44th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130286091 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head includes a substrate that carries thereon a plurality of ejection energy generating elements arranged in rows to generate energy necessary for ejecting liquid and an ejection port plate that is laid on the substrate and has a plurality of ejection ports formed therein and arranged vis-a-vis the respective ejection energy generating elements. The ejection port plate has a groove, or an oblong recess, formed on the surface thereof where the plurality of ejection ports are formed such that the groove surrounds the region where the ejection ports are formed and has a corrugated inner lateral surface and a flat outer lateral surface arranged oppositely relative to the inner lateral surface. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286092 | METHODS FOR IN SITU APPLICATIONS OF LOW SURFACE ENERGY MATERIALS TO PRINTER COMPONENTS - In an inkjet printer, a low surface energy material is applied to a printhead face and a drip bib during a printhead maintenance operation. The low surface energy material forms a thin layer on the printhead face and drip bib to resist adhesion of ink to the printhead. The low surface energy material can be a layer of silicone oil. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286093 | HEAD DRIVING MECHANISM AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A head driving mechanism includes a first cam follower an end portion of which is attached to a first holding unit and the other end portion of which includes a first sliding-contact surface disposed in sliding contact with a cam, and a second cam follower an end portion of which is attached to the second holding unit and the other end portion of which includes a second sliding-contact surface disposed in sliding contact with the cam. The first cam follower and the second cam follower are each displaced by rotation of the cam so as to move the first printing head and the second printing head, while the first sliding-contact surface and the second sliding-contact surface are in sliding contact with an outer circumferential surface of the cam. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286094 | PRINTING APPARATUS - There is provided a wide-format printing apparatus which can suppress a posture variation of a carriage to improve landing-on accuracy of ink, and can reduce an HP distance to the minimum narrowness, thus achieving higher image quality and mass-production performance. Therefore the HP distance, the main rail and the sub rail are adjustable, and the curve amount of both the rails is made to be in agreement with the curve amount of the platen | 2013-10-31 |
20130286095 | PRINT APPARATUS AND PRINT METHOD - A print device is provided with a conveyance unit for conveying a medium in a conveyance direction; a magenta head; a cyan head; a black head; a yellow head; a first light source; a clear head; and a second light source. The first light source is provided downstream in the conveyance direction than the color ink heads; the clear head is provided downstream than the first light source; the second light source is provided downstream than the clear head; and, where the irradiation energy needed for the main curing of the color inks is Pc, the irradiation energy needed for the main curing of the clear ink is Pcl, the irradiation energy of the first light source is P | 2013-10-31 |
20130286096 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A liquid discharge head includes: a substrate including an element that generates energy to discharge liquid and a liquid supply port; a flow path forming member on the substrate which forms a space therebetween with the substrate and has a discharge port therein, the space constituting a pressure chamber, and a flow path causing the pressure chamber and the liquid supply port to communicate; an interlayer provided between the substrate and the flow path forming member; and a protection layer including metal for protection, wherein the interlayer is disposed so as to avoid a first region corresponding to the element, a second region corresponding to a region of the flow path on a pressure chamber side, and a portion corresponding to a boundary between the first region and the second region, and wherein at least apart of the portion is covered with the protection layer. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286097 | Forming A Funnel-Shaped Nozzle - Techniques are provided for making a funnel-shaped nozzle in a semiconductor substrate. The funnel-shaped recess includes a straight-walled bottom portion and a curved top portion having a curved sidewall gradually converging toward and smoothly joined to the straight-walled bottom portion, and the curved top portion encloses a volume that is substantially greater than a volume enclosed by the straight-walled bottom portion. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286098 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a liquid discharge head including: a discharge port that serves to discharge a liquid; a discharge energy generating element that generates energy used to discharge the liquid; a foam chamber that houses the discharge energy generating element and is communicated with the discharge port; and a flow channel that is communicated with the foam chamber and serves to supply the liquid to the foam chamber. An inclined surface is formed between: a side wall of the foam chamber on a side opposite to the flow channel; and a surface of the foam chamber on which the discharge port is formed, and the inclined surface is inclined to a plane on which the discharge energy generating element is formed. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286099 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTION PRINTING APPARATUS - The liquid ejecting head includes a printing element board having a plurality of printing elements for producing energy used to eject liquid, a contact board having a contact terminal for electrically connecting to a liquid ejection printing apparatus, and a functional element, a plurality of lands which are provided on the face of the contact board where the functional element is mounted, and to which terminals of the functional element are connected, a wiring member that connects the printing element board to the contact board, a first terminal and a second terminal disposed on one edge of the contact board, a first wiring connecting the contact terminal to the first terminal, a second wiring connecting at least one of the plurality of lands to the second terminal, and insulating resin that covers the edge face of the second terminal positioned on the one edge of the contact board. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286100 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus has a head component that ejects a liquid through nozzle openings to attach the liquid to an object. The liquid contains a tabular grain material, and the head component discharges the liquid in droplets weighing 1 ng to 7 ng, both inclusive, in a way that the droplets reach the object at a velocity of 5 m/s to 8 m/s, both inclusive. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286101 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus has a head component that ejects a liquid through nozzle openings to attach the liquid to an object. The liquid contains a particulate material having a particle size of 200 nm to 1 μm, both inclusive, and the head component discharges the liquid in droplets weighing 1 ng to 7 ng, both inclusive, in a way that the droplets reach the object at a velocity of 5 m/s to 9 m/s, both inclusive. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286102 | Fluid Ejection Device Having Firing Chamber With Contoured Floor - A fluid ejection device includes a firing chamber having a chamber floor with an orifice opposite the chamber floor and a heating element partially covering the chamber floor, a region of the chamber floor being contoured to define a cavity extending into the chamber floor. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286103 | THERMAL INK-JETTING RESISTOR CIRCUITS - Electronic circuitry compensates for variations or sags in electrical voltage within a thermal ink-jetting (TIJ) printing apparatus. Ground potential and other supply-related voltages are monitored and corresponding signals are provided. The signals are used, directly or by other circuitry, to affect the biasing of one or more transistors coupling TIJ resistors to supply voltage or ground nodes. Printing errors and related problems associated with voltage variations are reduced or eliminated accordingly. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286104 | Thermal Fluid-Ejection Echanism Having Heating Resistor On Cavity Sidewalls - A thermal fluid-ejection mechanism includes a substrate having a top surface. A cavity formed within the substrate has one or more sidewalls and a floor. The angle of the sidewalls from the floor is greater than or equal to nominally ninety degrees. The thermal fluid-ejection mechanism includes a patterned conductive layer on one or more of the substrate's top surface and the cavity's sidewalls. The thermal fluid-ejection mechanism includes a patterned resistive layer on the sidewalls of the cavity. The patterned resistive layer is located over the patterned conductive layer where the patterned conductive layer is formed on the sidewalls of the cavity. The patterned resistive layer is formed as a heating resistor of the thermal-fluid ejection mechanism. The conductive layer is formed as a conductor of the thermal-fluid ejection mechanism, to permit electrical activation of the heating resistor to cause fluid to be ejected from the thermal fluid-ejection mechanism. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286105 | Fluid Ejection Assembly and Related Methods - In one embodiment, a fluid ejection device includes a substrate with a fluid slot and a membrane adhered to the substrate that spans the fluid slot. A resistor is disposed on top of the membrane over the fluid slot, and a fluid feed hole next to the resistor extends through the membrane to the slot. A shelf extends from the edge of the resistor to the edge of the feed hole, and a passivation layer covers the resistor and part the shelf. An etch-resistant layer is formed partly on the shelf and in between the fluid feed hole and the resistor. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286106 | LIQUID DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS AND PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes a flow passage structural body having a nozzle and a pressure chamber communicated with the nozzle, and a piezoelectric actuator provided on the flow passage structural body to apply jetting energy to a liquid inside the pressure chamber. The piezoelectric actuator has a piezoelectric layer arranged to face the pressure chamber, a low-potential electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer, and a high-potential electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer and to which a higher potential is applied than to the low-potential electrode. The high-potential electrode has a first electrode layer arranged to contact with the piezoelectric layer and formed of gold, and a second electrode layer stacked on the first electrode layer to extend in a predetermined direction, having a width shorter than that of the first electrode layer, and formed of a conductive material more likely to cause migration than gold. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286107 | INKJET PRINT HEAD - There is provided an inkjet print head including: a nozzle substrate having a nozzle and a pressure chamber formed therein; and a vibrating substrate coupled to the nozzle substrate and transferring pressure from a piezoelectric actuator to the pressure chamber, wherein the vibrating substrate has a plurality of pores absorbing a pressure wave generated in a process of discharging ink. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286108 | LIQUID EJECTION WITH ON-CHIP DEFLECTION AND COLLECTION - A printhead includes a substrate and monolithic liquid jetting structure including a nozzle, deflection mechanism, and catcher. The nozzle, through which a liquid jet is ejected in a direction substantially parallel to a first surface of the substrate, includes material layers formed on the first surface of the substrate. At least one of the material layers of the nozzle includes a drop forming mechanism actuated to form liquid drops from the liquid jet. The deflection mechanism is associated with the liquid jet and deflects portions of the liquid jet between first and second paths. Liquid drops formed from portions of the liquid jet following the first path and the second path continue to follow the first path and the second path, respectively. The catcher, including a material layer formed on the first surface of the substrate, collects liquid drops following one of the paths. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286109 | LIQUID EJECTION WITH ON-CHIP DEFLECTION AND COLLECTION - A printhead includes a substrate, catcher, and monolithic liquid jetting structure including a nozzle and deflection mechanism. A liquid jet is ejected through the nozzle in a direction substantially parallel to a first surface of the substrate. The nozzle includes material layers formed on the first surface of the substrate. At least one of the material layers of the nozzle includes a drop forming mechanism actuated to form liquid drops from the liquid jet. The deflection mechanism is associated with the liquid jet and deflects portions of the liquid jet between first and second paths. The liquid drops formed from portions of the liquid jet following the first path and second path continue to follow the first path and second path, respectively. The catcher includes a liquid drop contact surface including a portion of the first surface of the substrate and collects liquid drops following the second path. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286110 | SNAP-ON SEAL FOR INKJET INK TANK - A seal for an outlet port of an ink tank, the seal includes a seal member; and a seal retainer having a housing for the seal member; a first hook on a first side of the seal retainer; a second hook on a second side of the seal retainer, the second side being opposite the first side; a handle including a free end and a hinged end opposite the free end; and a hinge member disposed between the housing and the free end of the handle, wherein a distance between the free end of the handle and the hinged end of the handle is greater than a distance between the hinged end of the handle and an end of the seal retainer that is opposite the free end of the handle. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286111 | PIVOTABLE INK CARTRIDGE PLATFORM FOR PRINTER DEVICE - A printer device includes a housing ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130286112 | INKJET INK TANK FOR SNAP-ON SEAL - An ink tank for an inkjet printhead, the ink tank includes an outlet wall having an outlet port for providing ink; a lead end wall disposed proximate the printhead when installation of the ink tank begins; a trail end wall that is opposite the lead end wall and that is configured to be distal to the printhead when installation of the ink tank begins; a first side wall extending from the lead end wall to the trail end wall and intersecting the outlet wall; and a second side wall opposite the first side wall, wherein first side wall and the second side wall each include a first indentation disposed at a first distance from the outlet wall; a second indentation disposed at a second distance from the outlet wall, the second distance being greater than the first distance; and a ledge disposed between the first indentation and the second indentation. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286113 | INK TANK SEAL RETAINER WITH SYMMETRIC SEAL FORCE - A seal includes a seal member; and a seal retainer having a housing for the seal member, the housing including a first thickness near a first end and a second thickness near a second end, wherein the first thickness does not equal the second thickness; a wall extending from the first end of the housing, the wall including a latch opening; a first hook on a first side of the seal retainer; and a second hook on a second side of the seal retainer, the second side being opposite the first side, wherein the first hook and second hook are disposed proximate the second end of the housing, and wherein a force applied to the seal member by the housing near the first end is equal to a force applied to the seal member by the housing near the second end when the seal is assembled onto the ink tank. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286114 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head, an ink supply tube that supplies ink to the liquid ejecting head, a pressure control valve that opens as a result of depressurization on the liquid ejecting head side, a check valve provided upstream from the pressure control valve, an ink circulation tube that is connected at both ends to the ink supply tube between the pressure control valve and the check valve, and a tube pump provided in the ink circulation tube; in this configuration, by providing at least one of an ink return tube and a liquid reservoir portion that is capable of holding liquid in a liquid flow channel in a pressurized state, a rise in pressure within a circulating flow channel caused by pump operations can be suppressed. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286115 | INKJET PRINTERS - Method and Apparatus for Reducing Ink Foaming in a Continuous Inkjet Printer The invention provides a method of and apparatus for reducing foam formation in the returned ink in a continuous inkjet printer. The returned ink is subjected to deceleration and is reduced in pressure, preferably by being directed into a sub-chamber which reverses the direction of flow and provides an elevated edge over which the ink overflows. The de-aeration facility is preferably incorporated in an ink service module. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286116 | INK SUPPLY APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a print head that ejects ink for printing, an ink tank from which ink is fed to the print head, a first channel provided between the print head and the ink tank to feed ink in the ink tank to the print head, a second channel through which the ink in the first channel is transferred, and a pump connected to the second channel to transfer the ink in the first channel. The pump allows air or the ink in the first channel to be discharged via the second channel. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286117 | INK SET FOR INK JET RECORDING AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink set for ink jet recording is provided, the ink set containing a first ink which contains a first pigment and a second ink which contains a second pigment, wherein each of the first and second inks contains polyester-modified polydialkylsiloxane. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286118 | Ink Jet Recording Method - An ink jet recording method includes ejecting at least two color ink compositions onto a recording medium so as to be deposited one on another. When one ink composition is deposited to form a first image and then another ink composition is deposited to form a second image on the first image, the ink composition forming the second image has a higher yield value than the ink composition forming the first image. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286119 | Inks and Printing Process - A process for printing a substrate comprising applying thereto an ink by means of an ink jet printer, wherein the ink comprises a latex binder, a liquid medium comprising water and organic solvent, and polymer-encapsulated pigment particles comprising a carboxy-functional dispersant crosslinked around a pigment core by a crosslinking agent, wherein the ink has a minimum film-forming temperature below 70° C. Inks are also claimed. The process and inks are useful for printing temperature-sensitive substrates, e.g. foil balloons and wrapping materials for special occasions. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286120 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD, ULTRAVIOLET-RAY CURABLE INK, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording method includes ejecting an ultraviolet-ray curable ink of which a viscosity at 28° C. is 8 mPa·s or more from a head to a recording medium, and curing the ultraviolet-ray curable ink attached to the recording medium, wherein, in the ejecting of the ultraviolet-ray curable ink, the ultraviolet-ray curable ink is heated such that a temperature of the ejected ultraviolet-ray curable ink becomes 28° C. to 40° C., and a viscosity of the ultraviolet-ray curable ink at the temperature is 15 mPa·s or less. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286121 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is an ink jet recording method including: discharging an ultraviolet ray-curable ink, which has a viscosity at 20° C. of 25 mPa·s or less and an average equivalent of polymerizable unsaturated double bond of 100 to 150, from a head onto a recording medium at a discharge temperature of 30° C. to 40° C.; and irradiating the ultraviolet ray-curable ink, attached onto the recording medium, with ultraviolet rays emitted from a light source to cure the ultraviolet ray-curable ink. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286122 | SCORED MEDIA SUBSTRATE AND CURLING REMEDY FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS - A media substrate for imaging includes a front and back surface defining a thickness. The front receives imaging fluid and absorbs it. The back has scoring lines extending into the thickness that limit curling of the media substrate as the absorbed fluid dries on the front. Patterns and locations of scoring lines as well as their depth into the thickness are noted. Imaging and scoring stations in an imaging device are still other embodiments as are cutting features for scoring. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286123 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING ON A FLEXIBLE BODY - A printing system includes carriage assemblies, a preparation station, a printing station, and a selection station. The carriage assemblies receive flexible bodies and are coupled to a conveyance assembly that moves the carriage assemblies along a direction of travel. The preparation station receives the flexible bodies from the loading station and manipulates the flexible bodies to at least partially flatten printing surfaces of the flexible bodies. The printing station prints images on the flexible bodies. The selection station examines the images on the flexible bodies and selects one or more of the flexible bodies based on the images. The selection station also individually grips and removes selected flexible bodies from the carriage assemblies and conveys the selected flexible bodies to a first collection location while the other flexible bodies remain on the carriage assemblies and are conveyed to a different, second collection location. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286124 | MEDIUM RECEIVING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A medium receiving device includes: a medium holding member having a medium receiving surface that receives a part on the leading edge side in a discharge direction of a cut sheet; a medium edge restricting member including a restricting portion that restricts movement of the leading edge of the cut sheet to the discharge direction and a guidance portion that makes contact with the medium receiving surface so as to guide the leading edge from the medium receiving surface to the restricting portion; and a connecting bar that moves a plurality of medium edge restricting members together between a restricting position where the guidance portion makes contact with the medium receiving surface so as to guide the leading edge to the restricting portion and a non-restricting position where the guidance portion is separate from the medium receiving surface and does not guide the leading edge to the restricting portion. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286125 | MEDIUM RECEIVING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A medium receiving device includes a support shaft that extends in a width direction of the sheet and supports a medium holding member that is capable of receiving and holding the sheet which falls on the medium holding member, a rotative arm mechanism that is disposed at each end of the support shaft in the longitudinal direction and allows the support shaft to be displaced between a receiving position that allows the medium holding member to be capable of receiving the sheets and a picking-up position that is spaced from the receiving position in a direction that intersects with the longitudinal direction of the support shaft, and a universal joint that connect the support shaft and the rotative arm mechanism. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286126 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SERIAL PRINTING OF PRINT MEDIA - A device for serial printing of print media, particularly mailpieces, with a print head having a planar printing face and a printing area extending longitudinally, and with a transport device for feeding print media to be printed to the print head. The transport device includes first and second transport units, which move the print media parallel to the printing face and can be moved in an orthogonal direction relative to the printing face in order to guide a print medium on the transport units to the printing face of the print head and at a distance away from the printing face that is suitable for printing. To allow fast feeding and discharging transport of the print media and increase the throughput, the first and second transport units can be moved independently of one another and a transfer area of the printing face is provided to transfer a print medium from the first to the second transport unit. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286127 | Image Recording Apparatus - An image recording device may include corrugate mechanisms to prevent undesired bending and jamming of a recording sheet. In some examples, the image recording device may include a first corrugate mechanism, a second corrugate mechanism and a third corrugate mechanism. The first, second and third corrugate mechanisms may be configured to create a corrugated shape in a recording sheet. The second and third corrugate mechanisms, in one or more arrangements, may be located downstream of the first corrugate mechanism and an ink nozzle. The third corrugate mechanism may further be configured such that no upper contact portion thereof may be disposed at a same position, with respect to the width direction, as endmost upper contact portions of the first corrugate mechanism with respect to the width direction. In yet other examples, the third corrugate mechanism may be located downstream of a reverse sheet conveying path. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286128 | PRINTER CONTROL METHOD AND PRINTER - A printer has a fluid ejection head, an opening/closing mechanism that is disposed opposite the inkjet head, and suction holes arrayed in the conveyance direction of the recording paper, and opens and closes the suction holes. A printer control method has steps of detecting the position of the leading end of the recording paper before starting conveyance of the recording paper; reading the next recording paper conveyance speed Vpf; calculating a delay time Td | 2013-10-31 |
20130286129 | MEDIUM TRANSPORTING ROLLER AND RECORDING DEVICE - In a recording device which performs recording on a recording medium, a transport driving roller which carries out transporting of the recording medium as a medium transport roller is formed by processing a plate member into a cylindrical shape. A bonding portion where the pair of edge portions of the plate material are bonded has a transport region, which is a region where at least the recording medium comes into contact with, extends in a straight line shape in a direction which intersects a circumference line. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286130 | MEDIUM TRANSPORTING ROLLER AND RECORDING DEVICE - In a recording device which performs recording on a recording medium, a transport driving roller which carries out transporting of the recording medium as a medium transport roller is formed by processing a plate member into a cylindrical shape. A bonding portion where the pair of edge portions of the plate material are bonded has a transport region, which is a region where at least the recording medium comes into contact with, extends in a straight line shape in a direction which intersects a circumference line. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286131 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - A printing apparatus includes: a nozzle head including a nozzle head main body and a plurality of linear nozzle units for spraying a printing material, the linear nozzle units on one side of the nozzle head main body and elongated in parallel in a first direction; and a nozzle head driver connected to the nozzle head main body and configured to move the nozzle head in a second direction crossing the first direction. In such a printing apparatus, a dry spot due to a printing time difference may be reduced or prevented, a uniform printing pattern may be formed, printing quality may be improved, and defective products may be reduced. In addition, the effective spacing between separate spray nozzles may be reduced or minimized. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286132 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided that can adjust an inclination deviation even after a laser scanner unit and a photosensitive drum are embedded. A CPU | 2013-10-31 |
20130286133 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CORRECTING RELATIVE POSITION BETWEEN LASER BEAMS - An image forming apparatus capable of correcting relative position in exposure position between laser beams that scan a photosensitive drum in a scanning direction of the laser beams. A semiconductor laser includes first and second light emitting elements for emitting first and second laser beams. These elements are arranged such that the laser beams expose positions on the photosensitive drum different in the sub scanning direction. A polygon mirror deflects the laser beams to scan the photosensitive drum. Relative position in the scanning direction between images to be formed on the photosensitive drum by exposure by the first and second laser beams is corrected based on correction data. An image data generation section generates drive signals associated with the respective light emitting elements. A semiconductor laser drive circuit causes the semiconductor laser to emit the first and second laser beams, based on the drive signals. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286134 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT CONTROLS CORRECTION OF IMAGE FORMING POSITIONS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus capable of correcting light amounts of light beams which expose a photosensitive member with simple construction. The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, and a beam scanning device including a plurality of semiconductor lasers which emit light beams for exposing the photosensitive drum, and a memory which stores first correction data for correcting the light amount of each light beam in a manner associated with each of the plurality of semiconductor lasers. A CPU outputs second correction data for being commonly used in correcting the light amounts of the light beams emitted from the plurality of semiconductor lasers to the beam scanning device. A laser driver IC provided in the beam scanning device controls the light amount of the light beam emitted from each semiconductor laser based on the first correction data and the second correction data. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286135 | PRINT HEAD PULSING TECHNIQUES FOR MULTICOLOR PRINTERS - In one aspect of the invention there is disclosed a multicolor thermal imaging system wherein different heating elements on a thermal print head can print on different color-forming layers of a multicolor thermal imaging member in a single pass. The line-printing time is divided into portions, each of which is divided into a plurality of subintervals. All of the pulses within the portions have the same energy. In one embodiment, every pulse has the same amplitude and duration. Different colors are selected for printing during the different portions by varying the fraction of subintervals that contain pulses. This technique allows multiple colors to be printed using a thermal print head with a single strobe signal line. Pulsing patterns may be chosen to reduce the coincidence of pulses provided to multiple print head elements, thereby reducing the peak power requirements of the print head. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286136 | Print head assembly and printer using the same - A print head assembly and a printer using the same are disclosed. The print head assembly includes: a bracket, a print head and an elastic element. The bracket includes a first bracket body having a cavity and a lid covered on the opening of the cavity. A window is opened on the first bracket body. The print head is accommodated in the cavity of the first bracket body and hinged to the first bracket body via a first rotary shaft. The surface of a heating element of the print head is matched with the window and faces an outside paper pressing roller. The elastic element biases towards the print head so as to make the surface of the heating element of the print head have a tendency to extend outside the window. The print head assembly is capable of being detached as a whole, thus the requirements of performing single-sided printing and duplex printing in the same printer is achieved. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286137 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A thermal head in which power durability of the heat-generating element is improved and a thermal printer including the same. A thermal head according to an embodiment includes a substrate, electrodes disposed in a pair on the substrate, a heat-generating element disposed between the electrodes and connecting the electrodes to one another, an electric resistor layer disposed below the electrodes, and a protection film disposed on the electrodes and the heat-generating element. The electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to the heat-generating element. The heat-generating element and the electric resistor layer each contain at least one metal selected from Al, Cu, Ag, Mo, Y, Nd, Cr, Ni and W, in a region on a protection film side thereof. A content of the metal contained in the heat-generating element is higher than a content of the metal contained in the electric resistor layer disposed below the first electrode. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286138 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING RIBBON TENSION - A ribbon includes a substrate film, wherein the film comprises a tensionable material; and an ink disposed on the ribbon. A length of the ribbon includes portions that have been tensioned to provide a code readable from the ribbon by measuring the tension over the length of the ribbon. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286139 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE - An ink sheet damage calculating unit compares image element density data of each of areas into which an image is divided by an image area dividing unit with a first threshold to calculate the total number of pixels each having density data equal to or larger than the first threshold for each area, and then compares the total number of pixels calculated for each area with a second threshold. A printing operation selecting unit uses a remaining area of an already-used ink area for formation of a next print image when the total number of pixels is smaller than the second threshold in every one of all the areas, and uses an ink area in a new unit area for formation of a next print image when the total number of pixels is equal to or larger than the second threshold. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286140 | THERMAL PRINTER AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE WINDING DIRECTION OF THE INK RIBBON - According to one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a thermal printer having a feeding motor that rotates the feeding shaft forward/backward depending on the winding configuration of the ink ribbon attached to the printer, an input part allowing the winding direction of the ink ribbon to be designated, a thermal head for transferring ink from the ribbon to a print medium, a wind-up motor that rotates the wind-up shaft of the ink ribbon after printing, a storage part for storing target rotating quantities for the wind-up motor and other target rotating quantities for the feeding motor in each winding direction, and a control part that extracts a target rotating quantity for the direction of tension for an ink-surface-outward winding ink ribbon or an ink-surface-inward winding ink ribbon and controls each motor. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286141 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided that reduces main scanning jitter with a simple configuration and performs light amount control with high accuracy. The image forming apparatus includes: a laser emitting luminous flux; a main-scanning aperture portion shaping the luminous flux; a beam splitter splitting the luminous flux passed through the main-scanning aperture portion into a reflected beam and a transmitted beam; a rotary polygon mirror deflecting the transmitted beam so that the transmitted beam scans the surface of a photosensitive drum; and an optical box in which the laser, the main-scanning aperture portion, the beam splitter and the rotary polygon mirror are disposed. The main-scanning aperture portion is disposed so as not to block a deflected and transmitted beam. The beam splitter abuts against the main-scanning aperture portion so as not to block a deflected and transmitted beam deflected, and is positioned by abutting against the main-scanning aperture portion. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286142 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Density unevenness caused by an optical facet angle error or the like of a polygon mirror which has a plurality of reflection planes is corrected after shipment with a simple configuration. At least one of the plurality of reflection planes is identified as a reference plane. A plurality of pieces of light amount adjustment data for changing the light amount of light deflected for each reflection plane with the reference plane as a reference, and at least one piece of light amount correction data for correcting the light amount based on the plurality of pieces of light amount adjustment data are stored. When a light source emits light, one mode can be selected out of a test print mode (S | 2013-10-31 |
20130286143 | LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS - A resin BD lens having a property of refracting a light beam in a direction corresponding to a main scanning direction may cause a variation in generation timing difference among a plurality of horizontal synchronization signals and accordingly degrade accuracy to correct the starting position of an electrostatic latent image. The present invention uses a glass BD lens having a property of refracting a light beam in a direction corresponding to the main scanning direction. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286144 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING MULTI-BEAM OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS - A plurality of light beams are simultaneously scanned on a surface of a photosensitive member. The surface of the photosensitive member has a curvature factor, and therefore, the light beams have different optical path lengths. Due to differences in the optical path length, a length (scanning width) of a scanning line of one light beam is different from that of another light beam. When a temperature of an optical scanning apparatus increases, the optical path length differences vary, so that differences in magnification between the beams also vary. Therefore, by obtaining correction amounts for the scanning widths depending on the temperature, the light beams are allowed to have substantially the same scanning width even when the temperature of the optical scanning apparatus varies. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286145 | LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A light scanning apparatus, including: a light source configured to emit a light beam; a beam splitter configured to split the light beam into a first and a second light beams; a rotary polygon mirror configured to deflect the first light beam to scan a photosensitive member; a motor configured to rotate the rotary polygon mirror; a first lens configured to guide the first light beam to the photosensitive member; an optical sensor configured to receive the second light beam; a second lens configured to condense the second light beam on the optical sensor; and an optical box has a wall standing from a bottom surface between a region in which the rotary polygon mirror and the motor are disposed and a region in which the second lens is disposed, and a height of the wall from the bottom surface is higher than a height of the rotary polygon mirror. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286146 | PLASTIC ROD LENS, PLASTIC ROD LENS ARRAY, COLOR IMAGE SENSOR HEAD, AND LED PRINTER HEAD - A transparent plastic rod lens which has a cylindrical shape with a radius r in which a refractive index n | 2013-10-31 |
20130286147 | METHOD FOR APPLYING A MARKING ON AN OBJECT AND MARKING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a method for applying a marking on an object, wherein the object is moved in an advance direction relative to a marking head comprising a plurality of marking devices and the marking is applied on the object by means of the plurality of marking devices during the relative movement between the object and the marking head. For applying the marking on a predetermined marking area relative to a transverse direction, which extends transversely to the advance direction, a position of the object in the transverse direction is determined and based on the determined position of the object in the transverse direction a first number of marking devices is deactivated and a second number of marking devices is activated, wherein the marking is applied on the object by the second number of marking devices. The invention also relates to a marking apparatus for applying a marking on an object. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286148 | DEVICE FOR MARKING AND/OR SCANNING AN OBJECT - The invention relates to a device for marking and/or scanning an object comprising a head, in particular a marking head or a scanning head, having a plurality of regular operating elements for marking and/or scanning the object, and comprising a driving mechanism for providing a relative movement of the object relative to the head in an advance direction during a working operation, at least a part of the regular operating elements being arranged in a rectangular pattern of rows and columns. The inventive device is characterized in that at least one spare operating element is provided, which is idle in case that all regular operating elements are functioning, the at least one spare operating element is movable relative to the regular operating elements, in case that one of the regular operating elements is defective, the at least one spare operating element is movable into a position in which the defective operating element is replaced by the spare operating element and the at least one spare operating element is settable to an active state. The invention further relates to a method for marking and/or scanning an object. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286149 | MARKING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a marking apparatus ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130286150 | SURFACE-EMISSION LASER ARRAY, OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A surface-emission laser array comprises a plurality of surface-emission laser diode elements arranged in the form of a two-dimensional array, wherein a plurality of straight lines drawn perpendicularly to a straight line extending in a first direction from respective centers of the plurality of surface emission laser diode elements aligned in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, are formed with generally equal interval in the first direction, the plurality of surface-emission laser diode elements are aligned in the first direction with an interval set to a reference value, and wherein the number of the surface-emission laser diode elements aligned in the first direction is smaller than the number of the surface-emission laser diode elements aligned in the second direction. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286151 | VIBRATING ELEMENT, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE USING SAME - The oscillation element according to the present invention includes a torsion bar mounted on a base, and an oscillating member having a light reflection surface for reflecting light from a light source, which is fixed on the torsion bar protruding from the base. The oscillating member oscillates about a longitudinal axis of the torsion bar with an elastic deformation of the torsion bar, thereby deflecting the light that reflects at the light reflection surface in a direction intersecting the longitudinal axis. The oscillating member has two plates that are joined together so as to sandwich the torsion bar. On joining surfaces of the plates are provided with grooves for receiving the torsion bar, respectively. The plates have a symmetrical shape that the longitudinal axis serves as the axis of symmetry. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286152 | SCREEN CAMERA - A communication terminal comprising: a communication part, a display portion, comprising one of an AMOLED type comprising a white pixel or pixels arranged in RGBW (Red/Green/Blue/White) pattern and having a number of light emitting devices; at least one of the light emitting devices being configured to have a first state and a second operational state, wherein in said first operational state said light emitting device emits light and in a said second operational state said light emitting device is transparent, an image capturing sensor arranged behind said display and aligned with the light emitting device and configured to continuously capture images and generate signals corresponding to said captured image, and a processing unit to receive the signals from the image capturing sensor and process said signals and produce an image comprising images captured by selecting between images captured during said first state. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286153 | System and Method for Remotely Configuring and Capturing a Video Production - A remote video capture system includes a first camera, a control device, a video device, and a server. The first camera records a first video during a video shoot in response to a record signal from a remote device. The control device receives a record mode request signal associated with a first camera from the remote device and adjusts a view of the first camera based on received adjustment signals. The video device provides a video feed from the first camera to the remote device in response to the record mode request signal. The server is in communication with the first camera and with a second camera. The server creates a video chat session between the server and the remote device, provides a substantially real-time video from the second camera to the remote device via the video chat session, and stores the first video when the video shoot is completed. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286154 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A TWO-WAY INTERACTIVE 3D EXPERIENCE - A system for providing a two-way interactive 3D experience includes a first video capture system configured to capture a first set of images of a first person in a first location, and a first display system in the first location. A second video capture system is configured to capture a second set of images of a second person in a second location. A second display system is in the second location. A two-way communication link is configured to deliver the first set of images to the second display system for display and deliver the second set of images to the first display system for display. The second display system is configured to generate a substantially life-sized 3D display of the first person based on the first set of images. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286155 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING DATA TRANSMISSION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - The reservation communication information is generated based on terminal identification information for identifying a transmission terminal that is currently participating in a session based on reservation of communication, which at least indicates whether a counterpart transmission terminal that is scheduled to participate in the session based on the reservation of communication is currently participating in the session based on the reservation of communication. The reservation communication information may be output for display at a request transmission terminal that may request to start communication with the counterpart transmission terminal based on the reservation of communication. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286156 | ADAPTIVE VIDEO COMMUNICATION CHANNEL - A videoconference system includes a plurality of computers associated with the system to collectively send and receive video data streams. A video encoding program is stored in a memory and is executable by at least a first computer. When executed, the executing computer to encode video data using one or more encoding parameters. A decode information set request monitoring program is stored in a memory and is executable by at least the first computer, causing the first computer to perform the steps of monitoring the network for receipt of a decode information set request message; and responding to the received request message by querying the received message for an ID and, if the ID of the received message corresponds to a video data stream generated from the first computer, communicating the corresponding decode information set including the encoding parameters to at least a computer that transmitted the message. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286157 | MULTI-RESOLUTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME - A multi-resolution lens system includes a relay lens configured to be directed toward a field-of-view (FOV) and receive a first plurality of image photons emanating from the FOV, a high-resolution lens positioned to receive a second plurality of image photons from the FOV and to pass the second plurality of image photons toward the relay lens, and a shutter device positioned to receive over an area thereof the image photons of the FOV that pass through the relay lens, and simultaneously receive overlaid on a portion of the area thereof the image photons from the portion of the FOV that pass through the high-resolution lens and toward the relay lens. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286158 | DUAL-CHANNEL THREE-DIMENSION PROJECTOR - A dual-channel three-dimension projector is provided. The dual-channel three-dimension projector comprises a video processor, an FPGA, a first driver, a second driver and a digital micromirror device (DMD). The video processor receives a first video data via a first input interface and a second video data via a second input interface to generate a left-eye signal and a right-eye signal. The FPGA receives the left-eye signal and the right-eye signal via two paths respectively, and generates a left-image signal and a right-image signal. The first driver receives the left-image signal to generate a left-image control signal. The second driver receives the right-image signal to generate a right-image control signal. The DMD electrically connected to the first driver and the second driver alternately projects a left-eye image and a right-eye image according to the left-image control signal and the right-image control signal. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286159 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND REGENERATING 3D IMAGE FILES BASED ON 2D IMAGE MEDIA STANDARDS - Methods and apparatus are provided for generating 3D image files based on 2D image media standards. First and second image data are photographed, pre-processed, and stored. The first and second image data are encoded. A 3D image file is generated. The 3D image file includes a first area having the first and second image data synchronized with the first image data so as to be used for generating a 3D image, a second area including at least information on a number of frames and a size of each frame for the first image data, and a third area, separate from the second area, having information on a number of frames and a size of each frame for the second image data. Information stored in third area is for regenerating the 3D image and not for regenerating a 2D image. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286160 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING PROGRAM, VIDEO PLAYBACK DEVICE, VIDEO PLAYBACK METHOD, AND VIDEO PLAYBACK PROGRAM - Provided is a video encoding device and a video playback device, the video encoding device encoding 3D video images in a manner that suppresses an increase in the necessary band, while maintaining playback compatibility with playback devices configured for the MPEG-2 standard. A data creation device | 2013-10-31 |
20130286161 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL FACE RECOGNITION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A mobile device can generate a three-dimensional model of a person's face by capturing and processing a plurality of two-dimensional images. During operation, the mobile device uses an image-capture device to capture a set of images of the person from various orientations as the person or any other user sweeps the mobile device in front of the person's face from one side of his/her face to the opposing side. The device determines orientation information for the captured images, and detects a plurality of features of the person's face from the captured images. The device then generates a three-dimensional model of the person's face from the detected features and their orientation information. The three-dimensional model of the person's face facilitates identifying and/or authenticating the person's identity. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286162 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING IMAGE OBJECT IN 3D IMAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus for extracting an image object in a 3D image system and a method thereof. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286163 | 3D GLASSES - A viewing system for viewing images having the appearance of a three dimensional image. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286164 | GLASSLESS 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for registering a user's face using two stereo cameras and displaying a glassless 3D image to a user using a single camera, in a handheld terminal. A glassless 3D image display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first imaging unit extracting a single distance from a user; a second imaging unit connected with the first imaging unit to extract a stereo distance from the user; a control unit coinciding the single distance with the stereo distance; a distance information storage unit storing information on the single distance and the stereo distance coinciding with each other to register the user; a third imaging unit extracting the single distance from the user based on the stored distance information; and a display unit outputting the 3D image according to a distance extracted from the third imaging unit. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286165 | METHOD FOR SAFELY IDENTIFYING MOVING OBJECT - A non-contact identification and measurement method for identifying moving three-dimensional objects within an identification area, comprising the steps of detecting the presence of a moving object by scanning said identification area with a first eye-safe laser-based range detector system; discriminating between an object safe to be identified and an object not to be identified; for an object safe to be identified, activating a second laser-camera system and determining the speed and position of said object with said second laser-camera system; when said object safe to be identified reaches a position located in an active measurement area within said identification area, activating a third laser-camera system to acquire range data of said object. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286166 | 3D STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND 3D STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a stereoscopic image display unit having a 3D information input device and a 3D stereoscopic image display method using the 3D information input device. The 3D information input device receives a synchronization signal used for a conventional stereoscopic image display unit and generates an ultrasonic signal. The stereoscopic image display unit receives the ultrasonic signal through the ultrasonic wave reception units installed at a plurality of areas and measured a distance between the 3D information input device and each of the ultrasonic wave reception units by using a time difference between a generation time of the synchronization signal and a reception time of the ultrasonic signal and measures a position of the 3D information input device in a 3D real space by using the distances. The measured position of the 3D information input device in the 3D real space is converted into a coordinate in the 3D stereoscopic image space. A position of the 3D information input device functioning as a mouse or a remote controller is stereoscopically displayed on the 3D stereoscopic image, so that click information or menu selection information can be input. A synchronization signal logic used for a conventional stereoscopic image display unit is employed, so that it is possible to embody a 3D remote controller or a 3D mouse without an increase in cost caused by addition of the configuration. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286167 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO VIEWING SYSTEM - A display device includes: a liquid crystal panel which has a display surface including pixels, and displays frame images; a generation portion which generates a first and a second image signals based on a frame image signal, the first image signal rendering an image of a lower resolution than the frame image signal and including data to be written to all the pixels, the second image signal including data to be written to a part of the pixels and not including data to be written to remaining pixels other than the part of the pixels; and a liquid crystal driver which executes, after executing a first scanning operation, a second scanning operation in which scanning based on the second image signal is executed, to drive the liquid crystal panel, wherein data that has been written to the remaining pixels is held in the second scanning operation. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286168 | 3D DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - A 3D display device includes: a data processor configured to generate at least one frame by combining a left-eye image and a right-eye image; a panel including pixels, each of the pixels including three sub pixels; a barrier configured to form a light blocking region and a light transmitting region on the panel on a basis of two sub pixel units; and a controller configured to control the data processor to generate the at least one frame by placing the left-eye image and the right-eye image alternately on the basis of two sub pixels, and to control the panel to display at least one frame generated by the data processor. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286169 | Image Display System, Display Device, And Shutter Glasses - To preferably present a stereoscopic image to a viewer by controlling opening and closing timing of shutter lenses through intermittent communication between a display device and shutter glasses. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286170 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MONO-VISION IN MULTI-VIEW SYSTEM - It is provided a method for providing mono-vision in a multi-view system comprising at least two views of the same scene and at least one viewing zone, wherein, each viewing zone is provided with two views, and the at least two views are arranged in a way that two adjacent views among the at least two views are provided to each viewing zone so as to provide stereo-vision. The method comprises the steps of receiving an instruction requesting a viewing zone to provide mono-vision; and rearranging the at least two views in a way that two views provided to the viewing zone that provides mono-vision are of the same view as one among the at least two views. An apparatus thereof is also provided. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286171 | EXPLOSIVE OR DRUG DETECTION REPORTING SYSTEM - A police tester to detect the presence of a target substance includes a housing adapted to be mounted in a police cruiser; a chemical reservoir insertable into the housing; a test swipe in a disc or an automated cartridge, the test swipe adapted to receive a chemical from the chemical reservoir, the test swipe including one or more chemically treated pads; a camera to capture an image from the test swipe; a processor coupled to the camera to process the image to detect the target substance; and a transmitter coupled to the processor to transmit a test result to a remote computer at a police headquarter. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286172 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The endoscope apparatus includes an image acquisition section (image composition processing section) that acquires a captured image in a zoom observation state in time series, the zoom observation state being an observation state in which a magnification of an optical system is higher than that in a normal observation state, a defocus amount information extraction section (texture extraction section) that extracts defocus amount information from the captured image in the zoom observation state, and a defocus amount correction section (texture correction amount calculation section, texture correction section, and blending section) that corrects the captured image based on the extracted defocus amount information. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286173 | MEASURING ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a measuring endoscope apparatus which includes an endoscope that photoelectrically converts an image of an object to generate an imaging signal, a signal processing section that processes the imaging signal to generate image data, a distance measuring section that calculates an object distance based on a principle of triangulation using the image data, and a display section that displays the image of the object based on the image data. The measuring endoscope apparatus further includes a measuring section that calculates a size of the mark indicating a size of the object based on the object distance and a view angle of the endoscope. The display section also displays a mark along with the image of the object based on the image data. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286174 | INTRAORAL VIDEO CAMERA AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A system configured provided with a continuously captured image sequence forming means for continuously capturing side surfaces of rows of teeth to form an image sequence, a side surface tooth row image forming means for combining sequences of images which were formed by the continuously captured image sequence forming means as partial tooth row images from an image forming the center of the overall composite so as to form a plurality of partial tooth row images, and a side surface tooth row image combining means for linking and combining a plurality of partial tooth row images which were formed by the side surface tooth row image forming means based on images farming the centers of the overall composite so as to form overall rows of teeth. By configuring the system in this way, it is possible to use a handheld type intraoral video camera to form a panoramic image of the side surface tooth rows for display on a computer monitor and propose a broad range of dental diagnosis and treatment to a patient and to secure participation of the patient in proactive dental diagnosis and treatment. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286175 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes image pickup section that outputs a first picked-up image based on illuminating light of a first band, and a second picked-up image based on the illuminating light of a second band within a predetermined time period, brightness calculating section that calculates a first brightness by color conversion matrix processing using a first image pickup signal and a second image pickup signal based on illumination of the second band by first predetermined times, and calculates a second brightness by color conversion matrix processing using the first image pickup signal and a second image pickup signal based on illumination of the second band by times other than the first predetermined times, and synthesizing section that synthesizes the first and the second image pickup signals based on a ratio of a difference value of the first brightness and a target brightness, and the second brightness. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286176 | IMAGING SYSTEM WITH A SINGLE COLOR IMAGE SENSOR FOR SIMULTANEOUS FLUORESCENCE AND COLOR VIDEO ENDOSCOPY - An endoscopic video system and method using a camera with a single color image sensor, for example a CCD color image sensor, for fluorescence and color imaging and for simultaneously displaying the images acquired in these imaging modes at video rates in real time is disclosed. The tissue under investigation is illuminated continuously with fluorescence excitation light and is further illuminated periodically using visible light outside of the fluorescence excitation wavelength range. The illumination sources may be conventional lamps using filters and shutters, or may include light-emitting diodes mounted at the distal tip of the endoscope. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286177 | LOCALIZED GLASS GLARE REDUCTION - In some embodiments a processor is to determine a head position of a person, to determine a field of view of the person in response to the determined head position, to identify areas of brightness in the field of view of the person, and to dim the areas of brightness in the field of view of the person in a localized manner (for example, without significantly dimming other areas in the field of view of the person). Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286178 | GAZE DETECTION IN A SEE-THROUGH, NEAR-EYE, MIXED REALITY DISPLAY - The technology provides various embodiments for gaze determination within a see-through, near-eye, mixed reality display device. In some embodiments, the boundaries of a gaze detection coordinate system can be determined from a spatial relationship between a user eye and gaze detection elements such as illuminators and at least one light sensor positioned on a support structure such as an eyeglasses frame. The gaze detection coordinate system allows for determination of a gaze vector from each eye based on data representing glints on the user eye, or a combination of image and glint data. A point of gaze may be determined in a three-dimensional user field of view including real and virtual objects. The spatial relationship between the gaze detection elements and the eye may be checked and may trigger a re-calibration of training data sets if the boundaries of the gaze detection coordinate system have changed. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286179 | Apparatus and methods for microscopy having resolution beyond the Abbe limit - Microscope apparatus and methods for imaging an object with a resolution beyond the Abbe limit are disclosed. The apparatus employs an object selectively patterned with a fluorescing material that is induced to fluoresce with one wavelength and inhibited from fluorescing with a second wavelength. Two orthogonal interference-fringe patterns are generated from four diffracted light beams of an inhibiting wavelength and superimposed on the object along with light that induces fluorescence. The interference-pattern image allows only sub-resolution-sized emission areas of the object to fluoresce. Multiple images of the fluorescing object are obtained, each corresponding to a slightly different position of the fringe patterns on the substrate. Each image is processed to yield a sparsely sampled super-resolution image. Multiple sparse images are interwoven to form a complete super-resolution image of the object. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286180 | TIME RESOLVED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY ("TROM") PROCESS FOR MEASURING THE RATE OF CRYSTALLIZATION OF SOLID INKS - A system is disclosed for measuring the crystallization of crystalline-amorphous mixtures. The system includes a sample holder. and a heating apparatus to melt a ink composition and to keep the melted ink composition at a first specified temperature for a first period of time. The system includes a cooling apparatus to receive the melted ink composition, to cool the melted ink composition and to maintain the cooled ink composition at a second specified temperature. The system includes a microscope and a video recording device to capture images of the cooled ink composition for a second period of time A video processing computer includes a memory, a processor and software instructions and the software instructions causes the computer to extract crystallization parameters about the cooled ink composition from the captured images. The crystallization parameters identify fast solidifying crystalline inks that have a short time duration from onset of crystallization until crystallization. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286181 | STRUCTURED PLANE ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPY - An apparatus includes a light source configured for generating a coherent light beam having a wavelength, λ, a light detector, and beam-forming optics configured for receiving the generated light beam and for generating a plurality of substantially parallel Bessel-like beams directed into a sample in a first direction. Each of the Bessel-like beams has a fixed phase relative to the other Bessel-like beams. Imaging optics are configured for receiving light from a position within the sample that is illuminated by the Bessel-like beams and for imaging the received light onto the detector. The imaging optics include a detection objective having an axis oriented in a second direction that is non-parallel to the first direction, where the detector is configured for detecting light received by the imaging optics. A processor configured to generate an image of the sample based on the detected light. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286182 | FOCUS POSITION MAINTAINING APPARATUS, AND MICROSCOPE - A focus position maintaining apparatus and a microscope are provided. The focus position maintaining apparatus can three-dimensionally correct a shift of a specimen in real time to maintain the focal point of an objective lens in a desired position in the specimen, and the microscope includes the focus position maintaining apparatus. The focus position maintaining apparatus includes a microlens array having a plurality of unit lenses and disposed in a position where the microlens array receives light from a specimen via an objective lens, a focus imaging device disposed in a position where the focus imaging device receives light from the unit lenses of the microlens array, and a control unit that outputs a signal for controlling operation of a focus actuator based on image formation positions of a plurality of images of the specimen detected by the focus imaging device via the microlens array. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286183 | BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION - The present invention provides for separation of bacterial species and serotypes using electrophoretic methods. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286184 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND MEASURING CYLINDRICAL SURFACES ON FIREPROOF CERAMIC COMPONENTS IN METALLURIGAL APPLICATIONS - The invention relates to an apparatus for detecting and measuring cylindrical surfaces on fireproof ceramic components in metallurgical applications. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286185 | REAL TIME MONITORING DEVICE FOR MONITORING PROCESS OF PROCESSING WORKPIECE - A real time monitoring device includes a light source, a screen, a camera module, and a processor. The light source emits incident light beams to a micro structure of a preprocessed workpiece to form a number of pre-compared diffraction light beams. The pre-compared diffraction light beams reach the screen to form a number of pre-compared light spots. The camera module captures the pre-compared light spots to obtain a pre-compared image having a zero order pre-compared dot and a number of non-zero order pre-compared dots. The processor stores a standard distance between a particular non-zero order standard dot and the zero order standard dot, and calculates a pre-compared distance between the zero order pre-compared dot and a particular non-zero order pre-compared dot, and calculates the difference value between the pre-compared distance and the standard distance to determine whether a blade processing the preprocessed workpiece is deviating in real time. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286186 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING METHOD USED BY ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE - Image readers | 2013-10-31 |
20130286187 | System, An Apparatus And A Method For Laser Projection-Assisted Fastener Installation - A system is provided that includes a laser projection apparatus and a fastener installation apparatus. The laser projection apparatus is configured to project an identifier of an instruction set including one or more instructions for installing a fastener or fastener collar on a structure, with the laser projection apparatus being configured to project the identifier onto the structure about a location at which the respective fastener or fastener collar is to be installed. The fastener installation apparatus is configured to capture an image of the projected identifier from the structure, determine the identifier from the captured image, and retrieve the instruction set based on the determined identifier. The fastener installation apparatus includes a tool for installing the respective fastener or fastener collar, and the fastener installation apparatus is configured to program the tool according to the retrieved instruction set. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286188 | MULTI-FOCUS OPTICAL SYSTEM - An imager system configured for a vehicle control system is provided that includes at least one imager configured to capture a multi-focus image having depth data, the imager comprising an image sensor comprising an array of pixels, and an optics assembly in optical communication with the image sensor, the optics assembly configured to capture light rays, wherein the optics assembly comprising a main lens assembly configured to substantially focus a scene on to a plane, a micro lens assembly in optical communication between the main lens and the image sensor to substantially focus on to same the plane as the main lens assembly extending out to infinity, and a controller in communication with the imager, wherein the controller is configured to output a signal for controlling a function of the vehicle, the signal based upon the depth data determined from the multi-focus image. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286189 | SOLDER CONNECTION INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - In accordance to an embodiment, there is provided an apparatus for inspecting at least one through-hole solder connection on a PCB. The device includes a light source and a light sensor on opposite sides of the PCB. If light is sensed, the solder connection is defective. | 2013-10-31 |
20130286190 | THERMAL IMAGING DEVICE, THERMAL IMAGING METHOD AND THERMAL IMAGING CONTROL SYSTEM - A thermal imaging device includes an optical module gathering infrared radiation of a circuit board and correspondingly providing infrared light, a photo sensor converting the infrared light into a first electrical signal, a processor, and a thermal imaging control system having one or more programs stored in a storage and executed by the processor. The system includes an image processing unit converting the first electrical signal into a thermal image signal, a comparing unit comparing the thermal image signal with circuit diagram of the circuit board to determine at least one abnormal temperature element, and a display control unit controlling a screen to display a thermal image of the circuit board together with a label comprising at least one name of the at least one abnormal temperature element on the screen. | 2013-10-31 |