22nd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120133917 | DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE AND SURVEYING SYSTEM - A distance-measuring device for contactless measurement of a distance to an object, including a housing; a contactless measuring apparatus utilizing an optical measuring beam arranged in the housing and having a radiation unit, an optical unit with optical elements encompassing at least a transmitting and receiving lens system, an optical transmitting path with an optical axis for emitting a measuring beam onto the target object, an optical receiving path with an optical axis for receiving a measuring beam that is reflected and/or scattered by the target object. At least one optical element is movable relative to an initial position; a motion sensor detects a movement of the object, the optical element movable out of the initial position into a variable compensation position so that the transmitting path can be stabilized at a spatially fixed position. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133918 | SURVEYING DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR THE SAME - A surveying device includes a surveying unit configured to measure a direction and a distance to a target object, a control unit configured to control the surveying unit, a communication unit configured to allow the control unit to communicate with an outside network, and a status input unit with which operation status information on the surveying unit is input, wherein the control unit transmits the operation status information input with the status input unit to the outside network via the communication unit. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133919 | DISTANCE-MEASURING DEVICE AND SURVEYING SYSTEM - A distance-measuring device for the contactless measurement of the distance to a target, including a housing; a measuring apparatus which utilizes an optical measuring beam, which is arranged in a housing, and by which the distance to the target can be measured contactlessly; at least one reference stop arranged on the housing and that can be selected by the user in order to carry out the measurement; an operating and input array arranged on the housing and serving to operate at least one measuring apparatus; a visual display arranged on the housing and coupled to the operating and input array to indicate an operating state and/or the measured distance from a selected reference stop to the target. The housing has at least one optical signaler separate from the visual display and unambiguously associated with a reference stop and being activatable whenever that reference stop is selected. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133920 | HIGH SPEED, HIGH RESOLUTION, THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD INSPECTION SYSTEM - An optical inspection system includes a printed circuit board (PCB) transport and an illuminator that provides at least a first strobed illumination field. The illuminator includes a light pipe having a first end proximate the PCB, and a second end opposite the first end and spaced from the first end. An array of cameras is configured to digitally image the PCB and to generate a plurality of images of the PCB with the at least first strobed illumination field type. At least one structured light projector is disposed to project structured illumination on the PCB. The at least one array of cameras is configured to digitally image the PCB while the PCB is illuminated with structured light, to provide a plurality of structured light images. A processing device is configured to generate an inspection result as a function of the plurality of images and the plurality of structured light images. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133921 | APPLICATION USING A SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE (SPAD) - A sporting device may include a proximity detector, and a housing for carrying the proximity detector. The proximity detector may comprise a single photon avalanche diode for measuring the speed of an object struck by the housing. For example, the housing may define a tennis racket. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133922 | HOLOGRAPHIC CONDITION ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR A STRUCTURE INCLUDING A SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL - An improved optical infrared and ultraviolet imaging and testing system including a primary imaging device with a target portion and a secondary imaging device for determining the presence and nature of various external (e.g. magnetic field, microwave, bioelectric or incident infrared, thermal, ultraviolet, radiation, or x-rays) or internal stresses (e.g., photo-generated carriers or photo-induced resistance) or other conditions acting upon the primary detection device which are optically enhanced for detection by the secondary detection device or devices. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133923 | INTERFEROMETER WITH A FIBER OPTIC HAVING A HIGH PMD IN COUPLED MODE, FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE (FOG), AND INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM INCLUDING SUCH A GYROSCOPE - Disclosed is a fiber optic interferometer including: a wideband optical source having a decoherence time τ | 2012-05-31 |
20120133924 | Measurement of the Positions of Centres of Curvature of Optical Surfaces of a Multi-Lens Optical System - A method measures the positions of centres of curvature of optical surfaces of a multi-lens optical system. The spacings between the surfaces are measured along a reference axis using an interferometer. Subsequently the centres of curvature of the surfaces are measured using an optical angle-measuring device. In the course of the measurement of the position of the centre of curvature of a surface situated within the optical system, the measured positions of the centres of curvature of the surfaces situated between this surface and the angle-measuring device and the previously measured spacings between the surfaces are taken into consideration computationally. In this way, a particularly high accuracy of measurement is achieved, because desired spacings do not have to be fallen back upon. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133925 | LIGHT INTENSITY MEASURING UNIT AND MICROSCOPE INCLUDING THE SAME - A light intensity measuring unit for measuring an intensity of light emitted from a microscope includes an aperture stop, a field stop, at least one measurement lens arranged between the aperture stop and the field stop, and an interface for attachment to a microscope. The aperture stop is positioned on or close to a back focal plane of the at least one measurement lens. The field stop is positioned on or close to a front focal plane of the at least one measurement lens. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133926 | Defect Inspection Method - A method and apparatus of inspecting a defect of a surface of a sample in which a laser beam is irradiated on a sample surface so that at least a part of an illumination field of the laser beam illuminates a first area of the sample surface, a plurality of scattered light rays from the first area caused by the irradiation is detected with a plurality of detectors, detection errors of inclination of an illumination apparatus and a sensor for the plurality of scattered light rays detected by the plurality of detectors are corrected, at least one of adding and averaging the corrected plurality of scattered light rays, and a defect on the sample surface is determined based on the plurality of scattered light rays in accordance with the correction of errors of inclination of the illumination apparatus and the sensor. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133927 | DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS AND ITS METHOD - A defect inspection apparatus for inspecting defects on an inspecting object includes an illuminator which irradiates a beam of light on the inspecting object, a photo-detector which detects rays of light from the inspecting object due to the irradiation of the light beam by the illuminator, a defect detector which detects a defect by processing a signal obtained through detection by the photo-detector, a characteristic quantity calculator which calculates a characteristic quantity related to a size of the defect, and a defect size calculator which uses a relation between size and characteristic quantity which is calculated by an optical simulation and calculates a size of the detected defect. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133928 | DEFECT INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD - A defect inspection method wherein illumination light having a substantially uniform illumination intensity distribution in a certain direction on the surface of a specimen is radiated onto the surface of the specimen; wherein multiple components of those scattered light beams from the surface of the specimen which are emitted mutually different directions are detected, thereby obtaining corresponding multiple scattered light beam detection signals; wherein the multiple scattered light beam detection signals is subjected to processing, thereby determining the presence of defects; wherein the corresponding multiple scattered light detecting signals is processed with respect to all of the spots determined to be defective by the processing, thereby determining the sizes of defects; and wherein the defect locations on the specimen and the defect sizes are displayed with respect to all of the spots determined to be defective by the processing. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133929 | INSPECTION METHOD AND INSPECTION APPARATUS - The present invention provides an inspection apparatus and inspection method. The inspection apparatus includes a stage mechanism for supporting an object under inspection. A spatial filter is provided in the detection optical system to inspect the object. A printer is used to print the results of the spatial filter. The spatial filter can be provided in the form of a Fourier transformed image. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133930 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STANDARDIZING MICROSCOPE INSTRUMENTS - Methods and apparatus for standardizing quantitative measurements from a microscope system. The process includes a calibration procedure whereby an image of a calibration slide is obtained through the optics of the microscope system. The calibration slide produces a standard response, which can be used to determine a machine intrinsic factor for the particular system. The machine intrinsic factor can be stored for later reference. In use, images are acquired of a target sample and of the excitation light source. The excitation light source sample is obtained using a calibration instrument configured to sample intensity. The calibration instrument has an associated correction factor to compensate its performance to a universally standardized calibration instrument. The machine intrinsic factor, sampled intensity, and calibration instrument correction factor are usable to compensate a quantitative measurement of the target sample in order to normalize the results for comparison with other microscope systems. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133931 | FREQUENCY COMB SOURCE WITH LARGE COMB SPACING - A frequency comb laser providing large comb spacing is disclosed. At least one embodiment includes a mode locked waveguide laser system. The mode locked waveguide laser includes a laser cavity having a waveguide, and a dispersion control unit (DCU) in the cavity. The DCU imparts an angular dispersion, group-velocity dispersion (GVD) and a spatial chirp to a beam propagating in the cavity. The DCU is capable of producing net GVD in a range from a positive value to a negative value. In some embodiments a tunable fiber frequency comb system configured as an optical frequency synthesizer is provided. In at least one embodiment a low phase noise micro-wave source may be implemented with a fiber comb laser having a comb spacing greater than about 1 GHz. The laser system is suitable for mass-producible fiber comb sources with large comb spacing and low noise. Applications include high-resolution spectroscopy. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133932 | METHODS FOR EMPLOYING STROBOSCOPIC SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION AND SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY FOR ENHANCED TRACE CHEMICAL DETECTION - In one embodiment, a method and system is provided for detecting target materials using a combination of stroboscopic signal amplification and Raman spectroscopy techniques. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133933 | METHOD FOR REDUCING LOSS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN DETECTION APPLICATIONS - The application provides a method for reducing the loss of electromagnetic radiation caused by passing electromagnetic radiation through material with a rough surface. The method comprises applying a surface layer, such as a liquid or plastic film, to the material. The surface layer masks or decreases the surface irregularities or effects therefrom resulting in decreased loss of electromagnetic energy. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133934 | THIN FILM TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT USING OPTICAL ABSORPTION EDGE WAVELENGTH - A technique for determining the temperature of a sample including a semiconductor film | 2012-05-31 |
20120133935 | MEASURING SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING ABSORPTION OR SCATTERING AT DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS - A measuring system for measuring absorption or scattering of a medium at a plurality of different wavelengths, whereby the measurements for the different wavelengths are performable as simultaneously and as accurately as possible. The measuring system comprises: a measuring chamber; a transmitting unit, which sends light of its respective wavelength into the measuring chamber; a control, which operates each light source with a different time modulation of transmission intensity for each wavelength; a detector for measuring a total radiation intensity. The total radiation intensity corresponds to a superpositioning of each intensity portion striking the detector for each wavelength; and a signal processing system, which determines for each of the wavelengths the associated intensity portion based on the total radiation intensity measured by detector and the modulations. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133936 | PARTICLE COUNTING METHOD - A particle counting method that can count the number of the particles precisely. The method discriminates a wave pattern of the scattered light from a normal particle (subject of the counting) and a wave pattern of the light scattered by the agitation such as a floating particle, a radiation or changes in the intensity of the light. In one embodiment, a method for counting particles is disclosed which irradiates a light to a sample gas, detects a scattered light from a particle included in the sample gas by a photoelectric conversion device, counts the number of the particles of every particle size division by the output voltage wave pattern of the photoelectric conversion device, calculate a time difference (Ta−T | 2012-05-31 |
20120133937 | IMAGING SYSTEM - A method of obtaining, in a single exposure, imaging information from an object ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120133938 | MEASURING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE - A pattern formed on a substrate includes first and second sub-patterns positioned adjacent one another and having respective first and second periodicities. The pattern is observed to obtain a combined signal which includes a beat component having a third periodicity at a frequency lower than that of the first and second periodicities. A measurement of performance of the lithographic process is determined by reference to a phase of the beat component. Depending how the sub-patterns are formed, the performance parameter might be critical dimension (CD) or overlay, for example. For CD measurement, one of the sub-patterns may comprise marks each having of a portion sub-divided by product-like features. The measurement can be made using an existing alignment sensor of a lithographic apparatus. Sensitivity and accuracy of the measurement can be adjusted by selection of the first and second periodicities, and hence the third periodicity. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133939 | CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STORAGE USING OPEN FRAMEWORKS - Methods and compositions useful for gas storage and separation are provided. More particularly, compositions and methods for CO | 2012-05-31 |
20120133940 | METHOD FOR THE TOMOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS AND A SCANNING MICROSCOPE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF - The invention relates to the scan methods and means for tomographic examination of two-dimensional structure of planar objects. The invention aims at developing a method of studying nanodimensional or microscopic objects with a resolution of the order of 30 nanometer and means of implementation of such a method. The task in view is performed such that the scanning microscope comprises a radiation source | 2012-05-31 |
20120133941 | Photoacoustic Apparatus, and Probe for Receiving Photoacoustic Waves - A photoacoustic apparatus obtains information on a specimen by receiving photoacoustic waves which are generated from the specimen resulting from light irradiated to the specimen. The apparatus includes a light source for irradiating light to the specimen, an acoustic wave receiver for receiving the photoacoustic waves, and a light reflection member for causing the light, which is radiated out of the specimen by optical diffusion thereof after having entered an interior of the specimen from the light source, to reenter the interior of the specimen, wherein the light reflection member allows elastic waves to pass therethrough. As a result, a photoacoustic apparatus and a probe are provided which can confine scattered light from the specimen into the specimen, and which can reliably prevent photoacoustic waves from being generated from a receiving element region of the probe by the scattered light. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133942 | GAS SAMPLING DEVICE - The invention relates to a gas sampling device comprising a probe for sampling gas, an exploiting device for exploiting the gases sampled, a pipe for transmitting the gases sampled by the probe to the exploiting device, and means for lowering the pressure of the gases sampled in the pipe, to lower the dew point of the gases sampled, the means for lowering the pressure comprising an expansion nozzle arranged in the probe and communicating with the pipe, and a suction device for sucking the gases sampled in the pipe through the exploiting device. Application of the invention to the analysis of hot gases loaded with water vapor. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133943 | Systems And Methods For Multi-Wavelength SPR Biosensing With Reduced Chromatic Aberration - Systems and methods for sensing a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor using two or more wavelengths and with reduced chromatic aberration are disclosed. The system includes a beam-forming optical system that has chromatic aberration at the two or more wavelengths. A light source system provides respectively light of the two or more wavelengths, with light of each wavelength provided from a different distance from the beam-forming optical system. The different distances are selected to reduce or eliminate adverse effects of chromatic aberration on the formation of a focus spot on the SPR biosensor chip. An illumination system for illuminating a SPR biosensor using different light having different wavelengths is also disclosed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133944 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical device includes: an image-forming optical system forming an image of light from a subject; an imaging unit receiving light of the image formed by the image-forming optical system; a reflection spectroscopic device covering a given area in an imaging area of the imaging unit; and a spectrum detection unit detecting a spectroscopic spectrum of light reflected by the reflection spectroscopic device. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133945 | Interactive Display Device - An interactive display device is disclosed. The interactive display device comprises: a housing, a user interface surface which is coupled with the housing, a display panel which is disposed under the user interface surface, an area light detector which is disposed under the display panel and configured to detect invisible light reflected by an object which is on or adjacent to the user interface surface, a plane light guide plate which is disposed under the area light detector, and an invisible light source which is disposed at the side of the plane light guide plate. The interactive display device has small size and better appearance, and thus is easy to be transported and more competitive. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133946 | COAXIAL INTERFEROMETER AND INSPECTION PROBE - An optical probe has optical components of an interferometer and includes an optical axis, at least one optical source for emitting light along an illumination path that is at least partially coaxial with the optical axis, a first beam splitter and a first lens. The first beam splitter intersects the optical axis and splits the light from the at least one optical source into a first beam for traveling along a reference path that is coaxial with the optical axis to a reference surface and a second beam for traveling along a test path that is coaxial with the optical axis to a specimen. The first lens is interposed along the reference path. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133947 | OPTICAL MODULE AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE - An optical module comprising a tunable interference filter including a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a first reflective film formed on the first substrate, a second reflective film formed on the second substrate and facing the first reflective film, a gap changing unit changing a gap between the first reflective film and the second reflective film, and a driving electrode line electrically connected to the gap changing unit, a temperature sensor detecting temperature of the tunable interference filter and including a first sensor wiring and a second sensor wiring, the first sensor wiring being electrically connected to the driving electrode line, a switch electrically connected to the second sensor wiring, and a temperature detecting circuit electrically connected to the switch. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133948 | SPECTROMETER - A spectrometer includes: a tungsten lamp which emits light with no peak wavelength within a wavelength range of visible light and having a light amount increasing as the wavelength becomes longer; a violet LED which emits light having a peak wavelength within the wavelength range of visible light; a light mixer which mixes light emitted from the tungsten lamp and the violet LED; an etalon which receives light mixed by the light mixer and transmits light contained in the received mixed light and having a particular wavelength; a light receiving unit which receives light transmitted by the etalon; and a measurement control unit which changes the wavelength of light that can pass through the etalon and measures spectral characteristics of the light having passed through the etalon based on the light received by the light receiving unit. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133949 | Apparatus and Method - Embodiments of the invention relate to an apparatus and methods of using the apparatus wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of interferometers wherein the plurality of interferometers enable interference of an electromagnetic input signal, wherein the plurality of interferometers are configured to receive a plurality of sensor input signals from a plurality of sensors where the plurality of sensor input signals provide an indication of a plurality of sensed characteristics and the sensor input signals control the interference of the electromagnetic input signal by the plurality of interferometers, and wherein the plurality of interferometers are configured to provide a first output when the plurality of characteristics sensed by the sensors correspond to a first context and a second output when the plurality of characteristics sensed by the sensors correspond to a second context. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133950 | TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD AND TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is a tomographic imaging method, which acquires tomographic images of an object to be inspected, based on combined beams respectively acquired by combining reference beams and return beams acquired by irradiating the object to be inspected with a plurality of measuring beams. The tomographic imaging method includes a first step of acquiring the respective combined beams by reflecting information regarding the plurality of measuring beams which is stored in advance and irradiating the object to be inspected with the plurality of measuring beams, and a second step of generating the tomographic images based on the respective combined beams. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133951 | Method and Apparatus for Measuring Spacings Between Optical Surfaces of an Optical System - A method for measuring spacings between optical surfaces of a multi-lens optical system includes detecting the centring state of the optical system by taking into consideration all optical surfaces of the optical system. Then the optical system is adjusted in such a way, taking the centring state into consideration, that the optical axis of the optical system is aligned as far as possible with a reference axis. In a next step the spacings between the optical surfaces are determined with the aid of a short-coherence interferometer. The measuring-light ray directed onto the optical system for this purpose runs likewise along the reference axis. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133952 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MEASURING IRREGULARITY OF A GLASS SUBSTRATE - A system and a method of measuring irregularity of a glass substrate using only a reflection light reflected by an upper surface of reflection lights reflected by the upper surface and a lower surface of the glass substrate are disclosed. The system includes a light source section configured to output a first light to the glass substrate and a screen. Here, the first light outputted from the light source section is reflected by an upper surface and a lower surface of the glass substrate, a first reflection light reflected by the upper surface of the glass substrate is inputted into the screen, a first line is formed on the screen in accordance with the input of the first reflection light, a second reflection light reflected by the lower surface of the glass substrate is inputted into the screen through the upper surface, a second line is formed on the screen in accordance with the input of the second reflection light, and the light source section and the screen are disposed on the basis of the glass substrate so that the lines are separated. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133953 | METHOD FOR OPTICALLY SCANNING AND MEASURING AN OBJECT - In a method for optically scanning and measuring an object by a laser scanner by a procedure in which a emission light beam modulated with a target frequency is emitted by means of a light emitter, a reception light beam reflected or otherwise scattered in some way from an object in the surroundings of the laser scanner is received, with a measuring clock, as a multiplicity of samples by means of a light receiver and in each case at least the distance from the object is determined from the phase angles of the multiplicity of samples for a plurality of measuring points by means of a control and evaluation device, for determining the distances, a phase shift caused by a distance difference of temporal adjacent samples is corrected in order to correct the distances. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133954 | MEASURING APPARATUS, MEASURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A measuring apparatus includes a projection control unit configured to cause a projection unit to project, onto an object, a first light pattern with light and dark portions, a second light pattern, which is smaller in distance between the light and dark portions than that of the first light pattern and has a boundary position between the light and dark portions common to the first light pattern, and a third light pattern in which the light and dark portions of the second light pattern are reversed to each other, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first captured image of the object onto which the first light pattern is projected, a second captured image of the object onto which the second light pattern is projected, and a third captured image of the object onto which the third light pattern is projected, and a calculation unit configured to calculate the boundary position between the light and dark portions of the first captured image based on the second and the third captured image to measure the position of the object. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133955 | APPLICATION USING A SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE (SPAD) - An electronic device may include a housing having a mousing surface, and a navigation device carried by the housing and comprising a proximity detector. The proximity detector may include a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) configured to detect movement of an activator adjacent the mousing surface. For example, the proximity detector may detect movement along three axes. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133956 | Proximity Sensor - The internal propagation of radiation between a radiation source and radiation detector mounted within a sensor package is prevented by the use of an optical isolator. The optical isolator is formed by the combination of a baffle mounted between the source and detector and a groove formed in an upper surface of the sensor package between the source and detector. A bottom of the groove is positioned adjacent to an upper edge of the baffle. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133957 | LASER CONFOCAL SENSOR METROLOGY SYSTEM - The present invention provides apparatus for a non-contact method of obtaining accurate three-dimensional measurements of a dry contact lens, more specifically, using dry lens metrology to know the exact thickness of a contact lens. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133958 | LASER CONFOCAL SENSOR METROLOGY SYSTEM - The present invention provides apparatus for a non-contact method of obtaining accurate three-dimensional measurements of a dry contact lens, more specifically, using dry lens metrology to know the exact thickness of a contact lens. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133959 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image formation stopping unit that, in a case of comparing the length of recording paper to actually be fed with the length of recording paper set and having determined that the recording paper length detected by a recording paper length detecting unit is shorter than the length of the recording paper input through a recording paper size inputting unit, causes an image forming operation to a photoconductor by the image forming unit to stop before an image formation length in a vertical scanning direction by the image forming unit reaches a recording paper length according to the recording paper length detecting unit. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133960 | PROVIDING CALIBRATION DATA FOR PRINTER - A method of providing calibration data for a printer includes printing a calibration target using the printer. The target includes a plurality of patch sets, each including a plurality of test patches, each patch having a respective color. Scanned patch data for one of the sets are received from a spot scanner. The scanned patch data values are compared to respective aims to determine a reproduction error value for the scanned patch set. A processor automatically determines which of the sets should be scanned next using the calculated reproduction error value. The process is repeated until all sets have been scanned, or until the reproduction error value is less than or equal to a selected threshold. Calibration data are automatically generated using the scanned patch data. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133961 | PRODUCING CALIBRATION TARGET FOR PRINTER - A method of making a calibration target for a printer having a color gamut includes selecting in-gamut test colors interrelated by successor relationships. The successor(s) of each test color are to be measured with or after that test color. A processor automatically divides the test colors into a plurality of patch sets and determines a set order of the patch sets. Each patch set has a position in the set order prior to the position of any other patch set containing successors of the test colors in that patch set. The patch sets are printed on a receiver in the determined set order to form the calibration target. Color patches corresponding to the test colors in each patch set are printed adjacent to each other on the receiver. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133962 | CALIBRATION SYSTEM, CALIBRATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THAT STORES PROGRAM - A calibration system including: an image forming unit that outputs a chart including patches corresponding to input CMY values of tertiary and secondary colors; a color measuring unit that measures patch colors and outputs colorimetric values; and a control unit that sets a target profile correlating the input CMY values of the tertiary and secondary colors with target color values; inputs the colorimetric values; calculates differences between the input colorimetric values and the target color values; acquires corrected CMY values relative to the input CMY values of the tertiary and secondary colors; acquires first and second color components based on the corrected CMY values of the tertiary and secondary colors, respectively; calculates output CMY values of a primary color through weighted averaging of the first and second color components; and generates a primary color correction table to determine the output CMY values relative to the input CMY values. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133963 | IMAGE READING DEVICE - An image reader includes a path switching part, located at a branch point that switches between a double-sided path and a single-sided path. The double-sided path defines a conveyance route that passes through a reading position from the branch point to enter a conveyance path that causes a document to make a U-turn, and then again passes through the reading position to be discharged to a paper discharge tray. The single-sided path defines a conveyance route that, without passing through the reading position, merges into the conveyance path from the branch point. Along the double-sided path, document detecting sensors provide detection results so that a collision determination part determines a possibility of a collision between documents, and if such a possibility is determined, the path switching part switches the double-sided path to the single-sided path to prevent the documents from colliding head-on with each other in the vicinity of the reading position | 2012-05-31 |
20120133964 | PRINT DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM, CACHE APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND PRINT DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - A print document processing system includes a cache apparatus and plural data processing apparatuses. Each data processing apparatus includes an image data creating unit and a reservation request transmission unit. The cache apparatus includes a cache memory, a memory, and an area reservation unit. The image data creating unit creates image data for each document element of print document data. The memory stores use condition information and cache priority of the document element for each document element. Upon receipt of a reservation request for reserving a storage area for image data of a first document element from a data processing apparatus, the area reservation unit reserves the storage area by selecting a second document element, which has a lower cache priority than the first document element and which is currently being used by any of the data processing apparatuses, as a document element to be evicted from the cache memory. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133965 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus, to communicate with an image processing apparatus, may include a first receiving unit and a first, second, and third transmitting unit. The first receiving unit receives input information based on input to a screen displayed on a web browser included in the image processing apparatus. The first transmitting unit transmits an execution instruction a function to the image processing apparatus based on the received input information. The second transmitting unit transmits to the image processing apparatus designation information for designating which of two screens is to be used as a screen to be displayed during execution of the function. In response to a screen generated by the information processing apparatus being designated, the third transmitting unit transmits screen information for displaying the screen on the web browser included in the image processing apparatus. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133966 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When an MFP receives an operation screen from an external apparatus, it also receives information about specific hardware resource of the MFP to be used for the image processing based on the operation screen. When the image processing cannot be executed using the specific hardware resource of the MFP due to the error that has occurred in the MFP, the error screen is controlled not to be displayed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133967 | Universal Device Driver and Device Control Program - A logical device registration process and universal device driver are described. Through use of the universal device driver, a device is registered as a logical device and associated with a first user. The registered logical device is then set as a default device for the user. The process may additionally include a default device setting program. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133968 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE APPARATUSES, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus displays a screen for designating cooperative processing in which the image processing apparatus and at least one other image processing apparatus cooperate based on externally received information, where if an execution instruction for processing to be executed by the image processing apparatus for the cooperative processing is received, the processing is executed. A screen displaying the status of processing in the at least one other image processing apparatus and a screen enabling designation of subsequent processing to be executed by the image processing apparatus are displayed based on the externally received screen information while the at least one other image processing apparatus is executing processing to be executed by the at least one other image processing apparatus for the cooperative processing after the execution of the processing. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133969 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus that is capable of controlling electric energy consumption with sufficient accuracy. An execution unit executes a job. A calculation unit calculates electric energy consumption in a period from a start of execution of the job by the execution unit to an end except a period from interruption of execution of the job by the execution unit to restarting, as electric energy consumption at the time of job execution. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133970 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus having a function to cooperatively output, via a cooperative image processing apparatus, document data, including a data sending unit that sends to the cooperative image processing apparatus the document data to be output, for which the total limited number of output times is set, with output setting information including an allocated number of output times for the document data individually allocated for the cooperative image processing apparatus; and a number updating unit that updates the total limited number of output times set for the document data based on the allocated number of output times by subtracting the allocated number of output times from the total limited number of output times, when the data sending unit sends the document data with the output setting information to the cooperative image processing apparatus. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133971 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO FORM WIRELESS NETWORK AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an image forming unit which performs an image forming job, a communication unit which forms a wireless network according to a predetermined wireless communication standard, a control unit which, if at least one terminal device is connected to the communication unit through the wireless network, determines whether it is required to perform warming-up of the image forming apparatus and performs warming-up of the image forming apparatus, and a storage unit which stores information regarding a connection status of the terminal device. Accordingly, stand-by time for performing an image forming job may be reduced. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133972 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WHICH CAN HANDLE CODE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Information identifying a user who made an instruction to send a document from a personal computer (PC) to an image forming apparatus and to store the document in the image forming apparatus, that is, a user who caused the risk of information leakage to increase could not be identified. Code image data which includes information identifying the user who made the storage instruction and information identifying another user who made a print instruction is printed together with print data. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133973 | PRINT SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A print server receives a print instruction from a client terminal and causes printing to be performed by a print device selected by the client terminal out of print devices registered with the print server. If a print device unregistered with the print server is selected, the print server acquires device information about the unregistered print device via the client terminal. The print server generates a print setting screen for the unregistered print device from the acquired device information and transmits the print setting screen to the client terminal. The print server further generates print data for the unregistered print device from print settings set by the client terminal on the transmitted print setting screen, and causes the printing to be performed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133974 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print server in a printing system including a print server, at least one mediation apparatus, and at least one image forming apparatus, comprises: a unit configured to establish a connection with the at least one mediation apparatus and to maintain the established connection to be able to transmit data from the print server serving as a source; a unit configured to manage a mediation apparatus and an image forming apparatus in association with each other as a group; a unit configured, upon receiving a print instruction, to determine, among the at least one mediation apparatus, a mediation apparatus to which a print request transfer instruction is to be transmitted, and to transmit the print request transfer instruction to the determined mediation apparatus via the maintained connection; and a unit configured to transmit a print job in response to the print job acquisition request. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133975 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, UPLOADING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH UPLOADING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus capable of performing at least one of scanning, printing, copying, and facsimile transmission/reception includes a communication portion, a job execution portion, a browsing portion, a monitoring portion, a data acquiring portion, an image transmitting portion, and a dummy signal output portion. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133976 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus including a hot folder, comprises: a first determination unit configured to determine whether print processing of the job data stored in the hot folder is executable; a printing unit configured to print the job data determined to be executable; a second determination unit configured to determine whether the printing unit has normally ended the print processing of the job data; a specifying unit configured to specify outline information of a status of the print processing of the job data; an acquisition unit configured to acquire detailed information of the status of the print processing of the job data; and a creation unit configured to create a printing status notification file including the outline information of the status of the print processing of the job data specified and the detailed information of the status of the print processing of the job data acquired. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133977 | PRINT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SERVER, PRINTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus determines, when information including print data and print setting information is requested of a print server in response to an instruction from an input/output device and acquired, and the acquired information is for saving printing, whether a printing result is affected in response to a remaining amount of a color material, warns a user when the printing result is affected, and requests to the print server, print data and print setting information by which the saving printing is not performed, when an instruction to cancel setting of the saving printing is issued from the user, and acquires the print data and the print setting information to perform printing. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133978 | IMAGE READING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD - An image reading control device includes: an original reading unit; a display unit that can display an item selection window including processing items for the image data for each page and a processing condition setting window including a preview image based on the image data for each page thus read, at least one predetermined processing item, and contents for each of the at least one predetermined processing item; an input unit accepting a selection input of the processing items and a setting input for setting contents for each of the at least one predetermined processing item; and a reading control unit displaying the processing condition setting window on the display unit with the processing item selected in the selection input accepted by the input unit as the predetermined processing item, and controlling acceptance of the setting input in the input unit for setting contents for each predetermined processing item. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133979 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming system includes: an information operation apparatus which receives screen data and image forming data corresponding to the screen data; an image forming apparatus which communicates with the information operation apparatus; and a display apparatus which communicates with the information operation apparatus and which displays an image on a display portion based on the screen data received from the information operation apparatus, wherein when receiving an image forming confirmation command, the image forming apparatus receives the image forming data corresponding to the image shown on the display apparatus from the information operation apparatus, displays an image which indicates the image forming data and forms the image based on the image forming data if an image forming command is received. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133980 | PRINTING INSTRUCTION PROGRAM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PREVIEW - Disclose is an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to easily change the display magnification factor of the print preview image, by conducting intuitive operations. A print function setting section of the apparatus includes: a first designating section to accept a designation of a display magnification factor to be employed for displaying the print preview; a second designating section to accept a designation of a display mode; a magnification factor determining section to calculate display magnification factors; an image creating section to create the print preview, based on the display magnification factor designated by the first designating section, or another display magnification factor calculated by the magnification factor determining section; and a display controlling section to implement controlling operations for displaying the print preview, the slider and the buttons onto the display screen, indicating the current magnification factor and displaying a button corresponding to the fit page display mode. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133981 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - When an execution instruction file including a description of an instruction to execute processing is input into a first folder, job data to be subjected to processing that is stored in the first folder is moved to a second folder different from the first folder. After the movement, a file including a description indicating that execution of the processing is underway is stored in the first folder. The processing is executed with respect to the job data to be subjected to the processing that was moved to the second folder, and when the processing ends, a file including a description of an end of the processing is stored in the first folder in place of the file including a description indicating that execution of the processing is underway. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133982 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A printing system includes: a plurality of printers; an information processing apparatus including a designation unit configured to receive, from user's input, search condition for searching the printers in which the print jobs are to be registered, a search unit configured to search for the printers satisfying the search condition received by the designation unit, a determination unit configured to determine the printers from the printers searched by the search unit, and a registering unit configured to register print jobs based on a same print target in the printers determined by the determination unit. The printer in which the print job is registered starts printing in response to a print instruction. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133983 | DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND DATA RECEPTION APPARATUS - A data transmission apparatus that wirelessly transmits data to a data reception apparatus storing a first wireless setting, the data transmission apparatus comprises: a memory that stores the first wireless setting; a first check unit that, when specific data is to be transmitted to the data reception apparatus, executes a first check process checking whether the data transmission apparatus is able to perform communication by using a second wireless setting, which is a wireless setting being used; a first change unit that, when it is checked that the data transmission apparatus is not able to perform communication with the data reception apparatus, changes the wireless setting being used by the data transmission apparatus from the second wireless setting to the first wireless setting; and a transmission unit that wirelessly transmits the specific data by using the first wireless setting as the wireless setting being used after changing. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133984 | PRINT DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM, CACHE APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND PRINT DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - A print document processing system includes a cache apparatus and plural data processing apparatuses. The cache apparatus includes a cache memory, a state memory, and a first response providing unit. Each data processing apparatus includes an image data creating unit, a query unit, and a controller. The cache memory stores image data created by each data processing apparatus. Upon receipt of a query issued by the query unit on image data of a document element, the first response providing unit provides a CREATING response if a state stored in the state memory in association with the image data indicates that the image data is not in the cache memory and is currently being created by any other data processing apparatus. Upon receipt of the CREATING response, the controller performs control to use the image data after created or cause the image data creating unit to create the image data. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133985 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes an operation unit receiving image formation instruction, an image formation unit forming an image, and a control unit which makes the image formation unit form an image when the operation unit receives the image formation instruction. The image forming apparatus includes a data acquisition unit acquiring an image formation object data, a data transformation unit transforming the image formation object data into a final print format data, and a memory unit storing the final print format data. The control unit makes the data transformation unit transform the image formation object data into the final print format data and makes the memory unit store the final print format data when the data acquisition unit acquires the image formation object data. The control unit makes the image formation unit form an image based on the final print format data. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133986 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus has a line memory for writing and reading image data of one line. A write/read controller controls writing and reading the image data of one line in and from the line memory. A white line determiner determines whether an image corresponding to image data of one line being written in the line memory is a white line. An image processor performs specified image processing on the image data of one line read from the line memory by the write/read controller. An image processing controller generates an operation clock used in the image processor and causes the image processor to perform the specified image processing for the image data of one line determined not to be a white line and stops generating the operation clock and reads white data from a white data storage for the image data of one line determined to be a white line. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133987 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes: an operation unit; an image forming unit; a control unit making the image forming unit perform an image formation; a data acquisition unit obtaining an image formation object data; a data conversion unit converting the image formation object data to an image formation format data; and a plurality of memory regions storing the image formation format data, wherein when the data acquisition unit obtains the image formation object data, the control unit makes the data conversion unit convert the image formation object data to the image formation format data, makes each of the plurality of memory regions store each of the image formation format data, and, when the operation unit receives an image formation instruction, makes the image forming unit perform an image formation, in a predetermined order, of the image formation format data stored in the plurality of memory regions. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133988 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention is related to an image processing apparatus and method for efficiently managing a document. First data created by predetermined application software and second data converted into image data of a predetermined format (ex. PDF format) based on the first data are received. The first and second data are registered in a database in correspondence with a specific index. Then, either the first data or the second data is selected based on an output method designation and received information representing the index, and the selected data in accordance with the output method is output. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133989 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A COMMON FRAMEWORK FOR REVIEWING COMPARISONS OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Systems and methods for providing a common framework for a document comparison review process are disclosed. Using the common framework, the comparison review process allows a reviewer to perform either an electronic-based review or a paper-based review. The different review technologies can be used interchangeably in the common framework. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133990 | 3-COLORANT DOT-OFF-DOT (DOD) PERIODIC HALFTONE GEOMETRY - Provided is a 3-colorant DOD (dot-off-dot) periodic halftone geometry used to render an image. The DOD 3-colorant halftone geometry includes a base colorant halftone screen with hexagonally tiled halftone dots arranged in a hexagonal pattern, the hexagonally tiled halftone dots having a first fundamental frequency vector V | 2012-05-31 |
20120133991 | HALFTONE INDEPENDENT CORRECTION OF SPATIAL NON-UNIFORMITIES - A method and apparatus are provided for compensating for spatial non-uniformities in a printer by deriving a true spatial non-uniformity tone response curve (TRC) that characterizes the printer in terms of color output variation for each addressable pixel location in a spatial range. The “true average” tone response curve is determined for a color channel. A prediction of the true response as a function of the spatial location is derived by printing and scanning a specially designed halftone-independent target of binary patterns. The predicted tone response curve for each color channel and halftone is predicted using a binary printer model, wherein the “predicted tone response curve” provides a model based approximation of the actual response for each addressable pixel location in the spatial range. Also stored is an “average predicted tone response” by averaging the “predicted tone response curve” over the spatial range of the printer. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133992 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a first colorant reducing unit that performs a first colorant reducing process that reduces colorant of black on second image data to output fourth image data representing tone values of the black separation on a per-pixel basis; a second colorant reducing unit that performs a second colorant reducing process that reduces the colorants of the colors other than black on a portion of third image data, the portion corresponding to the separations of the colors other than black, to output fifth image data representing tone values of each of the separations of the colors other than black on a per-pixel basis; and a combining unit that combines the fourth image data and the fifth image data to output sixth image data representing tone values of each of the separations of the colors including black on a per-pixel basis. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133993 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Original image data obtained by reading an original is joined with watermark data associated with a watermark for copy control, which appears as a result of making a copy. The watermark generating section sets the spatial frequency of a chromatic halftone pattern of a foreground, which appears as a result of making a copy, lower than the spatial frequency of an achromatic halftone pattern of a foreground, which appears as a result of making a copy. Accordingly, it becomes more difficult to recognize a foreground in an original document when the foreground is generated using an achromatic color, while a foreground in the duplication is recognized clearly when the foreground is generated using a chromatic color. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133994 | OPTICAL COMPONENT MOUNTING STRUCTURE, IMAGE READING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical component mounting structure includes an elastic member and a mounting portion. The elastic member applies pressure to an optical component toward a flat surface portion of a base. The mounting portion is provided at the base and mounts the elastic member. The elastic member has a pressing portion, a holding portion, and a positioning hole. The pressing portion has a tongue piece shape and elastically comes in contact with a light guide member. The holding portion supports one end of the pressing portion and holds elastically the mounting portion of the base. The positioning hole is formed through the holding portion and is to be engaged with each of a pair of positioning convex portions provided at the mounting portion of the base. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133995 | Document scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same - A document scanning apparatus for scanning a document is provided. The document scanning apparatus includes an image sensor unit which irradiates an incident light towards the document and generates image data by sensing a reflected light reflected from the document, a supporting unit which supports the image sensor unit, a movement unit which moves the image sensor unit between a scanning position and a calibration position, a housing which houses the image sensor unit, the supporting unit, and the movement unit, a transparent plate which transmits the incident light and the reflected light, a calibration sheet which is attached to a surface of the transparent plate, which is exposed to outside and is positioned in an area including the calibration position, and a housing cover which is coupled to the housing and seals inside of the housing. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133996 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS FOR READING ADJUSTMENT DOCUMENT USED FOR IMAGE ADJUSTMENT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND ADJUSTMENT DOCUMENT USED IN IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes an image reader, an image adjuster and an execution controller that causes the image reader to read an adjustment document and causes the image adjuster to adjust image data generated by the image reader. The adjustment document includes line images and parameter images at positions spaced apart in a main scanning direction in a margin area where the line images are not provided. The parameter images indicate parameters used in image adjustment processing. The execution controller judges whether the image data corresponding to predetermined positions in the main scanning direction coincide, selects one of the image data judged to coincide, and causes the image adjuster to perform the image adjustment using the selected image data and the parameter indicated by the image data generated by reading the parameter image at the position in the main scanning direction of the selected image data. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133997 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a light guide arranged between a light source and a document. The light guide has a light incident surface at a side of the light source, light from the light source, is incident, a first light emitting surface at a side of the document, a second light emitting surface different from the first light emitting surface, a first reflecting surface between the first and second light emitting surfaces, a second reflecting surface between the light incident surface and the second light emitting surface, and a third reflecting surface facing the second reflecting surface. The first reflecting surface reflects light toward the first light emitting surface. The second reflecting surface reflects light toward one of the second light emitting surface and the first and third reflecting surfaces. The third reflecting surface reflects light toward the second light emitting surface or the first reflecting surface. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133998 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An image reading apparatus includes: a transport unit; a first reading unit which reads one surface of a document transported by the transport unit and generates first read data of a front end portion or a rear end portion of the one surface of the document; a second reading unit which reads the other surface of the document transported by the transport unit and generates second read data of a front end portion or a rear end portion of the other surface of the document; an edge detection unit which performs edge detection processing on each of the first read data and the second read data; and a determination unit which determines that there is double feeding of documents by the transport unit when the edge detection unit detects a plurality of edges from at least either the first read data or the second read data. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133999 | METHOD OF READING IMAGE AND THE IMAGE READING DEVICE - A method and device of reading images includes a light source emitting at least three difference color lights. The light source emits color lights to an object in a predetermined order and frequency. The object reflects the color lights to three monochromatic sensor rows through a lens row to directly image the color light on the sensor rows. The light source changes the color light emitting to the object when the light source, the sensor rows and the lens row are moved for a predetermined, usually is a width of a pixel, to combine a color image without chromatic aberration. | 2012-05-31 |
20120134000 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING DEVICE - A two-dimensional scanning device possesses: a light source for emitting light; a mirror for scanning on a test surface in the X direction; a mirror for scanning on the test surface in the Y direction; a lens which has different powers in relation to the X direction and the Y direction; and a lens which has different powers in relation to the X direction and the Y direction. The mirrors are arranged between the light source and a lens group including the lenses. | 2012-05-31 |
20120134001 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning device includes a light source for emitting a laser beam; a deflection body for deflecting the laser beam; a scanning lens for scanning the deflected laser beam on the surface of a photosensitive body; a reflection body having a reflection surface for reflecting the deflected laser beam towards the photosensitive body and having passed through the scanning lens; and a synchronizing sensor for receiving the reflected laser beam to send out a detection signal. The reflection surface has a curved arc surface depressed from both edges toward a center in a main-scanning direction equivalent to a scanning direction of the laser beam. The reflection body has a center of the reflection surface in the main-scanning direction displaced by a predetermined range in the direction of travel of the laser beam along the main-scanning direction from a center of the reflection body in the main-scanning direction. | 2012-05-31 |
20120134002 | CONTROLLING ABSORPTION OF LIGHT IN A CAVITY - Described is a method of controlling the absorption of light in a cavity, a system in which absorption is so controlled, and an interferometer embodying the underlying physical concept. Materials can be made to completely absorb incident light when the light is imposed in a specific pattern of illumination. Coherent perfect absorption, as the process is referred to, is achieved when a cavity is illuminated coherently and monochromatically by the time-reverse of the output of a lasing mode. Varying the parameters of the incident light and/or of the cavity allows the absorption of the incident light by the cavity to be controlled; enhanced or even reduced. | 2012-05-31 |
20120134003 | TOUCH CONTROL ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE - In a touch control electrochromic device such as a resistive or capacitive touch panel, the electrochromic device combined with a resistive touch panel includes a resistive touch panel unit having a first transparent conductive substrate and a second conductive substrate; an electrochromic material, which is a pure liquid filled into the resistive touch panel unit; an insulator installed at internal peripheries of the first transparent conductive substrate and the second conductive substrate; and a controller electrically coupled to the resistive touch panel unit for turning on/off an external power source of the electrochromic material by an external touch control signal. The resistive touch panel unit directly drives the coloration/decoloration of the electrochromic material to achieve the effect of a power saving window or smart glass. | 2012-05-31 |
20120134004 | ELECTROCHROMIC LAYER STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - An electrochromic layer structure with at least one active layer and at least two electrodes is described. At least one of the electrodes has an electrically conductive network of conductor tracks and the conductor tracks contain nanoparticles. An electrochromic device, a method for production of an electrochromic layer structure and use of an electrochromic layer structure and an electrochromic device are also described. | 2012-05-31 |
20120134005 | OCCASIONAL CALIBRATION PHASE-DIFFERENCE MODULATION FOR SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER - An occasional calibration waveform is used to, first, make an interferometer sensitive to small changes in Sagnac phase difference due to rotating the gyroscope (this is commonly referred to as biasing the interferometer); second, supply a feedback phase difference to keep the interferometer sensitive to small changes in rotation rate; and third, supply the calibration modulation necessary to keep the digital electronics calibrated with respect to the Sagnac phase difference being measured. | 2012-05-31 |
20120134006 | METHOD FOR REDUCING SPECKLE PATTERN IN DISPLAY IMAGES - A display system includes a coherent light source that can emit a coherent light beam, a de-speckling device configured to distort a wavefront of the coherent light beam to produce a distorted coherent light beam, and a two-dimensional array of light modulators that can selectively modulate the distorted coherent light beam to select a plurality of pixels for display. | 2012-05-31 |
20120134007 | ACOUSTO-OPTICAL TUNABLE FILTER ELEMENT - An acousto-optical filter element ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120134008 | ELECTROMECHANICAL INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATOR DEVICE - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for an electromechanical system. In one aspect, an electromechanical interferometric modulator system includes a substrate and a plurality of interferometric modulators (IMODs). At least two different IMOD types correspond to different reflected colors. Each IMOD has an optical stack, an absorber layer, a movable reflective layer, where the movable reflective layer has at least open and collapsed states, and an air gap defined between the movable reflective layer and the optical stack in the open state. The optical stacks define different optical path lengths for each of the different IMOD types by way of different transparent layer thickness and/or material, while the air gap has the same size when in the open state. The IMODs reflect different colors in the closed state and a common appearance in the open state. Use of two absorbers aids in defining the common appearance in the open state and can also improve color saturation. | 2012-05-31 |
20120134009 | MULTI-COLOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS - An electrophoretic display ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120134010 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY FLUID - This invention relates to an electrophoretic display fluid comprising a non-mobile or semi-mobile phase and two types of charged pigment particles dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture, and an electrophoretic display device utilizing such an electrophoretic display fluid. The electrophoretic fluid of the present invention provides improved image qualities. | 2012-05-31 |
20120134011 | OPTICAL FIBER DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING OPTICAL SHORT PULSES AND OPTICAL FIBER DELIVERY METHOD - The optical fiber delivery system for delivering optical short pulses includes: a chirped pulse source ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120134012 | PERIODICALLY POLED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - A periodically poled optical waveguide comprising a nonlinear optical crystalline material is provided having poled optical domains slanted with respect to direction of propagation of light within the waveguide. Light reflected from slanted poled optical domains does not couple efficiently back into the optical waveguide, which facilitates reduction of backreflection towards a semiconductor laser source coupled to the waveguide. Reduction of backreflections facilitates stable operation of the semiconductor laser source. A method of manufacturing of a periodically poled optical waveguide with slanted poled domains is also provided. | 2012-05-31 |
20120134013 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL CONVERSION - A cA crystal configured to change a frequency of a laser through an optical parametric oscillation (OPO) process and a difference frequency generation (DFG) process is provides. The crystal includes: an OPO/DFG segment that is quasi-periodically poled to yield (i) a conversion of a pump light applied thereto, to a first signal and an idler, and (ii) a conversion of a first signal applied thereto, to a second signal and to an idler signal, by phase-matching a difference frequency generation (DFG) process and an OPO process therein simultaneously, wherein the pump light has a frequency that equals a sum of a frequency of the first signal and a frequency of the idler and wherein the frequency of the first signal equals a sum of a frequency of the second signal and the frequency of idler. | 2012-05-31 |
20120134014 | LIGHT GENERATING DEVICE - Disclosed is a light generating device which comprises a first reflective semiconductor optical amplifier emitting a first light along a first direction, a second reflective semiconductor optical amplifier emitting the second light in a direction opposite to the first direction, an optical distributer reflecting a part of an incident light and to pass the remaining of the incident light, and an optical comb filter passing a wavelength component of a specific period. | 2012-05-31 |
20120134015 | MIRROR FOR EUV WAVELENGTHS, PROJECTION OBJECTIVE FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY HAVING SUCH MIRROR AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS HAVING SUCH PROJECTION OBJECTIVE - EUV mirror with a layer arrangement on a substrate. The layer arrangement includes a plurality of layer subsystems each consisting of a periodic sequence of at least one period of individual layers. The periods include two individual layers composed of different material for a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer and have within each subsystem a constant thickness that deviates from a period thickness of an adjacent layer subsystem. The subsystem most distant from the substrate has (i) a number of periods greater than the number of periods for the layer subsystem that is second most distant from the substrate and/or (ii) a thickness of the high refractive index layer that deviates by more than 0.1 nm from that of the high refractive index layer of the subsystem that is second most distant from the substrate. | 2012-05-31 |
20120134016 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PROJECTION OBJECTIVE AND PROJECTION OBJECTIVE - The disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a projection objective, and a projection objective, such as a projection objective configured to be used in a microlithographic process. The method can include defining an initial design for the projection objective and optimizing the design using a merit function. The method can be used in the manufacturing of projection objectives which may be used in a microlithographic process of manufacturing miniaturized devices. | 2012-05-31 |