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20080218579 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus irradiates a polygon mirror with laser beams from different directions. The polygon mirror reflects the laser beams toward different optical axis directions to scan the laser beams at a predetermined deflection angle. First and second beam detectors are disposed at the beam incident ends in the scanning direction of first and second light scanning sections such that the second beam detector detects the start of the light beam scanning operation at an earlier timing than the first beam detector does. The detection result of the first beam detector is used to set sampling start timing in common between first and second image data. Based on the detection results of the first and second beam detectors, first and second image data are written into a memory, and the first and second laser source sections are controlled based on the image data read out from the memory. | 09-11-2008 |
20090086008 | SCANNING UNIT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit to form an image on a print medium, the image forming apparatus including a guide shaft, first and second shaft insertion members into which the guide shaft is inserted, a unit main body including first and second insertion holes provided along the guide shaft and whose diameters larger than external diameters of the first and second shaft insertion members, respectively, and an adhesive to adhere the first and second shaft insertion members inserted into the first and second insertion holes, to the unit main body. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086009 | Laser Direct Imaging Apparatus and Imaging Method - A laser beam direct imaging apparatus and an imaging method which can precisely determine a back-surface-side position with respect to a front-surface-side position even if any kind of photosensitive material is used. In the laser direct imaging apparatus, a laser beam is deflected toward a main scanning direction (X-axis direction) while a workpiece mounted on a table is moved in a sub-scanning direction (Y-axis direction) so that a pattern is imaged on the surface of the workpiece. Hollow pins are disposed on the table so that the tips of the hollow pins | 04-02-2009 |
20090219376 | Internal Drum Image Setter - An internal-drum imagesetter for transferring data to disc-like data storage media has a pickup for arranging the data storage media and a transfer head having at least one transfer means for transferring the data to the data storage medium. In this case, the pickup is advantageously at least partially cylindrical in shape. The side of the data storage medium which is provided for picking up datafaces the cylinder axis of the pickup. The pickup and the transfer head can move relative to one another such that the transfer head can move in the direction of the cylinder axis of the pickup and is arranged so as to be able to rotate about the cylinder axis of the pickup. The transfer means are in the form of violet high-power laser diodes with a wavelength of 405 nm. In addition, the laser diodes are arranged in an easily replaceable laser diode arrangement and they can also be easily replaced individually. This internal-drum imagesetter can also be used to expose conventional offset plates. | 09-03-2009 |
20090262178 | DISC WRITER STORING DATA AND CREATING A VISIBLE IMAGE ON A DISC - A laser disc writer receives a blank disc on which to store data related to content and label information defining a label. Two heads, one disposed on each side of the disc, are used to store data and the label information on the two sides of the disc. | 10-22-2009 |
20090278909 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIDE DETERMINATION OF OPTICAL DISC - A side determination apparatus of an optical disc includes a light source illuminating one side of the optical disc having a data side and a non-data side obliquely; a sensor receiving a reflected light from the optical disc illuminated by the light source; and a determination unit determining that an incident light into the sensor is a reflected diffracted light from the data side of the optical disc based on a distribution of an output of the sensor onto a surface of the disc to determine the one side. | 11-12-2009 |
20090309953 | DRAWING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A drawing device ( | 12-17-2009 |
20100033548 | LASER MARKING METHOD - The present invention relates to a laser marking method which is capable of changing the grey level of a marking even in the case of a high processing speed. The laser marking method forms a marking pattern on a marking object by irradiating the marking object with pulsed light oscillated from a pulsed light source of a MOPA structure in which a semiconductor laser outputting directly-modulated pulsed light is used as a seed light source. At this time, the pulse duration of the pulsed light is changed in order to change a gray level of the marking pattern to be formed. In this way, a peak power of the pulsed light is changed by changing the pulse duration, so that it is possible to positively change the gray level of the marking pattern without changing the processing speed. | 02-11-2010 |
20100045765 | PRINTER AND PRINTING PAPER - A printer includes a printing unit configured to print on a sheet medium, a reading unit configured to read an identification mark when a sheet medium on which the identification mark is formed is used, and a control unit configured to specify a print setting for the sheet medium based on a read result of the reading unit, wherein the identification mark is a coded pattern drawn using a material containing a substance that scatters or absorbs ultraviolet light and containing no fluorescent substance, and wherein the reading unit includes an emitter configured to mainly emit ultraviolet light and a detector configured to detect fluorescence generated by excitation from a fluorescent whitening agent contained in the sheet medium and modulated by the coded pattern. | 02-25-2010 |
20100066799 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes a light source; a separating unit that separates a laser beam emitted from the light source into a first laser beam and a second laser beam; a first photoelectric converting unit that measures a light intensity of the first laser beam and outputs a first voltage depending on the light intensity of the first laser beam; a second photoelectric converting unit that measures a light intensity of the second laser beam, and outputs a second voltage depending on the light intensity of the second laser beam; and a control unit that executes a first light-intensity correction for correcting the light intensity of the second laser beam based on a current correction value and a drive current. The current correction value being a value used for correcting a light intensity of the laser beam based on the first voltage and the second voltage, and the drive current being a current preliminarily-set with respect to the laser beam to cause the light source to emit the laser beam. | 03-18-2010 |
20100079571 | DRAWING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A drawing device includes a drawing element irradiating laser light to a label surface of a recording medium according to drawing data of tracks to compose a desired pattern and draw it on the label surface. The drawing device further includes a juncture specifying element that specifies a juncture portion between drawing start and end positions according to the drawing data and a non-drawing portion specifying element that specifies a non-drawing portion corresponding to the drawing data not to direct the irradiation of the laser light in accordance with the drawing data. The drawing device includes a control element controlling the drawing element to carry out movement processing so the drawing start position in each of a plurality of the tracks moves relative to the desired pattern to be drawn in order for at least a part of the specified juncture portion to be received in the specified non-drawing portion. | 04-01-2010 |
20100141729 | Laser Marking Method, Laser Marking Apparatus and Optical Element - In a method for producing a permanent mark in an optical element which consists essentially of a material that is transparent in the visible spectral region, a marking region of the optical element is irradiated with laser radiation in order to generate local, near-surface material changes in such a way that a mark of prescribed shape and size is generated. The laser radiation has an operating wavelength λ from the wavelength region between 1.1 μm and 9.2 μm. A thulium-doped fibre laser is preferably used as laser radiation source. The operating wavelength is selected in dependence from the material of the optical element such that the material exhibits a partial absorption with a transmittance between 60% and 98%. The method can be used, in particular, to provide spectacle lenses, contact lenses or intraocular lenses with marks. | 06-10-2010 |
20100208026 | Label Detection Method and Label Printer - Labels can be detected on various types of label paper. Two photodetectors are disposed side by side in the transportation direction of label paper either above or below the transportation path of the printer, and a light-emitting device is disposed at a position opposite the photodetectors with the transportation path therebetween. Alternatively, the light-emitting device is disposed at a position between the photodetectors. Each time the label paper is advanced a unit amount, the light that passes through or the light that is reflected by the parts of the label paper at the detection positions on the transportation path is detected, and whether the amplified difference of these two detector outputs is greater than or equal to a specific threshold value set according to the difference in the transmittance of the liner and the label is determined. Passage of an edge part of a label or black mark between the detection positions is detected based on the result of this decision. | 08-19-2010 |
20100253760 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MARKING A SURFACE USING CONTROLLED PERIODIC NANOSTRUCTURES - A method for marking a surface by controlled periodic nanostructures includes:
| 10-07-2010 |
20100283825 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ROTATIONAL MARKING - The invention provides a method and device for rotary marking or machining of cylindrical materials, preferably natural cork stoppers, agglomerated cork or synthetic materials used to close wine bottles and the like. The device includes at least one feeder system of cylindrical elements, preferably natural and synthetic cork stoppers; means of sensing the presence of such cylindrical elements, a laser system, means to produce the rotation of the cylindrical elements on its axis of revolution, at a variable speed, in a tangential movement compared to the focal plane of the laser system, means of measuring the instantaneous velocity tangential to its surface and direction of rotation, optical correction and focusing means, microprocessor control based means, and means for extracting the cylindrical elements. The laser system comprises means of generating at least one laser beam; means of temporal modulation and switching for the laser beam, and means of spatial modulation of each of the laser beams in a synchronized manner with the instant tangential speed on the surface of the cylindrical element. | 11-11-2010 |
20100302340 | IMAGING FEATURES WITH SKEWED EDGES - A method for forming an image on media is provided which includes controlling an imaging head to emit radiation beams to form the image while scanning over the media along a scan direction. The image can include a feature that has an edge portion that extends in a direction that is skewed by a skew angle with respect to the scan direction. Each radiation beam can be controllable to vary a size of a pixel formed on the media by the radiation beam. Each pixel has a first size along a first direction and a second size along a second direction that intersects the first direction. In one embodiment, the second size is different than the first size and is determined based at least on the skew angle and the first size. | 12-02-2010 |
20100309279 | Optical System for Direct Imaging of Light Markable Media - An imaging system. An array of light sources and an array of lenses corresponding to the light sources and having optical axes substantially parallel to one another are provided. The lenses produce collimated output beams. An afocal optical relay having an optical axis substantially parallel to the optical axes of the lenses is also included, the array of lenses being positioned relative to the afocal optical relay so as to form an optical system that produces an image of each collimated output beam on an image plane, each image having a prescribed depth of focus and spot size. The light sources preferably are lasers producing an array of respective laser beams having high intensity and a long waist. A system for writing information on a light-sensitive label includes the imaging system. Methods of imaging and of writing information on a light-sensitive label are also provided. | 12-09-2010 |
20110063402 | METHOD OF FORMING AND MANAGING OF TEMPLATE, TEMPLATE, AND TEMPLATE FORMING AND MANAGING DEVICE - A method of forming and managing a template according to the embodiment includes forming a child template using a parent template and producing managing information about the parent template; and forming a mark including the managing information in the child template. | 03-17-2011 |
20110267416 | Laser Marking Using Scalable Fonts - A system directs a laser beam to mark a material with an alphanumeric code. Character and quality information corresponding to a mark to apply to the material with the laser beam can be received, a font definition that specifies character segments can be obtained, a set of multiple spaced locations can be generated from the character segments in accordance with the character and quality information, and the material can be marked with the laser beam by directing the laser beam to dwell at the locations and move between the locations without deactivating the laser beam. | 11-03-2011 |
20110273525 | METHOD FOR CHANGING FOCUS POSITION OF A LENS - A method for changing a focus position of an imaging lens ( | 11-10-2011 |
20110304684 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE, SURFACE EMITTING LASER ARRAY, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE - A surface emitting laser device includes a substrate and plural semiconductor layers laminated on the substrate, the plural semiconductor layers including a first semiconductor multi-layer film including aluminum (Al), an active layer, and a second semiconductor multi-layer film, a light emitting section having a mesa structure being formed on the first semiconductor multi-layer film. When viewed in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the substrate, an outer shape of the first semiconductor multi-layer film is a macroscopically smooth shape without an angular corner, and a side surface of the first semiconductor multi-layer film is coated with a passivation film and a protection film. | 12-15-2011 |
20110316961 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER ELEMENT, VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER ARRAY, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed vertical cavity surface emitting laser element includes a substrate, a laminated body sandwiching a semiconductor active layer with an upper reflecting mirror and a lower reflecting mirror, a lower electrode, and an upper electrode. The laser element emits laser light in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate when an electric current is supplied between the upper electrode and the lower electrode. The laser element further includes a selective oxidation layer in the upper reflecting mirror having a current blocking structure made of an oxidized region and an unoxidized region, and a detectable portion formed on a side surface of a mesa structure shaped by the upper reflecting mirror including the selective oxidation layer and the active layer, thereby enabling detecting the position of the selective oxidation layer from a top of the laminated body in a depth direction of the laminated body. | 12-29-2011 |
20120013699 | LASER MARKING METHOD - This invention provides a laser marking method that can form a very minute mark of a predetermined shape, such as a letter or pattern, with clarity and high solidity, on the surface of a substrate. The laser marking method of the invention comprises the steps of (1) depositing a coloring material on the surface of a substrate of thermoplastic material to form a thin film of the coloring material, and (2) applying a laser beam to the thin film of the coloring material in conformity with a predetermined marking shape to cause the portions of the substrate irradiated with the laser beam to soften and to cause the thus softened portions to mix with the coloring material, thereby developing the predetermined marking shape on the surface of the substrate. | 01-19-2012 |
20120013700 | NOVEL FUSED POLYCYCLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a fused polycyclic compound represented by general formula 1: | 01-19-2012 |
20120026271 | OPTICAL DISC RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRAWING IMAGE ON OPTICAL DISC - The reflected light amount acquiring process acquires the reflected light amount of a laser beam with which a color changeable layer is irradiated from at least one irradiation position included in a predetermined drawing determination area, where the color changeable layer is formed on a label side of an optical disc and changes in color due to heat or light. The operation process compares the reflected light amount acquired from the at least one irradiation position by the reflected light amount acquiring process with a predetermined threshold value to determine whether or not the drawing determination area is suitable for formation of a visible image. | 02-02-2012 |
20120075402 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - To provide an image processing method including at least one of recording an image onto a thermoreversible recording medium in which transparency or color tone reversibly changes depending upon temperature, by applying a laser beam with the use of a semiconductor laser device so as to heat the thermoreversible recording medium, and erasing an image recorded on the thermoreversible recording medium, by heating the thermoreversible recording medium, wherein an intensity distribution of the laser beam applied in the image recording step satisfies the relationship represented by Expression 1 shown below, | 03-29-2012 |
20120081497 | LIGHT EMITTING PANEL, OPTICAL PRINT HEAD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In general, according to the embodiment, a light emitting panel includes a glass substrate, a light emitting element, metal wiring, and a mark. The glass substrate allows light to pass through. The light emitting element is present in any one of a first plane and a second plane which is a rear surface of the first plane, of the glass substrate. The metal wiring is present on one surface, and applies voltage to the light emitting element. The mark is present on one surface, and is formed of the same material as the metal wiring. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081498 | LIGHT-EMITTING PANEL, OPTICAL PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Generally, according to an embodiment, a light-emitting panel includes a substrate and a light-emitting unit. The substrate is extended in a first direction. The light-emitting units are a plurality of light-emitting units that is in line in the first direction and comprises a light-emitting surface of which a length of a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction is shorter than a length of the first direction. | 04-05-2012 |
20120120178 | Laser Printer With Reduced Banding Artifacts - A laser scanning assembly generates a laser beam and scans the laser beam through a plurality of scan lines to form desired dots. Each scan line is positioned to overlap an adjacent scan line and each dot includes a plurality of segments. The scanning assembly scans the laser beam through multiple scan lines to fully discharge each segment of each dot. The laser scanner assembly would typically be part of a laser printer. | 05-17-2012 |
20120162343 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light receiving sensor receives laser light scanned by a light deflector and generates a detection signal. A pseudo-signal generating section generates a pseudo signal having a cycle that has the same length as a generation cycle of the detection signal. A lighting control section controls lighting start timing at which a light emitting element starts lighting based either on the detection signal or on the pseudo signal. A condensation determining section determines whether possibility that condensation occurs at the light receiving sensor is high based on a predetermined criterion. A malfunction determining section determines that the light receiving sensor has malfunction if the light receiving sensor fails to generate the detection signal within a predetermined period. A lighting control section controls the lighting start timing based on the pseudo signal, if it is determined that the possibility is high and that the light receiving sensor has malfunction. | 06-28-2012 |
20120182374 | Printing Quality Evaluation System, Laser Marking Apparatus, Printing Condition Setting Device, Printing Quality Evaluation Apparatus, Printing Condition Setting Program, Printing Quality Evaluation Program, And Computer-Readable Recording Medium - In order to improve read stability, a printing condition is set based on not visual read of a user, but read with an optical information reading apparatus. A printing quality evaluation apparatus includes: an image acquiring section that acquires an image; a symbol extracting section that extracts the symbol in which the printing quality can be evaluated from the captured images acquired by the image acquiring section; a printing quality evaluation section that evaluates the printing quality of the symbol extracted by the symbol extracting section; an identification information recognition section that recognizes the identification information identifying each printing condition of the symbol; and an evaluation output section that outputs the identification information, which is recognized by the identification information recognition section, and an evaluation result of the printing quality of the printing quality evaluation section according to the symbol extracted by the symbol extracting section. | 07-19-2012 |
20120182375 | METHOD FOR LASER MARKING AND LASER MARKING SYSTEM - A method for laser marking a substrate provided with a laser sensitive area using a laser, wherein the laser sensitive area is adapted to be activated at a threshold energy level, the method comprising: energizing the laser sensitive area by an energizing element irradiating the complete laser sensitive area, and exposing a portion of the laser sensitive area to irradiation from the laser, wherein the energizing element is configured to emit radiation being concentrated at a specific wavelength, and wherein the combined irradiation results in an energy passing the threshold energy level such that the laser sensitive area is activated at the portion where combined irradiation has occurred. The invention is also related to a laser marking system for carrying out the method. | 07-19-2012 |
20120194629 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT HEAD, LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY CHIP, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light emitting element head includes a first light emitting element array, a second light emitting element array, and an optical device. The first light emitting element array includes a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a main scan direction. The second light emitting element array includes a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in the main scan direction. The optical device focuses a light output from the first light emitting element array and the second light emitting element array on a photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor. The first light emitting element array and the second light emitting element array are overlapped each other in a sub scan direction in an overlapping section. Interval between the light emitting elements of the first light emitting element array are different from interval between the light emitting elements of the second light emitting element array. | 08-02-2012 |
20120200656 | DRAWING CONTROL METHOD, LASER IRRADIATING APPARATUS, DRAWING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREWITH - Drawing control methods, laser irradiating apparatuses, drawing control programs, and recording mediums having recorded therewith are provided that make it possible to efficiently carry out drawing with high quality. The drawing control method controls, by a computer, a drawing device which draws what is to be drawn onto multiple unit regions on a surface of a medium. The computer executes a drawing order determining step which determines a drawing order of a line segment included in the what is to be drawn such that multiple continuing line segments over mutually neighboring multiple unit regions are drawn continuously. | 08-09-2012 |
20120212563 | FLOOR RELIEF FOR DOT IMPROVEMENT - Preparing a flexographic member ( | 08-23-2012 |
20120212564 | MARKING CONTROL DEVICE, LASER APPLICATION DEVICE, MARKING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING MARKING CONTROL PROGRAM - A disclosed marking control device controls a marking device to mark a target image on a thermoreversible recording medium by applying a laser beam includes a marking position determination unit dividing the image into plural marking lines, and determining their marking positions; a marking order determination unit determining a marking order to mark the marking lines in mutually opposite directions; an adjusting unit adjusting a distance between a first ending point and a second starting point to be longer than a distance between a first starting point and a second ending point, or adjusting laser power applied to a second starting point side of the second marking line to be lower than the laser power applied to a second ending point side of the second marking line; and a marking instruction generator unit generating marking instructions including the marking positions of the marking lines and the marking order thereof. | 08-23-2012 |
20120224018 | Optical Writing Head and Image Forming Apparatus - There are provided an image forming apparatus and an optical writing head having a simple configuration can be assembled at low cost, unlike the prior art, without requiring any accurate alignment of the light emitting device array and the rod lens array thereof. The optical writing head includes a light emitting device array formed by arranging a plurality of light emitting devices in a main scanning direction and an optical unit arranged between the light emitting device array and an image plane to form an image by rays of light emitted from the light emitting devices on the image plane; the light emitting devices operating as light source portion for emitting parallel rays of light, the optical unit being formed by a two-dimensional grating. | 09-06-2012 |
20120306988 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS FOR ILLUMINATING AN OBJECT - The invention relates to an illumination apparatus ( | 12-06-2012 |
20130027500 | PRINTING - A method of imaging printing plates uses a single imaging device having at least one laser delivering, in an imagewise manner, pulsed electromagnetic energy of pulse duration not greater than 1×10 | 01-31-2013 |
20130057637 | PATTERNING OF COATED PRINTED MEDIA - A pattern is provided in coated printed media by flood coating a printed media with an overcoat material that hardens to form an overcoat coating and by controllably removing a portion of the overcoat coating from the printed media in a predetermined region with laser ablation. The printed media in the ablated region remains substantially intact. The ablated predetermined region provides the pattern in the coated printed media | 03-07-2013 |
20130155167 | LASER OSCILLATING MIRROR SUPPORT FOR COLOR PRINTER - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for pre-rendering image data for a plurality of scanning paths are described here. The method includes receiving image data including a plurality of scan lines for a top portion of an image page, pre-rendering the data for a first scanning path to generate a first data set, pre-rendering the data for a second scanning path to generate a second data set, determining an initial scanning direction, and selecting the first data set or the second data set responsive to said determining. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 06-20-2013 |
20130169732 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MARKING GLASS - In a method and apparatus for marking glass or a glass-like material a writing laser beam and the glass or the material are moved relative to each other in order to form an array of marks on the glass surface or material surface consisting of a plurality of discrete marks which are formed in discrete marking steps and are distributed along at least one direction. Marks directly adjacent to each other in a predetermined direction are formed in two marking steps, which are not carried out directly in succession one after the other. Thus, at least two series of marks are produced in the predetermined direction, wherein said marks are spaced at regular intervals from each other and are interleaved in the predetermined direction. As a result, and because of the temperature regime according to the invention during encoding, a particularly low-stress, crack-free marking of glass can be accomplished. | 07-04-2013 |
20130176375 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PRINTING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a laser based printing apparatus ( | 07-11-2013 |
20130250030 | METHOD AND DEVICE USING ROTATING PRINTING ARM TO PROJECT OR VIEW IMAGE ACROSS A WORKPIECE - The technology disclosed relates to scanning of large flat substrates for reading and writing images. Examples are flat panel displays, PCB's and photovoltaic panels. Reading and writing is to be understood in a broad sense: reading may mean microscopy, inspection, metrology, spectroscopy, interferometry, scatterometry, etc. of a large workpiece, and writing may mean exposing a photoresist, annealing by optical heating, ablating, or creating any other change to the surface by an optical beam. In particular, we disclose a technology that uses a rotating or swinging arm that describes an arc across a workpiece as it scans, instead of following a traditional straight-line motion. | 09-26-2013 |
20130258034 | In-Mold Labeling - A disclosed method relates to creating labels for in-mold labeling. A first portion is advanced from rolled labeling material to a label making area of an in-mold labeling apparatus. First label information is printed on the first portion. The first portion is cut by applying a first laser beam to the first portion based on a first pattern. A second portion is advanced from the rolled labeling material to the label making area. Second label information is printed on the second portion. The second portion is cut by applying a second laser beam to the second portion based on a second pattern. The second pattern can be different from the first pattern. | 10-03-2013 |
20130286147 | METHOD FOR APPLYING A MARKING ON AN OBJECT AND MARKING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a method for applying a marking on an object, wherein the object is moved in an advance direction relative to a marking head comprising a plurality of marking devices and the marking is applied on the object by means of the plurality of marking devices during the relative movement between the object and the marking head. For applying the marking on a predetermined marking area relative to a transverse direction, which extends transversely to the advance direction, a position of the object in the transverse direction is determined and based on the determined position of the object in the transverse direction a first number of marking devices is deactivated and a second number of marking devices is activated, wherein the marking is applied on the object by the second number of marking devices. The invention also relates to a marking apparatus for applying a marking on an object. | 10-31-2013 |
20130286148 | DEVICE FOR MARKING AND/OR SCANNING AN OBJECT - The invention relates to a device for marking and/or scanning an object comprising a head, in particular a marking head or a scanning head, having a plurality of regular operating elements for marking and/or scanning the object, and comprising a driving mechanism for providing a relative movement of the object relative to the head in an advance direction during a working operation, at least a part of the regular operating elements being arranged in a rectangular pattern of rows and columns. The inventive device is characterized in that at least one spare operating element is provided, which is idle in case that all regular operating elements are functioning, the at least one spare operating element is movable relative to the regular operating elements, in case that one of the regular operating elements is defective, the at least one spare operating element is movable into a position in which the defective operating element is replaced by the spare operating element and the at least one spare operating element is settable to an active state. The invention further relates to a method for marking and/or scanning an object. | 10-31-2013 |
20130286149 | MARKING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a marking apparatus ( | 10-31-2013 |
20130300814 | Laser Marking Using Scalable Fonts - A system directs a laser beam to mark a material with an alphanumeric code. Character and quality information corresponding to a mark to apply to the material with the laser beam can be received, a font definition that specifies character segments can be obtained, a set of multiple spaced locations can be generated from the character segments in accordance with the character and quality information, and the material can be marked with the laser beam by directing the laser beam to dwell at the locations and move between the locations without deactivating the laser beam. | 11-14-2013 |
20130328994 | LASER PROCESS ALIGNMENT MEASURING METHOD - A laser process alignment measuring method applicable to a reel-to-reel manufacturing process including a laser process stage, wherein before at least one laser process stage, marks, patterns or surfaces ( | 12-12-2013 |
20130335503 | DRAWING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - A drawing apparatus performs drawing on a first partial region and a second partial region. The first and second partial regions having an overlap region in which the first and second partial regions overlap each other. The apparatus includes a transformation device configured to transform first pattern data for the first partial region into first quantized pattern data in accordance with a first transformation rule, and to transform second pattern data for the second partial region into second quantized pattern data in accordance with a second transformation rule different from the first transformation rule, and a controller configured to control the drawing on the first partial region based on the first quantized pattern data, and to control the drawing on the second partial region based on the second quantized pattern data. | 12-19-2013 |
20140085396 | MARKING MATERIAL FOR LASER GLOSSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for generating a differential gloss image includes a marking material having absorbing elements useful for absorbing electromagnetic radiation emitted by a laser glossing imager, and accommodating heating and resultant melting of the marking material for altering a surface of the marking material image. The absorbing element is a pigment or dye. The absorbing element is carbon black, or a pigment capable of absorbing IR light, while being transparent to visible light. | 03-27-2014 |
20140139608 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEMSTONE MICROINSCRIPTION - A gemstone micro-inscription system, comprising an energy source, a spatial light modulator, and a control, the control controlling a spatial light pattern modulation of the spatial light modulator, wherein the spatial light modulator exposes a photoresist on the gemstone, which selectively impedes an etching process to produce a pattern on the gemstone corresponding to the spatial light modulation pattern. | 05-22-2014 |
20140204171 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INK-BASED DIGITAL PRINTING USING IMAGING PLATE HAVING REGULAR TEXTURED SURFACE FOR REDUCED PULLBACK - An ink-based digital printing apparatus includes an imaging member having a surface layer with regular texture. The regular texture includes an array of microstructures such as cavities. Methods include forming the imaging member textured surface using photolithography and molding processes. | 07-24-2014 |
20140232809 | LASER MARKED DEVICE - An optical device projecting one or more synthetically magnified images that has been laser marked with one or more static two dimensional (2D) images is provided. The static 2D image(s) laser marked on or within this device and the synthetically magnified image(s) projected by this device help determine the authenticity of a document (e.g., passport data page) or product that employs it. Several embodiments of the inventive device also offer increased resistance to tampering or alteration and wear. | 08-21-2014 |
20140253661 | MARKING DEVICE FOR MARKING AN OBJECT WITH MARKING LIGHT - The invention relates to a marking device for marking an object ( | 09-11-2014 |
20140300682 | OPTICAL SCANNER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND A METHOD OF FIXING A HOUSING OF THE OPTICAL SCANNER - An optical scanner includes a housing and a cover member attached to the housing. A tubular pin attachment portion is installed in a side portion of the housing. A tapping screw pin is inserted into the pin attachment portion when the housing is fastened and fixed to a fastening target with the tapping screw pin. A pin head accommodating portion formed into a tubular shape to extend in a coaxial relationship with the pin attachment portion is installed in a side portion of the cover member. The pin head accommodating portion is configured to accommodate a head portion of the tapping screw pin inserted into the pin attachment portion. | 10-09-2014 |
20140333711 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning device includes a deflector configured to deflect a plurality of light beams emitted from a plurality of light emitters that are mutually spaced apart in a sub-scanning direction; an incident optical system configured to steer the plurality of light beams so as to be incident on the deflector; an imaging optical system configured to steer the plurality of light beams so as to be obliquely incident on a surface to be scanned and to form images of the plurality of light emitters on the surface to be scanned; and a correction unit configured to correct a jitter of at least one of the plurality of light beams in a main scanning direction on the basis of irradiation position information, in the sub-scanning direction, of at least one light beam among the plurality of light beams at a point corresponding to the surface to be scanned. | 11-13-2014 |
20140354754 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING MAGNETIC INK CHARACTER RECOGNITION (MICR) IMAGE FORMING USING DIGITAL OFFSET LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING TECHNIQUES - A system and method are provided for producing Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) characters on image receiving medium substrates using a variable digital data offset lithographic architecture which provides for varying lithographic images between cycles of a marking device. MICR inks are provided with a solid particle magnetizable pigment components in a proportion of at least 20% by weight suspended in solution in the ink composition. MICR inks are provided with a solid particle magnetizable pigment components having particle sizes in excess of one micron suspended in solution in the ink composition. The disclosed systems and methods provide for MICR characters to be formed on an image receiving medium substrate over background images applied using other inks in a single device, and/or in a single pass of the image receiving medium substrate through the device. | 12-04-2014 |
20150029292 | SYSTEMS FOR DAMPENING FLUID REMOVAL, VAPOR CONTROL AND RECOVERY FOR INK-BASED DIGITAL PRINTING - A system for dampening fluid recovery in an ink-based digital printing system includes a seal manifold having a front seal portion, the front seal portion having an upper wall facing the imaging surface, the upper wall being configured to define an air flow channel with the imaging surface, the upper wall being contoured to form a distance between the upper wall and the imaging surface at an evaporation location that is less than distance between the upper wall and the imaging surface at locations interposing the evaporation location and a vacuum inlet channel of the seal manifold. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029293 | Molded Textured Imaging Blanket Surface - Forming an imaging blanket for a printing apparatus includes depositing a patternable material over a substrate, etching the patternable material according to a desired exposure pattern, hardening the etched patternable material to thereby form a template surface comprising a desired template pattern of texture features, depositing a layer of curable liquid polymer over and in physical contact with the template surface, curing the liquid polymer to thereby form the imaging blanket, and removing the imaging blanket from the template surface to thereby expose a patterned imaging surface of the imaging blanket. The image blanket may thereby be provided with a desired texture surface, for example comprised of individual molded image blanket features, such as recesses or pillars, of a desired cross-sectional shape. The image blanket is configured for and may be disposed on an image forming member of a variable data lithography system. | 01-29-2015 |
20150049153 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INK-BASED DIGITAL PRINTING USING IMAGE OFFSET CONFIGURATION - An ink-based digital printing system includes an imaging member having an imaging surface; a dampening fluid metering system, the dampening fluid metering system being configured to apply a layer of dampening fluid to the imaging surface; an inking system, the inking system being configured to apply radiation-curable ink to the imaging surface of the imaging member after the dampening fluid layer is patterned according to digital image data using a laser imaging system; and an offset member, the offset member forming a first ink transfer nip with the imaging member, the imaging member and the offset member being configured for transferring the ink image from the imaging surface to an offset member surface of the offset member. | 02-19-2015 |
20150077500 | HYDROPHILIC IMAGING MEMBER SURFACE MATERIAL FOR VARIABLE DATA INK-BASED DIGITAL PRINTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING HYDROPHILIC IMAGING MEMBER SURFACE MATERIALS - An ink-based digital printing system suitable for use with hydrophilic and/or aqueous dampening fluids includes an imaging member having an imaging member material that is hydrophilic at the imaging surface. | 03-19-2015 |
20150077501 | WHITE INK COMPOSITION FOR INK-BASED DIGITAL PRINTING - A white ink composition for ink-based digital printing includes a white pigment. The white pigment is titanium dioxide. A method for ink-based digital printing includes applying dampening fluid to an imaging member to form a dampening fluid layer, patterning the dampening fluid layer using a laser imaging system, applying a white ink composition to the imaging member surface having the patterned dampening fluid disposed thereon to form an ink image, partially curing the ink image, and transferring the partially cured ink image to a printable substrate. | 03-19-2015 |
20150092004 | METHODS FOR FORMING FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON BLACK WITH AMINO-TERMINATED POLYFLUORODIMETHYLSILOXANE FOR PRINTING - A method for forming functionalized carbon black useful for uniform dispersion in a surface material of a printing system component includes providing carbon black; providing a fluoropolymer having a terminal amino group; and mixing the amino-terminated fluoropolymer and the carbon black, wherein the fluoropolymer is amino-terminated PDMS. | 04-02-2015 |
20150116444 | Imaging Blanket with Dispersed Carbon and Micro-Texture Surface - An imaging blanket for a variable data lithography printing system is disclosed that comprises a polymer body having incorporated therein carbon black and measured amount of surface-treated fumed silica. The carbon black serves to improve the thermal absorption efficiency for thermal patterning of a dampening fluid layer formed over the imaging blanket in use. The surface-treated fumed silica assists with desirable dispersion of the carbon black in the polymer body. The surface-treated fumed silica further assists with the formation of a surface micro-texture as part of the process of molding the imaging blanket. A method for manufacturing such an imaging blanket is also disclosed. | 04-30-2015 |
20150310121 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR STORING AND RETRIEVING INFORMATION RELATING TO EDIBLE OBJECTS - A method of marking an egg is disclosed and comprises applying radiant energy to the shell of an egg so as to cause discoloration of the eggshell, thereby forming a marking comprising at least a traceability code and a freshness date. Apparatus is also disclosed for applying markings on eggs being processed by an egg-handling machine that is designed and configured to transport a plurality of eggs there through, wherein the apparatus comprises a radiant energy source located in proximity to the egg-handling machine, the radiant energy source being configured to apply radiant energy to the eggs as the eggs are transported past the radiant energy source to selectively discolor the shell of the eggs and form markings on the shell, including a freshness date and a traceability code. | 10-29-2015 |
20160046132 | LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A laser processing apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a continuous label member having an adhesive surface to which a liner is affixed while separating the liner from the continuous label member at a separating position, and transports the continuous label member from which the liner has been separated while affixing the liner to the adhesive surface at an affixing position located downstream from the separating position, and a laser irradiator that forms in the continuous label member a cut line enabling the continuous label member to be cut by irradiating the continuous label member, whose adhesive surface is exposed due to the liner being separated, with a laser beam at an irradiation position located between the separating position P | 02-18-2016 |
20160059582 | COLOUR MARKING METAL SURFACES - Apparatus related to marking a metal surface are provided. The solution comprises receiving ( | 03-03-2016 |
20160082747 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHARMACY MESSAGING - Systems and methods for pharmacy messaging are described. A system includes a laser module and a control module. The laser module includes a marking chamber with a plurality of laser heads therein. A first and second entry gate are adjacent the marking chamber. The first entry gate is configured to open when the second entry gate is closed. A first and second exit gate are adjacent the marking chamber at a side different from the first entry and second entry gate. The first exit gate is configured to open when the second exit gate is closed. A transporter moves the objects being marked into and out of the marking chamber through the various gates. The control module is communicatively coupled to the laser module and adapted to control the laser module. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 03-24-2016 |
20160149375 | SURFACE-EMITTING LASER MODULE, OPTICAL SCANNER DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed surface-emitting laser module includes a surface-emitting laser formed on a substrate to emit light perpendicular to its surface, a package including a recess portion in which the substrate having the surface-emitting laser is arranged, and a transparent substrate arranged to cover the recess portion of the package and the substrate having the surface-emitting laser such that the transparent substrate and the package are connected on a light emitting side of the surface-emitting laser. In the surface-emitting laser module, a high reflectance region and a low reflectance region are formed within a region enclosed by an electrode on an upper part of a mesa of the surface-emitting laser, and the transparent substrate is slanted to the surface of the substrate having the surface-emitting laser in a polarization direction of the light emitted from the surface-emitting laser determined by the high reflectance region and the low reflectance region. | 05-26-2016 |
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