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| 20090244161 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT HEAD RECOVERY METHOD - An ink jet printing apparatus and a print head recovery method are provided which effectively execute a preliminary ejection to eject ink not contributing to image printing from nozzle opening of the print head to maintain the ink ejection performance in good condition. The ink in the print head is heated to a first temperature, at which a first preliminary ejection is executed. Then, when the ink temperature falls to a second temperature, which is lower than the first temperature, a second preliminary ejection is executed. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090256879 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - There are provided an inkjet printing apparatus and an inkjet printing method, whereby, the temperature of a print head is controlled and the ejection volume of ink to be ejected is stabilized to print a high-quality image, even at a high printing duty. Based on print data, an ejection number of ink to be ejected into a unit printing area is counted. The print head is heated to a target temperature that is raised in consonance with an increase in the count value. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100238226 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - The present invention uses a temperature sensor to sense the temperature of a print head configured to eject ink, and senses the environmental temperature of a printing apparatus. The temperature of the print head is corrected based on the environmental temperature only if information from the temperature sensor is different from the last information acquired. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110085003 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT HEAD TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD - When the head temperature Tfinish, which is the head temperature at the time of completion of a preceding scan, is higher than the stable ejection temperature Tstable, the target temperature is made a temperature that is only a temperature value ΔT lower than the head temperature Tfinish. On the other hand, when Tfinish, the head temperature at the time of print completion, is lower than the stable ejection temperature Tstable, the target temperature is made a temperature that is only a temperature value ΔT higher than the head temperature Tfinish. Because of this it is possible to inhibit head temperature rise in the case where an image with a high print density is printed. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110148965 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND RECOVERY METHOD - An inkjet printing apparatus of the present invention is equipped with a recovery device for recovering an ink ejection state of a print head. The print head has a plurality of nozzle rows each for ejecting an ink of a different color, and a nozzle surface. The recovery device performs wiping of the nozzle surface and preliminary ejection from the print head. After the wiping, an evaluation patch is created by performing the preliminary ejection onto a printing medium, and the number of preliminary ejections of a specific nozzle is increased to a number larger the number of preliminary ejections of other nozzles based on an image of the evaluation patch. It is possible to appropriately decide the number of preliminary ejections for each nozzle according to color mixture parts that vary for every apparatus. | 06-23-2011 |
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| 20100305444 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe, a generating unit, a first housing, a second housing, a display unit, a recognition unit, and a display control unit. The generating unit generates ultrasonic image data. The first housing includes an operation panel for issuing an operation instruction. The second housing is connected to the first housing and includes a screen. The display unit displays a display image on the screen. The display image includes at least one of an image display area for the ultrasonic image and a panel display area for a display panel. The recognition unit recognizes a connection state between the first housing and the second housing. The display control unit changes at least one of display positions, sizes, and shapes of the image display area and the panel display area on the display image in accordance with the recognized connection state. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110301463 | ULTRASONIC IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic image diagnostic apparatus includes one or a plurality of ultrasonic probes, a scanning unit configured to scan inside an object with ultrasonic waves through the ultrasonic probe, an image generation unit configured to generate an ultrasonic image based on an output from the scanning unit, and a display unit configured to display the ultrasonic image. The ultrasonic image diagnostic apparatus further includes a posture detection unit configured to detect the posture of the display unit and a control unit configured to control the scanning unit to change a scanning condition in response to a change in the detected posture of the display unit. | 12-08-2011 |
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| 20100018314 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT - Provided is ultrasonic diagnostic equipment including: an equipment body; a display unit provided to the equipment body and configured to display an ultrasonic image; an equipment-side connector provided in the equipment body; and an ultrasonic probe having a probe-side connector to be connected to the equipment-side connector in a detachable manner. The ultrasonic probe is connected to the probe-side connector through a cable and configured to send and receive ultrasonic waves. The probe-side connector and the equipment-side connector are formed in structures capable of sending and receiving the ultrasonic waves even in the case of a 180-degree reverse connection of the probe-side connector to the equipment-side connector. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100106023 | BODY CAVITY ULTRASONIC PROBE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A body cavity probe which scans an object with ultrasonic waves includes a probe main body, and a linear array constituted by a plurality of piezoelectric elements and a convex array constituted by a plurality of piezoelectric elements, which are provided in the probe main body to transmit ultrasonic waves to the object and receive an echo signal from the object. The linear array and the convex array have different array shapes. The respective array surfaces are included in the same plane. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20110248603 | ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER, ULTRASOUND PROBE, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS - An ultrasound transducer according to an embodiment has two-dimensionally arranged ultrasound vibrators. A wiring board block is a laminate of wiring boards which are arranged along the row direction in the arrangement. The wiring board has a first surface facing a rear surface of the ultrasound vibrators and a second surface on its opposite side. First connection parts are provided on the first surface corresponding to the arrangement, and are conducted with back electrodes of the vibrators. Second connection parts are provided on the second surface, and are provided corresponding to the first connection parts. Connecting leads establish conductivity between the first and second connection parts through a fourth surface which is perpendicular to the second and third surfaces. Electronic circuits are connected to the second surface of the wiring board block, and are conducted with the second connection parts. | 10-13-2011 |
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| 20090306516 | ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An ultrasound probe and an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus that can acquire 3-D ultrasound image data of a wide viewing scope including both a diagnosis portion and peripheral portions of the diagnosis portion by swinging a transducer unit in an orthogonal direction to an array of a plurality transducers in the transducer unit without sacrificing the operability of the ultrasound probe. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100179431 | ULTRASOUND PROBE - The present invention provides an ultrasound probe in which bend of a tip part is fixed only in a state that it is not bent in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which ultrasonic waves are emitted from an ultrasound generation source. To be specific, the ultrasound probe includes: a rod-like tip part inserted into a body cavity; an ultrasound emitting part placed at the tip part to emit ultrasonic waves to a subject; a first bending part for bending the tip part in a direction substantially orthogonal to the emission direction; and a fixing part configured to, when the first bending part is not bending the tip part toward any side of the direction orthogonal to the emission direction, lock a rotation member of the first bending part and inhibit the first bending part from bending the tip part in the direction substantially orthogonal to the emission direction. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100228131 | PUNCTURE ADAPTOR, ULTRASONIC PROBE FOR PUNCTURE, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS FOR PUNCTURE, METHOD FOR DETECTING ANGLE OF PUNCTURE NEEDLE - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus including an ultrasonic probe transmitting and receiving ultrasound toward and from a subject, a puncture adaptor configured to be fixed to the ultrasonic probe and to hold a puncture needle, wherein the puncture adaptor has moving part movable in relation to the ultrasonic probe with the puncture needle, and a sensor provided at the ultrasonic probe, and configured to detect the position of the moving part. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110251491 | ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasound transducer or an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that includes a body configured to transmit and receive ultrasound waves, the body having a first color, an attachment portion having a concave shape or a convex shape, the attachment portion configured to attach to a convex portion or a concave portion provided on a puncture adapter, and at least one guide mark provided on the surface of body, the at least one guide mark having a second color different from the first color. | 10-13-2011 |
