Abstract: When colored inks and a clear ink are recorded, the printing medium tends to undulate and blotting of ink can occur. Thus, it is difficult to obtain favorable picture quality under various printing conditions. To cope with this, a printing device is designed so that colored inks and a clear ink are recorded on a printing medium and an image thereby formed is controlled. The maximum recording rate for the colored inks is made lower than the maximum ink recording rate at which ink can be recorded per unit area of a printing medium. The quantities of inks are determined so that the clear ink and the colored inks are recorded on the printing medium with the maximum ink recording rate at which ink can be recorded per unit area of the printing medium taken as the limit. The image is formed with the thus determined ink quantities.

Abstract: In forward scanning, a timing control unit outputs the display data in the same sequence as the input display data. In backward scanning, on the other hand, the timing control unit inverts the output sequence of the display data for one line (for one horizontal cycle). Upon input of a scan direction control signal indicating backward scanning, the timing control unit executes sequence change processing by using line memory. The display data in which the sequence of the pixel data is reversed is outputted together with the control signals. It is able to select whether to output data in an inverted sequence or in a normal sequence according to the scan direction control signal.

Abstract: When a bracket to which an electric motor for wipers has been attached is attached to a vehicle body via a rubber mount therebetween for antivibration, vibrations generated when the electric motor is actuated are prevented from being transmitted to the body while allowing a part not tightened with a nut to act as a free end. A part of the rubber mount being in contact with the body is formed as a truncated cone part tapered toward a front edge so that the front edge of the rubber mount being in contact with the vehicle body does not have a part not tightened with the nut. As a result, there is no part that is not tightened with the nut and that acts as a free end, and the function to prevent vibrations from being transmitted is further improved.

Abstract: An image display device includes: a source wiring; a first gate wiring intersecting the source wiring to scan a first pixel electrode corresponding to a first scanning period; a second gate wiring adjacent to the first gate wiring to scan a second pixel electrode corresponding to a second scanning period consecutive to the first scanning period; a read signal line disposed in parallel to the source wiring; a light sensing element connected to the second gate wiring and the read signal line; and a light detection circuit configured to detect the presence or absence of light directed at the light sensing element upon receiving an output of the light sensing element. The first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are AC driven in the same polarity. The output of the light sensing element is connected to the light detection circuit for a predetermined interval during the second scanning period.

Abstract: The present invention provides a printing control method of generating print data to be supplied to a print unit to print. The print unit comprises a print head having a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of ejection drive elements for ejecting an ink from the plurality of nozzles, and is capable of selectively forming one of N types of dots having different sizes at one pixel area with each nozzle. The print control method comprises a dot data generation step of generating dot data representing a state of dot formation at each pixel according to given image data. The dot data generation step includes a step of generating the dot data with a specific dot data generation step for at least a part of the ink types when a printing environment is a specific environment. The specific dot data generation step includes a step of generating the dot data using only a part of dot types among the N types of dots.

Abstract: The present invention provides a printing control method of generating print data to be supplied to a print unit to print. The print unit comprises a print head having a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of ejection drive elements for ejecting an ink from the plurality of nozzles, and is capable of selectively forming one of N types of dots having different sizes at one pixel area with each nozzle. The print control method comprises a dot data generation step of generating dot data representing a state of dot formation at each pixel according to given image data. The dot data generation step includes a step of generating the dot data with a specific dot data generation step for at least a part of the ink types when a printing environment is a specific environment. Te specific dot data generation step includes a step of generating the dot data using only a part of dot types among the N types of dots.

Abstract: A driving method for a display device that includes: plural read signal lines; plural selectors connected to the read signal lines; plural gate signal lines; a photo-sensor connected to one of the read signal lines based on whether the one of the gate signal lines are switched on; and a detection circuit that detects an output value of the photo-sensor and selectively establishes connections with the read signal lines based on whether the selectors are switched on, includes: switching on one of the selectors; switching on the one of the gate signal lines; and detecting the output value. A timing of switching on the one of the gate signal lines is delayed by a specific period from a timing of switching on the one of the selectors. An influence of switching noises to the detection of the output value remains during the specific period.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display device capable of reducing cost by reduction in number of integrators. Signal lines (91 to 94, 95 to 98, 99 to 912, 913 to 916) are brought together into one line by means of signal lines (10a, 10b, 10c, 10d) to be connected to integrators (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d), respectively. Selector lines (71 to 74) orthogonal to the signal lines (91 to 916) are formed and connected to a selector driving circuit (3). An a-SiTFT (12) is formed at each of intersections: an intersection of the selector line (71) and the signal lines (91, 95, 99, 913); an intersection of the selector line (72) and the signal lines (92, 96, 910, 914); an intersection of the selector line (73) and the signal lines (93, 97, 911, 915); and an intersection of the selector line (74) and the signal lines (94, 98, 912, 916). The selector lines (71 to 74) are driven in sequence by the selector driving circuit (3) in the frame period.

Abstract: The present invention provides a printing control method of generating print data to be supplied to a print unit to print. The print unit comprises a print head having a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of ejection drive elements for ejecting an ink from the plurality of nozzles, and is capable of selectively forming one of N types of dots having different sizes at one pixel area with each nozzle. The print control method comprises a dot data generation step of generating dot data representing a state of dot formation at each pixel according to given image data. The dot data generation step includes a step of generating the dot data with a specific dot data generation step for at least a part of the ink types when a printing environment is a specific environment. Te specific dot data generation step includes a step of generating the dot data using only a part of dot types among the N types of dots.

Abstract: When colored inks and a clear ink are recorded, the printing medium tends to undulate and blotting of ink can occur. Thus, it is difficult to obtain favorable picture quality under various printing conditions. To cope with this, a printing device is designed so that colored inks and a clear ink are recorded on a printing medium and an image thereby formed is controlled. The maximum recording rate for the colored inks is made lower than the maximum ink recording rate at which ink can be recorded per unit area of a printing medium. The quantities of inks are determined so that the clear ink and the colored inks are recorded on the printing medium with the maximum ink recording rate at which ink can be recorded per unit area of the printing medium taken as the limit. The image is formed with the thus determined ink quantities.

Abstract: In forward scanning, a timing control unit outputs the display data in the same sequence as the input display data. In backward scanning, on the other hand, the timing control unit inverts the output sequence of the display data for one line (for one horizontal cycle). Upon input of a scan direction control signal indicating backward scanning, the timing control unit executes sequence change processing by using line memory. The display data in which the sequence of the pixel data is reversed is outputted together with the control signals. It is able to select whether to output data in an inverted sequence or in a normal sequence according to the scan direction control signal.

Abstract: In a process for manufacturing a prepreg for use as an electrically insulating material, a main epoxy resin composition and a subsidiary resin composition containing a hardener which have been separately filtered and metered are quickly mixed into a mixture resin composition, a reinforcing member is coated with a uniformly thin film of the mixture resin composition by a die coater under specific temperature, average residence time and low shear conditions, the coated reinforcing member is heated in non-contact manner by an infrared ray heater to have the member impregnated with the resin composition of the film, the member is further heated in non-contact manner by a floating dryer to have the resin composition semi-hardened, and the member is unified through compaction rolls, whereby the prepreg in the form of a sheet-shaped fiber reinforced composite material is continuously manufactured.