Abstract: A PDP driving method for more reliably lighting cells that should be lit has been disclosed. The pulse duration of a scanning pulse can be varied depending on a scan line. The pulse duration of a scanning pulse to be applied to a scan line, to which numerous cells each having a high probability of becoming a flickering missing point because a priming effect is unavailable or small are connected, is made longer than that of a scanning pulse to be applied to the other scan lines. When a cell connected to the same address line and to an immediately preceding scan line or a scan line preceding the immediately preceding scan line is unlit, the pulse duration of a scanning pulse to be applied to a cell concerned is made longer. When a whole panel is noted, a scanning pulse having a long pulse duration is applied at least to the first scan bus line. If possible, the scanning pulse having a long pulse duration is applied to the second and third scan lines.

Abstract: A recording head comprises a first head member that expels large-diameter ink drops and a second head member that expels small-diameter ink drops. Each of the first head member and the second head member is integrally assembled with a top plate, a partition, a vibration plate and a substrate, which are stacked together one on top of the other. The top plate has multiple groove-shaped concave areas in its surface which faces the partition. Covering these concave areas with the partition forms ink cavities housing ink, ink supply chambers housing resupply ink, and ink inlets connecting the ink cavities to their respective ink supply chambers in first head member and second head member. In addition, nozzles connected to the ink cavities are formed in the side opposite from the ink inlets on the top plate.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording head (10) includes a first head member (16a) in which a first nozzle (30) is formed, and a second head member (16b) in which a second nozzle (30) is formed. The first and second head members (16a,16b) are made of materials having different repellent characteristics against ink material. Even if the first and second nozzle have the same size, ink droplets ejected from the first and second nozzles (30) have respective diameters. This enables the ink-jet head (10) to eject ink droplets having various sizes to print a highly graded halftone image.

Abstract: A display apparatus permitting high resolution and a large number of gray-scale levels and causing indiscernible flicker has been disclosed. One frame is divided into or composed of j subframes, and light is produced according to a luminance level predetermined subframe by subframe in order to express intermediate gray-scale of a picture. Emphasis is put on the fact that display to be performed during each subframe within one frame can be controlled independently. An interlaced-scanning display is carried out during k subframes associated with low-order weighted bits out of j subframes, and a noninterlaced-scanning display is carried out during the other j-k subframes associated with high-order weighted bits. The ratio of an addressing scan time to a subframe associated with a small weight is large, and the ratio of an addressing scan time to a whole frame is very large. If the addressing scan time can be reduced as mentioned above, a great effect would be exerted.

Abstract: A plasma display device is capable of creating a screen of high quality without generating half tone noise in the succeeding frames irrespective of the arrangement or the turn-on state of the subframes in a preceding frame that is being displayed. A picture of a frame is displayed on a plasma display device by combining a plurality of subframes SF1 and Sfn having different degrees of brightness. Each of the plurality of subframes SF1 and Sfn includes a totally writing and totally self-erasing period S1, an address period S2, a sustain discharge period S3, and a quiescent period S4 determined by a difference between the sum of the periods S1 to S3 and a period of a vertical synchronizing signal Vsync.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuously cooling a metal strip, which comprises: at least one cooling roll, which is freely rotatable and in contact with a metal strip continuously travelling in the longitudinal direction thereof, for continuously cooling the metal strip, a cooling liquid flowing through the interior of the cooling roll to continuously cool same, a contact area between the surface of the cooling roll and the surface of the metal strip being controllable; and a gas cooler, arranged on the exist side of the at least one cooling roll, for continuously cooling the metal strip by blowing a cooling gas onto the surface of the metal strip so as to achieve a uniform temperature distribution in the width direction of the metal strip after the final cooling thereof, the gas cooler comprising a plurality of mutually independent nozzle headers for blowing the cooling gas onto the surface of the metal strip, and the plurality of nozzle headers controlling at least one of a flow rate and a flow velocity of the coolin

Abstract: A method for cold rolling a strip is wherein brushing roll are provided to both the work rolls and the back up rolls of the temper mill, to remove particles from the surface of the rolls of the mill and suction ducts adjacent to the brushing rolls transport the foreign objects out of the mill system. The sucking speed at the duct is at least 5 m/sec., and preferably 8 m/sec. The length of the bristle is from 15 to 60 mm, the diameter thereof being from 0.15 mm to 1.0 mm, and the material thereof is selected from a group of nylon, propyrene, or a the mixture thereof. The density of the bristle with respect to the peripheral surface area of the brushing rolls for the work roll is from 55 to 85% by area. Abrasive grains with a grain size of #300 to #1200 are incorporated in the brush of said brushing roll which enhance the brushing ability.