1. An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:
an ejecting device ejecting a droplet of a solution to a target area of a subject to be printed; and
a light irradiating device irradiating light onto the droplet at an acute angle with respect to a line going through the ejecting device and the target area to heat and partially evaporate the droplet before the ejected droplet reaches the target area, so that the droplet is accelerated along the line.
2. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light irradiating device irradiates light onto a surface of a top portion of the droplet opposite to an ejection direction of the droplet so that a gas generated by partially evaporating the droplet is formed in the opposite direction to the ejection direction.
3. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light irradiating device comprises at least two light sources irradiating light in different directions.
4. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the light sources are symmetrically disposed with respect to the droplet on a surface perpendicular to the line so as to prevent a change in the ejection direction toward a direction perpendicular to the ejection direction of the droplet due to partial evaporation of the droplet.
5. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the light sources are separated form each other at an equal angular distance around the droplet on a surface perpendicular to the line.
6. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the light irradiating device comprises an optical member disposed between the light source and the ejecting device guiding light irradiated from the light sources to the droplet ejected from the ejecting device.
7. An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:
a nozzle ejecting a droplet of a solution to a target area separated from the nozzle by a predetermined distance; and
a light irradiating device irradiating light onto the droplet at an acute angle with respect to an ejection direction of the droplet before the droplet ejected from the nozzle reaches the target area to partially evaporate the droplet.
8. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the light is irradiated to a surface of a top portion of the droplet opposite to the ejection direction of the droplet so that a gas generated by partially evaporating the droplet is formed in the opposite direction to the ejection direction of the droplet.
9. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the light irradiating device comprises at least two light sources irradiating light in different directions.
10. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the light sources are separated from each other at an equal angular distance around the droplet on a surface perpendicular to the ejection direction of the droplet.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for a portable apparatus comprising:
detecting a movement of said portable apparatus, and determining that said movement is associated with a user input for retrieving a value of a status of said portable apparatus;
determining a value of said status; and
presenting said value to said user.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said presenting, a plurality of indicators are presented on a display of said portable apparatus, and the appearance of said plurality of indicators indicates said value.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said presenting comprises presentation of moving particles.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein icons are displayed on said display and said presenting comprises presentation of a subset of said particles proximate one of said icons and presented with an appearance representing a status of an application related to said icon.
5. The method according to claim 3, wherein in said presenting, the movement of said particles are affected by the orientation of said portable apparatus.
6. The method according to claim 3, wherein in said presenting, the movement of said particles are affected by a time elapsed since a last detected movement of said portable apparatus and by an intensity of said last detected movement of said portable apparatus.
7. The method according to claim 2, wherein in said presenting, said value is indicated by a characteristic of at least some of said indicators, said characteristic selected from the group consisting of color, size, shape, movement behavior or any combination of these characteristics.
8. The method according to claim 2, wherein in said presenting, the number of indicators are associated with said value.
9. The method according to claim 2, wherein said indicators are indicators selected from the group consisting of snowflakes, shining stardust, pearls, jewels, dust, flies, butterflies or any combination of these indicators.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein
in said detecting a movement, said user input is associated with a user input for retrieving values of a plurality of statuses of said portable apparatus;
in said determining, values are determined for all of said plurality of statuses; and
in said presenting, said values are presented to said user.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein in said presenting, vibration pulses are generated, said vibration pulses indicating said value.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said presenting comprises generating vibration pulses at specific intervals, the duration of said intervals being indicative of said value.
13. The method according to claim 11, wherein said presenting comprises generating vibration pulses with a specific duration, said duration being indicative of said value.
14. The method according to claim 10, wherein in said presenting, audio effects are generated, said audio effects indicating said value.
15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said presenting comprises generating audio effects at specific intervals, the duration of said intervals being indicative of said value.
16. The method according to claim 14, wherein said presenting comprises generating audio effects with a specific duration, said duration being indicative of said value.
17. The method according to claim 14, wherein in said presenting, said audio effect differs for different statuses.
18. The method according to claim 10, wherein in said detecting a movement, other movements of said portable apparatus are associated with other user inputs, and each of these other user inputs are used for retrieving other statuses of said portable apparatus.
19. The method according to claim 10, wherein said status is a status selected from the group consisting of battery level, available memory, reception level for a mobile communication network, reception level for a wireless local area network, number of unread messages and number of missed calls.
20. A portable apparatus comprising:
a controller;
a motion sensor capable of detecting a movement of said apparatus,
wherein said controller is configured to determine if said movement is associated with a user input for retrieving a value of a status of said apparatus; and
said controller is further configured to, when it is determined that said movement is associated with said user input, determine a value of said status and present said value to said user, as a response to said user input.
21. The portable apparatus according to claim 20, wherein
said controller is further configured to present a plurality of indicators on a display of said portable apparatus, and the appearance of said plurality of indicators indicates said value.
22. The portable apparatus according to claim 20, wherein:
said user input is associated with a user input for retrieving values of a plurality of statuses of said portable apparatus;
said controller is configured to determine values for all of said plurality of statuses and present said values said user.
23. The portable apparatus according to claim 20, wherein said portable apparatus is an apparatus selected from the group consisting of a mobile communication terminal, a digital music player a pocket computer and a digital camera.
24. A portable apparatus comprising:
means for detecting a movement of said portable apparatus, and determining that said movement is associated with a user input for retrieving a value of a status of said portable apparatus;
means for determining a value of said status; and
means for presenting said value to said user.
25. A computer program product comprising software instructions that, when executed in a portable apparatus, performs the method according to claim 1.
26. A user interface comprising:
a movement detector, and
an output device,
wherein said user interface is arranged to:
detect a movement of said portable apparatus, and determine that said movement is associated with a user input for retrieving a value of a status of said portable apparatus; and
presenting a value of said status to said user.