50th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100315623 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A FLUX OF A SELECTED INDIVIDUAL LIGHT SOURCE AMONG A PLURALITY OF LIGHT SOURCES - The invention provides a method for measuring a flux of a selected individual lightsource among a plurality of lightsources, wherein each lightsource is controlled by an associated pulse width modulated signal, and each pulse width modulated signal has a first logic level interval at a first extremity of a timecycle wherein the associated lightsource is to be lit, and a second level interval during the remainder of said timecycle. The method according to the present invention comprises time inverting the pulse width modulated signal of all lightsources that have a first logic level interval at the same extremity as the first logic level interval as the individual lightsource to be measured (usually this applies for the pulse width modulated signals for all lightsources), by shifting their high level interval to a second extremity of a timecycle and measuring the flux of the selected individual lightsource at the first extremity of the timecycle. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315624 | DEVICE FOR, AN ARRANGEMENT FOR AND A METHOD OF ANALYSING A SAMPLE | 2010-12-16 |
20100315625 | METHODS FOR DEPTH PROFILING IN SEMICONDUCTORS USING MODULATED OPTICAL REFLECTANCE TECHNOLOGY - Methods of obtaining dopant and damage depth profile information are disclosed using modulated optical reflectivity (MOR) measurements. In one aspect, the depth profile is constructed using information obtained from various measurements such as the junction depth, junction abruptness and dopant concentration. In another aspect, a full theoretical model is developed. Actual measurements are fed to the model. Using an iterative approach, the actual measurements are compared to theoretical measurements calculated from the model to determine the actual depth profile. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315626 | OPTICAL APPARATUS FOR DEFECT INSPECTION - An optical apparatus for defect inspection having an illuminating optical system for irradiating illumination light beams on the surface of a specimen to form a beam spot and a detection optical system for detecting a reflection light ray originating from the beam spot comprises a storage unit in which the position and size of a standard particle of known size on a specimen for correction are stored in advance, a correction processing section which, when the correction specimen is used as an inspection target, correlates a detected scattering light quantity from the standard particle with the known size of standard particle stored at a corresponding position in the storage unit to prepare a correlation between the scattering light quantity and a true value, and a signal processing section which, when an inspection wafer is used as an inspection target, converts a detected scattering light quantity into a defect dimension. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315627 | Apparatus and Method for Enhancing the Electromagnetic Signal of a Sample - The present invention is an apparatus and method for enhancing the electromagnetic signal of a sample for ellipsometry which uses at least one auxiliary layer and at least one substrate layer. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315628 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - The invention lies in the technical field of cell biology and transplantation medicine. It concerns devices and methods for rapid and noninvasive analysis or checking of biological samples, especially for sterility control, for characterization of infectious particles and microorganisms contained in the biological sample and for characterization of tissue cells and transplants. The main areas of application of the invention are biotechnological production of pharmacological active ingredients and therapeutic agents as well as transplantation medicine. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315629 | Optical Scanning - Disclosed are apparatus, kits, methods, and systems that include a radiation source configured to direct radiation to a sample; a detector configured to measure radiation from the sample; an electronic processor configured to determine infotmation about the sample based on the measured radiation; a housing enclosing the source, the detector, and the electronic processor, the housing having a hand-held form factor; an arm configured to maintain a separation between the sample and the housing, the arm including a first end configured to connect to the housing and a second end configured to contact the sample; and a layer positioned on the second end of the arm, the layer being configured to contact the sample and to transmit at least a portion of the radiation from the sample to the detector. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315630 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING FLUID LEAK FLOW RATES USING DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS - A leak detection system and method is provided for a structure having a first barrier to a first fluid and a second barrier to a second fluid, the first barrier and the second barrier defining a space therebetween. The system includes at least one sensor, such as a fiber optic sensor, placed in the space and configured to detect presence of the first fluid or the second fluid in the space due to a fluid leak in the first barrier or the second barrier. The fiber optic sensor may further be configured to measure one or more characteristics of an acoustic emission caused by the leak, and the system and method may be able to estimate the orifice diameter of the fluid leak based on the measured one or more characteristics, and to calculate a leak rate based on the estimated orifice diameter. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315631 | Raman Spectroscopic Apparatus Utilizing Self-Aligned Non-Dispersive External Cavity Laser - A Raman spectroscopic apparatus utilizing a self-aligned non-dispersive external cavity laser as the excitation light source. The output spectrum of the laser is narrowed and stabilized by a volume Bragg grating to provide high spectral brightness. A high throughput optical system is used for Raman scattering signal excitation and extraction, which takes full advantage of the high spectral brightness of the laser source. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315632 | OPTICAL APPARATUS FOR COMBINED HIGH WAVENUMBER RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - The present invention provides apparatuses and methods for sample analysis, such as tissue analysis, that integrate high wavenumber (HW) Raman spectroscopy for chemical composition analysis and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) to provide depth and morphological information. Intravascular catheter embodiments and related vascular diagnostic methods are also provided. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315633 | SPECTROSCOPY MODULE - Alignment marks | 2010-12-16 |
20100315634 | SPECTROMETER - In a state that the body portion | 2010-12-16 |
20100315635 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING STATIC AND DYNAMIC SCATTERED LIGHT IN SMALL VOLUMES - The invention relates to a device for measuring scattered light, comprising at least one focusing element provided with electromagnetic radiation that can be focused on a sample, a detector and a detector optical system with which electromagnetic radiation scattered by the sample can be conducted to the detector. The device is characterized in that it comprises means for forming an annular beam such that said annular beam can be focused on a focus point inside the sample by the at least one focusing element and that electromagnetic radiation scattered by the sample can be detected by the detection optical system, said electromagnetic radiation dispersing inside the area surrounded by the annular beam. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315636 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A LIGHT BEAM FOR AN OPTICAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - An apparatus for providing a light beam for use in a diffraction instrument ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100315637 | Method and apparatus for measuring the scattered light signals from a liquid sample - A sample cell for making light scattering measurements, incorporating an exterior surface acting as both a lateral and vertical lens, is described. This unique structure permits greatly improved measurement of the light scattered by molecules and particles suspended in a fluid contained therein or flowing therethrough while illuminated by a fine light beam incident thereon. The resultant lensed structure of the cell, when integrated into a scattered light photometer and combined with suitable apertures before each scattered light collecting detector, reduces significantly stray light from entering each such detector. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315638 | PARTICULATE DETECTION AND CALIBRATION OF SENSORS - According to example configurations herein, a fluid sample flow including particulate matter passes through a conduit. One or more optical sensors monitor optical energy scattering off of the particulate matter in the fluid sample flow as it passes through the conduit. A magnitude of the optical energy sensed by the one or more optical sensors varies depending on particulate matter present in the fluid sample flow. An analyzer monitors the magnitude of the optical energy sensed by the one or more optical sensors and detects changes in the optical energy. A change in the optical energy can indicate a change in the particulate matter present in the fluid sample flow. In response to detecting the change in the optical energy, the analyzer initiates one or more functions such as recalibration, purging, execution of diagnostics, etc. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315639 | MICROPARTICLE MEASURING APPARATUS - A microparticle measuring apparatus which includes a flow channel through which a solution containing microparticles flows, an optical detecting unit configured to direct a laser beam to microparticles passing through the flow channel and detecting light for measurement emanating from the microparticles and converting the thus detected light into electrical signals, a solution feeding unit configured to feed the flow channel with either a sample solution containing microparticles of interest or a calibration solution containing reference microparticles that exhibit uniform optical characteristics, and an optical axis correcting unit configured to optimize the relative position of the flow channel with respect to the laser beam in response to the intensity of electrical signals from the reference microparticles. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315640 | POLARIZATION CONTROLLER - A feedforward controller for controlling the polarization state of an optical signal. The feedforward controller includes an optical input for receiving an optical input signal having an input polarization state, an optical output for transmitting an optical output signal having an output polarization state, a polarization controller coupled to the optical input and the optical output, and a transfer function determiner for determining a characteristic polarization transfer function of the feedforward controller from the input and output polarization states. The polarization controller is adapted to modify the polarization state of light passing therethrough in dependence on the characteristic polarization transfer function of the feedforward controller. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315641 | Polarimeter - A kit having a supporting device for maintaining a transparent article having a longitudinal axis A, a proximal end and a distal end. The supporting device including a proximal holder including a port intended to receive the proximal end of the article, and a distal holder including a receiving part intended to receive the distal end of the article, the port and the receiving part being aligned on the same longitudinal axis B. The supporting device further having a compressor for putting the article under longitudinal compression directed towards a center of the article, when the article is mounted on the supporting device with its longitudinal axis A aligned on the longitudinal axis B, and a polarimeter. The invention also pertains to a method for measuring the stress inside an article made of transparent material. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315642 | SPECTROSCOPIC DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for spectroscopic detection of a loss in a resonator cavity. The system comprises: a tunable laser source for generating a laser beam; a frequency locking system for either locking the frequency of the laser beam to a resonance of the resonator cavity or locking the length of the cavity to the frequency of the laser beam; a first modulation element for modulating the laser beam at a first modulation frequency to generate a modulated laser beam; an input coupler adapted for directing the modulated laser beam into the resonator cavity; a first directing element for directing a first portion of light reflected from the input coupler to a first photodetector to generate a first detected signal; and a first demodulator capable of demodulating the first modulation signal from the first detected signal to generate a first error signal which is a function of the loss in the resonator cavity. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315643 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING NANO-IMPRINT TEMPLATE - A method for inspecting a nano-imprint template, includes irradiating light onto a template for nano-imprinting from a back surface side of the template, the template having a front surface where a pattern is formed, detecting near-field light which is generated near the front surface of the template by the irradiation of the light, and performing an inspection of the template on the basis of the detected near-field light. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315644 | HAND-HELD SCANNER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR READING POINT OF CARE TEST RESULTS - A diagnostic assay system including a test device and a scanning device are described. In one implementation, the scanning device includes a source of electromagnetic radiation, an optics assembly, a detector, and a microprocessor disposed within a chassis. The test device and scanning device may be configured to be movable relative to each other during operation of the scanning device. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315645 | HIGH POWER ACOUSTIC RESONATOR WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL INTERFACIAL ELEMENTS - An optical element, which may be part of a system for optical analysis of a material in contact with it, is kept clean by means of the vibrations of a high power acoustic resonator. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, in certain embodiments of the present invention, one or more optical interfacial elements may be integrated with a high power acoustic resonator to provide a robust sensing device that may provide for acoustic cleaning of the optical interfacial elements and/or combining optical and acoustic measurements made by the integrated system for analysis purposes. In certain aspects, the high power acoustic resonator may include an acoustic horn for focusing acoustic energy and the optical interfacial elements may be integrated with the acoustic horn. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315646 | Method and Apparatus of Z-Scan Photoreflectance Characterization - A method of z-scan photo-reflectance characterization of semiconductor structures and apparatus for same has been developed. The method and apparatus provides the ability to independently measure electro-refractive and electro-absorptive nonlinearities that occur in conventional photo-reflectance signals. By performing a series of photo-reflectance measurements, each containing photo-modulated nonlinear optical signals, with the sample at a multiplicity of positions along the focal length of the probe light column, and with an aperture fixtured in the reflected probe path, precision characterization of both electro-refractive and electro-absorptive nonlinearities is attained. The Z-scan photo-reflectance method and apparatus characterizes spatial distortions of a coherent photo-reflectance probe light beam due to electro-refractive and electro-absorptive effects. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315647 | System, Method and Apparatus for a Micromachined Interferometer Using Optical Splitting - A Mach-Zehnder MEMS interferometer is achieved using two half plane beam splitters formed at respective edges of a first medium. The first beam splitter is optically coupled to receive an incident beam and operates to split the incident beam into two beams, a first one propagating in the first medium towards the second beam splitter and a second one propagating in a second medium. A moveable mirror in the second medium reflects the second beam back towards the second beam splitter to cause interference of the two beams. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315648 | NON-PERIODIC WAVEFRONT DIVIDING INTERFEROMETER - A non-periodic reflection beamsplitter or reflector for use in an interferometer. The interferometer employs non-periodic reflectors or a non-periodic beamsplitter in order to produce interference patterns to analyze. The non-periodic reflectors or beamsplitters may be concentrically arranged reflectors having equal area. The beamsplitter consists of two adjacent non-periodic structures having complementary reflection and transmission patterns. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315649 | OCT APPARATUS AND INTERFERENCE SIGNAL LEVEL CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An OCT measurement apparatus includes a level detection section which detects the signal level of a piece of signal intensity information in interference information outputted from an interference beam detection section, a variable optical attenuator (VOA) which adjusts the light quantity of a return beam of a reference beam, and a light quantity control section which controls the VOA on the basis of the signal level of the piece of signal intensity information in the interference information detected by the level detection section. Accordingly, an interference signal at an appropriate level can be detected without saturation of the interference signal and reduction of an S/N ratio, and optical structure information of an object to be measured can be generated using the interference signal. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315650 | SPECTRALLY CONTROLLABLE LIGHT SOURCES IN INTERFEROMETRY - The time delay (and therefore the OPD) between object and reference beams in an interferometer is manipulated by changing the spectral properties of the source. The spectral distribution is tuned to produce a modulation peak at a value of OPD equal to the optical distance between the object and reference arms of a Fizeau interferometer, thereby enabling the use of its common-axis configuration to carry out white-light measurements free of coherence noise. Unwanted interferences from other reflections in the optical path are also removed by illuminating the object with appropriate spectral characteristics. OPD scanning is implemented without mechanical means by altering the source spectrum over time so as to shift the peak location by a predetermined scanning step between acquisition frames. Finally, the spectrum is controlled on a pixel-by-pixel basis to create a virtual surface that matches the profile of a particular sample surface. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315651 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE IMAGE QUALITY OF AN OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM - A measuring system for the optical measurement of an optical imaging system, which is provided to image a pattern arranged in an object surface of the imaging system in an image surface of the imaging system, comprises an object-side structure carrier having an object-side measuring structure, to be arranged on the object side of the imaging system; an image-side structure carrier having an image-side measuring structure, to be arranged on the image side of the imaging system; the object-side measuring structure and the image-side measuring structure being matched to each other in such a way that, when the object-side measuring structure is imaged onto the image-side measuring structure with the aid of the imaging system, a superposition pattern is produced; and a detector for the locally resolving acquisition of the superposition pattern. The imaging system is designed as an immersion system for imaging with the aid of an immersion liquid. A structure carrier to be arranged in the region of the immersion liquid is assigned a protective system in order to increase the resistance of the measuring structure to degradation caused by the immersion liquid. A measurement of immersion systems under immersion conditions is thereby possible without detrimental influence of the immersion liquid on the measuring accuracy. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315652 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ADJUSTING A FIELD OF VIEW OF AN INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING DEVICE - A method of imaging at least a part of an object. The method comprises splitting electro-magnetic radiation to first and second portions, propagating the first and second portions, spectrally dispersing the first portion toward the part and the second portion toward a reference element, combining between reflections of the spectrally dispersed first and second portions to produce an interference signal, capturing an image of the part from the interference, and adjusting at least one of a tilt of said image plane and a curvature of the image by changing a deviation between the phase of at least one spectral component of the first portion and the phase of at least one spectral component of the second portion. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315653 | OPTICAL SENSOR FOR POSITIONING TASKS - The invention relates to a method for length and/or velocity measurement, in particular for positioning tasks, in which an optical sensor carries out a length and/or velocity measurement on a measurement object in a contactless manner, wherein the optical sensor carries out the length and/or velocity measurement via an image processing method, via a spatial frequency filter method and/or by way of a laser Doppler method and reference markings are recognized by the optical sensor, and to a corresponding apparatus. The object of providing a simple method and a simple apparatus for length and/or velocity measurement which offers a higher degree of measurement reliability with the result that it can also be used in safety-relevant areas of application is achieved by evaluation means carrying out reference marking recognition operations and by a plausibility test being carried out, in which a signal is generated as a function of the result of the plausibility test. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315654 | LIDAR Instrument System and Process - An apparatus and systems used to measure the height of a liquid in a well or a tank and in particular to those apparatus and systems which use coherent light or laser for such measurement. The apparatus and systems will also measure respective elevations of multiple overlying immiscible fluid layers. The method entails generating coherent light or laser beams and the timing of its travel to either a liquid surface or floating object and its return to a receiving sensor. The timing of the receipt of the signals is processed to determine the relative height of a fluid surface in a chemical or fuel tank or groundwater well. The apparatus and systems provide multiple improvements over current methods of measuring fluid levels in wells and tanks. Improvements include increased accuracy due to reduction in human error when making measurements and elimination of environmental hazards involving the release and spreading of contaminants in soil and groundwater as can be caused by several current measurement methods. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315655 | Method And Device For Measuring A Height Difference - Determination of the height difference between a first reference point and a second reference point, at least one of the two reference points lying on a semiconductor chip, which is mounted on a substrate, comprises the steps | 2010-12-16 |
20100315656 | PRINT PROGRAM, PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In the case to print an image of a set page that sets a plurality of combine pages, it is possible to adjust an arrangement position of the combine pages without changing the direction of the combine pages and raising a reduction rate. In the print section, a reduction rate selection scene display section | 2010-12-16 |
20100315657 | PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A control method for controlling a printing system includes selectively executing an inline job and an offline job. The inline job is for executing post-processing on a sheet printed by a printing apparatus by using a post-processing apparatus and the offline job is for executing post-processing on a sheet without executing printing by the printing apparatus by using the post-processing apparatus. The control method also includes restricting execution of the inline job if a sheet has been set in a paper feed unit that is a paper feed source of the offline job to be executed. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315658 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion for forming an image on a recording material; an image reading portion, for reading an original image, movable between a first position in which the image reading portion opposes the image forming portion and a second position in which the image reading portion is partly raised from the image forming portion; an openable member movable, relative to the image forming portion independently of the image reading portion, between an open position in which the openable member exposes an inside of the image forming portion and a closed position in which the openable member covers the image forming member; and preventing means capable of preventing movement of the openable member toward the closed position when the image reading member is located at the second position. The prevention of movement of the openable member is released by moving the image reading member toward the first position from the second position in which the preventing means prevents the movement of the openable member. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315659 | ALLOCATION PROGRAM, ALLOCATION DEVICE AND ALLOCATION METHOD - An allocation device includes: an allocation candidate information acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of allocation candidate positions and the number of the allocation candidate positions in the case where print target images are allocated on a printing medium; a printing number acquisition unit that acquires the number of the print target images to be printed, the number being smaller than the number of the allocation candidate positions; and an allocation unit that allocates the print target images to the plurality of allocation candidate positions so that a highest cutting efficiency is obtained in the case where the printing medium, on which the print target images to be printed have been allocated and printed to the plurality of allocation candidate positions, is cut into segments for the individual print target images. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315660 | PRINTING OF POSITION-CODED DOCUMENTS - A digital pen and paper system allows for printing of a document page superimposed on a pattern unit which is a unique part of a position-coding pattern. The system allows a user to change the format of the document page at the time of printing. To this end, the position-coding pattern is subdivided into predetermined pattern units, which are associated with a respective predetermined format. Knowledge about the pattern subdivision and its association with different formats is shared between a document generating part and a position processing part of the system. Thus, a method and apparatus in the document generating part enables the document page to be printed together with a pattern unit that is associated with a format selected by the user. Thereby, positions encoded on the printed document page will indicate a format change to a method and apparatus in the position processing part. Thereby, the position processing part may use the indicated format change to retain a correct mapping between positions and document page. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315661 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A method for controlling an information processing apparatus is provided, which can easily perform not only print setting but also installation of a printer driver during creation of a hot folder. The hot folder can be easily created by automatically installing the printer driver and setting the printer driver based on an operation of copying a template of a hot folder to a PC. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315662 | Printing apparatus and printing method - A receiving unit | 2010-12-16 |
20100315663 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - A printing control apparatus for printing an image on a recording medium of a plurality of types of recording mediums set in any of a plurality of storage units by conveying the recording medium to a printing position includes a determination unit configured to determine a used amount for each type of recording medium, and a display control unit configured to display on a display device information for guiding a high usage type recording medium to be set in a storage unit which has a short conveyance distance to the printing position among the plurality of the storage units based on the used amounts determined by the determination unit. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315664 | METHOD OF MAKING AN ANIMATED FLIPBOOK - The present invention is directed towards method of making an animated flipbook by printing individual images captured from video footage on sheets of paper, with more than one image printed on each sheet of paper in a predetermined order. The sheets of paper are cut into rows of images, stacked chronologically, and cut into individual flipbook pages. The flipbook pages are stacked chronologically and bound together. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315665 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - In a system in which a plurality of image forming devices are connected on one or more image processing devices through a network, efficiency of image formation is improved by assigning priority, or by ordering, the image forming devices according to power consumption and wait time. An image forming device is selected according to one of the power consumption and the wait time. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315666 | HIGH SPEED PAGE TRANSMISSION - An apparatus to transmit data from a digital front end, to a digital printing head. The apparatus includes at least two digital page processing units, a first processing unit ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100315667 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARBON FOOTPRINT JOB BASED ACCOUNTING - A system may include a processor, a printing device, a communication interface operably connected to the processor, and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor. The computer-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for identifying a carbon credit account associated with at least a user, receiving a print job request from the user, receiving a carbon emission value for the print job request, determining whether to accept the print job request based on the carbon emission value and the carbon credit amount, and performing, via the printing device, the print job request in response to accepting the print job request. The carbon credit account may include a carbon credit amount. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315668 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND SYSTEM - An electronic device includes a display unit that displays operation information about a user's operation procedure; a communication unit that performs communication with a mobile terminal device; and a transmission unit that transmits, in case that a predetermined operation information is to be displayed on the display unit, image data for displaying the predetermined operation information to the mobile terminal device via the communication unit. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315669 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL EMBODIED IN A CARRIER WAVE - An information processing device includes a memory that stores instruction data describing a content of processing to be executed on document data and a sequence of the processing, in association with a storing area for storing the document data; and a processing executing unit that executes a first processing on the document data stored in the storing area according to the instruction data associated with the storing area, when the document data is stored in the storing area, and executes a second processing on the document data according to the instruction data set for an upper storing area when the upper storing area is set for the storing area. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315670 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A first communication device may be configured to receive firmware information sent from a second communication device. The firmware information may include version information of a second firmware that the second communication device has. The first communication device may be configured to send a firmware request to the second communication device in a first case where the version information of the second firmware is newer than version information of a first firmware currently stored in the storing unit. The first communication device may be configured to receive the second firmware sent from the second communication device in response to the firmware request. The first communication device may be configured to update the first firmware currently stored to the second firmware. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315671 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - In a conventional system, an eventing method and status inquiry method based on one-to-one communication are not suitable for notifying many unspecified network-connected hosts of the status of an apparatus in accordance with the WSD and UPnP protocols. A multicast packet capable of notifying many unspecified apparatuses of the status using one packet cannot transmit statuses other than connection and disconnection of an apparatus. To solve these problems, when the status of an apparatus changes, an identifier which is contained in a multicast packet and indicates the apparatus itself is sent after being replaced in accordance with the apparatus status without changing a format defined by a standard protocol. Upon receiving the packet, an apparatus determines, from the identifier contained in the multicast packet, whether to acquire information of the apparatus. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315672 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A data processing apparatus includes a virtual printer driver unit configured to receive job data of a job from an application executing unit, generate image data based on the job data, and generate print setting data by describing a print setting extracted from the job data; an output condition control unit configured to rewrite the image data and the print setting data generated by the virtual printer driver unit and determine an output destination from which the image data is to be printed out, in accordance with a rule including conditions for selecting the output destination and making a change in output contents of the job; and a transmission unit configured to select a printer driver corresponding to the determined output destination and transmit, to the selected printer driver, a print command relevant to a changed job corresponding to the image data and the print setting data that have been rewritten. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315673 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A file containing multiple image data pieces and a header describing an intended use of the image data pieces is stored, and an instruction to perform processing with use of an image data piece from among the image data pieces is received. Based on the instructed processing and the intended use described in the header, an image data piece from among the image data pieces is determined to be the target of the processing, and then the image data piece determined to be the target of the processing is processed. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315674 | Information Processing Apparatus - Disclosed is the information processing apparatus, which makes it possible to easily conduct a setting change operation for a plurality of setting items after the concerned setting operation has been completed. The information processing apparatus includes: an operating section to establish a set of setting values corresponding to a plurality of setting items, therefrom; a storage section to store the set of setting values established from the operating section, therein; a display section; and a controlling section to control the display section. When receiving a request for changing the set of setting values established in advance through the operating section, the controlling section controls the display section so as to display at least one candidate of change contents onto the display section, based on differential components between the set of setting values established in advance and another set of setting values stored in the storage section. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315675 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus capable of transmitting image data to an external device includes a display unit for displaying a list of information indicating transmission destinations to transmit the image data, a selection unit for selecting information in the list, a determination unit for determining whether the selected information satisfies a particular condition, and a transmission unit for transmitting, when the selected information does not satisfy the particular condition, the image data to the transmission destination indicated by the selected information, and transmitting, when the selected information satisfies the particular condition, information indicating that the image data has not been transmitted to the transmission destination indicated by the selected information. The transmission unit transmits, in response to reception from the external device received the information indicating that the image data has not been transmitted of a request to transmit untransmitted image data, the untransmitted image data to the external device. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315676 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a function included in a communication partner and a determination unit configured to determine processing, which the communication partner performs on transmission data, according to the recognized function and a type of the transmission data. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315677 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading method includes generating pattern data for correcting a reading characteristic of a document reading apparatus, displaying the generated pattern data, reading the displayed pattern data, and correcting the reading characteristic of the document reading apparatus based on the generated pattern data and the read pattern data. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315678 | Method and apparatus of wirelessly connecting a first device to a second device - A system and method for wirelessly connecting a first device to a second device utilizing a contactless smart card or RFID tag provided in proximity with the first device, the smart card or RFID tag containing information allowing the first device to be connected to the second device for the purpose of establishing a one way or two way connection between the two devices. The system and method of the present invention also allows information contained in a credit/debit card to be wirelessly transferred into the first device, either directly or indirectly, through the second device. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315679 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD USING THE SAME - There is provided a printing method including: receiving at least one of print data and control commands from a host device; storing print image data on the basis of the received print data when there is no previously stored print image data before the receiving of the print data, and storing print image data on the basis of the received print data after deleting previously stored print image data when there is the previously stored print image data before the receiving of the print data; and printing the stored print image data according to a preset control command among the control commands received from the host device. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315680 | NETWORKED PRINTER SYSTEM, NETWORKED PRINTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND NETWORKED PRINTER MANAGEMENT METHOD - A networked printer system includes one or more client machines disposed on a network, a plurality of networked printers disposed on the network and connected to the one or more client machine via the network, and an automatic switching unit disposed on the network. The automatic switching unit includes a print request receiving unit receiving a print request issued by the client machine, and a printer information acquisition unit obtaining and storing print history information of each one of the networked printers. The automatic switching unit determines one suitable printer from among the plurality of networked printers based on print data of the print request and the print history information of the networked printers, and transmits the print data issued by the client machine, to the one suitable printer. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315681 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus extracts, from an electronic document, object data having associated tag information which satisfies a condition specified by a user. The image processing apparatus generates an encoded image pattern which includes object ID information for identifying the extracted object data and electronic document specifying information for specifying the electronic document, and executes print processing of print data which includes the extracted object data and the generated encoded image pattern. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315682 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device which can communicate with an image processing device on a network is characterized by comprising a search indication unit for issuing a search indication for searching the image processing device on the network, a first transmission unit for transmitting a request for changing a power saving state of the image processing device on the network to a normal state in response to the search indication issued by the search indication unit, a second transmission unit for transmitting a search request for searching the image processing device after the request was transmitted by the first transmission unit, and a designation unit for designating a transmission range of the request transmitted by the first transmission unit, and characterized in that the second transmission unit transmits the search request to the transmission range designated by the designation unit. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315683 | Systems and Methods for Communicating Documents Via an Autonomous Multiple-Function Peripheral Device - A multiple-function peripheral device includes a packet-switched network interface and an autonomous application programming interface. The application programming interface requests image information from a remote server via the packet-switched network interface in a first mode of operation. The application programming interface sends image information to a remote device via the packet-switched network interface in a second mode of operation. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315684 | Information processing device, detachable storage medium access control circuit, and image forming apparatus - An information processing device including a printed circuit board, to access a detachable storage medium, including a control device, provided on the printed circuit board, to control access to the storage medium; a slot connector, provided on the printed circuit board to accept the storage medium; a junction portion between the storage medium and the printed circuit board, to receive a signal from the storage medium; a signal line connected between the junction portion and the control device, to transmit a signal from the storage medium to the control device; a noise line connected between the junction portion and a ground terminal, to transmit noise from the junction portion to the ground terminal; and a noise absorption element, provided in the noise line between the junction portion and the ground terminal. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315685 | APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS CALIBRATION FOR MAINTAINING IMAGE QUALITY - To add an arbitrary recording medium as a recording medium that can be used for calibration to maintain the quality of an image to be formed, an image forming unit forms a pattern image on each of a specific recording medium that can be used for the calibration and the arbitrary recording medium. A creating unit creates second conversion setting information applied to the arbitrary recording medium to convert luminance information into density information, using first luminance information obtained from the pattern image formed on the specific recording medium, second luminance information obtained from the pattern image formed on the arbitrary recording medium, and first conversion setting information applied to the specific recording medium for converting luminance information into density information. A determining unit determines a common image formation condition applied to the specific recording medium and the arbitrary recording medium based on the second conversion setting information. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315686 | Host apparatus and control method thereof, and image reading apparatus controlled by host apparatus - A method for controlling the host apparatus includes searching for at least one image reading apparatus being connected to the host apparatus; displaying a list of image reading apparatuses using the first information of the searched at least one image reading apparatus; selecting one of the at least image reading apparatus from the displayed list of image reading apparatuses; displaying a user interface (UI) for selecting a scanning option which includes the second information of the selected image reading apparatus using the second information corresponding to the selected image reading apparatus; and controlling the selected image reading apparatus to perform a scanning operation according to the scanning option which is input through the UI for selecting a scanning option. Accordingly, a plurality of image reading apparatuses are controlled by a single universal driver without the need of installing driver programs for each of the image reading apparatuses. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315687 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE SHADING CORRECTION METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes: a light source irradiating a reading target with light; an image sensor receiving incoming reflection light from the reading target and reading the reading target; a plurality of kinds of white reference plates of mutually different brightness levels provided for acquiring a white reference in shading correction; an input part accepting input of selection, as a mode for document reading, between a character mode prioritizing character reproduction and a photo mode prioritizing figure and photo reproduction; and a shading correction part, when the character mode has been selected, perform the shading correction by defining the white reference based on output of the image sensor when the character-mode white reference plate darker than the photo-mode white reference plate has been read. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315688 | METHOD OF SCANNING - A computer-implemented method of scanning a document (e.g. a newspaper or a book) is provided where the text may be legally protected from unauthorized copying, comprising the steps of: acquiring to a memory at least one recording confined to a field that covers a delimited area of a document; processing the at least one recording to perform character recognition; when a character is recognized, registering it in a memory, and performing the above steps repeatedly while recording at shifted positions so as to progressively obtain a string of characters; and evaluating the string against a predefined condition. If the condition is not satisfied, at least a portion of the string and at least a portion of the at least one recording are cleared from the memory. If the condition is satisfied, it is determined whether to provide an output. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315689 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED RECORDING MEDIUM - It is an object to provide an image processing apparatus which can properly obtain an original area even when there is one original or when there are a plurality of originals, an image processing method, and a recording medium in which an image processing program has been recorded. An image processing apparatus for deciding an image data area of an original from read image data obtained by being read by an image reading apparatus has: an extracting unit for extracting a plurality of image areas from the read image data; and a discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not tilt angles of the image areas extracted by the extracting unit are equal. If one or more tile angles of the image areas are not equal as a result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit, it is determined that each of the image areas is an image data area of the original on the assumption that there are a plurality of originals. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315690 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image reading apparatus capable of reading documents includes a reading unit including a light emitting element, a mechanism configured to move the reading unit, and a control unit configured to control the reading unit and the mechanism both to carry out reading by turning on the light emitting element and moving the reading unit and to temporarily stop moving the reading unit upon occurrence of a predetermined factor. The control unit sets a first current value which is caused to flow through the light emitting element when reading is carried out and sets a second current value which is less than the first current value and which is caused to flow through the light emitting element when the reading unit is temporarily stopped. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315691 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - In one embodiment, in a state in which a first scanning unit is positioned at a reading position below an original reading glass and a second scanning unit is positioned such that an original is not caused to travel between the original reading glass and a reading guide plate of a first reading portion, control is performed to selectively turn on or turn off each LED of an illumination portion of the first scanning unit to produce a shadow of paper dust, and detection is performed on variation in an output of a CCD corresponding to the shadow of the paper dust. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315692 | FEEDER CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A feeder control system and method are disclosed. The system includes a feeder information detector, and a feeder information leverager to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. The method includes the steps of detecting feeder information, and leveraging the feeder information to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315693 | VARIABLE TRANSMITTANCE OPTICAL FILTER AND USES THEREOF - Variable transmittance optical filters capable of transitioning from a light state to a dark state on exposure to UV radiation and from a dark state to a light state with application of an electric voltage are provided. The optical filters comprise a switching material that comprises one or more chromophores that have electrochromic and photochromic properties. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315694 | Compact display system - A display system is based on a linear array phase modulator and a phase edge discriminator optical system. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315695 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE WITH RESTORING ELECTRODE - Light in the visible spectrum is modulated using an array of modulation elements, and control circuitry connected to the array for controlling each of the modulation elements independently, each of the modulation elements having a surface which is caused to exhibit a predetermined impedance characteristic to particular frequencies of light. The amplitude of light delivered by each of the modulation elements is controlled independently by pulse code modulation. Each modulation element has a deformable portion held under tensile stress, and the control circuitry controls the deformation of the deformable portion. Each deformable element has a deformation mechanism and an optical portion, the deformation mechanism and the optical portion independently imparting to the element respectively a controlled deformation characteristic and a controlled modulation characteristic. The deformable modulation element may be a non-metal. The elements are made by forming a sandwich of two layers and a sacrificial layer between them, the sacrificial layer having a thickness related to the final cavity dimension, and using chemical (e.g., water) or a plasma based etch process to remove the sacrificial layer. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315696 | ANALOG INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATOR - Methods and devices for calibrating and controlling the actuation of an analog interferometric modulator configured to have a plurality of actuation states. Devices and methods for calibrating an analog interferometric modulator to respond in linear relation to an applied voltage. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315697 | OPTICAL WAVELENGTH SWITCH - Various embodiments of an optical switch device are provided. In one embodiment, the optical switch device includes a substrate. A photonic crystal, having a dielectric material, is applied on the substrate. An optical gain layer, having an optical gain material, is disposed above the photonic crystal. The photonic crystal is formed with a second-order distributed feedback structure to emit laser light perpendicular to a plane of the photonic crystal and a first-order distributed feedback structure adapted for reflecting light in the plane of the photonic crystal back into the second-order distributed feedback structure. The first-order distributed feedback structure at least one of fully surrounds the second-order distributed feedback structure and is arranged on two opposing edges of the second-order distributed feedback structure. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315698 | Modular ring resonator - An optical resonator with an optical mode has a resonator block with and opening. At least one optical component is mounted on a holder that is positioned in the opening to locate the component in the mode of the resonator. The holder is contrained by the resonator block so that the orientation of the component in the plane of the resonator is substantially fixed by the opening. The component is simply aligned in the resonator by rotating the holder in the opening. The resonator block may also have a mirror reference surfaces that automatically aligns a mirror that is pressed against the surface. The resonator has a high degree of optomechanical assembly and facilitates initial component alignment and the interchange of optical components and mirrors. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315699 | Phase Control and Locking Method for Coherently Combining High-Gain Multi-Stage Fiber Amplifiers - Presented is a method and system for phase locking a multi-stage parallel fiber amplifier. The method comprises receiving a signal beam from a first stage, in one path of the multi-stage fiber amplifier, onto a fiber that is pumped to produce a saturated signal beam that is then output to a second stage that outputs an amplified beam. A characteristic of the of the saturated signal beam is that its phase and amplitude do not substantially change based on the amplitude of the signal beam input onto the fiber. The method further detects a portion of the amplified beam to produce a phase indication of the amplified beam relative to amplified beams of the other paths of the multi-stage fiber amplifier. The method modulates the pump level of the first stage to control the phase of amplified beam, and further controls the phases of the other amplified beams of the other paths to phase lock the multi-stage parallel amplifier. The saturated signal beam reduces phase changes in the second stage that would be opposite to, and therefore counteract, the phase changes intentionally modulated in the first stage. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315700 | BROADBAND NEODYMIUM-YTTERBIUM-SILICA DOPED AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION OPTICAL FIBER SOURCE BY SPECTRAL FILTERED REINJECTED SIGNALS - The present invention provides an amplified spontaneous emission fiber optic source having high optical power (>20 mW) and a spectral broadband emission (>70 nm) centered near a wavelength of 1060 nm. In an embodiment of the invention, the fiber source comprises a combination of Yb-doped and Nd-doped silica fibers in a dual-pumping configuration. The Yb-doped optical fiber has a peak absorption coefficient of 350 dB/nm at 977 nm band, and the Nd-doped fiber used has a dopant concentration of 500 ppm-wt in a glass host of aluminum-germano-phospho-silicate. A combination of these two doped-fibers along with optical spectral filtering provides a broadband spectrum giving coherence length <7 μm (in air), which is well suited for optical coherence imaging. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315701 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING POLARIZATION DEPENDENT GAIN OF OPTICAL AMPLIFIER - An apparatus includes a first optical amplifier that uses a rare-earth-doped optical medium, an isolator that inputs amplified light amplified by the first optical amplifier, a second optical amplifier that uses a rare-earth-doped optical medium to amplify a light output from the isolator, and a first light router that routes amplified spontaneous emission light generated by the first optical amplifier or the second optical amplifier to input, by a second light router, the routed amplified spontaneous emission light to the optical rare-earth-doped medium other than the optical rare-earth-doped medium where the routed amplified spontaneous emission light is generated. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315702 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SIGNAL LEVEL CHECKING METHOD - An optical transmission node including an optical preamplifier to amplify input light and an optical postamplifier to amplify light output from the optical preamplifier, includes the optical postamplifier configured to generate amplified spontaneous emission light without signals input, the optical preamplifier configured to amplify the amplified spontaneous emission light from the optical postamplifier, a loopback switch configured to discouple a path of the light output from the optical preamplifier to the optical postamplifier, and couple a path of the light output from the optical postamplifier to the optical preamplifier. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315703 | ANGLE SWITCHABLE CRYSTALLINE COLLOIDAL ARRAY FILMS - A radiation diffractive film is disclosed, which includes a viewing surface, with at least a portion of the viewing surface residing in a viewing plane. The film comprises an ordered periodic array of particles received in a matrix material, the array of particles having a crystalline structure, wherein the crystalline structure defines (i) a plurality of first crystal planes of the particles that diffract infrared radiation and (ii) a plurality of second crystal planes of the particles that diffract visible radiation. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315704 | OPTICAL COMPONENT FOR EUVL AND SMOOTING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention is to provide a method for smoothing the optical surface having a concave defect of an optical component for EUVL. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315705 | IMMERSION OBJECTIVE LENS, RETENTION MECHANISM FOR IMMERSION MEDIUM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a retention mechanism for an immersion medium, for use in a device which observes/measures a sample by use of an immersion objective lens, includes a member which retains the immersion medium near a tip portion of the objective lens, wherein the member is configured to include at least first and second materials. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315706 | TUBE UNIT FOR MICROSCOPES - A tube unit for microscopes which has a tube lens, including two components with an intermediate, large air separation and an overall positive refractive power. The air separation is at least half the size of the focal length f of the tube lens. A roof edge mirror or another suitable deflection element is arranged between the two components of the tube lens. The roof edge mirror includes two mirrors which can be tilted with respect to one another, and which is able to be tilted around its roof edge. The tilting movement or the tilting angle of the tiltable mirror or deflection element corresponds to half the tilt or half the tilting angle of the tube or eyepiece viewing system. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315707 | Objective Changer - An objective changer for a microscope is described, comprising a changing device for transferring at least a first objective held in a first objective holder from a first stand-by position along a first transfer path into an operating position where the first objective defines an optical axis and a second objective held in a second objective holder from a second stand-by position along a second transfer path into an operating position where the second objective defines an optical axis. The first and second transfer paths differ from each other but both extend substantially perpendicular to the optical axis at least within a first area of the first transfer path and a first area of the second transfer path. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315708 | TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION INTERFEROMETER WITH LATERALLY STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION - A total internal reflection microscope for epi-fluorescence illumination observations includes an objective through which an object to be observed is illuminated by an excitation illumination light at an angle to an observation axis of the microscope. The angle is adjustable to be within the range suitable for a total internal reflection observation. The microscope also has a source of collimated excitation light. An interferometer is arranged in the optical path of the collimated excitation light and is configured to produce an interference pattern. A focusing lens system focuses the interference pattern produced by the interferometer into the back focal plane of the objective. The objective and the focusing lens system image the interference pattern produced by the interferometer into the conjugated image plane of the objective, thereby producing excitation illumination light that modulated spatially in intensity in a plane orthogonal to the observation axis of the microscope. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315709 | FORMING LIGHT BEAMS AND PATTERNS WITH ZERO INTENSITY CENTRAL POINTS - In order to produce a beam with a zero intensity axial ray or to produce a beam that when focused will produce an image of a doughnut shaped pattern with a zero intensity central point, a beam with a uniform or Gaussian profile is directed to a plurality of transparent plates, arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the beam axis, such that for at least one pair, the plates have a composition and thickness different from each other, and chosen so that the transmitted light has a has a phase difference of half a wavelength for at least three different wavelengths. An additional plate with a center on the perpendicular of the line connecting the first two plates has a composition and thickness such that the light transmitted through that additional plate has a phase difference of a quarter wavelength with respect to the light transmitted through one of the plates of said first pair of plates, at at least one wavelength. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315710 | OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided are an optical film which has high heat resistance, high transparency, and high mechanical strength, and has a sufficient retardation compensation function with a reverse wavelength dispersion characteristics, and a polarizing plate having such an optical film and a polarizer. Further, an image display apparatus of high quality using such a polarizing plate is provided. The optical film of the present invention includes a (meth)acrylic resin having a lactone ring as a main component, in which an in-plane retardation Re(450) at a wavelength of 450 nm/an in-plane retardation Re(600) at a wavelength of 600 nm is less than 1.0. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315711 | FOREIGN SUBSTANCE REMOVING APPARATUS - A foreign substance removing apparatus that removes a foreign substance adhering on an optical member, comprising a piezoelectric element arranged at one end of the optical member, a transformer which generates a voltage to drive the piezoelectric element, the transformer including a primary-side wound wire and a secondary-side wound wire, the secondary-side wound wire being connected to the piezoelectric element, a first driving signal generation circuit which is connected to one end of the primary-side wound wire in the transformer, and generates a signal with a first frequency, and a second driving signal generation circuit which is connected to the other end of the primary-side wound wire in the transformer, and generates a signal with a second frequency. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315712 | VIBRATING DEVICE AND IMAGE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A vibrating device includes first and second members, each shaped almost, like a rectangle and composed of first and second parts, a connection member composed of a first circuit which inputs an electrical signal to the first part, a second circuit, which outputs an electrical signal generated in the second part, and a connection part which connects the first and second circuits electrically, and a drive unit which drives the first and second members while the first and second circuits remain connected by the connection part. The first and second members are shaped symmetrically to one another in weight balance with respect to a virtual symmetry axis at the same distance from the first and second members and also to an virtual centerline connecting gravity centers of the first and second members. The second member is shaped asymmetrically in vibrational amplitude with respect to its vibrational axis. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315713 | ZERO-ORDER DIFFRACTIVE FILTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing a zero-order diffractive filter comprising a high-index material having an upper surface and a lower surface. The high-index material is positioned between a first low-index matter and a second low-index matter; the lower surface is adjacent to said first low-index matter and the upper surface is adjacent to the second low-index matter. Moreover, the high-index material has an index of refraction that is higher than the index of refraction of both said first low-index matter and said second low-index matter. The method comprises at least the following procedure: selectively providing, by employing at least one wet-coating technique, at least one of the following at least partially: the high-index material onto said first low-index matter. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315714 | Film Element - The invention concerns a film element having a replication layer ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100315715 | MULTILAYER FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to a manufacturing method of a multilayer film according to one aspect of the present invention, at the step of applying a coating liquid prepared by dissolving a plurality of monomers or polymers in at least one solvent onto a substrate and subsequently drying the coating liquid, the solvent is allowed to penetrate into the substrate at a specified speed. This causes concentration distribution of the solvent within the coated layer in the thickness direction thereof, and thus a multilayer film separated into an upper layer and a lower layer can be formed by one coating. Accordingly, a multilayer film having a different function in each layer can be formed by one coating. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315716 | Microstructure diffuser - A microstructure diffuser includes a light-entering surface, a light-emitting surface, and a plurality of microstructure portions having a first microstructure unit and a second microstructure unit. The first microstructure unit includes a first side surface, a second side surface, a top surface, a first pitch (P | 2010-12-16 |
20100315717 | Method of Manufacturing Electrooptic Devices - This invention discloses a low cost method to manufacture electrooptic devices at low cost and discloses materials that may be used in fabrication of electrooptic devices. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315718 | ERECTING EQUAL-MAGNIFICATION LENS ARRAY PLATE, OPTICAL SCANNING UNIT, AND IMAGE READING DEVICE - An erecting equal-magnification lens array plate includes a stack of a first lens array plate and a second lens array plate, the first lens array plate being provided with a plurality of first lenses and a plurality of second lenses, and the second lens array plate being provided with a plurality of third lenses and a plurality of fourth lenses. The erecting equal-magnification lens array plate includes a first light shielding wall provided upright to surround the first lens, a second light shielding wall provided upright to surround the fourth lens, a first aperture defined by the first light shielding wall and formed above the first lens, and a second aperture defined by the second light shielding well and formed above the fourth lens. At least one of the first aperture and the second aperture is formed such that the aperture diameter ID facing the lens is larger than the aperture diameter OD on the opposite side. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315719 | Exit Pupil Expanders with Spherical and Aspheric Substrates - The specification and drawings present a new apparatus and method for using exit pupil expanders (EPE) with spherical or aspheric non-flat substrates and a plurality of diffractive elements for expanding the exit pupil of a display for viewing in order to reduce image spreading. This can also enable improved image resolution and utilization of shorter focus distances. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315720 | VISOR HEADS-UP DISPLAY - A wearable system is shown that presents one or more heads-up displays to the wearer. A data source provides information to an image generator that is sufficient to generate one or more display images, which are still or moving, characters or graphical displays. The output image from the image generator passes through a lens, reflects off a curved mirror, and passes back through the lens the other way. The image then passes through two lenses, between which an intermediate image exists. The image reflects off the “lens,” or visor, of the glasses and proceeds to the pupil of the wearer's eye. Alternative embodiments use a helmet visor, mirror, or other (at least partially) reflective surface for the final reflection. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315721 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM - The projection optical system uses a plurality of wavelengths or a wavelength band within a wavelength range from a visible region to a near ultraviolet region. The double-telecentric projection optical system includes: a first lens group with a positive power; a second lens group with a negative power, including a predetermined lens or lenses; and a third lens group with a positive power, including a stop and at least two positive lenses satisfying a predetermined condition relating to refractive index. The projection optical system satisfies a predetermined condition relating to a composite focal length of the first lens group and the second lens group, and a focal length of the third lens group. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315722 | OPTICAL ZOOM LENS MODULE AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE USING SAME - An optical zoom lens module includes, in this order from the object side to the image side thereof, a first lens group of positive refraction power, a second lens group of negative refraction power, a third lens group of positive refraction power, and a fourth lens group of positive refraction power. The optical zoom lens module satisfies the formula: 122010-12-16 | |