02nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110007270 | OBJECTIVE QUALITY METRIC FOR OCULAR WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENTS - A system and method for determining an objective quality metric for image data collected by a wavefront aberrometer. The method may include quantifying a plurality of characteristics of the image data and calculating the objective quality metric based on the quantified characteristics of the image data. The objective quality metric can be a weighted sum of the quantified characteristics of the image data. The weightings for the weighted sum can be determined based on subjective quality metrics assigned to a set of training image data by a human expert. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007271 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING METHOD - An opthalmologic imaging apparatus that captures a fundus image of a subject's eye includes a first extraction unit configured to extract, from a first fundus image photographed with a first light quantity, an image of a first area having intensity not less than predetermined intensity and an image of a second area other than the first area, a second extraction unit configured to extract an image of an area corresponding to the first area from a second fundus image photographed with a second light quantity based on the light quantity of the first area, a third extraction unit configured to extract an image of an area corresponding to the second area from a third fundus image photographed with a third light quantity based on the light quantity of the second area, and an image combining unit configured to combine the images extracted by the second and the third extraction units. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007272 | FUNDUS CAMERA - A fundus camera that obtains focus evaluation values by scanning, in which a focusing lens moves a predetermined distance according to a photographing mode before the focusing lens starts scanning for obtaining focus evaluation values. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007273 | FUNDUS CAMERA - A fundus camera includes an illumination optical system, an observation photographic optical system, a photographic diaphragm unit located in a position conjugate with the subject's eye in the observation photographic optical system, and an imaging unit disposed in the observation photographic optical system. The photographic diaphragm unit includes a first photographic diaphragm fixed during capturing of a still image and a second photographic diaphragm movable during capturing of a moving image. The fundus camera further includes a diaphragm driving unit configured to move the second photographic diaphragm on a plane orthogonal to an optical axis, an image recording unit configured to capture, with the first photographic diaphragm, a still image based on an output of the imaging unit and, with the second photographic diaphragm, a moving image based on an output of the imaging unit, and a display unit configured to display an image captured by the imaging unit. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007274 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS - When the fundus camera is positioned on the same side as the subject's eye relative to an appropriate position (front-focus state), the positioning index light source turned on in blue produces most-focused positioning index images. The positioning index light sources become more blurred in order of green and red. When the camera is positioned on the opposite side of the subject's eye relative to the appropriate position (rear-focus state), the positioning index light source turned on in red produces most-focused images. The positioning index light sources become more blurred in order of green and blue. Based on a degree of the blur of the individual positioning index images in red, green, and blue reflected by the cornea of the subject's eye, the calculation unit calculates whether to move the camera body closer to or farther away from the subject's eye and allows the display unit to display the information. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007275 | EYE AND BODY MOVEMENT TRACKING FOR TESTING AND/OR TRAINING - The eye movement, body movement, and/or physiological performance of a subject may tracked while the subject performs a task, such as participating in an activity or sport. The collected data may then be used to identify correlations between the subject's eyesight and the subject's body movement exists and/or physiology. Such a correlation may be analyzed (e.g., over time) to determine any delays or gaps in the subject's ability to track an object, such as a ball, while participating in a sport or other activity. Further, a subject's performance may be compared to data collected from other individuals. The eye movement, body movement, and/or physiological performance data may be used to test and/or train the visual and cognitive abilities of an individual. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007276 | Method and Apparatus for the Detection of Impaired Dark Adaptation - The present method describes a new method for the measurement of dark adaptation. The dark adaptation status of subjects may then be used to identify those subjects who are at risk of developing and/or who are currently suffering from a variety of disease states having their clinical manifestations in impaired dark adaptation. The disease states include, but are not limited to, age related macular degeneration, vitamin A deficiency, Sorsby's Fundus Dystrophy, late autosomal dominant retinal degeneration, retinal impairment related to diabetes and diabetic retinopathy. An apparatus for administering the test method described is also provided. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007277 | Advanced immersive visual display system - The present invention discloses an improved method and device for the immersive display of three-dimensional images with visual accommodation. An improved method for manufacturing a visual display incorporating a scanned light source and an improved method of presenting visual information are disclosed. A complete, immersive display environment is also presented. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007278 | Method and system for differential distortion correction for three-dimensional (3D) projection - A method and system are disclosed for differential distortion correction for use in the three-dimensional (3D) projection of film-based or digital images. A compensation transform determined based on distortion information can be applied to image data to compensate for distortions in stereoscopic images for 3D projection. Different approaches can be used for obtaining the compensation transform. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007279 | ETENDUE REDUCED STEREO PROJECTION USING SEGMENTED DISK - A stereoscopic digital image projecting system has a light source system energizable to provide polarized illumination having a first polarization state and a beam splitting system alternately generating first and second light beams having different polarization states from the polarized illumination. A combining system has a polarization beam combiner that combines the first and second light beams into a combined light beam. A spatial light modulator is used to modulate the combined light beam in a manner consistent with stereoscopic image data to form a first modulated image from illumination in the combined light beam having the first polarization state and to form a second modulated image from illumination in the combined light beam having the second polarization state. Projection optics are configured to project the first and second modulated images onto a display surface. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007280 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM - A lighting device ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007281 | PROJECTOR - A projector including a light source, an optical deflection element including a reflective surface, a mounting plate that holds the optical deflection element with a heat conductive member interposed between the optical deflection element and the mounting plate so that the reflective surface faces the light source, and a foreign matter intrusion preventing frame that is provided between the light source and the mounting plate so as to surround the reflective surface, the projector including: a heat receiving portion that is provided so as to surround at least one side of the optical deflection element; a heat radiating portion that is provided on the mounting plate outside the foreign matter intrusion preventing frame; and a heat pipe that includes the heat receiving portion and the heat radiating portion. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007282 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A DRIVING VOLTAGE OF THE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus and a method for adjusting a driving voltage of the projection apparatus are provided. The projection apparatus comprises an illuminant module, an output voltage control module, an illuminant driver module, and an illuminant driver management module. The output voltage control module is configured to output a driving voltage. The illuminant driver module is configured to output an illuminant voltage to the illuminant module after receiving the driving voltage. The illuminant driver management module is configured to receive the illuminant voltage and to detect a variation in the illuminant voltage. Then, the illuminant driver management module outputs a control signal to the output voltage control module according to the variation of the illuminant voltage. Finally, the output voltage control module adjusts the driving voltage according to the control signal. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007283 | PROJECTOR, IMAGE PROJECTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROJECTING METHOD - A projector includes: an imaging unit that picks up an image of a projection target area with light in a first wavelength band and generates a first pickup image and picks up an image of the projection target area with light in a second wavelength band and generates a second pickup image; an image generating unit that performs keystone distortion correction on the basis of the first pickup image; a positional-information generating unit that generates, on the basis of the second pickup image, positional information indicating a position of indication light included in the projection target area; and a projecting unit that projects an image based on the positional information in a state in which the keystone distortion correction is performed. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007284 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN PROJECTING IMAGES - A method and apparatus relate to a projection module having an input port with light source module mounting structure, an output port with lens module mounting structure, an image forming section, and optics. The method and apparatus involve: routing radiation arriving through the input port along a first path of travel defined by the optics to the image forming section; generating images at the image forming section from the radiation arriving along the first path of travel; and routing images from the image forming section to and through the output port along a second path of travel defined by the optics. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007285 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed in which a space between the projection system and a sensor is filled with a liquid. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007286 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, A METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DEVICE USING A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a substrate table configured to support a substrate, a projection system configured to direct a patterned beam of radiation onto a substrate, a liquid handling system configured to supply and confine immersion liquid to a space defined between a projection system and a substrate, or substrate table, or both, and a controller to control speed of motion of the substrate table relative to the liquid handling system during movement of the substrate table through a path under the liquid handling system based on a distance between turns in the path. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007287 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An immersion lithographic apparatus comprising a surface which is curved such that a surface-tension drainage force acts in a direction on a film of immersion liquid on the surface. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007288 | HEAT TRANSFER ASSEMBLY, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a heat transfer assembly configured to temperature control at least a portion of the lithographic apparatus. The heat transfer assembly includes a printed circuit board, and a plurality of heat transfer elements. The printed circuit board and the plurality of heat transfer elements are configured to be attached to the portion of the lithographic apparatus. The plurality of heat transfer elements are separate from and are electrically coupled to the printed circuit board. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007289 | DEVICE CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO GENERATE RADIATION, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A device is constructed and arranged to generate radiation by using an electrical discharge through a gaseous medium. The device includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and a liquid supply arranged to provide a liquid to a location in the device. The device is arranged to be electrically supplied with a voltage and to supply the voltage at least partially to the first electrode and the second electrode in order to allow the electrical discharge to be generated in an electrical field created by the voltage. The electrical discharge produces a radiating plasma. The device also includes a shield arranged between the discharge location and a conducting part connected to the first electrode and/or the second electrode. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007290 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Positional information of each of wafer stages during exposure and during alignment is measured directly under a projection optical system and directly under a primary alignment system, respectively, by a plurality of encoder heads, Z heads and the like, which a measurement bar placed below surface plates has, using gratings placed on the lower surfaces of fine movement stages. Consequently, high-precision measurement of the positional information of the wafer stages can be performed. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007291 | Exposure Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method - Positional information of each of wafer stages during exposure and during alignment is measured directly under a projection optical system and directly under a primary alignment system, respectively, by a plurality of encoder heads, Z heads and the like, which a measurement bar placed below surface plates has, using gratings placed on the lower surfaces of fine movement stages. Since a main frame that supports the projection optical system and the measurement bar are separated, deformation of the measurement bar caused by inner stress (including thermal stress) and transmission of vibration or the like from the main frame to the measurement bar, and the like do not occur, which is different from the case where the main frame and the measurement bar are integrated. Consequently, high-precision measurement of the positional information of the wafer stages can be performed. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007292 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, PLASMA SOURCE, AND REFLECTING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a plasma source that includes a vessel configured to enclose a plasma formation site, an optical device configured to transfer optical radiation to or from the vessel, and a reflector arranged in an optical path between the optical device and the plasma formation site source. The reflector is configured to reflect the optical radiation between the optical device and the plasma formation site. The reflector is formed, in operation, as a molten metal mirror. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007293 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - The disclosure relates to a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, as well as related components and methods. In some embodiments, a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes an illumination system and a projection objective, where the illumination system can illuminate an object plane of the projection objective and the projection objective can produce the image of the object plane on an image plane. A polarization-dependent transmission can be produced in the illumination system such that, for at least one polarization distribution in respect of the light impinging on the object plane, a non-homogeneous intensity distribution in the object plane is obtained. The non-homogeneous intensity distribution can afford a homogeneous intensity distribution in the image plane by virtue of polarization-dependent transmission properties of the projection objective. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007294 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam; a support constructed to support a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam; a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate; and a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate. The substrate table and/or the support may be provided with an accelerometer to measure an acceleration of the substrate table and/or the support and the apparatus is provided with a calculator in communication with the accelerometer to calculate an acceleration based position signal from the acceleration measured by the accelerometer. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007295 | MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A stage device is equipped with a fine movement stage on which a wafer is mounted, a coarse movement stage formed into a frame shape that encloses the periphery of the fine movement stage, which supports the fine movement stage such that the fine movement stage is relatively movable and which is movable along an XY plane, a planar motor that drives the coarse movement stage in a predetermined range within the XY plane, and an actuator that drives the fine movement stage with respect to the coarse movement stage. Therefore, the size, in a direction perpendicular to the XY plane (height direction), of a movable body made up of the fine movement stage and the coarse movement stage can be reduced, compared with a wafer stage having a coarse/fine movement configuration in which the fine movement stage is mounted on the coarse movement stage. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007296 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides an exposure apparatus which transfers a pattern of a reticle onto a substrate, the apparatus including a convey unit configured to convey the substrate while chucking and holding a lower surface of the substrate, and a control unit configured to control a conveyance condition of the convey unit so that a conveyance acceleration is lower when the convey unit conveys the substrate in a vertical direction with downward acceleration than when the convey unit conveys the substrate in the vertical direction with upward acceleration. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007297 | STAGE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - A stage apparatus, which holds a plate member, comprises: a stage; a first positioning member and a second positioning member which are placed on the stage, and are configured to contact a lower surface and an upper surface of the plate member respectively to position the plate member in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the plate member; an elastic, first enclosing member configured to form a first enclosed space around the first positioning member; an elastic, second enclosing member configured to form a second enclosed space around the second positioning member; and a first suction mechanism and a second suction mechanism configured to respectively suck air from the first enclosed space and air from the second enclosed space so as to chuck the plate member to the first enclosed space and the second enclosed space by vacuum absorption. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007298 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT OF EXIT PUPIL TRANSMITTANCE - A method and apparatus for determining the state of the lens transmittance of an optical projection system are described. A lens or imaging objective transmission is determined as a function of exit pupil transverse direction cosine (nx,ny) at multiple field points thereby providing a more complete analysis and correction of a photolithographic exposure system. The entrance pupil of a projection imaging system is uniformly illuminated and the angular dependence of transmission through the imaging system as a function of exit pupil direction cosines is determined. The illumination source includes a light conditioner with an in-situ illumination structure (ISIS), which is an optical structure that can provide uniform illumination of the system's entrance pupil. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007299 | LASER SENSOR SYSTEM BASED ON SELF-MIXING INTERFERENCE - A sensor module ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007300 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COVERTLY MARKING TARGETS - An apparatus for covertly marking a target includes a housing sized and configured to simulate a portable electronic device; a reservoir positioned in the housing for holding a quantity of miniature markers; and a dispersing mechanism positioned in or on the housing for dispersing the markers onto the target. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007301 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PARTS - A device and method for measuring moving material includes a processor and operating software associated therewith; a light source for emitting at least two polarized light beams in a manner wherein the beams cross thereby creating an interference region and generate a set of fringes; a sensor aligned relative to the interference region wherein the fringes have a predetermined orientation to the directional movement of the material and wherein the sensor is operably equipped to receive scattered light emanating from the interference region and provide a time varying signal to the processor such that the processor can manipulate and convert the signal to speed and distance and a polarizing filter operably associating a polarizing filter with one of the sensor and the emitting means in a manner to substantially preclude reflected polarized light from the interference region back to one of the sensor and the emitting source. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007302 | Hard copy re-emission color measurement system - Hard copy re-emission color measurement system, comprising a light arrangement for emitting light onto a hard copy, a light detector arranged to detect light re-emitted by the hard copy, and a control circuit configured to process the detected re-emitted light. The light arrangement is arranged to separately and simultaneously emit a first light having wavelengths longer than an ultraviolet wavelength and a second light having wavelengths in the ultraviolet range. The light arrangement is provided with a light guide arranged to guide the first and second light on an at least partly overlapping region on a hard copy. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007303 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MONITORING EROSION OF ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK EDGE BEAD MATERIALS - A disclosed device comprises an edge bonding seal configured to be mounted to an edge bead of the electrostatic chuck. The edge bonding seal includes a monitoring layer comprised of a first material configured to emit a species capable of being optically monitored. The edge bonding seal further includes an edge bonding layer configured to be interspersed at least between the monitoring layer and the plasma environment. The edge bonding layer is comprised of a second material susceptible to erosion due to reaction with the plasma environment and configured to expose the monitoring layer to the plasma environment upon sufficient exposure to the plasma environment. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007304 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC LASER FOCUSING - The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for automatic laser focusing. The core concept of the process is the automatable and especially preferably the automated photographing of the focal spot generated during a focus series by camera and a determination of the particular focal spot diameter as well as an evaluation of this data by an interpolated or approximating function that allows a conclusion about the focal spot with the smallest focal spot diameter and thus with the associated optimal focal distance. A series of disadvantages present in the state of the art can be avoided by using the process in accordance with the invention, in particular the great expenditure of time in the determining of the optimal focal distance and the uncertainty in the selection of the optimal focal spot associated with an operator are eliminated in the framework of the photographing of a focus series. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007305 | LASER-BASED COORDINATE MEASURING DEVICE AND LASER-BASED METHOD FOR MEASURING COORDINATES - A laser based coordinate measuring device measures a position of a remote target. The laser based coordinate measuring device includes a stationary portion, a rotatable portion, and at least a first optical fiber. The stationary portion has at least a first laser radiation source and at least a first optical detector, and the rotatable portion is rotatable with respect to the stationary portion. The first optical fiber system, which optically interconnects the first laser radiation source and the first optical detector with an emission end of the first optical fiber system, has the emission end disposed on the rotatable portion. The emission end emits laser radiation to the remote target and receives laser radiation reflected from the remote target with the emission direction of the laser radiation being controlled according to the rotation of the rotatable portion. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007306 | PHOTO-DETECTOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING LIGHT - Proposed is a light sensor ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007307 | Two-Photon-Absorption Optical Filter - A tunable optical filter includes a medium configured to perform polarization rotation on a portion of a linearly polarized signal beam having a frequency within a selected frequency band, wherein the medium is circularly birefringent within the frequency band, and wherein the polarization rotation is achieved based on two-photon-absorption. The first stage of the filter transmits a dual transmission line, and a subsequent portion of the filter partions the output of the first stage into two separate transmission channels. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007308 | METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF WAX FROM POROUS STONES IN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS - Disclosed embodiments include methods for cleaning wax, substantially equivalent impurities, and other contaminants from porous stones in historical monuments and artworks using nondestructive means. According to one embodiment the method for removal of contaminants from porous stones using laser comprises the following method steps: (a) identifying regions of a contaminant on the porous stone monument; (b) characterizing the contaminant on the porous stone monument; (c) exposing the contaminant on the porous stone monument to irradiation from a laser characterized by a wavelength, a pulse length, a repetition rate, and a laser energy fluence determined and optimized for a given contaminant-porous stone system and the laser characteristics; and (d) adaptively evaluating the cleaning results by quantifying the thickness of the remaining contaminant. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007309 | Method for Analysis of Pathogenic Microorganisms Using Raman Spectroscopic Techniques - A method for assessing the presence of a pathogenic microorganism in a sample. A sample is illuminated to thereby produce a first plurality of interacted photons which may be scattered, emitted, reflected and/or absorbed by the sample. The first plurality of interacted photons are assessed to thereby generate a Raman data set representative of the sample. This Raman data set is analyzed to thereby determine at least one of: the presence of a pathogenic microorganism in said sample and the absence of a pathogenic microorganism in said sample. The Raman data set may comprise at least one of a Raman spectrum and/or a Raman chemical image representative of the sample. The analysis may comprise comparing said Raman data set to at least one reference Raman data set representative of a known sample. This may be achieved using a chemometric technique. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007310 | On-Line/At-Line Monitoring of Residual Chemical by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy - Target chemicals are monitored at very low concentrations in pipelines or vessels such as storage tanks using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy analysis of a sample. A liquid sample having a target chemical such as biocides, corrosion inhibitors, scale inhibitors, anti-foaming agents, emulsion breakers, and hydrate inhibitors are tested while exposed to a prepared and charged surface of a coupon so as to draw the target material to the prepared and charged surface. The charged surface is fairly precisely charged using two other electrodes to calibrate the charge on the surface of the coupon. With the target substance presumably drawn to the coupon, the molecules on the surface of the coupon are excited by monochromatic light such as from a laser to induce vibrations within the molecules. The vibrations of the molecules reflect and scatter the monochromatic light in distinctive manners such that the collected light from the surface provides an indication of the presence of the target substance in the sample and a quantitative indication of the concentration of the target material in the sample. With the ability at lower power and reasonable cost to sense the presence well down below one percent and into the ppm range provides the opportunity to more precisely and efficiently add such chemicals to operating pipelines and storage tanks. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007311 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR THE TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY USING A PHOTON MIXING DETECTOR - The present invention relates to a solution for time-resolved spectroscopy, wherein the sample to be analyzed is illuminated by a modulated light source, and the spectrum reflected therefrom is recorded in a time-resolved manner and evaluated. In the method according to the invention for time-resolved spectroscopy, a sample to be analyzed is irradiated by a modulated light source having short light pulses, and the radiation emitted by the sample is represented via imaging optical elements and a spectral-selective element on a sensor disposed in the image plane, and the signals thereof are evaluated by a control and regulating unit, and/or stored. The sensor disposed in the image plane is a PMD sensor, which in addition to the intensity values also determines the running times of the radiation emitted by the sample, and forwards the same to the control and regulating unit. Although PMD sensors were originally intended for object recognition, particularly in traffic, the use thereof in many other technical fields is conceivable and advantageous. The solution provided herein describes the use of PMD sensors in spectroscopy, particularly for the time-resolved analysis of samples. However, the use of PMD sensors is also possible in Raman spectrometry, or for the measurement of luminescence, such as for differentiating phosphorescence and fluorescence light. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007312 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH PRECISION ISOTOPE RATIO DESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS - A system and process are disclosed that provide high accuracy and high precision destructive analysis measurements for isotope ratio determination of relative isotope abundance distributions in liquids, solids, and particulate samples. The invention utilizes a collinear probe beam to interrogate a laser ablated plume. This invention provides enhanced single-shot detection sensitivity approaching the femtogram range, and isotope ratios and particle assays that can be determined with relative precision better than about 10%. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007313 | Fiber Optic Sensor Utilizing Broadband Sources - Fiber optic sensors employ a high brightness light source such as a fiber optic supercontinuum source, multiplexed superluminescent light emitting diodes, or a broadband tunable laser diode. Light is delivered to the measurement location via fiber optics and sensor optics directs infrared radiation onto material the being monitored that is located in a hostile environment. A disperse element is positioned in the detection beam path in order to separate the wavelengths and to perform spectral analysis. A spectral analysis of the radiation that emerges from the sheet yields information on a plurality of parameters for the material. For papermaking applications, the moisture level, temperature and cellulose content in the paper can be obtained. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007314 | Method and apparatus for angular-resolved spectroscopic lithography characterization - An apparatus and method to determine a property of a substrate by measuring, in the pupil plane of a high numerical aperture lens, an angle-resolved spectrum as a result of radiation being reflected off the substrate. The property may be angle and wavelength dependent and may include the intensity of TM- and TE-polarized radiation and their relative phase difference. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007315 | IMAGING CATHETER WITH INTEGRATED REFERENCE REFLECTOR - In part, the invention relates to a lens assembly. The lens assembly includes a micro-lens; a beam director in optical communication with the micro-lens; and a substantially transparent film. The substantially transparent film is capable of bi-directionally transmitting light, and generating a controlled amount of backscatter. In addition, the film surrounds a portion of the beam director. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007316 | Inspection Method and Apparatus, Lithographic Apparatus, Lithographic Processing Cell and Device Manufacturing Method - An inspection apparatus configured to measure a property of a substrate includes an illumination source, a beam splitter, a first polarizer positioned between the illumination source and the beam splitter, an objective lens and an optical device that alters a polarization state of radiation traveling through it positioned between the beam splitter and the substrate and a second polarizer positioned between the beam splitter and a detector. An axis of the second polarizer is rotated with respect to an axis of the first polarizer. Radiation polarized by the first polarizer that reflects off any optical elements between the beam splitter and the optical device is prevented from entering the detector by the second polarizer. Only radiation that passes twice through the optical device has its polarization direction rotated so that it passes through the second polarizer and enters the detector. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007317 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SMALL BIOMOLECULES - An object of the present invention is to detect a small biomolecule in a sample using simple and inexpensive equipment. To achieve this, the small biomolecule in a sample S is detected optically. Specifically, the sample S containing an aptamer capable of interacting with the small biomolecule is irradiated with an excitation light Le and irradiated with a measurement light L | 2011-01-13 |
20110007318 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING WHITE COLOR SHIELDING DEGREE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WHITE INK, SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING WHITE INK, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WHITE COLOR PRINTED MATERIAL - A method for obtaining and evaluating a white color shielding degree of a white color printed material includes the steps of: measuring an L* value of the white color printed material; obtaining an integrated value of transmittance of the white color printed material in a visible light region; and obtaining the white color shielding degree from the L* value and the integrated value. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007319 | Arrangement for Determining the Reflectivity of a Sample - The invention relates to an arrangement for measuring the reflectivity of the direct or scattered reflection of a sample ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007320 | LIGHT TRANSMITTER, LIGHT RECEIVER AND MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATES - A measuring device for measuring optical properties of transparent substrates includes a light transmitter and/or light receiver comprising a hollow cylinder having a highly reflective and diffusely dispersive inner surface. The light transmitter comprises a light source arranged in its interior and a light exit opening at a distance from the light source. The light receiver has a light sensor instead of the light source, at a distance from a light entrance opening. The light source and light sensor are arranged at such a distance from the light exit opening and light entrance opening respectively, given a corresponding direction of propagation of the light, that light emitted by the light source or received by the light sensor and multiply reflected in the hollow cylinder emerges as diffuse light from the light exit opening or is incident on the light sensor. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007321 | SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - An optical coherence tomography device is disclosed for improved imaging. Reduced levels of speckle in the images generated by the device are obtained by forming a B-scan from a plurality of A-scans, wherein each resolution cell of the B-scan is generated through compounding of a subset of the A-scans and wherein at least some of the subset of A-scans are separated by at least half the diameter of a speckle cell both tangent to and orthogonal to the B-scan at that cell. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007322 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT - A method and apparatus operable for displacing an image, which is transmitted by electromagnetic radiation, perpendicular to the direction of radiation by use of a rotatably disposed radiation-refracting body, located in the path of an imaging beam, having a refractive index that differs from the surrounding medium with regard to the radiation used. The method allows for precise image displacement. The rotation of the radiation-refracting body causing the displacement is measured, and the change of the optical path length caused by the angular change in a further electromagnetic beam utilized for the measurement is determined by evaluating the superimposition of the radiation reflected by a planar reflecting surface with the incident electromagnetic radiation. Part of the electromagnetic measurement beam, which is reflected on the surface of the radiation-refracting body, strikes a measurement unit, which supplies an electrical signal as a function of the incident position of the electromagnetic radiation. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007323 | Equal-Path Interferometer - An optical assembly for use in an interferometer is provided. The optical assembly includes first and second partially reflective surfaces positioned along an optical axis and oriented at different non-normal angles to the optical axis. The second partially reflective surface is configured to receive light transmitted through the first partially reflective surface along the optical path, transmit a portion of the received light to a test object to define measurement light for the interferometer and reflect another portion of the received light back towards the first partially reflective surface to define reference light for the interferometer. The reference light makes at least one round trip path between the second and first partially reflective surfaces. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007324 | PROBE MICROSCOPE - A probe microscope includes a cantilever having a probe for contact with an object, first and second displacement detection optical systems, and an object lens. The first displacement detection optical system includes a first light source and a first displacement detecting section that detects displacement of the cantilever. The second displacement detection optical system includes a second light source and a second displacement detecting section that detects displacement of the object. The object lens is provided between the cantilever and the first light source and between the cantilever and the second light source. The object lens has a focal position for the light that is emitted from the first light source and has a first wavelength at the position of the cantilever and has a focal position for the light that is emitted from the second light source and has a second wavelength at the position of the object. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007325 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - When a liquid immersion area (liquid) formed on a wafer stage is moved onto another wafer stage, a fine movement stage position measuring system measures positional information of the wafer stage, interferometers of a coarse movement stage position measuring system measure positional information of the another wafer stage, and different interferometers measure positional information of the wafer stage. Based on these measurement results, the wafer stage and the another wafer stage are made to be in proximity to each other and are driven while the scrum state is maintained, and thereby the liquid immersion area (liquid) formed on the wafer stage can be moved onto the another wafer stage. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007326 | METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE 3D COORDINATES OF AN OBJECT - A method serves for the determination of the 3D coordinates of an object ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007327 | LASER-BASED COORDINATE MEASURING DEVICE AND LASER-BASED METHOD FOR MEASURING COORDINATES - A laser based coordinate measuring device measures a position of a remote target. The laser based coordinate measuring device includes a stationary portion, a rotatable portion, and at least a first optical fiber. The stationary portion has at least a first laser radiation source and at least a first optical detector, and the rotatable portion is rotatable with respect to the stationary portion. The first optical fiber system, which optically interconnects the first laser radiation source and the first optical detector with an emission end of the first optical fiber system, has the emission end disposed on the rotatable portion. The emission end emits laser radiation to the remote target and receives laser radiation reflected from the remote target with the emission direction of the laser radiation being controlled according to the rotation of the rotatable portion. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007328 | DEVICE FOR OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT - The invention relates to a device for optical distance measurement, particularly to a handheld device, comprising a transmission unit ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007329 | Methods of inspecting structures - A method of inspecting a structure. The method includes preparing preliminary spectrums of reference diffraction intensities according to critical dimensions of reference structures, obtaining a linear spectrum from the preliminary spectrums in a set critical dimension range, radiating light to respective measurement structures formed on a substrate, measuring measurement diffraction intensities of the light diffracted by the measurement structures, and obtaining respective critical dimensions of the measurement structures from the measurement diffraction intensities using the linear spectrum. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007330 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A binary conversion error value as to neighboring pixels stored in an error value storage portion is added to a pixel density of a subject pixel, which is read from an input image storage portion, at a ratio based on an error distribution matrix, so that a modified density is calculated. A determination is made as to whether the modified density is greater than or equal to a threshold value, and an output image is binarized based on the determination, and stored in an output image storage portion. An output density, which is a value of the output image for calculating the binary conversion error value, is set to a value corresponding to a print mode currently set. By subtracting the output density from the modified density, the binary conversion error value generated in the binarization process for the subject pixel is calculated. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007331 | HANDHELD PRINTER - A handheld printer that provides an appropriate application of ink to a print medium without a bulky and complex mechanical system for positioning a print head with respect to the print medium. A handheld printer according to the present teachings includes a navigation subsystem that tracks a motion of the handheld printer with respect to a printing surface and a print head controller that causes a print head to fire ink drops onto the printing surface in response to the motion and in response to an image contained in an image buffer. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007332 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING HIGHER DIMENSION COLOR RESPONSE - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for implementing a color model function for a printer that uses a relatively large number of colorants. The model is based upon several four color printer color models that contain more complete color models by storing output data for a higher number of input color value combinations and a small number of additional measurements that characterize the response of the printer to outputs using more than four colorants. Results from more complete printer models are determined and combined with a CMYKOV printer model that stores output values for only a coarse resolution of inputs. Transitions between various regions of color space defined by the colorant model definitions are then smoothed. A higher dimension printer color model output is produced. The present method effectively determines a higher dimension color printer model output corresponding to values of an N+2 dimension color model input. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007333 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREFOR - A color processing apparatus configured to simulate a print product output by a printer on a monitor. The apparatus includes a first conversion unit configured to convert color data representing an image of the simulation object into color data in a printer color space, a first calculation unit configured to calculate color data of diffuse reflection in a line-of-sight direction from color data in the printer color space, a second calculation unit configured to calculate color data in the printer color space and specular reflection color data, a third calculation unit configured to calculate color data of specular reflection in a line-of-sight direction from color data of specular reflection calculated using a parameter representing an exitance of the glossiness and colorless light-source color data, a combination unit configured to combine the color data of diffuse reflection and color data of specular reflection, and a second conversion unit configured to convert the combined color data to color data in the monitor color space. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007334 | BETWEEN-SEGMENT DISCONTINUITY REDUCTION FOR TEXT VECTORIZATION USING DOMINANT POINT CLASSIFICATION - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for text vectorization for bitmap images with reduced artificial discontinuities. Dominant points are identified in a bitmap character image. An initial curve is fitted to edge points of the character image in a vicinity of a selected dominant point. A set of boundary parameters in a vicinity of the selected dominant point are estimated based upon the initial curve. The selected dominant point is then classified as one of a sharp dominant point and a smooth dominant point based upon the boundary parameters or alternatively upon predefined classifications produced by an optical character recognition process. Curves are fitted between the selected dominant point and adjacent dominant points. The fitted curves maintain the estimated boundary parameters in the vicinity of smooth dominant points. A vectorized representation of the text character image based upon the fitted curves is produced as output. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007335 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT DISPLAYS ICONS IN A SELECTABLE STATE ACCORDING TO DRAFT SETTING DIRECTION - A draft size detecting function detects a size and a setting direction of a draft set in a scanner which reads an image of the draft, a display unit displays, in a selectable state, an icon corresponding to the draft setting direction detected by the draft size detecting function, and displays, in a non-selectable state, an icon which does not correspond to the draft setting direction detected by the detecting function among a plurality of icons to designate a direction of the image in the draft, and the image direction corresponding to the selected icon is set as the direction of the image in the draft, in a case where the specific icon is selected from the selectable icons displayed in the display unit. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007336 | IMAGE REGISTRATION DEVICE, IMAGE REGISTRATION SYSTEM, IMAGE REGISTRATION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image registration device includes: an associated image acquisition unit that acquires an associated image associated with a document image read from a medium on which the document image is formed, a predetermined process being to be performed on the document image; and a registration unit that registers the associated image acquired by the associated image acquisition unit with the associated image being assigned to the predetermined process. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007337 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PREDICTING FAILURE OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An apparatus, system, and method of predicting failure of a fixing device of an image forming apparatus are provided. Based on a plurality of sheet transfer time values of the fixing device, a first characteristic value that is an average value of the plurality of sheet transfer time values, and at least one of a second characteristics value that indicates the variance of the plurality of sheet transfer time values and a third characteristics value that indicates the maximum value of the plurality of sheet transfer time values are calculated. Using a determination result generated based on the first characteristics value and the at least one of the second and third characteristics values, failure of the fixing device is predicted. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007338 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus stores first setting information included in a received first print job. If a second print job has been received within a predetermined time period since a timing of reception of the first print job, if the second print job is a print job related to the first print job, and if second setting information included in the second print job is different from the stored first setting information, a CPU of the information processing apparatus stores the first setting information as printing error information. The CPU searches for printing error information that is the same as third setting information included in a third print job from among stored printing error information. If printing error information that is the same as the third setting information has been extracted, the CPU displays a screen for prompting a user to verify the third setting information on an operation unit. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007339 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing control apparatus includes a connection unit configured to be connectable to a plurality of networks, a storage unit configured to store a power supply control status corresponding to each of the plurality of networks and indicating either an on or off state, a change unit configured to change the power supply control status for each network, and a control unit configured to control a power supply of an image forming apparatus based on the power supply control status of the plurality of networks. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007340 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus for receiving a variable print job having a plurality of records including page information of a plurality of pages, and based on the page information, outputting an output product including a master object and a variable object includes a reception unit for receiving a print job, an output unit for executing output processing for outputting the received print job as the output product, a detection unit for detecting an error occurring during the output processing, and a control unit, when the print job in which an error is detected is the variable print job, interrupting the output processing of the record, and restarting output processing from a page included in a record following the record in which the error is detected. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007341 | CACHE CONTROL MECHANISM - A method is disclosed. The method includes a compute node retrieving an object, the compute node receiving a local cache indicator associated with the object providing information as to whether the object is to be cached at the compute node and the compute node processing the object. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007342 | NETWORK BASED PRINT DRIVER CONFIGURATION - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for configuring a client print queue in a networked printing environment. In one embodiment, a client print queue corresponding to a server print queue is initialized on a client device. The server print queue is configured with a default location of a configuration file that contains at least one print queue configuration parameter. In response to a command at the client device to utilize the client print queue, the client device receives the default location of the configuration file and retrieves at least one print queue configuration parameter from the configuration file. The client print queue is then configured, also in response to the command at the client device to utilize the client print queue, according to the retrieved at least one print queue configuration parameter. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007343 | Variable Data Print Verification Mechanism - A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a first printer to print a first type of data to a medium and to print a first barcode on the medium including variable to be printed on the medium and a second printer to print the variable data to the medium based on the first barcode and to print a second barcode to the medium for verification that the variable data has been accurately printed to the medium. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007344 | Multi-Bit Compression/Decompression Mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job, rasterizing the print job to produce rasterized data having a multi bit per pel print format, compressing the rasterized data into compressed data having a data section and a control section including compression control bits corresponding to each data value in the data section and transmitting the compressed data. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007345 | Mechanism for Synchronizing Documents for Multi-Print Processing - A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a first printer to print a first type of data to a medium and to print machine readable data on the medium including a unique identifier (ID), a database to store variable data information associated with the ID and a second printer to read the barcode to acquire the ID, retrieve the variable data from the database using the ID and print the variable data to the medium. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007346 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING PRINTING ON MEDIA SHEETS IN IMAGING DEVICE - Disclosed is a method for performing printing on a plurality of media sheets in an imaging device. The method includes receiving a change-mode command while printing on a media sheet of the plurality of media sheets. Specifically, the printing is being performed by utilizing a first print mode. Also, the change-mode command comprises a request for changing the first print mode to a second print mode. The method further includes performing printing on subsequent media sheets of the plurality of media sheets by utilizing the second print mode. The imaging device for performing printing on the plurality of media sheets is also described. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007347 | WEB PRINTING - One embodiment is a method that analyzes a print request that is transmitted over an internet and received at a cloud print system. The method then executes with priorities a list of job tasks to print the print request at a web-enabled printer. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007348 | PROCESS DETERMINING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESS DETERMINING SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND PROCESS DETERMINING METHOD - A process determining apparatus includes: an instruction image acquiring unit that acquires an instruction image for instructing a process to be performed on a document image read from a medium having the document image formed thereon; and a determining unit that, when the instruction image acquired by the instruction image acquiring unit is not identified with any of a plurality of registered images to which processes are allocated, determines a process allocated to one of the plurality of registered images that is similar to the instruction image as the process to be performed on the document image read from the medium. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007349 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to an aspect of the invention, an information processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit changes a power supply state of the information processing apparatus from a first power supply state where a communication function of the apparatus is activated to a second power supply state where the communication function is inactivated based on a given period and a restoration cause, the control unit keeping the power supply state in the second power supply state in the given period, the control unit keeping the power supply state in the second power supply state after the given period when the restoration cause is detected in the given period. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007350 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION-ADDED DOCUMENTS - Provided are a method of generating an additional information-added document and an image forming apparatus performing the method, the method including inputting a property of the additional information to at least one document box in the image forming apparatus, storing a first document, which is an object document, to one of the at least one document box, generating a second document by adding additional information corresponding to a property that is set in the document box in which the first document is stored, to the first document, and storing the second document. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007351 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH A COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An image processing system in which an image forming device and a server device are connected via a network, the image forming device including an acquisition unit operable to acquire a maximum optional configuration that indicates all optional functions that can be implemented on another image forming device; a creation unit operable to create an external use screen, which is a customized screen for display on an operation panel of the other image forming device, in accordance with the maximum optional configuration; and a transmission unit operable to transmit external setting information corresponding to the external use screen to the server device, and the server device including a customized screen storage unit that stores the external setting information. With this structure, a customized screen for use on the other image forming device can be created to include functions not implemented on the image forming device. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007352 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Document information that a user wishes to send by FAX is selected from a list of registered document information. If it is determined that a pre-set sending method flag for the selected document information is set to bundled transmission, drawing information generated by each application is converted into common document information. Further, after the converted common document information is merged into a single piece of information, drawing information to be converted via a FAX driver of the document information that the user wishes to send is sent to an image processing apparatus as a single job. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007353 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a filter detection part that detects the filter when the external medium is connected; a filter identification information obtaining part that obtains filter identification information that identifies a filter set by a user from filter setting information when print data subject to printing is received, wherein the filter setting information regarding the filter is added to the print data; a first output part that outputs the print data to the filter via the input/output interface, in accordance with the filter identification information; an input part that inputs the print data on which a predetermined process has been carried out by the filter via the input/output interface; and a second output part that outputs the print data on which the predetermined process has been carried out by the filter to a page description language module. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007354 | PRINTER AND MESSAGE MANAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a commodity file configured to store, by commodity, commodity data including at least names of commodities, a message file configured to store massage data allocated to the commodity data and combined with the commodity data, an extracting unit configured to extract, from the message file, the message data allocated to none of the commodity data, a display unit configured to display the message data extracted by the extracting unit, and a deleting unit configured to delete, from the message file, the message data displayed by the display unit. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007355 | APPARATUS, METHOD, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SETTING PRINT STATUS - According to one embodiment, a print status setting apparatus includes a unit configured to display a print setting screen for acquiring a print status of a document, a unit configured to acquire a print status set value via the print setting screen, a unit configured to generate, from the print status set value, first print information represented by a language used by a printing apparatus for print processing, a unit configured to display, on the basis of the first print information, a preview screen to change a print status for each of pages, a unit configured to acquire a print status change set value to change the print status for each of the pages, a unit configured to generate second print information obtained by changing the first print information with the print status change set value applied thereto, and a unit configured to output the second print information. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007356 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an image forming device adapted to acquire image data and distribute the image data, a storage unit stores respective plug-in modules of an input process, an image transforming process, and an output process with respect to the image data. A combining information acquisition unit acquires combining information including plug-in identifiers which respectively indicate the plug-in modules. A combining unit combines two or more of the plug-in modules to generate a virtual plug-in based on the combining information. A flow setting unit sets up a workflow in which the plug-in modules including the virtual plug-in are combined arbitrarily. A workflow control unit controls processes included in the workflow when a message distribution process based on the workflow is requested. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007357 | Method of Scheduling Photograph Print Jobs - A system and method of scheduling print jobs is provided. In particular, photograph print jobs at a printing facility are scheduled by a scheduling application program which takes into account at least one parameter of each print order as the orders are received, including the time that the order is to be filled and the type of paper to be used. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007358 | DOCUMENT HANDLING - Apparatus for handling documents comprises an inlet | 2011-01-13 |
20110007359 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - An external controller predicts and calculates a toner consumption amount of each page before printing by using image data after development. The consumption amount is predicted in consideration of an image process in a printer and a designation of a variable print. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007360 | IMAGE-DATA GENERATION METHOD, IMAGE-DATA GENERATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM OF STORING IMAGE-DATA GENERATION PROGRAM - Before CTP-use image data TIFF that is laid out on a sheet of first paper used for printing and having a large size is produced based on image data (PDL) per page, CTP-use layout setting information (JDF) is converted so that POD-use layout setting information is produced, and image data laid out for POD is created based on the POD-use layout setting information. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007361 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a multiplier | 2011-01-13 |
20110007362 | Halftone Dot formation Method and Apparatus for Reducing Layer Thickness of Coloring Material Inside Halftone Dots, and Image Formation Apparatus - An image processing method generates a halftone-dot image by forming a halftone dot, which is represented by a set of one or plural output dots and corresponds to an intensity of an input image signal, while making a part of the dots constituting the halftone dot to be an actual non-output dot so as to reduce an amount of a coloring material of the halftone-dot portion. When the intensity of the image signal exceeds a predetermined value and is in a predetermined range, while maintaining contour dots, which are output dots contribute to formation of a contour of the halftone dot, to be the output dot, the image processing method makes a part of dots inside the contour dots to be the actual non-output dot. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007363 | Halftone Dot Formation Method and Apparatus for Reducing Layer Thickness of Coloring Material Inside Halftone Dots, and Image Formation Apparatus - An image processing method generates a halftone-dot image by forming a halftone dot, which is represented by a set of one or plural output dots and corresponds to an intensity of an input image signal, while making a part of the dots constituting the halftone dot to be an actual non-output dot so as to reduce an amount of a coloring material of the halftone-dot portion. When the intensity of the image signal exceeds a predetermined value and is in a predetermined range, while maintaining contour dots, which are output dots contribute to formation of a contour of the halftone dot, to be the output dot, the image processing method makes a part of dots inside the contour dots to be the actual non-output dot. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007364 | Electronic Forms Using Indicia, Sometimes Hidden Indicia - The present disclosure relates to creating and managing electronic documents. One claim recites a computerized tablet including: electronic memory for storing electronic data corresponding to an application document, an electronic processor, and a display. The electronic processor is programmed for: obtaining the electronic data corresponding to an application document; analyzing the electronic data to detect steganographic indicia encoded therein, the steganographic indicia comprising a plural-bit identifier; and generating an electronic form based at least in part on the steganographic indicia, the electronic form comprising at least one field to receive user input. The display is for displaying the electronic version of the application document, and for receiving user input corresponding to the at least one field. Other claims and combinations are provided as well. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007365 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS UTILIZATION SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS UTILIZATION METHOD - An image processing apparatus utilization system includes image processing apparatuses; an apparatus search unit configured to search for the image processing apparatuses; a capability information obtaining unit configured to obtain scanning capability information from the image processing apparatuses; a delivery setting receiving unit configured to receive a delivery setting for a first image processing apparatus; a first scenario generation unit configured to generate a scenario including the scanning capability information and the delivery setting for the first image processing apparatus; a second scenario generation unit configured to generate scenarios for second image processing apparatuses based on the scenario for the first image processing apparatus; a scenario storing unit configured to store the scenarios generated by the first and second scenario generation units; and an image delivery unit configured to send image data received from one of the image processing apparatuses according to the delivery setting in the scenario. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007366 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING CONNECTED GROUPS OF FOREGROUND PIXELS IN SCANNED DOCUMENT IMAGES ACCORDING TO THE TYPE OF MARKING - Methods and systems for classifying markings on images in a document are undertaken according to marking types. The document containing the images is supplied to a segmenter which breaks the images into fragments of foreground pixel structures that are identified as being likely to be of the same marking type by finding connected components, extracting near-horizontal or -vertical rule lines and subdividing some connected components to obtain the fragments. The fragments are then supplied to a classifier, where the classifier provides a category score for each fragment, wherein the classifier is trained from the groundtruth images whose pixels are labeled according to known marking types. Thereafter, a same label is assigned to all pixels in a particular fragment, when the fragment is classified by the classifier. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007367 | CALIBRATING DEVICE, MAPPING METHOD AND COMPENSATION METHOD USING THE SAME - A calibrating device including a pixel unit array and a pattern is provided. The pixel unit array comprises parallel warp lines and parallel weft lines. Each warp line crosses each weft line to define pixel units all over the pixel unit array. The pattern comprises some pixel units having a gray level different from a gray level of remainder pixel units in the pixel unit array. The pattern comprises spaced bars parallel to one another and not parallel to the warp lines and the weft lines. A characteristic of the pattern is utilized to define target pixel units and comparison pixel units, and the comparison procedure is implemented with the characteristic of the pattern. Positions and gap sizes of gaps between image sensors are mapped out by comparing the target pixel units with the comparison pixel units. The quality of a scanned image is improved with compensation for the gaps. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007368 | IMAGE SENSOR UNIT AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - In a frame ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007369 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - This invention provides an image reading apparatus which can start image processing on a joint portion between divided first and second half portions without waiting for image reading and shorten throughput time of image processing by outputting data from the joint portion as first data to an output unit. This apparatus includes a CCD sensor or CMOS sensor in which a plurality of pixel sensors to receive reflected light from a document are arranged in the main scanning direction and a transfer circuit configured to output, to an output unit, optical image information read at the first and second half portions of the pixel sensors in the main scanning direction. The transfer circuit outputs, to the output unit, data from the joint portion between the first and second half portions of the pixel sensors in the main scanning direction as the first data. | 2011-01-13 |