Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130021110 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR, SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE OSCILLATOR, AND SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE MODULE UNIT - It is possible to reduce the size of a surface acoustic wave resonator by enhancing the Q value. In a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT having electrode fingers for exciting surface acoustic waves is formed on a crystal substrate, a line occupying ratio is defined as a value obtained by dividing the width of one electrode finger by the distance between the center lines of the gaps between one electrode finger and the electrode fingers adjacent to both sides thereof, and the IDT includes a region formed by gradually changing the line occupying ratio from the center to both edges so that the frequency gradually becomes lower from the center to both edges than the frequency at the center of the IDT. | 01-24-2013 |
20130021363 | MOVING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MOVING IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - To provide a technology for performing brightness range expansion processing suitable for a scene change when a scene change occurs. If an expansion coefficient output mode determination module | 01-24-2013 |
20130024711 | HOST APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - In an information processing system, a host apparatus and a device are communicatively connected such that the host apparatus serves as a master and the device serves as a slave. The device is configured to establish a power-saving mode, when any command is not received from the host apparatus for a prescribed time period. A device driver is provided in the host apparatus. The device driver is configured to transit from a normal state to a suspended state when an operation command for operating the device is not received from an application running in the host apparatus for a prescribed time period, and to transmit a dummy response to the application, when an inquiry command is received from the application while the device driver is placed in the suspended state, without notifying the inquiry command to the device. | 01-24-2013 |
20130026640 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including a first face and a second face on a side opposite to the first face; an external connection terminal formed on the first face of the semiconductor substrate; a first electrode formed on the first face of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the external connection terminal; an electronic element formed on or above the second face of the semiconductor substrate; a second electrode electrically connected to the electronic element and having a top face and a rear face; a groove portion formed on the second face of the semiconductor substrate and having a bottom face including at least part of the rear face of the second electrode; and a conductive portion formed in the groove portion and electrically connected to the rear face of the second electrode. | 01-31-2013 |
20130026886 | FLEXURAL MODE RESONATOR ELEMENT, RESONATING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A flexural mode resonator element includes: a vibration arm extending from a base end toward a tip; a base joined to the vibration arm at the base end; and supporting arms arranged on both sides of the base in a width direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the vibration arm and joined to the base, wherein the base has a reduced cross-section portion disposed along the extending direction of the vibration arm between a joint portion with the vibration arm and a joint portion with the supporting arms, and the reduced cross-section portion is disposed so as to satisfy a relationship 2×W | 01-31-2013 |
20130027147 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR AND SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE OSCILLATOR - A surface acoustic wave resonator includes: an IDT which is disposed on a quartz crystal substrate with an Euler angle of (−1.5°≦φ≦1.5°, 117°≦θ≦142°, 41.9°≦|ψ|≦49.57°) and which excites a surface acoustic wave in an upper mode of a stop band; and an inter-electrode-finger groove formed by recessing the quartz crystal substrate between electrode fingers of the IDT, wherein the following expression: | 01-31-2013 |
20130027443 | LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE, LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE DRIVING METHOD, AND PROJECTOR - A light emission device includes: first and second clad layers sandwiching an active layer; a first electrode connected with the first clad layer; and second electrodes connected with the second clad layer, at least part of the active layer forms gain areas corresponding to the second electrodes, the gain areas extend from a first side to a second side of the active layer while inclined to a vertical of the first side, at least first and second gain areas form a set of gain areas and a plurality of sets are provided, the first and second gain areas in each set are disposed perpendicular to a direction extending from the first side to the second side, the second electrodes above the first gain areas are interconnected by a first common electrode, and the second electrodes above the second gain areas are interconnected by a second common electrode. | 01-31-2013 |
20130033208 | PWM CONTROL CIRCUIT AND PWM CONTROL METHOD - The PWM control circuit includes a polarity determination unit, a full wave rectification unit, an adjustment unit that generates an adjusted waveform signal by adjusting waveform of the full wave rectification signal, and a carrier signal generating unit that generates a fixed frequency carrier signal. The PWM control circuit further includes a comparator that generates an original PWM signal by comparing the adjusted waveform signal and the carrier signal, and a PWM waveform shaping unit that generates a first PWM signal for the positive polarity section and a second PWM signal for the negative polarity section, by shaping the original PWM signal according to the polarity signal. | 02-07-2013 |
20130034832 | Method for Manufacturing Dental Implant and Dental Implant - A dental implant comprises a titanium member composed of a sintered body made from titanium or titanium alloy; and a ceramic member composed of oxide-based ceramic, and the ceramic member fixed to the titanium member. The titanium member has a recess, and the ceramic member has a protrusion coupled to the recess and pores, and the titanium member covers the protrusion of the ceramic member. The protrusion has a cross-sectional area increasing portion whose cross-sectional area increases toward a dead-end portion of the recess in a direction away from a base end of the protrusion. The titanium member is firmly fixed and joined to the ceramic member in a state that a part of the titanium or the titanium alloy is penetrated into the pores of the protrusion of the ceramic member. | 02-07-2013 |
20130036972 | PIXEL OBSERVATION SYSTEM AND DRAWING SYSTEM - A pixel observation system includes a memory unit, a coordinate generation unit, and an observation unit. The memory unit is configured to store at least nozzle information indicative of discharge states of a liquid material in a plurality of nozzles and arrangement information indicative of an arrangement of each of the nozzles with respect to each of a plurality of pixel regions in relative movement of the nozzles and a substrate. The coordinate generation unit is configured to generate observation coordinates of observation regions on the substrate based on the nozzle information and the arrangement information, and to include coordinates of at least some of the pixel regions over which the nozzles scan through one cycle of the relative movement in the observation coordinates. The observation unit is configured and arranged to observe the pixel regions positioned at the observation coordinates generated by the coordinate generation unit. | 02-14-2013 |
20130037703 | OPTICAL FILTER AND OPTICAL MODULE PROVIDED WITH SAME - An optical filter includes first and second substrates, first and second mirrors, and first and second electrodes. The second substrate faces the first substrate. The second substrate includes a first surface and a second surface. The second surface surrounds the first surface in a plan view and a second height of the second surface is lower than a first height of the first surface. The first mirror is formed on the first surface of the second substrate. The second mirror is formed on the first substrate, the second mirror facing the first mirror. The first electrode is formed on the first substrate. The second electrode is formed on the second surface of the second substrate. The second electrode faces the first electrode. | 02-14-2013 |
20130038171 | VIBRATING MEMBER, VIBRATING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A vibrating member includes a base portion, a plurality of vibrating arms which extend from one end portion of the base portion, are provided in parallel in a first direction, and extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a linking portion which is provided between the base end portions of two adjacent vibrating arms and extends from the other end portion of the base portion, and a support portion which is connected to the base portion through the linking portion. | 02-14-2013 |
20130038181 | BRUSHLESS ELECTRIC MACHINE - The brushless electric machine includes a first drive member ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130038398 | ATOMIC OSCILLATOR - An atomic oscillator includes an atom that generates interaction with first and second lights in accordance with an energy level of a three-level system; and a light source that emits the first light having a first plurality of lights of a first plurality of frequency components different from each other and the second light having a second plurality of lights of a second plurality of frequency components different from each other, wherein when the first and second lights are irradiated to the atom, an electromagnetically induced transparency phenomenon occurs in accordance with one of the first plurality of lights and one of the second plurality of lights. | 02-14-2013 |
20130039541 | ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT - A robot system includes a robot having a movable section, an image capture unit provided on the movable section, an output unit that allows the image capture unit to capture a target object and a reference mark and outputs a captured image in which the reference mark is imaged as a locus image, an extraction unit that extracts the locus image from the captured image, an image acquisition unit that performs image transformation on the basis of the extracted locus image by using the point spread function so as to acquire an image after the transformation from the captured image, a computation unit that computes a position of the target object on the basis of the acquired image, and a control unit that controls the robot so as to move the movable section toward the target object in accordance with the computed position. | 02-14-2013 |
20130044359 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus that scans a light beam from a light source includes: a movable portion and a fixed portion. The movable portion includes: a rotating member, which is capable of rotating about a rotation axis being parallel with an optical axis of the light beam, has an open hole through which the light beam passes, and is provided with a first coil; and a mirror that is provided to the rotating member, electrically connected with the first coil, and reflects the light beam that passes through the open hole of the rotating member in a variable angle with respect to the optical axis of the light beam. The fixed portion includes: a magnetic member; and a second coil capable of supplying an electromagnetic field to the first coil. One of a part and a whole of the magnetic member is made of a magnetic material and the magnetic member serves as a magnetic core of the second coil. | 02-21-2013 |
20130057620 | Liquid Supply Flow Path Device and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus Using The Same - A recording apparatus comprises a case and an ink nozzle in the interior of the case. An opening and closing member is movably affixed to an upper side of the case. The opening and closing member is configured to open and close. An external tank is located exterior to the case. A tube provides a liquid from the external tank to the ink nozzle. A portion of the tube extends into the case through a gap between the case and the opening and closing member in the closed position. | 03-07-2013 |
20130057621 | Liquid Supply Flow Path Device and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus Using The Same - A recording apparatus that comprises a case in the interior of which is an ink nozzle; an opening and closing member movably affixed to an upper side of the case, the opening and closing member being configured to open and close; an external tank located exterior to the case; a liquid supply flow path that provides a liquid from the external tank to the ink nozzle; and a securing member disposed between the opening and closing member and liquid supply flow path and that secures the liquid supply flow path. | 03-07-2013 |
20130057808 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, TEMPERATURE DETECTION METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device including a pair of substrates that are provided opposite to each other with a liquid crystal layer being disposed therebetween, a pair of electrodes provided for each intersection of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines, the pair of electrodes driving the liquid crystal layer, a driving circuit that applies a driving voltage to the pair of electrodes, an electric current detection element that detects a value corresponding to an electric current that flows in the liquid crystal layer when the driving voltage is applied, and a temperature information output circuit that outputs temperature information of the liquid crystal layer based on the value corresponding to the electric current. | 03-07-2013 |
20130057885 | Printing System, POS System, Connection Device, Control Method of Printing System, and Program Therefor - A printing system has an interface unit ( | 03-07-2013 |
20130061680 | ANGULAR VELOCITY DETECTION CIRCUIT, ANGULAR VELOCITY DETECTION APPARATUS, AND FAILURE DETERMINATION SYSTEM - An angular velocity detection circuit is connected to a resonator for making excited vibration on the basis of a drive signal and detects an angular velocity. The angular velocity detection circuit includes: a self-vibration component extraction unit that receives, from the resonator, a detection signal including an angular velocity component based on a Coriolis force and a self-vibration component based on the excited vibration and extracts the self-vibration component from the detection signal; a direct-current conversion unit including an integration unit that integrates an output signal of the self-vibration component extraction unit; and a temperature characteristic compensation unit that compensates for a variation due to a temperature in an output signal of the direct-current conversion unit. | 03-14-2013 |
20130063509 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head having a nozzle; a pressure-changing unit for changing pressure of liquid in the nozzle in such a manner that the liquid is ejected from the nozzle; a first level-data setting unit for setting a selected first level data from a plurality of first level data, based on an ejecting data for a first kind of liquid; a second level-data setting unit for setting a selected second level data from a plurality of second level data, based on an ejecting data for a second kind of liquid; a driving-signal generator for generating a driving signal; and a driving-pulse generator for generating a driving pulse based on the selected first or second level data and the driving signal. The plurality of first level data and the plurality of second level data are different from each other. | 03-14-2013 |
20130068130 | WATER RESISTANT ALUMINUM PIGMENT DISPERSION, AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WATER RESISTANT ALUMINUM PIGMENT DISPERSION - A water resistant aluminum pigment dispersion includes an aluminum pigment covered with a silica film, which is dispersed in an aqueous solution containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a copolymer A including a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) or the following formula (2) and a structural unit represented by the following general formula (3), a copolymer B including a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) or the following formula (2) and a structural unit represented by the following general formula (4), and a copolymer C including a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) or the following formula (2) and a structural unit represented by the general formula (5) | 03-21-2013 |
20130069621 | ANGULAR VELOCITY DETECTION CIRCUIT AND ANGULAR VELOCITY DETECTION APPARATUS - An angular velocity detection circuit is connected to a resonator for making excited vibration on the basis of a drive signal and detects an angular velocity. The angular velocity detection circuit includes: a self-vibration component extraction unit that receives, from the resonator, a detection signal including an angular velocity component based on a Coriolis force and a self-vibration component based on the excited vibration of the resonator and extracts the self-vibration component from the detection signal; a direct-current conversion unit including an integration unit that integrates an output signal of the self-vibration component extraction unit; and an offset addition unit that adds an offset value to an output signal of the direct-current conversion unit. | 03-21-2013 |
20130075596 | OPTICAL FILTER DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical filter device includes a variable wavelength interference filter having a stationary substrate, a movable substrate, a stationary reflecting film, and a movable reflecting film, and a housing adapted to house the variable wavelength interference filter therein. The housing has a base substrate, a lid bonded to the base substrate, and forming an internal space between the base substrate and the lid, and a lid-side glass substrate adapted to block a light passage hole provided to the lid. Further, the lid-side glass substrate has a substrate edge located outside the outer peripheral edge of the light passage hole, and is bonded to the lid in an area extending from the outer peripheral edge of the light passage hole to the substrate edge. | 03-28-2013 |
20130075896 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a through electrode provided in a through hole formed in the semiconductor substrate. The through electrode partially protrudes from a back surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is opposite to an active surface thereof. The through electrode includes a resin core and a conductive film covering at least a part of the resin core. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076231 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRIC OPTICAL DEVICE IN WHICH EXTERNAL CONNECTION TERMINALS ARE FORMED - An electro-optical device includes an effective display region including a pixel, the pixel including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a wiring line connected to the second electrode at a position to the periphery of the effective display region, the wiring line including a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer that are electrically connected to each other and that overlap each other, the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer both extending in a direction in which an edge of the effective display region extends, the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer extending in the direction a distance that is longer than a distance in which the edge of the effective display region extends in the direction. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076819 | PRINTING APPARATUS, LINE PRINTER AND METHOD FOR PRINTING - A printing apparatus includes a head section having a nozzle row being configured to emit photocurable ink onto a target and an irradiating section configured to irradiate the target, a moving section configured to move the head section with respect to the target for printing, and a controller configured to carry out control so as to emit the photocurable ink from the nozzles onto an image forming area of the target and to irradiate the photocurable ink having impacted on the image forming area from the irradiation section. The controller controls irradiation energy of the light that the irradiation section irradiates the image forming area with so that irradiation energy of the light that an edge area of the image forming area is irradiated with is smaller than irradiation energy of the light that an area of the image forming area adjacent to the edge area is irradiated with. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076822 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - When a paper jam is detected, in the case where the cause of the paper jam is a CR motor error in which the speed of the carriage is decreased by as much as a load when the paper jam occurs and becomes equal to or less than a set speed, when there is an instruction to continue printing, cleaning is performed on a printing head. In this case, it is determined whether the paper position is particularly in a one-side supporting range in which the paper is supported by only one pair of transporting roller pairs provided in each of an upstream side and a downstream side of a transporting direction of the paper with interposing of a moving path of the printing head. Then, it is preferable that cleaning be performed as long as the paper position is in the one-side supporting range. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076831 | PRINTER AND PRINTING HEAD MOVING MECHANISM - A printing head moving mechanism is configured to reciprocate a carriage equipped with a printing head between a printing position facing a recording medium and a retracted position retracted outside a printing region of the recording medium. In the printing position, the carriage is disposed at a downstream side of a transporting roller which is configured to transport the recording medium in a transporting direction of the recording medium. In the retracted position, at least a portion of the carriage is disposed at an upstream side of the transporting roller in the transporting direction of the recording medium. The carriage is configured to move between the printing position and the retracted position without interfering with the transporting roller. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076832 | Liquid Ejecting Head - Disclosed herein is a liquid ejecting head is provided in which a plurality of pressure chambers is formed along a nozzle row direction where a plurality of pressure chambers is arranged in parallel with one another to be divided by each partition wall, and a change in pressure of a liquid in each of the pressure chambers is generated by driving of each pressure generation unit to allow the liquid to be ejected from each of the nozzles, wherein at least one of the pressure chambers located at opposite ends of the plural pressure chambers is a dummy pressure chamber from which the liquid is not ejected, and the dummy pressure chamber is filled with the liquid. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076841 | Liquid Supply Method - A liquid supply method of a liquid ejecting apparatus including a tank having a liquid capacity greater than a storage amount of the liquid which is stored in a liquid storage unit, and a liquid ejection unit that ejects the liquid supplied from the tank side includes the steps of: firstly supplying all the liquid in the liquid storage unit to the tank; agitating the liquid accommodated in the tank; and secondly supplying the liquid in the tank to the liquid ejection unit. | 03-28-2013 |
20130077121 | MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, AND A STORAGE MEDIUM - A multifunction device that has functions for reading media and printing tickets, and produces tickets on which an image reflecting the result of reading the medium is recorded under the control of a control device, can quickly reprint a ticket when a command to reprint the ticket is received. When image data is written to a first buffer | 03-28-2013 |
20130078308 | ENCAPSULATION DEVICE, MEDICAL CAPSULES, AND ENCAPSULATION METHOD - An encapsulation device includes: a fluid injection device that injects a first liquid forming a core; a liquid film holder that holds in film form a second liquid forming a shell containing the core; and a liquid contact device that makes the shell in contact with a third liquid, in which the first liquid is injected toward a liquid film of the second liquid retained by the liquid film holder to form a core, the core is wrapped with the second liquid on passing through the liquid film of the second liquid, thereby forming the shell, and the shell is made in contact with the third liquid to induce chemical reaction. | 03-28-2013 |
20130079707 | FLUID INJECTION DEVICE - A fluid injection device includes: a pulse generation section that includes a fluid chamber whose volume is changeable, and an inlet flow passage and an outlet flow passage that are connected to the fluid chamber; a first connection flow passage connected to the outlet flow passage, having an end portion; a second connection flow passage connected to the inlet flow passage; a fluid injection opening formed at the end portion of the first connection flow passage, having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the outlet flow passage; a connection flow passage tube including the first connection flow passage and having rigidity adequate to transmit pulses of fluid flowing from the fluid chamber to the fluid injection opening; and a pressure generation section that supplies fluid to the inlet flow passage. | 03-28-2013 |
20130081462 | COMPOSITE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A composite sensor includes: a package including a container and a lid; a plurality of spaces that is partitioned by at least the container and the lid, and has different pressures, the plurality of the spaces including a first space sealed at around an atmospheric pressure and a second space sealed at a depressurized state; an acceleration sensor element disposed in the first space; and a vibration type angular velocity sensor element disposed in the second space. In the sensor, the first space has a volume smaller than a volume of the second space. | 04-04-2013 |
20130082560 | CORELESS ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE, MOBILE UNIT, ROBOT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CORELESS ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE - A coreless electromechanical device includes permanent magnets provided in a first member, M (M is an integer number equal to or more than two) phases of α-wound air core electromagnetic coils provided in a second member, and a coil back yoke provided in the second member, wherein the electromagnetic coil has two effective coil regions that generate force for relative rotational transfer of the first member with respect to the second member and two coil end regions, and the coil end regions of at least the (M-1) phases of electromagnetic coils of the M phases of electromagnetic coils are bent toward an inner circumference side or an outer circumference side of a cylindrical surface containing the cylindrical region so as not to interfere with the coil end regions of the other phases of electromagnetic coils. | 04-04-2013 |
20130082565 | POWER GENERATION UNIT, BATTERY, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, TRANSPORTATION DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER GENERATION UNIT - A power generation unit includes a deforming member adapted to deform while switching a deformation direction, a piezoelectric device provided to the deforming member, a displacement detection section adapted to detect that the deforming member is displaced beyond a predetermined level, an inductor electrically connected to the piezoelectric device, a switch disposed between the piezoelectric device and the inductor, and a control section adapted to set the piezoelectric device and the inductor to an electrically conductive state via the switch if the displacement detection section detects that the deforming member is displaced beyond the predetermined level. | 04-04-2013 |
20130082566 | POWER GENERATION UNIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, TRANSPORTATION DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER GENERATION UNIT - A power generation unit includes a deforming member (a beam) adapted to deform while switching a deformation direction, a first piezoelectric device provided to the deforming member (the beam), a second piezoelectric device provided to the deforming member (the beam), an inductor electrically connected to the first piezoelectric device, a switch disposed between the first piezoelectric device and the inductor, and a control section adapted to detect a voltage generated in the second piezoelectric device, and if the voltage detected has a level one of equal to and higher than a predetermined level, electrically connect the first piezoelectric device and the inductor to each other using the switch. | 04-04-2013 |
20130082567 | ULTRASONIC DEVICE - An ultrasonic device is configured to transmit ultrasonic waves and includes a substrate, a diaphragm, a piezoelectric member and a control unit. The substrate has an opening. The diaphragm covers the opening of the substrate. The piezoelectric member is coupled to the diaphragm, and includes a first piezoelectric part and a second piezoelectric part. The control unit controls a voltage applied to the first piezoelectric part to be a vibration voltage and controls a voltage applied to the second piezoelectric part to be a constant voltage when the ultrasonic device transmits the ultrasonic waves. | 04-04-2013 |
20130082571 | POWER GENERATION UNIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, TRANSPORTATION DEVICE, BATTERY, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER GENERATION UNIT - A power generation unit includes a first piezoelectric device having a pair of electrodes, a second piezoelectric device stacked on the first piezoelectric device, a switch electrically connected between the pair of electrodes, a current detection section adapted to detect a current generated in the second piezoelectric device, and a control section adapted to control the switch, and the control section electrically connects the switch for a predetermined period in at least either one of a case in which the current detected by the current detection section reaches a level one of equal to and higher than a first reference value or a case in which the current reaches a level one of equal to and lower than a second reference value. | 04-04-2013 |
20130082572 | POWER GENERATION UNIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, TRANSPORTATION DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER GENERATION UNIT - A power generation unit includes a beam (a deforming member) having a piezoelectric element and deforming while switching a deformation direction, an inductor electrically connected to the piezoelectric element, a switch disposed between the piezoelectric element and the inductor, a memory (a storage section) adapted to store switching period information (information of a characteristic vibration period of the beam), and a control circuit (a control section) adapted to control one of a timing at which the switch is set to a conductive state and a timing at which the switch is set to a nonconductive state in accordance with the switching period information stored in the memory. | 04-04-2013 |
20130082673 | SWITCHING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SWITCHING DEVICE - A switching device is disclosed in which electric current through a rectification circuit, depending on whether a main switching element turns on or off, and thus electric current from the rectification circuit flows through whichever of first and second sub-switching elements, turns on. By controlling the turning on and off of the first and second sub-switching elements, the switching is performed which determines through which of the first and second output circuits the electric current from the rectification circuit flows. Thus, a voltage that is a result of transforming a voltage from a DC power supply in response to the electric current flowing through the first output circuit, is output from a first output terminal, and a voltage that is a result of transforming a voltage from the DC power supply in response to the electric current flowing through the second output circuit, is output from a second output terminal. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083058 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE PROJECTOR - A projector is disclosed. The projector divides image data, which should be displayed, into a plurality of quadrilateral regions, displays the vertexes of the divided quadrilateral regions to be superimposed on the image data, causes a user to select one of the displayed vertexes as a selected control point, causes the user to move the selected control point, deforms the quadrilateral regions including the selected control point before the movement as one of the vertexes into a shape including, in vertexes, the moved selected control point, and corrects image data corresponding to the quadrilateral regions before the deformation to be fit in the deformed quadrilateral regions. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083125 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet printer includes a carriage that includes a recording head which performs recording on a medium and is movable in a scanning direction of the recording head, a first sliding portion that is provided so as to be able to displace a relative position to a carriage main body in a direction in which a gap between the recording head and the medium changes and moves in the scanning direction together with the carriage, a guide member with which the first sliding portion makes contact and that is provided so as to extend in the scanning direction, and a gap adjusting unit that adjusts the gap by adjusting a position of the carriage main body relative to the first sliding portion. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083133 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, ACTUATOR DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element includes a lower electrode film disposed on a substrate, a piezoelectric layer | 04-04-2013 |
20130083141 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink cartridge has a label portion on a wall surface of one periphery of a case forming an ink accommodating unit. The label unit has a lamination structure in which a plurality of layers with different properties and states are laminated, and includes an optical functional layer that allows light (first wavelength of light) with a predetermined wavelength to pass and an optical reflective layer that reflects the first wavelength of light, and the optical reflective layer is a surface side of the case. When the optical reflective layer is heated from a thermal head of a heating unit directed to the label portion, the optical reflective layer irreversibly raises absorptivity of the first wavelength of light with respect to a received range. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083142 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink cartridge has a label portion on a wall surface of one periphery of a case forming an ink accommodating unit. The label unit has an optical functional layer that allows a predetermined wavelength of light to pass, an optical dispersion layer that includes hollow bodies, and an optical absorptive layer that absorbs the first wavelength of light, which are laminated in this order, and the optical absorptive layer is a surface side of the case. When the optical reflective layer is heated from a heating unit directed to the label portion at a temperature of damaging the hollow bodies, the dispersion of the light is suppressed by the damage to the hollow bodies, and the transmittance of the wavelength of light is irreversibly raised. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083298 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A projector that projects an image allows selection of one of a plurality of controlled objects located in correspondence with the vertices of the contour of the image and the sides of the contour, moves the selected controlled object within the image based on input operation, and corrects the contour of the image based on the moved controlled object. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083399 | WAVELENGTH VARIABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL FILTER DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A wavelength variable interference filter includes a fixed substrate, a movable substrate, a fixed reflective film provided on the fixed substrate, a movable reflection film provided on the movable substrate and opposed to the fixed reflective film via an inter-reflective film gap, a fixed electrode provided on the fixed substrate, a movable electrode provided on the movable substrate and opposed to the fixed electrode via an inter-electrode gap, a fixed charging preventing electrode provided along the outer circumferential edge of the fixed electrode and in non-contact with the fixed electrode and grounded, and a movable charging preventing electrode provided along the outer circumferential edge of the movable electrode and in non-contact with the movable electrode and grounded. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083400 | WAVELENGTH VARIABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL FILTER DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE WAVELENGTH VARIABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER - A wavelength variable interference filter includes a fixed substrate including a fixed reflective film, a movable substrate including a movable reflective film, and a bonding section configured to bond the fixed substrate and the movable substrate. The movable substrate includes a movable section, a holding section, and a substrate outer circumferential section. The holding section includes a flat section having a uniform thickness dimension and a curved surface section provided on the outer circumferential side of the flat section, a thickness dimension of the curved surface section increasing toward the substrate outer circumferential section. The bonding section is provided in an outer circumferential region extending along substrate outer circumferential edges on surfaces opposed to each other of the fixed substrate and the movable substrate. The inner circumferential edge of the bonding section is provided further on the inner side than the outer circumferential edge of the curved surface section. | 04-04-2013 |
20130088091 | POWER RECEPTION CONTROL DEVICE, POWER RECEPTION DEVICE, NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT AND POWER RECEPTION CONTROL METHOD - A power reception control device provided in a power reception device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a power-reception-side control circuit that controls an operation of the power reception device, and a power supply control signal output terminal that supplies a power supply control signal to a charge control device, the power supply control signal controlling power supply to a battery. The power-reception-side control circuit controls a timing at which the power supply control signal (ICUTX) is output from the power supply control signal output terminal. The operation of the charge control device is compulsorily controlled using the power supply control signal (ICUTX). | 04-11-2013 |
20130088415 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - In a virtual image display device, direction adjustment of an image optical axis, i.e., angle adjustment of a direction of eyes of an observer can be performed by providing a cushion member or adjusting an amount of shift between an image display unit and a projection system, and thereby, strain on eyes of an observer in use may be reduced. Even when the virtual image display device is used over a long period, for example, stress on the observer may be suppressed. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088509 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When a single pixel is displayed by four color sub-pixels, or R (red), G (green), B (blue), and G, in a Bayer array, this invention sets the scaling rate of a scaling process to 3/2 times when executing the scaling process on image data having three color components, or R, G, and B, and then executes a color conversion process for finding four color components from the three color components; after this, a decimation process for reducing the number of pixels is carried out. Setting the scaling rate of the scaling process to an integer proportion, moirés caused by the scaling process can be made less noticeable. Note that it is desirable for the scaling rate of the scaling process to be close to √2 and for the denominator of the integer proportion to be lower. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088534 | Display Device, Method for Driving Display Device, and Electronic Apparatus - A display device includes an illumination unit that delivers a first light, a second light and a third light. The display also includes a driving circuit that supplies a pixel with a first data signal for displaying a first image by illuminating the first light, the driving circuit supplying the pixel with a second data signal for displaying a second image by illuminating the second light, the driving circuit supplying the pixel with a third data signal for displaying a third image by illuminating the third light. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088539 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a nozzle row group that is provided with a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row, and a control unit that performs a dot forming operation of ejecting a liquid from nozzles to form dots. The control unit divides the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row into N nozzle groups when the dot forming operation is performed. In a first mode, A nozzle groups of N nozzle groups of the second nozzle row and (N−A) nozzle groups of the first nozzle row are employed. In a second mode, B (A≠B) nozzle groups of N nozzle groups of the second nozzle row and (N−B) nozzle groups of the first nozzle row are employed. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088546 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head that includes a fluid channel formation substrate and pressure generation units. The fluid channel formation substrate is made of a silicon single crystal substrate having a crystal face orientation of. The fluid channel formation substrate has a plurality of separate flow channels that include at least pressure generation chambers demarcated by partition walls, each of the pressure generation chambers being in communication with a nozzle opening that ejects liquid drops. The fluid channel formation substrate further has a communication portion that is in communication with each of the separate flow channels. The pressure generation units are provided so as to correspond to the pressure generation chambers and generate a pressure change in the pressure generation chambers so as to cause ejection of liquid drops. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088549 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A liquid ejecting head includes a piezoelectric element having a first electrode, a piezoelectric body layer, and a second electrode, in which the piezoelectric body layer is formed of complex oxide of a pevroskite structure including at least bismuth, barium, iron, and titanium, and the mole ratio of titanium to barium (Ti/Ba) is 1.17 or more, and 1.45 or less. | 04-11-2013 |
20130090761 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT HAND, ROBOT, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - A motor control device controls a motor using an angle data signal and a rotational speed signal output from a rotation detector detecting a rotation state of a rotating shaft of the motor. The motor control device includes a speed control unit that outputs a torque instruction signal corresponding to a difference between the rotational speed of the rotating shaft and a speed instruction using the speed instruction of the rotating shaft and the rotational speed signal, a limit value setting unit that sets a torque limit value indicating the maximum value of the torque applied to the rotating shaft, and a torque limit control unit that limits the torque of the rotating shaft driven by the torque instruction signal to the torque limit value or less. | 04-11-2013 |
20130092959 | LIGHT RECEIVING AND EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes: a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit which are provided on a same substrate, wherein the light emitting unit includes an active layer sandwiched between a first clad layer and a second clad layer, a first electrode electrically connected to the first clad layer, and a second electrode electrically connected to the second clad layer. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093653 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a first storage capacitor that has a first electrode and a second electrode, and a second storage capacitor that has a third electrode and a fourth electrode, and a first pixel circuit. The first pixel circuit includes a first transistor having a first gate, a first drain, and a first source, an electro-optical element, a second transistor through which a first data line is electrically connected to the first gate during the second transistor is in an on-state, and a third transistor through which the first gate is electrically connected to the first drain or the first source. The second electrode and the third electrode are electrically connected to the first data line. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093666 | PROJECTOR AND IMAGE DRAWING METHOD - A projector includes a recognition section adapted to recognize an image to be drawn and a drawing area in which the image is drawn based on a trajectory of a symbol written to a projection surface, an acquisition section adapted to acquire image data representing the image recognized by the recognition section, and a drawing control section adapted to perform control so that the image represented by the image data acquired by the acquisition section is drawn in the drawing area of the projection surface recognized by the recognition section. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093672 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A projector includes a projection unit that displays an input image input from an image source on a screen, a location detection unit that detects a pointed location on the screen, a coordinate conversion unit that generates coordinates indicating the pointed location detected by the location detection unit, an image processing unit that executes processing according to the coordinates generated by the coordinate conversion unit, and an output control unit that controls the output of the coordinates generated by the coordinate conversion unit to the image processing unit and a PC. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093737 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A first storage capacitor is provided with respect to a data line. A pixel circuit includes a first transistor supplying current according to a voltage between a gate and a source, a light emitting element emitting light corresponding to current supplied by the first transistor, and a second transistor which is configured to be turned on or off between the data line and the gate. In a first period, an initial potential is supplied to the data line by turning on the second transistor, and in a second period, a data signal of a potential corresponding to a gradation level is supplied to the first storage capacitor by turning on the second transistor. After the second period, the second transistor is turned off. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093811 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle that ejects liquid and a pressure chamber in communication with the nozzle. A pressure generator causes pressure fluctuation in the liquid retained in the pressure chamber. The liquid ejecting head is capable of ejecting the liquid from the nozzle as a result of operation of the pressure generator. A driving signal generating section generates a driving signal having an ejection pulse for driving the pressure generator to eject the liquid from the nozzle. The ejection pulse is a voltage waveform four waveform portions having, respectively, voltage levels V | 04-18-2013 |
20130093818 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A liquid ejecting head for discharging liquid from nozzle openings is provided. The liquid ejecting head includes a piezoelectric film and piezoelectric element with electrodes on the piezoelectric film. The piezoelectric film includes barium titanate-based composition having a perovskite structure containing barium, titanium, and copper less than or equal to 3 mol % of titanium amount. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093820 | LIQUID SUPPLY APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid supply apparatus which supplies a liquid to a liquid ejecting head from a liquid accommodating unit includes a plurality of rotating type pumps which are respectively provided in the middle of each of a plurality of supply paths which connect a plurality of the liquid accommodating units and the liquid ejecting head, a common power source which drives the plurality of pumps and a power transmission adjusting unit which adjusts power which is transmitted from the power source to each pump due to the liquid pressure in the supply path on the basis of a load that the pump receives. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093822 | RECORDING APPARATUS - The recording apparatus includes a recording head that performs recording on paper which is fed along for manual bypass, a pair of feeding roller that is rotated in a forward direction and a reverse direction by drive force from a PF motor and feeds the paper to the recording head by the rotation in the forward direction, and a load applying mechanism that is placed at an upstream side further than the pair of feeding roller and gives load for suppressing the movement to the upstream side with respect to the paper, a leading end of which is returned to the upstream side by the rotation of the pair of feeding roller in the reverse direction, and a bending permission space that permits bending of the paper is interposed between the pair of feeding roller and the load applying mechanism. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093823 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid ejection device includes a first rolled medium accommodation unit, a second rolled medium accommodation unit and a liquid ejection head. The first rolled medium accommodation unit is configured to accommodate a rolled medium, the first rolled medium accommodation unit being movable along a first path. The second rolled medium accommodation unit is configured to accommodate the rolled medium, the second rolled medium accommodation unit being movable along a second path. The liquid ejection head is configured to eject an ink as a liquid onto a medium supplied by being unwound from the rolled medium. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094014 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE WITH POSITION DETECTION FUNCTION - A projection display device having a projection device projecting an image on a surface, and a position detection function of detecting an object's position between the surface and the projection device, includes: a light source emitting light beams toward the object; a light detector detecting the light beams reflected by the object; and a position detector detecting the object's position in an imaginary plane based on the light detector's result, wherein the light source emits, as the light beams, first through third light beams having first through third intensity distributions, the second intensity distribution having a highest intensity at a position failing to overlap a highest intensity of the first intensity distribution, and the third intensity distribution having a highest intensity portion at a position failing to overlap a straight line connecting the highest intensity portions of the first and second intensity distributions. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094063 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, CERTIFICATION SERVER AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A multifunction peripheral printer (MFP) includes a printing environment settings unit that performs settings that contribute to a reduction in environmental load, a certification request unit that requests, from a certification server, certification concerning whether the set printing corresponds to eco-printing that is environmentally friendly print, a certification result reception unit that receives a certification result from the certification server, a logo image application unit that applies a logo image indicating that printing has been executed by the eco-printing when the set printing is certified as the eco-printing, and a printing control unit that prints an image to which the logo image is applied. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094091 | Image Forming Optical Element and Image Reading Device - Two aperture members are disposed on each side of a lens array. In one aperture member, decreasingly tapered through holes having a cross sectional area that gradually decreases in a light incident direction and increasingly tapered through holes having a cross sectional area that gradually increases in the light incident direction are alternatively arranged. The other aperture member that is oppositely disposed with respect to the lens array has the same configuration. The center axes of the decreasingly tapered through holes and the center axes of the increasingly tapered through holes are coincident with each other. This enables to achieve an image forming optical element that has a large amount of light and less irregularity of the amount of light. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094095 | PROJECTION ZOOM LENS - When at least two resin lenses having oppositely signed power factors are disposed in positions that are not relatively far away from each other in a lens group disposed on a high magnification side with respect to an aperture stop, the difference in temperature between the two resin lenses can be reduced, whereby the amount of change in the focal point of an overall projection zoom lens can be reduced. The lens groups on the high magnification side with respect to the aperture stop, which are close to the atmosphere, experience a relatively small increase in temperature when in use. The focus shift due to variation in temperature can therefore be reliably reduced by disposing the resin lenses, which are readily affected by an increase in temperature, on the high magnification side with respect to the aperture stop. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094096 | PROJECTION ZOOM LENS - A projection zoom lens is formed of the following lens groups sequentially arranged from the high magnification side: a first lens group fixed at the time of zooming and having negative power; a second lens group moved along the optical axis at the time of zooming and having negative power; a third lens group moved at the time of zooming and having positive power; a fourth lens group moved at the time of zooming; and a fifth lens group fixed at the time of zooming and having positive power. When the total lens system operating at the wide angle end has a focal length Fw, and the first lens group has a focal length F | 04-18-2013 |
20130094336 | MEDIA TRANSPORTATION MECHANISM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MEDIA TRANSPORTATION MECHANISM, AND MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE - A media transportation mechanism has: a storage unit that stores disc-shaped media with a center hole in a stack; a transportation arm that moves vertically and has a gripping member to hold a medium stored in the storage unit, and a separating member that moves radially to the medium from the hole of the medium; and a transportation arm drive member that sets the ascent speed of the transportation arm to a first speed, and to a second speed that is slower than the first speed, when moving the transportation arm vertically up while the gripping member holds the medium. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094417 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A wireless communication apparatus includes a transmitter circuit whose transmission power is set variably, a wireless communication section having a receiver circuit, and a processing section that executes a control of the wireless communication section. The processing section sets the transmission power of the transmitter circuit to a first transmission power when it executes normal data communication and sets the transmission power of the transmitter circuit to a second transmission power smaller than the first transmission power when it executes a pairing process. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094890 | TAPE CUTTER AND TAPE PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A tape cutter including: a cutter for cutting a tape-shaped material; a cutter frame for supporting the cutter in such a condition that the cutter can carry out cutting; a cutter driving mechanism for allowing the cutter to perform cutting from a standby position to a cutting position; a tape pressing member for pressing the tape-shaped material in a cutting direction against a receiving member provided on the cutter frame prior to the cutting by the cutter; a pressing spring disposed between the cutter and the tape pressing member to urge the cutter and the tape pressing member in directions away from each other; and a return spring whose one urging end is hooked to the tape pressing member to return the cutter from the cutting position to the standby position by returning the tape pressing member. | 04-18-2013 |
20130095564 | CELL SEPARATING APPARATUS AND CELL SEPARATING METHOD - A cancer cell separating apparatus includes: a flow channel including an antibody fixation area having antibodies which bind specifically to cancer cells fixed thereon, wherein the cancer cells and non-cancer cells are separated using a difference in velocity of movement between the cancer cells and the non-cancer cells in cell slurry introduced into the flow channel. | 04-18-2013 |
20130099118 | TERAHERTZ WAVE DETECTING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND MEASURING DEVICE - A terahertz wave detecting device includes a wavelength filter and a detection part. The wavelength filter is configured to convert terahertz waves to heat. The detection part is configured to detect the heat converted by the wavelength filter. The wavelength filter includes a wavelength selection layer and a terahertz wave absorption layer. The wavelength selection layer is configured to transmit terahertz waves of a prescribed wavelength among the terahertz waves. The terahertz wave absorption layer is provided in contact with the wavelength selection layer and the detection part, and contains a material for absorbing the terahertz waves of the prescribed wavelength. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099379 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A semiconductor device is provided with a plurality of protrusions which are made of a resin and which protrude higher than electrodes, and conductive layers which are electrically connected to the electrodes and which cover the top surfaces of the protrusions. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device includes a step of applying a layer of the resin to the semiconductor device except for the electrodes, a step of patterning the conductive layers on the electrodes and the layer of the resin in accordance with the protrusions, and a step of removing the layer of the resin located between the conductive layers by the use of the patterned conductive layers as masks so as to form the protrusions. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100186 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a first part of nozzles that ejects at least one of brilliant ink and white ink to a medium, a second part of nozzles that ejects color ink to the medium, and a control unit that forms a first image by the first part of nozzles and forms a second image on the first image by the second part of nozzles, and deforms, when a part of an edge of the first image and a part of an edge of the second image are overlapped before forming the image on the medium, at least one of the first image and the second image so that a portion of the overlapped edge in the second image is positioned outside a portion of the overlapped edge in the first image. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100188 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a nozzle that ejects brilliant ink to a medium to form a brilliant image, a nozzle that ejects color ink to the medium to form a color image, and a control unit that ejects the color ink after ejecting the brilliant ink to the medium, applies, to the color image, a pattern in which blocks each having a predetermined area and each formed of pixels with the same gradation are arranged, and ejects the color ink so that the color image after the application is formed. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100190 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes (A) a head that discharges first ink and second ink having a color different from that of the first ink, (B) an optical sensor that includes a light source and a light receiving section, and (C) a controller. In the printing apparatus, when the controller corrects a discharge amount of the second ink, the controller causes the head to discharge the first ink to form a first pattern on a medium, causes the optical sensor to detect light reflected from the first pattern, causes the head to discharge the second ink to form a plurality of second patterns having different gradation values on the first pattern, and causes the optical sensor to detect light reflected from the second pattern. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100191 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A head unit is provided that includes a plurality of head groups having a first head and a second head in a direction which crosses a transport direction of a medium. Color difference is obtained which indicates difference in color between patches formed for each band using dots having the same dot diameter from among a plurality of patches based on the result of color measurement performed on a test pattern which includes the plurality of patches for each band, the plurality of patches being formed for each head group using dots having different dot diameters. The amount of first ink and the amount of second ink, which are respectively ejected from the first head and the second head which are included in all the head groups, are adjusted such that the dot diameter becomes the dot diameter which is determined based on the color difference. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100214 | Liquid Container - A liquid container comprises a liquid container pouch of flexible sheets and a liquid outlet between the pair of flexible sheets to permit extraction of a liquid in the pouch. The pouch includes a pair of side portions and a lower gusseted portion defining a basal gusset and including bilateral edge portions overlapping individual lower border zones on the side constituting the lower borders of the pair of side portions during extraction of liquid. The individual lower border zones and the individual bilateral side edge portions overlap to define sealed portions; the lower gusseted portion has a fold line parallel to the lower border between the bilateral edge portions and is oriented in a folding direction to define a chevron shape pointing inwardly into the pouch; and the two sealed portions having regulators to restrain outward expansion by a greater extent than other faces on the pair of side portions. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100218 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet printer includes a liquid recording head that is arranged at a halfway position of a transportation path of a sheet to be transported to a downstream side from an upstream side, and performs surface print processing by adhering ink to a surface of the sheet, a drying device that is arranged so as to be spaced from the liquid recording head on the transportation path, and an exhaust fan that generates airflow for suppressing heat transfer from the drying device to the liquid recording head between the liquid recording head and the drying device. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100220 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head that ejects liquid to be cured by receiving irradiation of an electromagnetic wave onto a medium; a provisional-curing irradiation section that emits a first electromagnetic wave to a dot formed on the medium by the liquid; and a main-curing irradiation section that emits a second electromagnetic wave, which has irradiation intensity higher than that of the first electromagnetic wave, to the dot to which the first electromagnetic wave is emitted. When the main-curing irradiation section emits the second electromagnetic wave, a dot forming surface of the medium faces the lower side in the direction of gravity. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100376 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - When tilt directions of liquid crystal molecules have an azimuth of 45° or 135° in a counterclockwise direction with respect to the direction in which a wire grid of a wire grid polarization beam splitter extends, a phase difference compensation element in which an optical axis includes refractive index anisotropy of negative uniaxial properties along the thickness direction is inclined in the same direction as the tilt directions, and the phase difference compensation element is inclined in the direction reverse to the tilt directions when tilt directions have an azimuth of 225° or 315°. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101731 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element includes a process of forming on the surface of an electrode having lanthanum nickel preferentially aligned in (100) plane, at least on a surface thereof; a process of applying a precursor solution including at least Bi, Ba, Fe, and Ti onto the surface of the electrode, and a process of crystallizing the applied precursor solution to form the piezoelectric layer including a perovskite oxide preferentially aligned in (100) plane. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101810 | TREATMENT LIQUID FOR PLASTIC FILM, PRIMER LIQUID FOR PRINTING, INK COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR INK JET - This invention provides a treatment liquid for an ink jet recording medium having a recording face of a plastic film, wherein the treatment liquid including at least a specific cyclic ester compound or a specific cyclic amide compound, a primer liquid for printing, and an ink composition. According to the present invention, a plastic recorded matter possessing excellent adhesion and waterfastness can be formed on a recording medium having a recording face of a plastic film. | 04-25-2013 |
20130104154 | MEDIA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - A medium is transferred and loaded to a media tray provided with a media processing unit which is operable to perform information processing on the medium, by using a transfer arm of a media transfer mechanism. A distance from a surface of the medium loaded on the media tray to a reference position of the transfer arm is acquired. A difference between the acquired distance and a predetermined distance from a reference surface of the media tray to the reference position of the transfer arm is calculated. It is determined that a double transfer of the medium to the media tray occurs when the calculated difference is larger than a predetermined threshold value. | 04-25-2013 |
20130111991 | GYRO SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GYRO SENSOR - A gyro sensor according to the invention includes a driving portion that includes a driving support portion connected to a driving spring portion and a detecting portion that includes a detecting support portion connected to the driving support portion with the detecting spring portion interposed. The driving support portion is configured to vibrate in a first axis (X-axis) direction, and the detecting support portion is configured to be displaced in a second axis (Y-axis) direction orthogonal to the first axis (x-axis). When the resonant frequency of the driving portion is f | 05-09-2013 |
20130112010 | SENSOR ELEMENT, FORCE DETECTING DEVICE, AND ROBOT - A sensor element is formed by, when an α axis, a β axis orthogonal to the α axis, and a γ axis orthogonal to the α axis and the β axis are set, laminating piezoelectric substrates and electrodes in the γ axis direction. The sensor element includes connecting sections arranged such that a part of external sections of the electrodes aligns with a part of external sections of the piezoelectric substrates. The connecting sections are arranged not to align with one another in a direction of the γ axis. Conductors that electrically connect the connecting sections and external connecting sections are formed along outer peripheral sections of the piezoelectric substrates. | 05-09-2013 |
20130112011 | SENSOR ELEMENT, FORCE DETECTING DEVICE, ROBOT AND SENSOR DEVICE - A sensor element includes a piezoelectric substrate made of a trigonal single crystal and an electrode arranged on the piezoelectric substrate. The substrate surface of the piezoelectric substrate includes an electrical axis of crystal axes. An angle θ formed by the substrate surface and a plane including the electrical axis and an optical axis of the crystal axes is 0°<θ<20°. | 05-09-2013 |
20130112019 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTION DEVICE, PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A physical quantity detection device includes: a base; a movable portion, provided in the base through a coupling portion, which is displaced in accordance with a change in a physical quantity; a physical quantity detection element which is fixed across the base and the movable portion; and a mass portion which is fixed to the movable portion, wherein the movable portion includes a first fixing portion to which the physical quantity detection element is fixed, a second fixing portion to which the mass portion is fixed, and a notch having a notched shape which is separated from the coupling portion, and reaches from a lateral side of the movable portion to a place intersecting a line that links the first fixing portion to the second fixing portion. | 05-09-2013 |
20130113778 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is an electro-optical device including a first pixel group in which is written into each pixel electrode of the first pixel group via a first wiring in a first path, a second pixel group in which is written into each pixel electrode of the second pixel group via a second wiring in a second path, an common electrode that is common to the first pixel group and the second pixel group, and a compensation unit performing compensation on at least one of a voltage supplied to the first pixel group via the first wiring and a voltage supplied to the second pixel group via the second wiring, in such a manner as to reduce a difference between an optimal voltage of the common electrode with respect to the first pixel group and an optimal voltage of the common electrode with respect to the second pixel group. | 05-09-2013 |
20130113852 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND LIQUID CIRCULATION METHOD - Disclosed herein is a liquid discharge apparatus including a transporting unit to transport a medium, a storage unit to store liquid, a head unit to discharge the liquid onto the medium, a plurality of supply flow paths to supply the liquid from the storage unit to the head unit, a plurality of bypass flow paths, and a controller that causes alternately to repeat a transport operation which transports the medium by the transporting unit and a liquid discharge operation which discharges the liquid from the head unit, thereby to form an image on the medium, and to circulate, when the liquid is not discharged during execution of the image forming process, the liquid within a circulation flow path constituted only by the supply flow paths and the bypass flow paths among the storage unit, the head unit, the supply flow paths, and the bypass flow paths. | 05-09-2013 |
20130113853 | Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus includes a printing material container | 05-09-2013 |
20130113854 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CIRCULATING WHITE INK - A printing apparatus includes a transporting unit which transports a medium, a head unit which discharges a plurality of types of ink onto the medium, a storage unit which stores white ink of the plurality of types of ink, a plurality of supply flow paths for supplying the white ink from the storage unit to the head unit, a plurality of bypass flow paths which are bridged between different supply flow paths from each other, and a controller which repeatedly performs a transport operation by the transporting unit, a color print operation and a white print operation to perform an image forming process on the medium and circulates the white ink in a circulation flow path formed only of the supply flow paths and the bypass flow paths among the storage unit, the head unit, the supply flow paths and the bypass flow paths, during the color print operation. | 05-09-2013 |
20130113867 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head which discharges ultraviolet curing inks toward a recording sheet while reciprocally moving in a reciprocal movement direction M crossing a transportation direction S of the recording sheet; and an ultraviolet irradiation head which irradiates ultraviolet rays toward the ultraviolet curing inks discharged from the recording head and attached to the recorded medium. The recording head includes a going recording head and a returning recording head which are disposed at the front and the back of the reciprocal movement direction M with respect to a region in which the ultraviolet irradiation head irradiates the ultraviolet rays to the recording sheet. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114046 | ELECTROOPTIC MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A small-sized first translucent plate overlapped on an image display region and a plate-like cover are provided on a first substrate. Engagement plate portions of the plate-like cover are engaged with a frame so that the plate-like cover is bonded to the frame. The plate-like cover constitutes a ventilation path which extends along an extending direction of a side end surface of the first substrate and is opened at both sides of the extending direction together with a side end surface of the first translucent plate, an exposed portion of an electrooptic panel from the first translucent plate, and the frame. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114083 | SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A spectroscopic measurement apparatus includes: a wavelength tunable interference filter including a fixed substrate having a fixed reflection film, a movable substrate having a movable reflection film, and an electrostatic actuator that changes a gap value of an inter-reflection-film gap by applying a voltage to bend the movable substrate; a detector that detects a light level; and a controller that measures a spectral characteristic of light under measurement. The controller includes a filter driver that applies a drive voltage to the electrostatic actuator to change the inter-reflection-film gap, a detected light level acquisition unit that acquires light levels detected by the detector, and a target light level acquisition unit that acquires a light level corresponding to an oscillation center of the movable substrate as a target light level based on how the detected light level transitions and a natural oscillation cycle that the movable substrate has. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114084 | Liquid Consumption Apparatus - A liquid consumption apparatus includes a detection portion in which a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion are arranged, a liquid container that houses a liquid and in which a prism having a cavity is disposed, a carriage with respect to which the liquid container is attachable and detachable, and in which an opening is provided in a position that opposes the prism, and a light shielding portion disposed in the opening in the carriage. When a driving portion moves the carriage in a direction in which the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion are arranged, noise light produced by the prism bottom surface or cavity portion is suppressed, as a result of the light shielding portion blocking part of irradiated light. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114108 | Network System, Cable Set, and Method and Program for Controlling Network System - A network system for operating multiple printers in different locations includes an RFID tag or print information that is arranged at a location where the printer is used and stores location information for identifying the location. The system further includes a printer provided with location information read capability for electromagnetically reading the location information stored in the RFID tag or optically reading the location information stored in the print information. The system associates the read location information with a network address and assigns the associated network address to the printer that has the location information. | 05-09-2013 |
20130115431 | INK COMPOSITION, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDED MATTER - An ink composition includes at least a coloring material, two or more polysiloxane surfactants having different solubilities in water, and alkyl polyols having a boiling point at one atmosphere of 180 to 230° C. The ink composition does not substantially contain alkyl polyols having a boiling point at one atmosphere of 280° C. or more and enables recording on a non-ink-absorbing or low-ink-absorbing recording medium. | 05-09-2013 |
20130116827 | ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND SENSOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A robot control system includes a force control unit configured to output a correction value of a target track of a robot on the basis of sensor information acquired from a force sensor, a target-value output unit configured to apply correction processing based on the correction value to the target track to calculate a target value and output the calculated target value, and a robot control unit configured to perform feedback control of the robot on the basis of the target value. The force control unit includes a digital filter unit. The force control unit applies digital filter processing by the digital filter unit to the sensor information to calculate a solution of an ordinary differential equation in force control and outputs the correction value on the basis of the calculated solution. | 05-09-2013 |
20130118263 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTOR - A physical quantity detector includes a diaphragm including a displacement part that is displaced under external pressure, a ring-shaped fixing part that holds an outer circumferential part of the diaphragm, a holding member having a projection part that projects from an inner circumference of the fixing part toward a center at one surface side of the diaphragm, a support fixed to the projection part, and a pressure-sensitive device having a first base part fixed to the displacement part, a second base part fixed to the support, and a pressure-sensitive part provided between the base parts. | 05-16-2013 |
20130119412 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device formed on a semiconductor substrate, includes: a first transistor controlling a current level according to a voltage between a gate and a source; a second transistor electrically connected between a data line and the gate of the first transistor; a third transistor electrically connected between the gate and a drain of the first transistor; and a light-emitting element emitting light at a luminance according to the current level, in which one of a source and a drain of the second transistor and one of a source and a drain of the third transistor are formed by a common diffusion layer. | 05-16-2013 |
20130119689 | SHEAR FORCE DETECTION DEVICE, TACTILE SENSOR AND GRASPING APPARATUS - A shear force detection device for detecting a shear force includes: a support body including an opening defined by a pair of straight parts perpendicular to a detection direction of the shear force and parallel to each other; a support film on the support body and closing the opening, the support film having flexibility; a piezoelectric part on the support film and extending astride an inside and outside of the opening and along at least one of the pair of straight parts of the opening when viewed in a plane in which the support body is seen in a substrate thickness direction, the piezoelectric part being bendable to output an electric signal; and an elastic layer covering the piezoelectric part and the support film. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120338 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device comprises a substrate, a scanning line, a data line, a pixel circuit, and a first storage capacitor holding a first voltage corresponding to a data signal. The first storage capacitor includes a first portion and a second portion connected in parallel. The first portion and the second portion overlap when viewed from a direction orthogonal with respect to the first main surface. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120341 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120473 | CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTROOPTICS DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND CONTROL METHOD - For a target pixel to be processed among plural pixels, when a comparison result between the gray level value stored in the first memory and the gray level value stored in the second memory, and the remainder frequency stored in the third memory meet a predetermined condition, the control device rewrites the remainder frequency to a set value decided according to the gray level value stored in the second memory, and the control device performs a cleanup processing to display a predetermined image at the plural pixels with a predetermined timing. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120483 | Fluid Ejecting Apparatus and Fluid Ejecting Method - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes first and second nozzle groups that eject first and second fluids respectively; a third nozzle group that does not eject any fluid; and a controlling section that performs image formation and transportation operations, including ejecting the first and second fluids while moving the first and second nozzle groups in a movement direction, and transporting the medium relative to the first and second nozzle groups in a predetermined direction. The controlling section performs control for forming a first image using the first nozzle group and for forming a second image on the first image using at least the second nozzle group. Relative to the predetermined direction, the first nozzle group is located upstream of the second nozzle group, and the third nozzle group is located downstream of the first nozzle group and is located upstream of the second nozzle group. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120486 | PRINT HEAD CHECK METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A printer has a print head check unit that performs an ink ejection check to confirm whether or not ink is being ejected normally from nozzles, the printer sets a flag F to 1 so as to start an ink ejection check and starts a paper feed process. When the processes has been terminated, the printer starts printing. Accordingly, ink ejection check takes place concurrently with the paper feed process, the overall time required for the processes can be reduced. In this way, the overall time required for the processes of the ejection check of the print recording liquid and an image forming process can be reduced. Further, the ink ejection check may be performed in parallel with or partly overlapping with a process of receiving print data, a process of conversion into print data, a process of ejecting paper after printing, or a flashing process. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120488 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYANCE METHOD - A recording apparatus includes an ink discharge part, a first drive part that drives a rotation of a roll body in which the recording medium is wound, a second drive part that drives the conveyance part that conveys the recording medium, and a control part that controls operations of the first drive part and the second drive part. The control part drives the first drive part in a halted state of the second drive part and executes a measurement that measures a relationship between a load and a drive speed when conveying the recording medium and the control part executes the measurement for a single rotation of the roll body. The control part also provides a first measurement mode to execute the single rotation which is divided into plural number. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120489 | PAPER USED IN AN INKJET PRINTER, AND PRELIMINARY EJECTION METHOD FOR AN INKJET PRINTER - Paper used in an inkjet printer has a recording area where information is recorded; a non-recording area where information is not recorded; and an open part formed in the non-recording area. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120490 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which includes an ejecting unit which ejects liquid cured by being irradiated with light onto a medium for printing, an irradiation unit which irradiates the liquid which has landed onto the medium for printing with the light, and an image quality inspection unit which inspects an image quality of an image which is formed on the medium for printing, in which, when the image quality inspection unit detects abnormal formation of the image, an intensity of the light of the irradiation unit is controlled. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120492 | NONAQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - The nonaqueous ink composition for ink jet printing contains a compound represented by General Formula (1) below, and a heterocyclic compound selected from lactones and lactams. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120495 | WIPER UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Ratchets which regulate a rotation of either a reeling-out roller around which one end of a long wiping member which wipes ink attached to a recording head which ejects ink is wound, or a winding-up roller around which the other end of the wiping member is wound to which tension is applied due to a friction force which acts on the wiping member when performing wiping are provided. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120496 | WIPER UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A sun gear which is rotationally driving according to power which is transmitted from a driving motor, a planetary gear which can be displaced in the circumferential direction of the sun gear in a state of being engaged with the sun gear, and a winding-up gear which transmits a rotational driving power to a winding-up roller are provided, and the planetary gear is released from an engagement with a rack gear unit, rotates the winding-up roller by being engaged with the winding-up gear, and winds up a wiping member after the planetary gear moves a wiper holder in the wiping direction by being engaged with the rack gear unit of the wiper holder. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120500 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a pressure chamber that communicates with a nozzle which has an opening at a nozzle formation surface; a communication plate where a common liquid chamber which supplies a liquid to the pressure chamber is formed; a liquid ejecting head having a flexible film which seals the opening surface at the nozzle formation surface side of the common liquid chamber in the communication plate; and a sealing member which has a cavity-shaped sealing hollow section and can be sealed by the nozzle formation surface being confronted in the sealing hollow section. The sealing member is configured so as to be sealable by at least a portion of the flexible film being confronted in the sealing hollow section in a sealed state of the nozzle formation surface. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120501 | Liquid Ejecting Head and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A head unit fixed to a case in a position in which a nozzle forming surface thereof faces a first surface side of a head fixing portion, and a wiring substrate is arranged on a second surface side opposite from the first surface on a portion. A supply flow channel in the case communicate with a common liquid chamber at an end portion of the communicating flow channel in a first direction, and a flexible cable is disposed inside the supply flow channel in the case in the first direction. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120584 | SHORT LIGHT PULSE GENERATING DEVICE, TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATING DEVICE, CAMERA, IMAGING DEVICE, AND MEASURING DEVICE - A short light pulse generating device includes a light pulse generating part, a first pulse compressing part, a second pulse compressing part, and an amplifying part. The light pulse generating part is configured to generate light pulses, the light pulse generating part being a super luminescent diode. The first pulse compressing part is configured to perform pulse compression based on saturable absorption on the light pulses generated by the light pulse generating part. The second pulse compressing part is configured to perform pulse compression based on group velocity dispersion compensation on the light pulses that underwent the pulse compression by the first pulse compressing part. The amplifying part is provided between the first pulse compressing part and the second pulse compressing part, and configured to amplify the light pulses that underwent the pulse compression by the first pulse compressing part. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120672 | POLARIZER, POLARIZER PRODUCING PROCESS, PROJECTOR, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A polarizer includes a first grating and a second grating. The second grating contains at least one of chromium nitride, tungsten nitride, and tantalum nitride. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120673 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a liquid crystal substrate in which a matrix of reflecting electrodes is formed on a substrate, a transistor is formed corresponding to each reflective electrode and a voltage is applied to the reflective electrode through the transistor. A silicon oxide film having a thickness of 500 to 2,000 angstroms is used as the passivation film and the thickness is set to a value in response to the wavelength of the incident light to maintain a substantially constant reflectance. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120721 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND PROJECTOR - A light-emitting device includes: a semiconductor light-emitting element; a substrate supporting the semiconductor light-emitting element; and a silicone elastomer layer located between the semiconductor light-emitting element and the substrate, wherein the semiconductor light-emitting element and the silicone elastomer layer are bonded together. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120766 | Image Creating Apparatus and Printing Apparatus Provided Therewith - There is provided an image creating apparatus including: an inputting device for inputting creation data composed of input data and creation condition data; an image creating device for creating a two-dimensional code image based on the inputted creation data; and an informing device for informing of a print size of the created two-dimensional code image, wherein the image creating device creates the two-dimensional code image based on the creation data being inputted, in the process of inputting the creation data by the inputting device, and the informing device informs of the print size of the two-dimensional code image created by the image creating device based on the creation data being inputted. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120769 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A printing device includes the following features. The first dot group in which dots are formed based on the first printing condition and the second dot group in which dots are formed based on a printing condition which is different from the first printing condition are formed together in a common region. In the common region, when the printing is performed in a plurality of conditions such that a difference of the dot pitch between a formation position of dots belonging to the first pixel group and a formation position of dots belonging to the second pixel group is 2/720 inch to 5/720 inch, the change in CIEL*a*b* of the printed image is within the preliminary determined range. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120835 | SCREEN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SCREEN - A screen can advance light from a projector to the front efficiently with an appropriate angle distribution, and provides a high-luminance high contrast image inexpensively and easily. The screen includes a concave-convex screen base which reflects projected light and performs display. A metal reflection film is formed by transfer from a transfer foil. A protection film is formed on the surface of the metal reflection film. A method for manufacturing a screen includes heat transfer of the transfer foil to a screen material and base deformation in which concave and convex portions on the screen material are formed. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121596 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AN IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, A MEDIUM ON WHICH AN IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL PROGRAM IS RECORDED, AN IMAGE EVALUATION DEVICE, AN IMAGE EVALUATION METHOD AND A MEDIUM ON WHICH AN IMAGE EVALUATION PROGRAM IS RECORDED - A computer calculates an edginess, which is an image variation from a differential value of data for adjacent picture elements, and determines object picture elements by selecting only images with a large variation. As optimum parameters for contrast correction and lightness compensation are calculated from image data for object picture elements, image processing indicators based on object picture elements are determined, and optimum imago processing can be performed automatically. After summing a luminance Distribution for each area of the image, which is a feature amount, while uniformly selecting picture elements, a reevaluation is performed by a weighting determined for each area, and a luminance distribution, strongly influenced by the luminance distribution of the photographed object is thus obtained with uniform sampling. After determining the intensity of this luminance distribution, the image data is converted, and image processing can therefore be performed with optimum intensity while reducing the processing amount. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121604 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In the printer, the correction content setting portion sets equal to or more than one correction contents, the decimation rate setting portion sets decimation rates for respective planes of Y, Cb, and Cr of JPEG data (compressed data) based on the set correction contents. Pixels are decimated at the set decimation rates and the decompression processing unit decompresses the JPEG data so as to generate image data. In this manner, decimation processing is performed in accordance with the plurality of correction contents. Therefore, for example, inverse quantization processing, inverse DCT operation processing, and the like, can be omitted in accordance with the correction contents. The decompression processing may be executed on a sampling image to be used for sampling when the contents of correction to be performed on the image data are determined and on a print image to be used for printing. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121742 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs recording on a recording medium wound on a roll, the roll including a first flange that is attached to one end and has a shaft hole and a first receiving portion, and a second flange that is attached to the other end and has a shaft hole; a first holder movable along a rotation axis of the roll, the first holder including a first shaft insertable into the shaft hole in the first flange, and a first flange-support surface that is in contact with an outer periphery of the first flange to support the first flange when the first shaft is not fitted in the shaft hole in the first flange and that has a first engaging portion; a second holder including a second shaft insertable into the shaft hole in the second flange. | 05-16-2013 |
20130122376 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING SOLID ELECTROLYTE LAYER, METHOD FOR FORMING SOLID ELECTROLYTE LAYER, SOLID ELECTROLYTE LAYER, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A composition for forming a solid electrolyte layer for use in the formation of a solid electrolyte layer of a lithium ion secondary battery contains first particles made of a lanthanum titanate and second particles made of a lithium titanate. It is preferable that the first particles have an average particle size of 50 nm or more and 300 nm or less. It is preferable that the second particles have an average particle size of 10 nm or more and 50 nm or less. | 05-16-2013 |
20130126469 | OPTICAL DEFLECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical deflector has: a movable plate having a reflecting surface and a side surface; and a support portion that supports the movable plate in such a manner that the movable plate is able to rotate around a predetermined axis, in which the side surface of the movable plate is recessed toward the axis. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127301 | VIBRATOR, VIBRATING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A vibrator includes: a vibrating reed having a vibrating body, first and second support portions supporting the vibrating body, and four beams coupling the first and second support portions with the vibrating body; electrodes disposed at the vibrating body; and terminals disposed at the first and second support portions and electrically connected with the electrodes via wires disposed at the beams. Between the terminals next to each other, a plurality of grooves spaced apart in a predetermined direction and extending in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction are disposed. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127368 | DRIVING METHOD FOR DISCHARGE LAMP, DRIVING DEVICE FOR DISCHARGE LAMP, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - In at least one embodiment of the disclosure, a driving device for a discharge lamp includes an alternating current supply section and a frequency modulation section. The alternating current supply section supplies two electrodes of the discharge lamp with an alternating current. The alternating current comprises a plurality of modulation periods. The frequency modulation section modulates a frequency of the alternating current so as to provide a plurality of retentive periods within each of the modulation periods. Each retentive period has a constant frequency that is different from a frequency of its temporally adjacent retentive periods. The frequency modulation section lengthens a length of at least one of the retentive periods in the modulation period in response to a predetermined condition occurring. The frequency of at least one of the retentive periods is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference frequency. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127554 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR, SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE OSCILLATOR, AND SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE MODULE UNIT - It is possible to reduce the size of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonator by enhancing a Q value. In a SAW resonator in which an IDT having electrode fingers for exciting SAW is disposed on a crystal substrate, the IDT includes a first region disposed at the center of the IDT and a second region and a third region disposed on both sides of the first region. A frequency is fixed in the first region and a portion in which a frequency gradually decreases as it approaches an edge of the IDT is disposed in the second region and the third region. When the frequency of the first region is Fa, the frequency at an edge of the second region is Fb | 05-23-2013 |
20130127933 | CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTROOPTICS DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - An acquisition device acquires temperature information indicative of temperature. When rewriting of the gray level of a target pixel to be processed among plural pixels starts, in case the temperature indicated by the temperature information acquired by the acquisition device is less than a threshold value, a remainder frequency setting device writes a value b (b | 05-23-2013 |
20130127938 | FUNCTIONAL LIQUID TANK, METHOD FOR REPLENISHING FUNCTIONAL LIQUID IN DROPLET DICHARGE DEVICE, AND DROPLET DISCHARGE DEVICE - A droplet discharge device includes a functional liquid droplet discharge head and a functional liquid tank. The functional liquid tank includes a tank body, a liquid column pipe and a liquid level detection mechanism. The tank body is configured and arranged to retain the functional liquid to be supplied to the functional liquid droplet discharge head. The liquid column pipe communicates with the tank body. The liquid level detection mechanism is configured and arranged to detect a liquid level of the functional liquid retained in the liquid column pipe. The functional liquid tank is configured and arranged to allow supplying and ventilating of gas. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127939 | LIQUID JET APPARATUS PERFORMING PULSE MODULATION ON A DRIVE SIGNAL - A liquid jet apparatus according to the present invention includes a drive waveform generator adapted to generate a drive waveform signal, a modulator adapted to execute pulse modulation on the drive waveform signal, a digital power amplifier adapted to power-amplify the modulated signal, on which the pulse modulation is executed by the modulator, with a pair of switching elements push-pull coupled with each other, a low pass filter adapted to smooth the amplified digital signal obtained by the power-amplification of the digital power amplifier, and a modulation period modification circuit adapted to modify a modulation period of the pulse modulation of the modulator based on data of the drive waveform signal. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127940 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A printer includes a displacement sensor that detects a change in the relative positions of an ink cartridge and a recording head. A printer controller performs an operation for restoring a meniscus in a nozzle if the change in the relative positions detected by the displacement sensor exceeds a threshold. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127941 | PRINT APPARATUS, PRINT METHOD, AND PRINT SHEET - A print apparatus performing printing on a print medium that includes a lenticular lens and an ink absorption layer that absorbs ink includes a print head that ejects a plurality of types of ink and a control section that controls the driving of the print head. In the print apparatus, in a case in which at least one type of ink among the plurality of types of ink is ink the visibility of which is reduced when the ink is absorbed in the ink absorption layer, the control section controls ink different from the ink the visibility of which is reduced has been ejected before the ink the visibility of which is reduced dries when the ink the visibility of which is reduced is ejected on the side opposite to the mounting side of the lenticular lens in the print medium from the print head. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127943 | TARGET TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A target transporting device includes a pair of transport rollers that applies a transport force to a continuous-form sheet toward a downstream side from an upstream side while pinching the continuous-form sheet; a guide member that applies a tension force to the continuous-form sheet being pinched by the pair of transport rollers toward the upstream side in a transport direction of the continuous-form sheet; and an image capturing unit that is disposed at a location upstream of the pair of transport rollers on a transport path of the continuous-form sheet so as to detect a transport amount of the continuous-form sheet to which the tension force is being applied by the guide member without contact. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127946 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus measures spectral intensity of a printed medium before an image is printed thereon, and calculates Mahalanobis distances with respect to plural types of reference printing media stored in advance. Then, the type of the printed medium is determined from the reference printing media based on the Mahalanobis distances and the image is printed thereon. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127949 | PRINTER AND PRINTHEAD MOVING MECHANISM - The printhead moving mechanism of a printer has a carriage rotating mechanism that rotates a carriage around a support shaft disposed outside the platen, and a carriage positioning mechanism that moves the carriage vertically along the support shaft. The carriage rotating mechanism rotates the carriage between a printing position A, and a home position B rotated 90 degrees from the printing position A. The carriage positioning mechanism lowers the carriage toward the platen at the printing position A, and moves the carriage to an up position H | 05-23-2013 |
20130127954 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric layer and electrodes provided to the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer consists of a complex oxide containing bismuth, cerium, iron and cobalt and the molar ratio of cobalt to the total of iron and cobalt is 0.125 or more and 0.875 or less. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127955 | Liquid Ejecting Head and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle plate having a first and a second nozzle row including nozzle openings; a first actuator member communicating via a first face with the nozzle openings of the first nozzle row, and including a first flow path plate including individual flow paths having an opening on a second face, a vibrating plate, and first pressure generators; and a second actuator member and communicating via a first face thereof with the nozzle openings of the second nozzle row, and including a second flow path plate including individual flow paths formed as a recess open to a second face thereof and nozzle communication paths communicating with the nozzle openings, a vibrating plate, and second pressure generators. The individual flow paths of the first and the second actuator member are arranged so as to at least partially overlap when viewed in the thickness direction. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127956 | Liquid Ejecting Head and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - Liquid ejecting head comprises a unit head bonded to a communication substrate. A plurality of liquid chamber forming portions are formed in the unit case, along a first direction at positions that are separated by a partition wall. A plurality of empty liquid chamber portions and supply-side communication paths are formed in the communication substrate. The supply-side communication paths include a common communication path formed in a opposite side with a thin thickness portion left in the surface side of the communication substrate, and individual communication paths. With a surface of the partition wall and a surface of the thin thickness portion bonded together, the empty liquid chamber forming portions and the empty liquid chamber portions communicate with each other so as to define a plurality of common liquid chambers. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127962 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes: a conveyor unit for conveying a recording medium; a drum for rotating under the force of friction against the recording medium being conveyed by the conveyor unit, the recording medium being wound around an outer peripheral surface thereof; an ejection unit for ejecting a photo-curable ink to record an image on a portion, of the recording medium, that is wound around the drum; a light irradiation unit for irradiating the portion, of the recording medium, that is wound around the drum with light to cure the ink on the recording medium, downstream of the recording medium on a conveyance path with respect to the ejection unit; and a cooling unit for cooling the drum. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128210 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes a positive potential connection line as a first connection line layer to which a first potential lower than a common potential is applied, between a pixel area and a seal member in the plan view, and a peripheral electrode as a second connection line layer that is provided between the positive potential connection line and a liquid crystal layer, is provided to overlap with at least a part of the positive potential connection line in the plan view, and to which a second potential higher than the common potential is applied. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128235 | PROJECTOR AND COOLING CONTROL METHOD - A projector according to an embodiment of the invention can measure the temperature of an object to be cooled accurately with a simple configuration and perform accurate cooling control. The projector includes a power-supply unit, a ballast unit having a ballast control circuit and a photocoupler, and a control unit. The power-supply unit includes a temperature detection element generating temperature information indicating the temperature inside the power-supply unit. The ballast control circuit controls a constant-current control circuit and the like based on the control information transmitted from the control unit via the photocoupler and transmits temperature data based on the temperature information to the control unit via the photocoupler. The control unit includes a projector control circuit performing cooling control on the power-supply unit based on the temperature data. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128240 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A projector, adapted to project image light while making the image light wide-angle with a reflecting section to thereby display an image, includes a detection section adapted to detect an obstacle, which blocks the image light reflected by the reflecting section, a message display section adapted to display a warning message within the image if the detection section detects the obstacle, and a display position change section adapted to change a display position of the warning message within the image in accordance with passage of time. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128283 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING POSITION DETECTION FUNCTION - An apparatus for optically detecting an object position includes: position detection light sources irradiating light onto the object; a light guide plate receiving the light and emitting it onto a detection area to form an intensity distribution in the detection area; a light detector having light receiving portions receiving the light reflected by the object; and a signal processing portion detecting the object position based on the intensity distribution, wherein light incident portions receiving the light and side portions except for the light incident portions are provided on outer periphery side portions of the light guide plate, a light emission surface emitting the light incident from the light incident portions toward the detection area is provided on a plane portion of the light guide plate, and at least a portion of the side portions is an anti-reflection surface. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128307 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD OF PRINTING DEVICE - The printing device has a data generating section (controller section) which conducts image processing with a plurality of processors to generate dot data for printing from image data; and a printing section that conducts printing to a printing medium based on the dot data sent from the data generating section. The data generating section has a first processing mode that conducts processing to first image data that is a part of image data using N processors, and a second processing mode that conducts processing to second image data that is a part of image data using M processors, with N and M representing the number of the processors. N and M are natural numbers which are different from each other. The first processing mode and the second processing mode are determined depending on complexity of the image data. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128316 | Cable Label Forming Apparatus, Tape Printing Apparatus, Method of Forming Cable Label for Cable Label Forming Apparatus and Program - Provided herein is a cable label forming apparatus having an edit screen display device, a selection candidate display instructing device, and a selection candidate display device. The selection candidate display device displays a last selected candidate among the plurality of selection candidates on a priority basis in a normal edit screen when displaying the plurality of selection candidates is instructed, and displays a specific candidate among the plurality of selection candidates on a priority basis in a cable label forming edit screen when displaying the plurality of selection candidates is instructed. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129143 | Global Classifier with Local Adaption for Objection Detection - Aspects of the present invention include object detection training systems and methods and using object detection systems and methods that have been trained. Embodiments presented herein include hybrid learning approaches that combine global classification and local adaptations, which automatically adjust model complexity according to data distribution. Embodiments of the present invention automatically determine model complexity of the local learning algorithm according to the distribution of ambiguous samples. And, embodiments of the local adaptation from global classifier avoid the common under-training problem for local classifier. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129959 | PRINT MEDIUM, WRISTBAND, AND METHOD OF CREATING A WRISTBAND - A print medium and methods are provided for producing a die-cut portion easily separable from the print medium, thereby shortening the required time to separate the die-cut portion and reducing wasted consumption of print media. The print medium may include die-cut portions having a contour of a wristband, such as those used in a hospital on the wrist of a patient. The die-cut portions are formed sequentially at a constant interval on the print medium, and die-cut lines are formed between each die-cut portion as lines connecting adjacent die-cut portions. The print medium may be automatically cut at the position of a severance line perpendicular to the die-cut line referenced by a cut mark on the print medium. Because the edges of the severed print medium piece are perpendicular to the die-cut lines, separating the die-cut portion from the print medium can be easily started along the die-cut line. | 05-23-2013 |
20130133481 | COMPOSITION FOR INJECTION MOLDING, SINTERED COMPACT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINTERED COMPACT - A composition for injection molding includes: an inorganic powder composed of at least one of a metal material and a ceramic material; and a binder containing a polyacetal-based resin, an unsaturated glycidyl group-containing polymer, and a lubricant. In the composition, the unsaturated glycidyl group-containing polymer is contained in an amount of 1% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less with respect to the amount of the polyacetal-based resin. | 05-30-2013 |
20130134223 | Check Processing Device - Swinging open the upstream-side cover part ( | 05-30-2013 |
20130134389 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE HAVING A GAIN REGION AND A REFLECTOR - A light-emitting device has a first cladding layer, an active layer formed above the first cladding layer, a second cladding layer formed above the active layer, a gain region, and a reflecting part. The active layer has first and second side surfaces parallel to each other. The gain region has a first end surface disposed on the first side surface. The gain region also has a second end surface disposed inside from the second side surface and angled relative to the second side surface. The second end surface, the gain region and the first end surface are provided in a first normal direction relative to the second end surface. The reflecting part is disposed next to the second end surface. | 05-30-2013 |
20130134896 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING PIXEL CIRCUIT, AND DRIVING CIRCUIT - A method of driving a pixel circuit is provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element that emits light by receiving a driving current, a driving transistor that generates the driving current, and a light-emission control transistor of the same conductivity type as that of the driving transistor, the light-emission control transistor being arranged on a path through which the driving current flows from the driving transistor to the light emitting element. The method includes setting the gate potential of the light-emission control transistor so that the light-emission control transistor is turned on in the saturation region for a light emitting period during which the light emitting element is allowed to emit light. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135027 | LEVEL SHIFTER CIRCUIT, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC WATCH - A first circuit receives input signals of the first electric potential system which uses a first high potential and a first low potential as the power supply electric potential, and outputs a first signal which is a signal of the first electric potential system, a second circuit which generates output signals according to the input signal of the second electric potential system which uses as the power supply electric potential a second high potential of the first electric potential system, wherein the second circuit includes an initial stage inverter that receives the second signals and outputs third signals, and an initial stage switch that switches between connecting and disconnecting the initial stage inverter and a power supply that supplies the second high potential or a power supply that supplies the second low potential based on the first signals, and generates the output signals based on the third signals. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135197 | TRANSMISSIVE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATION INPUT METHOD - A transmissive display apparatus includes an operation section that detects an operational input issued through an operation surface, an image output section for the left eye and an image output section for the right eye that output predetermined image light, an image pickup section that visually presents the predetermined image light in an lavage pickup area that transmits externally incident light, a sensor that outputs a signal according to a positional relationship between the operation surface and the image pickup area, and a determination section that detects overlap between an optical image of the operation surface that has passed through the image pickup area and the predetermined image in the image pickup area based on the signal according to the positional relationship and receives the operational input when the optical image of the operation surface overlaps with the predetermined image. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135276 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is equipped with a control device that controls operation of a first and a second display section, and a memory device that stores image data of an image to be displayed on the first and the second display section as image data of one combined image. The control device includes a rewriting device that rewrites the images on the first and the second display section by dividing and supplying the image data of one combined image respectively to the first and the second display section, and a power supply stopping device that stops supply of a power supply potential, upon judging that one of the images on the first and the second display section is not to be rewritten, to the one of the first and the second display section. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135365 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A plurality of pixels are arranged at each intersection of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of signal lines, and respectively includes a liquid crystal element displaying grayscales according to a grayscale potential of each signal line during the selection of each scanning line. To two pixels which are adjacent to each other in an extending direction of a signal line and correspond to two scanning lines selected by a scanning line driving circuit in each selection period, a signal line driving circuit supplies a grayscale potential according to a grayscale computed as the weighted average of grayscales designated by display data supplied to a display control circuit for each of the two pixels. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135370 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes: a support member for supporting a sheet-shaped print medium; a print head that moves between a print position, at which printing of an image onto the print medium is executed, and a retracted position, farther away from the support member than the print position, while also facing the support member, with the print medium interposed therebetween; a tension adjustment unit for adjusting the tension of the print medium being supported by the support member; and a control unit whereby printing is executed by the print head having been positioned at the print position while the tension of the print medium is adjusted to a print tension by the tension adjustment unit, whereas the print head is positioned at the retracted position when the tension of the print medium is being altered by the tension adjustment unit. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135372 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE AND FLUID EJECTION PRINTER WITH A POWER AMPLIFIER STOPPING SECTION - A fluid ejection device includes: a modulator adapted to pulse-modulate a drive waveform signal forming a basis of a drive signal of an actuator to obtain a modulated signal; a digital power amplifier circuit adapted to power-amplify the modulated signal to obtain a power-amplified modulated signal; a low pass filter adapted to smooth the power-amplified modulated signal to obtain the drive signal; and a power amplification stopping section operating when holding a voltage of the actuator constant. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135378 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device including a transport unit that transports a recording medium from a first drive roller to a second drive roller by rotating a first drive roller and a second drive roller across which a recording medium is stretched, a support member that supports the recording medium between the first drive roller and the second drive roller, a recording unit that ejects liquid on the recording medium supported on the support member and records an image, a detection unit that detects tension of the recording medium moving toward the second drive roller away from the support member, and a control unit that gives tension to the recording medium by controlling the torque of the second drive roller based on the recording medium tension detected by the detection unit. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135379 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes: a conveyor unit for conveying a recording medium along a conveyance pathway of the recording medium by rotating a first drive roller and a second drive roller provided to the conveyance pathway; a recording unit for recording an image onto the recording medium in a first region between the first drive roller and the second drive roller on the conveyance pathway; and a control unit for applying a first tension to the recording medium in the first region by controlling the torque of the second drive roller, while also adjusting the rotational speed of the first drive roller; wherein the control unit controls the conveyor unit to thereby apply a second tension that is lower than the first tension to the recording medium in a second region on the opposite side of the first region from the second drive roller in the conveyance pathway. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135382 | INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink set includes a white ink jet pigment ink and a non-white ink jet pigment ink containing a diene copolymer. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135383 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD FOR RECORDING PATTERN LAYER AND WHITE OVERLAYING LAYER ON LONGITUDINAL SHEET - The present invention relates to an ink jet recording method for recording a white overlaying layer and a non-white pattern layer to a recording medium, printed matters obtained by the recording method, and systems for realizing the recording method thereof. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135400 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element includes a plurality of individual electrodes, a piezoelectric layer formed on each of individual electrodes, and a common electrode which is formed on the piezoelectric layer and is an electrode common to the individual electrodes. Further, a protection film covering a region, which is not covered by the common electrode on the individual electrode, is provided. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135407 | TARGET TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A target transport apparatus includes a transport roller pair that has a plurality of segmented roller members disposed at intervals in a width direction that intersects with a transport direction of continuous paper and that imparts a transport force on the continuous paper by the segmented roller members pinching the continuous paper; and an image capturing unit, disposed in a location that corresponds to a pinched area in the width direction of the continuous paper that is pinched by the segmented roller members and to the pinched area along the transport direction, that detects, without making contact with the continuous paper, an amount by which the continuous paper is transported by the transport roller pair. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135684 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A host computer generates pseudo-pixels by grouping pixels together. RGB representative values are assigned to the pseudo-pixels, which are then transferred to a printer. Meanwhile, for pixels that configured pseudo-pixels having an edge strength selected so that the transfer data amount is less than or equal to a predetermined value, the host computer carries out a halftone process and then transfers the dot data generated as a result to the printer. The printer then prints based on the transferred dot data and the representative values. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135685 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING SYSTEM PROGRAM - A host computer groups a plurality of pixels to generate pseudo pixels, assigns representative values in an RGB format to the pseudo pixels, and transfers the representative values to a printer. Further, the host computer performs halftone processing and transfers generated dot data to the printer for pixels constituting the pseudo pixel which includes edges therein or of which boundary is the edge. The printer performs printing by using the transferred dot data and the representative values. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135722 | POLARIZATION SEPARATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A polarization separation device includes a first end surface on which incident light is incident, a polarization separation surface that reflects an s-polarized light component and transmits a p-polarized light component, a second end surface that is arranged to be opposed to the first end surface, converts the p-polarized light component transmitted through the polarization separation surface to the s-polarized light component, and reflects the converted light component to an optical axis direction which is the same as the incident light, a third end surface from which the s-polarized light component reflected by the polarization separation surface without transmitting through the polarization separation surface is output, and a fourth end surface that is arranged to be opposed to the third end surface and from which the s-polarized light component reflected by the second end surface and the polarization separation surface is output. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135747 | HALF MIRROR AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided an image display apparatus which enables an image displayed on a display device to be viewed through a half mirror. The half mirror includes two translucent resin substrates formed from resin, a metallic film composed Ag and disposed between the resin substrates, and dielectric films disposed between the metallic film and the resin substrates, respectively. Each of the dielectric films includes an SiO | 05-30-2013 |
20130136926 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITION FOR INJECTION MOLDING AND COMPOSITION FOR INJECTION MOLDING - A method for producing a composition for injection molding which contains an inorganic powder composed of at least one of a metal material and a ceramic material and a binder containing a polyacetal-based resin and a glycidyl group-containing polymer. The method includes: cryogenically grinding a first resin containing the polyacetal-based resin as a main component; cryogenically grinding a second resin containing the glycidyl group-containing polymer as a main component; mixing a powder obtained by grinding the first resin, a powder obtained by grinding the second resin, and the inorganic powder, thereby obtaining a mixed powder; and kneading the mixed powder. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138394 | STATE DETECTING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A state detecting device includes: an acquiring unit that acquires an acceleration detection value from an acceleration sensor; an average acceleration calculating unit that calculates an average acceleration in each predetermined period based on the acceleration detection value; a reference information acquiring unit that acquires a reference average acceleration and a reference step length; and a step length estimating unit that estimates a step length based on a ratio of the average acceleration to the reference average acceleration as well as the reference step length. | 05-30-2013 |
20130139093 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND OPERATION INPUT METHOD - A display system includes a sensor unit that detects the position of a pointing object in contact with a predetermined object, a control apparatus that sets a key layout on the object and recognizes a key operated by the pointing object based on the position of the pointing object relative to the key layout, and a display apparatus that receives operational input from the operated key. | 05-30-2013 |
20130140461 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR APPARATUS AND SENSOR APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing a sensor apparatus including forming a first conductive section in the first region, forming a pyroelectric body above the first conductive section, forming a second conductive body above the pyroelectric body, forming a first insulating film both above the second conductive body and in the second region, forming a first opening section with the second conductive section as the bottom surface in the first region by removing a portion of the first insulating film and for forming a second opening section in the second region, filling a third conductive section into both the first opening section and the second opening section, forming a second insulating film which covers the pyroelectric body in the first region and covers the third conductive section in the second region, and forming a third opening section with the third conductive section as the bottom surface by removing a portion of the second insulating film. | 06-06-2013 |
20130140538 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a first pixel circuit having a first light emitting element; a second pixel circuit having a second light emitting element arranged adjacent to the first light emitting element along a first direction; a first data line arranged along a second direction crossing the first direction, the first data line being electrically connected to the first pixel circuit; a second constant potential wiring line arranged along the second direction, the second constant potential wiring line being electrically connected to the second pixel circuit; a wiring line connected to the second constant potential wiring line. The first data line and the wiring line overlap when seen from a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and to the second direction. | 06-06-2013 |
20130140949 | DRIVE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT TRANSPORTING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INSPECTING APPARATUS, ROBOT HAND, AND ROBOT - A drive device includes a movable member, plural piezoelectric motors that cause the movable member to move in a predetermined direction, a drive circuit that drives the plural piezoelectric motors, and plural relays that electrically connect or disconnect at least one of the plural piezoelectric motors to or from the drive circuit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130140951 | PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR, DRIVE UNIT, ROBOT HAND, ROBOT, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT TRANSPORTING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INSPECTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTER - A piezoelectric motor includes a piezoelectric element, a first support member, a second support member, a third support member, and a fourth support member that support the piezoelectric element, a elastic portion that presses the first support member and the second support member, a case that comes in contact with the third support member and the fourth support member, and a pressing plate that presses the elastic portion. | 06-06-2013 |
20130140952 | PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR, DRIVE UNIT, ELECTRONIC PART TRANSFER APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC PART INSPECTION APPARATUS, ROBOT, AND PRINTER - A piezoelectric motor includes a piezoelectric element, an oscillating plate including the piezoelectric element, a driving projection provided at an end of the oscillating plate, and a driven member driven by the driving projection coming into abutment therewith and is characterized in that Young's modulus E1 of the driving projection and Young's modulus E2 of the driven member are different. | 06-06-2013 |
20130140953 | ACTUATOR, ROBOT HAND, ROBOT, ELECTRIC COMPONENT CONVEYING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT TESTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTER - An actuator includes a vibrating piezoelectric element and a holding section configured to hold the piezoelectric element. The holding section includes a first supporting section arranged on a vibrating surface of the piezoelectric element and arranged on one side of the piezoelectric element and a second supporting section arranged on the other side of the piezoelectric element. | 06-06-2013 |
20130140954 | ACTUATOR, ROBOT HAND, ROBOT, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT CARRYING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INSPECTION DEVICE, AND PRINTER - An actuator includes a vibrating piezoelectric element, and a holding unit that holds the piezoelectric element, in which the holding unit is disposed on a vibrating surface of the piezoelectric element, and includes a first support unit and a second support unit that are disposed on one side of the piezoelectric element, and a third support unit and a fourth support unit that are disposed on the other side of the piezoelectric element. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141484 | LIQUID EJECTION INSPECTION DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTION INSPECTION METHOD - A liquid ejection device includes a head, a first sensor, a second sensor, a recovery unit, and a controller. The head is configured to eject liquid on a medium. The first sensor is configured to detect liquid ejection of the head by using a first principle. The second sensor is configured to detect the liquid ejection by using a second principle being different from the first principle. The recovery unit is configured to recover the liquid ejection of the head. The controller is configured to control the first sensor and the second sensor, and control the recovery unit based on a first detection result by the first sensor and a second detection result by the second detector. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141485 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device comprising: a transport unit that transports a recording medium from a first drive roller to a second drive roller by rotating the first drive roller and the second drive roller across which a recording medium is stretched, a detection unit that detects tension of the recording medium between the first drive roller and the second drive roller, a support member that supports the recording medium between the detection unit and the second drive roller, a recording unit that ejects liquid on the recording medium supported on the support member and records an image, and a control unit that gives tension to the recording medium by controlling the torque of the second drive roller based on the recording medium tension detected by the detection unit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141486 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device comprising: a transport unit that transports a recording medium from a first drive roller to a second drive roller by rotating a first drive roller and a second drive roller across which a recording medium is stretched, a support member that supports the recording medium between the first drive roller and the second drive roller, a recording unit that ejects liquid on the recording medium supported on the support member and records an image, a detection unit that detects tension of the recording medium, and a control unit that gives tension to the recording medium by controlling the torque of the first drive roller based on the recording medium tension detected by the detection unit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141487 | MEDIUM TRANSPORTATION DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A pair of transportation rollers is configured such that a transportation driven roller is disposed at a position which is displaced downstream with respect to a position vertically above a transportation driving roller and feeds out the paper sheet guiding in obliquely downward direction. The entering direction of the paper sheet fed out from the pair of transportation rollers is determined so as to intersect the plane of the holding surface of the support table. A translucent glass that serves as a detection window of an imaging unit disposed at a position opposite to the paper sheet with respect to the holding surface is located downstream in the transportation direction with respect to an intersection position between the entering direction of the paper sheet and the holding surface. Specifically, the translucent glass is located in the proximity of an abutment position where the paper sheet abuts against the holding surface. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141495 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - An electrode is provided with a lanthanum nickelate film which is formed through a chemical solution deposition method using a lanthanum nickelate film forming composition which is obtained by heating a mixed solution obtained by mixing at least lanthanum acetate, nickel acetate, acetic acid, and water, a piezoelectric layer is provided on the lanthanum nickelate film and is formed of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure which contains at least Pb, Ti, and Zr, and a half-width (θ) of a peak derived from a (100) plane and/or a peak derived from a (001) plane measured using an X-ray rocking curve method is 6.0 degrees or less. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141496 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A liquid ejecting head which discharges a liquid from nozzle openings includes: a piezoelectric element which is provided with a piezoelectric layer and an electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer, and the piezoelectric layer is formed of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure which contains bismuth, iron, barium, titanium, and at least one selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, and zinc. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141501 | NON-AQUEOUS CLEANING LIQUID AND CLEANING METHOD - A non-aqueous cleaning liquid which is used for cleaning an ink flow path, through which a non-aqueous ink is circulated, in an ink jet recording apparatus including the ink flow path and with which a container composed of polyolefin is filled, includes a pigment and an organic solvent. In the non-aqueous cleaning liquid, a content of the pigment is 0.001% by mass to 0.5% by mass and an average particle size (d50) of the pigment is 10 nm to 500 nm. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141502 | Liquid Ejecting Head - Disclosed herein is a liquid ejecting head in which a liquid introducing portion includes a liquid introducing flow passage which introduces a liquid from a liquid storage member having the liquid stored therein, a bubble chamber which accommodates a bubble entrained into the liquid introducing flow passage and a filter that is provided at a bottom of the bubble chamber, and a liquid ejecting head main body which introduces the liquid from the liquid introducing portion to a pressure chamber through a liquid flow passage and is able to discharge the liquid in the pressure chamber from nozzles as liquid droplets, wherein a lyophobic region having a lyophobic property is provided on a surface of the filter facing the bubble chamber side. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141504 | LIGHT-CURABLE INK COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME - A light-curable ink composition for ink jet recording contains a coloring material, a polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator. The coloring material contains at least C.I. Pigment Yellow 155, and the polymerizable compound contains at least a vinyl-ether-containing (meth)acrylate represented by general formula (I) below: | 06-06-2013 |
20130141564 | PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR, DRIVING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INSPECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT CONVEYING DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, ROBOT HAND, AND ROBOT - A vibrating body which is formed of a piezoelectric material and has a convex portion in an end surface is accommodated in a vibrating body case, the convex portion of the vibrating body is pressed against an object along with the vibrating body case, and the vibrating body vibrates to drive the object. An end surface of a front-side pressure spring which presses the vibrating body case against a slide portion of a base is fitted into the vibrating body case such that the vibrating body case does not escape due to a reaction force during driving. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141646 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - With a projector, a user may confirm other content information such as music during image display. The projector is adapted to connect to a portable music reproducing player and a personal computer, and includes a sound output unit and an image display unit. The sound output unit performs sound output corresponding to a first content supplied from the portable music reproducing player. The image display unit that performs projection display of content information corresponding to the first content reproduced in the portable music reproducing player on an image corresponding to a second content supplied from the personal computer. Thereby, the projector displays the second content image and the content information corresponding to the first content. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141674 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PHASE DIFFERENCE COMPENSATING PLATE - An O plate is included which includes a phase difference compensating layer which is an assembly of columns obtained by oblique deposition of an anisotropic refractive index medium with respect to a substrate and has negative biaxial refractive index anisotropy. In the O plate, a front surface phase difference value of the O plate in the normal direction is 5-15 nm, and a ratio of Re(−30)/Re(30) is 2.5-5.5. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141700 | PROJECTOR WITH SUPER LUMINESCENT DIODE - A projector includes: a light emitting device; a light modulation device adapted to modulate a light beam emitted from the light emitting device; and a projection device adapted to project the image formed by the light modulation device, wherein the light emitting device includes a light emitting element formed of a super luminescent diode, and adapted to emit light, and a base supporting the light emitting element with first and second reflecting surfaces to reflect the light emitted from the light emitting element. The light emitting element emits the light from first and second end surfaces. Directions of first and second outgoing light respectively emitted from the first and second end surfaces are opposite to each other. Directions of the first and second reflected light respectively reflected by the first and second reflecting surfaces are the same as each other. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141716 | PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR, DRIVING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT CONVEYING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INSPECTION DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, ROBOT HAND, AND ROBOT - A piezoelectric motor includes a piezoelectric element, electrodes provided in the piezoelectric element, electric wires connected to the electrodes, bond portions which bond the electrodes and the electrical wires, a storage case which stores the piezoelectric element, and support portions which are provided between the piezoelectric element and the storage case, wherein the bond portion and the electric wires are provided in the gap between the electrodes and the storage case. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141717 | PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR, DRIVING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT CONVEYING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INSPECTION DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, ROBOT HAND, AND ROBOT - A vibrating body is accommodated in a vibrating body case in a state where both sides of the vibrating body containing a piezoelectric material are sandwiched between buffer portions from a direction intersecting a bending direction of the vibrating body, and the buffer portions are pressed against the vibrating body using a pressing lid through elastic portions. Pressing plates are provided between the buffer portions and the elastic portions to restrict the movement of the pressing plates in a vibration direction of the vibrating body. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141745 | Imaging Device and Method of Controlling the Same - An imaging device receives from a host device image data and commands including a normal command, an image data command associated with a parameter indicative of a data length of the image data to be processed, and a real-time command to be processed prior to the normal command. The imaging device comprises a receiver configured to receive the image data command and subsequently the parameter from the host device; and a processor configured to process the parameter without processing the real-time command, even if a data sequence identical to a byte stream of the real-time command is included in the image data, after processing the image data command. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142018 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - The solar battery includes a plurality of cells having a same electromotive force with each other. The display device further includes a display means to display time, and a control means to control operation of the display means. The electromotive force of the solar battery is lower than a deterioration-start voltage of the rechargeable battery. The electromotive force of the cells is higher than a lower-limit driving voltage of the display device, in which a number of such cells equals a total number of cells include in the solar battery minus one. A driving voltage of the display means is lower than the aforementioned lower-limit driving voltage, and an operational voltage of the control means is lower than the aforementioned lower-limit driving voltage. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142240 | SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD AND RECEIVER - A demodulation unit demodulates a received signal in which carrier wave of a navigation message that is modulated according to a BPSK modulation scheme are included. An error detection processing unit performs an error detection process on the demodulation result using an error detection bit that is included in the demodulation result. A verification word generator generates a verification word using the demodulation result and a check code when an error is detected by the error detection process, the check code being determined in advance for each bit of the navigation message based on a predetermined encoding rule. An estimation unit estimates an originating bit of a demodulation error by comparing the verification word generated by the verification word generator with a verification word table stored in a storage unit. A correction unit corrects the demodulation result by inverting the bit values of bits subsequent to the estimated originating bit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142299 | TIMER DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A timer device includes a RES input terminal, an OUT output terminal, a delay circuit that delays a signal input to the RES input terminal, and a pre-settable down counter that counts a given set value, and outputs a measurement completion signal via an output terminal when the counting of the set value is completed. When a predetermined signal is input to an input terminal after an output of the measurement completion signal, the pre-settable down counter completes the output of the measurement completion signal based on a delay signal obtained by the delaying the predetermined signal using the delay circuit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142300 | TIMER DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A timer device includes a RES input terminal (first external terminal), an input time determination circuit that determines the time length relationship between an input time of a predetermined signal input to the RES input terminal and a given determination time, and a pre-settable down counter (counting circuit) that counts a given set value. The pre-settable down counter changes a process according to a determination result of the input time determination circuit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144321 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT INCLUDING LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - Fluid is pressurized and supplied to a fluid chamber with a fluid pressurizing and supplying unit. The pressurized fluid within the fluid chamber is ejected through an injection nozzle by reduction of the volume of the fluid chamber caused by applying a driving voltage to a volume varying unit. In applying the driving voltage to the volume varying unit, the effect imposed on fluid injection by pressure fluctuations of the fluid pressurized and supplied to the fluid chamber is compensated by changing the voltage waveform of the driving voltage. When the pressure of the supply flow amount is decreased to a pressure lower than a predetermined pressure, the time intervals of the driving waveform are corrected. The maneuverability of a fluid injection device does not deteriorate even when the pressure of the fluid pressurized and supplied to the fluid chamber fluctuates. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144438 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTING DEVICE, ROBOT HAND, AND ROBOT ARM - An optical position detecting device includes a plurality of light source sections which emits detection light, a light detection section which receives the detection light reflected by a target object located in an emitting space of the detection light, a light source driving section which turns on some light source sections among the plurality of light source sections in a first period and turns on, in a second period, light source sections different from the light source sections turned on in the first period, and a position detecting section which detects the position of the target object on the basis of a light-receiving result of the light detection section in the first period and the second period. Each of the light source sections includes a plurality of light-emitting elements arrayed in a direction intersecting the direction of the optical axis of the detection light. | 06-06-2013 |
20130145589 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting head includes forming a first electrode made of platinum, forming a buffer layer made of a compound having a pyrochlore structure that contains bismuth or platinum on the first electrode, forming an oxide layer made of an oxide containing bismuth on the buffer layer, forming a piezoelectric layer made of a compound having a perovskite structure that contains bismuth by burning the oxide layer, and forming a second electrode on the piezoelectric layer. | 06-13-2013 |
20130145892 | PARALLEL LINK MECHANISM AND INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - A link mechanism arranged between a fixed base and a movable base. The mechanism includes a drive gear reducer, a first arm, a second arm, a connection base, a first link, and a second link. The drive gear reducer includes a body, an input shaft, a first output shaft, and a second output shaft. The first arm is connected to the fixed base and the body of the reducer. The second arm is connected to the second output shaft and the movable base. The connection base is arranged such that the second arm is between the connection base and the reducer, the connection base is connected to the first output shaft. The first link is connected to the fixed base and the connection base. The second link is connected to the connection base and the movable base. | 06-13-2013 |
20130146652 | Receipt Printing Processing Method and Receipt Printing Processing System - When a customer places a special order that changes the content of a product or processing thereof (non-standard order information), a receipt printing processing method and system also produces a special order seal in connection with printing the sales receipt. The receipt printing processing system has a receipt printer and a label printer that is in communication with the receipt printer. When the system receives transaction processing data generated by a POS register used to take orders, it is determined if non-standard order information is contained in the transaction processing data. If so, seal printing data for printing a special order seal is generated. Receipt data is also processed for the printing of the receipt. | 06-13-2013 |
20130146681 | Flow Channel Member, Liquid Ejecting Head, And Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A flow channel member includes: an ink flow channel having a horizontal flow channel; a self-sealing valve disposed on the downstream side of the ink flow channel and configured to open and close the ink flow channel; a pressurizing unit configured to apply a pressurizing force to the ink in the ink flow channel from the upstream side; and an air bubble trap provided in the middle of the horizontal flow channel for storing an air bubble, wherein the air bubble trap includes an air-bubble permeable wall formed of an air-bubble permeable member configured to allow permeation of the air bubble and is configured to cause the air bubble coming into abutment with the air-bubble permeable wall to be a flat shape and to be pressed against the air-bubble permeable wall so as to bring the air bubble into surface contact with the air-bubble permeable wall. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147321 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND ACTUATOR DEVICE - A liquid ejecting head including a pressure-generating chamber which communicates with a nozzle opening, and a piezoelectric element including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer formed above the first electrode and having a perovskite structure represented by the general formula ABO | 06-13-2013 |
20130147565 | ATOMIC OSCILLATOR, CONTROL METHOD OF ATOMIC OSCILLATOR AND QUANTUM INTERFERENCE APPARATUS - An atomic oscillator, a control method of the atomic oscillator and a quantum interference apparatus are provided in which high frequency stability can be maintained even though EIT signal intensity changes. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147859 | TRANSMISSION TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - A transmission type display device includes an image formation unit that forms an image of image light, a display unit that transmits ambient light to an image extraction area, and a control unit that determines a first mode in which alight intensity determination value that is a value for determining a light intensity of an image formed by the image formation unit is fixed, and a second mode in which the light intensity determination value is variably set, wherein in the first mode, the control unit fixes the light intensity determination value, and controls the transmittance of the shade, and wherein in the second mode, the control unit variably sets the light intensity determination value, and controls the transmittance of the shade. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147869 | Printing Device, Discharge Test Device and Discharge Test Method - A discharge test device including: a head that includes nozzles discharging liquid to a medium, a temperature obtaining section that obtains a temperature related to the head, an identification section that identifies an abnormal nozzle, and a control section that controls the head and the identification section so that: when the temperature obtained is within a first temperature range, the head discharges the liquid to the medium after identification of the abnormal nozzle, when the temperature is outside the first temperature range and within a larger, second temperature range, the head discharges the liquid to the medium without the abnormal nozzle being identified, and when the temperature obtained by the temperature obtaining section is outside the second temperature range, the abnormal nozzle is not identified and the liquid is not discharged to the medium. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147873 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus that includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects ink as a liquid, a detection unit including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit, and a transparent cover member that covers the detection unit. The cover member possesses the same charge polarity with respect to air as the charge polarity of ink mist which is mist generated from the ink ejected from the liquid ejecting head. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147880 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric film disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric film. The piezoelectric film is composed of piezoelectric material that is lead free and formed by mixing 100 (1-x) % of material A having a spontaneous polarization of 0.5 C/m2 or greater at 25° C. and 100 x % of material B having piezoelectric characteristics and a dielectric constant of 1000 or greater at 25° C., wherein (1-x) Tc (A)+x Tc (B) >300° C., where Tc (A) is the Curie temperature of the material A and Tc (B) is the Curie temperature of the material B. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147882 | Liquid Ejecting Head and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting head includes a retention member with a liquid inlet path, a liquid ejecting head main body configured to dispense liquid droplets through a nozzle, and a fixing plate to which the liquid ejecting head main body is fixed. The fixing plate includes a first joint portion to which the nozzle surface is attached, and a second joint portion to which the retention member is attached. The retention member includes a head chamber. Portions of the retention member and the liquid ejecting head main body around the liquid inlet path and the liquid flow path are bonded, the liquid ejecting head main body being attached to the first joint portion via the nozzle surface and accommodated in the head chamber, and the second joint portion and a periphery of the opening of the head chamber in the retention member are attached to each other. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147893 | Thermal Printer - A printing control unit for a thermal printer that prints by applying heat energy to a recording medium and is able to operate in multiple print modes, includes a line buffer unit, a shift register unit, and a configuration registration unit. The line buffer unit accumulates current dot printing data supplied from a host. The shift register unit gets and passes the current dot printing data and previous dot history data from the line buffer unit to a logic circuit unit. The configuration registration unit stores configuration data for setting data logic of the logic circuit unit. | 06-13-2013 |
20130148013 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A first state where an image is captured with a predetermined exposure in which an aperture of a diaphragm is a first aperture and a shutter speed is a first shutter speed is changed to a second state where an image is captured with the predetermined exposure in which the aperture of the diaphragm is a second aperture larger than the first aperture and the shutter speed is a second shutter speed higher than the first shutter speed, and a focal point is adjusted. The second aperture is set to be as large as possible within a range of maintaining the predetermined exposure. | 06-13-2013 |
20130148084 | POLARIZATION CONVERSION DEVICE AND PROJECTOR SYSTEM - An external polarization conversion device used for a projector includes a first element which converts light from the projector to polarized light in a uniform polarization direction, and a second element which is arranged in a position subsequent to the first element in such a way that there is a space between the first element and the second element and which converts the polarized light from the first element to predetermined polarized light that is different from the polarized light from the first element. | 06-13-2013 |
20130148086 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a light source unit, a light modulator that modulates light exited from the light source unit, a polarizer or a wave plate provided on a light incident side of the light modulator, a cooling unit that supplies cooling air to the light incident side of the light modulator, and a turbulent flow plate disposed between the light modulator and the polarizer or the wave plate in a path along which the cooling air from the cooling unit flows toward a light incident surface of the light modulator, the turbulent flow plate having a fin that tapers from a base end toward a tip. | 06-13-2013 |
20130148139 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - JPEG data to be printed is Huffman-decoded on a block-by-block basis and is stored in a Huffman decoded data storage unit as Huffman decoded data, image data is generated by performing a later-stage decoding process (group decoding, run-length decoding, inverse quantization, inverse DCT) on the Huffman decoded data, a display process for displaying an image in a display unit based on the generated image data is executed, and the JPEG data is reconstructed by inserting RST markers at intervals equivalent to every stripe width while encoding the Huffman decoded data produced during the display process and stored in a reconstructed JPEG data storage unit. Then, when rotated printing is instructed, rotation/decoding that performs rotation while decoding the stored reconstructed JPEG data using the RST markers is carried out, print data is created from the image data obtained by the rotation/decoding, and a printing process is executed. | 06-13-2013 |
20130148482 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE WITH SOLAR CELL - To provide an electronic timepiece with a solar cell whereby a movement can be reduced in size and whereby a calendar function using a calendar wheel can be achieved, an electronic timepiece with a solar cell is provided with: a solar cell, a character plate, a ground plate arranged on a back surface of the solar cell, a ring-shaped date wheel arranged between the character plate and the ground plate, and a circuit board electrically connected to an electrode of the solar cell via a conduction spring. The conduction spring is arranged on the inside of the date wheel when in plan view seen from the character plate side. In comparison to a case where a conduction spring is provided to the outside of a date wheel, the movement can be reduced in size, and because the date wheel can be arranged, a calendar function can be achieved. | 06-13-2013 |
20130149505 | INK SET, INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDED ARTICLE - An ink set is provided which includes a first ink containing a first pigment, water, and a glycol ether having an HLB value, measured by Davies method, in the range of 4.2 to 8.0, and a second ink substantially not containing the glycol ether. The second ink contains a second pigment and water. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150702 | MAGNETIC FIELD MEASURING APPARATUS AND CELL ARRAY - A magnetic field measuring apparatus includes a cell array which includes plural cells different in size of detection surface through which a magnetic flux passes when the cells are arranged in a magnetic field of a measurement object, a medium which is enclosed inside each of the plural cells and rotates a light polarization plane according to an intensity of the magnetic field, an irradiator to irradiate a light to the detection surface of each of the cells, and a detector to detect a rotation angle of a polarization plane of the light passing through each of the cells. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150722 | LIVING BODY TESTING PROBE - A living body testing probe includes a living body contact part, a grip part, a non-mechanical switch part and a notification part. The living body contact part is configured and arranged to contact a living body. The non-mechanical switch part is configured and arranged to receive an operation input for changing test conditions upon being touched or approached. The notification part is configured and arranged to output information indicative of a change in the test conditions based on the operation input received by the non-mechanical switch part. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151582 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display system displays a received image on a display device based on image information transmitted from at least one image supply device via a network. An image generating unit generates a segmented image segmented into plural individual areas, the segmented image contains an individual connection image representing connection information for the image supply device to connect to the display device in an area correlated to one individual area of the plural individual areas. A determining unit determines whether connection is permitted or not based on the connection request information. When connection to the image supply device is permitted by the determining unit, the image generating unit generates the segmented image containing the received image based on the image information from the image supply device in the individual area. | 06-13-2013 |
20130152700 | SENSOR DEVICE, SENSOR MODULE, ROBOT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SENSOR DEVICE - A sensor device includes a package, a sensor element that is disposed in the package, and a lid that seals the package, in which the sensor element includes a contacting surface that comes in contact with the lid, the package includes a joint surface which is joined to the lid, and the contacting surface and the joint surface are not on the same flat surface. | 06-20-2013 |
20130152701 | SENSOR DEVICE, SENSOR MODULE, FORCE SENSING APPARATUS, AND ROBOT - A sensor device includes a package, a sensor element that is disposed in the package, and a lid that seals the package. The lid includes a flexible portion that surrounds the vicinity of the sensor element in a plan view. | 06-20-2013 |
20130153765 | PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ANTENNA, TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATING DEVICE, CAMERA, IMAGING DEVICE, AND MEASURING DEVICE - A photoconductive antenna is adapted to generate terahertz waves when irradiated by pulsed light. The photoconductive antenna includes first and second conductive layers, a semiconductor layer positioned between the first and second conductive layers, first and second electrodes, and a dielectric layer. The semiconductor layer is made of a semiconductor material having a carrier density that is lower than a carrier density of the semiconductor material of the first conductive layer or the second conducive layer. The first and second electrodes are electrically connected to the first and second conductive layers, respectively. The second electrode has an aperture through which the pulsed light passes. The dielectric layer is made of a dielectric material, and is in contact with a surface of the semiconductor layer having a normal direction extending orthogonal to a lamination direction of the first conductive layer, the semiconductor layer, and the second conductive layer. | 06-20-2013 |
20130153873 | FILM-FORMING INK, FILM-FORMING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A film-forming ink according to an embodiment of the invention includes a film-forming material; and a liquid medium which dissolves or disperses the film-forming material, in which the liquid medium contains an ether compound represented by Formula (I). | 06-20-2013 |
20130154140 | Method for Manufacturing Dental Implant and Dental Implant - Herein is provide a dental implant for preventing elution of metal when the dental implant is applied within an oral cavity, and for preventing the occurrence of mismatching (bumpy occlusion or the like) when the dental implant is fixed in place. Also provided is a method for manufacturing the dental implant. The abutment manufacturing steps include a ceramic molded body production step for molding a ceramic molded body composition to obtain a ceramic molded body, an assembling step for assembling a titanium member and the ceramic molded body together to obtain an assembled body, a degreasing step for degreasing the assembled body so that the ceramic molded body is transformed into a ceramic degreased body, and a sintering step for sintering the assembled body to transform the ceramic degreased body into a ceramic member so that the ceramic member is firmly fixed to the titanium member. | 06-20-2013 |
20130154294 | ROBOT AND ROBOT HAND - A robot hand for grasping an object to be grasped includes plural bar-shaped placing sections on which the object to be grasped is placed, plural holding sections which hold lateral sides of the object to be grasped, and a space adjusting section which moves the plural placing sections and the plural holding sections to adjust the space between the plural placing sections. | 06-20-2013 |
20130154905 | USB IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND DEVICE - A USB image transmission system is provided. The USB image transmission system may include a content source configured to be operatively coupled to a USB-enabled display device. Image data may be transmitted over the USB connection from the content source for display by the display device. In some embodiments, a USB collaboration hub may enable multiple content sources to be operatively linked through a USB connection to one or more USB-enabled display devices. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155028 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTION DEVICE, HAND DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH POSITION DETECTION FUNCTION - A position detection device includes: a light source adapted to form a light intensity distribution of a detection light beam; a first detector adapted to receive a reflected light beam of the detection light beam reflected by an object in a detection area where the light intensity distribution is formed; a transmissive member disposed between the detection area and the light source, and between the detection area and the first detector, and having a first surface directed toward the detection area and a second surface directed toward the light source; a second detector adapted to receive a light beam reflected by the second surface out of the detection light beam; a position detector adapted to detect the object based on the detection result in the first detector; and a light blocking member disposed between the second detector and the detection area, and adapted to block the reflected light beam. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155132 | PRINTER AND LIQUID TRANSFER METHOD - A printer includes an ink storage unit that stores an ink; a head unit that ejects the ink onto a medium; a plurality of supply flow channels for supplying the ink from the ink storage unit to the head unit; a plurality of bypass flow channels hung between the supply flow channels which are respectively different; a maintenance solution storage unit that stores a maintenance solution; and a controller that causes the ink to circulate inside a circulation flow channel which is configured only by the supply flow channel and the bypass flow channel among the ink storage unit, the head unit, the supply flow channel and the bypass flow channel, and that causes the maintenance solution to flow from the maintenance solution storage unit into a section located further to the downstream side of the supply flow channel than the circulation flow channel, and into the head unit. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155134 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a pressure chamber that communicates with a liquid supply section and a nozzle; an element that changes a pressure of liquid within the pressure chamber; and an ejection pulse generation section that generates an ejection pulse for operating the element to eject the liquid from the nozzle. The viscosity of the liquid is not less than 8 millipascal seconds. The nozzle has a first portion in which a liquid ejection side thereof has a smaller opening area than a pressure chamber side thereof, and a second portion which communicates with an ejection side end portion of the first portion. The ejection pulse has a depressurizing portion for depressurizing the liquid to attract a meniscus positioned on the second portion to the first portion, and a pressurizing portion for pressurizing the liquid to eject the liquid before the meniscus returns to the second portion. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155149 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - Dots with metallic ink are formed in an arrangement in which an average of distances between dots with the metallic dots is shorter than an average of distances between dots with color ink. The “distance between dots with the color ink” indicates a distance from a color dot to be focused to one color dot at the closest position thereto. The same holds true for the metallic ink. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155154 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes: flow channel units, each of which includes a pressure generating chamber operable to generate pressure therein and a nozzle plate formed with a nozzle; drive units, each of which includes a piezoelectric vibrator operable to apply a pressure vibration to the pressure generating chamber, and which correspond to the flow channel units; and a head casing to which the flow channel units and the drive units are fixed and which includes attachment parts. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155155 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A liquid ejecting head contains a piezoelectric element having a piezoelectric layer and an electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer, in which the piezoelectric layer contains a complex oxide containing bismuth, iron, barium, and titanium and having a perovskite structure, has a yield stress of 5.66 GPa or more, and has a Young's modulus of 114 GPa or more. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155160 | WHITE INK FOR INK JET RECORDING AND RECORDING APPARATUS - White ink of the present invention for ink jet recording contains a white pigment having an average particle size of 200 nm to 400 nm and composed of metallic oxide, and the white ink satisfies Formula (1): | 06-20-2013 |
20130155439 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A scanner unit changes a first wire included in a pair of wires in Low condition into High condition, sets another second wire in Low condition during the change, and identifies whether a CISM coupled with a resistor is or a CISM coupled with no resistor is by inputting a signal from the second wire afterward. Further, the controller changes the first wire in High condition into Low condition, sets the second wire in High condition during the change, and identifies the CISM by inputting a signal from the second wire. The scanner unit sets the second wire in condition before being changed while changing condition of the first wire so as to prevent an effect of a signal (crosstalk) caused when the condition of the first wire is changed more effectively. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155822 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DECORATIVE ARTICLE, A DECORATIVE ARTICLE, AND A TIMEPIECE - A method of manufacturing a decorative article, including a first coating formation step of forming a first coating of primarily TiN on a substrate; a second coating formation step of forming a second coating on the first coating by means of a dry plating method using a target containing 70.0 wt %≦85.0 wt % Au and 15.0 wt %≦30.0 wt % Cu; a heat treatment step of promoting formation of a solid solution of the constituents of the second coating by applying a heating process that heats the substrate on which the first coating and the second coating are disposed to 300° C.≦395° C. and then applying a cooling process; and an acid treatment step that, of the constituents of the second coating to which the heating process was applied, removes the constituents not forming a solid solution by applying an acid treatment. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158411 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - Measuring is performed by bringing a gel pad GP which is an acoustic coupling medium into contact with a measuring portion which has concavities and convexities and by sending and receiving ultrasound from a probe via the gel pad GP. At this time, the contact pressure of the probe and the gel pad GP is detected using pressure sensors which are provided in the probe (first pressure sensor and second pressure sensor). Then, ultrasound focusing is performed using the detected pressure of the pressure sensors. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158418 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD - In an ultrasound blood pressure monitor, a blood pressure diameter measurement section measures blood pressure diameter of a radial artery which is a measurement target based on reception results of ultrasound from an ultrasound sensor. In addition, a pressurizing section adds a pressure from a body surface so that the radial artery is pressed. Then, a correlation formula, which expresses a relationship between blood vessel diameter and blood pressure of the radial artery under pressurization by the pressurizing section, is found and stored in a storage section. Then, a blood pressure calculation section calculates blood pressure using the blood vessel diameter which is measured under pressurization and storage data in the storage section by controlling the pressurization operation of the pressurizing section. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159642 | Method of Writing Firmware, Firmware Storage Medium, and Electronic Device - Writing only incompatible firmware is reliably prevented without limiting writing other firmware. A firmware storage area is reserved in printer memory, and an evaluation area for writing evaluation data is reserved in the boot sector at the beginning of the firmware storage area. When the firmware overwriting process starts, the printer control unit gets the evaluation data, which is firmware data overwritten to a fixed address set as the evaluation area, and based on this evaluation data determines whether to complete or abort the firmware writing process. | 06-20-2013 |
20130161088 | RECORDING DEVICE - A printer includes a body case and an interface connector unit that is movable between a hidden position where the interface connector unit is hidden by the body case and an exposed position where the interface connector unit is exposed from the body case. | 06-27-2013 |
20130161422 | FLOW PATH MEMBER, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A pressure chamber in which an opening of a groove-shaped flow paths configuring a portion of a liquid flow path is formed by sealing with a film, a valve body which opens and closes a communication path communicating with the pressure chamber, and a pressure receiving member which is pressed by the film displaced to the pressure chamber side by negative pressure of the pressure chamber and is able to press the valve body in a direction where the valve body is valve opening state are included, and the valve body includes a flange section, a shaft section connected to the flange section and a seal member, and the seal member is formed in a shape of an annulus surrounding the shaft section. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162351 | POWER AMPLIFIER AND LIQUID JET PRINTING APPARATUS - A power amplifier includes: a modulator pulse-modulating a drive waveform signal serving as a reference of a drive signal applied to an actuator and outputting a plurality of modulated signals; a digital power amplifier having a plurality of digital power amplifier stages each including a pair of push-pull switching elements, amplifying the power of the plurality of modulated signals, and outputting multi-value amplified digital signals; and a low pass filter smoothing the amplified digital signals and outputting the drive signal, wherein the modulator includes a control section switching one of a state where the same modulated signal is connected to two or more of the digital power amplifier stages and a state where different modulated signals are connected to different digital power amplifier stages to the other. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162360 | PIEZOELECTRIC OSCILLATOR AND TRANSMITTER - A piezoelectric oscillator includes: a piezoelectric resonator element having a piezoelectric substrate and an excitation electrode formed on a surface of the piezoelectric substrate; a semiconductor circuit element provided with an oscillation circuit for oscillating the piezoelectric resonator element and having a first insulating film formed on a principal surface; a package for airtightly housing the semiconductor circuit element and the piezoelectric resonator element; and a protruding section having at least of a thin film circuit component formed on the first insulating film and connected to the oscillation circuit; and a second insulating film formed on the first insulating film and covering the thin film circuit component. In the oscillator, the piezoelectric resonator element is fixed to an upper surface of the protruding section. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162538 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND DATA SUPPLY METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device can make it possible to easily recognize a plurality of indication bodies as a plurality of pointing devices. The display device is provided with a function device having a first interface and a second interface, and stores configuration information assigning the same class to the first interface and the second interface in a storage section. The display device detects a first position indicated by a first indication body to a display surface and a second position indicated by a second indication body to the display surface, assigns first coordinate data representing the first position to the first interface, assigns second coordinate data representing the second position to the second interface, and supplies a host device with the first coordinate data and the second coordinate data. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162607 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A projector can control a function in accordance with an operation of indicating a position if the operation is performed in a state in which an image is displayed. The projector projects an image on a screen based on a supply image supplied by an image source. The projector detects a position indicated on the screen using a position detection unit, and if the indication position detected is located within the operation area set previously, the projector controls the projection configuration of the image using a control section. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162698 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROJECTOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A driving device of a display apparatus includes a calculation unit which calculates a correction value to correct a gradation value of a pixel that is a correction target on the basis of n gradation values that corresponds to n pixels and a correction unit which corrects the gradation value of a pixel that is a correction target on the basis of the correction value and the calculation unit performs a first calculation in a case in which a gradation value among the n gradation values is included in a first range, performs a second calculation in a case in which a gradation value among the n gradation values is included in a second range, respectively performs the first calculation or the second calculation on the n gradation values, and calculates the correction value on the basis of the calculation results performed on the n gradation values. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162708 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a piezoelectric element equipped with a piezoelectric layer contained a barium titanate-based complex oxide and electrodes that are provided in the piezoelectric layer; a temperature detection unit that detects temperatures; and a polarization unit that supplies a repolarization waveform to repolarize the piezoelectric layer to the piezoelectric element in the case where the temperature detection unit detects a predetermined temperature condition. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162719 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A head unit is configured to be attached to a base and includes: a nozzle array group including a plurality of nozzle arrays each of which is defined by a plurality of nozzles that are arranged in a first direction and which are arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and two correctors configured to adjust an angle of the plurality of nozzle arrays with respect to the base, one of the correctors disposed outside of the nozzle array group in the second direction. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162720 | NOZZLE PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, NOZZLE PLATE, DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD MANUFACTURING METHOD, DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD, AND PRINTER - A nozzle plate manufacturing method that offers excellent protection against discharge liquid and that enables a nozzle plate having high nozzle-hole accuracy to be manufactured with good yield. The invention also provides a nozzle plate, a droplet discharge head manufacturing method, and a droplet discharge head. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162917 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A projector in which a liquid crystal display panel modulates light emitted from a light source and the modulated image light is projected, the projector includes a temperature detector that detects a temperature in the projector and a controller that determines the amount of overdrive based on the temperature detected by the temperature detector in accordance with a driven state of the projector and performs overdrive control on the liquid crystal display panel based on the amount of overdrive. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163232 | LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND DESK WITH ILLUMINATION FUNCTION - A lighting equipment has a configuration including an illumination section capable of illuminating a surface to be an illumination object, an image projection section making it possible to project an image on the surface to be the illumination object, and a control section adapted to electrically control the illumination section and the image projection section. | 06-27-2013 |
20130164072 | Paper Cutting Device and a Printer with a Paper Cutting Device - A printer has a main frame with a roll paper compartment for storing roll paper and a printing mechanism for printing on the roll paper; a cover frame movably connected to the main frame and having an openable cover for the roll paper compartment; a movable blade frame disposed to the main frame for supporting first and second movable blades with the blade tips in opposition; a stationary blade frame disposed to the cover frame for supporting a stationary blade in a position substantially transverse to the paper transportation path during cutting; and a movable blade drive mechanism for linking and driving the first and second movable blades to cut the roll paper in a scissor action against the stationary blade and such that one movable blade leads and the other movable blade follows, with the movable blades disposed such that the paths of the tips overlap during cutting. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165780 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - In an ultrasound blood pressure monitor | 06-27-2013 |
20130168550 | PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ANTENNA, TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATING DEVICE, CAMERA, IMAGING DEVICE, AND MEASURING DEVICE - A photoconductive antenna is adapted to generate terahertz waves when irradiated by pulsed light. The photoconductive antenna includes first and second conductive layers, a semiconductor layer, and first and second electrodes. The semiconductor layer is made of a semiconductor material having a carrier density that is lower than a carrier density of the semiconductor material of the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer. The first and second electrodes are electrically connected to the first and second conductive layers, respectively. The semiconductor layer includes an incidence surface through which the pulsed light enters the semiconductor layer, and an emission surface from which the terahertz waves are emitted. The incidence surface is positioned in a side surface of the semiconductor layer having a normal direction extending orthogonal to a lamination direction, and the emission surface is positioned in the side surface at a position different from the incidence surface. | 07-04-2013 |
20130168654 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The light emitting element of the embodiment includes an anode; a cathode; a visible light emitting layer provided between the anode and the cathode and emitting visible light; and a carrier trapping layer containing a thiadiazole based compound represented by the following formula (1). | 07-04-2013 |
20130169115 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION PIECE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibration piece includes a base made of a piezoelectric material; a plurality of vibration arms which is integrally formed with the base and extends in parallel; elongate grooves which are formed along longitudinal directions of the vibration arms; and excitation electrodes which include inner electrodes disposed in the elongate grooves and side electrodes disposed in side surfaces facing the inner electrodes, wherein widening portions in which the widths of the vibration arms are widened toward the base at a joint between the vibration arms of the base are formed, and the side electrodes are led to principal surfaces and side surfaces of the widening portions. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169703 | DRIVER UNIT FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is configured so that one frame is divided into two fields and a pixel of a liquid crystal panel is driven. The liquid crystal display device performs overdrive when a gray-scale level to be supplied to the pixel is different between a previous frame and a current frame. The liquid crystal display writes a voltage corresponding to the gray-scale level of the pixel with a positive voltage in a first field, and writes a voltage corresponding to the gray-scale level to be supplied to the pixel with a negative voltage in a second field. When performing overdrive, the liquid crystal display device performs overdrive in both of the first field and the second field. Also, when performing overdrive, the liquid crystal display device corrects the gray-scale level to be supplied to the pixel. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169708 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD THEREOF - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes heating portions for heating liquid, a liquid ejecting head for ejecting the liquid heated by the heating portions, and a maintenance device for performing maintenance of the liquid ejecting head by causing the liquid to be discharged from the liquid ejecting head through sucking operation. The maintenance device performs a first suction for cleaning the liquid ejecting head by causing the head to discharge the liquid, waits until liquid is heated by the heating portions, and then performs a second suction with a suction force weaker than that of the first suction. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169712 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes an ejecting head that ejects fluid onto a recording medium, and a head moving portion that makes the ejecting head reciprocate in a first direction. In the recording apparatus, the head moving portion includes a guide shaft which is arranged along the first direction, a first carriage which is supported on the guide shaft, and moves in the first direction along the guide shaft, and a second carriage which is provided integrally with the ejecting head, is provided so as to be movable in a second direction in which a distance between the ejecting head and the recording medium is changed between the first carriage and the second carriage, and is positioned in a state where a part of the second carriage is abutted against the guide shaft such that inclination of the ejecting head with respect to the first direction is restricted. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169716 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a piezoelectric layer is made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure and containing bismuth, iron, barium and titanium. Further, the driving waveform includes: a polarization stage in which a first voltage larger than a coercive voltage of the piezoelectric layer is applied so as to polarize the piezoelectric layer; a relaxation stage in which the voltage being applied is changed from the first voltage to a reverse-polarity voltage of the first voltage so as to relax the polarization of the piezoelectric layer; and a discharge stage in which the voltage being applied is changed from the reverse-polarity voltage to a voltage larger than the first voltage so as to discharge a liquid. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169718 | ATTACHMENT AND ATTACHMENT SYSTEM - An attachment is mountable on a carriage in place of a liquid container that contains liquid and that is mounted on the carriage having a liquid jet head for jetting liquid, so that the attachment can supply liquid introduced from outside to the liquid jet head. The attachment has a pressure control means provided in a flow passage which is formed in an attachment body and through which the liquid introduced from the outside is supplied to the liquid jet head. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169720 | LIQUID CONTAINER, LIQUID CONTAINER UNIT, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid container capable of communicating to a liquid ejection head of a liquid ejecting apparatus via a liquid supply member is provided with an injection port for a liquid, a liquid containing portion capable of containing the liquid injected from the injection port, and a supply port capable of connecting to the liquid supply member. A first portion of the liquid container including the injection port is displaceable in a relative manner with respect to a second portion of the liquid container which is different than the first portion and includes the liquid containing portion. | 07-04-2013 |
20130170326 | Electronic Timepiece and Control Method for an Electronic Timepiece - An electronic timepiece includes a reception unit that receives satellite signals from positioning information satellites; a time information generating unit that generates an internal time; and a manual reception processing unit that activates the reception unit through operation of an operating member and executes a first or a second time correction processing to correct the internal time. The first time correction processing includes acquiring time information from a satellite signal received from one of the positioning information satellites and correcting the internal time based thereon. The second time correction processing includes acquiring time information and satellite orbit information from satellite signals from one or more of the positioning information satellites, calculating the position of the electronic timepiece, and correcting the internal time using the acquired time information and the calculated position. The selection of the first or second time correction processing is based on manual operation. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173212 | MOTION ANALYSIS METHOD AND MOTION ANALYSIS APPARATUS - A motion analysis apparatus includes a sensor that is attached to an object and detects a physical value of the object, a holder that holds the object and sets the sensor in a first position, and a motion analyzer that acquires an output from the sensor and analyzes the motion of the object based on the output, the output including first output data from the sensor set in the first position and second output data from the sensor produced after the object is separated from the holder and the sensor is set in at least one known second position. | 07-04-2013 |
20130175754 | TRANSPORTED MATERIAL TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A transported material transporting device including: a power transmission switching mechanism configured to switch the transmission of the power between the intermediate gear and the cam drive gear between a transmitted state and a blocked state; a detection lever provided in the reversing path and configured to detect the presence or absence of the material to be transported which enters the reversing path; and a blocked-state locking mechanism configured to lock the blocked state of the power transmission switching mechanism when the discharging roller is in the released state, wherein the locked state of the blocked-state locking mechanism is released and the power transmission switching mechanism is switched from the blocked state to the transmitted state upon detection of the position of the trailing end of the material to be transported entering the reversing path by the detection lever. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176080 | OPTICAL MODULE FOR ATOMIC OSCILLATOR AND ATOMIC OSCILLATOR - An optical module for an atomic oscillator using a quantum interference effect includes a light source part to emit resonant light having two different wavelengths, a gas cell in which an alkali metal atom gas is enclosed and to which the resonant light is irradiated, a light detection part to detect an intensity of the resonant light transmitted through the gas cell, and a gas-flow generation part to generate a flow of the alkali metal atom gas. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176081 | INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical module for an atomic oscillator using a quantum interference effect includes a first light source unit that emits first resonance light, a gas cell in which an alkali metal atom is sealed, a first light detection unit that detects the intensity of the first resonance light having passed through the gas cell, a determination unit that determines whether or not the first light source unit has failed, a second light source unit that irradiates the gas cell with second resonance light when the determination unit determines that the first light source unit has failed, and a second light detection unit that detects the intensity of the second resonance light having passed through the gas cell, and the optical path length of the first resonance light in the gas cell and the optical path length of the second resonance light in the gas cell are equal to each other. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176216 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A projector displays an image supplied by a PC on a screen using a projection unit, detects a pointed location on the screen using a location detection unit, calculates first coordinates as coordinates of the pointed location in a displayable area of the screen using a coordinate calculation part, converts the calculated first coordinates into second coordinates as coordinates in the supply image using a coordinate conversion part based on image location information indicating a location of the supply image on the screen, outputs the second coordinates obtained by the conversion from an output unit, and corrects the image location information by processing of displaying the image based on a correction image using a control unit. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176588 | PRINTER CONTROL METHOD AND A PRINTER - A printer and reprinting control method do not reprint when an error accompanied by no damage to the actual printing area or print image on paper occurs so that consumables are not wasted. The printer reprints the label on which the print image was being formed when a specific error occurs if the error occurred while the inkjet head was forming the print image in the actual printing area of the label. When the non-printing area of the label is passing the printing position of the inkjet head, the print image in the actual printing area that was printed immediately before an error occurs is reprinted only if a specific error is detected, such as a paper jam error or mechanical error with the possibility of damage to the paper or label. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176589 | DEVICE CONTROL DEVICE, DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A client terminal can control a printer even when the network connection to a web server is interrupted, and can convert character codes using a simple configuration. The client terminal having a standard web browser and connected to a web server and a printer has a web page acquisition unit that uses the web browser to acquire a web page with an embedded printer control script from the web server; a web page display unit that displays the acquired web page and run the printer control script; a character code conversion unit that uses the printer control script to convert script character codes to printer character codes, which is a character code for the device; and a command transmission unit that sends a command containing the converted printer character codes to the printer. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176816 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, ULTRASONIC PROBE, DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - An ultrasonic transducer includes a first flexible substrate, a plurality of ultrasonic elements and a substrate deforming part. The ultrasonic elements are disposed on the first flexible substrate, and configured and arranged to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves. The substrate deforming part is configured and arranged to flex the first flexible substrate in a first direction and in a second direction that intersects with the first direction. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177046 | METHOD OF CAPTURING SATELLITE SIGNAL AND DEVICE FOR CAPTURING SATELLITE SIGNAL - A method of acquiring a satellite signal includes calculating a correlation result of a reception signal from a GPS satellite and a replica code using an output value of one adder-subtractor for a combination of addition and subtraction corresponding to time-series change in code values of the replica code from among a plurality of adder-subtractors for addition-subtraction of sampling values obtained by sampling the reception signal in a time series with different combinations of addition and subtraction, and acquiring the satellite signal of the GPS satellite using the correlation result. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177468 | Method for Manufacturing Dental Implant and Dental Implant - A dental implant for preventing elution of metal when applied within an oral cavity and preventing the occurrence of mismatching (bumpy occlusion or the like) when fixed in place, and its manufacturing method are provided. The abutment is manufactured through steps including molding a titanium molded body composition to obtain a titanium molded body, molding a ceramic molded body composition to obtain a ceramic molded body, assembling the titanium molded body and the ceramic molded body together to obtain an assembled body, degreasing the assembled body so that the titanium molded body becomes a titanium degreased body and the ceramic molded body becomes a ceramic degreased body, and sintering the assembled body to transform the titanium degreased body into a titanium member and to transform the ceramic degreased body into a ceramic member so that the titanium member and the ceramic member are firmly fixed and joined together. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179599 | DISPLAY DEVICE, PROJECTOR, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF SWITCHING DEVICE - A display device is capable of switching a function of an indication body in accordance with the need of the user in the case in which the indication body is made to function as a pointing device. The display device is provided with a function device having a first interface. The configuration information of the first interface is stored in the storage section, and is supplied to a host device by a supply section via the function device. A change section is capable of change the configuration information in accordance with the operation of the user received by a reception section. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179908 | MEDIA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME THAT PREVENTS PROCESSING OF THE MEDIA FROM BEING STOPPED - A processor is provided in a main body and performs at least one of writing data on a plate-shaped medium, reading data from the medium and printing on the medium. A drawer tray is provided in the main body, includes a stacker portion which is configured to accommodate a plurality of plate-shaped media processed by the processor and is movable between an accommodated position where the stacker portion is capable of receiving the media and a drawn position where the drawer tray is pulled out from the main body to take out the media accommodated in the stacker portion. | 07-11-2013 |
20130180826 | SORTING APPARATUS - A sorting apparatus sequentially receives and holds a plurality of transported items that are transported and sorts and supports the transported items, and includes an endless movement member disposed so as to form a constant revolving movement pathway, and a plurality of support members that are attached to the movement member so as to be arranged along the direction in which the movement member revolves and that are capable of supporting respective transported items. In a support region that is a region of the revolving movement pathway of the movement member in which the transported items are supported by respective support members, the highest position of the support members decreases the closer the support members are to the downstream side of the direction in which the movement member revolves. | 07-18-2013 |
20130180877 | LIQUID CONTAINER - The environmental burden of a liquid container during its life cycle is reduced, and a decrease in the reading or writing precision of an information recording unit provided on the liquid container is suppressed. A liquid container mounted in a liquid container holder of a liquid consuming apparatus, equipped with a first container section enclosing at least a portion of a liquid containing space capable of containing a liquid, the material thereof including a plant derived material, a high rigidity member having higher rigidity than the first container section, the material thereof including a material different from the plant derived material, and an information recording unit positioned above the high rigidity member, in which information relating to the liquid container is recorded, for which the information is read or written by a reading unit or a writing unit provided on the liquid consuming apparatus. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181120 | INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An interference filter includes first and second reflecting films opposed to each other across a gap, the first and second reflecting films include an Ag—Sm—Cu alloy film or an Ag—Bi—Nd alloy film, the Ag—Sm—Cu alloy film includes 0.1 atomic %≦Sm≦0.5 atomic %, and 0.1 atomic %≦Cu and ≦0.5 atomic %, and Sm+Cu≦1.0 atomic %, the Ag—Bi—Nd alloy film includes 0.1 atomic %≦Bi≦3.0 atomic %, and 0.1 atomic %≦Nd≦5.0 atomic %, and the thickness of the Ag—Sm—Cu alloy film or the Ag—Bi—Nd alloy film is ≧10 nm and ≦40 nm. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181128 | PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ANTENNA, TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATING DEVICE, CAMERA, IMAGING DEVICE, AND MEASURING DEVICE - A photoconductive antenna is adapted to generate terahertz waves when irradiated by pulsed light. The photoconductive antenna includes a first conductive region, a second conductive region, and a semiconductor region. The second conductive region is spaced apart from the first conductive region to form a gap therebetween in a top plan view of the photoconductive antenna. The semiconductor region is positioned in the gap between the first conductive region and the second conductive region in the top plan view. An interfacial surface of the semiconductor region positioned in the gap is flush with first interfacial surfaces of the first and second conductive regions. Second interfacial surfaces of the first and second conductive regions positioned on an opposite side from the first interfacial surfaces are positioned on the same side with respect to the interfacial surface of the semiconductor region positioned in the gap. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181230 | SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A semiconductor substrate includes: a silicon substrate; a monocrystalline silicon carbide film formed on a surface of the silicon substrate; and a stress relieving film formed on the surface of the silicon substrate opposite from the side on which the monocrystalline silicon carbide film is formed, and that relieves stress in the silicon substrate by applying compressional stress to the silicon substrate surface on which the stress relieving film is formed, wherein a plurality of spaces is present in the monocrystalline silicon carbide film in portions on the side of the silicon substrate and along the interface between the monocrystalline silicon carbide film and the silicon substrate. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181357 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC SUBSTRATE - The manufacturing method for electronic substrate includes: forming an active region on a first face of a substrate; forming a first part of an interconnection pattern as a passive element on a second face of the substrate; forming an insulating layer as a stress-relieving layer on the second face of the substrate; and forming a second part of the interconnection pattern as the passive element on the insulating layer. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181391 | MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A medium feeding device includes a first feeding unit feeds the medium to be fed to a downstream side of a feeding direction. A second feeding unit then feeds the medium to a upstream side and a downstream side on the basis of a feeding direction of the first feeding unit. A friction member is positioned opposite to the first feeding unit. A displacement member converts between a first state in which the displacement member protrudes upwardly in a stacked direction with respect to the friction member and a second state in which the displacement member retracts downwardly. The displacement member is set as the second state when one remaining sheet of the medium is fed to the downstream side by the first feeding unit, and the displacement member is set as the first state when a trailing end of the one remaining sheet passes through the friction member. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181466 | ROBOT HAND - An aspect of the invention provides a robot hand that performs an action for gripping an object between plural finger sections provided to be capable of changing a distance between the finger sections. Between the plural finger sections, a palm section movable along a direction in which a base side of the plural finger sections and a distal end side of the plural finger sections are connected is provided. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181576 | HANDLER AND TEST APPARATUS - A handler includes a supporting section, a holding section configured to hold an IC chip, and a position changing section between the supporting section and the holding section and configured to change the position of the IC chip held by the holding section. The position changing section includes a two-dimensional moving section that is movable in a predetermined direction, a pivoting section that is pivotable with respect to the two-dimensional moving section, and a piezoelectric actuator configured to move the two-dimensional moving section with respect to the supporting section. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181580 | PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR, AND ACCELERATION SENSOR - A piezoelectric resonator element includes: a resonating arm extending in a first direction and cantilever-supported; a base portion cantilever-supporting the resonating arm; and an excitation electrode allowing the resonating arm to perform flexural vibration in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. In the piezoelectric resonator element, the resonating arm includes an adjusting part adjusting rigidity with respect to a bend in a third direction that is orthogonal to the first and second directions. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182042 | PRINT METHOD, PRINT DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A print device for moving a print head in a scanning direction and printing image data onto a print medium includes a color nozzle row, which is a nozzle row in which nozzles for ejecting P (where P is an integer 2 or higher) types of color ink are arranged side by side in a direction intersecting with the scanning direction, wherein the color nozzle row is constituted of P color nozzle groups, and a black nozzle row, which is a nozzle row in which nozzles for ejecting black ink are arranged side by side in parallel with the direction intersecting with the scanning direction and in parallel with the color nozzle row, wherein the black nozzle row is constituted of P black nozzle groups. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182050 | LIQUID CONSUMPTION APPARATUS, LIQUID SUPPLY MEMBER, AND LIQUID SUPPLY SYSTEM - A liquid consumption apparatus, onto which a liquid supply member is mounted, includes a liquid delivery unit, a liquid accepting unit and an abutting section. The liquid delivery unit is configured to deliver a liquid from the liquid supply member. The liquid accepting unit is provided below the liquid delivery unit. The abutting section abuts against the liquid supply member. The liquid accepting unit is provided to the abutting section. In a state where the abutting section and the liquid supply member abut against each other, the liquid accepting unit protrudes out closer toward the liquid supply member than a surface where the liquid supply member and the abutting section abut against each other. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182051 | CARTRIDGE, PRINTING MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A cartridge includes a concave portion. The concave portion has an opening, first and second side walls, and a bottom wall, and the bottom wall has a tilted surface tilted. The tilted surface is provided with a cartridge side terminal group. The first side wall is provided with a first restriction portion which restricts movements in a +Z axis direction and a +X axis direction of an apparatus side terminal unit, and the second side wall is provided with a second restriction portion which restricts movements in the +Z axis direction and a −X axis direction of an apparatus side terminal unit. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182052 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A printing apparatus adapted to have a cartridge detachably mounted thereon includes a cartridge mounting structure, a printing material supply tube, a plurality of apparatus-side terminals and a lever used for attachment and detachment of the cartridge to and from the printing apparatus. The lever has an operating member, a first apparatus-side locking portion and an axis of rotation. When an external force is applied to the operating member of the lever from the +X-axis direction to the −X-axis direction, the lever moves the first apparatus-side locking portion about the axis of rotation from a specified locking position toward the +X-axis direction and disengages the first apparatus-side locking portion from a first cartridge-side restriction portion, so as to eliminate the restriction of motion of the cartridge. This ensures stable electrical connection between cartridge-side terminals and apparatus-side terminals. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182053 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A printing material supply system | 07-18-2013 |
20130182057 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording method includes using at least a first ink composition containing a color material and a second ink composition containing a resin as well as substantially not containing a color material, including: a first recording step recording the first ink composition onto a medium to be recorded; a second recording step recording the second ink composition onto the image; a second drying step of drying the image at a first temperature, which is performed during execution of the second recording step or thereafter; and a third drying step of drying the image at a second temperature which exceeds the first temperature after the second drying step; in which, the second ink composition does not substantially contain an aprotic polar solvent, and the heat deformation temperature of the resin exceeds the first temperature and is lower than the second temperature. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182058 | TRACTOR, TRACTOR UNIT, AND RECORDING DEVICE - Plural tractors that convey recording media in a recording device can be disposed in close proximity to each other. A tractor module | 07-18-2013 |
20130182212 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A third external connection terminal electrically connected to a peripheral electrode line is disposed between a first external connection terminal electrically connected to a data signal supply line, and a second external connection terminal electrically connected to a scan signal supply line, and the peripheral electrode line is disposed so as not to planarly intersect with the data signal supply line and the scan signal supply line. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182257 | SAMPLE ANALYSIS ELEMENT AND DETECTING DEVICE - A plurality of metallic nano-body groups that includes metallic nano-bodies which are dispersed on a dielectric surface at a first pitch smaller than the wavelength of incident light is arranged in one direction at a second pitch that resonates with the incident light. Localized surface plasmon resonance occurs in the metallic nano-body by the action of the incident light. Propagating surface plasmon resonance occurs by the action of the second pitch. The propagating surface plasmon resonance is combined with the localized surface plasmon resonance. A so-called hybrid mode is established. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182258 | SAMPLE ANALYSIS ELEMENT AND DETECTING DEVICE - A plurality of metallic nano-body groups that includes metallic nano-bodies which are a size smaller than the wavelength of incident light and are dispersed on a dielectric surface is arranged in one direction at a pitch that resonates with the incident light. A long piece extends on the dielectric surface between adjacent metallic nano-body groups. The long piece is formed of a material having no free electron that performs resonance oscillation with the incident light. Localized surface plasmon resonance occurs in the metallic nano-body by the action of the incident light. Propagating surface plasmon resonance occurs by the action of the pitch. The propagating surface plasmon resonance is combined with the localized surface plasmon resonance. A so-called hybrid mode is established. The long piece is helpful in the establishment of the pitch. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182268 | IMAGE DATA CREATION APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes: an image data acquisition section configured to acquire image data corresponding to a black-and-white image which allows a feature thereof correlated with a color to be represented by a density level of one single color; a color determination section configured to determine a corresponding color which corresponds to the feature included in the black-and-white image; and a color image data creation section configured to create the color image data corresponding to a color image which allows an image area thereof indicating the feature to be represented in the corresponding color. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182903 | ROBOT APPARATUS AND POSITION AND ORIENTATION DETECTING METHOD - A robot apparatus includes a reference-model storing unit configured to store a reference model of an object, a feature-value-table storing unit configured to store a feature value table that associates position data and orientation data of the reference model and a feature value, a photographed-image acquiring unit configured to capture a photographed image of the object, a detecting unit configured to calculate a photographed image feature value from the photographed image, and a driving control unit configured to control a robot main body on the basis of the position data and the orientation data to change the position and the orientation of a gripping unit. | 07-18-2013 |
20130183129 | ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT APPARATUS - A robot hand is provided, the robot hand including three finger sections, a supporting section which supports a proximal end of each of the three finger sections, and a circumferential movement section which circumferentially moves a second finger section and a third finger section of the three finger sections about a position where the three finger sections are supported on the supporting section is provided. The circumferentially moving second finger section and third finger section are circumferentially movable in a range of 180 degrees or greater in a circumferential direction substantially around a hand axis of the robot hand, about the position where the three finger sections are supported on the supporting section. | 07-18-2013 |
20130184868 | ROBOT CONTROLLER, ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD - A robot controller includes a force control unit that outputs a correction value of a target track of a robot based on a detected sensor value acquired from a force sensor, a target value output unit that obtains a target value by performing correction processing on the target track based on the correction value and outputs the obtained target value, and a robot control unit that performs feedback control of the robot based on the target value. The force control unit includes an impedance processor that obtains a solution of a differential equation in force control as the correction value before the conversion processing, and a nonlinear convertor that obtains the correction value after the conversion processing by performing nonlinear conversion processing on the correction value before the conversion processing acquired from the impedance processor and outputs the obtained correction value after the conversion processing. | 07-18-2013 |
20130184869 | ROBOT CONTROLLER, ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD - A robot controller includes a force control unit that outputs a correction value of a target track of a robot based on a detected sensor value acquired from a force sensor, a target value output unit that obtains a target value by performing correction processing on the target track based on the correction value and outputs the obtained target value, and a robot control unit that performs feedback control of the robot based on the target value. Further, the force control unit performs first force control when an external force direction indicated by the detected sensor value is a first direction, and performs second force control different from the first force control when the external force direction is a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 07-18-2013 |
20130186513 | LIQUID CONTAINER AND LIQUID CONSUMPTION APPARATUS - A liquid container includes a liquid containing bag and a case member. The liquid containing bag includes a flat end portion extending in a first direction. The case member defines an opening at one end and accommodates the liquid containing bag inserted from the opening in the first direction. The case member has an end portion accommodating section extending in the first direction and accommodating at least the end portion of the liquid containing bag, a main portion accommodating section accommodating a main portion of the liquid containing bag, and a partition wall that partitions the end portion accommodating section and the main portion accommodating section. The partition wall includes a slit extending along the first direction, with the end portion of the liquid containing bag being inserted through the slit. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187282 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, METHOD FOR GENERATING MASK DATA, MASK AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A semiconductor device has first wiring layers and a plurality of dummy wiring layers that are provided on the same level as the first wiring layers. The semiconductor device defines a row direction, and first virtual linear lines extending in a direction traversing the row direction. The row direction and the first virtual linear lines define an angle of 2-40 degrees, and the dummy wiring layers are disposed in a manner to be located on the first virtual linear lines. The semiconductor device also defines a column direction perpendicular to the row direction, and second virtual linear lines extending in a direction traversing the column direction. The column direction and the second virtual linear lines define an angle of 2-40 degrees, and the dummy wiring layers are disposed in a manner to be located on the second virtual linear lines. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187851 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD - An image display apparatus includes: an image signal processing unit which adjusts an input grayscale values included in an input image signal according to a predetermined grayscale characteristic; a display unit which displays an image based on an image signal included in an output grayscale value adjusted by the image signal processing unit; and a grayscale characteristic changing unit which changes a correlation between the input and output grayscale values defined based on the grayscale characteristic. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187945 | Image Display Apparatus and Image Display Method - An image display apparatus that displays an image on the basis of input image signals corresponding to sub-pixels forming one pixel includes a shift-amount storing unit that stores shift amounts of display positions of the sub-pixels relative to given reference positions in a display image, an image-signal correcting unit that corrects the input image signals according to the shift amounts, and an image display unit that displays an image on the basis of the image signals corrected by the image-signal correcting unit. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187965 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a correction section maintains a predetermined voltage range in which a displacement is greater than a predetermined ratio as a drive voltage range from a relationship between each voltage and the displacement when a reference waveform having a process that changes the voltage from a first voltage to a second voltage having a voltage difference and a process that changes the voltage from the second voltage to the first voltage is supplied by making the voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage constant and changing the first voltage and the second voltage, and wherein the correction section changes the drive waveform into a drive waveform having a minimum voltage and a maximum voltage defined within the drive voltage range. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187966 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus and Liquid Ejecting Method - A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes an origin drive signal generation unit which generates the origin drive signal; a signal modulation unit which modulates the origin drive signal, and sets as an origin modulation signal; a signal amplification unit which amplifies the origin modulation signal, and sets as a modulation signal; a signal conversion unit which converts the modulation signal to fire drive signal; and a liquid ejecting unit which ejects liquid according to the fire drive signal, in which a frequency of the origin modulation signal, or the fire modulation signal is set to a predetermined value when the origin drive signal is a first value or more, and a second value or less, and when the origin drive signal is other than that, the frequency is set to a value which is less than the predetermined value. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187967 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus and Liquid Ejecting Method - A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes: an origin drive signal generation unit which generates an origin drive signal; a signal modulation unit which modulates the origin drive signal, and makes the origin drive signal as an origin modulation signal; a signal amplification unit which amplifies the origin modulation signal, and makes the origin modulation signal as a modulation signal; a signal conversion unit which converts the modulation signal to a fire drive signal, and a liquid ejecting unit which ejects liquid according to the fire drive signal, in which a frequency of the origin modulation signal, or the fire modulation signal becomes maximum when the origin drive signal is a predetermined value. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187975 | Test Apparatus for Liquid Drop Emission Apparatus - A test apparatus for a liquid drop emission apparatus having a plurality of emission mechanisms, the emission mechanisms each having a driving element configured to emit an ink drop from a nozzle, and an application switch coupled with a driving voltage source and the driving element in series, the application switch being configured to switch a driving voltage for emission of a liquid drop between being applied and not being applied to the driving element, the test apparatus including a test switch configured to make each of the emission mechanisms output a test voltage which appears between both ends of the application switch to a test terminal, the test apparatus including a failure deciding section configured to decide whether the emission mechanism is in failure or not on the basis of the test voltage outputted to the test terminal. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187976 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD MODULE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head module including: a head unit which has a plurality of heads having a nozzle plate on which a nozzle opening is provided; a carriage to which the liquid ejecting head unit is fixed; and a thermistor attached to the carriage, wherein the thermistor is biased to the cover head side which is in contact with the nozzle plate of a head, comes into contact with the nozzle plate and measures the temperature of the nozzle plate. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187978 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head having a head body that ejects liquid from nozzle openings and a flow path member that includes a liquid flow path through which the liquid is supplied to the head body, the liquid flow path being provided with a filter chamber disposed at a position in the liquid flow path with a filter disposed inside the filter chamber, and a portion of the filter chamber which opposes the filter being made of an elastic member; a pressing unit that presses the elastic member toward the filter; and a suction unit that suctions the liquid in the liquid flow path from the nozzle openings. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187982 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTION METHOD - A liquid ejection device includes a head and a liquid-receiving section. The head has a plurality of nozzles configured and arranged to eject a liquid. The liquid-receiving section has a sloped face for receiving a liquid ejected from the nozzles when flushing is carried out by the head. The sloped face is formed on an elongated member and is configured and arranged to receive the liquid ejected downward from the nozzles. The nozzles forming at least one nozzle row extending in a direction along a longitudinal direction of the elongated member. The head being configured and arranged to carry out the flushing while travelling above the sloped face. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187990 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric layer includes a buffer layer containing an oxide containing Bi and Co and disposed on an electrode, and a layer disposed on the buffer layer and containing a perovskite oxide containing Bi, Ba, Fe and Ti. A piezoelectric element includes the piezoelectric layer and the electrode. A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure generating chamber communicating with a nozzle aperture, and the piezoelectric element. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes the liquid ejecting head. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187991 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head includes a flow path unit having pressure generating chambers, a case head that is mounted to the flow path unit, and a piezoelectric element unit having a fixation member and piezoelectric elements, an adhesive surface of the fixation member being adhered to the case head by using a first adhesive and a second adhesive, and the piezoelectric elements being bonded to a piezoelectric element attachment surface of the fixation member which intersects the adhesive surface and also attached to islands that oppose the pressure generating chambers of the flow path unit, wherein the second adhesive has curing time shorter than that of the first adhesive, and the first adhesive has adhesion strength higher than that of the second adhesive and is applied on a first adhesive surface on the adhesive surface of the fixation member which is subject to a reaction force of the piezoelectric elements. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187992 | LIQUID CONTAINER - An ink cartridge is adapted to be mounted in a holder of a printer and includes: an ink containing bag which is configured in a bag shape and capable of containing a liquid in an inner portion; a flow path member having a flow path that guides the ink contained in the ink containing bag to an outside and a supply port connected to the flow path; and a containing box including a plant derived material accommodating the liquid containing bag; in which an outermost layer forming an outer surface of the ink containing bag has a shock buffering section that buffers against an impact from the outside via the containing box. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187993 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING DEVICE - A liquid container is adapted to be used in a printing apparatus having a mounting section provided with a lever. The liquid container includes a front surface disposed on a front side in an insertion direction to the mounting section, a rear surface facing the front surface, and an upper surface intersecting with the front surface and the rear surface. The upper surface includes a concave section configured and arranged to allow a regulating section of the lever to be inserted in the concave section when the liquid container is used in the printing apparatus. The concave section serves as a handle. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187994 | LIQUID ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid container (ink cartridge) is provided with a containing portion (ink pack) containing a liquid including dispersed particles and a solvent in which the dispersed particles are dispersed, and a stirring member contained in the containing portion, in which the stirring member has flexible portions covering a bottom surface of the containing portion. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187995 | LIQUID HOLDING CONTAINER AND LIQUID CONSUMING APPARATUS - In a liquid holding container configured so that a first liquid holding section in which a liquid outflow opening and an air intake opening are provided communicates with a second liquid holding section in which a liquid injection opening is provided, a divider member, capable of switching between a state in which the first liquid holding section and the second liquid holding section communicate and a state in which the stated sections are separated from each other in an airtight state, is provided in an area where the first liquid holding section and the second liquid holding section communicate with each other. If the first liquid holding section and the second liquid holding section are separated from each other in an airtight state, a negative pressure within the first liquid holding section can be maintained even if the injection opening is opened. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188000 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The liquid ejecting apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a medium, an ink jet head that ejects ink onto the medium, and a recording-medium support unit having a support surface on which the medium is supported. The support surface has suction holes, which are located outside a print area in which the ink is ejected. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188001 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet printer includes an openable/closable scanner unit which is provided in an upper portion of a recording unit configured to execute recording on a sheet. A shaft is formed on a main frame which constitutes a base of the recording unit. The scanner unit is enabled to tilt in relation to the recording unit when the bearing provided to the scanner unit engages the shaft. A restricting portion is provided at a location opposing the outer periphery of the bearing. The restricting portion restricts the deformation of the bearing in a direction of expansion of an opening of the bearing within the range of tilt of the scanner unit. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188202 | RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING DEVICE, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM - A multifunction device has a recording controller that buffers image data for an image to be recorded on a medium to an image buffer, and starts recording the image from a specific start recording position on the medium based on the buffered image data; a media length detector that detects the length of the medium being conveyed; an image length calculator that calculates the length of the image; and a start recording position controller that sets the start recording position for recording the image to the medium based on the length of the medium detected by the media length detector, and the length of the image to be recorded on the medium calculated by the image length calculator. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188207 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device that changes the output format of the generated printout can dynamically change the output format of the printout using print data from an existing system. An image processing device that executes a process to change the output format of a printout has an output format selector that selects a template determining the format of the printout based on information contained in the print data for the printout, and a print data generator that changes the print data according to the selected template. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188208 | Image Registration Method, Recording Medium, and Data Processing Device - Logo data can be easily created and registered in a printer without requiring special knowledge. A host computer executes a dedicated tool starting step that starts a dedicated tool for logo editing when a first printer driver is selected from a printer selection field in a print window of an application; a print data output step that outputs print data generated by the application to the dedicated tool; an image editing step that edits the print data and produces logo data using the dedicated tool; and a registration command step that outputs the logo data and a registration command to register the logo data in a receipt printer using the dedicated tool. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188209 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: an apparatus main body including a recording device that performs a recording operation on a medium; a scanner unit pivotably mounted on a top portion of the apparatus main body and configured to be openable and closable when the scanner unit is tilted; and an operation panel unit provided on the scanner unit so as to tilt together with the scanner unit. When the scanner unit is in a closed position, the operation panel unit defines a front face of the recording apparatus and a lower edge of the operational panel unit defines an ejection port that ejects the medium recorded by the recording device. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188210 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING AND READING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE READING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING AND READING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A printing medium on which a read and transport correction pattern whose longitudinal direction extends along the main scanning direction (the direction intersecting the forming and transporting direction) of a printer engine is set as a document M. The printing medium is transported such that the reading and transporting direction extends along the main scanning direction of the printer engine and is read, and read correction information for use in correcting a transport displacement of the document is set on the basis of a result of the reading. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188227 | DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, DATA TRANSFER SERVER, AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD - To make it possible for a user to easily send data, the invention is provided with: a candidate addressee display unit for receiving information relating to a candidate addressee from a data transfer server and displaying an addressee selection screen so that the candidate addressee can be selected; an addressee setting unit for notifying the data transfer server of a selection result from when the candidate addressee has been selected, and thereby setting the addressee; a data acquisition unit for acquiring data intended to be sent; and a transmission control unit for sending the data intended to be sent to the data transfer server and thereby causing the data intended to be sent to be transferred from the data transfer server to the addressee. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188346 | Single Color LED Clusters for Image Generation - A display device for increasing brightness of an image generation, including a color cluster system., is provided. The system includes a first color LED cluster having at least a first LED of a first wavelength within a first color range and a second LED of a second different wavelength within the first color range. The light from the first LED may be combined at least partially with light from the second LED The system further comprises a second color LED cluster having at least a first LED of a first wavelength within a second color range and a second LED of a second different wavelength within the second color range. In the second color LED cluster, the light from the first LED may be combined at least partially with light from the second LED. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190926 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROBOT AND ROBOT - A method of controlling a robot includes the steps of calculating a torsional angular velocity of an arm using a difference between an angular velocity detected by a gyro sensor and an angular velocity in a gyro sensor coordinate obtained from information detected by a first encoder and a second encoder, calculating a correction amount of a sensitivity error of the gyro sensor using a variation in the torsional angular velocity, and correcting sensitivity of the gyro sensor using the correction amount of the sensitivity error. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191063 | MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND MOTION ANALYSIS METHOD - A motion analysis system includes first to N-th (N is an integer of 2 or more) sensor units which is attached to an object, an analysis unit which obtains a plurality of items of sampling data output from the sensor units, to analyze a motion of the object, a synchronization signal sending unit which transmits a first synchronization signal group including N first synchronization signals in order from the first to the N-th sensor unit, and transmits a second synchronization signal group including N second synchronization signals in order from the N-th to the first sensor unit, with respect to sensor unit, and a reference synchronization signal generation unit which generates a reference synchronization signal which is to be a reference with respect to the first to N-th sensor units, based on the first and second synchronization signal groups received by sensor unit. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191727 | Method, Computer, and System for an Operating System Independent Device Driver - A method for driving a device that enables using a device without using a conventional device driver that is dependent on the operating system of the computer. The method has a binary data conversion step which receives a mark-up language document written in a mark-up language and converts the mark-up language document to binary data composed of commands and data that can be processed by the device. The method also includes a binary data output step in which the converted binary data is output to the device. | 07-25-2013 |
20130192367 | VIBRATOR ELEMENT, VIBRATING DEVICE, PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A first support portion, which is connected to a first beam extending from a vibrating body and supports the vibrating body, and a detection signal terminal and a detection ground terminal, which are provided in the first support portion and are arranged in parallel so as to be separated from each other along a direction crossing an extending direction of the first beam, are provided. The first beam and the first support portion are connected between the detection signal terminal and the detection ground terminal. A thin portion formed to have a small thickness in a top to bottom direction of the first support portion or a penetrating portion formed by removing the first support portion so as to be penetrated in the top to bottom direction is provided between the detection signal terminal and the detection ground terminal. | 08-01-2013 |
20130192370 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate, an oscillating member that is disposed over the substrate, support portions that support the oscillating member and that are disposed along a first axis, and detection electrodes that are disposed on the substrate so as to oppose the oscillating member. The oscillating member has a pair of side faces intersecting a second axis perpendicular to the first axis in a plane, and a protrusion is formed on at least one of the pair of side faces. | 08-01-2013 |
20130193227 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a substrate in which pressure generation chambers that communicate with corresponding nozzle openings are formed, and piezoelectric elements having a piezoelectric material layer, a first electrode formed on the side of the substrate that faces the piezoelectric material layer, and second electrodes formed on the opposite side of the piezoelectric material layer as the side on which the first electrode is formed; the piezoelectric material layer is formed upon the entirety of the first electrode. The second electrodes are formed in correspondence with respective pressure generation chambers, and the second electrodes are formed separated from each other by regions on the piezoelectric material layer formed in a continuous manner. | 08-01-2013 |
20130193902 | DRIVING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING DRIVING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DRIVING APPARATUS - A driving apparatus including: a stepping motor configuring a drive source; an operating portion configured to reciprocate corresponding to forward and reverse rotations of the stepping motor; a home position detecting unit configured to detect a home position which corresponds to an outward movement starting position and a homeward movement terminating position of the operating portion; a homeward movement detecting unit configured to detect the driving amount of the stepping motor in a homeward movement of the operating portion from a start of the homeward movement of the operating portion driven by the stepping motor until a detection of the home position by the home position detecting unit; and an operation determining unit configured to determine that the operating portion is not operated normally when the driving amount detected by the homeward movement detecting unit is smaller than a predetermined driving amount. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194049 | VIBRATOR ELEMENT, VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A vibrator element includes: a base having a mounting surface; a vibrating arm which is extended from the base and has a first surface and a second surface that faces the first surface and is positioned on the mounting surface side, and which performs flexural vibration in a direction normal to the first and second surfaces; and a laminated structure which is provided on at least one of the first and second surfaces of the vibrating arm, and which includes at least a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer disposed between the first and second electrodes, in which the vibrating arm is warped toward the mounting surface side. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194249 | VIDEO PROCESSING CIRCUIT, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A video processing circuit includes a boundary detection unit which detects a boundary between a first pixel in which an application voltage which is designated by a video signal Vid-in is lower than a first voltage and a second pixel which exceeds a second voltage in which the application voltage is higher than the first voltage in a normally black mode; and a correction unit which corrects a video signal in which an application voltage to a liquid crystal element corresponding to the first pixel which comes into contact with a boundary detected by the boundary detection unit is designated to be a video signal in which a correction voltage which is higher than the application voltage is designated in a part of period of one frame period, and a correction voltage which is lower than the application voltage is designated in other periods of the one frame period. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194326 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head having nozzles that eject a liquid; a plurality of liquid flow passages where the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejecting head flows; and a heating portion that heats the liquid in the liquid flow passages, in which the liquid flow passages include circulation passages where at least a part of the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is circulated to upstream of the heating portion by being discharged from the liquid ejecting head without passing through the nozzles; and non-circulation passages where the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is not able to be circulated to upstream of the heating portion by being discharged from the liquid ejecting head without passing through the nozzles, and in which the circulation passages are disposed at outer sides of the other liquid flow passages. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194352 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head includes a communication plate in which a first liquid chamber that communicate with a plurality of pressure chambers is formed, wherein a plurality of the first liquid chambers separated from each other are provided in the first direction and the first liquid chamber communicates with the pressure chamber through an opening in the thickness direction of the communication plate. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194353 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head includes a substrate in which a pressure generating chamber that communicates with a nozzle opening is formed; and a piezoelectric element having a piezoelectric layer, a first electrode that is formed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer on a side of the substrate so as to correspond to the pressure generating chamber, and a second electrode that is formed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer opposite to the side on which the first electrode is formed so as to extend over a plurality of the pressure generating chambers, wherein the second electrode is formed to extend to an outside of the pressure generating chamber in a longitudinal direction of the pressure generating chamber. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194357 | MOUNTING MEMBER, LIQUID CONTAINER WITH MOUNTING MEMBER, AND LIQUID SUPPLY SYSTEM - A mounting member includes a position alignment member, an attachment member and a moving member. The position alignment member is positionally aligned with respect to a liquid consumption apparatus in three directions. The attachment member is attached to the position alignment member and includes an inner portion flow path and a liquid supply port. The moving member is attached to the attachment member, and configured and arranged to move according to pressure changes in the inner portion flow path. The moving member is disposed at a position that faces and contacts one end portion of a rod-shaped member provided in the liquid consumption apparatus when the mounting member is mounted in the liquid consumption apparatus so that displacement of the other end portion of the rod-shaped member is detected by a sensor that detects a liquid remaining amount state of the liquid supply source. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194360 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a head body; and a flow path member having a liquid flow path circulating a liquid, supplied from a liquid storage unit, and a bubble chamber formed in the middle of the liquid flow path and in which air bubbles are caused to stay, wherein a compliance section (a sealing film) displaced according to a volume change in the air bubbles inside the bubble chamber is formed at upstream side of the bubble chamber so that an amount of the volume change in the compliance section due to the displacement of the compliance section is larger than an amount of a volume change in the air bubbles due to a change in the ambient temperature. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194362 | NONAQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME - The nonaqueous ink composition for ink jet recording according to the invention includes a compound represented by the General Formula (1) below; and a compound represented by the General Formula (2A) or the General Formula (2B) below. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194522 | POLARIZATION CONTROL DEVICE, POLARIZATION CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A polarization control device includes a first polarizing liquid crystal panel adapted to convert polarization of a first outgoing light of a right-eye image and a second outgoing light of a left-eye image into a second polarization having a polarization direction different by 90° from a first polarization during a specified period of time from a time point when the external device performs a process of switching from either one of the first outgoing light and the second outgoing light to the other, a polarization plate adapted to transmit the first polarization and to cut off the second polarization, and a second polarizing liquid crystal panel adapted to convert the first polarization from the polarization plate into third polarization and fourth polarization having respective polarization direction different from each other in every predetermined period. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194572 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD - In a first optical measurement device, light which is output from a light source is subject to linear polarizing in a polarizing unit, and is input to a test object A. Transmitted light which has passed through the test object A is orthogonally separated in an orthogonal separation unit, and the light which is orthogonally separated in the orthogonal separation unit is received in two light receiving units. In addition, amount of light of the transmitted light is determined by a control unit, and a difference between received light levels which are received in the light receiving unit is normalized using the amount of light which is determined in a transmitted amount of light determination unit, and then the angle of optical rotation is calculated by the angle of optical rotation calculation unit. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194594 | PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING PRINTING MATERIAL - A basic color to be printed in achromatic colors (a layer superimposed with another layer) is changed in response to the brightness of a pixel indicated by the original image data. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194655 | ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLE, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPERSION, ELECTROPHORETIC SHEET, ELECTROPHORETIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrophoretic particle includes a core particle and a coating layer covering at least one portion of the core particle. The coating layer contains a polymer and a silane coupling agent containing a nonionic charged group attached to the surface of the core particle. The polymer contains a silane coupling agent containing a polymerizable group attached to the surface of the core particle and a polymerization site formed by polymerizing a monomer using the polymerizable group as a starting point. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195345 | INSPECTING APPARATUS, ROBOT APPARATUS, INSPECTING METHOD, AND INSPECTING PROGRAM - An inspecting apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to pick up a plurality of images of an inspection target object with different exposure times and generate, image data of an inspection target object image including an inspection region, a weighted-image-data generating unit configured to weight, for each of the image data generated with the exposure times different from one another, data of pixels indicating a region where a difference in gradation of pixel values is relatively large among regions of pixels included in the image data and generate weighted image data, an image-data combining unit configured to generate combined image data obtained by combining the generated respective weighted image data, and a determining unit configured to determine a state of the inspection region on the basis of image data of a reference image set and the generated combined image data. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195535 | MEDIUM FEEDER AND PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A medium feeder includes a first rotation body; a second rotation body which engages with the first rotation body while overlapping with the first rotation body, and disengages from the first rotation body in response to the presence of the feed target medium nipped between the first and second rotation bodies; a rotation body support member which supports the second rotation body, and is configured to be movable between an advancing position where the second rotation body engages with the first rotation body and a retreating position where the second rotation body disengages from the first rotation body; and a detection unit which detects migration of the rotation body support member to the retreating position. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195537 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a supporting member on which a plurality of suction holes for sucking a recording medium are formed on a supporting face for supporting the recording medium, a transportation device which transports the recording medium along the supporting face, a recording head which ejects fluid on the recording medium supported by the supporting face so as to perform printing, and a control device which makes the recording head execute the printing when a front end of the recording medium in the transportation direction reaches to a position at which the front end of the recording medium covers the suction holes formed at downstream-most positions in the transportation direction on the supporting face. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195630 | PUMP APPARATUS - A pump apparatus includes: a stationary shaft; a rotation-regulating member having a coil main body wound around the stationary shaft, the rotation-regulating member being permitted to rotate in a direction of loosening the coil main body and the rotation-regulating member being restrained from rotating in a direction of tightening the coil main body; a driven rotatable member that may rotate around the stationary shaft when a driving force of a driving source is transmitted; and a suction pump that has a rotary member driven together with rotation of the driven rotatable member and that performs a suction operation when the rotary member rotates. The suction pump is configured such that the rotation-regulating member rotates in the tightening direction of the coil main body when the driven rotatable member rotates in a direction opposite to a direction in which the driven rotatable member performs the suction operation. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196125 | RECORDING MATERIAL - A recording material produced by using an ultraviolet-curable composition for inkjet that includes a polymerized compound and a glittering powder includes a recording medium and a print layer formed on the recording medium. The thickness of the print layer is T (μm). When an area that is thickness 0.5T (μm) from an outer surface in the print layer is a first area and an area that is thickness 0.5T (μm) from a contact surface contacting the recording medium in the print layer is a second area, a ratio of the glittering powder included in the first area of the print layer is more than 70 percent by volume and less than 95 percent by volume, and a ratio of the glittering powder included in the second area of the print layer is more than 5 percent by volume and less than 30 percent by volume. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196126 | ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR INKJET AND RECORDING MATERIAL - An ultraviolet-curable composition for inkjet, which is discharged by an inkjet method, includes a polymerized compound, a metal powder, and a dispersant. The metal powder is treated by a surface preparation with a fluorinated silane compound and/or a fluorinated phosphate ester as a surface preparation agent. The dispersant has a polymeric structure in a basic. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196127 | COMPOSITION FOR INKJET AND RECORDING MATERIAL - A composition for inkjet adapted to be discharged by an inkjet method includes a metal powder, an organic solvent, and a binder resin. The metal powder is treated by a surface preparation with a fluorinated silane compound and/or a fluorinated phosphate ester as a surface preparation agent. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197694 | ENTRY DETECTION DEVICE, ROBOT, AND ENTRY DETECTION METHOD - An entry detection device includes first light marks and second light marks. A control signal corresponding to a part of the first light marks is an error detection code of the control signal corresponding to the other part of the first light marks. A first inspection value is generated based on a first part of a light receiving signal corresponding to the other part of the first light marks. A second inspection value is generated based on a reverse bit string of a third part of the light receiving signal corresponding to a part of the second light mark paired with the other part of the first light marks. An entry is detected based on the first inspection value and the second inspection value. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197696 | ROBOT APPARATUS, ASSEMBLING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A robot apparatus includes a gripping unit configured to grip a first component, a force sensor configured to detect, as detection values, a force and a moment acting on the gripping unit, a storing unit having stored therein contact states of the first component and a second component and transition information in association with each other, a selecting unit configured to discriminate, on the basis of the detection values, a contact state of the first component and the second component and select, on the basis of a result of the discrimination, the transition state stored in the storing unit, and a control unit configured to control the gripping unit on the basis of the transition information selected by the selecting unit. | 08-01-2013 |
20130200644 | ROBOT HAND, ROBOT, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE ROBOT HAND - A robot hand moved by a robot to grip an object to be gripped includes a plurality of bar-like placing sections on which the object to be gripped is placed, a plurality of plate-like pressing sections paired with the plurality of placing sections and configured to press side surfaces of the object to be gripped, a space adjusting section configured to move the plurality of pressing sections to bring the pressing sections into contact with a plurality of contact sections, a first strain gauge configured to detect a distance between the placing section and the pressing section and an angle of the pressing section with respect to the placing section, and a second strain gauge configured to detect a distance between the placing section and the pressing section and an angle of the pressing section with respect to the placing section. | 08-08-2013 |
20130200955 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE MODULE AND ATOMIC OSCILLATOR - A light-emitting device module includes a temperature variable device including a temperature control surface subjected to temperature control, a light-emitting device including a first electrode and mounted on a portion of the temperature control surface, a first terminal for supplying electric power to the first electrode, and a wire that causes the first terminal and the first electrode to conduct. The wire is thermally connected to the other portion of the temperature control surface. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201231 | Printing Apparatus, Printing Method and Printed Matter - Provided is a printing apparatus including a first nozzle through which to eject a clear ink, a second nozzle through which to eject a color ink, a third nozzle through which to eject a glitter ink, and a control unit that controls ejections of the inks through the first nozzle, the second nozzle and the third nozzle, wherein the control unit performs control, at the time of forming a color image on a transparent medium, in a manner that ejects the clear ink onto the transparent medium through the first nozzle, ejects the color ink to be ejected onto the clear ink through the second nozzle to form an image resulting from the color ink, and ejects the glitter ink onto the clear ink and the color ink through the third nozzle. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201232 | Printing Apparatus, Printing Method and Printed Matter - A printing apparatus includes a first nozzle through which to discharge color ink to form a first dot, a second nozzle through which to discharge at least one of white ink, clear ink, and first glitter ink to form a second dot, a third nozzle through which to discharge second glitter ink, lower in diffuse reflection rate than the ink discharged from the second nozzle, to form a third dot, in which an image to be visually recognized from the opposite side of an image formation side via a printable medium is formed by forming a glittering base layer, resulting from the third dot, on a color image and the second dot, after forming the color image, resulting from the first dot, on the printable medium and forming the second dot on the first dot making up the color image. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201239 | Printing Apparatus, Printing Method and Printed Matter - A printing apparatus includes a first nozzle through which to eject color ink, a second nozzle through which to eject clear ink, a control unit that performs control, in a manner that ejects the color ink onto a glittering layer through the first nozzle, and ejects the clear ink onto the color ink through the second nozzle, at the time of forming an image on a medium on which the glittering layer is formed, in which the control unit controls ejection of the clear ink through the second nozzle in such a manner that an amount of the clear ink to be ejected onto the color ink varies according to a light absorption rate of the color ink. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201242 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SUPPRESSING RISE OF TEMPERATURE OF INK STORAGE UNIT - A printing apparatus includes an ink storage unit; a print head unit which has an ink reception port, an ink discharging device, and an ink exhaust port; an ink return path which is connected to the ink exhaust port and which returns ink exhausted from the ink exhaust port to the ink storage unit; and a cooling device which is arranged in the ink return path and which cools ink which passes through the ink return path. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201243 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SUPPRESSING RISE OF TEMPERATURE OR PRINT HEAD UNIT - A printing apparatus includes an ink storage unit; a print head unit that includes an ink reception port, an ink discharging device, and an ink exhaust port; an ink circulation path that circulates ink which is exhausted from the ink exhaust port, and returns ink from the ink reception port to the print head unit; and a cooling device that is arranged in the ink circulation path, and cools ink which passes through the ink circulation path. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201248 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a head body configured to eject liquid, a flow path member including a liquid flow path for supplying the liquid to the head body, and a circuit substrate held by the flow path member and including a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature. The flow path member includes a detection region, which has a thermal resistance lower than a thermal resistance of other regions and which is provided in a part of a partition wall that partitions the liquid flow path. The circuit substrate is fixed to the flow path member in a state in which the temperature detection unit faces the detection region. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201253 | LIQUID EJECTING METHOD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - After a gloss-based liquid is ejected from a liquid ejection head, which ejects liquid from nozzles of a nozzle row, to a predetermined position on a landing target to form a glossy layer, a white-based liquid is ejected onto the glossy layer to form a white layer, the ejection amount of the gloss-based liquid being greater than the ejection amount of the white-based liquid. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201258 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A configuration is provided in which at least one end of a piezoelectric body active portion is defined by an end of a second electrode, a portion of configuring the piezoelectric body active portion of a first electrode is covered with a piezoelectric body layer, the first electrode and the piezoelectric body layer are extended to the outside of the end of the second electrode which defines the end of the piezoelectric body active portion, the first electrode includes an exposure portion which is not covered with the piezoelectric body layer and extends further outside than the end of the second electrode, and on the end of the piezoelectric body layer which forms the exposure portion, an independent electrode which is electrically independent from the second electrode is provided. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201260 | LIQUID CONTAINER, LIQUID CONTAINER SET, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid container detachably mounted on a liquid consuming apparatus includes: a liquid including dispersed particles and a solvent in which the dispersed particles are dispersed; and an accommodation bag accommodating the liquid and provided with a discharge portion discharging the liquid, in which a ratio of a volume of the liquid with respect to a capacity of the accommodation bag when the accommodation bag is used from an initial period of filling is 95% or less. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201265 | INK COMPOSITION, INKSET, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING METHOD - The ink composition of the invention is applied to a region to which a color ink composition has been applied. The ink composition contains a weather resistance enhancer, is substantially free from a colorant, and is applied to a recording medium to form a coating film exhibiting an integrated value of light transmittance of not more than 2000 for each nanometer at wavelengths of 320 nm to 360 nm and an integrated value of light transmittance of not less than 36000 for each nanometer at wavelengths of 380 nm to 780 nm. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201266 | PRINTING APPARATUS USING PHOTOCURABLE INK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRINTED MATERIAL - A recording apparatus that uses photocurable ink includes an ink discharge section that discharges photocurable ink onto a printing medium, a light irradiation section that irradiates curing light onto the photocurable ink that has been discharged onto the printing medium, a tension application mechanism that applies tension to the printing medium and a control section. The control section discharges photocurable ink onto the printing medium by controlling the ink discharge section, and subsequently applies a tension, which is greater than that at the time of ink discharge, to the printing medium by controlling the tension application mechanism, and irradiates curing light onto the photocurable ink that has been discharged onto the printing medium by controlling the light irradiation section in a state in which the tension is being applied to the printing medium. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201364 | IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE AND EXPOSURE START TIMING ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An image generating device includes an exposure timing control unit for controlling an electronic front curtain so as to adjust to a running characteristics of a mechanical rear curtain based on a plurality of the image data. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201409 | LIGHT-ADJUSTING UNIT AND PROJECTOR - A light-adjusting unit includes: a pair of light-shielding plates arranged about an illuminating optical axis of an incoming light flux and configured to block the light flux in response to the amount of rotation; a pair of rotation transmitting gears configured to hold and rotate the pair of light-shielding plates respectively; a pair of supporting shafts configured to rotatably support the pair of rotation transmitting gears respectively; a supporting substrate on which the pair of supporting shafts are provided; and a pair of urging members configured to press and urge the pair of rotation transmitting gears respectively against the supporting substrate. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201455 | PROJECTOR AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A projector makes the light modulation device form the first image while keeping the second wheel adapted to separate the light into a plurality of colored lights corresponding to the second and third images in a state in which the second transmission region adapted to transmit the light including the plurality of colored lights is located on the light path, and rotating the first wheel adapted to separate the light into a plurality of colored lights corresponding to the first image when projecting the first image, and the light modulation device form the second and third images while keeping the first wheel in a state in which the first transmission region adapted to transmit the light including the plurality of colored lights is located on the light path, and rotating the second wheel when projecting the second image and the third image. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201456 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR - A wavelength conversion element includes a substrate, and a fluorescent material layer disposed on the substrate. The volume concentration of the fluorescent material in the fluorescent material layer is equal to or higher than 15 vol %. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201458 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR - A wavelength conversion element includes a phosphor layer that includes phosphors and a binder. The thickness of a phosphor region obtained by multiplying the thickness of the phosphor layer by the volume concentration of the phosphor is equal to or larger than 15 μm. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201492 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTION DEVICE - An optical position detection device, includes: a light source adapted to emit at least one detection light beam toward one side in a Z-axis direction; a first detector having a light receiving section directed to the one side in the Z-axis direction; a second detector located at a position on the one side in the Z-axis direction, the position being distant from the light source and the first detector, and having a light receiving section directed to the one side in the Z-axis direction; and a position derivation section adapted to derive a position of a object located in a first space between the first detector and the second detector and a position of a object located in a second space on the one side of the second detector in the Z-axis direction based on a light receiving result in the first detector and the second detector. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201499 | CONTROL DEVICE, PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT DEVICE, PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - A control device which designates sequential number printing to print while updating character information, comprising: a sequential number setting unit which carries out sequential number setting to carry out the sequential number printing, on the character information; a current value designating unit which collectively designates a current value to all the character information with sequential number setting, in one document; and a print instruction unit which gives an instruction to start the sequential number printing at the current value that is designated. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201525 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - To provide a wireless communication device that performs a wireless communication with a desired wireless communication device without any control to select a destination device by a user, a wireless communication device includes a communication unit that performs a peer-to-peer wireless communication with other wireless communication devices, and a communication control unit that controls a wireless communication in accordance with a communication setting information. When the communication unit sends a search signal and receives a response signal for the sent search signal from a plurality of the other wireless communication devices, the communication control unit makes a determination of the order for a connection request to the plurality of the other wireless communication devices in the order of a strength of the response signals from the largest to the smallest. The communication unit sends a connection request signal to the other wireless communication devices in accordance with the decided order. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201539 | ACTUATOR, OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An actuator, includes: a movable plate; a supporter to support the movable plate; a pair of linking portions to link the movable plate and the supporter so as to allow the movable plate to rotate relative to the supporter; and a piezoelectric element to rotate the movable plate. The piezoelectric element elongated and contracted by an energization twists the pair of linking portions to rotate the movable plate, and each of the pair of the linking portions includes an axial member extending from the movable plate and a returned portion that links the axial member and the supporter and is formed so as to return to a side adjacent to the movable plate. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201981 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - After the end of the Wi-Fi Direct Connection, it is necessary to perform a resetting control by the user to reuse the network that was used before the Wi-Fi Direct Connection. A wireless communication device includes a memory unit that stores a communication setting information, and a communication control unit that controls a wireless communication in accordance with the communication setting information. When the first wireless communication switches to the second wireless communication, the communication control unit stores the communication setting information of the first wireless communication and ends the first wireless communication. After that, when the second wireless communication is turned off, the communication control unit controls the first wireless communication in accordance with the communication setting information of the first wireless communication. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202202 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image processing device includes a compression circuit adapted to perform compression of image data after sorting the pixels in an arrangement included in a plurality of lines in image data into a plurality of lines corresponding respectively to color components, a memory adapted to store the image data thus compressed, and an expansion circuit adapted to expand the image data thus compressed to restore the arrangement of the pixels. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202341 | METHOD OF SETTING PAPER IN A PRINTER, AND A PRINTER - When the paper loaded in a printer is changed to a different type of paper, the paper setting in the printer can be easily updated without a paper mismatch error occurring. When the paper is replaced or the paper setting is changed in the printer | 08-08-2013 |
20130202342 | TAPE PRINTER AND TAPE PRINTER CONTROL METHOD - A tape printer including: a printing unit which performs printing on a tape-shaped printing medium having a plurality of layers; a half cutter mechanism which has a stepping motor and cuts a part of the layers of the tape-shaped printing medium after printing using a driving force of the stepping motor; and a control unit which varies driving current supplied to the stepping motor in accordance with types of the tape-shaped printing medium. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202343 | RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device has a recording unit that records on a recording medium, a transportation unit that conveys and discharges from an discharge opening the recording medium recorded by the recording unit, a cutting unit that cuts the recording medium recorded by the recording unit at a predetermined position on the transportation path of the transportation unit, and a control unit that causes a ticket to be output by causing the recording unit to record on the recording medium while causing the transportation unit to convey the recording medium only a specified ticket length and causing the cutting unit to cut. When a next ticket is not output after a ticket is output, the control unit causes the output ticket to be recorded and conveyed the specified ticket length, advanced a preset additional transportation distance, and then cut by the cutting unit. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202861 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MATERIAL - An ink jet recording method includes recording an image on a target recording face including polyolefin by ejecting an ink composition containing water, a coloring material, and resin from nozzles of an ink jet recording head, in which two or more of the following are satisfied. Condition (A): Prior to the recording, there is included performing a hydrophilic treatment on the target recording face, Condition (B): The ink composition includes glycol ethers of which the HLB value calculated by the Davis method is 4.2 or more to 9.0 or less, and Condition (C): After the recording, there is included coating the image with a coating liquid composition containing wax. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204143 | PULSE WAVE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A pulse wave measurement apparatus includes a light emitting device that applies light to a measurement position at which a pulse wave is measured, and a plurality of light receiving devices that output measurement signals based on the amount of received light which is applied from the light emitting device and is reflected from the measurement position. The control unit of the pulse wave measurement apparatus performs the independent component analysis on the measurement signals output from the plurality of light receiving devices, and calculates the weighting factors of each component when each of the measurement signals is divided into a plurality of components. The control unit calculates the dispersion of the calculated weighting factors for each component, and specifies a component in which the calculated dispersion is the smallest. The control unit generates pulse wave information indicative of the pulse wave based on the specified component. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204572 | STATE DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A state detection device includes a horizontal direction component extracting unit that obtains a horizontal direction component of acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor and a movement direction calculating unit that calculates a movement direction on the basis of the horizontal direction component. The movement direction calculating unit performs a process of extracting a DC component for movement direction information which is obtained on the basis of the horizontal direction component to calculate the movement direction. | 08-08-2013 |
20130208034 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head having a pressure generation chamber in which a liquid is charged, a pressure generation unit which generates pressure change in the liquid inside the pressure generation chamber with supply of a driving signal, and a nozzle opening which ejects the liquid inside the pressure generation chamber according to the pressure change; and a control unit which has an expansion element expanding the pressure generation chamber and a contraction element contracting the pressure generation chamber, and supplies a micro-vibration driving signal to a piezoelectric element so as to generate the micro-vibration of the liquid to the inside of the pressure generation chamber without ejecting the liquid from the nozzle opening, wherein the micro-vibration driving signal is formed so that the inclination of the expansion element is greater than the inclination of the contraction element. | 08-15-2013 |
20130215396 | LIGHT-ADJUSTING UNIT AND PROJECTOR - A light-adjusting unit includes: a light-shielding plate centered an optical axis of an incoming light flux and configured to block the light flux in response to the amount of rotation; a rotation transmitting gear configured to hold and rotate the light-shielding plate; a supporting shaft configured to rotatably support the rotation transmitting gear; and a supporting substrate on which the supporting shaft is provided, and the light-shielding plate is provided on one surface side of the supporting plate, and the rotation transmitting gear is provided on the other surface side of the supporting substrate opposite to the one surface side. | 08-22-2013 |