Abstract: A signal processing circuit includes: multiple digital-signal processing units operating in parallel each including a selecting unit for selecting one of multiple systems of input picture signals, a double-speed converting unit for writing the data equivalent to one field of the picture signal selected by the selecting unit in field memory, and simultaneously reading the data equivalent to one field from the field memory twice at double speed, thereby converting the frequency of the picture signal into double speed, a reading unit for reading the picture signal converted into double speed by the double-speed converting unit and temporarily stored in line memory, and a correction processing unit for subjecting the picture signal read by the reading unit to predetermined correction processing; and a control unit for performing the selection control of the multiple systems of picture signals, and the read position control of a picture signal from the line memory.

Abstract: The method of controlling droplet discharge for a liquid discharge apparatus which discharges droplets from a discharge head onto a discharge receiving medium, the method comprises the steps of: successively discharging a plurality of droplets from the discharge head so that at least some of the droplets discharged to mutually adjacent deposition points on a surface of the discharge receiving medium overlap; and carrying out at least one form of control selected from control which modifies a droplet discharge amount so that the droplet discharge amount of at least some of the droplets of the plurality of successively discharged droplets becomes relatively larger sequentially, and control which modifies flight velocity of the droplets so that the flight velocity of at least some of the droplets of the plurality of successively discharged droplets relatively increases sequentially.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes: a conveyance device which conveys an ejection receiving medium along a prescribed conveyance path; a recording head which deposits ink on the conveyed ejection receiving medium to form an image, the ink containing solvent and coloring material; and a liquid absorbing member which is made of a porous body having pores, the liquid absorbing member coming into contact with the ink deposited on the ejection receiving medium so that an excess of the solvent is removed, wherein: the conveyance device conveys the ejection receiving medium at a conveyance speed from 100 mm/s through 600 mm/s while the liquid absorbing member is in contact with the deposited ink; and the pores of the liquid absorbing member has a pore diameter from 10 ?m through 100 ?m.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus for applying a liquid on a medium to form an image, includes: a liquid absorbing member which absorbs at least a portion of the liquid applied on the medium; and a liquid recovery device which suctions and recovers the liquid absorbed in the liquid absorbing member while being in contact with the liquid absorbing member.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device using a field inversion driving system, the display device being formed by arranging pixels each including an electrooptic element in a form of a matrix and inverting polarity of a display signal to be written to each of the pixels in field periods, the display device including: double-speed converting means for converting an input display signal into a double-speed display signal having a field frequency twice a field frequency of said display signal; and crosstalk correcting means for correcting crosstalk in a second field of two fields as a unit of said double-speed display signal generated by said double-speed converting means, using information of the first field.

Abstract: A bottom wall 11 of a valve chamber 13 of an electric switching valve 10 includes a laminated structure having a bottom cover 11 to which pipe fittings 14, 15, 16 are connected; a valve seat 19 on which the valve ports 19C, 19D are opened and which an end wall of the valve body 20 slidably contacts; an intermediate plate 17 interposed between the bottom cover 11 and the valve seat 19 with communication openings 17D, 17E for connecting the pipe fittings 15, 16 to the valve ports 19C, 19D. At least one of the valve ports 19C, 19D is biased toward a rotation center of the valve body 20 against the center of the corresponding pipe fitting 15, 16.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus comprises: an object liquid deposition device which deposits an object liquid containing coloring material onto a recording medium; a treatment liquid deposition device which deposits a treatment liquid that insolubilizes the coloring material onto the recording medium; and a control device which controls the treatment liquid deposition device in such a manner that volume of the treatment liquid deposited in a high-density region on the recording medium where volume per prescribed surface area of the object liquid deposited on the recording medium is high, is less than volume of the treatment liquid deposited in a low-density region on the recording medium where the volume per prescribed surface area of the object liquid deposited on the recording medium is low.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus comprises: a liquid deposition device which deposits a first liquid of a treatment liquid on a recording medium initially, deposits a second liquid of an ink liquid including a coloring material on the recording medium secondly, and deposits a third liquid of a treatment liquid on the recording medium thirdly, in such a manner that the coloring material in the ink liquid is insolubilized on the recording medium and an image is formed on the recording medium; and a liquid deposition control device controlling the liquid deposition device in such a manner that a deposition volume per pixel of the first liquid, V1_Pixel, is smaller than a deposition volume per pixel of the second liquid, V2_Pixel, and a deposition surface area of the first liquid on the recording medium is greater than a deposition surface area of the second liquid on the recording medium.

Abstract: A liquid-crystal display device performs a feedback process. A video signal is written on pixels on a unit by unit basis, each unit including a plurality of pixels (six pixels, for example). Scan pulses output from RGB LCD panels are supplied to a driver IC that supplies the RGB LCD panels with a variety of timing signals. A delay amount from the scan pulses from the optimum state thereof is measured. The delay amount is accounted for in a pulse that samples and holds the video signal, i.e., a pulsewidth control clock pulse.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus comprises: an object liquid ejection device which ejects object liquid containing coloring material and solvent, onto a recording medium; a separating device which separates the coloring material and the solvent in the object liquid ejected on the recording medium; and a solvent removal device including an absorbing body which absorbs the solvent, the absorbing body being pressed against the object liquid in which the coloring material and the solvent are separated by the separating device, wherein an elastic modulus En of the absorbing body in a pressing direction in which the absorbing body is pressed against the object liquid ejected on the recording medium, and an elastic modulus Es of the absorbing body in an orthogonal direction perpendicular to the pressing direction, satisfy the following relationship: En<Es.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus comprises: a first liquid deposition device which deposits a first liquid onto a recording medium; and an ejection head which ejects a second liquid onto the first liquid deposited on the recording medium by the first liquid deposition device, wherein a contact angle of the first liquid with respect to the recording medium is not less than 60°, and a contact angle of a mixed liquid of the first liquid and the second liquid with respect to the recording medium is not less than 60°.

Abstract: A liquid-crystal display device performs a feedback process. A video signal is written on pixels on a unit by unit basis, each unit including a plurality of pixels (six pixels, for example). Scan pulses output from RGB LCD panels are supplied to a driver IC that supplies the RGB LCD panels with a variety of timing signals. A delay amount from the scan pulses from the optimum state thereof is measured. The delay amount is accounted for in a pulse that samples and holds the video signal, i.e., a pulsewidth control clock pulse.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ink ejection device which ejects a droplet of ink toward a recording medium, the ink including a solvent and a coloring material dissolved or dispersed in the solvent; a treatment liquid deposition device which deposits a treatment liquid on the recording medium, the treatment liquid separating the coloring material from the solvent on the recording medium; a solvent absorbing device which absorbs the solvent on the recording medium; a solvent evaporating device which causes the solvent on the recording medium to evaporate; and a solvent removal selection device which selects one removal way of a first removal way where the solvent on the recording medium is removed by absorbing the solvent using the solvent absorbing device and then causing the solvent to evaporate using the solvent evaporating device, and a second removal way where the solvent on the recording medium is removed by causing the solvent to evaporate using the solvent evaporating device without using th

Abstract: The image forming apparatus comprises: a first liquid application device which applies a first liquid to a recording medium; and an ejection head which ejects a second liquid onto the first liquid having been applied to the recording medium by the first liquid application device, wherein: a surface tension ?1 of the first liquid is 35 mN/m or lower; and a difference (?2??1 ) between a surface tension ?2 of the second liquid and the surface tension ?1 of the first liquid is 10 mN/m or greater.

Abstract: A bottom wall 11 of a valve chamber 13 of an electric switching valve 10 includes a laminated structure having a bottom cover 11 to which pipe fittings 14, 15, 16 are connected; a valve seat 19 on which the valve ports 19C, 19D are opened and which an end wall of the valve body 20 slidably contacts; an intermediate plate 17 interposed between the bottom cover 11 and the valve seat 19 with communication openings 17D, 17E for connecting the pipe fittings 15, 16 to the valve ports 19C, 19D. At least one of the valve ports 19C, 19D is biased toward a rotation center of the valve body 20 against the center of the corresponding pipe fitting 15, 16.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ejection head which forms an image on an ejection receiving medium, by ejecting liquid having electrorheological properties onto the ejection receiving medium; a holding device which holds the ejection receiving medium on a surface facing a liquid ejection surface of the ejection head; a conveyance device which conveys at least one of the ejection head and the ejection receiving medium held by the holding device relatively to each other in a conveyance direction; a first electrode group which includes at least a pair of a positive electrode and a negative electrode provided in the holding device, has a lengthwise direction coinciding with a sub-scanning direction substantially parallel to the conveyance direction of the conveyance device, and is disposed so as to be aligned with the main scanning direction substantially perpendicular to the sub-scanning direction; and a voltage supply device which supplies a prescribed voltage to the first electrode group.

Abstract: The method of controlling droplet discharge for a liquid discharge apparatus which discharges droplets from a discharge head onto a discharge receiving medium, the method comprises the steps of: successively discharging a plurality of droplets from the discharge head so that at least some of the droplets discharged to mutually adjacent deposition points on a surface of the discharge receiving medium overlap; and carrying out at least one form of control selected from control which modifies a droplet discharge amount so that the droplet discharge amount of at least some of the droplets of the plurality of successively discharged droplets becomes relatively larger sequentially, and control which modifies flight velocity of the droplets so that the flight velocity of at least some of the droplets of the plurality of successively discharged droplets relatively increases sequentially.

Abstract: The method of controlling droplet discharge for a liquid discharge apparatus which discharges droplets from a discharge head onto a discharge receiving medium, the method comprises the steps of: discharging at least three droplets substantially simultaneously on a same line so that at least mutually adjacent droplets overlap when landing on the discharge receiving medium; controlling the droplet discharge so that a droplet discharge amount sequentially increases in a relative manner from a center area toward both ends of a dot group formed by the at least three droplets; and forming the dot group which contains the at least three dots with substantially a same diameter on the same line.

Abstract: A display with a display unit is configured so that pixels are arrayed in a matrix. A clock pulse generating means generates clock pulses of any frequency. Based on the generated clock pulses, a pulse generating means generates timing signals for parallel arrangement processing video signals in units of a plurality of pixels as pulse signals enabling free setting of a pulse width and a pulse period. A phase deviation detecting means detects the amounts of phase deviation after write signals generated based on the timing signals and for writing video signals into the plurality of pixels pass through the display unit. The timing adjusting means automatically performs adjustment so that the amount of phase deviation is within the predetermined range (so that it becomes almost zero) based on the amounts of phase deviation detected by the phase deviation detecting means.

Abstract: There is provided a sensitivity correction method in which shading can be eliminated regardless of a type of a photographic film. A film carrier is moved to a position where a vertical direction center of a first correction plate, having a uniform spectral reflection characteristic, is coincident with an optical axis. Transmitted light from the first correction plate is detected by a linear CCD, and shading data for a positive is acquired. The film carrier is moved to a position where a vertical direction center of a second correction plate, having a spectral reflection characteristic substantially identical to that of a base portion of a negative film, is coincident with the optical axis. Transmitted light from the second correction plate is detected by the linear CCD, and shading data for a negative is obtained.