| 04th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
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| 20130021565 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING THERMOSET FILM HAVING PHOTO-ALIGNMENT PROPERTIES - There is provided a material that exhibits high solvent resistance after the formation of a cured film, excellent photo-alignment capability relative to a polymerizable liquid crystal, satisfactory heat resistance, and high transparency and moreover, that can be dissolved in a glycol-based solvent, a ketone-based solvent, or a lactic acid ester-based solvent that is applicable to the production of an overcoating of a color filter, during the formation of the cured film. A composition for forming thermoset film having photo-alignment properties and containing a component (A) that is a compound having a photo-aligning group and a hydroxy group, a component (B) that is a melamine formaldehyde resin, and a component (C) that is a crosslinker. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021566 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device in which, even when a columnar spacer is misaligned, the columnar spacer can be light-shielded without reduction of an aperture ratio. According to the present invention, there is provided a liquid crystal display device which includes a pair of substrates spaced at a distance from each other by a plurality of columnar spacers, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates, and in which a pixel is formed by picture elements of a plurality of colors, the liquid crystal display device being featured in that one of the pair of substrates includes colored layers of a plurality of colors, and a light shielding layer, in that at least one of the colored layers of the plurality of colors has a region in which a colored layer of the same color is integrally arranged on respective picture elements adjacent to each other, and has a straight portion and an extension portion extending from the straight portion, in that at least one of the plurality of columnar spacers is provided at a position overlapping with the extension portion, and has a substantially rhombus-shaped surface or a substantially circular surface, which is in contact with the substrate, and the contour line of the extension portion has a shape corresponding to the contour line of the columnar spacer provided at the position overlapping with the extension portion. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021567 | UNDULATING ELECTRODES FOR IMPROVED VIEWING ANGLE AND COLOR SHIFT - The present disclosure generally provides for a variety of multi-domain pixel configurations that may be implemented in the unit pixels of an LCD display device, such as a fringe field switching LCD display panel. An LCD display device utilizing one or more of the presently disclosed techniques disclosed herein may exhibit improved display properties, such as viewing angle, color shift, and transmittance properties, relative to those exhibited by conventional multi-domain designs. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021568 | REACTIVE MONOMER OF LIQUID CRYSTAL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - The present invention discloses a reactive monomer of liquid crystal. The reactive monomer of liquid crystal is added with at least one fluoro group. Because hydrocarbon bonds of a side chain of polyimide surface of an alignment film has a fluorophobic effect, the fluoro group of the reactive monomer of liquid crystal can lower the interaction between the polyimide surface of the alignment film and the reactive monomer of liquid crystal to thus evenly deposit the liquid crystal composition containing the reactive monomers of liquid crystal onto the polyimide surface of the alignment film. Thus, it can avoid from occurring the phenomenon of drop Mura defect occurred during implementing the ODF technology. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021569 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - To improve the display uniformity in a vertical alignment liquid crystal display. A liquid crystal display includes: first and second substrates; first and second electrodes provided the substrates, respectively; first and second vertical alignment films provided on the substrates respectively; a plurality of columnar spacers disposed at least in a region where the first and second electrodes are superimposed, and provided between the first and second substrates; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first and second substrates. The first vertical alignment film is subject to an alignment treatment in one direction. The liquid crystal layer has a pretilt angle during non-application of voltage. Each columnar spacer has a profile, in a planar view, which is not orthogonal to and which is not parallel with an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules at substantially center of the liquid crystal layer in a layer thickness direction. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021570 | Pixel Electrode And Liquid Crystal Display Panel - A pixel electrode includes strip-like horizontal and vertical main trucks, which perpendicularly intersect at an intersection point coincident with centers of the main trucks. Four pixel domains are formed by being equally divided by the main trunks. Each pixel domain includes a plurality of flat-laid strip-like branches extending outward at the same included angle with respect to the horizontal main trunk. A spacing distance is formed between adjacent branches. Connection portions between the branches and the horizontal or vertical main trunk have a width less than width of body sections of the branches in order to overcome the technical problem of prior art that liquid crystals at locations close to left and right sides of the vertical main trunk at the center of pixel compress each other and form disclination lines and thus affecting the efficiency of liquid crystal, so as to improve efficiency of liquid crystal. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021571 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD - A flexible circuit board according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a flexible base film including a liquid crystal panel bonding part at a side, which is bonded with a liquid crystal panel, a driving integrated circuit at a center of the flexible base film, a plurality of first conductive patterns on the flexible base film and extending from the driving integrated circuit to the liquid crystal panel bonding part, a solder resin layer exposing a first portion of the first conductive patterns, which is disposed on the liquid crystal panel bonding part, and covering a second portion of the first conductive patterns, which is a portion of the first conductive patterns other than the first portion, and a solder resin layer extending part protruding from an edge of the solder resin layer in a direction parallel to a direction in which the first conductive patterns extend. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021572 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display element ( | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021573 | USER TERMINAL AND DISPLAY PANEL THEREOF - A user terminal and a display panel thereof are provided. The user terminal includes a touch panel for detecting a touch generated in a surface thereof, and a display panel comprising glass plates, each disposed at a lower surface of the touch panel and comprising an active area for displaying an image and a black matrix at an edge area of the active area, a liquid crystal layer between the glass plates, and photo spacers mounted on one of the glass plates and received in the liquid crystal layer, for supporting flow of liquid crystals in the liquid crystal layer and for sustaining a gap between the glass plates, wherein the photo spacers comprise dummy photo spacers disposed at a black matrix between the glass plates for inverting a flow direction of liquid crystals advancing toward the black matrix from the active area. Therefore, liquid crystals flow more smoothly. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021574 | INTEGRATED SURGICAL MICROSCOPE AND WAVEFRONT SENSOR - A wavefront sensor is integrated with a surgical microscope for allowing a doctor to make repeated wavefront measurements of a patient's eye while the patient remains on an operating table in the surgical position. The device includes a wavefront sensor optically aligned with a surgical microscope such that their fields of view at least partially overlap. The inclusion of lightweight, compact diffractive optical components in the wavefront sensor allows the integrated device to be supported on a balancing mechanism above a patient's head during a surgical procedure. As a result, the need to reposition the device and/or the patient between measuring optical properties of the eye and performing surgical procedures on the eye is eliminated. Many surgical procedures may be improved or enhanced using the integrated device, including but not limited to cataract surgery, Conductive Keratoplasty, Lasik surgery, and corneal corrective surgery. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021575 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an optical tomographic imaging apparatus which enables simplification and cost reduction without reducing accuracy when moving part of an object is moved in an optical axis direction of measuring beam. The apparatus using return beam of measuring beam reflected or scattered by an object and reference beam reflected by a reference mirror to image the tomographic image, includes: a reflecting position controlling device for controlling the reflecting position of the reference mirror; a detecting device for a position in a moving part having an optical system for observing the moving part illuminated by an optical system imaging the same on an area sensor based on the Scheimpflug principle and detects position information that the moving part is moved in the direction; and a device for driving the reflecting position controlling device to control the optical path length of the reference beam based on the position information. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021576 | OCULAR OPTICAL SYSTEM - Provided is an ocular optical system, which permits a measuring beam scanned by two scanning units disposed close to each other to enter an anterior ocular segment of an eye to be inspected and to irradiate a fundus. The ocular optical system includes an optical unit which is disposed at a position of an intermediate image, which is optically conjugate to the fundus, and has a surface having different optical powers corresponding to scan directions of the two scanning units. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021577 | ANTERIOR SEGMENT MEASURING APPARATUS - An anterior segment measuring apparatus includes: a light projecting optical system for forming a light section on an anterior segment; a light receiving optical system for obtaining a cross-sectional image of the anterior segment by scattering of the light section at the anterior segment; a displacement detection unit for detecting displacement in a direction orthogonal to the light section between the position where the actual cross-sectional image is acquired and the position of the expected cross-sectional image; and a controller for forming the cross-sectional image of the anterior segment, processing the cross-sectional image to measure the anterior segment, and correcting a measurement result for the anterior segment based on a detection result by the displacement detection unit. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021578 | LEARNING-BASED VISUAL ATTENTION PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A learning-based visual attention prediction method is disclosed. The method includes a correlation relationship between the fixation density and at least one feature information being learned by training, followed by a test video sequence of test frames being received. Afterward, at least one tested feature map is generated for each test frame based on the feature information. Finally, the tested feature map is mapped into a saliency map, which indicates the fixation strength of the corresponding test frame, according to the correlation relationship. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021579 | DIGITAL DISPLAY CATARACT EYE DETECTION METHOD - An eye chart uses a series of graphics spaced at intervals selected to discriminate between normal vision and vision impaired by the presence of a cataract and displayed on a digital display device such as a computer, digital display device, smart phone, etc. Groups of graphics have progressively different distances between the series with one series representing normal vision with the space between the lines growing progressively further apart to indicate the advancement of the cataract. A user with normal vision will be able to count the number of lines, while a person with cataracts will require the space between the lines to be further apart. The digital device automatically stores input information using an input device such as a mouse or touch screen input. This digital storage information records a patient profile in time as each use is recorded. Different shapes and letters may be used. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021580 | Systems and Methods of LED Color Overlap - The disclosed systems and methods emphasize driving LEDs in series and in parallel with the same LED driver chip and a single inductor. For creating overlap, the systems and methods of LED color overlap disclosed herein take advantage of the fact that green and blue LEDs have the same voltage. Thus, green and blue LEDs can be driven in parallel as needed. LED suppliers can screen parts for sufficiently close voltage matching between green and blue LEDs. This is especially true when using green LED die based on a blue die with a green phosphor. Cyan may be produced by driving a green LED and a blue LED in parallel. White may produced by driving a green LED and a blue LED in parallel and a red LED in series with this green and blue parallel pair. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021581 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT, ILLUMINATOR, AND DISPLAY - An illuminator and a display capable of achieving miniaturization are provided with use of a plurality of light sources emitting light with two or more kinds of wavelengths. In the light source unit | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021582 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE, PROJECTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROJECTING DEVICE - An illuminating device for emitting light onto a light modulating element that forms an image in accordance with a modulation signal and irradiates a target to be illuminated with light, the illuminating device includes a substrate on which equal to or more than two phosphors that emit light with exciting light are formed in a band-like form along a predetermined direction, equal to or more than two light collecting units that are arranged for the respective equal to or more than two phosphors, and collect light components emitted from the respective equal to or more than two phosphors, and a driving unit that drives the substrate in the predetermined direction. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021583 | PROJECTION DEVICE AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE THEREOF - A light source device includes at least one light emitting diode, at least one dichroic mirror, a condenser, and a fly's eye device. The light emitting diode is operable to generate at least one kind of light. The dichroic mirror is disposed corresponding to the light emitting diode to combine the light into an optical path when the light passes through the dichroic mirror. The condenser is disposed corresponding to the dichroic mirror to gather the light when the light passes through the condenser. The fly's eye device is disposed corresponding to the condenser to homogenize the light when the light passes through the fly's eye device. Furthermore, a projection device is disclosed herein. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021584 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image projection apparatus is disclosed which is capable of reducing noise when airflows from plural flow paths are taken in into a fan and exhausted therefrom. The apparatus comprises a first flow path through which a first airflow for cooling a light source passes, a second flow path through which a second airflow for cooling constituent parts other than the light source passes, a fan which exhausts air introduced from the first and second flow paths to the outside of the apparatus, a third flow path which introduces a third airflow to an exhaust area between the light source and the fan in the first flow path, and a light-shielding member which is provided in the exhaust area and shields the light from the light source. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021585 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A projector includes a deformation ratio calculating unit that calculates a first deformation ratio on a reference point set in a first image when performing a correction process with respect to a first image data, a deformation ratio determination unit that determines a second deformation ratio of the first image based on the first deformation ratio calculated by the deformation ratio calculation unit, a synthesis image generation unit that generates synthesis image data indicating a synthesis image which is generated by synthesizing a second image indicated by second image data and the first image with a size changed based on the second deformation ratio, a correction unit that performs a correction process with respect to the synthesis image data, and a projection unit that projects the synthesis image based on the synthesis image data which is subjected to the correction process. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021586 | Frequency Control of Despeckling - A method and apparatus that reduces laser speckle by using stimulated Raman scattering in an optical fiber. The pulse repetition frequency of the laser is adjusted to control aspects of the laser light such as color or despeckling. In DLP projection systems, an optical monitor may be used to send information to a bit sequence, and the bit sequence may control the pulse repetition frequency of the laser based on the optical monitor signal. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021587 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT UTILIZING LASER FOR LIGHT SOURCE AND PROJECTOR - A light source unit includes a light emitting plate which has a plurality of segment areas and in which a luminescent material layer which emits light having a predetermined wavelength band by receiving excitation light and a transmissive portion which transmits light are formed on at least the plurality of segment areas, a primary light source for emitting excitation light on to the luminescent material, a secondary light source for emitting light having a wavelength band which differs from those of luminescent light emitted from the luminescent material layer and excitation light emitted from the primary light source, a light guiding optical system for guiding light emitted from the light emitting plate and light emitted from the secondary light source to the same optical path, and a light source control means for controlling the emission of light from the primary light source and the secondary light source. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021588 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - A measurement apparatus includes a beam splitter that splits light from a light source into measurement light to be directed to an object to be measured and reference light to be directed to a reference surface, a beam combiner that combines the measurement light reflected by the object and the reference light reflected by the reference surface to generate combined light, and obtains physical information of the object based on the combined light. The measurement apparatus further includes a coherence controller which changes spatial coherences of the measurement light and the reference light. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021589 | Projection Optical System, Exposure Apparatus, Exposure Method, Display Manufacturing Method, Mask, and Mask Manufacturing Method - An exposure apparatus of the present invention is an exposure apparatus for, while moving a first object M and a second object P along a scanning direction, performing projection exposure on the second object, which has a first projection optical system PL | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021590 | LIGHT EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method of controlling a light exposure apparatus including an exposure beam generator equipped with a prism or a bend minor and a vacuum chamber through which light generated in the exposure beam generator passes. The method includes, generating an exposure beam; measuring a deviation of a center of the exposure beam from a reference line in the vacuum chamber; and adjusting the prism or the bend minor in the exposure beam generator to adjust the center of the exposure beam when the center of the exposure beam is misaligned with the reference line. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021591 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes a spatial light modulator which varies an intensity distribution in a pupil surface. The modulator includes an array of mirrors that reflect impinging projection light into directions that depend on control signals applied to the mirrors. A prism, which directs the projection light towards the spatial light modulator, has a double pass surface on which the projection light impinges twice, namely a first time when leaving the prism and before it is reflected by the mirrors, and a second time when entering the prism and after it has been reflected by the mirrors. A pupil perturbation suppressing mechanism is provided that reduces reflections of projection light when it impinges the first time on the double pass surface, and/or prevents that light portions being a result of such reflections contribute to the intensity distribution in the pupil surface. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021592 | ARRANGEMENT FOR AND METHOD OF CHARACTERISING THE POLARISATION PROPERTIES OF AN OPTICAL SYSTEM - An arrangement for and a method of characterising the polarisation properties of an optical system, in particular an optical system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus. The arrangement includes at least one polarisation state generator ( | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021593 | SUBSTRATE HANDLING APPARATUS AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A substrate handling apparatus for handling a substrate is disclosed. The substrate handling apparatus includes a substrate feeding device to feed the substrate towards an exposure area, a substrate receiving device to receive the substrate from the exposure area, and a substrate stabilization device to maintain, at least in the exposure area, the substrate substantially flat at an exposure height and/or tilt, the substrate stabilization device configured for contactless stabilization of the flexible substrate. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021594 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The exposure apparatus of the present invention has an original holding unit including a holding frame that holds an original M by attracting the outer peripheral portion thereof and a drive unit that is capable of moving the holding frame while changing an irradiation area of the light to be irradiated on a pattern. Here, the holding frame has a penetrating portion, which is capable of flowing gas which is present in a space defined by the original and the holding frame into and out from the space, provided at both front and back lateral sides of the holding frame in the direction of movement thereof, and the penetrating portion has a shape or a configuration such that the pressure loss in the flow of the gas in a first direction is less than the pressure loss in the flow of the gas in a second direction. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021595 | THREE DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A system for making distance measurements of remote points using a phenomenon related to the time of flight of an illuminating beam. A modulated beam of light is directed at the target area. The modulated beam has temporally varying information impressed upon it, such that the time of flight of the beam to the target and back can be related to the temporal signature of the received beam. An acousto-optic modulator is used to perform frequency conversion of the modulated light reflected from points in the field, before that light impinges on the pixels of a detector array. The AO modulation frequency is close to the illuminating light modulation frequency, so that the converted mixed frequency falls within the limited parallel reading rate range of the detector array, and contains the temporal signature information of the modulated light received from the target within signals of manageable frequencies. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021596 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF BIOMETRIC DETERMINATION USING SPECIALIZED OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatuses for performing biometric determinations using optical spectroscopy of tissue. The biometric determinations that are disclosed include determination or verifications of identity, estimation of age, estimation of sex, determination of sample liveness and sample authenticity. The apparatuses disclosed are based upon discrete light sources such as light emitting diodes, laser diodes, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, and broadband sources with multiple narrow-band optical filters. The multiple light sources are encoded in a manner that the tissue response for each source can be efficiently measured. The light sources are spaced at multiple distances from a detector to contribute differing information to the biometric determination task as do light sources with different wavelength characteristics. Apparatuses are disclosed that incorporate a spectral biometric sensor with a personal electronic device such as cellular telephones, personal digital assistants, wristwatches, electronic fobs for the purpose of providing secure biometric access to protected property. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021597 | CABLE IDENTIFICATION - A storage area network cable apparatus can include a cable, an identification adaptor disposed in the cable, an illuminator disposed in the identification adaptor, an endpoint adaptor disposed at an end of the cable and an integrated device disposed in the endpoint adapter and configured to generate a frequency in the cable. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021598 | FIBER MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A fiber measurement device includes: a light detector adapted to detect feedback light of laser light output to a fiber; a band limiting circuit adapted to extract, from a signal depending on the feedback light, a signal having a component corresponding to a frequency of the laser light, wherein the signal extracted by the band limiting circuit is a first differentiation target signal; and a waveform equalizing circuit having a differentiating and adding circuit adapted to differentiate the first differentiation target signal to generate a first differentiation result signal and to add the first differentiation target signal and the first differentiation result signal. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021599 | OPTOELECTRONIC INCLINATION SENSOR - An optoelectronic inclination sensor determines the inclination of a reference plane relative to the horizontal. A sensor body has a liquid layer, the free surface of which represents a horizon that can be inclined relative to the reference plane, forming an optical boundary to the adjacent medium. A light source disposed below the liquid layer emits a light beam onto the boundary. An optical sensor surface below the liquid layer detects the light beam reflected by the boundary. An analysis unit determines the inclination of the reference plane as a function of the amount of light received by the sensor surface. A deflecting element for deflecting or initially totally reflecting the beam is disposed between the source and the liquid layer. The beam is inclined as a result of said deflection or initial total reflection. A second total reflection occurs at the boundary in both the inclined and non-inclined orientation. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021600 | IMAGING AN IMPRINTED SUBSTRATE ON A PRINTING PRESS - Systems and methods for imaging an imprinted substrate on a printing press is provided. One method comprises sensing light reflected by the substrate using a contact image sensor to produce data representative of the imprinted substrate. The substrate has been imprinted with different colors at a plurality of printing units of the printing press. Each printing unit comprises a plate cylinder. The data representative of the imprinted substrate is output by the contact image sensor as analog voltage signals. The method further comprises receiving the analog voltage signals from the contact image sensor at a sensor interface circuit and converting the analog voltage signals to digital signals using an analog-to-digital converter of the sensor interface circuit. The method further comprises processing the digital signals using the sensor interface circuit to produce corrected digital signals and storing data based on the corrected digital signals in a memory. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021601 | ABNORMAL MEASUREMENT DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INFRARED RADIATION THERMOMETER - A technique for an infrared radiation thermometer used for theiniography that detects measurement abnormality of an infrared radiation thermometer and estimates the causes of the measurement abnormality such as contamination of an objective lens and a malfunction in a mechanism section of the infrared radiation thermometer. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021602 | Laser With High Quality, Stable Output Beam, And Long Life High Conversion Efficiency Non-Linear Crystal - A mode-locked laser system operable at low temperature can include an annealed, frequency-conversion crystal and a housing to maintain an annealed condition of the crystal during standard operation at the low temperature. In one embodiment, the crystal can have an increased length. First beam shaping optics can be configured to focus a beam from a light source to an elliptical cross section at a beam waist located in or proximate to the crystal. A harmonic separation block can divide an output from the crystal into beams of different frequencies separated in space. In one embodiment, the mode-locked laser system can further include second beam shaping optics configured to convert an elliptical cross section of the desired frequency beam into a beam with a desired aspect ratio, such as a circular cross section. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021603 | OPTICAL SIGNAL INSPECTION DEVICE - An optical signal inspection device includes a housing, a diagnostic unit, an optical specimen holder, a light-shielding module, and a guiding unit. A receiving space is defined internally of the housing. The housing has an optical fiber holding area formed thereon. The optical specimen holder has an upper jaw member and a lower jaw member. The light shielding module has a main body and two lateral shielding members disposed thereon. Two side portions of the lower jaw member are formed matchingly to the lateral shielding members. The guiding unit is secured to the upper or lower jaw member. When the upper and lower jaw members are used to clamp the optical fiber for inspection, interference due to ambient lighting can be prevented by the light shielding module. Thus, quick and accurate inspection results can be obtained by the user. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021604 | Automated Sample Positioning System For Ellipsometers - An automated 450 mm wafer sample stage for ellipsometers. The sample stage includes a plurality of sample support pins and sample guides for precision positioning. The sample support pins and sample guides may be mounted on the same holding arm which is electronically controlled by a computer user interface. The sample support pins and sample guides are raised to a predefined height to allow sufficient space for a 450 mm be transferred with a vacuum wand onto the support pins and position guides. By electronically lowering the support pins below the surface of the sample stage plate, the 450 mm wafer is placed on the ellipsometer's sample stage without any stress to the wafer surface. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021605 | APPARATUS HAVING NANO-FINGERS OF DIFFFERENT PHSYICAL CHARACTERISTICS - An apparatus includes a substrate and a plurality of nano-fingers attached at respective first ends to the substrate and freely movable along their lengths, in which a first set of the plurality of nano-fingers comprises a first physical characteristic, wherein a second set of the plurality of nano-fingers comprises a second physical characteristic, and wherein the first physical characteristic differs from the second physical characteristic. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021606 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A RESONANT NONLINEAR OPTICAL SIGNAL AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD - The invention relates to a method and a device ( | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021607 | Method for Predicting Haze in Lubricant Base Stocks - The invention is a technique for predicting future haze formation in dewaxed, petroleum-derived, lubricant base stocks and, by extension, products made from such base stocks. In general, the technique measures the changes in light scattering caused by the formation and disappearance of wax crystals in a dilute test sample of neat base stock, over the course of a temperature profile. The data obtained is then compared to a previously formulated historical correlation of measurements taken using light scattering data to haze potential. The technique focuses on haze disappearance temperature as a reference point, as opposed to total wax formation. The technique also uses a solvent to accelerate the formation of wax crystals in the test sample. The technique provides a robust early warning system that allows refineries to rapidly and accurately determine the long term haze potential of a base stock production prior to release. The technique can be performed in real time, typically in less than an hour. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021608 | Nonaqueous Backscattering Interferometric Methods - Disclosed are improved optical detection methods comprising multiplexed interferometric detection systems and methods for determining a characteristic property of a non-aqueous sample, together with various applications of the disclosed techniques. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021609 | MODULATED ELLIPSOMETER FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF OPTICAL MATERIALS - An ellipsometer for determining thickness and ellipsometric parameters (Ψ and Δ) of a thin film material. The apparatus includes a light source emitting light, a transmitting optical system that has a polarizer, modulator and an optical compensator for conveying polarized modulated light for incidence on a film, and a receiving optical system that has an analyzer and conveys the reflected light to a photodetector device. The apparatus is used for full range measurement of ellipsometric parameters by applying two-phase detection method. It also determines thickness of thin films with a high degree of accuracy. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021610 | Method and apparatus for real-time determination of spherical and non-spherical curvature of a surface - The present invention provides for an apparatus for measuring a curvature of a surface of a wafer in a multi-wafer epitaxial reactor. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021611 | Measuring Optical System, And Color Luminance Meter and Colorimeter using the Same - In a measuring probe ( | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021612 | LASER GAS ANALYSIS APPARATUS - A timing generating circuit outputs, to a laser controller, a change pulse signal for changing an oscillation wavelength of the laser beam, and outputs, to a data acquisition circuit, a timing pulse signal for outputting data to a processor. An edge detection circuit detects an edge of a measurement signal outputted from a detector circuit. A delay measuring circuit receives a change pulse signal outputted from the timing generating circuit, receives an edge detection signal outputted from the edge detection circuit, and measures a delay of a time for which the laser beam with an oscillation wavelength changed based on the change pulse signal reaches the detector circuit after the change pulse signal is outputted from the timing generating circuit. The timing generating circuit delays a time for outputting data from the data acquisition circuit to the processor based on the delay of time outputted from the delay measuring circuit. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021613 | SPATIALLY-SELECTIVE DISKS, SUBMILLIMETER IMAGING DEVICES, METHODS OF SUBMILLIMETER IMAGING, PROFILING SCANNERS, SPECTROMETRY DEVICES, AND METHODS OF SPECTROMETRY - One aspect of the invention provides a spatially-selective disk including a plurality of holes arranged such that a matrix having a plurality of rows, each row having elements corresponding to a fraction of a pixel in a viewing window projected onto the disk that is backed by a hole at a distinct rotational position of the disk, has linearly independent rows. Another aspect of the invention provides a spectrometry device including: a disk having one or more holes; a motor configured to rotate the disk; one or more beam-shaping optics arranged to map one or more spectral components of radiation of interest onto a plurality of locations on the disk; and a receiver positioned to capture the one or more spectral components passing through the one or more holes as the disk is rotated. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021614 | ABSCISSA CALIBRATION JIG AND ABSCISSA CALIBRATION METHOD OF LASER INTERFERENCE MEASURING APPARATUS - An abscissa calibration jig of a laser interference measuring apparatus, includes: an image projection unit configured to project an image with a marker; a first support mechanism configured to rotatably support the image projection unit around a first rotation axis passing a predetermined rotation center; and a second support mechanism configured to rotatably support the first support mechanism around a second rotation axis crossing the first rotation axis at the rotation center. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021615 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC SENSING INCLUDING INTEGRATED REFERENCE PATH - An apparatus for estimating a parameter includes: an optical fiber including at least one core configured to transmit an interrogation signal and including a plurality of sensing locations distributed along a measurement length of the optical fiber and configured to reflect light; a reference optical path configured to transmit a reference signal, the reference optical path disposed in a fixed relationship to the at least one core and extending at least substantially parallel to the at least one core, the reference optical path including a reference reflector that defines a cavity length corresponding to the measurement length; a detector configured to receive a reflected return signal; a reference interferometer configured to receive at least a reference signal and generate an interferometric reference signal; and a processor configured to apply the interferometric reference signal to the reflected return signal to compensate for one or more environmental parameters. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021616 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - Provided is an optical apparatus characterized in that alight from a light source is split to a first light and a second light, and the first light is focused onto an observation object, that an optical filter having a light shielding region for high resolution is disposed in at least one optical path selected from optical paths of the first light, second light and response light from the observation object, that an interference light formed by causing interference between the response light and the reference light in polarized states different from each other is split to multiple beams, and desired amplitude information signals are obtained from the multiple beams through a phase plate and a polarization plate to increase intensity of the second light, whereby the signal to noise ratio is improved. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021617 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TILT OF AN IMAGE SENSOR - A method for determining a tilt of an image sensor surface plane in a camera in relation to a lens reference plane of the camera includes sending light onto the image sensor, receiving light reflected from the image sensor, identifying an interference pattern in the reflected light, identifying a feature of the interference pattern, and determining the tilt of the image sensor surface plane based on a position of the feature identified in the interference pattern. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021618 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO INDICATE A SPECIFIED POSITION USING TWO OR MORE INTERSECTING LASERS LINES - A laser projection apparatus and method for identifying specified coordinates on varied surfaces. A controller directs two or more laser projectors to intersect laser lines at a specified location. The locations of the modules are identified by calculating a rotational angle and two or more known coordinates. Once the location of the modules is calculated, angle to angle intersection is used to identify additional locations. The user indicates with the controller which location is to be identified. The controller processes the calculations and commands the laser projectors to draw the intersecting laser lines at the specified location. The intersecting laser lines are actuated in a strobe effect to attract the user's attention to the position. This apparatus and method allows users to quickly and easily locate specified locations without needing to take individual measurements for the purposes of alignment, construction, verification and the like. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021619 | PRITING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus configured to perform printing by using a recording material, includes a storing unit configured to store a recording material, a moving unit configured to move the storing unit determined to have run out of a recording material to a position where a recording material is supplied to the printing apparatus, and a setting unit configured to, according to an instruction from a user, set continued use of the storing unit determined to have run out of the recording material. The moving unit does not move the storing unit to the position even when the storing unit is determined to have run out of the recording material if continued use of the storing unit determined to have run out of the recording material is set. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021620 | PRINTING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM - A printing method includes forming on a medium a test pattern including a first patch, a second patch, and a plurality of patches interposed between the first patch and the second patch in such a way that the patches are aligned in a predetermined direction, scanning the test pattern with an optical sensor along the predetermined direction. Widths of the first and second patches in the predetermined direction and widths thereof in an intersectional direction intersecting the predetermined direction are greater than a spot size of the optical sensor. The width of each of the plurality of patches in the intersectional direction is greater than the spot size, and the width of each of the plurality of patches in the predetermined direction is smaller than the spot size. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021621 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An image processing device is connected to a management server that analyzes a data file in which information is described in a predetermined format and provides an administrator with the information. The image processing device includes a data file format management table that arranges and stores data, which is information of the image processing device, an input part that accepts from the user an instruction for changing the data in the predetermined format, a data file format management table update part that rearranges the data stored in the data file format management table based on the instruction, a data file generation part that generates a file by describing the data stored in the data file format management table after the rearrangement, and a communication part that transmits the file as the data file to the management server. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021622 | TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS - A tape printing apparatus compares a back-side background region of print data to be previously printed and a front-side background region of print data to be subsequently printed upon receipt of plural print data including background. If they are different, the tape printing apparatus creates a front-side color mixture tolerance region and a back-side color mixture tolerance region based on the front-side background region and the back-side background region, respectively, so that the front-side color mixture tolerance region and the back-side color mixture tolerance region are arranged continuously. The apparatus sets cut positions at a front edge border and a back edge border of each print data and cut the tape off at those portions while carrying out full-color print on the tape based on respective print data. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021623 | PROCESSING MULTI-PAGE SEGMENTS IN A PARALLEL RIP ENVIRONMENT WITH A SERIAL RIP - Systems and methods are provided for error correction in a parallel RIP environment. The system comprises parallel RIPs and a serial RIP. The system receives a print job comprising logical pages, separates the print job into segments of logical pages, and distributes the segments to the parallel RIPs for interpretation and rasterization. The system further determines that a parallel RIP has encountered an error indicating that a segment includes multiple logical pages, and instructs the serial RIP to rasterize the segment responsive to detecting the error. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021624 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an edge-portion detector, an edge-width detector, and a tone correction unit. The edge-portion detector detects a pixel of an edge portion by determining whether or not each of pixels constituting image data which has been input is a pixel which is included in the edge portion. The edge-width detector detects, for the pixel of the edge portion detected by the edge-portion detector, an edge width which is a width of the edge portion. When the edge width detected by the edge-width detector is smaller than a value which is set in advance, the tone correction unit performs tone correction differently in accordance with the detected edge width. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021625 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a dense-light color decomposition unit that decomposes, into dense and light color components, elementary color components out of elementary color components in first print image data in a color space of a printer, in order to generate dense-light color decomposed second print image data, a converter unit that converts the color value represented by the combination of the elementary color components in the color space of the printer into a color value represented by a combination of elementary color components in a color space of a display, and supplies the color value as a conversion result to the display, and a supplying unit that extracts, from the print image data, a color component selected as a target of composite display from among the color components and supplies the extracted color component to the converter unit. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021626 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming method, which includes pre-scanning a page to be scanned, displaying candidate colors that correspond to a preset condition through analysis of color components of the pre-scanned image, selecting a dropout color among the displayed candidate colors, and eliminating the selected dropout color from a main-scanned image if main scan of the page to be scanned is performed. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021627 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTER, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit, a distance acquiring unit, a painterly transformation processor, a thickness information acquiring unit, and a data generating unit. The distance acquiring unit acquires distance information for each of at least one object image included in an acquired image. The painterly transformation processor transforms each of the object image, included in the acquired image, into a painterly image. The thickness information acquiring unit acquires thickness information corresponding to the distance for each of the object image. The data generating unit generates data in which the painterly image and the thickness information are associated with each other. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021628 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus for performing color tone conversion on a predetermined original image data using a predetermined color tone conversion parameter, includes a converted image data generating unit that generates weight-applied converted original image data obtained by performing the color tone conversion by the color tone conversion parameter while applying weighted values, which is determined such that the lower the degree to be changed by the color tone conversion is, the smaller the value becomes, on the original image data for each of a predetermined range. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021629 | METHOD OF EDITING STATIC DIGITAL COMBINED IMAGES COMPRISING IMAGES OF MULTIPLE OBJECTS - A method of editing a combined image which includes a plurality of object images. This editing method includes displaying an outline rectangle which forms outlines of one or more object images within the combined image, and when a predetermined first operation is performed on an object image selected from among the object images located within the outline rectangle, segmenting the selected object image and another object image located within the outline rectangle, and alternatively, when a predetermined second operation is performed on an object image selected from among the object images located within the outline rectangle, combining the selected object image with another object image located within an outline rectangle other than the outline rectangle. After the segmenting or combining is performed, renewing displaying of the outline rectangle according the segmenting or combining result. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021630 | CUSTOMIZING PRINT CONTENT FOR PERSONALIZING CONSUMER PRODUCTS - Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for creating an interactive interface allowing a user to create a virtual design on-screen. Specifications of the design created by the user may be subsequently transmitted to a server for high-resolution rendering and printing on an adhesive appliqué or other material adapted to receive print. In some embodiments, the created product is adapted to fit a particular device, such as a cell phone, laptop, personal digital assistant, snowboard, boat, or motor vehicle. Alternatively, the printed product can be adhesively applied to a portion of a wall, a window, or upon the side of a building. In one embodiment, the interactive interface allows the user to create their own personalized product by using a combination of images, colors, text, and shapes, specified for a particular CAD that will print onto an adhesive skin. In this manner, the adhesive skin can be made to look exactly like the finished product of a personally customized design presented on a computer screen. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021631 | COLOR PRINTING SYSTEM CALIBRATION - A component of a color printing system, such as lookup tables for converting requested marking-agent coverages to corresponding half-tone screen sizes, is calibrated. The calibration can be effected off an arbitrary image and involves making reflectance spectrum measures of the printed image at multiple locations. Expected reflectance measures for each measurement location are computed based on the requested coverage value for each of the marking agents printed there. The computed measures may be dependent on a parameter. A value of the parameter is determined that minimizes the aggregate differences between the sensed and expected reflectance-spectrum measures, and this value is then used in calibrating the component. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021632 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, PRINTER DRIVER PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - The image forming device of this invention includes a control unit and a storage unit. The control unit determines whether or not data for printing which has been inputted while the power save mode is being executed is data for printing to which a control command is appended that commands the reduction of electrical power consumption. If it is data for printing to which a control command is appended, then the control unit does not execute any image forming operation, but instead stores this data for printing with control command appended in the storage unit. However, if data for printing to which no control command is appended is inputted, then the control unit changes over to the operating mode and, after having performed image forming operation for this data for printing to which no control command is appended, performs image forming operation for that data for printing with control command appended within the storage unit, which has the same identification information as the data for printing to which no control command is appended. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021633 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH DISPLAY UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes an operation panel to preview an image page by page. The image forming apparatus stores a feature of an image of a page previewed on the operation panel and extracts a regularity from the stored feature of the image. When a feature of an image of a page previewed on the operation panel does not agree with the extracted regularity, the image forming apparatus displays a menu for correcting the feature that does not agree. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021634 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD - When a portable terminal shoots a photo of a plurality of image processing apparatuses, a maintenance order is decided based on the respective states of a plurality of image processing apparatuses in a shooting range of the portable terminal. A tag representing the maintenance order is combined with the shot image and displayed on the portable terminal. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021635 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MEDICAL IMAGE DATA ONTO PORTABLE DIGITAL RECORDING MEDIA - This application discloses a system for recording medical image data for production on a portable digital recording medium such as CDs and DVDs. This system includes a parsing software module operatively configured to: (i) receive medical data (ii) identify an end of a particular patient's data (iii) parse patient identification information and study information (iv) store the parsed patient identification information and parsed study information; a job processing software module configured to create a job containing medical data, medical data viewing software, and merge data; a disc writer to receive the job, comprising: a recorder configured to record the medical data viewing software and the medical data within the job; and a printer configured to print patient identification information and the study information on the disc. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021636 | RESOLUTION OF OUT OF MEMORY CONDITIONS FOR SHARED MEMORY IN A PRINT CONTROLLER - Methods and systems herein provide for efficiently resolving how a rasterizer responds to out of memory conditions when attempting to write raster data to a solid state memory. In one embodiment, a print controller determines that the solid state memory is no longer available for storing raster data. The print controller determines that a process is utilizing the shared memory to complete an operation, where completing the operation frees up a portion of the solid state memory. The print controller suspends the rasterizer from writing raster data to a hard disk, and waits for the process to complete the operation. The print controller then instructs the rasterizer to resume writing raster data to the solid state memory. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021637 | SPECIFIC PRINT DEFECT DETECTION - An apparatus and method detect defects in a captured image of output from a printing device. The captured image is filtered using a source image for the output, wherein specific defects of interest are detected using the filtered image. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021638 | Printer Identification and Mobile Printing - Techniques are provided for displaying encoded data that represent a) features and options currently supported by a printing device, b) a printer identifier for the printing device, and c) network service interface data for a network service, wherein the network service interface data allow a mobile device to send print settings selection data and electronic document identification data to the network service; and processing print data and causing a printed version of an electronic document reflected in the print data to be printed by the printing device. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021639 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - There is provided a printing apparatus including: a storage section configured to store printing data; an accepting section configured to accept an issuance instruction to issue a password corresponding to the printing data; a password generating section configured to generate a password; an obtaining section configured to obtain a destination corresponding to the printing data; a transmission section configured to transmit the generated password to the destination, on condition that the accepting section accepts the issuance instruction; an input section configured to accept an input of a password by a user; a judgment section configured to judge as to whether or not a password accepted by the input section is coincident with the transmitted password; and a printing section configured to start printing in a case that the judgment section judges that the accepted password is coincident with the transmitted password. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021640 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus communicable with a server via a network and a control method for the image processing apparatus. A comment including a request to transmit image data to a particular user is monitored, and upon detection of registration of a comment, authentication data of the image processing apparatus, necessary to transmit the image data to the server, is obtained. The image data is transmitted to the server using the obtained authentication data, and setting is made for sharing with the particular user with respect to the image data. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021641 | HOST DEVICE, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND METHOD OF SOLVING ERROR OF IMAGE FORMING APPARTUS - A host device includes a communication interface unit to receive status information from an image forming apparatus, an error processing unit to control the communication interface unit to transmit error information including the status information to the management server if it is determined that the image forming apparatus has an error according to the received status information, and a user interface unit to display a video manual if a URL address providing a video manual to solve an error of the image forming apparatus is received from the management server. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021642 | COST RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WALK-UP OFFICE EQUIPEMENT - A cost recovery system for a multi-functional photocopier device comprising a plurality of workstations interconnected by a communications network, and a controller adapted to control the operation of the device, the controller being connected to the network. The cost recovery system further comprises at least one broker unit operative to communicate with the controller via the network. The broker unit being responsive to requests to reserve the device received from users at the workstations to authenticate the users and to establish temporary cost recovery relationships between the controller and the workstations. Accordingly, a user can reserve the device from any one of is the plurality of workstations and then walk up to the device and perform a job on the device on a basis of a specific cost recovery relationship established by the broker unit between the controller and the respective workstation. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021643 | Document Processing Job Control Via A Mobile Device - Techniques are provided for creating a document processing job without manually inputting information to a document processing device. A mobile device scans identification information of a document processing device, generates job settings data and sends them to a network service. In response to receiving the job settings data, the network service stores the job settings data in a repository, generates a job identifier, associates the job identifier with the job settings, and sends the job identifier to the mobile device. The mobile device receives the job identifier and sends it to the document processing device. The document processing device uses the job identifier to retrieve the job settings data from the network service. In response to receiving the job settings data, the document processing device processes one or more documents according to the job settings. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021644 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING AN IMAGE THEREOF - An image forming apparatus including: a communication interface unit to receive print data; an image processing unit to convert the received print data into pages of bitmap image data; an image forming unit to print the pages and having a queuing time; and a queuing time changing unit to change the queuing time according to a conversion time of the print data by the image processing unit. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021645 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL TERMINAL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus, a printing control terminal apparatus, and a printing control method thereof are provided. The method includes setting a division tab generation function which is to divide a printing target tab into page sections, dividing the printing target document into a plurality of page sections according to the division tab generation function, determining division tab positions according to the plurality of page sections, printing the printing target document, and performing cutting with respect to pages of the printed printing target document in the determined division tab positions to generate division tabs. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021646 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes: a receiving section which receives a printing job having a term of validity and printing data from an external device; a storage section in which the printing job received by the receiving section is stored; an input section which accepts a printing instruction to perform printing based on the printing job stored in the storage section; a printing section which performs the printing based on the printing job stored in the storage section in a case that the input section accepts the printing instruction; and a processing section which is configured to include: an obtaining section configured to obtain an information of free-space capacity of the storage section under a condition that the receiving section receives the printing job; and a determining section configured to determine a predetermined storage capacity for the printing job based on the term of validity of the printing job. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021647 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus receives distribution of information of a server device which manages an image output device as an input destination of a print job, and automatically registers the server device as an output destination of a printing instruction. A computer device, which issues a printing instruction via a network to cause an image output device to execute a print job, makes an acquisition request of device management information to be updated, to a computer management device which manages the device management information including information regarding an output destination of the printing instruction issued by the computer device, and acquires the device management information to be updated. The computer device registers a cloud service server device as the output destination of the printing instruction based on information regarding the cloud service server device included in the device management information to be updated. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021648 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR METERING AND MONITORING PRINT USAGE AT NON-NETWORK PRINTERS - The invention relates to a printer component for monitoring usage on non-network printers. The printer component includes a desktop component installed on a network computer to which a non-network printer is attached. The desktop component is for obtaining printer status information from each non-network printer attached to the network computer. The printer component also includes a server component installed on an external server. A job listener is attached to the network computer to obtain printer status information for each non-network printer. The server component mergers information obtained from the desktop component with previously stored printer information to provide printer status information for all network and non-network printers within an enterprise. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021649 | HOST, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A host includes a user interface unit configured to receive an output command of a verification document, a image code generating unit configured to generate an image code, which includes time information, a control unit configured to perform control such that the verification document is output from an image forming apparatus by using a print data and the image code, and a communication interface unit configured to transmit the image code and the print data to the image forming apparatus. A image forming apparatus includes an user interface unit configured to receive an output command of a verification document, an image code generating unit configured to generate an image code including time information, and a control unit configured to perform control such that the verification document is generated by printing the image code and a print data, which is transmitted from a host, on a document and the generated verification document is output. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021650 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus that sets an output unit configured by a plurality of pages of which the order is determined as one copy and outputs the a plurality of copies of output units as a JOB includes an image forming unit that sequentially forms images corresponding to the plurality of pages on a plurality of sheets, a control unit that performs a calculation process of image eigenvalues based on the images for each of output units, a first storage unit storing a result of the calculation process performed for a reference copy of the output unit that is a specific one copy out of the plurality of copies of the output units, and a second storage unit storing a result of the calculation process performed for a copy of the output unit other than the reference copy out of the plurality of copies of the output units. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021651 | Ubiquitous Imaging Device Based Check Image Capture - A method or corresponding apparatus for remote transmission of a negotiable instrument. In an example embodiment, the process provides a carrier that secures a negotiable instrument. Next, the process creates a unique identifier, associated with the carrier, and generates an electronic image of the negotiable instrument. After generating the electronic image, the process transmits the electronic image of the negotiable instrument and the unique identifier to a remote location. The negotiable instrument may be transmitted via a fax, a scanner, a device designed to transmit electronic data, other image device compatible with ITU-T recommendations T.30 or T.4, or combination thereof. The process may also verify the negotiable instrument has a valid endorsement, verify image quality of the electronic image to ensure compliance with financial industry standards, or validate any received security information. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021652 | HOST APPARATUS, WORKFORM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WORKFORM GENERATING METHOD AND WORKFORM EXECUTING METHOD - A host apparatus, a workform management system, a method of generating a workform and a method of executing a workform, in which an image editing plug-in capable of editing a scanned image is available for use in a workform, so that repetitive and frequently occurring jobs in image editing are easily processed by creating and executing a workform, thereby reducing unnecessarily repetitive jobs. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021653 | UNIFORM ILLUMINATION FOR CAMERA BASED IMAGING DEVICES - A camera system for imaging a document including an enclosed imaging-optical-chamber, at least one camera mounted inside the imaging-optical-chamber and having a lens defining the primary FOV of the camera, at least one light source for illuminating the document; at least one light-occluding structures, wherein each light sources are operatively coupled with a light-occluding structures, a glass-window, wherein the document is operatively disposed on the glass-window, and wherein the glass-window extends the FOV of the camera thereby forming an extended FOV of the camera. The system further includes at least one mirror operatively coupled with at least one of the light sources. Preferably, the light sources are disposed inside the primary FOV of the camera, such that the imaginary light-source of the light source is disposed outside the extended FOV of the camera. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021654 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT SCANNING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - The present invention enables a user to record a captured image at a desired timing without performing any special operation while pushing down a document with a hand and properly maintaining a paper surface during scanning. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021655 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SCANNING METHOD THEREOF - An electrophotographic image forming apparatus including a light scanning device to scan first and second light beams, a synchronization signal detector to receive a portion of the first light beam scanned by the light scanning device and to generate a first horizontal synchronization signal, and a video signal processor including a second horizontal synchronization signal generating unit to count a synchronization signal offset and generate a second horizontal synchronization signal regarding the second light beam when the first horizontal synchronization signal is transmitted from the synchronization signal detector, and a video controller to transfer video data to the light scanning device based on the first and second horizontal synchronization signals. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021656 | MEMS ACTUATOR AND MEMS ACTUATED SHUTTER MECHANISM - The present application generally describes several microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) including apparatuses, devices and systems configured for actuating a microdevice such as a shutter for use in a mobile terminal camera. One preferred embodiment described herein can include an apparatus including a curtain substantially disposed in a plane; an actuator mechanically connected to the curtain; and a voltage supply electrically connected to the actuator such that in response to a predetermined voltage the actuator thermally expands and thereby causes displacement of the curtain within the plane. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021657 | ELECTROOPTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrooptic device includes first and second substrates that are disposed opposing each other with an electrooptic material layer therebetween, a sealing material that bonds the first and second substrates, a pixel area, and an ion trap portion between the pixel area and the sealing material. The ion trap portion includes first and second electrodes that are formed in a comb-tooth shape and are disposed so that branch electrodes of the first electrode and branch electrodes of the second electrode are engaged with each other. A direction of the branch electrodes intersects with an orientation direction of the electrooptic material at an interface between the electrooptic material layer and the first substrate. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021658 | Compact See-Through Display System - An optical system includes a display panel, an image former, a viewing window, a proximal beam splitter, and a distal beam splitter. The display panel is configured to generate a light pattern. The image former is configured to form a virtual image from the light pattern generated by the display panel. The viewing window is configured to allow outside light in from outside of the optical system. The virtual image and the outside light are viewable along a viewing axis extending through the proximal beam splitter. The distal beam splitter is optically coupled to the display panel and the proximal beam splitter and has a beam-splitting interface in a plane that is parallel to the viewing axis. A camera may also be optically coupled to the distal beam splitter so as to be able to receive a portion of the outside light that is viewable along the viewing axis. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021659 | MULTI-PANE ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOWS - Window units, for example insulating glass units (IGU's), that have at least two panes, each pane having an electrochromic device thereon, are described. Two optical state devices on each pane of a dual-pane window unit provide window units having four optical states. Window units described allow the end user a greater choice of how much light is transmitted through the electrochromic window. Also, by using two or more window panes, each with its own electrochromic device, registered in a window unit, visual defects in any of the individual devices are negated by virtue of the extremely small likelihood that any of the visual defects will align perfectly and thus be observable to the user. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021660 | SOLAR HEAT RESPONSIVE EXTERIOR SURFACE COVERING - An exterior surface covering has a colored outer layer that transmits infrared radiation and an inner layer with a thermochromic pigment that absorbs heat at low temperature and reflects at high temperatures. The outer layer conceals the color change of the thermochromic pigment. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021661 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A transflective display apparatus includes a first electrode and a second electrode, which face each other and are separated from one another by a pixel electrode. In addition, a preparation voltage is applied to the first electrode or the second electrode before applying a driving voltage to the pixel electrode. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021662 | DISPLAYS HAVING SELF-ALIGNED APERTURES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A display for imaging includes an aperture layer and a set of light modulators. The aperture layer includes a light absorbing layer disposed over a light reflecting layer, each layer having a set of apertures defined therein. The light absorbing layer includes light absorbing material suspended in a photosensitive resin. The set of light modulators are for modulating light passing through the apertures defined in the aperture layer. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021663 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A plurality of mounting devices are selectively exchanged while keeping the same parfocal distances for objective lenses among these mounting devices. A microscope system includes a microscope main unit and a plurality of attachable/detachable objective lens units that are selectively attached to the microscope main unit. The microscope main unit includes raising mechanism that can move the attached objective lens unit in an optical axis direction. The plurality of objective lens units have a revolver or a nosepiece that can be attached to the microscope main unit and an objective lens that can be mounted on the revolver or the nosepieces in an attachable/detachable manner. Distances from an attachment position in the microscope main unit for the revolver or the nosepiece to focal positions of the objective lenses are set to be mutually equal among the objective lens units. | 2013-01-24 |
| 20130021664 | ARRANGEMENT FOR ADJUSTING ILLUMINATION DEVICES IN TRANSMITTED-LIGHT MICROSCOPES - An illuminating system for transmitted-light microscopes has a illuminator unit seated on a bracket. A condenser is mounted on the bracket by way of a condenser holder and is rotatable with respect to the bracket. The condenser has an integrated modulator slider that slidably extends through the condenser. The bracket has an upright portion with a window through which the modulator slider may be fed in the direction facing away from the operator. the bracket may be provided with a stand mount. | 2013-01-24 |
