43rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120268444 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, POLARITY REVERSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A liquid crystal display device includes a polarity reversal control section for controlling a source voltage application section so as to make a transition from (i) a state in which voltages each having a first polarity are applied to respective electrodes of all pixels of a liquid crystal display panel to (ii) a state in which voltages each having a second polarity, which is opposite to the first polarity, are applied to the respective electrodes of all the pixels, the transition being made while more than one of the plurality of frame images are displayed in turn on the liquid crystal display panel. This allows prevention of occurrence of flicker and of an increase in power consumption. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268445 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, PANEL AND PANEL MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided are an image display device in which a desired number of panels are combined so that a large light-emitting surface is realized, a panel provided in the image display device, and a method for manufacturing the panel. For this purpose, a panel ( | 2012-10-25 |
20120268446 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device which realizes a multi-gradation constant display with low power consumption is provided. A pixel circuit | 2012-10-25 |
20120268447 | DISPLAY ELEMENT AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - A display element ( | 2012-10-25 |
20120268448 | CONNECTION DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND CONNECTION DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR A DISPLAY - An electronic device comprising a liquid crystal display and a control board, the electrical tracks of the board and of the display being connected by a connector, the control board including a microcontroller able to apply an electrical voltage to at least one connection terminal in order to display given information on the display, characterised by the fact that the control board includes a diagnostic device which is designed to generate a voltage pulse at connection terminals and to measure the resulting electrical voltage in order to determine the state of the connection between the display and the board as a function of the value of the measured electrical voltage. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268449 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed is a display apparatus with an improved structure of its display unit and main body. The display apparatus includes: a display unit which includes a display connector and displays an image; and a main body which includes a power supply unit for supplying power to the display unit, an image processing unit for outputting image signals, and a main body connector which is directly or indirectly connected to the display connector in order to supply the power and the image signals output from the power supply unit and the image processing unit, respectively, to the display unit. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268450 | Automated Detection of Airway and Vessel Orientations for Quantitative Analysis and Visualization - A method including displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image of a lung, receiving a selection of an airway of the lung and displaying a two-dimensional (2D) cross-section image of the airway perpendicular to the airway's long axis, wherein the display of the 2D cross-section image occurs almost immediately after the selection of the airway is received. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268451 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY - A 3D display has a light grating unit inserted between a polarized light module and an image display unit. The light grating unit includes a tristate switching unit, a microretarder unit, and a polarizing film. By controlling the tristate switching unit of the light grating unit to be switched between three modes, a displayed image is switched between a 2D image at the third mode and a 3D image at the first and second mode. The first mode and the second mode are the switching effect to exchange image for the left eye and the right eye. When the light grating unit switches fast, e.g. in 2 times or more of the video rate, and the content updates synchronously, viewers will see 3D images in full resolution. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268452 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM - A stereoscopic image generation method and a stereoscopic image generation system that can generate, from an original image, a stereoscopic image that allows the viewer to perceive a natural stereoscopic effect are provided. The method includes a region setting step of setting a plurality of regions in an original image, a characteristic information acquisition step of acquiring characteristic information for each of pixels constituting the original image, a depth information generation step of generating depth information for each of the pixels for each of the plurality of regions on the basis of the characteristic information, and a stereoscopic image generation step of generating a stereoscopic image in which the positions of the pixels are changed on the basis of the pieces of depth information. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268453 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An image display device and a method for driving the same are discussed. The image display device includes a display panel, which includes a subpixel disposed at a crossing between a pair of gate lines and a data line to selectively display a 2D image and a 3D image, a panel driver including a gate driver for driving the pair of gate lines and a data driver for driving the data line, a controller for differently controlling the panel driver in response to a mode selection signal, and a patterned retarder for dividing light from the display panel into first polarized light and second polarized light. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268454 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes: a first display module configured to three-dimensionally display a first display region within a display screen; a second display module configured to two-dimensionally display a second display region within the display screen; and a display controller configured to preferentially display the first display region if the second display region overlaps the first display region. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268455 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a displaying device, a receiver, a calculator, and a controller. The displaying device can display a stereoscopic image. The receiver receives a start signal used for starting setting a viewing zone in which the stereoscopic image can be viewed by a viewer. The calculator calculates, on the basis of position information of the viewer, viewing zone information representing a position of the viewing zone when the start signal is received. The controller controls the displaying device so as to set the viewing zone corresponding to the viewing zone information. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268456 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes: a display module; and a display changing module. The display module is configured to two-dimensionally display or three-dimensionally display each of a plurality of regions set on a screen. The display changing module is configured to change, if a three-dimensionally displayed first display region and a two-dimensionally displayed second display region overlaps each other and a state of the first display region satisfies a predetermined condition, the first display region to be displayed two-dimensionally. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268457 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display module, a detector, and a display controller. The display module three-dimensionally displays an image in a first region of a display screen and displays information in a second region of the display screen, the display screen capable to switch two-dimensional display and three-dimensional display. The detector detects overlapping between at least part of the first region and the second region. The display controller two-dimensionally displays the image in the first region if the detector detects the overlapping. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268458 | CACHE LINE ALLOCATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A cache line allocation method, wherein the cache is coupled to a graphic processing unit and the cache comprising a plurality of cache lines, each cache line stores one of a plurality of instructions the method comprising the steps of: putting the plurality of instructions in whole cache lines; locking the whole cache lines if an instruction size is less than a cache size; locking a first number of cache lines when the instruction size is larger than the cache size and a difference between the instruction size and the cache size is less than or equal to a threshold; and locking a second number of cache lines when the instruction size is larger than the cache size and a difference between the instruction size and the cache size is large than the threshold; wherein the first number is greater than the second number. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268459 | PROCESSING A DATASET REPRESENTING A PLURALITY OF PATHWAYS IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - A system for processing a dataset representing a plurality of pathways in a three-dimensional space includes an orientation associating unit for associating an orientation with at least part of at least one pathway of the plurality of pathways, to obtain an associated orientation. The system includes an opacity associating unit for associating an opacity level with at least part of the at least one pathway based on the associated orientation, to obtain an associated opacity level. The opacity associating unit includes an orientation comparator for comparing the associated orientation with a reference orientation. The orientation comparator is arranged for computing a degree of similarity between the associated orientation and the reference orientation. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268460 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method of operating an image display apparatus includes receiving an input external image, receiving supplementary information indicating the number of external images to be displayed or the number of sub images in the external image to be displayed, rearranging the external image or sub images based on the supplementary information, and displaying the rearranged external images or sub images. Accordingly, it is possible to conveniently detect the number of external images to be displayed or the number of sub images to be displayed. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268461 | METHOD OF REMOVING JAGGING OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - This document relates to a method of removing jagging of a stereoscopic image and a stereoscopic image display device using the same. The method comprises: detecting left edges and right edges by analyzing left-eye image data and right-eye image data; replacing the left-eye image data on a k | 2012-10-25 |
20120268462 | METHOD OF DISCRIMINATING LONGITUDINAL MELANONYCHIA AND VISUALIZING MALIGNANCY THEREOF - In a digital color image of longitudinal melanonychia, RGB parameter values of each pixel are assumed as three components to form a three-dimensional vector. Latitudinal and longitudinal variables are obtained for each three-dimensional vector in an RGB space. The latitudinal and longitudinal variables are used to define a distribution of points, and from the distribution, a discrimination index is found. The discrimination index is classified according to a threshold, to discriminate whether the longitudinal melanonychia is malignant or benign. The distribution of points is displayed to realize visualization of the malignancy of the longitudinal melanonychia. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268463 | SECURELY SHARING DESIGN RENDERINGS OVER A NETWORK - Systems, methods, and design software allow for easy and efficient rendering, displaying, navigation, and/or sharing of computer generated designs and models. One or more implementations allow a user to share the geometry and the graphical attributes of a three-dimensional model without sharing the source file or the proprietary details of the source file. In particular, the one or more implementations provide the ability to capture the geometry and the graphical attributes of a three-dimensional model, and share then captured geometry with others. Furthermore, one or more implementations can allow for sharing of the geometry and graphical attributes of a three-dimensional model without requiring the viewer to have the software used to create the three-dimensional model. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268464 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING SPATIAL DATA - A method and a device for processing spatial data are disclosed, the method includes: transforming the received primitive coordinate of the primitive spatial data into view coordinates of the view window according to the preset view control parameter (S | 2012-10-25 |
20120268465 | IMAGE FILE GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FILE GENERATION METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA STRUCTURE FOR IMAGE FILES - Hierarchical data in which image data that represents an image at different resolutions is arranged according to the resolution comprises three types of data including a header, index blocks, and tile images. The header defines a plurality of areas produced by dividing the pyramidal hierarchical structure in the virtual space in which the hierarchical data is generated. A pointer pointing to one of the index blocks is set in each area. The index blocks are generated for the respective areas in the structure defined by the header. A pointer pointing to one of the tile images is defined for a position in the images in a plurality of layers belonging to each area. The images are image data actually used to render an image. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268466 | Method and System for graphically determining the degree of separation between banks in a correspondent banking network - The present invention discloses a method for determining the minimum degree of separation between two banks using graphical methods. In this method, a graphical representation of the banking network is created where the vertices on the graphs represent banks and the graph edges represent correspondent relationships between banks. Using this graph, the degree of separation of any two banks may be computed as the minimum number of edges in any path linking the two banks. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268467 | SYSTEM FOR ARRANGING A PLURALITY OF RELATIONAL NODES INTO GRAPHICAL LAYOUT FORM - A system for arranging a plurality of nodes into graphical layout form partitions the nodes into a set of clusters from which a cluster graph is created. The cluster partitioning is based on the inter-nodal relationships, and cluster size depends on the number of nodes associated with each cluster. The clusters are laid out to avoid overlap, and cluster boundaries, within which nodes in a cluster are constrained, are generated. Nodes of each cluster as classified as either internal or boundary nodes, with boundary nodes being projected outward towards the boundary of the cluster. As an optional step, connection edges between nodes are routed to avoid overlap. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268468 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STOCHASTICALLY GENERATING MAPS OF PLACES IN A VIRTUAL SPACE - Maps of places for implementation in a virtual space may be stochastically generated. The stochastic generation of the maps may result in places within the virtual space seeming unique because of the vast number of arrangements of features that can be achieved. The appearance of uniqueness may be maintained between places even if some or all of the features are common between the places. This may enhance realism of the virtual space, engagement by users, and/or provide other benefits. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268469 | Parallel Entropy Encoding On GPU - An invention is disclosed for performing entropy encoding in a parallelized manner, using a GPU. In embodiments, an input sequence of integers is received, and run-length encoding is performed on any runs of zeros in parallel operations on the GPU. Then, a plurality of parallelized operations are performed on the run-length encoded sequence to entropy encode the sequence. The value N may be entropy encoded using only N and the value that precedes it in the sequence, N−1, so the encoding may be sub-divided into multiple operations that may be performed in parallel on the GPU. After entropy encoding is performed, a bitstream may be produced using parallelized operations on the GPU. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268470 | HEADS-UP-DISPLAY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOL - A method and apparatus for software development and a method and system for analysis of graphics software are disclosed. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268471 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATED WINDOW MEMOIZATION - The present invention provides a system, method and computer program providing automated window memoization which is an automated optimization of image processing. The method comprises inputting to a memoization compiler an image set, hardware or software code implementing one or more image processing algorithms, and one or more design parameters. The memoization compiler processes the image set for the image processing algorithms and implements hardware or software code for optimizing the image processing algorithms based on the design parameters. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268472 | PIXEL DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING PIXEL DATA - A pixel data processing apparatus comprises a data path unit comprising a hardware module dedicated to performing, when in use, predetermined functionality in relation to image data. The apparatus also comprises a data store for storing image data and a programmable engine. The programmable engine is arranged to route, when in use, data associated with the image data though the data path unit in a predetermined manner. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268473 | DRAWING OPERATIONS USING MULTIPLE GRAPHICS INTERFACES - Various embodiments provide techniques for enabling multiple graphics interfaces to be accessed to perform graphics-related operations. In at least some embodiments, techniques determine if the multiple graphics interfaces can share a memory resource for performing graphics operations. If the multiple graphics interfaces can share the memory resource, a coalescing graphics element is provided that can be used by applications to perform multiple graphics operations. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268474 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a moving image reproducing module, a display module, and an image quality adjusting module. The moving image reproducing module reproduces moving image content. The display module displays a screen of the moving image content reproduced by the moving image reproducing module. The image quality adjusting module adjusts the image quality of the screen, which is displayed by the display module, depending on whether the moving image reproducing module is reproducing the moving image content. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268475 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MARKING PIXELS FOR IMAGE MONITORING - A method and a computer readable medium containing instructions for devices marking pixel data as being critical symbology pixel data for verification prior to being displayed a pixel on a display device is presented. The method comprises determining by a computing device whether the pixel data is critical symbology pixel data and assigning an intensity threshold level to the pixel data. The threshold is based at least in part on the status of the pixel data as being critical symbology pixel data. Further, the method includes determining whether an intensity of the pixel data is less than or equal to the assigned intensity threshold level and then marking the pixel data as critical symbology pixel data when the intensity of the pixel data is greater than the intensity threshold. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268476 | Multi-Primary Color Display Device - A multi-primary color display device includes a unit pixel part, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of pads and a plurality of connection lines. The unit pixel part is disposed on a display area and includes at least four subpixels. The data lines extend in a first direction on display area, and are electrically connected to the subpixels. The pads are arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on a peripheral area surrounding the display area, and are electrically connected to a driving chip. The connection lines connect the data lines to the pads disposed on the peripheral area. Each of the connection lines has a same line resistance. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268477 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT CAN BE COMFORTABLY USED BY SPECIFIC USER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which is capable of switching the method of display according to screen forming elements of a screen to be displayed such that the screen can be displayed in accordance with an accessibility-related setting. A controller of the apparatus determines whether or not an accessibility-related setting has been enabled. When it is determined that the accessibility-related setting has been enabled and that screen forming elements of a screen to be displayed on a display section are of a specific type, the controller changes a method of displaying the elements and thereby generates the screen. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268478 | Method for Dithering in Display Panel and Associated Apparatus - A dithering method and associated apparatus is provided. The method synthesizes a dither pattern including a plurality of elements. At least two of the plurality of elements are of a same value, and at least two of the elements of the same value respectively associate with different driving polarities to prevent flickering. While sub-pixel data of a sub-pixel corresponds between two predetermined color levels of the sub-pixel, a color level displayed by the sub-pixel is determined from the two predetermined color levels according to a sum of the sub-pixel data and the element corresponding to the sub-pixel. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268479 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED DITHERING ON A LINE MULTIPLIED DISPLAY - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for producing line multiplied images with better visual appearance. In one aspect, before lines of the image are multiplied, they are dithered with a noise signal that increases faster with higher frequency along the multiplied dimension of the image data than along the non multiplied dimension of the image. This results in a line multiplied image was improved image quality. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268480 | METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING WINDOWS ON A DISPLAY - In a compositing window system, as a respective version of the window for an application is written into a window buffer, a corresponding set of per tile signatures indicative of the content of each respective tile in the window buffer is generated and stored. When an updated version of the window is stored into a window buffer, the set of signature values for the updated version is compared to the set of signature values for the previous version in the window buffer to determine which tiles' content has changed. The set of tiles found to have changed is used to generate a set of regions for a window compositor to write to a window in a display frame buffer to update the window in the display frame buffer to display the new version of the window. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268481 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY PANEL, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A subpixel | 2012-10-25 |
20120268482 | USER INTERFACE RENDERING AND OPERATING METHOD, A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND A UI RENDERING AND OPERATING SYSTEM - A user interface (UI) rendering and operating method is implemented by a processor with a deployment file, and comprises configuring the processor to implement a parent procedure for: parsing the deployment file so as to obtain UI rendering data that defines a visual design of the UI, feature provider data that defines a procedure providing a feature linked to a generated element of the UI, feature identification data that defines an identification corresponding to the feature, and element rendering data that defines a visual design of the element; binding the feature provider data and the feature identification data to the element; rendering the UI and the element with reference to the UI rendering data and the element rendering data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268483 | Graphics Rendering Using A Hierarchical Acceleration Structure - A hierarchical acceleration structure may be built for graphics processing using a 32 bit format. In one embodiment, the acceleration structure may be a k-d tree, but other acceleration structures may be used as well. 64 bit offsets are only used when 64 bit offsets are needed. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268484 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING USER-DEFINED CLIPPING IN OBJECT SPACE - A method and device for performing and processing user-defined clipping in object space to reduce the number of computations needed for the clipping operation. The method and device also combine the modelview transformation of the vertex coordinates with projection transform. The user-defined clipping in object space provides a higher performance and less power consumption by avoiding generation of eye coordinates if there is no lighting. The device includes a driver for the user-defined clipping in the object space to perform dual mode user-defined clipping in object space when a lighting function is disabled and in eye space when the lighting function is enabled. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268485 | Visualization of Query Results in Relation to a Map - A method is provided for visualizing query results in relation to a map. The method includes: specifying a geographic location of interest around which query results are to be clustered; querying a data source using a search query; constraining entities that satisfy the search query to form a subset of entities having a predefined number of entities that are geographically proximate to the specified location of interest; displaying an indicia for each of the entities in the subset of entities in a content area of a display; displaying a map of a geographic area on the display, where the geographic area includes the specified location of interest; and designating a boundary on the map whereby each of the entities in the subset of entities reside in the boundary and other entities that satisfy the search query reside outside the boundary. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268486 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a rendering processor that renders a plurality of objects on a page in a parallel process, an overlap determiner that determines a plurality of objects overlapping each other in accordance with coordinate information of each object on the page and acquires coordinate information of an overlap area between the objects, a timing controller that controls a timing of the rendering of each object in the parallel process of the rendering processor in accordance with the coordinate information of the overlap area, and a renderer that renders a lower-layer object in the overlap area in accordance with timing information generated by the timing controller prior to rendering an upper-layer object on the lower-layer object in a superimpose fashion. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268487 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFINING OVERLAY REGION OF USER INTERFACE CONTROL - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for defining an overlay region for an application in a user interface control region on a screen of a display in a mobile device. The application queries a platform about an overlay region desired to be generated based on a basic resolution set in the application. The platform calculates an approximate region satisfying an overlay region condition for the queried overlay region and informs the application of the approximate region. Thereafter, the application generates an overlay region corresponding to the approximate region, and the platform displays the generated overlay region on the screen. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268488 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, IMAGE GENERATION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image generation device generates a mosaic image which is suitable for users to see even if sufficient images are not acquired to complete the mosaic image. The image generation device specifies, in units of divided areas, an image area in which an image is drawn in each layer of a plurality of layers divided into the plurality of divided areas, allocates the acquired image to the divided areas in the image area of one of the layers, based on color information of the acquired image and color information of each of the divided areas in the specified image area, and generates a mosaic image by superimposing, between layers, the image allocated in the image area of two or more layers of the plurality of layers in which an image is allocated to at least one of all of the divided areas in the image area of each of the layers and the divided areas of another layer having a display position which overlaps the divided areas. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268489 | PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE CONTENT IN A WINDOWED ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the invention relate to an architecture or extension to a window manager. In particular, the extension can provide for a window rotation feature that can be exposed as a rotate button. Additionally or alternatively, the rotation feature can be activated based upon a diverse set of conditions, events, and/or commands. Upon activation of the rotation feature, the window manager can rotate a window about an axis to expose a secondary surface that can be populated with alternative content that is distinct from the content of the primary surface of the window. In addition, the architecture provides techniques for identifying both double-sided graphical objects and potentially double-sided objects. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268490 | AUGMENTED REALITY EXTRAPOLATION TECHNIQUES - Augmented reality extrapolation techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an augmented-reality display is rendered based at least in part on a first basis that describes a likely orientation or position of at least a part of the computing device. The rendered augmented-reality display is updated based at least in part on data that describes a likely orientation or position of the part of the computing device that was assumed during the rendering of the augmented-reality display. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268491 | Color Channels and Optical Markers - Color channel optical marker techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a plurality of color channels obtained from a camera are examined, each of the color channels depicting an optical marker having a different scale than another optical maker depicted in another one of the color channels. At least one optical marker is identified in a respective one of the plurality of color channels and an optical basis is computed using the identified optical marker usable to describe at least a position or orientation of a part of the computing device. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268492 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring an input image, a selection unit for selecting a recognition method of an object shown in the input image from a plurality of recognition methods, a recognition unit for recognising the object shown in the input image using the recognition method selected by the selection unit, and a display control unit for superimposing a virtual object that is associated with the object recognised by the recognition unit onto the input image and displaying the virtual object. The display control unit changes display of the virtual object according to the recognition method selected by the selection unit. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268493 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - An example of an information processing system according to a present disclosure controls a single virtual object based on a plurality of pieces of real object information including posture information that indicates respective postures of a plurality of real objects in order to perform control of a virtual object in wider variations when controlling the virtual object using a so-called AR marker. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268494 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A viewpoint information calculation unit ( | 2012-10-25 |
20120268495 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING RESOLUTION OF APPLICATION IN WIRELESS TERMINAL - Disclosed is an apparatus and a method of adjusting a resolution of an application in a wireless terminal, which can automatically adjust a resolution of an application to be appropriate for a resolution of a wireless terminal. The apparatus includes a display unit for displaying an application having a resolution identically adjusted to a resolution of a wireless terminal and a controller for controlling such that when execution of the application is selected, the application is executed by adjusting the resolution of the application to be identical to the resolution of the wireless terminal. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268496 | Magnification Engine - An improved graphics processing system and method are described for magnifying visual output information for printing, display, or other output. A graphics engine transforms display information so as to magnify one or more components or areas of an output image for display via output hardware such as a screen or printer. Magnification parameters are supplied to the graphics engine by one or more magnification applications. In an embodiment of the invention, the graphics engine performs compositing of magnified and unmagnified content for display. In an alternative embodiment, the graphics engine outputs corresponding scaled image material to the appropriate magnification application for rendering. In a further embodiment, the graphics engine may operate in both modes. The magnified output according to various embodiments of the invention enhances the accessibility of the computer system for visually handicapped or impaired users by providing high quality magnification and increased system and application stability. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268497 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING OBJECT - A device for arranging objects is provided. The device includes a display unit for displaying a plurality of objects having a relationship set between corresponding sides of the plurality of objects; and a control unit for designating at least one of a location and a size of each of the plurality of objects according to the relationship set between the corresponding sides, and for changing, when at least one of a location and size of a specific object from among the plurality of objects is changed, at least one of a location and a size of at least one other object having a relationship set with regard to a side of the specific object. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268498 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image display control device includes: an image memory storing image data; a position information management unit managing actual position information of plural displays; an individual image area determination unit determining relative positions at the time of displaying the image data based on actual positions of the plural displays; a unit for detecting target objects included in images; an overlapping degree improvement unit increasing an overlapping degree in which target objects included in the whole image data are included in an overlapping state in respective display areas of the plural displays while maintaining the relative positions; and an individual image data generation unit generating individual image data to be displayed on respective plural displays from the image data in respective display areas of the plural displays in which the overlapping degree has been improved. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268499 | Alternate Viewpoint Rendering - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for alternate viewpoint rendering. A first image and a set of pixel-shift values for the pixels in the first image are received. A portion of a second image is generated, the second image comprising a different viewpoint than a viewpoint of the first image. A first pixel from the set of pixels is selected based on the different viewpoint. A first destination pixel is identified for the first pixel in the second image based on a pixel-shift value from the set of pixel-shift values associated with the first pixel. A value of the first destination pixel is determined based on at least one of (a) a previously considered pixel from the set of pixels of the first image that is horizontally adjacent to the first pixel or (b) the pixel-shift value associated with the first pixel. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268500 | METHOD FOR ACCELERATING SPEED OF REFRESHING IMAGE FRAME OF DISPLAY-PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR RAPID REFRESHING IMAGE FRAME - A method for accelerating speed of refreshing image frame is used for driving a display-panel to display and refresh an image frame rapidly. According to the method, the first step is to extract a digital content and generate the image frame according to the digital content, so as to drive the display-panel to display the image frame. A partial refresh area is defined on the image frame, and a partial image frame rather than the entire image frame is refreshed, so as to accelerate the speed of refreshing the image frame. Optionally, a number of gray levels of the partial refresh area are reduced, so as to accelerate the speed of refreshing the image frame. At least one screen operation command is received, partial refresh content is extracted from the digital content according to the screen operation command, and a displayed content in the partial refresh area is refreshed. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268501 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display device in which disadvantageous effects due to unnecessary operations of an image lag alleviating function are minimized. In a display device of active matrix type, for each of the pixels arranged in a matrix, a current-driven emissive element is provided, and the current of the emissive element is controlled using a drive TFT so as to perform display. While a black display period during which an opposite bias voltage is applied between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the drive TFT is inserted in order to alleviate image lag, this insertion is performed only when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and is performed for a certain duration according to a command by a microcomputer ( | 2012-10-25 |
20120268502 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided. The display device includes a display unit having pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, each pixel including additive mixture subpixels and a luminance adjustment subpixel, and a signal control unit controlling a luminance at a maximum gray scale in the luminance adjustment subpixel depending on an external light illuminance. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268503 | Light Source Device and Projection Display Apparatus - A solid-state light source unit emits excitation light. Fluorescent material layer is formed on each side of a glass substrate of a fluorescent plate so as to interpose a reflective film therebetween. The first optical system optically guides, to a rod integrator, red and blue LED light, and green fluorescence that is generated by excitation occurring when blue laser light emitted from the solid-state light source unit is applied to the fluorescent material layer on one surface of the fluorescent plate, and that is emitted in the −X direction. The second optical system optically guides, to the rod integrator, red and blue LED light, and green fluorescence that is generated by excitation occurring when blue laser light emitted from the solid-state light source unit is applied to the fluorescent material layer on the other surface of the fluorescent plate, and that is emitted in the +X direction. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268504 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that appropriately compensates for a feed-through voltage. The liquid crystal display device is arranged such that when data of a certain gray level is to be displayed, the effective value of a pixel voltage changes in an N-frame cycle, a first pixel and a second pixel are provided that are different in the effective value during an i-th frame (1≦i≦N), the first pixel has a positive polarity during the i-th frame, whereas the second pixel has a negative polarity during an i{N/2 after}th frame, the first pixel has a polarity during a j-th frame (where 1≦j≦N and i≠j), the polarity being different from the polarity of the second pixel during a j{N/2 after}th frame, and when data of a first gray level is to be displayed, VB and VC are different from each other, where VA is a source voltage (VD) of the first pixel during the i-th frame, VB is a source voltage (VD) of the second pixel during the i{N/2 after}th frame, and VC is, in a case where data of a second gray level is to be displayed when the first pixel has a positive polarity during the j-th frame, a source voltage (VD) of the second pixel during the j{N/2 after}th frame for the case in which the source voltage (VD) of the first pixel during the first pixel is VA. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268505 | MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM - Each liquid crystal display device of a multi-display system includes a light intensity correcting section, which performs a light intensity correction in which backlight intensity of each of light intensity control areas belonging to a liquid crystal display device including the light intensity correcting section is corrected in accordance with backlight intensities of adjacent areas which are adjacent to the light intensity control area. In a case where another liquid crystal display device which is adjacent to the liquid crystal display device including the light intensity correcting section includes one of the adjacent areas, the light intensity correcting section accesses to the another liquid crystal display device via the communication section so as to obtain the backlight intensity of the one of the adjacent areas, in order to perform the light intensity correction in accordance with the obtained backlight intensity of the adjacent area. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268506 | Display of generalized anaglyphs without retinal rivalry - General anaglyphs may be rendered using multiple primary colors to display the first and second images of stereoscopic images. Retinal rivalry in the anaglyphs may be avoided by using transformations which balance the brightness contrast in the first and second images. Certain primary colors may be advantageous for rendering anaglyphs in six, five, four, and three primary colors. A white primary color is advantageous for displaying a monochrome second image with a color first image. General anaglyphs may be dynamically created by a display apparatus using certain transformations and communication with external sources. Four-primary-color anaglyphs may be compressed into three channels for transfer to a display apparatus. A user may select the primary colors of the first and second images and the relative brightness of the second image. Several methods to display general anaglyphs are disclosed. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268507 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes an ink circulation path, a first tank, a second tank, and a pump, first and second liquid surface detectors which respectively detect ink liquid surfaces in the first and second tanks, an ink supply unit, a supplementary feed valve a control unit, a storage unit, and a determination unit. During ink circulation, the storage unit accumulatively stores a detection result of the second detector. Based on the result, the determination unit determines occurrence of an abnormality in the second liquid surface detector. The storage unit thereafter accumulatively stores the detection result. Based on the result, the determination unit determines occurrence of the first liquid surface detector. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268508 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING NOZZLES OF INKJET HEAD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AMOUNTS OF INK EJECTED FROM NOZZLES OF INKJET HEAD - Provided are method of controlling nozzles of an inkjet head and an apparatus for measuring the amounts of ink ejected from the nozzles of the inkjet head. The method includes: preparing a mass measuring device, which measures the mass of ink by using an oscillation change, in a pixel; ejecting ink into the pixel from a nozzle of the inkjet head, and measuring the amount of ink ejected from the nozzle by using the mass measuring device; and adjusting a voltage waveform applied to the nozzle of the inkjet head. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268509 | FLUID SUPPLY DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A FLUID SUPPLY DEVICE - A fluid supply device, a printing device, and a control method for a fluid supply device can desirably supply a fluid while maintaining good throughput, and can reduce device size and cost with a simple construction. The inkjet printer has an expansion mechanism that enables an ink refill operation in which a movable member expands an ink chamber by moving a piston that moves in contact with a regulator panel disposed to the main device side and supplies ink from an ink cartridge, a comparison means that determines whether or not the amount of ink left in the ink cartridge is less than a specified value, and a CPU that sets a long time mode in which the ink refill operation time is long when the amount of ink left in the ink cartridge is less than the specified value. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268510 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING METHOD - An inspection ejection unit is moved, and ink that has been ejected onto the inspection ejection unit is imaged in a region outside of a movable range of an ejecting head, whereby the ink ejecting state of the nozzle is inspected. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268511 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of ejection orifices, liquid chambers, piezoelectric actuators, and driving units, and a control unit. Each ejection orifice ejects liquid, each liquid chamber communicates individually with an ejection orifice, each piezoelectric actuator is disposed individually for a liquid chamber and generates energy to eject liquid, and each driving unit individually drives a piezoelectric actuator. The control unit controls each driving unit to output a first voltage pulse to eject liquid or a second voltage pulse to vibrate a meniscus of liquid in a state in which the meniscus is held in a liquid chamber. The control unit selects ejection orifices used to eject liquid and controls to output the first voltage pulse to them, and selects ejection orifices not used to eject liquid and controls to output the second voltage pulse to them to perform respective concurrent recording and recovery operations. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268512 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus includes a dot formation element; a voltage signal generation circuit configured to generate a voltage signal by using an amplification circuit including a transistor, the voltage signal including a plurality of driving voltage pulses each thereof driving the dot formation element, and at least one temperature measurement voltage portion each thereof being provided between two successive ones of the driving voltage pulses; a temperature measurement control unit configured to measure a temperature of the transistor on the basis of the voltage signal; and a switch circuit configured to output the voltage signal to the dot formation element during a period when the transistor amplifies a signal corresponding to each of the driving voltage pulses, and output the voltage signal to the temperature measurement control unit during a period when the transistor amplifies a signal corresponding to each of the at least one temperature measurement voltage portion. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268513 | FLUID EJECTION USING MEMS COMPOSITE TRANSDUCER - A method of ejecting a drop of fluid includes providing a fluid ejector. The fluid ejector includes a substrate, a MEMS transducing member, a compliant membrane, walls, and a nozzle. The substrate includes a cavity and a fluidic feed. A first portion of the MEMS transducing member is anchored to the substrate. A second portion of the MEMS transducing member extends over at least a portion of the cavity and is free to move relative to the cavity. The compliant membrane is positioned in contact with the MEMS transducing member. A first portion of the compliant membrane covers the MEMS transducing member, A second portion of the compliant membrane being anchored to the substrate. Walls define a chamber that is fluidically connected to the fluidic feed. At least the second portion of the MEMS transducing member is enclosed within the chamber. A quantity of fluid is supplied to the chamber through the fluidic feed. An electrical pulse is applied to the MEMS transducing member to eject a drop of fluid through the nozzle. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268514 | Reflex Printing With Temperature Feedback Control - A method for operating a web printing system enables web and roller changes arising from temperature changes to be identified and used to adjust operation of the reflex registration system. The method includes identifying a temperature change for at least one roller in a web printing system, identifying a temperature change for a web moving through the web printing system at one or more locations in the web printing system, modifying web velocity computations for a reflex registration system with reference to the identified temperature change for the at least one roller and the identified temperature change for the web, and operating printheads to eject ink onto the web at positions identified with reference to the modified web velocity computations. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268515 | RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING DEVICE - An apparatus includes a belt that attracts a recording medium using electrostatic force, and a power source that applies voltage to the belt. The apparatus further includes a voltage controller that controls the voltage applied to a charging portion of the belt, and a recording controller that transmits recording medium information on the recording medium to the voltage controller. The voltage controller changes a value of voltage applied to the charging portion, according to the recording medium information transmitted from the recording controller. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268516 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING - A recording apparatus has a controller that controls a conveying roller and a discharge roller for conveying a recording medium. The controller controls the rotation phases of the conveying roller and the discharge roller when the recording medium leaves the conveying roller before the recording medium enters the conveying roller. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268517 | INK FOR INK-JET RECORDING, INK-JET RECORDING METHOD, AND INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided an ink for ink-jet recording including: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a water-soluble N-hydroxy cyclic imide compound; a self-dispersible pigment; and a surfactant of sulfuric acid ester salt type. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268518 | Ink, Ink Cartridge and Ink Jet Recording Method - The present invention preferably provides an ink including an organic pigment, a water-soluble resin and a surfactant that allows images having high color developability to be obtained independently of the type of recording medium, even when a small amount of ink is applied. Preferably, the organic pigment is a phosphonic acid-type self-dispersible pigment, the acid value of the water-soluble resin is 100 mg KOH/g to 160 mg KOH/g, the surfactant is an ethylene oxide adduct of a higher alcohol selected from the group consisting of a linear primary alcohol, a linear secondary alcohol and an isoalkyl alcohol, the HLB value of the surfactant as determined by the Griffin method is 13.0 or more, and the mass ratio of the content (% by mass) of the surfactant in the ink to the content (% by mass) of the water-soluble resin in the ink is 0.07 to 0.70. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268519 | WATER-BASED INK JET INK AND RECORDING METHOD - This invention provides a water-based ink jet ink and a method to use the ink. The ink yields high-quality and highly-fast images, is stably ejected, is stably printed for a long period of time, and, at the same time, provides easy recovery in maintenance. The water-based ink jet ink has a pigment, 2-10% by mass of an ink soluble resin, 20-45% by mass of a solvent having a surface tension of 25-40 mN/m, and a silicone-type or fluorine-type surfactant. The ink soluble resin contains a carboxyl or sulfonic acid group as an acidic group and has an acid value of 80-300. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268520 | TREATMENT SOLUTION FOR INK-JET RECORDING, INK SET, INK-JET RECORDING METHOD, AND INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - A treatment solution for ink-jet recording includes a solvent which contains at least one of water and a water-soluble organic solvent; and an N-hydroxy cyclic imide compound which is soluble in the solvent. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268521 | SET OF INK AND REACTION LIQUID, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A set of an ink containing a pigment dispersed by a water-soluble resin and having the surface tension of 38 mN/m or less and a reaction liquid containing a polyvalent metal ion and a surfactant, which is an ethylene oxide adduct of a higher alcohol of a linear primary or secondary alcohol or an isoalkyl alcohol, and has a HLB value of 13.0 or more as determined by the Griffin method. The content of the polyvalent metal ion in the reaction liquid is 10.0 times or more in terms of molar ratio as much as an amount of an acidic group derived from the water-soluble resin in the ink and the content of the surfactant in the reaction liquid is 0.15 times or more in terms of mass ratio as much as the total content of the pigment and water-soluble resin in the ink. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268522 | PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device has a print unit that ejects fluid from ejection nozzles and prints; an ejection test unit that checks if fluid is ejected from the ejection nozzles; a cleaning unit that performs a cleaning process in either a timed cleaning mode that performs a cleaning process at a predetermined interval, or an ejection test cleaning mode that performs a cleaning process based on a test result; a decision unit that determines whether to use the timed cleaning mode or the ejection test cleaning mode based on an operating condition of the print unit; and a mode changing unit that switches the mode between the timed cleaning mode and the ejection test cleaning mode according to the decision by the decision unit. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268523 | INK-JET APPARATUS - Provided is an ink-jet apparatus that: has a wide control range of the direction for ink ejection; can correct a variation in the direction for ink ejection; and can improve the yield of a product when used for manufacture of electronic devices. The ink-jet apparatus includes: | 2012-10-25 |
20120268524 | INK JET PRINT HEAD FRONT FACE HAVING A TEXTURED SUPEROLEOPHOBIC SURFACE AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - An ink jet print head front face or nozzle plate having a textured superoleophobic surface that prevents undesirable drooling, wetting and/or adhesion of the ink on the print head. The textured surface includes a rim formed around the nozzle. Also described are methods for forming the textured superoleophobic ink jet print head front face or nozzle plate from silicon having the textured, oleophobic surface. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268525 | CONTINUOUS EJECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING COMPLIANT MEMBRANE TRANSDUCER - A continuous liquid ejection system includes a substrate and an orifice plate affixed to the substrate. Portions of the substrate define a liquid chamber. The orifice plate includes a MEMS transducing member. A first portion of the MEMS transducing member is anchored to the substrate. A second portion of the MEMS transducing member extends over at least a portion of the liquid chamber and is free to move relative to the liquid chamber. A compliant membrane is positioned in contact with the MEMS transducing member. A first portion of the compliant membrane covers the MEMS transducing member and a second portion of the compliant membrane is anchored to the substrate. The compliant membrane includes an orifice. A liquid supply provides a liquid to the liquid chamber under a pressure sufficient to eject a continuous jet of the liquid through the orifice located in the compliant membrane of the orifice plate. The MEMS transducing member is selectively actuated to cause a portion of the compliant membrane to be displaced relative to the liquid chamber to cause a drop of liquid to break off from the liquid jet. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268526 | FLUID EJECTOR INCLUDING MEMS COMPOSITE TRANSDUCER - A fluid ejector includes a substrate, a MEMS transducing member, a compliant membrane, walls, and a nozzle. First portions of the substrate define an outer boundary of a cavity. Second portions of the substrate define a fluidic feed. A first portion of the MEMS transducing member is anchored to the substrate. A second portion of the MEMS transducing member extends over at least a portion of the cavity and is free to move relative to the cavity. The compliant membrane is positioned in contact with the MEMS transducing member. A first portion of the compliant membrane covers the MEMS transducing member. A second portion of the compliant membrane is anchored to the substrate. Partitioning walls define a chamber that is fluidically connected to the fluidic feed. At least the second portion of the MEMS transducing member is enclosed within the chamber. The nozzle is disposed proximate to the second portion of the MEMS transducing member and distal to the fluidic feed. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268527 | FLOW-THROUGH EJECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING COMPLIANT MEMBRANE TRANSDUCER - A liquid dispenser includes a substrate. A first portion of the substrate defines a liquid dispensing channel including an outlet opening. A second portion of the substrate defines an outer boundary of a cavity. Other portions of the substrate define a liquid supply channel and a liquid return channel. A liquid supply provides a continuous flow of liquid from the liquid supply through the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel through the liquid return channel and back to the liquid supply. A diverter member is selectively actuatable to divert a portion of the liquid flowing through the liquid dispensing channel through outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. The diverter member includes a MEMS transducing member. A first portion of the MEMS transducing member is anchored to the substrate. A second portion of the MEMS transducing member extends over at least a portion of the cavity and is free to move relative to the cavity. A compliant membrane is positioned in contact with the MEMS transducing member. A first portion of the compliant membrane covers the MEMS transducing member. A second portion of the compliant membrane is anchored to the substrate such that the compliant membrane forms a portion of a wall of the liquid dispensing channel. The wall is positioned opposite the outlet opening. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268528 | FLOW-THROUGH LIQUID EJECTION USING COMPLIANT MEMBRANE TRANSDUCER - A method of ejecting liquid includes providing a liquid dispenser including a substrate and a diverter member. A first portion of the substrate defines a liquid dispensing channel including an outlet opening and a second portion of the substrate defines an outer boundary of a cavity. Other portions of the substrate define a liquid supply channel and a liquid return channel. The diverter member includes a MEMS transducing member. A first portion of the MEMS transducing member is anchored to the substrate. A second portion of the MEMS transducing member extends over at least a portion of the cavity and is free to move relative to the cavity. A compliant membrane is positioned in contact with the MEMS transducing member. A first portion of the compliant membrane covers the MEMS transducing member. A second portion of the compliant membrane is anchored to the substrate such that the compliant membrane forms a portion of a wall of the liquid dispensing channel. The wall is positioned opposite the outlet opening. A continuous flow of liquid is provided from a liquid supply through the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel through the liquid return channel and back to the liquid supply. The diverter member is selectively actuated to divert a portion of the liquid flowing through the liquid dispensing channel through outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel when drop ejection is desired. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268529 | CONTINUOUS LIQUID EJECTION USING COMPLIANT MEMBRANE TRANSDUCER - A method of continuously ejecting liquid includes providing a liquid ejection system that includes a substrate and an orifice plate affixed to the substrate. Portions of the substrate define a liquid chamber. The orifice plate includes a MEMS transducing member. A first portion of the MEMS transducing member is anchored to the substrate. A second portion of the MEMS transducing member extends over at least a portion of the liquid chamber. The second portion of the MEMS transducing member is free to move relative to the liquid chamber. A compliant membrane is positioned in contact with the MEMS transducing member. A first portion of the compliant membrane covers the MEMS transducing member and a second portion of the compliant membrane is anchored to the substrate. The compliant membrane includes an orifice. Liquid is provided under a pressure sufficient to eject a continuous jet of the liquid through the orifice located in the compliant membrane of the orifice plate by a liquid supply. A drop of liquid is caused to break off from the liquid jet by selectively actuating the MEMS transducing member which causes a portion of the compliant membrane to be displaced relative to the liquid chamber. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268530 | FLOW-THROUGH EJECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING COMPLIANT MEMBRANE TRANSDUCER - A liquid dispenser includes a substrate. A first portion of the substrate defines a liquid dispensing channel including an outlet opening. A second portion of the substrate defines a liquid supply channel and a liquid return channel. A liquid supply provides a continuous flow of liquid from the liquid supply through the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel through the liquid return channel and back to the liquid supply. A diverter member, positioned on a wall of the liquid dispensing channel that includes the outlet opening, is selectively actuatable to divert a portion of the liquid flowing through the liquid dispensing channel through outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. The diverter member includes a MEMS transducing member. A first portion of the MEMS transducing member is anchored to the wall of the liquid dispensing channel that includes the outlet opening. A second portion of the MEMS transducing member extends into a portion of the liquid dispensing channel that is adjacent to the outlet opening and is free to move relative to the outlet opening. A compliant membrane is positioned in contact with the MEMS transducing member. A first portion of the compliant membrane separates the MEMS transducing member from the continuous flow of liquid through the liquid dispensing channel. A second portion of the compliant membrane is anchored to the wall of the liquid dispensing channel that includes the outlet opening. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268531 | FLOW-THROUGH LIQUID EJECTION USING COMPLIANT MEMBRANE TRANSDUCER - A method of ejecting a liquid includes providing a liquid dispenser including a substrate. A first portion of the substrate defines a liquid dispensing channel including an outlet opening. A second portion of the substrate defines a liquid supply channel and a liquid return channel. A diverter member is positioned on a wall of the liquid dispensing channel that includes the outlet opening. The diverter member includes a MEMS transducing member. A first portion of the MEMS transducing member is anchored to the wall of the liquid dispensing channel that includes the outlet opening. A second portion of the MEMS transducing member extends into a portion of the liquid dispensing channel that is adjacent to the outlet opening and is free to move relative to the outlet opening. A compliant membrane is positioned in contact with the MEMS transducing member. A first portion of the compliant membrane separates the MEMS transducing member from the liquid dispensing channel. A second portion of the compliant membrane is anchored to the wall of the liquid dispensing channel that includes the outlet opening. A continuous flow of liquid is provided from a liquid supply through the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel through the liquid return channel and back to the liquid supply. The diverter member is selectively actuated to divert a portion of the liquid flowing through the liquid dispensing channel through outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268532 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - Provided is an ink jet ink including a monoazo pigment and a resin, the ink being used for an ink jet recording system in which the ink is ejected from a recording head by an action of thermal energy. The monoazo pigment is a self-dispersible pigment having an anionic group bonded to a particle surface of the pigment directly or via another atomic group and has a surface charge amount of 5.9×10 | 2012-10-25 |
20120268533 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element comprises a first electrode including platinum, a piezoelectric layer disposed above the first electrode, made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure containing at least bismuth, and a second electrode disposed above the piezoelectric layer. An oxide containing bismuth and platinum is disposed at the interface of the piezoelectric layer with the first electrode. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268534 | LATCH FOR A LIQUID DISPENSER - In one embodiment, a method for installing an ink cartridge includes: seating the ink cartridge in the carriage; holding the ink cartridge in the seated position; and while holding the ink cartridge in the seated position, connecting the ink cartridge to an ink supply port. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268535 | LATCH FOR A LIQUID DISPENSER - In one embodiment, a latch for a liquid dispensing component includes: a first part for holding a liquid dispensing component in a seated position in a holder, the first part movable between an open position in which the component may be installed in or removed from the holder and a closed position in which the component is held in the seated position in the holder; and a second part for connecting the component to a liquid supply port, the second part movable, while the first part is in the closed position, between a disconnected position in which the component is not connected to the liquid supply port and a connected position in which the component is connected to the liquid supply port. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268536 | SET OF INK AND REACTION LIQUID, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A set of an ink containing a self-dispersible pigment and a water-soluble resin, which is a copolymer having a unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid, and a reaction liquid containing a surfactant, which is an ethylene oxide adduct of a higher alcohol of a linear primary or secondary alcohol or an isoalkyl alcohol and has a HLB value of 13.0 or more determined by the Griffin method, and having buffering ability in an acid region. Content of the surfactant in the reaction liquid is 0.20 times or more in terms of mass ratio as much as total content of the pigment and water-soluble resin. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268537 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A printing apparatus includes a chromatic ink ejecting nozzle that ejects a chromatic photocuring ink which is cured upon irradiation of light onto a medium, an achromatic ink ejecting nozzle that ejects an achromatic photocuring ink which is cured upon irradiation of light onto the medium, and an irradiation section that irradiates the light onto the chromatic photocuring ink impacted on the medium. At a time of applying the chromatic photocuring ink to print an image on the medium, the printing apparatus performs a process of ejecting the chromatic photocuring ink on the medium, a process of ejecting the achromatic photocuring ink on the medium from the achromatic ink ejecting nozzle in such a way as to apply the achromatic photocuring ink along an edge of an application range of the chromatic photocuring ink, and a process of irradiate the light from the irradiation section to cure the photocuring ink. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268538 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A printing apparatus is provided with an ink discharge nozzle which discharges photocurable ink which is cured when irradiated with light onto a medium, a surfactant nozzle which discharges a surfactant which has a substance which improves the wetting properties of the photocurable ink, and an irradiating section which irradiates the light onto the photocurable ink which has landed on the medium, wherein a process of discharging the surfactant from the surfactant nozzle onto the medium, a process of discharging the photocurable ink onto the medium, and a process of curing the photocurable ink by irradiating the light from the irradiating section are performed so that the surfactant is applied in the surroundings of the application range of the photocurable ink when an image is printed on the medium due to the application of the photocurable ink. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268539 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A printing apparatus includes an ink ejection nozzle configured to eject therethrough a photo-curable ink, onto a medium; and an irradiation portion configured to irradiate the photo-curable ink having been applied to the medium with the light. Further, when printing of an image is performed onto the medium by applying the photo-curable ink, the printing apparatus ejects the photo-curable ink onto the medium such that the photo-curable ink is applied onto an increased portion of an area resulting from expansion of at least one original area, in an outward direction of the at least one original area from an entire edge thereof; the printing apparatus cures the photo-curable ink having been applied onto the medium by irradiating the photo-curable ink with the light from the light irradiation portion; and the printing apparatus removes the photo-curable ink having been applied onto the increased portion from the medium. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268540 | PRINTER - A printer includes a jet and an adjusting device. The adjusting device includes a base, a movable rod on the base, and an idle roller secured to the movable rod. The idle roller drives a piece of paper to slide. A feed roller is secured above the idle roller, and a gap between the feed roller and the idle roller has a gap height accommodating a paper thickness. A driving mechanism is in a side of the idle roller and transports the piece of paper out of the gap. During a printing process, the feed roller faces a printed side, and the idle roller faces an opposite side. The jet is secured above the printed side and between the driving mechanism and the feed roller. The idle roller moves substantially perpendicular to a printing surface, and the idle roller adjusts the gap height substantially equal to the paper thickness. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268541 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet recording apparatus in which an image is recorded by ejecting a pigment ink from an ink jet head on a recording surface of a recording medium, the apparatus including: a recording medium transporting unit which transports the recording medium, and a recording medium discharging unit which discharges the recording medium, wherein the recording medium discharging unit includes a discharging roller installed on the opposite side to the recording surface of the recording medium and a cylinder-shaped driven roller installed on the recording surface side of the recording medium so as to face the discharging roller, the driven roller has an electrical resistivity smaller than 108 Ωcm, and is grounded, and the pigment ink has an electrical conductivity of equal to or more than 0.5 mS/m. | 2012-10-25 |
20120268542 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus has a pair of bearings | 2012-10-25 |
20120268543 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTER - A printing method for printing bars in a barcode by forming dots on a print medium. The method includes dividing the bars of the barcode into a plurality of segments, forming the dots such that a portion of bars in a first segment are shifted a predetermined direction relative to a portion of bars in a second segment, and printing the barcode by forming dots in each of the plurality of segments. The predetermined direction can be towards a least significant digit of information represented by the barcode when the barcode is seen from the front. In one embodiment, the plurality of segments equals three. Other printing methods, as well as printers for performing the methods, are also provided. | 2012-10-25 |