37th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100231572 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE GATE DRIVE VOLTAGE IN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A device for controlling the gate drive voltage in the liquid crystal display is provided in the invention. The device for controlling the gate drive voltage in the liquid crystal display according to the invention includes a turn-on voltage output terminal and a turn-off voltage output terminal for outputting a turn-on voltage and a turn-off voltage to a gate drive circuit, respectively, and a control circuit. The control circuit is coupled with the turn-on voltage output terminal and exerts an influence on the turn-on voltage so that the turn-on voltage has a ripple similar to that of the turn-off voltage. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231573 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYING DEVICE USING THE BACKLIGHT DEVICE - A backlight device which uses a light emitting diode as a light source, the back light device being configured to irradiate a liquid crystal display panel from a rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel, the backlight device having a structure where plural lines are provided on a backlight board with a certain gap, each of the lines being where plural of the light emitting diodes are provided, the backlight device includes a light emitting diode driving part configured to segment an entire screen of the backlight board into plural segmented regions and configured to independently control brightness of the light emitting diodes with a segmented region unit. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231574 | IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGING DEVICE, AND CAMERA USING THE IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device that can not only reduce noises including shading but also read out a pixel at high speed, a method for controlling the imaging device, and a camera using the imaging device are provided. In a 3-transistor-driven pixel circuit | 2010-09-16 |
20100231575 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel, a gate driver configured to supply gate signals to gate lines on the liquid crystal panel, a data driver configured to supply data voltages to data lines on the liquid crystal panel, and a partial controller configured to control the gate driver to intercept a part of the gate signals to be supplied to the gate lines. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231576 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME WITH MIRROR FUNCTION - A digital photo frame (DPF) includes a power management unit, a display panel, a backlight unit, an image capturing unit and a processing unit. The display panel includes a reflective structure. The power management unit is used to manage the power supply from a power source to the DPF. The backlight unit connects with the display panel and the power management unit. The image capturing unit is used to capture images of objects around the DPF and produce a detection signal when the image includes a face of a person. The processing unit connects with the image capturing unit and the power management unit, the processing unit controls the power management unit to discontinue the power from the power source to the backlight unit when receiving the detection signal, therefore the display panel reflects images via the reflective structure. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231577 | OUTPUT VOLTAGE AMPLIFIER AND DRIVING DEVICE OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - An output voltage amplifier, and a driving device of a liquid crystal display using the same are disclosed. The output voltage amplifier includes: an amplifying unit to generate first and second signals corresponding to a gray voltage input to a first input terminal and a feedback signal input to a second input terminal, and to output a first voltage by using first and second switches driven to be on or off according to the first and second signals; an output unit to apply the first and second data signals to the first and second pixels by using third and fourth switches turned on or off according to the first and second signals; and a feedback circuit unit to selectively supply one of the first voltage and the first and second data signals to the second input terminal. Heating characteristics and a slew rate can be improved. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231578 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is provided. A plurality of light emitting units includes a plurality of light emitting elements which are configured to emit light toward a liquid crystal panel through a light guide plate. The light emitting units are arranged in series at an interval in such a direction that the light emitting elements face a side surface of the light guide plate. A feeding circuit is configured to supply power to the light emitting units. A first switch is connected to both ends of at least one of the light emitting units such that the at least one of the light emitting units connected between the both ends is deactivated when the first switch is turned on. A second switch is connected to both ends of at least one of the light emitting units such that the at least one of the light emitting units connected between the both ends is deactivated when the second switch is turned on. A switching unit is configured to control an on/off state of each of the first and second switches according to a driving timing of the liquid crystal panel to subsequently switch the light emitting units to be deactivated. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231579 | Electrophoretic Display Device, Electronic Device, and Drive Method for an Electrophoretic Display Panel - An electrophoretic display device has an electrophoretic display panel that has a plurality of drive electrodes, a common electrode, and a plurality of electrophoretic particles disposed between the drive electrodes and the common electrode, and can update the display color of each display unit correlated to a particular drive electrode as a result of the electrophoretic particles moving according to a voltage applied between the drive electrode and the common electrode; and a drive control unit that applies voltage between the drive electrodes and the common electrode to update the display of the electrophoretic display panel. The electrophoretic display device can display a first color, a second color, or at least one intermediate color between the first color and the second color in each of the display units. The drive control unit includes a display color setting means that sets an updated display color, which indicates the color to be displayed after the display unit is updated, to the first color, the second color, or the intermediate color for each display unit, a display color evaluation means that determines for each display unit if the current display color, which is the color displayed before the display unit is updated, is the first color, the second color, or the intermediate color, a first pulse-applying means that applies a first pulse between the common electrode and the drive electrode of at least one display unit, a second pulse-applying means that applies a second pulse between the common electrode and the drive electrode of at least one display unit, and a third pulse-applying means that applies a third pulse between the common electrode and the drive electrode of at least one display unit. To the display units of which the current display color is any intermediate color and the updated display color is set to any intermediate color, the first pulse-applying means applies the first pulse and changes said display units to the first color or second color, the second pulse-applying means applies second pulses that are opposite polarity to the first pulse in the same amount as the sum of the applied first pulses and the applied third pulses, and changes said display units to the first color or second color, and the third pulse-applying means applies third pulses of opposite polarity to the second pulses, and updates said display units to the set display color. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231580 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An electrophoretic display device including a pixel electrode provided in the pixel, a capacitor line provided in the pixel, a storage capacitor provided in the pixel, and a second electrode of the storage capacitor being coupled to a storage capacitor line and a thin film transistor (TFT) provided in the pixel, a source electrode of the TFT being coupled to a first electrode of the storage capacitor and the pixel electrode, a drain electrode of the TFT being coupled to the signal line, and a gate electrode of the TFT being coupled to the scan line. A capacitor line low select signal VSL or a capacitor line non-select signal VSC having a higher electric potential than an electric potential of the capacitor line low select signal VSL is supplied to the storage capacitor line. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231581 | Presentation of Data Utilizing a Fixed Center Viewpoint - Generally speaking, systems, methods and computer program products for presenting data based on a fixed center viewpoint are disclosed. Embodiments may include receiving a request for an informational surround data shell that depicts a position for one or more objects relative to a celestial body from a point of view at a single fixed center viewpoint and determining a radial distance from the center viewpoint. Embodiments may include generating a data shell based on the determined radial distance and, for each informational surround, generating one or more objects each at the radial distance for rendering in the generated data shell. Embodiments may include generating the informational surround data shell from the point of view of the center viewpoint by rendering the generated objects within the data shell based on their position and transmitting the generated informational surround data shell for presentation to the user. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231582 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING ANIMATION SEQUENCES OF 3D OBJECTS - A method and system for displaying 3D objects. The method includes creating a 3D object for rendering. The method includes exporting the 3D object as a mesh object, a skeleton, and an animation description. The method includes distributing the mesh object, the skeleton, and the animation description as at least two separate files. The method includes combining the mesh object, the skeleton, and the animation description at a user workstation for rendering a sequence defined by the 3D object. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231583 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - The image processing apparatus of the present invention comprises signed distance calculation unit calculating signed distance fields from each input 3D shape data, signed distance integration unit integrating all the signed distances calculated by signed distance calculation unit for each shape data, classification unit classifying each voxel to be outside of the observed object, near the surface of the object or the other, estimation unit estimating whether voxel is inside or outside of the object, and determination unit determining voxel to be inside, outside or near-surface of the object based on the calculation results of the previous units. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231584 | Stereoscopic Image Generator and System for Stereoscopic Image Generation - A vector field, including its local three-dimensional attribute, is substantially visualized on a two-dimensional field of view in an intuitionally visible way. The vector field is mapped onto a three-dimensional coordinate space to produce corresponding coordinate point sequences, the degree of elevation in a local area of a plane in which the coordinate point sequences are connected is determined, the degree of depression in the local area is determined, the degree of elevation/depression in the local area is determined by weight-combining the degree of elevation and the degree of depression, the coordinate space is mapped onto a two-dimensional plane and gray-scale display corresponding to the degree of elevation/depression is conducted on the area of the two-dimensional plane corresponding to the local area. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231585 | Systems and Methods for Processing Graphics Primitives - Methods and systems for processing graphics primitives, including point-reflecting a graphics primitive about a point to generate a reflected graphics primitive, the reflected graphics primitive maintaining a depth information of the graphics primitive. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231586 | Processing Graphics Primitives in an Epsilon View Volume - Methods and systems for processing graphics primitives, including determining whether a graphics primitive is, at least partially, within an epsilon view volume, the epsilon view volume being a substantially small volume about a view point; and adding one or more additional graphics primitives in response to determining that the graphics primitive is, at least partially, in the epsilon view volume, the one or more additional graphics primitives being an approximation of the graphics primitive. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231587 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A VIRTUAL CURVE IN AN OBJECT MODEL - A method for a CAD system, a CAD system, and instructions for a CAD system. A method includes loading an object model, the object model including a blend face. The method also includes finding underfaces of the blend face and constructing an intersection curve according to the underfaces. The method also includes trimming the intersection curve according to the blend face to produce a virtual blend curve, and storing the virtual blend curve. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231588 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING INSTANCE GEOMETRY - A method and apparatus for rendering instance geometry whereby all culling, level of detail (LOD) and scene management is performed directly on a GPU. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231589 | RAY TRACING USING RAY-SPECIFIC CLIPPING - Systems, methods, and computer readable media embodying such methods provide for allowing specification of per-ray clipping information that defines a sub-portion of a 3-D scene in which the ray should be traced. The clipping information can be specified as a clip distance from a ray origin, as an end value of a parametric ray definition, or alternatively the clipping information can be built into a definition of the ray to be traced. The clipping information can be used to check whether portions of an acceleration structure need to be traversed, as well as whether primitives should be tested for intersection. Other aspects include specifying a default object that can be returned as intersected when no primitive was intersected within the sub-portion defined for testing. Further aspects include allowing provision of flags interpretable by an intersection testing resource that control what the intersection testing resource does, and/or what information it reports after conclusion of testing of a ray. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231590 | CREATING AND MODIFYING 3D OBJECT TEXTURES - A method and system for providing a graphical user interface to manipulate 3D object textures. The method includes retrieving a mesh object for editing, wherein the mesh object is associated with a mask layer, a detail layer, and a shadow layer. The method includes displaying a hierarchical tree of the layers associated with the mesh object, wherein each layer is associated with a drawing order, a color blending function, and a rule set. The method includes, responsive to receiving a first set of user commands via a GUI, adding or editing at least one layer associated with the mesh object. The method includes responsive to receiving a second set of user commands via the GUI, adding or editing at least one of: the drawing order, the color blending function, and the rule set associated with a layer. The method includes automatically rendering the 3D object for user preview. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231591 | Subdividing Geometry Images in Graphics Hardware - A system may include a graphics memory, a data bus, a processor, and a vertex shader. The data bus may be operatively connected to the graphics memory. The processor may send vertex data to the graphics memory via the data bus. The vertex shader may read the vertex data from the graphics memory and may subdivide the vertex data into subdivided vertex data. The vertex shader may also write the subdivided vertex data to the graphics memory. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231592 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING ARCHITECTURE EMPLOYING A UNIFIED SHADER - A graphics processing architecture employing a single shader is disclosed. The architecture includes a circuit operative to select one of a plurality of inputs in response to a control signal; and a shader, coupled to the arbiter, operative to process the selected one of the plurality of inputs, the shader including means for performing vertex operations and pixel operations, and wherein the shader performs one of the vertex operations or pixel operations based on the selected one of the plurality of inputs. The shader includes a register block which is used to store the plurality of selected inputs, a sequencer which maintains vertex manipulation and pixel manipulations instructions and a processor capable of executing both floating point arithmetic and logical operations on the selected inputs in response to the instructions maintained in the sequencer. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231593 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIGITALLY RE-MASTERING OF 2D AND 3D MOTION PICTURES FOR EXHIBITION WITH ENHANCED VISUAL QUALITY - The present invention relates to methods and systems for the exhibition of a motion picture with enhanced perceived resolution and visual quality. The enhancement of perceived resolution is achieved both spatially and temporally. Spatial resolution enhancement creates image details using both temporal-based methods and learning-based methods. Temporal resolution enhancement creates synthesized new image frames that enable a motion picture to be displayed at a higher frame rate. The digitally enhanced motion picture is to be exhibited using a projection system or a display device that supports a higher frame rate and/or a higher display resolution than what is required for the original motion picture. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231594 | Constructing a cell-based cluster of data records of a scatter plot - To construct at least one cluster of data records of a scatter plot, cells representing the data records are placed in a visualization screen according to values of a first attribute and a second attribute of the data records. Visual indicators are assigned to the cells according to values of a third attribute of the data records. In response to detecting data records having a particular pair of first attribute and second attribute values, cells representing the data records having the particular pair of first attribute and second attribute values are placed in nearby positions according to similarity of values of the third attribute to form the at least one cluster of cells having similar visual indicators. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231595 | LARGE SCALE DATA VISUALIZATION WITH INTERACTIVE CHART - This disclosure describes a user interface and techniques for an interactive graphical representation of large scale data on a display. The disclosure describes how large scale data may be viewed using multiple linked charts. In one implementation, a user interface comprises an overview chart. The user may use chart controller(s) to designate one or more portions of the overview chart viewable in subsequent charts. The user may navigate between the overview chart and the subsequent charts using the chart controller(s). | 2010-09-16 |
20100231596 | ELECTRONIC COMPUTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display that displays a graph corresponding to a function expression, an input unit that specifies a plurality of point positions on the graph displayed on the display unit, a processor that performs display control of a graph corresponding to a function expression on the display unit, does a specific calculation on the basis of positional information on a plurality of pointers displayed on the display unit and the function expression of the graph and performs display control of a result of calculation on the display unit, performs movement display control on the graph of an arbitrary one of the plurality of pointers displayed on the display unit according to an input from the input unit, and does the calculation again, updates the result of calculation, and performs display control of the updated result on the display unit, an storage area, and a work storage area, are provided. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231597 | CALCULATOR AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A calculator is provided. The calculator includes: a display unit having a touch panel; a recognition unit configured to: (i) recognize a numerical expression which is handwritten on the touch panel; (ii) convert the handwritten numerical expression in a text format; and (iii) display the text-converted numerical expression on the display unit; and an erasing unit configured to: if a part of the text-converted numerical expression is erroneously recognized and the erroneously-recognized part is specified, (i) erase the erroneously-recognized part and a part of the handwritten numerical expression corresponding to the erroneously recognized part. If information is handwritten again in the erased part of the handwritten numerical expression, the recognition unit recognizes the handwritten information again, and then the erroneously-recognized part of the text-converted numerical expression is corrected. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231598 | Serving Font Glyphs - A computer-implemented method for obtaining a font for a document includes determining each glyph of a font that is specified in contents of an electronic document, the determination identifying a subset of multiple glyphs included in the font, the subset determined on a first device that does not have the font stored thereon. The method includes generating on the first device a request to a second device based on the determination, the request identifying the subset to the second device. The method includes receiving, at the first device, information sent from the second device in response to the request and defining the subset of the multiple glyphs, the information not defining a remainder of the multiple glyphs other than the subset. The method includes generating on the first device a presentation of the electronic document using the received information, the presentation including the subset of the multiple glyphs. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231599 | Frame Buffer Management - Disclosed are methods and systems for tracking which data tiles have changed within an image frame. In an embodiment, each cell of a tile change list buffer may contain a frame number and updated when a tile is received from encoder. The frame number may be used as a base pointer for a particular frame buffer. When a frame is decoded, the contents of the tile change list buffer may be copied from the current tile change list buffer to the next buffer. This process may reduce memory traffic because the unchanged tile data does not have to be copied from frame to frame. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231600 | HIGH BANDWIDTH, EFFICIENT GRAPHICS HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE - The present invention relates to a system according to claim | 2010-09-16 |
20100231601 | Viewing Device Comprising an Electronic Means of Freezing the Display - The present invention is a device making it possible to guard against the effects of resetting components sensitive to electromagnetic radiation forming an LCD display device. The device consists of a component ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100231602 | BACKLIGHT ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A backlight adjusting system and method is adapted for adjusting a backlight brightness of a light emitting element for a display panel based on an ambient light around the display panel. The backlight adjusting system includes a first calculator, a processor and a driver. The first calculator calculates a target display brightness value of the display panel based on an actual ambient brightness value of the ambient light, a predetermined optimal ambient brightness value of the ambient light, and a predetermined optimal display brightness value of the display panel determined according to the predetermined optimal ambient brightness value. The processor obtains a target pulse duty value based on the target display brightness value. The driver generates a driving signal based on the target pulse duty value utilizing pulse width modulation techniques for driving the light emitting element so as to adjust the backlight brightness of the light emitting element. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231603 | ARTIFACT MITIGATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGES GENERATED USING THREE DIMENSIONAL COLOR SYNTHESIS - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to generating images, and more particularly, to systems, apparatuses, integrated circuits, computer-readable media, and methods to facilitate the use of three dimensional color synthesis techniques to reproduce colors properly using, for example, two sub-pixel mosaics, at a boundary between two colors. A method can include receiving into a color element a first colored illuminant and a second colored illuminant. The method also can include determining that the color element is configured to generate a color that has one or more color characteristics for a portion of the reproduced image. Further, the method can include modifying at least one of the first colored illuminant and the second colored illuminant to adjust the one or more color characteristics into a range of values associated with a portion of an image that corresponds to the portion of the reproduced image. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231604 | Method and Related Apparatus for Improving Image Quality of Liquid Crystal Display Device - A method for improving an image quality of a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes receiving an input image, generating a plurality of consecutive pictures of a predefined period number according to the input image, wherein a gray level of the input image is greater than a gray level of the plurality of contiguous pictures, setting a number of pixels required for adding a value among the plurality of contiguous pictures for every display element according to a least significant bits (LSB) of a pixel of the input image, and enforcing the number of add-value pixels of a positive polarity closes the number of add-value pixels of a negative polarity according to the number of add-value pixels in each of the plurality of consecutive pictures and the polarity of the corresponding display element. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231605 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A medical image processing apparatus capable of aligning, among plural series of images, slice images included in the series easily in a short time. The medical image processing apparatus is connected to at least one display unit | 2010-09-16 |
20100231606 | INFERRING DIAGRAM STRUCTURE THROUGH IMPLICIT SHAPE RELATIONSHIPS - Information in a diagram is logically structured using lists, containers, and callouts without requiring the diagram author to explicitly define a structure or map any diagram contents to a structure. Logical relationships are inferred based on actions associated with shapes, groupings, and attributes of shapes/groupings taken by the author. Feedback mechanisms are provided to communicate an underlying structure to the author. Intelligent behaviors are enabled to expose manipulation of diagrams based on their logical structure. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231607 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME WITH MIRROR FUNCTION - A digital photo frame (DPF) includes a power source, a power management unit, a display panel, a backlight unit, a touch sensing unit and a processing unit. The display panel includes a reflective structure. The power management unit is used to manage the power supply from the power source to the DPF. The touch sensing unit is used to produce a touch signal when detecting the DPF is touched by a user. The processing unit receives the touch signal, and controls the management unit to discontinue the power from the power source to the backlight unit, therefore display panel reflects images via the reflective structure. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231608 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH ORIENTATION RECOGNITION UNIT - An exemplary display device includes a display panel, an orientation recognition unit and a directional detection circuit. The display panel is used to display images. The orientation recognition unit is used to determine an angle of rotation of the display panel and generates a corresponding direction detection signal. The directional detection circuit is used to adjust an orientation of one or more images displayed by the display panel according to the direction detection signal. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231609 | PROVIDING AN IMAGE FOR DISPLAY - A method of providing an image for display comprises: determining a target image size in terms of first and second dimensions; processing an input image to detect a region of interest therein, the region of interest having first and second dimensions; and providing an image for display by modifying the input image having regard to the first and second dimensions of the target image size and the first and second dimensions of the region of interest in the input image. Also disclosed is corresponding apparatus and a corresponding computer program. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231610 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING BATTERY LIFE IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of conserving battery life in an electronic device comprises receiving a low power user image size preference. The method additionally comprises adjusting an image size responsive to a user request to invoke the low power user image size preference so that an adjusted image displayed by the electronic device occupies an image zone that is smaller than an entire display size of the electronic device, and illuminating only areas within the image zone. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231611 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a first scaler, a second scaler, a generator, a coefficient assigner, and a blender. The first scaler converts the number of pixels of an image signal to scale up it according to control information set based on characteristic information. The second scaler converts the number of pixels of the image signal scaled up by the first scaler to further scale up it. The generator estimates an original pixel value from the image signal to increase the pixels, and generates an image signal with a resolution higher than that of the image signal scaled up by the first scaler. The coefficient assigner assigns a coefficient to the image signal generated by the generator according to the characteristic information or the control information. The blender blends the image signal generated by the generator with the image signal scaled up by the second scaler. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231612 | Smart Keyboard Management for a Multifunction Device with a Touch Screen Display - A method is performed at a multifunction device with a touch screen display. The method includes displaying a text entry interface with a soft keyboard in a first area and a viewing area with a first size to display scrollable information. The method detects a finger gesture on the viewing area, and responds to the gesture. When the viewing area displays only a portion of the information, the response includes: (1) ceasing to display the soft keyboard, (2) expanding the viewing area to a second size, including at least some of the first area, and (3) scrolling the information in the expanded viewing area. When the viewing area with the first size displays all of the information, the response includes: (1) maintaining display of the soft keyboard, (2) keeping the viewing area at the first size, and (3) moving the information in the viewing area based on the finger gesture. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231613 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH - An illumination device includes a light source section with white LEDs on a side of a light guide plate. The white LED includes a first white LED and a second white LED, and they emit light of different chromaticities. In a chromaticity diagram, a white color area is divided into two subareas by a dividing line passing through a target chromaticity; light emitted by the first white LED falls within a first subarea, and light emitted by the second white LED falls within a second subarea. By individually controlling the light emission of the first white LED and the second white LED, it is possible to emanate a desired white light from the light guide plate. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231614 | DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS - In an embodiment, a pixel driving circuit comprises: one or more source drivers for enabling a first subpixel of a subpixel pair to receive first data and a second subpixel of the subpixel pair to receive second data; one or more source drivers for driving the first data to the first subpixel and the second data to the second subpixel, wherein the first data is different than the second data. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231615 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an image display device for displaying an image by causing a light emitting element to emit light, the light emitting element being disposed in each of a plurality of pixel areas which are defined by dividing a display area into a grid pattern, the image display device including a pixel circuit for controlling light emission of the light emitting element disposed in each of the plurality of pixel areas, the pixel circuit being formed in an area having a portion that protrudes from the pixel area of the pixel circuit toward an adjacent pixel area and a portion where an adjacent pixel area protrudes into the pixel area. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231616 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT USING SELF-EMITTING TYPE DISPLAY - A method for reducing power consumption in an electronic equipment using a self-emitting type display is provided. The method includes distinguishing image data to be output, correcting each distinguished image data into an image brightness, synthesizing the corrected image data into one piece of output image data, and controlling a driving power for displaying the synthesized output image data as an image. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231617 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVCE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - According to a data processing device for correcting an image signal which (i) is made up of plural pieces of pixel data and (ii) is externally supplied to a liquid crystal driving panel, a correction circuit includes an interpolation section for (i) obtaining first pixel data to be corrected and second pixel data which is for use in driving one of the plurality of data signal lines at timing earlier than timing at which the one of the plurality of data signal lines is driven in response to the first pixel data and (ii) correcting the first pixel data in accordance with a relationship between the second pixel data and the first pixel data. This provides a data processing device which can carry out a correction so that, in a case where a previously applied voltage have an effect on the charging states of respective pixels connected to a certain data signal line, such an effect is cancelled. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231618 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING PRIVACY ON A DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a processing device and a method of providing privacy for a display device comprising a display panel arranged to display a first image signal ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100231619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INK AND DATA DELIVERY | 2010-09-16 |
20100231620 | LIQUID HOLDING CONTAINER - A liquid holding container that supplies liquid to a liquid ejecting apparatus, includes: a liquid containing section which contains the liquid; a liquid supply port for supplying the liquid to the liquid ejecting apparatus; and a supply pump which supplies the liquid contained in the liquid containing section to the liquid ejecting apparatus through the liquid supply port. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231621 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILLING INK INTO INK TANK IN INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink jet printing apparatus reduced manufacture costs is provided. The ink jet manufacturing apparatus includes a diaphragm section configured to be able to change the volume of a subtank, and an atmosphere communication port configured to allow the interior of the subtank to communicate with the atmosphere. The ink jet printing apparatus further includes an atmosphere communication valve configured to be able to close the atmosphere communication port, and a driving mechanism configured to drive the diaphragm section and the atmosphere communication valve. The driving mechanism opens the atmosphere communication port and then reduces the volume of the diaphragm section. The driving mechanism subsequently allows the atmosphere communication valve to close the atmosphere communication port and then increases the volume of the diaphragm section. The driving mechanism thus supplies the ink accommodated in a main tank to the subtank. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231622 | Inkjet Recording Apparatus - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a droplet ejection head, a head tank, a tube, an ink cartridge, and a liquid-feed pump. The droplet ejection head has a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink. The head tank is mounted on the droplet ejection head, temporarily stores a certain amount of ink, and creates negative pressure in the droplet ejection head. The tube is connected to the head tank. The ink cartridge is connected via the tube to the head tank, the ink cartridge storing ink. The liquid-feed pump is disposed at the tube between the ink cartridge and the head tank to feed ink from the ink cartridge to the head tank through the tube. The liquid-feed pump is operable in reverse to feed ink from the head tank through the tube to the ink cartridge and create negative pressure in the head tank. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231623 | Image Forming Apparatus And Mist Recovery Method - The image forming apparatus includes: an inkjet head of an on-demand ejection type having a nozzle plate in which a nozzle electrode is arranged in a vicinity of a nozzle through which liquid is ejected; and a voltage application device which makes a polarity of the nozzle electrode one of positive and negative in accordance with a start of an ejection operation of the liquid, and then switches the polarity of the nozzle electrode to an opposite polarity to the one of positive and negative in accordance with a timing of ejecting the liquid through the nozzle. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231624 | PRINTHEAD SYSTEM FOR MODULATING PRINTHEAD PEAK POWER REQUIREMENT USING REDUNDANT NOZZLES - A printhead system comprising an inkjet printhead and a printer controller for supplying dot data to the printhead is provided. The printhead comprises a plurality of first nozzles and a plurality of second nozzles supplied with a same colored ink. The first nozzles and second nozzles are configured in a plurality of sets, wherein each set of nozzles comprises one first nozzle and one corresponding second nozzle. Each nozzle in a set is configurable by the printer controller to print a dot of the ink onto a substantially same position on a print medium. The printer controller is programmed to supply dot data such that the first nozzles and the second nozzles each contribute dots to a line of printing. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231625 | PRINTHEAD HAVING CONTROLLED NOZZLE FIRING GROUPING - A printhead is provided having a plurality of rows of nozzles, with the nozzles in each row being grouped into fire groups, and a controller configured to fire the nozzles of each fire group by outputting firing pulses to the nozzles. The controller sets the number of fire groups in each row based on the width of the firing pulses and a predetermined length of time for firing all of the nozzles of that row. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231626 | Cancellation Apparatus - Apparatus designed to cancel at least one postage or franking mark on a surface of a mailpiece moving on edge in a belt conveyor, said apparatus comprising: a conveyor portion with a plurality of small superposed belts and a plurality of superposed print heads; and control means for controlling the print heads in such a manner as to cause a print head to print one or more cancellation marks over the franking mark(s) detected on the mailpiece. Each print head is suitable for operating selectively with a plurality of superposed inkjets so as to print only a portion (¾, ½, ¼) of said cancellation mark or a scaled-down version thereof over the franking mark when said franking mark is positioned in such a manner as to be off-center between two belts. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231627 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A printer apparatus includes a drive circuit and a flexible board on which the drive circuit is mounted. A first input line and a second input line for inputting a driving signal respectively to the drive circuit and an actuator are provided on the flexible board. A thermistor that has a high resistance value with terminals provided therein being in an electrically disconnected state at a temperature not less than a predetermined temperature and has a low resistance value with the terminals being in an electrically connected state at a temperature lower than the predetermined temperature is provided between the first input line and the second input line. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231628 | LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DRIVING OF LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid-ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid-ejecting head that is capable of ejecting a liquid from a nozzle opening; a liquid-receiving unit that is capable of receiving the liquid ejected from the liquid-ejecting head; a driving unit that provides driving power that causes the liquid-ejecting head to operate; and a controller that calculates a waiting time in accordance with an amount of liquid ejected during a flushing operation, in which the liquid-ejecting head ejects the liquid into the liquid-receiving unit, and performs control so as to cause the driving unit to perform driving once the calculated waiting time has elapsed. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231629 | PRINTER CONTROL APPARATUS - A printer control apparatus including a print medium selection unit that presents a list of a plurality of print media and receives any one selected from the print media; a print quality selection unit that presents a list of a plurality of print qualities and receives any one selected from the plurality of print qualities; a print start unit that starts the print in a state a cartridge filled with the ink suitable to a selected print medium is connected to the common nozzle when a high print quality of the print qualities is selected, and starts the print regardless of which one of the plurality of cartridges is connected to the common nozzle when a low print quality of the print qualities is selected; and a guide unit that assigns to raster data to be printed guide raster data. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231630 | LIQUID DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet jetting apparatus which jets liquid droplets of a liquid onto a recording medium includes: a jetting head having a channel unit in which a plurality of nozzles for jetting the liquid droplets and a plurality of pressure chambers communicating with the nozzles respectively are formed, and a pressure applying section which applies a pressure to the liquid inside the pressure chambers; and a controller having a pressure calculating section which calculates a pressure in the channel unit, and controlling the pressure applying section to execute: a duty limiting in which a jetting amount of the jetting head for a predetermined time period is limited to a first jetting amount when the pressure in the channel unit calculated by the pressure calculating section satisfied a predetermined condition; and a flushing in which the pressure applying section is driven irrespective of a jetting operation onto the recording medium. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231631 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming method is disclosed in which an image is formed on commercial printing paper using a high penetration pigmented ink by performing image processing which makes use of dot patterns corresponding to an output halftone level. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231632 | Recording device, control method, and recording medium - A recording device including a carriage head, a recording head installed onto the carriage head, the recording head having an array of nozzles that discharges ink on a recording medium, a transfer roller that transfers the recording medium in a direction along the array of nozzles, a control device that controls rotation of the transfer roller, a first detection roller that detects a rotation position of the transfer roller, and a second detection device that detects a mark printed on the recording medium by the recording head, the control device including a print control device that controls printing the marks on the recording medium in the direction along the array of nozzles from the array of nozzles of the recording head while the carriage and the transfer roller remain still, a calculation device that calculates a correction amount for use in correction of a rotation angle of the transfer roller according to a difference between an actual transfer amount of the recording medium by the transfer roller at a predetermined rotation position obtained by detection of the marks by the second detection device while the transfer roller is in rotation and a theoretical transfer amount of the recording medium at the predetermined rotation position, and a correction device that corrects the rotation angle of the transfer roller using the correction amount. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231633 | MOBILE PRINTING SYSTEM - A mobile printing system includes a print medium having coded tags printed in IR-absorbing ink over a first face, each coded tag encoding data indicative of a location of that coded tag on the first face, an identifier of the print medium and a unique digital signature associated with the identifier. A mobile device for printing on the print medium includes a sensor for capturing an image of the coded tags when the print medium is positioned in a media feed path; a processor for decoding the sensed coded tag; verifying the digital signature; authorizing use of the print medium if the digital signature is verified; and determining the position of the print medium in the media feed path using the determined location of the sensed coded tag. The mobile device has a printer for printing information in registration with the sensed coded tag. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231634 | Ejection Surface Cleaning Apparatus, Liquid Ejection Apparatus and Ejection Surface Cleaning Method - An ejection surface cleaning apparatus for cleaning a liquid ejection surface of a liquid ejection head ejecting an ejection liquid, includes: a cleaning liquid deposition device which deposits a cleaning liquid that dissolves or redisperses the ejection liquid, onto the liquid ejection surface; a wiping device which wipes the liquid ejection surface onto which the cleaning liquid has been deposited; and a control device which controls a leave time from deposition of the cleaning liquid onto the liquid ejection surface until wiping performed by the wiping device. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231635 | System And Method For Evaluating And Correcting Image Quality In An Image Generating Device - A system evaluates image quality in an image generating system in a manner that accounts for the interaction of the calibration tools used to evaluate and correct image quality in the image generating system. The system includes a test pattern generator configured to generate an image with an image generating system, an image capture device configured to generate a digital signal corresponding to the generated test pattern, an image evaluator configured to process the digital signal to detect and correct anomalies detected in the generated test pattern, a plurality of calibration tools, each calibration tool being comprised of at least one test pattern, at least one set of detection criteria, and at least one set of anomaly correction parameters, and a controller configured to select the calibration tools for operation of the test pattern generator and the image evaluator in accordance with a predetermined sequence that attenuates changes arising from application of correction parameters of one calibration tool upon a later selected calibration tool. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231636 | Method For The Printing Of Homogeneous Electronic Material With A Multi-Ejector Print Head - Printing systems are disclosed that produce homogenous, smooth edged printed patterns (such as integrated circuit (IC) patterns) by separating pattern layouts into discrete design layers having only parallel layout features, and by printing each design layer using individual print solution droplets deposited onto the substrate. A first alignment operation is performed to achieve a specified orientation between the printhead and a first set of alignment marks on the substrate using first image data generated by the imaging sensor of the camera before performing a first print operation, and a second alignment operation to orient the printhead relative to a second set of alignment marks is performed before a second print operation. A first pattern layout portion includes first layout elements aligned parallel to a first reference axis, and the first print operation is performed by making multiple printing passes in a print direction aligned with the first reference axis. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231637 | Method For The Printing Of Homogeneous Electronic Material With A Multi-Ejector Print Head - Printing systems are disclosed that produce homogenous, smooth edged printed patterns (such as integrated circuit (IC) patterns) by separating pattern layouts into discrete design layers having only parallel layout features, and by printing each design layer using individual print solution droplets deposited onto the substrate. A printhead alignment operation includes printing a first spot from a first printhead ejector on a first substrate location, positioning a second ejector over the first substrate location and printing a second spot, measuring a distance between the first spot and the second spot, adjusting a rotational orientation between the print head and the substrate to reduce the distance between the first spot and the second spot, and then repeating the printing, measuring and adjusting processes until the first and second spots are separated by a predefined threshold value apart. The design layers are then printed. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231638 | Method For The Printing Of Homogeneous Electronic Material With A Multi-Ejector Print Head - Printing systems are disclosed that produce homogenous, smooth edged printed patterns (such as integrated circuit (IC) patterns) by separating pattern layouts into discrete design layers having only parallel layout features, and by printing each design layer using individual print solution droplets deposited onto the substrate. A printhead alignment operation includes positioning the printhead and printing a spot onto the substrate from each ejector, determining a vertical offset between an expected location of each spot along a vertical axis and the actual location of the spot along the vertical axis, calculating a linear fit line for the vertical offset of each spot plotted against an expected location of the spot along a horizontal axis, calculating the slope of the linear fit line, and rotating the printhead relative to the substrate according to an angle defined by the slope of the linear fit line. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231639 | VARIABLE DATA IMAGING - According to some embodiments, a method for printing an image on a substrate includes applying a clear liftoff material to a surface of the substrate to form a sacrificial pattern, the clear liftoff material being substantially optically clear, and applying a first marking material to the surface of the substrate to form a first static pattern, a portion of the first static pattern arranged directly above a portion of the sacrificial pattern. The method further includes removing the portion of the first static pattern from the surface of the substrate, and removing the sacrificial pattern from the surface of the substrate. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231640 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that performs liquid ejection with respect to an ejection target medium, a carriage that reciprocates with the liquid ejecting head being mounted, a linear encoder that has a linear encoder scale extending in a movement direction of the carriage and a detector which detects the linear encoder scale, a cleaning member that cleans the linear encoder scale, and a recovery unit that recovers the liquid adhered to the cleaning member in a non-ejection area other than an ejection area for performing ejection with respect to the ejection target medium. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231641 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A simple, low-cost liquid ejection apparatus is provided which can prevent a reverse flow of ink from within the cap into the print head, which would otherwise occur when the interior of the cap is returned to an atmospheric pressure. For this purpose, the ink is sucked out of the nozzle ports of the print head by the recovery unit with the atmospheric vent valve of the subtank open. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231642 | PRINTER CARTRIDGE INCORPORATING PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A desktop printer includes a printhead cartridge defining an ink reservoir and including a printhead integrated circuit having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements, the ink reservoir and the printhead integrated circuit substantially spanning a width of a medium transfer path along which print medium is transported past the printhead cartridge; a cradle for removably receiving the printhead cartridge, the cradle supplying data and power to the printhead cartridge; and a capping mechanism attached to the cradle and actuatable between an open position where the nozzles are exposed, and a closed position where the nozzles are sealed, the capping mechanism substantially spanning a width of the medium transfer path. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231643 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a base member where a plurality of recording heads is provided, the recording heads being configured to jet liquid drops onto a recording medium; a carriage configured to elevatably support the base member; and an elevating part configured to elevate the base member relative to the carriage, wherein the elevating part is a plurality of slide cam members provided movably in a horizontal direction. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231644 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head having a nozzle row for ejecting liquid provided therein. A primary scanning unit performs a primary scanning by moving the liquid ejection head and an ejection target relative to each other in the direction intersecting a row direction of the nozzle row. A secondary scanning unit performs a secondary scanning by moving the ejection target and the liquid ejection head relative to each other so that positions of liquid to be ejected from the liquid ejection head on the ejection target are shifted at every pass of the primary scanning. The nozzle row includes large nozzles arranged at a center of the nozzle row for ejecting a relatively large quantity of liquid and small nozzles arranged at least one end side of the nozzle row for ejecting a relatively small quantity of liquid. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231645 | PRINTHEAD INCORPORATING ROWS OF INK EJECTION NOZZLES - A printhead for an inkjet printer includes a wafer assembly defining rows of spaced apart ink supply channels; and rows of ink ejection nozzle groups extending from the wafer assembly, each nozzle group including a pair of rows of ink ejection nozzles, each ink ejection nozzle including an ink ejection head from which an elongate actuator tail extends, all of the ink ejection heads of each group being in fluid communication with a respective ink supply channel. In each nozzle group, the actuator tails of one pair of rows of ink ejection nozzles extend in an opposite direction to the actuator tails of the other pair of rows of ink ejection nozzles. The actuator tails from adjacent rows of ink ejection nozzle groups are interleaved. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231646 | PRINTING HEAD AND INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing head, having ejection openings arranged symmetric, is to be suppressed from deteriorating in image quality as caused by the manufacturing errors or problems in mounting accuracy thereof. Specifically, in the case the printing head inclines, for example, by 0.5 degrees at the line connecting between the corresponding ejection openings of ejection opening arrays relative to the scanning direction, deviations occur in the dots formed through the ejection opening arrays with reference to the dot formed through other ejection opening array. However, the deviations can be minimized by arranging adjacently small-ejection opening arrays for cyan and magenta with a spacing reduced between those ejection opening arrays. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231647 | Lyophobic Treatment Method, Nozzle Plate, Inkjet Head And Electronic Device - A lyophobic treatment method of imparting lyophobic properties to a surface of a base material having hole sections, includes: an organic film formation step of forming an organic film on the surface of the base material and inner wall faces of the hole sections of the base material; a protective member formation step of forming a protective member on the organic film on the surface of the base material; an organic film removal step of removing the organic film on the inner wall faces of the hole sections of the base material; a protective member removal step of removing the protective member on the organic film on the surface of the base material; and a fluorination step of carrying out fluorination processing of the organic film on the surface of the base material. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231648 | PRINTING SYSTEM HAVING FUNNELLED FLUID DISTRIBUTION - A printing system is provided having a fluid delivery member, a fluid ejection nozzle integrated circuit, and a fluid distribution member incorporating a laminated stack of layers for distributing fluid from the delivery member to the nozzles of the integrated circuit via distribution apertures. The distribution apertures of each successive layer of the stack from the delivery member to the nozzles having a successively smaller diameter. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231649 | INKJET PRINTER UTILIZING LOW ENERGY TITANIUM NITRIDE HEATER ELEMENTS - An inkjet printer includes an array of nozzles extending substantially a width of a print media fed through the inkjet printer; and a plurality of heater elements each corresponding to a nozzle, each heater element being formed substantially of titanium nitride and suspended in direct contact with a bubble forming liquid with the bubble forming liquid surrounding the heater element. Each heater element has a mass of less than 10 nanograms, and sized to heat the bubble forming liquid above a boiling point thereof upon application of 200 nJ or less of energy to each heater element. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231650 | Liquid Ejection Head, Method of Manufacturing Liquid Ejection Head and Image Forming Apparatus - A liquid ejection head includes: a flow channel unit having a plurality of pressure chambers arranged in a plane; and piezoelectric actuators which change volume of the plurality of pressure chambers so as to apply pressure to liquid inside the plurality of the pressure chambers respectively, wherein the piezoelectric actuators comprise: a diaphragm which constitutes one wall of the plurality of pressure chambers; a common electrode formed on a surface of the diaphragm; a piezoelectric layer formed on a surface of the common electrode; a plurality of ring-shaped individual electrodes formed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer and formed in regions which overlap respectively with marginal portions which are non-central portions of the plurality of pressure chambers, as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the plane; and central electrodes connected electrically to the common electrode, and formed so as not to make contact with the plurality of ring-shaped individual electrodes in inner regions of the plurality of ring-shaped individual electrodes, as viewed from the direction perpendicular to the plane. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231651 | Large-scale ink-jet printer having pre-printing, printing, and post-printing processing modules - A large-scale ink-jet printer having pre-printing, printing, and post-printing processing modules comprises a main body, a pre-printing processing module, a post-printing processing module, and a transporting device. The main body has a front end and a rear end and is provided with a printing processing module for proceeding with printing procedures on the center of the main body. The pre-printing processing module is provided on the front end of the main body while the post-printing processing module is provided on the rear end of the main body. The transporting device is connected with the printing, pre-printing, and the post-printing processing modules for transporting a material to be processed by the pre-printing, printing, and post-printing processing modules sequentially. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231652 | INKJET NOZZLE ASSEMBLY HAVING BILAYERED PASSIVE BEAM - An inkjet nozzle assembly comprises: a nozzle chamber having a nozzle opening and an ink inlet; and a thermal bend actuator for ejecting ink through the nozzle opening. The actuator comprises: an active beam for connection to drive circuitry; a first passive beam fused to the active beam; and a second passive beam fused to the second first passive beam. The first passive beam is sandwiched between the active beam and the second passive beam such that when a current is passed through the active beam, the active beam expands relative to the passive beams, resulting in bending of the actuator and ejection of ink through the nozzle opening. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231653 | PRINTHEAD NOZZLES HAVING LOW MASS HEATER ELEMENTS - Provided is a printhead having a plurality of nozzles formed on a wafer substrate. Each nozzle has a fluid chamber for holding printing fluid, the fluid chamber having an ejection port, a fluid inlet defined in the wafer substrate for supplying the fluid chamber with printing fluid, and a heater element suspended in the fluid chamber. The heater element has a mass of less than 10 nanograms. Upon application of electrical energy to the heater element, a vapour bubble is formed in the printing fluid, thereby ejecting the fluid via the ejection port. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231654 | Ink Chamber with Droplet Step Anchor - Provided is an inkjet printhead having an array of ink chambers formed on a planar support surface of a wafer substrate. Each ink chamber in the array has a nozzle, a thermal actuator for ejecting ink through the nozzle and a droplet stem anchor. The thermal actuator has two sections with higher resistance than the remainder of the thermal actuator. The droplet stem anchor is positioned between the two sections with higher resistance of the thermal actuator. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231655 | INKJET-PRINTING DEVICE PRINTHEAD DIE HAVING EDGE PROTECTION LAYER FOR HEATING RESISTOR - A printhead die ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100231656 | METHOD OF EJECTING FLUID USING WIDE HEATER ELEMENT - A method of ejecting fluid from a printhead nozzle is provided. The printhead nozzle has a fluid chamber, a fluid ejection port, electrodes on opposite sides of the chamber and a heater element suspended between the electrodes. The heater element has a cross section with a lateral dimension at least triple that of the thickness of heater element. The he thickness of the heater element being less than 0.3 microns. In the method the heater element is heated to a temperature above the boiling point of the fluid to form a gas bubble that causes ejection of a drop of the fluid from the ejection port, and the chamber is supplied with a replacement volume of the fluid equivalent to the ejected drop. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231657 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND INK JET HEAD - A piezoelectric element | 2010-09-16 |
20100231658 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND ACTUATOR - A liquid ejecting head includes a flow channel forming substrate in which pressure generating chambers in communication with nozzles are formed; a piezoelectric element made up of a first electrode formed over the flow channel forming substrate, a piezoelectric layer formed over the first electrode and a second electrode formed over the piezoelectric layer; and a coating film provided by coating the piezoelectric element, wherein a hollow section formed by removing the coating film and a part of the second electrode is provided at an area opposite to the piezoelectric element, and an inclination angle θ1 of an end face of the coating film defining the hollow section with respect to the flow channel forming substrate and an inclination angle θ2 of an end face of the second electrode defining the hollow section satisfy a relationship of θ2<θ1. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231659 | THIN-FILM ACTUATOR, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, INK CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A thin-film actuator that deforms a diaphragm to generate force includes a lower electrode disposed on the diaphragm, a first piezoelectric layer disposed on the lower electrode, an intermediate electrode disposed on the first piezoelectric layer, a second piezoelectric layer disposed on the intermediate electrode, and an upper electrode disposed on the second piezoelectric layer. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231660 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The liquid ejection head includes: pressure chambers connected to ejection ports which eject liquid; actuators which apply pressure to liquid inside the pressure chambers; and a spacer which ensures spaces around the actuators. The spacer has a non-side face which is one of a top face and a bottom face of the spacer. The spacer has side faces which intersect with the non-side face. The spacer is formed with conducting parts. The conducting parts each have first electrodes and second electrodes. The first electrodes are exposed at the side faces of the spacer and connected to the actuators. The second electrodes are exposed at the non-side face of the spacer and connected to external wires for applying drive signals to the actuators. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231661 | PRESSURE-REGULATING VALVE AND LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS - A pressure-regulating valve for opening and closing, based on atmospheric pressure, a valve body provided to a communication flow passage via which a primary chamber and a secondary chamber communicate inside a valve housing, with the aid of a pressure-receiving membrane that constitutes one surface of the secondary chamber, for regulating the pressure of a liquid fed to the primary chamber via an inflow port, and for feeding the liquid from the secondary chamber via an outflow port; the pressure-regulating valve wherein a cover is provided for allowing action of the pressure-receiving membrane and for covering the pressure-receiving membrane; and the cover has light-blocking properties. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231662 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus configured to perform printing by supplying an ink from a main tank to a sub tank and ejecting the ink in the sub tank from a printing head is allowed to execute an agitating operation to appropriately eliminate sedimentation of a pigment component without being complicated in structure and increased in cost. The printing apparatus includes a diaphragm provided in an ink supply path, and a driving mechanism for driving the diaphragm to thereby change an internal volume thereof. In the ink supply path, a resistance value of a flow path from the diaphragm to the printing head is set greater than that of a flow path from the diaphragm to the sub tank. The diaphragm is driven to generate bidirectional ink flow between the diaphragm and the sub tank to eliminate pigment component sedimentation at a bottom of the sub tank. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231663 | INK SET AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An ink set includes at least a magenta ink composition and a cyan ink composition, wherein the magenta ink composition comprises: at least one colorant selected from the group consisting of specific heterylazo dyes; and at least one colorant selected from the group consisting of specific anthrapyridone dyes, and the cyan ink composition comprises at least one colorant selected from the group consisting of phthalocyanine compounds meeting requirements 1 and 2: Requirement 1: The ratio of the maximum absorbance within the absorption band of from 660 nm to 680 nm to the maximum absorbance within the absorption band of from 600 nm to 640 nm on the spectral absorption curve of aqueous solution is less than 1; and Requirement 2: The oxidation potential is more positive than 1.0 eV (vsSCE). | 2010-09-16 |
20100231664 | PRINTING FLUID CONTAINER - A printing-fluid container includes a reservoir having a leading surface with an outer perimeter. Redundant interface elements are recessed from the leading surface interior the outer perimeter. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231665 | CARTRIDGE UNIT FOR PRINTER - Provided is a cartridge unit for a printer. The cartridge unit has upper and lower plate members having an ink bag located between the plate members to define an ink volume. The plate members can be displaced towards and away from each other by an external force. A bag constrictor assembly engages the plate members and is configured to act on the bag when the plate members are displaced towards each other to reduce the ink volume. A valve insert has an inlet valve to facilitate refilling of the bag with ink and an outlet valve to facilitate ink delivery to a printhead. A filter cover is positioned between the valve insert and the ink bag to filter contaminants and air bubbles passing between the ink bag and said valve insert. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231666 | CARTRIDGE FOR PRINTING SYSTEM - A cartridge for a printing system is provided which has a body, print media disposed within the body, and a sliding door in the body arranged to be opened during printing so as to expose the print media to enable a print media feed mechanism of the printing system to contact the print media. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231667 | LIQUID CONTAINERS - A liquid container includes an air introduction portion configured to introduce air into a liquid chamber. The air introduction portion includes an air communication passage, and a blocking member positioned in the air communication passage and configured to block the air communication passage. The air introduction portion also includes a movable member positioned in the air communication passage and configured to move toward the blocking member, such that blockage of the air communication passage by the blocking member is released. The movable member includes an air passage formed therethrough, and the air passage is in fluid communication with the air communication passage. The air introduction portion further includes a gas-permeable film positioned on the movable member and closing the air passage. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231668 | BUBBLE REMOVING METHOD - A method removes bubbles from a liquid in a liquid ejecting apparatus. The liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid storing chamber that stores a liquid and a first pressure control chamber adjacent to the liquid storing chamber with a first partition wall portion having flexibility and gas permeability interposed therebetween. A pressure control valve opens or seals an inlet of the liquid storing chamber in response to displacement of the first partition wall portion. A switching valve connects to the first pressure control chamber. A depressurizing pump is connected to the switching valve. An ejection port on the downstream side of the liquid storing chamber ejects the liquid. The method includes communicating the first pressure control chamber with the depressurizing pump by controlling the switching valve, depressurizing the first pressure control chamber by driving the depressurizing pump, and sealing the first pressure control chamber by controlling the switching valve. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231669 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting a liquid, including: a depressurizing pump: a liquid storing chamber which includes an inlet for the liquid and stores the liquid; a first partition wall portion which has flexibility and gas permeability; a first pressure control chamber which is adjacent to the liquid storing chamber with the first partition wall portion interposed therebetween; a pressure control valve which opens or seals the inlet in response to displacement of the first partition wall portion; and a switching valve which is connected to the first pressure control chamber and the depressurizing pump and selects an arbitrary state among a first communication state where the first pressure control chamber communicates with an atmosphere, a second communication state where the first pressure control chamber communicates with the depressurizing pump, and a sealed state where the first pressure control chamber is sealed. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231670 | SET FOR INK JET RECORDING, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - A set for ink jet recording comprising an ink jet recording medium containing a water-soluble aluminum compound and a sulfoxide compound in an ink receiving layer on a support, and an ink containing a coloring matter represented by the following formula (I), and an ink jet recording method using the same: | 2010-09-16 |
20100231671 | PRETREATMENT FOR LOW AND NON-POROUS MEDIA FOR INKJET PRINTING - This invention pertains to inkjet printing on non-porous or low porous media and to a pretreatment solution for the non-porous or low porous media that allows high quality printing thereon. The preferred digitally printed inks are disperse dye or pigmented inks. | 2010-09-16 |