11th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110063273 | Electrophoresis Display Apparatus and Display Circuit Thereof - An electrophoresis display apparatus has a display circuit and a voltage source. The display circuit comprises a gate line, a common voltage line substantially orthogonal to the gate line, a data line and a display unit. The gate line provides a gate voltage, the common voltage line provides a common voltage, and the data line provides a data voltage. The display unit is coupled to the gate line, the common voltage line and the data line to receive the gate voltage, the common voltage and the data line and works according to the gate voltage, the common voltage and the data line. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063274 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - In a backlight assembly and a display apparatus having the backlight assembly, a plurality of lamps are housed in a housing having grounded sidewalls, where each of the lamps has at least one bend and series circuits are formed by respective sets of two or more of the bent lamps; where each series connected set of lamps is driven by an AC driving voltage of sufficient magnitude to light the series connected set of lamps, the AC driving voltage being produced by an AC step-up transformer circuit and where each series connected set has its series circuit formed by a lamp-to-lamp connection made through a grounded sidewall of the container. High and low voltage portions of each series connected set of lamps are positioned to reduce electrostatic discharge as between high voltage portions of the series and a nearby grounded sidewall of the container. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063275 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND DRIVING DEVICE THEREOF - The invention provides an electro-optical device having circuits for driving electro-optical elements, such as organic EL elements, and a driving device, which can employ driving elements having low driving ability, such as α-TFTs. By providing a charge storage capacitor between the source electrode and the gate electrode of a driving transistor which is between power sources, the electro-optical device can allow the driving transistor to control a driving current, even when an electro-optical element is connected to the source side of the driving transistor. In addition, driving data can be stored in the charge storage capacitor by applying a predetermined voltage to the source electrode of the driving transistor. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063276 | Methods, Systems, Devices and Components for Reducing Power Consumption in an LCD Backlit by LEDs - Disclosed are various embodiments of methods, systems, devices and components nets for reducing power consumption in an LCD display that is backlit by LEDs. The various embodiments typically require the use of an array of backlighting LEDs | 2011-03-17 |
20110063277 | ELECTRONIC PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR ORGANIC DISPLAYS IN SMALL MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS - A medical instrument is proposed, having an electrical power supply and a display device for visually displaying information. The display device comprises a display with at least one organic light-emitting material and is designed to be supplied with electrical power by means of the electrical power supply. The display device furthermore comprises a drive apparatus, for driving the display, as well as a display driver. The drive apparatus is designed to drive the display in a regular operating mode in order to display the information. The drive apparatus comprises a protective circuit which is designed to monitor an electrical signal, which is provided by the electrical power supply, and to switch the display device to a safe state in the event of any discrepancy of the electrical signal from a standard range. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063278 | TFT-LCD DRIVING CIRCUIT - A TFT-LCD driving circuit is disclosed. The TFT-LCT driving circuit comprises input terminals, output terminals, and a processing circuit connected between the input terminals and the output terminals, for processing a CPV signal, an OE | 2011-03-17 |
20110063279 | DISPLAY AND SOURCE DRIVER THEREOF - A pixel circuit has a light emitting diode, a first driving transistor, a second driving transistor, a capacitor, and a switch unit. When a scan signal is asserted, the switch unit couples sources/drains of the second driving transistor respectively to a first and a second source/drain of the first driving transistor, and couples a gate and second source/drain of the first driving transistor together. When the scan signal is de-asserted, the switch unit decouples one of the sources/drains of the second driving transistor from the first/second source/drain of the first driving transistor, and decouples the gate from the second source/drain of the first driving transistor. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063280 | ELECTRO-LUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING APPARATUS THEREOF - An electro-luminescence display device includes: pixels provided between data lines and scan lines, each of the pixels including a light-emitting cell driven with a current; and a current controller for temporarily increasing the current for driving the light-emitting cells. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063281 | PIXEL ARRAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A pixel array, a driving method thereof and a flat panel display using the same are provided. The pixel array includes a first, a second, a third, and a fourth scan lines. A plurality of pixels is disposed between the first and the second scan lines. A plurality of pixels is disposed between the third and the fourth scan lines. In a first frame period, a gate driving circuit sequentially provides a driving signal to the first, the second, the fourth and the third scan lines. In a second frame period, the gate driving circuit sequentially provides the driving signal to the second, the first, the third and the fourth scan lines. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063282 | Organic light emitting diode display device and method of driving the same - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device comprises a display panel including first and second substrates, an OLED disposed between the first and second substrates, and a heating controller, a heater configured to apply heat to the display panel, and a temperature controller. The display panel has a display area and a non-display area on which the second substrate does not overlap the first substrate. The first and second substrates and the OLED are arranged in the display area. The heating controller is arranged in the non-display area. A first side and a second side of the temperature controller are electrically connected to the heater and the heating controller, respectively. The heating controller supplies a voltage to the heater when it is determined that an image is not displayed on the display panel. The temperature controller cuts electrical connection with the heater at a predetermined temperature. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063283 | Organic light emitting display and method of driving the same - A method of driving an organic light emitting display, includes extracting information on deterioration of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) and information on a threshold voltage and mobility of a driving transistor included in each of the pixels to store the information in a memory unit during a non-display period, converting input data into corrected data using the information items stored in the memory unit, and supplying data signals corresponding to the corrected data to data lines, wherein, extracting the information, includes storing the information on the deterioration of the OLED and the information on the threshold voltage and mobility of the driving transistor in a non-volatile memory, and storing the information in a volatile memory. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063284 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM, REPRODUCING DEVICE, REPRODUCING METHOD, REPRODUCING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An error message displayed instead of an image which has been determined as being unable to be displayed is displayed for a time ΔT′ which is set independently of a time ΔT during which each image which has been determined as being able to be displayed is displayed. According to the arrangement, during a slide show display, it is possible to inform the user of the fact that an image intended to be displayed has not been displayed, without raising a possibility that due to an error message displayed for a period of time which is as long as a period of time during which each image which can be displayed is displayed, the enjoyment of photograph viewing is spoiled or the user is worried. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063285 | RENDERING OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES WITH MULTITHREADED RENDERING SOFTWARE PIPELINE - A circuit arrangement, program product and circuit arrangement render stereoscopic images in a multithreaded rendering software pipeline using first and second rendering channels respectively configured to render left and right views for the stereoscopic image. Separate transformations are applied to received vertex data to generate transformed vertex data for use by each of the first and second rendering channels in rendering the left and right views for the stereoscopic image. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063286 | SYSTEM FOR INTERACTING WITH OBJECTS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A system that facilitates interaction with a 3-dimensional (3-d) virtual environment is described. In this system, a controller device provides information associated with the 3-d virtual environment to a first display. Furthermore, the system includes at least one portable electronic device, which includes a second display and a 3-d motion sensor that detects motion of the portable electronic device, such as: linear motion, rotational motion and/or a gesture. This portable electronic device communicates the detected motion to the controller device. In response, the controller device provides a subset of the 3-d virtual environment and associated context-dependent information to the portable electronic device, which are displayed on the second display. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063287 | Information Presentation in Virtual 3D - A method, system and program product for assisting a presentation owner in creating and presenting information to audience users in a virtual 3D cyclorama-like environment. A presentation object tool provides behavior in the cyclorama object to assist the presentation owner in resolving graphic objects into the cyclorama and in placing information onto the graphic objects. The presenter object tool also provides behavior in the graphic objects to allow the presentation owner to expand a graphic object into a larger viewing size, to increment and decrement the placement of graphic objects within the cyclorama's presentation space, and to place an expanded graphic object into a home viewing position for presentation to audience users. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063288 | Transfer function for volume rendering - Described herein is a technology for facilitating visualization of image data. In one implementation, rendering is performed by a computer system to generate a three-dimensional representation of a region of interest from the image data based on a transfer function. In one implementation, the transfer function causes the computer system to render voxels representing a material that is likely to occlude the region of interest from a desired viewpoint as at least partially transparent. In addition, one or more features within the region of interest may be visually distinguished according to a color scheme. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063289 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - The invention relates to a device for displaying images, in particular three-dimensional images, in a reconstruction space using spatial points that are points of intersection of at least two intersecting light beam bundles. The device comprises an image display unit having image pixels for displaying image information and a beam alignment unit. The beam alignment unit emits the light beam bundle issuing from the image display unit in pre-defined directions so that at the points of intersection thereof at least one spatial point can be produced in the reconstruction space. The light beam bundles leaving the at least one spatial point are directed exclusively to at least one virtual viewing window provided in a viewing plane. The maximum extent of the virtual viewing window corresponds to the diameter of the pupils of the eyes of the observer and, said viewing window tracking the observer during lateral and/or axial movement. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063290 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3-DIMENSION MAP USING TEXTURE MAPPING - A display system and method using texture mapping is provided. The display system, including: a texture maintenance unit maintaining a texture generated based on a characteristic of an object; a texture selection unit selecting a texture based on an object to be displayed; and a texture application unit repeatedly applying the selected texture to at least a portion of a three-dimensional (3D) texture corresponding to the object to be displayed. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063291 | HAIR MESHES - Aspects include provision of a hair mesh structure that can be used for modeling, animating, simulating, and/or rendering hair and hair-like objects in the field of computer graphics. The hair mesh structure can use an ordered plurality of surface primitives, which can be represented by correspondence data, and mapping(s) of points on corresponding surface primitives. A plurality of paths can be generated based on the mappings. These paths can be used to generate hair-like geometry elements. Therefore, hair can be modeled, edited, and animated by editing surface primitives. This approach provides control of the hair shape and permits hair modeling using surface modeling processes, without direct editing of curves defining hairs themselves. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063292 | Systems and Methods For Connectivity Analysis Using Functional Objects - Systems and methods which utilize functional objects in connectivity analysis are shown. Functional objects may be denoted by a geological feature, a user-defined location, a critical point in a connection network, a region within a 3D volume, etc. Each functional object preferably possesses and/or has associated therewith an ability to obtain information such as relevant connection pathways, linked regions of interest, statistical connection information, etc. Such functional objects may have dynamic regions associated therewith, such as to define an area of uncertainty, for facilitating exploring connectivity. Desired connectivity information can be revealed interactively from within a confusing web of connection pathways through use of the functional objects. Through interactive manipulation of functional objects analysis may be refined or revised. Additionally or alternatively, logical operations may be applied with respect to one or more functional objects to extend or reduce the connectivity of interest. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063293 | IMAGE PROCESSOR - According to one embodiment, an image processor is disclosed. The image processor can include a material image drawing portion drawing a material image, the material image is a material for a 3D display, a material image memory portion storing data of the material image drawn by the material image drawing portion, and an image generator generating image data for the 3D display on a basis of the data of the material image read from the material image memory portion, depth information configured to the material image, and viewpoint position information preliminary configured, and outputting the image data to a display portion. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063294 | TESSELLATION SHADER INTER-THREAD COORDINATION - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing a computer-implemented method for tessellating patches. An input block is received that defines a plurality of input patch attributes for each patch as well as instructions for processing each input patch. A plurality of threads is launched to execute the instructions to generate each vertex of a corresponding output patch based on the input patch. Reads of values written during instruction execution are synchronized so threads can read and further process the values of other threads. An output patch is then assembled from the outputs of each of the threads; and emitting the output patch for further processing. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063295 | Estimation of Light Color and Direction for Augmented Reality Applications - One embodiment of the invention sets forth a technique for shading a graphics object inserted into a video feed of a real-world scene based on lighting conditions in the real-world scene. The real-world scene includes a fiducial marker denotes the location in the video feed where the graphics object should be inserted. In order to shade the graphics object, the AR application computes light color values at multiple points on the fiducial marker. The color computation module also computes the direction of light cast on the fiducial marker by determining the direction of the shadow cast by a pyramid object on the fiducial marker. The AR application then shades the graphics object inserted into the video feed at the location of the fiducial marker based on the light color values and the direction of light. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063296 | Global Stores and Atomic Operations - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for storing processed data within buffer objects stored in buffer object memory from within shader engines executing on a GPU. The method comprises the steps of receiving a stream of one or more shading program commands via a graphics driver, executing, within a shader engine, at least one of the one or more shading program commands to generate processed data, determining from the stream of one or more shading program commands an address associated with a first data object stored within the buffer memory, and storing, from within the shader engine, the processed data in the first data object stored within the buffer memory. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063297 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a game device for displaying a screen showing a state in which a virtual three-dimensional space having an object placed therein is viewed from a given viewpoint, the game device including: a first image creating unit for creating a first image representing the state in which the virtual three-dimensional space is viewed from the given viewpoint; a coordinate acquiring unit for acquiring three-dimensional coordinates of a light source set in the virtual three-dimensional space; a second image creating unit for creating a second image representing diffusion of light from the light source based on the three-dimensional coordinates of the light source; and a display control unit for displaying a screen obtained by synthesizing the first image and the second image with each other. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063298 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING 3D GRAPHICS BASED ON 3D DISPLAY CAPABILITIES - A first 3D graphics and/or 3D video processing device generates left and right view 3D graphics frames comprising 3D content which are communicated to a 3D display device for display. The 3D frames are generated based on a display format utilized by the 3D display device. The first 3D device may comprise a set-top-box and/or computer. The left and/or right 3D graphics frames may be generated based on time sequential display and/or polarizing display. Sub-sampling 3D graphics frames may be based on odd and even row display polarization patterns and/or checkerboard polarization patterns. Left and right 3D graphics pixels may be blended with video pixels. Left and/or right 3D graphics frames may be displayed sequentially in time. Left and/or right 3D graphics frames may be sub-sampled in complimentary pixel patterns, interleaved in a single frame and displayed utilizing varying polarization orientations for left and right pixels. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063299 | GRAPHING METHOD FOR PRESENTING VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH TWO DATA SETS, GRAPHING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT STORING A PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE GRAPHING METHOD - A graphing method is implemented by a graphing apparatus and includes: (a) receiving a first value and a second value, and reference information corresponding to the first and second values; (b) determining an angle value using the first value and the second value, step (b) including (b-1) calculating a relational value by determining the quotient of a numerator and a denominator, in which the denominator is a function of the first value and the numerator is a function of at least the second value, and (b-2) obtaining the angle value by inputting the relational value in a predetermined inverse trigonometric function; (c) generating a graph having presented thereon a coordinate value formed using the angle value and the reference information; and (d) outputting the graph to a display medium for display thereon. A computer program product and a graphing apparatus are also disclosed. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063300 | VIRTUALIZATION OF GRAPHICS RESOURCES - Graphics resources are virtualized through an interface between graphics hardware and graphics clients. The interface allocates the graphics resources across multiple graphics clients, processes commands for access to the graphics resources from the graphics clients, and resolves conflicts for the graphics resources among the clients. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063301 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL RENDERING OF A MAP - An approach is provided for customizing map presentations. A semantic mapping platform determines context information for rendering a map on a user device. The semantic mapping platform then classifies a plurality of objects available for display in the map based on a level of association of each of the objects with the context information. The semantic mapping platform also prioritizes rendering of the objects based on the classification and causes, at least in part, actions that result in the rendering of the objects in the map according to the prioritization. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063302 | COMPRESSION FOR CO-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ON HETEROGENEOUS GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS - The graphics co-processing technique includes rendering a frame of red, green, blue (RGB) data on a graphics processing unit on an unattached adapter. The frame of RGB data are converted on the graphics processing unit on the unattached adapter to luminance-color difference (YUV) data. The YUV data is copied from frame buffers of the graphics processing unit on the unattached adapter to buffers in system memory. The YUV data is copied from the buffers in the system memory to texture buffers of a graphics processing unit on a primary adapter. A frame of RGB data is recovered from the YUV data in the texture buffer of the graphics processing unit on the primary adapter. The recovered frame of RGB data may then be presented by the graphics processing unit on the primary adapter on the primary display. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063303 | DISPLAY METHOD, USER TERMINAL, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA USING THE SAME - A display method, and a user terminal and a system for transmitting and receiving data using the same, are disclosed. The display method includes sequentially receiving first data from an external server, and displaying the received first data in the order of receiving the first data; discontinuing to receive un-received data among the first data, receiving the second data from the external server, and displaying the received second data on a screen; and continuing to receive the discontinued data from the external server. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063304 | CO-PROCESSING SYNCHRONIZING TECHNIQUES ON HETEROGENEOUS GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS - The graphics co-processing technique includes receiving display operation for execution by a graphics processing unit on an unattached adapter. The display operation is split into a copy from a frame buffer of the graphics processing unit on the unattached adapter to a buffer in system memory, a copy from the buffer in system memory to a frame buffer of graphics processing unit on a primary adapter, and a present from the frame buffer of the graphics processing unit on the primary adapter to a display. Execution of the copy from the frame buffer of the graphics processing unit on the unattached adapter to the buffer in system memory and the copy from the buffer in system memory to the frame buffer of the graphics processing unit on the primary adapter are synchronized. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063305 | CO-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ON HETEROGENEOUS GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS - The graphics co-processing technique includes loading and initializing a device driver interface and a device specific kernel mode driver for a graphics processing unit on a primary adapter. A device driver interface and a device specific kernel mode driver for a graphics processing unit on an unattached adapter is also loaded and initialized without the device driver interface talking back to a runtime application programming interface or a thunk layer when a particular versions of an operating system will not allow the device driver interface on the unattached adapter to be loaded. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063306 | CO-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ON HETEROGENEOUS GPUs INCLUDING IDENTIFYING ONE GPU AS A NON-GRAPHICS DEVICE - The graphics co-processing technique includes loading a device specific kernel mode driver of a second graphics processing unit tagged as a non-graphics device. A device driver interface and a device specific kernel mode driver is loaded and initialized for a graphics processing unit on a primary adapter. A device driver interface and a device specific kernel mode driver for a graphics processing unit on the non-graphics tagged adapter is also loaded and initialized without the device driver interface talking back to a runtime application programming interface when a particular version of an operating system would not otherwise allow the device specific kernel mode driver for the second graphics processing unit to be loaded. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A FAST, PROGRAMMABLE PACKET PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a cost effective method to improve the performance of communication appliances by retargeting the graphics processing unit as a coprocessor to accelerate networking operations. A system and method is disclosed for using a coprocessor on a standard personal computer to accelerate packet processing operations common to network appliances. The appliances include but are not limited to routers, switches, load balancers and Unified Threat Management appliances. More specifically, the method uses common advanced graphics processor engines to accelerate the packet processing tasks. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063308 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH FRAME REUSE USING DIVIDED MULTI-CONNECTOR ELEMENT DIFFERENTIAL BUS CONNECTOR - A method includes reducing power of a first graphics processor by disabling or not using its rendering engine and leaving a display engine of the same first graphics processor capable of outputting display frames from a corresponding first frame buffer to a display. A display frame is rendered by a second graphics processor while the rendering engine of the first graphics processor is in a reduced power state, such as a non-rendering state. The rendered frame is stored in a corresponding second frame buffer of the second graphics processor, such as a local frame buffer and copied from the second frame buffer to the first frame buffer. The copied frame in the first frame buffer is then displayed on a display while the rendering engine of the first graphics processor is in the reduced power state. Accordingly thermal output and power output is reduced with respect to the first graphics processor since it does not do frame generation using its rendering engine, it only uses its display engine to display frames generated by the second graphics processor. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063309 | USER INTERFACE FOR CO-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ON HETEROGENEOUS GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS - The graphics co-processing technique includes receiving a selection of a given application. A graphical user interface, including an item for selecting executing the given application on a second graphics processing unit, is generated in response to the selection of the given application. A device driver interface and a device specific kernel mode driver for a graphics processing unit on a primary adapter is loaded and initialized. In addition, a device driver interface and a device specific kernel mode driver for a graphics processing unit on an unattached adapter is loaded and initialized, if executing the given application on the second graphics processing unit is selected, without the device driver interface talking back to a runtime application programming interface when a particular version of an operating system will not allow the device driver interface on the unattached adapter to be loaded. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063310 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a structure analysis unit that analyses display control data including multiple structural units, in each of which information relating to display control is written, and extracts the structural units included in the display control data, a first structuring unit that generates first structured data for display control by linking, except for a structural unit in which information involving script processing is written, the structural units including at least a structural unit in which information relating to a layout of a display screen is written, among the extracted structural units, a second structuring unit that generates second structured data for display control by linking all of the extracted structural units, and a display control unit that displays a display screen using the first structured data, and, at a stage the second structured data is generated, redisplays the display screen using the second structured data. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063311 | Course Grain Command Buffer - A method for executing processes within a computer system is provided. The method includes determining when to switch from a first process, executing within the computer system, to executing another process. Execution of the first process corresponds to a computer system storage location. The method also includes switching to executing the other process based upon a time quantum and resuming execution of the first process after the time quantum has lapsed, the resuming corresponding to the storage location. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063312 | Enhancing Picture Quality of a Display Using Response Time Compensation - Herein described are at least a method and a system to enhance the display of video by using response time feedback compensation. The system and method may be used in a display within a television set, for example. The method comprises processing first image data gray level values from a first frame memory and processing second image data gray level values from a second frame memory, wherein the second image data gray level values are obtained one frame period prior to the first image data gray level values. The method further comprises outputting alternate image data from a second look-up table, wherein the second look-up table uses third image data gray level values from a third frame memory and current input image data gray level values obtained from a current frame. An exemplary system comprises one or more circuits operable for, at least performing the aforementioned method. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063313 | MEMORY COHERENCY IN GRAPHICS COMMAND STREAMS AND SHADERS - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing a computer-implemented method that controls memory access operations. A stream of graphics commands includes at least one memory barrier command. Each memory barrier command in the stream of graphics command delays memory access operations scheduled for any command specified after the memory barrier command until all memory access operations scheduled for commands specified prior to the memory barrier command have completely executed. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063314 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER SYSTEM - A display controller system with a memory controller and buffers is described. The system enables transferring data from the main memory of the CPU to the image memory without interfering the image updating. As a result, the present invention may allow continuously updating the display image and continuously writing new image data from CPU to the image memory which improves overall system performance. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063315 | OPTIMIZATION OF MEMORY BANDWIDTH IN A MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM - Graphics display adapters for driving multiple display monitors have become very popular. Graphics display adapters that drive multiple monitors can be used to provide terminal services to multiple independent terminals or be used to provide multiple displays to a single user. Generating video signals for multiple display systems puts a heavy burden on the video memory system since multiple different video signal generators may read from associated frame buffers in a shared video memory system. In one disclosed embodiment, a plurality of video memory read triggers are provided wherein at least two of which are staggered to reduce the load on the video memory system. In response to each read trigger, display data is read from a frame buffer to an associated video signal generation circuit. Each video signal generation circuit then provides a display signal to an associated display screen in a multi-screen environment. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063316 | IMAGE RECEIVING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECEIVING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image receiving apparatus includes a communication module, a memory, a controller, and an update. The communication module is configured to receive first content based on a first address and second content based on a second address by communicating with an external server. The memory is configured to store the first content and the second content. The controller is configured to control a list display of a first image corresponding to the first content and a second image corresponding to the second content. The update module configured to reacquire the first content based on the first address and update the first image in the list display to a first reacquisition image corresponding to the first content reacquired. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063317 | Multifunction Multimedia Device - A method for interpreting messages, user-defined alert conditions, voice commands and performing an action in response is described. A method for annotating media content is described. A method for presenting additional content associated with media content identified based on a fingerprint is described. A method for identifying that an advertisement portion of media content is being played based on a fingerprint derived from the media content is described. A method of one media device recording particular media content automatically in response to another media device recording the particular media content is described. A method of concurrently playing media content on multiple devices is described. A method of publishing information associated with recording of media content is described. A method of deriving fingerprints by media devices that meet an idleness criteria is described. A method of loading, modifying, and displaying a high definition frame from a frame buffer is described. A method of recording or playing media content identified based on fingerprints is described. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063318 | Image Loads, Stores and Atomic Operations - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for accessing texture objects stored within a texture memory. The method comprises the steps of receiving a texture bind request from an application program, wherein the texture bind request includes an object identifier that identifies a first texture object stored in the texture memory and an image identifier that identifies a first image unit, binding the first texture object to the first image unit based on the texture bind request, receiving, within a shader engine, a first shading program command from the application program for performing a first memory access operation on the first texture object, wherein the memory access operation is a store operation or atomic operation to an arbitrary location in the image, and performing, within the shader engine, the first memory access operation on the first texture object via the first image unit. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063319 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FILTERING GEOGRAPHICAL DATA - Provided are a method and apparatus of filtering geographical data. The method may include selecting a map region to be retrieved, receiving a retrieval object and a retrieval condition, outputting a trapezoidal interface, verifying a threshold corresponding to a height of the trapezoidal interface for each position of the map region, filtering the retrieval object satisfying the threshold or more or less in each position of the map region to extract the filtered object, and displaying the filtered object on the map region to output the displayed object. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063320 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING MOTION BLUR AND CONTOUR SHADOW OF DISPLAY AND DISPLAY THEREOF - A method for improving motion blur and contour shadow of a display displaying images having a number of frames includes transforming a second average gray scale into a third average gray scale when a first average gray scale for displaying a first frame is unequal to the second average gray scale for displaying a second frame. A luminance corresponding to the second frame is generated according to the third average gray scale and at least one luminance query table. The third average gray scale is greater than the first average gray scale and the second average gray scale or less than the first average gray scale and the second average gray scale. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063321 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing unit which processes and displays an image; a recognizing unit which recognizes a pointing operation input from a pointing device; and a control unit which executes during an execution a predetermined function when a first pointing operation which selects the predetermined function and a second pointing operation which confirms whether to execute the selected predetermined function are input from the pointing device, and controls the image processing unit to process the image in response to the execution of the predetermined function. With this configuration, it is possible to more precisely detect a pointing operation input from a pointing device according to user's intention and allow a user to serve the user's intention using the pointing device. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063322 | IMAGE RETOUCHING PROGRAM - Provided is photo retouching software which is easy for photo studio personnel to use. Upon opening photo image(s), special photo retoucher | 2011-03-17 |
20110063323 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PORTABILITY OF IMAGES USING A HIGH-QUALITY DISPLAY - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for improved clinical workflow using wireless communication. A system for remote image display includes a data source with image data, wherein the data source is capable of transmitting the image data. The system also includes an identifiable display device capable of displaying image data transferred from the data source and a portable device capable of identifying the display device and requesting image data transfer from the data source to the display device without the transfer of the image data between the portable device and the data source. The system may also include an access point for relaying communication between the portable device and the data source. Communication between the portable device, the data source, and/or the display may include wireless communication, for example. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063324 | IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM, IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD, AND IMAGE PROJECTION PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image projection system includes a projector to project a projected image onto a drawing surface of a whiteboard, a drawn-image detecting portion to detect a drawn image which is drawn on the drawing surface of the whiteboard while the projector is projecting the projected image, and a modification portion which, in the case where the drawn image is detected, to specify from the projected image which is projected onto the projection surface a part including at least a drawn image part overlapping the detected drawn image, and modify the specified part of the projected image, on the basis of the detected drawn image, so as to emphasize or cancel the drawn image. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063325 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DISPLAYING AN OVERLAY ON A DEVICE DISPLAY SCREEN - Disclosed herein is a camera unit configured to capture an image, and a microprocessor configured to control a display to display the image and an overlay substantially simultaneously. In one broad aspect, at least one of the level of transparency, the brightness level, or the color value of the overlay is determined based on at least one of a representative brightness level or a representative color value associated with the image being displayed. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063326 | METHOD FOR IMAGE SCALING AND SHIFTING ON A DISPLAY UNIT - A method for image scaling and shifting on a display unit comprises steps of: providing a first image to display on the display unit, in order to complete the shown on the display unit, the first image and the display unit having the same size of a length of x and a width of y; according to rotating the display unit with 90 degrees, transforming the first image with 90 degrees and scaling the first image to form a second image; the second image having a width of x and a length of x | 2011-03-17 |
20110063327 | DISPLAY AND IMAGER DISPLAYING AND MAGNIFYING IMAGES ON THEIR SCREEN - A display is provided having a screen and an operating part. The screen displays three or more selection items. The operating part is used to select two or more items among the selection items displayed on the screen. The screen displays and magnifies the two or more selection items that are selected. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063328 | POSITIONING LABELS IN AN ENGINEERING DRAWING - A computer-readable media for performing a method for displaying information in an engineering drawing. Labels are connected to objects in an engineering drawing. The connections are governed by relationships based on calculations simulating particle interactions and collision avoidance. A change in the position of a first label or of the engineering drawing is indicated. A new location of a second label is calculated such that the relationships between the second label and the engineering drawing and between the first and second labels are maintained, and the second label does not overlap other labels or objects in the engineering drawing. The movement of the second label to the new location may be animated. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063329 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING NAVIGATION SCREEN UPDATE CYCLE IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for setting a navigation screen update cycle in a mobile terminal are provided. In the method, at least one of a velocity of the mobile terminal and a map scale used by the mobile terminal is obtained. A screen update cycle is set with consideration of the at least one of the velocity and the map scale. A navigation screen display is updated according to the set screen update cycle. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063330 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING ERRONEOUS COLOR EFFECTS IN A FIELD SEQUENTIAL LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Methods and apparatuses for reducing an erroneous color effect in a field-sequential liquid crystal display (FSLCD) are disclosed. An apparatus for reducing the erroneous color effect may include a data response time compensation (RTC) block which uses an RTC lookup table to provide a fast transition response time from one gray level to another gray level for a liquid crystal pixel cell by using a response time compensation (RTC) scheme during a color LED backlighting sequence. The apparatus may also include a VCOM and Gamma reference control block to generate a voltage boost and provide boost control to the liquid crystal pixel cell in a FSLCD panel, wherein the voltage boost gives a fast gray level transition to remove residual color caused by a slow transition time between liquid crystal light transmittance levels for the liquid crystal pixel cell. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063331 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SAVING BACKLIGHT - A method and system for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display (LCD). The method and system can include calculating a luminance for pixels in an image in a LCD based upon a light spread function and brightness values of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The method and system can also include changing a brightness of an LED based upon a consideration of the gray value of the pixels and the distance of the pixels from a dominant LED. The method and system can further set the brightness of the LED units to a brightness or brightness value substantially greater than or equal to a gray value of each pixel of the image. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063332 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OVER-DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A method and an apparatus for over-driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) are provided, which are suitable for compensating a gray level brightness of the LCD. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, a data buffer unit outputs a current frame data. Then, the current frame data is stored into a frame memory unit, and the frame memory unit outputs a previous frame data. Next, several look-up tables (LUTs) are searched for a driving voltage in a corresponding LUT according to the current frame data and the previous frame data. Afterward, a position scanning unit receives the current frame data to determine a current position. Finally, a multiplexer outputs the corresponding driving voltage at the current position. Thus, a display panel has the same gray level brightness in upper, middle, and lower portions thereof, thereby avoiding ghosting. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063333 | Color Sequential Display and Power Saving Method thereof - For further reducing power consumption of a color sequential display, a frame rate or a field rate is reduced according to conditions, which include whether a received frame is dynamic or static and whether a backlight mode is activated, for reducing power consumption. Besides, images maybe outputted in forms of color images or of grey levels selectively so as to reduce an amount of processed data and related data transmission. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063334 | Display Element and a Method for Driving a Display Element - Display element with at least one color-generating cell of the first type which has an emissive light source, and with at least one color-generating cell of the second type which has a reflective and/or transmissive and/or transflective light source, whereby each cell of the second type can be driven so that it makes visible one of the chromatic colors red, green, blue, magenta, cyan and yellow and the achromatic colors white and black, to compensate at least partly for the absence of the color impression created by at least one color-generating cell of the first type on account of the ambient light of the display element. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063335 | COLOR-FILTERLESS LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - The invention relates to a color-filterless liquid crystal display device and a displaying method of the display device. The backlight module of the display device is partitioned into dynamic brightness adjustment sections adapted for being controlled by the local area dimming control technique. The liquid crystal display module of the display device is partitioned into display sections for being subjected to scanning. The sub-frame image data are adjusted reversely to that done by the local area dimming control technique, before being provided to the display sections by scanning. After the transmissivity of the respective display sections is changed, the LEDs located in the dynamic brightness adjustment sections and corresponding to the sub-frames are lighted up by local area dimming control signals capable of compensating for the adjustment. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063336 | SINGLE-CELL GAP TYPE TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A single-cell gap type transflective liquid crystal display and a driving method thereof are provided. A multiplexer is added to each pixel of a thin-film transistor substrate of the display to respectively control voltages of a transmissive region and a reflective region of each pixel in conjunction with a modulation scan signal and different voltage data signals. Thus, a VT curve of the transmissive region and a VR curve of the reflective region can be adjusted to be identical. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063337 | Flat Panel Display Having Overdrive Function - A method of operating a display includes deriving first pixel data for overdriving pixel circuits of the display from initial gray levels to target gray levels based on values in the first and second lookup tables, rendering the second lookup table unavailable in memory in response to a change in a temperature of the display, and deriving second pixel data using the first lookup table for overdriving the pixel circuits when the second lookup table is unavailable in the memory. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063338 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF ITS OPERATION - Power consumption by an image display device is reduced. The image display device is of a type that transmits light from a back light unit ( | 2011-03-17 |
20110063339 | DRIVING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - It is an object to reduce power consumption of a display device which can perform multi-gray scale display and to suppress deterioration of an element included in the display device. The usage of a display device includes a first initialization period in which the gray scale level of an entire pixel portion is converted into a first gray scale level and a second initialization period in which the gray scale level of an entire pixel portion is converted into a second gray scale level. In the first initialization period, scanning of a plurality of signals and weighting of a holding period of each signal are performed. Therefore, the small number of scanning of signals can realize voltage application for an appropriate time with respect to each of a plurality of gray scale storage display elements included in the display device. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063340 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A new driving method of a display device that makes it possible to reduce power consumption and to improve display quality is proposed. A first gray scale is displayed in all pixels in a first initialization period, a second gray scale is displayed in all the pixels in a second initialization period, an objective image is displayed in a writing period, and the image is held in a holding period. Alternatively, an electrical history of a gray scale storage display element for displaying a number of gray scales is erased in the first initialization period and the second initialization period. Alternatively, a potential of a common electrode is changed in the first initialization period, the second initialization period, the writing period, and the holding period. Alternatively, a potential of a capacitor wiring is changed in synchronization with the potential of the common electrode. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063341 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CORRECTION, MEASUREMENT AND DISPLAY OF IMAGES - One aspect of the invention is a system for displaying images. A display device comprises a back light unit and a first aperture and a second aperture in the back light unit. The display device also comprises a first sensor, a second sensor, and a third sensor. The first sensor is configured to measure a first brightness value of the back light unit through the first aperture. The second sensor is configured to measure a second brightness value of the back light unit through the second aperture. The third sensor is configured to measure a third brightness value from a front portion of the display device. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063342 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY, DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF CONNECTING THE SAME - A connector assembly includes a first connector having a recess disposed in a first side thereof, a second connector disposed in the recess and connected to the first connector, and a lever rotatably connected to the second connector. The lever is rotated toward the first connector by an external force after the second connector is connected to the first connector. The lever is connected to the first connector to fix the second connector in the recess of the first connector. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063343 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An apparatus according to the present invention comprises control unit configured to control print unit to print a code in a prescribed area on a sheet, and search unit configured to search the code on the sheet placed on a manuscript table, wherein a search area in which the search unit searches the code is wider than the prescribed area. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063344 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a head to eject liquid droplets, a sub-tank having a container to store an amount of liquid supplied to the head, a negative pressure generator unit generating a negative pressure and an air introducing mechanism to introduce air, a main-tank to supply the amount of liquid into the sub-tank, a pressure detector unit to detect a pressure inside the sub-tank, and a controller to control an image forming operation using a remaining amount of liquid in the sub-tank while the main-tank is at an end status, where the controller determines whether the pressure inside the sub-tank is within a normal range, causes, if the detected pressure is not within the normal range, the air introducing mechanism to introduce air to raise the pressure inside the sub-tank, and causes the head to eject non-image forming liquid to cause the pressure to fall within the normal range. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063345 | PRINTER INK DELIVERY SYSTEMS - An ink delivery system for a printer. In one embodiment, the system includes an ink supply that contains ink to be delivered to a printhead of the printer and an ink buffer positioned physically below the ink supply such that ink can flow to the ink buffer under gravity alone, the ink buffer being configured to be repeatedly filled with ink from the ink supply and to deliver that ink to the printhead. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063346 | PRINTER INK DELIVERY SYSTEMS - An ink delivery system for a printer. In one embodiment, the system includes an ink supply that contains ink to be delivered to a printhead of the printer and an ink buffer having a capacity that is smaller than a capacity of the ink supply, the ink buffer being configured to be repeatedly filled with ink from the ink supply and to deliver that ink to the printhead. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063347 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus including: first nozzles which discharge a dye ink; second nozzles which discharge a pigment ink of the same color as the dye ink; and a controller which controls the discharge of the inks from the first nozzles and the second nozzles, wherein the controller executes a first discharging operation for discharging the dye ink from the first nozzles and then discharging the pigment ink from the second nozzles at predetermined positions on a medium and executes a second discharging operation for discharging the pigment ink from the second nozzles and then discharging the dye ink from the first nozzles at positions different from the predetermined positions on the medium, and wherein a ratio of the dye ink to the pigment ink in the amount of ink discharged in the second discharging operation per unit area is less than that in the first discharging operation per unit area. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063348 | Liquid Ejection Head, Methods of Manufacturing and Driving the Same, and Image Recording Apparatus - A liquid ejection head includes a piezoelectric actuator that changes volume of a pressure chamber to cause liquid in the pressure chamber to eject from a nozzle connected with the pressure chamber, wherein the piezoelectric actuator is formed into a projecting shape protruding toward the pressure chamber, and displaced in a direction opposite to the pressure chamber when applied with a driving voltage, to increase the volume of the pressure chamber. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063349 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes: a head unit that ejects ink; and a control unit that causes the head unit to eject ink. In the case where a first image and a second image that is adjacent to the first image are formed, the control unit forms a third image by causing ink to be ejected, in pixels within the second image at the boundary area between the first image and the second image, at an ejection amount that is greater than the amount of ink per unit pixel ejected in order to form the second image. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063350 | INK JET APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REDUCING CROSSTALK - When ink is ejected from any one of a plurality of pressure chambers, an electric field pulse, which corresponds to an electric field pulse to be applied to a partition wall of the pressure chamber which is to eject the ink, and has at least one square wave, which is in a direction opposite to that of the electric field pulse and has a pulse width corresponding to the electric field pulse, is applied to a partition wall adjacent to the partition wall of the pressure chamber which is to eject the ink. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063351 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head having nozzles ejecting liquid droplets, a liquid chamber in communication with the nozzles, a pressure generator unit generating pressure inside the liquid chamber, and a head drive control unit to generate a drive waveform having plural drive pulses arranged in time series, each of the drive pulses having waveform components, to form an ejecting pulse for ejecting the liquid droplets by selecting one or more of the plural drive pulses based on a corresponding one of liquid droplet sizes and supply the formed ejecting pulse to the pressure generator unit. In the image forming apparatus, when the ejecting pulse is formed by selecting one or more of the plural drive pulses, shapes of the waveform components of the selected plural drive pulses are partially changed based on the corresponding one of the liquid droplet sizes. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063352 | Recording apparatus and control method therefor - A disclosed recording apparatus includes a carriage having a recording head including nozzles, a moving unit configured to move the carriage, a platen including plural plate members connected in a carriage traveling direction to support a recording medium, a transferring unit to transfer the recording medium in a direction perpendicular to the carriage traveling direction, a recording control unit to record patterns at predetermined positions to form a carriage traveling direction pattern array plural times in a transferring direction of the transferring unit by changing relative recording times for recording the carriage traveling direction pattern array in forward and backward traveling directions, a determination unit to determine ink ejecting times at the predetermined positions, and a time control unit to linearly interpolate between the determined ink ejecting times at the predetermined positions to control ink ejecting times for intervals between the predetermined positions based on the obtained linear interpolation. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063353 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes: an endless transport belt in which a plurality of through holes are formed, the transport belt circulating to carry sheets; a recording head with a plurality of nozzles through which ink droplets are discharged, the nozzles being arranged in a width direction of the transport belt. The image forming device performs preliminary discharge of ink droplets in which the ink droplets discharged through the nozzles pass through the through holes. The image forming device further includes: a sensor that detects an element to be detected formed on the transport belt when the transport belt circulates; and a preliminary discharge control unit that controls timings of discharge of ink droplets through the nozzles in the preliminary discharge based on a plurality of results of detecting the elements to be detected given from the sensor. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063354 | PRINTING METHOD FOR REDUCING STITCH ERROR BETWEEN OVERLAPPING JETTING MODULES - A method of printing is described for a page-width printer including a line head having a plurality of jetting modules that are staggered in a page-width direction. In a set up procedure, a test pattern is printed using the nozzles of adjacent jetting modules, and the pattern is analyzed to detect a stitch error in the overlap regions. The results of this analysis is used to calculate a set of correction values to be applied to print data subsequently sent to nozzles of the adjacent jetting modules to make a correction for the stitch error. During a subsequent production run, the print data sent to the nozzles of the adjacent jetting modules is analyzed to sense an image content attribute, such as gray or density level, of the print data. These results of the analysis of the print data is then used to calculate a dynamic adjustment that is used to adjust the set of correction values calculated during the set up procedure. The line head is then used to print the corrected print data by applying the set of adjusted correction values to production print data subsequently sent to the jetting modules. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063355 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING RUNOUT ERRORS IN A MOVING WEB PRINTING SYSTEM - A method compensates for runout errors in a web printing system. The method includes identifying runout error at a first roller driving a web of printable media, generating a runout compensation value corresponding to the identified runout error, identifying a velocity of the moving web with reference to encoder output corresponding to an angular velocity of the first roller and the generated runout compensation value, and delivering a firing signal to a print head proximate the first roller to energize the inkjet nozzles in the print head and eject ink onto the web at a position corresponding to the computed web velocity. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063356 | Conveying distance control device, recording apparatus, conveying distance control method, and storage medium - A conveying distance control device includes a conveying roller; a first detecting unit detecting rotational positions of the conveying roller; a line sensor sequentially detecting marks arranged on a test chart; a calculation unit, and a control unit. The calculation unit calculates a skew angle between a line passing through positions of a first mark and a second mark and a conveying direction of the conveying roller. The control unit obtains conveying distance errors indicating differences between corrected conveying distances not including errors caused by the skew angle and theoretical conveying distance of the marks in association with the rotational positions of the conveying roller, calculates a correction value for correcting a conveying distance of the conveying roller based on relationships between the conveying distance errors and the rotational positions of the conveying roller, and controls the conveying distance of the conveying roller based on the correction value. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063357 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR REGISTRATION ERRORS ARISING FROM HEATED ROLLERS IN A MOVING WEB PRINTING SYSTEM - A method compensates for thermal expansion of rollers in a web print zone. The method includes receiving an angular velocity signal from a first encoder for a roller in a print zone of a moving web printing system, receiving a signal from a first temperature sensor corresponding to a temperature of the roller, modifying a first diameter for the first roller with a first predetermined distance in response to the temperature of the first roller being different than a first predetermined temperature, identifying a velocity of a moving web in the print zone of the moving web printing system with reference to the modified first diameter, and delivering a firing signal to a first printhead proximate the first roller to energize the inkjet nozzles in the first printhead and eject ink onto the web at a position corresponding to the identified moving web velocity. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063358 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND DRYING CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An ink jet printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a dryer configured to dry ink on a print medium. The dryer includes a heating unit configured to heat air in the dryer, and an outside air adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the amount of outside air introduced into the dryer. When the outside air adjustment mechanism is controlled so that the outside air introduction amount is increased, before the control of the outside air introduction amount, the heating unit is controlled so that heated air heated by the heating unit is preheated to a second target temperature higher than a predetermined first target temperature for a normal operation. Even if the outside air introduction amount is actually increased to temporarily reduce the temperature of heated air, the temperature of the heated air can be maintained at a value required for sufficient drying. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063359 | Real Time Bleed-Though Detection for Continuous Web Printers - An imaging device includes a substantially continuous web of media; a web transport system configured to transport the continuous web along a web path; and a print station positioned along the web path and configured to apply ink to a first side of the continuous web to form images thereon. An image sensor is positioned downstream from the print station along the web path to scan a second side of the continuous web opposite from the first side. The image sensor is configured to generate a reflectance signal indicative of a reflectance of light from the second side of the continuous web. A controller is operably coupled to receive the reflectance signal from the image sensor, and to adjust at least one print process parameter based on the reflectance signal while the imaging device is performing print operations. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063360 | Inkjet print head and method of measuring temperature thereof - An inkjet print head includes a plurality of pressure chambers receiving and storing ink which is to be discharged to a nozzle, a piezoelectric body interposing a membrane with the pressure chamber, the piezoelectric body providing a driving force for discharging ink to each of the pressure chambers, and a measuring unit measuring capacitance of the piezoelectric body so that a temperature of ink being discharged to the nozzle is measured. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063361 | INK-JET PRINT HEAD HAVING IMPROVED ADHESION WITH TIME, ITS PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING AND ITS USE IN COMBINATION WITH A WATER-BASED INK CONTAINING ACIDIC SPECIES - The present invention relates to an ink-jet print head for an ink-jet printer comprising at least a substrate and a photopolymer barrier applied onto said substrate, said photopolymer barrier comprising an adhesive first layer and a second layer made of a photopolymerisable material and applied above said first layer, characterized in that said adhesive first layer is made of a cationically polymerisable material partially polymerised that, when contacted ny a water-based ink containing acidic species, is able to further polymerise, thus improving the photopolymer barrier adhesion on said surface of said substrate with time, the present invention also relates to a process of manufacturing said ink-jet print head and to its use in combination with a water-based ink containing acidic species. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063362 | INKJET RECORDING PROCESSING LIQUID AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD USING SUCH PROCESSING LIQUID - The present invention provides an inkjet recording processing liquid for use in an inkjet recording method of causing a processing liquid to adhere to a recording medium and thereafter causing ink to adhere to the recording medium to which the processing liquid has adhered. The inkjet recording processing liquid contains water, glycerin, and at least one multivalent metal salt selected from the group consisting of calcium nitrate and magnesium nitrate. The glycerin content in the processing liquid is 10 to 50 mass percent, and the multivalent metal salt content in the processing liquid is 0.8 to 2.0 mol/L. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063363 | INKJET PRINTER HAVING AN INKJET PRINTHEAD AND A ROTATING PLATEN - An inkjet printer is disclosed. The printer has an inkjet printhead and a rotating platen. The platen has disposed on part of the surface of the platen an ink absorbing member. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063364 | ROTATING PLATEN - A rotating platen for an inkjet printing device is disclosed. The platen includes an ink absorbing member disposed on part of the surface of the platen. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063365 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN INKJET PRINTER - A method of operating an inkjet printer having an inkjet printhead and a rotating platen is disclosed. The platen has disposed on part of the surface of the platen an ink absorbing member and a print media supporting area for supporting print media being printed on. The method includes rotating the platen to place the ink absorbing member in an ink ejection path of the printhead, and receiving ink from the printhead by the ink absorbing member. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063366 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus efficiently recovers defective discharge while reducing the amount of waste ink, acquires position information of a defective discharge nozzle and, based on the position information, determines whether the defective discharge has been caused by a bubble or a dust particle, and selects an ink circulation mode or a wiping mode. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063367 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method of drawing on a workpiece by ejecting functional liquid thereon while relatively scanning the workpiece and an ejection head is provided. The method comprises the steps of: a first scanning for drawing in a plurality of first areas along a scanning direction; and a second scanning for drawing in a second area between the plurality of first areas drawn in by the first scanning. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063368 | Multi inkjet head package, inkjet recording apparatus using the same, and method of aligning the same in inkjet recording apparatus - There is provided a multi inkjet head package. The multi inkjet head package may include: a plurality of inkjet head assemblies each having a head plate in which an inkjet head discharging ink is housed; a rack in which the head plate is housed so as to expose the inkjet head; and a preliminary fixation portion that is installed on the rack and allows the head plate to be preliminarily fixed to the rack. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063369 | Non-Wetting Coating on a Fluid Ejector - A method of forming a non-wetting coating on a fluid ejector includes applying an oxygen plasma to a substrate to form an outer portion of the substrate having a density that is greater than a density of an interior portion of the substrate and depositing a non-wetting coating on an exterior surface of the outer portion. The outer portion is less than 80 Å thick. | 2011-03-17 |
20110063370 | METHOD OF EJECTING SOLVENT-BASED INK COMPOSITION COMPRISING PYRROLIDINONE SOLVENT - A method of ejecting ink from a thermal inkjet printhead. The method comprises the steps of: (i) supplying an ink to at least one nozzle chamber of the printhead; and (ii) actuating a heater element in the nozzle chamber and heating the ink to a temperature sufficient to form a bubble therein, thereby causing the ink to be ejected from a nozzle opening associated with the nozzle chamber. The ink is a solvent-based ink composition comprising:
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20110063371 | METHOD OF EJECTING SOLVENT-BASED INK COMPOSITION COMPRISING KETONE SOLVENT - A method of ejecting ink from a thermal inkjet printhead. The method comprises the steps of: (i) supplying an ink to at least one nozzle chamber of the printhead; and (ii) actuating a heater element in the nozzle chamber and heating the ink to a temperature sufficient to form a bubble therein, thereby causing the ink to be ejected from a nozzle opening associated with the nozzle chamber. The ink is a solvent-based ink composition comprising:
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20110063372 | METHOD OF EJECTING SOLVENT-BASED INK COMPOSITION COMPRISING ACETATE SOLVENT - A method of ejecting ink from a thermal inkjet printhead. The method comprises the steps of: (i) supplying an ink to at least one nozzle chamber of the printhead; and (ii) actuating a heater element in the nozzle chamber and heating the ink to a temperature sufficient to form a bubble therein, thereby causing the ink to be ejected from a nozzle opening associated with the nozzle chamber. The ink is a solvent-based ink composition comprising: | 2011-03-17 |