07th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110037931 | Fringe-Field-Switching-Mode Liquid Crystal Display and Method of Manufacturing the Same - Provided are a fringe-field-switching (FFS)-mode liquid crystal display (LCD) and a method of manufacturing the same. The FFS-mode LCD includes a transparent common electrode, a conductive reflection structure electrically connected to the transparent common electrode, and a transparent pixel electrode formed on the conductive reflection structure and including a plurality of slits. The transparent common electrode is formed on a region including a data line and a gate line so that respective unit pixel regions can be electrically connected to one another. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037932 | MULTI-DOMAIN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND LC-ALIGNING METHOD OF SAME - In a multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display, a pixel electrode, a common electrode and liquid crystal molecules are combined to form an LC alignment unit. In the LC alignment unit, at least two slits crossing each other at one point are created in the common electrode; and slanting slits are created in the pixel electrode, extending along diagonals of the pixel electrode. The slits in the common electrode and the slits in the pixel electrode stagger from one another. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037933 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING A SPACER ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes first and second substrates. The first substrate has a first insulating substrate, and a pixel electrode formed on the first insulating substrate with a first opening pattern. The second substrate has a second insulating substrate, and a common electrode formed on the second insulating substrate with a second opening pattern. The first and the second opening patterns proceed parallel to each other while being arranged in an alternate manner. A liquid crystal material is injected between the first and the second substrates. A spacer is positioned at an end of the second opening pattern to maintain the distance between the first and the second substrates. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037934 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING AND REPAIRING METHODS THEREOF - An LCD device is disclosed. The LCD device includes: a gate line and a gate electrode formed on a substrate; a common line formed in the same layer as the gate line; a gate insulation film entirely formed on the substrate with the gate line; a data line formed on the gate insulation film opposite to the common line and configured to cross with the gate line and to define a pixel region; a source electrode formed to protrude from the data line; a drain electrode separated by a first distance from the source electrode; a passivation film entirely formed on the substrate with the data line; and a pixel electrode formed on the passivation film and connected to the drain electrode. The common line includes first and second common lines separated by a second distance from each other, and a third common line formed within the second distance between the first and second common lines and used as a repair pattern during a repairing process. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037935 | Display Circuits - A display circuit for a display panel is disclosed. The display circuit comprises a circuit board, a flexible printed circuit board (FPC), and a driver. The circuit board has at least one test pad. The flexible printed circuit board is electrically connected and disposed between the circuit board and the display panel. The driver is disposed on the flexible printed circuit board and has at least one test pin. The at least one test pin is electrically connected to the at least one test pad. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037936 | DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel includes an active matrix substrate, a counter substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a sealant. The counter electrode is opposed to the active matrix substrate. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate. The sealant, which surrounds the liquid crystal layer between the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate, joins the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate and seals the liquid crystal layer. A portion of the surface on the liquid crystal layer side of the active matrix substrate which is located at the periphery of the liquid crystal display panel is flat. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037937 | LCD APPARATUS WITH HEAT DISSIPATION ARRANGEMENTS - An LCD apparatus comprising an LCD screen, backlight arrangements for providing back illumination to the LCD screen, video processing circuitry and air moving devices, characterized in that the air moving devices are arranged to move air to condition the image displaying surface of the LCD screen. An LCD image displaying apparatus according to the present invention could operate at a brightness level of above 1000 nits, and even 3000 nits, which provides an astounding visual effect in the outdoor environment. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037938 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A method of making a liquid crystal device is provided, the method comprising
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20110037939 | FOLDING EYEGLASSES - Eyeglasses comprising a first frame and a second frame each having an inner end and an outer end. A lens is secured within each frame. A connecting member is fixedly attached to the outer end of its respective frame and has a dovetail groove therein with a magnet secured within the groove for releasably engaging a chain. A first pivotal member is fixedly attached to the inner end of the first frame while a second pivotal member is fixedly attached to the inner end of the second frame thereby permitting pivotal movements along a common longitudinal direction. At least one clip is fixedly attached to at least one connecting member for removably securing the eyeglasses to an article. Each connecting member includes a connecting magnet for releasably engaging with each other when the eyeglasses are folded closed. A chain is releasably secured within the dovetail grooves of the connecting members. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037940 | HOLDING STRUCTURES FOR SPECTACLE LENSES, SPECTACLES, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SPECTACLES - A circumferentially elongated flat recessed portion ( | 2011-02-17 |
20110037941 | Optically Decentered Face Shield - A face protector includes a one piece shield in which an optical center is displaced away from the normal straight ahead line of sight toward an activity specific line of sight to minimize image shift that occurs when a direction of gaze passes across the edge of the shield. An apex of the shield is formed at a forwardmost point of the shield, or a virtual extension of the shield, when the shield is in an as worn position on a wearer. In particular examples, an optical axis extends through the optical center, at a non-zero angle to the normal straight ahead line of sight and substantially parallel to the activity specific line of sight, with the optical center being placed away from the apex. In particular examples, the optical axis is closer to (or coincident with) an activity specific line of sight of one of the right or left eye. The face protector is particularly useful in activities such as sports, for example hockey, football, or baseball which involve activity specific lines of sight. In one disclosed embodiment, the optical center is positioned at or below a bottom edge of the shield so that a hockey player can view an object on the ice below the lower edge of the shield with reduced image shift. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037942 | UNIVERSAL CONTACT LENS POSTERIOR SURFACE CONSTRUCTION - The carrier region extending beyond the optical portion of a contact lens overlying the cornea of an eye can be modeled in one universal shape that will fit all eyes. That shape is characterized by a curve of radius of curvature versus distance from the High point which is substantially linear with a first slope below a 10 mm diameter of the eye as projected onto a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, is substantially linear above 10 mm with a second slope which is substantially greater than the first slope, and which has an inflection point in the vicinity of approximately 10 mm. Preferably the first linear portion has a radius of curvature of approximately 7.6 mm at a diameter of about 7 mm, with a slope of about 0.13 (the first slope) and a radius of curvature of about 9 mm at a diameter of 12 mm, with a slope of about 0.45 (the second slope). | 2011-02-17 |
20110037943 | POLARIZING LENS - An aspect of the present invention relates to a polarizing lens comprising a polarizing layer on a substrate, wherein the polarizing layer comprises polarization axes that are at least partly curved. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037944 | OPHTHALMIC LENS ELEMENT - An ophthalmic lens element is disclosed. The lens element includes a front surface and a rear surface, at least one which includes a horizontal meridian and a vertical meridian. A central region of the lens element includes a foveal vision zone providing a first power for providing clear foveal vision for a wearer. A peripheral region of positive power relative to the first power is also included. The peripheral region includes dual progressive zones located bilaterally of the vertical meridian and extending radially outwardly from the central region. The lens element provides a distribution of surface astigmatism which provides, on the horizontal meridian, a relatively low surface astigmatism in the central region and the progressive zones. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037945 | Beveling Wheel, Method for Forming a Beveled Lens for Use with Eyeglasses and a Beveled Lens - The present invention relates to a beveling wheel and method for forming a beveled lens with the beveling wheel for use with eyeglasses. One embodiment includes a prescription lens for use on an eyeglass frame having a receiving channel. The receiving channel includes a channel bottom and opposed interior wall surfaces having a first angle therebetween. The prescription plastic lens includes a prescription lens body generally defined by a peripheral edge having a bevel extending away from the edge to a vertex. The bevel has a distal portion with a second angle. The bevel is receivable within the receiving channel. At least a portion of the vertex of the bevel has an interference fit with the receiving channel bottom when held within the eyeglass frame. The first angle is greater than the second angle. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037946 | Electro-active opthalmic lens having an optical power blending region - A spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens provides a vision correcting area for the correction of a wearer's refractive error. The viewing correction area provides correction for non-conventional refractive error to provide at least a part of the wearer's vision correction. The lens has a prescription based on a wave front analysis of the wearer's eye and the lens can further be modified to fit within an eyeglass frame. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037947 | Illumination device as well as observation device - Disclosed are an illumination device for an observation device comprising one, two or more observation beam paths with one respective beam of observation rays, especially for an ophthalmologic surgical microscope, and a corresponding observation device. Said illumination device is provided with at least one light source for generating at least one beam of observation rays in order to illuminate an object that is to be observed. According to one embodiment of the invention, at least two partial bundles of illumination rays are provided, each of which extends coaxial to a corresponding beam of observation rays, while the partial beams of illumination rays are embodied so as to form two or several illumination spots on the fundus of an object that is to be observed, e.g. an eye, said illumination spots having variable sizes, thus allowing the illumination beam to cooperate in a precisely defined manner with the observation beam paths, which makes it possible to meet especially the practical requirements regarding homogeneity of the red reflex. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037948 | White light emitting diode (LED) illuminator for ophthalmic endoillumination - An ophthalmic endoilluminator is provided. The ophthalmic endoilluminator includes one or more white light emitting diodes (LEDs), an additional light source, a first optical assembly, an optical coupling element, and an optical fiber optically coupled to the optical coupling element. The white LED is capped with a phosphor layer. The additional light source illuminates at least a portion of an exterior surface of the phosphor layer within an absorption band of phosphor material of the phosphor layer in order to excite the phosphor layer and produce additional white light. The first optical assembly receives and substantially collimates the white light. The optical coupling element receives the substantially collimated white light from the first optical assembly and directs the light to an optical fiber. The optical fiber is then used to conduct the white light into an eye. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037949 | OPHTHALMIC ENDOILLUMINATION WITH THERMALLY ISOLATED PHOSPHOR - An illuminator configured to deliver white light into an optical fiber includes a pump light source and a white phosphor. The pump light source configured to emit short-wavelength light. The white phosphor is disposed to receive the short-wavelength light from the pump light source and to output white light in response to the pumping light. The white phosphor is thermally isolated from the pump light source. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037950 | Animated image vision test - Animated image vision tests take advantage of the ability of our eyes to detect both distance and motion. Moving images, such as rotating segmented circles, let the eyes detect motion as to the size, distance, and rotation direction of that moving image. That motion detection is much more precise than the interpretation of multiple static letters or static images. Using rotating images for vision testing rather than static images creates an acuity test more accurate than current tests, a test that is faster to use, and a test that doesn't require the ability to read. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037951 | HEAD-MOUNTED PROJECTION DISPLAY USING REFLECTIVE MICRODISPLAYS - The present invention relates generally to a head-mounted projection display, and more particularly, but not exclusively to a polarized head-mounted projection display including a light engine and a compact, high-performance projection lens for use with reflective microdisplays. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037952 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN ANAMORPHIC PEPPER'S GHOST ILLUSION - An assembly and method of generating a Pepper's ghost illusion involving an image generation platform, such as a computer providing an anamorphically-distorted image coupled with some form of display projects an image, directly or indirectly on a spherical medium. The spherical medium reconstitutes the anamorphically-distorted image and generates a Pepper's ghost illusion of the reconstituted anamorphically-distorted image. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037953 | MICRO-PROJECTOR - The present invention provides a projection display comprising an illumination system comprising at least one laser source unit and configured and operable for producing one or more light beams; a spatial light modulating (SLM) system accommodated at output of the illumination system and comprising one or more SLM units for modulating light incident thereon in accordance with image data; and a light projection optics for imaging modulated light onto a projection surface. The illumination system comprises at least one beam shaping unit comprising a Dual Micro-lens Array (DMLA) arrangement formed by front and rear micro-lens arrays (MLA) located in front and rear parallel planes spaced-apart along an optical path of light propagating towards the SLM unit, the DMLA arrangement being configured such that each lenslet of the DMLA directs light incident thereon onto the entire active surface of the SLM unit, each lenslet having a geometrical aspect ratio corresponding to an aspect ratio of said active surface of the SLM unit. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037954 | PROJECTOR - There is disclosed a projector which supplies air cooled by a cooling unit to an optical element group, whereby the occurrence of dew condensation is prevented. The projector includes a cooling apparatus | 2011-02-17 |
20110037955 | LASER PROJECTION DISPLAY AND IMAGE DISTORTION CORRECTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A laser projection display and a method of compensating for image distortion of the same stereoscopic liquid crystal display device having a touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. Herein, the method includes displaying a picture including a red image, a green image, and a blue image, selecting one of the red image, the green image, and the blue image so as to perform pixel alignment of the picture, calculating pixel coordinate values x+dx and y+dy corresponding to the selected image (herein, x represents the x coordinate value prior to alignment, y represents the y coordinate value prior to alignment, dx represents a varied x coordinate value after alignment, and dy represents a varied y coordinate value after alignment), calculating distortion compensation coordinate values X′ and Y′ corresponding to the pixel coordinate values x+dx and y+dy, and mapping the distortion compensation values X′ and Y′, thereby compensating for an image distortion occurring in the selected image. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037956 | LIGHT PIPE AND PROTECTING APPARATUS UTILIZING THE LIGHT PIPE - A light pipe comprises a solid light guiding portion and a hollow light guiding portion. The solid light guiding portion includes a receiving end and an output end, receives a light beam at the receiving end, and transmits the light beam to the output end via total reflection. The hollow light guiding portion includes a hollow output end. The hollow light guiding portion is combined with the output end of the solid light guiding portion in a combination part. The hollow light guiding portion receives the light beam from the output end, and transmits the light beam to the hollow output end via total reflection. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037957 | MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN PHOTOLITHOGRAPHICALLY PROCESSING SUBSTRATES - Apparatus for processing substrates according to a predetermined photolithography process includes a loading station in which the substrates are loaded, a coating station in which the substrates are coated with a photoresist material, an exposing station in which the photoresist coating is exposed to light through a mask having a predetermined pattern to produce a latent image of the mask on the photoresist coating, a developing station in which the latent image is developed, an unloading station in which the substrates are unloaded and a monitoring station for monitoring the substrates with respect to predetermined parameters of said photolithography process before reaching the unloading station. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037958 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In an embodiment, a lithographic projection apparatus has an off-axis image field and a concave refractive lens as the final element of the projection system. The concave lens can be cut-away in parts not used optically to prevent bubbles from being trapped under the lens. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037959 | Environmental system including vacuum scavenge for an immersion lithography apparatus - A lithographic projection apparatus includes a liquid confinement structure extending along at least a part of a boundary of a space between a projection system and a substrate table, the space having a cross-sectional area smaller than the area of the substrate. The liquid confinement structure includes a first inlet to supply liquid, through which the patterned beam is projected, to the space, a first outlet to remove liquid after the liquid has passed under the projection system, a second inlet formed in a face of the structure, the face arranged to oppose a surface of the substrate, and located radially outward, with respect to an optical axis of the projection system, of the space to supply gas, and a second outlet formed in the face and located radially outward, with respect to an optical axis of the projection system, of the second inlet to remove gas. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037960 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A PATTERNING DEVICE - A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a beam of radiation, and a support structure configured to support a patterning device. The patterning device is configured to impart a pattern to the beam of radiation. The apparatus includes a patterning device cleaning system configured to provide an electrostatic force to contaminant particles that are on the patterning device and that are electrically charged by the beam of radiation, in order to remove the contaminant particles from the patterning device. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037961 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS COMPRISING AN INTERNAL SENSOR AND A MINI-REACTOR, AND METHOD FOR TREATING A SENSING SURFACE OF THE INTERNAL SENSOR - A lithographic apparatus includes a projection system constructed and arranged to project a beam of radiation onto a target portion of a substrate, an internal sensor having a sensing surface, and a mini-reactor movable with respect to the sensor. The mini-reactor includes an inlet for a hydrogen containing gas, a hydrogen radical generator, and an outlet for a hydrogen radical containing gas. The mini-reactor is constructed and arranged to create a local mini-environment comprising hydrogen radicals to treat the sensing surface. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037962 | POLARIZATION CONVERTING UNIT, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a polarization converting unit configured to convert incident light into light in a predetermined polarization state has a first optical element and a second optical element. The first optical element has a plurality of first regions, and at least two adjacent first regions have respective different thicknesses so as to have different polarization conversion properties. Likewise, the second optical element also has a plurality of second regions, and at least two adjacent second regions have different polarization conversion properties. The first and second optical elements are arranged so that a light beam having passed through one first region is incident to two adjacent second regions, whereby the sum of thicknesses of the first and second optical elements is varied depending upon a passing position of light. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD USING A MULTI-PLANE CURTAIN - A multi-plane scanner support system includes a bracket and a mirror block. The bracket is configured to be secured in a fixed orientation with respect to a scanner. And the mirror block is arranged to receive a scanning signal from the scanner and to reflect the scanning signal into a plurality of directions to create multiple scanning planes. The scanner can be a laser scanner. The scanner and multi-plane scanner support system can be attached to a material transport vehicle, for example, to provide safety functions. The vehicle can be manned or unmanned. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037964 | DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD - A distance measuring apparatus according to the present invention for measuring a distance to an object based on a parallax of images obtained with a plurality of optical systems includes: a reference object ( | 2011-02-17 |
20110037965 | Combined Coherent and Incoherent Imaging LADAR - The present invention relates generally to a long range eye-safe laser radar (LADAR) system for use in an environment where real-time non-cooperative identification of an object is required. In particular, a laser beam is aimed at an object, the laser energy reflected from the object is collected by a detector array for use in generating a composite of both a high resolution 3-Dimensional (3D) shape of the object and the object's high resolution micro-Doppler vibration spectrum, a characteristic of the object as unique as a fingerprint. The composite is then used to automatically identify the object by comparison to a database of similar composite sets of 3D shape and vibration spectrum information with the results of the identification conveyed to the user. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037966 | System for Measuring a Physical Quantity and for the Map Representation of Said Measures - The present invention relates to a system for measuring a physical magnitude and for the mapping representation of these measurements. The system for measuring a physical magnitude at different points of a zone to be examined, each measurement being located spatially, the system comprising a probe for measuring said physical magnitude, the system comprising a tachymeter associated with a target, said target being attached to the probe, the tachymeter determining the location of the target during each measurement in order to ascertain the position of the probe at the time of the measurement. The invention applies notably to the mapping of electromagnetic fields. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037967 | OPTICAL SIGHT - An optical sight includes an outer barrel unit, an objective lens unit, an ocular lens unit, a magnification unit, a range-finding module, and a display unit. The objective lens and the ocular lens unit are mounted to front and rear ends of the outer barrel unit, respectively. The magnification unit is disposed between the objective lens unit and the ocular lens unit. The range-finding module is disposed on the magnification unit, and includes alight emitter, alight receiver, and a micro processing unit. The display unit is disposed in the outer barrel unit, and includes a seat mounted adjustably between the magnification unit and the ocular lens unit, and a transparent display secured to the seat and coupled electrically to the micro processing unit. The transparent display has an aiming indicator, and a message indicator for visual indication of a range calculated by the micro processing unit. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037968 | LASER RANGEFINDER WITH A VOICE CONTROL FUNCTION - A laser rangefinder with a voice control function has a housing, a voice sensor module, a measure module, a circuit board and a display module. The housing has a voice-receiving hole and a screen. The voice sensor module receives voice commands through the voice-receiving hole. The measure module produces and emits a laser beam toward an object and then receives the laser beam reflected from the object. The circuit board judges the voice command sent by the voice sensor module to activate the measure module for calculating and determining a distance between the laser rangefinder and the object based by a time interval of the laser beam traveling toward and returning from the object. The display module shows a determined result on the screen. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037969 | CONCEPT FOR OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT - The present invention relates to a concept for optical distance measurement, wherein a radiation pulse is emitted in the direction of an object of measurement. At least two different transfer gates which couple a photoactive region to at least two different evaluating capacities are driven during different drive intervals so that charge carriers generated during the drive intervals by a radiation pulse reflected from the object of measurement and/or by ambient radiation can be transported from the photoactive region to the evaluating capacities each coupled to the at least two transfer gates. Another transfer gate is driven during a time outside the drive intervals of the at least two transfer gates to connect the photoactive region to a reference potential terminal acting as a charge carrier sink during the time outside the drive intervals of the at least two transfer gates. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037970 | Laser Doppler Velocimeter - A laser Doppler velocimeter is formed using a fiber laser as the lasing medium. Within the velocimeter, all optical signals, transmitted and received, are conveyed by optical fibers. An amplifier amplifies a source laser, which is then transmitted to one or more transceivers. The one or more transceivers, each projecting along a different axis, and each with a single optical fiber input/output interface act as both the transmission device to focus the radiation at a target region, and as the receiving system for collecting reflected radiation. The transceivers each include an amplifier to further amplify the radiation received from the laser source. The one or more transceivers transmit radiation simultaneously to the target region, and may be located remotely from the laser source. The portion of the reflected radiation collected by the receiving system is analyzed to determine the Doppler shift caused by targets at the focal point of the one or more transceivers. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037971 | SMOKE DETECTION BY WAY OF TWO SPECTRALLY DIFFERENT SCATTERED LIGHT MEASUREMENTS - A device for detecting smoke based on the principle of optical scattered light measurements has a light emitting device, configured to issue a temporal succession of light pulses. A first light pulse has a first spectral distribution and a second light pulse has a second spectral distribution that is different from the first spectral distribution. A light receiver receives a first scattered light from the first light pulse and a second scattered light from the second light pulse, and generates a first output signal that is indicative for the first scattered light, and a second output signals that is indicative for the second scattered light. An evaluation unit compares the first output signal with the second output signal. In a preferred embodiment of the device, the light emitter and the light receiver are arranged directly next to one another. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037972 | INTERFEROMETER EMPLOYING A MULTI-WAVEGUIDE OPTICAL LOOP PATH AND FIBER OPTIC ROTATION RATE SENSOR EMPLOYING SAME - An interferometer employed, in part, as a Sagnac interferometer or fiber optic gyro (FOG) includes a light source ( | 2011-02-17 |
20110037973 | ANGULAR SPECTRUM TAILORING IN SOLID IMMERSION MICROSCOPY FOR CIRCUIT ANALYSIS - A structure for locating a fault in a semiconductor chip. The chip includes a substrate on a dielectric interconnect. A first electrical response image of the chip, which includes a spot representing the fault, is overlayed on a first reflection image for monochromatic light in an optical path from an optical microscope through a SIL/NAIL and into the chip. The index of refraction of the substrate exceeds that of the dielectric interconnect and is equal to that of the SIL/NAIL. A second electrical response image of the chip is overlayed on a second reflection image for the monochromatic light in an optical path in which an optical stop prevents all subcritical angular components of the monochromatic light from being incident on the SIL/NAIL. If the second electrical response image includes or does not include the spot, then the fault is in the substrate or the dielectric interconnect, respectively. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037974 | PROBE AND DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY TESTING TEST OBJECTS - An optical probe for optically testing test objects includes: a stationary probe component and a probe component rotatable about an axis of rotation and mechanically and optically coupled to the stationary probe component, the rotating probe component having at least two optical outputs for coupling out measuring beams, from which the measuring beams of varying focal distances d exit perpendicularly with respect to the axis of rotation. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037975 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING IMAGING SPECTROGRAPHS - Disclosed is a method for calibrating optical spectrographs, and in particular optical spectrographs having focal plane array detectors. The method comprises the steps of detecting a spectrum of a known source, referencing a table of known spectral wavelengths and relative intensities, and deriving a spectrograph model based on the spectrograph's physical properties to approximate the observed spectrum, wherein non-linear optimization techniques refine the theoretical model parameters, thereby minimizing the residual difference between observed and calculated spectral intensities in an iterative process producing a set of physical model parameters that best describe the modeling spectrograph for calibration of subsequent spectral acquisitions. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037976 | FLEXIBLE SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (SERS) SUBSTRATES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND METHODS OF USE - Flexible SERS substrates, methods of making flexible SERS substrates, and methods of using flexible SERS substrates are disclosed. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037977 | Calibrated Analyte Concentration Measurements in Mixtures - The concentration of analytes in a complex mixture can be ascertained by spectroscopic measurement, even if the spectra of substances other than the analyte overlap with that of the analyte. Both independently measured concentrations of the analyte in a training set and of the analyte spectrum are used. Variances in the spectral data attributable to the analyte are isolated from spectral variances from other causes, such as compositional changes associated with different samples that are independent of the analyte. For the special case of noninvasive glucose measurements on the skin of biological organisms, the volume averaged glucose in the sample is predicted from the blood glucose. A test for over-fitting of the data is also described. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037978 | Miniaturized Confocal Spectrometer - For investigating the spectrum of emission radiation excited in an object by incident radiation, miniaturised spectrometers are known for mobile use. These devices comprise a light source with perforated shutter, an illuminating beam path, a detecting beam path and a spectrometer. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037979 | IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH - The imaging spectrograph comprises of the first optical system ( | 2011-02-17 |
20110037980 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ZETA POTENTIAL OF SUSPENDED PARTICLES - A zeta potential measurement system comprising: a cell having a cell wall and bottom for holding suspended particles; an optical measurement probe having a probe tip comprising a transparent and conducting thin film coating which prevents ionic current from accumulating charge on the probe tip, and wherein the optical measurement probe is inserted through the cell wall such that the probe tip is in fluid communication with the sample; a counter electrode inserted through the cell wall opposite to the optical measurement probe; a laser source which is disposed so as to deliver light to the optical measurement probe via an optical directional coupler and optical waveguide; wherein the optical measurement probe focuses the light onto a front surface of the probe tip, such that the light reflected from the front surface of the optical measurement probe and light backscattered from particles in the sample are collected by the probe tip, and thereafter focused to a optical waveguide and delivered through the coupler to a photodetector; an electrical output of the photodetector is connected to a filtering and amplification module, wherein an analog output of the amplification module is connected to an analog-to-digital converter, wherein the analog-to-digital converter creates a digital data stream which is stored in a first memory; and a computer or microprocessor which calculates the frequency power spectrum from the stored digital data stream and stores the frequency power spectrum in a second memory, wherein the first and second memories can be either the same or different. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037981 | WAVE-GUIDE COUPLING SPR SENSOR CHIP AND SENSOR CHIP ARRAY THEREOF - A sensor chip based on the WCSPR effect and an array thereof are disclosed. The sensor chip is a multilayer structure comprising a substrate, a dielectric waveguide layer ( | 2011-02-17 |
20110037982 | Laser Targeting Mechanism - An automated test equipment system includes a peripheral including first mechanical alignment features; a test head including second mechanical alignment features arranged in a pattern corresponding to the first mechanical alignment features and configured to engage the first mechanical alignment features. The automated test equipment system also includes a laser assisted alignment system including laser devices mounted to the peripheral and operable to emit laser beams; target plates mounted to the test head and including target symbols visible on surfaces of the target plates. The target symbols are arranged in a pattern corresponding to the laser devices such that, when laser beams from the laser devices are substantially aligned with the target symbols, the first mechanical alignment features are substantially aligned with the second mechanical alignment features. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037983 | Optical Component and Wear Sensor - A wear measuring device comprises a body having a wearable portion at the first end, a light conductive region internal to the body and the light conductive region has a reflective portion within the wearable portion. The reflective portion is configured to reflect light directed through the light conductive portion and at the reflective portion back down the light conductive portion. One or more characteristics of light reflected by the reflective portion are related to the extent of wear to the wearable portion. An optical component comprises a longitudinal axis and a plurality of reflective elements spaced along said longitudinal axis. The reflective elements are arranged to reflect light directed in a direction substantially aligned with said longitudinal axis. The magnitude of the reflectance is a function of physical degradation, ablation or wear of the component in a direction along the length of the component. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037984 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain first information regarding a distribution of reflected light from a target to be measured and second information regarding geometrical-optics components of the reflected light, a calculating unit configured to calculate third information on the basis of the first information and the second information, the third information indicating an approximation of the distribution of reflected light, and an output unit configured to output information regarding wave-optics components of the reflected light on the basis of the third information. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037985 | RESONATOR OPTICAL GYROSCOPE HAVING INPUT BEAM MODULATION OPTIMIZED FOR HIGH SENSITIVITY AND LOW BIAS - Systems and methods for optimizing input beam modulation for high gyro sensitivity and low bias errors. The present invention is a resonator optical gyroscope having an optimized phase-modulation amplitude (frequency) for a selected modulation frequency (amplitude) that maximizes the gyro signal-to-noise (S/N) sensitivity. For selected values of the phase modulation amplitude, the polarization cross-coupling induced intensity modulation can be nulled. By setting the phase modulation amplitudes substantially close to these nulling points (e.g. M=3.832 or 7.016 radians, which causes the first order Bessel function to be zero J | 2011-02-17 |
20110037986 | INTERFERENCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND MEASURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an interference measuring apparatus, which comprises a light source module, a beam splitter, a first lens module, a reflecting module, a second lens module, and a detection device. A light beam generated from the light source module can be projected on the beam splitter. The beam splitter splits the light beam to generate a first light beam and a second light beam, wherein the first light beam passes through the first lens module and then projects onto the reflecting module, and the second light beam passes through the second lens module and projects onto an object. Furthermore, the first light beam and the second light beam are reflected by the reflecting module and the object, respectively, then both the first light beam and the second light beam are leaded to the detection device to form an interference pattern for obtaining the contours and internal cross-sectional image of the object. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037987 | OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE - An optical sensor device ( | 2011-02-17 |
20110037988 | LINE EDGE ROUGHNESS MEASURING TECHNIQUE AND TEST STRUCTURE - A test structure is presented test structure on a substrate for monitoring a LER and/or LWR effect, said test structure comprising an array of features manufactured with amplified LER and/or LWR effect. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037989 | MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT WITH A MEASUREMENT HEAD IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT INSPECTION MEASUREMENT - A measurement arrangement with a measurement head ( | 2011-02-17 |
20110037990 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that forms images on sheets by using input image data, the apparatus including: a detection unit that detects a blank area outside of an image forming area formed on a sheet; a setting unit that, when a sum of a length in a conveyance direction of a blank area on a trailing edge side in the conveyance direction of a sheet and a length in the conveyance direction of a blank area on a leading edge side in the conveyance direction of a sheet conveyed following the sheet is a reference value or less, sets a sheet conveyance interval to the reference value, and when the sum is greater than the reference value, sets the conveyance interval to be less than the reference value; and a conveying unit that conveys the sheets at the conveyance interval set by the setting unit. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037991 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an image forming apparatus including: a sensitivity calculating unit; a first correction amount calculating unit that calculates, for each of the different density values of the color material, correction amounts for correcting density nonuniformity with respect to each recording element in regard to each of the color signals on the basis of reading data; and a second correction amount calculating unit that calculates, for each of the different density values of the color material, correction amounts of the density values of the color material on the basis of the correction amounts of the color signals for each of the different density values of the color material, with respect to the recording elements, and on the basis of the sensitivities of each of the color signals in regard to each recording element. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037992 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus having, in addition to a printing function, at least one of a copying function, a scanner function, and a facsimile function includes a setting-file generating unit configured to collect data concerning setting items necessary for the operation of the functions of the image forming apparatus and encrypt data of a predetermined setting item to generate a setting file, and a setting-file reflecting unit configured to decrypt the data of the predetermined setting item on the basis of the generated setting file and restore the setting items necessary for the operation of the functions. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BOOTING AN IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - An image reproduction apparatus including a power control unit detecting whether an error has occurred in supplying power to the image reproduction apparatus; and a booting control unit selectively cold-booting the image reproduction apparatus based on the detection of whether the error with supplying the power has occurred. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037994 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a data collecting unit configured to collect, every time each kind of processing of the apparatus is executed by a task, information related to the processing and store the information in a volatile memory, an error detecting unit configured to detect an error during the processing, a determining unit configured to determine whether the error detected by the error detecting unit is an investigation target error, a target-information selecting unit configured to select, if the determining unit determines that the error is the investigation target error, storage target information out of information for investigation stored in the volatile memory including individual information representing processing content for each of tasks and common information representing processing contents among plural tasks, and a storing unit configured to store the target information in the nonvolatile memory. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037995 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING DEVICE SPECIFIC PRINT OPTIONS TO REMOTE PRINTING SERVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling remote printing services to consistently obtain and utilize print capabilities of printing devices across a wide variety of connection topologies. A client device retrieves the print capabilities from one or more printing devices selected for printing a document. The document and the print capabilities are transmitted to a web print service for rending the document. The web print service generates a print job based on the document and the print capabilities of the printing device selected for printing the document. The web print service provides the print job to the selected printing device for subsequent printing. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037996 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING PRINT GOVERNANCE RULES AND POLICIES - A method and system for accommodating a plurality of printing systems arranged as an enterprise printing system including a memory for storing printer usage information related to a plurality of tasks performed with respect to the enterprise printing system and a processing module including a tangible processor. The tangible processor is manipulate to (1) analyzing the printer usage information and (2) responsive to said analyzing, automatically generating, at selected time intervals, at least one print governance rule, said at least one print governance rule being used to reduce printing costs for at least one of the plurality of printing systems in the enterprise printing system. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037997 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRESENTING REMOTELY SENSED VISUAL DATA IN MULTI-SPECTRAL, FUSION, AND THREE-SPATIAL DIMENSION IMAGES - A system and method for generating visual information from remotely sensed information may include collecting a first remotely sensed image. A second remotely sensed image may be collected. The images may be processed to orient the images in substantially the same orientation. The first and second images may be printed onto a single material, and the single material may be configured to enable a viewer to individually view each remotely sensed image at a different angle when viewing the material. The images may be over different wavelength ranges. In one embodiment, the remotely sensed information is printed on or adhered to a micro-lens array that enables a viewer to see each of the remotely sensed images by altering an angle through which the viewer looks through the micro-lens array. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037998 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A facsimile apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a first registration unit. The acquisition unit acquires a transmission source number and a reception number of a facsimile reception document. The first registration unit acquires use restriction information corresponding to the transmission source number and the reception number acquired by the acquisition unit from a first storage unit for storing first correspondence relation information in which use restriction information of documents and transmission source numbers and reception numbers of facsimile communication are associated with each other, and registers second correspondence relation information in which the use restriction information and the facsimile reception document are associated with each other in a second storage unit for storing correspondence relation information between documents and use restriction information. | 2011-02-17 |
20110037999 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - The invention relates to an image forming apparatus having a hibernation function and a control method of the apparatus. When a transition to hibernation is instructed, it is determined whether or not a job is ongoing, and if it is determined that a job is ongoing, a job suspension request for suspending the ongoing job is issued. As a result, a job execution unit prohibits a new job input in response to the job suspension request, and if the ongoing job involves data reception from an external apparatus, the job execution unit awaits for completion of the data reception and returns the response. In accordance with the response, a pre-processing sequence to be executed at the time of return from the hibernation is generated, and hibernation processing is performed. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038000 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing system includes a plurality of printers, a plurality of information processing devices and a managing device which are interconnected via a network for data communication. Each of the information processing devices determines whether the number of printing sheets used in printing processes having been requested by the information processing device of concern belongs to a small number category or a large number category. If the number of printing sheets used is determined as belonging to the large number category, the information processing device of concern displays a window informing a user of the number of printing sheets used. On the other hand, if the number of printing sheets used is determined as belonging to the small number category, the information processing device of concern displays a window informing the user of the printing sheet saving rate. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038001 | PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, A COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOF, AND AN IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - A printing control method for a processing device transmitting a first and second document data to an image formation device, the first and second document data including first and second print parameters respectively, each of the first and second print parameters being set by a setup window of a printer driver, includes obtaining the first print parameters of the first document data if printing the first document is instructed, storing the first print parameters in a memory, obtaining the second print parameters of the second document data if printing the second document is instructed after printing the first document is instructed, determining whether or not the second print parameters are equal to the first print parameters, and displaying an information that the second print parameters are equal to the first print parameters on a displaying unit, if the second print parameters are equal to the first print parameters. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038002 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PRINT PREVIEW PROCESSING METHOD - An image forming device is capable of making data communication with at least one printing device through a network. The image forming device comprises: a print job acquiring part for acquiring a print job created in response to user's instructions for printing; an image forming part for producing a printed output by executing the print job; an event detecting part for detecting occurrence of an event; and a print preview processing part for acquiring a first print preview image showing a printed output to be produced when the print job is executed in the image forming part, and a second print preview image showing a printed output to be produced when the print job is executed in the at least one printing device, and for outputting the first and second print preview images. The print preview processing part acquires and outputs the first and second print preview images when the event detecting part detects occurrence of the event. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038003 | PRINTING APPARATUS FOR PRINTING RECEIVED PRINT DATA - A printing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to receive print data including first information regarding printing setting information set in advance and second information regarding inhibition information with printing settings inhibited from being changed among the first information, an operation unit configured to be operated so as to change the printing setting information of print data, and a controller configured to inhibit the printing setting information corresponding to the second information from being changed through the operation unit. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038004 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Whether or not a received drawing instruction is an instruction which needs an arithmetic operating process with a background portion is discriminated. When it is determined that the received drawing instruction is not the instruction which needs the arithmetic operating process with the background portion, the drawing instruction is converted into a drawing command and transmitted to a printing apparatus, and the received drawing instruction is stored as intermediate data. When it is determined that the received drawing instruction is the instruction which needs the arithmetic operating process with the background portion, the intermediate data which relates to the received drawing instruction is extracted from the intermediate data stored by the storing step, a drawing command in which the arithmetic operating process of the received drawing instruction has been executed to the extracted intermediate data is formed and transmitted to the printing apparatus. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038005 | PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND IMAGE READING DEVICE - The present invention is applicable to a peripheral device which performs processing based on information from an information processing device. The peripheral device of present invention is characterized by a storage unit, which stores in it a program of controlling of designated processing, and stores in it data for controlling the peripheral device, and by a communication unit which sends the program stored in the storage unit to the information processing device, and by a control unit which controls operation of the peripheral device based on an instruction information written into the storage unit upon execution of the program on the information processing device. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038006 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - The invention enables a user to perform a process to image data stored in an image inputting apparatus even if the user does not leave the image inputting apparatus being close to an image processing apparatus. To achieve this, the image processing apparatus capable of performing wireless communication with the image inputting apparatus is controlled by: automatically obtaining all of printable image data stored in the image inputting apparatus, according to a status that the image processing apparatus comes to be able to communicate with the image inputting apparatus; accepting, from the user, an instruction of the process to the obtained image data; and performing the process to the obtained image data according to the accepted instruction. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038007 | MOIRE-FREE COLOR HALFTONING METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS - Disclosed are moiré-free color halftoning methods, apparatus and systems to digitally reproduce an original color image. The disclosed embodiments are particularly useful for rendering a color image with a color printing device. According to one exemplary embodiment, an image forming method utilizes three or four rotated hexagonal screens which can include regular shaped hexagon screens or convex tessellated hexagon screens. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038008 | MOIRE-FREE COLOR HALFTONING METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS - Disclosed are moiré-free color halftoning methods, apparatus and systems to digitally reproduce an original color image. The disclosed embodiments are particularly useful for rendering a color image with a color printing device. According to one exemplary embodiment, an image forming method utilizes three or four rotated hexagonal screens which can include regular shaped hexagon screens or convex tessellated hexagon screens. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038009 | Method and System for Compensating Imaging Defect in Image Forming Apparatus - Disclosed is a method for compensating an imaging defect in an image forming apparatus. The method includes generating a raster image. Further, the method includes determining a compensating profile representing the imaging defect in the image forming apparatus. Furthermore, the method includes forming a defect-compensated image based on the raster image and the compensating profile. Also, disclosed is the image forming apparatus capable of compensating the imaging defect thereof. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038010 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BUILDING A COLOR LOOKUP TABLE FOR A PRINTER - Color separation systems and methods improve color constancy and smoothness of a color lookup table (LUT) for a printer. A plurality of nodes of the LUT may be defined in calorimetric space, and the nodes out of the printer gamut may be mapped to the printer gamut surface. All possible colorant combinations are then determined that produce each node in the LUT in a device independent color space based on an inversion of the spectral based printer model. Next, a specific image quality metric combination based on a color inconstancy index (CII) and a gray component replacement (CGR) strategy is defined. And a colorant combination is determined for each and every node in the LUT based on this metric. A smoothing filter may be used to smooth the lookup table. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038011 | PRINTING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING DEVICE - A problem to be solved by the present invention is to reduce workload of setting colors that are most suitable for printing image data. In order to solve the problem, a printing device according to the present invention is a printing device that can be loaded with M color materials, comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires image data; an analysis unit that analyzes the image data acquired by the acquisition unit; and a determination unit that determines, based on the analysis result by the analysis unit, N priority colors from colors of the M color materials where N is a number less than M. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038012 | METHOD AND DEVICE AGAINST FORGERY - The method includes determining characteristics of an item of equipment printing the original document; determining a mark allowing an original to be distinguished from a copy, according to characteristics of the print equipment destined to be utilized for printing the mark on the document; printing the mark with the print equipment to form the original document; and determining a first limit value to be used by an item of copy detection equipment to distinguish the original document from a copy of the original document, according to at least one print of the mark. Preferably, the method includes a step of printing at least one print reference representative of an authorized maximum or minimum inking for printing the document and, during the step of determining the first limit value, a measurement is determined over at least one the print reference and a tolerance is added to it. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038013 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus performs a density adjustment process for generating an image containing a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image for warning against the use of copy products. To help users to easily adjust the density of a latent image portion and a background portion in the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image, the image processing apparatus determines a density relationship of the latent image portion and the background portion by performing a plurality of adjustment operations, in combination, different in the amount of adjustment relating to the range of variable density in at least one of the latent image portion and the background portion, and sets, based on the density relationship, the density data of each of the latent image portion and the background portion in the data of the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038014 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE DATA OF DOCUMENT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method is provided for generating image data of a document by reading an image depicted on the document having a plurality of surfaces to be read. The method includes: reading, by an image reader, a surface image that is an image depicted on each of the surfaces; detecting, by an error detector, a faulty surface that is a surface of the plurality of surfaces of the document and corresponds to a scanned image on which an error occurs, the scanned image being obtained by reading the surface image; reading, by the image reader, the surface image repeatedly until the error is not detected; and generating, by an image data generating portion, the image data by merging data on the plurality of the scanned images on which the error is not detected and which correspond to the surfaces. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038015 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Another code image is added so that a code image previously embedded in an original document image can be read. An image forming device includes: a generation means configured to use, when a second code image is combined with the original document image including a first code image, a result of decoding of the first code image to generate a third code image; and means configured to combine the second code image with the original document image and combine the third code image on the second code image. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038016 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes: an image processing section including plural image processing groups and including a DR (dynamic reconfigurable) circuit at least in one of the image processing groups and configured to process image data; a control section configured to set data for reconfiguration in the DR circuit according to content and a processing type of the image data; and a clock supply circuit configured to generate a clock signal supplied to the DR circuit and change a frequency of the clock signal according to the content and the processing type of the image data. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038017 | System and Method for Demarcating Media Sheets During a Scan Operation - Disclosed are a scanner for demarcating each media sheet of one or more media sheets and a method thereof. The scanner includes a platen, a scanlid, an illuminating mechanism and a scanhead. The platen accommodates one or more media sheets. The scanlid is pivotally coupled to the platen and provides a background for scanning the one or more media sheets. The illuminating mechanism is coupled to the scanlid and capable of being activated for illuminating the background. The scanhead is configured to scan the one or more media sheets. A background image of the one or more media sheets is captured by activating the illuminating mechanism during scanning. A foreground image of the one or more media sheets is captured by deactivating the illuminating mechanism during scanning. Edges of each media sheet are detected based on the background image, and the detected edges demarcate each media sheet. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038018 | PIXEL INTERPOLATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PIXEL INTERPOLATION, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An embodiment has: weighting interpolation section for obtaining a pixel value for a missing pixel by a one-dimensional weighting interpolating method, using pixels in the vicinity of the missing pixel as reference pixels, and for generating a primarily interpolated image signal including the interpolated pixel value in place; frequency decomposition section for decomposing the primarily interpolated image signal into frequency components; halftone dot extraction sections for obtaining a halftone dot degree indicating a degree for the vicinity of the missing pixel to be in the halftone dot region, by using higher ones of these frequency components; correction value calculation section for calculating a correction value for the missing pixel, by using lower ones of these frequency components; and correction section for correcting the pixel value of the missing pixel in the primarily interpolated image signal using the correction value depending on the halftone dot degree. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038019 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a light source, an imaging optics system, an image pickup device unit, a memory, and a processor. The imaging optics system condenses scattered light reflected on an object to be imaged to form condensed light as an image. The imaging optics system includes plural cells arranged in a main scanning direction and each of which is an independent imaging optics system. Each of the cells includes a telecentric optics system at the document side. Two rows of cells are arranged in a sub-scanning direction. The cells in the rows are arranged zigzag in the main scanning direction to complement a formed image by the cells in the sub-scanning direction. The image pickup device unit is arranged to correspond to each cell. The processor can form a document image by reconstructing and combining image information stored in the memory into an image. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038020 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus reads an image on an original and generates lines of data by causing a carriage to perform scanning, then by referring to the data, detects chromatic color pixels that exist between two achromatic color pixels, being first and second achromatic color pixels, from among pixels in the image that has been read in the scanning direction of the carriage, and determines one of the detected chromatic color pixels as a pixel of interest and corrects the pixel of interest to an achromatic color pixel while shifting the position of the pixel of interest pixel-by-pixel N times from a pixel position adjacent to the first achromatic color pixel in a direction toward the second achromatic color pixel. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038021 | STIFFNESS COMPENSATION IN OPTO-MECHANICAL MECHANISMS - An optical scanning or positioning mechanism has a head on which optical components are mounted and an actuator coupled to the head to cause the head to move when the actuator is actuated. There are one or more sets of flexure bearings mounted in the mechanism. The flexure bearings have a restoring torque when moved from a rest position. The bearings are coupled to the head to allow the head to move when actuated by the actuator. One or more magnets are mounted in the mechanism in a location other than in the actuator to compensate for the flexure bearings restoring torque. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038022 | Method and Apparatus for Stabilizing Galvanometer Scanner - A galvanometer scanner includes a mechanical support unit engaged with a far end of an optical element. A near end of the optical element is connected to an output shaft of an electric rotary motor. The mechanical support unit maintains an alignment of an axis of rotation of the optical element and an axis of rotation of the electric rotary motor. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038023 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical device includes: a movable plate disposed in a distribution range of light input from outside, and having a light reflecting surface adapted to reflect the light; a shaft member adapted to support the movable plate so that the movable plate can swing around a predetermined axis; a permanent magnet associated with the movable plate; and a coil generating an electromagnetic force to swing the movable plate. An upper surface of the coil is opposite to the permanent magnet, and the upper surface of the coil is formed as a plane having a predetermined angle with respect to a plane parallel to the movable plate | 2011-02-17 |
20110038024 | PHOTOCHROMIC OPTICAL ARTICLE - A photochromic optical article comprises a substrate, and a photochromic coating coated on an outer surface of the substrate and having at least two photochromic layers. Each of the photochromic layers has a composition that contains a carrier and at least one photochromic dye. The compositions of the photochromic layers are different from each other. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038025 | Circularly Polarized Light-Emitting Nanoparticle - Provided is a compound semiconductor nanoparticle that exhibits circularly polarized luminescence characteristics. CdS prepared inside a core of ferritin, which is a cage-like protein, exhibits a high circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). A wavelength of the circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) can be controlled by laser irradiation, thereby enabling utilization of the compound semiconductor nanoparticle in the field of bionanotechnology, for example, in creating a WORM (Write-Once Read-Many times) memory. As the cage-like protein, which is a protein with a cavity formed therein, a protein belonging to the ferritin protein family, such as apoferritin, or a recombinant thereof can be used. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038026 | Method And System For Fine Adjustment Of Optical Elements Position - An optical device is presented comprising: a cavity defining a cavity axis of light propagation; at least two optical elements having their optical axes, respectively, and being aligned along said cavity axis such that the optical axes of the optical elements coincide with said cavity axis; and a positioning unit associated with at least one of said at least two optical elements. The positioning unit is configured and operable for providing controllable axial rotation of said at least one optical element about the cavity axis, thereby enabling controllable fine adjustment of orientation of said at least one optical element relative to the at least one other optical element, while keeping the aligned positions of the optical elements with respect to said cavity axis. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038027 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MODULATING LIGHT WITH SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - Light in the visible spectrum is modulated using an array of modulation elements, and control circuitry connected to the array for controlling each of the modulation elements independently, each of the modulation elements having a surface which is caused to exhibit a predetermined impedance characteristic to particular frequencies of light. The amplitude of light delivered by each of the modulation elements is controlled independently by pulse code modulation. Each modulation element has a deformable portion held under tensile stress, and the control circuitry controls the deformation of the deformable portion. Each deformable element has a deformation mechanism and an optical portion, the deformation mechanism and the optical portion independently imparting to the element respectively a controlled deformation characteristic and a controlled modulation characteristic. The deformable modulation element may be a non-metal. The elements are made by forming a sandwich of two layers and a sacrificial layer between them, the sacrificial layer having a thickness related to the final cavity dimension, and using water or an oxygen based plasma to remove the sacrificial layer. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038028 | Optical Imaging Lens systems and components - A variable optical system comprises a variable optical assembly including a plurality of deformable layers, selectively operable to vary at least one of: an optical property of at least one of the layers, a physical property of at least one of the layers, and an optical performance of the assembly, while maintaining a constant mass in each layer, wherein each layer has an optical function. A constant volume may be maintained in each layer depending on the material used in each layer. Arrangements employing various combinations of materials forming the optical assembly and other optical systems and components are disclosed. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038029 | DISPLAY LIQUID FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A display liquid which is used in a display panel for an electrophoretic type display device is produced by adding a second solvent comprising any one of alcohols, aldehydes, or ketones of carbon numbers 6 to 8 to a hydrocarbon-based first solvent. | 2011-02-17 |
20110038030 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY WINDOW | 2011-02-17 |