17th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120098815 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device and a method for driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a gate driver unit, a clock generator, and a temperature compensation unit. The liquid crystal panel includes a pixel array. The gate driver unit is utilized for generating a plurality of driving signals to drive the pixel unit. The clock generator is electrically coupled to the gate driver unit. The temperature compensation unit is electrically coupled to the gate driver unit and the clock generator. The temperature compensation unit is utilized for adjusting an output of the clock generator to compensate the driving signals of the gate driver unit according to a temperature variance. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098816 | Liquid Crystal Display and Driving Method Thereof - An LCD and a driving method thereof include: data writing for applying a common voltage and a data voltage to a plurality of pixels; and sustaining for applying a shifted common voltage shifted by a predetermined level from the common voltage to the plurality of pixels for a sustain period during which the plurality of pixels emit light, corresponding to the data voltage. The shifted common voltage is shifted to an opposite polarity of a polarity of a gate-off voltage applied to the plurality of pixels to float the plurality of pixels. During a sustain period, a gate-source voltage of the switching transistor can be increased, and accordingly an influence due to the leakage current can be minimized, thereby preventing image deterioration. Further, since capacitance of the sustain capacitor can be reduced so that power consumption of the LCD can be reduced. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098817 | ELECTRO-PHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving method for an electro-phoretic display apparatus is disclosed. The method includes generating a common voltage by a common voltage generator held at a first voltage level before a polarity transfer, generating the common voltage held at a second voltage level when the polarity transfer starts during a first timing period, and generating the common voltage transfers held at a third voltage level during a second timing period after the first timing period, in which the second voltage level is between the first and the third voltage levels. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098818 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel; a gamma voltage supplying unit establishing a gamma voltage corresponding to each gray level according to a predetermined T-V curve; and a data driving unit changing digital image data into analog image data using the gamma voltage and outputting the analog image data to the liquid crystal panel, wherein the gamma voltage corresponding to a black level is configured to have a value within a range of 0 V to 0.005 V. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098819 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes a laser source for emitting a laser beam, an image forming element which uses the laser beam to emit image light for displaying an image, a first diffraction element for diffracting the image light, and a controller for controlling a display position of the image on the basis of a wavelength of the laser beam and a temperature of the first diffraction element. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098820 | HYPER PARALLAX TRANSFORMATION MATRIX BASED ON USER EYE POSITIONS - A method for displaying a 3D image in virtual reality. The method includes defining a hyper parallax transformation matrix based on user eye position, applying the hyper parallax transformation matrix to a scene graph, and displaying hyper parallax of the 3D image. A realistic simulation of parallax of said 3D image is exaggerated. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098821 | INTUITIVE SHAPE CONTROL FOR BOUNDARY PATCHES - A method and system for computer aided design (CAD) is disclosed for intuitive shape control of boundary patch. A boundary patch is also known as n-sided patch which is defined by a number of input curves/edges. Continuity constraints (G | 2012-04-26 |
20120098822 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of displaying image provides data of a left eye image frame to a display panel during a first period, and provides data of a black image frame during a second period that is shorter than the first period. The method also provides data of a right eye image frame during the first period, and provides the data of the black image frame during the second period. A frame period during which the black image frame is displayed in a stereoscopic image mode is thus decreased, and a frame period in which the left eye image frame or right eye image frame is displayed is increased, allowing for increased charging time and improved image quality. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098823 | Display apparatus and method - Provided is a display apparatus that may estimate a degree of visual fatigue corresponding to an input 3-dimensional (3D) image, using a visual fatigue model to estimate the degree of visual fatigue of a user. The display apparatus may reduce the degree of visual fatigue of the user by rescaling a depth level of the input 3D image based on the degree of visual fatigue. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098824 | SHUTTER GLASSES FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - Shutter glasses for viewing a stereoscopic image and a display system including the same are provided. The shutter glasses include a left eye shutter; a right eye shutter; a light receiving part which receives a control signal emitted from a display apparatus; an optical element which is disposed to face the light receiving part and changes a traveling path of light incident on the optical element such that light emitted from the display apparatus is incident on the light receiving part and light emitted from a source other than the display apparatus is not incident on the light receiving part; and a control part which controls opening/closing of the left eye shutter and the right eye shutter based on the control signal received by the light receiving part. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098825 | DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY - There is provided a driving method for a display, which includes a display unit and a phase modulation unit. The display unit includes a plurality of pixel rows and generates image signals having a polarization direction. The phase modulation unit includes two oppositely disposed electrodes and an LC layer sandwiched between the two electrodes. The driving method changes a potential difference provided on the two electrodes of the phase modulation unit to control the twist of the LC layer thereby changing the polarization direction of the image signals generated by the display unit and passing through the phase modulation unit. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098826 | GATE DRIVER AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A gate driver and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including the gate driver are disclosed. The gate driver includes a shift register block including a plurality of cascade-connected shift registers, a selection block including a plurality of selection units, which are respectively connected to the plurality of shift registers, and a buffer block including a plurality of buffers, which are respectively connected to the plurality of selection units. Each of the shift registers outputs a scan pulse, whose a phase is shifted by one horizontal period, in response to a start voltage, a first clock, a second clock, and a third clock. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098827 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes: an image display device having a two-dimensional array of pixels each formed by a plurality of sub-pixels and displaying a plurality of view point images in a composite manner by allocating the images to the sub-pixels; and a parallax device spatially separating the view point images displayed on the image display device, wherein the image display device displays each view point image using a first combination format and a second combination format as formats for combining a plurality of sub-pixels for forming each pixel, the combination formats having shapes which are the inverse of each other when viewed in the vertical direction, the image being displayed such that a first pixel arrangement pattern formed using the first combination format and a second pixel arrangement pattern formed using the second combination format alternately appear in the vertical direction. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098828 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a first display control unit that causes a display unit to display a first 3D image, a receiving unit that receives, from a user, a message indicating whether an amount of parallax of the first 3D image being displayed on the display unit is within an allowable range, a determining unit that determines an estimated allowable range on the basis of the message received by the receiving unit so that if the message indicates that the amount of parallax of the 3D image being displayed is not within the allowable range, the amount of parallax is not included in the estimated allowable range; and a second display control unit that causes the display unit to display a second 3D image on the basis of the estimated allowable range. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098829 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - A three-dimensional (3D) image display device enables easy recognition of a 3D image by appropriately changing the popout amount of a 3D image. The display device includes a timer setting and measuring a given time over which the popout amount of a 3D image changes, a popout amount change mode memory storing information on time dependent change of the popout amount occurring over the given time, a popout amount controller producing the popout amount for each unit time based on parallax between a plurality of images, the given time, and the time dependent change information, a changing image producer producing pairs of popout-amount-changing images from the plurality of images according to a popout amount by the unit time, a 3D image producer producing a corresponding popout-amount-changing 3D image, and a display controller. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098830 | SHUTTER GLASSES, METHOD FOR ADJUSTING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS THEREOF, AND 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM ADAPTED FOR THE SAME - Disclosed are shutter glasses capable of automatically changing brightness according to image characteristics and allowing a viewer to adjust brightness and a color temperature according to his preference, a method for adjusting light characteristics of the shutter glasses, and a display system employing the same. The shutter glasses adaptive to be used for a three-dimensional (3D) display device. The shutter glasses include: a pair of shutter liquid crystal panels prepared to correspond to user's left and right eyes; and a controller configured to turn on and off the shutter liquid crystal panels at a certain frequency and control light transmittance of the shutter liquid crystal panels by a gamma voltage corresponding to a certain level control signal. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098831 | 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING 3D IMAGE - A three-dimensional (3D) image processing apparatus and a method for processing a 3D image are provided. The 3D image processing apparatus includes a control unit which independently sets a left-eye image quality of a left-eye image and a right-eye image quality of a right-eye image; and a 3D implementation unit which processes the left-eye image and the right-eye image in accordance with the set left-eye image quality and the set right-eye image quality, wherein the left-eye image and the right-eye image are included in a 3D image. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098832 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - A method for reconstructing a three-dimension image includes receiving a plurality of two-dimensional images and projection information of the two-dimensional images, projecting a plurality of rays onto the plurality of two-dimensional images, determining correspondence information between pixels of different ones of the plurality of two-dimensional images, determining a value of each of the pixels, and reconstructing a three-dimension image by integrating the plurality of rays, wherein a position on each ray can be associated to one pixel of the plurality of two-dimensional images. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098833 | Image Processing Program and Image Processing Apparatus - Optical reflection and refraction are expressed of an object extending through a water surface by rather light load processing without using any cut models prepared in advance. A photographing angle of a virtual camera for displaying the object OB is set. Virtual cameras A, B and C are generated for photographing reflected and refracted object. The image processing is executed by projecting texture value of transparent degree for each of media different from texture for other media. Parameters are defined concerning the virtual cameras A, B and C, in order to achieve a desired visual expression of an object extending through various media. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098834 | SMART PLOT METHODOLOGY - The present subject matter relates to a method and a system for generating data plots illustrating aspects relating to relationships among entities. Plot definitions are established defining relationships among plural entities where the definitions include data paths identifying data locations. Data may be provided to the data locations either manually or automatically and various selectable diagnostic plots may be generated. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098835 | INPUT DISPLAY APPARATUS, INPUT DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an input display apparatus comprising: a display section; a voice accepting section; and a position specification accepting section for accepting position specification on a display screen of the display section, a display attribute for display of a character corresponding to text data of a voice accepted by the voice accepting section is determined based on position specification accepted by the position specification accepting section, and the character is displayed based on the display attribute. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098836 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TURNING PAGES IN E-BOOK READER - A method turns pages in an electronic book (e-book) reader. The method includes displaying an e-book as left/right pages and, if a page turn signal is generated, turning a left page or a right page while displaying an action of turning a left page to the right or a right page to the left as if turning pages of a paper book. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098837 | APPARATUS FOR AUGMENTING A HANDHELD DEVICE - Apparatus and system that enables a handheld multimedia device (e.g. an mp3 player, such as the Apple™ iPod™ Touch, or a mobile telephone, such as the Apple™ iPhone™, or any other device that includes one or more multimedia technologies such as a display screen, touch input, video, audio and networking capabilities) to be adapted, both in software and physically, so as to be used for a new or enhanced purpose. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098838 | GENERATING VIEWS OF MEDICAL IMAGES - A system for generating a view of a medical image comprises an input ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120098839 | IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image reproduction device including: a target image selection portion that selects, according to a selection operation, n sheets of target images from m sheets of input images (m and n are integers of two or more, and m>n), the selected n sheets of target images being sequentially displayed on a display screen such that slide show reproduction is performed; an image classification portion that classifies the m sheets of input images into a plurality of classes based on an image feature quantity extracted from each of the input images; and a display control portion that displays, when an input of the selection operation is received, the input images on the display screen in an arrangement based on a result of the classification of the image classification portion. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098840 | APPLYING NON-HOMOGENEOUS PROPERTIES TO MULTIPLE VIDEO PROCESSING UNITS (VPUs) - A multiprocessor system includes a plurality of special purpose processors that perform different portions of a related processing task. A set of commands that cause each of the processors to perform the portions of the related task are distributed, and the set of commands includes a predicated execution command that precedes other commands within the set of commands. It is determined whether commands subsequent to the predicated execution command are intended to be executed by a first processor or a second processor based on information in the predicated execution command and the set of commands includes all commands to be executed by each processor. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098841 | Shared Video Management Subsystem - A shared video management subsystem configured to be coupled to and shared by a plurality of independent compute nodes includes a plurality of graphics interfaces configured to receive drawing commands and data from the compute nodes and render graphics information to a frame buffer. The subsystem also includes at least one display refresh controller configured to retrieve the graphics information rendered to the frame buffer and output the graphics information to a display device for display. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098842 | METHOD FOR REPRESENTATION OF SAFETY-RELEVANT INFORMATION ON A DISPLAY AND APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE METHOD - A method to ensure the dependable representation of a safety-related information includes: entry of at least one input parameter into a processor, computerized processing of the input parameter transforming it into a sequence of image data that represents the input parameter, transmittance of the sequence of image data on to a display and representing the sequence of image data on the display. It is proposed to fead the sequence of image data and to a test unit and to perform a safety test in the form of computerized generation of a test code for the sequence of image data, comparing the test code with several existing reference codes, assigning the identified reference code to a corresponding possible value of the input parameter and comparing it with the value of the input parameter to generate either a positive or negative test result to initiate a safety-focused reaction. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098843 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD - A method for controlling a memory device includes: categorizing a plurality of sub-memory units of the memory device into a first group of sub-memory units and a second group of sub-memory units; sequentially storing pixel data of a plurality of pixels being displayed on a first line of a display screen into the sub-memory units of the first group of sub-memory units; sequentially storing the pixel data of a plurality of pixels being displayed on a second line next to the first line of the display screen into the sub-memory units of the second group of sub-memory units; and, starting from a next but one sub-memory unit to the first selected sub-memory unit, sequentially storing the pixel data of a plurality of pixels being displayed on a third line next to the second line of the display screen into the sub-memory units of the first group of sub-memory units. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098844 | COMPUTER AND REFRESH RATE ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A refresh rate adjustment method automatically adjusts a refresh rate of a monitor connected to a computer to a default refresh rate, in response that a detected keystroke signal is a predefined keystroke signal. The method further detects a refresh rate range that is supported by the monitor, detects a new refresh rate input signal from the input device, and determines if the new refresh rate falls within the refresh rate range that is supported by the monitor. If the new refresh rate falls within the refresh rate range that is supported by the monitor, the method automatically adjusts the refresh rate of the monitor with the new refresh rate. Otherwise, the method prompts a user to input the new refresh rate again by displaying a dialog box on the monitor. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098845 | DISPLAY OF EFFECT COATINGS ON ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICES - The invention relates to a method of displaying an image of an effect coating having texture and colour properties on an electronic display device, using measured colour data and measured texture data as input to generate the image, wherein the textured image is displayed with visual colour properties which are maintained on a prescribed level independent of possible variations in texture properties. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098846 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A system, method and apparatus are described herein for input of characters into a mobile device. In one implementation, a user can input representations of character strokes of logographic characters, such as Chinese characters, using a trackpad module. The system can then associate the character strokes with a character the user desires to input based on the received inputs and a series of well-known rules for writing the logographic characters. One implementation of the trackpad includes an optical trackpad comprising a plurality of sub-sections that can be used to determine the direction of movement of an object over the optical trackpad, for example, a finger over the optical trackpad. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCED RESOLUTION ADDRESSING - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for producing line multiplied images with better visual appearance. The line multiplying is shifted for one of the colors of the display with respect to at least one other color of the display. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098848 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE - An image processing device, an image processing method, and a flat panel display are disclosed. According to some aspects, the image processing device may include: an image determining unit for determining a kind of an input image as one of a moving picture, a photograph image, and a user interface image. A legibility improving unit may be configured to generate a legibility improved image by extracting specific pixels from pixels included in the input image according to the kind of the input image that is determined by the image determining unit and by modifying gray scale values of the extracted specific pixels. According to some aspects, an illuminance sensor for sensing external illuminance, and a brightness improving unit for correcting a gamma curve according to the external illuminance sensed by the illuminance sensor is provided. Brightness may be controlled according to a kind of an image and external illuminance so that an image processing device may increase outdoor visibility of an image by controlling brightness according to the kind of image and the external illuminance. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098849 | Display Device Capable of Controlling Viewing Angle and Driving Method Thereof - A viewing angle controllable display device and a driving method thereof. The viewing angle controllable display device includes: an image mixing unit generating a mixed image data signal by mixing an original image data signal, or a gray-adjusted original image data signal, with a protection image data signal that disturbs recognition of the original image; an output image selecting unit receiving the original image data signal or the mixed image data signal, and selecting an image data signal corresponding to an image output to a display panel; and a display panel receiving a data voltage corresponding to the image data signal selected and output from the output image selecting unit through a data drive to display an original image or a mixed image, responding to gate signals sequentially transmitted from a gate driver. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098850 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a first portion of content to a user. The display unit includes a display surface. A detection unit is configured to detect a distance between an interface surface and a reference point disposed along an operational tool of the user. A control unit configured to determine whether the distance falls within a threshold range, and generate a signal to display a second portion of content to the user, when the detected distance falls within the threshold range. The display unit is further configured to display the second content portion, based on the generated signal. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098851 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a mobile electronic device includes an image projection unit for projecting an image, an image display unit for displaying an image, and a control unit for controlling the image projection unit and the image display unit. When the image projection unit projects an image and the image display unit displays an image, the control unit performs control for making the chromaticity of the image projected by the image projection unit and the chromaticity of the image displayed by the image display unit match each other. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098852 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are: an image display unit that displays an image based on image data; a detection unit that detects a position corresponding to the tip of an indication member that indicates a part of the image that has been displayed by the image display unit; an extraction unit that extracts image data for a predetermined region including the position corresponding to the tip from the image data; and a control unit that controls such that a window that displays an image that is based on the extracted image data extracted by the extraction unit is displayed on the image display unit. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098853 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A projector including: a light source; a light modulation device modulating a light emitted from the light source in accordance with an image signal for each of colored lights for color display; a projection optical system projecting each of the colored lights modulated by the light modulation device; an operation accepting section; a registration adjustment section performing correction of the image signal corresponding to each of the colored lights based on an operation accepted by the operation accepting section so that a displacement occurring in at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction in a projection screen between the colored lights is reduced, and supply the light modulation device with the image signal corrected if the displacement occurs; and a correction direction display control section displaying a correction direction, in which the correction of the image signal is performed, as an icon indicating a direction. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098854 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus includes a control unit of a client configured to specify a privacy mask zone in a panoramic area, display a graphic pattern larger than the specified privacy mask zone over the privacy mask zone, and accept an operation to shift the privacy mask zone corresponding to the displayed graphic pattern. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098855 | Systems and Methods for Socially-Based Correction of Tilted Images - Systems and methods for socially-based correction of tilted images. In an embodiment, the present invention levels tilted images by (1) receiving an image; (2) rotating the image by a random angle; (3) requesting at least one user rotate the image to level the image; (4) determining a collective user-suggested angle based on the rotations of each user; and (5) transmitting, over a communication network, a correction angle, where the correction angle is based on the random angle and the collective user-suggested angle. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098856 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSERTING OBJECT DATA INTO A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - A method of inserting object data into a stereoscopic image for display on a screen, comprising the steps of: providing a first image having a foreground component and a second image having a foreground component, the second image foreground component being a horizontally displaced version of the first image foreground component; inserting a first opaque section into the first image, and a second opaque section in the second image, the second opaque section being a horizontally displaced version of the first opaque section, wherein the displacement between the first image component and the second image component is less than the displacement between the first opaque section and the second opaque section; and inserting the object data onto the first opaque section for display on the screen. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098857 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GENETIC INFORMATION AND GENETIC INFORMATION SERVER USING THE SAME - A method for providing genetic information, a genetic information server, and a non-transitory computer readable medium in which a genetic information browser program is recorded are provided. The method includes: displaying a plurality of tracks of attribute information relating to a plurality of tracks of genetic information on a plurality of default tracks, respectively, generating a private track, selecting at least two tracks from the plurality of tracks of attribute information displayed on the default tracks; and combining the selected at least two tracks of attribute information and displaying the combined attribute information on the generated private track Accordingly, an intuitive genetic information browser interface is provided. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098858 | CONNECTED AND OVERLAPPED SHAPES ENHANCEMENTS - A method of ordering visual objects presented on a display includes comparing visual objects to be placed in an overlapping condition and determining from the comparison the order in which the visual objects are to be placed. The visual objects are re-ordered and placed in the overlapping condition in accordance with the determination. Methods of creating connecting links joining source and destination visual objects as well as overlapping object and object-connecting tools are also provided. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098859 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY USER INTERFACE - An apparatus and method for providing an augmented reality (AR) user interface. The method includes acquiring an image containing at least one object; recognizing the object from the acquired image; detecting AR information related to the recognized object; classifying the detected AR information into groups according to specific property information; generating a user interface that displays the groups of AR information separately. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098860 | Method of selecting a cell from an array - A method of selecting a cell ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120098861 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING CONTACT INFORMATION BASED ON AN IMAGE EMBEDDED WITH CONTACT INFORMATION - A method and an apparatus for displaying contact information using an image including the contact information. The method includes displaying an image; detecting when a preset region of the image is selected; and displaying the contact information corresponding to the preset region of the image, when the preset region is selected. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098862 | METHOD, TERMINAL, AND SERVER FOR PROCESSING GRAPHICS - A method for processing graphics includes: receiving a graphic stream that carries a graphic type identifier; and obtaining the graphic type identifier, and displaying corresponding graphic content of the graphic stream if a graphic type is identifiable, or discarding the graphic stream if the graphic type is not identifiable. Because the graphic stream carries a graphic type identifier, when obtaining the graphic type identifier, the terminal judges whether the graphic type is identifiable, and displays the graphic content if the graphic type is identifiable or discards the graphic stream if the graphic type is not identifiable. In this way, if the terminal does not support the graphic type, the terminal can discard the graphic stream automatically, which enhances the terminal capability of processing graphics. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098863 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A FLEXIBLE USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for creating a flexible display for a user interface device is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes processing graphical icon information for the user interface device, wherein each graphical icon corresponds with at least one operation on the user interface device, coupling the graphical icon information with gravity information, wherein the each graphical icon maps to at least one gravitational attribute, wherein the at least one gravitational attribute corresponds with motion of the graphical icon relative to the user interface device and in response to an orientation change of the user interface device, generating the each graphical icon at a position determined by the at least one gravitational attribute. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098864 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOWNSIZING VIDEO DATA FOR MEMORY BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION - The video output system in a computer system reads pixel information from a frame buffer to generate a video output signal. In addition, full-motion video may also be displayed in a window defined in the frame buffer. If the native resolution of the full-motion video is larger than the window defined in said frame buffer then valuable memory space and memory bandwidth is being wasted by writing said larger full-motion video in a memory system (and later reading it back) when some data from the full-motion video will be discarded. Thus, a video pre-processor is disclosed to reduce the size of the full-motion video before that full-motion video is written into a memory system. The video pre-processor will scale the full-motion video down to a size no larger than the window defined in the frame buffer. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098865 | PROJECTOR - A projector is provided with a projection unit that projects onto a projection surface a projected image that is based on image data; a detection unit that detects the direction of approach of an indication member or of the shadow of the indication member that has approached a detection region which includes the projected image; an icon memory unit that stores the image data of a plurality of icons; a decision unit that decides at least one of the display sizes of the icons, the display gaps between the icons, and the display positions of the icons, on the basis of the projection direction of the projected image and the direction of approach detected by the detection unit; and a projection control unit that projects the icons onto the display positions decided by the decision unit at the display sizes and display gaps decided by the decision unit. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098866 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES AND OCCLUSION PREVENTION FOR FISHEYE LENSES WITH LINE SEGMENT FOCI - A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a magnified focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region having diminishing magnification, the focal region having a perimeter defined by a radius r from a line segment; receiving one or more signals to adjust at least one of the radius r and a length len of the line segment to thereby adjust the perimeter; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098867 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY INTERFACE - The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for displaying an interface. The method includes: obtaining display information of a current display screen; determining, according to the display information, position information of a picture to be displayed on the current display screen, and arranging the picture to be displayed at a position corresponding to the position information on the current display screen, so as to finish arranging the picture to be displayed on the current display screen. Implementation of embodiments of the present disclosure may effectively enable a user to set the display position, display mode, and occupied display space of a picture to be displayed according to personal preferences, so that the picture desired by the user can be displayed on the current display screen, thereby facilitating the application of the user. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098868 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image display devices, methods, and programs that displays an image on a display screen. The devices, methods, and programs detect pressed coordinate positions on the display screen, store the detected pressed coordinate positions in a memory at a predetermined time interval in a time sequence, and if, after a pressing on the display screen has been cancelled, the display screen is not pressed again before a predetermined pressing cancellation judging time passes, determining a cancellation of the pressing on the display screen. The devices, methods, and programs set a predetermined delay time based on the predetermined pressing cancellation judging time, after the predetermined delay time has passed since the pressing on the display screen started, read out the stored pressed coordinate positions at the predetermined time interval and in the time sequence, and scroll the image so as to follow a movement of the read-out pressed coordinate positions. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098869 | Light Emitting Diode Circuit, Light Emitting Diode Driving Circuit, and Method for Driving Light Emitting Diode Channels - A light emitting diode driving circuit includes a DC-to-DC voltage converter, a pulse width modulator, a shifting circuit, and a plurality of current sink circuits. The DC-to-DC voltage converter generates a driving voltage on first ends of the light emitting diode channels, in which the DC-to-DC voltage converter includes a switch, and a magnitude of the driving voltage is correlated with the conduction time of the switch. The pulse width modulator generates a PWM signal having a duty cycle which drives the switch of the DC-to-DC voltage converter. The plurality of clock cycles on the shifting circuit delays the PWM signal to generate a plurality of phase signals, in which the phase signals have different phases. The current sink circuits are positioned to control the flows of current flowing through the light emitting diode channels according to the phase signals having different phases. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098870 | OLED DRIVING TECHNIQUE - Systems, methods, and devices for efficient brightness control for an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display are provided. In one embodiment, such a method may include receiving image data into a data driver of an organic light emitting diode display and transforming the image data into a logarithmic domain. A dimming control value may be subtracted from this log-encoded image data. The resulting log-encoded dimmed image data may represent a darker version of the originally received image data. Thereafter, a pixel of the organic light emitting diode display may be driven based at least in part on the dimmed image data. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098871 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel includes a plurality of pixels including at least four even-numbered subpixels. The at least four even-numbered subpixels includes: a first red subpixel including a pixel electrode electrically connected to a switching element which is connected to a first data line and a first gate line; a first green subpixel including a pixel electrode electrically connected to a switching element which is connected to a second data line and a second gate line, where the second data line is disposed adjacent to the first data line; a first blue subpixel including a pixel electrode electrically connected to a switching element which is connected to the first data line and the second gate line; and a first multi-primary subpixel including a pixel electrode electrically connected to a switching element which is connected to the second data line and the first gate line. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098872 | METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY PANEL - A method of driving an electrophoretic display panel includes: applying a first voltage having a first polarity with respect to a reference voltage to an electrophoretic display panel to display an N-th image, where N is a natural number; applying the first voltage to the electrophoretic display panel, on which the N-th image is displayed, to display a first full-grayscale image; applying a second voltage having a second polarity with respect to a reference voltage to an electrophoretic display panel, on which the first full-grayscale image is displayed, to display a second full-grayscale image, where the second polarity is opposite to the first polarity; and applying the first polarity voltage to the electrophoretic display panel, on which the second full grayscale image is displayed, to display an (N+1)-th image. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098873 | DRIVING METHOD FOR DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A driving method for driving an electrophoretic display apparatus includes writing first image data into a display unit provided with a plurality of pixels; creating second image data including image data which corresponds to first contour pixels, and which is extracted from the first image data, each of the first contour pixels being a first pixel located adjacent to a second pixel having a gray-scale level different from a gray-scale level of the first pixel, the first pixel and the second pixel being included in the plurality of pixels; and writing the second image data into the display unit. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098874 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A pixel circuit includes a first light emitting element having a first opposite electrode connected to a first power line, a common electrode and a parasitic capacitance C | 2012-04-26 |
20120098875 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An illumination device includes a light guide plate, a light source, and a light modulation element. The light guide plate has convex portions extending in a direction parallel to a normal to a face opposed to the light source among side faces of the light guide plate, and the light source is configured of light source blocks. The light modulation element includes a pair of transparent substrates disposed separately and oppositely to each other, a plurality of first electrodes provided on a surface of one of the transparent substrates, and extending in a direction crossing an extending direction of the convex portions, a second electrode provided on a surface of the other transparent substrate, and a light modulation layer provided in a gap between the transparent substrates, and exhibiting a scattering property or a transparent property to light from the light source depending on magnitude of an electric field. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098876 | Liquid Crystal Display Device And Light Source Control Method - A method is disclosed for controlling a light source installed in a liquid crystal display device. An embodiment includes a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image by virtue of having liquid crystals whose orientation changes in response to application of a voltage; a backlight unit with a built-in PWM light modulation type LED for emitting light to be supplied to the liquid crystal display panel; and a control unit for controlling the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit. When the response speed of liquid crystal molecules is relatively high, the LED is driven at a relatively low drive frequency, and when the response speed of the liquid crystal molecules is relatively low, the LED is driven at a relatively high drive frequency. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098877 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed in an organic light emitting diode display device including: a driving element for controlling a driving current, a first TFT that switches a current path between the first node and the second node, a second TFT that switches a current path between a data line and a third node, a third TFT that switches a current path between the third node and a reference voltage input terminal, a fourth TFT that switches a current path between the second node and a fourth node, an organic light emitting diode connected between the fourth node and a ground voltage input terminal to emit a light by the driving current, a storage capacitor connected between the first node and the third node, and a variable capacitor connected between the first node and the first gate line and having a capacity changed when the first TFT is turned on and off. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098878 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports a medium, which includes a recording material one side of which is a recording layer for an image and the other side of which is an adhesive layer and also includes a separating material covering the adhesive layer, along a transport path using a plurality of transport rollers; a recording unit that records an image on the medium; and a heating unit that fixes the image recorded on the medium. In the image recording apparatus, there are sequentially provided two units of the transport rollers in the transport path, the two transport rollers respectively make contact with different surfaces of the medium, and the outer diameter of one of the transport rollers is different in size from the outer diameter of the other of the transport rollers. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098879 | SUBSTRATE MEDIA REGISTRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - Embodiments described herein include a substrate media registration system in a printing system. The registration system can include a deskewing system, a reflexive system, and a controller. The deskewing system is configured to deskew substrate media. The reflexive system is configured to detect the lateral position of the substrate media and at least one of a lead edge and a trail edge of the substrate media being transported in the process direction. The controller is operatively coupled to the reflexive system and is configured to control ejection of ink from a print head system in response to detecting the lateral position of the substrate media and at least one of the lead edge and the trail edge of the substrate media. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098880 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a conveying mechanism, a printing head, a charging device, a humidity sensor, and a controller. The conveying mechanism conveys a recording medium by adsorbing the medium using an electrostatic force. The printing head forms an image on the recording medium which is conveyed by the conveying mechanism. The charging device performs charging according to applied voltage, and adsorbs the recording medium using the electrostatic force, to the conveying mechanism. The humidity sensor detects the humidity in the apparatus. The controller determines voltage to be applied to the charging device in order to charge the charging device, on the basis of at least the humidity which is detected by the humidity sensor. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098881 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a drying chamber on a downstream side of a recording head along a conveyance path for a sheet-shaped recording medium originally wound to be like a roll; and a drying unit circulating gas. The drying unit includes a heat pump separating water droplets from gas containing moisture returned after moisture is moved from the sheet-shaped recording medium, heating the gas, supplying the gas as high temperature dried gas to the drying chamber, causing moisture to move from the sheet-shaped recording medium to the gas in the drying chamber and returning the gas to which the moisture has been moved and which becomes gas containing moisture to the drying unit. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098882 | RECORDING APPARATUS - In a transfer inkjet recording system, a cooling unit is configured to independently cool multiple locations in a region in which an intermediate image of an intermediate transfer medium is formed in accordance with one of a temperature of the intermediate transfer medium after being heated by a heating unit or in accordance with image data. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098883 | INK FOR INKJET RECORDING, INKJET RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME, INK CARTRIDGE HOUSING THE SAME, AND RECORDED MATTER - An ink for inkjet recording, containing: dispersed particles A; dispersed particles B; a water-soluble solvent; a surfactant; and water, wherein the dispersed particles A are coloring particles obtained by dispersing an organic pigment in water with assistance of a surfactant, and the dispersed particles B are coloring particles obtained by dispersing a polymer-coated organic pigment in water. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098884 | DISPENSING LIQUID USING ARRAY OF DISPENSING ELEMENTS - An array of liquid dispensing elements are positioned on a substrate. Each liquid dispensing element includes a liquid dispensing channel positioned on the substrate. The liquid dispensing channel includes an outlet opening positioned on a wall opposite the substrate. A diverter member is associated with the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid return channel is positioned on the substrate and is in fluid communication with the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid supply channel is positioned on the substrate and is in fluid communication with the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid supply passage extends through the substrate and is in fluid communication with the liquid supply channel. A liquid return passage extends through the substrate and is in fluid communication with the liquid return channel. A liquid is provided that flows from the liquid supply passage through the liquid supply channel, through the liquid dispensing channel, through the liquid return channel to the liquid return passage of the array of liquid dispensing elements. A liquid drop is ejected from the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel of one of the liquid dispensing elements by selectively actuating the diverter member of the liquid dispensing element to divert a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel of the liquid dispensing element. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098885 | SEAL TAPE FOR INK JET RECORDING HEAD, AND INK JET RECORDING HEAD - A seal tape for protecting an ejection orifice face in which an ejection orifice for ejecting ink is formed, comprising a substrate and an adhesive layer,
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20120098886 | PRINT HEAD MAINTENANCE SYSTEM - A print head maintenance system for maintaining a stationary print head is disclosed. The maintenance includes both cleaning and priming In one embodiment the system includes a suction nozzle, a pump for supplying suction to the suction nozzle, and a positioning mechanism for moving the suction nozzle longitudinally past the print head. In an alternative embodiment the system further includes an ejection nozzle closely spaced to the suction nozzle, and a further pump for supplying fluid to the ejection nozzle. The positioning mechanism moves the ejection and suction nozzles longitudinally past the print head. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098887 | LIQUID DISPENSER INCLUDING SLOPED OUTLET OPENING WALL - A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid return channel; and a liquid dispensing channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a wall. The wall includes a surface. A portion of the wall defines an outlet opening. The outlet opening includes a downstream edge relative to a direction of liquid flow through the liquid dispensing channel. The downstream edge is sloped relative to the surface of the wall of the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid supply provides liquid that flows from the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel to the liquid return channel. A diverter member selectively diverts a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098888 | LIQUID DISPENSER INCLUDING CURVED OUTLET OPENING WALL - A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid return channel, and a liquid dispensing channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a wall. The wall includes a surface. A portion of the wall defines an outlet opening. The outlet opening includes an upstream edge relative to a direction of liquid flow through the liquid dispensing channel. The upstream edge includes a radius of curvature when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the wall. A liquid supply provides liquid that flows from the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel to the liquid return channel. A diverter member that selectively diverts a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098889 | METHOD OF FORMING WATER REPELLING FILM, WATER REPELLING FILM, AND NOZZLE PLATE OF INKJET HEAD - A method of forming a water repelling film, includes: a thin film forming step of forming, on a base member, a thin film mainly having Si—O bonds and having hydrophobic substituent groups directly bonded to silicon, using a starting material which is a gas at normal temperature and atmospheric pressure; an irradiation step of irradiating the thin film obtained in the thin film forming step with excitation light in such a manner that the hydrophobic substituent groups are left and OH groups are present in the thin film; and an application step of applying a silane coupling agent onto the thin film obtained in the irradiation step. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098890 | DISPENSING LIQUID USING DISPENSER INCLUDING SECONDARY MANIFOLD - A liquid dispenser includes an array of liquid dispensing elements positioned on a substrate is provided. Each liquid dispensing element includes a liquid dispensing channel positioned on the substrate. The liquid dispensing channel includes an outlet opening positioned on a wall opposite the substrate. A diverter member is associated with the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid return channel is positioned on the substrate in fluid communication with the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid supply channel is positioned on the substrate in fluid communication with the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid supply passage extends through the substrate and is in fluid communication with the liquid supply channel. A liquid return passage extends through the substrate and is in fluid communication with the liquid return channel. A liquid manifold is provided that includes a liquid supply duct and a liquid return duct. The liquid supply duct is in fluid communication with each liquid supply passage of each liquid dispensing element. The liquid return duct is in fluid communication with each liquid return passage of each liquid dispensing element. A liquid flows from the liquid supply duct of the liquid manifold through each liquid dispensing element to the liquid return duct of the liquid manifold. A liquid drop is ejected from the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel of one of the liquid dispensing elements by selectively actuating the diverter member of the liquid dispensing element to divert a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel of the liquid dispensing element. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098891 | DISPENSING LIQUID USING CURVED VENT DISPENSER - A liquid dispenser is provided that includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid dispensing channel, and a liquid return channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a wall. The wall includes a surface. A portion of the wall defines an outlet opening. Another portion of the wall defines a drain located in the wall downstream from the outlet opening. The drain includes a radius of curvature as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the wall. A liquid is provided that flows from the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel to the liquid return channel. A liquid drop is caused to be ejected from the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel by selectively actuating a diverter member to divert a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098892 | DISPENSING LIQUID USING SLOPED OUTLET OPENING DISPENSER - A liquid dispenser is provided that includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid dispensing channel, and a liquid return channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a wall. The wall includes a surface. A portion of the wall defines an outlet opening that includes a downstream edge relative to a direction of liquid flow through the liquid dispensing channel. The downstream edge is sloped relative to the surface of the wall of the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid is provided that flows from the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel to the liquid return channel. A liquid drop is caused to be ejected from the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel by selectively actuating a diverter member to divert a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098893 | DISPENSER INCLUDING OVERLAPPING OUTLET AND RETURN PORT - A liquid dispenser is provided that includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid dispensing channel, and a liquid return channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a first wall. The first wall includes a surface. A portion of the first wall defines an outlet opening. The liquid dispensing channel includes a second wall opposite the first wall. The second wall of the liquid dispensing channel extends along a portion of the liquid supply channel and along a portion of the liquid return channel. A liquid supply passage extends through the second wall and is in fluid communication with the liquid supply channel. A liquid return passage is positioned through the second wall and is in fluid communication with the liquid return channel. The liquid return passage overlaps the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the first wall of the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid supply provides liquid that flows from the liquid supply passage through the liquid supply channel, through the liquid dispensing channel, and through the liquid return channel to the liquid return passage. A diverter member selectively diverts a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098894 | DISPENSING LIQUID USING CURVED OUTLET OPENING DISPENSER - A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid dispensing channel, and a liquid return channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a wall. The wall includes a surface. A portion of the wall defines an outlet opening that includes an upstream edge relative to a direction of liquid flow through the liquid dispensing channel. The upstream edge includes a radius of curvature when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the wall. A liquid is provided that flows from the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel to the liquid return channel. A liquid drop is caused to be ejected from the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel by selectively actuating a diverter member to divert a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098895 | DISPENSER INCLUDING ARRAY OF LIQUID DISPENSING ELEMENTS - A liquid dispenser includes an array of liquid dispensing elements positioned on a substrate. Each liquid dispensing element includes a liquid dispensing channel positioned on the substrate. The liquid dispensing channel includes an outlet opening positioned on a wall opposite the substrate. A diverter member is associated with the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid return channel is positioned on the substrate in fluid communication with the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid supply channel is positioned on the substrate in fluid communication with the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid supply passage extends through the substrate in fluid communication with the liquid supply channel. A liquid return passage extends through the substrate in fluid communication with the liquid return channel. A liquid supply provides liquid that flows from each liquid supply channel through each liquid dispensing element to each liquid return channel. Each diverter member is selectively activated to divert a portion of the liquid flowing through the associated liquid dispensing channel through the outlet opening of the associated liquid dispensing channel to dispense a drop of the liquid. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098896 | DROPLET EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DROPLET EJECTION HEAD - A droplet ejection head includes: a nozzle plate which has a nozzle aperture for ejecting droplets of liquid; a flow channel structure including a pressure chamber which contains the liquid and is connected to the nozzle aperture through a flow channel; and a pressure generating element which applies pressure to the liquid in the pressure chamber, wherein an ejection surface of the nozzle plate where the droplets of the liquid are ejected is made of a fluorine-containing DLC film. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098897 | INK-JET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an ink-jet head includes a piezoelectric member which forms an ink pressure chamber, an electrode disposed on a side surface of the piezoelectric member, a nozzle plate attached to the piezoelectric member and including a nozzle hole communicating with the ink pressure chamber, a surface of the nozzle plate including a top surface of the nozzle plate, and a protection film which covers the surface of the nozzle plate, a peripheral portion of an adhesion part between the piezoelectric member and the nozzle plate, and the electrode. A recess is formed in a part of the protection film covering the top surface of the nozzle plate. The part of the protection film corresponds to a peripheral area of the nozzle hole. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098898 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INK DELIVERY AND PURGED INK RECOVERY IN AN INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printing apparatus is provided with a one-way valve to enable a single conduit to supply ink to an ink reservoir and withdraw purged ink from a receptacle into the ink reservoir. A bi-directional pump is operated in both directions in an alternating manner to withdraw ink from the receptacle when supplying the ink reservoir with ink. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098899 | DISPENSING LIQUID USING DISPENSER WITH RETURN FILTER - A liquid dispenser is provided that includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid dispensing channel, and a liquid return channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a first wall. A portion of the first wall defines an outlet opening. The liquid dispensing channel includes a second wall that is positioned opposite the first wall. The second wall of the liquid dispensing channel extends along a portion of the liquid supply channel and along a portion of the liquid return channel. A liquid supply passage is provided that extends through the second wall and is in fluid communication with the liquid supply channel. The liquid supply passage includes a porous member. A liquid return passage is provided that extends through the second wall and is in fluid communication with the liquid return channel. The liquid return passage includes a porous member. A liquid is provided that flows from the liquid supply passage through the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel through the liquid return channel to the liquid return passage. A liquid drop is caused to be ejected from the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel by selectively actuating a diverter member to divert a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098900 | DISPENSING LIQUID USING OVERLAPPING OUTLET/RETURN DISPENSER - A liquid dispenser is provided that includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid dispensing channel, and a liquid return channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a first wall. The first wall includes a surface. A portion of the first wall defines an outlet opening. The liquid dispensing channel includes a second wall that is positioned opposite the first wall. The second wall of the liquid dispensing channel extends along a portion of the liquid supply channel and along a portion of the liquid return channel. A liquid supply passage is provided that extends through the second wall in and is fluid communication with the liquid supply channel. A liquid return passage is provided that extends through the second wall and is in fluid communication with the liquid return channel. The liquid return passage overlaps the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the first wall of the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid is provided that flows from the liquid supply passage through the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel through the liquid return channel to the liquid return passage. A liquid drop is caused to be ejected from the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel by selectively actuating a diverter member to divert a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098901 | PRINTING MATERIAL CONTAINER, AND BOARD MOUNTED ON PRINTING MATERIAL CONTAINER - A printing material container is detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having a plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The printing material container comprises a first device, a second device, and a terminal group that includes a plurality of first terminals, at least one second terminal and at least one third terminal. The plurality of first terminals are connected to the first device and respectively include a first contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one second terminal is connected to the second device and includes a second contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one third terminal is for the detection of shorting. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098902 | LIQUID DISPENSER INCLUDING MULTIPLE LIQUID RETURN PASSAGES - A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid return channel, and a liquid dispensing channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a first wall. A portion of the first wall defines an outlet opening. The liquid dispensing channel includes a second wall opposite the first wall. The second wall of the liquid dispensing channel extends along a portion of the liquid supply channel and along a portion of the liquid return channel. A liquid supply passage extends through the second wall and is in fluid communication with the liquid supply channel. A plurality of liquid return passages extends through the second wall and is in fluid communication with the liquid return channel. A liquid supply provides liquid that flows from the liquid supply passage through the liquid supply channel, through the liquid dispensing channel, and through the liquid return channel to the plurality of liquid return passages. A diverter member selectively diverts a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098903 | DISPENSING LIQUID USING DISPENSER INCLUDING MULTIPLE RETURNS - A liquid dispenser is provided that includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid dispensing channel, and a liquid return channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a first wall. A portion of the first wall defines an outlet opening. The liquid dispensing channel includes a second wall opposite the first wall. The second wall of the liquid dispensing channel extends along a portion of the liquid supply channel and along a portion of the liquid return channel. A liquid supply passage is provided that extends through the second wall and is in fluid communication with the liquid supply channel. A plurality of liquid return passages are provided that extend through the second wall and are in fluid communication with the liquid return channel. A liquid is provided that flows from the liquid supply passage through the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel through the liquid return channel to the plurality of liquid return passages. A liquid drop is caused to be ejected from the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel by selectively actuating a diverter member to divert a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098904 | LIQUID DISPENSER INCLUDING FILTER IN RETURN PORT - A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid return channel, and a liquid dispensing channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a first wall. A portion of the first wall defines an outlet opening. The liquid dispensing channel includes a second wall opposite the first wall. The second wall of the liquid dispensing channel extends along a portion of the liquid supply channel and along a portion of the liquid return channel. A liquid supply passage extends through the second wall in fluid communication with the liquid supply channel. The liquid supply passage includes a porous member. A liquid return passage extends through the second wall and is in fluid communication with the liquid return channel. The liquid return passage includes a porous member. A liquid supply provides liquid that flows from the liquid supply passage through the liquid supply channel, through the liquid dispensing channel, and through the liquid return channel to the liquid return passage. A diverter member selectively diverts a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098905 | LIQUID DISPENSER INCLUDING VERTICAL OUTLET OPENING WALL - A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid return channel, and a liquid dispensing channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a wall. The wall includes a surface. A portion of the wall defines an outlet opening. The outlet opening includes a downstream edge relative to a direction of liquid flow through the liquid dispensing channel. The downstream edge is perpendicular to the surface of the wall of the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid supply provides liquid that flows from the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel to the liquid return channel. A diverter member selectively diverts a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098906 | DISPENSING LIQUID USING VERTICAL OUTLET OPENING WALL - A liquid dispenser is provided that includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid dispensing channel, and a liquid return channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a wall. The wall includes a surface. A portion of the wall defines an outlet opening that includes a downstream edge relative to a direction of liquid flow through the liquid dispensing channel. The downstream edge is perpendicular to the surface of the wall of the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid is provided that flows from the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel to the liquid return channel. A liquid drop is caused to be ejected from the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel by selectively actuating a diverter member to divert a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098907 | LIQUID DISPENSER INCLUDING CURVED VENT - A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel, a liquid return channel, and a liquid dispensing channel. The liquid dispensing channel includes a wall. The wall includes a surface. A portion of the wall defines an outlet opening. A drain is located in the wall downstream from the outlet opening. The drain includes a radius of curvature as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the wall. A liquid supply provides liquid that flows from the liquid supply channel through the liquid dispensing channel to the liquid return channel. A diverter member selectively diverts a portion of the flowing liquid through the outlet opening of the liquid dispensing channel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098908 | LIQUID DISPENSER INCLUDING SECONDARY LIQUID MANIFOLD - A liquid dispenser includes an array of liquid dispensing elements positioned on a substrate. Each liquid dispensing element includes a liquid dispensing channel positioned on the substrate. The liquid dispensing channel includes an outlet opening positioned on a wall opposite the substrate. A diverter member is associated with the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid return channel is positioned on the substrate in fluid communication with the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid supply channel is positioned on the substrate in fluid communication with the liquid dispensing channel. A liquid supply passage extends through the substrate and is in fluid communication with the liquid supply channel. A liquid return passage extends through the substrate and is in fluid communication with the liquid return channel. A liquid manifold includes a liquid supply duct and a liquid return duct. The liquid supply duct is in fluid communication with each liquid supply passage of each liquid dispensing element. The liquid return duct is in fluid communication with each liquid return passage of each liquid dispensing element. A liquid supply provides liquid that flows from the liquid supply duct of the liquid manifold through each liquid dispensing element to the liquid return duct of the liquid manifold. Each diverter member is selectively activated to divert a portion of the liquid flowing through the associated liquid dispensing channel through the outlet opening of the associated liquid dispensing channel to dispense a drop of the liquid. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098909 | PRINTER - A printer reduces the amount of ink wastefully consumed by purging bubbles from the ink supply path. The printer has a bubble collection unit | 2012-04-26 |
20120098910 | METHOD OF PRINTING USING INK JET INKS COMPRISING A CROSSLINKING PIGMENT DISPERSION BASED ON DIBLOCK POLYMERIC DISPERSANTS - The present disclosure provides method of ink jet printing onto a substrate comprising, in any workable order, the steps of: (a) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; (b) loading the printer with a substrate to be printed; (c) loading the printer with an aqueous ink jet ink comprising an ink vehicle and an aqueous dispersion, wherein the aqueous dispersion comprises a solid particle and a polymeric dispersant that has been crosslinked, wherein the polymeric dispersant is a block copolymer comprising an A block and a B block, wherein the A block is a segment having a block size of about 5 to about 18 units, and comprises at least 50% by weight of a monomer, having the following structure: CH | 2012-04-26 |
20120098911 | PIGMENT DISPERSION, INK COMPOSITION, INKSET, AND RECORDING DEVICE - A pigment dispersion containing a metal pigment, wherein the metal pigment contains plate-like particles, and in the case where the longitudinal diameter on the planar surface of the plate-like particle is X, the lateral diameter is Y, and the thickness is Z, the 50% average particle diameter R50 of a corresponding circle determined from the surface area in the X-Y plane of the plate-like particle is between 0.5 and 3 μm, and the condition R50/Z>5 is satisfied. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098912 | CONVEYING DEVICE OF RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes, an endless device which has a circumferential surface, a laminated cover which is arranged onto the circumferential surface of the endless device in an overlapping manner, a rotation mechanism which rotates the endless device, a supply mechanism which supplies a recording medium to the endless device, a recording head unit, and a discharge mechanism. The laminated cover include a metal layer which has the inner surface which comes into contact with the circumferential surface of the endless device, and a dielectric layer which comes into contact with the metal layer. The laminated cover includes a hem portion which is formed to be folded back at least at a part of a circumferential edge region of the laminated cover, with the dielectric layer as the outside of the bending. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098913 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - To prevent conveyance defects due to kicking, a printing device includes a conveyance roller for conveying a medium in a conveyance direction; a guide for supporting the medium on a top surface of the guide on an upstream side in the conveyance direction from the conveyance roller; and a head for ejecting ink and printing on the medium on a downstream side in the conveyance direction from the conveyance roller; wherein the top surface of the guide is positioned higher than a line tangent to the conveyance roller at a position of contact between the conveyance roller and the medium; and an end part of the guide on the downstream side in the conveyance direction has a smaller thickness in the direction in which the medium is supported than on the upstream side of the end part in the conveyance direction. | 2012-04-26 |
20120098914 | INKJET PRINTING MACHINE - The printing machine ( | 2012-04-26 |