Patents Issued in October 21, 2010
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Publication number: 20100265250Abstract: A method and system for computing a fast render of a three-dimensional scene. Software objects including object properties represent three-dimensional models within an animation sequence. Object properties store discrete values at a point in time within the animation sequence. A specified frame within the animation sequence is calculated on demand from object properties without calculating preceding frames. A graphical user interface can be dynamically generated from object properties for interfacing between the users and the object properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2008Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: David Koenig, Yoni Koenig, Robert Knaack, Brian Anderson
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Publication number: 20100265251Abstract: A system, and computer implemented method are provided for interactively displaying three-dimensional structures. Three-dimensional volume data (34) is formed from a series of two-dimensional images (33) representing at least one physical property associated with the three-dimensional structure, such as a body organ having a lumen. A wire frame model of a selected region of interest is generated (38b). The wireframe model is then deformed or reshaped to more accurately represent the region of interest (40b). Vertices of the wire frame model may be grouped into regions having a characteristic indicating abnormal structure, such as a lesion. Finally, the deformed wire frame model may be rendered in an interactive three-dimensional display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: David J. Vining, Gordon W. Hunt, David K. Ahn, David R. Stelts, Yaorong Ge, Paul F. Hemler, Tiffany W. Salido
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Publication number: 20100265252Abstract: The invention relates to a system (100) for visualizing an image data set comprising a plurality of voxels, using a ray casting method, each voxel of the plurality of voxels belonging to at least one class, each class of the at least one class being associated with an intensity redistribution function for computing a redefined voxel value of a voxel from a measured voxel value of said voxel, the system comprising a sampling unit (120) for computing a sample value at a sample location on a projection ray cast from an image pixel, based on a redefined voxel value of at least one voxel proximal to the sample location on the projection ray, wherein the redefined voxel value of the at least one voxel is computed from a measured voxel value of the at least one voxel, using the intensity redistribution function associated with the at least one class of the at least one voxel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Helko Lehmann, Juergen Weese, Dieter Geller
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Publication number: 20100265253Abstract: The invention aims to implement a waveform display device capable of visibly displaying a comparison waveform in an arbitrary range and a waveform display method. The waveform display device for executing waveform display of waveform data on a display section comprises an input section for inputting at least two data ranges of the waveform data, and comparison waveform display means for executing waveform display of the waveform data while overlaid on one another on the display section based on at least two data ranges inputted by the input section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Yinxiu LI
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Publication number: 20100265254Abstract: A filled shape is defined by edge data forming one or more boundaries thereof. Local shape data is generated from the edge data for each graphics region overlapped by the filled shape. The local shape data separately represents for each graphic region at least any edge of the filled shape within the graphics region and an overlap value indicative of a difference between a number of times the boundaries of the filled shape surround the region in a clockwise direction and the number of times the boundaries surround the region in a counter-clockwise direction. For each graphics region having local shape data, the local shape data is used to generate pixel values for pixels within that graphics region that are within the filled shape to be drawn.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: ARM LIMITEDInventors: Eivind Liland, Erik Faye-Lund, Espen Amodt
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Publication number: 20100265255Abstract: A system for interactive computer graphics enables generation of Bezier curves from a series of points based on the relative position of successive points in the series. For example, for successive points in a series, point A, point B, and point C are successive points in the series of points, and wherein a control point corresponding to point B and associated with the segment AB is determined by the equation B+RA*(RA*(B?C)+RC*(A?B)), and a control point corresponding to point B and associated with the segment BC is determined by the equation PBBC=B+RC*(RA*(C?B)+RC*(B?A)), where RA=|AB|/(|AB|+|BC|), and RC=|BC|/(|AB|+|BC|).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Tatsuya Iwamoto
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Publication number: 20100265256Abstract: According to the present invention, when a style relating to a dimension of all elements included in a subtree of a structured document is set in a relative unit, all these elements can be displayed in the same style. The user terminal 100 allocates a drawing area to each key when drawing each key configuring a key string of a tree structure, determines a root of a subtree to which a specific key belongs when a style whose format relating to dimension is expressed in the relative unit is set to the key, and converts the style expressed in the relative unit into an absolute unit with the drawing area allocated to the root of the subtree as reference and draws the key according to style expressed in the absolute unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2008Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Naoya Abe, Yoshimura Katsuki
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Publication number: 20100265257Abstract: Embodiments for manipulating characters displayed on a display screen are provided, wherein one example method includes identifying a selected word, wherein the selected word includes at least one character to be modified. The method further includes correlating each of the at least one character with a unique numerical value and receiving a selection command and a modification command, wherein the selection command is the unique numerical value corresponding to a selected character. Furthermore, the method includes modifying the selected character responsive to the modification command to generate a modified word.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Mowatt, Robert Chambers, Felix GTI Andrew
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Publication number: 20100265258Abstract: An imaging apparatus is disclosed that is designed to display a set of images on a screen for a fire. The apparatus includes a display screen, a controller capable of displaying a set of images to the display screen, and a masking member to prevent a viewer from viewing a part of the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2008Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: DOMESTIC FIRE APPLIANCES LIMITEDInventor: Christopher Simon Stonier
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Publication number: 20100265259Abstract: A graphics processing apparatus 2 includes graphics processing pipelines 8. The graphics processing pipelines 8 include a programmable hardware stage 12, a pipeline memory 22 and writeback circuitry 16. Programmable resolving circuitry 18 is provided by the programmable hardware stage 12 within each pipeline and is responsive to one or more graphics program instructions to read pixel values at a first resolution generated within the pipeline memory 22 by pixel value generating circuitry 18 provided by the programmable hardware stage 12 and to perform a resolving operation upon these pixels values so as to generate pixel values at a second resolution. These pixel values at the second resolution are then written back to a frame buffer memory 6.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: ARM LIMITEDInventors: Erik Faye-Lund, Jorn Nystad, Eivind Liland
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Publication number: 20100265260Abstract: An apparatus for double-buffering a sequence of frames of pixel data for display is disclosed. The apparatus comprises two frame buffers, a read unit to read a first frame of pixel data from a first one of the two frame buffers, a write-switch point determiner, and a write-buffer selector. The write-switch point determiner determines a safe write-switch point in the first one of the two frame buffers. The safe write-switch point is determined, at least in part, by an average rate at which data is written to the frame buffers and an average rate at which data is read from the frame buffers. The write-buffer selector determines if the reading of the first frame has progressed beyond the safe write-switch point, and selects one of the two frame buffers to write a second frame of pixel data based on the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Jerzy Wieslaw Swic, George Lyons
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Publication number: 20100265261Abstract: Activating a screen capture tool in a display adapter to capture information on a display. An operating system sends a command to the display adapter to initiate the capture of information from the graphical user interface of a display. The display adapter captures the information on the graphical user interface of the display. The information may be stored by the display adapter to a storage device that may be connected to the display adapter. The display is monitored for additional changes. Any changes that occur to the information on areas of the display may be captured and stored to the storage device. The operating system may enable the display adapter to retrieve the information stored in the storage device and/or play back the information retrieved to the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Allan Thomas Chandler
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Publication number: 20100265262Abstract: A method, according to an embodiment, is provided for correcting pixel data provided to a display apparatus. The display apparatus, according to an embodiment, includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels and a light source module having a plurality of light-emitting blocks. The method includes determining a pixel luminance that is a luminance of light provided to each of the pixels; and generating correction data to correct the pixel data, the correction data being generated based on the pixel luminance and a maximum emission luminance that is a maximum luminance of the light emitted from each of the light-emitting blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Weon-Jun Choe, Yun-Jae Park, Dae-Gwang Jang, Kyoung-Phil Kim, Sang-su Han
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Publication number: 20100265263Abstract: An image display method including following steps is provided. A backlight of a display panel is adaptively adjusted according to a backlight adjustment factor related to the intensity value of an external light and the brightness of an original image. Brightness factors of the original image are corrected according to the adjustment of the backlight, and the original image is reset by using the corrected brightness factors and original color factors. Thereby, the problem of image distortion caused by backlight adjustment can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: WINTEK CORPORATIONInventors: Ching-Fu Hsu, Chih-Chang Lai, Shiao-Hui Liao, Ting-Yu Chang
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Publication number: 20100265264Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for providing color grading or color correction for displays includes a plurality of virtual device models where each virtual device model has a virtual model specification (VMS) which controls a display feature. Each display includes a display specification including a display requirement or requirements. An apparatus of the present invention is configured to compare the display feature of at least one VMS against the display requirement of the display specification to determine a best match therebetween to select a virtual device model to control a display picture. Color correction is further provided in post production using the VMS to provide consistency across multiple display types.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2006Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Ingo Tobias Doser, Xueming Henry Gu, Pierre Jean Ollivier, Michael Allan Sterling, Bongsun Lee, Rainer Zwing, Carlos Correa, Jurgen Stauder
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Publication number: 20100265265Abstract: The invention relates to the automatic selecting of images, which are displayed on a screen, depending on an input. An embodiment of the invention provides a system (10) for automatically selecting electronic images depending on an input, comprising—input analyzing means (12) being adapted for receiving an input, for analyzing the received input for dominant colors, and for outputting the analyzed dominant colors, —image analyzing means (14) being adapted for receiving electronic images, for analyzing each electronic image for colors dominant in the image and for outputting the analyzed dominant colors, —image selection means (16) being adapted for receiving the outputted dominant colors from the input analyzing means and the image analyzing means, for processing the received dominant colors, for selecting an electronic image based on the processing, and for signaling the selection. This allows to automatically influencing the atmosphere in an environment such as a home, retail or hospitality environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Dragan Sekulovski
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Publication number: 20100265266Abstract: A calibration system and a method thereof for color calibration of a display are provided. A transform model is established by the calibration system for color transformation between a first color space and a second color space. Three first target curves are defined and transformed by the transform model so as to establish three look-up tables. The display is calibrated according to the three look-up tables such that the color temperature of the display may be substantially constant for every gray-level.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Coretronic Display Solution CorporationInventors: Chao-Wen Liu, Hung-Wei Chih
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Publication number: 20100265267Abstract: An analysis system analyzes digital images using a computer-implemented network structure that includes a process hierarchy, a class network and a data network. The data network includes image layers and object networks. Objects in a first object network are segmented into a first class, and objects in a second object network are segmented into a second class. One process step of the process hierarchy involves generating a third object network by imprinting objects of the first object network into the objects of the second object network such that pixel locations are unlinked from objects of the second object network to the extent that the pixel locations were also linked to objects of the first object network. The imprinting step allows object-oriented processing of digital images to be performed with fewer computations and less memory. Characteristics of an object of the third object network are then determined by measuring the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Arno Schaepe, Guenter Schmidt, Owen Feehan, Gerd Binnig
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Publication number: 20100265268Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for presenting procedure information for a vertical profile on a display device associated with an aircraft. A method comprises displaying a first segment of the plurality of segments comprising a vertical profile with a first vertical scale and a first horizontal scale, wherein the first horizontal scale is based on a first distance associated with the first segment. The method further comprises displaying a second segment of the plurality of segments with the first vertical scale and a second horizontal scale, wherein the second horizontal scale is based on a second distance associated with the second segment. The first horizontal scale and the second horizontal scale are not equal. In this manner, the vertical profile has a nonuniform horizontal scale and a uniform vertical scale across segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Blake Wilson, Roger W. Burgin, Michael Chytil
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Publication number: 20100265269Abstract: A portable terminal includes: a display unit configured to display data on a screen; a rotation detecting unit configured to detect rotation of the portable terminal; a touch detecting unit configured to detect touch of the screen of the display unit; and a display control unit configured to, when rotation is detected by the rotation detecting unit and touch is detected by the touch detecting unit, revolve display content displayed on the screen in conformity with the rotation of the portable terminal. According to the portable terminal, by allowing the user to specify an axis of rotation when changing the screen display direction, it is possible to prevent a change that is against the intention of the user, and also to change the display direction in a state in which a portion that the user wants to display among the display contents remains displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Nobuhiro MATSUDA
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Publication number: 20100265270Abstract: A driving device for quickly changing the gray level of the liquid crystal display and its driving method are disclosed. The driving device includes a group of thin film transistors with matrix array, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines. The object of quickly changing the gray level of the liquid crystal display can be accomplished by the different arrangement of the gate lines and the data lines and the different connection of the thin film transistors with the gate lines and the data lines. The driving method for the said driving device includes: two gate lines in the liquid crystal display are simultaneously or synchronously turned on according to in the bright period or in the black period, the voltage for displaying the present frame interval data or the voltage for displaying black image is given to the thin film transistors connected with the gate lines, and scanning continues in turn.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2008Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Yuh-Ren SHEN, Chun-Chi Chen, Cheng-Jung Chen
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Publication number: 20100265271Abstract: A driving circuit of a backlight module is provided. The driving circuit has a dimming unit used for transmitting signals, wherein the dimming unit can adjust a current flowing through a light-emitting diode (LED) according a pulse width modulation signal and an enable signal, so as to adjust a light-emitting intensity of the LED. In the present invention, fewer devices are used to implement the dimming unit, and a transmission gate is replaced by a N-type transistor and a P-type transistor, such that a chip area and a circuit cost of the driving circuit are reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, LTD.Inventors: Shih-Meng Chang, Chia-Lin Liu, Chi-Neng Mo, Ke-Horng Chen, Chi-Lin Chen
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Publication number: 20100265272Abstract: A method of processing data for driving a display panel including a pixel structure including red, green, blue and white (RGBW) sub-pixels includes receiving red, green and blue (RGB) data at a first frame frequency. The method further includes generating RGBW data at a second frame frequency, greater than the first frame frequency, using the RGB data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae-Sung Bae, Jung-Hwan Cho, Hyun-Sik Yoon
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Publication number: 20100265273Abstract: An operational amplifier includes an input differential stage having one external input receiving an external input voltage and two outputs; and two output stages. A switch section is provided between inputs of the two output stages and the two outputs of the input differential stage, and is configured to alternately connect the two outputs of the input differential stage and inputs of a positive-only output stage of the two output stages; and the two outputs of the input differential stage and inputs of a negative-only output stage of the two output stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Kouichi Nishimura
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Publication number: 20100265274Abstract: Disclosed are an offset compensation gamma buffer and a gray scale voltage generation circuit using the same. The offset compensation gamma buffer includes: a buffer which outputs an input voltage input to a positive or negative input terminal as an output voltage; and a switching unit which selectively connects the input voltage and the output voltage of the buffer to the positive and negative input terminals in response to a control signal. The output voltage of the offset compensation gamma buffer is supplied to the input of a gray scale voltage generation circuit of a source driver for driving a liquid crystal panel. The offset of the offset compensation gamma buffer is compensated using an inversion timing of the control signal. The output voltage of the offset compensation gamma buffer is supplied as a reference voltage of the voltage divider unit for generating the gray scale voltages, and the offset of the gray scale voltages is also compensated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2008Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: SILICON WORKS CO., LTDInventors: Dae-Keun Han, Dae-Seong Kim, Joon-Ho Na, An-Young Kim, Man-Jeong Ko
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Publication number: 20100265275Abstract: The invention relates to a backlighting system (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) and to a display device. The backlighting system comprises a plurality of segments (20, 21, 22, 23, 24) for selectively illuminating a predefined area of pixels of a display device. The backlighting system is configured for selectively controlling the intensity and/or color of the light emitted from the segment, each segment comprising a light source (30). The backlighting system (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) further comprises light barriers (40) for limiting the lateralspreading of the light emitted by the light source (30) towards the neighboring segments (20, 21, 22, 23, 24). The light barriers define grid-lines of a grid, and the light source (30) is arranged at a position on the grid-line which at least partially coincides with at least one of the light barriers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2008Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Fetze Pijlman, Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg
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Publication number: 20100265276Abstract: A plasma display device includes an image signal processing circuit having a sequential addressing processing circuit and an alternate addressing processing circuit. The sequential addressing processing circuit includes a sequential addressing array unit for converting an image signal into image data arranged in the order corresponding to a sequential address operation, a first data power conversion unit for converting the image data converted from the received image signal into image data which allows to have low electric power consumption, and a first addressing stop unit for stopping an address operation in specific subfields. The alternate addressing processing circuit includes an alternate addressing array unit for converting an image signal into image data arranged in the order corresponding to an alternate address operation, a second data power conversion unit, and a second addressing stop unit. The number of the specific subfields is the same between the first and second data power conversion units.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Kazuki Sawa
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Publication number: 20100265277Abstract: To provide a drive method capable of maintaining gradation display performance regardless of screen display brightness. Reference numeral 491R denotes a regulator used to control reference current for red (R). By adjusting a reference current for R linearly, it is possible to linearly vary a current flowing through a transistor 472a which constitutes a current mirror with a transistor 471R. This changes a current flowing through a transistor 472b which has received a current-based delivery from the transistor 472a in a transistor group 521a. This in turn causes changes to a transistor 473a in a transistor group 521b which constitutes a current mirror with the transistor 472b, resulting in changes to a transistor 473b which has received a current-based delivery from the transistor 473a. Thus, since drive current of the unit transistor 484 changes, programming current can be changed linearly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroshi TAKAHARA
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Publication number: 20100265278Abstract: An image display apparatus wherein reduction in contrast or resolution is prevented is provided. A laser projector as an embodiment of the image display apparatus includes a memory storing a threshold value predetermined for changing a driving mode of a laser light source, a calculator for calculating an optical power level for projecting an image, a driving-mode selector selecting a mode for driving the laser light source, a driving controller for sending a signal to the laser light source in accordance with a selected driving mode, and a laser emitter. The laser projector operates at least at a bias current value Ib or more. In this case, when the optical power level is lower than or equal to a predetermined threshold value TH, the laser projector emits pulsed light.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Ken Nishioka, Kenji Nagashima, Atsuya Hirano, Atsuhiko Chikaoka
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Publication number: 20100265279Abstract: An apparatus for driving a display device including a plurality of four color pixels is provided, which includes: an input unit receiving input three-color image signals; an image signal modifier converting the three-color image signals into output four-color image signals such that a maximum gray of the input three-color image signals is equal to a maximum gray of the output four-color image signals; and an output unit outputting the output four-color image signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventor: BAEK-WOON LEE
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Publication number: 20100265280Abstract: A driving circuit and a gray insertion method of a liquid crystal display (LCD) are described. In the gray insertion method, whether a dynamic frame or a static frame display by the LCD is determined. When the LCD displays the dynamic frame, a gray insertion level of a frame of the display and a duty cycle of a pulse width module (PWM) signal are increased synchronously, wherein the PWM signal drives a back light module of the display. When the LCD displays the static frame, the gray insertion level of a frame of the display and the duty cycle of the PWM signal are decreased synchronously. As a result, a motion blur on LCD is reduced and luminance of a display frame is maintained.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.Inventors: Shih-Chieh Yen, Kuo-Long Tsao, Hsiang-Tan Lin
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Publication number: 20100265281Abstract: The image display device includes a light source section having light emitting subsections; a display panel; and a display control section performing a control. An input frame image is decomposed into a plurality of field images and the field images are displayed in a field sequential manner. A differential image for each of the three primary-color components is obtained by subtracting a common luminance portion from the subsection-drive frame image. The differential image and a common image configured of the common luminance portion are sequentially outputted to the display panel in a time-divisional manner. In the first field period for outputting the differential image of a primary color component, corresponding primary color light is emitted, and in a second field period for outputting the common image, multiple kinds of primary color light, corresponding to the primary-color components configuring the common luminance portion, are emitted together.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Norimasa FURUKAWA, Mitsuyasu Asano
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Publication number: 20100265282Abstract: A liquid crystal light modulator 11 modulates a light according to an effective value of a supplied drive signal. A driving apparatus 21 changes the effective value of each frame of the drive signal supplied to the liquid crystal light modulator 11 according to modulation data. The driving apparatus 21 generates the drive signal containing plural pulses in each frame. The driving apparatus 21 supplies the generated drive signal to the liquid crystal light modulator 11, thereby enabling a high-frequency drive of the liquid crystal light modulator 11.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masafumi Ide, Atsushi Shiraishi
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Publication number: 20100265283Abstract: To have a good resolution/sharpness for the displayed pictures (e.g. low interference banding in case of showing a pattern having Nyquist limit problems), the multiprimary display (100), has more than 3 additive primaries (R,C,G,B), in which that half of the primaries (C,G) having the highest output luminances of the more than 3 additive primaries (R,C,G,B) when a corresponding driving signal (r) for the respective primary is maximal, is generatable by subpixels (104, 108) of the display at approximately equidistant subpixel positions (Dd).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2008Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Erno Hermanus Antonius Langendijk, Michiel Adriaanszoon Klompenhouwer
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Publication number: 20100265284Abstract: To overcome issues generated due to the light-shield part in a display device which displays different images towards a plurality of viewpoints, and to provide a device for easily synthesizing images to be displayed on a display part. A display controller includes: an image memory which stores viewpoint image data for a plurality of viewpoints; a writing control device which writes the viewpoint image data inputted from outside to the image memory; a parameter storage device which stores parameters showing a positional relation between a lenticular lens and the display part; and a readout control device which reads out the viewpoint image data from the image memory according to a readout order obtained by applying the parameters to a repeating regulation that is determined based on layout of the sub-pixels, number of colors, and layout of the colors, and outputs it to the display module as synthesized image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsushi SATOU, Kazunori MASUMURA, Koji SHIGEMURA, Shinichi UEHARA
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Publication number: 20100265285Abstract: A blotting fillister structure including a first side, a second side and a blotting area is provided. The first side has a first lead-angle surface. The second side opposite to the first side has a second lead-angle surface. The blotting area is located between the first side and the second side. A width of the first lead-angle surface is greater than a width of the second lead-angle surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Tsung-Fu Kao, Chih-Hwa Wang, Chin-Chang Ho
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Publication number: 20100265286Abstract: A handheld printer and a printing method thereof are provided. The handheld printer receives distance information from at least one sensor positioned outside the handheld printer, determines its position based on the distance information, and determines data to be printed in the determined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-bum PARK, Ji-won JEONG
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Publication number: 20100265287Abstract: In one embodiment, a drop ejector assembly includes a printhead, a drop zone immediately downstream from the printhead, an array of optical fibers exposed to the drop zone such that light scattered off drops in the drop zone illuminates at least some of the optical fibers in the array, and a photo detector operatively connected to the array of optical fibers for converting light from the optical fibers into an electrical signal. In another embodiment, a drop detector includes a light source for illuminating drops passing through a drop zone and a light sensor for sensing light scattered off drops in the drop zone. The length of drop zone is 3 mm or less and the light sensor has a cross sectional dimension less than the length of the drop zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Alexander Govyadinov, Tommy D. Deskins, Kenneth Ward
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Publication number: 20100265288Abstract: A printer cradle for receiving an ink cartridge having a rotor element includes a drive roller and an electrical motor for driving the drive roller; a flipper gear assembly engaged with the drive roller and driven by the drive roller between an engaged position where the flipper gear assembly is engaged with the rotor element and a disengaged position where the flipper gear is disengaged from the rotor element; a controller arrangement having a controller board housing a print engine controller configured to control the motor to actuate or disengage the rotor element; and one or more cradle connectors provided as slots, for facilitating electrical contact with the ink cartridge received in the printer cradle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
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Publication number: 20100265289Abstract: A method of driving a hybrid type inkjet printing apparatus according to example embodiments may use both a piezoelectric method and an electrostatic method. The method of driving may include a plurality of driving modes that are determined by adjusting the order, amplitude, and duration of a piezoelectric driving voltage to a piezoelectric actuator and an electrostatic driving voltage to an electrostatic force applying unit. As a result, ink droplets may be ejected in various sizes and shapes. In a first driving mode, a dome-shaped ink meniscus may be formed at an end portion of a nozzle and ink droplets having a smaller size than the nozzle may be ejected from a surface of the dome-shaped ink meniscus. In a second driving mode, a cone-shaped ink meniscus may be formed at an end of the nozzle, and ink droplets having a smaller size than those of the first driving mode may be ejected from a sharp end portion of the cone-shaped ink meniscus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Jae-woo Chung, Young-ki Hong
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Publication number: 20100265290Abstract: A record head has an actuator which is selectively switchable between a small-capacity state in which the capacity of a pressure chamber connected to an outlet is V1 and a large-capacity state in which the capacity of the pressure chamber is V2 which is larger than V1. A head driving unit selectively supplies, to the actuator, ejection drive signals which change the state of the actuator to eject liquid from the outlet and non-ejection drive signals by which the state of the actuator is changed from the small-capacity state to the large-capacity state and then returns to the small-capacity state, to the extent that no ejection of the liquid occurs from the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoshiharu FURUHATA
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Publication number: 20100265291Abstract: A printer including a printing section with a printing head is disclosed. The printer head includes a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge liquid on a medium at a pass resolution. The printing section being configured to determine the maximum pass number N required to repeatedly move the printing head to print on a section of the medium at a desired resolution. The desired resolution is greater than the pass resolution. The printing section is further configured to determine which passes of N will be designated to discharge the liquid from each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles, and whether or not an idle pass is required for each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles. When an idle pass is required for each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles, the printing section is configured to modify the maximum divided pass number N to divided pass number M, M being less than N.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Takahiro Mano
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Publication number: 20100265292Abstract: To provide an ink jet recording method including: performing image recording on a recording medium to obtain an ink adhesion quantity of 15 g/m2 or less of an ink containing at least a colorant, the recording medium having at least one coating layer on at least one surface of a substrate including cellulose pulp; and dry-to-touch drying the recorded image and bringing a heat source into direct contact with the recording medium for image fixing, wherein the recording medium is formed such that a transfer quantity of pure water into the recording medium in a contact interval of 100 ms that is measured with a dynamic scanning liquid absorptometer is 1 mL/m2 or more to 30 mL/m2 or less and a transfer quantity of pure water into the recording medium in a contact interval of 400 ms is 2 mL/m2 or more to 35 mL/m2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2007Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Tohru Ohshima, Naoya Morohoshi, Kiyofumi Nagai, Hiroyuki Kiyoi, Masanori Hirano, Shigetaka Sakakibara
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Publication number: 20100265293Abstract: The invention is a transport method that transports a medium by causing a transport roller to rotate based on a corrected target transport amount, after correcting the target transport amount that is targeted based on a correction value and includes: printing a first pattern on a medium, printing a second pattern after the medium has been transported by causing the transport roller to rotate by a rotation amount of less than one rotation from a rotation position of the transport roller at a time of printing the first pattern, printing a third pattern after the medium has been transported by causing the transport roller to rotate by a rotation amount of one rotation from a rotation position of the transport roller at a time of printing the first pattern, printing a fourth pattern after the medium has been transported by causing the transport roller to rotate by a rotation amount of one rotation from a rotation position of the transport roller at a time of printing the second pattern, calculating a first correcType: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masahiko YOSHIDA, Tatsuya Nakano, Hirokazu Nunokawa, Bunji Ishimoto, Toru Miyamoto, Yoichi Kakehashi
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Publication number: 20100265294Abstract: A method of inkjet textile printing using an aqueous ink includes ejecting an aqueous ink to a textile medium. The aqueous ink includes water, an anionic dye including an acid dye or a reactive dye, and a compound to promote fixing of coloring agent in the ink to the textile medium when the textile medium is irradiated with microwaves. Microwaves are irradiated to the textile medium to which the aqueous ink was ejected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Ryuji YAMADA
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Publication number: 20100265295Abstract: Among various embodiments of the present disclosure, managing substantially solid materials in fluid waste can be performed by collecting the fluid waste in an accumulator. In various embodiments, the accumulator can be configured by positioning a number of input orifices for the fluid waste in a top region of a vertically oriented cavity in the accumulator, and positioning a number of output orifices in a bottom region of the vertically oriented cavity in the accumulator. As such, a flow of the fluid waste can contribute to transport of substantially solid material in the fluid waste from the top region into the bottom region and from the bottom region into at least one output orifice.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventor: John C. Greeven
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Publication number: 20100265296Abstract: Methods and systems of ejecting ink drops from an inkjet printer are disclosed. The methods and systems can include a printhead with one or more tapered nozzles each with an associated taper angle and exit diameter. Ink can be received into the printhead and formed into ink drops in the tapered nozzles. The ink drops can each have an associated drop mass and drop speed. The tapered nozzles can be provided such that the exit diameter can independently dictate the drop mass and the taper angle can independently dictate the drop speed. As such, the complexity of jet design optimization is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Nicholas P. KLADIAS, John R. Andrews, Gerald A. Domoto, Peter M. Gulvin, Peter J. Nystrom
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Publication number: 20100265297Abstract: An inkjet head is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the ink-jet head that prevents a nozzle from being blocked by a residual ink droplet formed on the nozzle can include a head body having the nozzle formed on one surface thereof and an actuator, which provides pressure to the inside of the head body. Here, a transfer groove is formed on one surface of the head body, in which the transfer groove is separated from the nozzle to provide a path through which the residual ink droplet moves. Thus, the inkjet head can prevent the nozzle from being blocked by a residual ink droplet formed on the nozzle by use of the transfer groove, which provides a path for a residual ink droplet formed on the nozzle to escape.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoon-Sok Park, Jae-Woo Joung, Young-Seuck Yoo, Chang-Sung Park, Ju-Hwan Yang
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Publication number: 20100265298Abstract: An inkjet printhead includes a plurality of inkjet nozzles arranged in nozzle rows. Each nozzle row has a respective row of drive transistors. Drive transistors corresponding to one nozzle row are interleaved with drive transistors corresponding to an adjacent nozzle row.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
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ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, AND PRINTHEAD, HEAD CARTRIDGE, AND PRINTING APPARATUS USING THE ELEMENT SUBSTRATE
Publication number: 20100265299Abstract: An element substrate has a plurality of printing elements, and a block selection unit which divides the plurality of printing elements into a plurality of blocks and time-divisionally drives the blocks. The element substrate includes a plurality of input terminals which divide the plurality of printing elements included in each block into a plurality of groups and supply a driving voltage to the printing elements belonging to each group, a delay circuit which externally receives an enable signal for enabling energization to the printing elements and generates a plurality of delayed enable signals having different delay times with respect to the enable signal, and a wiring which supplies the enable signal and the plurality of delayed enable signals output from the delay circuit to different groups in the order of the different delay times.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro Matsui, Yoshiyuki Imanaka, Takuya Hatsui, Souta Takeuchi, Takaaki Yamaguchi, Kousuke Kubo