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20110032231 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a frame frequency conversion circuit configured to convert a frame frequency of an input display data and a timing control circuit configured to control a first drive circuit and a second drive circuit based on a frame frequency after the conversion. The display device generates at least two display areas on the display panel. The at least two display areas display images at different frame frequencies. The display device further includes a switch unit configured to display an image at the frame frequency before the conversion at one of the at least two display areas and configured to display an image at the frame frequency after the conversion at another one of the at least two display areas. At least one of a boundary position and a size of the at least two display areas varies with time. | 02-10-2011 |
20110109666 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes data lines, a plurality of pixel circuits, and a control circuit which obtains data line potentials which are formed by correcting potentials which allow the respective pixel circuits to display tones. The control circuit obtains the data line potentials such that a correction amount from a first potential to the data line potential when a tone potential in a frame which is displayed is the first potential and a tone potential in a frame right before the frame is a second potential, and a correction amount from the second potential to the data line potential when the tone potential of the frame which is displayed is the second potential and the tone potential of the frame right before the frame is the first potential differ from each other. | 05-12-2011 |
20110234569 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A data line driving section ( | 09-29-2011 |
20110234648 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device including: a control portion; a display panel including one or more pixel circuits and an image signal line connected to the pixel circuits; and an image signal line driving circuit. The control portion includes a difference acquiring circuit for acquiring difference data between a value of a gray-level potential, which is to be applied to one of the pixel circuits from the image signal line, and a value of a precharge potential based on the gray-level potential. The image signal line driving circuit calculates the precharge potential based on the value of the gray-level potential and the difference data, and supplies the image signal line with the precharge potential and the gray-level potential in sequence. | 09-29-2011 |
20110234649 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device which includes one image signal line which is connected to a plurality of pixels, a scanning line drive part which outputs an ON voltage to the respective pixels in a predetermined order, and a data line drive part which outputs image signal voltages. The data line drive part outputs a gray level signal voltage corresponding to a gray level value of the pixel as an image signal voltage in a first period, and outputs a correction gray level signal voltage different from the gray level signal voltage as an image signal voltage in a second period which precedes the first period. The liquid crystal display device further includes a control part which generates the correction gray level signal voltage based on the gray level value of the pixel and one or plurarity of gray level values of pixels which precede the pixel in order. | 09-29-2011 |
20120229524 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a data line; a plurality of pixel circuits; an output grayscale value generating circuit for outputting an output grayscale value obtained by correcting a display grayscale value indicating a grayscale potential having one of positive polarity and negative polarity; and a data-line driving circuit for selectively outputting an output potential having one of positive polarity and negative polarity corresponding to the output grayscale value to the data line. The data-line driving circuit outputs the potential so that the positive-polarity output potential corresponding to a smallest output grayscale value becomes lower than a positive-polarity grayscale potential indicated by a smallest one of the display grayscale values and that the negative-polarity output potential corresponding to the smallest output grayscale value becomes higher than a negative-polarity grayscale potential indicated by the smallest one of the display grayscale values. | 09-13-2012 |
20120229525 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixel circuits, data lines, and a data-line driving circuit connected to the data lines. Each of the pixel circuits includes a pixel capacitance having one end provided with a common potential. In accordance with a grayscale value for one of the plurality of pixel circuits, the data-line driving circuit selectively outputs a positive-polarity signal and a negative-polarity signal to the one pixel circuit. The data-line driving circuit outputs the positive-polarity signal and the negative-polarity signal so that an average of a potential of the positive-polarity signal and a potential of the negative-polarity signal corresponding to the grayscale value changes in accordance with the grayscale value, a temperature, and a position of the one pixel circuit. | 09-13-2012 |
20140232765 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device which includes one image signal line which is connected to a plurality of pixels, a scanning line drive part which outputs an ON voltage to the respective pixels in a predetermined order, and a data line drive part which outputs image signal voltages. The data line drive part outputs a gray level signal voltage corresponding to a gray level value of the pixel as an image signal voltage in a first period, and outputs a correction gray level signal voltage different from the gray level signal voltage as an image signal voltage in a second period which precedes the first period. The liquid crystal display device further includes a control part which generates the correction gray level signal voltage based on the gray level value of the pixel and one or plurality of gray level values of pixels which precede the pixel in order. | 08-21-2014 |
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20100265405 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device capable of producing an image of excellent quality with reduced flicker and little reduction in luminance, the display device including: a backlight having light sources such as LED devices arranged two-dimensionally, each of which may be individually modulated in luminance; a moving velocity detection unit VD | 10-21-2010 |
20100289735 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A resistive element ( | 11-18-2010 |
20110242120 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVIING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING - The display unit can reduce the electric power consumed by the process of calculating an adjustment coefficient for display data, as typified by gradient control, and it can be readily adapted even to a display panel with a higher resolution. The display unit includes: a plurality of driving units arrayed in parallel and each operable to output a drive signal to a display panel; a plurality of first calculation units, and a plurality of display RAMs, each paired with one first calculation unit, the pairs of the first calculation units and display RAMs laid out along a direction of the parallel array of the driving units; and a second calculation unit which distributes display data supplied from outside to the display RAMs, receives display data from the display RAMs in parallel to analyze a histogram of tone distribution of pixel data corresponding to one screen, and calculates the adjustment coefficient based on a result of the analysis. In the display unit, the adjustment coefficient thus calculated is sent back to the first calculation units. The first calculation unit performs a calculation using display data read from the corresponding display RAM and the adjustment coefficient thereby to create drive data for the display panel. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242139 | DISPLAY DRIVER - The display driver achieves the balance between the image quality and power-cutting ratio by controlling the backlight dimming ratio to keep the image quality after backlight dimming constant. The display driver uses e.g. MSE (Mean Square Error) as an index of image quality. The reference gradation control unit controls the data decompression and backlight dimming ratios, thereby to keep the image quality after backlight dimming constant. Assuming display data decompression, and backlight dimming, the error calculating unit calculates a decrease of luminance for an input displayed image as MSE based on the decompression and dimming ratios of a preceding frame, in advance. In the case of MSE over a predetermined value, the decompression unit and light-adjustment control unit decrease the decompression and dimming ratios to below those of the preceding frame, respectively. In the case of MSE below the value, the ratios are lowered to below those of the preceding frame. | 10-06-2011 |
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20080316167 | DISPLAY DRIVER - A display driver driving a display panel according to inputted display data comprises: a first circuit changing brightness of a display image by conversion of the display data based on a first reference value and a second reference value, the first reference value being a display data value at a first position in an upper part of a histogram of the inputted display data, and the second reference value being a display data value at a second position in a lower portion of the histogram; a second circuit changing brightness of a illuminating device illuminating the display panel based on the first reference value; and a control circuit performing a processing of making the brightness of the display image high by the first circuit and a processing of making the brightness of the illuminating device low by the second circuit in correlation with the brightness of the display image. | 12-25-2008 |
20090303264 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DRIVING DEVICE - A liquid crystal driving device includes a liquid crystal controller and specific color expansion circuits. The liquid crystal controller generates a liquid crystal drive signal to be supplied to a liquid crystal display panel in response to display data. The specific color expansion circuits generate an image output signal from a low-intensity image input signal corresponding to a specific color by intensifying a gradation using a specified factor. The specific color expansion circuits generate an image output signal from a high-intensity image input signal corresponding to a specific color by intensifying a gradation using another small factor. The image output signal is appropriately intensified by the specific color expansion circuits and is supplied as display data to the liquid crystal controller. | 12-10-2009 |
20130044146 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DRIVER AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - In a display device and a display driver, when a grayscale of a display image is equal to or lower than a specific grayscale value obtained from a histogram of the display image, a display grayscale is extended with a linear function. On the other hand, when a grayscale of a display image is equal to or higher than the specific grayscale value, histogram equalization of a part higher than the specific grayscale value is performed, and the display grayscale is extended with a non-linear function obtained from the histogram equalization. | 02-21-2013 |
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20120196052 | METHOD OF FORMING COPPER WIRING AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING COPPER FILM - A method of forming a Cu wiring in a trench or hole formed in a substrate is provided. The method includes forming a barrier film on the surface of the trench or hole, forming a Ru film on the barrier film, and embedding Cu in the trench or hole by forming a Cu film on the Ru film using PVD while annealing the substrate such that migration of copper into the trench or hole occurs. | 08-02-2012 |
20120196437 | METHODS OF FORMING COPPER WIRING AND COPPER FILM, AND FILM FORMING SYSTEM - A method of forming a Cu wiring in a trench or hole formed in a substrate is provided. The method includes forming a barrier film on the surface of the trench or hole, forming a Ru film on the barrier film, and embedding copper in the trench or hole by forming a Cu film on the Ru film using PVD while heating the substrate such that migration of copper into the trench or hole occurs. | 08-02-2012 |
20130081938 | MAGNETRON SPUTTERING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A magnetron sputtering apparatus in which a target is disposed to face a substrate includes a magnet array body including a magnet group arranged on a base body, and a rotating mechanism for rotating the magnet array body around an axis perpendicular to the substrate. In the magnet array body, N poles and S poles constituting the magnet group are arranged to be spaced from each other along a surface facing the target such that a plasma is generated based on a drift of electrons by a cusp magnetic field. Magnets located on the outermost periphery of the magnet group are arranged in a line to prevent the electrons from being released from constraint of the cusp magnetic field and jumping out of the cusp magnetic field. A distance between the target and the substrate during sputtering is equal to or less than 30 mm. | 04-04-2013 |
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20130237053 | FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS - A film forming method which generates metal ions from a metal target with a plasma in a processing chamber and attracts the metal ions with a bias to deposit a metal thin film on a target object wherein trenches are formed. The method includes: generating metal ions from a target and attracting the metal ions into a target object with a bias to form a base film in a trench; ionizing a rare gas with the bias in a state where no metal ion is generated and attracting the generated ions into the target object to etch the base film; and plasma sputtering the target to generate metal ions and attracting the metal ions into the object with a high frequency power for bias to deposit a main film as a metal film, while reflowing the main film by heating. | 09-12-2013 |
20140045329 | METHOD FOR FORMING CU WIRING - A Cu wiring forming method forms Cu wiring in a recess of a predetermined pattern including a trench formed in an insulating film on a substrate surface. The method includes: forming a barrier film at least on a surface of the recess; forming a Cu film by PVD to fill the recess with the Cu film; forming an additional layer on the Cu film; polishing an entire surface by CMP to form the Cu wiring in the recess; forming a metal cap including a manganese oxide film on an entire surface including the insulating film and the Cu wiring of the substrate after performing the CMP polishing; and forming a dielectric cap on the metal cap. | 02-13-2014 |
20140060572 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CLEANING METHOD FOR REMOVING METAL OXIDE FILM - In a plasma processing apparatus, a mounting table is provided in a processing chamber, and a remote plasma generating unit is configured to generate an excited gas by exiting a hydrogen-containing gas. The remote plasma generating unit has an outlet for discharging the excited gas. A diffusion unit is provided to correspond to the outlet of the remote plasma generating unit and serves to receive the excited gas flowing from the outlet and diffuse the hydrogen active species having a reduced amount of hydrogen ions. An ion filter is disposed between the diffusion unit and the mounting table while being separated from the diffusion unit. The ion filter serves to capture the hydrogen ions contained in the hydrogen active species diffused by the diffusion unit and allow the hydrogen active species having a further reduced amount of hydrogen ions to pass therethrough the mounting table. | 03-06-2014 |
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20090073821 | Media processing device and control method for a media processing device - A media processing device does not execute a media transportation process if the height of media stacked in a media storage unit is at an over capacity level, and reliably prevents problems such as damage to the media transportation mechanism caused by collision with the stacked media. If in the media processing device the height of media stacked in a media storage unit | 03-19-2009 |
20100072689 | MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND A CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A media processing device, a control method for a media processing device, and a control program for the same can accurately detect the last one or specified number of media stored in the media stacker. Media stackers store media in a stack. Media processing units write data and/or print a label on the media. A media transportation mechanism has a transportation arm that can hold the media and move vertically, and transports the media between the media stackers and the media processing units by movement of the transportation arm. A control unit controls the media processing units and the media transportation mechanism | 03-25-2010 |
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20130020173 | MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, CHECK PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE - A compact media processing device enables recording on a process medium and then processing the process medium based on the result of recording. The media processing device conveys a process medium and processes the conveyed process medium by a first process unit disposed to the conveyance path, and an operation selection unit then determines the content of the next operation based on the result of the first process. After the next operation is determined, the conveyance control unit conveys the process medium upstream to or upstream of the process position of a second process unit. A process control unit then applies the selected operation to the process medium by the second process unit that is disposed downstream from the first process unit on the conveyance path of the process medium. | 01-24-2013 |
20130077121 | MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, AND A STORAGE MEDIUM - A multifunction device that has functions for reading media and printing tickets, and produces tickets on which an image reflecting the result of reading the medium is recorded under the control of a control device, can quickly reprint a ticket when a command to reprint the ticket is received. When image data is written to a first buffer | 03-28-2013 |
20130188202 | RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING DEVICE, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM - A multifunction device has a recording controller that buffers image data for an image to be recorded on a medium to an image buffer, and starts recording the image from a specific start recording position on the medium based on the buffered image data; a media length detector that detects the length of the medium being conveyed; an image length calculator that calculates the length of the image; and a start recording position controller that sets the start recording position for recording the image to the medium based on the length of the medium detected by the media length detector, and the length of the image to be recorded on the medium calculated by the image length calculator. | 07-25-2013 |
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20100079799 | Media Processing Device, Control Method for a Media Processing Device, and a Control Program for a Media Processing Device - A media processing device and a control method therefor separate the control unit that detects state changes and the control unit that controls executing processes according to a state change. The media processing device has a label printer | 04-01-2010 |
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20090308861 | Heating Unit, Tire Heating Apparatus, and Method for Remodeling Tire Mold - The present invention provides a heating unit capable of easily and inexpensively adjusting total impedance based on tire mold size so that a power source can be used at a high power factor, and a tire heating apparatus using the same. A ferromagnetic metallic member | 12-17-2009 |
20100068320 | TIRE VULCANIZING MACHINE - It is an object of the present invention to prevent or suppress the occurrence of a temperature difference between upper and lower portions of a green tire in a vulcanizing process carried out by a tire vulcanizing machine | 03-18-2010 |
20100281903 | EVAPORATOR AND COOLING DEVICE - Service life of the compressor is extended. The evaporator is provided with the housing having the suction port connectable to the suction portion of the compressor in order to evaporate at least part of a droplet or misty working fluid in the housing by a suction effect of the compressor through the suction port, comprising a filter installed in the housing, the filter dividing a space in the housing into the first space for generating the droplet or misty working fluid and the second space for communicating with the suction port, the filter being inclined away from the suction port as advancing upward, and the filter transmitting therethrough vapor resulting from evaporation of the droplet or misty working fluid while capturing the droplet or misty working fluid. | 11-11-2010 |
20100293992 | CONDENSER AND COOLING DEVICE - In the condenser provided with two of the degassing chambers separated by a cooling fluid, communication between the degassing chambers is prevented even if a pressure difference is increased between the degassing chambers. The condenser has the housing having the vapor inflow port connectable to the discharge portion of the compressor, the first degassing chamber, in the housing, communicating with the vapor inflow port, and the second degassing chamber, in the housing, arranged above the first degassing chamber across the partition portion, and the passing portion for permitting a cooling fluid to flow from the second degassing chamber to the first degassing chamber, wherein the first degassing chamber is separated from the second degassing chamber by the cooling fluid in the passing portion, and the passing portion has a pressure head space for containing a specified volume of cooling fluid so as to absorb a variation in a pressure difference between the first degassing chamber and the second degassing chamber. | 11-25-2010 |
20110008477 | TIRE VULCANIZER - Provided is a tire vulcanizer capable of accelerating the rise in the temperature of a heating and pressurizing medium and reducing heat loss. | 01-13-2011 |
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20090009872 | Light Diffusing Sheet - A light diffusing sheet brightens frontal direction illumination and resists curl without requiring a complicated design. | 01-08-2009 |
20090067190 | Optical Film and Backlight Unit Using the Same - An optical film enhances provide brightness in the frontal direction and light diffusing without using a prism sheet or a lens sheet. | 03-12-2009 |
20090068484 | Binder Composition Applied for Polyester Type Films and Optical Film Using the Same - A binder composition for polyester type films showing superior transparency, film hardness and solvent resistance as well as superior adhesion to polyester type films and an optical film using the composition are provided. The binder composition for polyester type films of the present invention contains a high-molecular weight polymethyl methacrylate (a), an acrylic polyol (b), an isocyanate type curing agent (c), and a polyester resin (d). The optical film of the present invention is an optical film including a polyester type film and a functional layer provided on the polyester type film, the functional layer containing a high-molecular weight polymethyl methacrylate (a), an acrylic polyol (b), an isocyanate type curing agent (c), and a polyester resin (d). | 03-12-2009 |
20100097824 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND MEMBER - A direct type backlight unit | 04-22-2010 |
20100103698 | BACKLIGHT UNIT - A backlight unit does not show decrease of brightness for the frontal direction even when made thin-shaped. An edge light type backlight unit | 04-29-2010 |
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20140016202 | LIGHT-SHIELDING MATERIAL FOR OPTICAL INSTRUMENT - Provided is a light-shielding material for use in optical instrument and having a light-shielding sheet with broad low-gloss region while maintaining the physical properties necessary for a light-shielding sheet. The light-shielding material | 01-16-2014 |
20140016203 | LIGHT-SHIELDING MATERIAL FOR OPTICAL INSTRUMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a method of manufacturing a light-shielding material for use in optical instrument and having a light-shielding coat with a broad low-gloss region while maintaining the physical properties, such as a light-blocking property, necessary for light-shielding coat. In this method for manufacturing a light-shielding material comprising a light-shielding coat formed on the substrate, a coating liquid is prepared containing at least a binder resin, black fine particles and a matting agent having a variation coefficient of 20 or larger. Next, this coating liquid is coated on the substrate and dried to form a light-blocking coat. | 01-16-2014 |