05th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140028681 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND POWER CONSUMPTION DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a log receiver and a log display processor. The log receiver receives battery information items and one or more driving information items from a server, the battery information items including first information for first state of charge of a battery in an electric vehicle and second information for second state of charge of the battery, the driving information items including information indicating a use of the vehicle from a timing at which the second information is uploaded to the server to a timing at which the first information is uploaded to the server. The log display processor displays states of charge of the battery and the driving information items laid out in association with the states. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028682 | Display Controller, Display Control Method And Computer-Readable Medium - A graph image generation unit | 2014-01-30 |
20140028683 | Methods and software of interactively and dynamically investigating data - A software application that users can retrieve data of interest from data sources and review data interactively. The underlying method can be used for databases of general purposes. The underlying method comprises: (i) obtaining data from data sources; (ii) displaying data in two-dimensional multi-node-tree tables; (iii) allowing users to intuitively select any combinations of elements of data tables; (iv) displaying selected data in dynamic and interactive plots. The software application first obtains relevant data from data sources and presents data in two-dimensional multi-node-tree tables. Once users select data elements and choose the operations of data visualization (such as bar plots, curve plots, new tables), then selected data will be displayed either in plots or in new tables. The operations of data visualization provide users with convenient, dynamic and interactive ways of data mining and investigation. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028684 | SHORTENING A NAME FOR DISPLAY - A method and system are provided for shortening a name for display. The method may include: determining a size of a display area in which a name is to be displayed; receiving a name string for display and shortening the name string to fit into the display area. Shortening the name string may include: replacing one or more words in the name string with an acronym; and removing or replacing non-distinctive elements in the name string. The method may include receiving two or more name strings to be displayed; and wherein removing or replacing non-distinctive elements in the name string includes: comparing the names and removing or replacing the non-unique elements of the name strings. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028685 | GENERATING CUSTOMIZED EFFECTS FOR IMAGE PRESENTATION - A method to receive an image to be displayed within an animation sequence. The method also including calculating position data identifying a position of the image within a display area, the position data calculated using a physics property attributed to the image. Further, the method including the transmission of the position data for use in generating the animation sequence. Additionally, a method is provided that includes making a request for an animation sequence that includes an image and position data for the image, the position data identifying a plurality of positions relative to a display area and calculated though applying a physics property to the image. This method further includes receiving the animation sequence for display in a display area. The method additionally includes displaying the image in the display area based upon the position data. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028686 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH THIN FILM ENCAPSULATED INVERTED IMOD - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for encapsulating a display device. In one aspect, an interferometric modulator (IMOD) is formed on a substrate. The IMOD includes an absorbing layer separated from the substrate, a reflective layer between the absorbing layer and the substrate, and an optical gap between the absorbing layer and the reflective layer. One or more thin film encapsulation layers hermetically seal the IMOD between the one or more thin film encapsulation layers and the substrate. In another aspect, an optical or functional layer can be formed over the one or more thin film encapsulation layers. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028687 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING RAY TRACING - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for performing ray tracing. In use, ray tracing is performed utilizing a divide and conquer method, where the divide and conquer method is associated with a cache. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028688 | ARM-WEARABLE TERMINAL, NETWORK SERVICE SYSTEM COOPERATING WITH THE TERMINAL, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In a network service system, first data is uploaded from a terminal of a member to a server and second data and the first data are viewable by members. The terminal includes a display, a detector configured to detect a screen change operation in a first direction and a screen change operation in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a display controller configured to successively switch and display the first data on the display when the detector detects the screen change operation in the first direction, and successively switch and display the second data when the detector detects the screen change operation in the second direction. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028689 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR EXPANDING GRAPHICAL PROCESSING VIA AN EXTERNAL DISPLAY-DATA I/O PORT - Described herein are an apparatus, method, and system for expanding graphical processing via an input-output (I/O) interface (e.g., Thunderboltâ„¢) for transmitting and receiving serial data and display data simultaneously. The apparatus comprises: one or more graphical processing units (GPUs); and an I/O interface for transmitting and receiving serial data and display data simultaneously, wherein the I/O interface for communicatively coupling the one or more GPUs externally to a computing device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028690 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRIORITIZING DIRTY REGIONS WITHIN AN IMAGE - A method for identifying modified sections of a drawing region and selecting at least one modified drawing region section to transmit to a remote computer. A local computer can execute a prioritization module that can identify a first modified drawing region section and a second modified drawing region section. Each of the first and second modified drawing region section can have a corresponding priority. The prioritization module can determine whether the first priority of the first section is greater than the second priority of the second section and can select the greater priority. The local computer can then transmit the selected modified drawing region section that has the greatest priority to a remote computer that communicates with the local computer over a virtual channel. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028691 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REMOTE GRAPHICS PROCESSING - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for remote rendering of computer graphics. The system includes a graphics application program resident at a remote server. The graphics application is invoked by a user or process located at a client. The invoked graphics application proceeds to issue graphics instructions. The graphics instructions are received by a remote rendering control system. Given that the client and server differ with respect to graphics context and image processing capability, the remote rendering control system modifies the graphics instructions in order to accommodate these differences. The modified graphics instructions are sent to graphics rendering resources, which produce one or more rendered images. Data representing the rendered images is written to one or more frame buffers. The remote rendering control system then reads this image data from the frame buffers. The image data is transmitted to the client for display or processing. In an embodiment of the system, the image data is compressed before being transmitted to the client. In such an embodiment, the steps of rendering, compression, and transmission can be performed asynchronously in a pipelined manner. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028692 | SYSTEM ON CHIP AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A system on chip (SoC) includes a first display subsystem configured to perform first and second imaging functions and a second display subsystem configured to only perform the first imaging function. The SoC is configured to activate one of the display subsystems and deactivate the other display subsystem based on a comparison of a current frame of image data and a previous frame of image data. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028693 | TECHNIQUES TO REQUEST STORED DATA FROM A MEMORY - Techniques are described to configure a cache line structure based on attributes of a draw call and access direction of a texture. Attributes of textures (e.g., texture format and filter type), samplers, and shaders used by the draw call can be considered to determine the line size of a cache. Access direction can be considered to reduce the number of lines that are used to store texels required by a sample request. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028694 | TECHNIQUES TO REQUEST STORED DATA FROM MEMORY - Techniques are described to generate an index for a texture. The index can be used to retrieve a portion of one or more textures from a cache. The index can be adapted based on static texture attributes or direction attributes in order to attempt to achieve texture cache efficiency. Static texture attributes can include, bit are not limited to, 1-dimensional texture, 2-dimensional texture, 3-dimensional texture, or MIPmaps texture, original memory address. Direction attributes can be, but are not limited to, u-major or v-major directions. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028695 | IMAGE AESTHETIC SIGNATURES - The disclosure provides an approach for determining transducer functions for mapping objective image attribute values to estimated subjective attribute values. The approach includes determining objective attribute values for each of one or more aesthetic attributes for each image in a first set of images. The approach further includes determining, for each aesthetic attribute, a mapping from the objective attribute values to respective estimated subjective attribute values based on the objective attribute values and corresponding experimentally-determined attribute values. Using the determined mappings, aesthetic signatures, which include estimates of subjective image aesthetics across multiple dimensions, may be generated. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028696 | ICC color conversion using GPU - Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to use a graphics processing unit (GPU) to perform color conversions using International Color Consortium (ICC) profiles. In some embodiments, code is generated for execution by the GPU. The conversion can be represented as a series of steps mapped to particular GPU processes such as 1D texture, 3D texture and matrix functions. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028697 | OBSERVER METAMERIC FAILURE COMPENSATION METHOD - A method for color correcting an input color image having input color values adapted for display on a reference display device having a plurality of input color primaries to account to provide reduced observer metemaric failure on a narrow-band display device. A metamerism correction transform is applied to the input color image to determine an output color image having output color values in an output color space appropriate for display on the narrow-band display device. The metamerism correction transform modifies colorimetry associated with the input colors to provide output color values such that an average observer metameric failure is reduced for a distribution of target observers. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028698 | OBSERVER METAMERIC FAILURE REDUCTION METHOD - A method for color correcting an input color image having input color values adapted for display on a reference display device having a plurality of input color primaries to account to provide reduced observer metemaric failure on a narrow-band display device. A metamerism correction transform is applied to the input color image to determine an output color image having output color values in an output color space appropriate for display on the narrow-band display device. The metamerism correction transform modifies colorimetry associated with the input colors to provide output color values such that an average observer metameric failure is reduced for a distribution of target observers, and is formed responsive to a distribution of perceived color differences for a set of input colors that are determined for a set of target observers. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028699 | DISPLAY SYSTEM PROVIDING OBSERVER METAMERIC FAILURE REDUCTION - A color display system providing reduced observer metameric failure for a set of target observers, comprising an image forming system having narrow-band primaries. A data processing system is used to implement a method for color correcting an input color image having input color values adapted for display on a reference display device having a plurality of input color primaries. A metamerism correction transform is applied to the input color image to determine an output color image having output color values in an output color space appropriate for display on the image forming system. The metamerism correction transform modifies colorimetry associated with the input colors to provide output color values such that an average observer metameric failure is reduced for a distribution of target observers. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028700 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAPPING COLOR GAMUT - A device for mapping a color gamut includes a color gamut determinator and a color gamut mapper. The color gamut determinator determines an output color gamut using a gain value corresponding to information of a first color gamut, information of a second color gamut and a control condition. The color gamut mapper converts the color gamut of an input image data into the output color gamut. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a device and method for mapping a color gamut, which can determine an optimal color gamut corresponding to a change in control condition, and accordingly improve color accuracy and color reproducibility. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028701 | MODIFYING TRANSITION SEQUENCES IN A USER INTERFACE DEPENDING ON FREQUENCY OF USE - A method of displaying transition sequence in a user interface on an electronic device is provided. When a transition sequence is presented in a user interface, repeated use of the transition sequence can fatigue a user and the desired effect can be lost. In addition the repeated use of a transition sequence can provide the appearance that the user interface or device is not performing quickly. By modifying parameters of the transition sequence in response to user actions an improved user experience. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028702 | INDICATION OF OFF-SCREEN CALENDAR OBJECTS - Calendar application objects that do no not appear on the screen because of space constraints or other reasons may be associated with an edge of the time period displayed on the screen closest to a virtual location of each respective object in the calendar application. A user selectable indicator may then be displayed for one or more of the edges to indicate the presence of additional objects in the calendar application that are not currently displayed on the screen of the device, but would be displayed if the user were to scroll the displayed time period in the direction of the displayed time period edge associated with a respective indicator. The indicator may include additional data about the objects associated with the edge that do not appear within the time period shown on the screen. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028703 | RENDER-ASSISTED COMPRESSION FOR REMOTE GRAPHICS - A technique for efficiently compressing rendered three-dimensional images in a remote rendering system adds a novel render-assisted prediction function to an existing video compression framework, such as the standard H.264/5 framework. Auxiliary rendering information is separated from rendering information used to describe a reference image by a server system. A client system may alter the auxiliary data and generate a new image based on the reference image and rendered scene information from the auxiliary data without creating additional network bandwidth or server workload. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028704 | Display Device - A display device is described and includes a fixing unit, through which the display device is capable of being worn on a head of a user; a processing unit configured to obtain a first image to be displayed; an image transmission unit configured to transmit the first image to a display unit, which is configured to display the first image obtained by the processing unit; a connection unit configured to connect the fixing unit and at least a first portion of the display unit, wherein the connection unit at least has a first state, in which at least the first portion is located in the user's visual region and faces the user; an image capturing unit configured to capture a second image; and the processing unit being further configured to generate the first image based on the second image. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028705 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image display device is capable of realizing an effective corrected shape of the image. The image display device includes an image input section to which an image is input, an aspect ratio determination section adapted to determine an aspect ratio of the image input to the image input section, a correction section adapted to perform a correction on the image input to the image input section so that the image has an aspect ratio corresponding to an aspect ratio determined by the aspect ratio determination section, and a projection section adapted to project the image on which the correction is performed by the correction section. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028706 | WATER SURFACE GENERATION - Systems and methods for approximating terrain data representing a water surface are disclosed. A computer-based geographical information system for approximating terrain data representing a water surface is provided. The system includes a mesh simplifier and a surface inversion corrector. The mesh simplifier simplifies initial water surface and water bottom meshes. The surface inversion corrector corrects simplified water surface and/or water bottom meshes to avoid having a water bottom surface incorrectly appear above a corresponding water surface in a display view. In one example, the mesh simplifier simplifies the initial water surface mesh while accounting for water/land boundaries. The mesh simplifier also simplifies the initial water bottom mesh while accounting for geographic features and/or water/land boundaries. A computer-implemented method for approximating terrain data representing a water surface is provided. In further embodiments, systems and methods for altering tile information received at a client device are provided. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028707 | MULTI-PANE DISPLAY CAPTURE, AGGREGATION, AND SHARING - Various embodiments herein include one or more of systems, methods, and software for multi-pane display capture, aggregation, and sharing. Some such embodiments include generating an image on a computing device to share with participants in a web conference meeting by capturing a first image of a first graphic display output layer and a second graphic display output layer and removing a portion of the first image. Some embodiments may also include capturing a second image of the second graphic display output layer and combining the first and second images to form a third image. The third image may then be sent to one or more participants of the web conference meeting. The first graphic display output layer may include an overlay pane graphical output of a computing device and the second graphic display output layer may include a standard pane graphical output of the computing device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028708 | GRAPHICALLY REPRESENTING TAGS IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - An approach for graphically representing tags in a networked computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, a frequency of use of each of a set of tags contained in at least one computer storage medium of the networked computing environment will be determined. A set of relationships between the set of tags will be identified, and each of the set of tags will be displayed within a set of objects of a graphical (e.g., Venn) diagram according to the frequency. The set of relationships between the set of tags may determine an amount of overlap of the set of objects. The set of tags and/or graphical objects may be formatted to graphically represent attributes such as: topics corresponding to the set of tags, groupings of the topics corresponding to the set of tags, trends related to the set of tags, an importance of the set of tags, etc. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028709 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTIVELY NAVIGATING POLYSEMOUS SYMBOLS ACROSS A PLURALITY OF LINKED ELECTRONIC SCREEN OVERLAYS - A method, apparatus and computer readable medium are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes providing polysemous symbols for selection on an initial electronic screen overlay displayed on a display; storing, in a memory, a plurality of the selectable polysemous symbols in association with a pointer identifying display of an electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay; and displaying a second electronic screen overlay on the display, in response to initial selection of one of the provided polysemous symbols. In at least one embodiment, the second electronic screen overlay is the electronic screen overlay associated with the selected polysemous symbol. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028710 | APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTIVELY USING VISUAL INDICATORS IN NAVIGATING POLYSEMOUS SYMBOLS ACROSS A PLURALITY OF LINKED ELECTRONIC SCREEN OVERLAYS - A method, apparatus and computer readable medium are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes providing polysemous symbols for selection on an initial electronic screen overlay displayed on a display, a plurality of the provided polysemous symbols including a visual indicator indicating a link to a different next level electronic screen overlay; storing, in a memory and in association with each one of the plurality of polysemous symbols, a pointer identifying display of the next level electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay; and displaying the next level electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay on the display, in response to initial selection of a respective one of the plurality of polysemous symbols including the visual indicator, the next level electronic screen overlay being the electronic screen overlay associated with the selected polysemous symbol. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028711 | Experimental Chamber with Computer-Controlled Display Wall - An environmental chamber having an interior compartment, an augmented display, and a controller is disclosed. The interior compartment is adapted for isolating an experimental setup from an environment external to the interior compartment. The augmented display is positioned to allow a user in the external environment to view the interior compartment and an image generated on the augmented display. The controller generates the image. The image includes information about a component within the interior compartment. The augment display can include a touch-enabled display screen that allows the user to interact with controller. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028712 | Method and apparatus for controlling augmented reality - Method and apparatus for controlling an augmented reality interface are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for use with an augmented reality enabled device (ARD) comprises receiving image data for tracking a plurality of objects, identifying an object to be selected from the plurality of objects, determining whether the object has been selected based at least in part on a set of selection criteria, and causing an augmentation to be rendered with the object if it is determined that the object has been selected. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028713 | Interactions of Tangible and Augmented Reality Objects - Method, computer program product, and apparatus for providing interactions of tangible and augmented reality objects are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for use with an augmented reality enabled device (ARD) comprises performing 3-dimensional tracking of one or more objects based at least in part on captured images of the one or more objects, detecting a state change of at least one object of the one or more objects based at least in part on the captured images, and causing an augmentation to be rendered in response to the state change of the at least one object, where a type of the augmentation is based at least in part on the state change of the at least one object. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028714 | Maintaining Continuity of Augmentations - Methods and apparatuses for maintaining continuity of augmentations are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for use with an augmented reality enabled device (ARD) comprises tracking a plurality of objects and a background based at least in part on visual information derived from an image, maintaining states of the plurality of objects based at least in part on information other than the visual information, and providing data for rendering augmentation in response to the states of the plurality of objects. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028715 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING OCCLUSION IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to display objects in an augmented reality interface. In this regard, the method, apparatus, and computer program product may determine a location of a mobile terminal, receive object meshes for one or more objects in geographic proximity to the mobile terminal, remove, using a processor, one or more polygons from the object meshes, and determine occlusion between the location of the mobile terminal and at least one point of interest. The at least one point of interest may be identified as occluded if a line segment between the location and the at least one point of interest intersects with at least one of the object meshes. The method, apparatus, and computer program product may also include causing the at least one point of interest to not be displayed by an augmented reality interface. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028716 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING AN INSTRUCTION IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENT - A method for generating an instruction in an augmented reality environment includes capturing a series of reality images, each of which contains a portion of a hand, and a scene that includes at least one object-of-interest, recognizing the object-of-interest, generating an icon associated with an entry of object-of-interest data that is associated with the object-of-interest thus recognized, generating a series of augmented reality images by overlaying the icon onto the series of reality images, displaying the augmented reality images, recognizing a relationship between the portion of the hand and the icon, and generating an input instruction with reference to the relationship. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028717 | RADIATION IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD - An abnormal shadow detection section detects an abnormal shadow from each of two radiation images for displaying a stereoscopic image, obtained by imaging a subject from two different directions. A display control section determines all available combinations of abnormal shadows as abnormal shadows corresponding to each other between two radiation images in the case that a plurality of abnormal shadows are detected and for sequentially applying cursors to abnormal shadows of the determined combinations in two radiation images to sequentially display stereoscopic images marked with the cursors, in which the abnormal shadows are marked with the cursors, on the display section based on two radiation images marked with the cursors. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028718 | System and Method for Displaying Object Location in Augmented Reality - A system and a method are provided for displaying location information on a mobile device. The location information can include direction, distance, positional coordinates, etc. The mobile device's display displays an image captured using the mobile device's camera. A selection input is received to identify an object in the image. A facing direction of the mobile device is detected using the mobile device's magnetometer. The mobile device determines a bearing to the object relative to the mobile device's facing direction. The mobile device then determines a distance between the mobile device and the object. The obtained or computed location data is overlaid on the image, thereby augmenting the image. The location data can include at least a direction indicator of the object and the distance between the mobile device and the object, whereby the direction indicator can be determined using the bearing. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028719 | DISPLAY TERMINAL DEVICE CONNECTABLE TO EXTERNAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention is to maintain the viewability of display without impairing operability on a terminal side, even when the details of a touch operation performed on a display terminal device are transmitted to an external display device for display. In the present invention, when a touch operation is detected in an external transmission mode, the display terminal device generates details of a composite screen obtained by superimposing operation information (operation icon or animation image) indicating details of the touch operation on contents being displayed on the display screen (terminal screen), and transmits the contents of the composite screen to the external display device so as to change display contents on the external display device (display contents on its screen). | 2014-01-30 |
20140028720 | Display Controller, Display Control Method And Computer-Readable Medium - To improve the visibility of a sequence of a plurality of images corresponding to a sequence of a plurality of pieces of information. According to the contents of a scroll operation, a display controller ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140028721 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA RENDERING, COMPOSITION, AND USER-INTERACTIVITY - An interactive video/multimedia application (IVM application) may specify one or more media assets for playback. The IVM application may define the rendering, composition, and interactivity of one or more the assets, such as video. Video multimedia application data (IVMA data may) be used to define the behavior of the IVM application. The IVMA data may be embodied as a standalone file in a text or binary, compressed format. Alternatively, the IVMA data may be embedded within other media content. A video asset used in the IVM application may include embedded, content-aware metadata that is tightly coupled to the asset. The IVM application may reference the content-aware metadata embedded within the asset to define the rendering and composition of application display elements and user-interactivity features. The interactive video/multimedia application (defined by the video and multimedia application data) may be presented to a viewer in a player application. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028722 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a display apparatus and a control method thereof which supports image data at differing frame rates, such as 60 Hz and 120 Hz, input from an image supply source. The display apparatus includes a first scaler which processes input image data; a second scaler which processes input image data; a display unit which displays thereon the image data processed by the first and second scalers; and a controller which selectively controls based on a frame rate of the image data to process the image data by the first scaler only, or to divide and process the image data by both the first and second scalers. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028723 | VISUAL SCENES FOR TEACHING A PLURALITY OF POLYSEMOUS SYMBOL SEQUENCES AND CORRESPONDING RATIONALES - A method includes displaying a second electronic screen overlay on a display, in response to an initial selection of one of provided polysemous symbols, the second electronic screen overlay being the electronic screen overlay associated with the selected polysemous symbol; storing, in the memory, a plurality of visual scenes, each respective one of the plurality of visual scenes being stored in association with at least two symbol sequences beginning with the initially selected polysemous symbol; and displaying one of the plurality of visual scenes on the display, in response to selection of one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay, the displayed visual scene being stored in the memory in association with at least two symbol sequences including, in sequence, the initially selected polysemous symbol and the selected one of the symbols on the displayed second electronic screen overlay. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028724 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM - A display device according to the present invention includes an input unit that receives an operation instruction, a display unit that displays a screen, a changer that changes a displayed direction of the screen displayed by the display unit, and a stopper that stops the displayed direction of the screen from being changed by the changer if the input unit has received an operation instruction about information on the screen displayed by the display unit. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028725 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PRODUCT CATALOG - A method which provides for the display of a product catalog on a display screen of an electronic device. A current image of a scene in front of the electronic device is captured by an image capturing unit of the electronic device, and a face detected in the current image. A necessary rotational movement of the electronic device is first determined by detecting any apparent movement of a detected face. Then, the necessary movement of the device is carried out by a driver to follow any apparent movement of a user. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028726 | WIRELESS DATA TRANSFER BASED SPANNING, EXTENDING AND/OR CLONING OF DISPLAY DATA ACROSS A PLURALITY OF COMPUTING DEVICES - A method includes pairing a computing device with one or more another computing device(s) through a first wireless communication channel, and enabling data transfer between the computing device and the one or more another computing device(s) through a second wireless communication channel following the pairing. The method also includes providing a capability to span, extend and/or clone display data of the computing device rendered on a display unit thereof across a display unit of the one or more another computing device(s) in accordance with the enabled data transfer. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028727 | CONTENT-AWARE IMAGE RESIZING USING SUPERPIXELS - Illustrative embodiments of methods, machine-readable media, and computing devices that provide content-aware image resizing using superpixels are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method may include segmenting a machine-readable image file into a plurality of superpixels, where each of the plurality of superpixels corresponds to a plurality of pixels of the machine-readable image file. The method may also include selecting a target region in the machine-readable image file, where the target region includes the pixels corresponding to a seam of superpixels extending across a dimension of the machine-readable image file. The method may further include selecting a seam of pixels in the target region, where the seam of pixels extends across the dimension of the machine-readable image file, and resizing the machine-readable image file by removing or augmenting the seam of pixels. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028728 | BUSINESS OBJECT DETAIL DISPLAY - Scale(s) on one or more axes may be displayed. The scale(s) may present a range of values associated with at least one business object attribute. Visual representation(s) of business object(s) may be displayed. The visual representation(s) may be positioned relative to the scale(s). Detail boxes corresponding to each visually represented business object may be displayed. Each detail box may present information about a corresponding business object. All detail boxes may be displayed. Information presented by the detail box(es) may be an image and/or text. The information presented by the detail box(es) may be interactive. Displaying or not displaying the detail box(es) may be toggled. The visual representation(s) of the business object(s) may be repositioned based on the toggling. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028729 | SCALABLE ZOOM CALENDARS - Calendar content in a linear timeline may dynamically zoomed into and out of according to a change of a distance separating two user selected points on the screen as at least one of the user selected points is moved by the user. As the user zooms into and out of the timeline, a timescale that is displayed as part of the timeline may also be updated. The entries that are shown in the timeline may also be updated so that they correspond to the selected zoomed in time period. Additional detailed information may be displayed when zooming into the timeline whereas less information may be displayed when zooming out of the timeline. The degree of zooming may depend on a change in the separation distance between the points as one of them is moved. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028730 | BUSINESS OBJECT REPRESENTATIONS AND DETAIL BOXES DISPLAY - A reference point on a graphical user interface may be determined. The reference point may be represented by a plurality of coordinates. The graphical user interface may be divided into tile map entities. Information about the tile map entities may be stored into a cache. The stored information may include an origin and dimensions of each tile map entity, and the origin may be represented relative to the reference point. Information needed to position a business object visual representation may be retrieved from the cache. The business object visual representation may be drawn on the graphical user interface based on the retrieved information needed to position the business object visual representation. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028731 | METHOD OF DRIVING A LIGHT SOURCE, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes a display panel luminance change storing part, a light source part and a light source driving part. The display panel luminance change data storing part stores a display panel luminance change data indicating a luminance change of a display panel with respect to time. The light source part provides a light to the display panel and outputs a light source luminance. The light source driving part drives the light source part based on the display panel luminance change data so that the light source luminance is decreased when a display panel luminance is increased and the light source luminance is increased when the display panel luminance is decreased. Thus, a display quality of a display apparatus may be enhanced. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028732 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a display panel that includes i) a plurality of pixels including first and second light emission control transistors, ii) a first light emission driver configured to generate a first switching control signal, iii) a second light emission driver configured to generate a second switching control signal, iv) a signal controller configured to generate and transfer a first light emission control signal and v) a light emission controller configured to generate and transfer a second light emission control signal. The light emission controller acquires information of a gray depth from a result value obtained by summing gray data, determines a light emission control algorithm according to the gray depth, and generates the second light emission control signal so that the pixels emit light during different light emission periods for a plurality of frames. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028733 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A pixel capable of stably compensating for a threshold voltage is disclosed. The pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a driving transistor having a gate electrode, a source electrode, and first and second drain electrodes. The pixel also has a plurality of second transistors serially coupled between the first drain electrode and a gate electrode of the driving transistor, and a node electrically coupled to the second drain electrode and to each of the second transistors. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028734 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes: a gain calculation section determining a gain, on the basis of a first partial image in a first frame image that includes a process target line; and a correction section correcting pixel luminance information regarding the process target line, on the basis of the gain. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028735 | LIGHTING TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLAY DEVICES - Techniques are disclosed for lighting displays such as those associated with electrophoretic display (EPD) devices such as e-readers or any other display technologies or applications. In an embodiment, an EPD device is provided with a number of internal LEDs or other suitable light source generally disposed along at least a portion of the display perimeter. The light can be activated in situations where the available ambient light is inadequate for viewing the display. Light from the light source is distributed across the display, and in some embodiments can be adjusted to provide a desired degree of brightness. The light can be turned on or off via an existing single press-button or otherwise tactile, physical user interface that serves multiple functions. This user interface can be readily found and engaged by the user without the benefit of sight. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028736 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND 3D IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOF - Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), 3D imaging apparatus and operating methods thereof are disclosed. The operating method for the disclosed LCD includes the steps of: driving a pixel array of the LCD to display a frame of data by a first frame scan and a second frame scan; and, controlling a backlight module of the LCD in accordance with the first frame scan and the second frame scan. In the first frame scan, the scan lines of pixel array are driven in groups, wherein, in each group, all rows corresponding thereto are driven by identical data. The rows which have not been driven by correct data in the first frame scan are driven again and corrected in the second frame scan. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028737 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided having improved reliability compared with the related art. The display device includes, for each pixel: a photo-emission element and a first MOS transistor connected in series between a first power source line and a second power source line; a capacitor connected to be inserted between a gate and a source of the first MOS transistor; and a second MOS transistor connected to be inserted between a signal line to be applied with a image signal voltage and the gate of the first MOS transistor, the second MOS transistor being controlled by a scan signal to change between ON-state and OFF-state, wherein ON-period of the first transistor is established within a period in which the photo-emission element is maintained to an extinction state and the signal line is applied with a voltage having a fixed level independent from the image signal voltage. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028738 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING AN ARRAY OF LIGHT EMITTING PIXELS - A technique for driving a column of pixels that include light emitting elements. The technique incorporates feedback data provided from feedback data sources connected to the data line and to feedback line of the array, pixel driving circuit with feedback path. The technique can also include block of the reference elements for input signal corrections. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028739 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display device that (i) converts an input image formed of R, G, and B into a converted image formed of R, G, B, and W to display the converted image and that (ii) compresses the luminance of an input image for the subsequent frame on the basis of an adjustment value C which is corrected in correspondence with the number of, among all pixels in a converted image for the current frame, pixels in a state of luminance saturation and that then converts the input image into a converted image, the display device including a luminance oscillation detecting section ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140028740 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING A THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of displaying a three-dimensional image, the method includes sequentially displaying a first three-dimensional image on a plurality of horizontal lines of a display panel along a scan direction, and simultaneously displaying a black image on the horizontal lines of the display panel, the black image being inserted between the three-dimensional images having different images. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028741 | DISPLAY UNIT, DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD - A display unit includes: a display section having a plurality of pixels in a first group and a plurality of pixels in a second group, and performing a display operation by switching a display based on a first type of frame image during a first period and a display based on a second type of frame image during a second period; and a driving section performing a first driving to drive the plurality of pixels in the first group without driving the plurality of pixels in the second group during the first period, and performing a second driving to drive the plurality of pixels in the second group without driving the plurality of pixels in the first group during the second period. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028742 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICAL FOCUSING - A device for optically focusing a projection image projected by a projector includes a detector for controlled creation of at least one observation shot of the projection image over a time period, a processing unit for defining at least one image section within the projection image generated by the projector, where the image section is modulated over the time period with respect to the optical power and/or the optical spectrum thereof, and the at least one image section of the projection image is essentially synchronous compared with the corresponding respective image section of the observation shot, where the processing unit also calculates a variable derived from the comparison of the respective image sections and a control signal derived from the derived variable, and outputs the control signal to a focusing device of the projector. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028743 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - A display device | 2014-01-30 |
20140028744 | INFORMATION READING DEVICE - The present invention includes a light source unit that emits light to an information pattern including a plurality of marks that can optically be read; an image reading unit that reads information from the information pattern; and a case that houses the light source unit and the image reading unit, and has on its leading end an opening through which light from the light source unit is emitted to the information pattern and into which light for reading the information by the image reading unit is incident. The case has on its leading end a projecting portion formed to have a diameter larger than other parts of the case. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028745 | INK-JET PRINTER FOR PRINTING ON CARDS - An ink-jet printer includes a printing station for ink-jet printing on a thermoplastic card includes a printhead coupled to a reservoir containing an ink comprising: a medium of a low-boiling organic solvent, an auxiliary solvent of a high-boiling organic solvent, and a colouring component soluble in the medium. A support carriage supports the card and is drivable between a first position in which the carriage does not face the printhead and a second position in which the carriage faces the printhead. A driving motor moves the carriage between the first and second positions along a guide member interposed between the printhead and a reference member to prevent ink ejected by the printhead from reaching the reference member. A detection device mounted on the carriage detects the reference member and generates a signal used by a control unit to regulate the driving motor. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028746 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING GAP BETWEEN PLATEN AND PRINT HEAD AND INKJET PRINTER USING THE DEVICE - A device for adjusting gap between platen and print head includes a base, a printing unit, a platen and a pair of adjusting elements. The printing unit is located on the base and includes a print head. The platen is located between the printing unit and the base, in which the platen has a platen-portion and a pair of adjusting-portions, the adjusting-portions are disposed at opposite sides of the platen-portion, and each of the adjusting-portions has a step-guiding-surface. The adjusting elements are disposed beside the platen and correspondingly contact the step-guiding-surfaces of the adjusting-portions, in which the distance between the platen and the print head is varied with positions of the adjusting elements relative to the step-guiding-surfaces. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028747 | System and Method for Spreading Ink on a Media Web - A leveling and spreading system has been developed that enables the speed and position of the web to be determined from a sensor on a first roller. In a duplex print process, the first roller also reduces a temperature of the media web and an ink image printed in the first side print operation to within a first predetermined temperature range. A second roller modulates the temperature of the media web and ink ejected onto the media web immediately before the web enters the leveling and spreading system to within a second predetermined temperature range to enable uniformity of the ink and web temperatures for spreading the ink in a nip formed with a third roller. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028748 | PRINT HEAD MODULE - A print head module ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140028749 | INK-JET PRINTER FOR PRINTING ON CARDS - An ink-jet printer for printing on cards includes a printing station having an ink-jet printhead. A reservoir containing an ink is coupled to the ink-jet printhead. The ink includes: a medium consisting of a low-boiling organic solvent, an auxiliary solvent consisting of a high-boiling organic solvent, and a colouring component soluble in said medium. A driving system is adapted to drive the printhead between a first operative condition wherein the ink ejected by the printhead impinges on the card, and at least a second operative condition, wherein the ink ejected by the printhead does not impinge on the card. A control unit is active on the printhead for commanding ejections thereof, and on the driving system for controlling movement of the printhead. The control unit is configured for commanding an ink ejection in the second operative condition before ink ejection in the first operative condition. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028750 | Active Biased Electrodes for Reducing Electrostatic Fields Underneath Print Heads in an Electrostatic Media Transport - Embodiments described herein are directed to a system for reducing electrostatic fields underneath print heads in a direct marking printing system. The system includes: one or more print heads for depositing ink onto a media substrate; a media transport for moving the media substrate along a media path past the one or more print heads; a conductive platen contacting the media transport belt; an electrostatic field reducer that includes an alternating current charge device positioned upstream of the one or more print heads; and one or apertures with electrically isolated biased electrodes separated by an opening that is in registration with the ink deposition areas of the one or more print heads. The media transport includes a media transport belt and, when the media is on the transport belt it has an electrostatic field, which can cause printing defects. The electrostatic field reducer and electrodes reduce the electrostatic field on the surface of the media and thereby reduce printing defects. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028751 | INKJET RECORDING MACHINE - A control unit is configured to form a print image on a recording medium by ejecting ink drops from nozzles of an ink head to the recording medium being conveyed on a conveyance route and sucked to the conveyance route by a negative pressure generated by a suction unit. The control unit is configured to control a level of suction power of sucking the recording medium to the conveyance route by the negative pressure in accordance with a level of a resolution of the print image in at least one of a main scanning direction or a sub scanning direction. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028752 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a print medium, a conveyance unit, art image forming unit, a cutter unit, a holding unit, a sensor, and a controller. The print medium has an adhesive face with no separation sheet. The cutter unit cuts the medium having an image formed into a print medium piece. The holding unit is configured to hold the piece in a state in which the piece is drawable from outside of the body. The holding unit has a surface separatable from an adhesive face of the piece to hold the adhesive face of the piece. The sensor detects presence or absence of the piece held by the holding unit. After the sensor detects that the piece is drawn out, the controller controls the conveyance unit to convey the medium to the holding unit and controls the holding unit to hold the medium. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028753 | INK JET RECORDING DEVICE, WASTE INK TRAY, AND WASTE INK COLLECTING METHOD USING WASTE INK TRAY - An inkjet recording device includes a recording head and a waste ink tray. The recording head is configured to eject droplets of ink. The waste ink tray is configured to receive the ink drained from the recording head. A surface of the waste ink tray, which receives the ink, is made of an antibacterial agent containing resin composition. A solubility of the antibacterial agent containing resin composition, which is measured by a predetermined measurement method, is 1.0 or higher and 3.0 or lower. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028754 | METHOD OF OPERATING INKJET PRINTHEAD IN PRINTING AND MAINTENANCE MODES - A method of operating an inkjet printhead having a plurality of ink chambers, each ink chamber including a heater element for generating a bubble and causing ejection of ink droplets from a nozzle defined in the ink chamber. The method includes the steps of: operating the printhead in a normal printing mode whereby relatively shorter drive pulses are delivered to the heater elements to eject ink droplets used in normal printing; and operating the printhead in a maintenance mode whereby relatively longer drive pulses are delivered to the heater elements. The relatively longer drive pulses generate high impulse bubbles for recovering nozzles affected by decap. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028755 | REPLACABLE PRINTHEAD CARTRIDGE FOR INKJET PRINTER - A replaceable printhead cartridge includes: an elongate cartridge body having an elongate structure with a plurality of longitudinally extending channels; a pagewidth printhead mounted on the elongate structure; a first fluid coupling positioned towards one end of the elongate structure; and a second fluid coupling positioned towards an opposite end of the elongate structure. The first and second fluid couplings each has an interface plate supporting a plurality of spouts positioned for sealed engagement with corresponding apertures in a complementary socket of a printer. The spouts are in fluid communication with the respective ends of corresponding longitudinally extending channels. The spouts extend from respective interface plates in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the cartridge body and parallel with a media feed direction. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028756 | DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A droplet discharge head includes a nozzle plate provided with a nozzle opening which discharges an ink drop, an actuator substrate which forms a pressurized liquid chamber communicating with the nozzle opening, and is provided with a pressure generator changing a pressure in the pressured liquid chamber, and a common liquid chamber-forming substrate which forms a common liquid chamber to which ink which is supplied to the pressurized liquid chamber is supplied, the common liquid chamber-forming substrate includes a first plate made of a metal material, a second plate made of a resin material provided on one surface of the first plate, and a third plate made of a resin material provided on the other surface of the first plate, and the first plate, the second plate, and the third plate being integrally molded in a thickness direction. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028757 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes a silicon substrate and an orifice plate disposed on or above the silicon substrate. The silicon substrate has a concave portion formed therein, and the orifice plate is disposed in the concave portion. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028758 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of recording element substrates that each include an energy generating element generating energy utilized for ejecting a liquid and that each have a supply port through which the liquid is supplied to the energy generating element, a plurality of support members that each have a flow passage communicating with a corresponding one of the supply ports and that each support a corresponding one of the plurality of recording element substrates, a base substrate that supports the plurality of support members, and a heat insulating member disposed between the flow passages and the base substrate. In the liquid ejection head, a thermal conductivity of the support members is equal to or greater than a thermal conductivity of the recording element substrates, and a thermal conductivity of the heat insulating member is less than a thermal conductivity of the base substrate. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028759 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A recording head that is configured to eject ink containing tabular particles from nozzles includes pressure chambers, a pressure generating unit that generates pressure change in the pressure chambers, a reservoir that communicates with the pressure chambers, and an ink supply path that connects the pressure chambers and the reservoir, wherein a plurality of protrusions are formed on an inclined surface which is continuous with a wall of the pressure chambers and a wall of the ink supply paths at the boundary between the pressure chambers and the ink supply paths where a flow path cross-sectional area changes, and the plurality of protrusions project into the flow path from the wall surface. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028760 | Piezoelectric Actuator And Ink-Jet Head Including Same - In a piezoelectric actuator ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140028761 | INK SUPPLY SYSTEM - An ink supply system for an ink jet printer, particularly a continuous ink jet printer, has a manifold assembly of two parts that are brought together at interfacing surfaces. At least one of the surfaces has a plurality of ink flow channels for conveying ink around an ink circuit between components. The other of the interfacing surfaces is configured to close and seal the channels. A plurality of ports is provided in fluid communication with the channels, the circuit components being connectable to the ports. The manifold assembly provides for a compact and neat arrangement free of many tubes and pipes. The lower number of connections significantly reduces the risk of leakage. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028762 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - One of the two flow passages branches from one of two ink cartridges to one of the two discharging portions and one of the two individual discharging portions. The other flow passage branches from the other ink cartridge to the other discharging portion and the other individual discharging portion. A ratio of frequency of use of each of the discharging portions, Ra, and frequency of use of each of the individual discharging portions, Rb, satisfies Ra:Rb=1:1/2. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028763 | INK TANK WITH A COMPLIANT WICK - An ink tank includes a body for retaining ink which body includes an outlet hole for permitting ink to pass from the reservoir body; a flange portion surrounding the outlet hole; a filter affixed to a periphery of the outlet hole that prevents ink transfer below a predetermined fluid pressure; and at least a first wick positioned in the flange portion and having fibers that are oriented in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to ink flow out of the outlet hole which permits transfer of ink while having a predetermined insertion force at or below a predetermined force during an insertion process of the ink tank. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028764 | Heater Configuration for a Melting Device with Non-Uniform Thermal Load - A variable resistive heater element enables current to flow through a first resistive heater element and a second resistive heater element based on the temperature of the variable resistive heater element. Current flows through the first resistive heater element, and is restricted through the second resistive heater element, when the variable resistive heater element is less than a predetermined temperature. Current flows through the first and second resistive heater elements when the variable resistive heater element is at or greater than a predetermined temperature. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028765 | INK FOR INKJET RECORDING, INK CARTRIDGE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink for inkjet recording including a pigment, a penetrating agent and water, wherein the pigment includes: an ozone-oxidized carbon black, including carbon black oxidized by ozone and having a volatile matter content of the carbon black of 10% by mass to 20% by mass and a BET specific surface area of 90 m | 2014-01-30 |
20140028766 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - The image recording method includes a first process of applying a first black ink containing a pigment to a record medium; and, after the first process, a second process of applying a second black ink containing a pigment to the record medium such that the second ink at least partly overlaps the first black ink, in which the first black ink contains a salt containing at least one kind of cation selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal ion, an ammonium ion, and an organic ammonium ion and at least one kind of anion, and the static surface tension of the first black ink is higher than the static surface tension of the second black ink. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028767 | PRODUCING A HOT-AIR FLOW IN A PRINTER TO HEAT A PRINT MEDIA - A printer comprises a heating system to produce a hot-air flowimpinging on a print media, the heating system comprising a heat source, a fan, and an air chamber. The air chamber has an air-impinging plate with air-impinging holes adjacent to the print media. The heating system provides first and second partially overlapping hot-air circulation circuits. The first hot-air circulation circuit leads from the heater through the holes of the air-impinging plate to direct hot air through the air-impinging holes to the print media in the course of printing operation. The second hot-air circulation circuit leads back to the heater through a recirculation channel without passing through the air-impinging holes of the air-impinging plate to prevent air from being directed onto the print media, in the course of the heat-up operation. The heating system further comprises circuit-switching arranged to switch the air flow between the first and second hot-air circulation circuits. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028768 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING UNTREATED TEXTILE IN AN INKJET PRINTER - A method and system for printing untreated textile media in an inkjet printer for sharp image quality is disclosed. The method comprises printing untreated textile media with an aqueous dye-based textile ink selected according to the type of the textile media, and heating the printed textile media above a predetermined media temperature limit in the print zone to evaporate the ink moisture. The method further comprises maintaining printhead temperature by circulating a coolant through a channel in a plate that is conductively attached to the printhead for nozzle healthiness, and driving the untreated textile media with an endless belt to control stretching and distortion. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS UNDERNEATH PRINT HEADS IN AN ELECTROSTATIC MEDIA TRANSPORT - Embodiments described herein are directed to a system for reducing electrostatic fields underneath print heads in a direct marking printing system. The system includes: one or more print heads for depositing ink onto a media substrate; a media transport for moving the media substrate along a media path past the one or more print heads; a conductive platen contacting the media transport belt; and an electrostatic field reducer that includes an alternating current corona device positioned upstream of the one or more print heads. The media transport includes a media transport belt and, when the media substrate is on the transport belt it has an electrostatic field, which can cause printing defects. The electrostatic field reducer reduces the electrostatic field on the surface of the media substrate and thereby reduces printing defects. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028770 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a first belt transport section having a first transport belt, a recording section, a second belt transport section having a second transport belt, and a guide mechanism provided in an upstream-side end part of the second belt transport section. The guide mechanism includes a guide support member and a biasing member. The guide support member has formed therein a guide portion to pass the recording medium held by attraction on the first transport belt to the second transport belt and a positioning portion to keep a fixed gap between the guide portion and the transport surface of the first belt transport section, and is arranged to be swingable in a movement direction of the first belt transport section. The biasing member biases the guide support member in a direction approaching the first belt transport section. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028771 | INK-JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRINTING SEAMLESS CANS BY USING THE SAME PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink-jet printing apparatus for printing seamless cans comprising a mandrel wheel, a plurality of mandrels that can rotate and are provided on the mandrel wheel, and ink-jet printing stations for ink-jet printing images on at least the can walls on the outer surfaces of seamless cans fitted onto the mandrels, and a method of printing seamless cans by using the same apparatus. A plurality of ink-jet heads are arranged in each of the ink-jet printing stations to improve reproduceability of printing and productivity. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028772 | DIGITAL BINDER PRINTING - A method and equipment to form a digital image on a surface by applying a powder layer including colour pigments on the surfaces, bonding a part of the powder and removing the non-bonded powder from the surface. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028773 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - The optical writing device includes: a light source including a plurality of light-emitting element assemblies; a line information storage for storing pixel information constituting an image; a light source driver for driving the light-emitting elements; an error information acquire for acquiring inclination error information and arrangement error information; a correction value generator for generating correction value information for correcting the inclination of the main scanning line; a correction value holder for holding the generated correction value information; and a driven pixel adjuster for adjusting positions in the sub-scanning direction, wherein the correction value generator generates the correction value information such that a position of the image to be shifted to correct the error of the arrangement of the light-emitting element assemblies is different from that to correct the inclination of the main scanning line. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028774 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION OF SIGNALING IN A PRINT HEAD - The present invention is and includes an apparatus, system and method for providing an automated detection of thermal history control signal scheme and an automated switching circuit to select a converter circuit that changes one type of thermal history control signals from a thermal printer to another type for receipt by the driver ICs on a thermal printhead. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028775 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COLOUR LASER IMAGE THAT CAN BE OBSERVED IN THREE DIMENSIONS AND DOCUMENT ON WHICH A COLOUR LASER IMAGE THAT CAN BE OBSERVED IN THREE DIMENSIONS IS PRODUCED - Disclosed are examples of methods and documents of a colour laser image observable in three dimensions, which comprises a laserable protective sheet, an array of lenses, coloured sub-pixels in column form, wherein a laser beam causes the grey levels to appear in two colour laser images observable in three dimensions via stereoscopic effect, and a substrate. The whole, in various implementations, may be laminated. The axes of the columns of sub-pixels and of the lenses may be perpendicular. The laser beam may scan the sub-pixels along the axis of the lenses, in various embodiments. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028776 | PIXEL CLOCK GENERATOR, OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE INCORPORATING SAME - A pixel clock generator device includes a high frequency clock generator, a phase shift data generator to generate phase shift data for controlling a phase shift amount of a pixel clock, a phase shift data pattern generator to read the phase shift data from the phase shift data generator, generate a pattern of the phase shift data for output, and when outputting a same phase shift data pattern for consecutive scan lines, generate, for a next scan line, a phase shift data pattern in which a pixel clock at a position moved by a random number of pixel clocks from a phase-shift position of a pixel clock in a phase shift data pattern for a current scan line is phase-shifted, and a pixel clock generator to generate, on the basis of a high frequency clock, a pixel clock phase-shifted in accordance with the generated phase shift data pattern. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028777 | Display apparatus - A display apparatus for a computer system has a webcam integrated in the display apparatus, a first housing portion having a recording opening for the webcam and an opaque second housing portion movably connected to the first housing portion, wherein the second housing portion covers the recording opening in a first position and exposes the recording opening in a second position. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028778 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AD-HOC INTEGRATION OF TABLETS AND PHONES IN VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - The disclosed subject matter relates to video communication systems and methods that allow the ad-hoc integration of tablets and phones. In one embodiment, the system includes a first communication device equipped with a display, coupled to a communication network, and a second communication device equipped with a camera, coupled to the communication network. In the same or another embodiment, the first communication device can display a visual encoding of information that allows the second communication device to join a communication session in which the first communication device is participating, and the second communication device can scan the visual encoding of information that the first communication device is displaying and join the communication session in which the first communication device is participating. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028779 | VIDEO TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND VIDEO TRANSMITTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video transmitting apparatus includes: a first transmitter configured to transmit audio information and video information using a connectionless communication protocol to a communication apparatus connected via a transmission path; a receiver configured to receive a predetermined request; an adjustment module configured to, when the receiver receives the predetermined request, perform adjustment for reducing a frame rate of the video information; and a second transmitter configured to switch from the connectionless communication protocol to a connection communication protocol to transmit the video information adjusted by the adjustment module to the communication apparatus and to maintain transmission of the audio information using the connectionless communication protocol. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028780 | PRODUCING CONTENT TO PROVIDE A CONVERSATIONAL VIDEO EXPERIENCE - Producing a conversational video experience is disclosed. In various embodiments, a definition data associated with a first conversation node associated with the conversational video experience is received via a user interface. A response concept associated with the first conversation node is determined based at least in part on the received definition data. A relationship between the first conversation node and a second conversation node associated with the conversational video experience is determined based at least in part on the determined response concept. An association data that represents the relationship is generated and stored. | 2014-01-30 |