40th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110242547 | Apparatus for assessing a moving object - In an apparatus for assessing an object arranged on a movable carrier which includes an imaging arrangement for recording the object, the imaging arrangement is movable synchronously with the carrier. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242548 | OPTOELECTRONIC POSITION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD - Optoelectronic position measurement device comprises a code carrier, a radiation source and a detection unit. The code carrier can be moved relative to said sensor unit by one degree of freedom. A refractive optical element having a focusing segment and at least one neighboring segment are arranged between the code carrier and the first sensor unit. Optical radiation shining in on the focusing segment parallel or at an angle of incidence below a threshold angle α to the optical axis of the focusing segment can be guided by the focusing segment on the receiving region of the first sensor unit within the optical axis, and radiation that is shining into a deflection angle region above the threshold angle α to the optical axis of the focusing segment can be deflected by the focusing segment and the neighboring segment to a point outside of the optical axis of the focusing segment. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242549 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING A BODY PART OF A LIVING BEING - A body limb measurement device ( | 2011-10-06 |
20110242550 | Print Controlling Device - A print controlling device includes an acquiring unit, a dividing unit, a first determining unit, and a print data generating unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire original image data representing an original image having a size larger than a size of a recording sheet. The dividing unit is configured to divide the original image data into a plurality of sets of divisional image data that represents a plurality of divisional images. Each divisional image has a size same as the size of recording sheet. Each divisional image includes an image region and a margin region that is different from the image region. At least one border side is defined as a border between the image region and the margin region. Each border side has at least one partition line segments. The image region represents a part of original image. The original image consists of the image regions of the plurality divisional images. The image region has a colorant area to be printed with a colorant by a printing device and a blank area that is different from the colorant area. The first determining unit is configured to determine, if the colorant area abuts a border side of the at least one border side, whether or not a partition line segment of the at least one partition line segment abuts the colorant area in the divisional image based on the divisional image data. The print data generating unit is configured to generate print data by modifying each set of divisional image data. The print data represents a print image that is to be printed on the recording sheet by the printing device. The print data generating unit modifies, when the first determining unit determines that the partition line segment abuts the colorant area, the divisional image data such that at least part of the partition line segment is omitted in the print image. The print data generating unit modifies, if the colorant area does not abut a border side of the at least one border side, the divisional image data such that the at least one partition line segment is printed on the border side in the print image. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242551 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that reduces the downtime due to image density control is provided. To accomplish this, the image forming apparatus obtains, using a sensor, background data at a plurality of measurement positions from a rotation member, and density data at a plurality of measurement positions from a patch image formed on the rotation member. Further, the image forming apparatus normalizes density data based on first background data and calculates first correction density data, and also normalizes density data based on second background data for which the measurement positions have been shifted from those of the first background data, calculates second correction density data, and acquires corrected density data in accordance with the first correction density data or the second correction density data that has a smaller variation. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242552 | PAGE DESCRIPTION DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PAGE DESCRIPTION DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - With respect to an object that strokes a path existing in page description data, the position of a start point of a line element formed along the path is estimated based on a path construction operator and a dotted line pattern determining operator. If the distance between the start point and an end point of the path is equal to or less than a prescribed threshold value, the position of the end point of the path is changed to another position along the path in order to increase the distance. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242553 | PRINTING MEDIUM MOVEMENT AMOUNT DETECTION DEVICE, AND ERROR INFORMATION PRODUCTION METHOD - With a printing device in which a printing medium is moved relatively, and which prints on the printing medium, the surface of the medium is illuminated, a plurality of illuminated regions of the medium moving in this illuminated state are imaged to acquire a plurality of images. A region to be matched having a characteristic region within a first image is set out of the images, a similar region having the highest similarity to the characteristic region is determined within a second image that is different from the first image. The estimated movement amount of the medium is calculated from the positional relation between the region to be matched and the similar region. Error information indicating error in the estimated movement amount of the medium attributable to the angle of light directed at the medium is acquired, and the estimated movement amount is corrected. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242554 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN EXTENSIBLE MULTINATIONAL POSTAGE SERVICE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT DELIVERS PRINTABLE POSTAGE TO A CLIENT DEVICE - A system and method for providing an extensible multinational postage service is provided. In particular, the extensible multinational postage service may be based upon a scalable technology infrastructure capable of providing postage services for multiple national post offices and further capable of being integrated with various third-party systems. For example, the system may include, among other things, a web server configured to receive at least one postage request from a client device, wherein the postage request may include a country code that identifies a national post office. A label server coupled to the web server may be configured to assemble a printable postage image based on the specified country code and deliver the printable postage image to the client device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242555 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OR PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a plurality of page data; a rendering unit configured to convert each of the plurality of page data into rendering data; a supply unit configured to supply the plurality of rendering data to a printing apparatus; an acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each of the plurality of rendering data, delay time from an end of printing of a last page to an end of conversion of rendering data used for next printing; and a scheduling unit configured to delay supply timing of rendering data converted first by the rendering unit among the plurality of page data based on the delay time of the plurality of rendering data. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242556 | COLOR PROCESSING METHOD AND COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS - A gloss characteristic measurement unit obtains measurement values regarding the gloss characteristic of a plurality of patches formed based on patch data in which the amount of clear color material is changed with respect to an output value from a color separation table for color materials. A color separation table generation unit selects one measurement value for each color or gray level indicated by the patch data, and generates, based on the selected measurement value and the color separation table for color materials, a color separation table in a case where the color materials and the clear color material are used. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242557 | PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT METHOD - A print job management system according to an embodiment has a transmission unit, a time calculation unit, and a list display unit. The transmission unit transmits a print job. The time calculation unit acquires the print job transmitted from the transmission unit and calculates a processing completion time taken for each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses to complete a process for the print job for each of the image forming apparatuses. The list display unit acquires the process completion time for each of the image forming apparatuses calculated by the time calculation unit and displays information regarding the processing completion time for each of the image forming apparatuses as a list. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242558 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus acquires information indicating each of a plurality of profiles, selects one profile based on the pieces of information, and transmits, to an information processing apparatus, identification information for identifying the selected profile. The image forming apparatus receives, from the information processing apparatus, an image reading instruction complying with a setting for reading an image, included in the profile identified based on the identification information. The image forming apparatus determines whether a setting indicated by the received instruction and a setting for reading the image, included in one selected profile correspond to each other. When it is determined that the settings do not correspond to each other, the image forming apparatus reads the image to generate image data in accordance with the setting for reading the image, included in one selected profile. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242559 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - A printing apparatus includes an extracting section configured to extract first and second images from an original document such that the first and second images partially overlap at an overlapping portion, and a control section configured to execute printing onto a first medium based on the first image using a layout in which at least a portion of the overlapping portion of the first image extends beyond a first edge of the first medium and a margin is formed between a second edge and an image edge of the first image, and to execute printing onto a second medium based on the second image using a layout in which at least a portion of the overlapping portion of the second image extends beyond a first edge of the second medium and a margin is formed between a second edge and an image edge of the second image. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242560 | Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Method, and Computer-Readable Recording Medium Storing Print Restriction Program Code - An image forming apparatus includes a print processing unit and a printing ratio determination unit. The print processing unit is configured to obtain a printing ratio of document data at a time of print execution of the document data, and associate printing ratio data indicating the obtained printing ratio with the document data. The printing ratio determination unit is configured to identify the printing ratio of the document data from the printing ratio data associated with the document data and determine whether or not the identified printing ratio satisfies a specified condition. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242561 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus | 2011-10-06 |
20110242562 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING COLOR MANAGEMENT OF COLOR SPACES IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - A system and method is provided for improving color management of DeviceN color spaces in an electronic document. In one embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a memory device for storing a plurality of ICC profiles, and a rendering application operating on a computer, wherein each ICC profile includes a plurality of colorant names and an order in which they are laid down during a reproduction process. The rendering application is configured to render a document having at least one DeviceN color space so that it can be accurately displayed on a color display. The rendering application is further configured to identify a names array in a color definition of the DeviceN color space of the electronic document, compare the names array to the ICC profiles (or colorant names included therein) stored in the memory device to identify an ICC profile from the plurality of profiles, and (iii) use the identified ICC profile to map the DeviceN color space into control values for the color display. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242563 | IMAGE COMBINING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image combining apparatus and a control method for an image combining apparatus that allows a user to write a handwritten image on a writing sheet while confirming the positional relationship between the handwritten image and a photograph to be combined. When a writing sheet having a handwriting area in which a user writes the handwritten image to be combined with a photograph is printed, a reference image generated on the basis of the photograph is printed in the handwriting area. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242564 | PRINTER CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for controlling a printer comprises, spooling a file including a hierarchy of print ticket attached with remaining fixed document and fixed pages, in response to a print job, creating print data from a spooled file, detecting a printing error at a printer, modifying the spooled file by including printing type information and page information where printing error occurred, and redirecting the spooled file modified by the modifying step to another printer driver. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242565 | PRINTER CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for controlling a printer comprises, spooling a file including a hierarchy of a print ticket attached with a fixed document and a fixed page, in response to a print job, creating print data from a spooled file, detecting a printing error at the printer, determining, using a CPU, required printing features for the print job based on the print ticket in the spooled file, and displaying candidate printers to be redirected based on the result of the determining. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242566 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING FUNCTION BASED OBJECT OPERATIONS IN INTERPRETED PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES - Methods for optimizing the processing of function based object operations in interpreted page description languages are presented. In some embodiments, the method comprises parsing the PDL document to identify a function based operator in the PDL document; generating program code in a programming language, wherein the program code is functionally equivalent to the function based operator; compiling the program code to generate a shared object and dynamically linking the software that performs the document processing functions to the entry point of the shared object; and invoking the shared object associated with the function based operator when the function based operator is processed. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242567 | Information Processing Apparatus and Computer Program for Information Processing Apparatus - An information processing apparatus connectable to a printing apparatus which prints an image on a recording medium, including: a display; a storage device which stores an application program which generates an image data of the image as a display data to be displayed on the display, and a printer driver which generates a driver data to be transmitted to the printing apparatus based on the display data generated by the application program; a controller which includes a display-data acquiring section which acquires the display data from the application program, a driver-data acquiring section which acquires the driver data from the printer driver, and a comparing section which compares the display data acquired by the display-data acquiring section and the driver data acquired by the driver-data acquiring section, and the controller displays a comparison result by the comparing section on the display. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242568 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In the conventional technique, it was impossible to execute processings up to an arbitrary processing among a series of registered processings depending on the situation from time to time. Thus, the only option in such a case was to newly register a new workflow depending on the need changing depending on time. To solve this, a series of registered processings are displayed as a menu so that a user can select up to which processing in the series of processings should be executed. A not-selected remaining processing can be executed by the user by allowing the user to later select a document once subjected to operations. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242569 | SERVER - A server may store original data. One of a plurality of setting screens corresponding to a plurality of printers may be generated based on the original data. Each of the plurality of setting screens may be for permitting the user to designate a content of each setting item matching a print condition that a corresponding printer is capable of performing. The server may acquire specific printer identification information for identifying a specific printer from a terminal device, store target data of a print target and supply specific data, which is for representing a specific setting screen corresponding to the specific printer, to the terminal device. The server may acquire setting information indicating a designated content of each setting item designated by the user via the specific setting screen and supply to the specific printer print data according to the target data and the designated content of the each setting item indicated by the setting information. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242570 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - This image reading apparatus, includes: a first retaining member that retains a lens unit; a second retaining member that retains a sensor unit; and a positioning member that sets a relative position between the first retaining member and the second retaining member, wherein the positioning member comprises: a first concave portion that is sagged from a first contact surface to be in contact with the first retaining member; and a second concave portion that is sagged from a second contact surface to be in contact with the second retaining member, and the positioning member is fixed to the first retaining member and the second retaining member by an adhesive filled in the first concave portion and the second concave portion. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242571 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read an image of a document set on a reading surface, a pressing plate capable of opening and closing relative to the reading surface, and an operation device provided on an upper surface of the pressing plate and including a plurality of capacitance touch switches each having a backlight. A control unit of the apparatus changes states of the backlights according to operation modes. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242572 | PAGE DESCRIPTION DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PAGE DESCRIPTION DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - With respect to an object for stroking a path existing in page description data, the configurations of a plurality of line elements formed along the path are estimated based on a path construction operator and a dotted line pattern determining operator. The path construction operator is replaced with a plurality of path construction operators depending on the configurations of the line elements. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242573 | Facsimile Device, Computer Readable Recording Medium Storing Control Program Code for Facsimile Device, and Control Method for Facsimile Device - A facsimile device includes a communication unit, an analysis unit, and a printing unit. The communication unit is configured to receive, as reception data, both print-scheduled data to be printed and transfer-scheduled data to be transferred to an external device. The analysis unit is configured to analyze a target data portion of the reception data that requires an analysis in order to form an image. The printing unit is configured to print a printable part of the reception data. If at least one of a first error indicating that the communication unit did not receive part of the transfer-scheduled data as the reception data and a second error indicating that the analysis unit has failed in analyzing part of the target data portion corresponding to the transfer-scheduled data has occurred, the printing unit refrains from printing the reception data corresponding to the transfer-scheduled data. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242574 | HARDCOPY DOCUMENT INTEGRITY - A method for restricting duplication of a hardcopy document, including: displaying, in response to a request to print a document from a user application, a graphical user interface (GUI); receiving, in response to displaying the GUI, a plurality of print settings and a plurality of copy restrictions selected from the GUI by a user; generating a copy code by encoding the plurality of copy restrictions; generating a print job for the document based on the copy code and the plurality of print settings; and sending the print job to a print queue to generate the hardcopy document, where the hardcopy document includes a machine-readable version of the copy code, and where the copy code restricts duplication of the hardcopy document by a copier after the copier identifies the machine-readable version of the copy code on the hardcopy document. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242575 | Print Engine Page Streamlining - A system and method are provided for economically printing a physical media, such as paper. The method receives a print job with a plurality of logical pages, formatted as graphics commands. A raster image processor (RIP) renders the print job into a rasterized image. The rasterized image is accumulated as logical pages in a memory, as the print job is being rendered. The RIP sends the accumulated rasterized image logical pages to a printing device print engine. The print engine is warmed to an operating temperature in response to receiving the accumulated rasterized image logical pages. In one aspect, a printing device fuser roller is warmed to a temperature sufficient to melt toner on the physical medium. To conserve energy, the rasterized image logical pages are printed on a physical medium, while maintaining the print engine at the operating temperature between the printing of each logical page. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242576 | FULFILLMENT UTILIZING SELECTED NEGOTIATION ATTRIBUTES - In one embodiment, a fulfillment request is received. A solution set comprising a plurality of fulfillment solutions is determined. The solution set, including values for fulfillment solutions according to a plurality of negotiation attributes, is presented. Selection of a negotiation attribute to be prioritized is invited. The solution set is redetermined according to a selected negotiation attribute. A redetermined solution set is presented. The fulfillment request is fulfilled according to a solution selected from the redetermined solution set. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242577 | ADJUSTING PAPER EJECTING SPEED TO COLLATE PRINTED MATTERS - A method executed by an image forming apparatus for producing a print job, which includes the steps of: (a) receiving data representing a document to be printed in the print job; (b) receiving job information about the print job, the job information including an instruction to print multiple copies of the document; (c) printing the multiple copies of the document; and (d) ejecting one sheet of each of the multiple copies of the document at an ejection speed, that is either greater than or less than an ejection speed of the other sheets of the multiple copies of the document. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242578 | SMALL AIO (ALL IN ONE) PRINTER THAT USES EXTERNAL STORAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAPER COLLATION - A method implemented in a data processing system including an image forming apparatus for producing a print job, which includes the steps of: (a) receiving data representing a document to be printed in the print job; (b) receiving job information about the print job; (c) determining if the job information includes an instruction to print multiple copies of the document in a collated order; (d) forwarding the data representing the document to be printed in the print job to an external storage unit when multiple copies of the document in collated order have been requested; (e) retrieving the data from the external storage unit; and (f) printing the multiple copies of the document in collated order. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242579 | USER-BY-USER CONTROL OF PRINTER BASED ON PRINTER LANGUAGE (COMMAND) - A method implemented in a multi-user data processing system including an image forming apparatus for processing a print job, which includes the steps of: (a) storing a printer language access policy in an image forming apparatus, the printer language access policy including a plurality of printer language policy settings for each of the plurality of users having access to the image forming apparatus; (b) when a user requests to execute a printer language command for the image forming apparatus, determining whether the user is authorized to execute such a printer language command based on the printer language policy settings for the user; (c) when it is determined that the user is authorized to execute the printer language command of the image forming apparatus, executing the printer language command of the image forming apparatus; and (d) when it is determined that the user is not authorized to execute the printer language command of the image forming apparatus, denying the request to execute the printer language command. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242580 | SUBMISSION OF JDF PRINT JOBS TO A TARGET PRINTER USING A USB STORAGE DEVICE AND OTHER RELATED METHODS - A method for submitting a Job Description Format (JDF) print job to a printer using a USB flash drive or other portable storage device is described. An operator stores JDF files on the USB drive, and inserts it in the printer. The printer detects the USB drive, identifies the JDF files, and displays a list of the JDF files on a control panel of the printer for the operator to select a JDF file. The printer reads and interprets the selected JDF file to obtain job parameters, and displays the job parameters on the control panel. If desired, the operator modifies the job parameters using the control panel. The printer prints the print job according to the modified job parameters, and saves the modified job parameters back to the USB drive. Additional functions, such as updating audit information in the JDF file and displaying operator instructions, may be provided. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242581 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR A UNIVERSAL JOB DEFINITION FORMAT (JDF) PRINTER DRIVER - A method and program for a universal Job Description Format (JDF) printer driver. The universal JDF printer driver computer software program product has a computer readable program code embedded in a computer usable storage medium for controlling a data processing apparatus, where the program code is configured to cause the data processing apparatus to execute a process for generating a JDF job ticket for printing documents by a JDF compatible printing device. The process implemented by the universal JDF printer driver has the steps of obtaining device capabilities information from the JDF compatible printing device and creating a baseline JDF job ticket based on the device capabilities information, providing a graphical user interface to allow a user to modify the baseline JDF job ticket interactively, and generating a syntactically and semantically correct final JDF job ticket compatible with the device capabilities of the JDF compatible printing device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242582 | PRINTER CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for controlling a printer via a server computer comprises, spooling a file including a hierarchy of a print ticket attached with a fixed document and a fixed page, in response to a print job on a client computer, creating print data from a spooled file, processing a print job, storing, using a CPU, a copy of the spooled file during the processing of the print job, receiving a request to redirect, and sending a modified copy of the spool file to another printer after the request to redirect is received. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242583 | In-Line System for the Validation of a Page Description Language within a Print Data Stream - The present specification discloses a printer in which the printer performs a first analysis of a print job data to identify a page description language and if no page description language is identified by the first analysis, performs additional processing activities, including but not limited to spooling and parsing, concurrent to a second analysis of the entire print job data to identify a page description language. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242584 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The attributes of the front and back surfaces of a sheet stored in each of sheet storing units which store sheets used in printing are set. Printing is done by selecting a sheet storing unit used in a print job from the sheet storing units in accordance with the attributes of the front and back surfaces of a sheet that are set by a print job from an information processing terminal and the attributes of the front and back surfaces of a sheet set in each sheet storing unit. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242585 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING PACKAGE OF FILES AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THE METHOD - A method for transferring a package of files that is executed by a personal computer, the package of files being made up of plural compressed files that are separately present therein. For transferring the package of files, the personal computer creates, with respect to each printer, a dedicated file that is exclusively acceptable to similar-dedicated-file-compatible models of the printer; the personal computer treats the respective dedicated files as the plural files and creates the package of files by packaging the respective dedicated files in the package of files; and with respect to the respective dedicated files in the package of files, in transferring the package of files, when it is detected by the personal computer, that the personal computer is connected to the printer that is compatible with the dedicated file, the personal computer transfers the dedicated file in the package of files to the detected printer. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242586 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - An image forming apparatus acquires and stores pieces of information indicating respective profiles, selects one profile based on the stored pieces of information, and transmits, to an information processing apparatus, an image reading setting corresponding to the selected profile and identification information for identifying the selected profile. The information processing apparatus changes an image reading setting included in a profile identified based on the transmitted identification information of the image forming apparatus to the transmitted image reading setting, and transmits an image reading instruction based on the changed profile to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus receives the image reading instruction from the information processing apparatus, and reads the image to generate image data. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242587 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE SYSTEM, PRINTING SELECTION DEVICE, PRINT SERVER, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND SELECTION METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, an image forming device system includes a client terminal connected to a network, a plurality of image forming devices that are connected to the network and can perform printing in response to a request for printing from the client terminal, and a device selection unit that selects the image forming device according to desired printing conditions, including a time after an image stabilization process, input from the client terminal or one of the image forming devices when there is a request for printing from the client terminal. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242588 | AUTOMATIC FILE TRANSFER SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An automatic file transfer system includes a personal computer and one or more printers. The automatic file transfer system includes a transfer folder capable of containing one or more files, wherein, when the personal computer recognizes, through plug-and-play, that a printer among the one or more printers which are connected to the personal computer is powered on, if the printer currently recognized is a transfer-target printer, the personal computer executes in a repetitive manner, for the printer currently recognized, processes of: (i) determining whether or not a new file is moved into the transfer folder; and (ii) transferring, if it is determined that a new file is moved into the transfer folder, the new file to the printer currently recognized. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242589 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND STORING MEDIUM - A printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit configured to print an image based on expanded data; a measuring unit configured to measure a deviation amount of at least one of a position and a density of the image printed by the printing unit when a correction execution condition is satisfied; an expanding unit configured to expand print data based on the measurement by the measuring unit, so as to produce the expanded data; and a control unit, wherein when the correction execution condition is satisfied during the expanding of current print data which corresponds to a current page being expanded, the control unit is configured to control the expanding unit to suspend the expanding of the current print data, the measuring unit to measure the deviation amount, and the expanding unit to restart expanding an unexpanded portion of the current print data based on the measurement. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242590 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an erase designating unit configured to designate an intensity value of overwrite erase for each data or each job unit as a method of erasing unnecessary data that is written in a storage device, and an overwrite erasing unit configured to overwrite and erase the data according to the designated intensity value by the erasing method. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242591 | Print Controller, Computer Readable Medium Having Computer Program Product for Generating Print Data Based on Print Setting Information Stored Thereon, and Method of Generating Print Setting Information - An apparatus includes a processing unit and memory. The memory stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the apparatus to provide an application tool and a generation section. The application tool is configured to edit a print condition based on print functional information relating to print functions provided with a printer. The generation section is configured to generate print setting information including a first print condition and a second print condition. The generating section generates the first print condition in a form so as to be editable by the application tool and generates the second print condition including at least a part of the first print condition in a form so as not to be editable by the application tool. The print data producing section is configured to produce print data based on the print setting information including the first print condition that has been edited by the application tool and the second print condition. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242592 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - To provide a mechanism in which a browser appropriately notifies a user of a change in the state without waiting for an instruction from a server and displays an appropriate operation screen upon reception of the instruction from the server in an information processing apparatus executing a process based on a request from the server. Upon detection of a change in the state, a service provider | 2011-10-06 |
20110242593 | PRINTING SYSTEM, OUTPUT DEVICE, DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A data management system that is connected to a client terminal and an output device, comprises a request search means configured to search for a print target data request corresponding to a print ticket attached to a print request from the client terminal from among print target data requests with respect to which a response has been deferred; a corresponding document designation means configured to, in the case where the access right determination means performs access right determination with respect to data designated by the print request and determines that access is permitted, designate the data designated by the print request as print target data requested by the corresponding print target data request; and a sending means configured to send the print target data designated by the corresponding document designation means to the output device as the response to the print target data request. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242594 | SERVER APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND PRINTING SYSTEM AND DATA CONVERSION METHOD THEREOF - For a web application requiring a time to execute processing, it is necessary to maintain Internet connection between a web browser and the web application until the processing is completed. Conventionally, the connection is maintained by causing the web browser to inquire a web application server about the execution state of the processing at regular intervals. In this case, however, the web browser cannot execute another different web application until the processing in the web application server is completed. In this invention, a web application server provides processing of converting from document data into print data as a software process asynchronous to a web application and the web application only accepts an execution request for the conversion processing. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242595 | Data dividing method and data dividing device - The data dividing method includes: a printer state detecting step of detecting a state of the printer device; a division data amount setting step of setting, when a first division data item is to be transferred to the printer device, a size of a print range included in a second division data item to be subsequently transferred to the printer device based on the state of the printer device detected in the printer state detecting step; and a data dividing step of dividing the print range of data to be printed into the second division data items based on the size of the print range set in the division data amount setting step. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242596 | Image forming system - If the user of an information processor enters into it a performance request to perform a job and a notification request to notify one or more other information processors of batch processing for the job, this processor transmits the performance and notification requests to a management apparatus. When the management apparatus receives the requests, the apparatus transmits to that processor or those processors a batch m processing notification inviting it or them to transmit to the apparatus a performance request to perform a job. If, within a specified length of time after the notification transmission, the management apparatus receives from that processor or at least one of those processors a performance request to perform a job, the apparatus transmits to an image forming apparatus the jobs which the image forming apparatus is requested to perform. Then, the image forming apparatus performs the jobs by means of batch processing. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242597 | Facsimile Apparatus - A multifunction apparatus generates image data. The multifunction apparatus displays the image data on a touch panel. The multifunction apparatus accepts an input of a permission to transmit the image data to a receiving-side multifunction apparatus. The multifunction apparatus sets a display parameter to specify a display mode when the image data received by the receiving-side multifunction apparatus is displayed on a touch panel of the receiving-side multifunction apparatus. The multifunction apparatus transmits the image data together with the display parameter to the receiving-side multifunction apparatus in response to the acceptance of the input of the permission to transmit the image data. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242598 | TERMINAL DEVICE - A computer readable device storing instructions configured to be executed by a control unit of a terminal device, the instructions, when executed by the control unit, may cause the control unit to function as a display controlling module, an identification information acquiring module and a supplying module. The display controlling module may be configured to cause, upon a user's first operation on a first file prepared for an application software installed in the terminal device, a display device to display an identification information designation screen for designating printer identification information so as to identify a printer to perform printing for the first file. The identification information acquiring module may be configured to acquire the printer identification information designated via the identification information designation screen. The supplying module may be configured to supply the printer identification information and first target data for the first file to a server. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242599 | PRINTER SEARCHING DEVICE - A printer searching device may comprise a first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit, a searching unit, and a providing unit. The first acquiring unit may acquire a plurality of a first kind of global IP addresses that is allotted to a plurality of printers and register the plurality of the first kind of global IP addresses to a memory. The second acquiring unit may acquire a second kind of global IP address that is allotted to the terminal device. The searching unit may search, from the plurality of printers, one or more printers to which a value that is identical to a value of a network address part of the second kind of global IP address is allotted as a value of a network address part of the first kind of global IP address. The providing unit may provide a search result to the terminal device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242600 | IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL PROGRAM - A control device has a preview image data generating unit, a display unit displaying a preview image, an image formation controlling unit forming an image corresponding to the preview image on a recording sheet, and a user operation detection unit detecting a user operation to make modification in the preview image. The modification in the preview image includes at least one of a change of size of a preview image frame in which the preview image is displayed, a change of an area of the preview image frame, an area of the preview image appeared in the preview image frame. A preview image data modifying unit reflects the user operation detected by the user operation detection unit in the preview image data. The image formation controlling unit forms the image on the recording sheet with reflecting the modification made in the preview image data. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242601 | CONTROL DEVICE OF IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL PROGRAM - When a user operates a control device which is connected to an image formation device, a first preview image corresponding to a mark-up text currently processed by a browser is displayed within a display area of a display device of the control device. When a user operation to a first item incorporated in the first preview image is detected, a second preview image of a second mark-up text which is linked to the first item is displayed in the display area. When an image formation with an image formation device is instructed, a composite image containing images corresponding to the first preview image and the second preview image is formed on a single output medium. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242602 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a plurality of components, a display section to display information of the components, a storage section to store replacing person information of the components and a control section to make the information of the components which are displayed in the display section be different according to the replacing person information of the components. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242603 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - A display input device | 2011-10-06 |
20110242604 | Printers And Printer Systems Having Cellular Input/output - A method includes accessing a cellularly configured printer with a cellular device; and cellularly sending the printer an indication of a resource that is to be printed by the printer, said resource comprising a network-accessible resource that does not reside on the printer and which the printer is to retrieve. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242605 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus which outputs an image based on a print job received from an information processing apparatus includes a determining unit configured to determine whether a received print job is generated by an information processing apparatus which has a license for an additional drawing function when the received print job includes print data of an additional drawing for printing the additional drawing on a print target document, and a control unit configured to perform control to output an image by combining print data of the print target document included in the print job with the print data of the additional drawing when the determining unit determines that the received print job is generated by the information processing apparatus which has the license. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242606 | FACSIMILE TO E-MAIL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A fax to E-mail system and related method are shown, whereby a hardcopy document is sent via a fax device to its recipient via electronic mail through a data network (such as the Internet), and is delivered in such a manner that it can be retrieved by the recipient at an E-mail device, in the ordinary course of retrieving the E-mail, and displayed on the screen of the E-mail device. The invention provides for and accomplishes the delivery of a document, which begins as a hardcopy, as an electronic file retrieved through E-mail recipient's terminal and displayed on the computer screen of the E-mail recipient's terminal. The system and method also provides for an interface device which connects to a conventional fax device for communicating E-mail addresses and routing hardcopy documents to the E-mail network. The invention provides a means for embedding the functions of the interface device into conventional fax devices. The system can also be used in cooperation with Internet Web service for reporting, accounting, information services, and user interaction | 2011-10-06 |
20110242607 | PULL BASED COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICES - A job store for a pull-based presentation output system includes a job storage storing one or more jobs from a plurality of job submission clients; and a driver storage storing one or more drivers for converting a job into a format used by a corresponding presentation output device. The job store receives a job from a job submission client, stores the job in the job storage, receives a pull command from a presentation output device when the presentation output device is one of idle and nearly finished with a current job and without receiving further input from a user of the job submission client, retrieves the job from the job storage, applies a driver for converting that job into a format used by the presentation output device sending the pull command and outputs the job to the presentation output device sending the pull command. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242608 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORAGE CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus has a function for formation of an image and includes a first storage unit in which data is stored; an operation input receiving unit that receives an operation input from a user; a storage control unit that stores data in the first storage unit or an external storage device when the operation input receiving unit receives an operation input for storing the data, the external storage device being communicated with the image forming apparatus through a network; and a determining unit that performs, based on a predetermined condition, either a process of determining a storage destination of first data to be the external storage device or a process of determining a storage destination of second data to be the first storage unit, the first data being data stored in the first storage unit, the second data being data stored in the external storage device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242609 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section; a first density sensor; a second density sensor; and a control section to control the image forming section to form a first gradation pattern image including patches having different densities on the image carrier, to execute gradation correction of the image forming section based on a detection result obtained with the first density sensor, to control the image forming section to print a second gradation pattern image including patches having different densities on the sheet, and to execute the gradation correction based on a detection result obtained with the second density sensor, and wherein the control section adds a gradation correction result by the first density sensor to a gradation correction result by the second density sensor according to a predetermined ratio, and executes the gradation correction based on an addition result. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242610 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH ELECTRONIC BOOK READER MODE - An image processing system such as a multi-function device (MFD) with an “e-reader” mode is disclosed. The e-reader mode can be activated by a user from the MFD user interface, or automatically detected by the system if the mode is set to “auto.” Once in e-reader mode, the system automatically locates the area corresponding to the e-reader screen, crops it, de-skews it when necessary, and enhances the image. In addition, N-Up (printing several pages of content on one physical page) may be applied if users desire. The enhancement adjusts background color, boosts the contrast, and de-blurs the image when necessary. Two embodiments of enhancement are presented. The first one performs Tone Reproduction Curve (TRC) adjustment and possible de-blurring on the entire screen area. The second one segments the screen area into three kinds of objects (text/picture/background). Different TRCs are applied to enhance the objects. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242611 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus including a reading unit that reads a document as an object to be read in a main scanning direction; a conveyance unit that conveys one of the reading unit and the object to be read as an object to be conveyed in a sub-scanning direction; a detecting unit that detects a position of the object to be conveyed; a control unit that controls conveyance of the object to be conveyed, based on the position of the object to be conveyed and a preset target position trajectory; a specifying unit that specifies, based on the target position trajectory, the position of the object to be conveyed at a time when a period of invalidation or interruption of reading operation by the reading unit is started. The reading operation is invalidated or interrupted when a predetermined interruption condition is satisfied. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242612 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND OPERATION DEVICE - An operation device includes a cover and a substrate on which a plurality of electrodes which detects a capacitance and which is provided corresponding to each of a plurality of touch switches is mounted. The operation device includes a laminated structure in which at least an elastic sheet that is self-tacking and closely contacts a plurality of electrodes is inserted between the cover and the substrate. At least one through hole is formed at a location on the substrate facing the elastic sheet. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242613 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND OPERATION DEVICE - A plurality of touch switches includes a first switch and a second switch provided adjacent to each other. A distance between an electrode and a surface of a cover at the location of the first switch is smaller than a distance between an electrode and the surface of the cover at the location of the second switch. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242614 | IMAGE READER - An image reader is provided, which includes a first analog front end unit configured to perform A/D conversion for analog signals that are output via a first group of channels of a number resulting from rounding up, to a closest whole number, an average value between a number of at least one channel for a first image reading unit and a number of channels for a second image reading unit, among analog signals output from the first image reading unit and the second image reading unit, and a second analog front end unit configured to perform A/D conversion for analog signals that are output via a second group of channels other than the channels in the first group, among the analog signals output from the first image reading unit and the second image reading unit. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242615 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises an anchor point information extraction unit configured to decide coordinates of anchor points and attributes of the anchor points based on a plurality of predetermined extraction rules and a sequence of coordinate points that expresses an outline of image data; a tangential direction decision unit configured to decide tangential directions at an anchor point of interest based on the attribute of the anchor point of interest and coordinate points which are located within a predetermined range from the anchor point of interest; a control point coordinate calculation unit configured to calculate control point coordinates based on the tangential directions and the coordinates of the anchor point of interest; and a data output unit configured to output information including the coordinates of the anchor points and the control point coordinates. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242616 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises an anchor point candidate information extraction unit configured to decide coordinates of anchor point candidates and attributes of the anchor point candidates based on a plurality of predetermined extraction rules and a sequence of coordinate points that expresses an outline of image data; an anchor point decision unit configured to decide an anchor point candidate to be reduced based on the attributes of the anchor point candidates and priority orders set in advance for the attributes, and configured to decide anchor points by reducing the decided anchor point candidates to be reduced; a control point coordinate decision unit configured to decide control point coordinates based on the anchor points decided by the anchor point decision unit and the sequence of coordinate points; and a data output unit configured to output information including the coordinates of the decided anchor points and the decided control point coordinates. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242617 | PORTABLE SCANNING DEVICE - A handheld optical scanner for capturing images of text from a rendered document is described. The scanner includes a package suitable to be held in a user's hand. The package contains an optical sensor that captures images of text from a rendered document. The package also contains a proximity sensor that determines when the optical sensor is within a predetermined distance and orientation of a rendered document. The package further contains a triggering mechanism that causes the optical sensor to capture an image of text from a rendered document when the proximity sensor determines that the optical sensor is within a predetermined distance and orientation of a rendered document. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242618 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus to read an image formed on a document sheet is provided. The image reading apparatus includes a sheet conveyer and an image reader, which is controlled by a controller and reads the image formed on the document sheet. The sheet conveyer includes movable parts, which are movably supported by a first supporting member. The image reader is supported by a second supporting member, which is detachably attached to the first supporting member. A cable with a connector connects the controller and the image reader with each other via the connector. The second supporting member is tied to the first supporting member by the cable when the cable connects the controller and the image reader via the connector. The second supporting member is releasable from the first supporting member when the connector is decoupled. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242619 | IMAGE READER - An image reader is provided, which includes a light-emitting-timing setting unit configured to divide a non-light-emitting time during which none of light sources emits light in a predetermined reading period into a plurality of segmental non-light-emitting times and set a light-emitting moment separately for each light source as a moment to emit the light in the predetermined reading period, such that the segmental non-light-emitting times are arranged in a dispersed manner in the predetermined reading period, and a controller configured to control each light source to emit the light during a light-emitting time determined separately for each light source at the light-emitting moment set by the light-emitting-timing setting unit. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242620 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - The image reading apparatus conveys a reading unit or a document to read the document. Conveyance is implemented by motor control based on a target position trajectory. The reading unit reads the document each time a line start signal is inputted. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the reading operation is invalidated. A conveyance position at a timing to start the first reading operation invalidated is specified as an interrupted position. The object is arranged at a conveyance restart position moved back from the interrupted position. A target position trajectory is newly set. A conveyance time from the conveyance restart position to the interrupted position defined by the target position trajectory is an integral multiple of an output cycle of the line start signal. The motor control based on the target position trajectory is started at a timing coinciding with an output timing of the line start signal. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242621 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus having a lower unit with a controller and an upper unit rotatably attached to the lower unit to rotate about a rear end of the upper unit is provided. The upper unit includes a sheet conveyer, an upper image reader connected with the controller via a flat cable, and an external covering. A rearward-extending section of the flat cable extends rearward from the upper image reader and is drawn in an area below a part of a frame of the sheet conveyer and to a rear section of the upper unit to reach an inner surface of the external covering at the rear end of the upper unit. A widthwise-extending section of the flat cable extends from the rear end of the upper unit along the inner surface of the external covering in a direction orthogonal to reach an outlet of the upper unit. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242622 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus may include a main unit and a cover unit pivotally attached to the main unit. The cover unit may include an image reading device configured to read an image of a document along a conveying path. The image reading device may include a contact image sensor, a sensor holder configured to hold the contact image sensor, an urging member, and a shock absorber. The contact image sensor is disposed below the conveying path. The sensor holder has an open top boxed shape and is configured to hold the contact image sensor in position inside. The urging member is disposed in an inner bottom surface of the sensor holder to urge the contact image sensor toward the conveying path. The shock absorber is disposed between a bottom surface of the contact image sensor and the inner bottom surface of the sensor holder, and is made of a porous material. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242623 | Image Reading Device - An image reading apparatus may include a main unit, a cover unit, an openable unit, and a conductive member. The cover unit is pivotable relative to the main unit, and includes a metal frame and a reading device configured to read an image of a document conveyed through an upper path of a U-shaped conveying path. The openable unit is pivotable relative to the cover unit, and includes a document pressing member configured to face the reading device when the openable unit is closed relative to the cover unit. The conductive member is configured to electrically connect the metal frame and the document pressing member. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242624 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus configured to read images of both surfaces of a document is provided. The image reading apparatus may include a first image reading device configured to read an image of a first surface of a document, a second image reading device configured to read an image of a second surface of the document, and a document conveying mechanism configured to convey the document from the second image reading device to the first image reading device. The first image reading device has a first reading range, and the second image reading device has a second reading range, which is smaller than the first reading range. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242625 | IMAGE-READER INITIALIZING SETTING OF IMAGE PROCESS - In an image reader, the first reading unit outputs first image data corresponding to the image of the first surface of the original document. The second image reading unit outputs second image data corresponding to the image of the second surface of the original document. The image process circuit acquires at least one of a part of the first image data and a part of the second image data from the storing unit, and performs an image process on the image data acquired from the storing unit. When the image process circuit finishes performing the image process on either the first image data or the second image data, the initialization instruction unit instructs initializing either the first setting or the second setting corresponding to the either the first image data or the second image data and the image process circuit initializes the either the first setting or the second setting. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242626 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus main body with an opening formed on an upper face thereof; an original document reading device that opens and closes the opening; an original document holder that is supported openably and closably by the original document reading device; a first lock mechanism that locks opening and closing of the original document reading device with respect to the apparatus main body; and a second lock mechanism that locks opening and closing of the original document holder with respect to the original document reading device, in which the first lock mechanism and the second lock mechanism are disposed inside a cabinet of the original document reading device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242627 | ARRANGEMENT FOR READING FROM AND/OR WRITING TO FLEXIBLE SHEET MEDIA IN A CURVED CONFIGURATION AND METHOD - An assembly for transferring information to and/or from flexible sheet media in a highly advantageous curved configuration is disclosed. The sheet material includes a length and a width defining first and second opposing surfaces. The assembly includes support means for supporting the sheet the curved configuration across its width, having the first surface inwardly oriented with respect to the curved configuration. Thereafter, moving means moves the flexible sheet material so supported in a direction along a read/write path generally parallel to the sheet material length and transverse to the direction of curvature. A read/write arrangement is provided which is configured for reading and/or writing information across the width of the first surface of the sheet as the sheet is moved along the path in the curved configuration. In one feature, means is provided for rotationally moving the read/write arrangement in a predetermined way in the housing such that the read/write arrangement is in a confronting relationship with the first, inwardly oriented surface and cooperates with the movement provided by the sheet material moving means so as to cause the read/write arrangement to sequentially read information from and/or write information to the inwardly oriented, first surface of the sheet as the read/write arrangement traverses the width of the flexible sheet material while the latter is on the read/write path in the curved configuration. In another feature, a read and/or write operation may be performed on the second, outwardly oriented surface of the sheet material. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242628 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading apparatus capable of accurately detecting abnormal pixels caused by a contaminant such as dirt, stain, or flaw on a moving document reading glass being read. An image processing unit of the image reading apparatus performs a first abnormal pixel detection process to detect pixel signals representing abnormal pixels and output from image sensors for respective colors when a reading unit reads a guide plate in a main scanning direction in a state before an original passes through a moving document reading position, performs a second abnormal pixel detection process to detect pixel signals representing abnormal pixels and output from the image sensors when an original being conveyed is read by the reading unit in the main scanning direction, and detects a main scanning direction of abnormal pixels based on results of these detection processes. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242629 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide a technology enabling a terminal device to use various functions provided in a data processing device without the use of a device driver. A multifunction device executes a process for implementing a function indicated by instruction data when such instruction data is stored in a shared area of the RAM. Here, the shared area of the RAM in which the instruction data is stored can be recognized by a personal computer connected to the multifunction device as a storage area that can be accessed through the file system, which is a function provided as a standard feature of the operating system. Accordingly, operations of the multifunction device can be controlled from the personal computer end simply by storing instruction data in the shared area via the operating system, eliminating the need for a special device driver to control the operations of the multifunction device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242630 | Beam Multiplier for Multi-LED Lighting Assemblies - A beam multiplier operates on lighting assemblies using light emitting diodes (LED) to make their appearance and their illumination field of regard more uniform. It uses holographic gratings to multiply the number of light beams emitted by the LEDs. Fixed or switched holographic gratings can be used in the construction of beam multipliers. Beam multipliers with electrically switched holographic gratings fabricated of liquid crystal materials provide lighting assemblies with selectable static or dynamic modes of operation such as beam widening and sharpening modes, color changing modes and scanning modes. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242631 | Method and Composition for Producing Optical Elements Having a Gradient Structure - A composition for producing optical elements having a gradient structure, particularly for holographic applications, is formed by a refractive index gradient. The composition is produced from one or more polymerizable and/or polycondensable monomers and at least one biological polymer. A potential difference is generated for the directed diffusion of the monomers by inducing a local polymerization or polycondensation. The result is the formation of a refractive index gradient. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242632 | QUANTUM LOGIC COMPONENT AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING A QUBIT - A component comprising a qubit and a controller for said qubit, said component comprising a quantum dot and an excitation portion configured to produce a neutral exciton state in said quantum dot to form said qubit, the component further comprising a measuring unit to make an optical measurement relating to the orientation of said state, wherein said controller comprises voltage source coupled to electrical contacts configured to apply a modulated electric field across said quantum dot, wherein the modulation is faster than the decay time of said neutral exciton state. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242633 | SCANNING OPTICAL APPARATUS - In a scanning optical apparatus, a third optical element is configured such that a first optical axis defined as an optical axis of an incident-side lens surface of the third optical element is inclined in a main scanning plane with respect to a normal line extending from a scanning center on a target surface to be scanned and an intersection point between the first optical axis and the incident-side lens surface is shifted with respect to the normal line, and that a second optical axis defined as an optical axis of an emission-side lens surface is inclined in the main scanning plane with respect to the first optical axis and an intersection point between the second optical axis and the emission-side lens surface is shifted with respect to the first optical axis. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242634 | SCANNING OPTICAL APPARATUS - A scanning optical apparatus includes: a light source; a first optical element configured to convert light emitted from the light source into a beam of light; a second optical element configured to convert the beam of light having passed through the first optical element into a linear image extending in a main scanning direction; a deflecting mirror configured to deflect the beam of light having passed through the second optical element in the main scanning direction; and a third optical element configured to convert the beam of light having been deflected by the deflecting mirror into a spot-like image and focus it on a target surface to be scanned. The third optical element is a single lens having a pair of opposite lens surfaces, and each of the pair of lens surfaces is aspheric in a main scanning plane to satisfy the formula: | 2011-10-06 |
20110242635 | Head-Mounted Display - A head-mounted display includes a light source, a light scanner, an emitter, and a two-dimensional diffraction grating. The light source emits light having an intensity corresponding to an image signal. The light scanner performs two-dimensional scanning with the light emitted from the light source to produce image light. The head-mounted display emits the image light from the emitter. The two-dimensional diffraction grating is provided at a position near an intermediate image plane located in an optical path between the light source and the emitter. The diffraction grating enlarges an exit pupil of the head-mounted display. The diffraction grating has a multistep structure with groove depth changes of at least three discrete levels. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242636 | SHUTTER ASSEMBLY WITH ROTATING MAGNET - A shutter assembly includes a base having a stop and a central aperture, a permanent magnet rotatably mounted on the base, and a shutter blade directly mounted on the magnet and configured to move between an open position exposing the aperture and a closed position blocking the aperture. The magnet contacts the stop in the open and closed positions. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242637 | COLOR TONE VARIABLE FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTROCHROMIC ELEMENT OBTAINED BY THE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention provides a color tone variable film which is formed by a reaction of a cationic polymer containing a structural unit containing a positive ionic group in a side chain and a compound containing an acid group and a partial structure which can change color tone as a result of energy application, which can be formed by a wet method, which has flexibility and strength in practical use, and which changes color tone with high sensitivity as a result of energy application, a simple manufacturing method thereof, and an electrochromic element obtained by the manufacturing method. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242638 | PHOTONIC STRUCTURES AND PHOTONIC DEVICES - Photonic structures and photonic devices are provided. A photonic structure includes a three-dimensional photonic crystal and an actuator. The three-dimensional photonic crystal comprises an elastomeric, auxetic material and configured to provide a predetermined optical bandgap. The actuator is coupled to the three-dimensional photonic crystal and is configured to compress the three-dimensional photonic crystal. When the actuator compresses the three-dimensional photonic crystal, the three-dimensional photonic crystal shifts from reflecting light in a first wavelength range to light in a second wavelength range. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242639 | METHOD FOR ACCOMPLISHING HIGH-SPEED INTENSITY VARIATION OF A POLARIZED OUTPUT LASER BEAM - A method of accomplishing high-speed intensity variation of a polarized output laser beam includes securing an angle of light incidence sensitive optical element to a galvanometer system that provides high-speed transitioning of the angle of light incidence sensitive optical element between different angular positions. The high-speed transitioning provided by the galvanometer system varies an angle of incidence between an input laser beam and the angle of light incidence sensitive optical element to thereby provide high-speed variation of an intensity of a polarized output laser beam produced by the angle of light incidence sensitive optical element. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242640 | Electrophoretic Display Apparatus and Method of Manufacturing the Same - An electrophoretic display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The electrophoretic display apparatus includes a driving substrate, an electrophoretic display panel disposed on the driving substrate, a controller disposed on the driving substrate, and a conductive element. The electrophoretic display panel comprises a peripheral region and a display region, and the display region is positioned between the controller and the peripheral region. The first conductive element is disposed in the peripheral region, and electrically connected the controller and the electrophoretic display panel. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242641 | PIGMENT PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - The present invention is directed to an electrophoretic display fluid, in particular, pigment particles dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture, and methods for their preparation. The pigment particles generated, according to the present invention, are stable in solvent under an electric field, have desired charge and charge density on the particle surface. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242642 | TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATION DEVICE - A terahertz wave generating apparatus | 2011-10-06 |
20110242643 | DEVICE FOR REDUCING TIME DISTORTION GENERATED IN LIGHT PULSES BY A NONLINEAR OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERTER SYSTEM - A device for reducing time distortion generated in light pulses by an optical frequency converter including at least one nonlinear optical component ( | 2011-10-06 |
20110242644 | High-Speed Multiplied Signal Generating Method And Device - It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus that can obtain a multiplied harmonic signal fast and with ease, and the method using the apparatus. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242645 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL OUTPUT OF A FREQUENCY CONVERSION DEVICE - A system and method for improving conversion efficiency of a difference frequency generator (DFG) and/or for outputting a desired shape of the output signal, where the method includes providing a pump source, modifying the pump pulse temporal shape for optimal DFG conversion efficiency, and providing the modified pump pulse to the DFG. The pump source may be, for example, a MOPA laser or a diode or any other suitable source. In one embodiment, the pump pulse shape is modified such that an initial gain within the DFG is high, followed by a lower level signal for efficient conversion within the DFG. An example of such a shape is a double square pulse. Other configurations are possible as well such as a single rectangular pulse shape. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242646 | DEVICE FOR AMPLIFYING LIGHT PULSES - The present invention relates to a device ( | 2011-10-06 |