50th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090303514 | AUTOMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF NESTED IMAGES AS A FUNCTION OF ASSIGNED PRINT MODES - Images selected for printing are assigned respective print-speed modes so that at least first and second of said images are assigned to a relatively fast print mode and at least a third image is assigned to a relatively slow print mode. The images are arranged as a function of print-speed mode so that said first and second images are in a first row and so that said third is in a second row. The images are then printed on real print media, with the first row being printed using a relatively fast print speed and the second row being printed at a relatively slow print speed. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303515 | PRINTER DRIVER PROGRAM, AND PRINTING INSTRUCTION DEVICE - A printer driver program is disclosed that allows a host device to perform a printing instruction process for a plurality of models of printers. The printer driver program includes a program part that allows the host device to perform a process of holding product specification information provided from a manufacturer of the printers for each of the models and latest configuration information which is property information about each of the printers and is settable by a user, and a program part that allows the host device to perform a process of generating and displaying a user interface screen based on the product specification information and the configuration information relating to a selected printer in response to a request made by the user. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303516 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - The printing apparatus of the present invention comprises a scanner unit for reading an image in an original; an instruction unit for receiving an instruction from a user and instructing operation of reading the image with the scanner unit; and a printer unit for printing the image that has been read on a medium. In the printing apparatus of the present invention, each reading operations with the scanner unit is started by receiving an instruction from the user with the instruction unit when the reading operation is to be performed with the scanner unit for a plurality of number of times and a plurality of the images that have been read are to be printed in their respective predetermined positions on the medium. The printing apparatus makes it possible to perform N-up printing of a new procedure that is different from conventional N-up printing. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303517 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR PERFORMING THE IMAGE FORMATION CONTROLLING METHOD - An image forming apparatus including a controller generating image data and a print control signal and outputs the image data and the print control signal together with a print request; and an engine driving print process devices to perform print processing according to the image data. Upon receipt of the print request, the engine initiates the print process devices to print an image according to the image data. When receiving no next print request within a predetermined waiting time, the engine inquires the controller whether there is a next page image to be printed. When receiving a response from the controller such that there are next page image data, the engine sets a predetermined second waiting time while stopping termination of the print process devices for the predetermined second waiting time. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303518 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus and an image processing system which facilitate management against unauthorized use by creating a job log according to a usage status of a user. A creation section creates a different job log for each individual user. The job log has storage conditions of image data included in the job log set according to a storage level. The storage conditions are a color of an image, a resolution of the image data and whether or not necessary to create OCR data of the image data. To increase efficiency of a follow-up research by using such a job log, the storage level of the image data relating to the user having performed unauthorized use is raised. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303519 | PRINTING CONTROLLER, GUI DISPLAY METHOD, PRINTER DRIVER, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing controller having a printer driver configured to display a GUI using language-dependent files containing the display character strings of corresponding languages is disclosed. The printing controller includes a compressed language-dependent file into which the language-dependent files are compressed, a language selection part configured to cause one of the languages which one is used by the printer driver to be selected, and an expansion part configured to expand one of the language-dependent files related to the selected one of the languages from the compressed language-dependent file. The printer driver displays the GUI using the one of the language-dependent files expanded by the expansion part. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303520 | PARTS IN A PRINT JOB REFERENCED BY MULTIPLE PARENTS - A method for sharing printing elements ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090303521 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING OF A USB PRINTER TO ALL CLIENTS - Embodiments herein disclose a method of a client PC virtualizing a USB printer present on the network, only when a print job is given to the client PC and freeing the USB printer as soon as the print job gets over, hence making the USB printer available to other client PCs present on the network. A USB Printer connected to a USB Server in a network can be shared among multiple Client PCs available on the network where the client PCs are running on a Windows platform. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303522 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY PRINTING USING A NETWORKED PRINTER - The present disclosure is directed to selective printing of a print job based on the printing capabilities of a networked printer. Print jobs can be sent to a print server and sorted based on various printing requirements. The print jobs can then be sent to printers capable of printing the print characteristics. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303523 | PRINTING PROCESSES AND PRINTED PRODUCTS - A system for generating an electronic document for use in a printing process is described. The electronic document comprises a plurality of printable sheets, and each printable sheet comprises an array of printable regions. The system comprises receiving means arranged to receive content for each of a plurality of users and assigning means arranged to assign a selection of printable regions for each user in dependence on the received content for each user and to assign the content for each user amongst the selection of printable regions assigned to that user. The system is arranged to receive the content and assign a selection of printable regions such that the content for each user, varies across the selection of printable regions assigned to that user. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303524 | Operation control program, operation control method, image forming apparatus, and memory resource allocation method - An operation control program controls a computer provided in an image forming apparatus to serve as: a service section which discriminates an operation of a service requested by a user, and constructs a job corresponding to the operation by selecting one or a plurality of job scenarios prepared in advance as constituting element of the job and using the selected job scenario; and a job performing section for executing sequentially a processing indicated by each job scenario constituting the job constructed by the service section. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303525 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT MANAGES CHARGING - An image forming apparatus analyzes a specified job to identify processing operations composing a process and a processing amount such as the number of copies and obtains unit prices set for the respective processing operations, from a charging map associated with a user who is an issuer of the job. By set documents being scanned, the number of documents are identified and charges are calculated based on the number of documents, the number of copies, and the obtained unit prices. The calculated charges are presented. When, at that stage, an instruction to perform the job is made, a copying process is performed. Then, after the copying process, charges are calculated based on the actual number of copies made and the unit prices. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303526 | DOCUMENT DATA UPDATE INFORMATION CREATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT DATA UPDATE INFORMATION CREATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A document data update information providing system has a document data accumulation apparatus and an image forming apparatus interconnected via a network. The document data accumulation apparatus creates update information of document data selectively among those accumulated in the document data accumulation apparatus, by an update information creator. The image forming apparatus transmits a request for update information of document data, thereby obtains the selectively created update information and displays it on a display. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303527 | NETWORK FILE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SCANNER DEVICE - A network file processing system comprising: a scanner device connected to a network, for reading a document and generating image data; and a plurality of file servers connected to the network, each having an area to save data to, in which: the scanner device comprising: an acceptance request issuance unit for sending multicast acceptance requests for the image data to the plurality of file servers across the network after generating the image data; a data transmission unit for transmitting the image data to at least one of the plurality of file servers that has returned a reading response; and a related information saving unit for saving related information associated with the image data. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303528 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Identification information pieces used for establishment of a connection between an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal are generated and also linked to the data process conditions registered in advance. The generated identification information pieces are displayed on a display in a style allowing users to understand their linkages to the process conditions. Among those displayed thereon, a specific identification information piece is entered on the portable terminal and transmitted to the image processing apparatus, according to user instruction. Receiving the identification information piece, if the image processing apparatus judges that the identification information piece is appropriate, a connection between the image processing apparatus and the portable terminal is established by using the identification information piece, and then data processing is performed on the data to be processed and other data, under the process condition linked to the identification information piece used for establishment of the connection. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303529 | Network system and printer driver - A network system includes a print server to which a printer is connected, a file server, and one or more client terminals, wherein the print server, the file server, and the one or more client terminals are connected together on a network. The client terminal includes a printer driver that controls the printer, a first setting file in which setting information of the printer driver arranged in a first folder, in which the printer driver is arranged, is stored, and a second setting file in which the setting information arranged in a second folder other than the first folder is stored. When the setting information is newly created or changed, a third file in which the setting information is written is arranged in the file server. In addition, address information of the third file that is arranged in the file server is stored in a memory area of the print server. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303530 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method - The image processing apparatus has a confidential printing function of saving image data transmitted from an information processing apparatus once to perform printing in accordance with print instruction given by predetermined operation input to the image processing apparatus. When print instruction for the image data saved in the image processing apparatus is given, output characteristics comparing portions compare output characteristics of the image processing apparatus at the time when the image data was saved with output characteristics of the image processing apparatus at the time when print instruction was given. If it is determined that there is a difference of a predetermined value or more between the compared output characteristics, the image processing apparatus regenerates image data to be printed based on the output characteristics of the image processing apparatus at the time when printing was instructed. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303531 | SYSTEM, SERVER, SERVER CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides a system that registers, in a second information processing apparatus, device information unique to a peripheral device capable of connecting to a first information processing apparatus, wherein the first information processing apparatus includes an addition unit configured to add, to the device information, information indicating whether the device information was manually inputted to the first information processing apparatus in response to operations of a user or was automatically inputted to the first information processing apparatus by the peripheral device, and the second information processing apparatus includes a registration unit configured to register, in the database, device information to which has been added the information indicating the device information was automatically inputted, and device information to which the information indicating the device information was manually inputted has been added and that has been determined to not yet be registered in the database, in association with user information. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303532 | NETWORK DEVICE AND WORKFLOW PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system which executes a workflow without a management apparatus immediately notifies the user of an error which has occurred in a device. When an error occurs in a job in a device which is executing the workflow, the device which shares the workflow with other devices transmits the log of the error to a device of the end stage of the workflow in accordance with the flow of the workflow. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303533 | ADVERTISING APPARATUS WITH HOOK - A hook apparatus includes a front side and a back side. A hook extending from the front side is included for hanging objects. A shelter structure extends from the front side positioned around and apart from the hook. The shelter structure may serve as a second hook for hanging objects. A communications device extends from the body, at least a portion of which is above and spaced apart from the shelter structure. The back side of the hook apparatus is adapted to be secured to a surface. An interface adapter plate between the back side and the mounting surface may be provided to enable the securing. The communications device includes a display device that is either passive or capable of interactive communication of information. The apparatus may be operationally coupled to a remote server to alert vendors to deliver purchased products, services, and/or to provide emergency services to the user. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303534 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A printing apparatus performs a printing process for a printing job including at least one print data and a series of process commands from a host apparatus. A session setup unit sets up a session with the host apparatus and other printing apparatus. A status obtaining unit obtains a status of the other printing apparatus that is in session with the printing apparatus. Upon performing the print process, a job synchronizing unit maintains a synchronization of the print job with the other printing apparatus that is in session with the printing apparatus. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303535 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - There is provided a technology of realizing adequate management of a version number suitable for the actual contents of each of the documents without imparting respective IDs to a plurality of documents which are management objects. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303536 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - After a printing process of multiple copies starts, a process on print data received from a host starts. In a continuous process, a process of performing printing on the basis of generated image data and a process of once accumulating processed image data in an external image forming device, reading the accumulated image data, and printing the image data are dynamically switched therebetween. If the time for reading the image data accumulated in the external image forming device and processing the image data is longer than the time for printing generated image data in the continuous process, the process of performing printing on the basis of the generated image data is selected. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303537 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - When a user selects an existing image forming apparatus and a virtual image forming apparatus, a job log acquisition unit acquires a job log from the selected existing image forming apparatus. A simulation unit calculates a processing speed of the existing image forming apparatus and a processing speed of the virtual image forming apparatus. The simulation unit performs job processing using the virtual image forming apparatus, and acquires a job log. The simulation unit compares the job log of the existing image forming apparatus and the job log of the virtual image forming apparatus, calculates a replacement effect, and outputs the replacement effect. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303538 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image communication apparatus comprising a first FAX communication unit configured to make communications with a partner apparatus according to a first FAX communication function using a public telephone network, a second FAX communication unit configured to make communications with a partner apparatus according to a second FAX communication function using an IP network, an accepter unit configured to accept an operation designation of the first and second FAX communication functions, and a limiter unit configured to limit the first and second FAX communication functions based on the operation designation accepted by the accepter unit. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303539 | USER INTERFACE FEEDBACK USING SCANNER LIGHT SOURCE - An image forming apparatus includes a scanning region and a user interface region adjacent to the scanning region. In the user interface, a first illuminated indicator corresponds to a function of the image forming apparatus. A light source is operable to illuminate an object in the scanning region. A first light conveying member is coupled to the illuminated indicator and operable to receive light from the light source. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303540 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATING METHOD IN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus according to the invention prevents communication with computers connected via a network from being uniformly restricted, and restricts the communication with the computers in accordance with a kind of received data or a kind of data process. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303541 | SYSTEM FOR PRINTING AND INTERACTING WITH A DOCUMENT - A system for printing and interacting with a document. The system comprises a computer system, a printer connected to the computer system and an optically imaging pen. When the computer receives a request for printing the document, it allocates a document identity and determines coded data for the document. The printer prints the document including visible information and the coded data. The printed document is interactive with respect to the optically imaging pen, which reads the coded data and sends corresponding data to the computer system for interpretation. The sent data may be used to generate an e-mail. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303542 | PRINTER FOR PRINTING INTERACTIVE FORMS - A printer is provided having an interface for receiving print data, a printhead for printing a form, using the received print data, by printing information related to at least one interactive element associated with the delivery of a greeting card, and coded data at least partially indicative of the at least one interactive element, at least some of the coded data being coincident with the information, a transceiver for receiving indicating data from a sensing device, the sensing device when placed in an operative position relative to the information, sensing at least some of the coded data and generating indicating data using the sensed coded data, the indicating data being at least partially indicative of the at least one interactive element, and a processor for transferring the indicating data to a computer system to allow the indicating data to be interpreted. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303543 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus and image processing system make it possible to easily and fast perform electronization processing of reading a large quantity of manuscripts with a plurality of image processing apparatus to generate the images read from the large quantity of manuscripts as a piece of electronic data. To accomplish this, the image processing system is equipped with multi function peripherals (MFP) | 2009-12-10 |
20090303544 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus causes a composite image to be printed, on a recording sheet, as an entry area to be written in by a user. The composite image is formed by superimposing a fixed image on a reference image. The image processing apparatus extracts an image of an area having luminance lower than a predetermined threshold value from an image corresponding to the entry area contained in an image obtained by reading the recording sheet having the entry area that is written in, and the image processing apparatus uses mask data for extracting an image of an area corresponding to the fixed image to perform image extraction. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303545 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVICE SETTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEMORY STORING DEVICE DRIVER PROGRAM THEREIN - To provide a print set picture plane which can be easily used and understood by the user, in order to realize a technique for enabling a print setup in another set picture plane to be easily recognized, there is provided an information processing apparatus which is connected to an external device and performs a setup to control the external device by using a plurality of set sheets. In an arbitrary set sheet, various set items are set and a window to visually express the set contents which were set is switched to a window of another set sheet. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303546 | System For Printing An Interactive Document On Demand - A system for printing an interactive document on demand. The system comprises a computer system and a printer. The computer system is configured for: identifying a document for printing; allocating a document identity to the document; recording an association between the document identity and the document; and sending print data to a printer associated with said computer system. The print data instructs the printer to print a document image for the document superimposed with a coded data pattern. The coded data pattern identifies the document identity and a plurality of locations on the printed document. The printer associated the said computer system is configured for: receiving the print data from the computer system; and printing a document image simultaneously with the superimposed coded data pattern, thereby providing the interactive printed document. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303547 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - According to an instruction issued by a user for printing document information via a web browser of a client PC, a main control unit of an information processing apparatus included in a document management system issues an instruction to a document attribute/user attribute comparison unit for comparing a user attribute, which is stored in a user information storage unit, of the user who has instructed printing of the document information, and history information of the user attribute corresponding to print setting information associated with the document information, which is stored in the document information storage unit, whose printing has been instructed. Then, the main control unit determines print setting information to be used for printing the document information to be printed from among the print setting information stored on the document information storage unit according to a result of the comparison. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303548 | SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED FAX COMMUNICATION - A system and method transmit and receive information through a telephony based communication channel by scanning a hardcopy image to convert the hardcopy image into an electronic image and adding non-facsimile-communication-protocol/non-facsimile-image digital data to an electronic image to be transmitted by a telephony based communication circuit. Non-facsimile-communication-protocol/non-facsimile-image digital data is detected within an electronic image received from another facsimile system transmitting the electronic image based upon a telephony based communication protocol. Data received from another facsimile system transmitting the data based upon a telephony based communication protocol is directed, through a network based communication circuit, to a network based processing system, in response to detection of non-facsimile-communication-protocol/non-facsimile-image digital data within the data received from another facsimile system transmitting the data based upon a telephony based communication protocol. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303549 | Image processing device, image processing method, and image forming apparatus - An image processing device including a first image reading unit to read image data on a front side of a document page, a second image reading unit to read image data on a back side of the document page, a first image processing unit to process the image data read by the first image reading unit, a second image processing unit to process the image data read by the second image reading unit, a memory to store image data, a memory control unit to control access to the memory, and a bus switch that connects the first image processing unit and the second image processing unit to the memory control unit. The bus switch includes a first compression unit to compress the image data processed by the first image processing unit, and a second compression unit to compress the image data processed by the second image processing unit. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303550 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - To generate an image used for image formation by processing with less image deterioration when a page image including plural kinds of objects is formed. An image processing apparatus extracts identification information for identifying types of objects included in a bitmap image and identifying to which objects respective pixels of the bitmap image correspond, generates a first image including a first image area in the page and a second image including a second image area different from the first image area such that at least one of the images is an image given with an extension area crossing a boundary between an image area corresponding to the image and the other image area, compresses the first image according to an irreversible compression system and compresses the second image according to a reversible compression system, causes a storage area to store compressed information, acquires the compressed information stored in the predetermined storage area, expands the acquired information, and adopts image information of the second image to combine the expanded first image and second image in overlapping sections caused by an extension area of at least one of the first image and the second image. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303551 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH READING MISTAKE PREVENTING FUNCTION DURING DOCUMENT READING - An image processing apparatus includes: a platen; a document cover mounted to be opened/closed on the platen; a document reader provided in relation to the platen, for reading an image of a document placed on the platen; an opening/closing detector provided in relation to the platen and the document cover, for detecting opening/closing of the document cover; an operation panel designating how the read document is to be arranged at the time of output; a document output device arranging and outputting the document images read by the document reader, in accordance with the arrangement designated by the operation panel; and a reading operation controller inhibiting document reading, when a specific arrangement of document images is designated by the operation panel and opening/closing operation of the document cover is not detected by the opening/closing detector. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303552 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image forming system including: an image reading portion which reads an image of an original; an image forming portion which forms the image on a sheet based on image information read by the image reading portion; and a storing device which stores the original before the image is read, the original after the image is read, and the sheet on which the image has been formed based on the image information, wherein the storing device is detachable from the image forming system. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303553 | PIXEL ARRAY AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR IMAGE-CAPTURING - An image-capturing apparatus includes a pixel array including pixels. Each of the pixels includes a transducer for generating signal charge according to the intensity of an incident light beam. The image-capturing apparatus further includes an output circuit for outputting a pixel signal outside the pixel array at a frame rate depending on the pixel position in the pixel array, based on the signal charge; and an output-controlling unit for controlling the operation of the output circuit. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303554 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An image reading apparatus and an image forming apparatus having an original base plate, a conveying unit which separates and conveys a bundle of original sheets sheet by sheet, a first image reading unit which reads image information from the one side of the original sheet, a second image reading unit which reads image information from the other side of the original sheet, and a detecting unit which detects image existence/non-existence information of each original sheet in a state that the bundle of original sheets is mounted on the original base plate, wherein the detecting unit includes an oscillating unit which oscillates an electromagnetic wave of 30 GHz to 100 THz and a receiving unit which receives a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave reflected on each side of the sheet, thereby detecting the image existence/non-existence information of each original sheet based on the received electromagnetic wave information. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303555 | CAMERA PLATEN - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for improving the effectiveness with which a line scan camera may read information presented on the surface of an item, such as a flats mail item having name and/or address information printed thereon which is enclosed or partially covered in transparent and/or semi-transparent material. Some embodiments provide a camera platen having a surface area which promotes a smoothing and/or brushing of material covering the information on the surface of a mail item, thereby reducing wrinkles, angulations or deformities in the covering that might otherwise cause shadows and/or glare that could obscure the information. Smoothing and/or brushing may, for example, be achieved using a platen having surface areas formed of materials having different coefficients of friction. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303556 | 4+ COLOR MANAGEMENT USING A VIRTUAL CMYK COLOR PARADIGM - A color management method, system and storage medium output 4+ color separation signals to a 4+ (5 or more) color print engine. An input source color is converted into virtual intermediate CMYK separation signals using a 4-color management tool, which may be a conventional tool. These virtual intermediate CMYK separation signals are received as input within a digital front end (DFE), which transforms the intermediate signals into 4+ separation signals, such as for a 6-color print engine. A transformation unit of the DFE passes some of the input separation signals through directly as output (without transformation) while transforming others by splitting them into light and dark separation signals, such as light and dark cyan or magenta using a blend curve that will output the same tonal quality. The transformation unit may use a blending curve that takes into account ink-limit constraints and may maximize light colorant usage to improve image smoothness in light image regions. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303557 | Display apparatus, display control method, and computer-readable recording medium thereof - A display apparatus for displaying an information screen and an operation screen concerning an apparatus to which the display apparatus is connected, is disclosed, including: a screen display request receiving part, a display component creating part, and a display component drawing part. The screen display request receiving part receives a screen display request from the apparatus. The display component creating part creates a display component to display at a screen, in response to the screen display request received by the screen display request receiving part. The display component drawing part draws the display component created by the display component creating part. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303558 | DATA PROTECTION STRUCTURE - The present invention provides for a data protection device comprising an optically variable diffractive scratch-layered structure overlying data to be protected, wherein the device includes at least first and second opaque metallic layers separated by a flexible light-absorbing separation layer. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303559 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION OF AN OBJECT FROM RECEIVED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - An apparatus and method to produce a hologram of an object includes an electromagnetic radiation assembly configured to receive a received electromagnetic radiation, such as light, from the object. The electromagnetic radiation assembly is further configured to diffract the received electromagnetic radiation and transmit a diffracted electromagnetic radiation. An image capture assembly is configured to capture an image of the diffracted electromagnetic radiation and produce the hologram of the object from the captured image. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303560 | Spatial Light Modulator - A spatial light modulator applied to the collinear volume holographic storage system uses a hollow phase modulator to modulate the surrounding portion of an incident light to be a reference light, and the center portion of the incident light is modulated by a strength modulator to be a signal light. Thus, the spatial light modulator can enhance the convergence of the point spread function of the system. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303561 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source which emits an optical beam, a deflection scanning unit, and a control unit. The deflection scanning unit includes a rotating polygonal mirror which deflection-scans the optical beam emitted from the light source so that the optical beam will scan an object to be scanned, and a drive unit which rotationally drives the rotating polygonal mirror. The control unit controls the rotational speed of the rotating polygonal mirror by accelerating or decelerating the drive unit at a predetermined time during one rotation of the rotating polygonal mirror. The predetermined time is a time when a deviation in length of a scanning line formed by each reflecting surface of the rotating polygonal mirror becomes relatively small. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303562 | HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTRALLY ADJUSTABLE FILTER - For spectrally filtering at least one input beam, a first reflective element is configured to tilt to multiple tilt orientations that each corresponds to a different angle of propagation of at least one input beam. One or more optical elements are configured to change at least some of the relative angles of propagation of the input beam for different tilt orientations of the first reflective element. A spectrally dispersive element is configured to receive the input beam at a location at which the central ray of the input beam is incident at different points on the spectrally dispersive element for each of the tilt orientations, and configured to disperse spectral components of the input beam at different respective angles in a spectral plane. The first reflective element is configured to tilt to select at least one and fewer than all of the dispersed spectral components to be directed to a selected output path. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303563 | Method for Structuring a Device Layer of a Substrate - Method for structuring a device layer of a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a carrier layer, the device layer and an intermediate layer disposed between the carrier layer and the device layer. Thereby, the intermediate layer is structured for exposing, at least in one portion, a first surface of the carrier layer facing the device layer. Starting from a second surface of the carrier layer opposing the first surface, the thickness of the device layer is reduced to a predetermined thickness at those positions where the intermediate layer is removed. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303564 | ELECTRO-OPTIC MIRROR - A reflective element assembly for an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle includes front and rear substrates with a perimeter seal that spaces said front substrate from said rear substrate and establishes an interpane cavity therebetween for an electro-optic medium. The front substrate has a first connecting tab that extends outboard from a perimeter edge of the rear substrate and the rear substrate has a second connecting tab that extends outboard from a perimeter edge of the front substrate. The first and second connecting tabs may extend partially along the same perimeter edge region of the reflective element assembly or along adjacent perimeter edge regions of the reflective element assembly. The first and second connecting tab facilitate electrical connection to the transparent conductive coating of the second surface of the front substrate and the conductive coating of the third surface of the rear substrate, respectively. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303565 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE CONTACTING - An electrochromic device ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090303566 | Vehicular Rearview Mirror Elements And Assemblies Incorporating These Elements - The present invention relates to improved electro-optic rearview mirror elements and assemblies incorporating the same. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303567 | Transmission-controlled window glazing - The invention relates to a window glazing comprising at least two window panes with an intermediate ventilated space arranged therebetween, wherein at least one window pane is provided with a layer which is arranged on the interior side thereof and whose transmission is controllable. More specifically, said invention relates to a multilayer glazing comprising corresponding intermediate spaces in which a sweeping gas circulates, wherein said sweeping gas consists of a mixture of air and other gaseous components in which the sweeping gas content is adjustable. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303568 | OPTICAL PHASE SHIFTING PLATE - An optical phase shifting plate includes: an optical substrate configured to change a refractive index for light which passes through the optical substrate by a thermooptical effect; a thin-film heater formed on a surface of the optical substrate; a wiring member disposed to be substantially perpendicular to the surface of the optical substrate; an intermediate member disposed between the optical substrate and the wiring member, the intermediate member having: a first surface that is substantially flush with a surface of the thin-film heater; and a second surface that is substantially flush with a surface of the wiring member and that is perpendicularly adjacent to the first surface, a first bonding wire which electrically connects the surface of the thin-film heater to the first surface of the intermediate member; and a second bonding wire which electrically connects the surface of wiring member to the second surface of the intermediate member. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303569 | SELF-TILTED MICROMIRROR DEVICE - A self-tilted micromirror device of the present invention comprises a plurality of micro-structures including a substrate, at least one stiction plate configured to be attracted to the substrate by adhesion force, a top plate coupled to the stiction plate elastically and configured to have at least one motion when the stiction plate is attracted to the substrate, and at least one pivot structure disposed between the substrate and the top plate and configured to provide a tilting point or area for the motion of the top plate. The motion of the top plate is determined by the geometry of the micro-structures of the self-tilted micromirror device. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303570 | Tunable cavity resonator and method for fabricating same - An example tunable cavity resonator for filtering radiation in the optical and IR wavelengths and an example method for fabricating same. The example resonator includes a pair of reflectors, one in fixed relationship to a substrate and the other formed upon a suspended moveable membrane disposed a cavity length from the one reflector. The resonator also includes a pair of spaced apart electrodes either constituted by the reflectors or juxtaposed therewith, which are electrostatically operable to move the membrane and other reflector relative to the one reflector. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303571 | Spatial Light Modulator with Structured Mirror Surfaces - The invention relates to methods to improve SLMs, in particular to reflecting micromechanical SLMs, for applications with simple system architecture, high precision, high power handling capability, high throughput, and/or high optical processing capability. Applications include optical data processing, image projection, lithography, image enhancement, holography, optical metrology, coherence and wavefront control, and adaptive optics. A particular aspect of the invention is the achromatization of diffractive SLMs so they can be used with multiple wavelengths sequentially, simultaneously or as a result of spectral broadening in very short pulses. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303572 | SPECKLE REDUCTION IN IMAGING APPLICATIONS AND AN OPTICAL SYSTEM THEREOF - Speckle effect in imaging applications is reduced by generating additional speckle patterns on the screen such that the speckle patterns are overlapped and the overlapped speckle patterns average out on the screen to appear as a noise background to the viewers. The speckle patterns are generated by discrete optical signals of a visible frequency comb. A visible frequency comb having discrete optical signals is generated through modulation-instability processes, phase-conjugation processes, and Bragg-scattering processes using a non-linear optical material and a wavelength converter. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303573 | Optical antenna with phase control - An optical antenna assembly including multiple optical antenna elements, each of the optical antenna elements are arranged in a regular pattern and carried by a supporting body. The regular pattern of the plurality of optical antenna elements is nonuniform. Certain ones of the optical antenna elements are configured to respond to the one or more waves of light. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303574 | BROADBAND TERAHERTZ RADIATION GENERATION AND DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention relates to a broadband Terahertz (THz) radiation generation and detection system and method. THz radiation is generated by optical rectification of an ultrashort pump pulse of a first wavelength having a duration in the picosecond- or sub-picosecond range in a first nonlinear optical crystal. The THz radiation is detected by electro-optic sampling or another appropriate method of a probe beam having a second wavelength in a second nonlinear optical crystal. According to the invention, at least one of the following conditions is fulfilled: a) the first wavelength is different from the second wavelength; b) the material of the first nonlinear optical crystal is different from the material of the second nonlinear optical crystal. This makes it possible to choose for the generation and for the detection process—independent of one another—the combination of wavelengths and nonlinear material and possibly other features of the pump/probe pulses like polarization with the highest efficiency for generation and detection of Terahertz pulses, respectively. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303575 | SELF-ADAPTING FEED FORWARD CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD IN AN OPTICAL AMPLIFIER - A Self-adapting feed forward control apparatus in an optical amplifier includes a feed forward controller for collecting target output power (Pout) and controlling drive current of a pump laser in the optical amplifier; a feedback controller for calculating target output power (Pt) and collecting actual output power (Pout), calculating deviation between (Pt) and (Pout), and controlling drive current of the pump laser; and a parameter estimator for collecting power target, output power and summation of output signal of the feed forward controller and feedback controller, and estimating the feed forward parameter and updating the parameter of the feed forward controller. The apparatus can automatically correct the feed forward control parameters according to the variation of EDFA parameters due to environmental condition changes or device aging. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303576 | TRANSIENT OPTICAL POWER SUPPRESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NETWORK - An apparatus for suppressing optical power transients includes a variable optical attenuator receiving an input optical signal and outputting an output optical signal; an optical power sensing element coupled to the input optical signal and sensing a portion of the input optical signal; and a feedforward loop controller coupled to the variable optical attenuator and to the optical power sensing element; the feedforward control loop providing feedforward control of the variable optical attenuator to reduce optical power transients of the input optical signal and maintain a substantially constant output power based on the input optical power and a reference value; the variable optical attenuator having a default opaque state in which the input optical signal is substantially attenuated when power is not being supplied to said variable optical attenuator. Variations include feedback loop controllers and a combination feedback and feedforward loop controllers. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303577 | Optical Amplifier Configuration - An optical amplifier configuration for WDM (wavelength division multiplex) systems uses a common pump source connected to an input of an optical splitter deploying pump light via variable optical attenuators to a plurality of optical amplifiers. Control circuits determine individually the output powers of the amplifiers by varying the attenuations of the variable optical attenuators. Amplifier units based on PLC technology are implemented to reduce the size. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303578 | FAR-FIELD SUB-DIFFRACTION OPTICAL LENSES (FASDOL) - Far-field sub-diffraction optical lenses “FaSDOLs” comprise an anisotropic crystal having special dispersion characteristics such that it supports diffraction free propagation. An image with subwavelength features on the input surface is transferred through a propagation function to the output surface with effectively no, or minimal, loss in information. These special properties may be exploited in several ways, including but not limited to, magnification of an image at the input surface through the use an oblique cut at the output surface, magnification of an image at the input surface through use of a curved crystalline structure, and more generally near-field optical processing. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303579 | Amplification of Energy Beams by Passage Through an Imploding Liner - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for amplifying an energy beam such as a beam of laser light or a charged particle beam. An exemplary method includes providing a liner having a first end, a second end, a liner axis, and a lumen extending along the liner axis and being bound by interior reflective walls of the liner. An energy beam is introduced into the first end of the liner. The beam propagates through the lumen from the first end to the second end as the beam reflects multiple times from the interior walls of the liner. Meanwhile, an implosive force is applied to the liner. The implosive force compresses the interior walls implosively toward the liner axis in a manner that amplifies the beam as the beam propagates through the lumen of the imploding liner. The amplified energy beam can be used for any of various purposes including ignition of a fusion target. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303580 | Lens System with Position Adjustment - In a lens system, such as for use in optical rotary joints, obliquely tilted cavities are inserted in a light path between light-waveguides and lenses to be coupled thereto in order to compensate lateral displacements between the light waveguides and the lenses. The cavities are filled with an optical medium having a predetermined refractive index in order to achieve a parallel displacement of a light-ray path, so that the ray path passes centrally through the lenses. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303581 | Laminated Glass with Shade Band - An object of the present invention is to provide a laminated glass which reduces light transmittance loss of a certain region thereof at a predetermined wavelength, particularly within a near-IR (750 to 1,000 nm) range and which facilitates provision of an optical instrument employing the near-IR light without partial substitution of an intermediate film. The invention provides a laminated glass for vehicle formed of two glass sheets stuck with a thermoplastic resin film, wherein the laminated glass has a first region and a second region; the second region is provided in a belt-like form along upper side of the laminated glass when the laminated glass is secured onto the vehicle; the first region has a visible light transmittance of 70% or higher; the second region has a visible light transmittance of 5% to 50%; the difference, in a light transmittance within a wavelength range of 750 to 1,000 nm, between the first region and the second region is 5% or less; and the second region has a light transmittance of 25% or higher, within a wavelength range of 750 to 1,000 nm. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303582 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND ITS MAGNIFICATION MODIFYING METHOD - A microscope system comprises an objective, an image pickup device, a diameter-variable field stop disposed in a conjugate position with the focal plane of the objective, a magnification modifying device disposed in an optical path between the objective and the image pickup device, for modifying the magnification of the image pickup device and a control unit for controlling in such a way as to maintain a state where a field stop diameter is always larger than a field diameter. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303583 | Device and method for the reproducible adjustment of the pin hole opening and pin hole position in laser scanning microscopes - Device to adjust the position and/or size of a pinhole in a laser scanning microscope (LSM) where the pinhole is illuminated via a separate light source or the LSM laser and the pinhole is moved at a right angle to the optical axis until the receiver has the maximum intensity and the pinhole position is captured and saved together with the data attributed to the replaceable optical components. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303584 | METHOD FOR LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY AND BEAM COMBINER - A method for laser scanning microscopy is characterized by the use of encapsulated fiber multiplexers from the telecommunications field for combining the beams of a plurality of lasers of different wavelengths and coupling them together into a laser scanning microscope and by corresponding beam combiners. Light-conducting guides to which different lasers can be coupled, preferably by light guides, are advantageously guided out of an encapsulated component. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303585 | MICROSCOPE - Control apparatus for a microscope having at least one rotary control member for adjustment of the microscope, the apparatus comprising: a motor; a coupling arrangement driven, in use, by the motor; and a mount arrangement to provide adjustable positioning of the motor relative to the control member, to cause the coupling arrangement to engage the rotary control member to cause the control member to be driven by rotation of the motor. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303586 | TELESCOPE - A telescope has a joint for universally bearing an optical assembly in relation to a housing. The joint is designed as an elastic spring joint. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303587 | Three dimensional image alignment - In an embodiment, two retro-focus lens systems are configured to provide a stereoscopic image. In an embodiment, each retro-focus lens system has a low power negative lens group with a long focal length. In an embodiment, each retro focus lens system has an optical component mounted with three points. One optical component is associated with a first of the two retro-focus lenses. The three points may be loosened, such that the optical component may be adjusted in a first direction, which in turn moves the corresponding image in the opposite direction. Another optical component is associated with the other retro focus lens system. The other optical component has a second set of points that may be loosened such that the other optical component may be adjusted in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, moving the corresponding image in the opposite direction from the second direction. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303588 | MOUNTING DEVICE FOR ACCESSORIES - A mounting device which includes means for attaching accessories such as binoculars to wearable items such as baseball caps. The binoculars can be tilted to adjust the angle with respect to the cap, slid to adjust the distance of the binoculars from the wearer, and the objectives thereof pivoted to move the same between in-use and out-of-use positions. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303589 | OPTICAL FILM COMPOSITE FOR BRIGHTNESS ENHANCEMENT INCLUDING A BIREFRINGENT POLYMER LAYER - The present invention provides an optical film composite that comprises a linear, reflective polarizing film; a first polymeric substrate layer having birefringence, which is placed on the reflective polarizing film; and a second polymeric substrate layer placed beneath the reflective polarizing film, wherein the optical axis of the first polymeric substrate layer is oriented with respect to the transmission axis of the reflective polarizing film to have of 0° to 25° of an angular difference between the axes. The optical film composite can be employed in LCD devices to improve optical performance. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303590 | OPTICAL FILTER AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An optical filter that is disposed in front of an image sensor. The optical filter includes a first optical member, and a second optical member that is disposed closer to the image sensor than the first optical member. An anti-reflection multilayer film is formed on an incident surface of the first optical member. A film which is made of a material containing fluorine is formed on an outermost layer of the anti-reflection multilayer film. A dichroic multilayer film is formed between a light-emitting surface of the first optical member and an incident surface of the second optical member. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303591 | LENS MODULE - A lens module comprises an optical lens component having an optical axis, an image sensing component located adjacent the optical lens component, and a dust trap located between the optical lens component and the image sensing component. The optical lens component has with a lens mount and a lens barrel mounted in the lens mount by way of a threaded connection. The dust trap comprises body having a groove which locates behind the connection between the lens mount and the lens barrel, for receiving dust dropping from the connection, and an inner extension arm separating the groove from the image sensing component for preventing the dust in the groove from moving onto the image sensing component which could reduce the quality of the image. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303592 | RETROREFLECTOR - Compensation for spherical aberration in retroreflectors to improve the retroreflector performance. A retroreflector has at least two concentric spherical layers. A first of the layers is of uniform refractive index n! surrounding a second of the layers of uniform refractive index n | 2009-12-10 |
20090303593 | RETROREFLECTIVE MATERIALS - A series of retroreflective materials of graduated reflectivity each comprising a plurality of transparent elements wherein each of the retroreflective materials has a different proportion of the plurality of transparent elements which are covered with a reflective coating. The materials can be used to dress a set design suitable for filming using chromakeying techniques. A plurality of different objects on the set are covered in different ones of the series of retroreflective materials according, for example, to the position and orientation of the object on the set. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303594 | Image stabilizing apparatus for camera module - The present invention relates to an image stabilizing apparatus for a camera module capable of effectively stabilizing an image of the camera module, implementing miniaturization and slimness, and reducing a manufacture cost of the camera module by supplying a two-axial correction structure to perform correction in an X axial direction or an Y axial direction of an automatic focusing unit through a ball holder having upper balls and lower balls. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303595 | Optical image stabilizing apparatus for micro-camera module - The present invention relates to an optical image stabilizing apparatus for a micro-camera module capable of effectively stabilizing an image of the camera module and implementing miniaturization of the camera module by supplying an “L”-shaped biaxial guide structure to prevent a tilt in a Y axial direction while moving an automatic focusing unit of the camera module in a horizontal X axial direction and to prevent a tilt in an X axial direction while moving the automatic focusing unit of the camera module in a horizontal Y axial direction. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303596 | TELEPHOTO ZOOM LENS - A telephoto zoom lens having four lens groups in a P-N-P-P configuration arranged sequentially from an object side. The first lens group includes a front group which is fixed when focusing and has a positive refractive power, and a rear group which moves when focusing and has a positive refractive power. The entire first lens group, including the front and rear groups, is fixed during zooming, and the second and third lens groups move during zooming. The second lens group compensates for shaking of an image plane caused by hand-shaking, by moving in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and satisfies the following condition: | 2009-12-10 |
20090303597 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes a light source and an optical system including a light modulation unit having pixels for generating a two-dimensional image by modulating light from the light source by the respective pixels and emitting a spatial frequency in the generated two-dimensional image along a diffraction angle corresponding to diffraction orders generated from the respective pixels, a Fourier transform image formation unit for performing Fourier transform on the spatial frequency in the two-dimensional image to generate Fourier transform images corresponding to the diffraction orders, a Fourier transform image selection unit for selecting a Fourier transform image corresponding to a desired diffraction order among the Fourier transform images, and a conjugate image formation unit for forming a conjugate image of the selected Fourier transform image, and further includes a semi-transmissive mirror for changing a light ray travelling direction emitted from the optical system. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303598 | Dynamic Optical Grating Device and Associated Method for Modulating Light - A dynamic optical grating device and associated method for modulating light is provided that is capable of controlling the spectral properties and propagation of light without moving mechanical components by the use of a dynamic electric and/or magnetic field. By changing the electric field and/or magnetic field, the index of refraction, the extinction coefficient, the transmittivity, and the reflectivity of the optical grating device may be controlled in order to control the spectral properties of the light reflected or transmitted by the device. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303599 | General diffractive optics method for expanding an exit pupil - This invention describes a general diffractive optics method that uses a plurality of diffractive elements on an optical substrate for expanding the exit pupil of a display of an electronic device for viewing. The method can be used for optical coupling in an optical device and it is characterized by extending of an exit pupil of an input optical beam in an output optical beam wherein the optical device comprises: an optical substrate and in-coupling, intermediate and out-coupling diffractive element disposed on the optical substrates, wherein periodic lines of the intermediate diffractive element comprise an angle ρ with periodic lines of the in-coupling and of the out-coupling diffractive elements, respectively. The system can support a broad range of rotation angles (e.g., 0<ρ<70°) and corresponding conical angles and remains geometrically accurate. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303600 | ACHROMATIC LENS SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - An achromatic lens system is provided with a cemented resin lens having positive refractive power constructed by a resin lens L | 2009-12-10 |
20090303601 | MULTI-CAVITY OPTICAL FILTERS WITH INVERSE PARABOLIC GROUP DELAY RESPONSES - There is provided a multi-cavity optical filter providing a substantially parabolic group delay response with a negative second derivative over a wide bandwidth. The optical filter is made by cascading a plurality of reflective elements wherein a highly reflective element is not positioned at the end of the cascade but is rather inserted between elements of lower reflectivity. The resulting filter has a substantially parabolic group delay response with a negative second derivative when light is injected in one direction of light injection. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303602 | ULTRATHIN TRANSPARENT EMI SHIELDING FILTER - Provided are multi-component films useful as optical display filters. The films include a transparent substrate, a nucleation layer, an electrically-conductive layer, a barrier layer, and a dielectric layer. The films can provide high visible transmission, are corrosion-resistant, and can provide shielding from electromagnetic interference (EMI shielding). The optical display filters are useful as components of active optical devices such as display panels including liquid crystal display panels such as those used on mobile hand-held phones. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303603 | Matrical imaging method and apparatus - A multidimensional image and a method of producing a multidimensional image. A plurality of planar images is layered in a desired sequence. A matrical image file is formed from the layered planar images and then printed. The resolution of the final matrical image is separate in both the X- and Y-directions, which provides for a high level of resolution for both movement and 3-D effects in the image. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303604 | Windshield for use with head-up display and/or method of making the same - Certain example embodiments relate to a head-up display system for a vehicle having a windshield. First and second substantially parallel spaced-apart substrates sandwich a polymer-inclusive interlayer. An anti-reflective coating is provided on a surface of one of the first and second substrates. The anti-reflective coating is arranged so as to optically remove or block at least some of light rays produced by an image source of the head-up display system so as to reduce the occurrence of multiple images being produced by the image source. The anti-reflective coating is provided on a surface of the first or second substrate opposite the polymer-inclusive interlayer. In certain example embodiments, the polymer-inclusive interlayer may include polyvinyl butyral and/or may have a substantially uniform thickness. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303605 | TRANSPARENT MULTILAYER FILM, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIQUID LENS - A method of producing a transparent multilayer film which enables to easily deposit a transparent multilayer film without changing a target material is provided, and a transparent multilayer film formed by the method of producing a transparent multilayer film and a liquid lens including the transparent multilayer film are provided. A transparent conductive film is deposited on a base by sputtering a target | 2009-12-10 |
20090303606 | Variable-Focus Lens Assembly - A variable-focus lens assembly is provided. The lens assembly includes a microfluidic device that defines a chamber for receiving a fluid therein. A slip having an aperture therethrough is disposed in the chamber. A first fluid is disposed on the first side of the slip and a second fluid is disposed on the second side of the slip. A lens is formed from the interface of the first and second fluids. The outer periphery is pinned to the slip about the aperture. A turning structure fabricated from a hydrogel material engages the slip and tunes the focal length of the lens in response to a predetermined stimulus. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303607 | ANAMORPHIC CONVERTER AND IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM - An anamorphic converter includes, from a projected-surface side, a first group and a second group. The first group includes one or more lens elements and has a negative power at least in a main magnification direction. The second group includes one or more lens elements and has a positive power at least in the main magnification direction. Of optical surfaces, a last surface of the first group and a first surface of the second group: [1] have a power in both main magnification and sub-magnification directions; [2] are convex toward the projected-surface side in both main magnification and sub-magnification directions in a region having an area that is | 2009-12-10 |
20090303608 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL CINEMA PROJECTION - The invention relates to an optical system for the projection of digital image data comprising a fixed focal length lens and a pivotable focal length extender. The principal field of application of the invention is digital cinema projection, usually employing the wide-screen format 1.9:1 or the Cinemascope format 2.37:1 (width:height). For format changeover during projection, two different fixed focal lengths are realized by the insertion or removal of the focal length extender ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090303609 | High magnification compact zoom lens - The present invention is directed to high magnification compact zoom lenses that are reduced in diameter of groups of lens pieces closer to the imaging plane to provide downsized lightweight zoom lenses of magnification as high as 20 diameters, with an image stabilizer or vibration compensating mechanism being also reduced in dimensions. An exemplary improved high magnification zoom lens has four groups of lens pieces, namely, the first or leading lens group G | 2009-12-10 |
20090303610 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in this order from the object side to the image side thereof, a first lens group having positive refraction power, a second lens group having negative refraction power, a third lens group having positive refraction power, and a fourth lens group having positive refraction power. The zoom lens satisfying the formulas: 0.152009-12-10 | |
20090303611 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit of negative refractive power, a second lens unit of positive refractive power, and a third lens unit of positive refractive power. The zoom lens changes the distances between the lens units during zooming. The following condition is satisfied: | 2009-12-10 |
20090303612 | VARIABLE-POWER OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND DIGITAL APPARATUS - A variable-power optical system includes, in order from an object side thereof: a first lens group with a negative optical power; a second lens group with a positive optical power, moving when the power of the variable-power optical system varies; and a third lens group with a positive or negative optical power. The first lens group includes two or more lenses including one positive lens and one negative lens which include at least two or more lenses made of a plastic material. The variable-power optical system satisfies the predetermined conditional expressions relating to is a focal length of the first lens, a focal length of the second lens, a composite focal length of the total optical system, and an image-forming magnification of the second lens group at a telephoto end. | 2009-12-10 |
20090303613 | Variable Focal Length Lens, And Focal Length Adjusting Device, And Imaging Apparatus That Use The Same - A variable focal length lens having a simple structure and capable of being used for applications requiring small size is provided, as well as a focal length adjusting device and an imaging device using the same. A variable focal length lens | 2009-12-10 |