35th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110211163 | ADAPTIVE VISUAL PERFORMANCE TESTING SYSTEM - A method of testing visual performance includes determining a difficulty rating for each of a plurality of visual recognition tests. The method further includes displaying one of the visual recognition tests to a subject and receiving from the subject a response to the visual recognition test. After receiving the response to the visual recognition test, a subsequent visual recognition test is selected to have a difficulty rating determined based on the response received from the subject, the subsequent visual recognition test is displayed, and a response is received from the subject. The subsequent visual recognition tests are repeated until a predetermined number of responses is reached. A visual performance score is determined based on the set of responses received from the subject and the difficulty ratings for the visual recognition tests displayed to the subject is then output. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211164 | CAMERA STABILIZER - A camera stabilizer includes a grip for cameras that provides for stability of the camera without a shoulder mount or shoulder mount harness. The current camera stabilizer attaches around the arm of the user then extends through a member roughly parallel to the forearm to a grip that is held by the user. The grip is attached to the member by a ball joint that allows free positioning of the grip relative to the member but may then be locked in position for use. The camera is then attached to the grip. This allows the user to stabilize the camera by holding the elbow closer to the torso, by resting the elbow on a steady object, or by simply flexing the wrist which applies tension to the member thereby providing a more stable grip on the camera and a resulting more stable picture. A kit is also disclosed that includes the camera stabilizer and a harness for tethering the camera stabilizer to a camera operator. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211165 | SPECKLE PATTERN SCRAMBLING IN LASER PROJECTION SYSTEMS - A laser projection system is provided comprising a light source, a phase retarding element, and a beam scanning element. The light source comprises at least one frequency-converted laser source comprising a wavelength-tunable laser diode and a wavelength conversion device. The phase retarding element is configured to resolve the polarization of a frequency-converted laser beam into two orthogonal linearly polarized components such that one component of polarization is phase delayed relative to the other. Frequency-converted laser beam polarization in the 2D image frame is a function of the degree to which the respective components of polarization are delayed relative to each other and varies with wavelength variations in the output of the wavelength-tunable laser diode. Polarization variations of the frequency-converted laser beam in the 2D image frame are sufficient to scramble image speckle patterns across the 2D image frame. In another embodiment of the present disclosure a laser projection system is provided where the system comprises a wavelength-tunable laser diode comprising a phase control section. The laser projection system is programmed to apply a dither signal to the phase control section and the dither signal introduces wavelength variations in the output of the wavelength-tunable laser diode. The wavelength variations in the output of the wavelength-tunable laser diode reside within a FWHM conversion bandwidth of the wavelength conversion device and are at a rate that is sufficient to scramble pixel-specific polarizations and image speckle patterns across the 2D image frame. Methods of operating laser projection systems are also provided. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211166 | PROJECTOR DEVICE - A projector device including a light source, a plurality of panels for modulating light emitted from the light source in accordance with video information, the panels containing a liquid crystal panel and a plurality of polarizing panels arranged in parallel, an air blower for blowing air to the liquid crystal panel and the plurality of polarizing panels, a housing in which the light source, the liquid crystal panel, the polarizing panels and the air blower are mounted, and a turbulence promoting member for disturbing an air stream flowing between two adjacent panels is provided at an upstream position of the air stream in a gap between the two adjacent panels so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to the air stream. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211167 | System and Method for Utilizing a Scanning Beam to Display an Image - A method includes generating a plurality of beams that each illuminate a separate portion of a spatial light modulator. The spatial light modulator has a first dimension of a first length and a second dimension of a second length. Each of the beams spans a portion of the first length of the first dimension and a portion of the second length of the second dimension. The method also includes scrolling the plurality of beams along the second dimension of the spatial light modulator while maintaining at least a first gap between each of the plurality of beams. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211168 | PROJECTION SYSTEM - In order to obtain effects of the increase in brightness of images, miniaturization, low cost, convenience of handling, default prevention, in inconvenience of assembly, which are can be obtained by a projection system, the projection system comprises at least one light-emitting device; a time division supplying device of light that time-divides light emitted from the at least one light-emitting device and supplies it; a first condensing lens that focuses light passing through the time division supplying device of light; a first mirror that reflects light passing through the first condensing lens; an integrator that makes light reflected from the first mirror into a planar light; a second mirror that reflects light passing through the integrator; a third mirror that reflects light reflected from the second mirror to a DMD side; and a projection lens that projects light reflected from the second mirror onto a screen and has an optic axis disposed at both sides of the second mirror and the third mirror, respectively. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211169 | Projection System - A projection system includes an opto-electromechanical component for speckle reduction, the opto-electromechanical component comprising a micro-motor having a shaft and a translucent light-diffusing element fixed to the shaft. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211170 | Projector apparatus - A filter device includes: first and second filter elements allowing air to pass therethrough; and first and second filter holding members holding the first and second filter elements such that they are linearly connected side by side, the holding members being connected to be foldable in the position where the filter elements are connected. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211171 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DEVICE - A light source apparatus adapted to a projection device having a casing and an optical engine base is provided. The light source apparatus includes a shell, a positioning element, a frame, and a light source. The shell is adapted to be disposed in the casing and lean against the optical engine base. The positioning element is assembled to the shell and has two positioning holes. The frame is disposed in the shell and has two positioning pins, wherein the two positioning pins are inserted into the two positioning holes respectively for positioning the frame with respect to the shell. The light source is fixed to the frame. A projection device is also provided. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211172 | PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a projection image display device capable of both minimizing a decrease in a cooling ability and simplifying maintenance of a filter. The projection image display device according to the present invention includes a filter material for filtering external air taken into a casing, a loop-shaped filter frame onto which the filter material is mounted, a drive mechanism for rotating the filter frame in a loop direction of the loop shape, and a dust removal brush to be brought into contact with the filter material while spinning at a predetermined position. The filter material is mounted onto a part of a loop-shaped surface of the filter frame. The filter material is not mounted but a ventilation part is provided in the other part of the loop-shaped surface of the filter frame. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211173 | Projector apparatus - A projector apparatus includes: an air intake port taking external air into the body of the apparatus; a duct guiding the external air taken in through the air intake port; a filter horizontally disposed in the duct; and a fan supplying the external air to a heat-generating part from underneath after the external air passes through the filter. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211174 | Portable Shadow Screen Kit - A self-contained, washable, portable, shadow screen kit is provided, which includes a generally rectangular side-and-back exterior enclosure, a light source, and a stretched front shadow screen. In one aspect, the side-and-back exterior enclosure includes four corner upright posts supported by four bases, four top horizontal rods connecting the corner upright posts, and drapes to prevent light bleed. Preferably a mirror, mirror stand, and a lightweight ceiling comprising a darkening structure (such as rigid panels or blackout fabric) supported by a ceiling frame are also included. A shadow, cast on the back of the taut screen, is viewable from the front for entertainment or photography. An opaque object is positioned between the light from the light source and the screen. The shadow screen kit is particularly suited for shadow dancing, photography, or videography. The shadow screen kit is easily assembled and disassembled for transport between venues or for storage between uses. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211175 | PANORAMIC PROJECTION DEVICE, AND METHOD IMPLEMENTED BY THIS DEVICE - A projection device ( | 2011-09-01 |
20110211176 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTOR - An optical system and a projector utilizing the optical system can prevent tilted projection, hence ensuring that keystone distortion will not occur. The inventive optical system includes a lens group and a reflection layer. The lens group has a plurality of lens elements, and is utilized for guiding an input light beam. A shape of each of lens elements is substantially identical to a shape of a half of a rotationally symmetrical lens. The reflection layer is disposed under the lens group, and utilized for reflecting an incident light beam. As a result, the optical system is configured for guiding the output light beam derived from the input light beam to be projected onto an area substantially higher than a common line. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211177 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE WITH PROJECTING FUNCTION - A power supply device includes a mini projecting module, a power converting module and a signal transmission element. The power converting module includes a power input part, a power converting circuit and a power output part. The power converting circuit is used for converting the input voltage into a first output voltage and a second output voltage. The first output voltage and the second output voltage are respectively transmitted to an electronic device and the mini projecting module. The first output voltage is transmitted to the electronic device through the power output part. The signal transmission element is used for connecting the electronic device or an image signal source with the mini projecting module so that an image signal provided by the electronic device or the image signal source is transmitted to the mini projecting module through the signal transmission element. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211178 | TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED HOLDING DEVICES FOR PLANAR ARTICLES - An exemplary apparatus includes a controllably movable body, a holding device, and a coolant circulation device. The body comprises a wall including a planar contact surface that receives the reverse surface of the article. The wall co-extends with at least a heat-receiving area of the utility surface whenever the article is being held by the body. The wall also includes a second surface separated from but proximal to the contact surface, and is thermally conductive from the contact surface to the second surface. The holding device holds the article to the contact surface with the reverse surface contacting the contact surface. The coolant circulation device delivers flow of a coolant fluid to the second surface to urge conduction of heat from the contact surface to the second surface. The holding device and coolant-circulation device operate in concert to actively control shape of the article being held by the apparatus. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211179 | DETECTION OF CONTAMINATING SUBSTANCES IN AN EUV LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS - An EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography apparatus ( | 2011-09-01 |
20110211180 | OPTICAL COMPONENT HAVING AN IMPROVED TRANSIENT THERMAL BEHAVIOR AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE TRANSIENT THERMAL BEHAVIOR OF AN OPTICAL COMPONENT - An optical component includes an optical element, a mount for the optical element, and a temperature control device configured to control a temperature of a part of the mount based on at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of a coefficient of expansion of a substrate of the optical element, and a coefficient of expansion of a material of the mount. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211181 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In an immersion lithography apparatus or device manufacturing method, the position of focus of the projected image is changed during imaging to increase focus latitude. In an embodiment, the focus may be varied using the liquid supply system of the immersion lithographic apparatus. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211182 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a phase adjuster to adjust a phase of an optical wave traversing an optical element of the phase adjuster during exposure of a pattern on a substrate. In an embodiment, the optical element is a heat controllable optical element in a projection system of the lithographic apparatus. In use, the pattern is illuminated with an illumination mode including an off-axis radiation beam. This beam is diffracted into zeroth-order and first-order diffracted beams oppositely and asymmetrically inclined with respect to an optical axis. An area is identified where the first-order diffracted beam traverses the optical element. An image characteristic of an image of the pattern is optimized by calculating a desired optical phase of the first-order diffracted beam in relation to the optical phase of the zeroth-order diffracted beam. The phase adjuster is controlled to apply the desired optical phase to the first order diffracted beam. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211183 | Illumination optical system, aligner, and process for fabricating device - [Problem] Each of pupil intensity distributions at respective points on an illumination target surface is substantially uniformly adjusted. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211184 | Seed light generation device, light source device, adjustment method thereof, light irradiation device, exposure device, and device manufacturing method - A light source device including a seed light generation device, a light amplification unit which optically amplifies seed light generated by the seed light generation device, and a wavelength conversion unit which converts the wavelength of the light optically amplified by the light amplification unit. The seed light generation device includes a pulsed light generation unit which generates pulsed light having a single wavelength, a pulse modulation unit which selectively passes and extracts a part of the pulsed light, and a timing adjustment unit which relatively adjusts the extracting timing of the pulsed light by the pulse modulation unit during the generation period of the pulsed light by the pulse generation unit, according to an operation. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211185 | Spectral Purity Filter, Radiation Source, Lithographic Apparatus, and Device Manufacturing Method - A spectral purity filter is configured to allow transmission therethrough of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation and to refract or reflect non-EUV secondary radiation. The spectral purity filter may be part of a source module and/or a lithographic apparatus. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211186 | Exposure apparatus, exposure method and device manufacturing method - An exposure method sequentially exposes a plurality of shot areas of a substrate. The method includes: (i) holding the substrate on a substrate holder such that a gap is formed along an edge of the substrate; (ii) exposing one of the shot areas, located near a center of the substrate, through a liquid of a liquid immersion area which covers only a portion of a surface of the substrate, while moving the substrate at a first scanning speed; and (iii) exposing an other one of the shot areas through the liquid of the liquid immersion area, while moving the substrate at a second scanning speed lower than the first scanning speed. The other one of the shot areas is located near the edge of the substrate and the gap is included in the liquid immersion area during the exposure of the other one of the shot areas. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211187 | RESONANT SCANNER FOR 3D MAPPING - A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed for a resonant scanner for three-dimensional (3D) mapping. The system, apparatus, and method employ a small, lightweight articulating device that performs as a 3D Laser Detection and Ranging (LADAR) laser from a moving scanner platform in a way that provides geolocation and takes advantage of mechanical resonance to amplify motion in the tilt axis. The device is used to map terrain in 3D space. The disclosed method involves resonating the scanner platform of the device with a spring about a pivot. The method further involves determining with a position sensor the tilt position and/or resonance rate of the scanner platform. Further, the method involves applying torque with an actuator to the scanner platform, and controlling with a controller the resonance of the scanner platform. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211188 | COMPACT LASER RANGEFINDER - A laser distance measuring device comprising a transmitter channel ( | 2011-09-01 |
20110211189 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF TEAR OSMOLARITY - An apparatus comprises a spectrophotometer system configured to measure light absorbance by a tear sample, a refractometer system configured to measure refractive index of the tear sample, and an evaluation unit programmed to calculate an osmolarity of the tear sample based on the measured absorbance and refractive index and stored calibration curves. The spectrophotometer and refractometer systems may share a common prism contacted by the tear sample during measurement. The evaluation unit may be programmed to carry out steps of a method for determining osmolarity of the tear sample in accordance with the invention. The osmolarity of the tear sample may be used as an indicator in diagnosing dry eye. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211190 | MIRROR STRUCTURE - A mirror structure is provided in which at least a portion of a wavefront sensor is integrated with a mirror. In particular, a mirror structure is provided in which a Hartmann mask or a microlens array of a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor is integrated with a mirror to provide a very compact wavefront detector/corrector in a single device. Such a mirror structure may be used with a tip-tilt stage in a laser cavity to provide much simplified adaptive optics in the cavity. Furthermore, a Hartmann Mask may be integrated with self deforming mirror comprising an active PZT layer bonded to a passive mirror substrate, wherein the Hartmann Mask comprises an array of apertures formed through the active PZT layer. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211191 | Method And Its Apparatus For Inspecting Defects - A defect inspection apparatus is capable of inspecting an extremely small defect present on the top and edge surfaces of a sample such as a semiconductor substrate or a thin film substrate with high sensitivity and at high speed. The defect inspection apparatus has an illumination optical system, a plurality of detection optical units and a signal processor. One or more of the detection optical units receives either light diffracted from an edge portion of the sample or light diffracted from an edge grip holding the sample. The one or more of the detection optical units shields the diffracted light received by the detection optical unit based on a signal obtained by monitoring an intensity of the diffracted light received by the detection optical unit in order to inspect a sample portion located near the edge portion and a sample portion located near the edge grip. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211192 | OPTICAL MEASURING DEVICE AND CALIBRATION DEVICE - There is provided an optical measuring device including: plural light-receiving units; a frame to which the respective light-receiving units are mounted on a same circumference whose axial center is a predetermined position, with optical axes of the light-receiving units being directed toward the axial center, an object of measurement being disposed at an axially central portion of the circumference; a measuring section that outputs measured values corresponding to received light amounts; a reference sample disposed, instead of the object of measurement, at the axially central portion of the circumference such that a longitudinal direction of the reference sample runs along an axis of the circumference; a reference light source that illuminates light of the predetermined wavelength toward the reference sample; and a calibrating section that calibrates the sensitivities of the plural light-receiving units at a time of measuring the object of measurement. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211193 | PRESSURE CONTROLLED SPECTROSCOPIC HEATING VALUE SENSOR - A method and system for measuring a physical property of a fluid in which light having wavelengths in the near-infrared is directed into a test cell containing the fluid and portions of the light not absorbed by the fluid and passing out of the cell are spatially dispersed by wavelength, forming a light spectrum that is projected onto a detector. The light spectrum is digitized and inputted into a data processing unit in which it is compared to the actual spectrum of the light source stored in the system to determine the absorbance spectrum of the fluid. The system is spectrally calibrated by identifying known spectral features of the fluid absorbance spectrum. To correct for deviations in the original light source spectrum, a calibration method in which the pressure of the fluid in the test cell is alternated between a first positive pressure and a second positive pressure is employed. Upon determination of the absorbance spectrum of the fluid, the physical property of interest of the fluid is determined by comparing the absorbance spectrum to a plurality of spectra located within an on-board database. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211194 | OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER WITH CONTINUOUSLY ROTATING TUYNABLE FILTER - An optical spectrum analyzer is implemented with a detector combined with a tunable filter mounted on a stage capable of 360-degree rotation at a constant velocity. Because of the constant rate of angular change, different portions of the input spectrum are detected at each increment of time as a function of filter position, which can be easily measured with an encoder for synchronization purposes. The unidirectional motion of the mirror permits operation at very high speeds with great mechanical reliability. The same improvements may be obtained using a diffraction grating or a prism, in which case the detector or an intervening mirror may be rotated instead of the grating or prism. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211195 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONCENTRATION OF GASEOUS COMPONENT - A sufficiently large light detection value can be obtained to determine a concentration of a target component in a desired section, without using a laser emitter of a high laser intensity or a large light collector. By changing an orientation of a laser emitter | 2011-09-01 |
20110211196 | COLOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A color measurement device includes a light pipe and a light source. The light pipe is oriented length-wise towards a color sample surface along a first axis that is non-perpendicular to the surface. A color sample is positioned on the surface. The light pipe has a near opening, a far opening, and a face at the far opening. The near opening is closer to the color sample than the far opening. The light source is positioned near the far opening of the light pipe, and is to output light along a second axis and into the light pipe at the far opening. The light reflects off the surface after exiting the light pipe at the near opening. The second axis is non-perpendicular to the face of the light pipe at the far opening. The light non-uniformly illuminates the color sample after exiting the light pipe at the near opening. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211197 | HETERODYNE DETECTION DEVICE FOR IMAGING AN OBJECT BY RE-INJECTION - The disclosure relates to a detection device for imaging an object, that comprises: a laser cavity for transmitting an original light signal at an original wavelength towards the object in order to generate an evanescent wave at the surface of the object; a conversion means adapted for converting the evanescent wave into a progressive signal; a re-injection means adapted for injecting the progressive signal into the laser cavity in order to generate interference inside the laser cavity between the progressive signal and the original light signal; a detection means adapted for detecting the interference in order to determine the characteristics of the object; characterised in that the device includes a wavelength modification means adapted so that the wavelength of the progressive signal injected into the laser cavity is different from the original wavelength. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211198 | LIGHTWAVE INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS THAT CALCULATES ABSOLUTE DISTANCE USING LIGHTWAVE INTERFERENCE - A lightwave interference measurement apparatus includes a wavelength-variable laser which periodically performs wavelength scanning between first and second reference wavelengths to emit light beam, a wavelength-fixed laser which emits light beam having a third reference wavelength, a light beam splitting element which splits the light beams into reference light beam and light beam under test, a phase detector which detects a phase based on an interference signal of the reference light beam and the light beam under test, and an analyzer which sequentially determines an interference order of the third reference wavelength based on the third reference wavelength, first and second synthetic wavelengths, an integer component of a phase change amount in the wavelength scanning, and interference orders of the first and second synthetic wavelengths, and calculates an absolute distance between the surface under test and the reference surface. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211199 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING POSITION WITH A CONFOCAL FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER - Device and method for acquiring position with a confocal Fabry-Perot interferometer. In a general aspect, the device for acquiring position may include an arrangement for acquiring position where the acquiring arrangement has a confocal Fabry-Perot interferometer. In another general aspect, a method for acquiring position may include generating an interference pattern dependent on a position of an object by a confocal Fabry-Perot interferometer; detecting the interference pattern to obtain a measuring signal; and evaluating the measuring signal. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211200 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING A CONDITION OF A ROTOR BLADE FOR A WIND TURBINE - A rotor blade monitoring system for use with a wind turbine. The wind turbine includes at least one rotor blade. The rotor blade includes a sidewall that extends between a root portion and a tip portion. The rotor blade monitoring system includes a fiber optic strand that is coupled to the rotor blade sidewall. The fiber optic strand has a length that extends from the root portion towards the tip portion. A plurality of sensors are coupled to the fiber optic strand. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors is axially spaced along the fiber optic strand and is configured to transmit a signal indicative of a position of a respective portion of the rotor blade. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211201 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus is capable of forming an image on a recording medium by using a recording head including first and second recording element arrays for one color component wherein each recording element array includes a plurality of recording elements arranged therein. To perform, in a short time, processes including converting of multilevel data to binary data and assigning of the binary data to the recording element arrays, a multilevel data buffer stores multilevel data, a reading unit reads the multilevel data stored in the multilevel data buffer, and a production unit produces binary data from the multilevel data by using a code table including a plurality of code sets depending on a gray level wherein each code set includes codes corresponding to the first and second recording element arrays. A transferring unit transfers the binary data produced by the production unit to corresponding recording element arrays. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211202 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING A WRAPPER STRIP - An apparatus for printing a banding strip for documents of value, which is preferably moved relative to the apparatus, having a print head by means of which, upon an activation, more than nine dots can be printed, a circuit actuatable by print signals, which, in response to print signals, activates the print head in accordance with the print signals, in order to print patterns specified by the print signals, and a current supply unit for providing current for the circuit and by means thereof for the print head. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211203 | Color printer system and printing method - A color printer system includes plural data transmitting units that transmits image data of each color to an engine, and a printing control unit that controls the plural data transmitting units. The printing control unit and an image data generating apparatus are connected by a first transmission path, and the plural data transmitting units and the image data generating apparatus are connected by plural of second transmission paths allocated to each color. The image data generating apparatus includes: an image data generating unit that performs bitmap expansion on a print job for each color to generate image data; and a communication unit that sequentially allocates the image data of colors other than a color not used for the superimposed printing to the second transmission path, which is allocated to transmit the image data of the not used color, and transmits the image data in units of transmission. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211204 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The first processor element (PE) interprets a display list, generates pieces of edge information of objects contained in one line, sorts the pieces of edge information for each line, and transfers the level data containing link information linking to width information of between the edges of the objects, the pieces of edge information and overlapping information of the objects. When the level data corresponding to the pixel count in the sub-scanning direction is stored in a memory, a DMAC controls the readout order of the level data to read out the level data from the memory and transfers the readout level data to the second processor. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211205 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE HAVING IMAGE DATA PROCESSING UNIT - An image data processing device processes image data. The image data processing device includes an image data storing unit, a correction data producing unit, and an image density value addition unit. The image density value is either a first density value that is greater than or equal to a prescribed value or a second density value that is less than the prescribed value. The ink droplet is ejected on the first subject pixel whereas the ink droplet is unejected on the second subject pixel. The correction data producing unit produces correction data including a plurality of correction density values. The image density value addition unit adds the correction density value to the second density value of the corresponding pixel. The correction data producing unit produces a first correction density value and a second correction density value as the correction density value. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211206 | Print Data Generating Device and Non-Transitory Recording Medium - A print data generating device comprises a retrieving unit, a bar code data generating unit, and a print data generating unit. The retrieving unit is configured to retrieve image data of an original image. The bar code data generating unit is configured to generate, based on the image data of the original image, data of at least one bar code that stores the original image. The print data generating unit is configured to generate, based on the image data of the original image and the data of the at least one bar code, print data of a print image that includes the at least one bar code arranged on one page and the original image arranged on one or more pages. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211207 | LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING APPARATUS - The liquid droplet discharging apparatus includes a first workpiece stage and a second workpiece stage, an inspection stage arranged between the first workpiece stage and the second workpiece stage, an image recognizing section configured to execute image recognition with respect to a result of an inspection discharge of a liquid from a liquid droplet discharging head onto the inspection stage, and a stage moving mechanism configured to selectively move the first workpiece stage between the image formation area and a first workpiece exchange area, to selectively move the second workpiece stage between the image formation area and a second workpiece exchange area, and to selectively move the inspection stage between an inspection area and the image formation area. The inspection area is disposed between the image formation area and the first workpiece exchange area. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211208 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In order to form a high-quality image, upon execution of multi-pass printing using a printing head with a plurality of nozzles, an image processing apparatus calculates, using a scan duty setting unit ( | 2011-09-01 |
20110211209 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING TOTAL AMOUNT OF TONER IN TRAP - The present invention provides an image-forming apparatus capable of reducing the amount of toner at a position at which the trapping is carried out. The apparatus has an image-deformation processing unit where input image data is processed to deform the image shape or the trapping or overprinting is carried out on the respective color plates. The apparatus determines whether or not the trapping should be carried out to the target pixels on the boundary between color plates in the adjacent different objects, determines the color plate having the trap color, obtains the amount of toner of the trap color, determines based on the amount of toner of the trap color and the target pixels whether or not the total amount of toner of the trap exceeds the limit value, and reduces the total amount of toner if the total amount of toner of the trap exceeds the limit value. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211210 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus including an image reading unit disposed in an upper portion of the image forming apparatus, an image forming unit disposed below the image reading unit to form an image on a sheet fed from a sheet roll, a pair of flange members attached to both lateral ends of the sheet roll in a width direction of the sheet roll, a sheet roll supporter disposed below the image reading unit in a rear portion of the image forming apparatus to support the sheet roll, an opening through which the sheet roll is set to the sheet roll supporter, and a guide assembly provided at upper and lower parts of the opening to position at least one of the pair of flange members attached to the sheet roll in the width direction to guide the sheet roll to the sheet roll supporter. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211211 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - A print control apparatus to discharge sheets printed by a printing unit to discharging destinations. The print control apparatus includes a first determination unit, a second determination unit, and a selecting unit. When an input print job is to be executed by the printing unit, the first determination unit determines how many sheets are to be discharged, corresponding to a single copy based on the print job. The second determination unit determines how many discharging destinations are required for discharging the determined number of sheets. If the determined number of discharging destinations is a multiple value, the selecting unit selects multiple discharging destinations located closest to each other as discharging destinations for the sheets printed. The multiple discharging destinations are selected by the selecting unit before the printing unit begins printing operation based on the print job. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211212 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION USING CUSTOMIZED PROCESS PRINT DRIVERS - Systems and methods for automated processing and distribution of documents using a customized print driver. The customized print driver is accessed using a program application running on an Internet-enabled or networkable device. Unlike conventional print drivers which output print file from an application program to, for example, a laser printer, the customized print drivers combine a print file from the application program with specific processing and distribution parameters or preferences (i.e., a macro). The macro includes, among other things, preferences related to transport medium, transport options, and contact information. By combining the print file of the application program with the macro using a customized print driver, documents are able to be electronically prepared, processed, and distributed efficiently and with minimal user intervention. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211213 | Printing System, Print Data Generating Device, Multi-Function Device, and Non-Transitory Recording Medium - In a printing system, a print data generating unit generates print data of an original image that includes a first image and a bar code that stores a second image and a predetermined information piece. A first printing unit prints the original image on a first recording medium based on the print data. The predetermined information piece is to be written in the first recording medium for retrieving the second image from the bar code. A reading unit reads an image of the first recording medium on which the original image is printed. A controller determines whether the read image includes a written information piece that is written in the first recording medium and matches the predetermined information piece stored in the bar code. When the controller determines affirmatively, a second printing unit prints the second image retrieved from the bar code on a second recording medium. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211214 | Printing System, Print Data Generating Device, Multi-Function Device, and Non-Transitory Recording Medium - In a printing system, a print data generating unit generates first print data of an original image that includes a bar code storing a disposing position and a particular sub-image. The particular sub-image is disposed at the disposing position when the original image is read and processed. A first printing unit prints the original image on a first recording medium based on the first print data. A controller controls a reading unit to read the original image printed on the first recording medium and to retrieve the disposing position and the particular sub-image from the bar code. The controller generates second print data of a processed image in which the retrieved particular sub-image is disposed at the retrieved disposing position. The controller controls the second printing unit to print the processed image on a second recording medium based on the second print data. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211215 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When new image data is received by a communication I/F portion, a determination portion determines whether or not a password set to image data stored in the storage portion coincides with a password set to new image data received by the reception portion. A second image forming control portion does not execute image formation based on the new image data with a first image forming control portion when the determination portion determines that a password set to image data stored in the storage portion coincides with a password set to new image data received by the communication I/F portion. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211216 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MEASURING AMOUNT OF MISMATCH STORED THEREON - An image forming device includes an image forming section, a CPU and memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the CPU, cause the image forming device to provide functions including a data acquisition section, a mismatch correction section and a control section. The data acquisition section is configured to acquire a variation in factor that causes a mismatch of a parameter. The control section is configured to estimate an amount of mismatch of the parameter based on the variation and to send a request for measuring the amount of mismatch to the mismatch correction section when the estimated amount is equal to or larger than a reference value. The control section is also configured to alter at least one of calculation factors used for estimating the amount of mismatch and the reference value according to the measured amount. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211217 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A printing system including plural devices can appropriately stop normally operating devices in a short time when a problem occurs in any one of the plural devices. The printing system has devices that execute processes for printing on printing paper, device control units that control the devices and a central control unit that centrally controls the devices. When a problem is detected in one device, the central control unit sends, as a command for a process to be executed immediately, a stop device command for stopping the other device to the device control unit that controls the device in which a problem is not detected. The device control unit that receives the stop device command executes a process based on the stop device command with priority over processes based on other commands, and stops the device. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211218 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRINTING A SCHEDULED PRINT JOB - A method and apparatus for outputting a scheduled print job by a printing device connected to a client device over a network. The method includes transmitting, by the client device, a request to print the scheduled print job to the printing device. The scheduled print job include print data and schedule data corresponding to a scheduled time the print data is to be printed. The printing device stores the received scheduled print job in memory, and executes the scheduled print job at the scheduled time. A determination is made as to whether the scheduled print job was outputted successfully at the scheduled time. Further, a message indicating whether the scheduled print job was outputted successfully, based on the determination, is sent to a predetermined device. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211219 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SOLICITED ACTIVATION FOR PROTECTED WIRELESS NETWORKING - Methods and apparatus that enable solicited access to a secure wireless network having complex security protocols. In one embodiment, such solicited access is performed using a streamlined or reduced number of user actions and includes an exemplary active/passive scanning protocol and use of an optimized service discovery protocol (SDP). | 2011-09-01 |
20110211220 | PRINT SETTING APPARATUS FOR SETTING PRINT CONDITION - A user interface is configured to receive a user instruction when a user sets a print condition for a printer. At least one setting item including a plurality of set contents is set for the print condition. An obtaining unit obtains a status of the printer. Each of the plurality of set contents is a suitable set content suitable for the status of the printer or an unsuitable set content suitable for the status of the printer. A determination unit determines whether a set content set for the one setting item is the suitable set content or the unsuitable set content based on the status of the printer. A control unit executes at least one of a process for restricting the set content, which is determined as the unsuitable set content by the determination unit, from being used for a printing operation and a process for allowing a user to distinguish the set content, which is determined as the unsuitable setting, from another set content in the plurality of set contents which is determined as the suitable set content in the user interface. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211221 | Method and System for Photo Identification and Distribution - The present invention relates to a method for identifying at least one photo from a set of photos, wherein use is made of tokens, the method comprising steps for:—making at least one subject image recording, such as a photo and/or a video, of a subject as part of a set of recordings by means of an image recording device with a image recording member,—making, as part of the set of recordings and by means of the image recording device, a token information recording of information identifiable by at least one token wherein it is the case that:—the at least one subject image recording can be identified by means of the information from a preceding or following token in the set of recordings. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211222 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR SAME - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus having a web browser for displaying an operation screen provided by a web server. A request is transmitted (S | 2011-09-01 |
20110211223 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a main chassis, an image reader unit, a cover unit, a first movable assembly, which rotatably supports the cover unit to be rotatable with respect to the image reader unit, and a second movable assembly, which rotatably supports the image reader unit to be rotatable with respect to the main chassis. The first movable assembly includes a support member, which supports the cover unit to be vertically movable with respect to the image reader unit, and a frame, which is arranged on the image reader unit and accommodates the support member. The first movable assembly is arranged to have a lower end thereof to be in a lower position with respect to a lower end of the image reader unit. The second movable assembly is arranged in a lower position with respect to the first movable assembly. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211224 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An apparatus for controlling an image forming apparatus obtains image data to be formed on a continuous roll sheet that includes front-side image data and back-side image data. The apparatus generates page allocation information that indicates to combine a part of the front-side image data and a part of the back-side image data that are overlapped with each other in the main scanning direction into drawing data. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211225 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for performing image processing for document data created by a document creation application to generate print data of each page and sending the generated print data to an image forming apparatus, the information processing apparatus including: a control section for specifying, based on document data, a region where drawing object data included in the document data exists as a drawing object region, and detecting blank space in each print page based on the specified drawing object region. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211226 | OUTPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OUTPUT WITHOUT AN OUTPUT DRIVER - An output device for providing output service to a mobile information apparatus without requiring a device specific output driver installed at the mobile information apparatus. The wireless output device may include an operating system, a wireless communication unit for radio frequency communication, a display screen, and a user interface over the display screen, the output device may include features for installing one or more application software at the output device for expanding the capabilities of the output device, registering the output device with a control point over a network and providing an identification of the output device for enabling one or more mobile information apparatuses to transmit output data to the output device. Subsequent to registering the output device and providing the identification information of the output device, the output device receives output data associated with the identification information from the mobile information apparatus for rendering. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211227 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that executes process according to a job flow in which cooperation process in a plurality of apparatuses is defined, and that, when a function has been added that is equivalent to process that has been defined in the job flow, can utilize the equivalent added function in the job flow without a user manually re-editing the job flow. The present invention also provides a method for controlling such an image processing apparatus. To accomplish this, the present image processing apparatus, in a job flow in which a plurality of processes are executed cooperatively by a plurality of apparatuses, executes the job flow in an optimized manner using priority information that indicates the priority of apparatuses that execute each process, and mount function information that indicates the function mounted by each apparatus. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211228 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RESTORE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus is described where restoration of unnecessary data is prevented, and a storage area of the image forming apparatus is effectively utilized. When an option to increase the storage capacity of the image forming apparatus is selected, data backed up by a backup unit is set as data to be restored by a restore unit. When the option to increase the storage capacity of the image forming apparatus is not selected, data indicated by data identification information as being required data is set as data to be restored by the restore unit from among the data backed up by the backup unit. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211229 | COLOR ERROR DIFFUSION WITH ERROR SIGNAL OFFSET - A method for multi-toning an input digital image having input pixels with two or more color channels to form an output digital image having modified output levels. The method includes determining modified output levels using a combined error signal formed from intermediate error signals for each color channel together with an error signal offset value, and adjusting the input levels for the nearby pixels responsive to weighted error signals. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211230 | HALFTONE DOT FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing method generates a halftone image by forming a halftone dot represented by a set of one or plural output dots corresponding to an intensity of an input image signal while making a part of the dots constituting the halftone dot to be an actual non-output dot so as to reduce an amount of a coloring material of a halftone-dot portion. The image processing method includes holding in a predetermined storage medium halftone-dot profile data for forming the halftone dot corresponding to the intensity of the image signal and gap-size profile data representing a size of a set of the non-output dot; and generating the halftone dot comprising a gap having a size based on the gap-size profile data, a size of the halftone dot being based on the halftone-dot profile data. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211231 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a formation unit configured to form marks for measurement of a positional deviation on a relatively moving object; an optical sensor having a detection region on the object, and configured to output a light receiving signal depending on existence of the marks within the detection region; a removing unit configured to perform a noise removing process, including a first noise removing process and a second noise removing process which use different removing methods for removing noises included in the light receiving signal so as to generate a noise removing result; and a measurement unit configured to measure a positional deviation amount of image formed by the formation unit, based on the noise removing result. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211232 | IMAGE READER - An image reader is provided, which includes a first image reading unit configured to read an image on a first side of a first document sheet being conveyed on a feeding path, and output an analog signal corresponding to the read image of the first side, a second image reading unit configured to read an image on a second side opposite to the first side of the first document sheet being conveyed on the feeding path, and output a digital signal corresponding to the read image of the second side in a differential transmission method, and a processor configured to process the analog signal output from the first reading unit and the digital signal output from the second image reading unit. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211233 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a scanning unit configured to scan a search window on an image to be detected, and a discrimination unit configured to apply one or more rectangle filters for detecting a desired object to an image of the search window at each scan position so as to calculate one or more rectangle features and to discriminate whether or not the object is detected based on the obtained one or more rectangle features. The scanning unit generates integral images corresponding to a size of the search window at every scan position and holds the integral images in a predetermined memory buffer, and the discrimination unit calculates the rectangle features with respect to the image of the search window at each scan position using the integral images held in the memory buffer. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211234 | Cable Arrangement Structure and Image Scanner Employing the Same - A cable arrangement structure is provided with a movable body configured to reciprocally move relative to a base member, and a flexible cable transmitting electrical signals. One end of the flexible cable is fixedly connected to the base member, and another end is connected to the movable body. The flexible cable has a curved portion, and both ends of the flexible cable being located on a same side with respect to the curved portion. A tension applying unit configured to contact the curved portion of the flexible cable from an inner side of a curvature of the curved portion to apply tension to the flexible cable when the curved portion is located on a front direction of the movable body as moved. Application of the tension to the flexible cable is controlled in mechanical association with movement of the movable body. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211235 | Image Reader - An image reader is provided, which includes a reference position determining unit configured to, in a state where a bright area and a dark area are formed on a reflection surface when a light projecting unit projects light toward a part of the reflection surface, receive the light reflected from the reflection surface with a light receiving portion of a reading unit while restricting a light emitting portion of the reading unit from emitting light, detect a position of the bright area and a position of the dark area in a main scanning direction, and determine a reference position in the main scanning direction based on the detected positions of the bright area and the dark area. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211236 | IMAGE READER - An image reader includes a first image reading unit that reads a first image on a first side of a sheet to output a first analog signal corresponding to the first image, a second image reading unit that reads a second image on a second side of the sheet, converts a second analog signal corresponding to the second image into a second digital signal, and outputs the second digital signal, a processor that processes the first analog signal and the second digital signal and includes a first converter converting the first analog signal into a first digital signal, and a timing signal output unit outputting, to the second image reading unit, a timing signal corresponding to a conversion time of the conversion by the first converter. Based on the timing signal, the second image reading unit outputs the second digital signal at a time outside the conversion time. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211237 | Image Reader - An image reader is provided, which includes a light guide unit forming an optical path to guide light emitted by a first light emitting portion of a first reading unit to a second light receiving portion of a second reading unit, which optical path passes across a feeding path in a detection position such that a document sheet passing through the detection position on the feeding path blocks the light on the optical path, and a controller determining that a leading end or a trailing end of the document sheet passes through the detection position in response to detecting a change in a light receiving state of the second light receiving portion when the document sheet passes through the detection position with the first light emitting portion emitting light and a second light emitting portion of the second reading unit not emitting light. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211238 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS - An image scanning apparatus includes: a feeding unit; an upstream scanning unit that scans an image of one surface of the document; a downstream scanning unit, which is arranged at a downstream side, and which scans an image of the other surface of the document; a memory unit, which stores both data of the upstream scanning unit and data of the downstream scanning unit; and a control unit that controls the document feeding by performing one of a first feeding process and a second feeding process, wherein the first feeding process is a feeding process in which the upstream scanning unit starts to scan a following document while the downstream scanning unit scans a preceding document, and wherein the second feeding process is a feeding process in which the upstream scanning unit starts to scan the following document after the downstream scanning unit scans the preceding document. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211239 | OPTICAL DEVICE, AND VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A virtual image display device which displays a two-dimensional image for viewing a virtual image in a magnified form by a virtual optical system. The virtual image display device includes an optical waveguide to guide, by internal total reflection, parallel pencil groups meeting a condition of internal total reflection, a first reflection volume hologram grating to diffract and reflect the parallel pencil groups incident upon the optical waveguide from outside and traveling in different directions as they are so as to meet the condition of internal total reflection inside the optical waveguide and a second reflection volume hologram grating to project the parallel pencil groups guided by internal total reflection inside the optical waveguide as they are from the optical waveguide by diffraction and reflection thereof so as to depart from the condition of internal total reflection inside the optical waveguide. Some of the parallel pencil groups guided through the optical waveguide being totally reflected different numbers of times for a period from external incidence upon the optical waveguide until outgoing from the optical waveguide. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211240 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device which can, even when a laser beam source which has a kink region in the input-output characteristic thereof is used, easily reproduce a low gradation level with high accuracy, and can reduce undesired radiation due to a high-frequency signal is provided. The image display device includes a signal generation part which generates the image signal at a period corresponding to the scanning speed of the scanning part in accordance with every pixel, and a signal adjustment part which superposes a high-frequency signal having a period equal to or more than a period at which the image signal is generated. The signal adjustment part superposes the high-frequency signal on the image signal by changing the period of the high-frequency signal corresponding to the period at which the image signal is generated. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211241 | DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE OF LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS - The drive control device of a light scanning apparatus can be easily controlled, occurrence of overshoot can be prevented, and a scanning range of a mirror section can be adjusted in a short time. An amplitude adjusting section generates at least one of first adjusting voltage for acceleration, whose amplitude is higher than that of adjusting voltage for obtaining object amplitude, and second adjusting voltage for deceleration, whose amplitude is lower than that of the adjusting voltage for obtaining the object amplitude, and applies the same to a drive circuit for a prescribed time, to perform feedback control, when a comparing section generates an error signal, so as to cancel increase-decrease variation of the error signal. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211242 | LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS - A one-dimensional image is obtained by light modulation using a one-dimensional light modulation device | 2011-09-01 |
20110211243 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR SCANNED PROJECTOR AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS - A scanned projector and illumination system includes an energy-emitting source that is disposed in a projector and that emits energy beams out of the projector through an aperture. A scanning mirror is disposed in the projector and redirects energy beams therein. The scanning mirror moves such that the redirected energy beams form a scanning pattern with a scanning rate. A safety feature is disposed in the projector. The safety feature includes a fuse material. The energy beams move along the fuse material at the scanning rate. The safety feature modulates emission of the energy beams out of the projector through the aperture such that the energy beams are only emitted out of the projector through the aperture when the scanning rate of the energy beams is high enough to prevent the fuse material from reaching a threshold energy level at any location along the fuse material. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211244 | HIGH-PROBABILITY HERALDED SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE AND RELATED METHOD - A system and method is provided for a source for a heralded single photon comprising a correlated photon-pair generator that provides bursts of multiple photon pairs that may be odd or even in number of pairs, one of each pair having a first but not a second characteristic and the other of each pair having the second but not the first characteristic; a first optical path for photons of pairs having the first characteristic; a second optical path for photons of pairs having the second characteristic; a two-photon absorber in the first optical path that, for each burst of photons, reduces the number of first characteristic photons in the first path to zero or one, depending on whether the number of photon pairs in the burst is even or odd; a photon detector in the second path having a heralding signal output to indicate when the number of photons in the burst is odd; and an optical switch coupled to the output of the second optical path and connected to operate in response to the heralding signal. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211245 | TRANSPARENT ELECTROACTIVE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a transparent electroactive system that includes two electrodes ( | 2011-09-01 |
20110211246 | Conductive busbars and sealants for chromogenic devices - This invention discloses conductive busbars and sealants for electrooptic devices including electrochromic mirrors and windows. The conductive busbars are formed from materials comprising nanoparticles, and the sealants comprise of additives that promote a two phase morphology and use of adhesion promotion additives with crosslinkers. Methods to deposit busbars and then to connect these busbars to electrical connectors are also disclosed. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211247 | FABRICATION OF LOW DEFECTIVITY ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES - Prior electrochromic devices frequently suffer from high levels of defectivity. The defects may be manifest as pin holes or spots where the electrochromic transition is impaired. This is unacceptable for many applications such as electrochromic architectural glass. Improved electrochromic devices with low defectivity can be fabricated by depositing certain layered components of the electrochromic device in a single integrated deposition system. While these layers are being deposited and/or treated on a substrate, for example a glass window, the substrate never leaves a controlled ambient environment, for example a low pressure controlled atmosphere having very low levels of particles. These layers may be deposited using physical vapor deposition. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211248 | FLASH IMAGING DEVICES, METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME - The invention provides flash imaging devices that include an optical change component that undergoes a change in response to an applied stimulus, a substrate and a stimulus element. Also provided are articles that include the subject devices, as well as methods of making and using the same. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211249 | Optical device and method of making - An optical device and method is disclosed for forming the optical device within the wide-bandgap semiconductor substrate. The optical device is formed by directing a thermal energy beam onto a selected portion of the wide-bandgap semiconductor substrate for changing an optical property of the selected portion to form the optical device in the wide-bandgap semiconductor substrate. The thermal energy beam defines the optical and physical properties of the optical device. The optical device may take the form of an electro-optical device with the addition of electrodes located on the wide-bandgap semiconductor substrate in proximity to the optical device for changing the optical property of the optical device upon a change of a voltage applied to the optional electrodes. The invention is also incorporated into a method of using the optical device for remotely sensing temperature, pressure and/or chemical composition. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211250 | SYSTEM IN SPACE FOR REINFORCING PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a system in space for reinforcing photosynthesis on earth, comprising a satellite with at least one first optical assembly intended for collecting sunlight, the position of which is stationary; a second optical assembly, smaller in size and with less inertia than the first optical element, intended for retransmitting the collected light with higher density of the retransmitted flux density than the collected flux density, and with an adjustable orientation; a remotely controllable means capable of adjusting the orientation of the second optical assembly; and a light-transmitting means which transmits the collected light from the first optical assembly to the second optical assembly. The second optical assembly retransmits light only in specified frequency hands around 450 nm and 660 nm. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211251 | LAMINATE - The present invention relates to a laminate that includes a pair of substrates; and one or more photochromic films and one or more infrared (IR) shield films that are provided between the pair of substrates, wherein the photochromic films or the infrared (IR) shield films that are in contact with a pair of substrates are adhered to the substrates by an adhesion film. The laminate according to the present invention has a high durable photochromic function having a UV shielding effect and an infrared (IR) shielding effect. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211252 | CATADIOPTRIC PROJECTION OBJECTIVE - A catadioptric projection objective for imaging a pattern provided in an object plane of the projection objective onto an image plane of the projection objective has a first, refractive objective part for imaging the pattern provided in the object plane into a first intermediate image; a second objective part including at least one concave mirror for imaging the first intermediate imaging into a second intermediate image; and a third, refractive objective part for imaging the second intermediate imaging onto the image plane; wherein the projection objective has a maximum lens diameter D | 2011-09-01 |
20110211253 | IMAGING INTERFEROMETRIC MICROSCOPY - Exemplary embodiments provide an image interferometric microscope (IIM) and methods for image interferometric microscopy. The disclosed IIM can approach the linear systems limits of optical resolution by using a plurality of off-axis illuminations to access high spatial frequencies along with interferometric reintroduction of a zero-order reference beam on the low-NA side of the optical system. In some embodiments, a thin object can be placed normal to the optical axis and the frequency space limit can be extended to about [(1+NA)n/λ], where NA is the numerical-aperture of the objective lens used, n is the refraction index of the transmission medium and λ is an optical wavelength. In other embodiments, tilting the object plane can further allow collection of diffraction information up to the material transmission bandpass limited spatial frequency of about 2n/λ. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211254 | LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE FOR SCANNING ALONG A 3D TRAJECTORY - The invention relates to a laser scanning microscope ( | 2011-09-01 |
20110211255 | OPTICAL FILTER AND VISUAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH OPTICAL FILTER - An aspect of the present invention provides an optical filter that includes a plurality of slits arranged in parallel, each slit corresponding to a pair of displays including at least a first display of a first image, and a second display of a second image, wherein the slits form a slit row in a horizontal direction arranged essentially in the same interval spacing and parallel to each other, with the slit row arranged with slit pitch patterns that differ by at least between the upper and lower positions. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211256 | 3D image display with binocular disparity and motion parallax - This invention is a device for displaying images that appear to be three-dimensional, with binocular disparity and motion parallax, for multiple viewers in different viewing locations. This device includes an array of display elements wherein at least one of these display elements includes: one or more light-emitting members; and two or more rotating concentric light guides whose rotation guides the directions of the light rays from the one or more light-emitting members. This invention has several advantages over methods for displaying three-dimensional images in the prior art. It offers a wide range of motion parallax in different directions for multiple viewers, does not require glasses or head tracking, creates images with full potential for opacity and occlusion, and does not require coherent light. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211257 | Retroreflective Article - A retroreflective article includes a prismatic film having prismatic elements with a metallized coating wherein the metallized coating is laser etched to provide one or more light transmissive regions to expose underlying material that one or more provides high contrast images that contrast with the retroreflective film. The underlying material can include one or more contrasting elements. The article may be back-lighted to increase the contrast especially during conditions of reduced lighting. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211258 | Retroreflective Surfaces for Articles - The present invention comprises retroreflective surfaces used on both hunting structures and fire hydrants. A retroreflective surface is added to both of these by way of retroreflective liquid coating, powder coating, and/or retroreflective tape. The retroreflective surfaces may comprise an entire outside surface of the hunting structure or fire hydrant caps, or it may comprise only a portion of the outside surface. Because of their retroreflective properties, both the hunting structures and the fire hydrant caps may be seen more easily. Because retroreflective liquid coating, powder coating, or tape is to be used, these designs are inexpensive, easy to install, and environmentally friendly. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211259 | DIFFUSION PLATE WITH HIGH DIFFUSION QUALITY - A diffusion plate including a structured surface is provided. There are a lot of concave structures disposed on the structured surface. Each concave structure, with at least two opposite first sides and at least two opposite second sides, includes at least two first curved surfaces and at least two second curved surfaces. The first curved surfaces and the second curved surfaces are extended from the first sides and the second sides respectively. In addition, each concave structure adjoins at least one other concave structure, and the shape of a neighboring portion of two said adjoining concave structures is curved. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211260 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, GOGGLE-TYPE HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, AND VEHICLE - A display apparatus includes a light source which emits a beam including visible light forming an image and infrared rays, and a transmissive deflection unit including a first surface facing the eyes of a user and a second surface which is a rear surface of the first surface. The transmissive deflection unit has transmissive characteristics for transmitting the visible light from the second surface side to the first surface side, deflection characteristics for deflecting, toward the eyes of the user, the visible light projected from the light source to the first surface side, and infrared absorption characteristics for absorbing the infrared rays projected from the light source to the first surface side. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211261 | WAFER LENS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a wafer lens in which the warpage of a glass substrate included therein can be prevented. Specifically disclosed is a wafer lens including a glass substrate, a first resin part composed of a curable resin, and a second resin part composed of a curable resin. In each of the first resin part and the second resin part, two or more lens parts are formed. The first resin part contains the resin in the same volume as that in the second resin part. | 2011-09-01 |
20110211262 | MULTIPLE LIQUID LENS DRIVER - The invention concerns drive circuitry for generating a plurality of independent drive voltage signals for a plurality of electrodes of at least one liquid lens, the liquid lens comprising first and second miscible liquids, an interface between the first and second liquids being movable by electro wetting by application of a drive voltage signal to at least one electrode of the liquid lens, the drive circuitry including generating circuitry ( | 2011-09-01 |