07th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090040447 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a light-shielding portion that covers a semiconductor layer of a transistor. A first conductive film and a second conductive film are connected through a contact hole through an interlayer insulating film. The light-shielding portion has an extended portion that extends into a corner of an aperture region of each pixel corresponding to the pixel electrode. The contact hole at least partially overlaps the extended portion as viewed in plan. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040448 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH IMPROVED RESPONSE SPEED AND APERTURE RATIO - A liquid crystal display includes; a gate line, a data line disposed substantially perpendicular to the gate line, a switching element connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode connected to the switching element, and having a first inclination direction determining member including at least one first oblique portion forming an oblique angle with the gate line and the data line, and an inclination direction assistance member disposed adjacent to the first inclination direction determining member, and substantially parallel to the first oblique portion. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040449 | Liquid crystal display and method for fabricating the same - A liquid crystal display device includes: a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines formed horizontally and vertically to define pixel areas on a substrate; thin film transistors (TFTs) formed at crossings of the gate lines and data lines; a common line formed to be parallel to the gate line; a common electrode formed at each pixel area, connected to the gate line, and having one end overlapping with the data line; and a pixel electrode connected to the TFT and formed to be parallel to the common electrode between the common electrodes formed at each pixel area. The common electrode has a mesh structure to thus reduce a potential deviation of common electrodes in a panel and restrain a reduction in an aperture ratio. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040450 | CIRCUIT BOARD, A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE HAVING THE SAME, AND A DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A circuit board capable of preventing driver ICs and electronic and electrical components from being affected by static electricity, a liquid crystal display module having the same, and a display device having the same. The liquid crystal display module includes a liquid crystal display panel, gate side common circuit boards including FPC connector bonding lands placed at both ends in longitudinal directions of the gate side common circuit boards, and source side common circuit boards, wherein the FPC connector bonding lands adjacent to the source side common circuit boards are mounted with FPC connectors and are electrically connected with the source side common circuit boards, and surfaces of the FPC connector bonding lands placed at the other ends are covered with an electrical insulating coating. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040451 | CYCLIC OLEFIN RESIN FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A cyclic olefin resin film having a water vapor transmission rate of 200 to 400 g/m | 2009-02-12 |
20090040452 | Manufacturing method of liquid crystal display device - The present disclosure relates to a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device. In one aspect, the method may include laminating two or more multipiece boards to each other by way of a sealing material, applying surface polishing to at least one of the multipiece boards using an etchant, and separating the multipiece boards into respective liquid crystal cells by cutting. In further aspects, the sealing material may include individual sealing materials which are formed on regions of the respective liquid crystal cells, an outer peripheral sealing material which surrounds the respective individual sealing materials and forms an opening at least in a portion thereof, and a weir sealing material of a pattern in which the weir sealing material is formed inside the outer peripheral sealing material and in the vicinity of the opening. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040453 | Method of plasma beam bombardment of aligning films for liquid crystals - Methods for treating aligning substrates produces uniform alignment of liquid crystals in at least two modes. The method is based on the treatment of liquid crystal aligning substrates with a collimated or partially collimated plasma beam. In one embodiment, the method comprises a step of bombarding an aligning substrate with at least one plasma beam from a plasma beam source at a designated incident angle to align the atomic/molecular structure or the surface profile of the aligning substrate in at least one aligned direction. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040454 | OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC FILM, BRIGHTNESS INCREASING FILM, LAMINATED OPTICAL FILM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optically anisotropic film comprising a liquid crystal compound forming a nematic phase or smectic A phase, the liquid crystalline phase satisfying the following inequality: | 2009-02-12 |
20090040455 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING EYEGLASS POSITIONING - A system and method for enhancing eyeglass positioning and thereby improving user comfort, wherein additional masses are connectively suspended from the ends of glasses arms allowing both added weights to retain the glasses, and also in an alternative embodiment via the suspending means providing additional friction contact on the surfaces of the ear. A consequence of the present invention is that nose-contact pressure, temple contact pressure, and other facial contact pressure is minimized via an improved weight balance and motion through all ranges of user motion. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040456 | Eyeglasses Structure - An eyeglasses structure, structured from eyeglasses and a soft portion, wherein the eyeglasses include a pair of lenses respectively embedded in two frames, a bridge connected between the two frames and hinges respectively located on outer sides of the two frames. The two hinges are respectively outwardly pin connected to temples. A soft pad portion includes a pair of frame portions having the same shape as the eyeglasses frames, a bridge connected between the two frame portions and a pair of nose pads integratedly connected to the frame portions of two sides of the bridge. The soft pad portion is fabricated from flexible soft material and connected to inner sides of the eyeglasses frames using a processing method, thereby constructing the improved eyeglasses structure provided with a safety protective function. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040457 | PLASTIC LENS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PLASTIC LENS - A plastic lens includes: a plastic lens base material; a hard coat layer formed on the plastic lens base material; an organic antireflection film formed on the hard coat layer; and a primer layer between the plastic lens base material and the hard coat layer. The plastic lens base material contains at least a sulfur atom. The hard coat layer contains at least: fine metal oxide particles containing a titanium oxide having a rutile-type crystalline structure; and an organosilicon compound represented by a general formula of R | 2009-02-12 |
20090040458 | Toric contact lens with improved posterior surface design - Ophthalmic lenses for correcting astigmatism having a posterior surface with a central optic zone, a peripheral zone, and a blending zone therebetween. The surface of the central zone may be asphero-toric and the surface of the peripheral zone aspheric, with these flatter slopes smoothening out the transition between the central and peripheral zones. The blending zone gradually transitions the curvatures of the central and peripheral zones to further smoothen out the central-to-peripheral-zone transition. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040459 | Device for Preventing and Treating Myopia - A device for preventing and treating myopia includes a base, a spectacles frame ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040460 | Method and Device for Determining the Eye's Rotation Center - The invention relates to a device for determining the center of rotation of an eye of a person relative to a frame of reference associated with the person or with said person's eyeglasses, making it possible to determine the visual axis of the person along at least two non-parallel directions by viewing a target, and to define an optimum point of intersection of said axes as the center of rotation of the eye, at least two relative positions of said target and of the person's head being measured. In the invention, said target is constituted by a light source and is disposed at one end of a tubular support, with the other end being for disposing facing the person's eye, the support carrying a first position sensor, a second position sensor being for placing on the person's head. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040461 | LOW VISION AID DEVICE - There is provided a low-vision aid device, including a scene-display imager producing a signal pattern composed of an array of pixels, a near IR illuminator for illuminating the retina of the eye with radiation for eye tracking, to be reflected from the retina of the eye, an eye-retina tracking imager, and an image transceiver device capable of providing both functions of eye imaging as well as image display by selectively rotating the polarization of individual pixels of the array of pixels of the signal pattern, to allow the transference of selected portions of the signal pattern to reach the retina of the eye. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040462 | DEFORMABLE MIRROR DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR OBSERVING RETINA OF EYE USING THE SAME - A deformable mirror device includes a substrate; a plurality of electrodes provided on the substrate; a spacer disposed on the substrate; a support member disposed above the spacer and having an opening passing through from a first face of the support member facing to the substrate to a second face of the support member opposite from the first face; a deformable electrode film formed below the first face of the support member so as to be opposed to the electrodes with a distance and so as to cover the opening; an insulation film provided between the deformable electrode film and the support member; and a reflection film provided on a face of the deformable electrode film opposite from the electrodes so as to overlap the opening. The electrodes are electrically insulated each other by a plurality of grooves radially extending from a region which includes a position corresponding to a center of the opening. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040463 | Illumination system of LED for projection display - An illumination device and a projection system using the same are provided. The illumination device comprises a first light source module, a second light source module and a dichroic element. The first light source module comprises a first carrying board and a plurality of first light-emitting units disposed thereon for providing a first light beam. The second light source module comprises a second carrying board and a plurality of second and third light-emitting units disposed thereon for providing a second light beam. The dichroic element has a first side, a second side and a light output side. The first and the second light source modules are respectively optically aligned with the first side and the second side of the dichroic element, wherein the dichroic element provides a third light beam to the light output side by chromatically combining the first light beam and the second light beam. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040464 | Compensation Element Adjustment Mechanism and Projector - A compensation element adjustment mechanism used with a light modulation device and a polarization plate includes: an optical compensation element disposed between the light modulation device and a polarization plate; a frame for supporting the optical compensation element, and having a pair of shaft members disposed at positions opposed to each other on a periphery of the optical compensation element; a support holder to be fixed with respect to the light modulation device, and for rotatably supporting the pair of shaft members; and a fixing section for restricting a displacement of the frame to the support holder by an elastic contact. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040465 | POLARIZED, LED-BASED ILLUMINATION SOURCE - An illumination source includes a number of light emitting diodes (LEDs) operating at a first wavelength. Light from the LEDs illuminates a phosphor material that generates light at a second wavelength. A reflective polarizer transmits light at the second wavelength in a first polarization state and reflects light at the second wavelength in a second polarization state orthogonal to the first polarization state. The light at the second wavelength reflected by the reflective polarizer is directed back towards the phosphor material without an increase in angular range. In some embodiments the LEDs, having a conformal layer of phosphor material, are attached directly to the first surface of a liquid cooled plate. A liquid coolant contacts a second surface of the plate. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040466 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes: a screen having a fluorescent region including a fluorescent material; a light irradiation system, including: a first light source outputting excitation light exciting the fluorescent material; a second light source outputting visible light; a driving unit individually operating the first light source and the second light source corresponding to image information; and a scanning unit scanning with a light beam output from each of the first light source and the second light source in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction intersecting with the main scanning direction on the screen; and | 2009-02-12 |
20090040467 | PROJECTOR AND PROJECTION UNIT - A projector includes: a light source which emits light; an image forming unit which forms an image having desired size by using light emitted from the light source; and a projection unit which projects the image formed by the image forming unit on a light receiving surface. The projection unit has a light diffusing member disposed at a position where an intermediate image corresponding to light released from the image forming unit is formed to diffuse the light, and a projection system which projects the light diffused by the light diffusing member on the light receiving surface. Diffusion intensity distribution of light released from a predetermined position of the light diffusing member contains at least two prominences with the center axis of the light interposed between the prominences. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040468 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - The image projection apparatus includes a temperature detector that detects a temperature inside of the apparatus, and a controller that performs a protection operation when the temperature detected by the temperature detector is higher than a predetermined temperature. The controller measures an elapsed time from when a power of the apparatus is turned on, and changes the predetermined temperature in accordance with the elapsed time. This apparatus can avoid mistaken activation or inactivation of a protection function at the time of re-lighting of the light source due to the influence of the residual heat after the light source is turned off. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040469 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a projection display apparatus comprises an optical system configured to modulate light from a light source in accordance with an input image signal and to project modulated light onto a screens a cooling fan configured to cool the optical system, an error detector configured to detect a driving error of the cooling fan, a target rotation speed setting unit configured to set a target rotation speed of the cooling fan, and a target rotation speed controller configured to increase the target rotation speed of the cooling fan when the error detector detects a drive error of the cooling fan. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040470 | Projecting apparatus - A projecting apparatus cooling structure is provided in which a discharge lamp can be always kept at an appropriate temperature whether the projecting apparatus is horizontally installed on a flat surface for forward projection or for downward projection or suspended from the ceiling for forward projection or for upward projection, so that the reliability and safety of the discharge lamp is improved and so that the life of the discharge lamp can be extended. The projecting apparatus projects an image for display using a discharge lamp as a light source. The projecting apparatus includes an air inlet for taking in a cooling medium for cooling the projecting apparatus, an air outlet for exhausting the cooling medium for cooling the projecting apparatus, a plurality of fans which each let the cooling medium flow in a predetermined direction, a which detects a position in which the projecting apparatus is installed, and a control section which controls the plurality of fans according to the position detected by the . | 2009-02-12 |
20090040471 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - The image projection apparatus includes an exhaust air outlet through which an exhaust air flows out from an inside of the apparatus to an outside thereof, an air inlet through which an external air flows in from the outside of the apparatus to the inside thereof, a temperature detector which detects a temperature of the external air flowing into the inside of the apparatus through the air inlet, and a controller which performs a protection operation when one of a predetermined temperature corresponding to a temperature of the exhaust air and a predetermined temperature change caused by flowing in of the exhaust air through the air inlet is detected by the temperature detector. The apparatus enables quick detection of a state in which the exhaust air outlet is blocked to perform the protection operation. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040472 | Projection Display Apparatus - A portable projection display apparatus ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040473 | PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection image display apparatus includes a lens unit into which light modulated in accordance with an image signal is entered, a first reflecting mirror having a reflecting surface into which the light passing through the lens unit is entered and by which the light is converged, a second reflecting mirror for reflecting the light reflected by the first reflecting mirror, and a mirror actuator for changing a tilt angle of the second reflecting mirror with respect to the light. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040474 | Image Display Device - An image display device includes a lighting section including a light source, a light modulation section that modulates light emitted from the lighting section in accordance with an image signal to form an image, and a scintillation reduction section that reduces the scintillation caused by the light emitted from the lighting section, and the scintillation reduction section reduces the scintillation so that a plurality of areas having different extents of reduction of the scintillation from each other is formed in the image. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040475 | Control System, Projector, Program, and Information Storage Medium - A control system includes a principal light source for outputting light to a light path used for image projection, an auxiliary light source for outputting light to the light path, and a control section for controlling light intensity of the auxiliary light source, and the control section performs one of control of setting combined light intensity obtained by combining light intensity of the principal light source and the light intensity of the auxiliary light source with each other in a certain range, or control of setting the combined light intensity to be equal to or higher than a predetermined value. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040476 | PROJECTOR APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PROJECTOR APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a projector apparatus comprises a modulator configured to modulate light emitted from a light source in accordance with an image signal, a projection lens configured to project an optical image emitted from the modulator, a detector configured to detect whether or not an optical path of the projection lens is interrupted by a lens cover, a time measurement unit configured to measure an elapsed time after the optical path is interrupted by the lens cover, and a power controller configured to turn a power off when the time measured by the time measurement unit exceeds a predetermined time period. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040477 | LASER MODULE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a light source module including a first light emission unit having a first laser light source, and a first cooling part on which the first laser light source is mounted; a second light emission unit having a second laser light source, and a second cooling part on which the second laser light source is mounted; and an insulating member provided between the first light emission unit and the second light emission unit. The first light emission unit and the second light emission unit are constructed in such a manner that the first laser light source and the second laser light source are disposed close to each other, and the first cooling part and the second cooling part are disposed away from each other. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040478 | Discharge lamp, light source device and projector - A discharge lamp includes: an emitting portion in which a pair of electrodes are disposed, an electric discharge being generated between the pair of electrodes so as to emit light; at least either one electrode of the pair of the electrodes including: a small-diameter portion; and a large-diameter portion provided on an end of the small-diameter portion closer to the other electrode, the large-diameter portion having a larger diameter than the small-diameter portion; and the large-diameter portion including a projecting part, the projecting part projecting outward from the large-diameter portion. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040479 | ADJUSTMENT MODULE FOR ADJUSTING A POSITION OF A LENS OF A PROJECTOR - An adjustment module is capable of adjusting a position of a lens of a projector. The adjustment module includes a base, a first tray, a second tray, at least one guide roller, and at least one boundary constrainer. The first tray is slidably disposed on the base along a first axis. The second tray is slidably disposed on the first tray along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis. The lens is fixed on the second tray. The guide roller is rotatably disposed on the second tray. The boundary constrainer is disposed on the base. The guide roller is capable of confining the lens within an image area of the lens by rotatably contacting the boundary constrainer. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040480 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to radiant energy comprises a controller configured to determine a shot layout based on data representing a surface shape of the substrate, and an exposure unit configured to expose the substrate to the radiant energy in accordance with the shot layout determined by the controller. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040481 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus that exposes a substrate via liquid includes a substrate stage configured to hold the substrate and to move. The substrate stage includes a top plate, a substrate holder disposed on the top plate and configured to hold the substrate, and a support-plate holder disposed on the top plate as a separate body from the substrate holder and configured to hold a support plate while surrounding the substrate held by the substrate holder. The substrate holder includes an extension having a surface facing a back surface of the support plate held by the support-plate holder. The support-plate holder is provided with a collecting port therein through which liquid that has entered a gap between the back surface of the support plate and the surface of the extension is collected. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040482 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus projects a pattern of an original onto a substrate through a projection optical system and a liquid. The exposure apparatus includes a supply unit adapted to supply liquid to a space between the projection optical system and a substrate, a suction unit adapted to suck a fluid in the space, and a fluid sensor that detects a change in the kind of fluid being sucked by the suction unit, and a controller configured to control the operating state of the suction unit in response to the detection by the fluid sensor of the change in kind of the fluid being sucked by the suction unit. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040483 | MULTIPLE EXPOSURE TECHNIQUE USING OPC TO CORRECT DISTORTION - Accurate ultrafine patterns are formed using a multiple exposure technique comprising implementing an OPC procedure to form an exposure reticle to compensate for distortion of an overlying resist pattern caused by an underlying resist pattern. Embodiments include forming a first resist pattern in a first resist layer over a target layer using a first exposure reticle, forming a second exposure reticle by an OPC technique to compensate for distortion of a second resist pattern caused by the underlying first resist pattern, depositing a second resist layer on the first resist pattern, forming the second resist pattern in the second resist layer using the second exposure reticle, the first and second resist patterns constituting a final resist mask, and forming a pattern in the target layer using the final resist mask. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040484 | EXPOSURE EQUIPMENT, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is an exposure equipment having high resolution even when a reticle is inclined. The exposure equipment includes: an optical system for projecting on a wafer ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040485 | PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM - A photolithography system has at least one spatial light modulator, a scanning mechanism configured to move an exposure area relative to a target object in a scanning direction, a plurality of memories (1 | 2009-02-12 |
20090040486 | REFLECTIVE FILM INTERFACE TO RESTORE TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC WAVE CONTRAST IN LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESSING - A method and system for exposing a resist layer with regions of photosensitivity to an image in a lithographic process using a high numerical aperture imaging tool. There is employed a substrate having thereover a layer reflective to the imaging tool radiation and a resist layer having a region of photosensitivity over the reflective layer, with the resist layer having a thickness. The imaging tool is adapted to project radiation containing an aerial image onto the resist layer, with a portion of the radiation containing the aerial image passing through the resist layer and reflecting back to the resist layer. The reflected radiation forms an interference pattern in the resist layer of the projected aerial image through the resist layer thickness. The thickness and location of the resist layer region of photosensitivity with respect to the reflective layer are selected to include from within the interference pattern higher contrast portions of the interference pattern in the direction of the resist thickness, and to exclude lower contrast portions of the interference pattern in the resist thickness direction from said resist layer region of photosensitivity, to improve contrast of the aerial image in said resist layer region of photosensitivity. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040487 | IMAGING DEVICE IN A PROJECTION EXPOSURE FACILITY - An imaging device in a projection exposure machine for microlithography has at least one optical element and at least one manipulator, having a linear drive, for manipulating the position of the optical element. The linear drive has a driven subregion and a nondriven subregion, which are movable relative to one another in the direction of a movement axis. The subregions are interconnected at least temporarily via functional elements with an active axis and via functional elements with an active direction at least approximately parallel to the movement axis. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040488 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE SYSTEM, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Positional information of a stage within a movement plane is measured, using three encoders which include at least one each of an X encoder and a Y encoder. Based on position measurement values of the stage, the encoder used in position measurement is switched from an encoder (Enc | 2009-02-12 |
20090040489 | POSITION SENSOR - A position detecting apparatus for detecting position of an object disposed in a first space by receiving light from the object with a light receiving element disposed outside said first space, said position detecting apparatus includes an optical system for directing light from the object to the light receiving element, and a first optical element transmitting light from the object, disposed in a partitioning member for partitioning said first space and space outside said first space, wherein said first optical element is located on a position on or near a pupil plane or a plane conjugate to the pupil plane of said optical system. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040490 | ILLUMINATING OPTICAL APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An illumination optical apparatus is able to quickly perform switching of illumination conditions between illumination in a first region and illumination in a second region. The illumination optical apparatus of the present invention to illuminate an illumination target surface on the basis of light from a light source comprises: a path switching member arranged in an optical path between the light source and the illumination target surface and switching an optical path of an exiting beam between a first optical path and a second optical path; a path combining member combining the first optical path and the second optical path; a first pupil distribution forming member arranged in the first optical path and forming a predetermined light intensity distribution on an illumination pupil; and a second pupil distribution forming member arranged in the second optical path and forming a predetermined light intensity distribution on the illumination pupil. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040491 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - A lithographic system includes a source configured to generate a radiation, the source including a cathode and an anode, the cathode and the anode configured to create a discharge in a fuel located in a discharge space so as to generate a plasma, the discharge space including, in use, a substance configured to adjust radiation emission by the plasma so as to control a volume defined by the plasma; a pattern support configured to hold a patterning device, the patterning device configured to pattern the radiation to form a patterned beam of radiation; a substrate support configured to support a substrate; and a projection system configured to project the patterned beam of radiation onto the substrate. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040492 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - A source configured to generate radiation for a lithographic apparatus is disclosed. The source includes an anode, and a cathode. The cathode and the anode are configured to create a discharge in a fuel in a discharge space between the anode and the cathode so as to generate a plasma, the cathode and the anode positioned relative to each other so that, in use, current lines extending between the anode and the cathode are substantially curved so as to create a force that substantially radially compresses the plasma only in a region proximate an upper surface of the cathode or of the anode. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040493 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An illumination optical apparatus includes a light source, which supplies illumination light including a wavelength of 5 nm to 50 nm, and an illumination optical system, which guides the illumination light to an illuminated surface. The illumination optical system includes an aperture angle restriction member and a condenser optical system, which is arranged in an optical path between the aperture restriction member and the illuminated surface to guide light beam from the aperture angle restriction member to the illuminated surface. A rotation axis of an arcuate-shape of an illumination region formed on the illuminated surface is located outside an opening of the aperture angle restriction member. The condenser optical system includes a plurality of reflection surfaces. Among the plurality of reflection surfaces, the reflection surface closest to the illuminated surface along the optical path includes a concave shape. When, for example, applied to an EUVL exposure apparatus, the illumination optical apparatus illuminates a reflective mask, serving as the illumination plane, without a plane mirror in the optical path between the illumination optical system and the mask. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040494 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CONFIGURING RADIATION IN MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROCESSING OF WORKPIECES - Methods and apparatuses for configuring radiation used in microlithographic processing of workpieces are disclosed herein. One particular embodiment of such a method comprises directing a radiation beam along a radiation path from a reticle to an adjustment structure. The radiation beam has a wavefront with a first configuration in an image plane generally transverse to the radiation path. The method continues by changing at least one independently controllable parameter of the adjustment structure to change the wavefront of the radiation beam from the first configuration to a second configuration. After changing the shape of the wavefront from the first configuration to the second configuration, the method continues by impinging the radiation beam on the workpiece. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040495 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM INCLUDING AN OPTICAL FILTER - An illumination system including an optical element, such as an optical filter, which can influence the optical properties of radiation impinging thereon is disclosed. Such a filter can have a variably adjustable absorption. The illumination system is employed for instance within a lithography apparatus. A method for the production of microelectronic components and an optical element influencing the optical properties of radiation impinging thereon are also disclosed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040496 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE METHOD AS WELL AS A PROJECTION EXPOSURE SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - In an exposure method for exposing a substrate which is arranged in the area of an image plane of a projection objective as well as in a projection exposure system for performing that method, output radiation directed at the substrate and having an output polarization state is produced. Through variable adjustment of the output polarization state with the aid of at least one polarization manipulation device, the output polarization state can be formed to approach a nominal output polarization state. The polarization manipulation can be performed in a control loop on the basis of polarization-optical measuring data. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040497 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, ADJUSTING METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides an exposure apparatus comprising an illumination optical system configured to illuminate an original with light from a light source, a projection optical system configured to project a pattern image of the original onto a substrate, an optical integrator configured to form a pupil plane of the illumination optical system on an exit surface of the optical integrator, a first light-shielding unit and a second light-shielding unit each of which includes a plurality of light-shielding plates configured to shield certain components of the light from the light source, and a driving unit configured to drive the plurality of light-shielding plates. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040498 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A microlithographic projection exposure apparatus and method are provided. In some embodiments, a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes a light source to generate pulsed light, an illumination device, a projection objective, and at least one photoelastic modulator between the pulsed light source and the illumination device. The illumination device is configured to illuminate an object plane of the projection objective. The projection object projects an image of an object in the object plane of the projection objective to the image plane of the projection objective. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040499 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - This invention provides a positioning apparatus which can safely stop a movable body irrespective of its driving status. This invention relates to a positioning apparatus which positions a movable body ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040500 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DEVICE AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SAID DEVICE - A method for measuring the distance of an object is provided that includes irradiating a plurality of light beams having predetermined wavelengths and then in a first round, picking up an image under irradiation of the plurality of light beams and in another round picking up the image without irradiation using a camera. The difference of the image between the first and other round is fed to an observation region part and to an irradiation angle computing part and then the distance to the image is computed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040501 | OBJECT-DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - The object-detection device for vehicle provides a transmission-and-reception device; a reflection point calculation device; a segment setting device; a median point calculation device; and a relative speed calculation device, wherein the relative speed calculation device eliminates a calculation result of the relative speed in the car width direction, with respect to the reflection points calculated based on the electromagnetic waves which are irradiated to the most downward direction in the specified angle in the vertical direction, in case that the number of difference between the reflection points in the current processing and the reflection points in the previous processing is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040502 | SPATIAL INFORMATION DETECTING DEVICE AND PHOTODETECTOR SUITABLE THEREFOR - A spatial information detecting device is provided, which is capable of reducing the possibility that a saturation phenomenon is caused by the influence of an environmental light. This device includes a photoelectric converting portion for receiving a signal light from a target space to generate electric charges, a charge separating portion for separating electric charges corresponding to a constant amount of a bias component as undesired electric charges from the electric charges generated by the photoelectric converting portion, a charge accumulating portion for accumulating the remaining electric charges as effective electric charges reflecting a fluctuation component of the signal light, a barrier control electrode for forming a potential barrier between the charge separating portion and the charge accumulating portion, and a charge take-out portion for outputting the effective electric charges as an received-light output. By controlling a voltage applied to the barrier control electrode to change a height of the potential barrier, it is possible to adjust an amount of electric charges flowing from the charge separating portion into the charge accumulating portion over the potential barrier. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040503 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING ROLLING STOCK WHEELS - An exemplary system and method for analyzing rolling stock wheels helps allow a wheel to be analyzed at speed, reducing any need for manual inspections or other related delays. An exemplary system may include one or more strobe lights and one or more high-speed cameras to capture images of the rolling stock wheel(s) at speed. The images may include one or more markers to assist in analyzing various parameters of the rolling stock wheel. The exemplary system may include one or more backface illumination plates to assist in illuminating the rolling stock wheel(s) and/or the one or more marker(s). | 2009-02-12 |
20090040504 | Apparatus for Detecting Speed Of Movable Body And Drive Stage Using The Same - A movable-body-speed-detecting apparatus includes a movable body capable of moving linearly and/or circularly, a plate fixed to the movable body, the plate having a predetermined length in a direction in which the movable body moves, and light emission/reception means arranged such that light output from a light-emitting element enters a light-receiving element. The plate has a window section that passes between the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element in accordance with movement of the movable body and that blocks or allows passage of light to the light-receiving element. The apparatus further comprises speed calculation means for calculating the speed of the movable body by converting the amount of light received by the light-receiving element into a signal and measuring the signal. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040505 | In-Stream Spectroscopic Elemental Analysis of Particles Being Conducted Within a Gaseous Stream - A particle presentation apparatus for presenting particles being conducted within a gaseous stream for in-stream spectroscopic elemental analysis includes a particle blending section for homogenizing the distribution particles of significantly different sizes received within a gaseous stream of randomly distributed particles; and a particle sampling section including a window that is adapted for passing a particle excitation beam, such as a laser beam, and photon emissions, and a conduit for conducting the homogenized stream of particles past the window so that a particle excitation beam passing through the window can pass into the stream of homogenized particles. The apparatus may be used in combination with a drilling machine, wherein the particle blending section is coupled to an outlet pipe of the drilling machine for receiving a said gaseous stream of randomly distributed particles that are expelled from a drill hole. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040506 | REFLECTIVITY/EMISSIVITY MEASUREMENT PROBE INSENSITIVE TO VARIATIONS IN PROBE-TO-TARGET DISTANCE - Apparatuses and methods for accurately measuring the reflectivity of a target surface, under conditions where the distance between a measuring probe and the target surface is not fixed. At least two measurements of the target reflectivity are taken under different conditions, and then these two or more measurements are combined in order to calculate the target reflectivity in a way which is independent of the probe-to-target distance. In particular, the different conditions are such that each measurement samples radiation reflected from the target surface at a different distribution of angles. The apparatus can also be used to accurately measure the distance between the probe measurement head and a target surface. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040507 | Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor Apparatus Having Multiple Dielectric Layers - A surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectrometer sensor apparatus for measuring a property of an analyte substance that can be adsorbed on a surface by directing a beam of incident radiation on the apparatus at an incident angle relative thereto, receiving a beam of reflected radiation off the apparatus, and measuring dips in reflected radiation as a function of incident angle or wavelength, the dips being indicative of resonances in the apparatus. The SPR spectrometer comprises a conductive layer having a first side which receives incident radiation, and having a second side opposite to the first side; and a dielectric stack having first and second sides opposite to each other, the first side being in contact with the conductive layer, the second side for receiving an analyte sample to be disposed thereon. The dielectric stack includes a plurality of dielectric layers having respective thicknesses and indices of refraction, each successive one of the plurality of dielectric layers having an index of refraction which is alternatingly higher than, and lower than, the indices of refraction of adjacent ones of the plurality of dielectric layers. The plurality of dielectric layers including a first dielectric layer at the first side of the dielectric stack, and a last dielectric layer at the second side of the dielectric stack, the last dielectric layer having a boundary surface for contacting the received analyte sample, and having an index of refraction so as to achieve total internal reflection (TIR) at the boundary surface. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040508 | Light Monitoring Method and Light Monitoring Apparatus - A light monitoring method and a light monitoring apparatus are provided, in which light propagating optical fibers can be monitored with a simple structure and a small number of components without causing a large connection loss or Fresnel reflection and without performing precise adjustment of optical components. The light monitoring method is characterized in that light leaking from abutting portions obtained by abutting end faces of the optical fibers is received. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040509 | OPTICAL TOPOLOGY FOR MULTIMODE AND SINGLEMODE OTDR - A network test instrument for singlemode and multimode OTDR testing employs an optical topology providing for combined singlemode and multimode use of a detector for reduced cost and instrument size. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040510 | METHOD AND APPARATUS AS WELL AS CORRECTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING RESTORATION-PREMISED LENS - The evaluating apparatus evaluates a restoration-premised lens which is employed in an image forming system that converts an optical image into an electronic image and then enforces a restoration processing on the electronic image in order to obtain a sharp image, is actually manufactured based on such design as premised on the restoration processing. The evaluating apparatus includes an evaluating corrective optical system, measuring section and evaluating section. The evaluating corrective optical system, when it is combined with a lens manufactured just as designed, forms a sharp optical image. The measuring section measures the optical characteristics of a composite optical system provided by combining together the evaluating corrective optical system and the manufactured lens. The evaluating section evaluates the manufactured lens according to measured results provided by measuring section. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040511 | SYSTEMS, CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR EXTENDING THE DETECTION RANGE OF AN INSPECTION SYSTEM BY AVOIDING DETECTOR SATURATION - Inspection systems, circuits and methods are provided to enhance defect detection by addressing anode saturation as a limiting factor of the measurement detection range of a photomultiplier tube (PMT) detector. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method for inspecting a specimen includes directing light to the specimen and detecting light scattered from the specimen. The step of detecting may include monitoring an anode current of the PMT detector, and detecting features, defects or light scattering properties of the specimen using the anode current until the anode current reaches a predetermined threshold. Thereafter, the method may use a dynode current of the PMT for detecting the features, defects or light scattering properties of the specimen. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040512 | Semiconductor wafer inspection device and method - The surface of an epitaxial wafer is inspected using an optical scattering method. The intensities of light scattered with a narrow scattering angle and light scattered with, a wide scattering angle reflected from laser light scatterers (LLS) on the wafer surface are detected. If the intensifies of narrowly and widely scattered lights are within a prescribed sizing range, it is judged whether the laser light scatterer is a particle or killer defect by deciding into which zone ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040513 | PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD - A pattern inspection apparatus includes a light source configured to emit a pulsed light, a stage on which an inspection target workpiece is placed, a sensor, including a plurality of light receiving elements two-dimensionally arrayed, configured to capture a pattern image in a two-dimensional region of the inspection target workpiece which is irradiated with the pulsed light, by using the plurality of light receiving elements, and a comparing unit configured to compare data of the pattern image with predetermined reference pattern image data, wherein the stage moves to be shifted by a number of pixels, being the number of natural number times one pixel, between pulses of the pulsed light. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040514 | Method and apparatus for scanning, stitching and damping measurements of a double sided metrology inspection tool - A system for inspecting specimens such as semiconductor wafers is provided. The system provides scanning of dual-sided specimens using a damping arrangement which filters unwanted acoustic and seismic vibration, including an optics arrangement which scans a first portion of the specimen and a translation or rotation arrangement for translating or rotating the specimen to a position where the optics arrangement can scan the remaining portion(s) of the specimen. The system further includes means for stitching the scans together, thereby providing both damping of the specimen and the need for smaller and less expensive optical elements. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040515 | Formats For Optical Analysis And Methods Of Manufacturing The Same - Formats for the optical testing of fluids are manufacturing using modular format components. The format components are constructed so that matching format components can be mated together to form a single format for optical testing. Formats may be manufactured using pin-and-hole construction so that pins on optical format components mate with holes on opposing format components. Optical read surfaces provided on optical format components oppose each other in a completed optical format to form a read area. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040516 | SPECTROSCOPIC SYSTEM - A spectroscopic system having a coded aperture as a gating device. Light of a Raman scattering may enter the system and encounter a mask gate. The mask may have a matrix of micro mirrors some of which pass light on to a diffraction grating when the gate is on. Some of the mirrors will not pass on light thereby resulting in coded light to the grating. If the gate is off, then no light is passed on to the grating. The grating may pass the coded and spectrally spread light on to a detector array. The array signals representing the light on the array may go to a processor so one can obtain information about the target that emanated the Raman scatter when impinged by a light beam. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040517 | RAMAN DIFFERENCE SPECTRA BASED DISEASE CLASSIFICATION - A method to diagnosis a disease state of an unknown sample. A test Raman data set for an unknown sample is generated. A reference Raman database is provided where the database contains a plurality of reference Raman data sets and a plurality of reference Raman difference data sets. The reference Raman difference data set is generated by determining a difference between a first reference Raman data set and a second reference Raman data set. A first reference Raman data set is associated with first known sample and associated with one or more of: a first known disease state and a first known clinical outcome. A second reference Raman data set is associated with a second known sample and associated with one or more of: a second known disease state and a second known clinical outcome. A diagnosis is provided of whether the unknown sample has a first disease state or a second disease state by comparing the test Raman dataset to said plurality of reference Raman difference data sets in the reference Raman database using a chemometric technique. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040518 | Apparatus, method and computer program for spectroscopic measurements and analysis - The present invention relates to a spectroscopic method and associated apparatus and computer program for measuring and analysing intensities of fluorescent molecules excited by an energy pulse. The method includes the steps of: a) generating a transient state build-up in the fluorescent molecules by means of an excitation pulse, within which pulse repetitive excitation-emission cycles are induced in the fluorescent molecules between their ground, typically singlet (So) and excited, typically singlet (SO states, resulting also in transition from S] to the transient state, b) relaxation of population of the transient state by transition back to the ground state in a time period following directly after the excitation pulse, c) determination of the transient state population by recording the fluorescence. The invention is characterised by varying pulse characteristics from one sequence of pulses to the next so as to circumvent the need of time-resolution in the detection. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040519 | Method and apparatus for reconfigurable field of view in a fast-based imaging system - A system and method to obtain a variable field of view (FOV) of a sample without requiring an increase in an imaging CCD array size. In a fiber array spectral translator (FAST) based chemical imaging system, the fibers in the fiber bundle may be organized in different 2D “zones”. Each zone may include a predetermined number of fibers. Each 2D zone of fibers at the signal input end is organized as a separate linear array (1D) at the spectrometer slit input end. Depending on the user-selected FOV, one or more zones of fibers may be selected for signal input (into the spectrometer) by a motorized mobile slit port or linear translating stage, which will sequentially scan output from each selected linear fiber array into the spectrometer slit. The user can switch from one FOV size to another, thereby activating the linear translating stage to gather signals from appropriate linear fiber arrays corresponding to fiber zones associated with the selected FOV. A CCD imager may be used to collect optical data and generate 2D spatially accurate wavelength resolved images of the user-selected FOV. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040520 | SPECTROSCOPY DEVICE, SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS AND SPECTROSCOPY METHOD - A spectroscopy device that separates input light into a plurality of wavelength ranges. A metal body has a hole or aperture which is open on the upper side. The hole or aperture is formed in a polygonal shape having at least a pair of opposite faces not parallel to each other in horizontal cross-section. Inner side faces of the hole or aperture are finished as mirror like reflection surfaces. Polarized input light inputted from the opening to the hole or aperture is reflected by the reflection surfaces and a standing wave is generated inside of the hole or aperture by self interference, whereby the input light is separated into a plurality of wavelength ranges. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040521 | Even frequency spacing spectrometer and optical coherence tomography device - This application describes a spectrometer that includes a set of collimating optics to collimate received EMR to produce a collimated EMR. The spectrometer also includes a first dispersive optical element for dispersing the collimated EMR and a second dispersive optical element spaced apart from the first dispersive optical element to produce further dispersed EMR. The first dispersive optical element and the second dispersive optical element cooperate to disperse received EMR into a plurality of even frequency spaced EMR spectra. The spectrometer also includes a detector positioned to receive the EMR after passing though an optical path that includes the set of collimating optics, the first dispersive optical element, the second dispersive optical element, and a set of focusing optics. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040522 | Measuring Apparatus and Measuring Method - A measuring apparatus that measures the polarization state of analysis target light includes a modulation section | 2009-02-12 |
20090040523 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - In various embodiments of the invention, a unique construction for Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) with at least one luminescent rod and extracting optical elements used to generate a variety of high brightness light sources with different emission spectra. In an embodiment of the invention, forced air cooling is used to cool the luminescent rod. In an embodiment of the invention, totally internal reflected light can be redirected outward and refocused. In another embodiment of the invention, light emitted by the luminescent rod is out-coupled for use in a variety of applications. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040524 | Multi-channel biosensor using surface Plasmon resonance - Provided is a multi-channel biosensor using a biosensor using a surface plasmon resonance capable of measuring the changed resonance angle in real time without additionally scanning an incident angle according to the change of temperature or external environment by including a sensor chip with a plurality of channels arranged on a top surface thereof in parallel, a light source for vertically emitting a beam from a top portion of the sensor chip to a direct bottom portion of the sensor chip, a first lens for defocusing the beam emitted from the light source in the top portion of the sensor chip, a beam splitter for splitting a reflected beam, wherein the reflected beam is obtained by reflecting the beam defocused through the first lens from each channel of the sensor chip and a sensing unit for receiving a parallel component of the beam split in the beam splitter. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040525 | SYSTEMS CONFIGURED TO INSPECT A WAFER - Systems configured to inspect a wafer are provided. One system includes an illumination subsystem configured to illuminate an area on the wafer by directing light to the wafer at an oblique angle of incidence. The system also includes a collection subsystem configured to simultaneously collect light scattered from different spots within the illuminated area and to focus the light collected from the different spots to corresponding positions in an image plane. In addition, the system includes a detection subsystem configured to separately detect the light focused to the corresponding positions in the image plane and to separately generate output responsive to the light focused to the corresponding positions in the image plane. The output can be used to detect defects on the wafer. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040526 | INTERFEROMETRIC FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE WITH OFF-FREQUENCY MODULATION SIGNALS - Interference in a rotation rate detector signal of an interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope from a bias phase modulator signal may be reduced or substantially avoided by transmitting one or more off-frequency signals having a frequency other than the eigenfrequency of the gyroscope towards a bias phase modulator, generating the bias phase modulator signal having a frequency substantially equal to the eigenfrequency of the gyroscope, and driving the bias phase modulator with the bias phase modulator signal. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040527 | Method and apparatus for speckle noise reduction in electromagnetic interference detection - Interference measurements obtained by comparison of a same beam (i.e. same nominal polarization, intensity, coherence length and wavelength) striking a same region on a sample at a same angle, but having a different beam wavefront upon intersection with the region are shown to provide images with independent coherent speckle noise patterns. Accordingly a plurality of interference measurements with diverse beam wavefronts can be used to identify or reduce coherent speckle noise. Reduction of the coherent speckle noise can be performed by compounding the aligned images. A change in the beam wavefront may be provided by displacing the sample in the direction of the beam between or during the measurements, when the beam is a focused beam (i.e. converging or diverging). | 2009-02-12 |
20090040528 | POSITIONING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A positioning apparatus comprises a first measuring device measuring a position of the stage in a first measuring range, a second measuring device measuring a position of the stage in a second measuring range having an overlapping range overlapping the first measuring range, a third measuring device measuring a position of the stage in the overlapping range, and a controller controlling the first measuring device to take over the measurement value obtained by the second measuring device in the overlapping range in moving the stage from the second measuring range to the first measuring range, thereby switching from measurement by the second measuring device to measurement by the first measuring device. The controller performs correction processing based on the measurement by the third measuring device so as to reduce an error of the measurement value obtained by the first measuring device after the switching. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040529 | DISPLACEMENT-MEASURING OPTICAL SCALE AND OPTICAL ENCODER USING SAME - When a convex lens | 2009-02-12 |
20090040530 | COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE AND A METHOD FOR CORRECTING NON-LINEARITIES OF THE INTERFEROMETERS OF A COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE - A method and a coordinate measuring machine ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040531 | Optical Fly Height Measurement - An optical fly height measurement system includes a planar waveguide, a first diffraction grating for coupling an electromagnetic wave into the planar waveguide wherein the first diffraction grating is positioned for directing the electromagnetic wave towards an air bearing surface of a slider. A second diffraction grating is provided for receiving the electromagnetic wave reflected from the air bearing surface. A detector module and processor are provided to determine the fly height. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040532 | Three-dimensional shape measuring method and apparatus for the same - A three-dimensional shape measuring apparatus includes a line laser light source ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040533 | Tire shape measuring system - A tire shape measuring system measures a surface shape on the basis of an image of a line of light (a light section line) emitted to a surface of a relatively rotating tire using a light-section method. The shape measuring system includes a light projector for emitting a plurality of lines of light onto a tire surface in directions different from a direction in which the height of the surface is detected so as to form a plurality of separate light section lines and a camera for capturing images of the light section lines in directions in which chief rays of the lines of light are specularly reflected by the tire surface. The shape measuring system individually detects the coordinates of the light section lines from images of pre-defined independent image processing target areas for each captured image and calculates the distribution of the surface height using the detected coordinates. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040534 | Surface sensing device with optical sensor - A surface sensing device for use in position determining apparatus has an elongate stylus ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090040535 | REFLECTIVE CORNER CUBE ARRAY - The present invention relates to vibration detection devices. In one embodiment a corner reflective array is provided. The corner reflective array includes at least one corner cube. Each corner cube includes three mutually perpendicular reflective surfaces that intersect in a corner. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040536 | MARK FOR ALIGNMENT AND OVERLAY, MASK HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A mark for alignment and overlay, a mask having the same, and a method of using the same are provided. The mark includes a first mark pattern and a second mark pattern. The first mark pattern includes a first pattern and a second pattern, and the second mark pattern includes a third pattern and a fourth pattern. The first pattern includes a plurality of rectangular regions arranged in a first direction, and for each rectangular region, a sideline in a second direction is longer than a sideline in the first direction, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction. The second pattern is disposed on both sides of the first pattern in the second direction and includes a plurality of rectangular regions arranged in the second direction, and for each rectangular region, the sideline in the first direction is longer than a sideline in the second direction. The third pattern includes two rectangular regions disposed on both sides of the first pattern in the first direction, and the fourth pattern includes two rectangular regions disposed on both sides of the second pattern in the second direction. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040537 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY PROGRAM, SCREEN GENERATING METHOD, AND SCREEN GENERATING PROGRAM - The MFP includes an EEPROM storing display screens, and a display control portion to read a display screen for display on a display portion. When a first area in the display screen includes a variable display item for which an arbitrary number of data pieces are displayed, the display control portion acquires the number of data pieces to be displayed therefor, changes the size of a field for the variable display item based on the acquired number of data pieces, determines the size of a second area based on the size of the first area after the size change of the variable display item field and the size of the display area of the display portion, and modifies the read display screen to a display screen having the first area after the size change of the variable display item field and the second area of the determined size arranged therein. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040538 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Method - An image is classified into a letter/linework area, a specific image area, and a background area. An area that at least partially includes the letter/linework area but does not include the specific image area is set as a first area, while an area that at least partially includes the specific image area is set as a second area. In the first area, dots on each line are formed with one nozzle. In the second area, dots on each line are formed with at least two nozzles. This arrangement enables high-speed printing for images mainly consisting of letters and graphs, while enabling high-quality printing for images including photographs. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040539 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE - Data concerning a transfer pattern of lamination transparent film is not externally sent and stored in a memory but generated by a random pattern generating module of a color controlling DSP | 2009-02-12 |
20090040540 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The image processing apparatus includes a halftoning unit which performs halftoning with respect to a boundary pixel of an image data, and a setting unit which sets a window range and performs a resetting operation such that a print density of a portion of the boundary pixels in a window is transferred to another boundary pixel by using position information and density information of the boundary pixel. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040541 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus receives a printing job from an information processing apparatus and prints the printing job, wherein confirmation printing to confirm the printed material of the printing job is instructed. If the sheet used with the confirmation print is a specialized sheet, printing is performed using the same type of sheet for the confirmation printing and the main printing. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040542 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system includes: an update unit updating color space information indicating a color space by allowing rotational movement of a selected reference color, taking a line connecting a white color to a black color in the color space as a rotation axis, based on adjustment information indicating that hue of at least one reference color is adjusted, which is in a reference color group including plural reference colors of a RGB system and plural reference colors of a CMY system in the color space; and a correction unit correcting an input image signal based on the color space information. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040543 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a document management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, in order to prevent a leakage of information, in a case where a copy of a document is transferred to a media, a deletion processing with respect to the document is disabled. Then, in a case where it is confirmed that document leakage is not performed from the media, the deletion processing with respect to the document from the media is canceled. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040544 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PROCESSING DATA OF LATEST VERSION, DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In order to give notice to process the latest data, MFP includes HDD to store data, a data obtaining portion to accept target data to be output, a related data extraction portion to extract related data that is related to the target data and is newer than the target data from the data stored in HDD, a difference extraction portion to extract a difference between the extracted related data and the target data, and an output portion to output the difference. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040545 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH SCANNER PORTION FOR READING AN ORIGINAL AND PRINTER PORTION FOR FORMING AN IMAGE ON A SHEET - An image forming apparatus including: an image forming portion for forming an image on a sheet; an image reading portion for reading an original, the image forming portion having a printed board having a projecting board surface projecting on an image reading portion side; a hinge portion having a pivot axis for pivotably supporting the image reading portion relative to the image forming portion; and a cable having a connector to be electrically connected with a connector receiving portion provided on the projecting board surface, wherein, within the image forming apparatus, the cable is folded back in a U-shape in a vicinity of the pivot axis from the image reading portion side to an image forming portion side, with the connector of the cable being connected to the connector receiving portion from a direction substantially perpendicular to the projecting board surface. | 2009-02-12 |
20090040546 | PRINTER CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method used by printing apparatus executing a job based on a print setting accepted via an operation unit including accepting a stop instruction for stopping a print operation for the job via the operation unit and displaying a setting screen reflecting a print setting made for the job for which the print operation is stopped, in response to acceptance of a stop instruction. | 2009-02-12 |