34th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140233017 | Measurement of Solid, Aerosol, Vapor, Liquid and Gaseous Concentration and Particle Size - A method and apparatus for measuring particle content in a stream, comprising routing the stream, via a plurality of tubes, from a plurality of sampling points where particle content concentrations are to be measured. The concentration of particle content in the stream may be measured. The measurement may be based on determination, via a sensor for example, of an electrostatic charge of the particles as the particles, and/or based on counting of a number of particles in the stream, such as using a counter tracking light emitted from a light source. The measured concentration of particle content may be analyzed to determine if it is indicative of an appropriate concentration of measured particles in the stream. The particles may comprise extinguishing and/or suppression agent particles. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233018 | ANTIQUE IDENTIFICATION METHOD - A 4-in-1 antique identification method combines visual inspection, a colorimetric method, microscopic observation, and a density comparison method to form conclusions as to the date of an antique object. Among them the density comparison is to detect the identified object's unit weight, and compare it to known data of historical unit weights of objects, to determine the age of the object being measured. This combines the antique's inherent physical constant to confirm its age. This is repeated for each step, to provide a number of estimated age results for the object. If the results are in agreement, the result can be considered reliable and the object can be deemed authentic. This method especially applies to the identification of porcelain, jade and bronze with less equipment and easier operation. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233019 | OPTICAL FIBER MECHANICAL BEND STRESS TEST SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER - Methods and devices provide for storing historical data that includes interference values mapped to at least one of bend radii values, lifetime values, or failure rate values of optical fibers; transmitting an optical signal, via a test system, toward the optical fiber under test; setting a polarization state of the optical signal before the optical signal propagates through the optical fiber under test; setting a polarization state of a reflected optical signal that has propagated through the optical fiber under test in a manner that causes a minimum interference or a maximum interference; measuring instances of power of the reflected optical signal; and outputting a result that includes at least one of a bend radius value, a lifetime value, or a failure rate that applies to the optical fiber under test based on the measured instances of power and the historical data. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233020 | INTERROGATOR FOR A PLURALITY OF SENSOR FIBER OPTIC GRATINGS - An interrogator for a plurality of sensor fiber optic gratings. The interrogator includes an optical source for providing signals to the plurality of sensor fiber optic gratings. At least one optical filter converts optical signals, returned from the plurality of sensor fiber optic gratings, from (a) changes in peak reflection wavelength to (b) changes in intensity. At least one optical receiver receives the converted optical signals from the at least one optical filter. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233021 | APPARATUS FOR FOCUS BEAM ANALYSIS OF HIGH POWER LASERS - An in-line laser beam waist analyzer system includes an optical prism that picks off a portion of a second surface reflection from either a laser processing focus lens or a protective debris shield for the processing lens and directs that focused light to a pixelated detector. This provides real time monitoring of the focused laser beam while it is processing material by welding, cutting, drilling, scribing or marking, without disrupting the process. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233022 | APPARATUS FOR FOCUS BEAM ANALYSIS OF HIGH POWER LASERS - An in-line laser beam waist analyzer system includes an optical prism that picks off a portion of a second surface reflection from either a laser processing focus lens or a protective debris shield for the processing lens and directs that focused light to a pixelated detector. This provides real time monitoring of the focused laser beam while it is processing material by welding, cutting, drilling, scribing or marking, without disrupting the process. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233023 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A SENSOR CLUSTER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method is disclosed for calibrating a sensor cluster located at an inside of a windshield of a motor vehicle and arranged such that the pitch thereof is adjustable. The sensor cluster may include a narrow beam sensor and an imaging sensor, both of which are directed forward of the motor vehicle. An angle gamma (γ) between center directions of the narrow beam sensor and the imaging sensor has been pre-calibrated and stored in at least one memory unit. The method may include calibrating at least one of the narrow beam sensor and the imaging sensor with respect to a geometrical travel axis of the vehicle, recording a measure epsilon (ε) corresponding to an angle between the center direction of the imaging sensor and a reference provided by a fixed vehicle structural part, and storing the recorded measure epsilon (ε) in the at least one memory unit. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233024 | Defect Inspecting Apparatus and Defect Inspecting Method - An invention being applied is a defect detecting apparatus that has: an illuminating optical system with a laser light source for irradiating a sample on whose surface a pattern is formed with light; a detecting optical system with a sensor for detecting light generated from the sample illuminated by the illuminating optical system; and a signal processing unit that extracts a defect from an image based on the light detected by the detecting optical system, in which an amplification rate of the sensor is dynamically changed during a time when the light is detected by the detecting optical system. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233025 | Method and Apparatus for Angular-Resolved Spectroscopic Lithography Characterization - An apparatus and method to determine a property of a substrate by measuring, in the pupil plane of a high numerical aperture lens, an angle-resolved spectrum as a result of radiation being reflected off the substrate. The property may be angle and wavelength dependent and may include the intensity of TM- and TE-polarized radiation and their relative phase difference. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233026 | SHROUDED SENSOR CLIP ASSEMBLY AND BLOOD CHAMBER FOR AN OPTICAL BLOOD MONITORING SYSTEM - An optical blood monitoring system for blocking unwanted light from reaching sensors in a sensor clip assembly fastened to a blood chamber connected in an extracorporeal blood treatment system. The blood chamber has an internal flow cavity for communicating the extracorporeal blood flow and viewing windows to enable the sensor clip assembly to illuminate the blood with light as the blood flows through the blood chamber in order to monitor characteristics of the blood. The sensor clip assembly includes opposing heads with LED emitters and photodetectors. In one embodiment, lenses in the heads are surrounded by shrouds extending from the lenses so that when the sensor clip assembly is fastened to the blood chamber the shrouds block unwanted light from reaching the photodetectors. Either alternatively or as a complement to the shrouds, the blood chamber includes an opaque portion or a portion colored to attenuate particular wavelengths of light to further enhance the overall ability of the blood chamber and sensor clip assembly to block unwanted light from reaching the photodetectors. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233027 | IMAGING ZOOM FOR WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW IMAGING SPECTROMETER - An imaging system comprises a wide field of view (FOV) telescope, a narrow FOV telescope, a spectrometer, an imaging detector, an image slicer, and a selection mechanism. The wide FOV telescope is configured to produce a one-dimensional optical image of a broad field of view (FOV) F. The narrow FOV telescope is configured to produce a two-dimensional optical image of a narrow FOV f. The spectrometer is configured to produce a spectrum of a one-dimensional image, and the imaging detector is configured to capture that spectrum. The image slicer is configured to break the two-dimensional optical image into a series of one-dimensional segments. The selection mechanism operable in either of two modes: a wide FOV mode transmitting the one-dimensional optical image to the spectrometer, and a zoom mode transmitting a one-dimensional concatenation of the series of one-dimensional segments to the spectrometer. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233028 | LOSSLESS HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING - Techniques for hyperspectral imaging using a spatial light modulator having a plurality of pixels, including encoding electromagnetic radiation incident a first pixel at a first location and a second pixel at a second location into a first modulated signal having a first modulation frequency and a second modulated signal having a second modulation frequency, the first modulation frequency being different than the second modulation frequency. A sum of intensities of at least the first modulated signal and the second modulated signal is measured at a plurality of optical frequencies and a transform is applied to the sum to obtain an intensity of electromagnetic radiation incident each of the first location and the second location for each of the plurality of optical frequencies. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233029 | SPECTROMETER - A spectrometer with a detector and a transparent body which has an entry area and an exit area on a front side of the body and a reflection grating on a rear side of the body. A beam entering the body via the entry area is reflected at the reflection grating to the exit area and in the process is spectrally split and passes through the exit area and impinges on the detector. The rear side is curved at least in the region of the reflection grating in such a way that the beam is focused in the horizontal and vertical planes when it is reflected at the reflection grating. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233030 | SPECTRAL IMAGING DEVICE ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND SPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM - A method of adjusting a spectroscopic imaging device is provided with which a relative arrangement relationship among components can be easily adjusted in the spectroscopic imaging device. A spectroscopic imaging device | 2014-08-21 |
20140233031 | Substrate and Patterning Device for Use in Metrology, Metrology Method and Device Manufacturing Method - A pattern from a patterning device is applied to a substrate by a lithographic apparatus. The applied pattern includes product features and metrology targets. The metrology targets include large targets and small targets which are for measuring overlay. Some of the smaller targets are distributed at locations between the larger targets, while other small targets are placed at the same locations as a large target. By comparing values measured using a small target and large target at the same location, parameter values measured using all the small targets can be corrected for better accuracy. The large targets can be located primarily within scribe lanes while the small targets are distributed within product areas. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233032 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING A PITCH STATIC ATTITUDE OF A HEAD STACK ASSEMBLY - A tester including a laser transmitter, a laser receiver, a zero reference plane located between the laser transmitter and the laser receiver, a tower reference plane located between the laser transmitter and the laser receiver, wherein the tower reference plane defines an aperture, and a controller. The controller is configured to measure a pitch static attitude of a head stack assembly by at least determining a zero axis, determining a first horizontal position of the aperture and a second horizontal position of the aperture, determining a mid-point of a first slider of the head stack assembly, determining a first vertical position of the aperture, determining a first horizontal line, and generating a pitch static attitude reference line corresponding to a pitch static attitude of the first slider based on a least squares approximation using the mid-point of the first slider and the first horizontal line. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233033 | OPTICALLY VARIABLE ENTITY AUTHENTICATING DEVICE AND METHOD - Disclosed is a device for the authentication of an optically variable entity exhibiting a color shift with changing viewing-angle, the device comprising a plate of light-refractive material, said plate having two surfaces and an array of light-refracting protrusions or recesses on at least one of said surfaces, and being disposed in said device such as to provide, aside each other, a direct view and a view through said plate onto at least parts of said optically variable entity, said view through said plate being an angularly deflected view, resulting from light refraction at said protrusions or recesses. Further disclosed is a method for authenticating an optically variable entity, as well as the use of a plate having two parallel surfaces and an array of positive or negative light-refracting protrusions or recesses on at least one of said surfaces for authenticating an optically variable entity. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233034 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ON-LINE, REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL GASSES DISSOLVED IN TRANSFORMER OIL - A method of providing real-time analysis of chemical gases in a transformer oil has been disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing an inspection probe adapted to measure a transmission spectrum of a solvent oil in a transformer, placing the probe inside a transformer, using the inspection probe to measure a transmission spectrum of the solvent oil, and determining the concentration of dissolved gases in the transmission oil. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233035 | BROADBAND OR MID-INFRARED FIBER LIGHT SOURCES - An optical system for use in an imaging procedure includes one or more semiconductor diodes configured to generate an input signal beam with a wavelength shorter than 2.5 microns that is amplified and communicated through optical fiber(s) to a nonlinear element configured to broaden the spectral width to at least 50 nm through a nonlinear effect. A subsystem includes lenses or mirrors to deliver an output beam having a broadened spectrum to an Optical Coherence Tomography apparatus with a sample and reference arm to perform imaging for characterizing the sample. The delivered output beam has a temporal duration greater than about 30 picoseconds, a repetition rate between continuous wave and Megahertz or higher, and a time averaged intensity of less than approximately 50 MW/cm | 2014-08-21 |
20140233036 | DEVICE FOR TACTILE SHAPE DETERMINATION - A device for the tactile determination of a surface shape of a measuring object includes a micro probe arm having a stylus tip, the micro probe arm being fastened on an optical fiber having a fiber end, which is mounted in a probe housing, a reference mirror is provided in the probe housing, and an optical measuring device is provided for determining the position of the fiber end in relation to the reference mirror. The contactless interferometric determination of the distance between the fiber end of the optical fiber and the reference mirror attached in the probe housing allows precise determination of the surface shape of the measuring object. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233037 | ARTICLE FOR USE IN AN OCT-METHOD AND INTRAOCULAR LENS - An article for use in an OCT method, the article comprising a solid substrate and nanoparticles dispersed in or on the substrate in at least one light transmissive portion of the article such that the nanoparticles result in an increased extinction of the light transmissive portion along a transmission direction of the light transmissive portion compared to the substrate being free of nanoparticles. The extinction of the light transmissive portion along the transmission direction is less than 6, wherein the extinction is defined as a negative decadic logarithm of a ratio of an intensity of light which is transmitted through the light transmissive portion to an intensity of light which is incident on the light transmissive portion, wherein the light is in at least one of a visible and a near infrared wavelength range. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233038 | SHAPE MEASUREMENT METHOD, SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention is directed to more accurately acquiring shape data than conventional techniques. After an imaging unit images an interference fringe, a calculation unit acquires the captured image from the imaging unit. The calculation unit extracts a ring zone region where the interference fringe is sparse in the captured image from each captured image, and calculates a phase distribution of the interference fringe in each ring zone region. The calculation unit acquires a deviation component having an orientation and an amount both unchangeable along a circumferential direction of a circle centered at the optical axis of the subject light by analyzing the interference fringe contained in each acquired captured image. Further, the calculation unit calculates positions of characteristic points of a calibrator, and calculates a distortion component. Then, the calculation unit calculates the shape data corrected based on the deviation component and the distortion component. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233039 | PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL SENSOR, PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL PHENOMENON SENSING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Present invention relate to a physical/chemical sensor and a physical/chemical phenomenon sensing device that can detect minute change of surface stress and can be reduced in size and arrayed and to provide a method for manufacturing the same | 2014-08-21 |
20140233040 | Methods and Devices for Measuring Homogeneously Reflective Surfaces - A focal point generated by a confocal sensor system is moved along a visual axis, orthogonal to the x, y-plane of an x, y, z-coordinate system, to a target z-coordinate of a point to be measured on a surface of an object. A light intensity of light reflected by the surface is dependent on a distance of the focal point along the z-axis to the point to be measured, and is detected and used in determining the actual z-coordinate of the point to be measured by an evaluation device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233041 | Computerized Movable Laser System for Radiographic Patient Positioning - A system for radiographic patient positioning includes at least one laser. An orientation sensor is associated with a laser and the orientation sensor produces tilt data indicative of an orientation of a laser. A computer compares a later received tilt data from the orientation sensor to the stored tilt data to identify an error in the alignment of the laser. A method of operating a computer tomography patient positioning system includes providing a plurality of lasers and orientation sensors. A processor obtains tilt data from the orientation sensor of an associated laser and the tilt data is representative of an orientation of the associated laser. The processor compares new tilt data to the stored tilt data and identifies an error in an alignment of at least one laser of the plurality of laser units based upon the comparison of the new tilt data to the stored tilt data. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233042 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A VERTICAL POSITION OF AT LEAST ONE INTERFACE BETWEEN A FIRST COMPONENT AND AT LEAST ONE SECOND COMPONENT AND LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM - An apparatus for determining a vertical position of an interface between a first component and a second component comprising different layers in a sample container comprises a first unit comprising a first emitting light, a first optics, and a first detector; a second unit vertically spaced from the first unit comprising a second emitting light, a second optics, and a second detector; a driving unit to move the first unit and the second unit relative to the sample container; a position sensing unit to output a position sensing signal indicative of a vertical position of the sample container; and a vertical position determining unit to calculate the vertical position of the interface. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233043 | SYSTEM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION USING REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENT - A system includes a computer-readable medium that stores a plurality of instructions for execution by at least one computer processor. The instructions include receiving a reflectivity measurement on a semiconductor wafer and generating a reflectivity map based on the received reflectivity measurement. The instructions determine a spatial distance for a selected reflectivity change using the generated reflectivity map. Subsequently, the determined spatial distance is compared with a thermal diffusion length of a first anneal process technique. In embodiments, the system further includes a light source and a reflectivity measurement tool. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233044 | Method and System for Adjusting the Alignment of a Photonic Beam - The method comprises:
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20140233045 | CONNECTOR FOR PRINTER ACCESSORY - A printer accessory including a housing and a connector, the connector having a frame defining an opening in the housing, and including a contact housing and a door slideably disposed within the opening. Biasing elements bias the contact housing and door to extend from the opening, wherein the door is configured to be depressed into the housing through the opening to expose electrical contacts on the contact housing. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233046 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises: a decision unit which decides, based on a first resolution and a second resolution, a sampling pixel to be used for resolution conversion in the first image data; a determination unit which determines whether the first image data includes a white line of not larger than a predetermined width; a replacing unit which, in a case where a pixel of interest in the first image data is a pixel included in the white line and is not the sampling pixel, replaces a value of the pixel of interest with a value of a pixel adjacent to the pixel of interest; and a conversion unit which converts the first image data including the replaced value of the pixel into the second image data having the second resolution. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233047 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND TANGIBLE COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: an image obtaining unit configured to obtain an image of an identification card; a printing unit; a utilization purpose entry receiving unit configured to receive an entry of a utilization purpose of a document to be printed by the printing unit; and a control unit configured to overlap a text indicating the utilization purpose received by the utilization purpose entry receiving unit, with the image of the identification card, and to instruct the printing unit to print the overlapped text and the image of the identification card. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233048 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVING PRINT MEDIA ATTRIBUTES FROM A PRINT MEDIA DATABASE SERVER - A method of managing at least one print media database server for print media attributes of print media is disclosed, the method includes hosting print media attributes for a plurality of image forming apparatuses on the at least one print media database server, and wherein the at least one print media database server contains print media attributes for a plurality of print media from one or more manufacturers; receiving, by the at least one print media database server, additional print media attributes from either of the one or more manufacturers and one of the plurality of image forming apparatuses; confirming accuracy of the additional print media attributes; and enabling, by the at least one print media database server, access to the additional print media attributes in the print media database from the plurality of image forming apparatuses, after the accuracy of the additional print media attributes is confirmed. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233049 | TEST CHART USED FOR CALIBRATION IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Multiple measurement images are formed in a test chart. Reflected light from the test patterns is received by light receiving elements of a color sensor for an accumulation time that is determined for the respective test patterns. The lengths of the test patterns in the conveyance direction of the test chart are determined according to the lengths of the accumulation times for the respective test patterns. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233050 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus that communicates with a peripheral device searches for a generic driver corresponding to compatible identification information of the peripheral device, if a specific driver corresponding to model information of the peripheral device has been found and if a setting is enabled to use a generic driver, and controls installation of the generic driver if the generic driver has been found. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233051 | DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION SERVER AND PROGRAM FOR DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION SERVER - A document distribution server a data conversion unit configured to convert document data into a common format data that have the same appearance when displayed on a display device and when printed with a printing device, a receiving unit configured to receive a request to display the document data in the display device and to receive a request to print the document data in the printing device, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the common format data to the display device when the request to display the document data is received from the display device and to transmit the common format data to the printing device when the request to print the document data is received from the printing device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233052 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION - The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for managing a document. An example aspect provides a method of requesting a document to be displayed at a portable electronic device, including: installing at a computer a printer driver for displaying documents at the portable electronic device; creating an association of a portable account identifier with a unique identifier of the portable electronic device; using the printer driver and the association, to transmit the document to the portable electronic device over a network; and transmitting from the computer the document. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233053 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store print data including a password upon receipt of the print data, a receiving unit configured to receive a print instruction for the stored print data from a user, an authentication unit capable of performing user authentication, and a printing unit configured to perform printing without causing an authenticated user to enter a password in a case where an owner of the print-instructed print data matches the authenticated user, and to perform printing in response to a match between a password received from a user and the password included in the print data in a case where the owner of the print-instructed print data differs from the authenticated user, or in a case where a print instruction is received without user authentication by the authentication unit. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233054 | MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The storage section of the multifunction peripheral stores location information containing a storage location of software which transmits a control command whose execution is permissible. The execution permission judging section of the multifunction peripheral includes (I) a storage location detecting section which detects a storage location of software which has participated in a transmission of a received control command and (II) a command permitting/prohibiting section which (i) prohibits execution of the received control command when a storage location indicated by the location information is not detected by the storage location detecting section but (ii) permits execution of the received control command when the storage location is detected by the storage location detecting section. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233055 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MANAGING PRINT JOBS - A method for managing a print job, the method may include intercepting, by a computerized module, a request to print a print job content by a target printer; analyzing, by the computerized module, the print job content to determine an expected printing cost of the print job content by the target printer; selecting, by the computerized module, a selected printer to print the print job content, out of the target printer and another printer, in response to the expected printing cost; and sending the print job content information to the selected printer. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233056 | DEVICE, SOFTWARE INSTALLATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an image forming device which is capable of connecting an external storage device. After the external storage device has been connected to the image forming device, the image forming device performs a software installation based on setting data acquired from the external storage device. The image forming device stores a script for executing steps required for the executed software installation in ordered sequence in the external storage device. When the script has already been stored in the external storage device upon connection of the external storage device to the image forming device, the image forming device performs the software installation by implementing the steps in the ordered sequence in accordance with the script. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233057 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR FORMING AND OUTPUTTING IMAGE, CONTROL APPARATUS FOR FORMING AND OUTPUTTING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A CONTROL PROGRAM FOR FORMING AND OUTPUTTING IMAGE - A control system for forming and outputting an image, in which an image output control apparatus cooperates with another information processing apparatus that instructs an image forming apparatus to form and output an image. The control system includes an intermediate data generator that acquires an image to be output and generates intermediate data as print data, an intermediate data storage processor that stores the generated intermediate data in a predetermined storage area, an intermediate data acquisition unit that acquires the intermediate data, an additional processor that executes an additional process in outputting the image based on the acquired intermediate data, and a print job generation controller that instructs a print job generator that generates a print job to instruct the image forming apparatus to execute forming and outputting the image to generate the print job based on the intermediate data. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233058 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a printing system in which a mobile terminal that instructs the print service device to print without specifying an image forming device that executes printing in response to a selection of document data, and the print service device transmits a command for causing the terminal device to write, in the near field communication unit of the terminal device, storage information related to a storage location on the network of the print job generated upon receiving the instruction, and the image processing device activates the near field communication unit of the image processing device, and acquires the print job based on the storage information acquired by the acquisition unit and print the print job | 2014-08-21 |
20140233059 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTENT DISPLAYING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH CONTENT DISPLAYING PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus includes a position detecting portion capable of detecting a position designated by a user, and a control portion which includes a content displaying portion to display a display area of content and a gesture event determining portion to determine a gesture event. The content displaying portion includes a display image generating portion, and a display control portion to display the display image. The display image generating portion includes a state storing portion to store state information for specifying the display area at a time point of start of a gesture period, and a prioritized displaying portion operable, when a first gesture event changing the display area and a second gesture event not changing the display area are determined during the gesture period, to generate a display image for displaying the display area specified by the state information, on the basis of the second gesture event. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233060 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing terminal capable of communicating with an information processing device with an operational panel on which setting on a job and an order to execute the job are accepted. The information processing terminal includes: a display unit; an operational input unit; a remote controller to remote control the information processing device by acquiring an operational screen and displaying the operational screen, and by transmitting operational information to the information processing device; a terminal function controller to control a specific function mounted on the information processing terminal; and a storage storing a program that functions as a cooperation controller to make the information processing device and the terminal function controller work cooperatively. The remote controller actuates the cooperation controller by starting the program and displays the cooperation operational screen. The cooperation operational screen is used for making the information processing device and the terminal function controller work cooperatively. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233061 | Control Device and Storage Medium - There is provided a storage medium having a computer program stored thereon and readable by a computer for a terminal device, the computer program, when executed by the computer, causing the computer to perform operations including: acquiring input information input by a user, wherein the input information is information relating to a display state of one or more display lamps arranged in a target product to represent a state of the target product; acquiring identification information for identifying state related information according to the display state of the one or more display lamps specified by the input information, wherein the state related information is information relating to the state of the target product corresponding to the specified display state of the one or more display lamps; acquiring the state related information based on the acquired identification information; and outputting the acquired state related information on the terminal device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233062 | TOUCH PAD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A touch pad with a simple structure to enable an electronic device to be manufactured more slimly and with low manufacturing costs. The touch pad includes a cover having a plurality of function icons a cover frame to support the cover, the cover frame including a plurality of light guide hollows, and a board, which is engaged with the cover frame and includes touch sensors and luminous elements to illuminate the function icons mounted thereon, the touch sensors and luminous elements being respectively mounted at positions on the board corresponding to the plurality of function icons. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233063 | PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS - A printing method and apparatus, a print control method, and a multimedia apparatus are provided. The printing method includes receiving a multimedia file or additional information of the multimedia file from a multimedia apparatus; interpreting the multimedia file or the additional information of the multimedia and obtaining at least one item included in the additional information; and printing the obtained at least one item. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233064 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, LOG RECORDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming device is capable of executing an application. In the image forming device, a determining unit is configured to determine, in response to a request of execution of a communication process from the application, whether the communication process is an encrypted communication based on contents of a call stack which stores the request. A log recording unit is configured to record log information of the communication process in a storage device when the communication process is determined as being an encrypted communication. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233065 | Proofing of a Product Over a Network - A system for proofing a product over a network comprising a first computing device ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140233066 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF WEB PAGE OBJECTS FOR PRINTING - A method includes receiving a request to print a current web page. A set of records that represent web pages that are similar to the current web page are identified from a print log that includes at least one record, each record including an indication of a web page and indicating one or more objects that had been previously selected for printing from that web page. Based on the objects that are indicated by the identified set of records, one or more objects of the current web page are selected to be printed on a printer. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233067 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing device includes: a drawing command transfer unit that transfers a drawing command for generating image data in a third region of a second storage unit to a first region of a first storage unit; a drawing unit that generates band image data in units of a band having a lower height compared with one page and a predetermined width, in accordance with the drawing command in the first region; a band image data transfer unit that transfers the band image data to a second region of the first storage; and an image transfer unit that transfers the band image data in the second region to a fourth region of the second storage unit. The drawing unit determines the first region according to a size of the drawing command, and determines the second region by subtracting the first region from a region of the first storage unit. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233068 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING SCANNED DATA - An efficient method and system to enhance digital acquisition devices for analog data is presented. The enhancements offered by the method and system are available to the user in local as well as in remote deployments yielding efficiency gains for a large variety of business processes. The quality enhancements of the acquired digital data are achieved efficiently by employing virtual reacquisition. The method of virtual reacquisition renders unnecessary the physical reacquisition of the analog data in case the digital data obtained by the acquisition device are of insufficient quality. The method and system allows multiple users to access the same acquisition device for analog data. In some embodiments, one or more users can virtually reacquire data provided by multiple analog or digital sources. The acquired raw data can be processed by each user according to his personal preferences and/or requirements. The preferred processing settings and attributes are determined interactively in real time as well as non real time, automatically and a combination thereof. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233069 | Method and System for Halftoning Using Energy Minimization - A method is disclosed. The method includes generating a set of points via energy minimization to implement halftone seed pattern. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233070 | COLOR CONVERSION COEFFICIENT GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD, COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A color conversion coefficient generating apparatus includes a color vision degree coefficient calculating unit and a color conversion coefficient calculating unit. The color vision degree coefficient calculating unit calculates a color vision degree coefficient indicating the degree of color vision deficiency. The color conversion coefficient calculating unit calculates a color conversion coefficient used to convert an input color value, on the basis of correspondence between the color vision degree coefficient, calculated by the color vision degree coefficient calculating unit, and sensitivity characteristics of long—(L), medium—(M), and short—(S) wavelength-sensitive cones. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233071 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A reading unit, which reads images, reads an image of a predetermined pattern that includes a plurality of marks and is printed on a printing medium by executing scanning relative to the printing medium. Image data acquired by this reading is acquired. Reading adjustment values are specified in accordance with displacement amounts of a plurality of regions with respect to ideal positions. The plurality of regions are formed based on the plurality of patterns included in the acquired image data. Reading processing of a reading mechanism | 2014-08-21 |
20140233072 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication system includes a client device that does not include facsimile transmission functions, and a relay device. The relay device is communicably connected to the client device via a private network while also being communicably connected to an external device via a public network, includes facsimile transceiving functions that transmit and receive facsimiles via a public network line associated with the client device, and in response to facsimile transmission instructions for image information received from the client device via the private network, transmits to the external device a facsimile of the image information with added information on the public network line associated with the private network. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233073 | RELAY APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A relay apparatus includes a reception section, a facsimile communication section, and a generation section. From terminal apparatuses having no facsimile transmission functions, the reception section receives facsimile transmission instructions along with pieces of identification information of the terminal apparatuses via a private network. The facsimile communication section performs facsimile transmission via a public network to the outside on the basis of the facsimile transmission instructions received by the reception section. The generation section generates pieces of communication result information about facsimile transmission for the respective pieces of identification information corresponding to the terminal apparatuses when the facsimile communication section performs the facsimile transmission to the outside. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233074 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A processor performs acquiring counterpart information corresponding to destination of transmission data; acquiring a re-execution command for controlling a reader to repeatedly perform reading of an original document; acquiring a transmission command for transmitting the transmission data; in response to acquisition of the transmission command, controlling a communicator to transmit the transmission data in accordance with the counterpart information; in response to not to acquire the transmission command, storing the transmission data in a storage unit; and acquiring an addition execution command for performing reading of an original document of a data portion that is added to the stored transmission data. In response to acquisition of the transmission command after the addition execution command is acquired, the communicator is controlled to transmit new transmission data in accordance with the counterpart information. The new transmission data is acquired by adding the data portion to the stored transmission data. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233075 | COUNTERFEIT DETERRENCE USING FULL WIDTH ARRAY SCANS - Systems and methods are described that facilitate counterfeit deterrence in a printer or the like. A final image is scanned from a photoreceptor belt before or after transfer of the image to a print medium or from the print medium itself prior to output, and the scanned image data is assessed using a set of stored criteria to detect counterfeit signatures in the scanned image. Upon a determination that the scanned image includes a restricted image, and therefore contains one or more counterfeit image, the printer is shut down, electronically locked until serviced, and/or caused to damage or mark the printed counterfeit image(s). | 2014-08-21 |
20140233076 | CONTROLLING DEVICE - A controlling device may determine an output resolution according to one type of file format selected from a plurality of types of file format. The output resolution may be a resolution of image data to be included in a target file of a generation target. The plurality of types of file format may include a first type of file format and a second type of file format. The controlling device may determine a first resolution as the output resolution in a first case where the selected file format is the first type of file format, and determine a second resolution different from the first resolution as the output resolution in a second case where the selected file format is the second type of file format. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233077 | LIGHT IRRADIATION SYSTEM, IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An light irradiation system for irradiating light a document face includes a light source; a light guiding member to guide light emitted from the light source; and a reflector to reflect a part of light exiting from the light guiding member to the document face. A direction that emission light intensity of the light emitted from the light source becomes the strongest is different from a direction extending from the light source to an irradiation area. The irradiation area is irradiated by a reflection light reflected by the reflector, and a direct light exiting from the light guiding member without reflection at the reflector. The light guiding member including an incidence surface, an exit surface, and a light guiding part including a total reflection face. Light quantity irradiated to the document face by reflection light is smaller than light quantity irradiated to the document face by direct light. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233078 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an automatic document feeder for conveying a document to pass through an image reading position for discharging, and a main body portion for irradiating the document with light at the image reading position and receiving reflection light of the irradiated light to read an image of the document, in which the automatic document feeder is provided so as to be able to be opened and closed with respect to the main body portion. The image processing apparatus, while the automatic document feeder conveys a document, irradiates a white plate with light in the absence of the document at the image reading position to read an image thereof and analyzes the read image of the white plate so as to detect opening and closing of the automatic document feeder. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233079 | HOLOGRAM RECORDING FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A hologram recording film manufacturing method includes the steps of obtaining a laminated structure by alternately laminating M (where M≧2) photosensitive material precursor layers including a photosensitive material and at least one (M−1) resin layer on one another, obtaining M photosensitive material layers, where at least two interference fringes with a desired pitch and a desired slant angle are formed on each of the M photosensitive material layers, from the M photosensitive material precursor layers by irradiating the laminated structure with a reference laser light beam and an object laser light beam, and making the slant angles of the M photosensitive material layers different from each other while retaining the pitch value, which is defined on a face of the photosensitive material layer, by irradiating the laminated structure with an energy ray from the laminated structure's one face side, and heating the laminated structure. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233080 | Multi-Beam ROS Imaging System - A multiple-beam imager includes multiple light sources (e.g., laser diodes) that transmit light beam pulses (energy doses) along parallel paths onto print plate spots disposed in a circumferential target region during each imaging period. The beam pulses are coordinated with rotation of the imaging cylinder such that, as a selected print plate spot is rotated through the target region, it is sequentially positioned during successive imaging periods to receive light beam pulses from each of the sequentially-aligned light sources, whereby the selected print plate spot receives multiple energy doses (e.g., one during each raster-scan) as it passes through the target region, thereby gradually heating and then evaporating the fountain solution predisposed over the selected print spot. A polygon mirror is used to raster-scan the beam pulses along parallel raster-scan zones. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233081 | Optical Scanning Apparatus - An optical scanning apparatus includes first and second light sources configured to emit first and second light fluxes respectively, a deflector having a reflecting surface which reflects the first and second light fluxes, and configured to deflect the first and second light fluxes in a main scanning direction, and an imaging lens configured to let the first and second light fluxes through and form an image of the first and second light fluxes on the reflecting surface of the deflector. The imaging lens has a first incident surface into which the first light flux enters at a right angle, a second incident surface into which the second light flux enters at a right angle, a first outgoing surface from which the first light flux exits, and a second outgoing surface which makes an angle with the first outgoing surface and from which the second light flux exits. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233082 | Multi Spectral Vision Aid - A multi spectrum vision aid, use thereof, and a method using the aid. The present invention relates in a first aspect to a multi spectrum vision aid comprising at least two transparent elements, in a second aspect to use thereof and in a third aspect to a method of distinguishing elements in a population. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233083 | DRIVER FOR ELECTRO-ABSORPTION MODULATOR - A transmitter optical module implemented with an electro-absorption (EA) modulator is disclosed. The module includes an EA driver comprising a signal detector, an offset controller, and a driver circuit. The signal detector detects the existence of the modulation signal input thereto. The offset controller provides to the driver circuit the first offset to shift the cross point of the output of the driver circuit higher when the modulation signal exists; while, the second offset when the modulation signal disappear. The second offset lowers the output of the driver circuit to prevent the excess optical output of the transmitter optical module. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233084 | PHASE MODULATION APPARATUS - A phase modulation apparatus has a light source outputting continuous light, two phase modulators, and an intensity modulator. The phase modulation apparatus is provided with an RZ phase modulation circuit, in which the phase modulators phase-modulate the continuous light from the light source with data signals input to the phase modulators and generate two phase modulation optical signals, a phase shifter shifts the phase of one phase modulation optical signal by π/2, and an intensity modulator intensity-modulates a multiplexed signal, combined with the other phase modulation optical signal, with an input clock signal CLK to convert the signal into an RZ signal, and, thus, to output the RZ signal, and a phase control circuit which adjusts the phases of the phase modulation optical signals generated by the phase modulator of the RZ phase modulation circuit so that the output of the RZ phase modulation circuit is maximum. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233085 | Reflective Optical Limiter - An optical limiter comprises a glass backing, a glass cover, and a layer of a phase changing material placed between said glass backing and said glass cover, the phase changing material comprising a transparent matrix having embedded particles of material that changes its optical properties due to temperature induced phase change of said material. The optical properties may change from transparent to reflective, from transparent to refractive or from transparent to scattering. The phase changing material is preferably at least one material selected from the group consisting of the elements Antimony, Bismuth, Cadmium, Lead, Tin and Indium and low-melting-point alloys of two or more of these elements. Two or more layers of phase changing materials may be used in a stack configuration, with each of the phase changing materials having a unique melting temperature. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233086 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component is provided that includes a spatial light modulator device, and a circuit board comprising a first major surface, at least one electrically conductive redistribution layer and a first cavity positioned in the first major surface. The spatial light modulator device is positioned within the cavity and is electrically connected to the redistribution layer. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233087 | REFERENCE CALIBRATION FOR AN ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEM - A method of determining a reference calibration setting for an adaptive optics system ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140233088 | DISPLAY UNIT AND METHOD OF DRIVING SAME, AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is a display unit capable of improving display performance. The display unit includes an electrophoretic particle disposed between a pair of electrodes for each pixel; and a voltage control circuit applying a voltage for each pixel, to move the electrophoretic particle. The voltage control circuit counts, for each pixel, a number of applications of a first voltage and a number of applications of a second voltage, the first voltage being applied to move the electrophoretic particle towards one of the electrodes, and the second voltage being applied to move the electrophoretic particle towards the other of the electrodes. Further, at an arbitrary timing following start of display, when the number of applications of the second voltage in part of pixels is smaller than that in other pixel, the voltage control circuit applies the second voltage to the pixel with the smaller number of applications, to bring this smaller number of applications closer to the number of applications in the other pixel. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233089 | PULSED LASER SOURCES - Modelocked fiber laser resonators may be coupled with optical amplifiers. An isolator optionally may separate the resonator from the amplifier. A reflective optical element on one end of the resonator having a relatively low reflectivity may be employed to couple light from the resonator to the amplifier. Enhanced pulse-width control may be provided with concatenated sections of both polarization-maintaining and non-polarization-maintaining fibers. Apodized fiber Bragg gratings and integrated fiber polarizers may also be included in the laser cavity to assist in linearly polarizing the output of the cavity. Very short pulses with a large optical bandwidth may be obtained by matching the dispersion value of the grating to the inverse of the dispersion of the intra-cavity fiber. Frequency comb sources may be constructed from such modelocked fiber oscillators. Low dispersion and an in-line interferometer that provides feedback may assist in controlling the frequency components output from the comb source. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233090 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD OF WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT IN LASER LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to output stable light by optimizing the wavelength conversion efficiency in a wavelength conversion element without employing an optical detection device such as a photo diode in a laser light source device. A fundamental light wave emitted from a semiconductor laser ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140233091 | Supercontinuum Source - A supercontinuum optical pulse source provides a combined supercontinuum. The supercontinuum optical pulse source comprises one or more seed pulse sources, and first and second optical amplifiers arranged along first and second respective optical paths. The first and second optical amplifiers are configured to amplify one or more optical signals generated by said one or more seed pulse sources. The supercontinuum optical pulse source further comprises a first microstructured light-guiding member arranged along the first optical path and configured to generate supercontinuum light responsive to an optical signal propagating along said first optical path, and a second microstructured light-guiding member arranged along the second optical path and configured to generate supercontinuum light responsive to an optical signal propagating along said second optical path. The supercontinuum optical pulse source further comprises a supercontinuum-combining member to combine supercontinuum generated in at least the first and second microstructured light-guiding members to form a combined supercontinuum. The supercontinuum-combining member comprises an output fibre, wherein the output fibre comprises a silica-based multimode optical fibre supporting a plurality of spatial modes at one or more wavelengths of the combined supercontinuum. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233092 | NEAR INFRARED BLOCKING FILM AND NEAR INFRARED BLOCKING BODY - To provided a near-infrared shielding film which is excellent in durability and film flexibility and has high visible light transmittance and an excellent near-infrared shielding property, a production method thereof, and a near-infrared shielding body being formed by being provided with the near-infrared shielding film. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233093 | MULTILAYER SYSTEMS FOR SELECTIVE REFLECTION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FROM THE WAVELENGTH SPECTRUM OF SUNLIGHT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - The invention relates to multilayer systems for selective reflection of electromagnetic radiation from the wavelength spectrum of sunlight, and to a method for producing said systems on suitable, preferably polymeric, carrier materials. Such a multilayer system of the invention is formed with at least one layer composed of silver or silver alloy, which is coated over the whole area on both surfaces with in each case a seed layer and a cap layer. In this case, the seed layer and cap layer are formed from dielectric material. These are ZnO and/or ZnO:X. In this case, at least one such multilayer system is formed on a flexible polymeric substrate, preferable a film which is optically transparent in the visible spectral range. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233094 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A microscope system includes: an objective; a correction apparatus which corrects a spherical aberration; a controller which obtains a plurality of combinations of a relative position of the objective to a sample and an optimum value, which is a set value of the correction apparatus in a state in which a spherical aberration caused in accordance with the relative position has been corrected, calculates a function expressing the relationship between the relative position and the optimum value on the basis of the obtained plurality of combinations by interpolation, and calculates the optimum value according to an observation target surface of the sample, on the basis of the function and the relative position which is determined from the observation target surface; and a correction apparatus driving apparatus which drives the correction apparatus in accordance with the optimum value, which is calculated by the controller. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233095 | BROAD-SPECTRUM ILLUMINATOR FOR MICROSCOPY APPLICATIONS, USING THE EMISSIONS OF LUMINESCENT MATERIALS - A broad-spectrum, multiple wavelength illuminator comprises a luminescent body, and a plurality of semiconductor chips spaced apart from the luminescent body emitting light within one or more wavelength ranges towards the luminescent body, causing the luminescent body to emit light of one or more wavelength ranges. An optical element adjacent to the luminescent body collects light emitted by the luminescent body. An optical device collects light collected by the optical element. An aperture located between the optical element and the optical device passes the light emitted by the luminescent body along an optical axis, wherein light collected by the optical element and the optical device and passed by the aperture forms a beam of light illuminating a target. Alternatively, instead of being spaced apart from the chips, the luminescent body may be a layer adjacent to the chips. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233096 | Low Numerical Aperture Exclusion Imaging - In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention an apparatus for a low numerical aperture exclusion imaging apparatus is provided. The apparatus may include an electromagnetic illumination source for illuminating a portion of a specimen; and for collecting an image created by the electromagnetic radiation an objective lens optically coupled to the electromagnetic illuminated portion of the specimen. The apparatus also includes an optical blocking plate disposed between the objective lens and a focusing lens. The optical blocking plate is positioned to substantially block undesired electromagnetic radiation from image sources distally aligned in the same optical axis as the specimen. This invention is enhances narrow depth of field characteristics in imaging. It also enhances discreet imaging in a narrow focus field by eliminating some or most of the light which contributes to wide depth of field focus. This is useful for optical sectioning ranging from microscopy to photography. Optical sectioning provides the information necessary for 3D image reconstructions and other X Axis spatial measurements. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233097 | STAGE DEVICE - A stage device includes a planar base to be fixed to a microscope, a first stage that is disposed on the base and is movable in a plane parallel to a principal surface of the base, a second stage that is disposed on the base and is rotatable about an optical axis of an objective lens which is perpendicular to a movement direction of the first stage, a specimen support that is placed on the second stage and is slidable in the plane, and a first clutch mechanism that is coupled to the specimen support and the first stage and is capable of transmitting power from the first stage to the specimen support. The first clutch mechanism does not transmit power from the first stage to the specimen support when the second stage rotates, and transmits power from the first stage to the specimen support when the first stage moves. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233098 | DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An automated microscope apparatus comprises an outer housing having an external wall; optionally but preferably an internal wall in the housing configured to form a first compartment and a separate second compartment in the outer housing; a microscope assembly in the housing (preferably in the first compartment); a microprocessor in the housing (preferably in the second compartment), and (optionally but preferably) a heat sink mounted on the housing external wall, preferably adjacent the second compartment, with the microprocessor thermally coupled to said heat sink and operatively associated with the microscope assembly. Systems and methods employing the same are also described, along with component parts thereof. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233099 | AERIAL DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH FLOATING PROJECTION SCREENS - A system for presenting an aerial display over an audience of spectators. The system includes a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and a plurality of flexible projection screens. Each of the screens is supportable in a display air space by the UAVs. The system includes a ground control system with a processor executing a fleet manager module and with memory storing a different flight plan for each of the UAVs. During operation during a display time period, the UAVs execute the flight plans to move and to position the flexible projection screens within the display air space. The flexible projection screens each may include a mesh body configured to have low wind resistance and to provide a projection surface for reflecting light. The system may include a projector projecting light onto the projection surface of at least one of the flexible projection screens during the display time period. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233100 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A display displays a composite image including element pixels. Each element pixel is formed by arranging, in a direction, pixels respectively extracted from images having different viewpoints. A first optical element includes lenses arrayed in the direction to correspond to the element pixels and emits in parallel light rays emitted from pixels respectively included in the element pixels, for a particular image. A second optical element condenses the light rays. An output circuit selects a pixel of the particular image which is included in a particular element pixel and outputs its pixel value to the display. At this time, a pixel more distant from an optical axis of the second optical element along the direction in the particular image is selected as a distance between the first and second optical elements becomes smaller than a focal length of the second optical element. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233101 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an embodiment, an image display device includes an optical element, a voltage controller, and a display. Regarding the optical element, the refractive-index distribution changes according to the voltage applied thereto. The voltage controller controls, in a first mode, the voltage applied to the optical element in such a way that a first-type refractive-index distribution is achieved which acts as a first-type Fresnel lens; and controls, in a second mode that is different than the first mode, the voltage applied to the optical element in such a way that a second-type refractive-index distribution is achieved which acts as a second-type Fresnel lens having a greater number of steps than the first-type Fresnel lens. The display is disposed on the back side of the optical element and displays images. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233102 | Retroreflective Elements - The present application relates to a pavement marker including a core from which extends protrusions and a cavity between adjacent protrusions. The microsphere lenses are fixed within the cavity by one of a softening material disposed in the core and an adhesive agent disposed in the cavity. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233103 | OPTICAL MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical module (colorimetry sensor) includes an interference filter, and a transparent substrate to which a first substrate of the interference filter is fixed, having a second thermal expansion coefficient which has a value different from a first thermal expansion coefficient. The interference filter is fixed to the transparent substrate through an adhesive layer made of gel-like resin, and the adhesive layer alleviates stress generated due to a difference in the thermal expansion coefficients between the interference filter and the transparent substrate. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233104 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, WINDOW MATERIAL, FITTING, AND SOLAR SHADING DEVICE - An optical element is provided with a wavelength-selective reflection layer having a five-layer configuration in which high-refractive-index layers and metal layers are alternately stacked. The present invention is designed so that the ratio α of an optical film thickness d | 2014-08-21 |
20140233105 | MULTI-BAND COLOR VISION FILTERS AND METHOD BY LP-OPTIMIZATION - The invention generally relates to optical filters that provide regulation and/or enhancement of chromatic and luminous aspects of the color appearance of light to human vision, generally to applications of such optical filters, to therapeutic applications of such optical filters, to industrial and safety applications of such optical filters when incorporated, for example, in radiation-protective eyewear, to methods of designing such optical filters, to methods of manufacturing such optical filters, and to designs and methods of incorporating such optical filters into apparatus including, for example, eyewear and illuminants. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233106 | OBJECT WITH REFLECTION-REDUCING COATING AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - An object with reflection-reducing coating includes a substrate and a coating arranged on the substrate. The coating is multilayered and includes an outer layer having a refractive index n1 and at least one second sub-layer with a refractive index n | 2014-08-21 |
20140233107 | MODULAR GLARE SCREEN SYSTEM - A glare-blocking system includes a glare-blocking member and a rail. The glare-blocking member includes a bottom edge, a left recess, and a right recess. The rail includes a left lateral portion that includes a left protrusion configured to mate with the left recess of the glare-blocking member. The rail also includes a right lateral portion that includes a right protrusion configured to mate with the right recess of the glare-blocking member. The rail includes a projecting contour between the left and right lateral portions that defines a groove configured to receive the bottom edge of the glare-blocking member. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233108 | DEVICE MOUNTABLE LENS COMPONENT - An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a device mountable lens component, including a lens unit defining a first surface and having a first lens. The component also includes a retention structure having a housing member defining a second surface. The housing member is attached with the lens unit such that the second surface faces the first surface and is spaced apart therefrom at a first distance so as to define an area therebetween. The retention structure also has first and second plungers movably affixed within the area between the lens unit and the housing member. The first and second plungers are biased away from each other in opposite directions along a path and are moveable toward and away from each other along the path. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233109 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT MAGNIFICATION AND FOCUS CHANGE - A method and device is described for compensating ambient temperature dependent magnification and focus change of a zoom lens system, whereby an ambient temperature compensation structure cooperates with a rotational ring and an optical-element adjusting member such that a phase variation between the rotational ring and the optical-element adjusting member in response to an ambient temperature change is compensated and whereby the phase variation characterizes an optical property of the zoom lens system such as magnification or focus. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233110 | Endoscope Objective Lens - Manufacturing errors are suppressed, a variable magnification function is provided, and good observation with aberrations appropriately corrected is performed. Provided is an endoscope objective lens including, in order from an object side, a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, and a positive third lens group, in which the first lens group has a meniscus lens; and a normal observation state (wide angle end) and a magnifying observation state (telephoto end) can be switched between by moving the second lens group on the optical axis, and the following conditions are satisfied; | 2014-08-21 |
20140233111 | Imaging Lens - An image lens is disclosed. The image lens includes, arranged in succession from the object side to the image side, an aperture stop S | 2014-08-21 |
20140233112 | OBJECTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE USING SAME - The angle of view of an objective optical system is widened, while suppressing generation of lateral chromatic aberration. An objective optical system includes: a first lens group having a negative power; an aperture stop; and a second lens group having a positive power, in this order from an object side. The first lens group includes a negative single first lens, and a cemented lens formed by cementing a positive lens and a negative lens together, provided in this order from the object side. The second lens group includes a positive single fourth lens, and a cemented lens formed by cementing a positive lens and a negative lens together, provided in this order from the object side. The objective optical system satisfies Conditional Formula (1): 15.0<νd(RN)<18.6, wherein νd(RN) is the Abbe's number of the negative lens in the cemented lens within the second lens group with respect to the d line. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233113 | OBJECTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE USING SAME - An objective optical system includes: a negative first lens group; an aperture stop; and a positive second lens group, provided in this order from an object side. The first lens group includes a first lens, which is a negative single lens, and a cemented lens formed by cementing a positive lens and a negative lens together, provided in this order from the object side. The second lens group includes a fourth lens, which is a positive single lens, and a cemented lens formed by cementing a positive lens and a negative lens together, provided in this order from the object side. The objective optical system satisfies Conditional Formula (1): f1/f<1.1, wherein f1 is the focal length of the lens provided most toward the object side, and f is the focal length of the entire lens system. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233114 | OBJECTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE USING SAME - An objective optical system includes: a first lens group having a negative power; an aperture stop; and a second lens group having a positive power, provided in this order from an object side. The first lens group includes a first lens, which is a negative single lens, and a cemented lens formed by a positive lens and a negative lens, provided in this order from the object side. The second lens group includes a fourth lens, which is a positive single lens, and a cemented lens formed by a positive lens and a negative lens, provided in this order from the object side. The objective optical system simultaneously satisfies Conditional Formulae (1) −1.52014-08-21 | |
20140233115 | Image Pickup Lens Unit And Method For Manufacturing Image Pickup Lens Unit - Since the lens ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140233116 | Optical Element, Holding Structure Therefor, And Optical Device - An optical element has a first surface, a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, an optical surface, and a protruding part. The protruding part is held in a prescribed position by being in contact with a holding member. The protruding part comprises a first protruding part and a second protruding part, The first protruding part comprises a first contact part that is a convex circular arc shape on at least one longitudinal plane and partly comes into contact with the holding member. The second protruding part comprises a second contact part that is a convex circular arc shape on at least one longitudinal plane and partly comes into contact with the holding member. A circular arc constitutes the first contact part and a circular arc that constitutes the second contact part are present in at least one cross-section that passes through a contact point between the first contact part and the holding member as well as a contact point between the second contact part and the holding member, and the center of the circular arc that constitutes the first contact part is aligned with the center of the circular arc that constitutes the second protruding part. | 2014-08-21 |