05th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140028981 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR - A light combiner having a polarization separation film and transmitting P-polarized light from a first light source unit whereas reflecting S-polarized light from a second light source unit forms combined light, and the angle of incidence of the light from the first light source unit and the angle of incidence of the light from the second light source unit with respect to the polarization separation film are each greater than 45°. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028982 | PROJECTION WITH SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT SOURCES, DEFLECTION MIRROR AND TRANSMITTED-LIGHT REGIONS - In various embodiments, a projection device is provided. The projection device may include a light generator for generating primary light by means of at least one light source; at least one carrier having a plurality of transmitted-light regions, the front sides of which can be irradiated by the primary light and the rear sides of which emit light, which transmitted-light regions have at least one first transmitted-light region which contains luminophore and the front side of which can be illuminated by the primary light and the rear side of which emits wavelength-converted secondary light; and at least one deflection mirror for deflecting the primary light of the light generator onto a respective transmitted-light region; wherein the transmitted-light regions have at least one further, wavelength-invariant transmitted-light region. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028983 | ILLUMINATION LIGHT BEAM FORMING DEVICE, ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An illumination light beam forming device, including a first light source unit projecting a ring shaped light beam group, a second light source unit projecting light beams including a case the light beams being group, a combining unit for combining the light beam group projected from the first light source unit and light beams projected from the second light source unit, in which the combing unit includes a reflecting part formed to reflect one of the light beam groups, a transmitting part disposed able to transmit the other one of the light beam groups, and light beams projected from the second light source unit are disposed at an internal side of the light beam groups projected from the first light source unit when the two light beam groups are viewed from a plane including the reflecting part. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028984 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source apparatus for illuminating an image formation element, includes: a substrate; a driving source that rotates the substrate; a groove formed on a surface of the substrate so as to surround a rotational axis of the substrate; a phosphor layer formed in the groove; a laser light source that emits laser light delivered to the phosphor layer; and an optical system that guides first light emitted from the phosphor layer excited by the laser light, to the image formation element. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028985 | LASER PROJECTOR WITH REDUCED SPECKLE - The present invention provides a light source for a projector system, and method of operating the light source as well as a projector system that provides: | 2014-01-30 |
20140028986 | PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY AND CONTROL THEREOF - A projection display device that includes a set of light source units (e.g., lasers or LEDs) and a control mechanism that monitors performance of each of the units, as well as external factors, e.g., time, ambient temperature, etc. is provided. The control mechanism may dynamically adjust each light source unit, for example, to maximize longevity. In operation, an optical modulator is configured to selectively transmit light produced by a subset of the light source units according to video data included in a video signal provided to the projection-type display device. A projection lens system is configured to project light transmitted by the optical modulator along a projection path. A sensor detects real time readings related to the performance of the set of light source units. In accordance with the readings, a control circuitry dynamically controls the laser set to dynamically vary the luminance of the set of light source units. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028987 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - An immersion lithography system includes a wafer stage, a lens for projecting an image onto a wafer located on the wafer stage, an immersion fluid supply for supplying immersion fluid between the lens and the wafer, and a purge fluid conveying device for conveying about the supplied immersion fluid a purge fluid saturated with a component of the immersion fluid. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028988 | Intracavity Loss Element for Power Amplifier - A regenerative ring resonator in the path of a light beam includes a discharge chamber having electrodes and a gain medium between the electrodes; an optical coupler that is partially reflective so that at least a portion of a light beam impinging on the optical coupler from the discharge chamber is reflected back through the discharge chamber and at least a portion of the light beam impinging on the optical coupler from the discharge chamber is transmitted through the optical coupler; and an attenuation optical system in the path of the light beam within the resonator, the attenuation optical system having a plurality of distinct attenuation states, with each attenuation state defining a distinct attenuation factor applied to the light beam to provide adjustment of an energy of the light beam. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028989 | EUV LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PARTICLES IN AN EUV LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS - An EUV lithography apparatus ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140028990 | POLARIZATION-MODULATING ELEMENT, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND EXPOSURE METHOD - There is disclosed a polarization-modulating element for modulating a polarization state of incident light into a predetermined polarization state, the polarization-modulating element being made of an optical material with optical activity and having a circumferentially varying thickness profile. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028991 | EXPOSURE CONTROL DEVICE - An exposure controller according to the present disclosure is to be arranged on an optical path, and includes first and second light quantity regulators, each of which has a first region that has a property of transmitting a light beam polarized in a particular direction and a second region that does not have the property of transmitting a light beam polarized in the particular direction. The exposure controller regulates the quantity of light by rotating the first and second light quantity regulators. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028992 | DRIVING SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DRIVING SYSTEM DESIGN METHOD - At a carriage that shows a resonance mode in opposite phase to a resonance mode shown by a plate table where an interferometer which measures a position (a first controlled variable) of a plate stage driven according to a control input is installed, another interferometer is installed which measures a position (the second controlled variable) of the plate stage. By using the interferometer and the another interferometer, it becomes possible to design a driving system robust in a high bandwidth that drives the plate stage. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028993 | PROCESS CONTROL USING NON-ZERO ORDER DIFFRACTION - A method of controlling a manufacturing process, the method including the steps of a) providing a testing area with a periodic structure, where the periodic structure includes a series of sets of patterned features, b) illuminating the periodic structure with a light, thereby producing a non-zero order diffraction signal, c) collecting the diffraction signal to produce a test signature, d) matching the test signature with a reference signature, where the reference signature was previously produced by performing steps a), b), and c) with respect to a reference structure that is at least similar to the periodic structure, and e) controlling a manufacturing process using a control setting set associated with the matching reference signature. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028994 | Far-Optical Device With Control Electronics - The present application describes a far-optical device having a basic body, at least one electrical load, and control electronics for controlling the electrical load. The control electronics being integrated in a detachable unit that is capable of being attached to and detached from the basic body of the far-optical device. When detachable unit is detached from the basic body, the control electronics can be programmed by the user via at least one operating element disposed on the detachable unit. This provides the user with the means to modify, restore, or extend the existing functions of the far-optical device. Thus, the far-optical device of the current application provides for a far-optical device with a high-level of user-friendliness. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028995 | INTEGRATED SENSORS - Examples of integrated sensors are disclosed herein. An example of an integrated sensor includes a flexible substrate, and an array of spaced apart sensing members formed on a surface of the flexible substrate. Each of the spaced apart sensing members includes a plurality of polygon assemblies. The polygon assemblies are arranged in a controlled pattern on the surface of the flexible substrate such that each of the plurality of polygon assemblies is a predetermined distance from each other of the plurality of polygon assemblies, and each of the plurality of polygon assemblies including collapsible signal amplifying structures controllably positioned in a predetermined geometric shape. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028996 | ACCURACY AND PRECISION IN RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY - The disclosure is related systems and method for improved accuracy and precision in Raman spectroscopy. In one embodiment, a device may comprise a Raman spectroscopic apparatus configured to determine a property of a sample by directing photons at the sample and measuring a resulting Raman scattering, a positioning apparatus capable of manipulating a position of the sample, and the device being configured to selectively adjust a focus of the Raman spectroscopic apparatus to adjust an intensity of the Raman scattering. Another embodiment may be a method comprising performing a depth focus Raman spectra screening on a sample to determine a depth focus with a maximum-intensity Raman spectra, wherein the depth focus spectra screening comprises performing Raman spectra scans on the sample at a plurality of depth foci, and modifying a process based on a result of the Raman spectra scan at the depth focus with the maximum-intensity Raman spectra. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028997 | AGILE IMAGING SYSTEM - An agile optical imaging system for optical coherence tomography imaging using a tunable source comprising a wavelength tunable VCL laser is disclosed. The tunable source has long coherence length and is capable of high sweep repetition rate, as well as changing the sweep trajectory, sweep speed, sweep repetition rate, sweep linearity, and emission wavelength range on the fly to support multiple modes of OCT imaging. The imaging system also offers new enhanced dynamic range imaging capability for accommodating bright reflections. Multiscale imaging capability allows measurement over orders of magnitude dimensional scales. The imaging system and methods for generating the waveforms to drive the tunable laser in flexible and agile modes of operation are also described. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028998 | Fluid-Borne Particle Detector - There is disclosed improved apparatus and methods for detection of shape, size and intrinsic fluorescence properties of a fluid borne particle wherein the apparatus comprises a laser, two light sources, two detectors, and optionally a third detector. The apparatus is particularly suitable for detection of airborne biological particles. | 2014-01-30 |
20140028999 | WEB THICKNESS MEASURING EQUIPMENT AND METHOD - A web thickness measuring equipment and a method of measuring a web thickness. A web thickness measuring equipment includes: a roller that is rotatable and configured to wind a web; a detection unit that detects a light amount on an outer circumferential surface of the roller or an external surface of the web wound on the roller, and detects a magnetic field of an internal surface of the web opposite to the external surface; and a processor unit configured to obtain a thickness of the web by generating profile data of the outer circumferential surface of the roller, generating displacement amount data of a target external surface of the web, generating displacement amount data of a target internal surface of the web, and comparing the displacement amount data of the target external surface of the web with the displacement amount data of the target internal surface of the web. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029000 | Method for detecting parfocality of zoom-stereo microscope - A method for detecting a parfocality of a zoom-stereo microscope includes: acquiring four highest definitions corresponding to a plurality of images with a cooperation of four definition judging functions, acquiring a relatively clearest position according to the four highest definitions, comparing a definition in the relatively clearest position with a definition in a parfocal position to judge whether the relatively clearest position is the parfocal position, then adjusting a magnification of the zoom-stereo microscope to acquire the parfocal positions at a finite number of the discrete magnifications, and finally fitting a parfocal curve at the continuous magnifications. The method according to the present invention implements a parfocality detection of the stereo microscope automatically and effectively and increases a productivity, and has a high detecting precision. In addition, the method according to the present invention has a good robustness, so that users needn't intervene and adjust frequently. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029001 | GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT TESTER FOR LASER AND TRACKER SYSTEMS - Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for testing the boresight of a gimbaled camera and laser system, such as an infrared countermeasures (IRCM) system, in extreme environments. Light simulating a target is reflected through an optics system to the camera, with a portion of the light reflected back from a corner cube reflector through the optics system as a reference. A laser beam from the laser is received through the same optics system, and a position of the corner cube reflected reference and laser beam are compared in order to determine whether the camera and laser are properly aligned. A spherical shell adapted to position the camera at its geometric center keeps misaligned laser pulses from reflecting back into the camera. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029002 | ADJUSTABLE INTERSURFACE SPACING FOR SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY - A sensor for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensor includes surfaces and an actuator to adjust an intersurface spacing between the surfaces to contain an analyte and allow the analyte to be released from containment. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029003 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE-ILLUMINATION PARALLEL RAMAN MICROSPECTROSCOPY - An active-illumination parallel Raman microspectroscopy scheme for simultaneously collecting Raman spectra from multiple points in a full-spectra range. A combination of multi-point laser illumination with wide-field Raman imaging is employed in order to allow for simultaneous imaging of multiple points not aligned on a single line. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029004 | Multiband Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer And Associated Methods - A multiband spatial heterodyne spectrometer for determining spectra in first and second wavelength bands has a beamsplitter configured to split incident light and to direct the incident light upon a first and a second diffraction grating. The gratings are configured for Littrow reflection of incident light of the first wavelength band at a first order and Littrow reflection of incident light of the second wavelength band at a second order. Light reflected by the first and the second diffraction grating forms diffraction patterns imaged by an electronic camera. A dispersive device separates the imaged interference patterns onto separate groups of pixel sensors corresponding to the wavelength bands. A processing device receives information from the detector and computes spectra therefrom. The second diffraction grating is split spatially or temporally to provide two different responses, so the system can disambiguate spectra. In embodiments, the spectrometer computes hyperspectral images of a target. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029005 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AN OPTICAL CLARITY THROUGH A CAR WINDOW - A method for determining a clarity of a window of a vehicle has a step of evaluating an information item of at least one light beam furnished with a predetermined polarization in order to determine the clarity of the window. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029006 | SURFACE PLASMON SENSOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING REFRACTIVE INDEX - To provide a surface plasmon sensor for measuring a refractive index by which a refractive index can be easily measured with high accuracy without relying on an absorption curve. The surface plasmon sensor includes: a reflection plate which includes a metal layer having a periodic structure and on which a specimen is arranged; a light source which irradiates an incident light to the reflection plate; a light receiving part which receives a reflected light reflected on the reflection plate; and a measurement part which measures a refractive index of the specimen based on phase information on two kinds of waves which are included in reflected light reflected on a periodic structure surface and differ in polarization direction. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029007 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION DEVICE FOR OXYGEN CONCENTRATION IN BAG-SHAPED CONTAINER - A laser emitting section | 2014-01-30 |
20140029008 | FOREIGN SUBSTANCE DETECTION DEVICE, MOVING BODY CONTROL SYSTEM INCLUDING FOREIGN SUBSTANCE DETECTION DEVICE, AND MOVING BODY INCLUDING MOVING BODY CONTROL SYSTEM - A foreign substance detection system includes an optical device having an input surface through which is part of light emitted from a light source enters the optical device and a transparent face, provided in close contact with an inner surface of a glass, to transmit a light reflected from an area where a substance is not present on an outer surface of the glass toward a first light-receiving member; a light-guiding member to guide another part of the light that does not pass through the input surface, the guided light being to be reflected from an area where a substance is present on an inner surface of the glass toward a second light-receiving member; and an foreign substance detection processor to detect an outer substance based on the first light-receiving member and detect the inner substance based on the second light-receiving member. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029009 | INTERFEROMETER, OPTICAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MOUNTING SAME - A frame for optics used in interferometers that may include different materials having substantially similar, identical, or as close as practicable coefficients of thermal expansion from the material(s) used to make the beamsplitter and/or compensator without warping, bending, tilting or distorting the optics. The beamsplitter and/or compensator are mounted onto the frame of the interferometer using a three-point method of mounting, preferably using three pins for each component. Preferably, the pins are made of the same material as the beamsplitter and compensator, and all three components are made of Potassium Bromide (“KBr”) or Calcium Fluoride (“CaF | 2014-01-30 |
20140029010 | INTERFEROMETER, OPTICAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MOUNTING SAME - A frame for optics used in interferometers that may include different materials having substantially similar, identical, or as close as practicable coefficients of thermal expansion from the material(s) used to make the beamsplitter and/or compensator without warping, bending, tilting or distorting the optics. The beamsplitter and/or compensator are mounted onto the frame of the interferometer using a three-point method of mounting, preferably using three pins for each component. Preferably, the pins are made of the same material as the beamsplitter and compensator, and all three components are made of Potassium Bromide (“KBr”) or Calcium Fluoride (“CaF | 2014-01-30 |
20140029011 | OPTICAL SENSOR HAVING A NON-NEGLIGIBLE SOURCE COHERENCE LENGTH - An optical sensor, a method of configuring an optical sensor, and a method of using an optical sensor are provided. The optical sensor includes an optical loop having a length and a laser source optically coupled to the loop. The laser source has a coherence length. Light from the source is transmitted to the loop as a first signal and a second signal counterpropagating along the loop. The optical paths of the first signal and the second signal are substantially reciprocal with one another and the first signal and the second signal are combined together after counterpropagating through the loop to generate a third signal. A ratio of the coherence length to the length of the loop is greater than 1. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029012 | PHASE SHIFT INTERFEROMETER - Provided is a phase shift interferometer which comprises: a light source; an incident light path; a light circulation unit; a connection path; a light splitting/combining unit; a probe light path; a reference light path; a test sample measurement unit; a light terminal; a light-phase shifting unit which is provided in either the probe light path or the reference light path, and subjects light to phase shifting by a phase shift quantity of α | 2014-01-30 |
20140029013 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An optical coherence tomographic imaging apparatus includes a wavelength-sweeping light source. The wavelength-sweeping light source includes an optical resonator in which a light amplifying medium and a dispersive element configured to give angular dispersion to light emitted from the light amplifying medium according to the wavelength are provided, and a wavelength selection element having a rotating mechanism. An arithmetic processing unit converts a selected wavelength obtained in correspondence with a rotation angle of the rotating mechanism into an optical frequency, and obtains a data string of interfering signals at equal optical frequency intervals by interpolation on the basis of data on interfering signals sampled in correspondence with the rotation angle. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029014 | System and Method for Optical Coherence Tomography and Method for Calibrating This Type of System - The invention relates to a system and a corresponding method for optical coherence tomography having at least one interferometer for emitting light with which a specimen is irradiated, a specimen arm comprising a specimen objective by means of which light emitted by the interferometer is focussed in a focus lying within the specimen, a detector for collecting light which is reflected by the specimen, and a control unit for controlling the system such that during the collection alight, which is respectively reflected at different depths of the specimen, the imaging properties of the specimen objective are changed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029015 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFACT SUPPRESSION BY FREQUENCY SHIFTING OR CAVITY LENGTH ADJUSTMENT - Swept source designs that eliminate or significantly reduce artifacts in optical coherence tomography are presented. One embodiment of the present invention is a source design that frequency shifts the coherence revival interference signal to a frequency larger than the A/D detection bandwidth or the post-processing bandwidth. In another embodiment, the introduced frequency shift is large enough to introduce a Doppler shift of the modes of the laser, which causes a blurring of the comb function, and thus eliminates or reduces mode hopping. In another embodiment, adjusting the cavity optical path length prior to data acquisition depending on the given optical layout configuration to reduce or eliminate coherence revival artifacts is described. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029016 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FOLD OPTICS IN TOOLS FOR MEASURING SHAPE AND/OR THICKNESS OF A LARGE AND THIN SUBSTRATE - A semiconductor measuring tool has a folding mirror configuration that directs a light beam to pass the same space multiple times to reduce the size and footprint. Furthermore, the folding mirrors may reflect the light beam at less than forty-five degrees; thereby allowing for smaller folding mirrors as compared to the prior art. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029017 | FLEXIBLE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION THEREOF - A flexible apparatus is provided. The flexible apparatus includes a plurality of motion sensors mounted on different locations of the flexible apparatus, a storage configured to store operation information of the flexible apparatus corresponding to a bending shape, and a controller configured to determine a bending shape of the flexible apparatus based on a sensing value of each of the plurality of motion sensors, and to perform an operation corresponding to the determined bending shape based on the operation information stored in the storage. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029018 | Calibration of laser light section sensors during simultaneous measurement - Method for measuring an extruded profile using a measuring apparatus, wherein the measuring apparatus is designed to produce and measure at least two laser light sections on a surface of the profile, which is being pulled through the measuring apparatus, by means of at least one laser light section sensor from a respective, different position around the profile, wherein the at least two laser light sections are situated essentially in one plane. By positioning at least two references and/or reference markers from the adjacent positions together with the extruded profile in a respective common measurement capture area, said references or reference markers are used for calibration of respective raw image of the at least one laser light section sensor. Thus, the calibrated raw image data are correctly mapped in a common coordinate system from the respective position | 2014-01-30 |
20140029019 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING DEFECTS IN MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION IN TRANSPARENT CONTAINERS - An inspection process for detecting defects of thin type, on transparent containers for a series of inspection points distributed over an inspection region superposed according to a determined height of the container taken according to central axis thereof, and according to the circumference of the container comprising:
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20140029020 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus is disclosed that corrects a gradation of an image to be formed by detecting a gradation pattern. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that transfers a correction toner image corresponding to the gradation pattern on a surface of an intermediate transfer medium and forms a correction image corresponding to the gradation pattern on a surface of a recording medium, a detection unit that detects the correction toner image and the correction image, and an image processing unit that corrects the gradation based on the detected correction toner image and the detected correction image. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029021 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - While a cost is suppressed by providing no sensor configured to detect a size of a document, and a user's operation load for adjusting the position of the document is reduced, printing positions of an image on the surface of the document and an image on the back thereof are placed on the same location. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029022 | PHOTO STATION - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a photo station and background graphic. A station includes a printer, a processor, a memory, and a user interface. The processor and computer memory store code including a receiver module and an editing module. The receiver module is configured to receive digital media. The editing module is configured to size and shape the digital media to fit in a selected zone on a background graphic. The background graphic has a selected zone sized and shaped to fit the media such that the user can attach the media to the selected zone. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029023 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a recording unit, a conveyance unit, a protection member, and at least one rotor pair. The recording unit forms an image on a print medium having an adhesive face. The conveyance unit conveys the print medium. The protection member presses against the adhesive face of the print medium to protect the adhesive face. Each of the at least one rotor pair includes rotors to sandwich and press the print medium and the protection member therebetween. The conveyance unit is configured to rotate the at least one rotor pair to convey the print medium and the protection member together to an image forming position at which the recording unit is configured to form the image on the print medium. The protection member is configured to separate from the adhesive face before discharge of the print medium to an outside of the image forming apparatus. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029024 | COLOR IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION - Color image data is compressed by determining the number of colors within a cell of an input image, each cell comprising an N×M array of pixels; in response to determining that the number of colors is greater than a first predetermined threshold, compress the cell using lossy compression; and in response to determining that the number of colors is less than the first predetermined threshold, reduce the number of colors. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029025 | PRINT JOB PREVIEW - A method for providing a print job preview is disclosed. A print job is received and a raster image of the print job and a preview image representing the print job are generated. An output to a remote printer is generated, the output including the raster image of the print job and the preview image representing the print job. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029026 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT PRINTS IMAGE DATA INCLUDING COLOR CODE SYMBOL - An image forming apparatus capable of printing image data including a color code symbol without damaging information held in the code symbol even in an environment where only monochrome printing is possible due to print settings or the capability of an apparatus. A code symbol is extracted from input image data, and code symbol information is acquired from the extracted code symbol. It is determined whether or not an image to be output by performing image processing on the input image data is a monochrome image. When it is determined that the image to be output is a monochrome image, a monochrome code symbol is generated based on the acquired code symbol information. The generated monochrome code symbol and the image to be output are synthesized, and the synthesized image is output. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029027 | Color Adjustment Apparatus, Color Adjustment Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Storing a Color Adjustment Program - A color adjustment apparatus includes an acquisition unit acquiring the color value for specified paper of a desired image forming apparatus and a color value for unspecified paper, a generation unit generating a relational expression associating the color value for the specified paper with the color value for the unspecified paper, a registration unit obtaining and registering an association between the property information of a reference color for the unspecified paper and the relational expression, a calculation unit calculating the predicted color value for the specified paper of another image forming apparatus based on a relational expression associated with the property information of the reference color of arbitrary paper and the color value for the same paper of the other image forming apparatus, and a setting unit setting the predicted color value as a color value to be reproduced by the desired image forming apparatus. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029028 | AUTOMATED USER PREFERENCES FOR A DOCUMENT PROCESSING UNIT - According to some embodiments, a document processing unit may receive information associated with a document to be processed. The document processing unit might comprise, for example, a printer, scanner, copier, facsimile machine, or multi-function device. The document processing unit may then determine a user identifier indicating a user associated with the document to be processed. At least one user preference value associated with the user may then be automatically retrieved, and the document may be processed in accordance with the user preference value. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029029 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a graphics library performs transparency calculation even if transparency processing is unnecessary, or when the graphics library does not issue an effective rendering instruction to a GPU, no satisfactory rendering performance can be obtained even in a virtual machine which runs in combination with the graphics library. To solve this, the virtual machine uses the graphics library to or not to perform transparency processing in accordance with a content to be rendered. The virtual machine uses the graphics library to issue an effective rendering instruction to the GPU. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029030 | Graphic Alignment For Printing to An Article Using A First Display Device And A Second Display Device - A flexible manufacturing system for an article of footwear includes a printing system for printing graphics onto the footwear. The flexible manufacturing system includes a first display device that is transparent and which may be used to superimpose graphics over an article to align the article with the printing system. An optical device and a second display device provide a fixed viewing angle for a user aligning the article under the first display device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029031 | PRINT POLICY COMMANDS - Embodiments of converting or translating electronic data from a first format to a second format with an applied electronic data security policy in mechanisms are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029032 | MOBILE SCAN SETUP & CONTEXT CAPTURE PRIOR TO SCANNING - Example embodiments described herein are directed to utilizing image matching technology to allow people to use their mobile device to setup scan workflows (or “Scan Flows”) in advance of a future scanning operation. Using an application on a mobile device, the user takes a photo of the first page of a document that he/she will scan at some later time and associates the image of the document with a simple workflow (e.g., where to store the document once the document has been scanned). Additional workflow actions may include automatic document sharing and notification, automatic document segmentation, and automatic document cropping. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029033 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A data processing apparatus includes an assignment database. The assignment database includes a user-information registration unit configured to collect pieces of user information about users authorized to operate a plurality of information processing apparatuses, and register each piece of user information and an identifier assigned to the corresponding user in association with each other; an output destination association table in which each piece of user information is associated with a printing apparatus that is to be an output destination; and an output-destination determining unit configured to determine the output destination of the output data by referring to the user-information registration unit and the output destination association table. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029034 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device, comprises: a display part on which a variety of information is displayed; an image processing part for performing a plurality of image processing sequentially to process an input image data; a thumbnail image generating part for generating a thumbnail image one after the other based on the input image data or the processed image data generated sequentially in response to each image processing performed by the image processing part; an image outputting part for outputting an image based on the image data which is processed through the entire plurality of image processing; a display controlling part for displaying a processing path of the plurality of image processing performed sequentially by the image processing part from the image data is input until the image is output on the display part, and for displaying the thumbnail image along the processing path. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029035 | PRINTING SETTING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A printing setting apparatus for generating printing setting information described in one data format included in plural types of data formats and submitting a printing job to an image forming apparatus capable of executing a printing job based on printing setting information described in said plural types of data formats, comprising: an operation acceptor for accepting a user's operation for input; a generator for making printing setting based on control information received by said operation acceptor and generating printing setting information described in said one data format based on said printing setting; a converter for converting said printing setting information described in said one data format into printing setting information described in another data format included in said plural types of data formats; and an output part for outputting said printing setting information which is generated by said converter and described in said another data format. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029036 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - One aspect of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire the print request from the client; a selection unit configured to select the first printing apparatus when the accumulated power consumption is not more than a first threshold, and selects the second printing apparatus when the accumulated power consumption is higher than the first threshold; and an accumulation unit configured to add a power to be consumed by the printing apparatus selected by the selection unit to process the print request to the accumulated power consumption stored in the storage unit. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029037 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus includes a living body detection unit configured to detect approaching of a living body based on a detection output depending on a distance to the living body, an operation unit configured to receive an operation command from a user, a history recording unit configured to record a history of a detection output of the living body detection unit and a history of an operation performed on the operation unit, and a determination unit configured to determine a threshold value of the detection output, the threshold value being used by the living body detection unit as a determination reference value in determining whether a living body is detected, the determination of the threshold value being made based on the history recorded in the history recording unit as to the detection output of the living body detection unit and as to the operation performed on the operation unit. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029038 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING A SUPPLIES FULFILLMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR NON-MANAGED DEVICES - A system and method are provided to implement an automated scheme by which a vendor can advantageously employ remotely-monitored information on a status of non-managed office devices, gathered as part of the vendor's customer support effort regarding the office devices that the vendor manages for a customer organization under a managed service agreement or the like, to the benefit of the customer organization and the vendor. The vendor remotely monitors a status of non-managed office devices, including a status of consumables in the non-managed devices, at a customer organization's site, and upon being made aware of a change in status on one of the non-managed devices, including pending exhaustion of one or more consumables on a non-managed device, immediately offers assistance in correcting a problem with the non-managed device to include replenishment service of the nearly-exhausted consumable in the non-managed device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029039 | OFFICE MACHINE SECURITY POLICY - An example system can comprise a memory to store machine readable instructions. The system can also comprise a processing unit to execute the machine readable instructions. The machine readable instructions can comprise a service layer to generate an office machine security policy for a heterogeneous fleet of office machines. The heterogeneous fleet of office machines can comprise two different office machines. The service layer can also generate a security configuration for each office machine of the office machine fleet. The security configuration for a given office machine of the heterogeneous fleet of office machines can comprise a security setting for the given office machine. The machine readable instructions can comprise can also comprise a device layer to translate the security configuration of the given office machine into security instructions that are executable by the given office machine. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029040 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An information processing apparatus includes a hard disk unit, a control unit configured to output an instruction to retract a head of the hard disk unit, a monitoring unit configured to monitor a state of the control unit and output, in a case where the monitoring unit determines that the control unit cannot issue the instruction, an instruction to retract the head of the hard disk unit, and a hard disk controller configured to receive the instruction from the control unit or the monitoring unit and to issue a command for retracting the head of the hard disk unit to the hard disk unit. The hard disk unit retracts the head of the hard disk unit in a case where the hard disk unit receives the command. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029041 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive an user's input, a display configured to display a status of the image processing apparatus, and a controller configured to limit an operation of the input unit. The controller is configured, if the image processing apparatus is not in progress of any image processing when a certain condition is satisfied, to display information of the limitation of the operation of the input unit at the display. The controller is configured, if the image processing apparatus is in process of an image processing when the certain condition is satisfied, to display a status of the image process at the display, and then to display the information of the limitation at the display after the image process is completed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029042 | Printing System Including an Image Forming Apparatus and a Management Server that Manages a Print Allowance of a User, and Printing Method Performed by the Printing System - A printing system includes a management server and an image forming apparatus connected to each other via a network. The management server executes an authentication of a logged-in user of the image forming apparatus, manages a remaining quota and a temporary allowance, reserves the temporary allowance of the logged-in user, and provides a notification to the image forming apparatus of the reserved temporary allowance. The image forming apparatus provides a notification to the management server of a requested sheet count, executes printing within a range of the temporary allowance notified of by the management server, and provides a notification to the management server of a printed sheet count. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029043 | Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus includes an input/output unit which performs an input operation and/or an output operation, a supply unit which supplies power from a primary power source to the input/output unit, a storage unit which stores therein a state of power supply to the input/output unit before the power supply from the primary power source is interrupted, and a controller which, when the power supply is started from a state where the power supply from the primary power source is interrupted, determines whether to supply power to the input/output unit based on the state of power supply stored in the storage unit, and when determined to supply power to the input/output unit, controls the supply unit to supply or not to supply power to the input/output unit based on the determination. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029044 | Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit, a switch which receives an input of a power supply-off command, a first controller which supplies power to at least the image processing unit, and a second controller. The first controller detects an input to the switch, and when an input to the switch is detected at a state where the apparatus is supplied with power, performs power supply-off processing of switching the apparatus to a state where the apparatus is not supplied with power. The second controller detects whether the first controller is at an abnormal state, and when it is detected the first controller is at the abnormal state, performs vicarious processing of performing at least a part of the power supply-off processing of the first controller. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029045 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE CAPABLE OF READING A USER-IDENTIFYING IMAGE - An image processing device is provided. The image processing device includes a scanner to scan an image formed on a sheet, a first image obtainer to read and obtain a first image being a processible image formed in a first area, the first area being allocated on the sheet, a second image obtainer to read and obtain a second image formed in a second area, the second area being allocated on the sheet separately from the first area, a judging unit to judge as to whether the second image obtained by the second image obtainer is qualifies a predetermined authentication criteria and is identical to a predetermined identifying image, and a function controller to activate a predetermined function of the image processing device, which processes the processible image obtained by the first image obtainer, when the judging unit judges that the second image is identical to the predetermined identifying image. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029046 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CHECKING COMPLETENESS AND CORRECTNESS OF APPLICATION FORMS - The present disclosure discloses a system for automatically checking completeness and correctness of application forms and that system includes a device, and a user interface. The device is configured to receive a filled out application form for scanning, and identify a type of application form corresponding to the scanned form; the application form includes various fields. The device is configured to retrieve a configuration file corresponding to the form type, the configuration file including threshold values and rules. The device then extracts filled out content and finally utilizes the configuration file to determine at least one of the completeness and correctness of the forms. Further, the user interface is configured to display one or more messages to a customer, based on the threshold values and rules. Finally, the user interface is configured to allow the customer to perform one or more actions based on the one or more messages. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029047 | CLOUD PROCESSING FOR PRINT JOBS - A system includes an estimator to analyze an input file that describes a print job, to analyze local feedback data that describes local capacity to process the print job by a local print preprocessor, and to analyze remote feedback data that describes remote capacity to process the print job by a cloud-based print preprocessor, wherein the estimator determines a time estimate for the local print preprocessor or the cloud-based print preprocessor to process the print job based on the analyzed input file, the analyzed local feedback data, or the analyzed remote feedback data. A scheduler receives the time estimate from the estimator to determine whether to route the print job to the local print preprocessor or the cloud-based print preprocessor to process the print job. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029048 | DESTINATION-TO-SAVE-DATA SPECIFYING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM WITH DESTINATION-TO-SAVE-DATA SPECIFYING PROGRAM STORED THEREON, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A destination-to-save-data specifying system includes a computer and an image forming apparatus. In the computer, when a user interface section accepts an operator's destination-to-save-data specifying command for a folder on the computer, an accompanying information management section acquires accompanying information, including a path name, from the folder and allows a communication section to transmit the acquired accompanying information to the image forming apparatus. In the image forming apparatus, a destination-to-save-data specifying section uses the accompanying information received by the accompanying information receiving section to specify the folder identified by the accompanying information as a destination to save data output from the image forming apparatus. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029049 | COOPERATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, COOPERATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A cooperative system comprises an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal; the image processing apparatus comprises: a display; an obtaining portion obtaining screen data from the portable terminal; a display controller displaying a first and second screen on the display; and a transmitter transmitting screen data and operation information to the portable terminal; the portable terminal comprises: a display; an obtaining portion obtaining screen data from the image processing apparatus; a display controller displaying the first and second screen on the display; a transmitter transmitting screen data and operation information to the image processing apparatus; a memory storing a cooperation table; an identification portion that, when user operates the first screen on the display of the portable terminal or image processor, identifies a potential next operation as corresponding to the user's operation; and a notification transmitter transmitting a notification of the potential next operation to the image processing apparatus. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029050 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus a chassis, a sheet supporting unit disposed on the chassis configured to receive a sheet of a document placed thereon, a reading unit movably disposed on the chassis and configured to read an image on the sheet placed on the sheet supporting unit while moving in a predetermined direction, a reference member provided at a side portion of the sheet supporting unit, the sheet being placed on the sheet supporting unit such that one end of the sheet contacts the reference member, and an electrostatic capacitive touch key unit disposed on a side portion of the chassis is provided. Additionally, the reference member and the electrostatic capacitive touch key unit are arranged at opposite side portions, in the predetermined direction, of the chassis. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029051 | DEVICE CONTROLLING APPARATUS, DEVICE APPARATUS, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An information terminal has a Web browser that has a function to browse information. The Web browser includes a device search module for searching a printer connected to a network, a program acquiring module for acquiring a service script from the printer to control operations of the printer that was searched, and a program executing module for controlling operations of the printer by executing the service script that was acquired. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029052 | Method and System for Providing Access to Image System Services - A method and system according to the disclosure facilitates subscription based access to services for image systems including an image acquisition device configured to generate image data describing a target object in a target area of the image acquisition device and an image display device configured to generate a human perceptible rendering of the target object based on the image data. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029053 | DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A data transmission device includes: a communication portion that performs a transmission job which transmits data; an input portion that receives, at the time of performance of the transmission job, an input of a symbol sequence obtained by adding command information to a transmission destination address; and a processing portion that identifies a portion indicating the transmission destination address of and a portion indicating the command information of the symbol sequence input at the time of performance of the transmission job, that changes a setting value on the transmission job according to the command information and that makes the communication portion transmit data to a transmission destination corresponding to the transmission destination address. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029054 | MACHINE-STATE-BASED DISPLAY OF DOCUMENTATION - A method displays documentation about a machine on a preferably portable display device. The method is distinguished by the fact that the display device communicates with the machine via a data link. The portable display device communicates with the machine via a data link and the documentation contains partial items of documentation. The states of the machine are registered by a computer of the machine, and that the parts of the documentation matching the registered machine states are selected automatically and displayed on the display device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029055 | SHEET PROFILE MANAGEMENT METHOD, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SHEET PROFILE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - An image forming system is configured with: an image forming section configured to form, on a sheet, an image based on graphic data; a storing section configured to store sheet profiles which are information about sheets to be used by the image forming section to form images; and a control section configured to manage the sheet profile stored in the storing section and to control the image forming section to form an image, wherein when storing produced sheet profiles in the storing section, the control section associates a plurality of sheet profiles, to be used to perform a predetermined image formation, with each other, and puts the associated sheet profiles in a state where limitation of edit is enforced. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029056 | Method and Apparatus for Labeling Goods - A computer-implemented method includes receiving a container image including container content characteristic information. The illustrative method further includes analyzing the container content characteristic information and determining the identity of the container contents based on the container characteristic information. Also, the method includes transmitting container content identity information for printing a bar code relating to the container content identity information. The method additionally includes generating a bar code based on the container content identity information. The illustrative method also includes printing a label including the bar code relating to at least the container content identity information. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029057 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A printing apparatus that is capable of easily designating recording sheets to which page numbers will be given. A printing unit prints an image on a recording sheet. A setting unit sets information about whether to give a page number to a recording sheet for each block that includes one or more recording sheets among recording sheets on which images are printed by the printing unit. A control unit controls the printing unit so as to print a page number on a recording sheet based on the information set by the setting unit. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029058 | MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS - A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-executable instructions. When the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions cause an information processing apparatus, to perform: a first receiving process for receiving a setting of a first allocation number; a size determining process for determining a size of an allocation area which is to be allocated to one image on the sheet; a judging process for judging whether it is possible to arrange the allocation areas of the size determined in the size determining process, according to a second allocation number which is greater than the first allocation number; and a guiding process for guiding that it is possible to allocate the image according to the second allocation number while maintaining the size of the allocation area determined in the size determining process for each of the images. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029059 | Printing System, a Printing Method, and a Computer Program for Performing Color Conversion on a Print Object - A printing system includes a host computer with an application and an image forming apparatus. The host computer includes a color space setting unit and print data creating unit. The color space setting unit sets a color space that can create grayscale images. The print data creating unit performs color conversion on a print object created by the application to create print data, the color conversion being appropriate for the color space. The image forming apparatus includes a grayscale image creating unit and printing unit. The grayscale image creating unit performs color conversion on the print object, which is included in the print data, to create a grayscale image, the color conversion being appropriate for the color space of the print object. The printing unit performs printing according to the grayscale image. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029060 | COLOR CONVERSION DEVICE, COLOR CONVERSION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND COLOR SEPARATION DEVICE - Granularity level adjustment areas, in each of which a granularity level of an image is adjusted, are extracted. Each of target values for the granularity levels in the extracted granularity level adjustment areas is set. The granularity level is calculated, and the device color signals in the granularity level adjustment areas are converted, such that the calculated granularity level is closer to the target value than before the device color signals are converted, and such that the new device color signals fall within an isochromatic range in a device-independent color space. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029061 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The problem of the present invention is to be capable of executing color shift correction processing also in consideration of a mechanical inclination component in an image forming device. For solving the problem, the image forming device according to the present invention comprises information processing unit, first measurement requesting unit, holding unit of curve information, notifying unit of curve information, receiving unit of a measurement pattern image, measurement processing unit, determining unit of a result of the measurement processing, and second measurement requesting unit. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029062 | INFORMATION INPUT/OUTPUT METHOD USING DOT PATTERN - A dot pattern including a block defined as a rectangular area of a square or a rectangle of a medium face, such as printed matter. A straight line in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction configuring a frame of the block each are defined as a standard grid line. Virtual reference grid points are provided at predetermined intervals on the reference grid line. Reference grid point dots are placed on respective virtual reference grid points. Straight lines that connect the virtual reference grid points to each other and are parallel to the reference grid lines are defined as grid lines. A point of intersection of grid lines is defined as a virtual grid point. A dot pattern is generated by arranging one or a plurality of information dots, each of which has a distance and a direction around the virtual grid point. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029063 | Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus, comprising a main body and a movable unit configured to be swingable about a first axis located on a rear side and to move between a first placement position and a first separated position, wherein the main body comprises: side frames; an image processing unit; and a body cover comprising side covers and an upper opening, and wherein: each of the side frames has a flat surface part having a height in a first state on a front side; and each of the side covers has a first part having a height in the first state on the front side, a second part in a second state higher than the first state on a rear side near the first axis, and a third part formed to connect the first part with the second part while changing the height thereof. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029064 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An output image having high visibility for a user is obtained. An effective image region for an image is designated. Whether a direction of the image is visually an upper or lower direction is detected. A header of a source document region in the image is detected. When the direction of the image is the upper direction, the effective image region is output as an output image with reference to the header of the source document region. When the direction of the image is the lower direction, the image is rotated, and the effective image region is output as an output image with reference to the header of the source document region. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029065 | IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an image scanning device includes: a light source unit that emits light onto an original to be scanned; a photoelectric conversion unit that converts light from the original to an electric signal; a converting unit that converts the electric signal from the photoelectric conversion unit into digital image data; and a black correcting unit that performs black correction by correcting pixel-by-pixel black levels of pixels contained in pre-scanning digital image data obtained before the original is scanned based on a ratio of a dark-current black level of a pixel contained in ongoing-scanning digital image data obtained during scanning of the original to a dark-current black level of the pixel contained in the pre-scanning digital image data, and subtracting the corrected pixel-by-pixel black levels from the ongoing-scanning digital image data. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029066 | IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE - An image scanning device includes a bottom wall, a surrounding wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, a frame connected to the surrounding wall and having a first side plate, and a transparent panel fixed to the frame and having a lateral side supported by an upper part of the first side plate. A contact image sensor module is disposed on the bottom wall transverse to the first side plate, and includes a housing having a first short side wall spaced apart from the first side plate by a first distance less than or equal to 2 mm, and a plurality of sensors, one of which that is closest to the first short side wall is spaced apart from an outer surface of the first short side wall by a second distance less than or equal to 2.5 mm. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029067 | PORTABLE DOCUMENT SCANNER HAVING USER INTERFACE AND INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION MEANS - A portable document scanner (PDS) is provided that need not be in communication with a local computer. The PDS includes an image scanner for scanning an input document to generate a scan image, a processor, a wireless communications port that enables wireless communications with remote computing services, and a memory that stores instructions for execution by the processor to locally process the scan image. Such processing includes, for example, extracting identity, position, and/or orientation of one or more optical semaphores from the scan image, where the extracted semaphores include (1) optical characters including letters, numerals, and/or punctuation, (2) informational indicia including bar codes, data graphs, pictures, and/or icons, and (3) document formatting indicators including lines, bars, arrows, and/or grids. The extracted semaphore data is communicated to a remote computing service via the wireless communications port. The processing operations may be managed by the user through an integrated display interface. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029068 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a light source unit, an image sensor, an attenuator, an analog processor and an A/D converter. The attenuator generates a second analog signal by voltage-dividing a first analog signal by two resistors. The analog processor generates a third analog signal by amplifying the second analog signal with a predetermined gain. The A/D converter converts the third analog signal into a digital signal. A voltage-dividing ratio of the attenuator is not higher than a ratio of a maximum value of the amplitude of a signal inputtable to the analog processor to a maximum value of the amplitude of a signal having a possibility of being output from the image sensor. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029069 | STATIONARY SCANNER APPARATUS WITH IMAGE SCANNER - A stationary scanner apparatus | 2014-01-30 |
20140029070 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus comprises a feeding mechanism conveying a document, a moving mechanism moving a reading unit, a driving source shared by the mechanisms, a biasing mechanism moving the reading unit to a predetermined position by an elastic member when the reading unit is moved out of a reading region, a transmission element being displaced by the movement of the reading unit and switching transmission of the drive force, and a disengaging mechanism disengaging the reading unit in the predetermined position to the reading region from the predetermined position by the drive force of the driving source. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029071 | LARGE-FORMAT SCANNING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a large-format scanning system ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140029072 | SENSOR IC, CONTACT IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A sensor IC of the present invention is provided with plurality of light receiving portions arranged in a row along a primary scanning direction and including a first light receiving portion for receiving light of a first wavelength, a second light receiving portion for receiving light of a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, and a third light receiving portion for receiving light of a third wavelength different from the first wavelength and the second wavelength. The sensor IC further includes a control circuit that outputs a first electric signal corresponding to light of the first wavelength received by the first light receiving portion, a second electric signal corresponding to light of the second wavelength received by the second light receiving portion, and a third electric signal corresponding to light of the third wavelength received by the third light receiving portion. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029073 | REPAIR OR EDITING OF DAMAGED (TORN) SCANNED HALFTONE PRINTS - When restoring a scanned halftone image of a damaged document, parameters of the halftone structure (geometry) are estimated, as is an intended contone gray level for damaged portions of the image. Locations of halftone cell tiles in the scanned image are determined based on the halftone structure, and a halftone profile model is generated using the estimated halftone parameters and contone information. Image segments are aligned using global features for coarse alignment and halftone structure for fine alignment, such as in cases where the scanned halftone image contains unconnected fragments. Missing parts of the damaged document image are filled in using the halftone profile model and estimated contone values. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029074 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN IMAGE READING DEVICE - An image reading device has a light source section that includes light sources of a plurality of colors and that emits light in one color during a period for reading one line and switches the color of the light source lit cyclically from one line to the next, an image sensor that reads one color per line, a data generation section that generates image data of the light source color which is the color of the light source lit during reading, a memory that stores a plurality of lines' worth of the image data, and a remaining color component generation section that determines the pixel value of a color component other than the light source color based on the pixel values of pixels around a pixel of interest. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029075 | DEFLECTION MIRROR ARRANGEMENT FOR AN OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - The invention relates to a deflection mirror arrangement ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140029076 | OPTICAL MODULE AND SCANNING TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical module including a case to hold the optical module, and two sloped surfaces symmetrically formed to enclose a first surface including the optical axis of the optical component in an optical component holder retaining a portion of the optical component, a sloped surface is formed in the case at one position each so as to be formed opposite to the sloped surfaces at two positions of the optical component or optical component holder, and the one sloped surface of the optical component or optical component holder and the one sloped surface of the case at opposite side are symmetrical to the second surface parallel to the first surface and including the side intersecting the surface extending from the sloped surface of the case and the sloped surface of optical component or optical component holder, and the section between these sloped surfaces contains adhesive. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029077 | DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH MEMS LIGHT VALVE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF - A display device provided with an MEMS light valve, comprising: a substrate, a fixed optical grating located on the substrate, an MEMS light valve for controlling the opening and closing of the fixed optical grating, the MEMS light valve comprises a first light valve and a second light valve; the opening and closing of the fixed optical grating is controlled via controlling the movement of the first light valve and the second light valve, and the moving directions of the first light valve and the second light valve are opposite. Also disclosed is a method for forming a display device provided with an MEMS light valve. Thus the sensitivity of the MEMS light valve is improved. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029078 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE ARRAYS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for protecting electromechanical systems (EMS) devices from mechanical interference. In one aspect, an array of EMS devices may include one or more regions in which an EMS device is replaced with a spacer structure, such that the overall height of the spacer structure is greater than the height of the surrounding EMS devices. In another aspect, resilient spacer structures can be formed overlying stable portions of an EMS device array. These resilient spacer structures may be formed from a cross-linked organic material. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029079 | Photocromic Composition - Provided is a photochromic composition which can function as an adhesive layer for bonding optical sheets made from a polycarbonate resin or the like and a laminated article using said composition exhibits excellent tight adhesion, heat resistance and photochromic properties. In particular, provided is a photochromic composition which can prevent an elution of the composition from the optical sheets when embedding and polymerizing in a polymerizable monomer. The photochromic composition comprises a polyurethane resin (A) having an isocyanurate structure and a photochromic compound (B). | 2014-01-30 |
20140029080 | Electrowetting Display Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same - An electrowetting display device includes a first base substrate, a second base substrate facing the first base substrate, an electrowetting layer that includes a first fluid and an electrically conducting second fluid that are immiscible with each other, black partition walls disposed on the first base substrate to partition a display area into pixel areas, and an electronic device that applies a voltage to the electrowetting layer to control the electrowetting layer. The partition walls restrict a flow of at least one of the first fluid or the second fluid. | 2014-01-30 |