feed tube can be lowered, and the resistance to moisture permeability and the gas barrier property thereof can be realized at low cost. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211885 | FLUID DISTRIBUTION STACK - A fluid distribution stack ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211886 | Ink refill unit with a working outlet and other dummy outlets - An ink refill unit is provided for refilling a printer ink cartridge unit. The ink refill unit includes a base assembly which houses internal ink refilling components and defines a plurality of outlets for docking with the cartridge unit. Each outlet corresponds to a respective type of ink with only one of the outlets working. The ink refilling components include a syringe assembly coupled in fluid communication with the working outlet. A lid assembly fits onto the base assembly to cover the ink refilling components. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211887 | INKJET PRINT HEAD - An inkjet print head has a wall that separates an interior of the inkjet print head from an exterior of the inkjet print head. A channel passes completely through the wall for receiving a conduit therein. A trough is formed on an exterior of the component. A sidewall of the trough has an opening that aligns with the channel. The opening is for receiving the conduit therethrough before the channel receives the conduit. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211888 | Ink Storage Compartment With Bypass Fluid Path Structures - The present invention relates to an ink storage compartment. The compartment includes a reservoir structure, in turn, defining a plurality of ink reservoirs from which respective ink outlets extend. Ink absorbent material is provided within respective ink reservoirs. Bypass fluid path structures extend between respective ink outlets and ink reservoirs so that, when filling the ink storage compartment by supplying ink to the ink outlets, ink can be supplied to the ink reservoirs through both the ink outlets and bypass fluid path structures. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211889 | INK STORAGE MODULE FOR STORING REMNANT INK OF AN INK JET DEVICE - An ink storage module includes a base, a clamping structure, a pipeline, and a blotting structure. The clamping structure is connected to the base to create a monolithic structure. The clamping structure has at least one ink outlet. An end of the pipeline is connected to a pump for receiving remnant ink pumped by the pump, and another end of the pipeline is connected to the clamping structure in a detachable manner for conveying the remnant ink into the clamping structure. The blotting structure is installed on the base and is disposed at a side of the ink outlet for absorbing the remnant ink. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211890 | LIQUID CONTAINER, COMPONENT FOR FORMING LIQUID CONTAINER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID CONTAINER - The present invention provides a liquid container which has a check valve for preventing a flow of outside air into its inside and which is capable of maintaining the performance of the check valve constant. An ink pack ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211891 | LIQUID STORAGE UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The invention provides a liquid storage unit comprising: a case, a liquid storage part for storing a liquid in the case, with which a liquid port communicates; at least one gas accommodation part for accommodating a gas in the case, with which a gas port communicates, wherein the liquid in the liquid storage part is led out through the liquid port by a pressure of a gas introduced from the gas port; an inner case provided in the case having a pair of openings on opposite side faces thereof; and a pair of flexible partitioning members sealing said pair of openings of the inner case respectively, thereby partitioning the liquid storage part therebetween and defining said at least one of the gas accommodation part in cooperation with the case. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211892 | Liquid container and jet printing apparatus - A structure for informing a state of the ink tank by a light emitting section such as LED, capable of displaying such information at a position easily visible by the user and favorably sending the emitted light both to the user and a light receiver section on the printer side without needing electric wiring which may disturb the user's visibility or manipulation. The light emitting section is separated from the display section and a light guiding section is provided between the both. A member for suitably limiting the emission of light is provided in the display section. Thereby, it is possible to dispose the display section at the best position without needing the electric wiring on the ink tank and obtain a preferable light volume suitable both for the improvement in user's visibility and the stability of the operation of the light receiving section. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211893 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting body, a thermally conductive member, and a heat radiation member. The substrate has a first face and a second face which is a face opposite to the first face. The light emitting body is held on a side of the first face of the substrate and emits light. The thermally conductive member is provided so as to be in contact with the second face of the substrate and contains a high thermal conductive material. The heat radiation member is provided so as to be in contact with the thermally conductive member and radiates heat conducted from the substrate through the thermally conductive member. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211894 | Double-Sided Printer Having Opposed Print Engines - Provided is a double-sided printer having two print engines arranged on opposite sides of a print media path. Each print engine includes an image transfer roller configured to operatively transfer an image onto a sheet of paper fed through the media path. Also included is an ink cartridge having an integrated printhead for printing onto said image transfer roller, as well as a cleaning station configured to clean the image transfer roller after said image is transferred to the paper. Each print engine also includes a solenoid arrangement configured to park an elastomeric seal of the printhead against the transfer roller when the printer is not operational, and to move the printhead from the roller when the printer is operational. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211895 | Inkjet Recording Apparatus - The present invention provides an inkjet recording apparatus, which performs high resolution image recording by inhibiting propagation of heat from a light-radiation device to a recording medium, is provided with a recording medium conveyance device to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction; a recording head | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211896 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus according to one aspect comprises: a movable supporting member slidable in a conveying direction of a recording medium while supporting the recording medium to follow the recording medium conveyed; and an interlocking mechanism configured to control a movement of the movable supporting member. The interlocking mechanism is operable to: position the movable supporting member in a predetermined upstream position in the conveying direction when the recording medium is conveyed to the predetermined upstream position; retain the movable supporting member in the predetermined upstream position until the recording medium overhangs the movable supporting member to cover a contact portion and at least a part of a non-contact portion; and slide the movable supporting member toward a downstream side in the conveying direction while supporting an edge of the recording medium with the conveyance of the recording medium. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211897 | OUTER COVER FOR INK CARTRIDGES - The present invention provides an outer cover to secure a printhead-ink cartridge and can be used in a segregated printhead-ink cartridge which is modified from an all-in-one printhead-ink cartridge. The inner and outer mounting and matching dimensions of the outer cover fit the outer frame edge ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211898 | Cover assembly for a print engine with push rod for actuating a refill unit - This invention relates to a cover assembly for a cradle unit of a pagewidth print engine. The cover assembly defines a docking port for a refill unit configured to refill a cartridge unit of the print engine. The cartridge unit is housed in the cradle. The docking port includes a rim portion, engagement means and a push rod. The rim portion is for receiving a base portion of the refill unit so that the refill unit is able to pass through the cover assembly, in use, to dock with the cartridge unit. The engagement means is located within the rim portion, the engagement means being configured to engage the refill unit to retain the refill unit securely in position to facilitate refilling of the cartridge unit. The push rod extends through a hole in the rim portion for operatively actuating the refill unit to incrementally dispense ink. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211899 | THERMAL PRINTER WITH AUXILIARY HEAT SINK AND METHODS FOR PRINTING USING SAME - The present invention provides a thermal printer in which the temperature of the thermal printing head can be modulated by means of an auxiliary heat sink, and methods for printing using such a thermal printer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211900 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALING DATA TO COMPENSATE FOR SLANTED SCANNING ON A BIDIRECTIONAL SCANNING LASER PRINTER - A scanning system is adapted to scan an image beam across a photoconductive surface. The scanning system includes an oscillating mirror and is operable to generate an image beam and to reflect the image beam off the oscillating mirror to bidirectionally scan the image beam across the photoconductive surface and thereby discharge regions on the surface. The system is further operable to dynamically scale an intensity of the image beam as a function of a position of the image beam on the photoconductive surface. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALABLE AND LOW-DELAY VIDEOCONFERENCING USING SCALABLE VIDEO CODING - Scalable video codecs are provided for use in videoconferencing systems and applications hosted on heterogeneous endpoints/receivers and network environments. The scalable video codecs provide a coded representation of a source video signal at multiple temporal, quality, and spatial resolutions. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211902 | Imaging device - An imaging device is provided with an all pixel driving mode which reads the signal charges of pixels of the entire frame and a specific line driving mode which read the signal charges of pixels on the specific lines on the area sensor. In the all pixel driving mode, the motion vector of the object is detected to calculate the amount of relative movement of an object on the screen based on the detected motion vector. Next, a shooting cycle is determined based on the amount of relative movement, and the slit shooting is performed at the determined cycle in the specific line driving mode. The shot slit image is spliced to the latest shot slit image. Thereby the imaging device can produce a long panoramic image with a correct aspect ratio. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211903 | Image processing of regions in a wide angle video camera - A system and method for providing privacy regions in a picture or video. In one example embodiment, a camera is provided which has a lens system and detector, image processing circuitry, compression and formatting circuitry, and control circuitry. Images or video taken from the camera are preferably corrected for distortion (such as that introduced by an anamorphic lens system) and sent to an operator's workstation, where a privacy region is defined. The privacy region is merged with the rest of the image, whether constant or dynamic, and displayed. Other processing, such as object tracking and alarms, can also be implemented at varying points in the process. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211904 | Situation Monitoring Device and Situation Monitoring System - A situation monitoring device which enables monitoring of a variety of situations and reporting in response to the situation using a single device is provided. The situation monitoring device is easy to install and to use and a system therefore can be implemented inexpensively. The situation monitoring device recognizes a place or installation where the device is installed (step S | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211905 | TEMPORARY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A surveillance system is provided including a platform having a plurality and variety of cameras or sensors mounted thereto, and a base enclosure adapted to accommodate a power supply, a variety of electronics and other equipment for controlling and providing power to the surveillance equipment. The base is constructed to be tamper resistant and immovable by manual means. A substantially hollow support pole includes a lower portion detachably mounted to the base, and an upper portion mounted to the platform. Wires and cables for connecting the surveillance equipment with the electronics and power supply are run through the support pole. Power to the system may be supplied through existing power sources, for example a 120V power source. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211906 | Intelligent Remote Multi-Communicating Surveillance System And Method - The remote surveillance system contains:
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| 20080211907 | Video surveillance system - Viewing a three dimensional area from numerous camera angles at different exposures using intensity and chromaticity data at the different exposures to create a pixel model for each pixel. A current image is compared with the background model to find pixels that have changed from their pixel model. These novel pixels are processed using contiguous region detection and grouped into foreground figures. For each camera, software extracts features from each foreground figure. A central processor maintains an object model for each foreground figure. A graphical user interface displays the relative location of foreground figures in a world model. The location and identification of the foreground figures is checked against a table of permissions so as to selectively generate an alert. If a figure leaves or is about the leave a cell, the invention accounts for its approximate position and notifies adjacent cells of the expected arrival of the foreground figure. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211908 | Monitoring Method and Device - A method for monitoring including capturing video frames over time, processing data from the captured video frames into derived data representing a rate of change of the captured data, creating new frames from the derived data, and storing and/or displaying the new frames. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211909 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IMAGE-BASED TRACKING OF SURVEILLANCE OBJECTS - In automatic assessment or surveillance with camera-based surveillance systems, it is of particular interest to detect moving surveillance objects, such as persons or motor vehicles, and track them over time so that if there are unusual trajectories or unusual behavior, an alarm can be tripped. An apparatus for image-based tracking of surveillance objects in front of a scene background in a surveillance scene is proposed, having an object segmentation module that is embodied for ascertaining moving object areas in front of the scene background on the basis of a comparison of one or more camera images with a reference image of the scene; having an administration module which is embodied for assigning surveillance objects to the moving object areas detecting fusion of two or more surveillance objects and marking them jointly as an object group; and having a feature detection module which is embodied in terms of programming and/or circuitry for determining local features for tracking the surveillance objects of the object group in the image areas defined by the moving object areas. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211910 | Surveillance Camera, Method For Calibrating the Surveillance Camera, and Use of the Surveillance Camera - Video monitoring systems are commonly used for monitoring streets, junctions, squares, and also public buildings, museums, prisons. Video monitoring systems which output the results for the viewing areas/objects in the scene in metric units, such as lengths in meters and speed in meters per second, or the absolute and/or relative positioning in a camera network, require knowledge of camera parameters such as e.g. the position, orientation, and aperture angle of the camera(s). These parameters are usually manually measured at high cost during the installation process, for example special patterns (sample patterns) are used, or people walking backwards and forwards in front of the camera. A monitoring camera | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211911 | OBJECT DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM USED THEREWITH, MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM USED THEREWITH - An object detecting apparatus and method accurately detect an event while reducing power consumption. A photosensor is used to detect an object entering a monitoring region, and a microwave sensor is used to detect the object, which enters another monitoring region. State data representing the state of the object is generated based on detection information obtained by both sensors. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211912 | AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM - An airborne reconnaissance system comprising: (1) Gimbals having at least two degrees of freedom; (2) At least one array of light sensors positioned on the gimbals, for being directed by the same within at least two degrees of freedom; (3) Map storage means for storing at least one Digital Elevation Map of an area of interest, divided into portions; (4) Inertial Navigation System for real-time providing to a gimbals control unit navigation and orientation data of the aircraft with respect to a predefined global axes system; (5) Portion selection unit for selecting, one at a time, another area portion from the area of interest; and (6) servo means for directing the gimbals. The system uses data from the inertial navigation system and from the digital elevation map for real-time calculating direction to selected area portions, and for maintaining the direction during integration of light from the terrain, and for producing corresponding images of area portions. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211913 | Surveillance television camera - A surveillance television camera including a camera base which is mounted on an installation surface and to which a surveillance television camera is mounted, a dome cover which is detachably attachable to the camera base and a locking device including a movable locking member mounted on the camera base and an elastic member biasing the movable locking member toward a joint surface of the movable locking member relative to the dome cover. The camera base has a joint surface relative to the dome cover. The dome cover has a fitting recess formed in the joint surface. When the joint surfaces of the camera base and the dome cover are joined together so that the dome cover is turned circumferentially thereby to be attached to the camera base, the movable locking member is fitted into the fitting recess of the dome cover by a biasing force of the elastic member. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211914 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING AND DISPLAYING IMAGES OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF VEHICLES - A portable undercarriage vehicle inspection system (UVIS) ( | 2008-09-04 |
