04th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110018838 | Capacitive Type Touch Panel - A capacitive type touch panel comprises a transparent substrate, a transparent conductive layer, an insulating layer, and a plurality of first leads. The transparent conductive layer is overlaid on a surface of the transparent substrate and comprises a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes and a plurality of connecting lines. The plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are arranged in a staggered manner, and the plurality of connecting lines respectively connect two adjacent second electrodes. The insulating layer comprises a plurality of insulating areas, wherein the plurality of insulating areas are respectively overlaid on the plurality of connecting lines. The plurality of first leads are respectively disposed on the plurality of insulating areas and respectively connect two adjacent first electrodes. Each of the first electrodes and second electrodes has a pattern which is formed by transparent electrode leads. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018839 | TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel display device includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate opposite to the upper substrate. The lower substrate includes scan lines, data lines intersecting with the data lines and contact sensor modules. Each contact sensor module includes a readout line spaced from the data lines, a readout component, and a contact detection module. The readout component includes two ports connected to the readout line and the scan line, respectively; and an equivalent resistance of the readout component is changed according to an electrical field formed between the common electrode and the readout component, such that an output voltage or an output current of the readout line is changed. The contact detection module detects a contact position via a position of the readout line of which the voltage or the current has been changed and a position of the scanned scan line. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018840 | TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEM - A touch screen system includes an in-cell type optical touch device for displaying images and receiving a light signal, an out-cell type touch device for sensing a finger or a non-optical stylus, a first functional unit connected with the in-cell type optical touch device, a second functional unit connected with the out-cell type touch panel and a third functional unit connected with the first functional unit and the second functional unit. The out-cell type touch device is disposed on the in-cell type optical touch device. The first functional unit converts an analog sensing signal received by the in-cell type optical touch device into a first electrical signal. An object-sensing signal generated from the out-cell type touch panel is processed by the second functional unit to generate a second electrical signal. The third functional unit analyzes the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal and generates valid output signals. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018841 | Two-Dimensional Position Sensor - A capacitive position sensor for determining the position of an object along first and second directions is described. The sensor comprises a substrate having an arrangement of electrodes mounted on a single surface thereof. The electrodes are arranged so as to define an array of sensing cells arranged in columns and rows to form a sensing area. Each of the sensing cell including a column sensing electrode and a row sensing electrode with the column sensing electrodes of sensing cells in the same column being electrically coupled together and the row sensing electrodes of sensing cells in the same row also being electrically coupled together. Row sensing electrodes of sensing cells at opposing ends of at least one of the rows are connected together by an electrical connection made outside of the sensing area so that there is no requirement for electrical connections to cross within the sensing area, thus providing a capacitive position sensor having a sensing area with electrodes on only one side of a substrate. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018842 | Touch Panel - A touch panel includes a plurality of first pixels and second pixels. Each first pixel has a light sensing component for sensing light then generating a first sensing signal and a switch. The switch contains a first end coupled to the light sensing component, a control end for receiving a first gate driving signal, and a second end for transmitting the first sensing signal according to the first gate driving signal. Each second pixel includes a pressure sensing component for sensing pressure then generating a second sensing signal and a switch. The switch contains a first end coupled to the pressure sensing component, a control end for receiving a second gate driving signal, and a second end for transmitting the second sensing signal according to the second gate driving signal. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018843 | WRITING DEVICE, DISPLAY SHEET, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A writing device for displaying an image on a display layer having a containing portion in which electrophoretic particles are contained, includes: a casing; a power supply provided in the casing; an electrode portion which is provided in the casing and is electrically connected to the power supply; and a conductive portion which is provided in the casing and is electrically connected to the power supply, wherein display of the image is performed by electrically connecting the electrode portion to the display layer so that the conductive portion is electrically connected to the display layer. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018844 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INPUTTING DOCUMENT INFORMATION - Provided are document information input method and system. When a user writes a document by using an input pen at a working site, a position of the input pen used by the user is measured in real time and position information is transmitted through a wired or wireless communication network to a document information input apparatus. The document information input apparatus can input contents written by the user or figures or characters drawn by the user in a computerization system in real time, so that it is possible to improve work efficiency of document task. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018845 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING CIRCUIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, SHIFT REGISTER, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND DRIVING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A display panel drive circuit includes a shift register constructed of unit circuits connected in stages. The unit circuits generate signal line selection signals, respectively, which signal line selection signals are made active for a respective certain period of time to form a respective pulse, and the pulses are outputted successively from respective unit circuits in order of ordinal number starting from a first stage until an end stage. In at least one embodiment, each of the unit circuits receive (i) clock signals generated based on a sync signal received from outside of the display panel drive circuit, (ii) a start pulse signal generated based on the sync signal, or a signal line selection signal generated in a stage different from its own stage, and (iii) a clear signal. The clear signal is made active in a case where anomalousness is included in the sync signal, and no pulse is outputted from the shift register until a subsequent vertical scanning period starts. This configuration achieves a display panel drive circuit which prevents display disorder or holds down increase in load given to a power source, each of which occurs in a case where anomalousness is included in the sync signal. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018846 | LCD DRIVING DEVICE - A liquid crystal display driving device, comprising a scanning driving unit; a data driving unit; gate lines; data lines; pixel regions defined by the gate lines and the data lines; and a compensation circuit connected to the gate lines, wherein the gate lines include gate scanning lines and a redundant gate line, the data lines includes data signal lines and a redundant data line, and the compensation circuit is used to compensate the gate scanning signals of the gate scanning lines, so as to reduce voltage delay over the gate scanning lines. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018847 | Display Apparatus - Provided is a display apparatus capable of reducing the scale of a drive circuit and decreasing the frame. A display area in which pixels are provided in matrix, a scanning line drive circuit for driving scanning lines, and a signal line drive circuit for driving signal lines are provided on a support substrate. The pixel within the display area is constituted with a plurality of dots. Each dot corresponds to a color filter of a certain color. The dot is in a laterally long shape, i.e. in a shape extending in a direction along the scanning lines. In other words, each dot is in a shape extending in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the signal line drive circuit. The color filters are of lateral stripe type, for example. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018848 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method of Driving the Same - A liquid crystal display device with low power consumption is provided by using a driver circuit and a pixel that have novel circuit structures. In a liquid crystal display device using n (n is a natural number and satisfies n≧2) bit digital video signals to display an image, n×m (m is a natural number) memory circuits and n×k (k is a natural number) non-volatile memory circuits are provided in each pixel, thereby giving the device a function of storing m frames of digital video signals in the memory circuits and a function of storing k frames of digital video signals in the non-volatile memory circuits. Once stored in the memory circuits, the digital video signals are repeatedly read out for every new frame to display a still image, so that driving of a source signal line driver circuit can be stopped during still image display. Moreover, digital video signals stored in the non-volatile memory circuits are kept stored after power supply is shut off and hence the image of the stored data can immediately be displayed next time the display device is turned on. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018849 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMBEDDING A DISPLAY IN A BEZEL - An application for a bezel with an internal graphics display system. The display system arranged to display static, dynamic or moving graphical images. The graphics display system consists of a bezel face and a display element. The bezel face is constructed of a transparent or translucent material such that light transmitted by the display element located behind the bezel face passes through the bezel face to the outside. The display element receives graphic images from a processing element and displays the image. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018850 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH BUILT-IN OPTICAL SENSORS AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - A display panel with built-in optical sensors is provided that can accurately remove a noise component in an imaging signal of an image pick-up sensor in a display region without being influenced by distance from a heat source or distance from a sensor output terminal. The display panel with built-in optical sensors has an active matrix substrate having a pixel region in which pixels are disposed in a matrix, and is configured such that optical sensors are formed in at least a portion of the pixel region. Among the optical sensors in the pixel region are image pick-up sensors ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110018851 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND CHARGE PUMP THEREOF - A charge pump with limited peak current and improved application flexibility and an LCD having the same. The charge pump has more than three switches in a charge path and more than three switches in a pump path. Furthermore, the charge pump has a voltage detector detecting voltage of the output terminal of the charge pump and a charge pump controller controlling the switches based on the detected voltage. According to the detected voltage, the charge pump controller determines the number of turning-on switches in the charge path and determines the number of turning-on switches in the pump path. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018852 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device including a drive circuit board disposed on a chassis member holding a plasma display panel and coupled to an electrode terminal portion of a display electrode via a flexible wiring board so as to apply a driving voltage to a display electrode, and a plurality of data drivers disposed in the lower end portion that is close contact with electrode terminal portion of a data electrode on the chassis member and connected to the electrode terminal portion via flexible wiring board so as to apply a driving voltage to the data electrode. The plasma display panel is configured by forming a base film on the dielectric layer covering the display electrode and attaching a plurality of crystal particles made of metal oxide to the base film so as to be distributed over an entire surface. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018853 | SIGNAL LINE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A signal line driving circuit according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes: a first amplifier; a second amplifier; a first charge share switch connected between an output terminal of the first amplifier and an output terminal of the second amplifier; a first output switch connected between an output node of the first amplifier and the output terminal of the first amplifier; a second charge share switch connected between a node between the first output switch and the output terminal of the first amplifier and an input terminal of the first amplifier; and a first input switch connected to the input terminal of the first amplifier. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018854 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT READING DEVICE - We describe power control techniques for an document reader with an electrophoretic display. In embodiments the document reader comprises a main processor to display information and at least one secondary processor to detect, say, a user input gesture; a battery to provide power to both processors; and a controllable switch coupled between said battery and said main processor and having a control line coupled to said secondary processor, to switch power from said battery to said main processor whilst said secondary processor is powered. In embodiments a power consumption measured in months is desired so that rather than put the main processor into a standby mode power to the main processor is switched off entirely but the system is arranged to be able to start-up quickly from this configuration. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018855 | Electronic Circuit, Method of Driving the Same, Electronic Device, Electro-Optical Device, Electronic Apparatus, and Method of Driving the Electronic Device - A gate of a driving transistor is set to a offset level corresponding to the threshold of the driving transistor by an initializing current flowing between a source and a drain of the driving transistor or a compensating transistor for the driving transistor. A conduction state of the driving transistor is set according to a gate voltage of the gate of the driving transistor that corresponds to a data signal and the threshold of the driving transistor. A current of which a level corresponds to the conduction state and of which the direction is opposite to the direction of the initializing current flows through driving transistor. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018856 | OUTDOOR READABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An outdoor readable liquid crystal display device ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110018857 | Line Addressing Methods And Apparatus For Partial Display Updates - A method for updating a submatrix of a display matrix of a display device comprises sequentially selecting rows of the display matrix starting from an initial row of the display matrix. The method includes determining whether a selected row precedes a first row of the submatrix in a first drive frame of a waveform having two or more drive frames. If a condition that a selected row precedes the first row of the submatrix in the first drive frame of the waveform is false, the method includes addressing the selected row for a first line address period. If a condition that a selected row precedes the first row of the submatrix in the first drive frame of the waveform is true, the method includes addressing the selected row for a second line address period. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018858 | Organic light emitting display and method of driving the same - An organic light emitting display capable of compensating for threshold voltage variations of a driving transistor may include scan and data drivers, pixels, an initial power source unit, a switching unit, a compensating unit, and a timing controller. The scan and data drivers may control current that flows from a first to a second power source via an OLED. The switching unit may selectively couple the initial power source unit to the data driver. The compensating unit may store second data corresponding to a threshold voltage of a driving transistor and may transmit the stored second data to the data driver. The timing controller may transmit the externally supplied first data input to the data driver and may control the scan driver, the data driver, and the compensating unit. The data driver may generate and supply third data signals to the pixels using the first and the second data. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018859 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optic device includes an electro-optical panel and a polarization axis conversion unit that emits transmission lights corresponding to a first image or a second image with the polarization axis of the first image intersecting the polarization axis of the second image, by converting the polarization axis of the lights emitted from the electro-optical panel. The electro-optic device further includes a scanning signal supply unit supplying scanning signals through the plurality of scanning lines and an image signal supply unit supplying a first image signal corresponding to a first image to the plurality of pixel sections during a first field period and supplying a second image signal corresponding to a second image to the plurality of pixel sections during a second field period through the plurality of data lines, the first field period and the second field period being divided into a plurality of subfield periods respectively. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018860 | DISPLAY - A display is provided having private and public viewing modes. The display comprises a display device and a parallax optic ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110018861 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY PANEL - The electrophoretic display panel ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110018862 | Gaze Intent Estimation for Retargeting of Characters - Any image capturing system, and a method to use same, that includes one or more image capturing devices that have known and fixed positions relative to one another and the eye of a subject, wherein the image capturing devices capture a plurality of images of eye of a subject during a performance is disclosed. The images of the eye, along with the known and fixed relative positions of the image capturing devices are used define eye-lines for the eye of the subject. The eye-lines can then be used to manually or automatically retarget the eye of a rendered or animated figure based on the performance of the subject to retarget the gaze intent of the rendered or animated figure within a scene. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018863 | Image processing apparatus performing rendering at multiple viewpoints and method - Provided is an image processing apparatus and method that may perform rendering based on a plurality of viewpoints to generate a stereoscopic image. Through this, it is possible to decrease a calculation amount. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018864 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD - A remote control device is provided which is of a relatively simple configuration and capable of remotely controlling a digital mirror apparatus or the like. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018865 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE DIMENSIONAL MAP SERVICE AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM - A method for providing a three dimensional (3D) map service and geographic information system (GIS) is provided. The method includes: establishing a search point P, a level L, an angle A, and a direction D for a 3D map service; calculating a viewpoint (x, y, z) with respect to the search point P based on the level L, angle A, and direction D; and providing a 3D map image of the search point P based on the calculated viewpoint (x, y, z). | 2011-01-27 |
20110018866 | STRUCTURE OF THE FARNESOID X RECEPTOR LIGAND BINDING DOMAIN AND METHODS OF USE THEREFOR - The present invention provides compositions comprising the ligand binding domain (LBD) of a farnesoid X receptor (FXR) in crystalline form. In alternative embodiments, the LBD of FXR is complexed with a ligand therefor. There are provided high resolution structures of FXR complexed with a novel high affinity agonist fexaramine. The discovered structure of a FXR LBD provides the first three-dimensional view of the structural basis for FXR ligand binding. The present invention further provides a computer for producing a time-dimensional representation of FXR or a complex thereof, and a computer for determining at least a portion of the structure coordinates of FXR or a complex thereof. The present invention further provides methods of using this structural information to predict molecules capable of binding to FXR; to identify compounds with agonist, antagonist or partial agonist activity for FXR; and to determine whether a test compound is capable of binding to the LBD of FXR. The present invention further provides compositions comprising compounds identified by such invention methods. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018867 | Video game machine, gaming image display method, gaming image dispaly program and network game system - A video game machine includes a monitor that permits three-dimensional viewing, a virtual camera controller for moving first and second virtual cameras while maintaining a positional relationship in which the two virtual cameras are separated from each other, an image display controller for synthesizing first and second image data acquired by the two virtual cameras upon leading the image data to a display memory, and reading out data content thereof, a game-related image storage block for storing panel images including objects and textures, and a specifier which issues a command for presenting a panel image. The image display controller maps a texture corresponding to an object read out in accordance with the command given from the specifier twice in two storage locations of the display memory that are offset from each other. A player is provided with a gaming image generated with a reduced 3D processing burden, yet creating compelling reality and enjoyable sensation in game playing. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018868 | Video game machine, gaming image display control method and display mode switching control method - A video game machine includes a monitor which permits three-dimensional viewing, a virtual camera controller which selectively provides on-screen presentation in 2D display mode in which two virtual cameras for capturing images are matched with each other and in 3D display mode in which the two virtual cameras are set to achieve a prescribed distance therebetween, an image display controller which generates a 3D image presented on the monitor from image data acquired by the two virtual cameras, a display mode switching processor which repositions the two virtual cameras from the positional relationship in one display mode to the positional relationship in the other in a stepwise fashion. Switching between the 2D and 3D display modes is smoothened and stimulation of a player's eyes or brain caused by a sudden change between states with or without stereoscopic effect is suppressed. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018869 | Flexible Landscape Display System for Information Display and Control - The present invention is a system that grids original data, maps the data at the grid locations to height values at corresponding landscape image pixel locations and renders the landscape pixels into a three-dimensional (3D) landscape image. The landscape pixels can have arbitrary shapes and can be augmented with additional 3D information from the original data, such as an offset providing additional information, or generated from processing of the original data, such as to alert when a threshold is exceeded, or added for other purposes such as to point out a feature. The pixels can also convey additional information from the original data using other pixel characteristics such as texture, color, transparency, etc. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018870 | MULTI-USER ANIMATION COUPLED TO BULLETIN BOARD - A multi-user animation process receives input from multiple remote clients to manipulate avatars through a modeled 3-D environment. Each user is represented by an avatar. The 3-D environment and avatar position/location data is provided to client workstations, which display a simulated environment visible to all participants. A text or speech-based bulletin board application is coupled to the animation process. The bulletin board application receives text or speech input from the multiple remote users and publishes the input in a public forum. The bulletin board application maintains multiple forums organized by topic. Access or participation to particular forums is coordinated with the animation process, such that each user may be permitted access to a forum only when the user's avatar is located within a designated room or region of the modeled 3-D environment. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018871 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A medical image display device provided with storage means for storing a sliced image of an object to be examined obtained by a medical image diagnostic apparatus, extraction means for extracting a center line passing through the region of a hollow organ of the object and the center thereof from the sliced image stored by the storage means, and 3-dimensional image generation means for generating a virtual 3-dimensional image of the inner wall of the hollow organ seen from a viewpoint while sequentially moving the viewpoint from one end to the other end of the center line is provided, with means for changing the direction in which the virtual 3-dimensional image seen from the viewpoint is generated to the direction of bending curvature of the hollow organ according to the bending curvature thereof. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018872 | REAL-TIME HIGH-SPEED THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELING SYSTEM - A high-speed modeling system and a method of constructing a model are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system comprises first and second cameras, a control portion to synchronize the first and second cameras, and a projector of electromagnetic patterns. The first and second cameras are synchronized by the control portion to generate second frames a time interval after first frames are generated to thereby obtain a high frame-rate which is higher than the frame-rate of the first camera. Multiple imaging stations comprising first and second cameras may be directed to the path traveled by a mass at a high speed, in a prescribed arrangement, to model the mass with the high frame-rate system. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018873 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CONVERSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image conversion system and method read image data of a two-dimensional image from a storage system. A data format, an image size, a pixel value of each pixel, and pixel coordinates of each pixel are determined according to the image data. A gray value of each pixel is calculated. According to the pixel coordinates and gray value of each pixel, a three-dimensional mesh is generated and then decorated, so that a three-dimensional image is obtained. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018874 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product For Improved Graphics Performance - A method for improving performance of generation of digitally represented graphics. The method comprises: receiving a first representation of a base primitive; providing a set of instructions associated with vertex position determination; executing said retrieved set of instructions on said first representation of said base primitive using bounded arithmetic for providing a second representation of said base primitive, and subjecting said second representation of said base primitive to a culling process. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also presented. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018875 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide an image processing device capable of assisting a user to readily recognize bumps and recesses of an object. An original texture image storage unit ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110018876 | Systems and Methods for Determining Lighting for 3D Geometry - Methods and systems for determining lighting values, including providing a set of points around a 3D geometry, the set of points being independent of the 3D geometry, determining a depth map of the 3D geometry with respect to a view point by projecting the 3D geometry according to the view point, and determining visibility values for the set of points by comparing the set of points to the depth map of the 3D geometry. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018877 | Method and apparatus of obtaining high resolution image using multi-band combination filters - Provided are an apparatus and method of obtaining a high resolution image using multi-band combination filters. The apparatus includes a high frequency extraction unit to extract a high frequency image from a low resolution input image through filtering operations performed in parallel, a high frequency expansion unit to expand the high frequency image to generate an expanded high frequency image, an image expansion unit to expand the low resolution input image to generate an expanded input image, and an image combination unit to combine the expanded high frequency image and the expanded input image. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018878 | IMAGE DELIVERY SYSTEM, IMAGE DELIVERY APPARATUS, IMAGE DELIVERY METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In the image delivery system of an embodiment of the present invention, a text image is generated which is image data converted from document data in formats such as Word or PDF, a display area is determined on the text image, and a text image within the determined display area (hereinafter referred to as a delivery image) is input to an image conversion processing unit. The image conversion processing unit converts a resolution and a pixel count of the delivery image to a resolution and a pixel count appropriate for the display device based on a pixel count, a resolution, etc. of a display unit to send to a client portable terminal. The client portable terminal displays the sent delivery image on the display device. This enables to display the delivery image at the same size regardless of a display device. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018879 | Pattern generation method and pattern generation program - In a first process of a pattern generation method, a first segment to be handled which is not on a grid is extracted. In a second process, a second segment opposite to the first segment is extracted. In a third process, whether the second segment is on the grid is determined. In FIG. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018880 | TIGHT INBETWEENING - A tool for inbetweening is provided, wherein inbetween frames are at least partly computer generated by analyzing elements of key frames to identify strokes, determining corresponding stroke pairs, computing a continuous stroke motion for each stroke pair, defined by a carrier defined by endpoints of the two strokes and, for mutual endpoints, adjusting the continuous stroke motion of the meeting strokes such that the adjustment results in the continuous stroke motion coinciding at the mutual endpoint such that the mutual endpoint would follow the same path and deforming the stroke as it is moved by the stroke motion, wherein the deformation is a weighted combination of deformations, each reconstructed using shape descriptors that are interpolated from the shape descriptors of the corresponding samples on the key frames, wherein the shape descriptors are computed from neighboring sample points in the cyclic order of samples along the stroke. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018881 | VARIABLE FRAME RATE RENDERING AND PROJECTION - In rendering a computer-generated animation sequence, pieces of animation corresponding to shots of the computer-generated animation sequence are obtained. Measurements of action in the shots are obtained. Frame rates, which can be different, for the shots are determined based on the determined measurements of action in the shots. The shots are rendered based on the determined frame rates for the shots. The rendered shots with frame rate information indicating the frame rates used in rendering the shots are stored. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018882 | 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROVIDING AND RECEIVING APPARATUSES, 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROVIDING AND RECEIVING METHODS USING THE SAME, AND 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE SYSTEM - A 3-dimensional image providing and receiving apparatus, 3-dimensional image providing and receiving methods using the same, and a 3-dimensional image system are provided. A 3-dimensional image receiving apparatus includes a phase conversion unit which converts phases of alternately output image signals, and a control unit which alternately blocks the image signals having the converted phases. Therefore, a viewer can view a 3-dimensional image output by a display apparatus having a polarization property without inconvenience in any positions. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018883 | HYBRID REMOTE SESSIONS - High Fidelity remoting can be enabled by loading a hybrid remote session in a computer system. The hybrid remote session can include components loaded in a console session and components loaded in a remote session. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018884 | DISPLAYING A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR RENDERED GRAPHICS ELEMENTS - The present disclosure describes various techniques for displaying a visual representation of performance metrics for rendered graphics elements. One example method comprises receiving performance information provided by a graphics processing unit, wherein the performance information has been measured by the graphics processing unit in association with individual graphics elements for rendering a graphics scene, and computing values of a performance metric for the graphics elements based upon the performance information, wherein each computed value is associated with at least one of the graphics elements. The method further comprises assigning graphical identifiers to the graphics elements based upon the computed values of the performance metric for the graphics elements, wherein one of the graphical identifiers is assigned to each of the graphics elements, and displaying the graphics elements, when rendering the graphics scene, according to the graphical identifiers that are assigned to the graphics elements. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018885 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MIRRORING FRAME - A method and an apparatus for mirroring a frame are provided. The method is suitable for a display device having a first storage unit and a second storage unit. In the present method, pixel values of a pixel row of the frame are read from the first storage unit and written into the second storage unit. Then, the pixel values of the pixel row of the frame are read from the second storage unit and written back to the first storage unit. When performing one of foregoing reading and writing steps, the pixel values of the pixel row are read or written in a reverse direction to mirror the pixel row. Finally, foregoing steps are repeated to mirror each pixel row of the frame, so as to mirror the entire frame. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018886 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE MEMORY BANDWITH - A display device that comprises a flag memory containing state flags of pixel areas of the image is provided. The display device comprises a display screen and a graphical generation unit implementing at least three functions for displaying an image, i.e. a first data erasure function, a second function for generating an image comprised of pixels in a first memory, and a third function for displaying the image by reading the pixels in said memory and controlling the screen, in which an image is divided into a plurality of separate pixel areas and in that each area is addressed by a flag, wherein the display device further includes a memory that stores the flag states so that the graphical generation unit can execute the display function on the basis of the flag states. The generation of images having a predominantly uniform background can, in particular, be used for application in aeronautics. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018887 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICES - An exemplary apparatus for controlling display devices writes pixel data in a buffer in synchronous with an input clock signal. A differential value that represents a change of timing difference between input and output sides is calculated in each of a plurality of frames, and a timing correction based on the differential value calculated during the previous frame is performed within the vertical blanking period. Thereafter, the pixel data is read and output from the buffer to the display device in synchronous with an output clock signal. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018888 | ADDRESSING METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR MULTIPLE CHIPS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM THEREOF - Addressing method for multiple chips is provided. Each chip includes an input enable terminal, an output enable terminal, a data input terminal, and a clock terminal. The output enable terminal of a previous stage is connected to the input enable terminal of a next stage. The method includes setting an initial address to an address of each chip via a system; setting a state of each chip to a disable state; enabling the state of a first-one chip among the chips to an enable state, and setting the first chip as a previous-stage chip; updating the address of the previous-stage chip; enabling a next-stage chip connected after the previous-stage chip, in which the system controls the output enable terminal of the previous-stage chip to output an enable signal to enable the next-stage chip, according to the address of the previous-stage chip; and the updating the address of the next-stage chip. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018889 | MEDIA PROCESSING COMPARISON SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUES - A media processing comparison system (“MPCS”) and techniques facilitate concurrent, subjective quality comparisons between media presentations produced by different instances of media processing components performing the same functions (for example, instances of media processing components in the form of hardware, software, and/or firmware, such as parsers, codecs, decryptors, and/or demultiplexers, supplied by the same or different entities) in a particular media content player. The MPCS receives an ordered stream of encoded media samples from a media source, and decodes a particular encoded media sample using two or more different instances of media processing components. A single renderer renders and/or coordinates the synchronous presentation of decoded media samples from each instance of media processing component(s) as separate media presentations. The media presentations may be subjectively compared and/or selected for storage by a user in a sample-by-sample manner. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018890 | COMPUTER GRAPHICS METHOD FOR CREATING DIFFERING FOG EFFECTS IN LIGHTED AND SHADOWED AREAS - A method for providing fog or fading due to atmospheric effects during computer animation of an image. The method includes determining a lighting value for a scene's or an image's pixels based on the positions of the pixels relative to a light source. The method includes, for each of the pixels, setting a fade in start distance for each pixel measured from a camera location so as to define when fog is added, e.g., when to fade a pixel's color by blending this color with a fog color. The fade in start distances are set based on each pixel's lighting value, whereby pixels with smaller lighting values or shadowed pixels begin to fade first while highlighted pixels fade with greater distances. The method includes adding fog to the image starting at the fade in start distances for each of the pixels and then rendering the image. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018891 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING THREE COLOR VALUES TO FOUR COLOR VALUES - A device and a method for converting three color values to four color values are provided. In the method, a first to a third color values of a pixel are obtained. Further, a first to a third difference values between every two of the first to the third color values are respectively computed. If all of the first to the third difference values are lower than a threshold, a first to a fourth color converting values are generated according to the first to the third color values, and the fourth color converting value is higher than zero. On the contrary, the fourth color converting value is zero, and the first to the third color converting values are equal to the first to the third color values, respectively. Thereby, a color break-up can be suppressed, and color saturation can be maintained. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018892 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING IMAGE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are image signal processing devices, image signal processing methods, programs and display devices for improving the quality of an image. The image signal processing device includes a first color space converting unit for outputting hue signals, saturation signals, and first luminance signals with respect to each of a plurality of pixels based on the input image signals; a margin value calculating unit for calculating margin values for the hues based on the corresponding hue signals; a control value set up unit for setting up control values controlling the corresponding first luminance signals based on the corresponding saturation signals and the corresponding margin values; a brightness adjusting unit for adjusting brightnesses of the first luminance signals based on the corresponding control values and outputting second luminance signals with adjusted brightnesses. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018893 | SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF SENSING A LIGHT BY USING THE SAME - In a sensing device and a method for sending a light by using the same, the sensing device includes: a lower panel; an upper panel facing the lower panel; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower panel and the upper panel; an infrared ray sensor formed in at least one of the lower panel and the upper panel; and a visible ray sensor formed in at least one of the lower panel and the upper panel. The sensing device simultaneously includes the infrared ray sensor and the visible ray sensor such that a touch sensing function or an image sensing function having high reliability may be realized. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018894 | ADAPTIVE CONTEXTUAL FILTERING BASED ON OBSERVER COLORBLINDNESS CHARACTERISTICS - Selectively applying graphical filtering to characters can include the identification of observer characteristics and characteristics associated with different portions of the character. Corresponding filters can then be identified and selectively applied to the characters and, in some instances, without applying the filter to the entire character. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018895 | Color Selection, Coordination and Purchase System - A paint color selection website arranged to provide a plurality of home pages each comprising a featured project image, each project image employing a plurality of different colors, each color located in a respective region of the image with at least one “hot spot” located in one or more of the regions, each hot spot comprising an attention-drawing animation feature responsive to a first selection operation to cause display of at least one color name, the color name being that of the color of the region where the hot spot lies. The home pages further may include real-life simulating animation features while the system software is operable to select the relative frequency with which each home page appears in response, for example, to a user's successive home page selections. An animated color sheen selection tool is also provided. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018896 | Automated Color Selection Method and Apparatus - An automated method and apparatus for providing color selection capability to a user wherein a first display is generated on a display apparatus of an array of color family groups disposed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Upon selection of a particular color family group, a second display is generated comprising an enlarged display of a particular selected color family group wherein, as the second display is generated, the array of color family groups of the first display dissolves while the particular selected color family group moves into a central enlarged position and a miniature version of the entire array of color family groups is displayed in a thumbnail navigation frame, located in a corner of the display screen. Various elements of a color family such as color stripe cards, color style cards, and sample chips may be selected and caused to appear via animation in a central enlarged position in the display. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018897 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: an image forming unit that forms a projection image; a detection unit that detects a condition at a projection surface onto which the projection image is projected; a correction unit that corrects a source image based upon the condition at the projection surface to obtain the projection image; and a projection unit that projects the projection image. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018898 | Graphical Object Generation and Regeneration - A method of propagating changes in a design model identifies a change to a changed element, creates steps to carry out the change, creates additional steps based on the change and on relationships between the changed element and other elements in the design model, and executes the steps to alter the model in a manner that reflects the change. The steps may be created in a manner that depends on other steps that have been created. A system for regenerating a design model comprises a model element, a step propagator, and a step executor. The step propagator receives a first step that represents changes in the model element, and produces a second step that represents other changes in the model element that are dependent on the first step, and the step executor executes the first and second steps. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018899 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING DIGITAL IMAGES - A method for manipulating a digital image includes identifying an image for processing at a local client computer, sending the image to a remote server, manipulating either locally or remotely parameters associated with the image without modifying the image itself, capturing state information defining a state of the manipulations at a predefined time and selecting a previous state at the request of the user, and synchronizing the local client computer and the remote server including updating metadata for one of the local client computer and the remote server using metadata of the other. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018900 | ADAPTIVE CONTEXTUAL FILTERING BASED ON TYPOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS - Selectively applying graphical filtering to a portion of an object can include accessing an object to be rendered and identifying at least one characteristic of a portion of the object. A corresponding filter is then selectively applied to the at least one determined characteristic and, in some instances, without applying the filter to at least one other portion of the object. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A COMPOSITE IMAGE IN A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE HAVING A DUAL SCREEN DISPLAY - A system and method for forming a composite image from a secondary image reflected on to the display of a primary image is disclosed. Furthermore, applications for using the composite image in a video gaming context are disclosed. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018902 | HYBRID MAPS WITH EMBEDDED STREET-SIDE IMAGES - The claimed subject matter relates to a computer-implemented architecture that can generate a map. The map can be a hybrid between an orthographic projection map and street-side images, thus including useful aspects from both types of representations. For example, an orthographic projection map is very effective at presenting global relationships among the features of the map but not effective at presenting local detail. In contrast, street-side images show excellent detail but do not convey the global information of an orthographic projection map. The hybrid map can thus provide a richer set of information than conventional maps and can also display objects/features of the hybrid map in multiple perspectives simultaneously on a single representation that is printable. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018903 | AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE FOR PRESENTING VIRTUAL IMAGERY REGISTERED TO A VIEWED SURFACE - An augmented reality device for inserting virtual imagery into a user's view of their physical environment. The device comprises: a see-through display device including a wavefront modulator; a camera for imaging a surface in the physical environment; and a controller. The controller is configured for capturing an image of the surface; determining the virtual imagery to be displayed at a predetermined position relative to the surface; determining a position of the surface relative to the augmented reality device; generating an image based on the virtual imagery and on the position of the surface relative to the augmented reality device; and displaying the generated image via the display device. Based on pixel depth information, the controller modulates the wavefront curvature of light emitted for each pixel so that the user sees the virtual imagery at the predetermined position relative to the surface regardless of changes in position of the user's eyes with respect to the display device. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018904 | DISPLAY ORIENTATION CHANGE FOR WIRELESS DEVICES - A method for controlling an orientation of a display of a wireless device using a combination of accelerometer-determined orientation and camera-determined orientation, the camera being a frontal camera used to confirm or reverse the orientation found by the accelerometer. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018905 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD LAYOUT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING CHARACTER ORIENTATION THEREOF - A printed circuit board layout system includes a layout module, an acquiring module, and an adjusting module. The layout module creates a PCB layout diagram file based on a circuit schematic diagram. The PCB layout diagram file includes characters and orientation angles associated with the characters. The acquiring module acquires the characters and the orientation angles of the corresponding characters in response to a user input. The adjusting module adjusts the orientation angles of the characters to a predetermined angle. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018906 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT BACKLIGHT DRIVING CIRCUIT - An electroluminescent (EL) backlight driving circuit is compatible with current display control circuit, and includes a power on/off unit controlled by an ON signal of the display to output the power supply of the display as a working voltage; a boost unit for boosting the working voltage to a modulation working voltage; a resonance unit for oscillating the modulation working voltage to generate an AC working voltage for driving an electroluminescent (EL) panel to emit light and serve as the backlight source of the display; and a voltage feedback unit for comparing an output feedback voltage of the resonance unit with a brightness signal of the display and then with a feedback control voltage of the boost unit to generate a voltage regulation signal, which is fed back to the boost unit for regulating the size of the AC working voltage and accordingly controlling the brightness of the EL panel. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018907 | PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME - A processing circuit coupled to a controlling circuit and including a first capacitor module, a second capacitor, a detection module, a first processing module, and a second processing module is disclosed. The first and the second capacitor modules are charged. The detection module generates a detection signal according to intensity of a light to charge the first and the second capacitor modules. The first processing module asserts a first output signal according to the time of charging the first capacitor module. The second processing module asserts a second output signal according to the time of charging the second capacitor module. The controlling circuit controls a backlight according to the asserted output signal. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018908 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An apparatus and method for driving an LCD device is provided. The apparatus for driving an LCD device includes an image display unit that displays an image, and a driving circuit that varies the number of frames of the image displayed in the image display unit in response to motion of the image. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018909 | IMAGE DISPLAY WITH FUNCTION FOR TRANSMITTING LIGHT FROM SUBJECT TO BE OBSERVED - The present invention relates to an image display with a function for transmitting light from a subject to be observed, the image display including: a display element which includes a pair of transparent substrates with electrodes and a liquid crystal layer which is sandwiched between the pair of substrates with electrodes and is capable of being in a light transmitting state and a light scattering state, the display element being brought into the light transmitting state when no voltage is applied and being brought into the light scattering state when a voltage is applied; a light source which inputs light substantially parallel with a surface of the liquid crystal layer into the liquid crystal layer; and a timing control circuit which brings at least a part of a display surface of the display element into the light scattering state or the light transmitting state in conjunction with the state of light emission into the liquid crystal layer of the light source in the presence of external light. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018910 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix array; a plurality of gate lines applying a same gate signal to at least two rows of the pixels; a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines; a TFT disposed at an intersection of each gate line and each data line; and a light source part sequentially providing at least two colors of light to each pixel every frame, thus enhancing a charging rate of each. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018911 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image display device and an image display system which can establish visible light communication without interfering with an image displayed at a predetermined frame rate are provided. A controller | 2011-01-27 |
20110018912 | LIQUID CRYSTAL BACKLIGHT APPARATUS - A liquid crystal backlight apparatus being placed behind a liquid crystal display panel in a manner facing the liquid crystal display panel and illuminating the liquid crystal display panel from behind with a backlight having plural light emitting diodes as a light source, the liquid crystal backlight apparatus including a control part configured to use 0.1-0.5 watt white light emitting diodes as the plural light emitting diodes and independently control luminance of the white light emitting diodes separately | 2011-01-27 |
20110018913 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT, CONTROL METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT, AND GAMING DEVICE - What is provided is a liquid crystal display unit ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110018914 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - An LED driving circuit drives multiple channels of light emitting units which provide a function as a backlight for a liquid crystal panel. An interface unit receives a luminance setting signal that specifies the luminance for each channel. The LED driving circuit drives each of the multiple channels of light emitting units with a luminance that corresponds to the luminance setting signal. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018915 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - It is an object to provide a semiconductor device which can supply a signal with sufficient amplitude to a scan line while power consumption is kept small. Further, it is an object to provide a semiconductor device which can suppress distortion of a signal supplied to the scan line and shorten a rising time and a falling time while power consumption is kept small. A semiconductor device which includes a plurality of pixels each including a display element and at least one first transistor and a scan line driver circuit supplying a signal for selecting the plurality of pixels to a scan line. A light-transmitting conductive layer is used for a pixel electrode layer of the display element, a gate electrode layer of the first transistor, source and drain electrode layers of the first transistor, and the scan line. The scan line driver circuit includes a second transistor and a capacitor for holding a voltage between a gate electrode layer of the second transistor and a source electrode layer of the second transistor. The source electrode of the second transistor is connected to the scan line. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018916 | ECCENTRICITY AMOUNT ESTIMATION DEVICE, ROTATION VELOCITY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an eccentricity amount estimation device, including: a rotation body provided with plural detected portions disposed along the rotation direction at predetermined rotation angle intervals, each of the plural detected portions being formed such that from an outer peripheral end towards an inner peripheral end a width of the detected portion at a position at the peripheral inside is the same as or greater than the width at a position at the peripheral outside; a generating section that generates a pulse signal according to passing of each of the plural detected portions accompanying rotation of the rotation body; and an estimation section that estimates a physical quantity corresponding to an eccentricity amount of the rotation body, based on a high level side pulse width and a low level side pulse width within one period of the pulse signal generated by the generating section. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018917 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing device that forms a background by a first ink and images on the background by a second ink includes a head having first and second nozzle lines that eject, respectively, the first and second inks. The inks are ejected as the head moves, with respect to a medium, in a main scanning direction intersecting the first and second nozzle lines. A transport section transports the medium in a sub-scanning direction along the first and second nozzle lines. In an ejecting operation, the first and second inks are ejected in the relative movement in the main scanning direction and the relative transportation in the sub-scanning direction is performed. In the sub-scanning direction, first and second nozzle line used areas are set where the first and second inks, respectively, are ejected from the first and second nozzle lines. A nozzle unused area is defined therebetween. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018918 | PRINTER - In case resolution is set to 360 dpi, each dot is formed on each printing line provided orthogonally to conveying direction at intervals obtained by dividing an inch on a surface tape by 360 lines. Contrarily, in case resolution is set to 180 dpi, each dot array is formed to occupy two printing lines. In case a control unit judges that the number of dot-array-formed printing lines from start of printing till temporary stop of printing with 180 dpi is not equal to that of dot-array-formed printing lines with 360 dpi, a portion of serial arrays of dots to be formed from start of printing till temporary stop of printing with 180 dpi is formed with 360 dpi so that the number of dot-array-formed printing lines from start of printing till temporary stop of printing is made equal to that of dot-array-formed printing lines in printing with 360 dpi. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018919 | CAPACITIVE LOAD DRIVING CIRCUIT, LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A capacitive load driving circuit that drives a capacitive load, includes: a power supply unit that generates different voltages; a plurality of charge storage elements that are charged with the different voltages generated by the power supply unit; and a load driving section that connects a charge storage element arbitrarily selected from the plurality of charge storage elements to the capacitive load to drive the capacitive load, and connects, when at least two of the charge storage elements are selected, the at least two charge storage elements to the capacitive load in a state where the at least two charge storage elements are connected in series. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018920 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing device includes heads that eject electromagnetic wave hardened inks toward a medium and irradiation sections respectively corresponding to the heads. The irradiation sections irradiate the electromagnetic wave hardened inks. A controller controls the heads and the irradiation sections. The controller, when printing, sequentially performs a method that includes the following operations. One head ejects a first ink in a first ejecting operation. An irradiation section corresponding to the head irradiates first electromagnetic ink in a first irradiation operation. A different head ejects another ink toward a pixel on the medium such that the other ink overlaps the first ink, in a second ejecting operation. An irradiation section corresponding to the other head irradiates the other ink in a second irradiation operation. The controller performs the operations such that a contact angle of the other ink relative to the first ink is greater than 90 degrees. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018921 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing device that forms a background by a first ink and images on the background by a second ink includes a head having first and second nozzle lines that eject, respectively, the first and second inks. The inks are ejected as the head moves, with respect to a medium, in a main scanning direction intersecting the first and second nozzle lines. A transport section transports the medium in a sub-scanning direction along the first and second nozzle lines. In an ejecting operation, the first and second inks are ejected in the relative movement in the main scanning direction and the relative transportation is performed. In the ejecting operation, more nozzles are used in the second nozzle line than in the first nozzle line, and more ejections are performed from the second nozzle line than from the first nozzle line, thereby filling a predetermined width in the sub-scanning direction. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018922 | INK JET HEAD - Disclosed is an ink jet head exhibiting good assemblability while protecting an electrode portion. An ink jet head ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110018923 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system configured to eject ink onto a sheet conveyed in a first direction including a first head including a plurality of first ejection ports configured to eject the ink; a second head including a plurality of second ejection ports configured to eject the ink; an input part configured to be input ejection port information on the plurality of first ejection ports and the plurality of second ejection ports; and a controller configured to control ejection of the ink from the first ejection ports and the second ejection ports based on the ejection port information. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018924 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head configured to scan a recording medium and record an image on the recording medium. The recording apparatus includes a recording buffer to store image data representing one pixel with a plurality of bits, a reading unit to read, from a storage area of the recording buffer, image data corresponding to a region including a boundary between two regions recorded on the recording medium in successive scanning and recording operations, a thinning unit to thin out image data based on a thinning rate corresponding to the image data read by the reading unit, a storage unit to store image data thinned out by the thinning unit in the storage area of the recording buffer, a quantization unit to perform quantization processing on the image data stored in the recording buffer when the image data is transferred to the recording head, and a recording unit to perform recording based on the image data quantized by the quantization unit. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018925 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A printing apparatus and control method thereof are provided that make it possible to recycle or replace an intermediate transfer member at optimal timing through early detection of changes in a surface characteristic of the intermediate transfer member, and make it possible to create high quality printed materials with good productivity. An application amount of reaction solution applied to the surface of the intermediate transfer member is detected, and notification is given of a comparison result when that detected application amount of reaction solution is compared with a specified threshold value. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018926 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYANCE METHOD FOR THE INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided an apparatus capable of obtaining an image with good quality even if platen suction pressure for reducing sheet floatation is different. The apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a recording medium, a platen configured to hold the recording medium at a position facing the recording head, a generation unit configured to generate power to attract the recording medium on the platen, and a control unit configured to correct a drive amount of the conveyance unit based on the generated power. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018927 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a panel. According to the method, employing an ink containing particles of metal or particles of metal oxide allows transparent electrodes to be formed with high dimensional accuracy and little loss of productivity. Specifically, the transparent electrodes are formed in a manner that an ink containing particles of metal or particles of metal oxide is printed by inkjet printing as a plurality of ink dots with different diameters onto the front substrate. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018928 | INKJET INKS CONTAINING CROSSLINKED POLYURETHANES - Inkjet inks that have, as a principal component, a crosslinked polyurethane dispersoid binder additive with selected diols used to prepare the polyurethane. The diols include a polyether diol, an ionic diol and polycarbonate, polyamide and/or poly(meth)acrylate diols. These inks can be used for printing on different media, and are particularly suitable for printing on textiles. The printed textiles are particularly durable to wash fastness and crock. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018929 | NONAQUEOUS INK JET INK, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NONAQUEOUS INK JET INK, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - Disclosed is a nonaqueous ink jet ink that is suitable for printing (scratch resistance and resistance to alcohol wiping) on recording media of plastics such as polyvinyl chloride, is highly safe, can be used without posing any problem of odor, has excellent properties of ink ejection from an ink jet head, and can realize a good printed image quality. Also disclosed are a process for producing a nonaqueous ink jet ink and an ink jet recording method using the nonaqueous ink jet ink. The process for producing a nonaqueous ink jet ink is a process for producing a nonaqueous ink jet ink containing at least an organic solvent, a pigment, and a fixing resin. The process is characterized in that the fixing resin satisfies a b/a value of not more than 0.020 wherein a represents the tall of integrated values of areas of all of peaks derived from the fixing resin among all of peaks detected in a proton nuclear magnetic resonance analysis; and b represents the total of integrated values of areas of all of peaks derived from the compounds other than the fixing resin. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018930 | FEED SLOT PROTECTIVE COATING - An apparatus and method provide a protective coating ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110018931 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of recording heads, a cap unit, waste ink container and communicating member. Each recording head includes a nozzle face with inkjet nozzles. The cap unit includes a plurality of first ink receiving members and a second ink receiving member. Each first ink receiving member is disposed below and corresponding to each recording head and has a first receiving portion receiving ink discharged from the inkjet nozzles and a first discharging hole discharging the received ink. The second ink receiving member is disposed below and corresponding to the first ink receiving members and has a second receiving portion that collectively receives the ink discharged through a plurality of first discharging holes and a second discharging hole. The communicating member connects the second discharging hole with an ink storage chamber of the waste ink container. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018932 | PAGEWIDTH INKJET PRINTER - The pagewidth inkjet printer provides for simultaneous printing across a horizontal portion of a sheet of paper, as opposed to horizontal scanning of a conventional inkjet printer. The pagewidth inkjet printer includes a platen for incrementally translating a page of paper and a controller for selectively driving rotation of the platen. A housing is mounted adjacent to the platen and is fixed with respect thereto. A plurality of print heads are mounted within the housing. Each print head has a plurality of nozzles for selectively ejecting ink, and each nozzle is adapted for ejecting a distinct color of ink. The plurality of nozzles of each print head are aligned in a direction parallel to a direction of translation of the page of paper. The plurality of print heads are arrayed and aligned linearly along a direction orthogonal to the direction of translation of the page of paper. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018933 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD - An ink jet recording head includes a coating resin layer including a plurality of ejection outlets for ejecting ink and a plurality of ink flow passages communicating with the plurality of ejection outlets; a substrate provided with an energy generating element for generating energy for ejecting the ink; and an adhesiveness-improving layer, provided between the coating resin layer and the substrate, for improving adhesiveness between the coating resin layer and the substrate. The adhesiveness-improving layer has a thickness so as to be larger at an end portion of the substrate than that at a portion other than the end portion. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018934 | RECORDING ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, AND INKJET HEAD AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - An inkjet head includes a recording element substrate for discharging ink, a supply port penetrating the recording element substrate and serving as an ink flow path, a protrusion formed at a position surrounding the supply port, projecting from one surface of the recording element substrate, and having a first metal layer at a distal end, and a supporting member having a second metal layer welded with the first metal layer and supporting the recording element substrate. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018935 | PRINTHEAD HAVING POLYSILSESQUIOXANE COATING ON INK EJECTION FACE - A printhead having an ink ejection face coated with a hydrophobic polymeric material. The polymeric material is comprised of a polysilsesquioxane, such as poly(methylsilsesquioxane) or poly(phenylsilsesquioxane). The printhead is compatible with various printhead maintenance operations requiring contact with the ink ejection face. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018936 | PRINTHEAD HAVING POLYMER INCORPORATING NANOPARTICLES COATED ON INK EJECTION FACE - A printhead having an ink ejection face, wherein at least part of the ink ejection face is coated with a polymeric material. The polymeric material is comprised of a polymerized siloxane incorporating nanoparticles. The printhead may be compatible with various printhead maintenance operations, ink characteristics and inkjet nozzle types. | 2011-01-27 |
20110018937 | PRINTHEAD HAVING INK EJECTION FACE COMPLEMENTING INK OR OTHER FEATURES OF PRINTHEAD - An inkjet printhead for ejection of an ejectable fluid. The printhead has an ink ejection face coated with a polymeric material incorporating nanoparticles. The nanoparticles impart predetermined characteristics to the ink ejection face, which complement an inherent property of the ejectable fluid, a printhead maintenance regime associated with the printhead or a type of nozzle actuator. | 2011-01-27 |