13th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140085607 | IMAGE DETECTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DETECTING METHOD - An image detecting apparatus for detecting a first eyeball is provided. The image detecting apparatus includes an illumination light source, an imaging lens, an image sensing device, a display and a viewfinder. The illumination light source emits an illumination beam, and the illumination beam irradiates the first eyeball. The first eyeball reflects the illumination beam into an image beam. The imaging lens is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam. The image sensing device is disposed on the transmission path of the image beam, wherein the imaging lens is disposed between the first eyeball and the image sensing device. The display shows the image formed by the image beam. The viewfinder is disposed in front of the display such that a second eyeball observes the display via the viewfinder. An image detecting method is also provided. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085608 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME MONITORING AND DYNAMIC TREATMENT OF OCULOMOTOR CONDITIONS - Systems and methods are provided for monitoring eye movements of a user, and diagnosing and treating eye conditions substantially in real-time. A visual display device is provided with optical display fields corresponding to eyes of the user, and a controller linked to the device is programmed to measure eye positions with respect to the display device and determine optical deviations in any eye with respect to a central visual axis of the other (dominant) eye. In response to deviations exceeding a first value, an occlusion spot is generated in the display field for the dominant eye of a size corresponding to the degree of optical deviation. The location of the occlusion is continuously adjusted in accordance with real-time movements of the dominant eye based on the received signals from the device. When the optical deviation falls below a second value, occlusion of the dominant eye is disabled. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085609 | POLARIZATION PRESERVING DLP OPTICAL ARCHITECTURE - A DLP optical structure and corresponding method of controlling it are described including an optical integrator system having an optical integrator, a relay lens system, a TIR prism assembly, a digital imager, and a projection lens, said optical structure being adapted to accept a polarized light beam, said DLP optical structure comprising: at least one retarder positioned after said optical integrator for controlling the polarization state throughout said DLP optical structure, and achieving the desired polarization state after said projection lens; wherein said desired polarization state is substantially linear or circular. A DLP optical structure is also described including an optical integrator, a relay lens system, a TIR prism assembly, a digital imager and a projection lens, wherein the integrator is a fly-eye integrator for maintaining an input polarization of a light beam, and wherein said input polarization is linear or circular. DLP optical structures for use with a digital imager and a projection lens are also described, substantially as above but not including the features of the digital imager and projection lens. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085610 | Virtual Segmentation of Interactive Scanning Laser Projector Display - Regions are defined in projected content to create a virtually segmented display. When reflections are received from objects within a defined region, the reflections are recognized and passed to a user interface circuit. When reflections are received from objects outside a defined region, the reflections are gated and not recognized. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085611 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR APPARATUS - There is provided a light source apparatus including a light source, a spreader to spread heat, and a conductor having a plurality of parts to conduct heat diffused from the light source. There is also provided a projector apparatus includes the light source apparatus. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085612 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - An illumination system adapted to be used in a projection apparatus is provided. The illumination system includes a solid-state light source group, a cooling module, and an ion fan. The cooling module is thermally coupled to the solid-state light source group. The cooling module is located on a path of a forced convection air generated by the ion fan. Moreover, the invention further discloses a projection apparatus including the aforementioned illumination system, and the projection apparatus avails prolonging a life time of the illumination system, and the ion fan does not have a magnetic shearing sound of a motor and a wind shearing sound of fan blades to avail reducing an operation noise of the illumination system. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085613 | UNDERWATER IMAGE PROJECTION CONTROLLER WITH BOUNDARY SETTING AND IMAGE CORRECTION MODULES AND INTERFACE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - An underwater projection system, a controller and method of controlling are herein described. The controller providing, at least in part, a boundary setting module or methodology and/or an image correction module or methodology through a user interface for the underwater projection system. A user interface is provided to enable user control and input and adjustment of the image controller from an observation point outside of the media of the underwater projection system, while the adjustments are made in-situ. An optional automated edge or edge and surface detection system is also contemplated to assist in boundary detection within the water feature for the underwater image projection system. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085614 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A projector includes a discharge lamp, a discharge lamp lighting device adapted to supply the discharge lamp with a drive current for driving the discharge lamp, a timer section adapted to count lighting time of the discharge lamp, and a control section adapted to control the discharge lamp lighting device to select and then perform either of a plurality of operation modes different in drive current to be output to the discharge lamp from each other, and the control section selects the operation mode based on the lighting time counted by the timer section. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085615 | PROJECTION DEVICE - A projection device includes a first and a second tilting mirror matrix, each including a plurality of tilting mirrors. A cover glass covers the tilting mirrors. An imaging lens system includes a relay lens system which images the tilting mirrors of the first tilting mirror matrix onto the tilting mirrors of the second tilting mirror matrix. Thus light reflected by the tilting mirrors of the first tilting mirror matrix onto tilting mirrors of the second tilting mirror matrix, and a projection lens system, which projects light reflected by tilting mirrors of the second tilting mirror matrix, in order to produce an image, is provided. The imaging lens system further includes a correction element which corrects at least one image error caused by the light obliquely passing through the cover glasses. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085616 | UNIFORMITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR A DIODE-LASER LINE-PROJECTOR - In a line projector a diode-laser beam having an elliptical cross-section is projected onto a Powell lens which spreads the beam to form a line of light. Distribution of power along the line of light is adjusted by rotating the diode-laser beam with respect to the Powell lens. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085617 | DRIVING DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND DRIVING METHOD - A driving device includes: a driving state detection unit which detects a driving state of a driving unit which drives a driving target; and a control unit which performs a first control for driving the driving unit for an amount based on the driving state of the driving unit detected by the driving state detection unit and a second control for driving the driving unit for a predetermined amount. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085618 | PARTICLE CONTROL NEAR RETICLE AND OPTICS USING SHOWERHEAD - A method and an apparatus to protect a reticle against particles and chemicals in an actinic EUV reticle inspection tool are presented. The method and apparatus utilizes a pair of porous metal diffusers in the form of showerheads to provide a continual flow of clean gas. The main showerhead bathes the reticle surface to be inspected in smoothly flowing, low pressure gas, isolating it from particles coming from surrounding volumes. The secondary showerhead faces away from the reticle and toward the EUV illumination and projection optics, supplying them with purge gas while at the same time creating a buffer zone that is kept free of any particle contamination originating from those optics. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085619 | Lithographic Apparatus, Spectral Purity Filter and Device Manufacturing Method - A lithographic apparatus for patterning a beam of radiation and projecting it onto a substrate, comprising at least two spectral purity filters configured to reduce the intensity of radiation in the beam of radiation in at least one undesirable range of radiation wavelength, wherein the two spectral purity filters are provided with different radiation filtering structures from each other. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085620 | 3D PRINTER WITH SELF-LEVELING PLATFORM - 3D printing systems and methods avoid build-compromising misalignments through the use of a self-leveling assembly that maintains a constant and typically fully parallel orientation between a build platform and the bottom surface of a resin tank. As a result, contact between the floor of the resin tank and the build platform surface may be uniformly flat and even, and perpendicular to the z-axis motion of the deposition source. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085621 | PROXIMITY SENSOR AND PROXIMITY SENSING METHOD USING EVENT-BASED VISION SENSOR - A proximity sensor and a proximity sensing method using an event-based vision sensor are provided. The proximity sensor may include a point identification (ID) unit which identifies a point at which an output light output from a focused light source is reflected from an object in an image taken by the proximity sensor; and a distance determination unit which determines a distance between the object and the proximity sensor based on a position of the point. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085622 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING A LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) FOCAL PLANE ARRAY - A system for three-dimensional hyperspectral imaging includes an illumination source configured to illuminate a target object; a dispersive element configured to spectrally separate light received from the target object into different colors; and a light detection and ranging focal plane array (FPA) configured to receive the light from the dispersive element, configured to acquire spatial information regarding the target object in one dimension in the plane of the FPA, configured to acquire spectral information in a second dimension in the plane of the FPA, wherein the second dimension is perpendicular to the first dimension, and configured to obtain information regarding the distance from the FPA to the target object by obtaining times of flight of at least two wavelengths, thereby imaging the target object in three dimensions and acquiring spectral information on at least one 3D point. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085623 | TECHNIQUE FOR TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE RECORDING - The invention relates to a device ( | 2014-03-27 |
20140085624 | COAXIAL GYRO ACCELEROMETER IN A SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A coaxial gyro accelerometer device in a semiconductor substrate for simultaneously sensing coaxial linear and rotational forces. An exemplary device includes a resonating cantilever beam within a substrate and a package having a resonating cavity. The package supports the substrate while allowing the beam to resonate. The substrate also includes a piezoresistor driver, a piezoresistor sensor, and a semiconductor interferometric optical gyro. The piezoresistor driver and sensor are incorporated within the beam. The driver electrothermally resonates the beam. The sensor piezoresistively senses a signal that relates to an acceleration force out-of-plane of the beam. A waveguide of the semiconductor interferometric optical gyro is incorporated in the substrate around the beam. The gyro senses rotational motion about the axis that is the same as the acceleration vector (out-of-plane of the beam). The gyro also includes a laser source and a light detector. The beam is formed contiguously from the semiconductor substrate. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085625 | SKIN AND OTHER SURFACE CLASSIFICATION USING ALBEDO - A system and method are disclosed relating to a pipeline for generating a computer model of a target user, including a hand model of the user's hands and fingers, captured by an image sensor in a NUI system. The computer model represents a best estimate of the position and orientation of a user's hand or hands. The generated hand model may be used by a gaming or other application to determine such things as user gestures and control actions. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085626 | OPTICAL FIBER GRATING TRACKER AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OPTICAL FIBER LINE FAULT - An optical fiber grating tracker includes a first stub, a second stub, an optical fiber grating, and a connection part. The connection part has a through hole. The first stub is inserted into one end of the through hole. The second stub is inserted into the other end of the through hole. An interval exists between the first stub and the second stub. The optical fiber grating is in the through hole and in the interval. A space in the through hole is filled with a waterproof material. The optical fiber grating tracker and the method for detecting an optical fiber line fault can detect an optical fiber fault from an optical fiber truck to the optical fiber grating tracker through an optical splitter, and meanwhile do not affect normal communication of an original optical communication network. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085627 | Process For Determining Position Parameters of a Manufactured Surface Relative To A Reference Surface - Determining position parameters defining relative position of manufactured derivable surface relative to reference surface, the process comprising: a step during which a nominal surface expressed in a nominal frame of reference and corresponding to the theoretical derivable surface to be manufactured with the nominal value of the position parameters defining the relative position of the nominal surface relative to the reference surface is provided, a step during which a measured surface of the manufactured derivable surface expressed in the nominal frame of reference is provided, a step (S | 2014-03-27 |
20140085628 | OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS - An optical instrument ( | 2014-03-27 |
20140085629 | Active Hyperspectral Imaging Systems - An active hyperpixel array imaging system including a hyperspectral analyzer; an active spatial light modulator dynamically configurable to direct light, from at least a portion of a field of view of the hyperpixel array imaging system, towards the hyperspectral analyzer for capture of a two-dimensional image including spectral information; and imaging optics for forming an intermediate image, of the field of view on the active spatial light modulator. A method for performing spectral analysis of a field of view, the method including forming an intermediate image of the field of view on an active spatial light modulator; directing light from at least a portion of the field of view, using an active spatial light modulator, towards a hyperspectral analyzer; and capturing a hyperspectral image of the portion of the field of view, using the hyperspectral analyzer, the hyperspectral image including spectral information for the portion of the field of view. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085630 | SPECTROSCOPIC APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING COMPONENTS PRESENT IN A SAMPLE - This invention concerns a spectroscopic method, apparatus for determining whether a component is present in a sample. In one aspect, the method includes resolving a model of the spectral data separately for candidates from a set of predetermined component reference spectra, and determining whether a component is present in the sample based upon a figure of merit quantifying an effect of including the candidate reference spectrum corresponding to that component in the model. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085631 | DEVICE FOR THE HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING AND ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTS IN SOLIDS - A device is provided for mapping and for analysis of at least one element of interest included in a solid sample by laser-induced plasma optical emission spectrometry, enabling a high-resolution mapping, notably of elements such as hydrogen and oxygen, and is applicable to the fields of the nuclear industry and of aeronautics, and notably offers the advantage of not requiring costly installations. In one of the embodiments of the invention, a simultaneous mapping of elements such as hydrogen, oxygen and/or lithium is notably achievable. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085632 | Pixel-Shifting Spectrometer on Chip - Various embodiments of apparatuses, systems and methods are described herein for implementing pixel-shifting or an interpixel shift to increase the effective dispersion and effective spectral resolution of a spectrometer in a manner which is faster, less complicated and more robust compared to conventional techniques that employ mechanical motion to implement pixel-shifting in a spectrometer that uses free space optical components. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085633 | Wavenumber-Linearized Spectrometer on Chip in a Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography System - Various embodiments of apparatuses, systems and methods are described herein related to a spectrometer that can generate a plurality of narrowband optical signals having a wavenumber linear format without using an increased number of optical components and without an increase in signal processing. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085634 | Multi-Function Spectrometer-On-Chip with a Single Detector Array - Various embodiments of apparatuses, systems and methods are described herein for a spectrometer comprising at least two dispersive elements configured to receive at least one input optical signal and generate two or more pluralities of spatially separated spectral components, at least a portion of the at least two dispersive elements being implemented on a first substrate; and a single detector array coupled to the at least two dispersive elements and configured to receive and measure two or more pluralities of narrowband optical signals derived from the two or more pluralities of spatially separated spectral components, respectively. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085635 | DETERMINING A FLOW CHARACTERISTIC OF AN OBJECT BEING MOVABLE IN AN ELEMENT - A sensor device ( | 2014-03-27 |
20140085636 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A device and method for detecting a liquid crystal display panel ( | 2014-03-27 |
20140085637 | TUNABLE LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING WAVELENGTH REFERENCE CAPABILITY - Tunable light source systems and methods with wavelength reference capability are disclosed. A method includes reference filtering a portion of a tunable light beam while the tunable center wavelength λ | 2014-03-27 |
20140085638 | SPATIALLY RESOLVED IMAGING OF OPTO-ELECTRICAL PROPERTY VARIATIONS - Systems and methods for opto electric properties are provided. A light source illuminates a sample. A reference detector senses light from the light source. A sample detector receives light from the sample. A positioning fixture allows for relative positioning of the sample or the light source with respect to each other. An electrical signal device measures the electrical properties of the sample. The reference detector, sample detector and electrical signal device provide information that may be processed to determine opto-electric properties of the same. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085639 | Laser Swept Source with Controlled Mode Locking for OCT Medical Imaging - An optical coherence analysis system uses a laser swept source that is constrained to operate in a mode locked condition. This is accomplished by synchronously changing the laser cavity's gain and/or phase based on the round trip travel time of light in the cavity. Many high-speed wavelength swept laser sources emit pulses synchronized with the round trip time of the cavity as part of a nonlinear optical frequency red shifting process. Stable pulsation is associated with smooth tuning and low relative intensity noise. Addition of mode-locking methods to this class of lasers can control and stabilize these lasers to a low clock jitter and RIN state, and in specific cases allow long-to-short wavelength tuning in addition to the usual short-to-long (red shifting). The laser may comprise a SOA ( | 2014-03-27 |
20140085640 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND MEASUREMENT METHODS - A measurement system is provided to measure a hole of a target, including a light source generation unit, a capturing unit and a processing unit. The light source generation unit generates a light source and focuses the light source on a plurality of different height planes. The capturing unit captures a plurality of images scattered from the plurality of different height planes. The processing unit obtains boundaries of the hole on the plurality of different height planes according to the plurality of images, samples image intensities of different azimuth angles on the boundaries of the hole on each of the plurality of different height planes to generate a plurality of sampling values, and develops a sidewall image of the hole according to the plurality of sampling values, the plurality of different height planes and the different azimuth angles. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085641 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING LOCATION OF PILED OBJECTS - A piling location recognizing apparatus and method for accurately determining a piling location using an optical sensor. The piling location recognizing apparatus includes an optical sensor moving unit configured to move on an installed moving line according to a predetermined angle with respect to a recognition target object, an optical sensor recognizing unit mounted on the optical sensor moving unit to acquire information on the recognition target object using an optical sensor, and a piling location calculating unit configured to calculate vertical location coordinates of the recognition target object on a basis of the acquired information on the recognition target object. Accordingly, despite environmental pollution or damage of an identification tag adhered to an object in a piling place in which objects are piled up, an in-yard location of the piled object can be accurately determined. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085642 | LIGHTING APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE POSITION OF A MOBILE TERMINAL, AND POSITION MEASURING SYSTEM USING SAME - A lighting apparatus for measuring the position of a mobile terminal is disclosed. The disclosed lighting apparatus may be a lighting apparatus for measuring the position of a mobile terminal by way of visible light communication. The lighting apparatus comprises one or more boundary lighting devices positioned in a boundary part of the lighting apparatus, which are configured to emit visible light that includes information for identifying a position of the mobile terminal (identification information); one or more inner lighting devices positioned in an inner part of the lighting apparatus, which are configured to emit visible light that includes the identification information; and one or more boundary concentrator units, which are implemented respectively on at least some of the one or more boundary lighting devices, and which are configured to concentrate the visible light emitted from the at least some boundary lighting devices. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085643 | METHOD AND MEANS FOR DETERMINING PIPE DIAMETER - An apparatus and method for determining the diameter of a pipe from a remote location is disclosed. A measuring assembly, including a reference device and an imaging device, is inserted into a pipe from a remote location. The reference device is inflatable to a predetermined and known diameter within the pipe. The imaging device acquires imaging data of the reference device within the pipe and the imaging data is used to determine the diameter of the pipe by comparing the predetermined diameter of the reference device with the diameter of the wall of the pipe. The diameter of the pipe is then used to properly choose a liner assembly of the same diameter to repair the wall of the pipe. The liner tube may include a bladder and liner tube, which is saturated with a curable resin, to repair the wall of the pipe. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085644 | Image Forming Apparatus - In an image forming apparatus, an area dividing unit extracts character areas in each one of plural page images as objects of combination printing. An area excluding unit excludes a character area that has a size of which a ratio to a largest size of the character areas is smaller than a predetermined threshold value among the character areas extracted by the area dividing unit in each one of the plural page images. A character size identifying unit identifies a smallest character size of the character area that are not excluded by the area excluding unit among the character areas extracted by the area dividing unit in each one of the plural page images. A combination quantity determining unit determines a combination quantity of combination printing on the basis of the smallest character size identified by the character size identifying unit. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085645 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a control unit that processes a plurality of pages by aggregating a certain number of pages among the plurality of pages into an output page, and a specifying unit that specifies a specific page among the plurality of pages and excludes the specific page from an object of the aggregation by the control unit. When an orientation of the specific page is different from an orientation of the output page containing aggregated pages, the control unit aligns the orientation of the specific page and the orientation of the output page with each other. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085646 | DETECTION OF AN EVENT SIGNAL AND A HEARTBEAT SIGNAL PROVIDED ALONG A SIGNAL PATH - An image forming system includes a substrate transport unit, an image forming module, an event sensing module, a heartbeat generation module, a signal detection module, and a repositioning module. The substrate transport unit may transport substrate including at least one splice along a transport path. The image forming module may form an image on the substrate. The event sensing module may detect an event and provide an event signal along a signal path in response to the event. The heartbeat generation module may provide a heartbeat signal different than the event signal along the signal path. The signal detection module may determine a presence of the event signal and an absence of the heartbeat signal. The repositioning module may move the image forming module from a first position to a second position in response to a determination of the presence of the event signal. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085647 | CALIBRATION APPARATUS FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORED WITH PROGRAM FOR CALIBRATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A calibration apparatus for an image forming apparatus includes a calculation unit for calculating a color deviation by subtracting a target value from each value on the two orthogonal axes not including brightness of a color coordinate system based on a measured color value of a printed material and a display unit for displaying the color deviation with respect to each gray balance at the feedback such that the number of times of inversions of a sign of the color deviation calculated by the calculation unit and a variation width of the color deviation when the sign of the color deviation is inverted can be detected. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085648 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - A printing control apparatus includes a generation unit for generating image data for preview display and attribute data indicating an attribute of each pixel of the image data by analyzing print data described by a page description language and a storage unit for storing the image data for preview display and the attribute data generated by the generation unit in connection with each other. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085649 | SERVER PRINTER SYNCHRONIZATION FOR JOB TICKET PROCESSING - A method is disclosed including a print controller receiving print job data defined according to a first language, receiving a job ticket defined according to a second language, processing the print job data according to the second language and implementing counters defined according to the first language to track progress while processing the print job data. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085650 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSOR-READABLE MEDIA FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING DEVICE MOVEMENT IN A MANAGED SERVICE ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems and processor-readable media for automatically detecting movement of a device in a managed service environment. A device management software module can be configured to monitor a number of devices and retrieve traps from the device. A new Internet Protocol (IP) address with respect to the device on a subnet can be automatically updated by the device management software module if the device has changed location to ensure continual monitoring of the device. A notification indicative of the new IP address with respect to the device that has changed location can be sent to an administrator if the device management software module is not permitted to contact the new IP address. A notification indicative of a new device can also be sent to the administrator to determine if the device should be managed and monitored. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085651 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, SCANNING APPARATUS HAVING COPY JOB FUNCTION AND METHOD OF PERFORMING COPY JOB THEREOF - A scanning apparatus having a function of a copy job scans a document to generate scan data, receives a printing option with respect to the scan data through a user interface screen, and provides state information of printing apparatuses connected via a network through the user interface image. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085652 | PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL DEVICE OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL PORTABLE TERMINAL - To provide a printing control system capable of efficiently utilizing a printer installed in an event hall or the like. A printing control system | 2014-03-27 |
20140085653 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS - A medium stores computer-executable instructions. In a case that a display instruction of a print setting screen is outputted by a first application program executed by an information processing apparatus, the instructions cause the information processing apparatus to perform: a display process for displaying the print setting screen on a display section; and a storage judgment process for judging whether a shared printing condition shared by different application programs is stored in a predetermined storage section. In a case that it is judged that the shared printing condition is not stored in the predetermined storage section, the instructions cause the information processing apparatus to perform: a shared printing condition accepting process for accepting setting of a new shared printing condition; and a storage process for storing the new shared printing condition and identification information of the first application program in the predetermined storage section being correlated with each other. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085654 | FUNCTION EXECUTION DEVICE - A function execution device, which is capable of executing one or more functions, which has a communication device configured to communicate with an information processing device, a displaying device configured to display a screen corresponding to one of the functions, a storing device configured to store identifying information which identifies a screen to be displayed on the displaying device for each of the functions, and a controller. The controller executes instructions to provide a transmitting unit configured to transmit the identifying information identifying the screen being displayed on the displaying device and an invoking command to invoke an application corresponding to the identifying information to the information processing device through the communication device. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085655 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, ITS METHOD FOR RECOVERING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FROM POWER SAVING MODE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, EXTERNAL TERMINAL, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus has the following three power saving modes: (1) a first power saving mode for cutting off power supply to the load; (2) a second power saving mode for cutting off power supply to the load and setting at least the CPU of the controller to STR state; and (3) a third power saving mode for providing power supply only to a wireless LAN module and the power supply cutoff controller, wherein to recover the image forming apparatus from the power saving mode, an external terminal implements both a second method of transmitting a certain type of packet to the wired LAN module and a third method of transmitting a certain type of packet to the wireless LAN module when the external terminal accesses the image forming apparatus at the application level. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085656 | EJECTION CONDITION DETERMINATION METHOD, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An ejection condition determination method in an image forming apparatus includes: selecting two or more kinds of ejection conditions regarding other recording elements than a specified recording element among plural recording elements; acquiring drawing data representing two or more drawing patterns having different density distributions, the drawing data being acquired by respectively forming same drawing patterns using the selected two or more kinds of ejection conditions in a specified non-ejection state; performing a filter processing corresponding to human visual characteristics on the acquired drawing data so as to obtain visual correction drawing data; and determining the ejection conditions for compensating for a density variation of the image due to the specified non-ejection state based upon evaluation results which are obtained by respectively evaluating two or more drawing patterns represented by the visual correction drawing data and having been subjected to the filter processing according to a predetermined evaluation condition. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085657 | CONVERSION TIME PREDICTION APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONVERSION TIME PREDICTION METHOD - Page-group data indicating many pages is analyzed to acquire the degree of reuse of page components as an analysis result. A set of page data pieces in the page-group data is acquired as a data block, the number of the pieces corresponding to a unit page number that is the number of pages to be processed collectively as a single task when a conversion processor in a system actually converts the page-group data into drawing data. A predetermined conversion processor converts the data block into drawing data to acquire a conversion processing time. A predicted value of a conversion processing time required for the conversion processor in the system to actually convert the page-group data is accurately obtained using the conversion processing time of the data block. An operator is notified of the analysis result and the predicted value and can easily ascertain the appropriateness of the page-group data. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085658 | ADDING FUNCTIONALITY TO A PRINTER - A system and method of adding a new printer function to a printer is disclosed herein. The system includes the printer. The system also includes a general purpose computing device communicatively coupled to the printer. The system further includes an upgrade module communicatively coupled to the printer, wherein the upgrade module includes a processor and computer-readable instructions to direct the processor to communicate with the printer to add the new print function to the printer | 2014-03-27 |
20140085659 | PRINTING CONTROL TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A printing control terminal apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a method of controlling the same. The printing control terminal apparatus includes a communication interface to receive job log data from the image forming apparatus, a storage device to store the received job log data, and a controller to extract job accumulation amounts and job quantities, which belong to the same job type, from the job log data in a time order, and to determine whether the job log data has been lost based on the extracted job accumulation amounts and job quantities. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085660 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A system for managing an information processing apparatus includes a processing unit configured to calculate a range of appropriate values of a processing parameter of the information processing apparatus based on a range of values of substantially the same processing parameter currently or previously set in one or more information processing apparatuses, a display unit configured to display the range of appropriate values, and an input unit with which one or more values of the processing parameter of the information processing apparatus can be input. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085661 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE TRANSMITTING METHOD - A communication terminal device is connected to an information processing device in a communicatable status and includes a display unit, a storage unit, an acquiring unit that acquires display image data displayed on the display unit and stores the acquired display image data in the storage unit, a transmitting unit that transmits the display image data stored in the storage unit to the information processing device in response to a request from the information processing device, a deciding unit that decides whether the communication terminal device is maintained in a preset specific status or not, and an inhibiting unit that inhibits the display image data displayed on the display unit from being transmitted to the information processing device when the deciding unit decides that the communication terminal device is maintained in the preset specific status. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085662 | Methods of Inducing an Imaging Machine - An electronic circuit for use with a consumable imaging unit transforms the electronic circuit from a communicated state to a non communicated state, and also induces an imaging machine to read the electronic circuit's transformed information and then store the information in the imaging machine's memory. Additionally, the information of the circuit is configured to alter an identifier of the circuit. The information of the circuit is also configured to point an imaging machine to communicate with a second element of the circuit after the information determines that a first element of the circuit has been altered from its original state. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085663 | MOBILE DEVICE PRINTING THROUGH PRINT SERVICE PROVIDER - In an example implementation, a processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to retrieve a unique printer identification (ID) over a short-range wireless communication (e.g., NFC) between a mobile device and a public printer. The processor discovers a current geographic location of the mobile device from GPS technology on the mobile device. The processor then uploads the unique printer ID and the geographic location to a cloud-based print service provider. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085664 | Methods and Systems for Sharing Photographs with a Third Party Printer - Systems and methods are discussed to sharing photographs with a third party printer. The current geographic location of a mobile device may be determined. For example, GPS functionality may be used to determine the current location of the mobile device associated with the user. The coordinates for a printer region can be determined. The current geographic location of the mobile device may be within the print region. One or more third party printers may be identified as being within the print region. One or more third party printers that are within the print region are selected. At least one photograph electronically stored on the mobile device is provided to the selected one or more third party printers. The selected one or more third party printers can print the at least one photograph. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085665 | PRODUCTION PLANNING AND MONITORING IN INKJET DEVICES - An inkjet printer is placed in communications with a print production planning and scheduling system to allow planning, monitoring, and adjusting of an automatic digital (ink jet) printing production line. In one embodiment, the order of the print jobs is defined by the print shop owner or by the associated supervisor. Each job becomes a paper based (printed) job ticket and the order in which the jobs arrive at the print operator side defines the print order. The same is true for the order at the RIP side. Any change in regards to this order requires a direct communication of the print shop owner or supervisor with the printer or RIP operator. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085666 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING WIFI DIRECT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INTERNET ACCESS IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that supports WiFi Direct, includes a user interface unit to receive a command from a user, a WiFi-Direct connection unit to perform WiFi-Direct connection with an external wireless terminal, an Internet connection unit to perform connection to the Internet, a control unit to permit or prohibit Internet access of the WiFi-Direct connected wireless terminal made through the Internet connection unit, a soft access point (AP) module to allow the image forming apparatus to operate as an AP in WiFi-Direction connection with the wireless terminal, a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server module to allocate a network address to the wireless terminal if the image forming apparatus operates as an AP, and an image forming operation execution unit to perform an image forming operation under control of the control unit. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085667 | IMAGE READING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image reading system includes an information processing apparatus, an image reading apparatus, and a wireless network. The information processing apparatus includes a wireless state detector for detecting a first wireless state between the information processing apparatus and an access point in the wireless network, a wireless state information receiver for receiving, from the image reading apparatus, information of a second wireless state between the image reading apparatus and the access point in the wireless network, a packet length determining module for determining a packet length such that the packet length in forwarding image data obtained by the image reading apparatus to the information processing apparatus via the wireless network is reduced according to degradation in either the first wireless state or the second wireless state, and a packet length information transmitter for transmitting, to the image reading apparatus, packet length information corresponding to determined packet length. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085668 | PRINTER - A printer is configured to print on a tape-type print medium. The printer includes a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions that instruct the printer to perform a process including displaying, on a display portion, characters, a block break line, and block numbers in a case where print data include block data and block break data. The block break line is a line segment that indicates a break position between adjacent blocks of a plurality of blocks. Each of the plurality of blocks contains at least one line's worth of characters. The block numbers indicate sequence numbers for the plurality of blocks. The block data is data for the plurality of blocks. The block break data is data that indicate the break position. The plurality of blocks is to be printed in a first direction in which the plurality of blocks are arrayed. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085669 | Image Processing Apparatus That Generates Hyperlink Structure Data - An image processing apparatus includes an image reading unit configured to read information as image data, a character recognition unit configured to recognize individual characters included in the image data, a grouping unit configured to group the individual characters recognized into one or more character string based on character information indicating a format of the character, a character extraction unit configured to extract a character string for which a link is to be created based on an importance of the character string obtained by the grouping, a character search unit configured to search the image data in which the characters have been recognized for the character string having the same character base among the character strings extracted, and a link setting unit configured to link the character strings having the same character base that are retrieved to each other based on the importance. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085670 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND PRINTED MATTER PRODUCING METHOD - This disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, storing a program for executing steps. The steps comprising a first storage processing step for obtaining a plurality of print data, a capacity obtaining step for obtaining a storage capacity of the storage portion of the printed matter producing apparatus, a data allocation step for grouping the plurality of print data into a plurality of print data groups, so that each data volume is not more than the predetermined storage capacity and for determining allocation of the print data to be included in each print data group so that the number of the print data groups becomes the minimum, a second storage processing step for storing the plurality of print data so that they can be read for each print data group, and a first data transmission step for sequentially transmitting the print data to the printed matter producing apparatus. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085671 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - A display input device has a display unit, a touch panel, a detector that detects a two-point distance, which is a distance between two touch positions at which two points have been touched on the touch panel, and a storage unit. When a display magnification changing manipulation, in which a prescribed one point on the touch panel is touched and another point is touched at the same time or is touched within a predetermined time with the prescribed one point being touched, is performed while the display unit displays an image, the display unit displays the image at a display magnification, which is one of the different display magnifications, corresponding to a two-point distance that was first detected during the display magnification changing manipulation. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085672 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing system includes an access point, an image processing apparatus, and a communication system. In the image processing apparatus, an apparatus side access point information holding section holds access point information of an access point acquired from the access point. In the communication terminal, a terminal side access point information holding section holds access point information of an access point acquired from the access point. A search section searches for the image processing apparatus having the same access point information as the access point information based on the access point information held in the terminal side access point information holding section. The instruction section transmits a processing instruction to the image processing apparatus detected by the search section. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085673 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a master control unit and a slave control unit. The master control unit operates in synchronization with a master clock signal. The slave control unit operates according to an operation instruction by the master control unit in synchronization with a slave clock signal. The slave control unit includes a slave clock generator for generating the slave clock signal, and a signal output unit for outputting the slave clock signal to the master control unit. The master control unit includes a master clock generator for generating the master clock signal with a higher time accuracy than the slave clock signal, and a clock error calculator for calculating an error of the slave clock signal based on obtained information representing a cycle of the slave clock signal using the master clock signal. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085674 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether there exists a printer queue which is to be managed by a device management application which is installed together with a device driver, and a display control unit configured to, when the printer queue is determined to exist and a peripheral apparatus is selected, display a first screen for displaying information about the selected peripheral apparatus, and to, when the printer queue is determined not to exist, display a second screen different from the first screen. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085675 | Wireless Communication System, Wireless Communication Device, and Communication Control Program - A wireless communication system includes: a first communication device, which has a first controller coupled to a first interface configured; and a second communication device, which has a second controller coupled to a second interface configured; wherein at least one of the first controller and the second controller is configured to: transmit data from the first communication device to the second communication device after establishing a connection of the wireless communication between the first communication device and the second communication device; determine, based on one of information regarding the data, information regarding the wireless communication, information regarding the first communication device and information regarding the second communication device, one of a plurality of different cutoff conditions as a cutoff condition; and terminate the connection of the wireless communication which has being performed after the data transmission is completed if the determined cutoff condition is satisfied. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085676 | Wireless Communication System, Wireless Communication Device, and Communication Control Program - A wireless communication system includes: a first communication device, which has a first controller coupled to a first interface; and a second communication device, which has a second controller coupled to a second interface, wherein at least one of the first controller and the second controller is configured to perform operations comprising: transmitting data from the first communication device to the second communication device; determining whether the wireless communication connection is terminated during the data transmission; suspending the data transmission if it is determined that the wireless communication connection is terminated; determining whether another wireless communication connection is established after suspending the data transmission; and transmitting a part of the data to the second communication device via the another wireless communication if the another wireless communication connection is established, wherein the part of the data includes at least remaining data that was not received. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085677 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system includes an information display apparatus and an information providing apparatus which perform communication with each other. The information display apparatus transmits, through the network, an information transmission request for requesting transmission of specific information related to the information providing apparatus to a plurality of apparatuses connected to the network by broadcast communication, receives the specific information transmitted, through the network, from the information providing apparatus to a plurality of apparatuses connected to the network by broadcast communication, as a response to the information transmission request, and controls a display unit to display the specific information received as the response to the information transmission request. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085678 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of sheet trays; an image forming section which forms an image on a sheet supplied by the sheet trays; and a display section which includes a display screen, upon which are displayed a first axis and a second axis, wherein sheet tray information identifying each of the plurality of sheet trays is displayed individually for each tray along the first axis, and information concerning the time period scheduled for use of each of the sheet trays is displayed along the second axis at a position along the first axis where the sheet tray information for the respective sheet tray is located. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085679 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image data processing device includes a first integrated circuit, a second integrated circuit, and a third integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit includes a first image processing circuit for first image processing for image data in a first memory, and a first serial interface for direct memory access transfer between the first memory and a third memory. The second integrated circuit includes a second image processing circuit for second image processing for image data in a second memory, and a second serial interface for direct memory access transfer between the second memory and the third memory. The third integrated circuit includes a third image processing circuit for third image processing for image data in the third memory, and a third serial interface for direct memory access transfer between the third memory and the first memory, and between the third memory and the second memory. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085680 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDIUM, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE DATA - An image processing apparatus includes a first attribute image generation unit; a second attribute image generation unit; and a foreground image generation unit. The first attribute image generation unit is configured to determine a first attribute value from an input image to generate a first attribute image. The second attribute image generation unit is configured to determine a second attribute value from the input image to generate a second attribute image. The foreground image generation unit is configured to generate a foreground image expressing color information in the specific region according to the input image, the first attribute image, and the second attribute image. Further, the foreground image generation unit is configured to switch a method of determining a pixel value of a target pixel of the foreground image according to contents of the first attribute image and the second attribute image in a reference region. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085681 | PRINT CONTROLLING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINT, METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A print controlling apparatus includes a user interface to input a printing command of a document displaying a plurality of overlaid objects, a printing data generator to detect a transparency region where a transparency is set, in the overlaid objects, to generate a transparency image by calculating a pixel value of the transparency region, based on the pixel value of each object and the transparency, and to generate printing data comprising the transparency image, and a communication interface to send the printing data to the image forming apparatus. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085682 | TOTAL COLOR MATERIAL AMOUNT RESTRICTION PROFILE CREATION METHOD, TOTAL COLOR MATERIAL AMOUNT RESTRICTION PROFILE CREATION APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided a technique of enabling the use of a common printer profile even in a case where a configuration of a printer system is changed or added. Color data under a second configuration condition corresponding to an output color which matches or approximates an output color acquired through a first color predictor under a first configuration condition, is searched and acquired from color data subjected to total color material amount restriction processing acquired by total color material amount restriction processing using a first color material amount restriction profile under the first configuration condition, through a second color predictor under the second configuration condition. The color data searched and acquired under the second configuration condition and color data prior to total color material amount restriction processing are associated and a second total color material amount restriction profile under the second configuration condition is created. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085683 | CREATION METHOD OF TOTAL COLOR MATERIAL AMOUNT RESTRICTION TABLE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - According to the present invention, it is possible to adequately restrict the total color material amount from the viewpoint of the second scale which substantially represents a color material amount, and sufficiently produce the color reproducibility which is potentially held by an image formation apparatus. Moreover, since the order of the CMY ratio in the space of the first scale is maintained, it is possible to smoothly secure the connection between tones. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085684 | Inclusive Postal Service - A service, system and method for an improved postal service that is inclusive of various needs of customers, utilizing electronic mail and hardcopy mail sending and delivering with economy to the postal service and advancing its operation to be suitable for modern times. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085685 | IMAGE READING DEVICE - An image reading device includes a platen glass, a document feeder, a light source, a light receiving section, a first opening/closing detection sensor, a second opening/closing detection sensor, and a document size determination section. The document size determination section determines a size of an original document on the basis of a measurement result from the light receiving section. Where the first opening/closing detection sensor indicates the open state, while the second opening/closing detection sensor indicates no open state when the original document is placed on the platen glass, the document size determination section determines a size of the original document in a main scanning direction on the basis of full lighting-up determination data obtained with all of plural light emitting elements lighted up and partial lighting-up determination data obtained with some of the plural light emitting elements lighted up. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085686 | FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION DEVICE - The probability of extracting a region containing a large amount of fluorescent material is increased in accordance with the kind of fluorescent reagent etc. A fluorescence observation device includes an illuminating unit irradiating a subject with excitation light and illumination light; a fluorescence image capturing unit acquiring a fluorescence image by capturing fluorescence generated at the subject a return-light image capturing unit acquiring a return-light image by capturing return light returned from the subject; an extracting unit determining and extracting a region having a gray level exceeding a gray-level threshold from the fluorescence image as a region-of-interest; a display unit displaying the region-of-interest and the return-light image in association with each other; a true/false input unit prompting an observer to enter true or false as to the determination of the region-of-interest; and a threshold updating unit updating the gray-level threshold so as to reflect the input result entered. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085687 | SCANNING APPARATUS - A scanning apparatus includes a scanning module and a sheet size detecting mechanism. The scanning module is used for acquiring an image of a paper sheet. The sheet size detecting mechanism includes a first sheet guide part, a second sheet guide part, and a controlling unit. The first sheet guide part and the second sheet guide part are contacted with two parallel edges of the paper sheet, respectively. A light-emitting unit is disposed on the second sheet guide part. The light-emitting unit is used for projecting a light beam onto an optical sensing element of the scanning module. According to the light beam, the optical sensing element generates a sensing signal. According to the sensing signal, a distance between the two parallel edges of the paper sheet is acquired. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085688 | Cable Wiring Structure and Image Reading Device - A cable wiring structure includes: a base member; a movable member configured to reciprocate in a first direction and in a second direction relative to the base member; a cable; a tension applying member, which is attached to the movable member and is movable in the first direction and in the second direction relative to the movable member, wherein when the movable member moves in the second direction, the tension applying member is coming in contact with an inner circumference of the curved portion to apply tension to the cable in response to movement of the movable member; and a load adjustment portion, which is configured to increase a load that is applied between the tension applying member and the movable member in a case where the movable member moves in the second direction as compared with a case where the movable member moves in the first direction. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085689 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a resolution converting unit, an address generating unit, a density determining unit, and an image path selector. The resolution converting unit converts a resolution of image data into a higher resolution. The address generating unit performs a position determining process of determining a position of an additional pixel on the basis of main-scanning directional positions of pixels composing the converted image data and respective shift amounts of the pixels shifted to a sub-scanning direction. The density determining unit determines a density of the additional pixel on the basis of a density of a pixel located at a position corresponding to the determined position in the image data. The image path selector scales the image data up or down by controlling the address generating unit while adding the additional pixel having the determined density to the determined position. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085690 | SHARED MOTOR DRIVER FOR INKJET PRINTERS - A scanning apparatus includes a transparent platen; a scan assembly; a first motor for moving the scan assembly across the transparent platen; an automatic document feeder; a second motor for feeding documents through the automatic document feeder; a first bi-directional switch element for driving the first motor; a second bi-directional switch element for driving the second motor; and a motor driver for selectively controlling the first bi-directional switch element or the second bi-directional switch element. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085691 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus comprising: a reading unit; a feeding unit; a carriage; a motor-side transmission gear for transmitting power from a motor; a feeding unit-side transmission gear for transmitting the power to the feeding unit in a feeding reading of reading an image of the document fed by the feeding unit; a carriage-side transmission gear for transmitting the power to the carriage in a moving reading of reading an image of the document while moving the carriage; a switching gear configured to be switched between a feeding unit-side position and a carriage-side position; a sensor; and a control device configured to, when it is determined that the jam has occurred, drive the motor in a direction of releasing a meshed state between the feeding unit-side transmission gear and the switching gear. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085692 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING HOLOGRAM DATA USING HOLOGRAM FRINGE DATA FORMAT ADAPTIVE TO DATA ENCODING SCHEME - A hologram data processing method using a hologram fringe data format adaptive to a data encoding scheme includes configuring model data of a three-dimensional (3D) object corresponding to source data to be used for generating a hologram, computing hologram fringe data by applying a diffraction transform to a light wave transferred to a hologram plane based on the model data of the 3D object, setting, in the computed hologram fringe data, the hologram fringe data format adaptive to a data encoding scheme for reconstructing the hologram, reconstructing an optical hologram by applying the data encoding scheme to the hologram fringe data, and adjusting the optical hologram by comparing a reconstructed image of the optical hologram to a reconstructed image of a numerical hologram. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085693 | METASURFACE NANOANTENNAS FOR LIGHT PROCESSING - A birefringent reflectarray having a planar metasurface containing metallic patches of subwavelength dimension is provided. The reflectarray is capable of simultaneously reflecting, concentrating, and splitting incident infrared light into two orthogonal linearly polarized reflections, and transforms the phase front of an incoming polarized light to a desired phase for the two reflections. Also provided is an optical modulator having a metasurface containing layers of nanoantennas of subwavelength dimension, and capable of modulating the phase and amplitude of light scattered from the modulator. The optical modulator has ability to perform computation through processing of light. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085694 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF PIEZOELECTRIC LAYERS - A piezoelectric actuator includes a plurality of piezoelectric layers, a plurality of electrodes between which each of the piezoelectric layers is placed so that the electrodes and the piezoelectric layers alternate with each other, and a substrate on which the plurality of piezoelectric layers and the plurality of electrodes are formed. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085695 | BEAM SCANNING BASED ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL POLYGON SCANNER FOR DISPLAY AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - Scanning beam systems based on a two-dimensional polygon scanner with different reflective polygon facets tilted at different tilt facet angles to use rotations of the polygon scanner to scan one or more optical beams both horizontally and vertically on a surface which can be a display screen or a printing surface. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085696 | SCANNING OPTICAL APPARATUS - In a scanning optical apparatus, an illumination optical system has a diffractive power φdM in a main scanning direction, a diffractive power φdS in a sub-scanning direction, a refractive power φnM in the main scanning direction, and a refractive power φnS in the sub-scanning direction. A ratio φnM/φdM in the main scanning direction for a focal length fi in a range of 10-30 mm satisfies: g2(fi)≦φnM/φdM≦g1(fi), where A(Z)=(3.532×10 | 2014-03-27 |
20140085697 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL ROTARY MOTION APPARATUS MOVING A REFLECTIVE SURFACE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A rotary motion controller controlling the motion of a mirror in a projection system is described having a mounting element coupled to a support member. A two-axis coupling is provided with at least two input shafts coupled to two drive mechanisms. A channeled portion is provided in a second of the two input shafts through which the support member extends there through and is guided thereby and where the at least one support member is coupled to the first input shafts via an input coupling coupled to and driving the support member and a control input controlling the position of the at least two input shafts. A method of controlling a mirror in an underwater projection system is also provided along with a method of operating a controller for an underwater projection system. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085698 | MEMS ANCHORS - The invention relates to an improved apparatus and method for the design and manufacture of MEMS anchoring structures for light modulators in order to address the stresses of beams mounted on them. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085699 | Electrochromic Panel and Control Device - An electrochromic panel for a control device is disclosed. The electrochromic panel includes a first conduction layer for receiving a positive drive voltage, a second conduction layer for receiving a negative drive voltage, an electrolyte layer disposed on the second conduction layer, and a coloration layer having a pattern and disposed between the electrolyte layer and the first conduction layer, wherein an electron current generated by the negative drive voltage flows from the second conduction layer, the electrolyte layer, the coloration layer to the first conduction layer, such that the coloration layer performs a reduction-oxidation reaction and the pattern of the coloration layer changes from transparent to a non-transparent color. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085700 | ELECTROCHROMIC MIRROR AND ROOM MIRROR MODULE FOR VEHICLE COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided are an electrochromic mirror and a method of manufacturing the same, the electrochromic mirror including: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; and an electrochromic layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and containing an electrochromic material and an electrolyte, wherein at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate is a transparent film, whereby an entire thickness and weight of the electrochromic mirror can be reduced, and as a result, the degree of design freedom can be improved, and since the electrochromic layer containing the electrochromic material and the electrolyte is formed by a coating method, the efficiency of a manufacturing process can be improved, and a production cost can be reduced. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085701 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE WITH ANTI-IRIDESCENT COATING - The invention relates to a device ( | 2014-03-27 |
20140085702 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes a first substrate, a third substrate and a second substrate disposed therebetween. A first grid structure having first openings is disposed on the first substrate to expose pixel regions. A second grid structure having second openings and a third grid structure having third openings are disposed on the second substrate and the third substrate, respectively. A first polar solution layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. A second polar solution layer is disposed between the third substrate and the second substrate. A first non-polar solution layer is disposed within the first openings. A second non-polar solution layer is disposed within the second openings. The second non-polar solution layer disposed in different pixel regions has different colors. A third non-polar solution layer is disposed within the third openings. The third non-polar solution layer disposed in different pixel regions has different colors. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085703 | PIXEL STRUCTURE - A pixel structure is provided, which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of ribs, a plurality of first pixel electrodes, a plurality of second pixel electrodes, a color display medium, a black display medium, a light transmissive medium and a color filter. The ribs are formed between the first and second substrates. The first and second pixel electrodes are formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The color display medium and the black display medium are formed on the first and second substrates respectively. The light transmissive medium is formed between the first and second substrates. The color filter is formed on the first substrate or on the second substrate. Spectrums, which light is allowed to pass through the color filter and the color display medium in one of sub pixel zones which the ribs divide the pixel structure into, overlap each other partially. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085704 | Pixel Based Gobo Record Control Format - A special record format used for commanding light pattern shapes and addressable light pattern shape generator. The command format includes a first part which commands a specified gobo and second parts which command the characteristics of that hobo. The gobo is formed by making a default gobo based on the type and modifying that default gobo to fit the characteristics. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085705 | COLOR ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided are color electronic paper displays and methods of fabricating the same. The color electronic paper display may include a color filter provided on a lower substrate, a thin-film transistor provided between the lower substrate and the color filter, a reflection layer provided between the lower substrate and the color filter and connected to the thin-film transistor, an upper substrate provided to face the lower substrate, an upper electrode between the upper substrate and the color filter, and an electronic ink provided between the color filter and the upper electrode. The electronic ink may include monochromatic particles. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085706 | POLYCHROME ELECTROPHORETIC INK, ASSOCIATED DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A polychrome electrophoretic ink including at least four types of particles dispersed in a nonpolar organic medium, each particle type containing a pigment of a color which is associated therewith, having a positive or negative electrostatic charge, characterized in that at least one of the abovementioned particle types has a magnetic property (magnetic core) such that each particle type can migrate in a predetermined manner under the combined action of an electrostatic force and of a magnetic return force. | 2014-03-27 |