| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080288674 | Storage system and storage device - A storage system includes: a plurality of data input and output parts through; a data storing part that stores the data inputted and outputted through the plurality of data input and output parts; a range information storing part that stores range information; first control part controlling the data storing part to read and write the data in accordance with the stored range information, and that rewrites the stored range information to predetermined range information in a case where a prescribed signal is inputted from the data input and output part; and a plurality of second control parts that are provided correspondingly to the plurality of data input and output parts to input and output the data, and that input the prescribed signal to the data input and output parts in a prescribed case. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080294966 | DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, DATA RECEPTION DEVICE AND DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A data transmission apparatus includes a packet generation section, a frame encoding section, a transmission section, a reception section, a frame decoding section and a packet extraction section. The packet generation section generates a packet upon request. The frame encoding section generates a frame having a predetermined length by dividing the packet or adding dummy data to the packet and generates an error-correcting-code-added frame by adding an error correcting code to the frame. The transmission section transmits the generated error-correcting-code-added frame through a transmission line. The reception section receives the error-correcting-code-added frame. The frame decoding section performs an error detection and an error correction for the error-correcting-code-added frame. The packet extraction section extracts the packet by removing the error correcting code from the error-correcting-code-added frame for which the error detection and the error correction have been performed. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20100128597 | DATA CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONNECTING DATA CONTROL DEVICE - A data control device includes: a switch portion that has a plurality of first terminals on an upstream side, a plurality of second terminals on a downstream side, and a circuit portion that optionally switches a connection between the first terminals and the second terminals based on an external switching signal; and at least one control portion that has a first input/output portion on the upstream side and a second input/output portion on the downstream side, wherein the second input/output portion is connected to the first terminal of the switch portion and the first input/output portion is connected to the second terminal of the switch portion, and wherein the at least one control portion controls an input/output of data between the first input/output portion and the second input/output portion. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100289997 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a contact hole including a lower layer metal disposed on an insulating substrate; an insulating film disposed on the lower layer metal film and having an opening; an interlayer connection layer formed by solidifying a conductive liquid material disposed extending to cover at least the lower layer metal film exposed by the opening and an insulating film edge portion at the opening; and an upper layer metal film disposed on the interlayer connection layer so that the upper layer metal film extends across a coverage boundary region of the interlayer connection layer to come in contact with the insulating film. The film thickness of the lower layer metal film exposed by the opening is thinner than the film thickness of the lower layer metal film not exposed by the opening. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20120056878 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a display, a sensor, and a controller. The display has a screen. The sensor is configured to detect an inclination. The controller is configured to display a first object on the screen and display a second object associated with the first object on the screen in accordance with the inclination detected by the sensor. | 03-08-2012 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090040252 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECOVERY METHOD - A recording apparatus includes recording heads mounted in a carriage which can move in a direction vertical to a main surface of a recording medium, a guide rail which guides movement of the carriage, and a recovery unit which recovers recording characteristics. The carriage has a regulating section which regulates vertical upward movement of the carriage. A regulating section distance between the guide rail and regulating section is switchable between a first distance and a second distance which is smaller than the first distance. The regulating section distance is set to the second distance when the recovery unit performs a recovery operation. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090309916 | PRINTER - A cleaning mechanism has a slider moving together with a carriage and a suction cap provided on the slider to cap one of print heads mounted on the carriage to perform suction therefrom. A first contact portion and a second contact portion are provided in each of the carriage and the slider, and a third contact portion and a fourth contact portion are provided in the slider. In the case that the suction cap performs suction from a black head, when the carriage moves toward the cleaning mechanism side, the first contact portion and the third contact portion come into contact with each other to position the carriage and the slider in such a manner that the suction cap faces the black head. On the other hand, in the case that the suction cap performs suction from a color head, when the carriage moves toward the cleaning mechanism side, the second contact portion and the fourth contact portion come into contact with each other to position the carriage and the slider in such a manner that the suction cap faces the color head. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309919 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An inkjet recording apparatus includes an encoder, a storage section, a difference calculating section, a threshold value determining section, a correction amount calculating section, and a controlling section. The storage section stores a capping target position and threshold value. The difference calculating section calculates a difference between a stopping position where a carriage is stopped for capping the recording head and a carriage position after passage of a predetermined time from when the carriage is stopped at the stopping position. The stopping position and carriage position are detected by the encoder. The threshold value determining section compares the threshold value and difference with each other. When the difference is greater than the threshold value, the correction amount calculating section calculates a correction amount of the capping target position. The controlling section moves the carriage to the capping target position corrected on the basis of the correction amount. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100033531 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - When recording heads are away from caps, a black ink recording head is first set into a capping state and a color ink recording head is subsequently set into a capping state from this state. When the recording heads are adhered to the caps, the capping state of the color ink recording head is first cancelled and the capping state of the black ink recording head is subsequently cancelled from this state. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20110109689 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a supply unit having a humidifying portion that supplies humidified gas near a nozzle array of a line-type recording head. In correspondence to displacement of the recording head in a direction of the nozzle array, at least one of an introducing direction and an introducing position of the supplied humidified gas can be changed. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109690 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A supply unit is provided to supply humidified gas near a nozzle array of a line-type recording head. The flow-rate distribution of the supplied humidified gas in a direction of the nozzle array is changeable in accordance with a conveying region where a sheet is conveyed while opposing the nozzle array. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109691 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a recording head having a sealing portion arranged in proximity to nozzle arrays and protruding beyond a nozzle surface. A wiper unit configured to wipe the nozzle surface of the recording head has a first wiper blade and a second wiper blade, and the first wiper blade is arranged to be inclined by an angle θ | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110115846 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a recording head arranged so as to oppose a sheet moving in a first direction, in which a plurality of first nozzle chips and a plurality of second nozzle chips each having a nozzle array are arranged as different arrays in a second direction crossing the first direction, and in which the first nozzle chips and the second nozzle chips adjacent to each other are shifted from each other in the second direction, a first suction unit opposed to the first nozzle chips and configured to suction ink from a part of the nozzle arrays included in the first nozzle chips, a second suction unit opposed to the second nozzle chips and configured to suction ink from a part of the nozzle arrays included in the second nozzle chips, a suction holder configured to retain the first suction unit and the second suction unit, and a movement mechanism configured to cause relative movement between the recording head and the suction holder in the second direction, wherein the first suction unit and the second suction unit are shifted from each other in the second direction in correspondence with the shift between the first nozzle chips and the second nozzle chips. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115863 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a humidifying unit that generates humidified gas, a drying unit that dries ink applied to a sheet by a recording unit, a first duct that supplies gas discharged from the drying unit to at least one of the humidifying unit and the recording unit, and a second duct that supplies the humidified gas generated by the humidifying unit to the recording unit. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110211018 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IT - In order to efficiently perform preliminary ejection of ink at a bend of an ink circulation passage, the number of preliminary ejections of a nozzle group located on the outer side of the bend is set larger than the number of preliminary ejections of a nozzle group located in the middle of the bend. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110254903 | PRINTING APPARATUS - Provided is a printing apparatus in which bubbles in a print head are easily removed. The printing apparatus includes a first one-way valve disposed between the pump and the ink tank in the collection channel, the first one-way valve allowing movement of ink from the pump to the ink tank and blocking movement of ink from the ink tank to the pump; a circulation channel that connects the ink tank to the collection channel at a position between the pump and the first one-way valve, the circulation channel enabling circulation of ink from the ink tank, through the print head, and to the ink tank; and a second one-way valve disposed in the circulation channel, the second one-way valve allowing movement of ink from the ink tank to the pump and blocking movement of ink from the pump to the ink tank. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110279525 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a recording head having nozzle chips arranged in a staggered configuration along a second direction that intersects a first direction in which a sheet is conveyed, a first suction portion corresponding to a first row of nozzle chips in the staggered configuration, and a second suction portion corresponding to a second row of nozzle chips. The first suction portion and the second suction port are in a positional relationship in which they are displaced in the second direction so as to correspond to displacement between a first nozzle chip in the first row and its neighboring second nozzle chip in the second row in the second direction. The apparatus further includes a positioning member having a plurality of reference surfaces for use in positioning the recording head at different locations in a third direction that intersects the first direction and the second direction. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110285767 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a first circulation pump which is provided in a channel between a print head and a first storage tank and which supplies ink from a second storage tank to the print head. The printing apparatus further includes a second circulation pump which is provided in a channel between the first storage tank and the second storage tank which supplies ink from the first storage tank to the second storage tank. The printing apparatus further includes a control unit which controls the driving of the first circulation pump and second circulation pump, and a detecting unit which detects the amount of ink stored in the second storage tank. The control unit controls the driving of the second circulation pump on the basis of a detection result by the detecting unit. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285795 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes an overflow tube into which ink overflowed from a buffer tank flows, an overflow tank to which the overflow tube is connected, a drain tank to which ink is drained from the overflow tank, and an atmosphere communication port provided to the drain tank. The buffer tank communicates with the atmosphere through the atmosphere communication port. | 11-24-2011 |