| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7553098 |
Roll paper printer |
June 30, 2009 |
| A roll paper printer comprising a roll paper storage unit having a bottom surface on which a roll paper is held and rolls, an operable cover unit for opening and closing a roll paper loading opening to the roll paper storage unit, a roll paper size detection mechanism comprising a de |
| 7553033 |
Projector and optical device |
June 30, 2009 |
| To provide a projector or the like, which use a solid-state light-emitting element as light source and which provides a bright, stable, and uniform projection image, the present invention includes: a light source to emit light; a spatial light modulator to modulate the light from the lig |
| 7553005 |
Printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor |
June 30, 2009 |
| To enable a coupling terminal member of an ink cartridge and a coupling terminal of a printing apparatus to be in certain and increase a degree of freedom on installation position of a coupling terminal member of the cartridge, a cartridge installed in a printing apparatus for supplying |
| 7553003 |
Liquid-jet head and liquid-jet apparatus |
June 30, 2009 |
| A liquid-jet head, comprising: a nozzle plate having nozzle orifices bored therein; a passage-forming substrate provided with recesses including pressure generating chambers communicating with the nozzle orifices; piezoelectric elements provided on a surface of the passage-forming su |
| 7552999 |
Liquid container and circuit board for liquid container |
June 30, 2009 |
| A circuit board (32) has a board main body (32M), a pair of first electrodes (32d) for contact with and electrical connection to electrodes (91c) of a liquid consuming apparatus, the first electrodes (32d) being formed on a first surface of the board main body (32M), and a pair of se |
| 7552992 |
Liquid jet head unit and liquid jet device |
June 30, 2009 |
| Provided are a liquid jet head unit and a liquid jet device which are capable of improving precision in aligning nozzle orifices and accordingly printing quality. The liquid jet head includes: a liquid jet head having a nozzle plate provided with nozzle rows constituted of nozzle ori |
| 7552988 |
Determination of the combination of ink amount for realizing the specified colors |
June 30, 2009 |
| For correlating the specified colors and ink amount, the specified color data showing the color values of the specified colors are acquired, the ink amount data showing optional ink amount are converted into color values, evaluation index including the first evaluation index for eval |
| 7552987 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus and control method and program of the same |
June 30, 2009 |
| There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting liquid to a printing material, having a platen for supporting the printing material, an ejection head for ejecting the liquid to the printing material by reciprocating on the printing material supported by the platen, an opti |
| 7552324 |
Printer and print system, and data receiving device and data transmitting and receiving system |
June 23, 2009 |
| A printer generates a public key with a passphrase containing at least printer position information and a random number by a public key cryptography, and holds this random number. A print client previously acquires the public key from the printer. When transmitting print data to the |
| 7552248 |
Information terminal, information processing system, and methods of controlling the same |
June 23, 2009 |
| An information terminal disclosed herein includes a data storage in which data is stored; an internal controller which accesses the data storage by a request from inside the information terminal; and an external controller which accesses the data storage by a request from outside the |
| 7551839 |
Method of generating video reproduction synchronizing signal, program for generating video repro |
June 23, 2009 |
| Exemplary embodiments include a method of generating a video reproduction synchronizing signal to generate a video reproduction synchronizing signal to reproduce video data and audio data in synchronization with each other. The method includes acquiring output processing end timing f |
| 7551799 |
Apparatus and method for image noise reduction |
June 23, 2009 |
| A hardware implemented method for reducing noise in an image is provided. In this method, a difference between color values of corresponding pixels within the image is calculated, and the calculated difference is compared with a threshold value. The threshold value is defined as a rate o |
| 7551791 |
Image evaluation method, image evaluation device, and storage medium having program stored there |
June 23, 2009 |
| In the present invention, an image evaluation method includes: (a) a step of acquiring image information to be evaluated; (b) a step of setting an evaluation area for the acquired image information, the evaluation area being smaller than an area corresponding to the image information; (c |
| 7551776 |
Histogram generation apparatus and method for operating the same |
June 23, 2009 |
| Histogram circuitry is provided to increment a tonal value tally corresponding to received pixel data without immediately writing the incremented tally back to a histogram table within a main memory. Instead, the tonal value and corresponding incremented tonal value tally are stored |
| 7551310 |
Divisional print control |
June 23, 2009 |
| The technique of the present invention enhances the workability of bonding and improves the finish in poster printing. The procedure first sets multiple areas adjacent to one another in an image expressed by master image data, where each of the multiple areas corresponds to each unit |
| 7551280 |
Method for manufacturing optical element, method for manufacturing projector, optical element an |
June 23, 2009 |
| A method for manufacturing an optical element in which a display quality of a projection image is improved is provided. The method is for manufacturing an optical element having a polarization plate of which one side a transmissive member is bonded. The method includes preparing a li |
| 7551250 |
Liquid crystal display device and projection display apparatus |
June 23, 2009 |
| A liquid crystal display device capable of obtaining a high contrast ratio within a range of entry angles of source light to an optical modulation device of a projection display apparatus has a liquid crystal panel operating in a twisted nematic mode, a first optical compensating plate |
| 7551234 |
Method and apparatus for estimating shot boundaries in a digital video sequence |
June 23, 2009 |
| A method of estimating a shot boundary in a digital video sequence comprises calculating a measurement of dissimilarity between each frame in the video sequence and its previous frame based on at least one of de-emphasized luminance differences and absolute color differences. Each fr |
| 7551193 |
Electro-optical apparatus, image-forming apparatus and method of manufacturing electro-optical a |
June 23, 2009 |
| An electro-optical apparatus including: an electro-optical panel on which a plurality of electro-optical devices are arranged; a focusing lens which focuses light emitted from the electro-optical devices; an optically transparent spacer which is interposed between the electro-optical |
| 7551179 |
Image display apparatus and image adjusting method |
June 23, 2009 |
| 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 |
| 7551155 |
Display driver and electronic instrument |
June 23, 2009 |
| A display driver includes: a decoder which decodes n-bit (n is an integer greater than one) display data sequentially input from a display memory in units of n bits; a plurality of latch circuits which latch output data of the decoder; an address decoder which generates a latch pulse for |
| 7551151 |
Electronic circuit, electroluminescent display device, electro-optical device, electronic appara |
June 23, 2009 |
| The invention provides an electronic circuit that can include a programming path and a reproduction path. The circuit can further include a current driven element, a transistor in the production path arranged so as to operatively control a current supplied to the current driven eleme |
| 7551125 |
Positioning system, information supply apparatus, terminal apparatus, control method of terminal |
June 23, 2009 |
| A positioning system includes: a terminal apparatus and an information supply apparatus capable of communicating with the terminal apparatus. The information supply apparatus includes: external timing signal generating means for generating an external timing signal constituted by ext |
| 7550774 |
Light emission device, method of manufacturing same, electro-optical device and electronic devic |
June 23, 2009 |
| An organic EL display unit is manufactured in an efficient manner. A light emission device (1000) is manufactured by bonding together a driving circuit substrate (100) formed with driving circuit constituted by thin film transistors 11, and a light emission substrate (300) comprising a |
| 7550711 |
Encoder for a printer motor and a printer using the same |
June 23, 2009 |
| A light emitter is operable to emit light. A scale comprises a transparent main body and a plurality of marks. The transparent main body has a first face and the second face which is opposite to the first face. The plurality of marks is provided on at least one of the first face and the |
| 7550702 |
Electro optical device, method for correcting light intensity of an electro optical element, and |
June 23, 2009 |
| A correction value determining method for each of a plurality of electro optical elements whose light intensity is controlled in accordance with a gray scale value and a correction value, the method comprising the steps described below. (a) Measuring a light intensity of the each electro |
| 7549813 |
Printer, printing method, program, computer system |
June 23, 2009 |
| The print start position, in a predetermined direction, of a medium to be printed is determined with high precision and efficiency. A printing apparatus causes the detection means to be positioned on one side in the movement direction; causes the carrying means to carry the medium to be |
| 7549771 |
Light source device and projector |
June 23, 2009 |
| A light source device includes: a light source lamp having a light-emitting tube with a discharge space and a pair of electrodes disposed in the discharge space of the light-emitting tube; a reflector extending in a substantially concave shape in section, the reflector reflecting a l |
| 7549754 |
Distortion correction for projector |
June 23, 2009 |
| An image processing device for a projector including an image formation section that emits light of an image, and a projection system that projects the emitted light onto a projection surface. The image processing device includes: a target display area determination section that dete |
| 7549721 |
Printing method, printing system and method for determining correction value |
June 23, 2009 |
| A medium is carried to a predetermined position in a carrying direction. A first pattern is formed on the medium with nozzles on the carrying direction upstream side of a nozzle row constituted by a plurality of nozzles lined up at predetermined intervals. After forming the first pat |
| 7549717 |
Reduction of dependence of color appearance on light source |
June 23, 2009 |
| A look up table LUT with specific gray reproduction characteristics is used for converting RGB image data to multi-tone data of ink colors. The gray reproduction characteristics of LUT are set such that the color difference .DELTA.E of a gray color area with an arbitrary tone level in |
| 7548938 |
File management device, printer, and file management method |
June 16, 2009 |
| When a user requests the process of saving files stored in a memory card in a storage medium, such as DVD-RW, in MPV format, the multifunction printer 10 selects a file available for printing based on file extensions from the plurality of files stored in the memory card (step S130), |
| 7548357 |
Image processing device, image display device, image processing method, and image processing pro |
June 16, 2009 |
| Aspects of the invention relate to a method of processing images capable of performing natural saturation enhancement having a balance between color components with a small amount of calculation is provided. The image processing device may be arranged in an image display device or may |
| 7548348 |
Method and apparatus for forming a print data stream with embedded commands |
June 16, 2009 |
| In response to a print job, a character code stream is generated including printable character codes. Each of the character codes is of a first bit length. Command codes to be embedded into the character code stream are padded with an identifier. The command codes and the identifier are |
| 7548339 |
Automatic trimming of image data |
June 16, 2009 |
| Image production record information related to image data is used to determine whether or not to execute a trimming process. Exposure program data and photograph scene data or subject area information, etc., are used as the image production record information. |
| 7548234 |
Driving circuit for electro-optical device, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus |
June 16, 2009 |
| A driving circuit for an electro-optical device includes scan lines, data lines, and pixel portions, arranged in an image display region on a substrate. The driving circuit includes a data line driving circuit to supply a first sampling signal and a second sampling signal sequentially |
| 7547589 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor device, and electro-optical device, integrated circuit and |
June 16, 2009 |
| The invention provides a technique that enables formation of minute patterns on an uneven substrate in volume production without reducing productivity. The method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: first patterning a semiconductor film on a substrate to form element reg |
| 7547566 |
Organic electroluminescent device and method of manufacturing the same |
June 16, 2009 |
| The invention provides an organic electroluminescent device and a method of manufacturing the same which conveniently reduce or suppress the transfer of ionic impurities into a light-emitting layer, and reduce or prevent the light-emitting property in the light-emitting layer from de |
| 7547099 |
Recording apparatus and liquid ejection apparatus |
June 16, 2009 |
| A liquid ejection head is operable to eject a liquid droplet toward a target position. A transporter feeds a first target medium toward the target position in a first direction. An ejector ejects the first target medium to the outside of the apparatus. The ejector includes a first ro |
| 7547097 |
Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid filling method of liquid ejection apparatus |
June 16, 2009 |
| In a first preliminary filling step, ink edge is moved to a position between first and second pressure chambers in an ink supply passage and the second pressure chamber is filled preliminarily with the ink. In a second preliminary filling step, the ink edge is moved to a position bet |
| 7547091 |
Recording apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus |
June 16, 2009 |
| A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A guide shaft extends in a first direction. A carriage reciprocately carries the liquid ejecting head in the first direction while being guided by the guide shaft. A moment generator is disposed between the car |
| 7547014 |
Recording material guiding device and recording apparatus |
June 16, 2009 |
| In a recording material guiding device, a second guide member 606 is comprised of a hopper swinging surface 23c, an edge guide member 25 including a second side end guide member 25a, and a liftup preventing guide 251. The hopper swinging surface 23c is engaged in an opening provided |
| 7546950 |
Method and apparatus for locating and decoding a two-dimensional machine-readable symbol |
June 16, 2009 |
| A method of locating and decoding a two-dimensional machine-readable symbol in a digital image, where the symbol has three finder patterns adjacent respective corners of the symbol, takes into account the possibility of skew and pitch when delineating the symbol in the digital image |
| 7546757 |
Method of working small recess portion |
June 16, 2009 |
| The invention is directed to a method of working a small recess portion. In the method, prior to press-forming small recess portions arrayed in a row by pressing a predetermined number of pieces of aligned male dies to a metal base plate, the metal base plate is previously formed with a |
| 7546066 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and image forming method |
June 9, 2009 |
| An image forming apparatus includes a turnable image bearing body for bearing a latent image; a turnable developer bearing body for bearing liquid developer, the developer bearing body and the image bearing body being pressed in contact with each other at a predetermined press-contact |
| 7545528 |
Print system and print system control method |
June 9, 2009 |
| In photo studio system 10, a count which represents a number of printing operations with regard to each of the printer 40 and 50 is reset to zero in response to successful establishment of connection of a print server 20 with the management server 70. The printer 40 and 50 are allowed to |
| 7545456 |
Optical device and projector |
June 9, 2009 |
| To provide an optical device by which the ease of assembly, and image quality and cooling performance an optical device includes light modulators and a light combining device to combine optical images includes fixing members opposing located to the luminous flux incident end surfaces |
| 7545399 |
Line head and image forming apparatus using the same |
June 9, 2009 |
| A line head includes light-emitting element lines formed by arranging a plurality of light sources in a line shape in a main scanning direction. Each of the light sources is turned on/off corresponding to image data. Light beams emitted from the light sources pass through a lens array to |
| 7545395 |
Color filter, color image display device, and electronic apparatus |
June 9, 2009 |
| A color image display device includes a display panel including pixel regions and a color filter, the color filter including, in each pixel region, a red filter region and a cyan filter region arranged adjacent to and parallel to each other in a direction, a green filter region and a |
| 7545349 |
Display device and display module of movable body |
June 9, 2009 |
| A display device includes a display panel that has a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix so as to correspond to intersections of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines and a plurality of light-emitting elements provided in each of the plurality of pixels. The |
