22nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130135320 | TRI-STATE MEMS DEVICE AND DRIVE SCHEMES - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for driving an array of tri-state devices. The array of tri-state devices may form an array of display elements, and the array may be passively addressed. According to one aspect, the array includes two segment lines and one common line connected to each tri-state display element. According to another aspect, the array includes two common lines and one segment line connected to each tri-state display element. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135321 | Three-Dimensional Display Apparatus Electromechanical System - A three-dimensional display apparatus electromechanical system for displaying three-dimensional images without special viewing aids is disclosed. The electromechanical apparatus includes three flat surface screens, two rotating wheels or single screen not limited to other variations that will enable similar operation of the apparatus. The imaging system includes a CRT or similar device and control system to generate two-dimensional images to project the images at different depth locations through a focus system on to the moving projection screens. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135322 | SWITCHING BETWEEN DIRECT RENDERING AND BINNING IN GRAPHICS PROCESSING USING AN OVERDRAW TRACKER - This disclosure presents techniques and structures for determining a rendering mode (e.g., a binning rendering mode and a direct rendering mode) as well as techniques and structures for switching between such rendering modes. Rendering mode may be determined by analyzing rendering characteristics. Rendering mode may also be determined by tracking overdraw in a bin. The rendering mode may be switched from a binning rendering mode to a direct rendering mode by patching commands that use graphics memory addresses to use system memory addresses. Patching may be handled by a CPU or by a second write command buffer executable by a GPU. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135323 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - An information providing method and device capable of improving accessibility to information. The method includes producing a piece of data based on user activity in a device; and displaying information based on the piece of data on the device. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135324 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DRIVING AN ANALOG INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATOR - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for calibrating and controlling the actuation of an analog interferometric modulator. In one aspect, an electrode of a movable layer of the analog interferometric modulator may include a part for receiving a drive voltage, and an electrically isolated part. A voltage may be sensed from the electrically isolated part, and used to determine the position of the movable layer and/or provide feedback to the drive voltage. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135325 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DRIVING AN ANALOG INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATOR - Systems, devices, and methods for calibrating and controlling the actuation of an analog interferometric modulator are described herein. An electrode of a movable layer of the analog interferometric modulator may include a part for receiving a drive voltage, and an electrically isolated part. A charge may be sensed from the electrically isolated part, and used to determine the position of the movable layer or provide feedback to the drive voltage. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135326 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DRIVING AN INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATOR - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling the actuation of an analog interferometric modulator. In one aspect, a voltage may be determined from a sense electrode. A distance between one or more of the electrodes may be determined based on the voltage. The sense electrode may be capacitively coupled to another electrode, and may be implemented in a mirror of a movable layer of an interferometric modulator, or may be implemented in a floating fixed layer of an interferometric modulator. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135327 | Saving and Restoring Non-Shader State Using a Command Processor - Provided is a system including a command processor configured for interrupting processing of a first set of instructions executing within a shader core. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135328 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO INTERNAL COMPONENT - Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for applying concealment of components of an electronic device. In one embodiment, an electronic device may include a component that is disposed behind a display (e.g., a transparent organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display) that is configured to selectively become transparent at certain transparency regions. Additionally, the electronic device includes data processing circuitry configured to determine when an event requesting that the component be exposed occurs. The data processing circuitry may control portions of the display to become transparent, to expose the component upon the occurrence of the event requesting that the component be exposed. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135329 | SWITCHING BETWEEN DIRECT RENDERING AND BINNING IN GRAPHICS PROCESSING - This disclosure presents techniques and structures for determining a rendering mode (e.g., a binning rendering mode and a direct rendering mode) as well as techniques and structures for switching between such rendering modes. Rendering mode may be determined by analyzing rendering characteristics. Rendering mode may also be determined by tracking overdraw in a bin. The rendering mode may be switched from a binning rendering mode to a direct rendering mode by patching commands that use graphics memory addresses to use system memory addresses. Patching may be handled by a CPU or by a second write command buffer executable by a GPU. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135330 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a display panel having gate lines and data lines, a signal controller driving the display panel, a graphic processing unit transmitting input image data to the signal controller, a gate driver driving the gate lines, and a data driver driving the data lines. The display panel is driven at a first frequency when displaying a moving image and driven at a lower frequency when displaying a still image. The signal controller includes a frame memory storing the input image data, a calculator calculating a representative value of image data stored in the frame memory, a line memory storing the representative value, and a kick-back corrector generating auxiliary image data by correcting the representative value according to a kick-back voltage. The data driver applies an auxiliary voltage corresponding to the auxiliary image data to the data lines in a vertical blank period when displaying the still image. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135331 | PROJECT-DATA CREATING DEVICE AND PROGRAMMABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - To execute a stable pressure control, in a control device for an injection molding machine, a filling/pressure-keeping determining unit determines whether the injection molding machine is performing a pressure keeping operation, an elastic constant identifier acquires, when the filling/pressure-keeping determining unit determines that the pressure keeping operation is in progress, a pressure detection value and a position detection value as operation information of a motor and identifies an elastic constant K based on the acquired pressure detection value and the position detection value, and a pressure-control control-parameter setting unit calculates a proportional gain Ka of a pressure controller such that a product of the proportional gain Ka of the pressure controller and the elastic constant K is smaller than a speed control bandwidth ωsc of a speed controller, and sets the calculated proportional gain Ka to the pressure controller. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135332 | Context-sensitive query enrichment - Structures and protocols are presented for facilitating a search partly based on a movement status of a search-capable device or on a position of a person's limb or on an association with another search-capable device. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135333 | LIGHT ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND LIGHT SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A light system includes a lamp, a user operation interface, a control unit and a communication unit. The user operation interface is adapted to be used by a user to select a brightness value or a color temperature value, wherein the user operation interface includes a display unit and a touch control unit. The display unit is used to output a graphical interface. The touch control unit is used to detect a touch action upon the graphical interface of the display unit. The control unit is electrically connected to the user operation interface for receiving and processing a selection of the brightness value or the color temperature value from the user operation interface. The communication unit is electrically connected to the control unit for transmitting the selection of the brightness value or the color temperature value to the lamp via a wireless protocol. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135334 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, image processing apparatus includes, sensor configured to acquire first brightness data, receiver configured to receive second brightness data, correction coefficient calculator configured to calculate correction coefficient based on first brightness data and second brightness data, parameter calculator configured to calculate parameter based on first brightness data and correction coefficient, controller configured to control brightness controlling signal according to brightness value corresponding to parameter, and output module configured to output brightness controlling signal. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135335 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTERPOLATING COLORS - This disclosure provides methods, apparatus, and computer programs encoded on computer storage media for displaying a target color on an electronic display having display devices capable of displaying a set of native colors. In one aspect, the method includes identifying a plurality of weights including at least a first weight and one or more other weights, selecting a first color from the set of native colors that is closest to the target color and assigning it to the first weight, determining an error between the first color and the target color, recursively assigning a subsequent color from the set of native colors to the one or more other weights. Each subsequent color is selected based on the target color and an error normalized by previously assigned weights. The method also displays each assigned color according to its weight on the electronic display. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135336 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device includes a display unit which displays images, an area designation unit which receives a target image area and an input image area both designated from the images, a tone function computing unit which computes a one-dimensional tone function of the target image area and a one-dimensional tone function of the input image area, a conversion information generating unit which generates conversion information to convert the one-dimensional tone function of the input image area into the one-dimensional tone function of the target image area, an image conversion processing unit which converts image data of the input image area based on the conversion information, and a display control unit which displays the image containing the converted image data of the input image area on the display unit. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135337 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - A server apparatus renders a process result of software on an image memory that stores a display image to be displayed on a client terminal, detects an update area in which an update occurs between frames of an image. The server apparatus selectively switches and performs a first generation process and a second generation process according to the number of detected update areas. The first generation process is a process that generates a color map for each update area based on colors used in the update area. The second generation process is a process that generates a color map commonly used between the update areas based on colors used in images of the update areas. The server apparatus reduces the number of colors in an update area using the generated color map and transmits a compressed image of the update area to the client terminal. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135338 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUBPIXEL-LEVEL IMAGE MULTITONING - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for displaying high resolution images using examples of a halftoning method based on diffusing quantization error from a subpixel displaying a color to one or more subpixels that display a different color. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135339 | Subpixel Compositing on Transparent Backgrounds - A method is presented for displaying a rendered image on an electronic computing device. The method comprises rendering a first image on the electronic computing device. The first image is rendered on a white background. A second image is rendered on the electronic computing device. The second image is rendered on a black background. The first image, the second image and a background image are combined to produce a third image. The third image is a composite of the first image, the second image and the background image. The third image is displayed on a display screen of the electronic computing device. The third image includes anti-aliasing for a plurality of subpixels of the third image. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135340 | APPLICATION AND USER INTERFACE FRAMEWORK INTERACTION - Interaction between an application, a user interface framework, and a graphics module to render a portion of an application surface. The application requests a surface corresponding to a particular range of the application surface from the user interface framework. In response, the user interface framework provides the requested ranged surface to the application. The application instructs the graphics module to populate the ranged surface by drawing into the ranged surface. The application then instructs the user interface framework to compose the ranged surface using the drawn ranged surface and other information available to the user interface framework. The user interface framework composing a composed surface using the drawn surface provided by the application, and additional information available to the user interface framework. The user interface framework may cache information from previously composed surface to allow for faster re-rendering should those portions later come into view on the display. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135341 | HARDWARE SWITCHING BETWEEN DIRECT RENDERING AND BINNING IN GRAPHICS PROCESSING - This disclosure presents techniques and structures for determining a rendering mode (e.g., a binning rendering mode and a direct rendering mode) as well as techniques and structures for switching between such rendering modes. Rendering mode may be determined by analyzing rendering characteristics. Rendering mode may also be determined by tracking overdraw in a bin. The rendering mode may be switched from a binning rendering mode to a direct rendering mode by patching commands that use graphics memory addresses to use system memory addresses. Patching may be handled by a CPU or by a second write command buffer executable by a GPU. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135342 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PORTABLE TERMINAL OF CONTROLLING WINDOW GENERATED IN DIFFERENT PROCESS - An apparatus and method of a portable terminal of controlling a window generated in a different process are provided. The method includes displaying a 1st window through a 1st process, displaying a 2nd window through a 2nd process different from the 1st process, and, if a specific key of the 1st window is input, displaying a 3rd window through the 1st process together with the 2nd window. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135343 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING SEARCHABLE ELECTRONIC RECORDS OF UNDERGROUND FACILITY LOCATE AND/OR MARKING OPERATIONS - A bare grid is displayed on a display device. At least one digital representation of at least one physical locate mark is added to the displayed grid to generate a marked-up grid. The physical locate mark(s) include(s) non-white paint and/or a non-white flag, and is/are applied during a locate operation performed after generation of and pursuant to a locate request ticket relating to a dig area that is planned to be excavated or disturbed during prospective excavation activities. The locate operation comprises providing at least one visible warning to an excavator performing the prospective excavation activities, using the physical locate mark(s), of a presence or an affirmative absence of at least one underground facility at the dig area specified in the locate request ticket. Information relating to the marked-up grid is electronically stored and/or transmitted so as to generate a searchable electronic record of the locate operation. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135344 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WEB-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATION VIEWER - An approach is provided for generating web-based augmented reality application viewer. A web-based server application receives a request from a web client for visualization information associated with a web application that renders a perspective-based display. The web-based server application facilitates a processing of the request to execute the web application. One or more web-based server applications at one or more web-based servers cause a generation of one or more images, one or more sequences of the one or more images, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the execution of the web application, wherein the one or more images, the one or more sequences, or a combination thereof depict a rendering of a user interface of the web application. The one or more applications transmit the one or more images, the one or more sequences, or a combination thereof as the visualization information for presentation. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135345 | METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MAP INFORMATION - In a system that uses tile-based road network rendering for displaying map information to a user, a tile is rendered for display by rendering a front tile ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130135346 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a display image from an information processing apparatus; a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information regarding a position of a substance relative to a display unit; a drawn image generating unit that produces a drawn image based on the position information; an image generating unit that produces a display window to cause the display image to be displayed on the display window; a combining unit that combines the display image, the display window, and the drawn image; and a display controlling unit that causes the display unit to display an image combined by the combining unit. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135347 | Image Processing Apparatus Receiving Editing Operation, Image Display Device, And Image Processing Method Thereof - An original image to be edited is displayed using hierarchical data. As a user draws a figure in a region of the image as an edit action, an image data updating unit generates a layer having a hierarchical structure composed of the rendered region only. More specifically, the image of the region to be edited is used as the lowermost hierarchical level, and upper hierarchical levels than this lowermost level are generated by reducing the lowermost level, as appropriate, so as to produce hierarchical data. As, during image display, it is checked that the updated region is contained in a frame to be displayed anew, the image of the layer is displayed by superposing the frame on the original hierarchical data. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135348 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - A communication device includes a content generation unit that generates annotation generation information for generating annotation corresponding to a physical object, a display requirement setting unit that generates display requirement information indicative of requirements for displaying the annotation, a display object setting unit that generates display object information for identifying the physical object to be displayed where the annotation is displayed, and a communication unit that transmits the annotation generation information, the display requirement information, and the display object information. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135349 | Virtual Trial and Fitting Room - This invention is a system and method that allows wearing or trying on clothes virtually by a user of any body shape or size. A Web server on the World Wide Web provides pictures of apparel such as dress, gowns, tops, blouse, skirts, pants. A user provides his/her picture and is able to virtually try on the apparel article of choice. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135350 | SLANT AND OVERLAYING GRAPHICAL KEYBOARD - A slant keyboard module detects initiation of an application that accepts textual input in a mobile device. The slant keyboard module receives angle of orientation data from one or more orientation instruments in the mobile device. The slant keyboard module determines that the angle of orientation data indicates a slant angle of orientation. The slant keyboard module displays a graphical keyboard with a short-term text field at a slant angle of display corresponding to the slant angle of orientation. The slant keyboard module also displays a short-term text field at the slant angle of display. The short-term text field displays a limited number of most recent input characters to the graphical keyboard. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135351 | INLINE IMAGE ROTATION - Methods and apparatus for performing an inline rotation of an image. The apparatus includes a rotation unit for reading pixels from a source image in an order based on a specified rotation to be performed. The source image is partitioned into multiple tiles, the tiles are processed based on where they will be located within the rotated image, and each tile is stored in a tile buffer. The target pixel addresses within a tile buffer are calculated and stored in a lookup table, and when the pixels are retrieved from the source image by the rotation unit, the lookup table is read to determine where to write the pixels within a corresponding tile buffer. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135352 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a base unit having an upper surface on which a keyboard is placed, a display unit which is set at one of a first position at which a display surface of the display unit and the keyboard are exposed and a second position at which a rear surface of the display unit covers an upper surface of the base unit, a screen image rotation module, and a control module. The screen image rotation module rotates a screen image on a display surface of the display unit in accordance with an orientation of the display unit relative to a gravity direction. The control module inhibits rotation of the screen image if the display unit is set at the first position. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135353 | Head-Angle-Trigger-Based Action - Methods and devices for applying at least one manipulative action to a selected content object are disclosed. In one aspect, a head-mounted-device (HMD) system includes at least one processor and data storage with user-interface logic executable by the at least one processor to apply at least one manipulative action to a displayed content object based on received data that indicates a first direction in which the HMD is tilted and an extent to which the HMD is tilted in the first direction. The at least one manipulative action is applied to a degree corresponding to the indicated extent to which the HMD is tilted in the first direction. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135354 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display, a backlight, a backlight adjusting module, and a gradation level converter. The backlight is configured to turn on with a first brightness or a second brightness which has a lower brightness level than the first brightness. The backlight adjusting module is configured to adjust a brightness of the backlight to the second brightness in response to changing of a size of a display area for displaying content on the display to a specified size or more when the backlight is turned on with the first brightness. The gradation level converter configured to execute gradation level conversion to increase a gradation level value of the content. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135355 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND PRODUCT REPORT METHOD - A method for programming a measuring program into a computing device. The computing device selects a partial drawing from a panoramic drawing of a product using a frame, and marks the frame in the panoramic drawing. The computing device sets a pattern of a report and shows the partial drawing and the panoramic drawing in the report. The computing device adjusts a size of the panoramic drawing and the size of the panoramic drawing in the report until the panoramic drawing does not superpose on the partial drawing in the report. The computing device generate a measuring program which is capable of executing the procedure mentioned above. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135356 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DATA ITEMS IN A WIRELESS TERMINAL - According to one embodiment, a displaying data items in a wireless terminal apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a specified region next to the last data item when the last data item is displayed at a specified position; and a controller configured to control the display unit to display the specified region next to the last data item when the last data item arrives at the specified position according to scrolling of a plurality of data items in a specified direction. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135357 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING DATA ON IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a method for inputting characters on an image display device and an image display device employing the method, and more specifically, to a method for inputting characters on an image display device that displays a character input window for data input when a data input request is received while outputting preset contents, and sets a character input mode and inputs a preset character that corresponds to a character input signal on the character input window, and an image display device employing the method. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135358 | LIGHT COLLIMATING MANIFOLD FOR PRODUCING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL LIGHT SOURCES - The present disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus to produce a plurality of virtual light sources and at least partially collimate light. In one aspect, a manifold to collimate light can produce a plurality of virtual light sources used to inject light into a light guide for illuminating a display. The manifold can be formed of optically transmissive material and can have a backside for receiving light from a light source and a front wall, opposite the backside, for outputting light. The front wall can include first and second output portions separated by a non-light emitting area, each of the output portions providing a separate virtual light source. The upper, bottom, and side walls of the manifold can extend along a curve from the backside to the front wall and can be configured to collimate light propagating in directions extending out of the plane of the light guide. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135359 | DISPLAY SYSTEMS INCLUDING ILLUMINATION AND OPTICAL TOUCHSCREEN - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a display device having a front light to provide front illumination to the display element included in the display device and an optical touch screen to provide a touch input to the display device. In one aspect, the display device includes a light source disposed to inject light into a backplate of the display device rearward of the display elements and a light redirector disposed to receive light from the backplate and redirect the received light forward of the display elements for optical touch purpose. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135360 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes first, second, and third gate lines. The display device further includes a first data line and a second data line neighboring the first data line. The display device further includes first, second, and third pixel electrodes connected to the first, second, and third gate lines, respectively, and further includes a fourth pixel electrode connected to the second gate line. The fourth pixel electrode is disposed between the first and third electrodes and neighbors each of the first, second, and third pixel electrodes. The first, second, and third pixel electrodes are connected to the first data line. The display device further comprises a gate driver for applying copies of a gate-on voltage to the gate lines, the gate-on voltage including a first voltage in a first horizontal period, a second voltage in a second horizontal period, and a third voltage in a third horizontal period. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135361 | IMAGE DISPLAY MEDIUM DRIVER, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY MEDIUM DRIVING METHOD - An image display medium driver includes a voltage applying unit that applies a voltage between a pair of substrates of an image display medium that displays an image, the image display medium including plural groups of colored particles colored in a color which is different for every group, at least one of the substrates having transparent properties, each group of colored particles moved when the voltage equal to or higher than a threshold voltage in terms of absolute value, that is different for every group, and a controller that determines a substrate on which the colored particles are present for each group of colored particles based on the last image information used for displaying an image. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135362 | DATA DRIVER DRIVING METHOD FOR REDUCING GAMMA SETTLING TIME AND DISPLAY DRIVE DEVICE - A data driver driving method includes separately generating gamma voltages through respective separate gamma voltage generators according to colors, applying the separate gamma voltages to their corresponding drive circuits in a data driver through separate channels to obtain first, second, and third color converting outputs, and alternately and sequentially applying the first, second, and third color converting outputs to common pixel nodes of a panel. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135363 | Electrophoretic Display and Drive Method Thereof - The present invention discloses an electrophoretic display and a driving met hod thereof, comprising: arranging each pixel electrode in the electrophoretic display to correspond to a pixel; determining a driving waveform of the electrophoretic display based on the initial gray level and the final gray level of the pixel, applying a display signal of the driving waveform to the pixel electrode, controlling the pixel whose gray level value needs to be changed; wherein the driving waveform comprises at least one gray level driving procedure, each driving procedure corresponds to a gray level changing direction, the final gray level is a gradually changing gray level in the gray level changing direction which the last driving procedure corresponds to. The present invention can realize relatively accurate control to the gray level change while keeping DC balance by means of the electrophoretic display and the driving method thereof when the screen is refreshed. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135364 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTERPOLATING COLORS - This disclosure provides methods, apparatus, and computer programs encoded on computer storage media for converting drive instructions for a plurality of display devices to drive instructions for a first display device. In one aspect, a method includes processing the drive instructions for the plurality of display devices to produce a first color in a set of potential colors for the plurality of display devices, selecting a color for the first display device that approximates the produced first color, displaying the selected color with the first display device, determining an error between the selected color and the produced first color, and diffusing the error by displaying at least another color on at least a portion of the plurality of display devices. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135365 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A plurality of pixels are arranged at each intersection of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of signal lines, and respectively includes a liquid crystal element displaying grayscales according to a grayscale potential of each signal line during the selection of each scanning line. To two pixels which are adjacent to each other in an extending direction of a signal line and correspond to two scanning lines selected by a scanning line driving circuit in each selection period, a signal line driving circuit supplies a grayscale potential according to a grayscale computed as the weighted average of grayscales designated by display data supplied to a display control circuit for each of the two pixels. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135366 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED INFORMATION DEVICE - A liquid crystal display unit | 2013-05-30 |
20130135367 | PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE BASED ON INK SUPPLY INTERRUPTION - A method of controlling a maintenance operation in an inkjet printer, the method includes detecting that ink supply connection to a printhead has been interrupted; detecting that ink supply connection to the printhead has been restored; measuring a time interval between the interruption and the restoration of the ink supply connection to the printhead; and selecting a level of the maintenance operation, depending upon a length of the time interval. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135368 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, a first detection part and a second detection part, each for detecting a position of a displacement member that changes its position according to a remaining amount of liquid in a sub-tank, are provided to a carriage carrying the sub-tank and a recording head, and a body of the image forming apparatus, respectively. A first position is a position of the displacement member detected by the first detection part such that the remaining amount of liquid in the sub-tank is smaller than that at a second position detected by the second detection part. The liquid is supplied to the sub-tank of a differential supply amount, corresponding to a displacement amount of the displacement member between a position detected by the first detection part and a position detected by the second detection part, after the first detection part detects the displacement member. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135369 | CARRIAGE PRINTER WITH ADAPTIVE MOTION CONTROL - A carriage printer includes a printhead; a print region; a carriage configured to move the printhead back and forth across the print region; a motor for moving the carriage; a housing; a motion detector for detecting motion of the carriage printer; and a controller configured to control the motor, the controller including a motor control profile that is adaptable based upon the detected motion of the printer housing. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135370 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes: a support member for supporting a sheet-shaped print medium; a print head that moves between a print position, at which printing of an image onto the print medium is executed, and a retracted position, farther away from the support member than the print position, while also facing the support member, with the print medium interposed therebetween; a tension adjustment unit for adjusting the tension of the print medium being supported by the support member; and a control unit whereby printing is executed by the print head having been positioned at the print position while the tension of the print medium is adjusted to a print tension by the tension adjustment unit, whereas the print head is positioned at the retracted position when the tension of the print medium is being altered by the tension adjustment unit. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135371 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head and a driving unit. The recording head includes a plurality of element columns. Each element column includes a plurality of recording elements arrayed in a first direction to discharge ink, and is divided into a plurality of groups including a plurality of continuous recording elements. The driving unit drives the recording head and execute control so that the plurality of recording elements in each group is driven in order at a specific time interval. A number of the element columns is equal to or larger than a number of recoding elements in a group. The driving unit controls driving of the plurality of element columns so that recorded data of one column is recorded within a conveyance width of a recording medium to be conveyed within the specific time interval. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135372 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE AND FLUID EJECTION PRINTER WITH A POWER AMPLIFIER STOPPING SECTION - A fluid ejection device includes: a modulator adapted to pulse-modulate a drive waveform signal forming a basis of a drive signal of an actuator to obtain a modulated signal; a digital power amplifier circuit adapted to power-amplify the modulated signal to obtain a power-amplified modulated signal; a low pass filter adapted to smooth the power-amplified modulated signal to obtain the drive signal; and a power amplification stopping section operating when holding a voltage of the actuator constant. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135373 | ADAPTIVE MOTION CONTROL FOR CARRIAGE PRINTER - A method of adaptively controlling motion of a carriage in a carriage printer within a user's environment, the method includes controlling a motor to move a carriage of a carriage printer within a user's environment according to a first motor control profile; acquiring data relative to a motion of the carriage printer as the carriage is moved according to the first motor control profile; analyzing the acquired data relative to the motion of the carriage printer corresponding to the carriage being moved according to the first motor control profile; and controlling the motor to move the carriage of the carriage printer according to a second motor control profile. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135374 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a main tank, a sub tank, a liquid ejecting head, a first supply channel member, a second supply channel member, and a pump device. The first liquid supply channel includes an upstream-side supply channel, and a downstream-side supply channel The pump device includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a transfer-force applying section. The first chamber inlet is connected to a downstream-side end portion of the upstream-side supply channel. The first chamber outlet and the second chamber inlet are connected to the transfer-force applying section. The second chamber outlet is connected to the downstream-side supply channel. The first chamber outlet is provided to an upper-end portion of the first chamber. The second chamber outlet is provided to an upper-end portion of the second chamber. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135375 | INK-JET PRINTER - An ink-jet printer which records an image by discharging an ink onto a recording medium includes: an ink-jet head having nozzles for discharging ink droplets; a carriage which makes the ink-jet head to scan in a main scanning direction; a transport mechanism which transports the recording medium in a transporting direction intersecting the main scanning direction; and a discharge controller configured to control the ink-jet head to discharge the ink droplets from the nozzles. The discharge controller is configured to change a discharge timing of the ink droplets from reference timing to deviate the landing positions of the ink droplets in a case that at least one of the alignment direction of the nozzles and the transport direction is inclined with respect to a sub scanning direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135376 | PRINTING APPARATUS - The present invention has been made to judge the discharge state of each nozzle accurately at an appropriate timing. For this purpose, a printing apparatus using a printhead including a heater and a temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the heater has the following arrangement. A temporal change in a detected temperature is monitored upon driving the printhead. In the temperature dropping process, temperatures are extracted at plural points of a time interval including a timing at which a feature point of the temporal change in the detected temperature in normal discharge appears. The second derivative of the temperature is calculated and added to obtain a total sum. The total sum is compared with a threshold defined based on the characteristic of the temporal change in the monitored temperature in discharge failure, thereby judging whether to normally discharge ink. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135377 | PRINTING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND AVOIDING UNPRINTABLE REGIONS ON RECORDING MEDIUMS - A printing apparatus for performing printing on a recording medium includes a printing unit configured to perform printing a plurality of images sequentially on a recording medium, a detection unit configured to detect an unsuitable area that is not suitable for printing on the recording medium, and a control unit configured to control, when the detection unit detects the unsuitable area, so as to define an unprintable region, including the unsuitable area, where the image is not to be printed on the recording medium based on a length of the unsuitable area in a direction of conveyance of the recording medium, and to continue printing the images while avoiding the set unprintable region. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135378 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device including a transport unit that transports a recording medium from a first drive roller to a second drive roller by rotating a first drive roller and a second drive roller across which a recording medium is stretched, a support member that supports the recording medium between the first drive roller and the second drive roller, a recording unit that ejects liquid on the recording medium supported on the support member and records an image, a detection unit that detects tension of the recording medium moving toward the second drive roller away from the support member, and a control unit that gives tension to the recording medium by controlling the torque of the second drive roller based on the recording medium tension detected by the detection unit. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135379 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes: a conveyor unit for conveying a recording medium along a conveyance pathway of the recording medium by rotating a first drive roller and a second drive roller provided to the conveyance pathway; a recording unit for recording an image onto the recording medium in a first region between the first drive roller and the second drive roller on the conveyance pathway; and a control unit for applying a first tension to the recording medium in the first region by controlling the torque of the second drive roller, while also adjusting the rotational speed of the first drive roller; wherein the control unit controls the conveyor unit to thereby apply a second tension that is lower than the first tension to the recording medium in a second region on the opposite side of the first region from the second drive roller in the conveyance pathway. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135380 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink jet printing apparatus including a plurality of print heads and a method for controlling the ink jet printing apparatus are provided which allows ink ejection to be immediately started. If temperatures of both a first print head and a second print head have become equal to or higher a reference temperature at least once, a printing operation or a preliminary ejection operation using the first print head and the second print head is started even when one of the temperature of the first print head and the temperature of the second print head is lower than the reference temperature. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135381 | PRINTING APPARATUS - This invention has been made to judge the discharge state of each nozzle accurately at an appropriate timing. For this purpose, an apparatus using a printhead including a heater and a temperature sensor has the following arrangement. A temporal change in a detected temperature is monitored upon driving the printhead. During the temperature drop, temperatures are extracted at plural points of a time interval including a timing at which a feature point of the temporal change in the detected temperature in normal discharge appears. The second derivative of the temperature is calculated and added to obtain a total sum and intermediate sum. The total sum is compared with predetermined first and second thresholds to judge whether to normally discharge ink. If normal discharge or discharge failure is uncertain, the intermediate sum is compared with a third threshold for final judgment. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135382 | INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink set includes a white ink jet pigment ink and a non-white ink jet pigment ink containing a diene copolymer. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135383 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD FOR RECORDING PATTERN LAYER AND WHITE OVERLAYING LAYER ON LONGITUDINAL SHEET - The present invention relates to an ink jet recording method for recording a white overlaying layer and a non-white pattern layer to a recording medium, printed matters obtained by the recording method, and systems for realizing the recording method thereof. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135384 | PHOTOCURABLE INK COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING - A photocurable ink composition for ink jet recording includes a metallic pigment, a polymerizable compound, and a polymerization initiator. The metallic pigment is a plate-like particle composed of a laminate including a metal or alloy layer and at least one selected from a resin layer and a silicon oxide layer. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135385 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet head is provided with an ejection surface on which first and second ejection regions having a plurality of ejection openings ejecting different colors of ink are formed in proximity to each other or to partially overlap each other. A first wiping operation in which, after ink is forcibly ejected only from the first ejection region, the first ejection region is wiped by relative movement of the wiping member in a direction from the second ejection region toward the first ejection region, and a second wiping operation in which, after ink is forcibly ejected only from the second ejection region, the second ejection region is wiped by relative movement of the wiping member in a direction from the first ejection region toward the second ejection region are selectively performed. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135386 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharge head including a discharge surface, a receiving surface which receives discharged liquid, a wiper which wipes the receiving surface, a moving device which moves the wiper, a cleaning device which cleans the wiper, and a control device which controls the moving device to move the wiper while contacting the receiving surface, from a wiping start position at one end of the receiving surface to a wiping end position at the other end and to move the wiper from a cleaning position to the wiping start position. The cleaning position is located at an opposite side to the wiping end position with respect to the wiping start position, and a distance from the cleaning position to the wiping start position is smaller than a distance from the wiping end position to the wiping start position. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135387 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including a head including a nozzle surface having a plurality of liquid discharge holes formed thereon, the nozzle surface being directed downward, a liquid receiving part including a liquid receiving surface directed downward to oppose the nozzle surface and configured to receive liquid discharged from the liquid discharge holes, a base, a first blade attached to the base with a tip end thereof being directed upward to wipe the nozzle surface, a second blade attached to the base with a tip end thereof being directed downward to wipe the liquid receiving surface, and a moving mechanism configured to move the base in a predetermined advancing direction between the head and the liquid receiving part. The base is provided with a prevention structure configured to prevent the liquid wiped off by the first blade flowing to the second blade. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135388 | Inkjet Recording Apparatus - An image forming device may include a contact member and a support member configured to support a recording portion. In one or more arrangements, the contact member may be disposed on the support member and include a contact portion configured to contact a sheet being conveyed. In some examples, the support member may include a carriage frame. Additionally or alternatively, the image forming device may include a platen having a plurality of ribs. In one or more examples, the ribs may be configured to form a corrugated shape in a sheet in conjunction with the contact member. Still further, one or more of the ribs and the contact member may be movable. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135389 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - There is provided an ink jet recording apparatus which includes a recording portion, and a contact portion configured to come into contact with an upper surface of the sheet. The contact portion has a storage portion provided on a side of the recording portion and configured to store an ink, and a protruding portion is provided between both ends in a width direction intersecting the transporting direction of the storage portion, and which is protruded toward the recording section, and an upper end of the protruding portion is the highest in the contact portion. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135390 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE - A supporting section is disposed to confront an ejection surface and supports a recording medium. A first tank is mounted on a first-tank mount section. A liquid conveying section conveys liquid to a liquid ejecting head. A receiving section receives liquid ejected from the liquid ejecting head. A waste-liquid conveying section conveys liquid to the waste-liquid tank. A first casing holds the liquid ejecting head, the first-tank mount section, and the liquid conveying section. A second casing holds the supporting section, the receiving section, the waste-liquid tank, and the waste-liquid conveying section. The first casing is connected with the second casing such that the first casing is movable relative to the second casing. The first casing takes a first position at which the ejection surface confronts the supporting section and a second position at which the ejection surface is farther away from the supporting section than at the first position. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135391 | MULTI-FILM ADHESIVE DESIGN FOR INTERFACIAL BONDING PRINTHEAD STRUCTURES - In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, a printhead assembly arranged to dispense ultraviolet curable ink or gel ink and method thereof is disclosed. The printhead assembly includes a plurality of functional plates stacked together; a first adhesive layer arranged between adjacent functional plates to provide bonding between the plates; and a second adhesive layer arranged between adjacent function plates to provide chemical resistance to the ultraviolet curable ink or the gel ink. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135392 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING NOZZLES - A printing apparatus includes a first nozzle substrate having a first tapered nozzle unit aligned with a pressure chamber and a second nozzle substrate having a second tapered nozzle unit aligned with the first tapered nozzle unit and attached to the bottom of the first nozzle substrate. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135393 | Image Recording Apparatus - An image recording apparatus for recording an image on a sheet includes a recording section which records the image on the sheet in a transport passage for transporting the sheet in a transport direction; and a plurality of holding members which are provided while being separated from each other in a widthwise direction of the transport passage perpendicular to the transport direction and which press the sheet transported along the transport passage, from at least one of front and back surfaces of the sheet. At lease one holding member, which is provided at a central portion in the widthwise direction of the transport passage, is arranged on a downstream side in the transport direction as compared with the other holding members. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135394 | INKJET RECORDING HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INKJET RECORDING HEAD - An inkjet recording head includes: plural element substrates from which ink is ejected; and a flexible wiring substrate which includes a first wiring area, a second wiring area and a bending portion, the first wiring area including plural openings in which the element substrates are placed and which includes, in the periphery thereof, electrode terminals electrically connected to the element substrates, and the bending portion being bent between the first wiring area and the second wiring area. The flexible wiring substrate includes a slit which extends between the plural openings and reaches the bending portion or a position further than the bending portion from an end portion of the flexible wiring substrate on the side on which the first wiring area is provided, at a position opposite to the bending portion. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135395 | SILICON SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND INKJET PRINT HEAD - There is provided a silicon substrate including: a first connection part connected to a manifold and having a first width of a first size; a second connection part connected to a pressure chamber and having a second width of a second size; and a restrictor part connecting the first connection part to the second connection part and having a third width of a third size smaller than the first size or the second size, wherein a boundary part connecting the restrictor part to the first connection part or the restrictor part to the second connection part is formed to be curved. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135396 | INKJET PRINT HEAD - There is provided an inkjet print head, including: a first substrate in which a first restrictor and a pressure chamber are formed; and a second substrate in which a manifold, a second restrictor, and a nozzle are formed, wherein the first restrictor is connected to the manifold and the second restrictor, and the second restrictor is connected to the first restrictor and the pressure chamber. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135397 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - When a non-aqueous ink having a high density is used, a physical quantity defined as “density/viscosity” is equal to or more than a reference value, and therefore printing on a recording sheet is performed using a drive signal with a waveform for suppressing a residual vibration of the ink. Likewise, as to an ink having a low density, when the viscosity of the ink is low, the physical quantity is equal to or more than the reference value, and therefore printing on a recording sheet is performed using the drive signal with a waveform for suppressing a residual vibration of the ink. On the contrary, when the physical quantity is less than the reference value, printing on a recording sheet is performed using the drive signal with a normal waveform. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135398 | Ink jet recording apparatus and nozzle recovery method - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a common liquid chamber and a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge ink supplied from the common liquid chamber using generation of bubbles, and a recovery unit configured to perform recovery processing on the plurality of nozzles, wherein the recovery unit performs the recovery processing while the recovery unit changes a distribution of flow velocity of the ink flowing from the common liquid chamber to the plurality of nozzles by generating bubbles within apart of the nozzles among the plurality of nozzles. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135399 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, INKJET HEAD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided a piezoelectric actuator, an inkjet head assembly, and a method of manufacturing the same. The piezoelectric actuator includes: upper and lower electrodes providing driving voltage; and a piezoelectric substance formed between the upper and lower electrodes through solidifying a liquid piezoelectric substance, and providing driving force to ink in each of a plurality of pressure chambers provided in an inkjet head, wherein the piezoelectric substance includes a plurality of branch portions individually provided on an upper portion of each of the plurality of pressure chambers and a large area portion integrally provided while being connected to each of the plurality of branch portions at one ends of the plurality of branch portions. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135400 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element includes a plurality of individual electrodes, a piezoelectric layer formed on each of individual electrodes, and a common electrode which is formed on the piezoelectric layer and is an electrode common to the individual electrodes. Further, a protection film covering a region, which is not covered by the common electrode on the individual electrode, is provided. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135401 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, a liquid supply control processor controls to detect and store a difference amount corresponding to a displacement amount of a displacing member between a position detected by a first sensor and another position detected by a second sensor: measure a consumed liquid amount; start the liquid supply upon the consumed liquid amount reaching a predetermined threshold so as to supply the difference amount after the first sensor has detected the displacing member; and stop the liquid supply when the first sensor does not detect the displacing member before a preset predetermined time has passed. The control processor controls the image forming apparatus such that, when the liquid supply is performed without using the second sensor, using a first and second predetermined threshold times and the first threshold time is set longer than the second threshold time. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135402 | NEGATIVE-PRESSURE INK CARTRIDGE REFILLING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention relates to a negative-pressure ink cartridge refilling device, system and method. The device comprises an ink container used to store ink, an ink injection channel, an aspirator and a suction channel communicated with the ink container, wherein one end of the ink injection channel is an ink inlet end while the other end is an ink outlet end connected with the ink cartridge to be refilled; a sucking opening connected with the aspirator is formed on the suction channel; and the inlet end is disposed above the ink level surface of the ink container. Therefore, the ink in the ink container cannot be overflowed via the ink injection channel regardless of the environmental factors, and thus the technical problem that the phenomenon of ink splash tends to occur when the traditional negative-pressure ink cartridge refilling device is used by a user for the first time can be solved. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135403 | PRINTING SYSTEM STRUCTURES - A liquid ink container having mating features for self alignment with an ink delivery station. The ink delivery station includes a receiver with an actuated puncture ring. The liquid ink container includes a cap that is punctured by the ring to allow fluid flow from the container. The receiver and container also include means for introducing pressurized gas into the container to facilitate evacuation of liquid ink. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135404 | AIR EXTRACTION MOMENTUM PUMP FOR INKJET PRINTHEAD - An ink chamber for an inkjet printer is fluidically connected to the ejector die and includes an air accumulation chamber with an air vent opening and a mass movable along the air accumulation chamber toward and away from the air vent opening. A one-way valve covers the air vent opening, is outside the air accumulation chamber, and includes a flapper valve having a free end. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135405 | AIR EXTRACTION MOMENTUM METHOD - A method of printing using a carriage with an ink container and an ejector die mounted thereon, the ink container includes a vent hole for removing air from the ink container. Air is extracted from the ink container by moving a mass within the ink container toward the vent hole, wherein said movement of the mass toward the vent hole is generated by momentum forces arising in the mass from the back and forth movement of the carriage. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135406 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE - A liquid ejecting head is accommodated in a first casing. A supporting section is accommodated in a second casing. The first casing is pivotally movable relative to the second casing about a predetermined axis. Pivotal movement allows the first casing to take a first position at which an ejection surface confronts the supporting section and a second position at which the ejection surface is farther away from the supporting section than at the first position. The predetermined axis is closer to a first side surface than to a second side surface, and extends in parallel with the first side surface. The second side surface is formed with: a first opening through which a first medium tray is inserted or removed; a second opening through which a first tank is inserted or removed; and a third opening through which a waste-liquid tank is inserted or removed. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135407 | TARGET TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A target transport apparatus includes a transport roller pair that has a plurality of segmented roller members disposed at intervals in a width direction that intersects with a transport direction of continuous paper and that imparts a transport force on the continuous paper by the segmented roller members pinching the continuous paper; and an image capturing unit, disposed in a location that corresponds to a pinched area in the width direction of the continuous paper that is pinched by the segmented roller members and to the pinched area along the transport direction, that detects, without making contact with the continuous paper, an amount by which the continuous paper is transported by the transport roller pair. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135408 | PRINTING APPARATUS - There is provided a printing apparatus capable of improving total throughput of color measurement and preventing damage to a printed image. Therefore a colorimetric housing | 2013-05-30 |
20130135409 | Inkjet Recording Apparatus - An image forming apparatus may include a mechanism for forming a corrugated shape in a sheet to be conveyed. The mechanism may include various components include one or more pressing portions, one or more ribs, one or more discharge rollers, a switching mechanism and the like. In one arrangement, ribs and pressing portions configured to create the corrugated shape may be disposed at various locations upstream or downstream of the platen, recording portion and/or nozzles thereof. In one example, pressing portions may be disposed both upstream and downstream of the nozzles of the recording portion to maintain a corrugated shape in the conveyed sheet. Various other configurations may be used. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135410 | Image Recording Apparatus - An image recording apparatus includes a recording section which is provided over a transport passage for transporting a sheet in a transport direction and which has nozzles for discharging an ink onto the sheet; a platen which is provided under the recording section with the transport passage intervening therebetween and which has a plurality of ribs provided to support the sheet while being separated from each other in a widthwise direction of the transport passage perpendicular to the transport direction, the respective ribs protruding upwardly and extending in the transport direction; and a plurality of holding members which are provided to be positioned between the plurality of ribs in the widthwise direction of the transport passage over the platen on an upstream side in the transport direction from the nozzles and which abut against an upper surface of the sheet and press the sheet toward the platen. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135411 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a first transporting portion provided in a first transport path; a support member configured to support the sheet; a recording portion; a plurality of contact portions configured to come into contact with the sheet; a plurality of support ribs; a second transporting portion provided in a second transport path connected with the first transport path; and a third transporting portion configured to sandwich and transport the sheet in the first transporting direction or toward the second transport path. On the upstream side to the second transporting portion in the second transporting direction, a projecting portion is formed with the upper guide member to project toward the lower guide member below a virtual line linking a nip position of the sheet due to the third transporting portion with another nip position of the sheet due to the second transporting portion. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135412 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a transporting roller; a driven roller provided opposite the transporting roller to sandwich the recording medium between the driven roller and the transporting roller, while moving in an approaching-departuring direction based on a thickness of the recording medium; a first biasing member biasing the driven roller to the transporting roller; a platen; a recording portion configured to jet ink droplets from nozzles; and a cooperative portion moving along with the movement of the driven roller in the approaching-departuring direction to move the platen. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135413 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus and Platen Apparatus - There is provided an ink jet recording apparatus including: a platen, a contact portion disposed between a pair of first ribs of the plurality of first ribs with respect to a scanning direction. A lower end of the contact portion is located lower than each upper end of the pair of first ribs. The platen includes a second rib disposed between one first rib of the pair of first ribs and the contact portion with respect to the scanning direction, and an upper end of the second rib is located lower than the upper end of the one first rib of the pair of first ribs and higher than the lower end of the contact portion. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135414 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - Disclosed is an image forming device including a carriage including recording heads and sub-tanks; a platen having a conveyance surface; flexible tubes for supplying liquids to the sub-tanks, the flexible tubes being extended along a main scanning direction above the platen, wherein extended portions of the flexible tubes are folded at middle portions of extended portions in the main scanning direction; first and second tube guides that support the folded extended portions of the flexible tubes, wherein the flexible tubes are arranged in a height direction, wherein the first tube guide is disposed at a position higher than that of the second tube guide, and wherein the tubes are supported by a thin plate-like sheet member formed of an elastic material. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135415 | TENSION MODULE FOR WIDE FORMAT INKJET PRINTERS - Systems and methods for wide format ink printing are described. In one embodiment, a tension module for wide format inkjet printers is described which includes a throughput roller comprising a material having a length to diameter ratio of at least 10:1 and a friction coefficient value less than 1. The tension module further includes a plurality of pinch rollers adjacent to and supporting the throughput roller, and a motor operable to rotate the throughput roller. The plurality of pinch rollers and the rotation of the throughput roller in combination are operable to draw the print medium between the plurality of pinch rollers and the throughput roller. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135416 | ARRANGEMENT TO PRINT TO STRIP-LIKE PRINT MEDIA - A printing apparatus has a transport module with a moving transport belt tht transports strip-like print media past a printhead for printing thereon. The transport module has an entrance region upstream of the printhead, a magazine for the strip-like media located upstream of the entrance region of the transport module, the transport belt also serves as a take-off device to remove the strip-like media from the magazine, the magazine is mounted laterally offset with respect to the transport belt, thereby causing the strip-like media to be captured by the transport belt only in an edge region of the transport belt. The transport belt is wider by the edge region than is precisely needed to transport the strip-like media, in order to print on a remaining region of the strip-like media, which is smaller by the edge region than a total width of said strip-like media. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135417 | THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET - There is provided a thermal transfer sheet that, by virtue of flexibility and heat resistance imparted by a primer layer constituting the thermal transfer sheet, is less likely to be broken even upon exposure to a high level of thermal energy and is highly suitable for high-speed printing. The thermal transfer sheet has a thermally transferable colorant layer provided on one surface of a base material sheet, and a heat-resistant slipping layer provided on the other surface of the base material sheet through a primer layer. The primer layer contains at least a polyvinyl alcohol resin and a crosslinking agent. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135418 | OPEN-CLOSE COVER ASSEMBLY OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An open-close cover assembly of an image forming apparatus capable of maintaining an open angle of an open-close cover even when sheets of large quantity are stacked on the cover and preventing the cover and an apparatus main unit from being damaged even when the cover is applied with an excessive force acting in a cover opening direction. When the cover is in open state, first stopper portions of the cover are engaged with first receiving portions of the main unit, thereby maintaining the cover open angle. When an excessive force is applied to the cover, shaft portions of the main unit are disengaged from bearing portions of the cover through openings formed in the bearing portions after the first stopper portions have been disengaged from the first receiving portions and second stopper portions of the cover have been engaged with second receiving portions of the main unit. | 2013-05-30 |
20130135419 | LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light scanning apparatus, including: a light source; a light deflector configured to deflect a light beam emitted from the light source to scan a photosensitive member; an optical member configured to guide the light beam the photosensitive member; a housing configured to contain the light source, the light deflector, and the optical member; a cover member configured to be attached to a side wall of the housing so as to keep dust out of the light scanning apparatus; and an elastic member having a first abutment portion which is attached to the cover member and is elastically deformed by abutting the side wall, and a second abutment portion which is elastically deformed to abut the side wall according to elastic deformation of the first abutment portion when the cover member is attached to the housing. | 2013-05-30 |