Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation

Sharp Corporation

Sugai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Sugai Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd.

Yoichi Yamamoto

Yuji Sumitomo

Rikuo Takano

Masahiko Aiba

Toshio Kobayashi

Yasuhiro Yoshida

Masao Narumiya

Tomoo Makita

Tokio Maezawa

Takasumi Wada

Mitsuhiro Shimada

Keiji Taniguchi

Satoshi Ueno

Hironori Fujii

Tamaki Saito

Yutaka Ohota

Hiroyuki Furukawa

Yoichi Shimazawa

Atsushi Ide

Shirou Wakahara

Tomohiro Oikawa

Hirokazu Fujita

Akira Yamaguchi

Hideo Yamasa

Iwakazu Honda

Hiroji Iwai

Isao Fujimoto

Junichiro Matsumoto

Tomoko Nishino

Ikuo Umeda

Hiroshi Suzuki

Fumio Siozaki

Toshio Takehara

Yuichirou Mori

Hirofumi Tanaka

Koji Uhara

Toshio Oichi

Frederic J Kahn

Ichizo Nakano

In an image display device, how R, G, and B light is emitted to display an image on a display panel is measured with a sensor, and, according to the measurement value obtained from the sensor, the power with which to drive a light source that supplies light needed for the display operation of the display panel is varied so that the brightness or chromaticity of the display panel is corrected.

Image processing device, and image display device provided with such an image processing device

An image processing apparatus, for processing an image signal representing pixel values of pixels so as to display an image including the pixels by an image display apparatus, includes a detection section for detecting a low frequency portion of the image signal, which corresponds to a first series of pixels having a first pixel value and a second series of pixels having a second pixel value different from the first pixel value, the second series of pixels following the first series of pixels; and a signal expansion section for expanding a prescribed portion of the low frequency portion of the image signal, the prescribed portion including at least one of the first series of pixels and the second series of pixels, such that the first pixel value is gradually changed to the second pixel value.

Image display apparatus and method

An image display device of the present invention is provided with a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image in accordance with an input of a chrominance signal, a sensor for sensing light characteristics of external light, and a chrominance signal converter for converting a chrominance signal to be inputted into an image display section in accordance with an output of the sensor. The chrominance signal converter includes a target display color setting section for setting a color to display as an image agreeable with chromatic adaptation characteristics of human, according to the output of the sensor, and a color reproduction section for reproducing a target color set by the target display color setting section, by using three primary color with chromaticities suitable for the output of the sensor. The target display color setting section converts the chrominance signal into a chrominance signal of the target display color reproduced by the color reproduction section. Provided is an image with color tone, in which no change is sensed by a user, even if external light condition, that is the light characteristics of the external light.

Image display device and electronic apparatus using same, and image display method of same

A display device controls a signal applied to the n dots such that a sum of luminance of n dots (n is an integer of 1 or more) is virtually equal to an original luminance of the defective dot on the assumption that the n dots, which are adjacent to an electrically uncontrollable dot, are not originally illuminated. The display device also controls a signal applied to dots adjacent to the defective dot so as to display a color which is closer to an original color obtained by input signals to the defective dot and the adjacent dots.

Display device

A recording medium includes a liquid crystal material whose polarizing axis is controlled by an applied electric field, a layer including the liquid crystal material, and spacers for maintaining a constant spacing between the layer, and is formed in the form of a sheet. A visible image is recorded on the recording medium by applying a predetermined electrostatic charge image composed of electrostatic charges on a surface thereof and by controlling the polarizing axis of the liquid crystal material by an electric field formed by the charges of the electrostatic charge image, which controls reflectance or transmittance of incident light.

Recording medium and image forming apparatus for forming image thereon

An image forming apparatus includes a grating light valve (GLV) optical modulating device for modulating light projected by a monochromatic light source unit so that the light thus modulated is projected onto a photosensitive drum. This arrangement enables printing at a higher speed and high-quality printing using half tone. In the GLV optical modulator, a first GLV element row and a second GLV element row, each having a plurality of GLV elements provided at spaces, each space being smaller than a width of each GLV element, are provided parallel so that GLV elements constituting the first and second element rows are provided in a staggered manner.

Electrostatic printer having an array of optical modulating grating

A measuring device for amount of charge of developer includes an upper electrode, a lower electrode provided under the upper electrode, which are provided in parallel so as to face each other, flying electric field voltage application unit for applying a flying electric field voltage to the upper electrode, for generating an electric field so as to fly developer from the lower electrode to the upper electrode, current detection unit for detecting a current flowing in the upper electrode, and arithmetic unit for computing a total amount of charge of the developer adhering to the upper electrode based on a change in amount of current detected by the current detection unit, wherein a current that generates as a toner T adheres to the upper electrode is detected by the current detection unit, and based on a change in amount of the current, a total amount of charge of the developer adhering to the upper electrode is computed by the arithmetic unit. As a result, the measuring device for amount of charge of developer can be obtained at low cost.

Measuring device for amount of charge of developer

An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor allowing an electrostatic latent image to be formed by light exposure, a light source emitting light beams, a light deflecting device for deflecting light beams from the light source, an exposure controlling device for controlling deflecting actions of the deflecting device, and an image-forming optical device receiving light beams deflected by the light deflecting device and image-forming the light beams on the photoreceptor so as to create a latent image composed of a plurality of pixels thereon. In the configuration, the light deflecting device includes a micro-mirror array device which is composed of a multiple number of mirror facet elements arranged matrix-wise, in two-dimensions, and which is disposed so that each row of the mirror facet elements extends in parallel with the rotating axis of the photoreceptor and normals of the mirror facet elements are substantially perpendicular to the rotating axis of the photoreceptor. Each of the mirror facet elements in a single column can individually be controlled to be oriented at any angle to simultaneously deflect light to the same location on the photoreceptor to vary density of the image formed thereon.

Image forming apparatus with a light directing device for varying

A measuring device for an amount of charge of toner including countered first and second electrodes for forming an electric field which accelerates toner particles, a voltage generator for applying a voltage across the first and second electrodes, a magnifying optical system for magnifying the image of toner particles which move between the first and the second electrodes, a light source for illuminating a vicinity of a focus of the magnifying optical system, a CCD sensor for receiving an optical image of the toner particles magnified by the magnifying optical system so as to convert the optical image into an image signal and a CPU for controlling a voltage from the voltage generator based upon the image signal so that the toner particles pass a prescribed position in the vicinity of the focus of the magnifying optical system and for obtaining an amount of charge of toner particles from a value of the voltage, and an image forming apparatus in which the measuring device is installed. The measuring device for an amount of charge of toner becomes compact, so it can be installed in an image forming apparatus.

Measuring device for amount of charge of toner and image forming

An image formation system includes an image data outputting device for outputting three-primary-color image data for forming a full color image, and a printer selectively writing the image data from the image data outputting device in an optical image memory by beam light for printing the image out on a recording medium, the printer including, a specifying device for specifying an arrangement of images written in the optical image memory, and a writing device dividing the single optical image memory into sections corresponding to the specified arrangement, for writing primary color images into the sections, the optical image memory being a memory where a stored image is optically recognizable and can be repetitively read out.

Image formation system

An image formation apparatus includes a writing device for selectively writing image data on a liquid crystal cell by beam light, a printer for printing out an image on a recording medium, an erasing device for erasing the image written on the liquid crystal cell by a beam of light from a specified region, and a controller for controlling the writing device for writing a novel image in the region from which the previously written image has been erased.

Image formation apparatus having selective erasing capability

An image writing device including a beam source emitting laser beam, a memory for storing a plurality of frames of image data, a modulator for modulating the laser beam with the image data, at least one liquid crystal cell, a scanner for scanning the liquid crystal cell with the laser beam sweeping the same, a shift device for shifting the liquid crystal cell in the direction orthogonal to the scanning direction, and controller for reading the image data from the memory and actuating the laser beam to write the plurality of frames of images in different areas on the liquid crystal cell.

Image writing device

Image formation device includes an optical image memory which is shaped like a flat board and includes an image area formed almost in the center portion for storing an image and a void area surrounding the image area, where no image is written, the image stored being optically recognizable and able to be repetitively read; image writing means for writing the image in the optical image memory by the selectively irradiating the image area in accordance with data on a desired image; exposing means for exposing a photosensitive material by irradiating light through the optical image memory to the photosensitive material from which color coupler in a non-exposed portion is discharged by applying pressure; light control means for controlling a width of light irradiated to an area of the photosensitive material through the void area in the direction of the widthwise extension of the photosensitive material so that the width of light is identical with the width of the photosensitive material; and developing means for pressing and developing the exposed photosensitive material overlaid with an image receiving medium where the image is to be formed.

Image formation device

A laser beam projecting unit, including a plurality of laser beam generators which are selectively energized according to the level of halftone, and a laser beam combiner for combining the laser beams emitted from the laser beam generator. Moreover, a laser writing apparatus is disclosed which comprises the laser beam projecting unit as mentioned above and a recording medium for receiving the laser beam combined in the laser beam combiner.

Halftone laser recording with plural beams

A printer system containing an elastic endless sheet member which extends between roller members in front of a print head. The roller members are disposed so as to form a flat surface of the elastic endless sheet member in front of the print head in order to ensure clean printing. One of the roller members is connected to a paper feed motor so that a paper sheet is fed in front of the print head in the vertical direction in unison with the rotation of the elastic endless sheet member around the roller members.

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