46th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080278443 | USER INPUT DEVICE - User input devices are provided having an input sleeve with an exterior surface and an interior surface shaped and sized to receive a core. A slide sensing system has a slide sensor positioned proximate to the interior surface that senses sliding movement of the input sleeve along a length of the core and causes a slide signal to be generated that indicates at least that the input sleeve has been moved along the length of the core and a direction of such movement along said core. A rotation sensing system has a rotation sensor positioned proximate to the interior surface that senses rotational movement of the input sleeve relative to the core and causes a rotation signal to be generated that indicates at least that the input sleeve has been rotated relative to the core. A processing system determines an output signal based upon the slide signal and the rotation signal. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278444 | USER INPUT SYSTEM - User input systems are provided having a core extending along a length and an input sleeve having an exterior surface and an interior surface shaped and sized to receive the core. A slide sensing system has a slide sensor that senses sliding movement of the input sleeve relative to the core and that causes a slide signal to be generated that indicates at least that the input sleeve has been moved along the length of the core and a direction of such movement. A rotation sensing system has a rotation sensor that senses rotational movement of the input sleeve relative to the core and that causes a rotation signal to be generated that indicates at least that the input sleeve has been rotated relative to the core. A processing system determines an output signal based upon the slide signal and rotation signal. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278445 | FREE-SPACE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ABSOLUTE POINTER WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE - According to one embodiment, a system includes a handheld device having a pixelated sensor, an optical filter for passing a predetermined frequency band of radiation to the sensor and a transmitter, an electronic equipment having a display, and at least two spaced-apart markers, where each of which are positioned proximate to the display. The markers provide radiation at the frequency band passed by the optical filter. The handheld device includes a processor coupled to receive image data of the markers from the sensor for computing coordinate data from the image data. The coordinate data requires less data than the image data. The processor is coupled to the transmitter to transmit the coordinate data to the electronic equipment. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278446 | MULTI-SENSOR USER INPUT DEVICE FOR INTERACTIVE PROGRAMS ON A MACHINE - A user input device is provided for a machine having an interactive program and signals for a humanly-perceptible output for said program to allow a user in an inflatable physical structure to interact or perceive the output. The user input device includes one or more physical structures forming an enclosure adapted to accommodate and substantially laterally surround the body of at least one human user of the machine, a plurality of input elements which are disposed on the physical structure in three dimensions, wherein at least one of the input elements does not lie on the same horizontal or vertical plane on which others of said input elements lie, relative to the possible locations of the user so to be accessible to the user by unseated body movement of the user, and an interface between the input elements and the machine for providing inputs from the input elements to the interactive program. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278447 | THREE-DEMENSIONAL MOUSE APPRATUS - A 3D mouse apparatus is disclosed in the present invention. The apparatus is mainly utilized to calculate, recognize, analyze and output the 3D gestures which include the physical quantity such as 3D position coordinate, displacement, velocity and acceleration of a point light source and the moving behavior of human hand, so as to achieve the purpose of 3D mouse apparatus. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278448 | Control Device - A control device ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080278449 | APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING AND ANALYZING LIGHT AND METHOD EMBODIED THEREIN - An apparatus including an image sensor is disclosed. The apparatus includes a polarization filter, an image sensor, and a processor connected to the image sensor. The polarization filter is adapted to filter out light polarized in a first direction from a first scene. The image sensor is adapted to capture the filtered light, and the image sensor includes support circuits to convert the captured filtered light to image data. The processor is adapted to process the image data to detect features of the first scene. The polarization filter filters out noise component of the image, thus increasing contrast. In another embodiment, a mosaic polarization filter is used to capture a scene in a first image including light from the scene having first polarity and to capture the scene in a second image including light from the scene having first polarity. The two images can be analyzed to determine various characteristics of the scene. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278450 | Method and Device for Preventing Staining of a Display Device - A method and apparatus for preventing staining of a display screen by a user's fingers, by encouraging a user not to touch the surface of a display screen while using a graphic user interface associated with the display screen includes determining a first threshold distance from the display screen within which a user's finger may be detected, determining a second threshold distance from the display screen within which a user's fingers may be detected, the second threshold distance being shorter than the first threshold distance, first detecting when a user's finger is within the first threshold distance, indicating to the user, upon a detection in the first detecting step, that the user's finger has entered a zone proximate to the screen where interaction with a graphical user interface (GUI) is enabled, the GUI enabling manipulating various display functions by movements of the user's finger, second detecting when a user's finger is within the second threshold distance, and indicating to the user, upon a detection in the second detecting step, that the user's finger has entered a forbidden zone. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278451 | TOUCH-PANEL-INTEGRATED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A touch-panel-integrated liquid crystal display (“LCD”) which prevents malfunction of a sensor by decoupling coupling noise, and a method of driving the touch-panel-integrated LCD. The touch-panel-integrated LCD includes a plurality of first lines which extend in a first direction, a plurality of second lines which extend in a second direction that intersects the first direction, a plurality of thin film transistors which are respectively disposed at interconnections between the first lines and the second lines, a first comparator which includes first and second nodes, a first sensor line which is connected to the first node, extends in the same direction as the first lines, and transmits a touch signal corresponding to the first direction, and a first decoupler which is connected between the second node and one of the first lines and decouples coupling noise present in the touch signal corresponding to the first direction. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278452 | VIDEO APPARATUS OPERATING ACCORDING TO GRIP OF USER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A video apparatus that is operated according to whether it is being gripped by a user, and an operation control method of the video apparatus. The video apparatus may detect whether it is being gripped by a user, and may be appropriately operated according to a result of detection. Therefore, user convenience can be improved, and entertainment can be enhanced. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278453 | Production testing of a capacitive touch sensing device - In one embodiment, a method for production testing of a capacitive touch sensing device is disclosed. In this embodiment, the present technology for production testing of a capacitive touch sensing device samples a first value corresponding to a first channel of a capacitive touch sensing device when the capacitive touch sensing device is in production. The present embodiment also samples a second value corresponding to the first channel of the capacitive touch sensing device when the capacitive touch sensing device has a self-test capacitive circuit applying a signal thereto. The present embodiment compares the first value and the second value to determine a production testing result for the first channel of the capacitive touch sensing device, wherein the sampling of the second value and the comparing the first value and the second value occur during production of the capacitive touch sensing device. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278454 | METHOD FOR SETTING TOUCH SENSITIVITY IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for setting touch sensitivity in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes activating a touch screen function of a touch pad when a display unit is activated in a standby mode of the portable terminal, displaying a menu screen for conducting a current mode on the display unit, switching the menu screen to a touch sensitivity mode and displaying touch sensitivity levels when the touch sensitivity mode is selected as the current mode, setting sensitivity of the touch pad according to one of the touch sensitivity levels selected by the user and storing the set sensitivity of the touch pad. Advantageously, the user can conveniently use the touch pad, the sensitivity of which is set as desired by the user. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278455 | User-Defined Enablement Protocol - A user interface method is disclosed. For a particular interface, such as a touch input device, the method involves defining an enablement protocol for a function and recording and retaining the enablement protocol of said function, such that a user enables the function by substantially reproducing the enablement protocol in the absence of spatial or temporal indication of at least a portion of the enablement protocol. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278456 | Touch sensitive display having different adhesives and method for fabricating same - An exemplary touch sensitive display ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080278457 | ACRYLIC RESIN, RESIN BOARDS, TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE BOARDS FOR TOUCH PANELS, TOUCH PANELS, AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCTION OF THEM - A method of producing an acrylic resin plate, comprising a step of adding 0.001 to 1 part by weight of a polymerization initiator having 10 hours half life temperature of 80° C. or more and 0.015 to 0.2 parts by weight of cyclohexadiene or terpenoid-based compound into 100 parts by weight of a mixture composed of an alkyl methacrylate having a C1-4 alkyl group and a poly-functional (meth)acrylate to give a polymerizable mixture, and a step of polymerizing said polymerizable mixture; an acrylic resin comprising 3 to 30 wt % of an alkyl methacrylate unit having a C8-20 alkyl group, 2 to 35 wt % of a mono-ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit containing an alkyl methacrylate unit having a C1-4 alkyl group and 35 to 95 wt % of a poly-functional (meth)acrylate unit; an acrylic resin plate made of the resin and production process the same, and a transparent electrode plate for touch panel and a touch panel having them. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278458 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided a liquid crystal device including a liquid crystal layer interposed between a pair of substrates, the liquid crystal device including: pixel electrodes which are arranged in an image display area, for displaying an image; sensor electrodes which detect a variation in capacitance of the liquid crystal layer; and cylindrical structures which maintain a gap between the pair of substrates and are arranged so as not to two-dimensionally overlap each other. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278459 | Display Device - A display device which can authenticate fingerprint without a fingerprint sensor device and can be prevented from large size or reduced the size. A display device ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080278460 | Transmissive Body - An apparatus and method for transmitting, collimating and redirecting light from a point-like source to produce a collimated optical signal in a substantially planar form are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus is manufactured as a unitary transmissive body comprising a collimation element and a redirection element, and optionally a transmissive element. In another embodiment, the apparatus is assembled from one or more components. The apparatus and method are useful for providing sensing light for an optical touch input device or for providing illumination for a display. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278461 | Method for detecting a flexion exerted on a flexible screen and device equipped with such a screen for implementing the method - Present day, technology allows flexible screens to be produced, particularly the OLED screen technology. The invention relates to a device equipped with a flexible screen emitting light. Part of the light rays emitted by the optical cells is imprisoned between the substrate layers and reflecting from one layer to the other exit at the side of the screen. Photoelectric detectors are arranged on the side of the screen in order to capture the incident light. Depending on the position of the cells emitting the light and the values supplied by the detectors, the central processing unit determines the areas of flexion applied to the screen. Hence, it is possible to introduce commands by exerting flexions on certain areas of the screen. The invention also relates to a device having a flexible screen and flexion sensors capable of executing the method for the introduction of commands. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278462 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN - A portable electronic device with a simulation touch screen includes a main body, a display screen, a stylus, a camera unit and a processing unit. The display screen is mounted on the main body. The stylus is used for controlling movement of a cursor on the display screen. The stylus has a light source for generating a light spot on the display screen. The stylus is configured for controlling movement of a cursor on the display screen. The camera unit is electrically connected with the main body and faces the display screen. The camera unit is configured for capturing images of the display screen and the light spot thereon. The processing unit is mounted in the main body and electronically coupled to the camera unit. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278463 | Driving Device and Related Source Driver of a Flat Panel Display - A driving device of a flat panel display includes a scan-line-signal output circuit for outputting gate driving signals to a display panel of the flat panel display, and a data-line-signal output circuit including a plurality of source drivers for outputting a plurality of source driving signals to the display panel. Each source driver includes an interface reception unit for receiving video signals and generating corresponding image data and control signals, an image transformation unit for generating a source driving signal to the display panel according to image data, a timing control unit for controlling timing of the source driving signal outputted from the image transformation unit, and a logic unit for controlling factors the source driving signal outputted from the image transformation unit by controlling the image transformation unit and the timing control unit. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278464 | Pixel circuit and display device - A pixel circuit includes an electro-optical element configured to emit light in response to a drive signal, a drive transistor configured to supply the drive signal to the electro-optical element, a pixel capacitor connected to a control input terminal of the drive transistor, a switching transistor provided at the control input terminal of the drive transistor, and a drive-signal stabilizing circuit configured to maintain the drive signal at a constant level. Each of the drive transistor and the switching transistor has a lightly doped drain structure, and a lightly doped drain region of the switching transistor has a longer length than a lightly doped drain region of the drive transistor. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278465 | DOT CLOCK GENERATING CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND DOT CLOCK GENERATING METHOD - A dot clock generating circuit includes a division ratio holding unit to hold division ratio information specifying a clock division ratio and to output the division ratio information synchronously with switching of frames and a clock generator to divide the frequency of a reference clock according to the division ratio information output from the division ratio holding unit, thereby generating a dot clock. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278466 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes an LCD panel, a data driving unit, and a selection unit. A configuration of the selection unit, which includes a plurality of switching devices driven by a selection control signal to connect a plurality of data lines to each channel of the data driving unit, is adjusted according to the selection control signal, so that charging voltages of the same color pixels of the LCD panel are made the same, whereby no stripe defect appears. In addition, the configuration of the selection unit is adjusted according to the selection control signal and the polarity change of the data signal supplied from the data driving unit, so that color aggregation caused by supplying the same polarity voltage to adjacent color pixels of the LCD panel can be minimized. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278467 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING PROGRESSIVE AND INTERLACED MODES, AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) having a progressive mode and an interlaced mode and a driving method of the LCD are provided. The timing controller of the LCD includes a (progressive/interlaced) mode selector and a signal generator. The mode selector receives display mode information from an external circuit and outputs a mode signal selecting a progressive mode or an interlaced mode. The signal generator selectively outputs first and second scan start signals to odd and even gate line drivers, in response to the mode signal, the first and second scan start signals having a phase difference equal to one horizontal period. In the progressive mode, the signal generator outputs both a first scan start signal and a second scan start signal during the time period of one frame. In the interlaced mode the signal generator outputs the first scan start signal during the time period of one frame and then outputs the second scan start signal during the time period of the next one frame. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278468 | Electro-optical device, driving circuit and driving method of the same, and electronic apparatus - A driving circuit of an electro-optical device wherein one field is divided into p (p is an integer that is equal to or more than two) groups and each group is divided into two sub-fields. The p groups each are set to have the length of a time period that is equal to one another. The 2p sub-fields that constitute the one field are set to different lengths of time periods in such a manner that a boundary between two sub-fields of each group is shifted by a predetermined interval compared to the boundary between the two sub-fields of the preceding group. The different gray scale values are expressed by turning on a single sub-field or n (n is an integral number that is equal to two or more and that is equal to or less than 2p) sub-fields that are adjacent to each other. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278469 | Display Panels Driving Apparatus and Method - A device such as a smart card ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080278470 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A GAMMA VOLTAGE, DRIVING CIRCUIT THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for generating a gamma voltage comprising, a first low voltage and a first high voltage having a first voltage range between the first low voltage and the first high voltage are divided into a plurality of gamma voltages of a first polarity during a first interval. A second low voltage and a second high voltage having a second voltage range between the second low voltage and the second high voltage are divided into a plurality of gamma voltages of a second polarity during a second interval. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278471 | Liquid crystal display with common voltage compensation and driving method thereof - An exemplary liquid crystal display ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080278472 | Display Unit - Display units ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080278473 | Source line driver and method for controlling slew rate according to temperature and display device including the source line driver - A source line driver and method for controlling a slew rate according to temperature and a display device including the source line driver are provided. The source line driver includes a temperature sensing unit configured to sense a temperature, compare the sensed temperature with a reference temperature, and generate a comparison result as a control signal; and a bias voltage generator configured to output a plurality of bias voltages whose voltage levels are controlled in response to the control signal. Accordingly, the slew rate of an output buffer is controlled based on the sensed temperature, so that false operation caused by heat generated in the source line driver and display panel can be prevented when the temperature is increased. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278474 | System and method for volumetric display of video images extracted from arbitrary background environments - A system and method for volumetric display of video images extracted from arbitrary background environments comprising an arrangement for extracting a video image in real time from an arbitrary background and creating a stream of extracted image data in response thereto and a free space or volumetric display operationally adapted to display the stream. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278475 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278476 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278477 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278478 | VIRTUAL NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER - A system, method, program product and service for implementing a virtual network operations center. A system is disclosed that includes: a system for rendering three dimensional (3D) models in an observation space, in which the 3D models mirror actual components in an associated operations center. Also included is a system for rendering a virtual display in the observation space, wherein the virtual display provides a message board for operators viewing the observation space, a cueing system for generating cues within the 3D models; and a communications hub for providing bidirectional communications with the associated operations center. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278479 | Creating optimized gradient mesh of a vector-based image from a raster-based image - A method for creating an optimized gradient mesh of a vector-based image from a raster-based image. In one implementation, a set of boundaries for an object on a raster-based image may be received. An initial gradient mesh of the object may be created. A residual energy between the object on the raster-based image and a rendered initial gradient mesh may be minimized to generate an optimized gradient mesh. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278480 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A polygon selection unit ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080278481 | PHOTO GENERATED 3-D NAVIGABLE STOREFRONT - Presented are techniques for creating a photo-generated navigable storefront. Such techniques include receiving a images and processing the images through an image matching algorithm. Such images may include, for example, photos taken with a camera. Additionally, the images are tagged with identifier tags in order to associate related or nearby images together. Furthermore, product/service information may be associated with an image such that a selection of a particular image causes the product/service information to be displayed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278482 | Method to Render a Root-Less Scene Graph With a User Controlled Order of Rendering - A scene graph is provided which represents data and a set of processes thus providing an enhanced approach to the previously known scene graph concept. With this approach the scene graph becomes a rendering description of the data rather than a world description. Previously known scene graphs represent a structure of objects and their attributes. The scene graph has a notation of the traversing order, which together with the types of nodes, the nodes position, node functionality and node state determine the rendering order. Thus, any effects supported by the underlying rendering pipeline can be expressed directly in the scene graph by the user. An API is provided for the scene graph, controlling the actual rendering order and optimization to the user. The scene graph is extensible allowing the user to experiment and express new rendering algorithms in the scene graph semantic. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278483 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A three-dimensional image display capable of reducing a difference between a resolution variation rate in a pixel column direction and a resolution variation rate in a pixel row direction and preventing a color separation phenomenon is disclosed. The three-dimensional image display includes a display panel in which n (n is a natural number) disparity images are displayed and the same disparity images are distributed and displayed in subpixels of the same color, and a lenticular sheet which divides travel paths of the disparity images using a plurality of lenticular lenses which are obliquely arranged in front of the display panel, and the long axes of the lenticular lenses are parallel to an extension line of the subpixels in which the same disparity images are displayed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278484 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING HAPTIC SYSTEMS AND SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTS - A method is provided for simulating interaction between a tool and an object. The method involves: providing a tool model for simulating the tool in a simulated environment; providing a mesh for simulating the object in the simulated environment, the mesh comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of first force functions between pairs of nodes, each first force function being a function of a distance between its corresponding pair of nodes; and deforming the mesh in response to interaction between the tool model and the mesh in the simulated environment. Deforming the mesh may involve: displacing one or more initially displaced nodes; and displacing one or more level-one-connected nodes, displacement of each level-one-connected node dependent on at least one first force function between the level-one-connected node and a corresponding one of the one or more initially displaced nodes. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278485 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE FOR A DENSE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE WITH A NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE PANEL - A system and method for providing a dynamic user interface for a dense three-dimensional scene with a navigation assistance panel is presented. Clusters of semantically scored documents are placed in a three-dimensional scene and are arranged as a cluster spine. Each cluster spine is projected into a two-dimensional display. Controls operating on the cluster spines in the display are presented in a user interface. Compasses framing the cluster spines within the display are provided. A label to identify one concept in one or more of the cluster spines appearing within at least one of the compasses is generated. A plurality of slots in the display positioned circumferentially around the compasses are defined. Each label is assigned to the slot outside of the compass for the cluster spine having a closest angularity to the slot. A perspective-altered rendition of the two-dimensional display is provided by a navigation assistant panel. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278486 | Method And Device For Selecting Level Of Detail, By Visibility Computing For Three-Dimensional Scenes With Multiple Levels Of Detail - The present invention sets out to combine a calculation of visibility from a viewpoint, with the selection of a level of detail for each of the nodes in a tree representing the geometry of the objects in a scene, so as increase the level of geometric detail of the visible objects and to reduce this level for all the obscured objects. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278487 | Method and Device for Three-Dimensional Rendering - The present invention provides an improved method and system to generate a real time three-dimensional rendering of two-dimensional still images, sequences or two-dimensional videos, by tracking ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080278488 | Methods and apparatus for volume rendering - A method for performing a volume rendering of an image uses a computer having a processor, memory, and a display. The method includes globally segmenting image data that represents an image to thereby locate boundaries in the image, determining regional opacity functions using the image data in a vicinity of the boundaries, and volume rendering the image data utilizing the regional opacity functions to display an image. The method provides a presentation of improved images of structures. These improved images are obtained using a regional optimization of the opacity function such that the perceived object boundary coincides more closely with a segmented boundary. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278489 | Image Processing System and Method for Silhouette Rendering and Display of Images During Interventional Procedures - A medical viewing system in which 3DRA images of a body volume are acquired and two dimensional live image data is acquired within the body volume during an intervention. Direct volume silhouette rendering is performed in respect of the 3D image so as to generate a silhouette rendering of the 3D image comprised of values proportional to the translucency of voxels of the 3D image data, and the live sequence of 2D images ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080278490 | ANATOMICAL CONTEXT PRESENTATION - A method of providing an image includes providing volumetric data which includes volume of interest data and volume of context data, and providing a first projection image which corresponds with the volume of interest data. A second projection image showing surfaces of objects in the volume of context data not occluded by objects shown in the first projection image is provided. A modified second projection image by adjusting the intensity and opacity of the second projection image is provided. The first and modified second projection images are combined. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278491 | System and method for rendering computer graphics utilizing a shadow illuminator - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to rendering computer graphics using an augmented direct light model which approximates the effect of indirect light in shadows. More specifically, a shadow illuminator light source is provided for. The shadow illuminator light source is associated with an ordinary, or primary light source and is used to provide illumination in areas which are in shadows with respect to the primary light source. The shadow illuminator provides illumination only to areas which are considered to be in the shadows with respect to the light source the shadow illuminator is associated with. Thus, the shadow illuminator may be used to approximate the effects of indirect light. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278492 | Silhouette Blend Rendering of Anatomical Structures - Systems and methods for rendering advantageous images/views of an anatomical structure, e.g., vessel structure(s), and surrounding anatomical features/structures are provided. The disclosed systems and methods combine conventional 3D x-ray rotational angiography (3DRA) with a diagnostic scan of the relevant anatomical region, e.g., a CT or MR scan, to yield a combined image/view thereof. The image includes silhouette rendering of structures and/or vessel anatomy below the CT/MRI slab, i.e., obscured vessel structures, thereby allowing clinicians and other medical/surgical staff to develop a better understanding of vessel morphology and relationships between vessel pathology and surrounding branches/anatomical structures. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278493 | METROLOGY METHODS - A metrology method of displaying results to a user includes graphically representing a target calibration amount and a tolerance associated with the target calibration on a graph, obtaining a reported reading of an instrument to be tested, and graphically representing the reported reading on the graph with an uncertainty associated with the reported reading. The method also includes display a probability of compliance of the reported reading to the target calibration amount and associated tolerance. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278494 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY - N or more dimensions of information are presented on a conventional M-dimensional graph, where N>M, using a visual attribute type such as color to depict the additional dimensions of information. Each data input value comprised by the graph has additional values beyond those representing the M-dimensional aspects, and the visual attributes with which the data input value is presented on the graph is a function of these additional values. In one embodiment, a two-dimensional bar graph employs color to provide a visualization of the quality of a work schedule by depicting not only time and resource utilization, but also criticality of component work tasks. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278495 | Graph plotting device and graph plotting method, yield analyzing method and yield improvement support system for executing the graph plotting method, program, and computer-readable recording medium - In the present invention, a matrix display area for displaying m×n elements arranged in matrix form and a graph display area for displaying a graph image are set on an identical display screen. The m×n statistics between m variates belonging to a first data group and n variates belonging to a second data group are computed and displayed as matrix elements arranged in n rows and m columns in the matrix display area. A graph image representing a relation between two variates, one of which belongs to the first data group and the other of which belongs to the second data group, and corresponding to one matrix element specified by the matrix element specification section, is formed and displayed in the graph display area on the display screen. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278496 | RENDERING DATA VISUALIZATION WITH MINIMAL ROUND-OFF ERROR - Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention provide for the rendering of data visualizations with minimal round-off errors. The data visualization method represents a dataset as graphical elements within a graphical layout area by performing layout of a data value within the dataset on the graphical layout area. The data value is positioned on the graphical layout area by determining a floating point position of the data value. A round-off error is calculated by casting the floating point position to an integer position on the graphical layout area. The round-off error is distributed to one or more subsequent data values that are yet to be positioned on the graphical layout area. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278497 | PROCESSING METHOD FOR CAPTURING MOVEMENT OF AN ARTICULATED STRUCTURE - The invention concerns a method of obtaining simulated parameters ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080278498 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278499 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278500 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278501 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278502 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278503 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278504 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278505 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278506 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278507 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278508 | Architecture and Method for Remote Platform Control Management - An integrated circuit is a baseboard management controller that is a fully integrated system-on-a-chip microprocessor incorporating function blocks and interfaces that provide remote management solution. The integrated circuit uses a microprocessor, and a video compression accelerator in combination with a unified memory architecture to accelerate video processing, and a set of system and peripheral functions that are useful in a variety of remote management applications. The video compression accelerator generates hash map values for received image data, compares the hash map values to generate a difference map and encodes the image data corresponding to the difference map prior to the microprocessor sending the encoded video data to a client. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278509 | Graphics Processing Apparatus - There is provided a graphics processing system that includes a main processing unit and a graphics processing unit (GPU). The main processing unit puts rendering commands generated using a graphics library in the queue of a command buffer in a main memory. In this process, the library function offered by the graphics library is converted into the rendering commands, without any rendering attributes retained in the library. The GPU reads and executes the rendering commands stacked in the command buffer, and generates rendering data in a frame buffer. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278510 | Renderer for presenting an image frame by help of a set of displaying commands - The invention is related to a device for presenting, an image frame by help of a set of displaying commands wherein a displaying command comprises a displaying area and a displaying content. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278511 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278512 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GRAPHIC DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THE GRAPHIC DATA - An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278513 | Plotting Apparatus, Plotting Method, Information Processing Apparatus, and Information Processing Method | 2008-11-13 |
20080278514 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTED BRUSH FOR DIRECT PAINT SYSTEMS ON PARAMETERIZED MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SURFACES - A system that implements a “tangent space brush,” allowing a user to paint directly onto a parameterized object, for example a three dimensional object. A tangent space brush projects coordinates from an input device to the world-space point on the surface of the 3D object. A normal is determined at that point and a brush image is projected from that point, along the normal, to the underlying surfaces. The system is implemented by providing a system that implements selecting a selected area of a displayed object, and projecting a brush directly onto a surface of the selected area. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278515 | System and method for generating terrain representation - A method and system for generating a representation of a terrain. The method of generating a representation of a terrain comprises the steps of selecting a set of colors, the colors comprise at least a plurality of colors, determining a minimum terrain elevation, and determining a maximum terrain elevation. A plurality of terrain bands is computed based in part on the set of colors, the minimum terrain elevation, and the maximum terrain elevation. At least one of the limited set of colors is assigned to each of the plurality of the plurality of terrain bands. The representation of the terrain is generated one of the limited set of colors. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278516 | System and method for adjusting perceived eye rotation in image of face - Various embodiments of a method for changing the perceived view direction in an image of a person's face are disclosed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278517 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATION OF DOCUMENT DATA INTERCEPTED THROUGH PORT REDIRECTION - The subject application is directed to a system and method for manipulation of document data intercepted through port redirection. A virtual port receives targeted output data from each of a plurality of applications, which are associated with the virtual port. The output data is then stored in associated memory. Document images are then generated on an associated display corresponding to the stored output data. User instructions corresponding to the manipulation of the output data is then received via the associated display from the user. A single output job is then communicated to an associated document rendering device consisting of at least a portion of the stored output data. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278518 | Merging Images - A method for merging first and second images includes determining a pixel difference image from the first and the second images, determining first and second locations of the foreground subject from the pixel difference image, determining a minimum path of values from the pixel difference image for a region between the first and the second locations of the foreground subject, forming a merged image by stitching the first and the second images along the minimum path, and adjusting pixels of the merged image within a width of the minimum path. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278519 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAST FLICKER-FREE DISPLAYING OVERLAPPED SPARSE GRAPHS WITH OPTIONAL SHAPE - A method for converting graphic elements containing sparse graphs into graphic layers is described, comprising the steps of: correspondingly mapping respective sparse graphs to respective sparse graphic layers, and projecting sequentially from top to bottom the regular graphs between the sparse graphs into a projection plane to form a regular graphic composition layer. Also described is a method for fast flicker-free displaying overlapped sparse graphs with optional shape, comprising: converting graphic element containing sparse graphs to be displayed into graphic layers; deciding whether to plot or erase the sparse graph to be displayed, and, when the sparse graph is decided to be erased, setting various points on the corresponding sparse graph to be transparent; and completing the plotting of points of the sparse graph point by point based on the shape of the sparse graph to be displayed. Apparatuses corresponding to the above methods are also described. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278520 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for modifying an electronic text message with warped images - Methods, devices, and computer program products modify an electronic text message with warped images. At least one emoticon is identified in an electronic text message. An image associated with a sender of the electronic text message is identified. The images warped based on the identified emoticon to provide a warped image. The warped images embedded in the electronic text message by replacing the at least one emoticon with the warped image. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278521 | Display device and driving method thereof - Example embodiments relate to a display device and a method for driving the same. The method may include receiving an input signal from a user, determining whether the input signal is in a normal state or a degree of color deficiency, and changing a gamma coefficient of the input signal according to the user's state. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278522 | Display apparatus and display panel driver - Disclosed herewith a liquid crystal display apparatus, which includes a liquid crystal display panel that employs the delta arrangement; a subtractive color processing circuit that carries out a subtractive color processing for input image data, thereby generating subtractive color image data; and data line driving circuit that drives the liquid crystal display panel in response to the subtractive color image data. The subtractive color processing circuit carries out a weighting processing that increases or decreases the subtractive color image data according to a line that includes a sub-pixel to be subjected to a subtractive color processing, then carries out an error diffusion processing for the result of the weighting processing, thereby generating subtractive color image data. The subtractive color processing circuit carries out the weighting processing so as to increase the subtractive color image data corresponding to a line and decrease the subtractive color image data corresponding to another line. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278523 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium includes a U-turn conveying path and a redirecting conveying path. The U-turn conveying path reverses the front and back of the recording medium and conveys the recording medium to a conveying roller. The redirecting conveying path reverses a conveying direction of the recording medium, fed from the front side of a main body of the apparatus, at an upstream side of the conveying roller in the conveying direction, and conveys the recording medium to the conveying roller. Then, a first recording medium is conveyed along the U-turn conveying path, and a second recording medium is conveyed along the redirecting conveying path. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278524 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a plurality of discharge ports for discharging ink supplied from an ink tank and a plurality of heating elements. The ink jet recording apparatus further includes a detection unit configured to detect a remaining amount of ink in the ink tank, and a preliminary discharge unit configured to discharge ink from the discharge ports, unrelated to recording, by applying energy to the heating elements for recovering the recording head. The ink jet recording apparatus performs control so that when the remaining amount of ink detected is less than a predesignated remaining amount of ink, energy applied to the heating elements per unit time by the preliminary discharge unit is smaller as compared with energy applied to the heating elements per unit time when the remaining amount of ink is more than or equal to the predesignated remaining amount of ink. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278525 | Height-adjusting foolproof apparatus for a printing module - A height-adjusting foolproof apparatus for a printing module used in a large ink-jet printer comprises a first adjusting member in connection with a printing module for moving the printing module vertically and a second adjusting member in connection with the large ink-jet printer for presetting the height of the printing module according to the thickness or hardness of a material. After the second adjusting member is adjusted to the position of the preset height, the first adjusting member together with the printing module are leveled downward until the first adjusting member is against a protrusion of the second adjusting member, so that the printing module is pulled at the preset height. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278526 | Ink jet printer with expanded validation print zone - An ink jet printer has two print cartridges. For example, one cartridge can carry black ink and the other red ink. Both cartridges are used to print on a receipt with a narrow print zone of, for example, 2.5 inches. Only the black cartridge is used to print on a cut sheet for validation purposes. By lengthening the time that the print head of the black cartridge is actuated to spray ink, a wider print zone (e.g., 3.5 inches) can be provided for the cut sheet. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278527 | INK JET PRINTHEAD HAVING A MOVABLE REDUNDANT ARRAY OF NOZZLES - There is provided a printhead for an ink jet printer, including a primary and a secondary array of nozzles in the printhead, the nozzles in the primary array of nozzles being in alignment with the nozzles in the secondary array of nozzles in a printing process direction; detection system for detecting defective nozzles in both the primary array of nozzles and in the secondary array of nozzles; a first mode operation having means for selectively activating nozzles in the secondary array of nozzles that are in alignment with defective nozzles in the primary array of nozzles; and a second mode of operation having means, responsive to the detecting means, for translating the secondary array of nozzles in relation to the primary array of nozzles along a path to a first position to realigned the nozzles in the primary array of nozzles to nozzles in the secondary array of nozzles if defective nozzles are aligned in both the primary and the secondary array of nozzles. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278528 | INKJET IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An inkjet image-forming apparatus includes an array inkjet head that is formed along a printing path through which a paper on which an image or a test image is formed is discharged, and includes a length corresponding to the width of the paper, and a plurality of nozzles to eject ink, and a missing nozzle detection unit formed along a missing nozzle detection path that is connected to the printing path to scan an image or a test image formed by the array inkjet head by transporting the paper (P), on which the test image is formed, towards the printing path, and a method thereof. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278529 | Print Engine Controller Having Controller Circuitry With An Open Actuator Test Circuit - Provided is a print engine controller for an inkjet printhead with a plurality of nozzle arrangements operatively actuated by thermal actuators. The controller has controller circuitry with an open actuator test circuit to test each respective actuator. The controller circuitry includes an open actuator test input, a column enable input and a row enable input, as well as a drive transistor operatively linking said thermal actuator to a power supply. The circuitry also includes a bleed transistor arranged in parallel with the thermal actuator, and a sense transistor operatively linking an output of the drive transistor and inputs of the thermal actuator and bleed transistor to a sensing node. The controller circuitry is configured so that when only the column enable and row enable inputs are activated the bleed and sense transistors are deactivated and the drive transistor is activated to link the thermal actuator to the power supply. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278530 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AMOUNT OF INK - The present invention provides a printing apparatus which is capable of estimate an amount of remaining ink with high accuracy by using ejection of ink from a printing head while restraining a consumption of ink during the estimation of the remaining ink amount, and also provides a method for estimating an amount of ink. An amount of ink ejected per unit time during the ink ejection for estimation of the remaining ink amount is set to be larger than an amount of ink ejected per unit time during printing. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278531 | INKJET PRINTER, INKJET PRINTER CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes a first printer head configured to eject ink to a first printing area on a surface of a print medium to form first ink dots in the first printing area, and a second printer head configured to eject ink to a second printing area on the surface of the print medium to form second ink dots in the second printing area. A detector is configured to detect first and second printing states in the first and second printing areas, respectively. A comparing unit is configured to compare the first and second printing states. An ejection controller is configured to control ejection from the first and second printer heads. A printing state compensator is configured to compensate ejection control performed by the ejection controller according to a comparison result output by the comparing unit so that the first and second printing states are substantially equal. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278532 | INKJET PRINTHEAD WITH TEMPERATURE ZONES - A printhead IC is provided having an array of nozzles, drive circuitry for receiving print data and sending drive pulses of electrical energy to the array of nozzles in accordance with the print data, and a temperature sensor connected to the drive circuitry to adjust the drive pulse profile in response to the temperature sensor output. During use, the temperature sensor can be de-activated after a period of use. The drive circuitry is programmed with a series of temperature thresholds defining a set of temperature zones, each of the zones having a different pulse profile for the drive pulses sent to the nozzles in the region currently operating in that temperature zone. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278533 | Method For Use In Achieving Velocity Optimization For A Printhead - A method for use with an imaging apparatus that mounts a printhead having a plurality of ink jetting actuators formed on a substrate that correspond to a plurality of ink jetting nozzles includes determining a resistance associated with the printhead; accessing a memory having stored therein a plurality of individually selectable fire pulse energy values; selecting a first fire pulse energy value of the plurality of individually selectable fire pulse energy values based on the resistance that was determined; and using the first fire pulse energy value for actuating at least one of the plurality of ink jetting actuators during a printing operation. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278534 | METHOD OF MEASURING VOLUMES OF INK DROPLETS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NOZZLES OF INKJET HEAD USING THE METHOD - A method of measuring the volumes of ink droplets is provided that includes repeatedly forming print patterns each including a plurality of ink droplets ejected from the inkjet head, photographing ink droplets which correspond to each other in terms of ejection order among the ink droplets of the repeatedly formed print patterns and measuring the volumes of the photographed ink droplets. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278535 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS WITH MAINTENANCE UNIT - An image recording apparatus of the present invention comprises an inkjet head which includes a nozzle plate where a plurality of nozzles that shoot ink are arranged in a column and an ink chamber which retains ink and is connected to the plurality of nozzles, at least one maintenance suction section which has a suction area larger than the nozzles, a suction section driving mechanism which causes the suction area to face the nozzles and moves the suction section relatively in the nozzle arrangement direction; and a positive pressure applying section which applies a positive pressure to the ink chamber. The maintenance suction section sucks in ink near the nozzles as moving in the nozzle arrangement direction, while the positive pressure is being applied to the ink chamber. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278536 | INKJET IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An inkjet image-forming apparatus includes an inkjet head having a length corresponding to a width of a paper and a nozzle unit on which a plurality of nozzles are formed, and a maintenance unit that is formed on a lower side of the inkjet head to reciprocally move in a lengthwise direction of the inkjet head to maintain the inkjet head, and includes a carriage and a development maintaining unit attachably and detachably installed on the carriage, wherein the development maintaining unit includes a washing unit that washes away foreign materials contaminating the nozzle unit, using solvent waves generated by applying ultrasonic waves of an ultrasonic wave generation unit to a solvent contained in the washing unit, a wiping blade that wipes the foreign materials and the solvent remaining on a surface of the nozzle unit by contacting with the nozzle unit, and an ink container that contains ink ejected from the nozzles by a spitting operation of the nozzles. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278537 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus includes an ink-jet head having an ink ejection surface which has a plurality of ink ejection ports formed therethough, and a cap including a base, and an annular protrusion which extends from the base in a protruding direction. The annular protrusion has a recess formed therein, and when the annular protrusion contacts the ink ejection surface, an enclosed space is defined therebetween. The apparatus also includes a first movement mechanism configured to move the cap relative to the ink-jet head in a first plane which is parallel to the ink ejection surface to selectively position the annular protrusion in a first position in which the annular protrusion opposes the ink ejection surface, and a second position in which the annular protrusion is offset from the ink ejection surface in the protruding direction. Moreover, the apparatus includes a brush comprising a plurality of flexible needle members. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278538 | LIQUID DISCHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging device includes a liquid discharging head and a maintenance-recovery mechanism. In the liquid discharging head, a row of discharge openings is formed on a discharge opening surface. In the maintenance-recovery mechanism, a blade wipes the discharge opening surface. A belt carries the blade in a direction of rotation along the row of discharge openings. A pressing member presses an inner circumferential surface of the belt to move a portion of the belt opposing the liquid discharging head toward the liquid discharging head to maintain a substantially constant gap between the blade and the discharge opening surface. The gap has a length in the direction of rotation of the belt not smaller than a length of the row of discharge openings and not greater than a length of the liquid discharging head. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278539 | HEADCHIP AND HEAD FOR ARRAY TYPE INKJET PRINTER - A headchip and a head of an array type inkjet printer. The headchip of the array type inkjet printer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept includes an ink supply unit which is arranged into first nozzle groups and second nozzle groups according to colors, and a power supply unit to supply power to the plurality of first and second nozzle groups in an alternate order, in which the first and second nozzle groups for one color and the first and second nozzle groups for another color closest in proximity to the one color, are connected using one power line. Accordingly, a voltage drop may be avoided when the plurality of nozzles are driven at the same time. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278540 | ATMOSPHEREIC PLASMA INKJET PRINTING APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING COLOR FILTER USING THE SAME - Atmospheric plasma inkjet printing apparatus and methods for fabricating color filters using the same. The atmosphere plasma inkjet printing apparatus includes a nozzle plate having a first column of nozzles and a second column of nozzles. An inkjet printhead module corresponds to the first column of nozzles. An atmospheric plasma module is corresponds to the second column of nozzles. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278541 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The invention provides a liquid ejecting head unit that includes: a liquid ejecting head that has pressure generation chambers and pressure generators, the pressure generation chambers being in communication with nozzle openings from which liquid is ejected, the pressure generator causing a pressure change in the pressure generation chamber; a fixing member that is adhered to the liquid ejecting surface of the liquid ejecting head, the liquid ejecting surface having the nozzle openings formed therein, the fixing member having an exposure opening portion that exposes the nozzle openings; and a recording portion that has convexity and concavity so as to record head information, the recording portion being provided at a region of the liquid ejecting surface at which the fixing member is adhered. | 2008-11-13 |
20080278542 | Micro-Fluid Ejection Devices Having Reduced Input/Output Addressable Heaters - Micro-fluid ejection devices, methods for making micro-fluid ejection, heads, and micro-fluid ejection heads having N actuators on a first substrate and logic capable of driving the N actuators on a second substrate. The ejection heads also have less than N electrical connections between the first and second substrates. | 2008-11-13 |