50th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110304787 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An array substrate is provided. The array substrate comprises a base substrate, a plurality of pixel units are provided on the base substrate in a matrix form, a common electrode and a pixel electrode are provided in each of the pixel units, the common electrode is connected with a common electrode line and the pixel electrode is connected with a data line through a switching element. The pixel units in the matrix form comprise a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit. When polarities of voltage difference between the pixel electrode and the common electrode in the first pixel unit is identical to that in the second pixel unit, the direction of an electric field formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and for driving liquid crystal molecules to display at a gray level in the first pixel unit is opposite to that in the second pixel unit. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304788 | NONVOLATILE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR NONVOLATILE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A nonvolatile liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel including a scanning signal line group, a data signal line group intersecting the scanning signal line group, and a plurality of pixel circuits arranged at positions where the signal line groups intersect with each other, and containing a nonvolatile liquid crystal compound as a liquid crystal layer; a scanning signal line driving unit sequentially driving the scanning signal line group; and a controlling unit supplying a selected voltage and a non-selected voltage to the scanning signal line driving unit. In the nonvolatile liquid crystal display device, the controlling unit supplies the non-selected voltage, for a predetermined duration before and after the selected voltage is supplied, respectively to all of scanning signal lines configuring the scanning signal line group. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304789 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a gate line, a data line crossing the gate line and insulated from the gate line, a common voltage line separated from the gate line and the data line, where the common voltage line transfers a predetermined voltage, a first switching element connected to the gate line and the data line, a second switching element connected to the gate line and the data line, a first liquid crystal capacitor connected to the first switching element, a second liquid crystal capacitor connected to the second switching element and at least two decompressing switching elements connected to the second switching element and the common voltage line. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304790 | Flat Panel Display and Fabricating Method Thereof - A flat panel display device includes a gate line and a data line crossing each other to define a pixel area, a pixel electrode in the pixel area, and a thin film transistor having a gate electrode connected to the gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line, and a drain electrode connected to the pixel electrode, wherein the gate line has at least two or more separated gate line portions where the gate line crosses the data line. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304791 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a first board; a second board including a transparent substrate larger in size than the first board, and including, on a back of the transparent substrate, a first region where the first board overlays the transparent substrate and a second region where the transparent substrate lies off the first board; and a connection member connected to the terminal section and disposed within an outer shape of the second board. The first region is provided with a first shading layer, a driving element, and a display element in this order and the second region is provided with a second shading layer and a terminal section connected to the driving element in this order. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304792 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a backlight unit including, a bracket on which a light emitting device array is disposed, and a bottom cover on which the bracket is disposed, the bottom cover supporting an optical member, wherein a fixing member to removably fix is provided on the bottom cover, the side and top of the fixing member are flat and the cross-sectional area of a lower part of the fixing member is equal to or less than the cross-sectional area of an upper part of the fixing member. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304793 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL HAVING A TOUCH FUNCTION - A liquid crystal display panel includes a lower substrate, a printed circuit board, at least one connection unit and a plurality of readout lines. The connection unit is adapted to connect the printed circuit board to a periphery region of the lower substrate, and has a driver. The readout lines are extended from the lower substrate to the printed circuit board through the connection unit having the driver. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304794 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a backlight assembly. The backlight assembly includes a light guide plate, a light source module which emits light to a side surface of the light guide plate, and a housing which accommodates the light guide plate and the light source module. The light source module includes a printed circuit board on which a plurality of a point light source is mounted, and a light source fixing board which supports the printed circuit board. The housing includes a bottom portion on which the light guide plate is placed, and a fixing portion which extends from an edge of the bottom portion. An extension portion of the light source fixing board, which is adjacent to a corner of the light guide plate, and an end of the fixing portion of the housing, are coupled to a reinforcing member. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304795 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A backlight assembly includes: a light guide plate (“LGP”); and a light source module which emits white light to a side surface of the LGP, where the light source module includes: a plurality of point light sources which emits the white light; a printed circuit board (“PCB”) including a mounting portion, on which the plurality of point light sources are disposed; and a light source housing portion including a base portion which supports the PCB, an extension portion which extends from a surface of the base portion in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the base portion and is disposed along the mounting portion, and a main stopper disposed adjacent to an end of the PCB, where the main stopper prevents the movement of the PCB within the light source module. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304796 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND THE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a backlight unit and a display device having the same. The backlight unit configured to emit light onto a liquid crystal panel in which one screen is defined into a plurality of display areas includes a bottom frame having a bottom surface and a sidewall, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) disposed on the bottom surface of the bottom frame, the plurality of LEDs defining a plurality of light emitting areas corresponding to the display areas of the liquid crystal panel, at least one module board supporting the plurality of LEDs, an integrated light guide plate covering the plurality of LEDs, the integrated light guide plate being disposed on the plurality of light emitting areas corresponding to one screen, and an alignment unit for aligning the integrated light guide plate with the plurality of LEDs. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304797 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that suppress moiré generated when a voltage is applied in a liquid crystal mode that drives a vertical alignment liquid crystal by using at least a pair of comb-shaped electrodes. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises: a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal layer and a pair of substrates sandwiching the liquid crystal layer; and a backlight unit disposed on a back side of the liquid crystal display panel, one of the pair of substrates including a pair of comb-shaped electrodes each having comb teeth, the comb teeth of one of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes and the comb teeth of the other of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes being disposed alternately and spaced apart from each other, the liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules with positive dielectric anisotropy, the liquid crystal molecules being aligned in a direction perpendicular to a surface of one of the pair of substrates when no voltage is applied, the backlight unit having an optical sheet with multiple folds parallel to one another on a surface, the pitch width of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes being different from an integral multiple of the pitch width of the folds of the optical sheet. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304798 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An illumination device | 2011-12-15 |
20110304799 | Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same - A polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) display device includes a first substrate having a reflective layer on a surface thereof and a second substrate facing the first substrate. A first electrode and a second electrode may be formed on inner surfaces of the first and second substrates, and a PDLC layer may be between the first substrate and the second substrate. The PDLC layer may include a first liquid crystal layer region including dispersed polymers and liquid crystals, and a second liquid crystal layer region between the first liquid crystal layer region and the second substrate, the second liquid crystal layer region not including polymers. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304800 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a common substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface, a first transparent conductive layer, at least one first electrode, and at least one second electrode. The first transparent conductive layer is positioned on the first surface. The at least one first electrode and the at least one second electrode are on the first surface and electrically connected to the first transparent conductive layer. The display device further includes a second transparent conductive layer, a first alignment layer, a liquid crystal layer, a second alignment layer, a thin film transistor panel, and a polarizer all stacked on each other in sequence along a direction from the first surface to the second surface of the common substrate. The second transparent conductive layer is positioned on the second surface of the common substrate. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304801 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A rear-side polarizing plate | 2011-12-15 |
20110304802 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including a first electrode, a second substrate including a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate which is controlled to a substantially vertical orientation having a pretilt angle smaller than 90 degrees. The first electrode includes a plurality of rectangular openings extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the orientation direction of liquid crystal molecules at substantially a center of the liquid crystal layer. A plurality of first areas and a plurality of second areas disposed mutually alternately are set in an effective display area in which the first electrode and the second electrode overlap in a planar view. Relative positions of the openings are mutually unmatched relative to at least a part of the plurality of second areas, and the openings are not formed in the plurality of first areas. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304803 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A vertical alignment type liquid crystal display, which has a liquid crystal layer whose retardation value is about 600 nm or more, can solve the viewing angle problems associated with the wider viewing angle. The liquid crystal display can include a vertical alignment liquid crystal cell, and first and second polarizing plates cross-Nicol disposed on respective sides of the liquid crystal cell. The liquid crystal cell has a liquid crystal layer with a retardation of about 600 nm or more. A C-plate and an A-plate are provided between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizing plate, and two C-plates are provided between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizing plate. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304804 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a light emitting unit and a display panel including a first color filter. The light emitting unit includes a light source generating a blue light, and a light-converting part converting the blue light into a white light and emitting the white light to an exterior. The first color filter, through which the white light passes, includes a first coloring agent that absorbs about 95% to about 100% of light having wavelength of about 420 nm to about 470 nm in the white light. Thus, a color reproducibility of the display device may be improved. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304805 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate, a sealant, a liquid crystal layer, a black matrix, and a plurality of rough structures. The active device array substrate has a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, and the liquid crystal layer and the peripheral area are surrounded by the sealant. The black matrix is disposed between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate and distributed corresponding to the display area and the peripheral area. The rough structures are disposed on a portion of the black matrix and distributed corresponding to the peripheral area. Surface roughness of the rough structures is greater than surface roughness of the black matrix distributed corresponding to the display area. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304806 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes alignment regulators that overlap with the first colored layers in reflective display regions within dot regions in which the first colored layers are provided, and the alignment regulators do not overlap with the second colored layers in the reflective display regions within dot regions in which the second colored layers are provided. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304807 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device which has a first and second electrodes formed on a second substrate and which controls allows alignment of liquid crystal molecules by an electric field generated between the first and second electrodes, wherein the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are aligned in a first direction in a plane of the substrate, wherein a phase difference layer having molecules, which are inclined in the plane of the first or second substrate and are aligned in directions different from one another in the transmissive display portion and the reflective display portion, is formed on a surface of the first or second substrate opposed to the liquid crystal layer, and wherein a director of the molecules of the phase difference layer is aligned in a second direction parallel to the first direction at least in the plane of the transmissive display portion. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304808 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. A first alignment layer formed on the first substrate includes a first area aligned in a first direction and a second area aligned in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a second alignment layer formed on the second substrate includes a third area aligned in a third direction different from the first direction and a fourth area aligned in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction. Liquid crystal molecules in a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second alignment layers are aligned in different directions from each other in plural domains defined by the first to fourth areas. Thus, the liquid crystal display may have improved aperture ratio and transmittance. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304809 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An active matrix substrate ( | 2011-12-15 |
20110304810 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch panel and a display apparatus including the same, and a method for manufacturing the same. The touch panel includes a first substrate having a first surface and a transparent electrode formed on the first surface, a second substrate spaced a predetermined distance apart from the first substrate and having a second transparent electrode formed on a surface facing the first surface of the first substrate, a plurality of dot spacers formed on the first transparent electrode and made of a first elastomeric material, and an adhesion member interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, adhering the first substrate to the second substrate, and comprising a second elastomeric material having substantially the same thermal expansion coefficient as that of the first elastomeric material. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304811 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel has a display region and a peripheral region defined thereon. The peripheral region is disposed at an outside of the display region, and the peripheral region includes a bridge circuit region. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a first conductive layer, a second substrate, a second conductive layer and a spacer. The first conductive layer is disposed on the first substrate in the bridge circuit region. The second substrate is disposed in parallel to a side of the first substrate, and the second conductive layer is disposed on the second substrate in the peripheral region. The spacer is disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer in the bridge circuit region, and the spacer electrically isolates the first conductive layer from the second conductive layer. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304812 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device including a display panel to display an image on a display surface of the display panel; a transparent protective member arranged on the display surface; a dam unit that is interposed between the display panel and the transparent protective member and is formed adjacent to the edges of the display panel; and a transparent filling layer that fills a space formed by the display panel, the transparent protective member, and the dam unit, wherein walls of the dam unit are outward bent in a direction extending from an inside of the display panel to an outside of the display panel. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304813 | Apparatus for of rimless spectacles - A pair of rimless spectacles comprises a pair of lenses, a pair of temple units and a bridge. Each lens includes at least two open slots that provided at a predetermined location and an open recess is formed on top of each open slot on the rear side of the lens. The open recess has a declined surface declining from the peripheral edge toward to inner portion of the lens. Each temple unit includes at least one fasten apparatus and the bridge has two, when each fasten apparatuses of each temple units and the bridge has been inserted into the open slot and the open recess of each lenses respectively, the lenses can be securely locked up by the fasten apparatus to form a pair of rimless spectacles while the declined surface of the open recess will block and prevent the fasten apparatus moving out from the lens. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304814 | DOUBLE-PRONGED FLEX HINGE MECHANISM FOR EYEGLASSES TEMPLE ARMS - The present invention enclosure a double-pronged flex hinge mechanism for eyeglasses frames, provide a safe, reliable, and easy to produce double-pronged flex hinge mechanism for eyeglasses temple arms. A double-pronged flex hinge mechanism comprising a temple arm, provided with a flat spring at one end. The end of said flat spring has a notch, which hooks onto the axle in the connecting members. The other end of said connecting member is attached to the end piece of the front frame of the eyeglasses. The present invention is very convenient in the assembly, high efficiency, reliable and durable. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304815 | OPTICAL SYSTEM PROVIDING MAGNIFICATION - An optical magnifier has two light transmissive substrates with lenses on either side of each substrate and wherein the arrays of lenses are aligned such that an array of afocal optical magnifiers is produced. One of the arrays forming the array of afocal magnifiers has positive lenses and one of the arrays forming the array of afocal magnifiers has negative lenses. Two arrays of afocal magnifiers are combined to form a pair of magnifying glasses. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304816 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LENS, SUCH AS AN OPHTHALMIC LENS - A system and method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens is described. In some examples, the system applies a back surface to a lens blank that includes an aspherical curve having two radii of curvature. In some examples, a back surface of a peripheral portion of the lens follows the curvature of a front surface of the lens in order to establish a rounded, non-sharp edge to a lens blank used during the manufacturing process of a prescription eyeglass lens. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304817 | COATING COMPOSITION - [Problem] To provide a coating composition for forming a hard coating which, by itself, favorably adheres to a plastic optical substrate, and effectively prevents the occurrence of cracks caused by the thermal hysteresis at the time of curing. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304818 | Anaglyphic Depth Perception Training Or Testing - An anaglyphic image presentation system is provided to evaluate and train a user's depth perception abilities. In embodiments, anaglyphic image target components are presented to a user on a display device. The image target components are then viewed by the user through a set of transmission filter lenses. The transmission filter lenses present and block one or more target components based on the peak wavelength transmission associated with each lens. As a result, a user perceives an anaglyphic target image that is resultant from the perceived image target components when viewed through the transmission filter lenses. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304819 | Image-Guided Docking for Ophthalmic Surgical Systems - A docking method for an ophthalmic system may include the steps of aligning a docking unit of the ophthalmic system and an eye; generating an image of an internal structure of the eye by an imaging system; improving an alignment of the docking unit with the internal structure of the eye in relation to the generated image; and docking the docking unit to the eye. The generating the image step may include computing scanning data by a processor corresponding to a scanning pattern; storing the scanning data in a data buffer; transferring the scanning data by the data buffer to an output module; outputting scanning signals by the output module to one or more scanners based on the scanning data; and scanning an imaging beam with the one or more scanners according to the scanning signals. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304820 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGING A TARGET - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming a filtered image filtered with an at least partially negative filtering spectrum. In the method a plurality of exposure combinations of exposure times and wavelength channels are determined so that at least some of the wavelength channels are on the positive area of the filtering spectrum, on which area the exposure is essentially determined to correspond with the filtering spectrum, while at least some of the wavelength channels are on the negative area of the filtering spectrum, on which area the exposure is determined to essentially correspond with the inverted filtering spectrum. Partial images are formed of the target using the said combinations of exposure times and wavelength channels by illuminating the target with the light source, by filtering the light emitted by the source of light and by detecting the light reflected or transmitted. Finally, the said image filtered with a partially negative filtering spectrum is formed of the partial images by calculation. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304821 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS - An ophthalmic apparatus comprising: a fundus observation optical system; a designating part for designating an area of the fundus other than a macular area from a fundus image displayed on a monitor to make alignment of the fundus area of the fundus image displayed on the monitor with the fixation target displayed on a LCD display; a judging part for detecting an approaching state of the fixation target projected on the fundus and the designated fundus area based on positional information of the fundus area designated by the designating part on the monitor after movement and positional information of the fixation target displayed on the LCD display, and judging based on a detection result, whether or not the designated fundus area and the fixation target projected on the fundus are coincident in a predetermined allowable range; and a display control part for changing the display state of the fixation target based on a judgment result of the judging part. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304822 | OPHTHALMOLOGICAL MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - An ophthalmological measuring device for determining geometric structures in an eye includes an optical, triangulating measurement system for determining at least one geometric reference in the eye by triangulation, and an optical, interferometric measurement system for determining geometric detailed structures in the eye by optical interferometry. The measuring device is designed to position the geometric detailed structures determined by the interferometric measurement system on the basis of the at least one geometric reference in the eye determined by the triangulating measurement system. This firstly allows the interferometric measurement system to register geometric detailed structures in the eye with a high optical resolution and at places that are not visible to the triangulating measurement system, and secondly allows the positioning of said geometric detailed structures in the eye on the basis of geometric references that are determined by the triangulating measurement system without significant movement artifacts. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304823 | AWNING - An awning includes
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20110304824 | SCREEN - A screen having a display angle of 360°, wherein in the light path of a projection means and in the area of the central axis of a projection surface closed about 360° formed by a pillar a mirror is located, wherein the mirror is configured as a spherical mirror. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304825 | PROJECTION DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING AN OVERALL PICTURE - A projection display includes at least one light source, at least one reflective image generator configured to represent frames in a two-dimensional distribution of subareas of same, a projection optics arrangement having a two-dimensional arrangement of optical projection elements and being configured to image an associated subarea of the at least one image generator onto an image plane in each case, so that images of the frames superimpose within the image plane to form an overall picture, and at least one beam splitter arranged within an optical path between the at least one reflective image generator and the two-dimensional arrangement of optical projection elements, on the one hand, and the optical path between the at least one light source and the at least one reflective image generator, on the other hand. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304826 | ILLUMINATING UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An illuminating unit and a display apparatus including the illuminating unit are provided. The illuminating unit generates and emits light to a display element of the display apparatus, and includes a light source; a uniformizing unit which uniformizes light from the light source and includes a plurality of uniformizing lenses arranged on an optical path; a condensing unit which condenses light from the uniformizing unit to emit the light to the display element and includes a plurality of condensing lenses sequentially arranged on the optical path, and the uniformizing unit and the condensing unit are arranged based on a width of one of a plurality of cell lenses forming the uniformizing lens and a width of an image displayed in the display element. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304827 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a liquid crystal light valve to which the image data is written in a line sequential manner, a polarization switching element for switching between the first and second polarization states throughout the switching areas in a line sequential manner, and a birefringent optical element for changing the light path of the incident light in accordance with the polarization state thereof. The boundary position between the switching areas of the first and second polarization states moves in sync with the boundary position between the first and second image data writing areas corresponding to the first and second sub-frame. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304828 | PASSIVE ALIGNMENT METHOD AND ITS APPLICATION IN MICRO PROJECTION DEVICES - An optical micro-projection system has at least one light source (401), at least one mirror (200) based on MEMS technology for deviating light from said light source, at least one beam splitter (403), and at least one wave plate (400). Each component has parallelepiped profiles with contact faces (500) on at least one side. Mutual alignment of at least two of the components is provided by mutual direct contact between reference contact faces (500) of the components. The architecture enables avoiding the use of dynamic optical assembly methods and to minimize the light loss within the system. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304829 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image display apparatus which includes a red color laser light source that outputs red color laser light; a blue color laser light source that outputs blue color laser light; and a green color laser light source that outputs green color laser light. Further, the green color laser light source includes a semiconductor laser that emits non-visible light; and a wavelength convertor that converts the non-visible light to visible light and thereby outputs a green color laser. Furthermore, the image display apparatus has a projecting lens that outputs the laser light of the respective colors; and a case that retains the red color laser light source, the blue color laser light source, and the projecting lens. The case has a protrusion that retains the green color laser light source. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304830 | COLOR WHEEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE COLOR WHEEL, AND PROJECTOR INCLUDING THE COLOR WHEEL - There is provided a manufacturing method of a color wheel for a projector. The method includes contacting a phosphor layer contour correcting device on a surface of a color wheel substrate, the phosphor layer contour correcting device having a concavity to form a space that patterns a desired phosphor layer contour, the length of which is constant in a radial direction; injecting phosphor additive resin into the space that is composed of a surface of the color wheel substrate and the concavity of the phosphor layer contour correcting device; maintaining the phosphor additive resin in the space; and heating the phosphor additive resin. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304831 | PROJECTOR - There is provided a projector comprising, a light source unit having a laser light emitter and a projection light producing device for converting the laser light into projection light, a display unit and a light guiding optical system which forms a projection optical path along which light from the light source unit is guided to the display device, the projector comprising a partial light separation unit which reflects or transmits part of light emitted from the projection light converting device of the light source unit so as to separate the part of the light to an optical path which is different from the projection optical path, a photosensor which is disposed on the optical path which is separated and changed by the partial light separation unit, a light intensity determination unit which detects an light intensity of the laser light which is separated by the partial light separation unit so as to determine whether or not the light intensity exceeds a threshold, and a light source control unit which stops the emission of the laser light emitter based on the result of the determination of the light intensity determination unit. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304832 | OPTICAL AXIS ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, METHOD FOR ADJUSTING OPTICAL AXIS AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection type display apparatus in which an inclination and a positional deviation of optical axes among a plurality of light sources can be easily corrected to obtain a high quality projection image. Green, blue and red laser beams emitted from light sources are converted into collimated beams by condenser lenses, and the positions and angles of the optical axes of the beams of the three colors are evaluated by position detection imaging device and angle detection imaging device, respectively. The positions and angles of the light sources are adjusted by respective actuators so that the positions and angles of the optical axes match each other. Consequently, the laser beams emitted from the light sources can be combined with high accuracy to thereby realize a high definition projection type display apparatus. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304833 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - It is a task to provide a mobile electronic device with high operability and high safety. The mobile electronic device includes an image projector that projects an image, a detector that detects a specific change in an irradiation area of light irradiated from the image projector or in a predetermined area including the irradiation area, and a control unit that controls the operation of the image projector. The task is solved in such a manner that when the detector detects the specific change, the control unit causes the image projector to stop emission of light therefrom, or to reduce an amount of light emitted therefrom. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304834 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - It is a task to provide a mobile electronic device with high operability and high safety. The mobile electronic device includes an image projector that projects an image, a cabinet, an input unit that is disposed on the cabinet and detects an operation input by an operator, and a control unit that controls the operation of the image projector and the state of the input unit. The task is solved in such a manner that when a predetermined operation is detected by the input unit, the control unit stops emission of light from the image projector or reduces an amount of light emitted from the image projector. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304835 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL SHEARING - A method of exposing a pattern on a light sensitive surface comprises forming a spatially modulated light beam including a rectangular matrix pattern of rows and columns of image data over a surface, wherein the spatially modulated light beam is operable to expose contiguous sub-exposure areas of the surface, each sub-exposure area associated with a datum of the image data, aligning one of the rows or columns of the spatially modulated light beam with a scan direction and the other one of the rows and columns of the spatially modulated light beam with a cross-scan direction for exposing the surface, shearing at least one portion of the modulated light beam with respect to a second portion of the modulated light beam in a cross scan direction by an amount less than a center to center distance between two sub-exposure areas in a cross scan direction, exposing the surface in the scan direction with the sheared spatially modulated light beam, and overlapping exposed sub-areas in the cross scan direction as a result of the scanning. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304836 | METHOD FOR CREATING DRIVE PATTERN FOR GALVANO-SCANNER SYSTEM - A visible laser beam scanned by a galvano-scanner system is aligned at each of positioning points on the top surface of a master work by manual operation to record sensor position signals of position sensors on galvano-scanners. The sensor position signals on each positioning point are recorded to create a drive pattern in accordance with recorded sensor position signals. The drive pattern no longer has optics system error sources including focus error and attachment error as well as errors caused by scale, offset and the like, also eliminating the need for entering a distance as far as the top surface of the work. Therefore, the drive pattern with error components removed can be created with ease. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304837 | PROJECTION EXPOSURE METHOD, PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS, LASER RADIATION SOURCE AND BANDWIDTH NARROWING MODULE FOR A LASER RADIATION SOURCE - In a projection exposure method for the exposure of a radiation-sensitive substrate arranged in the region of an image surface of a projection objective with at least one image of a pattern of a mask arranged in the region of an object surface of the projection objective, laser radiation having a spectral intensity distribution I(ω) dependent on the angular frequency ω is used. The laser radiation is characterized by an aberration parameter α in accordance with: | 2011-12-15 |
20110304838 | EXPOSURE SYSTEM AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF - An exposure system including a first laser light source, a second laser light source, a focusing module, an astigmatism generating element, and a photo detector, and an adjustment method thereof are provided. The first laser light source emits a first laser beam. The second laser light source emits a second laser beam. The focusing module includes a light converging unit disposed on transmission paths of the first laser beam and the second laser beam for projecting the first laser beam and the second laser beam onto a material. The material reflects at least a part of the first laser beam into a first reflective beam. The light converging unit and the astigmatism generating element are disposed on the transmission path of the first reflective beam. The photo detector is disposed on the transmission path of the first reflective beam from the astigmatism generating element. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304839 | POSITION SENSOR AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A position sensor is configured to measure a position data of a target. The position sensor includes a radiation source configured to irradiate a radiation beam, a first grating configured to diffract the radiation beam in a first diffraction direction into at least a first order diffraction beam, and a second grating, arranged in an optical path of the first order diffraction beam, the second grating being configured to diffract the first order diffraction beam diffracted at the first grating in a second diffraction direction substantially perpendicular to the first diffraction direction. The second grating is connected to the target. A first detector is configured to detect at least a part of the beam diffracted by the first grating, and at least one second detector is configured to detect at least part of the beam diffracted by the first grating and the second grating. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304840 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A light source transmits detecting light toward an object. The object reflects the detecting light and forms a reflected light. A sensor is used for sensing the reflected light. Then, an exposure control unit coupled to the sensor performs luminance convergence on the reflected light according to luminance of the reflected light sensed by the sensor. And a distance measurement device coupled to the sensor detects a distance between the object and the light source and/or the sensor according to an image position of the reflected light on the sensor. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304841 | System architecture design for time-of- flight system having reduced differential pixel size, and time-of- flight systems so designed - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods to produce a high performance, feature rich TOF system, phase-based or otherwise using small TOF pixels, single-ended or preferably differential, as well as TOF systems so designed. IC chip area required for pixels is reduced by intelligently off-loading or removing from within the pixel certain components and/or functionality. In some embodiments during a single TOF system capture period, analog values from each pixel are repeatedly sampled and converted to digital values, which are combined and manipulated on the sensor chip. Combining this plurality of values enables appropriately compact data from the sensor chip. Embodiments of the present invention implement a TOF system with high ambient light resilience, high dynamic range, low motion blur and dealiasing support, while advantageously reducing pixel area size relative to prior art TOF pixels. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304842 | TIME OF FLIGHT SYSTEM CAPABLE OF INCREASING MEASUREMENT ACCURACY, SAVING POWER AND/OR INCREASING MOTION DETECTION RATE AND METHOD THEREOF - A light source is used for emitting an invisible light toward an object. The object reflects the invisible light and reflected light is formed, and a sensor is used for receiving the reflected light. A processor is coupled to the sensor for recording a time interval of the invisible light traveling from the light source to the object and reflected from the object to the sensor. Then, the processor estimates a measurement distance of the object according to the time interval, and adjusts an emission period of the light source, an exposure period of the sensor, intensity of the invisible light, and/or main sensing range of the sensor according to the measurement distance. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304843 | USING REMOTELY DETECTED WIND VELOCITIES TO ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF AN IMPENDING OR OCCURRING EVENT - Methods and systems for using laser Doppler velocimeters to determine and use wind velocities at the locations of impending and occurring events such as sports events are presented. Laser Doppler velocimeters are used to determine wind velocities where an event is occurring or an impending event is about to occur. The determined wind velocities are used to generate and display a representation of the impending or occurring event that accounts for the effect of the determined wind velocities on the impending or occurring event. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304844 | GAS SENSOR AND PROCESS FOR MEASURING MOISTURE AND CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION - An TDLS gas sensor with a measuring pick-up to be arranged outside of the interior chamber of an incubator or a climate chamber of similar design, and with an absorption pick-up to be arranged inside the interior chamber, and also with a window separating the measuring area and absorption area for the atmospheric separation of the laser diode from the interior chamber of the incubator, with the window being arranged at an angle to the axis of the laser beam emitted by a laser diode, and with the optronic components being arranged in a block of material in the measuring pick-up, said block being made of thermally well-conducting material and serving as heat sink, and with a heating system for the window in the measuring pick-up. The TDLS gas sensor is easy to install and remove and permits the measurement of moisture and of the carbon dioxide concentration in one measuring cycle. However, it does not need to be removed for the sterilization. By installing an additional laser diode for measuring oxygen, the TDLS gas sensor can be used to perform a wide bandwidth of measurements. In addition, the invention concerns a process for measuring the moisture and the carbon dioxide concentration. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304845 | PARTICLE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method according to one embodiment includes generating light fringes using a light source; directing a particle through the light fringes; detecting light scattered by the particle as the particle passes through the light fringes using at least one light detector; and determining at least one property of the particle. A system according to one embodiment includes a light source for generating light fringes; a sampling mechanism for directing particles through the light fringes; and at least one light detector for detecting light scattered by each of the particles as the particles pass through the light fringes | 2011-12-15 |
20110304846 | UNIVERSAL LED TESTING DEVICE - Apparatus for optically testing LEDs or other light-emitting components in a wide variety of test environments and to the degree necessary pertinent to the type(s) of faults encountered. In one embodiment, the present invention includes one or more fiber optic probes coupled to a multi-mode sensor unit, incorporating a photo-sensor coupled to a processor which may be programmed to provide a variety of test modes including simple on/off testing, color determination, color matching, wavelength and relative intensity among others. An extremely high sensitivity test mode is also provided for testing LEDs which emit very low intensity light in the microcandela range in products such as automobile/aircraft cockpit control panel lighted push-buttons for night-time viewing. The multi-mode sensor unit operates over a wide dynamic range and is capable of accurately testing LEDs that may be very dim to very bright without adjustment. In another embodiment, a voltage protection circuit is provided which enables the multi-mode sensor unit to safely operate from a supply voltage in the range of approximately 5 volts DC to approximately 40 volts DC while protecting the multi-mode sensor unit from a potentially damaging overvoltage condition. The voltage protection circuit also protects the multi-mode sensor unit against potential damage caused by reverse polarity voltage spikes, or accidental steady-state reverse polarity voltages. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304847 | Ambient Light Sensor - Embodiments described herein relate to a light sensing system. In one embodiment, the light sensing system may include a microprocessor including an input pin configured to receive a first voltage from a light sensor. The light sensing system may also include a pull-up resistor coupled to the input pin. The pull-up resistor may include a first gate. The light sensing system may further include a pull-down resistor coupled to the input pin. The pull-down resistor may include a second gate. The first and second gates may allow for connecting or disconnecting the pull-up and pull-down resistors based on the amount or intensity of light detected by the light sensor. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304848 | EXAMINING APPARATUS AND EXAMINING METHOD - When examination at a scan speed equal to or higher than the line rate of the sensor such as a TDI sensor is carried out, the line rate of the TDI sensor is asynchronous with the scan speed, and the image is blurred. Therefore, a TDI sensor cannot be used at a scan speed equal to or higher than the line rate of the TDI sensor. This problem has not been considered. To solve the problem, high-speed examination irrespective of the line rate of the TDI sensor is enabled. To control the line rate of the TDI sensor and stage scan speed asynchronously and to solve the problem of the image addition variation due to the charge accumulation of the TDI sensor, the object to be examined is irradiated with thin-line illumination, and only a given pixel line of the TDI sensor is made to receive light scattered by the object to be examined. The aspect ratio of the detection pixel size can be controlled by the speed ratio between the line rate of the TDI sensor and the stage scan speed. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304849 | DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING OPTICAL SCANNER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING OPTICAL SCANNER USING THE DEVICE - A device for calibrating an optical scanner includes a substrate; and a pattern disposed on the substrate, the pattern comprising a photoresist. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304850 | PARTICLE CONCENTRATION MEASURING DEVICE - A particle concentration measuring device includes: a measurement region formation part which has a wall ( | 2011-12-15 |
20110304851 | Scatterometry Method and Measurement System for Lithography - Scatterometry method and apparatus are useful in a lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing. A back focal plane diffraction intensity image of a measurement projection system configured to project a radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate is measured. A beam of radiation having a first wavelength is directed to the substrate. A diffraction image of a zeroth diffraction order and higher order diffraction from a diffraction structure in the substrate is provided. A first layer ( | 2011-12-15 |
20110304852 | SYSTEM TO REDUCE GYROSCOPIC ERRORS WITH LIMITED POWER SUPPLY QUALITY IN A FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE - One embodiment is directed to a power supply for a fiber optic gyroscope that comprises at least one main power supply, at least one demodulator local power supply to operatively couple the main power supply to a demodulator included in the fiber optic gyroscope, and at least one modulator local power supply to operatively couple the main power supply to a bias modulator included in the fiber optic gyroscope. The demodulator local power supply comprises a first current source to source current to the demodulator and a first shunt regulator coupled across a load associated with the demodulator. The modulator local power supply comprises a second current source to source current to the bias modulator and a second shunt regulator coupled across a load associated with the bias modulator. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304853 | WAVELENGTH SWEEPING LIGHT SOURCE AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light source apparatus includes a laser oscillator equipped with a first optical resonator, a plurality of second optical resonators including input portions respectively connected in parallel to the first optical resonator, a plurality of light extraction units configured to extract a light beam from an output portion of each second optical resonator, and a light multiplexing unit configured to multiplex the light beam extracted from each light extraction unit, wherein the light source apparatus causes the light multiplexing unit to output a multiplexed light beam passed through the plurality of second optical resonators, an optical member having refractive index dispersion and an optical amplification medium are disposed in each of the plurality of second optical resonators, and the optical amplification media of the plurality of second optical resonators are different from each other in maximum gain wavelength. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304854 | INSTANTANEOUS, PHASE MEASURING INTERFEROMETER APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention generally relates to measuring and testing in the area of optics, and more specifically to a plurality of interacting coherent light beams to produce a cancellation or reinforcement of wave energy for measuring or testing. The present invention is directed to an improved interferometer system wherein a measurement is derived from phase measurements, wherein measurements include: distance, angular speed, as well as other physical or metrological properties. The present invention includes an interferometer that uses an illumination source comprised a plurality of simultaneously activated laser beams, each possessing a different wavelength contained in a coherent composite laser beam. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304855 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SURFACE MISALIGNMENT AND ANGULAR MISALIGNMENT - Through a first diffraction grating, two conical fluxes different in wavefront propagation angle relative to its optical axis are applied to a first surface. Through a second diffraction grating, two conical fluxes different in wavefront propagation angle relative to its optical axis are applied to a second surface. Two sets of interference fringes formed by the fluxes reflected from the first surface and a reference beam are analyzed to obtain surface misalignment and angular misalignment of the first surface relative to the optical axis. Similarly, two sets of interference fringes formed by the fluxes reflected from the second surface and the reference beam are analyzed to obtain surface misalignment and angular misalignment of the second surface relative to the optical axis. Surface misalignment and angular misalignment of a sample lens are obtained from the measurement results of the first and second surfaces. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304856 | LIGHTWAVE INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A microinterferometer applies low coherent measurement light, which travels along an optical axis in a converging manner, to a front surface of a flange. A part of the measurement light is reflected inside an interferometric optical system, and becomes reference light. Apart of the measurement light passed through the interferometric optical system is reflected from the front surface of the flange, and is incident again upon the interferometric optical system. By combining the reflected light with the reference light, interference light is obtained. While a sample rotating stage rotates a sample lens through 360 degrees, a first imaging camera having one-dimensional image sensor captures 3600 images of the interference light, i.e., the image of the interference light is captured every time the sample lens is rotated by 0.1 degrees. Based on the images of interference fringes, the shape of the front surface of the flange is analyzed. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304857 | Probing Apparatus with On-Probe Device-Mapping Function - One aspect of the present disclosure provides a probing apparatus with on-probe device-mapping function. A probing apparatus according to this aspect of the present disclosure comprises a housing, at least one probe stage positioned on the housing and configured to retain at least one probe, a device holder positioned in the housing and configured to receive at least one semiconductor device under test, and an inspection module having a predetermined field of view configured to capture an image showing at least the semiconductor device, wherein the probe stage includes a driving unit configured to move the probe out of focus of the inspection module in a mapping phase while keeping the device under test in the field of view of the optical inspection module. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304858 | MOVABLE BODY SYSTEM - A movable body system includes a movable body to which an image pickup apparatus is attached; an image analyzer that performs image matching between the image captured by the image pickup apparatus and an image, which is previously captured on the travel path of the movable body; a wall-surface detector that detects directions of the movable body with respect to wall surfaces, which are arranged along the travel path, and distances between the wall surfaces and the movable body; and a traveling-direction calculator that detects a shift of the movable body with respect to the travel path from an output of the image analyzer or the wall-surface detector, and calculates a traveling direction to cause the movable body to travel on the travel path. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304859 | PROCESSING DEVICE, OPTICAL DETECTION DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A processing device includes a control section adapted to perform emission control of first and second light source sections based on a light reception result of a light receiving section adapted to receive a reflected light beam caused by an object reflecting irradiation light beams from the first and second light source sections, and a determination section adapted to determine a positional relationship of the object with respect to the first and second light source sections based on emission current control information for performing the emission control. The determination section determines the positional relationship of the object based on first period emission current control information as the emission current control information in a first period in which no object exists in the detection area and second period emission current control information as the emission current control information in a second period in which the object exists in the detection area. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304860 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING E-BOOK CONTENTS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a function unit which performs a function of the image forming apparatus, a user interface which receives a selection of job data processed by the function unit and a selection of a layout for the job data, a contents production unit which produces electronic book (e-book) contents for the selected job data based on the selected layout, and a communication interface which transmits the produced e-book contents to an external device. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304861 | COLORIMETRIC MATCHING THE PERCEPTION OF A DIGITAL DATA FILE TO HARDCOPY LEGACY - A system for generating one or more new hardcopy prints from an electronic file comprising original digital image data, wherein the new hardcopy print(s) match a legacy hardcopy previously generated from the original digital image data of the electronic file, even when the legacy hardcopy was printed from an “enhanced” or “tuned” version of the original image data. The original image data and scanner data derived by scanning the legacy hardcopy are used to identify corresponding areas of constant color in the original data and the legacy hardcopy. The corresponding color areas are represented in a colorimetric color space and the original data color values are adjusted to match the legacy hardcopy color values. The adjusted data are used to print a new hardcopy. The colorimetric color space conversion is completed using a plurality of different printing device assumptions, and the printing device assumption resulting in the smallest starting color difference between the original color values and legacy hardcopy color areas is used for the color matching process. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304862 | Image inspecting apparatus, image inspecting method, and image forming apparatus - An image inspecting apparatus includes a first light illuminating unit irradiating a measured object on which an image is formed with light from an inclined direction; a second light illuminating unit irradiating the measured object with light from a different direction; an imaging unit receiving reflected light of the light with which the measured object is irradiated by the first light illuminating unit and the second light illuminating unit; a first and a second reference plate having a mirror surface and a diffuse surface, respectively; and an image inspecting unit inspecting a gloss distribution of the image based on the amount of light received by the imaging unit and a correcting coefficient. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304863 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product - An image forming apparatus outputs a proof chart in response to an instruction for calibration execution from a user and then a color measuring unit measures the colors of patches on the proof chart. A profile management unit selects, from entries in a base profile DB, a base profile in an entry that has color reproduction characteristics that are closest to the color measurement values of the patches and generates a sheet correction TRC that has an approximation to the color measurement values of the patches when the selected base profile is used. The selected base profile is used as a color conversion parameter in a color management module, and the generated sheet correction TRC is used as a tone correction parameter in a sheet-corresponding correcting unit. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304864 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USE OF FUNCTION OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a control data storage part configured to store control data including plural control settings that limit execution of a function of the image processing apparatus, the plural control settings including execution conditions that are progressively set in correspondence with one or more processes performed by the function of the image processing apparatus, an application control determination part configured to determine one or more of the plural control settings to be applied to the function, and a function process control part configured to limit the execution of the function by applying the one or more of the plural control settings to the function in correspondence with the progressively set execution conditions. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304865 | PRINTING CALIBRATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING CALIBRATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printing calibration processing apparatus includes: a gradation-characteristic-data generating section configured to read images of a printed surface and a rear surface of a test chart output by an image forming section and generate gradation characteristic data of the surfaces; a gradation-correction-date creating section configured to determine a correction value of maximum gradation on the basis of gradation characteristics of the surfaces; a color-material-amount-conversion-data creating section configured to determine a maximum of a color material on the basis of the correction value of the maximum gradation; a color-material-amount-limitation processing section configured to perform, concerning image data for printing, limitation processing for setting the maximum of the color material as an upper limit of a color material use amount; and a gradation correcting section configured to apply gradation correction to the image data subjected to the limitation processing using the gradation correction data. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304866 | PRINT SERVER AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a print server includes an acquisition portion, an analysis portion, a selection portion, and a control portion. The acquisition portion acquires target color gamut information from print data and acquires printer color gamut information from each of a plurality of printers. The analysis portion analyzes the target color gamut information and the printer color gamut information of each printer. The selection portion selects one or more printers from among the plurality of printers on the basis of the analysis result. The control portion instructs the selected printer to print the print data. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304867 | IMAGING FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming images at a plurality of resolution levels including at least one low resolution level and one high resolution level includes a photoconductor, onto which a beam size is set for the low resolution level; and an adjustment unit to conduct an exposure time-based density adjustment using a plurality of half-tone patterns prepared by changing an exposure time per pixel at a timing when a resolution level shifts from the low resolution level to the high resolution level and before actually shifting to an image forming operation executed at the high resolution level. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304868 | INKJET PRINTER, INKJET HEAD, AND PRINTING METHOD - To appropriately suppress an impact of an air resistance encountered by ink droplets discharged from nozzles of an inkjet head. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304869 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PRINTING JOB BY ADJUSTING COLOR INFORMATION - A method and apparatus to perform a printing job by adjusting color information include updating a predetermined color conversion table stored in an image forming device by inputting color adjustment information from a user, and performing the printing job using the updated color conversion table. Accordingly, the printing job is performed by adjusting color information regardless of whether an emulator of the image forming device supports a color adjustment function, increasing the efficiency of the printing operation. Additionally, when printing jobs are performed by repeatedly adjusting color information using the same color adjustment information, since the color information is converted using the same color conversion table as the color conversion table is updated using the color adjustment information, a waste of time for the color conversion is reduced. Furthermore, a function of the emulator does not have to be changed to perform a printing job, even if a function of an image forming device driver is changed to add a color adjustment function to the image forming device. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304870 | NON-PRINT MODE IN A MULTIFUNCTION PRINTING DEVICE - A multifunction print device and a method of using the multifunction device is disclosed. The multifunction print device includes a user interface comprising at least one input mechanism configured to transmit a user request to enter at least one of a print mode and a non-print mode; a plurality of elements configured to be in either an active or inactive state, wherein the elements comprise one or more first elements configured to perform printing functions and one or more second elements configured to perform non-printing functions; and a control system configured to, in response to a user request to enter non-print mode, switch the one or more second elements from an inactive state to an active state while keeping the one or more second elements in an inactive state. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304871 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, PRINTING DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PRINTING DATA GENERATION METHOD - Disclosed is an image formation apparatus, comprising: a reception section to receive PDL data; an image processing section including a plurality of operation sections, each of which executing a task performing processing by a page or a task performing processing by a band to generate printing data based on the PDL data; a control section to analyze the PDL data to obtain the number of printing pages, the control section dynamically setting the number of the operation sections assigned to each of the task performing the processing by the page and the task performing the processing by the band in accordance with the obtained number of the printing pages; and a printing section to form an image on a printing medium based on the generated printing data. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304872 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NETWORK SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus including a storage section which holds a job instructed by a user and data to be used for the job, a display section which displays that the job is present based on an association between the job held in the storage section and the user who instructed the job, and a control section which permits the display section to display that the job associated with the user who instructed the job is present based on the association with the user who instructed the job held in the storage section. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304873 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT FILE FOR PRINTING USING CONFIGURATION DATA TO DYNAMICALLY MIMIC PRINT PARAMETER INFORMATION USED BY DIFFERENT PRINTER - A method for processing an electronic document file for printing may include receiving an electronic document file at a print driver for a select printer; determining the electronic document file includes different print parameter information for a different printer based on configuration data; identifying and transforming the different print parameter information to select print parameter information based on mapping information; processing document print parameter information associated with the electronic document file, where a portion of the document print parameter information was transformed from the different print parameter information; and sending a print stream to the select printer for printing the electronic document file consistent with the different print parameter information. A related system may include a storage device and a processor. The storage device may include the print driver and configuration data with the mapping information. The print driver may include input; filter; mapping; processing; and output modules. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PERIPHERAL DEVICE FROM A PROGRAM USING INTERFACE SUITABLE FOR OPERATION OF ANOTHER TYPE OF PERIPHERAL DEVICE - A system and method for operating a peripheral device from a computer application or program, by inserting commands for an operation of the device into commands of an API that is supported by the computer application and is suitable for operation of another and different type of peripheral. The inserted commands are recognized and presented to the device. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304875 | Resource Conflict Resolution Mechanism - A computer generated method disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job including a plurality of print files, processing a first resource in a first print file by determining if the name of the first resource matches a name of a previously processed resource, determining if data within the first resource matches data within a previously processed resource if the name of the first resource matches the name of the previously processed resource and renaming the first resource if the data within the first resource does not match data within the previously processed resource. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304876 | SYSTEM AND PRINTING DEVICE FOR MONITORING AND MODIFYING OPERATION OF A PRINTING DEVICE CORRESPONDING TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION - A system adjusts at least one operational parameter for at least one electrical energy consuming device. The system monitors electrical energy consumption measurements for operational activity periods, identifies an electrical energy consumption measurement difference between an electrical energy consumption measurement for an operational activity period and an electrical energy consumption measurement for a corresponding operational activity period, and modifies an operational parameter for the electrical energy consuming device in response to the difference being greater than a predetermined threshold. The modified operational parameter is sent to the electrical energy consuming device to enable modified operation of the electrical energy consuming device. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304877 | NAIL PRINTER AND PRINT CONTROLLING METHOD - A nail printer and printing method for printing on nails of fingers in a short time. Printing of nails starts a predetermined time after a print start command is given by a print switch or a both-hand switch. When nails of thumbs or fingers of both right and left hands are printed with an image, a print switch is operated by one of the hands, the thumbs or fingers of the both hands are fixed at a predetermined printing position within a printed finger receiver and then the nails of both the thumbs or fingers are printed with a design or pattern. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304878 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISTRIBUTED PRINTING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus is connected to an external device and includes a first receiving unit that receives information indicating a first volume of unprinted print data out of print data capable of being subject to distributed printing from the external device; a deciding unit that decides a second volume of the unprinted print data to undertake in the image processing apparatus for distributed printing on the basis of a predetermined condition upon reception of the information indicating the first volume of the unprinted print data; a first transmitting unit that transmits information indicating the second volume to the external device; and a second receiving unit that receives a piece of the unprinted print data corresponding to the second volume from the external device. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304879 | DEVICE CAPABLE OF EXTRACTING OUTPUT CONTROL INFORMATION, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To change a detection target region of output control information for each function to be used in an MFP having multiple functions. A device that outputs document data has a detection unit configured to detect, from document data, information to control output of the document data and a control unit configured to control the output of the document data according to the detected information, and the device includes a setting unit configured to set a detection target region by the detection unit either to the entire surface or to a specific region of the document data. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304880 | Colored investment data display system and method - A method and system that provides a unique data display tool for use in the investment area and utilizes color coated entries in various data displays to aid in the client's assimilation of investment data and information. More specifically, the method and system uses a plurality of colors that are superimposed over data contained in various data category displays. Any one category data may contain a number of different such colored overlays. It is between different data displays, the same color would be used for the same data category presented in each display. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304881 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a plurality of recording medium housing portions in which recording mediums to be reused are discriminated and housed respectively for degradation regions that are erased image regions; an obtaining unit to obtain image data;
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20110304882 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus connectable to a plurality of external apparatuses via a network, comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires, from the respective external apparatuses, pieces of copy setting information which are generated in the respective external apparatuses, the copy setting information designating apparatuses for scanning and apparatuses for printing; a determination unit that determines, by referring to the pieces of copy setting information acquired by the acquisition unit, whether or not each copy setting information designates the image forming apparatus as the apparatus for printing; and a display control unit that identifiably displays, on a display unit, copy setting information which is determined by the determination unit to designate the image forming apparatus as the apparatus for printing. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304883 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD TO BE USED THEREIN - A printing system including a printer for storing a setup program for installing a printer driver and an information processing apparatus, wherein the information processing apparatus starts up the setup program acquired from the printer, when the printer driver is installed, identifies an attribute of an OS running on the information processing apparatus, creates a port having a port name according to a predetermined format according to the identified attribute of the OS, and installs the printer driver. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304884 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A management server capable of communicating with a providing apparatus via a network and using a function provided by the providing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive failure information from the image forming apparatus, and a notification unit configured to perform notification for arranging maintenance of the image forming apparatus according to the failure information received from the image forming apparatus, wherein the management server does not arrange the maintenance of the image forming apparatus if it can be identified that the failure is caused by the providing apparatus based on the received failure information. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304885 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A printing apparatus includes a CPU that determines whether or not to use operation information included in paper information received from another printing apparatus. If it is determined to use the operation information, the received paper information is registered as the paper information of Type 2. In addition, the CPU included in the printing apparatus selects one of a plurality of pieces of paper information and controls a printer unit such that the printer unit performs a printing process in an operating state based on the operation information included in the selected piece of paper information. | 2011-12-15 |
20110304886 | Image on Paper Registration Using Transfer Surface Marks - A method of adjusting the registration of an image printed on sheets. The method including determining a first image location relative to a first sheet, adjusting a second image to be printed based on the determined first image location and printing the adjusted second image to subsequent sheet(s). The first image location determination made by measuring at least one dimension of a fiducial mark disposed directly on a transfer surface. The fiducial mark formed by the engagement of the first sheet with the transfer surface, whereby an inner edge of the fiducial mark forms at least a partial outline of a periphery of the first sheet. Each measured fiducial mark dimension extending from the fiducial mark inner edge to an outer edge of the fiducial mark. The fiducial mark outer edge being disposed remote from the at least partial outline of the first sheet periphery. | 2011-12-15 |