Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

Tokyo Electric Co.

Kabushiki Kaisha Tec

Noriyasu Fujii

Yoshihisa Nishiyama

Takashi Ichikawa

Kaname Iga

An electronic price scale having a TFT type of LCD as a display comprises a contrast adjustment function which adjusts a contrast of the LCD.

Electronic price scale with contrast adjustment function, drive control system for liquid crystal display device and drive control method thereof

A deviation test pattern includes a reference scale printed by one reference printing unit among a plurality of printing units arranged to print overlaid images of yellow, magenta, cyan and black. The reference scale has a plurality of scale bars arranged in a main-scanning direction at a pitch of 30 dots. Particularly, the deviation test pattern further includes a difference scale printed adjacent to and in parallel to the reference scale by a printing unit other than the reference printing unit. The difference scale has a plurality of scale bars arranged in the main-scanning direction at a pitch of 29 dots (or 31 dots).

Printer device and method for printing deviation test patterns to

An analog/digital converter has an integrator for integrating for a predetermined time a difference voltage (&lt;VX) between a voltage equal to half a source voltage V1 and an input voltage VX supplied to the first input terminal after an initialization period, generating an output voltage increasing in proportion to the input voltage, and generating an output voltage decreasing at a predetermined rate after the predetermined time has elapsed, and a counter for generating count data until the output voltage from the integrator reaches a predetermined level. This converter also has a resistor-type voltage divider and a capacitor. The voltage divider is coupled between source terminals and generating from first and second output terminals first and second output voltages E1 and E2 which are lower than voltage V1/2. The capacitor has one terminal coupled to the first input terminal of the integrator and the other terminal coupled to the first and second output terminals of the resistor-type voltage divider through first and second switches. During initialization, the first switch closes and a voltage (E1-V1/2) is charged on the capacitor. After the predetermined period of time has elasped, the second switch is closed and a voltage (E1+E2-V1/2) is applied to the first input terminal of the integrator.

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Numazu, Japan

Noriyasu Fujii