39th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110234677 | CORRECTION VALUE ACQUISITION METHOD, CORRECTION VALUE ACQUISITION PROGRAM, AND LIQUID EJECTION RECORDING APPARATUS - A correction value acquisition method includes: forming parts of a test pattern and a linear scale on a medium of which a length in a predetermined direction is shorter than a length of the test pattern in the predetermined direction; detecting positions of the scales of the linear scale from image data obtained by reading the test pattern and the linear scale; obtaining a read density of the image data; and calculating a correction value based on the read density. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234678 | Pressure damper, liquid jet head, liquid jet apparatus, and pressure damping method - Provided is a pressure damper, capable of reliably suppressing change in discharge amount of ink due to pressure fluctuation. The pressure damper includes: a recess portion ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110234679 | INK SET FOR INK JET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an ink set for ink jet containing a fixing agent liquid including an acidic precipitant and a cationic polymer that is a copolymer of epihalohydrin and amine; and an ink including a self-dispersing pigment and a first anionic polymer in an aqueous medium wherein the first anionic polymer is insoluble in the aqueous medium, and a method of forming an image using the ink set for ink jet. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234680 | RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INK SET - [Object] To provide a recording method by which the occurrence of bleeding and repelling in a cured layer can be suppressed during overprinting. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234681 | PHOTOCURABLE INK COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING, INK JET RECORDING, AND RECORDED MATERIAL - A photocurable ink composition for ink jet recording contains: a cholesteric liquid crystal polymer; a polymerizable compound; and a photopolymerization initiator. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234682 | AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION AND PRINTING PROCESS BY INK JET RECORDING SYSTEM USING THE COMPOSITION - The aqueous ink composition according to the invention includes at least a water-insoluble coloring agent, a glycol ether having an HLB value calculated by a Davies' method in the range of 4.2 to 8.0, a 1,2-alkyldiol having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, resin particles, and water. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234683 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDED MATTER - An ink jet recording method includes discharging droplets of an aqueous ink composition containing a coloring agent onto a non- or low-ink-absorbent recording medium as a first process and discharging droplets of a clear ink composition containing glycol ether at a content ratio in the range of 3 mass % to 10 mass %, inclusive, and a resin component but containing no coloring agent onto the recording medium as a second process. The first and second processes are performed in a single operation, and the droplets of the aqueous ink composition discharged in the single operation and those of the clear ink composition discharged in the same operation come into contact on the recording medium. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234684 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is an image forming method including applying an ink that forms an image by inkjetting an ink composition containing coloring particles, a water-soluble polymerizable compound, a polymerization initiator and water onto a recording medium in which a base paper, a first layer containing a binder, and a second layer containing a white pigment are layered in this order, and a Cobb water absorption degree on a surface of the first layer placed on the base paper is 5.0 g/m | 2011-09-29 |
20110234685 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus including an ink jet head for ejecting a water-based ink from a nozzle onto a recording medium, wherein the water-based ink contains a fatty acid and a fatty acid potassium or sodium salt with which the fatty acid is emulsified and dispersed in water. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234686 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus including an ink jet head for ejecting a water-based ink while moving at a speed of 0.5 m/s or more relative to a recording medium, wherein the water-based ink contains a fatty acid and a volatile alcohol, the volatile alcohol being used to emulsify the fatty acid and disperse the fatty acid in water and having a higher vapor pressure than water at 20° C. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234687 | Azaphthalocyanines and Their Use in Ink-Jet Printing - Azaphthalocyanine compounds of Formula (1) and salts thereof: wherein: MAzPc represents a azaphthalocyanine nucleus of formula (A): M is 2H, Cu or Ni; each P is independently CH or N; R | 2011-09-29 |
20110234688 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an inkjet ink composition, which is excellent in dispersion stability, discharge reliability and suppression of lowering of liquid repellency of the inkjet head member, and which includes a pigment, a polymer compound, a water soluble organic solvent, a silicon compound and water, the polymer compound including a structural unit represented by Formula (1), a structural unit represented by Formula (2), and a structural unit represented by Formula (3); the water soluble organic solvent being a diol compound including a repetition structure formed from oxyalkylene groups having 2 or 3 carbon atoms; and the silicon compound being selected from the group consisting of colloidal silica and water-soluble alkali metal salts of silicic acid: | 2011-09-29 |
20110234689 | INKJET INK SET, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides a an inkjet ink set including a fixing agent liquid which includes a cationic polymer and an acidic precipitant; and an ink which includes a water-based medium, a pigment having a first anionic polymer covalently bonded thereto, and a second anionic polymer, wherein the second anionic polymer is insoluble in the water-based medium. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234690 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING PROCESS - The invention provides an ink composition including a pigment, water, a polymerizable compound having an acrylamide structure, a polymerization initiator and a wetting agent that is in the form of a solid at a temperature of 25° C. and an atmospheric pressure of 1 bar, the wetting agent being included in the ink composition in an amount of from 0.01% by mass to 400% by mass with respect to the polymerizable compound having an acrylamide structure. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234691 | PAGEWIDTH PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE FACILITY HAVING FLUID DRAINAGE - A printhead maintenance facility is provided having a storage reservoir for storing fluid ejected by a printhead, and a core movable relative to the printhead. The core has an internal structure defining the storage reservoir and having a port in fluid communication with the storage reservoir, and an external structure movable relative to the internal structure and having a drain movable into registration with the port to establish fluid communication between the drain and storage reservoir. The printhead is pagewidth and the internal and external structures are at least as long as the pagewidth. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234692 | MAINTENANCE LIQUID FOR INK JET RECORDING, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAINTENANCE LIQUID FOR INK JET RECORDING, INK SET FOR INK JET RECORDING, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides a maintenance liquid for ink jetting, the maintenance liquid including: water and an organic solvent having an ether bond, a content of the organic solvent being from 15% by mass to 40% by mass with respect to maintenance liquid, and a concentration of peroxide in the maintenance liquid being 0.1 mmol/L or lower; a method of manufacturing the above maintenance liquid for ink jetting, the method including a process for mixing water and the organic solvent having an ether bond; and a process for purifying by distilling in advance the organic solvent having an ether bond that is used in the mixing; an ink set for ink jetting including: the maintenance liquid for ink jetting and an aqueous ink composition having a pH of from 7.0 to 10.0; and an image forming method that uses the ink set for ink jetting. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234693 | NOZZLE SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS AND DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS - A nozzle surface cleaning apparatus is configured to clean a nozzle surface of a droplet ejection head in which the nozzle surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane. The nozzle surface cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning liquid deposition device which deposits cleaning liquid on the nozzle surface while moving relatively to the nozzle surface in a direction perpendicular to a direction of inclination of the nozzle surface; and an excess cleaning liquid removal device which removes excess cleaning liquid adhering to a lower edge portion of the nozzle surface in terms of the direction of inclination, while moving relatively to the nozzle surface in the direction perpendicular to the direction of inclination of the nozzle surface, the excess cleaning liquid being a part of the cleaning liquid deposited by the cleaning liquid deposition device. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234694 | CONTROL METHOD FOR A FLUID EJECTION DEVICE, AND A FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - A control method for a fluid ejection device and a fluid ejection device reliably eliminate dropped dots while reducing consumption of ink droplets ejected from the nozzles. A fluid ejection device that performs at least one of a cleaning operation that suctions fluid from the nozzles and a wiping operation that wipes the nozzle surface when dropped dots occur determines if an elimination history of removing dropped dots by the wiping operation is stored when dropped dots are detected as a result of testing for dropped dots and determining if dropped dots occur. When a history of eliminating dropped dots by means of a wiping operation is not stored, the fluid ejection device performs the wiping operation. When a history of eliminating dropped dots by means of a wiping operation remains in memory, the cleaning operation is performed without the wiping operation. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234695 | INK JET RECORDING DEVICE - An ink jet recording device is provided which includes an ink jet head which has a nozzle surface where a plurality of nozzle opening ends are arranged and which ejects water-based ink from the nozzles to a recording medium and a wiping device that executes a wiping operation where the nozzle surface and a wiping member are brought into contact and the nozzle surface is wiped, where oleic acid and a dispersant for dispersing the oleic acid into water by emulsifying the oleic acid are added to the water-based ink. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234696 | DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS - A droplet ejection apparatus includes: a droplet ejection head which includes a nozzle surface having a non-nozzle forming region and a nozzle forming region of a prescribed width in a prescribed direction, a nozzle row being formed in the nozzle forming region; and a nozzle surface cleaning apparatus which cleans the nozzle surface of the droplet ejection head and includes: a wiping device which presses a wiping member having absorbency against the nozzle surface and wipes the nozzle surface with the wiping member by moving the wiping member relatively in the prescribed direction with respect to the nozzle surface; and a sweeping device which sweeps excess liquid from the non-nozzle forming region before the wiping member wipes the nozzle surface, by pressing a sweeping member having elasticity against the non-nozzle forming region and moving the sweeping member relatively in the prescribed direction with respect to the nozzle surface. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234697 | INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF DESIGNING SAME AND METHOD OF IMPROVING IMAGE FORMATION QUALITY - An inkjet image forming apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head having an ejection surface in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged two-dimensionally; a scanning device which conveys at least one of the liquid ejection head and an image formation receiving medium on which liquid ejected from the plurality of nozzles is deposited, to cause relative movement between the image formation receiving medium and the liquid ejection head in a first direction; a motor which is a driving source for driving the scanning device; and a drive force transmission mechanism which transmits drive force generated by the motor to the scanning device, wherein: in a case where rotational non-uniformity can occur Nm times for each revolution of the motor (where Nm is a natural number), and when Pv represents a spatial period representing an amount of the relative movement in the first direction on the image formation receiving medium corresponding to 1/Nm revolution of the motor, and when OSy represents an offset distance in the first direction of a pair of nozzles which form dots that are mutually adjacent in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on the image formation receiving medium, of the plurality of nozzles arranged two-dimensionally, then relationship of OSy≈k×Pv (where k is a natural number) is satisfied. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234698 | LIQUID JET HEAD, LIQUID JET RECORDER AND METHOD FOR FILLING LIQUID JET HEAD WITH LIQUID - A liquid jet head including: an opening and closing mechanism for, in an open state, opening a wall portion release opening ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110234699 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A printer includes a printing head having nozzle rows formed from a plurality of nozzles, in which the nozzles for ejecting the ink in the Z-axis direction are discretely arranged in the Y-axis direction; a linear absorbing member which is spaced apart from the nozzles at a predetermined distance in the Z-axis direction, is tensed in the Y-axis direction, and has a ink receiving region capable of receiving the ink with the predetermined width in the X-axis direction; and the moving mechanism which moves the absorbing member to the flushing position in which the nozzle row and the ink receiving region to be opposed to each other in the Z-axis direction, and in which the nozzle row and the center line of the absorbing member are differently positioned in the X-axis direction, when preliminary ejecting the ink from the nozzle rows. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234700 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a plurality of head bodies each having a nozzle plate, a flow channel forming substrate having a plurality of pressure generating chambers that communicate with the plurality of nozzles and a manifold that communicates with the plurality of pressure generating chambers, and pressure generating, and a fixation plate having an exposure aperture formed so that the plurality of nozzles are exposed therethrough and on which the plurality of head bodies are fixedly positioned, wherein the edges of the exposure aperture formed on the fixation plate are located in a region opposite the manifold, and a depression is formed on a side of the fixation plate facing the nozzle plate by depressing the edges of the exposure aperture in the region opposite the manifold. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234701 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Concave portions are provided at both side faces of the reinforcing plate in the juxtaposition direction of the actuators on a discharge face side in which the nozzle orifices are opened. Second exposed portions, in which corner portions that include the discharge face sides of convex portions formed by the concave portions and the side faces of the reinforcing plate are exposed, are provided at both side faces of the case in the juxtaposition direction of the actuators. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234702 | CAPACITIVE LOAD DRIVING DEVICE AND FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - A capacitive load driving device includes a drive waveform generator adapted to generate a drive waveform signal, a subtraction section adapted to output a differential signal between the drive waveform signal and two feedback signals, a modulator adapted to perform pulse modulation on the differential signal to obtain a modulated signal; a digital power amplifier adapted to power-amplify the modulated signal to obtain an amplified digital signal, a low pass filter including an inductor and a capacitor, and adapted to smooth the amplified digital signal to obtain a drive signal of a capacitive load, a first feedback circuit adapted to feedback the drive signal to the subtraction section as a first feedback signal, and a second feedback circuit adapted to set forward a phase of the drive signal and to feed back the drive signal to the subtraction section as a second feedback signal. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234703 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A liquid discharge head includes a substrate including a plurality of nozzle arrays formed by arranging nozzles having heat generating elements generating thermal energy for discharging a liquid, and a plurality of common liquid chambers formed along the plurality of nozzle arrays and supplies the liquid to the plurality of nozzle arrays, the substrate being divided into a plurality of substrate portions by the plurality of common liquid chambers. The substrate includes a first substrate portion having a first nozzle array among the plurality of nozzle arrays and a second substrate portion having a second nozzle array different from the first nozzle array and a thermal capacity larger than that of the first substrate portion, and a heating area of the first heat generating element provided in the first nozzle array is smaller than that of the second heat generating element provided in the second nozzle array. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234704 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - The piezoelectric element includes a first electrode disposed on a substrate, a piezoelectric material layer disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric material layer, and a protective film covering at least a side surface of the piezoelectric material layer. The side surface of the piezoelectric material layer has a plurality of grooves extending along the direction from the second electrode toward the first electrode. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234705 | INK JET HEAD AND INK JET DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An ink jet head and an ink jet device having the same are provided, which include an ink supply path supplied with ink from an ink inlet port, an ink discharge path configured to discharge the ink to an ink discharge port, an ink chamber provided to communicate with the ink supply path and the ink discharge path and having a nozzle configured to discharge the ink, and a piezoelectric actuator operable to apply pressure to the ink within the ink chamber by displacement of a vibrating plate of the ink chamber, wherein the piezoelectric actuator is arranged through the vibrating plate of the ink chamber and an island member, the island member is disposed to extend between the ink supply path and the ink discharge path, and a length W | 2011-09-29 |
20110234706 | INK-JET APPARATUS - An ink-jet apparatus includes an ink supply flow path, an ink discharge flow path, and an ink flow path connecting them, in which piezoelectric elements are provided in the ink flow path having at least one turn part, the piezoelectric elements are arranged to be opposed to the ink flow path and are provided upstream of the turn part in the ink flow path and downstream of the turn part in the ink flow path, and a nozzle is provided between the piezoelectric element and the turn part in the ink flow path. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234707 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element including a first electrode serving as an individual electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode serving as a common electrode is attached on a face of a flow path substrate via a vibrating plate. A piezoelectric active portion defined by the first electrode and the second electrode serving as a substantial driver of the piezoelectric element is provided in a region opposing the pressure chamber. An opening formed by removing the second electrode and the piezoelectric layer is provided in a region of the piezoelectric element opposing the partition wall. A wiring electrode and the second electrode provided on the flow path substrate are connected via a common lead electrode provided on the piezoelectric active portion, and the common lead electrode is provided at least on the partition wall inside the opening. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234708 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode includes a first electroconductive layer having a first surface at the piezoelectric layer side and a second electroconductive layer having a second surface at the first surface side. The second electroconductive layer mainly contains lanthanum nickelate and is disposed on the first surface. The first electrode, the piezoelectric layer and the second electrode overlap with each other when viewed in the direction of the normal to the first surface to form an overlap portion acting as a driving portion. At least part of the second electroconductive layer is disposed within the sides of the first surface within the driving portion, and the second surface has a smaller area than the first surface within the driving portion. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234709 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes an ink jet recording head body that ejects ink and a head formed of a resin with a reinforcement member integrally molded therein and having a housing, wherein the head includes a groove in which a part of the reinforcement member is exposed to the bottom surface, and a liquid hold that holds ink and is disposed at the lower end of the groove in the vertical direction. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234710 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid ejecting head in which a surface layer of a vibration plate at the side of a flow path formation substrate is formed by an insulating film made of zirconium oxide and a protection film made of a material which is resistant to liquid is provided on a surface of the flow path formation substrate so as to cover wall surfaces of liquid flow paths. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234711 | WHITE INK DELIVERY - A method for white ink delivery includes circulating white ink through a white ink delivery system between successive print jobs; and in response to a time interval between two of the successive print jobs being greater than a threshold time interval, draining the white ink from the white ink delivery system. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234712 | Inkjet head assembly - Provided is an inkjet head assembly capable of reducing the generation of air bubbles during ink injection by using a guide formed inside an ink tank. The inkjet head assembly includes an ink tank including an ink inlet through which ink is injected from the outside, and storing ink injected through the ink inlet, an inkjet head connected with the ink tank through an ink supply channel, receiving ink from the ink tank and discharging the received ink, and a guide disposed inside the ink tank and guiding ink, injected through the ink inlet, to an inner surface of the ink tank. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234713 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid-ejecting head for ejecting a liquid, a tank for storing the liquid to be supplied to the liquid-ejecting head, and a liquid supply portion configured to supply the liquid from the tank to the liquid-ejecting head, wherein the tank includes an inner wall structure which is enclosed within an outer wall of the tank and which defines therein an inner liquid flow space which communicates with the liquid supply portion and through which the liquid is supplied from the liquid supply portion to the liquid-ejecting head. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234714 | INK JET PRINTER - An ink jet printer has an ink circulation unit including an image recording unit to discharge ink to perform image recording on a recording medium; a first tank disposed above the image recording unit in a gravitational force direction to supply the ink to the image recording unit through a first ink path; a second tank disposed below the image recording unit in the gravitational force direction to collect the ink that was not discharged from the image recording unit through the second ink path; a pump to send the ink from the second tank to the first tank through a third ink path, and at least a part of the first ink path connecting the first tank and the image recording unit is positioned below an ink liquid level in the second tank in the gravitational force direction. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234715 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Ink is transported to the transporting passage side by circulating the ink from inside to the outside of the coil spring. When foreign materials are mixed within ink, the foreign materials can be captured in the gaps of the windings of the coil spring. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234716 | LIQUID CARTRIDGE AND LIQUID SUPPLYING DEVICE - A liquid cartridge detachably loadable in a cartridge loading section of a liquid supplying device is provided. The liquid cartridge includes: a main body defining therewithin a liquid accommodation chamber storing liquid therein, the liquid accommodation chamber having a light-transmission portion transmitting light therethrough; a moving member disposed within the liquid accommodation chamber and configured to move in accordance with an amount of the liquid; a light outlet configured to move in conjunction with the movement of the moving member; and a light guiding portion configured to guide incident light toward the light outlet, the light outlet irradiating light coming from the light guiding portion outside of the main body via the light-transmission portion. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234717 | SET OF CARTRIDGES AND PRINTER - A set of cartridges includes a first cartridge including a first tank, wherein a liquid level in the first tank is at a first position when an amount of liquid stored in the first tank is a predetermined amount, and a second cartridge including a second tank, wherein a liquid level in the second tank is at a second position which is below the first position when an amount of liquid stored in the second tank is the predetermined amount. The first cartridge is configured such that a light-blocking portion moves out of a detection region when the liquid level in the first tank lowers and reaches the first position, and the second cartridge is configured such that a light-blocking portion moves out of the detection region when the liquid level in the second tank lowers and reaches the second position. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234718 | LIQUID CONTAINER - The liquid container has a fixing lever, a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, and a corner. The fixing lever engages with a designated portion of the liquid consuming device, thereby fixing the liquid container in the liquid consuming device. The fixing lever is provided on the first surface. A liquid supply port for supplying liquid to the liquid consuming device is provided on the second surface. The third surface corresponds to a surface facing opposite the second surface or to a top surface of the liquid container in a state with the liquid container mounted on the liquid consuming device. The corner has a cutout in contact with the first surface and the third surface. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234719 | LIQUID CONTAINER AND LIQUID-CONSUMING DEVICE - A liquid container including a liquid chamber formed to have a flexible member as its one part enables highly accurate detection of the remaining volume of a liquid contained in the liquid chamber. An ink cartridge | 2011-09-29 |
20110234720 | Multi-Part Form Made Using Single Pass/Single Web Manufacturing Process - A method is disclosed for manufacturing a multi-part form (MPF) in a single pass process wherein at least some of plurality of parts of the MPF may include variable data such as a serial number, tracking number or barcode. One disclosed method may include passing a single web through a plurality of print-heads wherein each of the plurality of print-heads prints a top or bottom side of a different part of the MPF on a different portion of the web. The copy printed on the parts by the plurality of print-heads may include indicia for the sequence of parts of the MPF. The web may then be passed through a digital printer for the printing of variable data on at least some of the parts. The method may further include passing the web through at least one additional print-head for printing a CF coating on the top surface of one or more parts. The printing of the CF coating on the top surface of the one or more parts preferably does not overlap any variable data. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234721 | ERASING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IDENTIFYING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a recording medium identifying device includes: a sensor set downstream in a recording medium conveying direction of a heating device and configured to detect reflected light of a recording medium; and a control section configured to calculate a printing ratio of the recording medium and determine, if the printing ratio of the recording medium is equal to or larger than a threshold, that the recording medium is un-reusable. An erasing apparatus includes: the recording medium identifying device; a heating device configured to heat the recording medium to temperature equal to or higher than erasing temperature; a switching mechanism configured to switch a recording medium conveying path; and a disposal box in which unusable recording media are stored. If the control section determines that the recording medium is un-reusable, the control section controls the switching mechanism and stores the recording medium in the disposal box. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234722 | PIGMENTED INK-JET INKS WITH GLOSS-ENHANCING POLYMERS - An ink-jet ink is disclosed which comprises polymer-dispersed pigment particles in a liquid vehicle, wherein the polymer has an acid number of at least about 175 and comprises polymer molecules having anionic groups and hydrogen bond-forming groups. The anionic groups and the hydrogen bond-forming groups are configured on each of the polymer molecules to permit association of the anionic groups with cationic groups on a print medium, and to also permit the hydrogen bond-forming groups on neighboring polymer molecules to interact pair wise with each other, as the liquid vehicle dries and/or is absorbed into the medium. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234723 | PRINTING SYSTEMS WITH PROGRESSIVE IMAGE TRANSFER AND PROGRESSIVE RADIANT ENERGY EXPOSURE OF IMAGES FOR MULTI-PASS PRINTING, PRINTING APPARATUSES AND CORRESPONDING METHODS - Printing systems, printing apparatuses and methods of forming images on media are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the printing systems includes a rotatable intermediate member including an outer surface on which marking material can be applied by a marking system to form an image via multiple passes of the intermediate member past the marking system; a transport device including a rotatable transport belt having an inlet end and an outlet end, the transport device being movable relative to the outer surface of the intermediate member to engage the transport belt with a medium starting at the inlet end at which a leading edge of the medium enters and progressively increase an engagement zone with the medium toward the outlet end as the leading edge of the medium advances, the outer surface and the transport belt forming an image transfer/curing zone along which the image is transferred from the outer surface to the medium, the image transfer/curing zone increasing in length as the transport belt is progressively engaged with the advancing medium; and a radiating device including a radiant energy source adapted to simultaneously progressively expose the image to radiant energy while the image is being transferred to the medium along the image transfer/curing zone. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234724 | CORRUGATED PRE-CURLER FOR MEDIA HOLD-DOWN TRANSPORT - A system for maintaining depth of focus in an ink jet printer between a series of print heads and corrugated media includes a vacuum transport in combination with a heating element positioned upstream of the series of print heads in order to help the vacuum transport acquire the corrugated media and seal edges of the corrugated media against a platen. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234725 | INK-JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK SET - An ink-jet recording method, having the steps of: ejecting droplets of inks from an orifice of a recording head onto a recording sheet in response to recording signals; and heating the recording sheet to 70° C. or higher before the droplets of the ink land on the recording sheet or at the time of landing thereof, thereby to form a multi-order color image on the recording sheet, in which the inks are two or more kinds of inks that thicken by heating and have different color hues from each other, and the droplets of the inks are ejected in sequence from the ink having the lowest viscosity at 70° C. among the inks. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234726 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet recording method includes recording with an aqueous ink composition on a non-ink-absorbing or low-ink-absorbing recording medium. The aqueous ink composition contains a water-insoluble colorant, water-insoluble thermoplastic resin particles, a surfactant, a first solvent including at least one selected from 2-pyrrolidone and N,N′-dimethylpropylene urea, a second solvent including 1,2-hexanediol, and a third solvent including at least one selected from glycol diethers having a boiling point of 240° C. or more and 280° C. or less. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234727 | INK JET RECORDING PROCESS - Recording onto a non-ink-absorbing or low-ink-absorbing recording medium is performed using an aqueous ink composition containing a first solvent composed of a glycol diether having a boiling point of 150 to 220° C., a second solvent composed of at least one selected from 1,2-hexanediol and 1,2-pentanediol, and a third solvent composed of a glycol having a boiling point of 170 to 220° C. and conducting two drying steps at different heating conditions. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234728 | INK JET RECORDING PROCESS - Recording onto a non-ink-absorbing recording medium is performed using an aqueous ink composition containing a first solvent composed of at least one selected from 2-pyrrolidone, 1,3-dimethyl-imidazolidinone, and N,N′-dimethylpropylene urea, a second solvent composed of at least one selected from 1,2-hexanediol and 1,2-pentanediol, and a third solvent composed of at least one selected from glycol diethers and heating the non-ink-absorbing recording medium at 40 to 60° C. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234729 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BODY FOR TRANSFER INKJET PRINTING AND TRANSFER INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - There is provided an intermediate transfer body for transfer inkjet printing methods in which an image is formed by selectively applying image-forming ink using an inkjet device to the intermediate transfer body and then transferred from the intermediate transfer body to a recording medium to form a transferred image. The intermediate transfer body satisfies the relation E | 2011-09-29 |
20110234730 | MEDIUM CONVEYANCE APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM CONVEYANCE METHOD - A medium conveyance apparatus includes: a medium supporting device having a medium supporting surface which supports a rear surface of a medium opposite to a processing object surface; a gripping device which grips a leading end portion of the medium; a fastening device which fastens at least a non-gripped portion of the medium; a conveyance device which conveys the medium held by at least one of the gripping device and the fastening device to a processing region where a processing is performed to the processing object surface; and a control device which controls the gripping device such that after the gripping device has gripped the leading end portion and before the leading end portion arrives at the processing region, at least a part of the gripping device is temporarily opened and then the part of the gripping device having been opened is closed to grip the leading end portion again. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234731 | RECORDING DEVICE - Paper jams and paper cutting problems are prevented by limiting sideways movement of the recording medium because wrinkles and sags in the recording medium produced by pulling sideways on the recording medium are caught by a notch unit. A recording device that pulls and records on a recording medium that is wound in a roll has a discharge guide unit that forms a discharge path for the recorded recording medium. The discharge guide unit has a discharge guide surface facing a surface of the recording medium, and has a notch unit disposed to the discharge-side end of the discharge guide surface. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234732 | DOT-MATRIX PRINTER - A dot-matrix printer comprises a main frame, a first movable frame, and a second movable frame, wherein the main frame supports a printer head; the first movable frame supports a platen and a first paper feeding roller, and is pivotally connected to one end of the main frame via a first pivot shaft to permit itself to be opened or closed relative to the main frame; the second movable frame supports a second paper feeding roller, and is pivotally connected to the other end of the main frame via a second pivot shaft to permit itself to be opened or closed relative to the main frame; and wherein when the first movable frame and the second movable frame are closed relative to the main frame, the printer head is opposite to the platen to form a printing position; and the first paper feeding roller is tangent to the second paper feeding roller. The dot-matrix printer according to the present invention has two movable frames. The first paper feeding roller and the second paper feeding roller are provided in these two movable frames, respectively. The above movable frames can rotate about the main frame to be opened, avoiding the inconvenience of replacing the ink ribbon and cleaning the printer head in the prior art. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234733 | Multifunctional Peripheral - A multifunctional peripheral includes a main body, an upper unit arranged on the main body, and an opening and closing mechanism connected to the upper unit and the main body. The upper unit moves between a closed position and an open position. The multifunctional peripheral further includes a damping unit including an engaging member configured to move in a predetermined direction and including a spring configured to resiliently urge the engaging member in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction. During a sliding of the slider from the first position to the second position, the slider engages the engaging member at an engaging position on the sliding path and moves the engaging member in the predetermined direction as the slider slides toward the second position, and the slider disengages the engaging member at a disengaging position between the engaging position and the second position such that the slider is released from receiving the force of the spring via the engaging member when the slider is in the second position. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234734 | DRIVING DEVICE, OPTICAL PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - When the cathode of a light emitting thyristor is at the low (L) level, voltage is applied between the anode and cathode of the light emitting thyristor. In addition, because the gate of each thyristor and the gate of each light emitting thyristor are connected to each other in a self scanning circuit | 2011-09-29 |
20110234735 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus includes: a supply unit which supplies a recording medium; a collection unit which collects the recording medium supplied by the supply unit; plural carrying roller pairs which carry the recording medium supplied by the supply unit, toward the collection unit; a detection unit which acquires information about a metallic foreign matter adhering to the recording medium; a heating unit which heats the recording medium to a color erasing temperature of a developer or higher; and a carrying control unit which decelerates a rotation speed of the plural carrying roller pairs from a first speed to a second speed when the information about the metallic foreign matter is acquired by the detection unit. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234736 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DETERMINING FOREIGN MATTER ATTACHED TO RECORDING MEDIUM SUPPLIED TO IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus includes: a supply unit that supplies a recording medium; a recovery unit that recovers the recording medium supplied by the supply unit; a plurality of pairs of carrying rollers that carry the recording medium supplied by the supply unit toward the recovery unit; a detecting unit that acquires information regarding foreign matter made of metal attached to the recording medium; a heating unit that heats the recording medium to a temperature equal to or higher than a color-erasing temperature of a developer; and a carriage control unit that reduces a rotation speed of the plurality of pairs of rollers from a first speed to a second speed when the detecting unit acquires the information regarding the foreign matter made of metal. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234737 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING BEAM DELAYS IN A PRINTING DEVICE - An apparatus ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110234738 | EXPOSURE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING UNIT - The present invention provides an annular exposure device, including:
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20110234739 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light-emitting device includes: light-emitting chips each including light-emitting elements and memory elements corresponding to each other, each memory element memorizing a light-emitting element to light up, each light-emitting chip being capable of lighting up the light-emitting elements in parallel; a unit to transmit an enable signal in common to light-emitting chips belonging to each of M groups obtained by dividing the light-emitting chips, the enable signal enabling selection of light-emitting elements to light up; a unit to transmit a write signal in common to light-emitting chips belonging to each of N classes obtained by dividing the light-emitting chips, the write signal setting memory elements corresponding to the light-emitting elements to light up, to a memory state or not, in the light-emitting chips where the selection is enabled; and a unit to transmit light-up signals for lighting up to light-emitting elements corresponding to memory elements in the memory state. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234740 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT-EMITTING CHIP, PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light-emitting device includes: plural light-emitting chips each having plural light-emitting elements, and each being designated, as a control target for lighting up or not lighting up, by two to Q designation signals (Q is an integer of two or more); and a selection signal generating part that selectively transmits P selection signals (P is an integer of three or more where P>Q) as the designation signals to designate each of the plural light-emitting elements as the control target, the designation signals for each of the plural light-emitting chips including a combination of two to Q selection signals taken from the P selection signals. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234741 | DRIVING CIRCUIT, DRIVING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - Each of a plurality of gate driving parts outputs a first potential (2 V) during a period in which the gates of a plurality of thyristors belonging to the corresponding set are driven (S | 2011-09-29 |
20110234742 | DRIVE DEVICE, PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A drive device to drive a plurality of three-terminal light emitting elements, comprising: a drive circuit including a first MOS transistor and configured to drive conducting three-terminal light emitting elements among a plurality of three-terminal light emitting elements based on a received drive signal. The first MOS transistor includes: a third terminal connected to a second power supply having a potential different from a potential of the first power supply; a fourth terminal connected to the second terminals connected in common, a second control terminal configured to control a conduction state between the third terminal and the fourth terminal based on the drive signal; and a substrate terminal set to have a potential different from the potential of the second power supply in a direction of increasing threshold voltage of the first MOS transistor. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234743 | DRIVE DEVICE, PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A drive device to drive a plurality of three-terminal light emitting elements includes a drive circuit. The drive circuit includes a first and second conductive type MOS transistor complementarily connected to each other and configured to drive three-terminal light emitting elements that are in conduction state based on a received drive signal. The first conductive type MOS transistor is formed in a substrate region and includes a channel formation region, which is a region wherein a channel is to be formed. An impurity with the same polarity as that of the substrate region is injected in the channel formation region. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234744 | LIGHT OSCILLATION DEVICE AND RECORDING DEVICE - A light oscillation device has a self oscillation semiconductor laser that has a double quantum well separated confinement heterostructure made of GaInN/GaN/AlGaN materials and that includes a saturable absorber section which is applied with a negative bias voltage and a gain section into which a gain current is injected, a light separation unit that separates a portion of laser light beams from the self oscillation semiconductor laser, a light sensing element that senses the laser light beams separated by the light separation unit, and a current control circuit which controls a current injected into the gain section of the self oscillation semiconductor laser based on an amount of the laser light beams which are sensed by the light sensing element. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234745 | SOURCE SELECTION FOR CONFERENCE BRIDGES - The present invention provides an audio source selection process for a conference bridge. The conference bridge receives multiple audio sources and selects at least one of the audio sources based on the relative signal levels associated with the audio signal at each of the audio sources. The audio signals associated with the selected source are delivered to conference participants via one or more audio outputs. The conference bridge will repeatedly employ a selection process to select an audio source based on signal level measurements for the audio signals of the audio sources. During the selection process, the influence of a selected audio source relative to the other unselected audio sources is reduced, after the selected audio source has remained selected for more than a first time period. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234746 | CONTROLLING VIDEOCONFERENCE WITH TOUCH SCREEN INTERFACE - A videoconferencing system includes a touch screen display device and a videoconferencing unit. The display device displays video data for the videoconference and generates touch data based on user selections relative to the touch screen. The videoconferencing unit is operatively coupled to the touch screen device by a video connection and a data interface connection, for example. The unit establishes and conducts a videoconference with one or more endpoints via a network. The unit sends video data to the display device and receives touch data from the device. The received touch data is used to control operation of the videoconferencing system. The received touch data can be used to initiate a videoconference call, change an operating parameter, change orientation of a camera, initiate a picture-in-picture display, access a menu, access memory, change a source of video data, initiate a whiteboard display, and access a screen of a connected device. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234747 | Video Conferencing System - A video conferencing system includes a camera and a display within a room. The camera is directed towards participants in a foreground against a background. The room has lighting defining at least foreground luminance. The display defines maximum display luminance, and the display and flare of the room define minimum display luminance. The camera, the display, and/or the room are adapted to provide one or more of the following. First, that the maximum display luminance is greater than the foreground luminance but less than the foreground luminance times a first constant. Second, that the maximum display luminance is greater than the minimum display luminance by more than a second constant. Third, that illumination color of foreground images displayed on the display substantially match illumination color of the foreground. Fourth, that a color of background images displayed on the display substantially matches a color of the background. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234748 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - To provide an image processing device capable of processing so as not to give a viewer a feeling of unnaturalness even when a crash occurs in the frame interpolation processing using motion vectors. It is determined whether there is any input of a vector state (Step S | 2011-09-29 |
20110234749 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND RECORDING TRAFFIC LAW VIOLATION EVENTS - A system for detecting and recording real-time law violations having an array of wide and narrow angled cameras providing a plurality of images of a substantially 360° field of view around a law enforcement unit, a recording unit for recording said images, an analyzing unit for detecting a law violation, a permanent storage unit for permanently storing a plurality of images of a law violation event and a reporting unit for issuing citations. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234750 | Capturing Two or More Images to Form a Panoramic Image - A camera includes a display device, an angular velocity sensor to sense yaw rotation, an acceleration sensor to sense lateral and fore/aft acceleration, a memory to store first and second locations, and a processor. The angular velocity sensor is at the first location and the acceleration sensor is at the second location, and both locations are away from a center of perspective. The processor determines an initial position when an initial image is captured, a target position for capturing a next image, and a current position. The current position is determined from rotation sensed by the angular velocity sensor, acceleration sensed by the acceleration sensor, and the first and second locations. The processor causes a visual indication of the target position and a visual indication of the current position to be rendered on the display device. When the target and current positions are in substantial alignment, the camera automatically captures the next image. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234751 | HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL DISK FOR RECORDING STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO, OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DISK RECORDING DEVICE - An optical disk for recording stereoscopic videos and high-quality video signals and a system for reproducing the videos and signals from the optical disk are made compatible with the conventional video reproducing system. A reproducing device which is used for reproducing stereoscopic videos and high-quality videos obtains stereoscopic video or high-quality videos by reproducing both first and second interleaved blocks on the optical disk in which first and second video signals are alternately recorded on the left and right sides by dividing the first and second video signals into frame groups of one GOP or more and a reproducing device which is not used for reproducing the stereoscopic videos and high-quality videos obtains ordinary videos by only reproducing either the first or second interleaved block by jumping tracks. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234752 | HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL DISK FOR RECORDING STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO, OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DISK RECORDING DEVICE - An optical disk for recording stereoscopic videos and high-quality video signals and a system for reproducing the videos and signals from the optical disk are made compatible with the conventional video reproducing system. A reproducing device which is used for reproducing stereoscopic videos and high-quality videos obtains stereoscopic video or high-quality videos by reproducing both first and second interleaved blocks on the optical disk in which first and second video signals are alternately recorded on the left and right sides by dividing the first and second video signals into frame groups of one GOP or more and a reproducing device which is not used for reproducing the stereoscopic videos and high-quality videos obtains ordinary videos by only reproducing either the first or second interleaved block by jumping tracks. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234753 | SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND DECODING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - A system and a method for encoding and decoding stereoscopic images are described. A stereoscopic image comprises at least two sub-images arranged according to a first configuration and intended for a user's right eye and left eye, respectively. During the video signal post-production stage, a chromatic code is embedded which in adapted to provide information about said configuration. At receiver level, decoding means ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110234754 | COMBINING 3D VIDEO AND AUXILIARY DATA - A three dimensional [3D] video signal ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110234755 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEPTION METHOD CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE, AND DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEPTION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic image comprises: a demultiplexing unit configured to demultiplex a received digital broadcast signal; a PSIP or PSI/SI processor configured to extract extension view video information from the demultiplexed digital broadcast signal; a decoder configured to decode an extension view video stream and a base view video stream from the demultiplexed digital broadcast signal; and an output formatting unit configured to format the extension view video stream and the base view video stream based on the extension view video information. The extension view video information may include at least any one of a relative position relationship between a camera which has generated the extension view video stream and a camera which has generated the base view video stream, the number of the extension view video streams, and information regarding an arrangement structure of the cameras. The relative position relationship may include at least any one of the direction in which the camera, which has generated the extension view video stream, is positioned and the degree of separation in the direction based on the camera which has generated the base view video stream. Accordingly, a signal for a stereoscopic image in a digital broadcast can be checked and processed, so a stereoscopic image can be displayed. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234756 | DE-ALIASING DEPTH IMAGES - Techniques are provided for de-aliasing depth images. The depth image may have been generated based on phase differences between a transmitted and received modulated light beam. A method may include accessing a depth image that has a depth value for a plurality of locations in the depth image. Each location has one or more neighbor locations. Potential depth values are determined for each of the plurality of locations based on the depth value in the depth image for the location and potential aliasing in the depth image. A cost function is determined based on differences between the potential depth values of each location and its neighboring locations. Determining the cost function includes assigning a higher cost for greater differences in potential depth values between neighboring locations. The cost function is substantially minimized to select one of the potential depth values for each of the locations. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234757 | SUPER RESOLUTION OPTOFLUIDIC MICROSCOPES FOR 2D AND 3D IMAGING - A super resolution optofluidic microscope device comprises a body defining a fluid channel having a longitudinal axis and includes a surface layer proximal the fluid channel. The surface layer has a two-dimensional light detector array configured to receive light passing through the fluid channel and sample a sequence of subpixel shifted projection frames as an object moves through the fluid channel. The super resolution optofluidic microscope device further comprises a processor in electronic communication with the two-dimensional light detector array. The processor is configured to generate a high resolution image of the object using a super resolution algorithm, and based on the sequence of subpixel shifted projection frames and a motion vector of the object. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234758 | ROBOT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROBOT DEVICE - There is provided a robot device including an irradiation unit that irradiates pattern light to an external environment, an imaging unit that acquires an image by imaging the external environment, an external environment recognition unit that recognizes the external environment, an irradiation determining unit that controls the irradiation unit to be turned on when it is determined that irradiation of the pattern light is necessary based on an acquisition status of the image, and a light-off determining unit that controls the irradiation unit to be turned off when it is determined that irradiation of the pattern light is unnecessary or that irradiation of the pattern light is necessary to be forcibly stopped, based on the external environment. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234759 | 3D MODELING APPARATUS, 3D MODELING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A 3D modeling apparatus includes: a generator configured to generate 3D models of a subject based on pairs of images; a selector configured to select a first 3D model and a second 3D model from the 3D models, wherein the second 3D model is to be superimposed on the first 3D model; an extracting unit configured to extract first feature points from the first 3D model and extract second feature points from the second 3D model; an acquiring unit configured to acquire coordinate transformation parameters based on the first and second feature points; a transformation unit configured to transform coordinates of the second 3D model into coordinates in a coordinate system of the first 3D model, based on the coordinate transformation parameters; and a combining unit configured to superimpose the second 3D model having the transformed coordinates on the first 3D model. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234760 | 3D IMAGE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREIN - A method for transmitting a 3D image signal an image display device, and an image signal processing method of the device are provided in order to reduce a collision between depth cues, which may occur in the vicinity of left and right corners in reproducing a 3D image. In the method for processing an image signal, first, an encoded video signal is obtained. Next, the encoded video signal is decoded to restore a plurality of image signals, and floating window information of each floating window is extracted from a picture header area of the encoded video signal. And then, an image at an inner area of left or right corner is suppressed according to the floating window information with respect to each of the plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of image signals, and the locally suppressed images are displayed in a stereoscopic manner. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234761 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT EMERGENCE DETECTION DEVICE - Provided is a three-dimensional object emergence detecting device capable of detecting the emergence of a three-dimensional object rapidly and correctly at low costs. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234762 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - An apparatus and a method for capturing a three-dimensional image are provided. The image capturing apparatus comprises a left eye lens, a right eye lens, an operating unit, and a processing unit. The left eye lens is used for capturing a left eye image and the right eye lens is used for capturing a right eye image, in which there is a horizontal shift between the left eye lens and the right eye lens. The operating unit is disposed on the left eye lens and the right eye lens for rotating the left eye lens and the right eye lens by about 90 degrees, respectively. The processing unit is coupled to the left eye lens and the right eye lens and used to combine the left eye image and the right eye image captured by the rotated left eye lens and the right eye lens into a three-dimensional vertical image. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234763 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING MULTI-VIEW STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO - An apparatus for transmitting a multi-view stereoscopic video includes: a control unit configured to receive a group of stereoscopic images taken by a plurality of stereoscopic imaging devices; a generation unit configured to select at least one stereoscopic frame from stereoscopic frames of the received group of stereoscopic images, arrange the selected stereoscopic frames successively, and generate a multi-view stereoscopic video; an encoding unit configured to encode the generated multi-view stereoscopic video; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the encoded multi-view stereoscopic video through a transmission network. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234764 | IMAGING DEVICE - The imaging device includes a first optical system, a second optical system, a first support frame, a second support frame, a frame member, and a support member. The first support frame has a first contact portion and supports the first optical system. The second support frame supports the second optical system. The first and second support frames on the frame member are mounted, and this frame member comes into contact with the first contact portion at three or more points. The support member couples the first support frame to the frame member in a state in which the first receiver comes into contact with the first contact portion. The points of contact between the first contact portion and the first receiver are disposed on an imaginary spherical plane. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234765 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND COMPOUND EYE DIGITAL CAMERA - A parallax map is generated by corresponding left and right images with each other through stereo matching based on the left image. An attention pixel is set on the parallax map, and a window of a predetermined size centering on a pixel (left image attention pixel) on the left image corresponding to the attention pixel is set in the left image. Pixels having an RGB value similar to the RGB value of the left image attention pixel from among the pixels in the window are extracted, and the parallax of a pixel on the parallax map corresponding to each extracted pixel is entered into a parallax histogram to generate a parallax histogram. When the frequency of the attention pixel is smaller than a predetermined value, the parallax of the attention pixel is corrected with a parallax having the maximum frequency value of the parallax histogram. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234766 | MULTI-EYE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREOF - When the distance to an object is short and a release button is fully-pushed, one photographing unit acquires a left image. Translucence-processing is performed for the left image, and an optimum movement distance of a viewpoint between left and right images is calculated. The left image objected to the translucence-processing and the calculated optimum movement distance are superimposingly displayed on a live view image of a liquid crystal monitor, and the correlation coefficient of an object region and a background region are calculated for the live view image and the acquired left image. It is determined whether or not the correlation coefficient of the object region is equal to or greater than a first threshold value and whether or not the correlation coefficient of the background region is equal to or greater than a second threshold value, and if the threshold value determination is positive, one photographing unit acquires the right image. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234767 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING APPARATUS - A stereoscopic imaging apparatus capable of obtaining a stereoscopic image suitable for a photographic scene is provided. A First imaging section and a second imaging section has a single-eye | 2011-09-29 |
20110234768 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND FOCUS POSITION DETERMINING METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to provide a photographing apparatus that may accurately determine focus positions of two photographing sections in the same degree of time as in the past and a focus position determining method in the photographing apparatus. A search range setting section calculates one boundary value Pn′ of a second search area from an equation Pn′=Pn+N and calculates the other boundary value Pf′ of the second search area from an equation Pf′=P | 2011-09-29 |
20110234769 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES IN IMAGE SYSTEM - An apparatus for displaying images in an image system includes: an encoder configured to encode color and depth images of at least one view received from a plurality of imaging devices and generate a reference image by synthesizing the encoded depth image of a current view and the encoded color and depth images before and after the current view based on a predetermined method; a decoder configured to decode a color image of the current view by using the generated reference image and decode the encoded color and depth images of at least one view; and a splitter configured to divide and split, based on each view, the decoded color and depth images of at least one view. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234770 | MULTIVIEW 3-D DISPLAY FOR SEQUENTIALLY PROJECTING IMAGES INTO WIDE FIELD OF VIEW - This invention relates to a multiview 3-dimentional display for sequentially projecting high number of 2-dimensional images of aspect angles of objects (scenes) into the wide field of view (apparatus) for producing their 3-dimentional images. The 3D image is perceived with great depth, provides comfortable conditions for its viewing without eye strain. The viewing of such 3D image also does not require using any supplementary means such as glasses or tracking devices, does not limit the position of the viewer in the field of view. This allows viewing the 3D image by many viewers simultaneously. The 3D display of the present invention can be used in computer and TV systems for transforming 2-dimentional images of aspect angles of virtual and real, static and moving 3D objects into corresponding signals and transmitting said signals for reproducing 2-dimentional by 3D display. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234771 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZATION AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Apparatus, method, and system for synchronization and a three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus using the same are provided. The 3D display apparatus includes: a power generator which generates power based on a received alternating current (AC) power signal, a detector which detects zero crossing points of time of the received AC power signal, and a controller which generates a reference signal based on the detected zero crossing points of time and transmits the reference signal to at least one other 3D display apparatus. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234772 | STEREOSCOPIC PICTURE DISPLAY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND STEREOSCOPIC PICTURE DISPLAY METHOD - A stereoscopic picture is viewable from all directions with high reproducibility without complicating a stereoscopic display mechanism, compared to related art. A cylindrical rotation section | 2011-09-29 |
20110234773 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A 3D image display device includes a data receiving unit receiving frame data. The frame data includes left eye image data and right eye image data. An image modification unit generates modification image data corresponding to one of the left eye image data and the right eye image data. The modification image data corresponding to the left eye image data is based on left eye image data of a current frame and left eye image data of a next frame. The modification image data corresponding to the right eye image data is based on right eye image data of the current frame and right eye image data of the next frame. Utilization of the modification image data improves the display quality of moving objects in the 3D image display device. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234774 | Shutter glasses and method of obtaining shutter control signal of shutter glasses - A pair of shutter glasses includes a shutter glasses unit having a right eye shutter and a left eye shutter, a wireless communication unit performing a wireless communication with an image display device, a shutter driving unit opening and closing the left eye shutter and the right eye shutter of the shutter glasses unit, a glasses state obtaining unit obtaining glasses state information by detecting one or both of the position and the direction of the shutter glasses unit, a storage unit holding a combination of the glasses state information and network address information of the image display device, and a control unit controlling the wireless communication unit to perform the wireless communication with a predetermined image display device using the network address information contained in the combination, and to obtain the shutter control signal from the predetermined image display device accordingly. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234775 | DLP Link System With Multiple Projectors and Integrated Server - A viewing system for viewing video displays having the appearance of a three dimensional image. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234776 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ORGANIC EL DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a device includes a plurality of pixels configured to include an organic EL element and a pixel circuit which controls the organic EL element, a plurality of video signal lines configured to be connected to the pixel circuit for every column and provide a video signal, and a plurality of scanning signal lines configured to be connected to the pixel circuit for every row for causing a write operation of writing the video signal to the pixel circuit and a light emitting operation of the organic EL element, and provide a scanning signal for controlling in a manner that a time from end of the write operation to start of the light emitting operation sequentially becomes shorter from a first row to a last row of the pixel circuit while keeping a light emission duration in each organic EL element constant. | 2011-09-29 |