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| 20100302335 | Thermal Printer - In connection with a thermal printer, a method of changeably correcting current dot printing data comprising storing a dot history of dot printing data used previously to print dots, and supplying a signal pattern from a list of signal patterns based on the current dot printing data and the dot history, where the list of signal patterns is based on configuration data which is adjustable. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302336 | Thermal Printer - A thermal printer comprising a printing control unit for correcting current dot printing data supplied from a host based on a previous dot history, and supplying the dot printing data to a print head unit. In accordance with the invention, the printing control unit comprises a line buffer unit for accumulating the current dot printing data; a shift register unit for getting and passing the current dot printing data and previous dot history data from the line buffer unit to a logic circuit unit, which is capable of changing data logic for driving the print head unit based on output from the shift register unit; a configuration registration unit for storing configuration data for setting the data logic of the logic circuit unit according to an energizing pattern; a node control circuit unit for switching the logic circuit unit to output data to the print head unit; and a sequencer unit for controlling the timing of the shift register units, the logic circuit units, and the node control circuit unit. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302338 | Thermal Printer - A thermal printer for printing by applying heat energy to a recording medium uses a single logic circuit arrangement to enable operating in a plurality of print modes, and enables easily changing the control logic of each print mode to afford high quality printing. Heating elements apply heat energy to the recording medium. A heating element drive circuit is provided for each heating element to drive a particular heating element. A printing control unit | 12-02-2010 |
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| 20090129669 | Brightness correction for image - A CPU determines whether or not a picked up image that corresponds to image data is a backlit portrait image by analyzing the image data on a pixel-by-pixel basis, and if the picked up image that corresponds to the image data is determined to be a backlit portrait image, then executes a brightness correction for backlit portrait image. The CPU obtains a tone curve that may have an output value of a predetermined value FV as an output value in response to an input value of a flesh-colored pixel average luminance value PV ave, which is an average luminance value of flesh-colored pixels of all pixels that constitute the image data. The CPU applies the tone curve to the luminance of every pixel in the image data and thereby executes the brightness correction. | 05-21-2009 |
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