29th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130182223 | SUSPENDED GONIOLENS SYSTEM - A suspended goniolens system is provided. The suspended goniolens system includes a balance arm with a goniolens disposed at one end and a counterbalance disposed towards an opposing end. The system can position the goniolens in a desired position near a patient's eye and can maintain the desired position without the need to be held in place by a clinician. The suspended goniolens system allows for the clinician to use both hands during treatment of the patient. The goniolens system can be attached to an optical microscope or an adapter engaged with the optical microscope. Methods are also provided for using the goniolens system. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182224 | HOLOGRAPHIC ADAPTIVE SEE-THROUGH PHOROPTER - A phoropter having a line of sight for a viewer to see through comprises a lens system in the line of sight, wherein a shape or focal length of at least one lens in the lens system is controllable by means of an electrical signal, electrical field or current. Wavefront sensors of the phoropter detect local tilts of light wavefronts emerging from the eye and generate output signals that are used for controlling the shape or focal length of the at least one lens. Holographic or diffractive elements are used to collect light scattered from an eye of the viewer and image the scattered light to the wavefront sensors. Preferably one or more of the holographic or diffractive elements are away from the line of sight of the viewer. To use the phoropter, light is passed to the lens system, and light scattered by the eye is collected by the holographic or diffractive elements and imaged onto the wavefront sensors. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182225 | DIGITAL, VIRTUAL DIRECTOR APPARATUS AND METHOD - In a computerized film (digital camera action) production system, a virtual director module takes responsibility for creating sets, and enabling cinematography by creating a synthetic parallax matching of a “set” image to what would have existed before a camera in real motion about the physical location represented. This overcomes failures typical of “green screen” technology in dealing with such conditions as shallow depth of field and low light. Computer generated, synthetic sets from a 3D animator may be projected behind real actors during or after filming. Sythetic sets are seen through a virtual camera as photo-realistic because they are skinned with textures, and structured geometrically, to match reality represented by actual still photography of a physical environment, such as buildings, walls, streets, landscapes, props, and the like. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182226 | STEREOSCOPIC PROJECTION SYSTEM USING TUNABLE LIGHT EMITTERS - A stereoscopic digital projection system that projects stereoscopic images including first-eye images and second-eye images. The system includes one or more narrow-band, solid-state, tunable light emitters, each being controllable to alternately provide emitted light in a first state in a corresponding first spectral band and emitted light in a second state in a corresponding second spectral band. An image forming system including at least one spatial light modulator is used to form modulated images by modulating light from the tunable lights emitters. A controller synchronously controls the state of the tunable light emitters and the spatial light modulator pixels, wherein the spatial light modulator pixels are controlled responsive to first-eye image data when the tunable light emitters are in the first state and are controlled responsive to second-eye image data when the tunable light emitters are in the second state. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182227 | Optical systems with compact back focal lengths - Optical systems, such as 2-D and 3-D projection systems, may be configured to have a compact back focal length to allow for more compact projection lenses, lower throw ratios, improved contrast, or any combination thereof. In an embodiment, an optical system may include a relay element configured to form an intermediate image having a focal point proximate to a projection lens. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182228 | REPEATABLY DISPLACEABLE EMANATING ELEMENT DISPLAY - One aspect relates to generating a repeatably displaceable emanating element display that may display at least part of an at least one synchronously modifiable oriented image based at least in part on alterable vehicle-related information, wherein the repeatably displaceable emanating element display may be synchronously modified as perceivable by a viewer at least partially by synchronizing an at least one repeatably displaceable display emanating element based at least in part on an orientation of the repeatably displaceable emanating element display as synchronously modified as perceivable by the viewer. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182229 | PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An opening cover of a case is removed. A light source module is held, and the light source module is pulled outside an opening of the case while guide groove parts and guide-rail parts slide along each other approximately parallelly to a case base. At this moment, junction cable connection terminals of the light source module become separated from power-supply connection terminals of a composite optical system. Replacement of a light source is conducted by replacing the light source module as a unit, or by replacing a light source section or a light source section each as a unit. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182230 | PRISM SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF FOR ELIMINATING COLOR ABERRATION - A prism system and method for eliminating color aberration in an illumination system of a micro projector is disclosed. A light beam enters into a first prism through a light incident surface thereof and is further emitted through a light-emitting surface of the first prism. The light beam then enters into a second prism through a first interface thereof, passes through a second interface of the second prism and reaches a digital micromirror device (DMD). The light beam is reflected by the DMD so as to pass through the second interface and reach the first interface. The light beam is totally reflected by the first interface so as to be emitted through a third interface of the second prism. Therefore, the invention eliminates lateral color aberration that occurs in an active area of the DMD, reduces costs of illumination equipment and achieves a preferred projection effect. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182231 | SUBSTRATE PLACEMENT IN IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY - A method for determining an offset between a center of a substrate and a center of a depression in a chuck includes providing a test substrate to the depression, the test substrate having a dimension smaller than a dimension of the depression, measuring a position of an alignment mark of the test substrate while in the depression, and determining the offset between the center of the substrate and the center of the depression from the position of the alignment mark. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182232 | EXPOSURE METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus and method exposes a substrate by projecting an image of a pattern onto the substrate through a liquid. A projection optical system projects the image of the pattern onto the substrate. A recovery port recovers the liquid supplied onto the substrate. A temperature sensor measures a temperature of the liquid recovered via the recovery port. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182233 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - An exposure apparatus is provided which can supply and collect a liquid in a prescribed state, and that can suppress degradation of a pattern image projected onto a substrate. The exposure apparatus is provided with a nozzle member having a supply outlet that supplies a liquid and a collection inlet that collects a liquid, and a vibration isolating mechanism that supports the nozzle member and vibrationally isolates the nozzle member from a lower side step part of a main column . | 2013-07-18 |
20130182234 | Projection Exposure System and Projection Exposure Method - A projection exposure system includes an illumination system configured to illuminate a mask with radiation. The projection exposure system also includes a projection objective configured to project an image of a pattern of the mask onto a radiation-sensitive substrate. The projection exposure system further includes an angle-selective filter arrangement arranged at or close to a field surface of the projection objective in a projection beam path optically downstream of the object surface. The angle-selective filter arrangement is effective to filter radiation incident on the filter arrangement according to an angle-selective filter function. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182235 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES AN ENCODER AND AN INTERFEROMETER - A stage assembly ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130182236 | IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY - An imprint lithography apparatus having a first frame to be mounted on a floor, a second frame mounted on the first frame via a kinematic coupling, an alignment sensor mounted on the second frame, to align an imprint lithography template arrangement with a target portion of a substrate, and a position sensor to measure a position of the imprint lithography template arrangement and/or a substrate stage relative to the second frame. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182237 | Industrial Truck with Lifting Height Measurement System - An industrial truck has a lifting mast and vertically movable load handling device located on the lifting mast. The lifting mast has a lifting height measurement system having a light emitter that emits a light beam, a receiving element, an optical alignment element, a target element, and a measurement path located between them, the length of which measurements path varies with the lifting height. The alignment element and/or the light emitter has a beam-forming optical system, in particular a beam-expanding optical system, so that at the maximum lifting height the reflecting target is inside the expanded light beam of the light emitter in all positions of the allowable maximum bending of the lifting mast. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182238 | OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR OBSERVING AND/OR AIMING AT A SCENE, COMPRISING A RANGEFINDER, AND RELATED RANGE-FINDING METHOD - The invention concerns an opto-electronic device for observing and/or aiming at a scene comprising a target (C), comprising
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20130182239 | Lidar Imager - A lidar imager for acquiring a range image of a scene comprises a light source for emitting a light beam, a scanning device for scanning the light beam across the scene and a light sensor for receiving light reflected from the scene. The scanning device comprises a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to display holograms that deflect the light beam into different directions within the scene to be imaged. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182240 | Range Finder - A range finder adapted for finding the object distance of a subject having a specific height includes a shell unit, an objective lens assembly, a magnifying unit having multiple selectable magnification ratios, and a range finding unit. The range finding unit includes a scale, a pointer, and a mark. The object distance of the subject is known by comparing the scale and the pointer in an imaging plane when an end of an image of the specific height of the subject formed on the imaging plane is aligned with the mark. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182241 | MULTI WAVELENGTH EXCITATION/EMISSION AUTHENTICATION AND DETECTION SCHEME - A system and method for authentication of secure products is disclosed. The security feature contains a first component in the form of an emitter capable of emitting light in response to external pump light. The security feature also contains a second component in the form of a taggant that absorbs light in a spectrally narrow range compared to the broader excitation spectrum of the first material. In this manner the emitter and taggant work in combination with one another to create an emission response significantly dependent on the illumination wavelengths and unique to the specific combination of the components. The emitter and taggant can be in the form of a mixture. Further the emitter and taggant may be applied in close proximity to one another, such as within two separate coating layers on a suitable substrate. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182242 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL TOUCH TRIGGER OR SCANNING PROBE WITH A CONCAVE MIRROR - Method for determining the position and/or displacement of a mobile element with respect to a fixed frame, including using a fixed light source emitting a light beam, arranging the source with respect to the mobile element and a sensor to induce an interaction between the beam and sensor, includes using a concave mirror, integral in movement with the mobile element, for reflecting the beam in direction to the sensor, arranging on the path of the beam a fixed optical mask which presents a two dimensional regular pattern interlaced with an absolute code, detecting and processing the image casted by the mask on the sensor, computing the displacement value of the image on the sensor and using the computed displacement value for computing and providing the position and/or the displacement in at least one direction of the mobile element in dependence of the image's displacement. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182243 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AN OPTICAL FIBER - Subject matter disclosed herein relates to measuring optical fibers, and, in particular, to measuring spontaneous emission produced in an optical fiber. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182244 | OPTICAL DIFFERENTIAL DELAY TESTER - The present invention relates to a device and method for measuring the differential delay in a computer system having a disaster recovery secondary site. The device includes a transmitter for use at a primary site, the transmitter having a first laser and a second laser. The first laser is optically connected to an end of the transmission path and the second laser is optically connected to an end of the receive path. A receiver is located at the secondary site. The receiver has a first optical receiver optically connected to an end of the transmission path and a second optical receiver optically connected to an end of the receive path. The receiver includes a microprocessor to count the number of cycles between the receipt of light pulses simultaneously emitted from the first and second lasers. From this cycle count, the differential delay between the transmission and receive path is calculated. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182245 | REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASURING DEVICE AND REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASURING METHOD - In a refractive index measuring device ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130182246 | AMBIENT LIGHT BASED GESTURE DETECTION - A gesture sensing device includes one or more sensors and a processor for processing sensed voltages output from the sensors based on ambient light and/or reflected light received by the sensors. The processor determines an ambient light level and/or a distance between the target and the sensors such that, if the ambient light level exceeds an ambient light threshold and/or the distance is less than a distance threshold, the processor determines the motion of a target relative to the sensors based on the ambient light instead of the reflected light. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182247 | Compact, Low Cost Raman Monitor For Single Substances - Apparatus for performing Raman spectroscopy may include a first laser source having a first emission wavelength and a second laser source having a second emission wavelength. A separation between the first and second emission wavelengths may correspond to a width of a Raman band of a substance of interest. An optical switch may provide switching between the first and second laser sources. An ensemble of individually addressable laser emitters may be provided. A Bragg grating element may receive laser light from the ensemble. An optical system may direct light from the Bragg grating element into an optical fiber. A combined beam through the optical fiber may contain light from each of the emitters. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182248 | LIGHT MEASUREMENT METHOD AND MEASUREMENT APPARATUS USING AN OPTICAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT DEVICE - Performing a measurement using an optical field enhancement device which includes a transparent substrate having a transparent fine uneven structure on a surface and a metal film formed on a surface of the fine uneven structure on the surface of the substrate, in which a subject is placed on the metal film of the optical field enhancement device, then excitation light is projected onto an area of the optical field enhancement device on which the subject is placed, and light generated by the projection of the excitation light is detected from a back surface side of the transparent substrate. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182249 | NANOSCALE POROUS GOLD FILM SERS TEMPLATE - Provided are patterned nanoporous gold (“P-NPG”) films that may act as at least one of an effective and stable surface-enhanced Raman scattering (“SERS”) substrate. Methods of fabricating the P-NPG films using a low-cost stamping technique are also provided. The P-NPG films may provide uniform SERS signal intensity and SERS signal intensity enhancement by a factor of at least about 1×10 | 2013-07-18 |
20130182250 | ANASTIGMATIC IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH - An apparatus and method are disclosed for producing spectrographic images free of SI, SII, and SIII field aberrations. The apparatus includes a focusing element placed at a distance from a dispersing element equal to the radius of curvature of the focusing element. The apparatus further includes at least one correcting plate for adding or subtracting abberations. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182251 | SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A spectral characteristic measuring device includes an illuminating unit that illuminates a medium; a light dividing unit that divides reflection light from the medium into reflection light beams; a first imaging unit that includes first lenses and second lenses arranged alternately in a staggered pattern and focuses the respective reflection light beams; a diffraction unit that includes a first diffraction region and a second diffraction region and diffracts the focused reflection light beams to form diffraction images; and a light receiving unit that includes plural pixels for receiving the diffraction images. The reflection light beams focused by the first lenses enter the first diffraction region to form first diffraction images, the reflection light beams focused by the second lenses enter the second diffraction region to form second diffraction images, and the first and second diffraction images are arranged alternately on the light receiving unit in a pixel arrangement direction. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182252 | SCATTERED LIGHT MEASURING METHOD - A scattered light method for measuring particle-dependent parameters of gases, in particular particle-dependent parameters of internal combustion engine exhaust gases or other colloids, includes introducing a particle-containing gas into a measuring chamber; emitting a light beam into the measuring chamber; receiving light scattered by the particles using at least two scattered light sensors, the scattered light sensors generating scattered light sensor signals, each being a function of the light received by the respective scattered light sensor; determining an average particle size from the scattered light sensor signals from at least two scattered light sensors and determining at least one further particle parameter from the previously determined average particle size and the scattered light sensor signals. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182253 | WAVEFRONT COMPENSATION FOR DEEP TISSUE OPTICAL MICROSCOPY - Wavefront distortions of an optical beam are measured. The transverse optical modes of the optical beam are partitioned into a plurality of subsets of transverse optical modes, one of the subsets of transverse optical modes is selected as the current subset, and the optical beam is modulated based on the current subset by maintaining the transverse optical modes of the optical beam that are outside the current subset stable, and modulating the transverse optical modes of the optical beam within the current subset. A non-linear optical signal is generated from the modulated optical beam by directing the modulated optical beam through a non-linear optical system that includes a random scattering medium, the power of the generated non-linear optical signal is measured, and, based on the measured power, values of the spatial phase for the optical beam at transverse optical modes are extracted within the current subset. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182254 | METHOD TO MEASURE PARTICLE MOBILITY IN SOLUTION WITH SCATTERED AND UNSCATTERED LIGHT - A method is disclosed for measurement of the electrophoretic mobility of particles in solution. A sample is placed in a cell containing two electrodes that apply an alternating electric field. A monochromatic light beam passes through the sample. Light scattered by the particles, along with the unscattered beam, is collected and collimated as it exits the cell. This beam is combined in free space with a phase modulated reference beam. The interference forms a frequency modulated speckle pattern, which is detected by a photodetector array. Each array element collects a narrow range of well-defined scattering angles. The signal from each is demodulated to provide a first-principle measurement of the electrophoretic mobility of the scattering particles. Each detector element provides a simultaneous independent measurement increasing the amount of information which results in increased sensitivity, extending mobility measurements to particles below one nanometer while reducing the required concentration and electric field. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182255 | OVERLAY MARK AND APPLICATION THEREOF - An overlay mark for checking alignment accuracy between a former layer and a later layer on a wafer is described, including a former pattern as a part of the former layer, and a later pattern as a part of a patterned photoresist layer defining the later layer. The former pattern has two parallel opposite edges each forming a sharp angle α with the x-axis of the wafer. The later pattern also has two parallel opposite edges each forming the sharp angle α with the x-axis of the wafer. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182256 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS - A spectral characteristic obtaining apparatus includes a detection unit detecting light quantities in plural wavelength bands from a measurement target, a storage unit storing pre-obtained spectral characteristics of the measurement target, a calculation unit calculating a primary transformation matrix from the light quantities and the pre-obtained spectral characteristics of at least one reference sample and a secondary transformation matrix from one of the pre-obtained spectral characteristics corresponding to a primary wavelength band and another one of the pre-obtained spectral characteristics corresponding to a secondary wavelength band, an estimation unit estimating the spectral characteristics of the measurement target by performing a primary estimation on the light quantities in the plural wavelength bands by using the primary transformation matrix, performing a secondary estimation on a result of the primary estimation by using the secondary transformation matrix, and compositing a result of the secondary estimation with the result of the primary estimation. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182257 | SAMPLE ANALYSIS ELEMENT AND DETECTING DEVICE - A plurality of metallic nano-body groups that includes metallic nano-bodies which are dispersed on a dielectric surface at a first pitch smaller than the wavelength of incident light is arranged in one direction at a second pitch that resonates with the incident light. Localized surface plasmon resonance occurs in the metallic nano-body by the action of the incident light. Propagating surface plasmon resonance occurs by the action of the second pitch. The propagating surface plasmon resonance is combined with the localized surface plasmon resonance. A so-called hybrid mode is established. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182258 | SAMPLE ANALYSIS ELEMENT AND DETECTING DEVICE - A plurality of metallic nano-body groups that includes metallic nano-bodies which are a size smaller than the wavelength of incident light and are dispersed on a dielectric surface is arranged in one direction at a pitch that resonates with the incident light. A long piece extends on the dielectric surface between adjacent metallic nano-body groups. The long piece is formed of a material having no free electron that performs resonance oscillation with the incident light. Localized surface plasmon resonance occurs in the metallic nano-body by the action of the incident light. Propagating surface plasmon resonance occurs by the action of the pitch. The propagating surface plasmon resonance is combined with the localized surface plasmon resonance. A so-called hybrid mode is established. The long piece is helpful in the establishment of the pitch. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182259 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATED SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND LOW COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY - Systems and methods for enhancing spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT] are provided. In particular, a system and method for calibration of spectral interference signals using an acquired calibration signal are provided. The calibration signal may be logarithmically amplified to further improve the accuracy of the calibration. From the calibration signal, a series of more accurate calibration data are calculated. An acquired spectral interference signal is calibrated using these calibration data. Moreover, systems that include logarithmic amplification of the spectral interference signal and variable band-pass filtering of the spectral interference signal are provided. Such systems increase the dynamic range and visualization capabilities relative to conventional spectral domain OCT systems. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182260 | Swept source optical coherence tomography (OCT) method and system - A method and apparatus are provided for a swept source optical coherence tomography (OCT) system utilizing a fast scanning mechanism in the sample arm and a slowly swept light source. The position data is collected rapidly while the wavelength of the source is swept slowly. The system reduces the sweep speed requirements of the light source enabling higher power, greater imaging range, and linear sweeps of the source frequency. The OCT components (or most of them) may be implemented within a hand held imaging probe. In operation, a triangulation scan may be used to orient the imaging probe with respect to a fixed coordinate system; preferably, OCT data captured by the device is then transformed to that same orientation with respect to the fixed coordinate system to improve the scanning results. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182261 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD - An optical tomographic imaging method according to one aspect of the present invention is a method of: splitting light emitted from a wavelength sweep light source into measuring light and reference light; radiating the measuring light onto a measuring subject; combining reflection light from the measuring subject with the reference light; detecting interfered light obtained by combining the reflection light with the reference light as an interference signal; and Fourier-transforming the interference signal to acquire a tomographic image of the measuring subject, and includes steps of: generating tomographic data of the measuring subject based on the interference signal; generating surface data of the measuring subject based on the interference signal; constructing a tomographic image that is based on the generated tomographic data; constructing a surface image that is based on the outputted surface data; and generating a display image from the tomographic image and the surface image. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182262 | Method for Reducing Wafer Shape and Thickness Measurement Errors Resulted From Cavity Shape Changes - Methods and systems for reducing wafer shape and thickness measurement errors resulted from cavity shape changes are disclosed. Cavity calibration process is performed immediately before the wafer measurement. Calibrating the cavity characteristics every time the method is executed reduces wafer shape and thickness measurement errors resulted from cavity shape changes. Additionally or alternatively, a polynomial fitting process utilizing a polynomial of at least a second order is utilized for cavity tilt estimation. High order cavity shape information generated using high order polynomials takes into consideration cavity shape changes due to temperature variations, stress or the like, effectively increases accuracy of the wafer shape and thickness information computed. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182263 | Apparatus And Method Of Measuring Roughness And Other Parameters Of A Structure - Systems and methods are presented to enhance and isolate residual signals indicative of the speckle field based on measurements taken by optically based metrology systems. Structural irregularities such as roughness and topographical errors give rise to light scattered outside of the specularly reflected component of the diffracted light. The scattered light interferes constructively or destructively with the specular component in a high numerical aperture illumination and detection system to form a speckle field. Various methods of determining residual signals indicative of the speckle field are presented. Furthermore, various methods of determining structural irregularities based on analysis of the residual signals are presented. In various embodiments, illumination with a high degree of spatial coherence is provided over any of a wide range of angles of incidence, multiple polarization channels, and multiple wavelength channels. In addition, diffracted light is collected over a wide range of angles of detection. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182264 | Projection Exposure Tool for Microlithography and Method for Microlithographic Exposure - A projection exposure tool for microlithography for exposing a substrate is disclosed. The tool includes a projection objective. The tool also includes an optical measuring apparatus for determining a surface topography of the substrate before the substrate is exposed. The measuring apparatus has a measuring beam path which extends outside of the projection objective. The measuring apparatus is a wavefront measuring apparatus configured to determine topography measurement values simultaneously at a number of points on the substrate surface. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182265 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING THICKNESS REDUCTION OF INNER SURFACE IN HEAT TRANSFER TUBE OR INNER SURFACE IN EVAPORATION TUBE - There is provided a device for monitoring a thickness reduction of an inner surface in a heat transfer tube or an inner surface in an evaporation tube, the device including: a movement unit which moves along a fin tube; a laser measurement unit which is provided in the movement unit and measures the thickness reduction of the inner surface by a laser; a cable which includes a light guiding path for introducing a laser into the laser measurement unit and a light deriving path for transmitting reflected light; and a thickness reduction determining unit which compares the laser measurement data with past data or standard data and determines the current thickness reduction. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182266 | GENERATING AN IMAGE PROFILE LUT FOR A N-COLOR MARKING DEVICE VIA MULTI-OBJECTIVE COST MINIMIZATION - What is disclosed is a method for profile LUT construction which uses a cost function to provide improvements to one or more image quality attributes present in printed images while imposing constraints in terms of color accuracy and spectral response to achieve a color match under various illuminants. Image quality attributes are selected. A reference profile is selected. For each node, candidate recipes are found which reproduce L*a*b* colors within a threshold e | 2013-07-18 |
20130182267 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING RECYCLED INK WITH PROCESS BLACK NEUTRALIZATION - A method for recycling ink in an inkjet printer includes combining purged inks having two or more colors with black ink to form a mixed ink. The printer identifies an optical characteristic of the mixed ink and compares it to the optical characteristic for black ink. A controller for the printer adjusts the operation of the printer to form ink images having an optical characteristic that is closer to black ink than ink images formed with the mixed ink alone. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182268 | IMAGE DATA CREATION APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes: an image data acquisition section configured to acquire image data corresponding to a black-and-white image which allows a feature thereof correlated with a color to be represented by a density level of one single color; a color determination section configured to determine a corresponding color which corresponds to the feature included in the black-and-white image; and a color image data creation section configured to create the color image data corresponding to a color image which allows an image area thereof indicating the feature to be represented in the corresponding color. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182269 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image forming apparatus includes a density conversion unit converting the density of one or more image data from among plural image data to be combined having different tones so as to correspond to the tone to be combined; a combine unit combining the plural image data by using the image data whose density is converted by the density conversion unit; and an image forming unit forming an image by using the image data combined by the combine unit. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182270 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A user is unable to confirm whether a sheet for color printing and a sheet for monochromatic printing may be mixed before executing a job. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182271 | COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM WITH COMMUNICATION PROGRAM STORED THEREON, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit, a data acquisition unit, and a communication unit. The detection unit is configured to detect whether or not print target data based on a print job has been created in a format suitable for printing on a predetermined image forming apparatus. The data acquisition unit is configured to acquire, when the detection unit detects that the print target data has been created, the created print target data and accompanying print information extracted from the print job. The communication unit is configured to transmit print data containing the acquired print target data and accompanying print information to the image forming apparatus using a predetermined protocol applicable to the image forming apparatus. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182272 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, HOST APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER THEREOF - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a host apparatus. The image forming apparatus counts an idle state time during which the image forming apparatus is not in use, and,when the idle state time reaches a predetermined threshold time, transmits a notice screen display command to the host apparatus. The host apparatus displays a notice screen, and, when a turn on time extension menu is selected on the notice screen, transmits a turn on time extension command to the image forming apparatus. When the turn on time extension command is received, the image forming apparatus resets a timer unit and recounts the idle state time, and, when the turn on time extension command is not received for a predetermined time, is automatically turned off. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182273 | DUPLEX SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A duplex scanning apparatus includes a scan case including a platen glass, a first scanning module disposed inside the scan case, a scanning module moving unit that is disposed inside the scan case perpendicular to the first scanning module and guides a movement of the first scanning module, and an automatic document feeding apparatus disposed on a top side of the scan case to cover the platen glass including a feeding frame in which a document moving route is formed, a scanning module opening formed on an upper side of the document moving route in the feeding frame, a second scanning module disposed in the scanning module opening, and a scanning module adjusting unit formed to rotate the second scanning module at a predetermined angle based on a point of the feeding frame with respect to the scanning module opening. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182274 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a main controller board having a control unit corresponding to a basic model of a product, and a sub memory unit configured to communicate with the control unit. The derivative model information, which is related to a derivative model that is derived from the basic model, is stored at the sub memory unit, and the control unit is configured to receive the stored derivative model information by communicating with the sub memory unit. An operation of the image forming apparatus is controlled based on the received derivative model information, thereby supporting a plurality of series models in an integrated manner by use of the main controller board of a basic model without manufacturing a main board for each of the series models of the image forming apparatus while the series models are provided with the functionalities that are similar to each other. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182275 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image reading unit configured to read the first image data printed on one side of an original and the second image data printed on the other side of the original; an image forming unit configured to carry out a image forming process for the first and second image data read by the image reading unit and a control unit configured to activate the image forming unit to carry out the image forming process for the first image data when the image reading unit reads a specified area related to the second image data. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182276 | PRINTER WITH SELECTABLE CAPABILITIES - A system comprising a processor and a memory comprising firmware is provided. The firmware is executable by the processor to cause the processor to operate a print mechanism in accordance with a first state associated with a capability of the print mechanism, change the first state associated with the capability to a second state in response to receiving first information from an external interface, and operate the print mechanism in accordance with the second state associated with the capability. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182277 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There are provided an information processing apparatus which enables a mobile terminal device to send a print instruction to a printer without adding a dedicated arrangement to the printer, a control method for the information processing apparatus, and a program. To accomplish this, an information processing apparatus communicable with a mobile terminal device and an image forming apparatus receives e-mail from the mobile terminal device, analyzes the e-mail received by the reception unit, and transmits, if the e-mail has an attached file and a print instruction is described in the body field of the e-mail in accordance with an analysis result, image data attached to the e-mail while sending a print instruction to an image forming apparatus designated in the subject field or body field of the e-mail. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182278 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND JOB CONTROL METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a display unit, an input unit, a reading unit and a control unit. The reading unit scans an original sheet. The control unit detects whether or not there is a specific pattern image in the scanned image acquired by the reading unit, prohibits the execution of a job related to the original sheet if the specific pattern image is contained in the scanned image, displays a screen for prompting a specific user to input a password on the display unit and accepts no instruction of the user before acquiring the password from the input unit. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182279 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND APPARATUS - An authentication system includes an apparatus and an authentication apparatus configured to perform authentication of a user of the apparatus. The apparatus includes an identification information obtaining unit configured to obtain identification information of the user and an authentication requesting unit configured to send the obtained identification information and group information indicating a group to which the user belongs to the authentication apparatus to request authentication of the user. The authentication apparatus includes an authentication unit configured to search records of identification information associated with the group information to find matching identification information matching the obtained identification information of the user. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182280 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form images based on image data transmitted from information processing apparatus of users including registered users and unregistered users; a setting unit configured to set permission information for each user based on a log of the image forming and limit information; a first judging unit configured to determine whether user identification information is attached to image data; a second judging unit configured to determine, based on the permission information that is set for an unregistered user, whether to permit execution of image forming of the image data, when the first judging unit determines that the user identification information is not attached to the image data. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182281 | DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There are cases where an OS running on an information processing apparatus cannot automatically prompt the user to enter user input information at the time of an output operation. In such cases, where the user cannot enter user input information at the time of an output operation, a device cannot acquire user input information necessary to output print data. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182282 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An electronic apparatus including: a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display a screen based on screen information, obtained via a network, for executing a function of the electronic apparatus, wherein the display control unit stores, in a storing unit, identification information of a program corresponding to the screen information according to execution of the function of the electronic apparatus based on definition of the screen information. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182283 | PRINTABLE OBJECT PROCESSING - In one implementation, a printable object processing system detects a user print action relative to a printable object and identifies an attribute of the printable object in response to detecting the user print action. The printable object processing system them defines a print rule based on the attribute. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182284 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus determines whether e-mail acquired includes request information requesting a printer list. When the information processing apparatus determines that the e-mail includes the request information, it acquires a list of controllable printers. The information processing apparatus transmits, as a response to the request, e-mail including the printer list. A mobile terminal transmits e-mail including the request information, and receives e-mail including a printer list. The mobile terminal displays the printer list on the display. The mobile terminal accepts selection of a printer on the printer list to transmit e-mail to which the file to be printed by the selected printer is attached. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182285 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT PREVIEW METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image forming apparatus comprises: a display which is capable of displaying a preview image of a document, the document consisting of a plurality of pages including one or more text sections in a text data format and one or more illustration sections in an image data format; an illustration section selector which selects one of the one or more illustration sections on any of the pages in the preview image displayed on the display, according to a user operation; a page selector which specifies one of the plurality of pages as a destination page to which the illustration section selected by the illustration section selector is to be transferred, according to a user operation; a realignment portion which transfers the illustration section selected by the illustration section selector to the destination page selected by the page selector and realigns texts in a text section of the destination page; and a controller which allows the display to display a preview image of the destination page including the texts realigned by the realignment portion. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182286 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a touch panel environment, it is difficult to notice when a printer driver displays a user interface and whether processing is waiting for an input from a user at the time of printing. When print setting information requiring that a printer driver displays a message dialogue for prompting a user's input at the time of printing is set, an information processing apparatus activates software operated in a desktop environment in a process different from print processing. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182287 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus comprises: a storage unit writes a file of one's own apparatus including an array of the records and a definition information of one's own apparatus defining the data form of the record of the file; an input unit inputs a file based on the data form of other apparatuses; a determination unit determine whether or not the item name between the file of other apparatuses input by the input unit and the file of one's own apparatus stored in the storage unit are met by comparing every record ; and an alignment processing unit transfers the item name and the input field in file of other apparatuses which is determined that the item names are not met by the determination unit to the storage unit and updates the file of one's own apparatus, and aligns the item names and the input field between apparatuses. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182288 | ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An account management system includes an account management device, and an image forming device connected to the account management device via a network. The image forming device includes execution means for executing an image formation operation, and notification means for transmitting to the account management device a completion notification indicating that an image formation operation by the execution means is completed. The account management device includes an account management unit responding to reception of the completion notification for generating account information about the image formation operation corresponding to the completion notification. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182289 | XML PRINTER SYSTEM WITH RFID CAPABILITY - An XML system is configured to encode RFID devices embedded in media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream. The computer system further includes an XML processor configured to receive and process a format template, associate the XML data contained in the XML input data stream and the format template, a formatting engine configured to format the associated XML data according to a format governed by the format template, and/or generate encoding information for an RFID device. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182290 | LASER PRINT APPARATUS WITH DUAL HALFTONES - A printing system comprises a memory configured to store image data representing an image. The printing system comprises a processor configured to perform a first digital halftone process on a first portion of the image and a second digital halftone process on a second portion of the image. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182291 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - In accordance with an embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a storage unit, a display unit, an input unit and a control unit. The storage unit stores a ground pattern. The display unit displays the image of an object to be printed. The input unit acquires a range information representing partial area of the image displayed by the display unit. The control unit adds the ground pattern stored in the storage unit to the area of the image and generates a printing data of the image based on the range information acquired by the input unit. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182292 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE AND PROCESSING - In various embodiments, methods, systems, and computer program products for processing digital images captured by a mobile device are disclosed. Myriad features enable and/or facilitate processing of such digital images using a mobile device that would otherwise be technically impossible or impractical, and furthermore address unique challenges presented by images captured using a camera rather than a traditional flat-bed scanner, paper-feed scanner or multifunction peripheral. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182293 | IMAGE READER, MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image reader includes a reading unit that reads an image; a detection unit that detects marks from the read image read by the reading unit; a creation unit that creates a hiding image, which hides a region including the marks, on the basis of the marks detected by the detection unit; and a combining unit that combines the read image and the hiding image to create an electronic document. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182294 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - An image scanning apparatus includes a housing. A first image sensor (linear scan imager) is attached at a first position along the housing. The first image sensor is configured and adapted to scan an image. A second image sensor (area scan imager) is attached at a second position along the housing. The second image sensor is configured and adapted to scan an image to detect movement of the apparatus in the X and Y axis. Movement in the Y axis of the apparatus as detected by the second image sensor is utilized to trigger the first image sensor. Movement in the X axis of the apparatus as detected by the second image sensor is utilized to correct image defects (e.g. skew) of the image captured by the first image sensor thereby allowing the second image sensor to capture a 2D inspection area. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182295 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING PRESCRIPTION INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS FROM A LABEL - Systems and methods for extraction of prescription information from a medicine bottle are provided. Relevant prescription information and instructions are extracted by imaging or scanning the surface of the medicine bottle, along with spoken instructions based on the extracted information/instructions, are stored in a medicine bottle with an attachment or a storage device. A database of prescription labels used by various pharmacies is used to detect and parse text from the assembled image made of the several scans or images of the bottle. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182296 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes a transporter transporting a document to a reading position, a first corrector correcting a skew of the document by coming into contact with a leading edge thereof, a radiating unit radiating light to the document, an image-information acquiring unit acquiring image information of the document based on information of light reflected therefrom, a reflector reflecting the radiated light, a leading-edge detector comparing a quantity of light reflected by the reflector with a quantity of light reflected by the document so as to detect the leading edge, a skew-amount calculator calculating a skew amount of the leading edge, and a second corrector correcting a skew of the image information based on the skew amount. The device switches between the skew correction by the first corrector and the skew correction by the second corrector based on document information, the skew amount, or user's selection. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182297 | IMAGE READING DEVICE - Provided is a structure capable of preventing shaking of an image reading unit ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130182298 | DUPLEX SCANNING APPARATUS - A duplex scanning apparatus includes a flatbed scanning portion and an automatic document feeder. The flatbed scanning portion has a first scanning module. The automatic document feeder has a second scanning module. The first scanning module has a first normal line perpendicular to a horizontal plane. The second scanning module is disposed in an inclined channel, and has a second normal line. In addition, an included angle is defined between the first normal line and the second normal line. Since the second scanning module is not directly disposed over the first scanning module, the height of the duplex scanning apparatus is reduced. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182299 | Sheet Feeding Device - A sheet feeding device including a roller to apply conveying force to one of a plurality of stacked sheets, a separator piece to apply conveying resistance to the stacked sheets and to nip the one of the stacked sheets in cooperation with the roller, a movable member being movable with respect to the roller, a pair of spring arms configured to contact the stacked sheets at an upstream position along a conveying direction with respect to a nipping position between the roller and the separator piece, and a bridge to bridge between the pair of spring arms, is provided. The bridge and the movable member are slidably in contact with each other at least when the sheet feeding device is in a conveyable condition. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182300 | SECURITY ELEMENT WITH ACHROMATIC FEATURES - The invention relates to an achromatic security element for value documents, such as banknotes, cards, ID documents and the like comprising a thermoplastic or a radiation-curable polymer layer, characterised in that the layer is embossed with diffusely reflecting microstructures having sizes in the order of 1-100 μm, a method for producing such security elements, value documents comprising said security elements and a currency system comprising said security elements. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182301 | VOLUME HOLOGRAM TRANSFER FOIL - A primary object of the invention is to provide a volume hologram transfer foil which has good foil cutting characteristics and is used to manufacture a volume hologram laminate by transferring a volume hologram layer to an adherend by thermocompression. The above problem is solved by a volume hologram transfer foil comprising a base material, a protective layer formed on the base material, a volume hologram layer formed on the protective layer and having a volume hologram recorded, and a heat seal layer formed on the volume hologram layer, wherein the protective layer contains a hard coat component formed of an ionizing radiation-curable resin, a rupture elongation control component which improves the rupture elongation of the protective layer, and a foil cutting characteristic control component which has a thermal expansion coefficient different from those of the hard coat component and rupture elongation control component and is incompatible with the two components. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182302 | SEE-THROUGH DISPLAY DEVICE AND VEHICLE HAVING SEE-THROUGH DISPLAY DEVICE MOUNTED THEREON - The present application discloses a see-through display device a light source configured to emit light, a projection optical system configured to project image light generated from the light; a transmissive hologram including a first surface which the image light enters from the projection optical system; and an interface configured to cause Fresnel reflection of the image light deflected by the hologram. The hologram includes a first interference fringe recorded by object light and reference light which are incident on the first surface by means of two-light flux interference. The image light incident on the first surface is deflected by the first interference fringe toward the interface. The interface reflects the image light toward the first surface. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182303 | ATOM PHASE-CONTROLLED DOUBLE REPHASING-BASED QUANTUM MEMORY AND DOUBLE-REPHASED PHOTON ECHO METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed herein are atom phase-controlled double rephasing-based quantum memory and a double-rephased photon echo method therefor. The atom phase-controlled double rephasing-based quantum memory includes an optical medium and an optical pulse generation unit. The optical medium has three energy levels (| | 2013-07-18 |
20130182304 | SPECKLE REDUCTION IN LASER SCANNING DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Speckle effect in scanning display systems that employs polarized phase-coherent light is reduced by depolarizing the phase-coherent light using a depolarizer and scanning the depolarized light for producing desired images. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182305 | Optical device having reduced optical leakage - An optical device includes a ridge on a base. The ridge includes an active medium. An active component on the base is a light sensor and/or a light modulator. The active component is configured to guide a light signal through the active medium included in the ridge. Electrical current carriers contact the lateral sides of the ridge on opposing sides of the ridge. Each of the electrical current carriers includes a carrier material that is doped so as to increase the electrical conductivity of the carrier material. The carrier material is different from the active medium. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182306 | LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE WITH SWITCHABLE OPERATING MODE - A laser scanning microscope, which is switchable between different operating modes, wherein it contains, for switching in the illumination beam path, an electro-optical modulator (EOM) in a first beam path, which electro-optical modulator has arranged, upstream and downstream of it, adjustable first and second polarization-rotating elements and, downstream of it, at least one first polarization splitter for producing a second beam path, in which light-influencing means are located, wherein one or more of the following operating modes of the LSM can be set:—Single spot LSM—multispot LSM—single spot FMM—multispot FMM—FRAP system. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182307 | ELECTROCHROMIC NICKEL OXIDE SIMULTANEOUSLY DOPED WITH LITHIUM AND A METAL DOPANT - An electrochromic device comprising a counter electrode layer comprised of lithium metal oxide which provides a high transmission in the fully intercalated state and which is capable of long-term stability, is disclosed. Methods of making an electrochromic device comprising such a counter electrode are also disclosed. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182308 | VARIABLE TRANSMISSION ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOW AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT WINDOW SYSTEM - A variable transmission electrochromic window including: first and second substantially transparent substrates having electrically conductive materials associated therewith; an electrochromic medium contained within a chamber positioned between the first and second substrates which includes at least one solvent, at least one anodic electroactive material, at least one cathodic electroactive material, and wherein at least one of the anodic and cathodic electroactive materials is electrochromic; and wherein the electrochromic window exhibits an E | 2013-07-18 |
20130182309 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electrowetting display apparatus includes a first base substrate, a second base substrate which faces the first base substrate, a first electrode on the first base substrate, and a second electrode on the second base substrate, where the second electrode faces the first electrode. A barrier wall is on the first electrode, where the barrier wall defines a storage area. A surface of the first electrode and the barrier wall is overlapped by a barrier layer. In addition, a water-repellent layer is on the barrier layer which is in the storage area. First and second fluids are in the storage area, the first fluid is separate from the second fluid, and the first fluid or the second fluid has a polarity. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182310 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device comprising picture elements, which are constituted by electrowetting elements having at least one first fluid and a second fluid immiscible with each other within a space between a first support plate and a second support plate, the second fluid being electro-conductive or polar. The first fluid in each element is at the side of the first support plate confined by element walls, and the second fluid is shared by a plurality of picture elements, characterised by a preventer for preventing first fluid portions from being expelled from its confinement when forces other than electrowetting forces are exerted on this fluid. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182311 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - New type of electrophoretic display mode is disclosed in this Invention. Introducing transparent medium in an electrophoresis technology, diversity application type of full motion video, full-color image capable electrophoretic display system is realized. New concept of optical switching element based on ferroelectric coupling torque enables both crisp full motion video image and non-power based still image. This display configuration is also effective to apply large billboard displays with significant power saving. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182312 | WHITE PARTICLES FOR DISPLAY, PARTICLE DISPERSION FOR DISPLAY, DISPLAY MEDIUM AND DISPLAY DEVICE - White particles for display including at least one of a chain or cyclic polysilane compound having a polysilane structure represented by the following Formula (I) or a halogen-substituted compound thereof: | 2013-07-18 |
20130182313 | LUMINESCENT PIXEL ASSEMBLY - An assembly corresponding to a pixel includes sub-assemblies that each correspond to a sub-pixel of the pixel. At least one of the sub-assemblies includes a luminescent fluid, black particles and a mirror. The luminescent fluid converts wavelengths of light less than a conversion wavelength of the sub-assembly to the conversion wavelength. The black particles are positionable within luminescent fluid in accordance with a color to be displayed by the assembly. The mirror is disposed at a bottom end of the sub-assembly. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182314 | FEW MODE OPTICAL FIBERS FOR Er DOPED AMPLIFIERS, AND AMPLIFIERS USING SUCH - According to some embodiments the optical fiber comprises: (i) a glass core doped with greater than 300 ppm of Er | 2013-07-18 |
20130182315 | SUB-WAVELENGTH METALLIC APERTURES AS LIGHT ENHANCEMENT DEVICES - Light enhancement devices, applications for the light enhancement devices, and methods for making the light enhancement devices are provided. The light enhancement devices include a substrate and a film of metal disposed over the substrate, the film of metal including at least one cavity. The cavity may be of various shapes depending on the desired application. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182316 | Infrared Fixed-Focus Lens - The invention provides an infrared fixed-focus lens of which component lens pieces are made of germanium featured by low chromatic dispersion, and have no surface processed to serve as diffraction optics. The infrared fixed-focus lens comprises the first lens piece disposed closer to an object and of negative refractivity, and the second lens piece disposed closer to the image plane and of positive refractivity. Both the first and second lens pieces are made of germanium. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182317 | PRISM OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SAME - The invention provides a prism optical system includes a prism in which a space formed by at least two optical surfaces mutually decentered with respect to an axial chief ray of an incident light beam is filled up with a medium having a refractive index of greater than 1. At least two optical surfaces are rotationally asymmetric surfaces, five internal reflections take place inside the prism, and there is an intermediate image formed inside the prism, which image is in turn formed outside the prism. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182318 | Cassette for facilitating optical sectioning of a retained tissue specimen - A cassette for retaining a specimen of surgically exposed tissue from a patient in an orientation that facilitates optical sectioning of the tissue by a confocal microscopic or other optical imaging microscope. The cassette includes a base member having a rigid optically transparent window upon which a tissue specimen is situated, a pliable membrane locatable over a substantial portion of the base member including the window, and an upper member, having an aperture therethrough, which can cover the base member to provide an enclosed cavity between the membrane and the window sealing the tissue specimen therein. The edges of the tissue specimen may be positioned planar against the window and retained in that position by bonds formed between the membrane and window at multiple points or locations around the tissue specimen. The specimen retained in the cavity is imagible a microscope through the window of the base member. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182319 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY PANEL STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a structure of a multi-viewpoint stereoscopic image display panel using an integral photography method, which can expand an effective viewing angle by changing an array of an interlaced flat image pattern, and enhance sharpness of an image by removing an image jump phenomenon. An integral photography display panel includes a lens array layer on which unit convex lenses are arranged to offset each other, an interlace layer positioned at a focal distance below the lens array layer, and a focal distance securing layer for positioning the interlace layer at the focal distance of the lens array layer, wherein the interlace layer is stacked in a “brick layering” structure in which a center of a unit image is arranged to be aligned with a center of a unit convex lens using an image photographed from multi-viewpoints and interlaced into a rectangle as the unit image. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182320 | STEREOSCOPIC GLASSES USING DICHROIC AND ABSORPTIVE LAYERS - Filter glasses for use with a stereoscopic digital display system that displays stereoscopic images including left-eye images and right-eye images. The left-eye images are formed with light in a plurality of left-eye spectral bands, and the right-eye images are formed with light in a corresponding plurality of spectrally-adjacent right-eye spectral bands. The filter glasses include a left-eye filter and a right-eye filter, each of which includes a dichroic filter stack and one or more absorptive filter layers. Each of the filters transmits 50% or more of the light in the corresponding eye spectra bands, while providing less than 5% crosstalk. A frame is used to position the right-eye filter in front of an observer's right eye and to position the left-eye filter in front of the observer's left eye. | 2013-07-18 |
20130182321 | FILTER GLASSES FOR SPECTRAL STEREOSCOPIC PROJECTION SYSTEM - Filter glasses for use with a stereoscopic digital display system that displays stereoscopic images including left-eye images and right-eye images. The first-eye images are formed using red, green and blue first-eye light emitters having corresponding spectral bands with red, green and blue first-eye central wavelengths, λ | 2013-07-18 |
20130182322 | STEREOSCOPIC GLASSES USING TILTED FILTERS - Filter glasses for use by an observer of a stereoscopic digital display system that displays stereoscopic images including first-eye images and second-eye images. The filter glasses include a first-eye filter that substantially transmits light from the first-eye images and blocks light from the second-eye images, and a second-eye filter that substantially transmits light from the second-eye images and blocks light from the second-eye images. A frame is used to position the first-eye filter in front of the observer's first eye and to position the second-eye filter in front of the observer's second eye, such that the front surfaces of the filters are oriented at a tilt angle of at least 5 degrees relative to vertical so that light from the display surface that is reflected from the first-eye filter and the second-eye filter is directed over the heads of other observers that are seated in front of the observer. | 2013-07-18 |