35th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090213392 | Printing control device, printing system and printing control program - There are provided a spectral reflectivity estimating unit which estimates spectral reflectivity of a mixed color created by use of a second color material group different from a first color material group on the basis of spectral reflectivity of each of color materials of the second color material group as a mixed-color source and a use ratio of the color materials of the second color material group in the mixed color; a color material set estimating unit which estimates the color material amount set for reproducing spectral reflectivity approximate to the spectral reflectivity of the mixed color on a print medium; and a printing control unit which permits a printing apparatus to perform printing on the basis of the estimated color material amount set. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213393 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - There are provided an image processing apparatus which corrects the curvature of a scanning line using image data in image formation, and a control method thereof. When reading out image data by burst transfer from a memory in the line direction of a scanning line on the basis of the read start address of the image data and the burst transfer length, the switching address in the line direction for switching a line of image data is set. The image processing apparatus generates, based on the switching address, the second read start address for reading out image data of the second line, so as to read out image data by burst transfer of at least the first line before line switching and the second line after line switching, in accordance with the set switching address. Image data is read out in accordance with an address generated by the address generator, to form an image in which the curvature of a scanning line is corrected. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213394 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes an emitter which has a plurality of light emitting devices arranged in a sub-scan direction, and a former which forms an image on a photosensitive member by multi-passed scanning an identical region on the photosensitive member in a main scan direction using light beams output from the respective light emitting devices of the emitter. An input section inputs image data of an image to be formed by the image processing apparatus. A divider divides the input image data into image data for respective scans in the multi-passed scans using a mask pattern generated based on amounts of deviations from scan lines of the light beams output by the respective light emitting devices of the emitter. A supplier supplies the divided image data to the emitter in accordance with scans of the former. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213395 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM - There are provided a get unit that gets a document name of print data; a first determination unit that determines whether or not the obtained document name includes a predefined character string; a first deletion unit that deletes the character string from the document name to create a new document name when it is determined that the document name includes the predefined character string; a second determination unit that determines whether or not the number of characters in the document name exceeds a predefined maximum number of displayable characters; and a second deletion unit that deletes the number of exceeding characters from a head of the document name to create a new document name when it is determined that the number of characters in the document name exceeds the predefined maximum number of displayable characters. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213396 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product - An image determining unit determines a type of each of a plurality of images to be combined. A character identifying unit identifies a black character area in each of the images. A color-conversion processing unit performs a color conversion or a monochrome conversion on the images and a monochrome conversion on the black character area. When the images include a color image, a control unit controls the color-conversion processing unit to perform the color conversion on the images based on the type of the image and a current image processing mode. An image output unit combines color-conversion processed images on a single page and outputs combined images. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213397 | Apparatus, system, and method of process control - An apparatus, system, and method for image processing are disclosed, each of which obtains a mark from image data, detects additional information in the mark, determines whether the mark is detected in the mark to generate a determination result, and controls processing performed by an image processing apparatus with respect to the image data based on the determination result. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213398 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus includes: a tag information reading/writing unit which reads information from an IC tag attached to or embedded in a predetermined location of a print medium and writes information to the IC tag through wireless communication with the IC tag and which reads layout information, which defines at least a location of a printable area on the print medium, from the IC tag; a record data inputting unit which inputs record data representing contents recorded on the print medium; and a printing control unit which performs a printing process on the print medium on the basis of print target data in which a print location of the contents represented by the record data is determined on the basis of the layout information and which updates the layout information on the basis of information directly or indirectly representing a printed area in the print medium subjected to the printing process and allows the tag information reading/writing unit to write the layout information subjected to the updating process to the IC tag. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213399 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MISREGISTRATION CORRECTION CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A pattern image of either a registration correction pattern including a plurality of position detecting marks or a misregistration correction performing determination pattern having a plurality of position detecting marks, the number of which marks is smaller than that of the registration correction pattern image is formed. A misregistration amount is calculated based on an image formed position detected with the use of the pattern image. It is determined whether the registration correction is to be carried out, based on the misregistration amount with the use of an image formed position of the correction performing determination pattern. When it is determined to carry out the misregistration correction, the misregistration correction is carried out based on the misregistration amount with the use of image formed positions of the misregistration correction pattern. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213400 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a region determination unit detecting attributes of image data generated by a reading unit; an image modification unit generating attribute data based on the results of the determination performed by the region determination unit; an image conversion processing circuit performing resolution conversion processing on the image data of a pixel of interest; and an attribute conversion processing circuit performing resolution conversion processing on the attribute data of the pixel of interest. The attribute resolution converter employs attribute data identical to the attribute data before being subjected to the attribute resolution conversion processing as the attribute data for the pixel of interest following the attribute resolution conversion processing, and employs the attribute data after being subjected to the attribute resolution conversion processing as the attribute data for neighboring pixels to the right and left of the pixel of interest following the attribute resolution conversion processing. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213401 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus capable of accurately compensating an increase or decrease of a toner area coverage resulting from shifting that is performed to correct skew is provided. A color density of image data represented by a correction target pixel is corrected such that the increase or decrease in the toner area coverage on the correction target pixel is compensated excluding a toner area coverage on the correction target pixel covered by a toner image that would be formed based on a color density of image data to be represented by a neighboring pixel of the correction target pixel. This effectively reduces banding noise on an output of the image data and prevents degradation in image quality. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213402 | PRINT MEDIA INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention relates to a novel interactive information system which can be used to make a traditional print medium such as a magazine, “interactive”. When the traditional print medium is placed on a print media receiving unit in a predetermined position, a user can interact with the traditional print medium. Printed matter elements on the printed medium can be made “selectable” by the user. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213403 | Printer Job Language Suspension - A method is provided for temporarily disabling printer job language (PJL) commands in a printer device. In a printer device, an electronically formatted print job is accepted with embedded PJL commands. The method parses the print job, and in doing so, differentiates a first PJL command and a PJL disable command. The print job is automatically processed (as is conventional), while temporarily ignoring the first PJL command in response to the PJL disable command. In one aspect, the printer differentiates the first PJL command enveloping the print job, and the PJL disable command enveloping the first PJL command envelope. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213404 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POPULATING A FORM WITH INFORMATION - A method for populating form with information includes providing an image of a form, identifying at least one blank area on the image of the form, displaying the image of the form, selecting the blank area, filling the blank area with information, and mapping the information and the position of the information on the image of the form. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213405 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDING SCAN DATA ALONG WITH ADVERTISEMENT DATA - When a user selects not to insert advertisement data into scan data when transferring the scan data from an MFP to a Web server, the MFP converts the advertisement data into an HTML format to transfer to the Web server in association with the scan data. Accordingly, a PC accessing the Web server displays a Web page showing contents of the advertisement and information including an icon functioning as means for requesting download of the scan data. The scan data inserted with no advertisement data is downloaded to the PC by operating the icon. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213406 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - When transmitting a document file stored in a box of a device such as an information processing device to an image processing device via a network, reduction in transfer time of a document file is aimed at. The image processing device has a unit for reading a document and for generating original image data, and a unit for inputting transfer size information of a bitmap. The image processing device transmits the transfer size information in addition to a data transfer request of the document file to another device in accordance with document file information including data about the document from at least part of an area of the original image data. The image processing device extracts at least part of the original image data in accordance with metadata contained in the document file received, and converts the original image data extracted to vector data. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213407 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a data processing method, import request data transmitted from a client is received. By comparing the application list against information indicating license settings of the application that are stored in advance, a determination is made as to whether or not the processing specified in a workflow is executable. A temporary workflow list is created, and a determination is made as to whether or not the upper limit for the registerable workflow number and data size is exceeded. When it is determined as registerable, execution data for executing respective workflows and display data for controlling display included in the temporary workflow list are acquired from the client, and the display is controlled so as to display the executable workflow and the inexecutable workflow in a fashion such that the executable workflow and the inexecutable workflow can be identified. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213408 | Print Controlling Device, Method to Control Printing, and a Computer Usable Medium Therefor - A print controlling device operated on a multi-task operating system to process application data according to a printer driver is provided. The print controlling device includes an input device, a display device, a modifying system to modify the application data into a printable format, a communication interface, an output device determining system to determine to which devices between the printing device and the display device the printable-formatted data is output, an activating system to activate a displaying program in a separated operating task from the currently-executed operating task having been executed for the printer driver, a transmission system to transmit the printable-formatted data to the printing device, and a terminating system to terminate the currently-running operating task for the printer driver when the activating system activates the displaying program in the separated operating task. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213409 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an image processing apparatus | 2009-08-27 |
20090213410 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A detector detects a first key information piece embedded on one side of one sheet or more than one respective sheets from which image data is read out by a reader, and a second key information piece embedded on the other side thereof or on another sheet. And a comparator | 2009-08-27 |
20090213411 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, COMPUTER, PRINTER AND DATA OUTPUTTING SYSTEM - A data outputting system includes a computer and an output apparatus which outputs data. The computer includes an intermediate file generating unit which converts a file of a processing object into an intermediate file which is in a form not depending on a model of the output apparatus. The output apparatus includes a data generating unit to convert the intermediate file into data which is in a form corresponding to a model of the output apparatus. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213412 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE SUPPLYING APPARATUS - An image processing system is provided in which an image supplying apparatus is connected to a plurality of image processing apparatuses via a network, where at least one image processing apparatus executes processing requested by a user for image data supplied from the image supplying apparatus. The image supplying apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether the image data requests a security condition, a decision unit configured to decide on the security condition, a search unit configured to search the plurality of image processing apparatuses for an image processing apparatus which is capable of executing the processing requested by the user and satisfies the security condition, a display unit configured to display the image processing apparatus detected by the search unit so as to allow the user to select the image processing apparatus, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to the image processing apparatus. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213413 | Method for online printing digital project - A method for online printing a digital project includes the steps of: separating at least one image from a digital project template; replacing the digital project template with an executable file; encapsulating an executable code into the executable file; converting the image into at least one thumbnail; writing the executable file, the thumbnail, and related information into an image file; uploading the image file to a server via a network; extracting the image file by the server, so as to read out the executable file, the thumbnail, and the related information; reading a corresponding project template from a database of the server according to the executable code; attaching the thumbnail back to the project template according to the related information in the image file, so as to recover a preview image of the digital project and print the project image by a printer. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213414 | Printers and Printing - A printer control system ( | 2009-08-27 |
20090213415 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, SERVER, PROCESS EXECUTION INSTRUCTING PROGRAM, AND PROCESS EXECUTION INSTRUCTING METHOD - In order to execute a process using a result of a process executed in a server, an MFP includes: a browsing portion to receive a Web page from the server and cause the server to execute a process determined by the Web page based on an instruction input according to the Web page; a control information storing portion to accept control information upon reception of a setting command from the server, and store the control information in association with control identification information for identification of the control information; an identification information transmitting portion to transmit the control identification information to the server; and a process execution portion, upon reception of a job execution command from the server including the control identification information and the process execution result by the server, to execute a process based on the process execution result and the control information associated with the control identification information. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213416 | Printing System and Information Processing Apparatus - A printing system includes an information processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a printer driver storage device. The information processing includes a first printer driver to operate during preparation of general print data, the image forming apparatus prints based on print data, and the printer driver storage device stores a second printer driver to operate during preparation of specific print data having an instruction specialized for the image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a printer driver acquisition unit acquiring the second printer driver, a printer connection detection unit, and a print data preparation unit preparing the print data using one of the printer drivers. The printer connection detection unit allows a user to select whether to acquire the second printer driver, allows the printer driver acquisition unit to acquire the second printer driver, and allows one of the printer drivers to correspond to the image forming apparatus. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213417 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that prevents fraudulent alteration of the working life of a replaceable unit is provided. The unit includes a first memory that can store the consumed amount of the unit, and a second memory that has a plurality of flags. “OFF” of each of the flags is not changeable to “ON”. The image forming apparatus includes a portion that counts upward a stored value of the first memory associated with use of the unit and the portion initializes the first memory when the stored value of the first memory exceeds the maximal value. The portion changes the state of any one flag in “ON” of the second memory to “OFF”. The image forming apparatus also includes a portion that judges the working life of the unit based on the stored value of the second memory and the portion signals the working life. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213418 | MANAGEMENT SERVER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR - A management server manages a plurality of image forming apparatuses capable of executing a data communication and executes processing for dispatching a service engineer with respect to an image forming apparatus. The management server executes first detection processing for detecting an image forming apparatus that requires the dispatch of a service engineer based on first analysis processing executed by using either one or both of operation information and failure information about the plurality of image forming apparatuses stored on RAM. The management server executes second detection processing for detecting an image forming apparatus that requires the dispatch of a service engineer based on second analysis processing executed by either one or both of the stored operation information and failure information about the plurality of image forming apparatuses in response to the first detection processing having detected the image forming apparatus that requires the dispatch of a service engineer. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213419 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The problem of the present invention is to be capable of executing color shift correction processing also in consideration of a mechanical inclination component in an image forming device. For solving the problem, the image forming device according to the present invention comprises information processing unit, first measurement requesting unit, holding unit of curve information, notifying unit of curve information, receiving unit of a measurement pattern image, measurement processing unit, determining unit of a result of the measurement processing, and second measurement requesting unit. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213420 | Method for the automatic detection of at least one property of at least one component of an apparatus for the production of printed products - A method for the automatic detection of at least one property of at least one replaceable component of an apparatus for the production of printed products is disclosed and such an apparatus and a system for the production of printed products are disclosed. The property of the component of the apparatus or of the system is detected by using an electronic device for a wireless detection of component-related data. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213421 | Printer and computer-readable recording medium - A personal computer connected to a USB port of a printer through a management table managing writing on an ordinary storage region in FLASH ROM recognizes the ordinary storage region in the FLASH ROM of the printer as a removable drive which is a USB mass storage class device. Accordingly, an execution file of an application program stored in a portion of the ordinary storage region in the FLASH ROM can be read with a usual access from the personal computer, enabling the application program to be executed without being installed. When the application program is executed on the personal computer, periodic accesses are made to the ordinary storage region of the printer, and when an access fails, the application program is terminated. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213422 | Apparatus, method, and system for processing character data - An apparatus, method, and system for processing character data is provided, which selects a format of the character data to be used for generating print data. When a user instruction for printing character data according to character command data specifying the output of the character data is received, the format of the character data is selected based on the character command data. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213423 | Printing device and printing system - A printing device includes a processor, an attribute managing part configured to be activated by the processor to communicate with a host device and to control an authentication printing job received from the host device, a memory configured to store authentication printing job data and user information extracted from the authentication printing job data, and a deleting part configured to delete the authentication printing job data and the user information stored in the memory based on predetermined results of communication between the attribute managing part and the host device. As a result, the user is not required to consider whether the time for which the authentication printing data is stored should be extended. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213424 | Image forming system - An image forming system includes an image processing device and an image forming device. The image processing device includes a print job accepting unit, a job data creating unit, a differential job data creating unit, and a job data transmit unit. The image forming device includes a communication unit, and a print controller that forms images based on basic job data and diversion job data restored by the difference integration unit on a recording medium. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213425 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus acquires information included in application data created by an application but not in image data generated by interpreting the application data, adds the acquired information to the generated image data generated based on the application data as attribute information (meta data) of the generated image data, and outputs the generated image data and the attribute information which has been added to the generated image data to an external device. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213426 | Printing Device and Computer-Readable Record Medium Storing Program for Printing Device - A printing device comprises a communication unit which executes communication with a mail server on a network, a connection unit to which a portable storage medium can be connected, a printing unit which executes printing, and a control unit which executes a mail acquisition process of acquiring an e-mail including a body and an attached file from the mail server via the communication unit, printing the body with the printing unit, and storing the attached file in a portable storage medium connected to the connection unit. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213427 | Resource Entity using Resource Request Entity for Verification - A first entity is provided having a first bit-pattern, resource data, a first base key, and a first variant key which is the result of applying a one way function to a second base key and the first bit-pattern. The first entity is configured to receive a request from a second entity to perform an operation on the resource data, where the second entity has a second bit-pattern and a second variant key which is the result of applying a one way function to the first base key and the second bit-pattern, perform the operation in the request to generate a response, digitally sign the response using the first base key to generate a digital signature, and send the response and the digital signature to the second entity so the second entity can verify the response using the second variant key. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213428 | AUTOMATED LAYOUT - A system and method for arranging a plurality of items on a sheet is described. Build trees, based on an ordered sequence of a plurality of items, with nodes representing the items and/or meta-items derived from pairings of items and/or other meta-items, are formed. A build tree is traversed to identify a candidate layout. Candidate layouts are evaluated to determine whether they fit the sheet and then to identify candidate layouts that optimize printing-related activities. The ordered sequence is designed to reduce the quantity of sheets required to produce the desired quantity of items. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213429 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING COLOR MATERIAL SAVING PROCESS - An apparatus includes an obtaining part for obtaining image data of a document and a processing part for performing a color material saving process on the image data. The image data includes an edge part and a non-edge part. The apparatus includes a determining part configured to determine whether the document includes a low line-screen ruling area. When the document is determined not to include the low line-screen ruling area, the processing part is configured to perform a first process so that an amount of color material reduced for forming the non-edge part is greater than an amount of color material reduced for forming the edge part. When the document is determined to include the low line-screen ruling area, the processing part is configured to perform a second process so that the amounts of color material reduced for forming the edge part and the non-edge parts are uniform. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213430 | System and Method for the Generation of Correlation-Based Digital Watermarks Using Uniform-Rosette Color Halftoning - Systems and method for digitally reproducing a moiré-free color halftone output image having an embedded correlation-based digital watermark are provided using an enhanced halftone screen set consisting of a halftone screen for each of N colorants forming N color separations (where N≧3). The N different uniform rosette halftone screen configurations are generated such that each meets uniform rosette halftone screen conditions. A corresponding three-dimensional threshold array is generated for each halftone screen configuration having a phase shift value as an input. The color input image is halftoned, halftoning each one of the N different color separations using a corresponding halftone screen configuration and three-dimensional threshold array to form a moiré-free color output image having the correlation-based digital watermark embedded therein. A single key can be used to produce a full color image of the output image having the watermark image visible therein. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213431 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING CORRECTION VALUE, LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE - A method for obtaining a correction value including: forming a first test pattern configured to include a plurality of pixel rows, each of which has a plurality of pixels arrayed in a predetermined direction, arrayed in a direction crossing the predetermined direction; obtaining a first read gray-scale value for every pixel row by making a scanner read the first test pattern; calculating a first correction value for every pixel row on the basis of the first read gray-scale value; forming a second test pattern, which is configured to include the pixel rows arrayed in the crossing direction, using the first correction value; obtaining a second read gray-scale value for every pixel row by making the scanner read the second test pattern; calculating a correction amount for every pixel row on the basis of the first read gray-scale value and the second read gray-scale value; and calculating a second correction value of the certain pixel row on the basis of the correction amount of the pixel row and the correction amount of the pixel row adjacent to the pixel row. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213432 | PRINTER CONTROLLER HAVING JPEG AND EDRL CIRCUITRY - A printer controller is provided having page data input circuitry for receiving compressed and encoded page data for expansion processing, JPEG decoding circuitry for decompressing contone data in the received page data, EDRL expansion circuitry for decompressing EDRL-compressed bi-level image data in the received page data, halftoning and compositing circuitry for halftoning and compositing the decompressed contone and bi-level data, and a printhead interface for receiving the compositing data and for writing corresponding print data to a printhead of the printer | 2009-08-27 |
20090213433 | SCREEN GENERATING APPARATUS, SCREEN GENERATING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a method of generating a screen for an image processing apparatus, which reproduces a multi-gradation image in one pixel using a PWM technique for controlling a pulse width and reference position data. The method includes inputting image data with a first resolution, virtually increasing the first resolution to a second resolution using the reference position data, and generating a screen with the second resolution with respect to the image data using two reference vectors based on the reference position data. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213434 | Printing Control Apparatus, A Printing System, and Printing Control Program - A printing control apparatus that designates a color material amount set that corresponds to amounts of a plurality of color materials, to a printing apparatus and performs printing by controlling the printing apparatus, the printing control apparatus comprising an index acquiring unit that acquires an index specifying a target; and a confirmation patch printing unit that acquires the color material amount set corresponding to the acquired index with reference to a lookup table defining a correspondence relation between the index and the color material amount set, and designates the color material amount set to the printing apparatus to print a confirmation patch, wherein the lookup table is created by estimating a target value and defining a correspondence relation between an estimated color material amount set and the target value, and wherein a correction target value is acquired and the color material amount set is re-estimated and revised. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213435 | Certified inbound facsimile service - Method for monitoring delivery of e-mail messages includes delivering an e-mail message to a primary, recipient, determining the time at which the e-mail message was delivered to the primary recipient, and determining whether the primary recipient reads the e-mail message within a primary maximum time frame. When the primary recipient does not read the e-mail message within the primary maximum time frame, delivering a copy of the e-mail message to a secondary recipient, determining the time at which the e-mail message was delivered to the secondary recipient, and determining whether the secondary recipient reads the e-mail message within a secondary maximum time frame. When both the primary and secondary recipients do not read the e-mail message within the secondary maximum time frame, appropriate action is taken such as notifying a predesignated available recipient to enable the available recipient to attend to facilitating a response to the e-mail message. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213436 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND OPERATION SUPPORT PROGRAM - To provide a technique that can maintain satisfactory operability with a simple configuration regardless of brightness of an environment in which an image processing apparatus is set. The image processing apparatus includes an operation input section that receives an operation input of a user, a supporting member that supports the operation input section in a position away from an apparatus main body, and a light source that is supported together with the operation input section by the supporting member and illuminates an area for work by the user in the apparatus main body. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213437 | Controller unit, method of controlling image processing, and recording medium - A scanner image-processing unit includes a scanner-property adjusting unit that converts image data from a scanner unit into normalized image data and a first image processing unit that performs a first image processing on the normalized image data to generate output image data. If a controller image-processing unit that performs a second image processing on the image data from the scanner unit is connected, a configuration control unit disables an operation of the first image processing unit and controls the controller image-processing unit to perform the second image processing on the normalized image data to generate the output image data. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213438 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND LINE PAIR PATTERN IDENTIFICATION METHOD - An image processing apparatus is provided with a line pair identification unit that includes: a binarization portion that binarizes image data generated by a reading unit reading a document; a detection portion that detects, in an image based on the binarized image data, a line screen pattern in a first direction and a line screen pattern in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction; a determination portion that determines the periodicity of the line screen pattern in the first direction; and an identification portion that identifies whether or not a line pair pattern is present in the image data based on the difference in the number between the two line screen patterns as detected by the detection portion and the results of the determination performed by the determination portion. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213439 | Image processing device, system and method - An image processing device includes a displaying unit that reads and displays an image; a base color region designator that designates a base color region of the image displayed on the displaying unit; a non-base color region designator that designates a non-base color region of the image displayed on the displaying unit; and a base eliminator that executes a base elimination of the image based on the base color region designated by the base color region designator and the non-base color region designated by the non-base color region designator. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213440 | IMAGE READER AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image reader feeds a document to read document information at a still position from below a glass platen. The image reader is configured to include a document feeder unit feeding a document in a predetermined direction, a glass platen provided below the document feeder unit, an illumination unit provided on or above the glass platen and including a surface light source which is long in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction and illuminates the document, and a document reader unit reading document information at a still position from below the glass platen. Such an image reader can illuminate documents efficiently with less electric power and achieve thinning of the illumination unit. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213441 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND ORIGINAL DOCUMENT READING DEVICE - Provided is a light source device including: a casing including an irradiation opening which supplies irradiation light to an irradiated object and an outlet which outputs the light reflected from the irradiated object to the outside thereof; a pair of reflection plates of which at least sides facing each other with the outlet interposed therebetween are arranged in the casing; and a light-emitting unit including point light-emitting sources arranged in the vicinity of at least one of the pair of reflection plates in the casing. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213442 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGE READING DEVICE - An image reading device including a first carriage including optical elements; a second carriage including optical elements; a carriage driving unit including a pulse motor to move the first and second carriages; a home position sensor to detect a home position of the first carriage; a reference whiteboard to generate shading data and adjust a reference level to be read by the optical elements; a control unit to control the above-described components to read an image of a document through the optical elements; and a counter to count a pulse of a pulse signal driving the pulse motor. The control unit switches directions of movement of the first carriage based on a result output from the home position sensor when the image reading device is returned to an active mode from an energy-saving mode, and detects a distance of movement of the first carriage based on the pulse. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213443 | Apparatus and method for encoding or/and decoding digital hologram - Provided is an apparatus for encoding and/or decoding a digital hologram. The apparatus for encoding a digital hologram includes: a segmentation unit for dividing a digital hologram inputted from an external device into a plurality of blocks; an orthogonal transforming unit for orthogonally transforming each of the divided blocks; a quantization unit for quantizing information of each of the transformed blocks; a scanning unit for scanning each of the quantized blocks to transform the plurality of the quantized blocks to single moving image sequence; and a moving image encoding unit for encoding the single moving image sequence configuring a digital hologram to compress the signal moving image sequence. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213444 | QUANTUM COMPUTING METHOD AND QUANTUM COMPUTER - A quantum bit computation method includes operating a two-quantum-bit gate on quantum bits of a first physical system and a second physical system, second energy states of second physical systems except for the first physical system and the second physical system do not change, three energy states being represented by | | 2009-08-27 |
20090213445 | Optical scanning device and optical reading system provided with the optical scanning device - An optical scanning device according to an embodiment of the present invention has a support spring composed of S-shaped leaf springs. The support spring is bent at the middle, providing an L-shaped spring, which is composed of two independently working components. One component dominantly biases the scanning mirror body. The other component dominantly swings the scanning mirror body. So configured, the support spring restricts a motion of the shaft around which the scanning mirror body swings, and biases the scanning mirror body onto the shaft and inhibits the body from moving in the axial direction of the shaft. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213446 | SOLAR MODULE PATTERNING APPARATUS - A solar module patterning apparatus comprises a laser oscillator, a homogenizer and a scanner. The laser oscillator generates a laser beam having a predetermined wavelength. The homogenizer homogenizes an intensity distribution of the generated laser beam provided from the laser oscillator. The scanner scans the laser beam to a solar module. The laser beam is output from the homogenizer and passed through a mask with a predetermined pattern. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213447 | LIGHT BEAM SCANNING DEVICE - A light beam scanning device may include a light source device, and an optical deflection mechanism for scanning a light beam which is emitted from the light source device over a prescribed angular range by an optical deflection element. The light source device may be provided with a light emitting source and a condenser lens for guiding the light beam emitted from the light emitting source as a converged light beam which is focused on the optical deflection element or its vicinity in at least one of a first direction and a second direction which are perpendicular to an optical axis direction. The light beam scanning device may further include a divergence angle modification lens for varying a divergence angle of an emitted light beam from the optical deflection element in at least a direction perpendicular to a scanning direction by the optical deflection element. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213448 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system, adapted for providing an image beam, including a light source, a beam splitting/combining device, and a light valve is provided. The light source provides an illumination beam. The beam splitting/combining device includes a first polarizing beam splitter (PBS), a second PBS, a quarter wave plate (QWP), and a reflector. The first PBS reflects a first illumination beam of the illumination beam from the light source and the second illumination beam from the light source passes through the first PBS. The second illumination beam from the first PBS passes through the second PBS and the QWP, reflected by the reflector, passes through the QWP, and reflected by the second PBS. The light valve converts the first illumination beam from the first PBS and the second illumination beam reflected by the second PBS into the image beam. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213449 | MEMS DISPLAY - A displaying apparatus that includes a plurality of electromechanical system elements arranged in rows. The electromechanical system elements of each of the rows are further arranged in subrows. The subrows of each row are electrically connected. Certain of the electromechanical system elements have a hysteresis stability window that is nested with another hysteresis stability window of certain others of the electromechanical system elements. A method of manufacturing a displaying apparatus that includes forming a plurality of electromechanical system elements arranged in rows. The electromechanical system elements of each of the rows are further arranged in subrows. The subrows of each row are electrically connected. Certain of the electromechanical system elements have a hysteresis stability window that is nested with another hysteresis stability window of certain others of the electromechanical system elements. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213450 | SUPPORT STRUCTURES FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of making an interferometric modulator element includes forming at least two posts, such as posts formed from spin-on glass, on a substrate. In alternate embodiments, the posts may be formed after certain layers of the modulator elements have been deposited on the substrate. An interferometric modulator element includes at least two spin-on glass support posts located on the substrate. In alternate embodiments, the support posts may be located over certain layers of the modulator element, rather than on the substrate. A method of making an interferometric modulator element includes forming a rigid cap over a support post. An interferometric modulator element includes support posts having rigid cap members. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213451 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEMS DEVICES PROVIDING AIR GAP CONTROL - Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling a depth of a cavity between two layers of a light modulating device. A method of making a light modulating device includes providing a substrate, forming a sacrificial layer over at least a portion of the substrate, forming a reflective layer over at least a portion of the sacrificial layer, and forming one or more flexure controllers over the substrate, the flexure controllers configured so as to operably support the reflective layer and to form cavities, upon removal of the sacrificial layer, of a depth measurably different than the thickness of the sacrificial layer, wherein the depth is measured perpendicular to the substrate. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213452 | COLOR DISPLAY DEVICES - The present invention is directed to color display devices. The color display devices comprise display cells which is capable of displaying multiple color states. The display device may also comprise black matrix layers or a brightness enhancement structure on the viewing side. The present invention is directed to a display device comprising a plurality of display cells, wherein each of said display cells is sandwiched between a first layer comprising a common electrode and a second layer comprising a plurality of driving electrodes and at least one of the driving electrodes is a designated electrode, and said display device further comprises blocking layers on its viewing side and said blocking layers are located in positions corresponding to the designated electrodes. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213453 | Measurements of polarization-dependent loss (PDL) and degree of polarization (DOP) using optical polarization controllers - Devices and techniques that use a polarization controller and a feedback control to the polarization controller to systematically control the polarization of light output from the polarization controller in measuring the polarization dependent loss (PDL) of an optical device or material that receives the light from the polarization controller or the degree of polarization (DOP) of a light beam directed into the polarization controller. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213454 | RAMAN AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS AND DISTRIBUTED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM AS WELL AS STARTING UP METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM - A Raman amplification apparatus includes a pumping light supplying section, a main signal wavelength light level acquisition section, a monitoring signal wavelength light level acquisition section, a function information storage section for storing, as function information, information regarding functions for deriving a noise amount and a gain by Raman amplification with regard to a monitoring signal wavelength light with respect to pumping light power supplied from the pumping light supplying section, and a transmission characteristic derivation section for deriving a transmission characteristic on an optical transmission line based on information acquired by the main signal wavelength light level acquisition section and the monitoring signal wavelength light level acquisition section and the function information stored in the function information storage section, and Raman gain is derived with high accuracy in comparison with the conventional technique. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213455 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER - An optical amplifier for amplifying light includes a light source for emitting pump light in accordance with current amount; a rear earth element doped optical fiber doped rear earth element, the rear earth element doped optical fiber pumped by the pump light from the light source; a detector for detecting upconversion light leaked from the rear earth element doped optical fiber; a memory for storing correspondence relationship data of the current amount for the light source and an intensity of the upconversion light in normal state of the light source; a difference calculator for calculating a difference between the intensity of the upconversion light being detected by the detector and a converted amount being converted the current amount for the light source by the use of the correspondence relationship data; and a discriminator for discriminating whether the difference calculated at the difference calculator exceeds a predetermined value. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213456 | Illumination Module for Evanescent Illumination and Microscope - A microscope with a light source that produces an illumination light beam for evanescently illuminating a sample includes an adjustment mechanism with which the polarization of the illumination light beam may be changed. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213457 | Illumination Device for a Microscope - An illumination device for a microscope has a variable working distance (d, d′), at which an object is illuminated obliquely from two different directions. Light from a light source is split into at least two illumination beam paths. In order to adapt to the different working distances, the light is subjected to an angle change before splitting or, if after splitting, then respectively by the same amount in both beam paths. A deviating element with at least two reflective surfaces is arranged in one of the illumination beam paths to induce a change in an angle at which one of the illumination beam paths strikes the object, in the same sense as another illumination beam path. The reflective surfaces may be arranged so that the illumination beam paths strike essentially the same region of the optical axis even with different working distances. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213458 | FLOOR MOUNTED REAR PROJECTION SCREEN STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A floor mounted rear projection screen structure and display system is provided that includes a rear projection screen disposed in an opening defined in the floor and a projection system for projecting images onto the projection screen from beneath the screen. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213459 | CONTACT LENS FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION - A contact lens set for stereoscopic visualization includes a left contact lens comprising a first lens substrate incorporating a first polarizer, and a right contact lens comprising a lens substrate incorporating a second polarizer. The first polarizer comprises a first plurality of parallel lines having sub-wavelength pitch and oriented in a first direction. The second polarizer comprises a second plurality of parallel lines having sub-wavelength pitch and oriented in a second direction. The left contact lens and the right contact lens each comprises a rotational stabilization means, such that, during use, the first direction is adapted to orient in an approximately orthogonal direction to the second direction. In another embodiment, a contact lens set for stereoscopic visualization includes a left contact lens and a right contact lens, each coded with different colors. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213460 | LIGHT DIFFUSION FILM - A light diffusion film | 2009-08-27 |
20090213461 | Optical Module - An optical module according to the invention can achieve an optical system using a transmission-type diffraction grating for bending the optical path of incident light with a specific wavelength by about 90°. A substrate of the transmission-type diffraction grating is mounted at an angle in a range of +5° with respect to the design incident angle α of the incident light. The optical system can be applied to a light multiplexing/demultiplexing module. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213462 | OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZATION PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical film, includes: a transparent support; and at least one low refractive index layer on or above the transparent support, wherein the low refractive index layer is formed from a low refractive index layer forming composition containing (A) a hydrophobic polyrotaxane compound, (B) a fluorine-containing copolymer and an organic solvent. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213463 | CAVITY RING-DOWN SPECTROSCOPY MIRROR, AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) mirror is constructed to resist migration of a maximum reflectance peak during use where the CRDS mirror may become accreted with contamination that would otherwise cause the maximum reflectance peak to migrate. The mirror includes a mirror stack disposed on a mirror substrate and a plurality of alternating laminates including a first film with a first index of refraction and a second film with a second index of refraction. Each film is a one-quarter wavelength thickness of a given light energy that is to illuminate the mirror. A subsequent laminate is disposed on the plurality of alternating laminates. The subsequent laminate includes a quarter wavelength thickness first film and a second film with a wavelength thickness in a range from greater than 1.5 quarter wavelength and less than 2 quarter wavelength. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213464 | Light polarizing sheet and manufacturing method for same - Provides a light polarizing sheet which is easy to manufacture, offers the functionality of conventional multiple sheet structures, and satisfies both the luminance and viewing angle characteristics required for liquid crystal televisions and the like. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213465 | LIGHT DIFFUSION FILM - A light diffusion film ( | 2009-08-27 |
20090213466 | BEAM SPLITTER APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A beam splitter apparatus comprises a beam splitter and a plurality of prisms disposed about the beam splitter. The beam splitter apparatus is configured to split an incident laser beam into a plurality of beamlets exhibiting substantially equal energy and traversing substantially equal optical path lengths through the beam splitter apparatus. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213467 | DEVICE FOR SPLITTING A LIGHT BEAM - Device for splitting a light beam ( | 2009-08-27 |
20090213468 | MICHELSON-INTERFEROMETER-BASED DELAY-LINE INTERFEROMETERS - An interferometer includes a means for splitting, at a splitting location, an input light beam into a first beam and a second beam; and means for recombining, at a recombination location, the first beam and the second beam. The interferometer is designed such that the first beam will travel a first optical path length (OPL) from the splitting location to the recombination location, and the second beam will travel a second OPL from the splitting location to the recombination location and such that when the input light beam has bean modulated at a data rate comprising a time interval, then the difference in optical path lengths between the first OPL and the second OPL is about equal to the time interval multiplied by the speed of light. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213469 | Optical Element, Production Method Therefor, and Composite Component Provided With an Optical Element - An optical element ( | 2009-08-27 |
20090213470 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection optical system, in which a plurality of light flux emitted from one conjugate plane enters another conjugate plane and an image formed on the one conjugate plane is projected on the other conjugate plane, includes: a first optical system including at least one lens; and a second optical system which includes at least two reflecting surfaces with optical power, a normal line of the other conjugate plane from a center of an image projected on the other conjugate plane has no intersection with any space of the first optical system, or the second optical system, or a space between the first optical system and the second optical system, and when a plane defined by a vertical direction of the image projected on the other conjugate plane and an extending direction of the normal line is set as a YZ plane, from the first optical system to the other conjugate plane an optical path intersects only once on the YZ plane. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213471 | VARIABLE FOCUS LENS - The invention relates to a variable focus lens ( | 2009-08-27 |
20090213472 | IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An image pickup optical system includes a first-lens unit having negative refractive power; a second-lens unit having positive refractive power and being disposed closer to an image side than the first-lens unit; an aperture; and a diffraction optical part provided on the joint surface of a first-cemented lens closer to the image side than the aperture. The focal length of the whole system, the Abbe number of the negative lens of a second-cemented lens closer to the image side than the aperture, the focal length within the air, the Abbe number of a negative lens closer to an object side than the aperture, the average value between the curvature radius closest to the object side and the curvature radius closest to the image side of the first-cemented lens including the diffraction optical part, the curvature radius of the diffraction optical part, and so forth, are set appropriately. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213473 | Telescopes for simultaneous clear viewing of objects and areas both near and distant - A telescope that provides for simultaneous clear viewing of objects or areas at various distances may be either Galilean or astronomical. The telescope may be mounted on or into any mechanism or device used for targeting or aiming. Such devices may include iron sights of small arms weapons, and cameras and telescopes, which may be either electrically or manually focused. These miniature scopes are engineered to maximize the clear depth-of-field viewing by the eye regardless of vision irregularities, such as Presbyopia, Myopia, Hyperopic, Astigmatism, or combinations of these, in conjunction with or without spectacle lens corrections. This aiming scope/device may be placed on a pair of spectacles in a very close proximity to the eye cornea. Other maximized scope image characteristics that occur are field-of-view, luminosity, and unmagnified and unbroken or distorted viewing field. Clearly detailed simultaneous viewing of images of all objects or areas at almost all distances forward of the objective lens is readily apparent to the scope user. Such objects include sighting devices forward of the scope on guns, bows, cameras, telescopes, and any target seen within the scope. Most reticles used in conjunction with this invention will also be observed in the scope. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213474 | Optical object distance simulation device for reducing total optical path - An optical object distance simulation device for reducing total optical path includes: a lens, an achromatic lens set, a first image lens, and a second image lens. The achromatic lens set disposes beside one side of the lens, the first image lens disposes beside one side of the achromatic lens set, and the second image lens disposes beside one side of the first image lens. The achromatic lens set is composed of a first lens and a second lens. The first lens is a double-concave lens. The second lens is a double-convex lens. One concave face of the double-concave tightly contacts with one convex face of the double-convex lens. Therefore, the lens, the achromatic lens set, the first image lens, and the second image lens match with each other in order to simulate real object distance for reducing an object distance between a test camera lens and a corresponding chart. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213475 | Optical Lens System for Taking Image - An optical lens system for taking image consisting of three lens elements with refractive power, in order from the object side to the image side: a meniscus first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; an aperture stop; a meniscus plastic second lens element with negative refractive power having a convex image-side surface, and the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the second lens element being both aspheric, the Abbe number of the second lens element being V | 2009-08-27 |
20090213476 | COMPOSITE LENS - A composite lens of the present invention has a base lens and a resin lens placed on the base lens. The resin lens has, in an area outside an optically effective diameter, a first surface, a second surface that is adjacent to the first surface, and a third surface that is adjacent to the second surface in sequence from an optical axis to an outer circumference. The first surface has an inclined surface that becomes higher from the outer circumference toward the optical axis, and the inclined surface is connected to the second surface. The second surface has a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis, and the substantially perpendicular plane is connected to the first plane. The third surface has an inclined surface that becomes lower from an inner circumference toward the outer circumference. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213477 | Retractably mounted magnifying glass assembly - A magnifying glass having a frame with gripping means, the frame forming the periphery of a magnifying glass formed of a clear plastic polycarbonate, the frame having an attachment member for attachment of a biased, retractable, flexible cord, which flexible, retractable cord is biasly secured to and stored within a mount member, the mount member affixable to any flat surface, the mount member having a securing member for securing the magnifying glass to the mount when not in use, the magnifying glass selectively removable from the mount member and transportable for a distance equal to the length of the flexible, retractable cord stored in the mount member, the return of the magnifying glass to the mount member, causing slack in the flexible, retractable cord, such that it is rewound or retracted within the mount member. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213478 | OPTICALLY ACCESSIBLE COVER - The present invention relates to a means for covering and to a device for performing processes and/or reactions involving at least one sample, which are conducted in a temperature-controlled environment and which require optical access to at least one sample. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213479 | COORDINATED PIVOTING AND EXTENDING VEHICLE MIRROR - An exterior vehicle mirror system has a vehicle mountable support and a support arm. A mirror housing is movable along the support arm between the support and a distal end. An electrically powered mirror unit adjust mechanism can adjust the mirror unit about horizontal and vertical axes. An electrically powered pivoting and extending mechanism pivots the support arm about the support between an extended position and a position folded against a vehicle side. An electronic control system controls movement of the mirror housing along the support arm, and folding of the support arm, independent of an adjustment of the mirror unit. The electronic control system comprises a memorized position for the powered pivoting and extending mechanism. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213480 | VEHICLE REAR MIROR HAVING A DISPLAY - A vehicle rear mirror having a display comprises a seat having an insertion rod which is controlled by an electromagnetic valve; a body having a display unit; the body being slideable along the seat; the body being capable of moving outwards by an elastic force; one side of the body corresponding to the insertion rod of the seat having an insertion hole; when the body is in front of the seat; the insertion hole can receive the insertion rod so as to fix the body; when the insertion rod is released from the insertion hole, the body can be pushed outwards by elastic force; and a mirror with a mirror surface, the mirror being installed at a front side of the seat; when the body slides inwards, the body being hidden between the mirror and the seat; and when the body slides outwards, the body exposes out. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213481 | SIDE MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED SPOTTING MIRROR - A mirror assembly for a motor vehicle includes a base that is fixedly secured to the motor vehicle. A housing is fixedly secured to the base. The housing defines an opening. A mirror is operatively secured to the housing at the opening. The mirror defines a main viewing portion and a spotting mirror portion wherein the main viewing portion and the spotting mirror portion are fabricated from a unitary structure. The mirror is a reflective element and defines a main viewing portion of one curvature and a spotting mirror portion for viewing the blind spot which is defined by having a radius of curvature less than the main viewing portion. Both viewing portions of the mirror are integral to one unitary structure that is fabricated from sheet metal such as steel, stainless steel, or aluminum that may optionally be chrome plated, polished, or anodized. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213482 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WRITING DATA ONTO A TAPE - An apparatus and method for writing data to be played back onto a tape is provided. Included is an acquisition unit for acquiring data to be written onto the tape, a writing unit for writing the data to the tape, and a determination unit for determining a data amount of a leading part of the data to be stored in a place separate from a place where the data is stored so that a part following the leading part is made ready to be played back before playback of the leading part ends, to reduce the time taken to read the data from the tape. Also included is an extraction unit for extracting the data and a storage unit for storing the leading part of the data. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213483 | Magnetic head drive device and magnetic recording/reproducing device using this drive device - A magnetic head drive device drives a heater element for controlling a protrusion amount of the magnetic head. The heater drive circuit of the heater element of the magnetic head, in which a read element, a write element and a heat element is included, is constructed by the PWM modulation method. A pair of heater wiring lines is made of a path in which the signal polarity is inverted. Therefore cross-talk noise, to the read wiring line, can be decreased even if PWM driving is executed. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213484 | Techniques For Providing DC-free Detection of DC Equalization Target - A data storage device includes a first filter that generates a short DC equalization target in response to a read back signal generated from magnetic patterns that are recorded on a storage medium using perpendicular recording. The data storage device also includes a first detector that generates an output sequence in response to the short DC equalization target. The data storage device also includes a high pass filter that attenuates DC components of the short DC equalization target and that passes low frequency components of the short DC equalization target above a cutoff frequency to generate a filtered signal. The data storage device also includes a second detector that processes the output sequence in response to the filtered signal. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213485 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A reproducing apparatus includes a recording medium mounting detection unit configured to detect that a detachable recording medium is mounted, and a file analysis unit configured to analyze a file recorded in the recording medium. When the recording medium mounting detection unit detects that the recording medium is mounted, representative information that represents recorded content on the recording medium (a representative image and/or a representative title) is acquired from the recording medium and displayed on a display unit prior to file analysis by the file analysis unit. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213486 | DATA RECORDING DEVICE - A data recording device for storing data, the data recording device includes: a medium for storing data; a head assembly including a read element for reading out data stored in the medium and a heater for controlling a distance between the read element and the medium within a predetermined range during data reading out by the read element; and a processor for executing a test process comprising: controlling the distance between the read element and the medium in a test range outside the predetermined range by controlling the heater, and reading out test data from the medium while the distance between the read element and the medium is maintained in the test range so as to evaluate the data recording device. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213487 | EFFICIENT METHOD TO DETECT DISK WRITE ERRORS - A write error detection mechanism for a computer data disk drive or storage controller writes and then verifies data to detect disk write errors. It allows the heads to be moved to other tracks to do other jobs in the time it takes the disk to rotate from the point the data was written and to return there again so it can be read to verify the write. The data written is temporarily stored in feature table memory outside the disk, so it can be used as in the comparison later when the written data can be read for the verify. In the interim, other write-and-verify and read operations can be pipelined, or multitasked using the same head, even on different tracks. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213488 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE EFFECTS OF TAPE DIMENSIONAL STABILITY - A method, system, apparatus, and computer readable medium storing instructions for recording data tracks and a method and system for reading data tracks. For recording data tracks, virtual boundary of a first data track recorded on the storage medium is determined. The recording element is positioned based on the determined virtual boundary of the first track and a second data track is recorded by the positioned recording element. For reading data tracks, a first virtual boundary of a first data track and a second virtual boundary of the first data track are determined and a reading element is positioned at a center of the first data track based on the determined virtual boundaries. In the system of reading recorded data tracks, a number of forward reading elements and backward reading elements are provided. The forward reading elements have different pitches. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213489 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVO STRIPE WIDTH DETECTION AND COMPENSATION - A method and system for servo stripe width detection and compensation including moving a magnetic tape in a first direction across a magnetic tape head, the magnetic tape having a servo band including a first servo pattern and a second servo pattern, the magnetic tape head having a servo element; detecting a leading edge and a trailing edge of the first servo pattern with the servo element; detecting a leading edge and a trailing edge of the second servo pattern with the servo element; determining a first time from the leading edge of the first servo pattern to the leading edge of the second servo pattern; determining a second time from the trailing edge of the first servo pattern to the trailing edge of the second servo pattern; and determining a correction value from a difference between the first time and the second time. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213490 | PASS-THROUGH MECHANISM FOR LINEAR TAPE LIBRARY - A pass-through mechanism that couples a first linear tape library string to a second linear tape library string is maintained. A first robotic assembly associated with the first linear tape library string places a tape from the first linear tape library string into the pass-through mechanism. The pass-through mechanism moves the tape to a position where the tape can be removed by a second robotic assembly associated with the second linear tape library string. The second robotic assembly removes the tape from the pass-through mechanism and places the tape into the second linear tape library string. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213491 | INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE WITH A BRIDGE CONTROLLER AND A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY COUPLED CONDUCTIVE SHIELDS - A novel information storage device is disclosed and claimed. The information storage device includes a disk drive, a disk drive printed circuit board, and a first conductive shield over the disk drive printed circuit board and electrically coupled to the disk drive. The information storage device also includes a bridge controller printed circuit board and a second conductive shield over and electrically coupled to the bridge controller printed circuit board. The first and second conductive shields are in direct contact with each other. A disk drive interface connector electrically couples the bridge controller printed circuit board with the disk drive printed circuit board. A third conductive shield is attached to the disk drive interface connector and is in direct contact with both the first and second conductive shields. | 2009-08-27 |