| 39th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
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| 20100245346 | Image Receiving Apparatus and Memory Medium - This invention improves the convenience of viewing three-dimensional image displays. A mobile communications handset can accomplish three-dimensional image displays using image data received by a communications unit and a broadcast reception unit through a display unit provided with a parallax barrier panel. A control unit automatically performs actions to record the image data as an auxiliary recording while the three-dimensional image display is being performed when the three-dimensional image display is performed using the received image data. That is to say, recording of image data relating to the three-dimensional image display is performed automatically in preparation for cases where the display cannot be viewed three-dimensionally due to viewing conditions. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245347 | EXTRACTION OF DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS - A process that assists with the identification of potential hydrocarbon deposits that includes performing a structural interpretation of a three-dimensional seismic volume, transforming the three-dimensional seismic volume into a stratal-slice volume, performing a stratigraphic interpretation of the stratal-slice volume which includes the extracting of bounding surfaces and faults and transforming the stratal-slice volume into the spatial domain. As illustrated in FIGS. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245348 | Method and System for Minimizing an Amount of Data Needed to Test Data Against Subarea Boundaries in Spatially Composited Digital Video - A method and system for minimizing an amount of data needed to test data against subarea boundaries in spatially composited digital video. Spatial compositing uses a graphics unit or pipeline to render a portion (subarea) of each overall frame of digital video images. This reduces the amount of data that each processor must act on and increases the rate at which an overall frame is rendered. Optimization of spatial compositing depends on balancing the processing load among the different pipelines. The processing load typically is a direct function of the size of a given subarea and a function of the rendering complexity for objects within this subarea. Load balancing strives to measure these variables and adjust, from frame to frame, the number, sizes, and positions of the subareas. The cost of this approach is the necessity to communicate, in conjunction with each frame, the graphics data that will be rendered. Graphics data for a frame is composed of geometry chunks. Each geometry chunk is defined by its own bounding region, where the bounding region defines the space the geometry chunk occupies on the compositing window. Only the parameters that define the bounding region are communicated to each graphics unit in conjunction with the determination of which graphics unit will render the geometry chunk defined by the bounding region. The actual graphics data that comprises the geometry chunk is communicated only to those geometry units that will actually render the geometry chunk. This reduces the amount of data needed to communicate graphics data information in spatially composited digital video. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245349 | System and method for determining placement of a virtual object according to a real-time performance - There is presented a system for determining a placement of a virtual object in a performance space according to a performance by a real-time performer. The disclosed system comprises a projection module including a polarizing filter, the projection module configured to generate a polarized visible image corresponding to the virtual object. The system includes a surface for displaying the polarized visible image to the real-time performer. The system also includes a detection module for detecting inputs to the surface, wherein the inputs are provided by the real-time performer based on a location of the polarized visible image on the surface. The system further comprises a mapping module configured for mapping a location of each input to the surface to a corresponding point in the performance space, for the placement of the virtual object in the performance space according to the locations of inputs to the surface by the real-time performer. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245350 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DRAWING APPARATUS AND DRAWING METHOD - It is made possible to prevent picture quality degradation in both the distant view and the close view. According to an aspect of the present invention, a multiple viewpoint image is synthesized from two single viewpoint images of the distant view and close view generated beforehand. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245351 | COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODULAR LAYOUTS - The invention relates to the design of layouts for a room in which a user wishes to position elements figuring in a collection of catalogs. Prior art systems only allow incremental construction by making direct selections from one or more catalogs. The inventive system and procedure allow rapid, overall construction of several solutions satisfying a certain number of constraints determined by the room, the user or the distributor of the equipment to be positioned, as well as rules derived from experience in the field of the equipment concerned. The method is subdivided into the steps of spatial analysis, definition of layout templates, selection of candidates from the collection of catalogs and optimization of the positioning. The system permits simultaneous visualization in three dimensions of optimum solutions and the printing of two-dimensional assembly drawings. The procedure and the system are preferably applicable to kitchen layouts. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245352 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR 3D OBJECT POSITIONING IN 3D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - A system for large scale spatial positioning of a 3D virtual object in a 3D virtual scene, includes a computing device. The computing device: displays a guide plane attached to the object, the guide plane passing through a center of the object and being translucent, the guide plane indicating lines and curves of intersection between the guide plane and other objects of the scene. When moving the object along an axis, the computing device determines a normal of the guide plane to be parallel to the axis and passing through the center of the object, and moves the guide plane with the movement of the object. When moving the object across the movement plane, the computing device determines a normal of the guide plane to be parallel to a normal of the movement plane, and holds the guide plane static. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245353 | Surface Rendering For Volume Data In An Ultrasound System - Embodiments for performing surface rendering upon volume data in an ultrasound system are disclosed. An ultrasound data acquisition unit transmits and receives ultrasound signals to and from a target object to thereby acquire ultrasound data corresponding to a plurality of frames. A volume data forming unit forms volumes data corresponding to the plurality of frames based on the ultrasound data. The volume data includes a plurality of voxels. A processing unit detects edges of a region of interest (ROI) of the target object in the volume data and performs surface rendering upon voxels within the detected edges to thereby form a 3-dimensional ultrasound image. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245354 | DYNAMIC SPECT CAMERA - A dynamic SPECT camera is provided, comprising, a plurality of single-pixel detectors, a timing mechanism, in communication with each single-pixel detector, configured for enabling time-binning of the radioactive emissions impinging upon each single-pixel detector to time periods not greater than substantially 30 seconds, and a position-tracker, configured for providing information on the position and orientation of each detecting unit, with respect to the overall structure, substantially at all times, during the individual motion, the dynamic SPECT camera being configured for acquiring a tomographic reconstruction image of a region of interest of about 15×15×15 cubic centimeters, during an acquisition time of 30 seconds, at a spatial resolution of at least 10×10×10 cubic millimeter. The dynamic camera is configured for very short damping time, and may further acquire images in a stationary mode, with no motion. It is further configured for time binning at dynamically varying time-bin lengths, dynamically determining a spectral energy bin for each detecting unit, and employing an anatomic construction of voxels in the imaging and reconstruction. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245355 | Method for Estimating 3D Pose of Specular Objects - A method estimates a 3D pose of a 3D specular object in an environment. In a preprocessing step, a set of pairs of 2D reference images are generated using a 3D model of the object, and a set of poses of the object, wherein each pair of reference images is associated with one of the poses. Then, a pair of 2D input images are acquired of the object. A rough 3D pose of the object is estimated by comparing features in the pair of 2D input images and the features in each pair of 2D reference images using a rough cost function. The rough estimate is refined using a fine cost function. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245356 | Techniques for Displaying a Selection Marquee in Stereographic Content - A technique for stereographic display of a selection marquee in a scene includes receiving the selection marquee in a two-dimensional viewpoint at a near plane of the scene. A selection volume is generated from which the fragments of a scene associated with the selection marquee are determined. A two-dimensional stereoscopic representation of the three-dimensional scene, including the selection marquee at the associated fragments, may then be rendered. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245357 | Signal Source Data Input for Radio Frequency Planning - A method includes displaying a reference polar coordinate system on a display screen, and displaying a radiation pattern image on the display screen in juxtaposition with the displayed reference polar coordinate system. In another aspect, an angled line is drawn on a display screen to represent the proposed layout of a leaky coaxial cable. A point of interest is selected that is spaced from the proposed cable layout, and one of the segments of the cable is determined as likely to produce a dominant level of irradiation with respect to the point of interest. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245358 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR CONTEXT-LINKED IMPORTATION OF USER INFORMATION - Various aspects of the invention described herein provide systems and methods for context-linked importation of user information. One aspect of the invention provides a method for context-linked importation of user information. The method includes: providing an interactive environment that allows posting of content by a plurality of pre-identified users; receiving content for the interactive environment from a pre-identified user; selecting relevant data about the pre-identified user from a database, the relevant data selected based on information contained in the content; and displaying the relevant data along with the content on the interactive environment. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245359 | Method for Generating a Distance Field of an Object Represented by Stylized Strokes - A method generates a distance field of an object, where the distance field includes a set of cells and the object includes a set of stylized strokes. Each stylized stroke includes a centerline, a set of profiles, and a set of terminals. A processor is included for performing steps of the method. A first cell of the set of cells enclosing the object is determined. An outside reconstruction method is associated with the first cell. For each stylized stroke, centerline cells of the set of cells are determined, where each centerline cell encloses a portion of the centerline of the stylized stroke. A centerline reconstruction method is associated with each centerline cell. For each terminal of each stylized stroke a terminal distance field is generated, the terminal distance field including a terminal reconstruction method. Reconstructed distances are determined using the reconstruction methods to generate the distance field of the object. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CENTER POINT TRAJECTORY MAPPING - A system and method for center point trajectory mapping includes a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program comprises instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to acquire a first plurality of images, each image comprising a masked portion. The instructions also cause the computer to locate a center point of the masked portion in each of the plurality of images and to plot a map based on variances in position of the center points from each other. The instructions further cause the computer to display the map on a display. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245361 | CONTEXT-BASED MANAGEMENT OF MARKERS - Aspects relate to determining an appropriate time to render markers to a user. Markers includes any type of information, including messages, photos, advertisements, and so forth. The appropriate time can include internal factors that relate to the user (e.g., mood, preferences, and so on), personal external factors (e.g., scheduled events, location of the user), and/or non-personal external factors (general information about the surroundings, information about local entities). Non-personal external factors can also include the content of the marker. One or more of the contexts are evaluated to ascertain whether a particular marker should be rendered to the user or whether it would be more appropriate not the render the marker (e.g., user would not be receptive to the marker). If the user is not receptive to the marker, rendering of the marker is disabled and/or delayed until a more appropriate time. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245362 | Method for adjusting strokes of font - A method of adjusting strokes of a font is provided for scaling a complex font to improve the strokes appearing visually blurry. When generating a font, a font engine firstly calculates the insufficient spaces units between two adjacent strokes of the font according to the stroke data of the font. Then, the font engine obtains the fine-tune information of the font, and calculates the optimum distribution of the strokes according to the insufficient spaces units and the fine-tune information so as to generate the stroke-tuning values of the font. Finally, the character is outputted according to the stroke data and the stroke-tuning values of the font. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245363 | METHOD OF GENERATING A TEXT ON A HANDHELD DEVICE AND A HANDHELD DEVICE - A method and a system for generating a text on a handheld device having a touch sensitive display displaying in a first area any generated text and in another area proposed symbols/letters/words/characters for use in the first area, where touching the display alters between navigating in the text of the first area and selecting/highlighting one or more of the proposed symbols/letters/words/characters of the second area. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245364 | METHOD OF RENDERING TEXT ON AN OUTPUT DEVICE - A method and computer device for rendering a text string on a display screen of a computer device are provided. The text string is comprised of a plurality of characters. The computer device includes a memory storing an image file. The image file defines an image containing a plurality of glyphs. The memory has stored thereon associated character information. The method comprises: for each character in the text string: defining a portion of the image containing a glyph corresponding to the character, including determining the location of the glyph corresponding to the character based upon the associated character information; and rendering the portion on the display screen. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245365 | IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image generation system includes an operation information acquisition section that acquires operation information based on sensor information from a controller that includes a sensor, the operation information acquisition section acquiring rotation angle information about the controller around a given coordinate axis as the operation information, a hit calculation section that performs a hit calculation process, the hit calculation process setting at least one of a moving state and an action state of a hit target that has been hit by a hit object based on the rotation angle information that has been acquired by the operation information acquisition section, and an image generation section that generates an image based on the operation information. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245366 | Electronic device having switchable graphics processors - An electronic device comprises at least two graphics processors, referred to herein as an integrated graphics processor and a discrete graphics processor. In some circumstances, the device may be switched between the integrated graphics processor and the discrete graphics processor. In some embodiments, techniques are implemented to lock temporarily the screen display on the output of a controller while the device executes a switch between graphics processors, thereby eliminating, or at least reducing, the presence of a blank output display on the electronic device. Other embodiments may be described. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245367 | METHODS AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE IN-SYSTEM PROGRAMMING THROUGH DISPLAYABLE SIGNALS - Methods and device for in-system firmware update in an information output device are provided. In one aspect, a method of firmware update in a display device receives a set of data in an image format through a video signal input channel of an input port of the display device. The set of data is converted from the image format to an instruction set format that is different from the image format. A first set of instructions that is used to operate the display device is updated with the set of data in the instruction set format. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245368 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE DATA THROUGH RSDS TRANSMISSION INTERFACES - A method for transmitting image data in a display is provided. The method includes the steps of: sending first pixel data through a first bus to a source driver; sending second pixel data through a second bus to the source driver; reorganizing the first pixel data and the second pixel data in the source driver; and generating third pixel data according to the reorganization of the first pixel data and the second pixel data for channels in the source driver. A display is also disclosed herein. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245369 | Display Device and Recording Medium - The mobile communication terminal comprises a first casing and a second casing carrying a first display part and a second display part, respectively. The first display part and the second display part are each capable of 3D display. The controller of the mobile communication terminal detects the mobile communication terminal being opened vertically or horizontally and detects the opening angle between the first casing and the second casing. In the 3D display in the horizontal opened state, the visibility of the 3D display is altered as the opening angle is changed. Therefore, the controller of the mobile communication terminal calculates the viewing angle according to the detected opening angle and changes the parameters for the 3D display, whereby excellent visibility is maintained even if the opening angle is changed. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245370 | EM SHIELDING FOR DISPLAY DEVICES - A shielding material that can be arranged with respect to display elements to reduce potential damage or degraded performance caused by incident EM, such as UV and/or IR. The shielding material can be configured to be substantially transparent in visible light wavelengths. The shielding material can include inorganic materials, such as oxides including zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. Display elements can include a shielding material and an outer coating to reduce undesirable optical characteristics of an air/shielding material interface. The shielding material can be electrically conductive and function as a conductive layer in a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device. In some embodiments, the shielding material can be disposed forward (closer to the viewer) of the electrodes of the display elements to prevent the high energy UV light from building up electrical charge in the electrodes. In some embodiments, the shielding material can also block certain wavelengths of light in the visible spectrum to darken the dark state of the display elements to improve the contrast ratio of the display. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245371 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND MEMORY MEDIUM - Provided is a display controller which prevents the duplication of functional parts and the duplication of processes, and displays dynamic content on a plurality of displays. A portable terminal ( | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245372 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FRAME INTERPOLATION - The invention generally provides a method and apparatus for up-converting the frame rate of a digital video signal, the method comprising: receiving a digital video signal containing a first frame and a second frame; finding in one of the received frames, matches for objects in the other of the received frames; utilising 3 dimensional position data in respect of the objects within the frames to determine 3 dimensional movement matrices for the matched objects; using the 3 dimensional movement matrices, determining the position of the objects in a temporally intermediate frame and thereby generating an interpolated frame, temporally between the first and second frame. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245373 | METHOD AND SOFTWARE OF DRAWING VECTOR-ORIENTED GRAPHIC FOR LASER PROJECTOR, AND A LASER PROJECTOR SYSTEM - The laser projector system draws vector-oriented graphic by scanning laser beam with the X-Y scanner, and comprises: a laser source ( | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245374 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANGULAR INVARIANT TEXTURE LEVEL OF DETAIL GENERATION - A method and apparatus for angular invariant texture level of detail calculation is disclosed. The method includes a determination for a LOD that determines angular invariant LODs that result in efficient ASIC hardware implementation. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245375 | PAGE TRANSITION ON ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY - A page transition file creation system and a method for creating a page transition file in a file format suitable for displaying transitions quickly on an electronic paper display. The page transition file creation system creates a page transition file with page transition blocks representing transition between two or more pages. A page transition display system and uses page transition files to display page transitions. The page transition display system determines the appropriate page transition file and waveform lookup table for displaying page transition. The page transition display system uses the determined page transition file and waveform lookup table for displaying the transition. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245376 | FILTER AND SURFACING VIRTUAL CONTENT IN VIRTUAL WORLDS - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates displaying virtual content within a virtual environment. A virtual environment can enable at least one user to connect in order to interact with a portion of virtual content. A collection of virtual content can be viewed from a user connected to and being present within the virtual environment. A filter component that can automatically adjust a displayable feature of a portion of the collection of virtual content based upon a relevancy to an index, wherein the adjustment of the displayable features provides at least one of an emphasis of the portion of the collection of virtual content or a de-emphasis of the portion of the collection of the virtual content. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245377 | COLOR CONVERTER, COLOR CONVERSION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The color converter is provided with: a color conversion parameter generation unit that generates a color conversion parameter based on a source profile and a destination profile, the source profile indicating a color reproduction characteristic of a device used for generating an input image, the destination profile indicating a color reproduction characteristic of a device used for generating an output image; a conversion unit that converts color data of the input image into color data of the output image by using the color conversion parameter generated by the color conversion parameter generation unit; and a memory that stores the color conversion parameter generated by the color conversion parameter generation unit so that the color conversion parameter is associated with identification information of the source profile. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245378 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND DARK CURRENT CORRECTION METHOD THEREFOR - A radiation imaging apparatus comprises: an irradiation unit; a radiation detection unit configured to detect radiation; an instruction unit configured to issue a radiation imaging start instruction; a setting unit configured to set an irradiation delay period between the time the instruction unit issues an imaging start instruction and the time irradiation by the irradiation unit starts; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of dark current images during the set irradiation delay period; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a radiation image of the object after the end of the set irradiation delay period; a correction data generation unit configured to generate correction data, for the acquired radiation image, based on the plurality of dark current images; and a correction unit configured to execute dark current correction processing of the acquired radiation image, by using the correction data. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245379 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus adapted to display an image based on an image signal input includes: a color adjustment circuit adapted to perform one of a modification process and a correction process individually on a hue signal, a lightness signal, and a saturation signal included in first HLS signals as an image signal, and output the processed signals as second HLS signals. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245380 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR COLOR CORRECTING DISPLAYS WITH DIFFERENT COLOR GAMUTS - There are provided methods and systems for color correcting displays with different color gamuts. A method includes performing color correction on source picture content, using at least one of a non-reference type display having a non-reference color gamut and a reference type display having a reference color gamut. The performing step includes mastering the source picture content to provide mastered color corrected picture content for display on the non-reference type displays having a non-reference color gamut. The performing step further includes generating metadata for a color gamut mapping that color transforms the mastered color corrected picture content for display on reference type displays having a reference color gamut. The source picture content is mastered only for the non-reference type displays having the non-reference color gamut. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245381 | COLOR GAMUT MAPPING - For each of multiple image pixels, input color component values of the pixel in an input device-dependent color space are transformed to output color component values in an output device-dependent color space characterized by an output color gamut defined by a respective gamut range for each of the output color components. In this process, the input color component values of the pixel are multiplied with corresponding elements of a device-dependent characterization matrix to produce a set of product values. The output color component values are derived from the product values. The values of a particular one of the output color components are ascertained based on a continuous nonlinear companding function that maps a function input value derived from one or more of the product values to a function output value that increases monotonically with increasing function input values over the respective gamut range of the particular output color component. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245382 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PRODUCING VIDEO CARTOON WITH SUPERIMPOSED FACES FROM CARTOON TEMPLATE - A method for automatically producing video cartoons with user-provided faces superimposed on cartoon characters is presented. A cartoon template stores the original video cartoon with unanimously-coloured backgrounds and original cartoon characters' faces drawn following the guidelines of the invention. A background detection algorithm is used to detect the unanimously-coloured backgrounds, while a face detection algorithm is used to detect the facial colours, facial expressions, sizes, rotations, positions and clippings of the original cartoon characters' faces. The detected unanimously-coloured backgrounds may be replaced by optional user-provided backgrounds. User-provided faces with the best matching user-specified facial colours and expressions are superimposed over and on top of the corresponding original faces of the cartoon characters at the detected sizes, rotations, positions and clippings to produce the final video cartoon. The cartoon template can be distributed to many different users. Different users can add different user-provided faces, background images and audio to the same cartoon template to produce many different final video cartoons. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245383 | CIRCUIT FOR COLOR SPACE CONVERSION AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A circuit for color space conversion and associated method compresses a portion of an xvYCC color space exceeding an sRGB color space into the sRGB color space via a simplified circuit design when a conversion from the xvYCC color space to the sRGB color space is performed, thereby improving visual effects. The circuit for color space conversion includes a conversion unit converting a pixel signal from the xvYCC color space to the sRGB color space. During the conversion, the conversion unit generates a pixel component on each dimension of the sRGB color space, and compresses the pixel component to output a compressed pixel component when a value of any pixel component is in a compression interval. The compressed pixel component does not exceed a defined range on a corresponding dimension of the sRGB color space. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245384 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY MODE DETERMINATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A DISPLAY PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - Contamination level at positions on a display screen is determined based on contact information containing information about a contact action detected by a contact detection section, which is disposed on the display screen to detect the contact action, and information about the contact position on the display screen, and a characteristic portion of the image is extracted. A display mode for the characteristic portion as extracted is determined based on the contamination level as determined. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245385 | PAGE REGION IMAGE OFFSET METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A method and system for rendering a raster image. A raster image can be analyzed with respect to the specialty media upon which the raster image is rendered, in order to determine if a difference exists between particular sections of the specialty media and the raster image. Thereafter, one or more regions of the raster image can be selected for offsetting, if it is determined that such a difference does exist, in order to thereafter re-render the raster image and thereby provide a non-destructive editing capability with respect to the raster image and a rapid resolution of quality problems associated with rendering the raster image via the specialty media. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245386 | PROCESSING OF AN IMAGE REPRESENTATIVE OF AN OBSERVATION ZONE - A method for processing data, in particular an image representative of an observation zone in which is situated an object arranged with respect to a reference plane. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245387 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINING VIRTUAL AND REAL-TIME PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS - Systems, methods and structures for combining virtual reality and real-time environment by combining captured real-time video data and real-time 3D environment renderings to create a fused, that is, combined environment, including capturing video imagery in RGB or HSV/HSV color coordinate systems and processing it to determine which areas should be made transparent, or have other color modifications made, based on sensed cultural features, electromagnetic spectrum values, and/or sensor line-of-sight, wherein the sensed features can also include electromagnetic radiation characteristics such as color, infra-red, ultra-violet light values, cultural features can include patterns of these characteristics, such as object recognition using edge detection, and whereby the processed image is then overlaid on, and fused into a 3D environment to combine the two data sources into a single scene to thereby create an effect whereby a user can look through predesignated areas or “windows” in the video image to see into a 3D simulated world, and/or see other enhanced or reprocessed features of the captured image. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245388 | COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A NETWORK SYSTEM SCREEN SHOT AND SOURCE SHOT CONTROL - A computer network system includes a controlling PC, at least one controlled PC controllable by the controlling PC via a data connection including a network, at least one central terminal having a display, and a video router. The video router is operatively coupled to each of the at least one controlled PCs and the at least one central terminal display and operative to transmit video or monitor signals from each of the controlled PCs to the at least one central terminal display. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245389 | MEASURING APPARATUS AND MEASURING METHOD - There is provided a technique for smoothly performing position (movement) adjustment of a waveform marker by making switching between rough adjustment and fine adjustment in a series of marker operations possible with a single means and continuously. A display control section displays a measured waveform on the two-dimensional coordinates, which have a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, on the display section. A waveform marker is movable by a marker operation corresponding to a direction parallel to the first axis. The display control section has a detecting section, which detects the marker operation corresponding to a direction parallel to the second axis, and changes either setting of the waveform marker or the display range of the measured waveform according to the detection result of the detecting section. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245390 | System And Method For Automatic Monitor Orientation Without Information Handling System Host Polling - Visual images presented on an information handling system display automatically adjust to changes in the orientation of the display. An orientation device on the display detects changes in display orientation and sends an interrupt to an information handling system orientation module. The orientation module responds to the interrupt by retrieving orientation information from the display and adjusting the visual images to align with the orientation of the display. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245391 | COMPUTER SCREEN IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, COMPUTER HAVING A VERTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A computer screen image displaying method is executed after power-on of a computer and includes: receiving data associated with a detected default display mode of a BIOS of the computer and a display mode stored in a display device coupled to the computer; and determining if the default display mode of the BIOS and the display mode of the display panel match, and if so, causing a video controller of the computer to output image signals according to the display mode of the display panel, and if not, causing the video controller to output image signals corresponding to the default display mode of the BIOS. Thus, screen orientation can be controlled during BIOS POST to spare the user the trouble of changing screen orientation under an operating system environment, thereby enhancing efficiency and saving system resources. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245392 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING DISPLAY AREA - A display device to change an image displayed in a display area when the display area is changed includes a memory, a location output unit and a screen display unit. The memory stores size information of a display area displayed on a screen and the image data of the displayed image. The location computing unit computes a start point of the changed display area when the display area is changed. The display unit decodes data corresponding to the size of the display area based on the computed new start point from the image data to display the decoded data in the display area. Since the start point is obtained with center point of the changed display area and its size information and then a display area to be displayed is determined based on the start point, a current search location is maintained even when the screen is swung. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245393 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus determines ( | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245394 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus detects a representative frame of a moving image. The image processing apparatus includes a holding section configured to hold the moving image which is inputted, a detecting section configured to detect a peak of zooming that occurs in the inputted moving image, and an extracting section configured to extract the representative frame corresponding to the detected peak from a plurality of frames constituting the held moving image. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245395 | Information Handling System with Touch Pad and Point Stick - An information handling system is disclosed including a display, a base coupled to the display and a keypad with a plurality of keys disposed on the base. The system further includes a touchpad located proximate the keypad and a point stick located substantially between at least two of the plurality of keys, wherein the point stick is configured to be a scroll control device. A method for manipulating information on a display of an information handling system is further disclosed herein. The method includes moving a cursor on the display using a touchpad proximate a keypad on the information handling system and scrolling the information on the display in a direction corresponding with the direction of pressure applied to a top portion of a point stick located substantially between at least two keys of the keypad. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245396 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and driving method thereof are provided. The driving method is adapted for driving a backlight module and a display panel thereon, and includes at least the following steps. Firstly, a backlight data and a display data are outputted according to a color distribution of an expected image. Afterwards, a light-emitting pattern whose color distribution corresponds to the color distribution of the expected image of the backlight module is determined according to the backlight data. Besides, a display pattern of the display panel is determined according to the display data. The expected image is displayed through the light-emitting pattern and the display pattern. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245397 | METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method for driving a display apparatus, according to one or more embodiments of the present invention, provides a luminance representative value of a unit light-emitting block that may be determined from an external image signal of a plurality of image blocks corresponding to the unit light-emitting block including a plurality of light sources. A luminance compensation value of the unit light-emitting block may be calculated by compensating the luminance representative value. Pixel data of the external image signal in a central area of the unit light-emitting block and a boundary area may be corrected based on the luminance compensation value. A driving signal may be provided to the unit light-emitting block based on the luminance compensation value. Accordingly, a phenomenon in which a boundary of the unit light-emitting block is visible is removed so that the display quality of all image may be enhanced. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245398 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method of driving the same. An image signal receiver sequentially outputs frames for image display. A local illumination calculation unit displays an image on a display unit based on the frames and calculates light emission amount of a light source provided for each section of a backlight unit. A frame interpolator generates sub-frames based on the frames and outputs the sub-frames and the frames. A pixel adjuster adjusts light transmittance of each pixel according to the brightness of each pixel and the amount of the light emitted from each section which is calculated by the local illumination calculation unit when the image is displayed based on the frames and the sub-frames sequentially output from a frame interpolator. Local illumination is realized without increasing the number of memory devices while a frame frequency is increased. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245399 | Display device drive circuit - Provided is a display device drive circuit capable of setting an optimum drive performance for each output amplifier without increasing the chip size. The display device drive circuit includes: at least two bias lines having different reference potentials; a selector that selects one of the bias lines based on a grayscale signal; and an output amplifier that is supplied with a reference potential of the one of the bias lines selected by the selector, generates a display signal, and supplies the display signal to a data line. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245400 | Display device and display method - There is provided a display device that includes a display portion and a drive compensation portion. The display portion line-sequentially displays, in an image display region, a first image based on a first image signal and a second image based on a second image signal, by sequentially switching the first image and the second image at a predetermined interval. The drive compensation portion performs predetermined drive compensation on the first image signal and the second image signal input to the display portion, in accordance with a position of the image display region, a luminance of the first image and a luminance of the second image. The predetermined drive compensation is performed such that an average luminance of the first image or the second image becomes substantially uniform in the image display region during a predetermined period that is shorter than the predetermined interval. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245401 | Method of Driving an Electro-Optic Display - A method of driving an electro-optic display comprising providing a current source, digitally modulating the current source and generating a modulated digital signal, and converting the modulated digital signal into an effective analog drive signal so that the display pixels receive an effective analog drive current, wherein the internal capacitance of the electro-optic display smooths the digitally modulated signal and generates the effective analog drive signal. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245402 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device compensates for a variation of the threshold voltage of a driving transistor. A scan driver and a data driver drive a plurality of pixels. A pixel of the pixels includes an organic light emitting diode, four transistors, and two capacitors. A first transistor controls a current to the organic light emitting diode. Second and third transistors are coupled between a data line from the data driver and a gate electrode of the first transistor. A fourth transistor is coupled between a reference power supply and the gate electrode of the first transistor. The two capacitors are coupled between the organic light emitting diode and respective electrodes of the third transistor. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245403 | SOURCE DRIVER AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME - A source driver providing an output image to a plurality of pixels and including a judgment unit, an image processing unit, and a digital-to-analog converter is disclosed. The judgment unit encodes a first input image to generate an encoded code and compares the encoded code with a preset code to generate a luminance controlling signal. The image processing unit processes an image signal by an algorithm and outputs the processed result when the judgment unit asserts the luminance controlling signal. The image processing unit directly outputs the image signal when the judgment unit un-asserts the luminance controlling signal. The digital-to-analog converter transforms the output of the image processing unit and outputs the transformed result to the pixels. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245404 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus includes a display control section that controls to display an image showing an operation of an equipment on a display portion provided in a vehicle and illuminate the display portion with a first brightness, and a counting section that counts a time which elapses after the equipment is activated. The display control section changes the brightness of the display portion from the first brightness to a second brightness which is lower in brightness than the first brightness in a case that an ignition switch of the vehicle is not turned on until the time counted by the counting section exceeds a predetermined period of time. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245405 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A gradation conversion unit | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245406 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-view autostereoscopic display device comprises: a backlight having a plurality of backlight areas arranged in a width direction of the display device; a spatial light modulator arranged over and in registration with the backlight, the spatial light modulator having an array of display forming elements arranged in rows and columns for modulating light received from the backlight; and a view forming layer arranged over and in registration with the spatial light modulator, the view forming layer having a plurality of view forming elements arranged in the width direction of the display device, each view forming element being configured to focus modulated light from adjacent groups of the display forming elements into a plurality of views for projection towards a user in different directions. The backlight is switchable to activate different ones of the backlight areas in different portions of a driving cycle of the display device so that, in the different portions of the driving cycle, modulated light from the active backlight areas is incident on each view forming element with respective different angles of incidence. In this way, the overall viewing angle or the effective three dimensional display resolution may be increased. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245407 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD FOR PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - Sustain discharge is stably caused while power consumption is reduced, and image display quality is improved. A plasma display device has a plasma display panel, an electric power recovering circuit for raising or falling a sustain pulse by resonating an inductor and the inter-electrode capacity of a display electrode pair, and a sustain pulse generating circuit for alternately applying, to the display electrode pair, as many sustain pulses as the number corresponding to the luminance weight in the sustain period of a plurality of subfields that are disposed in one field and have initializing, address, and sustain periods. The sustain pulse generating circuit generates at least two kinds of sustain pulses including a first sustain pulse serving as a reference and a second sustain pulse that rises more gently than the first sustain pulse, and generates the first sustain pulse immediately after the second sustain pulse. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245408 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A display device ( | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245409 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - A motor control device includes a measurement unit, a speed control unit, a correction unit, a drive unit, and a disturbance suppressing unit. During a time period before a measurement value of speed of one of a motor and a driven object which is driven by the motor measured by the measurement unit becomes greater than zero the correction unit corrects a manipulated variable such that a reduced correction amount which is from zero percent to less than 100 percent of a correction amount determined by the disturbance suppressing unit, is added to the manipulated variable determined by the speed control unit corresponding to a target speed of the one of the motor and the driven object. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245410 | INK SUPPLY DEVICES - An ink supply device includes an ink cartridge and a cartridge mounting portion including a first detector, a second detector, and a determiner. The ink cartridge includes a first detectable portion, a second detectable portion, and a third detectable portion. The determiner is configured to execute a first determination process in which it is determined whether or not the second detector detects the second detectable portion when the first detector initially detects the first detectable portion during an insertion of the ink cartridge into the cartridge mounting portion, and the determiner is configured to execute a second determination process in which it is determined whether or not the second detector detects the second detectable portion when the first detector stops detecting the first detectable portion during the insertion of the ink cartridge into the cartridge mounting portion. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245411 | DROPLET JETTING DEVICE - A droplet jetting device that includes a recording head section, a pressure sensor and a regulation pump is provided. The recording head section includes a recording head that jets droplets from nozzles and records an image at a recording medium. The pressure sensor is provided at the recording head section and senses a pressure of liquid supplied to the recording head by a main pump from a main tank. The main tank is disposed at a position away from the recording head section. The regulation pump is provided at the recording head section that is smaller in scale than the main pump and regulates pressure of the liquid such that the pressure of the liquid sensed by the pressure sensor is constant. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245412 | IMAGE PRINTING USING SPECIALTY INK - An image is printed with an inkjet-printing device using specialty ink ( | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245413 | INK SUPPLY DEVICES - An ink supply device includes a cartridge mounting portion to which an ink cartridge is mounted by being inserted thereinto in an insertion direction. The cartridge mounting portion includes a first detector configured to detect a first portion and a second portion of the ink cartridge. The ink supply device also includes an trigger detector configured to output a first signal and a second signal during an insertion of the ink cartridge into the cartridge mounting portion, and a type determiner configured to perform a type determination based on a first determination of whether or not the first detector detects the first portion when the output signal changes from the first signal to the second signal, and based on a second determination of whether or not the first detector detects the second portion when the output signal changes from the second signal to the first signal. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245414 | Adjustment Assembly for Adjustably Mounting Guide Members on Printhead Carrier Support Frame to Establish Desired Print Gap - An adjustment assembly adjustably mounts opposite ends of elongated guide members on opposite side panels of a printhead carrier support frame of a printer to establish a desired mounting relationship between the guide members and opposite side panels and thereby establish a desired print gap between a sheet of print media passing through a print zone and a printhead supported on a carrier reciprocally moving on the guide members. In addition to the opposite side panels, the adjustment assembly includes a pair of adjustment plates each for placement in a facing relationship with an outside surface of one of the opposite side panels and a plurality of mounting elements associated with the adjustment plates and opposite side panels that enable aligning and mounting them at the opposite ends of the guide members in the desired mounting relationship that establishes the desired print gap. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245415 | System And Method For Facilitating Replacement Of A Printhead With Minimal Impact On Printhead Alignment - A system enables a printhead to be aligned independently of other printheads in a printhead assembly. The system includes a printhead configured to eject ink onto an image receiving member, a plate to which the printhead can be rigidly mounted and selectively removed, and a translation carriage to which the plate is rigidly mounted and locked into position with reference to a distance between the plate and the image receiving member, a pitch position, and a yaw position, the translation carriage being coupled to an actuator for movement of the translation carriage, plate, and printhead in a cross-process direction across the image receiving member. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245416 | INK-JET RECORDING METHOD, INK, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDED MATTER - An ink-jet recording method including: printing on a medium by ejecting thereon ink having a pH value of 8 or more and containing at least a particulate colorant, emulsion resin and surfactant, the medium prepared by providing at least a coat layer containing a pigment on at least one surface of a substrate containing cellulose pulp as a main component, wherein printing is performed at a deposited ink amount of 15 g/m2 or less, and wherein the medium has a pH value of 8 or more at a paper surface, and the amount of pure water transferring onto a surface of the medium having the coat layer after a contact time of 100 ms measured with a dynamic scanning absorptometer is 30 mL/m2 or less and the amount of pure water transferring onto the surface of the medium after a contact time of 400 ms is 35 mL/m2 or less. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245417 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head which has a plurality of recording elements, a drive unit, a selection-data generating mechanism which generates data for selecting a certain operation mode of the recording elements, a data transmitting mechanism which outputs a predetermined particular bit patterns at a tail end of the selection data, and a control-signal generating mechanism which generates a control signal for controlling the drive unit. The data transmitting mechanism inserts dummy data between the selection data. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245418 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a head having a nozzle surface having a plurality of nozzles which are open in the nozzle surface and through which a liquid is discharged toward an object; a transporting device which transports the object relative to the nozzle surface in a transporting direction and which positions the object to face the nozzle surface; a platen having a flexibility or bendability and provided with an attachment portion to which the object is attached; and a platen moving device which moves the platen in a direction orthogonal to the transporting direction to position the attachment portion at a nozzle facing position facing the nozzle surface under the condition that the liquid is discharged toward the object. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245419 | INKJET CARTRIDGE PEN - A hand-held ink jet device constructed for use with insertable ink jet print/cartridges to produce ink droplet streams is provided. The device includes a memory capable of storing at least one image pattern. A driver coupled to the inkjet jets and being selectively actuatable for providing ink jetting electrical energy pulses. A selector switch for electively choosing one of the at least one image patterns stored on the memory. In addition, a spray switch is provided for selectively actuating the driver to provide electrical energy pulses to energize the respective jets in order to spray ink from the self-contained ink supply in the shape of the selected image pattern. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245420 | IMAGER FORMING APPARATUS AND FOAM APPLICATION DEVICE - A disclosed image forming apparatus comprises an image forming unit configured to form an image on a to-be-recorded medium, and a foam application unit configured to apply foam of at least one of a liquid and a gel to the to-be-recorded medium or an intermediate member. The intermediate member is configured to apply the foam to the to-be-recorded medium. The foam application unit includes a storage unit configured to store the foam and spread the foam in a width direction of the to-be-recorded medium or the intermediate member, an applicator configured to apply the foam to the to-be-recorded medium or the intermediate member, and a transport unit configured to transport the foam from the storage unit to the applicator. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245421 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus including: an ink-jet head; a feeding mechanism which includes a feeding member having a feeding surface and which is configured to feed a sheet on the feeding surface in a feeding direction; a supplying mechanism which supplies the sheet to the feeding mechanism; and a controller which controls operations of the ink-jet head, the feeding mechanism, and the supplying mechanism, wherein the controller is configured to perform a first control in which the ink is ejected directly onto the feeding surface and a second control in which the sheet is, after the first control, supplied from the supplying mechanism to the feeding mechanism such that the sheet absorbs the ink on the feeding surface that has been ejected from the ink-jet head in the first control, and in which the sheet is fed by the feeding mechanism during the ejection of the ink. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245422 | METHOD OF THREE DIMENSIONALLY LOCATING PRINTHEAD ON PRINTER - A method of locating a printhead on a printer is provided in which a printhead is provided which has at least one integrated circuit having a plurality of ejection nozzles, the printhead is mounted to the printer by bringing each of a slot defined with respect to the x-coordinate of the printhead into cooperation with a mesa feature of the printer, an angled surface defined with respect to the x- and y-coordinates of the printhead into cooperation with a protrusion across the slot of the printer, and a flat surface defined with respect to the z-coordinate of the printhead into cooperation with protrusion located within the slot of the printer, and the location of the nozzles with respect to the x-, y- and z-coordinates is determined from the cooperation. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245423 | DROPLET EJECTING HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - There is provided a droplet ejecting head in which plural ejecting openings, that eject droplets onto a recording medium that is conveyed by a conveying unit that conveys the recording medium, are provided so as to be lined-up in a conveying direction of the recording medium onto which the droplets are ejected, and in an cross-conveying direction that crosses the conveying direction. The respective ejecting openings are arranged so as to become distances that are determined in accordance with timings at which the respective ejecting openings eject the droplets, an ejecting speed of the droplets, a conveying speed of the recording medium, and a radius of the drum, such that positions, in the conveying direction of the recording medium, at which the droplets ejected from the ejecting openings land, substantially coincide at all of the ejecting openings. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245424 | DRIVE CONTROL APPARATUS AND INK-JET PRINTER PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A control circuit of a printer makes a signal selecting circuit select a connection signal of a checking circuit, and then make output, to one driver IC which detects a connection state with the control circuit. The control circuit outputs a selection signal which makes the signal selecting circuit select a temperature detection signal of a temperature sensor, and then make output, to the remaining driver ICs. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245425 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle, a pressurizing chamber that communicates with the nozzle, and a pressurizing element that causes a pressure change in liquid within the pressurizing chamber, the liquid ejecting head being capable of ejecting liquid from the nozzle by operating the pressurizing element; and a driving signal generation unit that generates a driving signal including a driving pulse that drives the pressurizing element. The driving signal includes an ejection driving pulse that ejects a liquid droplet and a non-ejection driving pulse that drives the pressurizing element to a degree whereby a liquid droplet is not ejected. The ejection driving pulse is a pulse waveform having an expansion element that causes the pressurizing chamber to expand and retract a meniscus toward the pressurizing chamber and a constriction element that causes the pressurizing chamber expanded by the expansion element to constrict and push the meniscus in the direction of ejection. The non-ejection driving pulse is a pulse waveform having an expansion element that causes the pressurizing chamber to expand and retract the meniscus toward the pressurizing chamber, a holding element that holds the voltage at the end of the expansion element for a set amount of time, and a constriction element that causes the pressurizing chamber expanded by the expansion element to constrict and push the meniscus in the direction of ejection. When the length of time from the end of the constriction element in the ejection driving pulse to the beginning of the expansion element in the non-ejection driving pulse is taken as t, the lengths of time of the expansion element, holding element, and constriction element in the non-ejection driving pulse are taken as a, b, and c, respectively, and the inherent vibration cycle of the liquid within the pressurizing chamber is taken as Tc, t, a, b, and c are within the ranges defined by the following equations (1) through (3): | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245426 | Ink-jet printing method and ink-jet printing system for multi-definition printing - The present invention relates to a method of addressing the nozzles of a printhead; a group of nozzles of a print column of the printhead are staggered and are arranged according to a spatial order, e.g. N | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245427 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming device is provided. The image forming device includes: a liquid drop jetting head having liquid chambers including jetting ports that jet liquid drops onto a recording medium, and a flow path that supplies or recovers liquid to or from the respective liquid chambers; and a control component controlling the liquid drop jetting head so that, among a plurality of and at least some of the jetting ports at a same flow path, jetting ports that jet liquid drops so that there becomes a suppressed recording rate that is suppressed as compared with a predetermined standard recording rate in accordance with image information expressing an image to be formed on the recording medium, and jetting ports that jet liquid drops so that there becomes a promoted recording rate that is promoted as compared with the standard recording rate, are neighboring. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245428 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND FLYING CURVE DETECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle row including nozzles that eject a liquid on an ejecting target medium. The liquid ejecting head moves with respect to the ejecting target medium in a main scanning direction. Liquid is ejected to form test patterns on the ejecting target medium, in which the minimum interval between a plurality of dots formed by ejecting the liquid in the main scanning direction is set as a reference interval. A dot group is formed, in which one or more dots line up at the reference interval in the main scanning direction. A line part is formed, in which a plurality of the dot groups is formed at an interval larger than the reference interval in the main scanning direction. A plurality of the line parts is formed in a sub-scanning direction intersecting the main scanning direction. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245429 | PRINT ENGINE CONTROLLER EMPLOYING ACCUMULATIVE CORRECTION FACTOR IN PAGEWIDTH PRINTHEAD - A print engine controller for a pagewidth inkjet printhead having a plurality of abutting printhead modules mounted on a carrier. The print engine controller is configured to: (a) receive data identifying a rotational yaw displacement of an erroneously displaced printhead module; (b) determine a correction factor that compensates for ink dot displacement by nozzles in the erroneously displaced printhead module; (c) use the correction factor to determine an accumulative Y-offset for each printhead module in the printhead; and (d) alter the output of the ink dots from nozzles in each printhead module having a non-zero accumulative Y-offset to compensate for the rotational yaw displacement of the erroneously displaced printhead module. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245430 | Method for Minimizing Printing Defects due to Missing Nozzle in Media Processing Device - Disclosed is a method for printing a media sheet in a media processing device. The method includes aligning a first portion of a printhead of the media processing device to a print area of the media sheet. The method further includes printing the print area of the media sheet by traversing the printhead over the print area in a first direction. The printing is performed by the first portion. Further, the method includes aligning a second portion of the printhead to the print area by adjusting the media sheet relative to the printhead by an index distance in a direction perpendicular to the first direction. Thereafter, the method includes reprinting the print area by traversing the printhead over the print area in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The reprinting is performed by the second portion. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245431 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REVERSE PRINTING ON A FLEXIBLE LENTICULAR SUBSTRATE - There is provided a method and apparatus for reverse printing a plurality of images interlaced with each other on an underside surface of an appropriate flexible lenticular substrate. The method includes analyzing a viewing orientation of either portrait configuration or landscape configuration of at least one of the plurality of images; determining whether the appropriate flexible lenticular substrate is used for the printing of the plurality of images interlaced with each other in accordance with the viewing orientation of one of the plurality of images; analyzing an orientation of a first marker on the underside surface of the appropriate flexible lenticular substrate; and printing the plurality of images interlaced with each other in accordance with the orientation of the first marker on the underside of the appropriate flexible lenticular substrate. It is advantageous that the printed plurality of images interlaced with each other, when viewed through a top surface of the appropriate flexible lenticular substrate, appear to have characteristics selected from the group consisting of: depth, morphing characteristics, can appear to have motion, and the capability to alternate from one image to another. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245432 | Inkjet Recording Apparatus - An inkjet recording apparatus includes at least one inkjet head having an ejection surface, a feeding mechanism which includes a feed member having a feed surface that is opposed to the ejection surface and which drives the feed member to feed a recording medium on the feed surface in a feeding direction, a wiper blade which removes ink that is adhered to the feed surface by contacting the feed surface, a judging portion which judges whether cleaning of the feed surface is necessary, and a controller which controls the at least one inkjet head and the feeding mechanism, in a case where the judging portion judges that the cleaning of the feed surface is necessary, to perform a first operation in which ink is ejected to the feed surface and a second operation in which the feed member is driven. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245433 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus including: a head having openings; a sheet-moving mechanism; a drive-data storage portion storing drive data; a converting section which converts the drive data such that an image position adjustment is changed; a first extracting section which extracts at least one opening whose number of ejections during the recording on at least one sheet of a first number based on unconverted drive data is smaller than a second number; a second extracting section which extracts at least one opening whose number of ejections during the recording on at least one sheet of a third number based on converted drive data is smaller than a fourth number; and a controller which controls the ejection such that a preliminary ejection from at least one opening extracted by the first and second extracting sections is performed upon recordings based on the unconverted drive data and the converted drive data. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245434 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A conveyance unit continually conveys sheets of the number of continual prints. A head control section controls ejection of ink droplets from inkjet heads in such a way that there are produced image dots which make up an image to be printed on each of the sheet every time the sheet is conveyed and flushing dots corresponding to flushing dot candidates, among flushing dot candidates for flushing patterns included in a flushing pattern group determined from the continual print count, which are placed at locations where the image dots are not to be produced. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245435 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPRATUS - There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a liquid discharging head; a cartridge attaching section in which a liquid cartridge is loaded detachably; a liquid channel; a filter provided in the middle of the liquid channel to capture a foreign substance in the liquid; a parameter deciding mechanism which, based on a cumulative use number of the liquid cartridge, decides a value of a predetermined parameter whose value becomes larger as the cumulative use number becomes larger; and a controller controlling the liquid discharging head so as to decrease an amount of the liquid discharged from the liquid discharging head per unit time as the value of the parameter becomes larger. This structure prevents the occurrence of a failure of the discharge of the liquid from nozzles. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245436 | INK-JET PRINTER - An ink-jet printer has an ink-jet head which discharges an ink from nozzles, and an ink supply passage through which the ink is supplied to the ink-jet head. The ink-jet head and the ink supply passage are filled with an initial ink, which is of a same type as that of the ink to be discharged from the nozzles, upon shipping of the ink-jet printer. The ink-jet printer includes a purge mechanism which executes a purge process to forcibly discharge the ink in the ink-jet head and the ink supply passage from the nozzles; an input section which accepts an input from a user; an initial ink detecting section which detects whether or not the initial ink remains in the ink-jet head and the ink supply passage; and a controller which controls the purge mechanism and the input section based on a detecting result of the initial ink detecting section. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245437 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge apparatus which discharges a liquid in each of continuing discharge opportunities includes: a discharge head discharging the liquid from nozzles; a controller controlling the discharge head to discharge the liquid from the nozzles; a duty detecting section detecting a value of a duty which is a ratio of a discharge amount of the liquid discharged from the discharge head with respect to a maximum discharge amount of the liquid to be discharged from the discharge head in each of the discharge opportunities; and a wait time determining section determining whether a wait time, in which the liquid is not discharged, is provided after each of the discharge opportunities, based on the values of the duties detected by the duty detecting section in past continuing discharge opportunities including the last discharge opportunity. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245438 | RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING RECORDING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Flushing data include pixels that are flushing dot candidates in a virtual area where a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix. One or less pixel is arranged in a plurality of rows of pixels arranged in lines extending in the main scan direction and the direction of conveyance of a sheet and third and fourth directions that are orthogonal to each other and that cross each other at an angle of 45°. A head control section controls an inkjet head such that image dots and flushing dots corresponding to flushing dot candidates that pertain to flushing data and that are situated at locations where no image dots are generated, are produced on a sheet. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245439 | PRINT CONTROLLER - An inkjet head has a plurality of nozzles that are arranged such that distances in a first direction between respective two adjacent nozzles that are adjacent with each other in the first direction are uniform and distances in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction between the respective two adjacent nozzles are nonuniform. The storing unit stores a plurality of dot size determining values corresponding to the plurality of nozzles. Each dot size determining value is defined to determine a size of a dot to be formed by the corresponding nozzle and is determined dependently on a distance in the second direction between the corresponding nozzle and a nozzle adjacent to the corresponding nozzle in the first direction. The determining unit determines a size of a dot to be formed by each nozzle based on the pixel data and the corresponding dot size determining value. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245440 | PRINTING APPARATUS - Provided is a printing apparatus for printing an image on a medium, which is transported in a transport direction, by forming dots by ejecting ink from a plurality of nozzles while moving the nozzles in an intersecting direction that intersects the transport direction. The printing apparatus has a first printing mode for printing a mirror image of a predetermined image as the image on the medium and a second printing mode for printing a positive image of a predetermined image as the image on the medium, the medium being a transparent medium. The first printing mode is different from the second printing mode in at least one of a transportation operation of transporting the medium and a dot-forming operation of forming the dots by ejecting ink while moving the nozzles. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245441 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CORRECTING PIXEL DATA - A fluid ejecting apparatus and a method for correcting pixel data are disclosed. The fluid ejecting apparatus includes a nozzle line having nozzles which eject fluid onto a medium and are lined up in a predetermined direction; a moving mechanism relatively moving the nozzle line and the medium in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction; and a control unit that ejects the fluid from the nozzle line while relatively moving the nozzle line and the medium in the intersecting direction by using the moving mechanism, based on pixel data of the predetermined number of gradations according to certain kinds of dots which can be formed by the fluid ejected from the nozzles, the control unit correcting the pixel data of the predetermined number of gradations in accordance with the correction value set for every image line data which is the plurality of pixel data lined up in a direction corresponding to the intersecting direction in the pixel data. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245442 | METHOD FOR DETECTING DEFECTIVE LIQUID EJECTION, AND DEFECTIVE LIQUID EJECTION DETECTION DEVICE - A method for detecting a defective liquid ejection that includes a) reading, by means of a sensor, an image which is formed on a medium by nozzles ejecting a fluid onto the medium in accordance with image data while being moved relative to the medium in a relative movement direction, b) obtaining differences between pixel values of read data pixels continuously arranged in a row in a direction intersecting with the relative movement direction in data read by the sensor and pixel values of image data pixels corresponding to the read data pixels, and c) detecting a defective liquid ejection of the nozzle by comparing a maximum difference value at a point where the differences show a maximum value with a non-maximum difference value at a time when the differences do not show a maximum value. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245443 | PRINTING - A method of printing comprising firing a first group of one or more printheads ( | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245444 | INKJET PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - The low and high occupancy rate matrix sets are stored in the inkjet printer which performs printing with dots having different sizes. For the original image where banding unevenness easily appears, used is the low occupancy rate matrix set where the occupancy rate of all dots is lower than 100% in the maximum value of gray level and the proportion of the large dots is high in a high range of gray level. For the original image where reproducibility of details is required, used is the high occupancy rate matrix set where the occupancy rate of all dots becomes 100% in a value of gray level lower than the maximum value of gray level and the proportion of the small dots is high in a middle range of gray level. It is therefore possible to perform appropriate printing in accordance with the classification of the original image. | 2010-09-30 |
| 20100245445 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSOR - A printing apparatus and a printing method are provided which, even if a print position misalignment occurs between a plurality of print scans during a multipass printing, can minimize density variations in a unit area reliably and stably, thus producing an image without density unevenness. For this purpose, multi-grayscale-level image data is converted into a plurality of dot arrangement patterns that determine individual subpixels either to be printed or not to be printed with a dot. Then, these dot arrangement patterns are printed overlappingly on a print medium in different print scans of the print head. At this time, the plurality of dot arrangement patterns are so arranged that, if these dot arrangement patterns are shifted from one another, a change in the dot-overlapping area ratio will be smaller than when the dots are arranged separately so that they do not overlap one another. | 2010-09-30 |
