41st week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080246901 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a support main, a lamp housing, a printed circuit board (PCB), a top case and a cover bottom. The support main is a bottom portion of a liquid crystal display device module (LCM). The lamp housing is disposed at sides of the support main in a long side direction of the support main. The PCB is disposed on a back surface of the support main. The top case is a top portion of the LCM and has projection pieces from a side thereof. The cover bottom is disposed on an upper surface of the support main. The cover bottom has first extension pieces for electrical connection to the top case and second extension pieces projected to a lower surface of the support main for electrical connection to the printed circuit board, thereby making secure fastening and grounding. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246902 | LCD PANEL - A LCD panel is provided. The LCD panel includes a front substrate, a plurality of first phosphor composites, a plurality of second phosphor composites, a black matrix, a transparent electrode, a TFT array substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between the front substrate and the TFT array substrate. The first phosphor composites, the second phosphor composites, the black matrix and the transparent electrode are disposed on the front substrate. The black matrix divides the front substrate into three windows including first windows, second windows and third windows periodically, wherein the first phosphor composites are disposed on the first windows, and the second phosphor composites are disposed on the second windows. The first phosphor composites and the second phosphor composites are capable of converting the primary light shinning towards the LCD panel into different colors respectively. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246903 | Liquid crystal display - A liquid crystal display (LCD) which includes a liquid crystal panel and a temperature-measurement apparatus. The temperature-measurement apparatus includes a temperature sensor which includes a variable-resistance element having a resistance that varies according to the temperature of the liquid crystal panel and a fixed-resistance element connected in series to the variable-resistance element, divides a first input voltage, and outputs a first temperature-dependent voltage that varies according to a temperature of the liquid crystal panel. A voltage divider which divides a second input voltage and outputs a reference voltage is provided. A differential amplifier receives at a first input the first temperature-dependent voltage and receives at a second input the reference voltage and amplifies a difference between the first temperature-dependent voltage and the reference voltage, and provides at an output a second temperature-dependent voltage. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246904 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising a liquid crystal display panel and a touch panel is disclosed. A first transparent electrode is disposed on an upper surface of the liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image. A second transparent electrode is disposed on a lower surface of a retardation member and the second transparent electrode is opposite to the first transparent electrode. Accordingly, the entire thickness of the liquid crystal display apparatus may be decreased, and the manufacturing cost of the liquid crystal display apparatus may be reduced. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246905 | INPUT DISPLAY - Input displays are provided. A representative input display comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a photo sensor, a color filter, and a light-shielding element. The liquid crystal layer accommodated in a liquid crystal space is sandwiched between transparent first and second substrates, comprising a first substrate side and a second substrate side. The photo sensor overlies the first substrate side. The color filter disposed in the liquid crystal space, over the photo sensor. The color filter comprises a first opening exposing portions of the photo sensor. The light-shielding element is disposed alongside portions of a periphery of the photo sensor. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246906 | Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same - A liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating the same is disclosed, to provide a liquid crystal display device to simplify the process and decrease the fabrication cost, the liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a color filter and a second substrate having a thin film transistor, wherein the first and second substrates face each other, a first passivation film formed on the thin film transistor, and a first column spacer formed integrally with the first passivation film. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246907 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED DISPLAYING EFFECT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL IN OPERATION TEMPERATURE RANGE THEREOF - A method for providing an improved displaying effect of a liquid crystal panel is provided, wherein the liquid crystal panel comprises two alignment layers disposing therebetween a liquid crystal layer having a spiral pitch and a liquid crystal twist angle. The method comprises steps of (a) spacing the two alignment layers at an interval with a desired twist angle therebetween; (b) measuring a first ratio of the interval to the spiral pitch of the liquid crystal layer, at which the liquid crystal twist angle is less than the desired twist angle between the two alignment layers; and (C) deciding an initial ratio of the interval to the spiral pitch of the liquid crystal layer being larger than the first ratio for providing the improved displaying effect of the liquid crystal. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246908 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a gate line and two data lines crossing with the gate line to define a pixel, a first pixel electrode connected to the gate line and the first data line, and a second pixel electrode connected to the gate line and the second data line. A second substrate opposes the first substrate and includes a common electrode having a common electrode cutting pattern. The pixel electrode includes a pixel electrode cutting pattern to form domains and sub domains in the pixel with the common electrode cutting pattern. A liquid crystal layer is arranged between the first and second substrates. The pixel electrodes include bent portions. The pixel electrode and the common electrode include sub cutting patterns extending towards the sub domains at the bent portions. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246909 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes lower and upper substrates attached to each other, a plurality of data lines on the lower substrate, a plurality of lead lines on the lower substrate, the lead lines being positioned in a dummy region of the lower substrate, a plurality of scan lines on the upper substrate, the scan lines being connected to respective lead lines and being positioned to intersect with the data lines, and at least one dummy pattern on the lower substrate, the dummy pattern being positioned in the dummy region between an edge of the lower substrate and a corresponding outermost lead line of the plurality of lead lines. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246910 | DISPLAY DEVICE - On a projecting portion projecting from a first connecting portion to be connected to a liquid crystal panel of an FPC, a second connecting portion is provided in a projecting state like a free end to the liquid crystal panel side at a position spaced from the first connecting portion. By folding-back the projecting portion to the back side of the liquid crystal panel, the second connecting portion projects to the opposite side of the liquid crystal panel, so that the liquid crystal panel and an external circuit can be connected to each other without applying an excessively great stress to the FPC. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246911 | Display device - A display device includes a display panel, and a semiconductor chip having plural bump electrodes and mounted on a substrate constituting the display panel. The plural bump electrodes include a first bump electrode arranged in the vicinity of a center for a longitudinal direction of the semiconductor chip, and a second bump electrode arranged in the vicinity of an end portion in the longitudinal direction of the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip has one or more than one conductive layer inside. Assuming that a surface of the semiconductor chip having the bump electrodes formed thereon is a lower side, the number of the conductive layers formed on the second bump electrode is greater than the number of the conductive layers formed on the first bump electrode. The conductive layer formed on the first and the second bump electrode includes a dummy conductive layer. Further, the plural bump electrodes are electrically connected to a wiring layer formed on a substrate constituting the display panel through an anisotropic conductive film. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246912 | Liquid crystal display - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display (LCD) which is an active-matrix addressing LCD prepared by a drop filling and substrate assembling method, prevents an occurrence of a drop mark, and has superior residual image characteristics. The residual image characteristics are improved by adding an acidic compound (for instance, phenol derivative | 2008-10-09 |
20080246913 | Hook components with nylon strings elasticity mechanism for eyeglasses - A detachable eyewear is designed for eyeglasses. The detachable eyewear is designed similar to an eyeglass frame without temples, which comprises lenses, a rim and two tension adjustment stoppers with hooks each positioned to the respective extensions at the two ends of the rim and each of the tension adjustment stopper is connected by a nylon string, wherein said detachable eyewear is attached in front of the primary eyeglasses. With the flexibility and elasticity endowed with nylon strings, the tension adjustment stoppers with hooks at each end can be opened although they are fixed onto the two ends of the rim. By way of the elastic force, said detachable eyewear adapted to be attached and secured by said hooks of the tension adjustment stoppers to said eyeglasses, either clip-on or clip-off the studs. The detachable eyewear is specially designed which can be in a number of prescriptions. This detachable eyewear is handled easily and attached stably. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246914 | Ophthalmic Lens - The invention concerns an ophthalmic lens having a complex surface, with a substantially umbilic meridian and an average sphere progression ranging between 0.50 diopter and 0.75 diopter. The lens is prescribed for esophoric and non-presbyopic users. The lens is prescribed as a standard unifocal lens. Through the presence of the average sphere progression, the user is less adapted to near vision, thus compensating for his/her esophoria. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246915 | Inclined-edge sports lens - An optical lens has an inner lens surface and an outer lens surface separated by a lens thickness adjacent to an edge portion of the lens. The edge portion has at least a partially exposed edge surface extending substantially linearly from the inner lens surface toward the outer lens surface coextensively with at least a major portion of the lens thickness at a location adjacent to the edge portion, and at a predetermined inclination with respect to a portion of the lens surface at such location. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246916 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Visual Acuity of an Eye - The invention relates to a method for determining the visual acuity of an eye and a respective apparatus. The method comprises the steps of: providing the wavefront information of the eye, generating a point spread function based on the wavefront information of the eye, said point spread function representing a specific intensity distribution for a corresponding pupil size. After comparing the intensities of the point spread function with a selectable intensity level of intensity, those parts of the point spread function having an intensity being larger than the selectable intensity level are determined as a relevant part of the point spread function. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246917 | Common face and iris imaging optics - A duplex camera with common face and iris imaging optics locates an iris in a scene and images the iris without requiring multiple camera alignment or a rapid zoom capability. A wavelength selective mirror separates the light from an imaged scene into visible and infrared components. The visible component supplies a face image in which an iris location can be determined. Visible light optics and a visible light sensor array provide a scene image to an image processor that determines the iris location. Infrared optics and an infrared sensor produce an iris image centered on the iris location. Upon determining an iris location, a motorized stage can position the iris image in the infrared sensor. The common face and imaging optics allow the image sensors to be permanently aligned to one another. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246918 | Optical coherence tomography for eye-length measurement - An accurate measure of eye length can be obtained using concurrent OCT measurements. A position OCT device can be used to continually monitor the position of the front surface of the cornea, while a distance OCT device can determine the apparent distance between the front surface of the cornea and the front surface of the retina. Since the eye is likely to move during the period of time between measurements of the cornea and retina, the monitored position of the cornea can be used to correct the apparent length measurement by the amount of eye movement over that period of time, in order to obtain an accurate measure of eye length. In some embodiments a single OCT device can serve the dual role of monitoring eye position while making eye length measurements | 2008-10-09 |
20080246919 | Ophthalmic Endoilluminator with Hybrid Lens - An ophthalmic endoilluminator has a light source, a collimating lens for collimating the light produced by the light source, a filter for filtering the collimated light, an attenuator for attenuating the filtered light, a hybrid condensing lens for focusing the attenuated light, and an optical fiber for carrying the focused light into an eye. A diffractive surface on the hybrid condensing lens compensates for the other refractive surfaces. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246920 | Multi-LED Ophthalmic Illuminator - An ophthalmic endoilluminator has a power supply coupled to a light source, a controller, a collimation device, an alignment device, a lens, and an optical fiber. The light source has three light emitting diodes. Each of the three light emitting diodes produces a different color light. The controller controls the operation of the three light emitting diodes. The collimation device collimates the light produced by at least one of the light emitting diodes. The alignment device aligns the light individually produced by the three light emitting diodes into a single light beam. The lens focuses the single light beam. The optical fiber for carries the single light beam. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246921 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTOMETRY - To provide an eye examination apparatus and an eye examination method that make it possible to measure eyesight or contrast sensitivity in the binocular viewing state and further make it possible to measure optical characteristics in such an appropriate binocular viewing state. An eye examination apparatus | 2008-10-09 |
20080246922 | Method and Apparatus for Correcting Vision Using an Electro-Active Phoropter - An electro-active phoropter and a method of using the electro-active phoropter to measure a patient's vision prescription is disclosed. The electro-active phoropter includes a series of individually addressable electro-active lenses. The lenses have either a positive or negative optical power when an electrical potential is applied across the lens and a neutral optical power when no electrical potential is applied across the lens. Each lens provides an optical power that is part of a net optical power of the series of lenses when a patient views through the phoropter. The optical power of the phoropter can be incrementally adjusted by changing the distribution of the electrical potential across the different lenses of the series to provide increasing or decreasing optical power until a patient achieves a desired level of clarity and a vision prescription has been determined. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246923 | FIXING MECHANISM FOR FIXING A LIGHT VALVE AND A THERMAL MODULE OF AN OPTICAL ENGINE AND RELATED OPTICAL ENGINE - A fixing mechanism includes a first fixing component, a second fixing component, a first elastic component, a second elastic component, and a third elastic structure. The first fixing component has a first end, and a second end where a first holding surface is disposed. The second fixing component has a first end fixed on the optical engine, and a second end where a second holding surface is disposed. The first elastic component has a first end connected to the first holding surface and a second end connected to an interface board. The second elastic component has a first end connected to the second holding surface and a second end connected to the interface board. The third elastic structure has a first side connected to the first holding surface and the second holding surface, and a second side located opposite to the first side and connected to the thermal module. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246924 | Projector - A projector includes an exterior casing that includes an air intake port for introducing outside air into the interior thereof; and a cooling device that cools the interior of the exterior casing by the outside air introduced via the air intake port, in which the cooling device includes a first sirocco fan and a second sirocco fan that discharge air taken along axes of rotation of the fans to the direction along tangent of rotation, and an air intake port-side duct that guides the outside air introduced via the air intake port toward the first sirocco fan and the second sirocco fan, and in which the first sirocco fan and the second sirocco fan are disposed with axes of rotation thereof oriented so as to intersect with each other. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246925 | PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A first exhaust fan | 2008-10-09 |
20080246926 | Method For Operating a High-Intensity Discharge Lamp, Lamp Driver and Projection System - There is described a method for operating a high-intensity discharge lamp ( | 2008-10-09 |
20080246927 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus includes: a light amount sensor which detects an amount of light emitted from an array light source; a deterioration rate calculator which acquires an amount of light of a measurement target light source from the amount of light detected by the light amount sensor; a reference light amount storage which stores a reference amount of light of an amount of light emitted from plurality of solid state light sources, for each of the solid state light sources; and a light source controller which controls the amount of light emitted from the plurality of solid state light sources for each of the solid state light sources, and the deterioration rate calculator determines whether the measurement target light source has deteriorated, in accordance with a result of a comparison between the amount of light detected by the light amount sensor, and the reference amount of light. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246928 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed herein is a projector for projecting an image to a screen, including: a lamp configured to emit light; an elliptic reflecting mirror configured to reflect and condense the light from the lamp; an image display device configured to modulate the light reflected and condensed by the elliptic reflecting mirror with image data corresponding to the image to convert the reflected light into image light; a projection lens disposed between the screen and the image display device and configured to project the image light from the image display device to the screen; and a position adjustment mechanism configured to displace the bright point of the lamp from a first focus of the elliptic reflecting mirror to adjust the position of the lamp so as to decrease the effective light amount of the image display device. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246929 | PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a projection type image display apparatus, a noise removal filter portion | 2008-10-09 |
20080246930 | Exposure Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method - An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate through a reticle. The apparatus includes a chamber in which an exposure process is to be carried out, a circulation system configured to circulate a gas through the chamber, a supplying system configured to supply water, supplied from a facility, to a heat source inside the exposure apparatus, and a heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between a gas discharged out of the chamber by the circulation system and the water to be supplied to the heat source by the supplying system. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246931 | Substrate processing method, exposure apparatus, and method for producing device - An immersion type lithographic apparatus includes at least one immersion space and an immersion system configured to at least partially fill the immersion space with a liquid. The apparatus is configured to rinse at least part of the immersion space with a rinsing liquid before the apparatus is used to project a patterned beam of radiation onto a substrate. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246932 | Exposure apparatus, device manufacturing method and exposure method - An exposure apparatus has a first illumination system which illuminates a first mask, a second illumination system which illuminates a second mask located apart from the first mask along a first direction, and a projection optical system which forms a pattern image of the first mask and a pattern image of the second mask in parallel on a photosensitive substrate. An optical axis of an exit-side partial optical system of the first illumination system and an optical axis of an exit-side partial optical system of the second illumination system each are set along a plane parallel to a direction perpendicular to the first direction. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246933 | Exposure Method And Apparatus, And Device Production Method - Disclosed is an exposure method which illuminates a first object with an exposure beam and exposes a second object with the exposure beam through the first object and a projection optical system, wherein at least a part of one of the first object and the projection optical system is irradiated with a light beam having a wavelength range different from that of the exposure beam through a space waveguide mechanism, to correct an imaging characteristic of the projection optical system. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246934 | Lithographic apparatus having a drive system with coordinate transformation, and device manufacturing method - A lithographic apparatus includes a projection system to project a patterned beam of radiation onto a substrate, which is held on a substrate support and a drive system to move the substrate support along a trajectory. In the drive system, set-point data, including set-point coordinates, are generated for moving the substrate support relative to the projection system in a first and second directions. The set-point coordinates of the first and second directions are transformed into set-point coordinates of third and fourth directions. Motion data, including motion coordinates, are generated for moving the substrate support relative to the projection system in the third and fourth directions, limiting the velocity in the third and fourth directions to a maximum velocity. The motion coordinates of the third and fourth directions are transformed into motion coordinates of the first and second directions for driving the first and second drive motors. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246935 | Lithographic apparatus and method for masking a substrate - A method of removing a substrate from a substrate table of a lithographic apparatus. The substrate table is provided with a mask arranged to form a peripheral exposure exclusion region on a substrate. The method includes moving the mask from an in use position to a storage position. The storage position is adjacent to a projection system of the lithographic apparatus. The method also includes removing the substrate from the lithographic apparatus. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246936 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - A position control system for a substrate support of a lithographic apparatus includes a position measurement system configured to determine a position of a sensor or sensor target on the substrate support, a controller configured to provide a control signal based on a desired position of a target portion of the substrate and the determined position, and one or more actuators configured to act on the substrate support. The position control system includes a stiffness compensation model of the substrate support, the stiffness compensation model including a relation between a difference in a change in position of the target portion and a change in position of the sensor or sensor target as a result of a force exerted on the substrate support. The position control system is configured to substantially correct at least during projection of a patterned radiation beam on the target portion, the position of the target portion using the stiffness compensation model. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246937 | Exposing Method, Exposure Apparatus, Device Fabricating Method, and Film Evaluating Method - An exposing method has: a process that forms an immersion region of a liquid on a substrate; a process that determines exposure conditions in accordance with an adhesive force that acts between a surface of the substrate and the liquid; and a process that, based on the exposure conditions, exposes the substrate through the liquid of the immersion region. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246938 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate via a liquid, comprises: a projection optical system configured to project a pattern of a reticle onto the substrate; a substrate stage configured to hold the substrate and move; a top plate which is arranged on the substrate stage and in which an opening is formed; and a measurement member which is arranged in the opening formed in the top plate arranged on the substrate stage, wherein a gap is formed between the top plate and the measurement member in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection optical system, and wherein the measurement member is formed of one of a regular N-sided polygon (N>4) and a circle in the plane. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246939 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND ORIGINAL - An exposure apparatus configured to expose a pattern of an original onto a substrate includes a wire electrode row that includes plural parallel wire electrodes, and that is opposed to the original, and a power source that applies an AC voltage to the plural wire electrodes, wherein the wire electrode row includes a first electrode group, and a second wire electrode group to which an AC voltage having a phase different from that of an AC voltage applied to the first electrode group is applied. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246940 | Illumination system for illuminating a pattering device and method for manufacturing an illumination system - An illumination system includes a housing, and an optical system located within the housing. The optical system includes at least one optical element. The optical system is constructed and arranged to illuminate a patterning device with a radiation beam diverging from an intermediate focus. The intermediate focus is located at a position substantially at the same level or below a bottom portion of the illumination system. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246941 | Wavefront aberration measuring device, projection exposure apparatus, method for manufacturing projection optical system, and method for manufacturing device - A wavefront aberration measuring device includes a mask which arranges a group of minute apertures for generating a group of point light sources at an object point as a measurement objective of an inspection-objective optical system, an illumination system which illuminates the mask with an illumination light, a diffraction grating which shears, into a plurality of light fluxes, a light flux exiting from the group of minute apertures and passing via the inspection-objective optical system, and a detecting portion which detects an interference fringe formed mutually by the plurality of sheared light fluxes, wherein a center spacing distance L between adjacent minute apertures which are adjacent in a shear direction in the group of minute apertures is defined to minimize the coherence degree. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246942 | Radar device - A laser radar sensor includes a photoreceptor, a dummy circuit, an amplifier, a selector, and the first and the second detection circuits. A photoreception signal outputted from the photoreceptor and an output signal of the dummy circuit are amplified by the amplifier, and inputted to the second detection circuit. A noise component included in the photoreception signal based on the output signal of the dummy circuit when distance detection is not performed. The distance detection is performed based on the reception signal from which the noise component is removed. As a result, a reduction in detectable distance of the laser radar sensor is less likely to occur. Furthermore, the noise component is detected using the dummy circuit and the selector. Thus, the consideration of the predetermined rotation angle is not required in optical system design and limiting factors in the optical system design can be reduced. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246943 | Laser radar projection with object feature detection and ranging - A 3D pulsed laser projection system scans an object to produce a dense 3D point cloud and projects a laser light beam onto an object as a glowing template. A high-sensitivity optical feedback system receives and detects a feedback beam of the output beam light diffusely reflected from the object. The feedback light and projected beam share the same beam path between steering mirrors and the object. A light suppression component controls stray scattered light, including ambient light, from being detected. A time-of-flight measurement subsystem provides a distance-to-object measurement for projected pulses. An acousto-optical modulator, variable gain detected signal amplification and variable photo-detector power together produce a dynamic range for detected reflected feedback signals of at least 100,000, and up to 500,000. Optical fiber cables spatially filter scattered light and isolate the photo-detectors thermally. The laser is preferably pulsed at least 50 kHz, with sampling of the projected and feedback reflected optical pulse signals at a sampling rate of up to 10 gigasamples per second. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246944 | Photon counting, chirped AM LADAR system and related methods - Ladar systems and methods are provided. One embodiment is a ladar system comprising: a chirp generator for generating a chirped waveform; a laser for transmitting a light signal toward a target, the light signal being modulated by the chirped waveform; and a photon-counting sensor for receiving a temporally-modulated photon stream corresponding to the modulated light signal being reflected from the target and toward the ladar system, the photon-counting sensor gated relative to the chirped waveform. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246945 | APPARATUS FOR QUANTIFYING SHEAR STRESS ON A FORMULATION COMPRISING BIOMOLECULES - The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining the shear sensitivity of particles in solutions and methods of determining the respective shear velocities or the respective shear stress. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246946 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OF PARTICLES IN A LIQUID SAMPLE - The present invention relates to a method for the assessment of quantity and quality parameters of biological particles in a liquid analyte material. The method comprises applying a volume of a liquid sample to an exposing domain from which exposing domain electromagnetic signals from the sample in the domain can pass to the exterior, and exposing, onto an array of active detection elements such as CCD-elements, a spatial representation of electromagnetic signals having passed from the domain, the representation being detectable as an intensity by individual active detection elements, under conditions permitting processing of the intensities detected by the array of detection elements during the exposure in such a manner that representations of electromagnetic signals from the biological particles are identified as distinct from representations of electromagnetic signals from background signals. The size of the volume of the liquid sample is sufficiently large to permit the assessment of the quantity and quality parameters to fulfill a predetermined requirement to the statistical quality of the assessment based on substantially one exposure. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246947 | Optical Pulse Generator for Distributed Temperature Sensing Operating at a Characteristic Wavelength in a Range Between 1050 Nm and 1090 Nm - An improved laser source for use in a distributed temperature sensing (DTS) system (and DTS systems employing the same) includes a laser device and drive circuitry that cooperate to emit an optical pulse train at a characteristic wavelength between 1050 nm and 1090 nm. An optical amplifier, which is operably coupled to the laser device, is adapted to amplify the optical pulse train for output over the optical fiber sensor of the DTS system. In the preferred embodiment, the laser device operates at 1064 nm and outputs the optical pulse train via an optical fiber pigtail that is integral to its housing. The optical power of the optical pulse train generated by the laser source is greater than 100 mW, and preferably greater than 1 W, at a preferred pulse repetition frequency range between 1 and 50 kHz, and at a preferred pulse width range between 2 and 100 ns. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246948 | Automatic Polarizer for Cctv Applications - The invention is related to a camera device ( | 2008-10-09 |
20080246949 | OPTICAL TRAIN AND METHOD FOR TIRF SINGLE MOLECULE DETECTION AND ANALYSIS - In one aspect the invention relates to an apparatus for analyzing the presence of a single molecule using total internal reflection. In one embodiment an apparatus for single molecule analysis includes a support having a sample located thereon; two sources of light at distinct wavelengths, a collimator for directing the light onto the sample through a total internal reflection objective; a receiver for receiving a fluorescent emission produced by a single molecule in the sample in response to the light; and a detector for detecting each of the wavelengths in the fluorescent emission. In another embodiment the apparatus further comprises a focusing laser for maintaining focus of the objective on the sample. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246950 | Device, Method, and Program for Estimating Light Source - A light source estimating device includes a light receiving section for receiving visible light and invisible light radiated from a light source, and a light source estimating section for estimating a type of the light source on the basis of an intensity of the received visible light and an intensity of the received invisible light. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246951 | Method and system for using reflectometry below deep ultra-violet (DUV) wavelengths for measuring properties of diffracting or scattering structures on substrate work-pieces - A method and apparatus is disclosed for using below deep ultra-violet (DUV) wavelength reflectometry for measuring properties of diffracting and/or scattering structures on semiconductor work-pieces is disclosed. The system can use polarized light in any incidence configuration, but one technique disclosed herein advantageously uses un-polarized light in a normal incidence configuration. The system thus provides enhanced optical measurement capabilities using below deep ultra-violet (DUV) radiation, while maintaining a small optical module that is easily integrated into other process tools. A further refinement utilizes an r−θ stage to further reduce the footprint. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246952 | Fingerprint Imaging System - A fingerprint imaging system configured to capture an image of a friction ridge pattern of a subject (e.g., a fingerprint, a palm print, a hand print, a footprint, etc.). The system may include one or more components that reduce the impact of ambient light on the performance of the system. In some implementations, the system may reduce the impact of ambient light without requiring additional power (e.g., to generate an increased amount of radiation) and without including “external” hoods and/or covers designed to block ambient light prior to the ambient light entering system. Instead, the system may reduce the impact of ambient light on performance by blocking ambient light internally within the system along an optical path of radiation used to electronically capture an image of the friction ridge pattern. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246953 | TRANSMISSION CONCENTRATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE EFFECT - A transmission concentration device capable of reducing environmental temperature effect comprises mainly a concentration detector arranged in the fluid communication space of a fluid circulating apparatus in a fuel cell system where the fluid temperature in the concentration detector and the fuel cell is equal to help minimize measurement error brought about by the effect of environmental temperature. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246954 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTOR AND LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH HAVING THE FLUORESCENCE DETECTOR - The fluorescence detector includes: a flow cell provided on a flow passage for flowing a sample; a sample temperature control block for keeping the flow cell and the flow passage located on the sample inlet side of the flow cell at a constant temperature; an excitation optical system; a fluorescence optical system having a photodetector and used for guiding fluorescence emitted from a sample flowing through the flow cell to the photodetector and detecting the fluorescence; a photodetector temperature control block for keeping the photodetector at a constant temperature; and a temperature control unit having a simultaneous temperature control block united with both the temperature control blocks and a temperature control system provided to be in contact with the simultaneous temperature control block to heat and/or cool the simultaneous temperature control block. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246955 | Method of detecting alcohol concentration and alcohol concentration detecting apparatus - In a detection of an alcohol concentration, a first light and a second light are irradiated to a mixed liquid including a fossil fuel, an alcohol, and water, and the alcohol concentration is calculated based on amounts of the first light and the second light permeated through the mixed liquid. In the detection, a difference of a transmittance of the fossil fuel with respect to the first light and each transmittance of the alcohol and water with respect to the first light is larger than a first value. In addition, a difference of a transmittance of water with respect to the second light and each transmittance of the fossil fuel and the alcohol with respect to the second light is larger than a second value. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246956 | Method Of Instrument Standardization For A Spectroscopic Device - In a spectroscopic process a sample for producing a test spectral line or spectrum of at least one component contained in the sample is stimulated and the transmitted and/or emitted electromagnetic rays are used to create the test spectral line or spectrum. In order to improve such a spectroscopic process to such an extent that variations of certain parameters, which alter the shape and/or occurrence of a spectral line, are compensated, a comparison spectral line or spectrum of a known comparison material is produced under substantially the same parameters as the sample. The comparison spectral line or spectrum is compared with an ideal comparison spectral line or spectrum in order to calculate a transfer function, and | 2008-10-09 |
20080246957 | Hybrid fiber optic transceiver optical subassembly - The subassembly includes a laser for emitting signals towards fibers to be monitored, a first photodetector for monitoring reflected laser signals from the fibers, a second photodetector for monitoring laser output power, and an optical fiber. The optical fiber has an angled fiber facet. The laser emits signals toward and through the angled fiber facet, whereby a portion of the laser signal illuminates the second photodetector, and another portion illuminates the fibers that are being monitored and reflects back to the first photodetector such that faults on the fibers can be detected. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246958 | Multiple surface inspection system and method - A system for inspecting components is provided. The system includes a prism having a first end, a second end, a first reflecting surface, and a second reflecting surface. The first end of the prism is located in a plane that is parallel to and axially separated from a plane of one or more of a plurality of inspection pieces. An image data system is disposed beyond the second end of the prism and generates image data of one or more of the inspection piece that includes a top surface of at least one of the inspection pieces and at least one side of at least one of the inspection pieces. An inspection piece transportation system, such as a pick and place tool or conveyor, moves a plurality of inspection pieces past the first end of the prism through an inspection area. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246959 | Method of manufacturing nitride semiconductor device including SiC substrate and apparatus for manufacturing nitride semiconductor device - Excitation light is irradiated onto a GaN layer on a silicon carbide substrate constituting a layered product that is set on a stage. Then light is emitted from a defective part caused by a structural defect of the silicon carbide substrate out of the GaN layer. By using this light luminescence phenomena, a position of a defective part of the silicon carbide substrate can be detected. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246960 | Fiber Quality Transducer - A fiber quality transducer includes an inlet mixing probe, a rotating valve sleeve, a camera and a sampling cell. Slurry from a pulp tube flow enters a mixing chamber in the inlet mixing probe. The amount of slurry entering the mixing chamber is controlled by the rotating valve sleeve. The sampling cell includes a first sampling lens and a second sampling lens retained in a sampling bore. The first and second sampling lens are spaced apart to form a sampling space to facilitate the flow of diluted slurry. The camera is retained behind the first sampling lens and a LED back light is retained behind the second sampling lens. The diluted slurry flows past the sampling space. The camera photographs the fibers in the diluted slurry flow. The images from the camera are sent to analyzing software, which determine the characteristics of the fibers in the diluted slurry. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246961 | Biosensors with porous dielectric surface for fluorescence enhancement and methods of manufacture - Biosensors are disclosed which include a surface for binding to sample molecule to the biosensor in the form of a porous, thin film of dielectric material, e.g., TiO | 2008-10-09 |
20080246962 | Linear Fiber Array Mount To a Spectrometer - A coupler for coupling a linear fiber array to a spectrometer is provided, the coupler having a tube, a linear fiber bundle array inserted through the tube, an alignment mechanism for aligning the linear fiber bundle array with a slit on the spectrometer, and a locking mechanism for locking the linear fiber bundle array to the tube. Further, a method for coupling a linear fiber array to a spectrometer is provided, the method having the steps of inserting a linear fiber bundle array through a tube, aligning the linear fiber bundle array with a slit on the spectrometer, and locking the linear fiber bundle array to the tube once it is aligned with the slit on the spectrometer. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246963 | PARTICLE COUNTING METHOD - A particle counting method is provided whereby a liquid sample is radiated by a laser light, scattered light produced by causing the laser light to hit a particle in the liquid sample is detected by a photoelectric conversion element, and a sample value which is the output of the photoelectric conversion element is sequentially compared to a threshold preset for each particle size range, thereby counting the number of particles for each particle size range, the method comprising: a timer start-up step for starting a timer of a predetermined time when the sample value becomes smaller than a threshold of a minimum particle size for the first time and for sequentially holding the maximum value of the sample value; and a timer extension step for restarting the timer to sequentially hold the maximum value of the sample value when the sample value at the time-out of the timer start-up step is larger than the threshold of the minimum particle size. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246964 | Method and Its Apparatus for Inspecting Particles or Defects of a Semiconductor Device - Conventionally, a particle/defect inspection apparatus outputs a total number of detected particles/defects as the result of detection. For taking countermeasures to failures in manufacturing processes, the particles/defects detected by the inspection apparatus are analyzed. Since the inspection apparatus outputs a large number of detected particles/defects, an immense time is required for analyzing the detected particles/defects, resulting in a delay in taking countermeasures to a failure in the manufacturing processes. In the present invention, an apparatus for optically inspecting particles or defects relates a particle or defect size to a cause of failure in an inspection result. A data processing circuit points out a cause of failure from the statistics on the inspection result, and displays information on the inspection result. A failure analysis is conducted by setting a threshold for identifying a failure in each of regions on a semiconductor device or the like to statistically evaluate detected particles. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246965 | Optical Particle Sensor with Exhaust-Cooled Optical Source - The invention relates to particle sensors that are capable of passively cooling high-powered optical sources within the sensor, thereby extending the optical source lifetime without requiring additional power. The sensor detects particles within a sample fluid by optical interaction of the optical source with flowing sample fluid in the sample chamber. Sample fluid that exits the sample chamber is directed into thermal contact with the optical source, thereby cooling the optical source. Sample fluid that has come into thermal contact with the optical source is continuously removed from the sensor to ensure the optical source is adequately cooled. A variety of elements are used to facilitate thermal contact between the optical source and sample fluid including plenums, heat sinks, and airflow cavities. Provided are related methods for cooling a one or more heat-producing device within a particle sensor. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246966 | Surface-Inspecting Apparatus and Surface-Inspecting Method - Defect inspection of repeated pattern on a surface is executed by reducing influence of a base layer. Thus, surface-inspecting apparatus and method include unit irradiating repeated pattern on specimen's surface with illuminating light, units setting an angle formed by direction on an incidence plane's surface including irradiating direction of illuminating light and a normal to the surface and repeated direction of repeated pattern to predetermined value except zero, a light detecting unit detecting regular reflected light from repeated pattern when illuminating light is irradiated and outputs information about light intensity of regular reflected light, and a detecting unit detecting the repeated pattern's defect on information, from light detecting unit. Additionally, an angle formed by the direction on incidence plane's surface and repeated direction, an angle formed by irradiating direction of illuminating light and normal to surface, a wavelength of illuminating light, and a pitch of repeated pattern satisfy conditional expression. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246967 | Apparatus for Reading a Color Symbol - The present invention provides an apparatus for reading a color symbol, which comprises a matrix of color filters arranged in front of a detector. Light received from the filters of some colors is used to locate the color symbol, while light received from all the filters is used to read and decode the located symbol. Preferably, the filters used for locating the symbol are of the colors to which the detector is most sensitive. Preferably, the filters for locating the symbol are dominant in number. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246968 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ANALYZE MULTIPLEXED BEAD-BASED ASSAYS USING BACKSCATTERED LIGHT - This invention relates to a system and method related to an epifluorescence microscope based optical system equipped with a tunable filter to localize microspheres in bead-based assays based on a back-scattered light (also known as reflected light) image. A common optical path for reflected and emitted luminescence in conjunction with a tunable filter negates the requirement of an additional sensor employed in existing technologies for localizing microspheres based on light scatter measurements. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246969 | Apparatus and method for measuring optical property - An optical property measuring apparatus and an optical property measuring method of the invention determine a specified optical property of a sample by using a distribution function indicating a distribution of the amounts of reflected light incident on an optical sensor along a coordinate axis defined on a light-sensing surface of the optical sensor. Therefore, even when the optical sensor is a light-sensing device provided with a relatively small number of photosensitive elements, it is possible to measure the specified optical property regardless of a position error of the sample, if any, and reduce errors in measurement values caused by such a sample position error. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246970 | SENSOR DEVICE AND TESTING METHOD UTILIZING LOCALIZED PLASMON RESONANCE - A sensor device is formed from a metal film having a plurality of openings, a sensor material positioned within each of the openings, a light source that emits light having a first wavelength, and a light detector that detects light emitted from the light source and transmitted through or reflected from the openings. The plurality of openings are arranged periodically in a first direction in the metal film, and both a size of each of the plurality of openings and an interval thereof in the first direction are equal to or less than the wavelength of the light. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246971 | Methods For Using Light Reflection Patterns To Determine Diving Angle Of Grain - Methods are provided for using light reflection patterns to determine various properties of fibrous materials, such as wood. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods for determining a dive angle for grain. Further, the present invention relates to methods for using information in T2 plots, combined with knowledge of the microstructure of a wood sample surface, to find pith location and/or ring curvature. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246972 | Tomographic Imaging by an Interferometric Immersion Microscope - A device for the tomographic imaging of an object to be analyzed, the device comprising a light source that emits a light beam with a coherence length substantially equal to the thickness of a slice of the object to be analyzed; and an interferometric imaging system comprising at least one objective, a reference mirror and a light-beam splitting means; wherein the interferometric system is arranged so that the objective defines a first focusing plane at the slice of the object to be analyzed and a second focusing plane at the reference mirror, and wherein the interferometric imaging system comprises at least a first compensating medium positioned between the second focusing plane and the splitting means, the thickness and the optical index of the at least one compensating medium having optical properties such that a first optical path of the light beam emitted from the light source between the first focusing plane and the splitting means is substantially equal to a second optical path of the light beam between the second focusing plane and the splitting means and such that a first dispersion between the first focusing plane and the splitting means is substantially equal to a second dispersion of the light beam between the second focusing plane and the splitting means. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246973 | Method and Device for Determining the Lateral Relative Displacement Between a Processing Head and a Workpiece - The present invention relates to a method for determining a lateral relative movement between a processing head and a workpiece during processing the workpiece as well as a device to carry it out. In the method a surface of the workpiece ( | 2008-10-09 |
20080246974 | Portable Optical Measurement Assembly - A portable optical measurement assembly for measuring the dimensions of an upper peripheral region of a wall structure of a swimming pool is provided. The assembly comprises an optical unit subassembly including an optical unit casing. The optical unit casing encloses a light source structured and arranged to direct a light beam onto an upper peripheral region of the wall structure of a swimming pool and a sensor structured and arranged to provide data indicative of the distance from the light source to the particular point on the upper peripheral region of a wall structure of a swimming pool surface. The portable optical measurement assembly also includes a mounting assembly for rotationally supporting the optical unit subassembly. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246975 | Handwritten annotation recognition for copy jobs - A method for annotating pages of a copy job includes scanning pages of a hardcopy document to generate digital image data for a copy job. A template is provided for a user to annotate in a selected region or regions. The template with an annotation applied by a user is scanned. An annotation image is derived from the scanned template and can be incorporated into the pages of the copy job. When printed as a hardcopy, each page of the copy job may thus include an image of the user's handwritten annotations. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246976 | Image forming apparatus, image forming system, image data saving method, image data saving program, image reading device, and image data saving system - An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage part which, to save read image data, saves image data not subjected to image processing together with processing data for image processing to be performed by an image processing part at later image formation. Then, the image forming apparatus, at the time of printing out the image data, subjects the image data to image processing only once by using the processing data in accordance with setting. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246977 | Printing apparatus and method for controlling the same - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a printing apparatus including a printing means for executing a print job and performing a printing process on recording paper, and a control means for controlling the printing means, the printing apparatus causing the printing means to execute a plurality of print jobs sequentially, wherein the printing apparatus further includes a recording paper detection means for detecting a size of recording paper fed to the printing means, and when a size of recording paper detected by the recording paper detection means is different from a size of recording paper set by a print job that is being executed by the printing means, the control means performs control such that a period of time until the recording paper is discharged is shortened to the minimum. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246978 | Image forming devices, hard imaging methods, and methods of determining a transfer function - Image forming devices, hard imaging methods, and methods of determining a transfer function are described. According to one embodiment, an image forming device includes an image engine configured to provide a marking agent upon media, processing circuitry configured to control the image engine to form a test image upon the media having a specified coverage of the marking agent and to access measurement data indicative of a measured coverage of the marking agent of the test image, storage circuitry configured to store data comprising associations of a plurality of specified coverage values of the marking agent and a plurality of resultant coverage amounts of the marking agent formed upon the media by the image engine corresponding to respective ones of the specified coverage values, and wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to access image data of an image to be formed to identify one of the specified coverage values of the marking agent to be formed upon the media to form the image, to modify the one specified coverage value using the stored data and the measurement data to provide an imaging coverage value, and to control the image engine using the imaging coverage value to form the hard image. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246979 | Method for determining parameters relevant to the print quality of a printed product - The invention provides a method for determining parameters relevant to the print quality of a printed product. A macroscopic photogram of a measuring field of the printed product is recorded using a camera having a macro lens. An actual value of a parameter relevant to the print quality is determined from the macroscopic photogram. The actual value is compared to a nominal value of the parameter relevant to the print quality. Whether the measuring field is printed with adequate quality is determined based on the comparison of the actual valve with the nominal value of the parameter relevant to the print quality. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246980 | METHOD FOR GENERATING BASIC TEMPLATE UTILIZED TO FORM SCREENING MASK - Disclosed is a method for generating a basic template utilized to form a screening mask. The method includes adjusting lines per inch or minimum pattern (such as cluster size or density) of a testing template, printing the adjusted testing template by an outputting device, determining if the gray level of the printing result matches a specific gray level, and continuously adjusting the setting of the lines per inch or the minimum pattern when it does not match the specific gray level, otherwise selecting the adjusted testing template as a basic template. The basic template is optimized according to the printing ability of the outputting device, so the printing performance of the outputting device when using the screening mask formed from the basic template can also be optimized, and the minimum color points can be printed faithfully thereby avoiding dropping of the carbon powder. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246981 | COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention is to provide an image processing system and the method thereof capable of maintaining gradient characteristics near a black point of an output image, when performing color matching in a color printer, even if a source profile has a lower minimum lightness value of output color gamut. In the present invention, when a condition is matched by comparing the minimum lightness points of the source profile and output color gamut, a correction color conversion table is generated by correcting the minimum lightness point of the output color gamut to a correction target value set in advance. Color conversion is performed for an input image using the correction color conversion table. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246982 | Printing control according to combinations of color materials - A printing control device which performs printing control for printing by using color materials of a plurality of types, includes: acquiring unit that acquires a color material set which is a combination of the color materials used for printing; and creation unit that creates a color conversion profile which prescribes conversion rules for converting image data expressed by a first color space into image data expressed by a second color space which differs from the first color space and which is a color space expressed by a color material amount set which is a combination of usage amounts for the respective color materials constituting the color material set. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246983 | PRINTED PHOTOGRAPH WITH HIGH CAPACITY ENCODED AUDIO - A data structure is printed on a photograph using infra-red ink. The data structure includes a two dimensional array of data blocks. Each adjacent pair of data blocks is separated by a gap and each of the data blocks has a data region holding encoded data. Each data region is confined by clock-marks and borders to facilitate location of the data region and recovery of data from within the data region. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246984 | IMAGE DATA CREATION METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus for creating image data, comprises a setting unit adapted to set an operation condition of a print unit, a generation unit adapted to generate image data having undergone distortion correction by using distortion correction information corresponding to the set operation condition, and a transmission unit adapted to transmit the generated image data and information of the operation condition to the print unit. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246985 | Printer Redirection - In client-server architectures, systems and methods for XPS based printer redirection are disclosed. In an implementation, a client computing device issues a print command to print an application hosted on a server computing device. The server computing device implements a generic printer driver to emulate exact properties of a client printer driver installed in the client computing device. The generic printer driver redirects one or more calls related to printer settings to the client printer driver. The client computing device returns the printer settings which are combined with the application (to be printed) to generate an XPS file. The XPS file is redirected to a printer connected to the client computing device for printing. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246986 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED OPERATION OF NETWORKED PRINTING SYSTEM - Methods and systems are presented for performing one or more printer device management functions in a network, in which affinities between printers are determined from job tracking data to indicate associations between printer devices and user devices, and the affinity data is used to perform one or more printer management functions such as determining printer connections for new or roaming user devices, print job redirection, and identification of underutilized printer device assets. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246987 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOFT FAILURE DETECTION FOR NETWORKED PRINTERS - Methods and systems are presented for identifying potential printer failures in a networked printing enterprise, in which job tracking data is gathered for print jobs in the network, affinity data is derived from the job tracking data indicating associations between printer devices and user devices, and potential printer failures are identified based on changes in the affinity data. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246988 | Adaptive printer pools - A client node in a networked printing system outputs in response to a change to an individual print setting input by a user for a print job a real-time update of printing nodes selectable by the user to process the print job. By presenting a user of the client node with a pool of selectable printing nodes that automatically adapts to changes in print settings, inefficiencies of prior processes that require the user to individually assess compatibility of printing nodes with print settings and the pitfalls of prior processes that automatically select a “best fit” printing node that may be compatible with print settings but is undesirable from the user's perspective are avoided. Moreover, by providing a user with immediate feedback on the impact of a change to an individual print setting on the selectable status of printing nodes, the user is able to quickly and accurately determine a combination of print settings and printing node that is desirable from the user's perspective. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246989 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is described an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to confirm setting contents of the job in a state that the job list is still displayed. The image forming apparatus includes: a job storage section to store job information including setting contents of the job in it; a display section to display a screen in which a first area and a second area are disposed in such a manner that those do not overlap with each other; and a control section to control contents to be displayed within the screen by the display section. The control section controls the display section, so that a job list based on the job information is displayed on the first area, and, at the same time, the setting contents of a specific job selected from the job list are displayed on the second area in parallel to the job list. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246990 | Mixed Colour Remote Printing of Recipient Documents - An automated hybrid mail system/method which sends a recipient document including one or more graphic image files from a sender to a recipient. The system/method includes receiving an electronic document transmitted from terminal, the electronic document includes a pack containing an ordered set of graphic image files. The graphic image files are obtained from one or more application documents. The system/method provides mixed colour printing of the recipient document including more than one page. The method includes sending the recipient document to a printer able to print the recipient document. Each page of the recipient document is previously assigned a colour mode prior to printing, the colour mode indicative of monochrome, colour or pattern printing. The colour mode indicative of pattern printing results in each page of the recipient document printing in either monochrome or colour according to the colour mode assigned to a section to which the page belongs. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246991 | CONTENT MANAGING SYSTEM - A content managing system causing each content managed by a server connected to a communicating network to be able to be updated by a portable terminal which can be connected to the communicating network, comprising: | 2008-10-09 |
20080246992 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Print settings for input data for printing are acquired. A function group is created for each group of functions, between which contradiction due to change of an execution sequence does not arise, of functions executable in a printer. For each created function group, an execution sequence of functions belonging to the function group is set. Processes for functions designated by the acquired print settings are applied to the data for printing in accordance with the execution sequence set for each function group. Print data created by applying the processes are output to the printer. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246993 | Image processing apparatus, job management method for the same, and recording medium having recorded thereon job management program - Upon reception of a job, a control unit of an image processing apparatus executes processing for judging whether any cancellation factor exists. If there is no cancellation factor, the control unit outputs pages relating to the job, stores page information thereof, and updates execution history information after outputting all the pages. If there is any cancellation factor, the control unit performs only preparation for output of the pages, stores page information obtained through the preparation, and updates cancellation history information after storing the page information of all the pages. A message as a result of evaluation of the cancellation history information is displayed on an operation panel. The message prompts an administrator to change management condition as needed. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246994 | Image forming device, program, and recording medium - In an image forming device, when a priority of outputting input data determined by a priority determining unit is higher than a priority of in-process data during image expansion performed by one of PDL interpreter units, a PDL control unit determines whether the one of the PDL interpreter units supports an interruption process, and an output sequence changing unit changes an output sequence stored in an output sequence storing unit such that, when the one of the PDL interpreter units supports the interruption process, another of the PDL interpreter units performs image expansion of the input data earlier than the image expansion of the in-process data, and when the one of the PDL interpreter units does not support the interruption process, another of the PDL interpreter units performs the image expansion of the input data later than the image expansion of the in-process data. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246995 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD OF MANAGING INFORMATION, AND PROGRAM - An information management device that manages the processing result of a print job processed by a print device through a network includes an information acquisition unit, an information output unit, a time setting unit, and a polling unit that performs an acquisition polling process in which the information acquisition unit acquires information on the print job that has been completed from the print device at a time when the information acquisition unit acquires the information on the print completion from the print device before the set waiting time elapses after the information output unit outputs the print job to the print device, and performs a checking polling process in which the information acquisition unit checks the print device for completion information at a time when the set waiting time elapses in a state that the information acquisition unit does not acquire the completion information from the print device. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246996 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Information about a component in an image forming apparatus, such as the remaining life span thereof, is written into a memory attached to the component so as not to exert influences on a computation processing work by the image forming apparatus, such as a copying operation. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246997 | Table interpolation methods and systems - A control system is provided. This system generally includes a table datastore that stores data in a table format wherein the table format includes a plurality of zones. A data storage module stores learned data to one or more of the plurality of zones. A data access module generates a table output by retrieving the learned data from one or more of the plurality of zones and interpolating between the learned data. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246998 | AUTOMATIC COLORIZATION OF MONOCHROMATIC PRINTED DOCUMENTS - Embodiments herein include a method of adding color to a monochrome (single color printing) document that begins by inputting/creating colorization rules relating to the previously printed monochromatic document and scanning the previously printed monochromatic document to locate rasterized data. After the scanning, the method performs optical character recognition on the rasterized data to search for text corresponding to the previously printed monochromatic document. After the rules are input and the rasterized data is produced, the method automatically colorizes portions of rasterized content according to the colorization rules and this generates a colorized electronic document. | 2008-10-09 |
20080246999 | INK SAVING AND TONE CORRECTION PRINTING TECHNIQUE USING ERROR DIFFUSION - An ink saving and tone correction printing technique using error diffusion (EDF) includes receiving a first pixel value v | 2008-10-09 |
20080247000 | Kueppers' state error diffusion - A method is provided of reproducing continuous tone pixel colors of a color image having many pixels based on Kueppers' device states, wherein the Kueppers' device states of a printing device are the printed pixel colors that are allowed based on Kueppers' color separation and halftoning. The method includes selecting a Kueppers' device state in the proximity of a continuous tone pixel color to be reproduced from the printing device's set of Kueppers' device states, and printing the Kueppers' device state. An error is diffused between the continuous pixel color and the selected Kueppers' device state to one or more pixels in the neighborhood. | 2008-10-09 |