21st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110122102 | Driving Circuit and Output Buffer - An output buffer including a first switch circuit and a buffer is provided. The first switch circuit receives first and second input signals. The buffer circuit includes first and second input stages, first and second output stages and a second switch circuit. The first and the second input stages are coupled to the first switch circuit. The first and the second output stages are coupled to the second switch circuit. The second switch circuit, coupled to the first and the second input stages and the first and the second output stages, selectively couples one of first and the second input stages to the first output stage and selectively couples the other to the second output stage. The first switch circuit further selectively provides one of the first and the second input signals to the first input stage and selectively provides the other to the second input stage. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122103 | DEVICE WITH A LABEL - A device with a label is proposed wherein image information, in particular information about the device, is provided in the label. The label includes a display unit with a display area. Electronic image information can be written in the display area in a manner visible for a user, wherein the written image information will remain on the display area even when the display unit is in a powerless state. The image information in the display area can be replaced by other image information by electronic means. A control unit is provided for electronic writing and/or replacement of image information in the display area. Furthermore, at least one status feature regarding the control unit's own mode of operation and/or information which reflects this mode of operation can be displayed in the display area. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122104 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DRIVING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal driving device includes a plurality of scan electrodes; a signal electrode arranged along a direction that intersects with the plurality of scan electrodes and forms a pixel for each intersection with the plurality of scan electrodes; and a control circuit configured to set a drawing line that is made up of series of the pixels, and a plurality of pre-drive lines that are different from the drawing line along a direction in parallel with the scan electrode and supplies image data that corresponds to the drawing line from the signal electrode while shifting the drawing line and the plurality of pre-drive lines to a direction that intersects with the scan electrode. The control circuit discretely drives the plurality of pre-drive lines. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122105 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE - A display device includes: a plurality of display interconnects ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110122106 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH ADAPTIVE CHARGING/DISCHARGING TIME AND RELATED DRIVING METHOD - A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a pixel array, a gate driver, a timing controller, and an optimization circuit. Each pixel unit in the pixel array displays images according to the gate driving signal received from a corresponding gate line and the data driving signal received from a corresponding data line. According to an optimized reference value, the timing controller provides an output enable signal, based on which the gate driver outputs the gate driving signals. The optimization circuit receives a first grayscale data related to display images of a row of pixel units in a first driving period and a second grayscale data related to display images of the row of pixel units in a second driving period, and provides the optimized reference value according the difference between the first and second grayscale data. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122107 | Portable electronic display apparatus, control method of portable electronic display apparatus and control program of portable electronic display apparatus - A portable electronic display apparatus includes at least two screen units whose intersecting angle is changeable; an inclination detecting device, which are mounted on each of the screen units, for detecting inclination with the ground; a watched screen detecting device for detecting a screen unit which user watches through comparing the inclination values of the screen units each other; and a screen display controlling device for carrying out a page turning in the case that the watched screen detecting device detects that a screen unit which user watches is switched over and judges that a predetermined page turning executing condition is satisfied. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122108 | Semiconductor device and display device - It is an object to perform imaging a high-resolution image in a display device including a photosensor regardless of the intensity of incident light on the photosensor. A display device including a display panel which is provided a photosensor and having a function of imaging by a change of the sensitivity of the photosensor in accordance with the incident light is provided. The sensitivity of the photosensor is improved when the intensity of the incident light is low, so that the imaging accuracy is improved; therefore, misperception of contact is prevented and an obtained image can be clear. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122109 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a reflective display device that includes an illuminance detector configured to detect illuminance, a chroma corrector configured to correct chroma of image data in accordance with the illuminance detected by the illuminance detector, and a display element configured to display image data corrected by the chroma corrector. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122110 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL - A difference between the black level potential V | 2011-05-26 |
20110122111 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a photosensor on an active matrix substrate. The photosensor includes a photodetection element (D | 2011-05-26 |
20110122112 | PLASMA DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD FOR PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - Even in a plasma display panel of large screen size and high definition, address discharge is caused stably. A plasma display device has a plasma display panel and a scan electrode driving circuit. The plasma display panel includes a discharge cell having a display electrode pair that is formed of a scan electrode and a sustain electrode. A plurality of subfields having an initializing period, an address period, and a sustain period are disposed in one field period. The scan electrode driving circuit generates an increasing first ramp voltage in the initializing period of at least one subfield in one field period, generates sustain pulse voltage that varies from a base potential to a potential for causing sustain discharge in the sustain period, and generates second ramp voltage that is increased and is dropped immediately after reaching a predetermined potential at the end of the sustain period. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122113 | GATE DRIVING METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A gate driving method for a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a gate driver thereof are provided. The LCD has a plurality of scan lines. The method starts by generating a gate driving signal. A correction signal is superposed to the gate driving signal to generate a corrected gate driving signal and to reduce a high voltage level of the gate driving signal, wherein a polarity of the correction signal is opposite to a polarity of the gate driving signal. The corrected gate driving signal is then outputted to drive one of the corresponding scan lines. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122114 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate, a counter substrate and a liquid crystal layer held between the array substrate and the counter substrate. A display portion having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix is formed of the substrates and the liquid crystal layer. Each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode and a counter electrode arranged opposing to the pixel electrode. A driving portion is formed on the array substrate to supply a pixel voltage to the pixel electrode. A correcting circuit is formed on the array substrate to correct the voltage supplied to the pixel electrode by adding a predetermined DC voltage to the voltage supplied to the pixel electrode corresponding to gradations to be displayed in the pixel. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122115 | REFLECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A reflection-type display apparatus includes: scan electrodes and signal electrodes that are provided in matrix form; a setting circuit configured to set at least one of scan electrodes as one of a reset line, a writing line and a non select line, the reset line and the writing line being in a selected state, the non select line being in an unselected state; a supply circuit configured to supply image data to at least one of signal electrodes while shifting the reset line, the non select line or the writing line; an extraction circuit configured to extract a writing line corresponding to a pixel which is not changed to a certain display state based on the image data; and a control circuit to set a first scan speed to the extracted writing line, the first scan speed being different from a second scan speed set to an un-extracted writing line. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122116 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A transflective liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit including a thin film transistor (TFT), a coupling capacitor, a first liquid crystal capacitor, and a second liquid crystal capacitor. The first liquid crystal capacitor is formed by a first common electrode, a liquid crystal layer, and a transmissive electrode, and the second liquid crystal capacitor is formed by a second common electrode, the liquid crystal layer, and a reflective area. The TFT is electrically connected to the first liquid crystal capacitor, and is also electrically connected to the second liquid crystal capacitor via the coupling capacitor. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122117 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes an amorphous silicon gate driver in which a lower voltage than the gate-off voltage output from the gate driver is applied to an adjacent stage as a low voltage transmission signal. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122118 | DISPLAY DEVICE - To obtain a display device that can perform measurements in a wider range and detect characteristic changes with high accuracy while suppressing the increase in circuit size. The display device includes display elements and a characteristic testing unit that tests characteristics of the display elements, and the characteristic testing unit includes a current supply unit for the display element as a target of test, a reference voltage output unit, an output voltage detecting unit that detects a code of a voltage of the test target display element relative to the reference voltage at each time, and a test control unit that allows the reference voltage output unit to sequentially output the reference voltages in response to the codes and acquires a measurement result of the voltage of the test target display element based on the codes. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122119 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed are an organic light emitting diode display, which can reduce image sticking caused by the deterioration of an organic light emitting diode, and a driving method thereof. The organic light emitting diode display comprises: a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix at intersections of gate line portions and data line portions and each having an organic light emitting diode; a memory for storing compensation data; a timing controller for modulating input digital video data based on the compensation data and generating modulated data; and a data driving circuit for, during compensation driving, generating the compensation data to compensate for a difference in the deterioration of the organic light emitting diodes by supplying a sensing voltage to the pixels and sampling the threshold voltage of the organic light emitting diodes, which is fed back from the pixels, and for, during normal driving, converting the modulated data into a data voltage and supplying the data voltage to the pixels. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122120 | CONTAINER BEARING AN ELECTONIC LABEL WITH A SCREEN - Container ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110122121 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a semiconductor device in which a power line is not affected by noise due to a voltage drop caused by instantaneous high-current consumption in the buffer portion and that has no possibility that a logic portion malfunctions. In a case where the same potential is supplied to a logic portion and a buffer portion, by a method in which separate FPC terminals are used for the logic portion and the buffer portion, or by a method in which the FPC terminal is shared but a power line is branched for the logic portion and the buffer portion at a point close to the FPC terminal, a problem that the logic portion is affected by noise generated by a voltage drop of the power line due to instantaneous high-current consumption in the buffer portion can be prevented. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122122 | SOURCE DRIVER AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A source driver, an operation method thereof, and a flat panel display using the same are provided. The source driver includes a data channel, a switch and a switch controller. The data channel latches a pixel data according to timing of a line letch signal, and converts the latched pixel data to a driving signal for driving a display panel. The data channel decides a polarity of the driving signal according to a polarity signal. A first end of the switch is coupled to the data channel to receive the driving signal. The switch controller adjusts a pulse width of the line letch signal to obtain a control signal for controlling the switch according to the polarity signal. A pulse width of a first pulse is smaller than that of a second pulse in the control signal after the polarity signal is changed. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122123 | Gate Driving Circuit of Liquid Crystal Display - A gate driving circuit includes several driving circuit units and several switch units. Each driving circuit unit outputs several driving signals to several scan lines sequentially. One of the switch units is respectively disposed between two adjacent driving circuit units and conducts or blocks a first and a second clock signal transmitted to driving circuit units. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122124 | TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A transistor circuit is provided including a driving transistor where conductance between the source and the drain is controlled in response to a supplied voltage, and a compensating transistor where the gate is connected to one of the source and the drain, the compensating transistor being connected so as to supply input signals to the gate of the driving transistor through the source and drain. In a transistor circuit where conductance control in a driving transistor is carried out in response to the voltage of input signals, it is possible to control the conductance by using input signals of a relatively low voltage and a variance in threshold characteristics of driving transistors is compensated. With this transistor circuit, a display panel that can display picture images with reduced uneven brightness is achieved. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122125 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AND ARRANGING DATA 3-DIMENSIONALLY - A three-dimensional data displaying method includes: rendering a three-dimensional matrix image by arranging meta information representing data entries at coordinates composed of a horizontal axis component, a vertical axis component, and an azimuth component, based on arrangement information, with respect to structured data entries including the meta information and the arrangement information; and displaying the three-dimensional matrix on a screen. The meta information may include a topic word and a visual display, and the arrangement information may include a first classification attribute corresponding to the horizontal axis component, a second classification attribute corresponding to the vertical axis component, and a third classification attribute corresponding to the azimuth component. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122126 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE, METHOD FOR CONVERTING 3D MESSAGE, GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) PROVIDING METHOD RELATED TO 3D IMAGE, AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING 3D IMAGE - A three-dimensional (3D) image providing method and a display apparatus using the same are provided. According to the 3D image providing method, if a particular manipulation is input from a user in the two-dimensional (2D) mode, whether an input image is a 2D image or a 3D image is detected. If the input image is the 3D image, the display mode is changed to the 3D mode and the 3D image is displayed. If the input image is the 2D image, the input 2D image is converted to a 3D image and the converted 3D image is displayed by changing the display mode to the 3D mode. Thus, regardless of whether the input image is the 2D image or the 3D image, users can execute the 3D mode using the single manipulation. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122127 | METHOD FOR CHANGING PLAY MODE, METHOD FOR CHANGING DISPLAY MODE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS AND 3D IMAGE PROVIDING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A play mode changing method, a display mode changing method, and a display apparatus and a three-dimensional (3D) image providing system using the same are provided. The method for changing a play mode includes: receiving state information regarding shutter glasses from the shutter glasses; and based on the received state information, performing one of changing the play mode and displaying a message for changing the play mode. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122128 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY UNIT - Embodiments of the invention provide an image display device that is switchable between a two-dimensional display mode, a three-dimensional display mode enabling non-autostereoscopic image display, and a three-dimensional display mode enabling autostereoscopic image display. In one embodiment, the image display device comprises a display panel operable to transmit light corresponding to image data; a polarization state conversion section comprising a first polarization segment for converting light transmitted by the display device to a first polarization state, and a second polarization segment for converting light transmitted by the display device to a second polarization state; and an optical separation element that is placed, via application of a voltage, in an on state in which light transmitted by the display panel is refracted or an off state in which light transmitted by the display panel is not refracted. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122129 | PHOTO MANTEL VIEW AND ANIMATION - A system and computer-implemented method for rendering images on a two-dimensional display, such as a computer, handheld device, or television screen, so that the images appear to be positioned in a three-dimensional space is disclosed. The images may be graphics files or standard files with an associated thumbnail image. Numerous layouts of the images on the display are disclosed. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122130 | Modifying Perspective of Stereoscopic Images Based on Changes in User Viewpoint - Modifying perspective of stereoscopic images provided by one or more displays based on changes in user viewpoint. The one or more displays may include a first display that is provided substantially horizontal for displaying 3D horizontal perspective images and/or a second display that is provided substantially vertical for displaying text or conventional images such as 2D images, or 3D vertical perspective images. The horizontal display surface may be typically positioned directly in front of the user, and at a height of about a desktop surface so that the user can have about a 45° looking angle. The vertical display surface may be positioned in front of the user and preferably behind and above the horizontal display surface. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122131 | VERSATILE 3-D PICTURE FORMAT - A 3-D picture is provided as follows. A pair of pictures (LP, RP) is provided that comprises a first picture (LP) being intended for one eye of a viewer, and a second picture (RP) being intended for the other eye of the viewer. In addition, a depth map (DM) specifically dedicated to the first picture (LP) is provided. The depth map (DM) comprises depth indication values. A depth indication value relates to a particular portion of the first picture (LP) and indicates a distance between an object at least partially represented by that portion of the first picture and the viewer. Such a 3-D picture allows a satisfactory 3-D visual rendering on a great variety of display devices. Preferably, the 3-D picture is supplemented with rendering guidance data (GD) that specifies respective parameters for respective rendering contexts. These respective parameters preferably relate to generating a shifted viewpoint picture from the first picture (LP) and the depth map (DM). | 2011-05-26 |
20110122132 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING OBJECTS AND EVENTS WITH VECTOR-BASED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM - Provided are an apparatus and method of managing objects and events for easily enabling intuitive management and the recognition of cases in linkage with geographic information. The apparatus links objects and events to geographic information with a vector-based GIS to display them on a vector-based digital map, thereby providing an intuitive and realistic interface to a manager. Accordingly, the apparatus can display a more accurate location than an image-based map, and can select a kind of map information that is desired by a user to configure a map screen. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122133 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONSTRUCTING THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECT MODEL - A present invention provides a method for constructing a highly accurate visual hull from multi view point images without highly accurate silhouettes. A method of the present invention comprises calculating continuous values to represent background likelihood of each pixel for every object image based on pixel values of said object images and those of said background images, calculating the projection pixels for each voxel at every captured view point by projecting each voxel in voxel space on each captured view point of said object images, and determining an object domain with judging whether said voxel belongs to the object domain or not based on the continuous value of said pixel at every captured view point. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122134 | IMAGE DISPLAY OF A TUBULAR STRUCTURE - Described herein is a technology for facilitating visualization of a tubular structure. Digitized image data of the tubular structure is received and processed to determine a centerline. A first transformation operation is performed on a first set of coordinates representing the tubular structure to generate a transformed tubular structure with a straight centerline. A second transformation operation is then performed locally on a second set of coordinates representing at least one fold of the transformed tubular structure to generate a transformed fold, which is perpendicular to the centerline. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122135 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF RENDERING PARALLEL GLOBAL ILLUMINATION - A method of rendering parallel global illumination for obtaining a photo-realistic rendering image, includes: generating candidate parallel random numbers for creating a sample; creating a sample by selecting one of the generated random numbers; performing Monte Carlo integration on the basis of the created sample; and providing an application programming interface (API) common to operations having attributes of algorithm parallelism and data-level parallelism according to processed works, so that a common call interface calls a sample creating function, a random number generating function, and a Monte Carlo integration performing function. Furthermore, the method includes: demanding an operation regarding a processed work from a system call controller by the common call interface; performing parallel processing through a preset scheduling when the system call controller performs the operation demanded by the common call interface; and performing the processed work transferred from the system call controller by an operation hardware. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122136 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING VECTOR OBJECT'S CONTROL POINTS - Provided are an apparatus and a method of filtering control points of a vector object, the method including: setting at least one parameter value in order to adjust a number of control points in the vector object; receiving a user's selection of a predetermined region of the vector object; and increasing or reducing a number of control points in the selected region by using the set parameter value. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122137 | VIDEO SUMMARIZATION METHOD BASED ON MINING STORY STRUCTURE AND SEMANTIC RELATIONS AMONG CONCEPT ENTITIES THEREOF - A video summarized method based on mining the story structure and semantic relations among concept entities has steps of processing a video to generate multiple important shots that are annotated with respective keywords: Performing a concept expansion process by using the keywords to create expansion trees for the annotated shots; rearranging the keywords of the expansion trees and classifying to calculate relations thereof; applying a graph entropy algorithm to determine significant shots and edges interconnected with the shots. Based on the determined result of the graph entropy algorithm, a structured relational graph is built to display the significant shots and edges thereof. Consequently, users can more rapidly browse the content of a video and comprehend if different shots are related. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122138 | Context driven image mining to generate image-based biomarkers - An image-based biomarker is generated using image features obtained through object-oriented image analysis of medical images. The values of a first subset of image features are measured and weighted. The weighted values of the image features are summed to calculate the magnitude of a first image-based biomarker. The magnitude of the biomarker for each patient is correlated with a clinical endpoint, such as a survival time, that was observed for the patient whose medical images were analyzed. The correlation is displayed on a graphical user interface as a scatter plot. A second subset of image features is selected that belong to a second image-based biomarker such that the magnitudes of the second image-based biomarker for the patients better correlate with the clinical endpoints observed for those patients. The second biomarker can then be used to predict the clinical endpoint of other patients whose clinical endpoints have not yet been observed. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122139 | TWO DIMENSIONAL VECTOR GRAPHICS TRIANGULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A two dimensional (2D) vector graphics triangulation system and a method thereof are provided. The system includes a memory module and a triangle mesh processing module. The memory module temporarily stores a triangle mesh triangulated from a 2D vector graphics into a binary tree data structure. The triangle mesh processing module adjusts the triangle mesh, or re-performs a triangulation processing to a local region of the loop when a state of a loop of the 2D vector graphics is changed. The triangle mesh processing module includes a level of detail unit, which proportionally adjusts an error threshold according to a zoom condition of the loop, updates an error value of each boundary line when the loop is deformed, and splits a boundary line or merges two neighbouring boundary lines according to the error values of the boundary lines and the error threshold. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122140 | DRAWING DEVICE AND DRAWING METHOD - Provided is a drawing device which reduces an increase in computing amount when filtering is performed and does not require consideration of drawing order of a graphic object and a shadow shape. A drawing device ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110122141 | MAP DATA RECORDING DEVICE, MAP DISPLAY, MAP DATA RECORDING METHOD, MAP DISPLAY METHOD, MAP DATA RECORDING PROGRAM, MAP DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In a map data recording device ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110122142 | CONTENT PRESENTATION PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for protecting display presentation information are presented. In one embodiment, graphics processing method includes receiving presentation information; performing an unauthorized display protection process; and forwarding result of the alteration in the presentation information. In one exemplary implementation the unauthorized display protection process introduces a characteristic in the graphics data signal that is compatible with an authorized display (e.g., trusted display, internal display, etc.) while distorting the graphics data signal in a manner that is not compatible with accurate presentation by an unauthorized display (e.g., untrusted display, external display, etc.). It is appreciated that a variety of characteristics that can be introduced or altered in the presentation information signal. In one embodiment, alterations are made to standard control signals (e.g., stuffing begin/end indications, blank start/end indications, reset indicators, etc.) and the alterations can create new or non-standard indications (e.g., value, character, pattern, etc.). | 2011-05-26 |
20110122143 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a plurality of image processing units each of which is disposed so as to correspond to each of partial images and processes data of each of pixels composing the partial image with reference to data of peripheral pixels of the pixel, wherein the plurality of image processing units includes at least a first image processing unit which use data of pixels composing other partial images adjacent to a first partial image as the data of the peripheral pixels for the image processing on a first partial image, and a second image processing unit which performs the image processing on a second partial image and brokers data of pixels treated as the peripheral pixels by the first image processing unit from an image processing unit which processes the other partial image to the first image processing unit. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122144 | Automatically Adaptive Display Eliminating Need For Vision Correction Aids - A data processing system for overcoming at least one vision impairment of a user, comprising a control unit connected to a display, wherein the control unit is arranged to distort a images in relation to the vision impairment and predefined criteria, and to display the distorted images on the display, such that the user suffering from the vision impairment perceives the distorted images as a healthy user perceives the original images. The distortion is continuously and dynamically adjusted in relation to spatial and temporal dimensions of the original images and of objects therein. Vision impairments compensated for may comprise astigmatism; myopia; hyperopia; presbyopia; and color blindness. The display may comprise a watch, a mobile device display, a phone handset, a screen of any type, a transparent material, such as a window, or a reflecting material such as a mirror. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122145 | PARALLELIZED GENERATION OF SUBSTANTIALLY SEAMLESS IMAGE MOSAICS - Many computing services incorporate large mosaics of geo-located images. For example, a user may access and interact with a digital image map comprising thousands of digital images mosaiced together. It may be advantageous to parallelize mosaic creation by splitting the mosaic into tiles, and processing the tiles independently from one another. Unfortunately, visual artifacts between image boundaries may result because of the independent processing. Accordingly, one or more systems and/or techniques for generating a substantially seamless mosaic tile are disclosed herein. A mosaic tile comprising one or more intersecting images may be received. Pair-wise image segmentation may be executed upon pairs of intersecting images within the mosaic tile to generate seam lines between the pair of intersecting images. The seam lines are used to compose the mosaic tile. A constrained alpha-expansion algorithm is executed upon hole regions within the composed mosaic to generate a substantially seamless mosaic. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122146 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING MEDICAL IMAGES - A system and method is provided for matching visual features in at least two related medical images. The differences in visual features between at least two related images are identified, such as separate mammography images of a left breast and a right breast of a patient. The visual features may include the image brightness, contrast, sharpness (or edge strength), alignment or dynamic range. The visual features of at least one of the images is then adjusted to match the visual features of the other image, or both images are adjusted to match a predefined value of visual features for a medical image. The adjusted images may then be displayed to a user, such as a radiologist or technician, who is able to more accurately identify physiological inconsistencies between the two images now that they have similar underlying visual features. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122147 | Image Display Apparatus Capable of Simultaneously Displaying Plurality of Images - When a dual-screen display mode is performed, two images based on two image signals, respectively, are simultaneously displayed in display regions of a display unit. If a presenter desires viewers to focus attention on one of the two images, a projector differentiates display manners of the images to be displayed, between one display region and the other display region. For example, if the presenter desires the viewers to focus attention on one image, the projector performs image processing for causing the other image to be displayed in an unhighlighted manner. As the image processing on this occasion, if the two images are both color images, the projector converts only the other image from the color image to a monochrome image. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122148 | VISUAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, VISUAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - It is possible to inhibit side effects even when an image that has sharp edge regions has been input, using a spatial processing portion ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110122149 | ESTIMATING AND REMOVING LENS DISTORTION FROM SCENES - Some embodiments provide a method of editing images with distortion caused by a camera lens. The method identifies a set of geometries on a set of images taken by the camera lens. The method finds transformations for applying on the set of identified geometries to remove distortion on the geometries. The method applies the transformations to images taken by the camera lens to remove distortions. In some embodiments the identified geometries are curvilinear lines that correspond to straight lines in the scene being captured by the lens. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122150 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a technique concerning a preview display function used when predetermined processing is performed for predetermined data, which contributes to enhancement of user's convenience. A display controller contains a control section | 2011-05-26 |
20110122151 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CLUSTER SPINE GROUPINGS FOR DISPLAY - A system and method for generating cluster spine groupings for display is provided. A set of spines is obtained. Each spine in the set includes a grouping of clusters that share a common concept and are arranged linearly along a vector. Those spines that are unique from each other spine are identified. At least one remaining spine from the set of spines is selected. The remaining spine is compared to the unique spines. At least one spine group is formed by grafting the remaining spine onto the unique spine that is most similar. The spine group is displayed. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122152 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STEGANOGRAPHIC IMAGE DISPLAY - A computer-implemented method for generating images. The method includes receiving first and second target images. The method further includes computing a delta image based on a difference between the first target image and the second target image and a technique for multiplexing a first display image with the delta image, where the first display image multiplexed with the delta image, when viewed by a person in an ambient setting, is perceived as the second target image. Advantageously, a hidden image is obscured from an ambient observer, while still providing the ambient observer with a target image that is intended to be perceived. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122153 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a transformed-coordinate calculating section that calculates transformed coordinates for each of a plurality of superimposed images associated with coordinates in a background image, by transforming coordinates of other superimposed images with respect to one superimposed image as a reference image in such a way that coordinate intervals within a predetermined area with respect to the reference image become denser with increasing distance from the reference image toward the boundary, a coordinate setting section that sets coordinates of the reference image on the basis of a mean value obtained by calculating a mean of the calculated coordinates of the other superimposed images with respect to the reference image, and a display control section that displays the background image and the plurality of superimposed images on a display section in such a way that the reference image is placed at the set coordinates in the background image. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122154 | Image capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus, control method thereof and program - An image processing apparatus includes: a specific sound detecting section which detects a specific sound generated during motion of a specific motion conducted by a target object included in an image group including a plurality of images which continues in a time-series manner; a synthetic image generating section which generates a synthetic image representing transitions of the specific motion; a determination range setting section which sets, as a determination range, a range in the time axis for determination on the generation of the synthetic image on the basis of a user manipulation; and a control section which controls the synthetic image generating section to generate the synthetic image in a case where the specific sound is detected in the set determination range, and not to generate the synthetic image in a case where the specific sound is not detected in the set determination range. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122155 | MULTIPLE SCREEN SIZE RENDER-ENGINE - The invention, relates to an apparatus for rendering a webpage according to the screen size of a display, whereby the apparatus has a screen-size detector ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110122156 | Image Output Device - Digital camera in cooperation with electronic paper calendar of known size comprises monitor smaller than electronic paper calendar and controller to have the monitor display partial picture around a desired point with scale of enlargement to attain size corresponding to that of electronic paper calendar on the basis of calendar size, ratio of picture area to entire calendar and size of digital image data. Digital camera separately stores calendar data, picture data, and event data for flexible combination thereof. Different calendar layouts are selectively prepared for horizontally and vertically long pictures, respectively with differences in picture/calendar ratio and number of months made. Common calendar layout is applied to a plurality of calendars. Even month is arranged on left side and odd month on right side of one calendar layout. Acceleration sensor automatically scrolls partial picture toward the direction opposite to sensed movement with prediction added. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122157 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING A DISPLAY SCREEN FOR LOCATING A DESIRED ITEM OF INFORMATION - A method and a system for navigating a display screen to search for a desired item of information stored in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a novel fly over user interface (FOUI) capable of receiving commands from a user to provide a zoom out view of the display screen. A user may commence a navigation session by touching the display screen in a non active area or by clicking on a specifically designated icon to activate the user interface. During the navigation session, the display screen is zoomed-out and a magnifying area may appear on the display screen. The user interface enables the user to scroll the zoomed-out display screen by dragging the magnifying area towards an edge of the display screen to find a desired item of information. The display screen may be a display screen of a digital device (e.g., portable computer, personal computer, a cellular telephone, a digital watch, etc). The user may terminate a navigation session by removing the pointer from the display screen. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122158 | DISPLAY ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDIA PLAYER - A display adjustment system includes a sensor and a processing unit. The sensor is mounted to a media player to measure changes in position of the media player and output measurement results correspondingly. The processing unit receives the measurement results to obtain an angle of inclination of the media player corresponding to a datum plane, and processes an image according to the angle of inclination. The processed image is displayed by the media player. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122159 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING MULTI-REGION TOUCH SCROLLING - An electronic device includes a user interface and a processor coupled thereto. The user interface includes a display screen operable to display text and/or graphics, and a touch-sensitive interface comprising an array of sensors operable to receive a scrolling input from a user input object and generate a touch signal in response thereto. The processor is operable to detect the scrolling input and a location on the touch-sensitive interface at which the scrolling input was received responsive to the touch signal, and to scroll a different amount of the text and/or graphics on the display screen responsive to the scrolling input and according to the detected location. Related devices and methods of operation are also discussed. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122160 | COLOR CALIBRATOR OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A color calibrator of a display apparatus is disclosed. The color calibrator includes a color estimator for receiving a plurality of digital counts of initial colors of an image signal. The color estimator includes a first operator, a gray value electrical-optical converter, a mixed-color electrical-optical converter, an initial color electrical-optical converter, a plurality of linear transformers and a weighting operator. The gray value electrical-optical converter, the mixed-color electrical-optical converter and the initial color electrical-optical converter convert a gray value digital count, a mixed color digital count and an initial color digital count for generating a plurality conversion outputs according to a plurality of gray conversion curves, a plurality of mixed color conversion curves and a plurality of initial color converting curve. The weighting operator receives the conversion outputs and a plurality of weighting values to generate an analysis output signal. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122161 | DISPLAY CHARACTERIZATION WITH FILTRATION - A display and a method of characterizing a display includes a means of enabling the display to be measured by a characterization system having a measurement sensor that measures a difference between display characteristics and target values of a screen. The screen is provided with at least a first filter. The first filter is a color correction filter that decreases the difference between the display characteristics and the target values of the screen. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122162 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention includes: a driving circuit portion | 2011-05-26 |
20110122163 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVING METHOD, AND DISPLAY DRIVING CONTROL METHOD - A display device of at least one embodiment of the present invention includes at least one correcting device for, in a case where a first data signal is to be written to a first pixel during a unique horizontal period, (i) carrying out a first gray scale correction with respect to display data corresponding to the first data signal to be written to the first pixel during the unique horizontal period, and (ii) supplying the display data to a display driver, the unique horizontal period being a first horizontal period for one of the driving signals supplied to respective storage capacitor bus lines which first horizontal period occurs a first number of horizontal periods after an initial horizontal period included in a given cyclic term for either or both of a binary level, the given cyclic term being a second cyclic term for the driving signals which second cyclic term occurs a second number of cyclic terms after a first cyclic term including a horizontal period during which the data signals start to be written to the pixels, the first number being different from a corresponding number for any other of the driving signals. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122164 | Display Device and Driving Method and Electronic Apparatus of the Display Device - To reduce a pseudo contour which occurs when displaying by a time gray scale method. When gradation is expressed with an n bit, bits each of which is shown by a binary of the gray scales are divided into three bit groups, and one frame is divided into two subframe groups. Then, a (0 | 2011-05-26 |
20110122165 | LAMP DRIVING CIRCUIT HAVING LOW VOLTAGE CONTROL, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A lamp driving circuit is provided for controlling individual block luminances provided by corresponding locally dimmed blocks of a backlight unit of an LCD system where the backlight unit employs high voltage discharge lamps that each need to have an AC excitation signal of at least predetermined minimum high voltage level developed there across in order to generate light. The lamp driving circuit includes a plurality of isolation transformers and corresponding low voltage switch circuits. Each isolation transformer has primary windings and a secondary winding. The secondary winding is interposed between a high voltage AC power source and a corresponding one or more lamps. The equivalent circuit impedance of the secondary winding determines what voltage will develop across its respective lamps. The low voltage switch circuits are operative to alter the equivalent circuit impedances of their respective primary windings, which impedance changes are then reflected by mutual inductance coupling into the secondary windings. Thus control circuits operating at relatively low voltages can be used to control the ON/OFF states of the lamps. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122166 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a display control circuit to receive data of each frame of an external image signal and a liquid crystal panel. When the data of an n+1 frame currently received is the same as that of an n frame previously received, the display control circuit outputs first gray scale voltages corresponding to the data of the n+1 frame to drive the liquid crystal panel. When the data of the n+1 frame is different from that of the n frame, the display control circuit generates data of at least one inserted frame between the data of the n and the n+1 frames, and outputs second gray scale voltages respectively corresponding to the data of the at least one inserted frame and the n+1 frame to drive the liquid crystal panel to display first an image of the least one inserted frame and then that of the n+1 frame. An absolute value of a second gray scale voltage exceeds that of a first gray scale voltage for a same gray scale. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122167 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A backlight unit and a display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a power supply unit which outputs a first voltage; a light emitting unit which includes a first end connected to the power supply unit, and a second end, the first end receiving the first voltage from the power supply unit; and a compensation unit which includes a first end connected to the second end of the light emitting unit, and which compensates a deviation between the first voltage and a rated voltage of the light emitting unit. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122168 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a liquid crystal display and a method of the liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit that supplies light to the liquid crystal panel and has a plurality of light sources, and an image calibration unit that calculates a global dimming resultant value and a local dimming resultant value for an image data signal inputted to the liquid crystal panel, analyzes an average picture level for each block with respect to the image data signal, and determines a convex combination parameter based on the global dimming resultant value, the local dimming resultant value, and the average picture level to generate a calibration dimming value for the backlight unit and an image calibration value for the image data signal. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122169 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND BACKLIGHT UNIT - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display panel; and a backlight unit which provides the display panel with backlight. The backlight unit includes: a converter which converts a voltage of a received power and outputs an output power, a plurality of light source modules which receives the output power from the converter, and a control unit which determines powering conditions to operate the plurality of the light source modules in a specific state for each of the plurality of light source modules, and controls the converter sequentially based on the determined powering conditions. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122170 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR PIXEL DATA AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A method of compensating for pixel data includes extending a side portion and a corner portion of a real screen to set an virtual screen, setting dimming values of the virtual screen using dimming values of the real screen, calculating an amount of light of each of pixels on the real screen using the dimming values of the virtual screen mapped to a predetermined analysis area, and multiplying the amount of light of each pixel by a gain of each pixel to modulate pixel data. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122171 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF LOCAL DIMMING THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes a display panel, a backlight unit providing light to the display panel, a representative value adjusting unit that divides an input image in conformity with a plurality of blocks divided from the display panel and a light emitting surface of the backlight unit, selectively adjusts a representative value of each block based on a luminance difference between the blocks and a grayscale banding degree of each block, and generates a modified representative value of each block, a dimming value determining unit that maps the modified representative value of each block to a predetermined dimming curve and selects a dimming value of each block, and a light source driver for driving light sources of the backlight unit based on the dimming value of each block. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122172 | Display panel, manufacturing method thereof and display apparatus - A display panel includes a substrate and a light emitting element array including a plurality of light emitting elements provided on the substrate. The light emitting elements are driven by driving signals to emit light. The display panel further includes a lens array that focuses the light emitted by the light emitting elements, and a driving circuit provided on the substrate for driving the light emitting elements. The lens array includes a plurality of lens pillars formed on the light emitting elements, and a plurality of lens portions formed to cover the lens pillars and to have curved lens surfaces. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122173 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device having plural data line voltage generation circuits capable of supplying a display control voltage to display elements of a color designated as necessary. The display device includes plural display elements each displaying an image of one color; plural gradation voltage output units provided for each color to output a gradation voltage corresponding to each display gradation value of a gradation number; plural display control voltage supply units connected to each of two or more display elements to supply control voltages corresponding to display data of the display elements to each of the display elements based on the gradation voltages of the gradation number output by any one of the gradation voltage output units; and plural gradation voltage selection units provided to one or each display control voltage supply unit to select the gradation voltage output by any one of the gradation voltage output units. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122174 | COLOR ELECTRONIC PAPER USING RGBW COLOR PARTICLES AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A color electronic paper using RGBW color particles and a driving method thereof are provided. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122175 | LUMINANCE ENHANCEMENT OPTICAL SUBSTRATES WITH OPTICAL DEFECT MASKING STRUCTURES - An optical substrate possesses a structured surface that enhances luminance or brightness and reduces the effects of structural defects on perceived image quality. User perceivable image cosmetic defects caused by manufacturing or handling, can be masked by introducing structural irregularities in the optical substrate, which may be non-facet flat sections or in-kind to the defects. Optical defects caused by non-facet flat sections in the prism structure of the optical substrate (e.g., flat-bottom valleys with a certain valley bottom thickness above the base layer, and/or flat-top peaks, and/or openings in the optical substrates that expose flat sections of underlying base layer) can be masked by providing distributed in-kind non-facet flat sections (e.g., flat-bottom valleys, and/or flat-top peaks, and/or openings exposing sections of underlying base layer), to diffuse the prominence of the original defects with the introduced irregularities. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122176 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Transmittances of red, blue and green filters included in a display device are increased, and in a first field period, after a signal voltage (V | 2011-05-26 |
20110122177 | Ink Jet Recording Apparatus - An ink jet recording apparatus comprising a color ink container having a capacity V | 2011-05-26 |
20110122178 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided are an image processor and an image processing method that are capable of suppressing both density unevenness due to printing position shifts among a group of dots printed by a plurality of relative movements (or a plurality of printing element groups) and graininess. In order to accomplish this, a dot overlap rate in the printing mode in which the density unevenness stands out is made higher than the dot overlap rate in the printing mode in which other defects stand out more than the density unevenness. By doing so, it is possible to suitably adjust the dot overlap rate according to the image characteristic, and output an image having no density unevenness or graininess. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122179 | OVERCURRENT DETECTION FOR DROPLET EJECTORS - An apparatus, method, and a fluid ejection system for detecting electrical shorts in piezoelectric printheads are described. An apparatus includes a piezoelectric actuator, a transistor whose drain is connected to the piezoelectric actuator, a diode that is connected to a source and the drain of the transistor, a detection circuit configured to detect whether a voltage at the drain of the transistor is above a predefined voltage, and a disabling circuit configured to turning off the transistor in response to detecting that voltage at the drain of the transistor is above the predefined voltage. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122180 | CONTINUOUS INKJET PRINTER AQUOUS INK COMPOSITION - A continuous ink jet printer aqueous ink composition including pigment particles dispersed with a dispersant or self dispersing pigment particles without the need for a dispersant, and a polymer additive distinct from any dispersant used to disperse the pigment particles, wherein the polymer additive comprises a styrene-acrylic copolymer that does not substantially displace any dispersant used to disperse the pigment, present in an amount effective to stabilize the ink composition against shear induced agglomeration caused by pumping the ink composition through a continuous ink jet printing fluid system. A method of continuous ink jet printing includes A) providing a main fluid supply of a continuous inkjet printer with an aqueous ink composition of the invention; B) pumping the ink composition from the main fluid supply to a print head and ejecting a continuous stream of the ink composition from the print head which continuous stream is broken into spaced droplets; and C) in response to electrical signals received from a control mechanism, controlling the spaced droplets to select between printing droplets for marking a substrate and nonprinting droplets that are collected and returned to the main fluid supply. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122181 | PRINTHEAD SUBSTRATE, PRINTHEAD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printhead substrate comprises: a plurality of printing elements arrayed in a predetermined direction; first logic circuits arranged in correspondence with respective groups each assigned to a predetermined number of adjacent printing elements, and configured to select a printing element to be driven from the printing elements belonging to each of the groups; driving circuits configured to drive the printing elements based on signals output from the first logic circuits; second logic circuits configured to supply externally input printing data to the first logic circuits corresponding to the respective groups; and electricity storage units arranged in the respective groups, connected to a power supply line for supplying power to at least one of the first logic circuits, the second logic circuits, and the driving circuits, and configured to store charges in accordance with a voltage applied through the power supply line. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122182 | DRIVING DROP EJECTORS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, for drop ejection, specifically, for driving drop ejectors using n-type double-diffused metal oxide semiconductor (NDMOS) transistors with sputtered piezoelectric transducers. In general, in one aspect, an apparatus includes a n-type double-diffused metal oxide semiconductor transistor. The apparatus also includes a piezoelectric transducer. A first surface of the piezoelectric transducer is coupled to the n-type double-diffused metal oxide semiconductor transistor. The apparatus also includes a first waveform generator configured to generate an ejector waveform to apply to a second surface of the piezoelectric transducer. The ejector waveform includes at least a positive pulse and a negative pulse. The apparatus also includes a second waveform generator configured to generate a control waveform to apply to the n-type double-diffused metal oxide semiconductor transistor to selectively actuate the piezoelectric transducer. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122183 | PRINTHEAD INCORPORATING PRESSURE PULSE DIFFUSING STRUCTURES BETWEEN INK CHAMBERS SUPPLIED BY SAME INK INLET - An inkjet printer includes a printhead having a plurality of ink chambers fed be an ink inlet, each ink chamber having a heater element for ejecting drops of ink from a nozzle aperture of each chamber; a plurality of pressure pulse diffusing structure positioned between the plurality of ink chambers fed by the ink inlet, the plurality of pressure pulse diffusing structures for retarding a propagation of pressure waves generated by each ink chamber to adjacent ink chambers; and a controller for receiving print data and generating drive pulses to energize the heater elements in accordance with the print data. The controller increases the drive pulse energy during the printhead lifetime such that the drive pulse energy is never less than that of a preceding drive pulse. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122184 | Image forming apparatus, image formation method, and computer-readable medium - An image forming apparatus including a first carriage having a print head independently movable in a main scanning direction, a second carriage having a print head movable with the first carriage, an encoder sheet, first and second home position reference units provided to the first and second carriages, a home position detector that detects the first and second home position reference units, and first and second position detectors provided to the first and second carriages, which detect positions of the first and second carriages by reading the encoder sheet. A control unit controls ejection of ink from the print head of the first carriage based on an output from the first position detector, and ejection of ink from the print head of the second carriage based on the output from the second position detector. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122185 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN INKJET PRINTER AND PRINT PRODUCT - An inkjet printer has a print head with a number of ink ejecting nozzles that are driven by way of a control signal. The print head is calibrated near the time of the intended printing operation. A predefined calibration screen is printed with the inkjet printer, the value of a measurement parameter characterizing the ink application is determined on the basis of the printed calibration screen, and the ink ejection quantity per dot is calibrated. The calibration includes adapting the control signal using the determined value of the measurement parameter. A print product is printed by an inkjet printer that has been calibrated in this way. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122186 | VERIFYING A MAINTENANCE PROCESS ON A PRINT HEAD - The present invention is embodied in a printing system ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110122187 | Ink discharge device of inkjet head and control method thereof - Example embodiments are directed to an ink discharge device that discharges uniform amounts of ink droplets from an inkjet head, and a control method thereof. Voltages applied to plural nozzles of the ink-head are changed based on different characteristics of the respective nozzles to discharge uniform amounts of ink droplets from the nozzles. Voltage increments are calculated using a fixed target color value so as to set color value dispersion and voltage increments are calculated using different target color values according to the nozzles so as to satisfy color value differences between the neighboring pixels and thus time required for a DPN process is shortened, and excessive changes of the applied voltages are prevented and thus a preparatory period required to mass-produce an LCD panel is shortened and yield of the LCD panel is increased. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122188 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - When a jam occurs, a jam position detection unit detects a position of a record medium stuck in an image recording apparatus. A restoration mechanism control unit determines whether or not to move a restoration mechanism on the basis of the position of the stuck record medium. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122189 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a line-type recording head including a plurality of recording elements formed thereon, a holding unit configured to hold a sheet, a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the sheet held by the holding unit to a position of recording by the recording head, a shift mechanism capable of relatively shifting a position of the sheet in a sheet width direction with respect to the recording head while the sheet is fed from the holding unit to the recording position, and a control unit configured to control the conveyance mechanism and the shift mechanism. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122190 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An inkjet recording method, comprising: performing recording on an inkjet recording medium having an ink receiving layer, on a support, the ink receiving layer including at least inorganic fine particles, a water-soluble resin and a crosslinking agent, using an ink including at least a dye, water and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein, in the ink, a content of water-soluble organic solvent, which gives a change ratio of a pore median diameter of the ink receiving layer of 13.0% or less when measured by a mercury intrusion method before and after the water-soluble organic solvent is applied at 6.6 g/m | 2011-05-26 |
20110122191 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A printer controller generates a foam elimination flushing driving signal that includes a foam elimination flushing process driving pulse for eliminating foam within the ink flow channel by driving a piezoelectric element; a foam elimination flushing process for restoring the ejection capability of a recording head is carried out using the foam elimination flushing driving signal before ink within the ink flow channel is heated by a heating mechanism. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122192 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - In a cap mode where a cap member covers a nozzle surface, a controller controls a second movement mechanism so that the cap member is disposed opposite to the nozzle surface. In an ejection recovery mode where ink is ejected from a plurality of nozzles and the ink adhered to the nozzle surface is wiped off by a wiping member, the controller controls a first movement mechanism and the second movement mechanism so that the nozzle surface, a wiping tray and the cap member are arranged downward in this order. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122193 | ROTATIONAL ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS FOR INKJET COATING HEAD - There is provided a small-sized and inexpensive rotational adjustment apparatus for a linearly moveable inkjet coating head | 2011-05-26 |
20110122194 | High Volume Ink Delivery Manifold for a Page Wide Printhead - An ink manifold for supplying liquid ink to a heater chip of an inkjet printhead. Ink ports on one side of the manifold feed liquid ink to the ink channels on the other side of the manifold, and thus to the backside ink trenches of the heater chip. The placement and number of ink ports formed in the ink manifold are optimized so that when the heater chip and the ink manifold are scaled down in size, the ink carrying capacity of the printhead components is not compromised. Similarly, when the ink manifold is scaled down, the optimization process allows the seal width between the ink port features of the manifold to be maintained above a specified minimum. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122195 | Coating For An Ink Jet Printhead Front Face - A coating for an ink jet printhead front face, wherein the coating comprises a low adhesion coating, wherein when the low adhesion coating is disposed on an ink jet printhead front face surface, jetted drops of ultra-violet gel ink or jetted drops of solid ink exhibit a low sliding angle with the printhead front face surface, wherein the low sliding angle is less than about 1° to less than about 30°. In embodiments, the low adhesion coating is an oleophobic coating that exhibits a contact angle of greater than about 35° with ultra-violet gel ink or solid ink. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122196 | Manifold and Nozzle Closure/Seal System - A combination manifold and nozzle closure system is disclosed. The closure system limits exposure of the nozzle outlets to air between dispenses or between uses. Manifold accommodates a plurality of nozzles. Each nozzle includes a nozzle outlet extending beyond an end of the manifold. An actuator shaft passes through the manifold and is connected to a plate at its distal end with a film disposed between the plate and the nozzle outlets. An actuator moves the actuator shaft from a closed position where the film engages the nozzle outlets and the plate is disposed just below the nozzles to an open position where the film and plate have been pulled upward beyond the nozzle outlets. The plate includes a plurality of openings and the film includes a plurality of valves each opening in the plate is in alignment with a valve and each valve is in alignment with one of the nozzle outlets. By moving the plate and film upward past the nozzle outlets, the valves and the film open and the nozzle outlets extend through the openings in the plate and are therefore free to dispense. To close the system, the actuator moves the shaft, plate and film downward where the valves and the film close and engage the nozzle outlets to keep the nozzle outlets relatively isolated from air between dispenses. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122197 | INKJET HEAD AND INKJET PRINTER HAVING THE SAME - An inkjet head and an inkjet printer having the inkjet head are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the inkjet head includes a chamber housing ink and a nozzle, which discharges the ink housed in the chamber. Here, a plurality of inner wall grooves are formed on an inner wall of the nozzle, in which the plurality of inner wall grooves extends in a lengthwise direction of the nozzle. Thus, the inkjet head can discharge big ink droplets at a high frequency by quickly filling the ink in the nozzle after relatively big ink is discharged. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122198 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD, PRODUCING METHOD THEREFOR AND COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING HEAD - The invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and enabling a high-quality image recording by employing a material capable of reducing the internal stress and having satisfactory patterning characteristics. It also provides a method of producing such ink jet recording head with a high precision. A cationically photopolymerizable resin composition containing a condensate of a hydrolysable organosilane compound, employed as a material for forming a flow path forming member, enables a reduction of internal stress and a highly precise pattern in the flow path forming member thereby providing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and capable of high-quality printing over a prolonged time, and a producing method therefor. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122199 | LIQUID-DROPLET EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID-DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A liquid-droplet ejection head includes a nozzle substrate, a chamber substrate, a liquid supply substrate, a frame substrate, a driving circuit member, and wire members. The nozzle substrate includes nozzles. The chamber substrate is formed on the nozzle substrate and includes liquid chambers, diaphragms, and electro-mechanical transducers. The liquid supply substrate is formed on the chamber substrate and includes liquid supply channels. The frame substrate is formed on a first face of the liquid supply substrate opposite a second face of the liquid supply substrate formed on the chamber substrate. The driving circuit member that drives the electro-mechanical transducers is mounted on the frame substrate. The wire members connect the electro-mechanical transducers to the driving circuit member. A voltage applied to the electro-mechanical transducers through the wire members deforms the electro-mechanical transducers and the diaphragms to generate pressure in the liquid chambers. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122200 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejection unit that ejects a liquid onto an ejection target medium, a conductive brush provided adjacent to the liquid ejection unit and whose tip opposes the ejection target medium, and a same potential formation unit that sets the conductive brush and a predetermined portion of the liquid ejection unit to the same potential. | 2011-05-26 |
20110122201 | PRINTHEAD HAVING RELATIVELY DIMENSIONED EJECTION PORTS AND ARMS - A printhead is provided having chambers for fluid, ejection ports defined in the chambers, and ejection arms positioned in the chambers, each arm having a displacement area which is displaced against fluid in the respective chamber to eject the fluid from the respective ejection port. Each displacement area is greater than half an area of the respective ejection port and less than twice the area of that ejection port. | 2011-05-26 |