09th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100053478 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus includes: a red imager; a green imager; a blue imager; a polarization adjusting element; a color combining unit; and a controller. A superimposed component light enters the polarization adjusting element together with the fourth color component light. The polarization adjusting element transmits the superimposed component light, whereas transmitting the fourth color component light by adjusting the polarization of the fourth color component light in accordance with switching between a low voltage applied state and a high voltage applied state. The controller controls re-orienting operation of applying a high voltage to the polarization adjusting element. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053479 | LASER TELEVISION CABINET - A laser light source based television cabinet that facilitates housing a television laser light source and chassis comprising logic circuits and other electronic components exteriorly to the interior of the television cabinet to avoid exposing the optics to dust and dirt and the technician to possible direct contact with light from the laser light source. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053480 | SWIVEL OVERHEAD VIDEO DISPLAY SCREEN WITH DRIVER DISTRACTION INTERLOCK - A vehicle having an overhead video display screen system includes a rear video screen that is swivelable between a rearward facing and a forward facing configuration. The vehicle further includes a second row of seats that can be swiveled to view the rear video screen when it is facing forward. The vehicle may further include a forward video screen configured to block a driver's rearview of the rear screen when in the forward facing configuration. A driver distraction interlock system is provided in communication with the rear screen and the forward screen to prevent video from being displayed on the rear screen if the rear screen is viewable by the driver in his or her rearview mirror. In a preferred method, video can be displayed on a front facing rear screen when the forward screen is deployed thereby obstructing the driver from being able to see the rear screen. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053481 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An optical element is disclosed. The optical element may include a container having a holding chamber; a polarized or conductive and transparent first liquid filled in the holding chamber; a liquid crystal filled in the holding chamber and not mutually mixing with the first liquid; first and second electrodes applying an electric field to the first liquid; and voltage application means for applying voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053482 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate, an optically transparent second substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first and second substrates, a plurality of light reflecting pixel electrodes provided between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, pixels including the pixel electrodes, a translucent electrode provided between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and a reflective layer. The reflective layer is provided close to the first substrate rather than the pixel electrodes so as to overlap, in plan view, at least a part of a gap between the first pixel electrode of the pixel electrodes and the second pixel electrode adjacent to the first pixel electrode, and the cross-section of the reflective layer in a direction where the first and second pixel electrodes are adjacent to each other has a concave surface that is dented toward a side opposite to the liquid crystal layer. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053483 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND PIXEL STRUCTURE THEREOF - A pixel structure includes at least a pixel electrode, and at least an aligning electrode. The pixel electrode, which has a central opening, is disposed on a substrate. The aligning electrode, which is disposed between the pixel electrode and substrate, includes an aligning part disposed under and corresponding to the central part of the pixel electrode. The aligning voltage applied to the aligning electrode is greater than the pixel voltage applied to the pixel electrode. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053484 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device where pixel electrodes and counter electrodes are arranged on one substrate in a stacked manner by way of an insulation layer, it is possible to lower a drive voltage while maintaining optical transmissivity. Pixels each of which includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode and a counter electrode are arranged on a substrate in a matrix array. A first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode in one pixel include a plurality of comb-teeth portions respectively. The first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are alternately arranged on the same layer in an opposed manner with a gap defined between the comb-teeth portion of the first pixel electrode and the comb-teeth portion of the second pixel electrode. The first and second pixel electrodes and the counter electrode are arranged in a stacked manner with an insulation layer sandwiched therebetween. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053485 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY 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. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053486 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a gate wiring, a first insulating substrate, an oxide active layer pattern, a data wiring, a floating electrode, and an upper gate electrode. The gate wiring includes a gate line formed on the first insulating substrate and a lower gate electrode extending from the gate line. The oxide active layer pattern is formed on the gate wiring. The data wiring includes a data line intersecting the gate line. The floating electrode generates a coupling capacitance by overlapping the gate wiring. The upper gate electrode is capacitively coupled to the lower gate electrode. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053487 | LCD PANEL - An LCD panel includes a group of data pads. The group of data pads includes at least a Vcom pad and a switch pad. The Vcom pad includes a first part and a second part. The switch pad includes a semiconductor layer connected between the first part and the second part. The first pad is coupled to the semiconductor layer, but formed on a different layer from the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer can be turned on by a voltage on the first pad, thereby turning on the Vcom pad. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053518 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display panel includes; an array substrate including a pixel electrode disposed in a pixel area, the pixel electrode including a reflective electrode disposed in a reflective area of the pixel area and a transparent electrode disposed in a transmissive area of the pixel area, at least one of the reflective electrode and the transparent electrode including a plurality of first slit electrodes, an opposite substrate including a first common electrode disposed in alignment with the reflective area, the first common electrode including a plurality of second slit electrodes each having a width wider than that of an individual first slit electrode of the plurality of first slit electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the array substrate and the opposite substrate. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053519 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal layer disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, a pixel electrode in a reflection region and a transmission region over the first substrate, a film for adjusting a cell gap in the reflection region over the first substrate, and an opposite electrode in the reflection region and the transmission region over the second substrate. The pixel electrode in the reflection region is provided over the film and reflects light. The pixel electrode in the transmission region transmits light. The pixel electrode in the reflection region and the transmission region includes a slit. The slit is overlapped with at least a part of a step portion which is provided by the film between the reflection region and the transmission region. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053520 | Very Thin Achromatic Quarter Wave Film Laminate for Transflective LCD and Method for Producing the Same - Disclosed herein is an very thin achromatic quarter wave film laminate for transflective LCD included in an LCD polarizer. More specifically, the very thin achromatic quarter wave film laminate for transflective LCD has a considerably reduced thickness, as compared to conventional quarter wave films in which anisotropic polymeric films are laminated. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053521 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to compensation films of a vertically-aligned liquid crystal display. Upper and lower compensation films asymmetrically differ in refractive index from each other. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053522 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal layer squeezed between first and second substrates and vertically aligned at a retardation of 300-1000 nm; first and second compensators disposed on the first substrate and having negative biaxial optical anisotropy; a first polarizer disposed on the first and second compensators; and a second polarizer on the second substrate disposed crossed-Nichol with said first polarizer, wherein: the second compensator is disposed between the first substrate and first compensator; an in-plane slow axis of the first compensator is disposed perpendicular to an absorption axis of the first polarizer; the in-plane slow axis of the first compensator is disposed perpendicular to an in-plane slow axis of the second compensator; and a retardation in an in-plane direction of the first compensator is larger than that of the second compensator. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053523 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, AND SUBSTRATE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A transparent conductive film including an indium oxide, a tin oxide and at least one lanthanoid metal oxide, the film including a portion connected to a conductor, and at least the connection portion having crystallinity. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053524 | Display device - A display device includes: a back light unit for emitting a light; a lower polarization plate on the back light unit; a liquid crystal display panel on the lower polarization plate for displaying an image; an upper polarization plate on the liquid crystal display panel; an optical film bonded to the upper polarization plate; and a transparent material on the optical film for improving hardness of the optical film. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053525 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display, using a ferroelectric liquid crystal exhibiting mono-stability, which makes it possible to control the direction of the spontaneous polarization of the ferroelectric liquid crystal. The liquid crystal display includes: a first alignment treatment substrate having a first alignment layer which is a rubbed layer; a second alignment treatment substrate having a second alignment layer which is a photo alignment layer using a photo-dimerization type material; and a liquid crystal layer containing a ferroelectric liquid crystal and held between the first alignment treatment substrate and the second alignment treatment substrate. The ferroelectric liquid crystal exhibits mono-stability, and when a negative voltage is applied to a second electrode layer of the second alignment treatment substrate, a molecular direction of the ferroelectric liquid crystal is changed by about 2 times a tilt angle of the ferroelectric liquid crystal parallel to a surface of the substrate. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053526 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) panel includes a display substrate, an opposite substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The display substrate includes a pixel electrode and a first cured layer. The first cured layer has various pretilt angles. The opposite substrate includes a common electrode and a second cured layer. The second cured layer has various pretilt angles. The liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of liquid crystal molecules pretilted at the various pretilt angles by the first and second cured layers. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053527 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is provided. The method comprises the following steps. Firstly, an upper substrate and a lower substrate are provided. Next, a liquid crystal material is interposed between the upper and lower substrates. The liquid crystal material comprises at least one liquid crystal molecule and at least two photosensitive monomers, and the absorption peak of at least one photosensitive monomer is larger than 300 nm. Then, a voltage is applied between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and a ultra-violet with a first wavelength is used for irradiation so as to allow most photosensitive monomers to be polymerized as polymer. Lastly, a ultra-violet with a second wavelength is used for irradiation, wherein the second wavelength is larger than the first wavelength so as to allow residual photosensitive monomers to be polymerized. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053528 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A display substrate includes a base substrate on which a pixel area is defined. The pixel area includes a first sub-pixel area and a second sub-pixel area. A plurality of first electrode portions is disposed at a first interval in the first sub-pixel area, and a plurality of second electrode portions is disposed at a second interval in the second sub-pixel area. The first electrode portion has a first width, and the second electrode portion has a second width. The first width of the first electrode portion is different from the second width of the second electrode portion, or the first interval between adjacent first electrode portions is different from the second interval between adjacent second electrode portions. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053529 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device realizing improved reliability by preventing occurrence of a pixel defect. A liquid crystal display includes first and second substrates. A spacer maintains a distance between the first and second glass substrates. A liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and second substrates. A pixel electrode film and a common electrode film are formed over a base insulation film of the first substrate so as to sandwich a pixel insulation film in between. The common electrode film, the pixel electrode film or both of them are partly removed in a region corresponding to the spacer, and the pixel insulation film is partly removed in that region. It prevents the film structure from being broken due to deformation of the base insulation film made of a soft material caused by a pressure applied onto the spacer. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053530 | Thin film transistor substrate and method for manufacturing same - The present invention relates to a TFT substrate and a manufacture method thereof. The TFT substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of signal lines, a common electrode, and a pixel electrode. The signal lines are arranged on the substrate along two perpendicular directions. One of two signal lines perpendicular to each other includes a plurality of segments. Every two segments closed to each other are arranged on two opposite sides of the other signal line of the two signal lines. The TFT substrate further includes a connecting signal line. The connecting signal line is connected to the two segments of the signal line composing a plurality of segments. The common electrode is arranged in a same layer as the connecting signal line and overlaps the signal line transferring image signals along a direction perpendicular to the substrate. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053531 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The TFT substrate includes a conductive region electrically conducted to the transparent conductive film and a terminal region, on a first side not covered with the counter substrate. The terminal region includes a ground terminal connected to the conductive region and an adjacent terminal which is adjacent to the ground terminal and supplies signals or power source to the peripheral circuit. The adjacent terminal is connected to the peripheral circuit through a first wiring installed along a third side of the TFT substrate toward a second side facing the first side. The first wiring is extended to a middle point of the third side and then connected to the peripheral circuit. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053532 | Liquid crystal display having touch detecting structure - A liquid crystal display having a touch detecting structure includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate and a liquid crystal layer therebetween. A plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and an insulating layer, which insulates the first and second electrodes, are provided between the liquid crystal layer and the lower substrate. The insulating layer is provided with a plurality of through holes associated with the first and second electrodes. An auxiliary pressing unit is between the upper substrate and the second electrodes, which includes a plurality of insulating protrusions above the through holes. When the liquid crystal display is pressed, the protrusion under the pressure will push the second electrode to have the second contact area contacting the first contact area that may increase the accuracy of touching. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053533 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A system for displaying images and manufacturing method of the same are provided. The system for displaying images includes a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate having a circuit pattern thereon. A second substrate is disposed to oppositely face the first substrate. A liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between the first and second substrates. A sealant is between the first and second substrates and adjacent to the liquid crystal layer. The circuit pattern has at least one light-transmitting area corresponding to the boundary between the sealant and the liquid crystal layer thereby allowing a light to irradiate the sealant. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053534 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a sealant, a liquid crystal layer, a main spacer, a first sensing spacer, a second sensing spacer, a first opposite electrode and a second opposite electrode is provided. The first substrate has a central area and a peripheral area. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The first sensing spacer is disposed on the central area and between the first and the second substrates. The second sensing spacer is disposed on the peripheral area and between the first and the second substrates. There's a first sensing gap between the first sensing spacer and the first opposite electrode disposed corresponding to the first sensing spacer. There's a second sensing gap between the second sensing spacer and the second opposite electrode disposed corresponding to the second sensing spacer. The first sensing gap is larger than the second sensing gap. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053535 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATION THE SAME - Disclosed is a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a first substrate having a plurality of pixels and a second substrate facing the first substrate. A concave-convex section is formed on at least one of the first and second substrates. The substrate having the concave-convex section is a flexible substrate. The substrate integrally formed with the concave-convex section is manufactured by applying a transfer method to an FRP substrate. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053536 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The liquid crystal display device is provided with a plurality of spacers and a plurality of pedestals which include a first group of the spacers and the pedestals, the first group including at least a pair of one of the spacers and one of the pedestals opposing to each other, and a second group of the spacers and the pedestals, the second group including at least another pair of another one of the spacers and another one of the pedestals opposing to each other, in which the pair of the spacer and the pedestal which form the first group and the pair of the spacer and the pedestal which form the second group are disposed so that a center of the first surface and a center of the second surface are displaced in different directions. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053537 | VERTICAL ALIGNMENT LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL THEREOF - A vertical alignment liquid crystal display panel (LCD) panel is provided. The vertical alignment LCD panel comprising a lower substrate, an upper substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the two substrates. The liquid crystal layer comprises a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and an alignment polymer. The liquid crystal molecules comprise a plurality of neutral liquid crystal molecules and negative liquid crystal molecules, wherein the negative liquid crystal molecules are about 51 to 85 weight percents of the liquid crystal layer. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053538 | STRUCTURE OF POLARIZING TERAHERTZ WAVE DEVICE - The Terahertz Polarizer structure of the present invention comprises of: A pair of parallel quartz layers for forming a rectangular cube with internal space, then a birefringent liquid crystal is placed in the internal space and sealed, and a pair of permanent magnets with reverse polarities are placed at both sides of the pair of fused silica layers. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053539 | LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS WITH VARIABLE FOCUS - A liquid crystal lens with variable focus formed by a single layer or multiple layers of liquid crystal lens unit is revealed. The liquid crystal lens unit includes two glass substrates with preset thickness and arranged in parallel so as to form a middle space for accommodation of liquid crystal layer. By etching, an aluminum membrane, silver membrane or other transparent metal membranes to form surface electrode patterns that can be controlled independently. The arrangement and the refractive index of each liquid crystal layer can be tuned by adjustment of the applied voltage so as to improve image quality, increase focus switch speed, improve easiness of assembling, reduce whole thickness of the lens, and the manufacturing cost. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053540 | Laser Filtering Optical System - An optical loupe includes a housing, an eyepiece lens supported in the housing, and an objective lens supported in the housing. The optical loupe further includes a filter lens supported in the housing and adapted to prevent the transmission of electromagnetic radiation of at least a predetermined wavelength. In another embodiment, a user-wearable optical system includes a user-wearable device and an optical loupe having an objective lens, an eyepiece lens, and a filter lens supported in a housing. The filter lens is adapted to prevent the transmission of electromagnetic radiation of at least a predetermined wavelength. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053541 | AUTOMATIC DARKENING FILTER WITH AUTOMATIC POWER MANAGEMENT - A protective automatic darkening filter (ADF) includes automatic power management capabilities. The ADF includes a power management control unit that controls power to the ADF based on whether or not the ADF is currently in use. In one embodiment, to determine whether the ADF is in use, the power management control unit includes a motion sensor that senses movement of the ADF and controls power to the ADF based on the sensed movement. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053542 | Eyemask - An eyemask is formed in such a structure that the protuberance shape of the coupling section ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100053543 | VARIABLE FOCUS LENS AND SPECTACLES - The invention provides a variable focus lens, comprising a ring with a front surface and a rear surface. A flexible membrane is held between the front surface of the ring and a generally rigid transparent front cover, and a rear cover is attached to the rear surface of the ring (optionally with a second flexible membrane sandwiched between the rear cover and the ring). A cavity is formed between the flexible membrane and the rear cover (or the second flexible membrane) is filled with a liquid, and the amount of fluid in the cavity can be varied to vary the curvature of the flexible membrane and so vary the optical characteristics of the lens. The ring of the lens may be coloured, and may be transparent, translucent or opaque. Alternatively, a decorative cover may be attached to the front of the ring to give the appearance of a frame. The lenses may be used in variable focus spectacles. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053544 | GLASSES WITH TWO POSITION LENSES - Glasses such as bifocals, which have refractive lenses which are rotatable at least between two positions. A manual control rotates the lenses such that if bifocal, the relatively small, high magnification zone of each lens can be moved to a high position opposed to the usual low position of fixed bifocals. The user is spared the necessity of holding the head at an awkward posture when viewing overhead objects. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053545 | EYEGLASSES - A pair of eyeglasses includes a lens, a couple of right and left elastically deformable frames attached to respective side end portions of the lens, and a couple of right and left temples attached to the respective frames. A frame fitting portion is provided at each of the side end portions of the lens and a lens fitting hole is provided in a front portion of each of the frames. The frame fitting portion fits into the lens fitting hole so that the lens is detachably attached to each of the frames. The volume of the frames is reduced to lighten the weight of the eyeglasses as a whole. With the eyeglasses, a forward vision of a wearer is guaranteed when he leans forward, and easy lens exchange is achieved. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053546 | EYEGLASSES - Eyeglasses are provided with temples that are constructed of a metal, preferably a memory alloy like beta alumina. The temples exhibit corrugations, or folds, along the the temple, at a point proximal to the pivot pin of the hinge where the temples are secured to the frame. The corrugations may be in any direction, including the longitudinal axis of the temple. The temples, due to the corrugations, are sufficiently flexible to adapt to the shape and width of the wearer's head, but retain their shape, and consequently urge the glasses, once put on, against the head of the wearer. This tends to retain the glasses on the head of the wearer against forces that tend to dislodge those glasses, such as gravity, or inertia when the wearer moves her head. The combination of metal temple and corrugations provide for a comfortable eyeglass which can be worn with confidence. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053547 | Optical Article Comprising an Anti-Smudge Coating - An optical article comprising an optically transparent substrate with a main surface and, covering the main surface, an anti-smudge coating itself at least partially covered by a temporary topcoat, the anti-smudge coating being the result of the hardening of a polymerisable composition comprising: 55% to 80% by weight, preferably to by weight, of a first component A selected among fluorinated compounds, of which only one end of the chain comprises at least one silanol group or silanol precursor and their mixtures, and 45% to 20% by weight of a second component B selected among linear fluorinated compounds, preferably perfluorinated compounds, of which both ends of the chain comprise at least one silanol group or silanol precursor and their mixtures, for 100% by weight of the first component A and the second component B. The first component A and the second component B together accounting for at least 50% by weight of the total weight of the coating. Application to ophthalmic lenses. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053588 | Substrate Stage movement patterns for high throughput While Imaging a Reticle to a pair of Imaging Locations - A new and useful optical imaging process is provided for imaging of a plurality of substrates, in a manner that makes efficient use of an optical imaging system with the capability to image a single reticle to a pair of imaging locations, and addresses the types of substrate stage movement patterns to accomplish such imaging in an efficient and effective manner. At least three substrates are imaged by moving their substrate stages in patterns whereby (i) two of the substrates are completely imaged at respective imaging locations, (ii) a substrate on at least one of the three stages is partially imaged at one imaging location and then partially imaged at the other imaging location, and (iii) the movement of the stages of the three substrates is configured to avoid movement of the stages of the three substrates in paths that would cause interference between movement of any one substrate stage with movement of any of the other substrate stages. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053589 | SYSTEM FOR ISOLATING AN EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A precision assembly ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100053590 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A method for manufacturing a flat panel display is presented. The method includes: transferring a first mask from a first mask loading/unloading part onto a main mask-stage by a first mask-transferer; transferring a second mask from a second mask loading/unloading part onto a second assistant mask-stage by a second mask-transferer; performing an exposure process for a predetermined time by the first mask on the main mask-stage; transferring the first mask from the main mask-stage onto the first assistant mask-stage, and transferring a second mask from the second assistant mask-stage onto the main mask-stage, after completing the exposure process for predetermined time; and performing an exposure process using the second mask on the main mask-stage for a predetermined time. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053591 | Scanned Proximity Detection Method and Apparatus for a Scanned Image Projection System - A encoded image projection system ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100053592 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGING - There is provided a novel method, device and system for imaging. According to some embodiments of the present invention, a visible light image sensor array (e.g. Charge-Couple Device (“CCD”) or Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (“CMOS”)) and arranging sensor array may be arranged substantially facing the same direction and having a substantially overlapping field of view. According to further embodiments of the present invention, a range value derived from one or more ranging sensor elements within the ranging sensor array may be correlated with one or more imaging elements within the visible sensor array. Image processing logic may correlate the derived ranging value with the one or more imaging elements as a function of the derived range. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053593 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ROTATING A LIDAR DEVICE TO MAP OBJECTS IN AN ENVIRONMENT IN THREE DIMENSIONS - Apparatus, systems, and methods for perceiving objects in an environment in three dimensions are provided. One apparatus includes a turntable capable of being coupled to a vehicle and a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device mounted on the turntable. A system includes a vehicle with a turntable coupled to the vehicle and a LIDAR device mounted on the turntable. One method includes rotating a two-dimensional LIDAR device along an axis of rotation that is substantially normal to a ground plane beneath the vehicle, capturing data points of objects within the environment surrounding the LIDAR device, and generating a three-dimensional representation of the objects based on the data points. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053594 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING CROSSTALK IN AN AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE DETECTOR ARRAY - A method of fabricating a photodiode detector array is provided. The method facilitates a reduction in secondary photon emission detection by the photodiode detector array. The method includes fabricating an array of active regions, wherein the array of active regions comprises a plurality of active regions. The method also includes positioning a passivation region in optical paths between the active regions. The passivation region includes at least one of a photon-absorbing material and a trench. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053595 | THREE DIMENSIONAL LASER RANGE FINDER SENSOR - A 3D laser range finder sensor is disclosed wherein the sensor comprises: a reflection body for reflecting an emitted light and an incident light; a horizontal rotation body for rotating the reflection body; a vertical moving body for tilting the reflection body; and a body irradiating the emitted light to the reflection body and receiving the incident light through reflection from the reflection body. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053596 | Crystallographic orientation measurement - A method is disclosed for measuring the crystallographic orientation of a component cast by a directional solidification process. The method comprises the steps of: illuminating at least a region of the component surface with substantially coherent light, measuring the mean angle and intensity of the light reflected from the component surface, and correlating said mean angle and intensity to the crystallographic orientation of the component. The method has been found to lend itself particularly well to automation. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053597 | DETECTION OF CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION GROWN DIAMOND - Diamonds may be identified as grown by the use of chemical vapor deposition. One or more diamonds may be placed on a surface and exposed to short wavelength light. Diamonds that fluoresce red may be identified as grown by the use of chemical vapor deposition. In some embodiments, the diamonds are cooled prior to exposure to the short wavelength light. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053598 | SURFACE DEFORMATION DETECTION - A method of detecting deformation in a substrate includes detecting one or more changes in one or more emission characteristics of at least one pair of plasmon-coupled nanoparticles associated with a substrate, where the substrate includes at least one pair of plasmon-coupled nanoparticles. An apparatus for deformation detection includes a detection unit for detecting one or more changes in one or more emission characteristics of at least one pair of plasmon-coupled nanoparticles associated with a substrate. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053599 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPECTROSCOPY - Apparatuses and methods for performing spectroscopy and optical microscopy are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a Raman spectrometer includes a vacuum ultraviolet light source configured to generate light having a wavelength within a window in the vacuum ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum within which a local minimum in the absorption coefficient of Oxygen occurs. The spectrometer also includes a lens device that receives a first portion of the generated light, directs at least some of the first portion of the generated light toward a target location, receives reflected light from the target location, and directs the reflected light toward a further location. The spectrometer further includes a dispersive device that receives at least some of the reflected light and outputs dispersed light produced based thereupon, and a camera module that is positioned at additional location, where the camera module receives at least some of the dispersed light. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053600 | Optical Condition Design Method for a Compound-Eye Imaging Device - An imaginary object plane is set in front of an imaging device body (plane setting step). A part of optical conditions of optical lenses are changed as variables, and positions of points (pixel observation points) on the imaginary object plane where lights coming from pixels of a solid-state imaging element and back-projected through the optical lenses are calculated (pixel observation point calculating step). The dispersion in position of the calculated pixel observation points is evaluated (evaluating step). Finally, a set of values of the variables giving maximum evaluated dispersion of the calculated pixel observation points is determined as optimum optical condition of the optical lenses (condition determining step). This reduces the number of pixels which image the same portions of the target object, making it possible to reduce portions of the same image information in multiple unit images, and to stably obtain a reconstructed image having a high definition. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053601 | OPTICAL DEVICE INSPECTING APPARATUS - To provide an optical device inspecting apparatus which can be set to take many objects at one time more freely compared with conventional apparatuses, and furthermore, can accurately inspect even an optical device wherein an optical sensor is offset from a microlens. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] Provided is an optical device inspecting apparatus having a probe card unit and a lens unit. The probe card unit is provided with a main substrate, a guide plate and a probe. Openings are made on the main substrate and the guide plate. The guide plate is fixed at a prescribed position from the main substrate, and is provided with a plurality of probe inserting holes. The probe is inserted into the probe inserting hole on the guide plate and fixed. The leading end portion of the probe protruding from the inserting hole has a shape of a cantilever. The lens unit using a pupil lens is arranged at the opening on the main substrate, and makes light applied to an inspecting object incline as the light goes further from the center of the optical system. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053602 | HARD DISK INSPECTION APPARATUS - A hard disk inspection apparatus comprises a disk holding device which holds a hard disk; a light source which generates a light that illuminates an inspection region portion of a hard disk that is held by the disk holding device; a light guide which has a branched shape and guides a light from the light source to a plurality of light projecting parts; and an image pickup device which takes an image by receiving reflected light from the inspection region portion; wherein an illumination light is shone onto the inspection region from plural courses by shining the illumination light that is guided by the light guide onto the inspection region front the plurality of light projecting parts. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053603 | Surface inspection apparatus and surface inspection method - A surface inspection apparatus includes an illuminating part illuminating an edge part of a substrate from a direction deviated from a direction of normal line of the edge part by an angle being predetermined, the edge part being inclined and the substrate being an inspection target, an imaging optics forming an image from a diffracted light from a captured area of the edge part as a dark field image, an imaging part capturing the dark field image obtained by the imaging optics, and a detecting part detecting a defect based on whether or not a striated image appears on the dark field image corresponding to the edge part obtained by the imaging part. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053604 | BROKEN SCREEN DETECTOR - Systems and methods that facilitate the detection of a broken or damaged screen in a laser PTV due to impact or shock through the measure or monitoring of continuity or resistivity of a conductive trace applied to the screen. In one embodiment, a screen damage detection system comprises a clear conductive trace applied to the display screen preferably in a serpentine configuration. Damage to the screen is detected when the hole or crack in the screen is sufficiently large to open the conductive trace. In another embodiment, a damage detection system comprises a clear resistive film applied to the screen. The resistance is measured in the X and Y axis to detect changes in the resistance of the coating due to a crack or hole in the screen and disable the laser through a laser enable output signal when a change in resistance greater than a predetermined value is detected. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053605 | GAS SAMPLING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COLLECTION AND IN-SITU SPECTROSCOPIC INTERROGATION OF VAPORS AND AEROSOLS - A gas sampling device, analyte detection system, and methods for identifying a vapor or aerosol analyte suspended in a gas are described. The gas sampling device comprises a chamber having a gas inlet port, a substrate, one or more gas outlet ports near the substrate, and a pump. The gas outlet ports direct airflow to a reflecting substrate coated with a spectroscopically-transparent material. Analytes are deposited on the coated substrate through impaction, for massive aerosols, and diffusion through the viscous boundary layer, for vapor analytes. In one analyte detection system, a spectroscopic instrument is positioned behind a window opposite the substrate to interrogate the coated substrate surface as analytes are collected. An alternate detection system combines the gas sampling device with a detector in fluid communication with the gas outlet ports from the chamber, wherein the substrate is used as an analyte concentrator. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053606 | RAMAN DETECTION OF CONTAINER CONTENTS - Methods and apparatus for screening the unknown contents of containers using Raman spectroscopy are disclosed, especially for security screening applications such as in airports. A probe light beam is directed through the wall of a container to a sample region within the container contents. Light scattered out of the beam within the sample region is collected along a path which passes through a separate part of the container wall, for Raman spectral analysis. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053607 | FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATIO IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention is directed to a novel multi-spectral exogenous fluorescence polarization imaging technique that enables rapid imaging of large tissue fields. The imaging device includes a tunable monochromatic light source and a CCD camera. Linear polarizers are placed into both the incident and collected light pathways in order to obtain fluorescence polarization or/and anisotropy image. To acquire exogenous fluorescence image, fluorescent contrast agents are delivered to a target tissue. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053618 | Photoacoustic Apparatus, and Probe for Receiving Photoacoustic Waves - A photoacoustic apparatus obtains information on a specimen by receiving photoacoustic waves which are generated from the specimen resulting from light irradiated to the specimen. The apparatus includes a light source for irradiating light to the specimen, an acoustic wave receiver for receiving the photoacoustic waves, and a light reflection member for causing the light, which is radiated out of the specimen by optical diffusion thereof after having entered an interior of the specimen from the light source, to reenter the interior of the specimen, wherein the light reflection member allows elastic waves to pass therethrough. As a result, a photoacoustic apparatus and a probe are provided which can confine scattered light from the specimen into the specimen, and which can reliably prevent photoacoustic waves from being generated from a receiving element region of the probe by the scattered light. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053619 | MOLECULAR DETECTION SYSTEM - A molecular sensor ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100053620 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - An automatic analyzer including a light source device. The light source device includes a plurality of light sources that emit respective lights of different peak wavelengths, in which a wavelength range of one of the light emitted contains the peak wavelength of the other light emitted from the other light source; and a mixing unit that mixes the respective lights emitted from the light sources. The light source device outputs a light having a desired mixed peak wavelength that is different from the peak wavelengths. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053621 | Apparatus and method for measuring the concentration of gases in a sterilization chamber - Accurate measurements of the concentration of a sterilant in a sterilization chamber are provided through the use of a light source, a first detector that receives light from the light source that has not passed through the sterilization chamber and a detector that receives light from the light source that has passed through the sterilization chamber. The light contains wavelengths known to be absorbed by the sterilant. A controller receives and processes signals received from the two detectors to cancel changes in the output of the light source and then apply a modified Beer-Lambert law to determine the concentration of the sterilant gas. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053622 | APPLICATION OF VISBREAKER ANALYSIS TOOLS TO OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE - A system and method for quantifying opaque inhomogeneities within a fluid sample. The system uses an optical lens system to focus a light beam onto a stage where the sample is introduced. The light beam is directed onto the sample in a pattern such that the intensity of transmitted light is measured as a function of path length. A photo detector measures the transmitted light through the sample. Fluctuations in transmitted light intensity are then correlated with detection of opaque inclusions in the sample. The system also includes an automated program which utilizes these optical concentration measurements to determine the fouling potential of visbroken tars, and regulates the introduction of chemical inhibitors into a visbreaker unit to improve the yield of light streams and/or economic value of product. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053623 | MEMBRANE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are membranes including a nanohole penetrating the membrane and two opposing faces. Method of making the membranes are also disclosed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053624 | BIOSENSOR - A biosensor that can convert biological interactions into electrical and optical signals to sense a material to be analyzed is provided. The biosensor includes a substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on one surface of the substrate, a carbon nanotube connecting the source and drain electrodes, a metal gate covering the carbon nanotube, a recognition component immobilized on the metal gate, and a passivation layer covering the source and drain electrodes. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053625 | SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE METER - A surface plasmon resonance meter is provided, including a backlight module, a line-slot plate, a parabolic mirror, a linear polarizer, a sensing chip, a prism and a photo detector array. The line-slot plate includes a light outlet. A light beam travels in the backlight module, and leaves the backlight module through the light outlet. The position of the line-slot plate is matched on a predetermined focal point of the parabolic mirror. The light beam is reflected by the parabolic mirror to be a parallel light beam, and travels trough the linear polarizer to the prism. The prism includes a light entering surface, a detection surface and a light exiting surface. The light beam enters the prism through the light entering surface, contacts the sensing chip with total internal reflection, and finally leaves the prism through the light exiting surface to be received by the photo detector array. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053626 | MOUNTING TEST METHOD - A method for testing a part mounting status on a substrate, the method comprises preparing the part including a retroreflection portion for occurring reflect light by retroreflection; irradiating light onto the retroreflection portion; receiving the reflect light from the retroreflection portion; and determining whether the part exist by the use of the reflect light from the retroreflection portion. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053627 | REFLECTIVE SCATTEROMETER - A reflective scatterometer capable of measuring a sample is provided. The reflective scatterometer includes a paraboloid mirror, a light source, a first reflector, a second reflector and a detector. The paraboloid mirror has an optical axis and a parabolic surface, wherein the sample is disposed on the focal point of the parabolic surface and the normal direction of the sample is parallel with the optical axis. A collimated beam generated from the light source is reflected by the first reflector to the parabolic surface and then is reflected by the parabolic surface to the sample to form a first diffracted beam. The first diffracted beam is reflected by the parabolic surface to the second reflector and is then reflected by the second reflector to the detector. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053628 | Plant sensor - A plant sensor includes a light source section having first and second light emitters configured to irradiate the first and second measuring light toward the object to be measured, respectively, and a light receiver configured to receive reflected light from the object to be measured, and output light-receiving signals, a controller configured to control emission of the first and second light emitters at a different timing, an integrator configured to integrate the light-receiving signals, and output an integration signal, and a calculator configured to calculate, according to the integration signal, a reflection rate as a ratio of light volume of the reflected light of the first measuring light from the object to be measured to light volume of the first measuring light, a reflection rate as a ratio of light volume of the reflected light of the second measuring light from the object to be measured to light volume of the second measuring light, and obtains information regarding a growing condition of the object to be measured. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053629 | Real-time measurement of ultrashort laser pulses - A real-time FROG system provides ultra fast pulse measurement and characterization. The system includes direct, integrated feedback that measures how well the system is retrieving pulses and tracking changes in the pulse train. This feedback is provided in real time and may be in the form of the FROG trace error, the display of the measured and retrieved FROG trace, accuracy of background subtraction or other quality measurement. The system includes preprocessing options that can be used to adjust the dynamic range of the measured signal or to perform different types of filtering. The preprocessing of the FROG trace precedes phase retrieval processing and improves the quality of pulse retrieval. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053630 | MEASURING METHOD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT, REFERENCE STANDARD, AND MEASURING DEVICE - The present invention provides a reference standard used to calibrate measurement data of a measuring device for measuring the shape of a measurement surface utilizing interference between light from the measurement surface and light from the reference surface. A measurement surface of the reference standard has at least one protruding mark and one recessed mark, and an integrated value of the dimension of the protruding mark in the direction normal to the measurement surface of the reference standard, on the circumference of an assumed circle on the measurement surface centered at a point on an optical axis of the reference standard, is equal to an integrated value of the dimension of the recessed mark in the direction normal to the measurement surface of the reference standard on the circumference of the assumed circle. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053631 | Fiber optic gyroscope with auxiliary function - A fiber optic gyroscope includes first and second gyroscopes. The first gyroscope includes: a first light source for emitting two lights; a first optical fiber loop which includes a sensor coil structured such that an optical fiber is wound in a multilayer manner, through which the two lights travel in opposite directions, and which constitutes a laser resonant circuit with the first light source; and a first optical detector for detecting an angular velocity based on a beat frequency which is produced by the two lights. The second gyroscope includes: a second light source for emitting light; an optical distributor for dividing the light into two lights; a second optical fiber loop through which the two lights travel in opposite directions and enter both respective ends of the sensor coil; and a second optical detector for detecting an angular velocity based on a phase difference between the two lights. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053632 | Single Trace Multi-Channel Low Coherence Interferometric Sensor - Interferometers and autocorrelator based sensors are disclosed that are configured to have multiple sample arms which can be scanned and the backscattered low coherence source light from a sample resolved in a single sweep of one or more variable delays of the sensor. Borescopes and catheters capable of scanning multiple sections or areas of materials and tissues using these sensors are described. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053633 | Interferometer using polarization modulation - The invention relates to an interferometer, comprising a light source, adapted to generate a coherent light beam, a detector adapted to analyze the phase difference of optical light beams, location means for locating an object to be measured, a first optical path from the light source to the object and a second optical path from the object to the detector, wherein the first and the second optical path have a common section adjacent to the object, wherein an optical polarization modulator has been arranged in the first path. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053634 | DIRECT SOLVE IMAGE BASED WAVE-FRONT SENSING - A method of aligning an array of mirrors and computer program product therefor. The method may be used to align mirrors in a sparse aperture telescope system, e.g., a spaced based imaging interferometer. An image projected onto mirrors in an array of mirrors is reflected onto a sensor, where a point spread function (PSF) is collected from a pair of mirrors. A spatial image is extracted from PSF sidebands and a difference (e.g., piston difference) is determined for the pair of mirrors from the spatial image. Tip and tilt are determined for the pair of mirrors from spatial image characteristics. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053635 | DIRECT SOLVE IMAGE BASED WAVE-FRONT SENSING - A method of aligning an array of mirrors and computer program product therefor. The method may be used to align mirrors in a sparse aperture telescope system, e.g., a spaced based imaging interferometer. An image projected onto mirrors in an array of mirrors is reflected onto a sensor, where a point spread function (PSF) is collected from a pair of mirrors. A spatial image is extracted from PSF sidebands and a difference (e.g., piston difference) is determined for the pair of mirrors from the spatial image. Tip and tilt are determined for the pair of mirrors from spatial image characteristics. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053636 | MULTIPLE BEAM SOURCE FOR A MULTI-BEAM INTERFEROMETER AND MULTI-BEAM INTERFEROMETER - A multi-beam interferometer, typically for use in Optical Coherence Tomography, comprising a multiple beam source, the source being arranged so as to provide, in use, a plurality of beams of light for use in the interferometer, the source comprising: a light source arranged to, in use, emit a beam of light; and a rattle plate comprising a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface facing one another, the second reflective surface being only partially reflective. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053637 | Location detection apparatus - A location detection apparatus is disclosed that includes: a light source; a light output side reflector having a reflecting surface for reflecting light from the light source to a space; a rotation mechanism for rotating the light output side reflector; a first light receiving element for receiving the light reflected from an object existing in the space; a light reception side reflector for reflecting the light from the object to the first light receiving element; a second light receiving element for receiving the light from the light output side reflector; a light conductor for conducting the light reflected from or transmitted through the reflecting surface toward the second light receiving element when the light output side reflector is in a predetermined position; and a rotational position detector that detects rotational position of the light output side reflector based on a detection result of the second light receiving element. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053638 | Image-Forming Device - An image-forming device includes an image-forming unit, a sensor, a screening unit, an excluding unit, and a determining unit. The image-forming unit forms a plurality of marks on an object. The sensor detects a light reflected on the object, the reflected light including a plurality of waveforms. The screening unit screens the plurality of waveforms into a plurality of mark waveforms corresponding to the plurality of marks respectively and a plurality of noise waveforms other than the plurality of mark waveforms. The excluding unit excludes a mark waveform adjacent to the noise waveform from the plurality of mark waveforms. The determining unit determines a position of each mark based on the plurality of mark waveforms from which the mark waveform adjacent to the noise waveform is excluded. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053639 | RETRO-REFLECTOR FOR IMAGE-GUIDED OPERATION SYSTEMS - A retro-reflector for image-guided operation systems, comprising eight cube corners, wherein the tips of the cube corners are adjacent to each other and each cube corner is formed from three reflective faces, comprising a protection against contamination which prevents dirt from being deposited in the cube corners. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053640 | MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING A DISTANCE - A measurement arrangement has a rotation axis around a first end of an extended member having a first joint thereat, and a second joint at the opposing end. An equipment for recording measured points is connected to the second joint. The joints are connected through a cord or wire. The equipment is arranged to rotate through a pre-determined angle when the member is turned around its rotation axis. An angle sensor records the rotation of the equipment relative to the member. The cord or wire rotates the equipment through an angle corresponding to the angle that the member has rotated around its rotation axis. The equipment and the member rotate in opposite directions, and the angles of rotation are recorded when the equipment detects the limiting surface of the object on both sides of the diameter to be measured. A processor calculates the diameter based on the angles of rotation. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053641 | USING BUFFERS TO SUPPORT UNCERTAINTIES IN MARKING ENGINE EXECUTION - A printing system includes at least one marking engine and a paper path which carries sheets of print media to the marking engine from an upstream direction and carries sheets of print media which have been marked by the marking engine in a downstream direction. A buffer system includes a sheet buffer in the paper path downstream of the marking engine and optionally includes another sheet buffer in the paper path upstream of the marking engine. The buffer system allows variability in the residence time of the marking engine to be accommodated by varying the residence time of sheets in the downstream buffer. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053642 | Printer - A printer includes a retrieving unit, an index image generating unit, and a list printing unit. The retrieving unit retrieves a file including document data. The content acquiring unit acquires information of a table of contents of the document data from the file. The index image generating unit generates an index image depicting the table of contents of the file based on the information of the table of contents. The list printing unit prints a list image containing the index image. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053643 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING - Aspects of the disclosure provide a printing method that can utilize a lightly pigmented toner along with a darkly pigmented toner to improve the image quality. The method can include receiving a dataset corresponding to a printing of a printing system using a darkly pigmented toner. The printing system may have an undesirable optical density printing range for the darkly pigmented toner. Further, the method can include converting the dataset to a first dataset corresponding to a first printing of the printing system using the darkly pigmented toner, and a second dataset corresponding to a second printing of the printing system using a lightly pigmented toner. The first dataset can avoid the undesirable optical density printing range for the darkly pigmented toner, and a combination of the first printing and the second printing providing a substantially same printed optical density corresponding to the received dataset. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053644 | System and method for printing user documentation - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with printing user documentation are described. One example method includes receiving a print request and determining if the print request is for printing a user guide. If the request is for printing a user guide, then the method may retrieve an updated version of the user guide. The print request may be modified by adding the updated version to the print request. The user guide is printed using the updated version. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053645 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA AND RECORDING MEDIA RECORDED WITH PROGRAM REALIZING THE SAME - Disclosed are a method for processing data and a recording media recorded with a program realizing the same. The method for processing bitmap data for driving an inkjet head in which nozzle rows are spaced from one another in a scan direction, each of the nozzle rows consisting of a plurality of nozzles disposed on the same straight line, the method including: converting a distance by which a second nozzle row is spaced from a first nozzle row in the scan direction into a pixel count of the bitmap data; and compensating the bitmap data for driving the second nozzle row by as much as the pixel count. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053646 | IMAGE DENSITY CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image density control device includes: a light irradiation unit that irradiates an irradiation light of a wave-length, in which reflectance of a second color layer is higher than reflectance of a first color layer, onto an image which is a laminated layer image formed by an image forming unit on an image carrier and formed out of the first color layer and the second color layer laminated on the first color layer; a detection unit that detects a quantity of a reflection light reflected on the laminated layer image irradiated by the irradiation light from the light irradiation unit; and a control unit that controls density of the image according to the quantity of the reflection light detected by the detection unit. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053647 | COLORIMETRIC METHOD, COLORIMETRIC APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A first color patch printed on a first printing material and a second color patch printed on a second printing material, which match each other in appearance in a desired environment, are acquired. The calorimetric values of a color patch to be measured which is printed on the first printing material are corrected using the calorimetric values of the first and second color patches and a spectrophotometric calorimeter for obtaining calorimetric values in a desired environment, thereby generating effective calorimetric values. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053648 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus not having a spot color printing function and connected a network cannot print out a proper image from image data which is already processed for spot color and stored in an image forming apparatus having a spot color printing function. When the image data subjected to the spot color process is stored in the image forming apparatus having the spot color printing function, difference information is stored together with the image data subjected to the spot color process. In order to print the data by a four-color output type of image forming apparatus not having the spot color printing function, the data is restored into four-color image data on the basis of the difference information, and the four-color image data is transmitted to the image forming apparatus not having the spot color printing function. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053649 | Image-Forming Device - An image-forming device includes an image-forming unit, a sensor, a calculating unit, and an extracting unit. The image-forming unit forms a plurality of marks on an object. The sensor detects a light reflected on the object, the reflected light including a plurality of waveforms. The calculating unit calculates a first value of each waveform in a predetermined evaluation index, a second value of a basic waveform corresponding to an ideal mark in the predetermined evaluation index, and a matching rate of each waveform with the basic waveform based on both each first value and the second value. The extracting unit extracts, from the plurality of waveforms, waveforms whose matching rates satisfy a predetermined condition. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053650 | Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method, And Image Processing Program - An image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program stored on a computer-readable medium can select a color conversion table based on an image deposition level and are not dependent upon the media setting specifying the print medium. A host computer | 2010-03-04 |
20100053651 | Image Processing Device and Image Processing Method - Provided is an image processing device which executes a color conversion process of converting a color space of received image data into a color space of an output device for outputting image data, the image processing device including: input/standard color conversion information generated with respect to a plurality of input color spaces of the received image data, for converting the input color spaces into a standard color image which does not depend on the output device; and a control unit generating input/output color conversion information for converting the input color spaces into an output color space from standard/output color conversion information for converting the standard color space into the output color space which is the color space of the output device and the input/standard color conversion information, and executing the color conversion process using the input/output color conversion information. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053652 | CHART FOR COLOR CALIBRATION, CALIBRATION METHOD AND IMAGE COLOR CALIBRATION SYSTEM USING THE CHART - In a chart for color calibration which is output and calorimetrically measured for color calibration of a printer device, respective charts of a color chart are arranged obliquely with respect to the alignment direction of grid points in a printer device color space or in a state that a plane in which charts are arranged on grid points and a plane in which charts are not arranged on grid points are alternately combined, on a color space of the color chart. With this configuration, a novel chart for color calibration which assures higher accuracy despite having a smaller number of steps (number of charts), and an image processing method and image processing apparatus using the chart are provided. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053653 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A COLOR CHART - A method is provided for generating a color chart for a printer, which color chart comprises a plurality of elements. The method comprises obtaining reference color data representing colors output by the printer, when the printer is in a reference state. Further, comparison color data representing colors output by the printer, when the printer is in another state is obtained. Differences in color between corresponding elements of the reference color data and the comparison color data are determined and at least one region of the output color space of the printer is classified as a linear region in which the differences vary substantially linearly. The method includes selecting colors of the elements of the color chart on the basis of the linear region. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053654 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus comprises an image data generating unit configured to convert a tone of an input value which indicates a density of a pixel by using a predetermined dither matrix and generate image data. The image forming apparatus further comprises a drive source and a gear configured to transmit a drive force from the drive source to an image carrier. The dither matrix includes a plurality of sub-matrixes arranged in a predetermined rule and a dot in each of the plurality of the sub-matrixes grows from a corresponding original point. The image forming apparatus satisfies a relation of (1) a≧0.24 mm and b/a<0.78, or (2) a<0.24 mm and b/a>1.2, where “a” is a travel distance of a printing medium per tooth of the gear in a secondary scanning direction orthogonal to the primary scanning direction, and “b” is a component in the secondary scanning direction of a distance between the original point of the dot derived from a first sub-matrix and the original point of the dot derived from a second sub-matrix. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053655 | ERROR DIFFUSION-BASED IMAGE PROCESSING - In an embodiment, a method includes receiving values of a first pixel and a second pixel of an image at an input processor element of an image signal processor and distributing fractional parts of a number of values from surrounding pixels to the first pixel and the second pixel non-serially using first and second accelerator units, respectively, of the image signal processor. The method further includes assigning output values to the first pixel and the second pixel based on the values of the first pixel and the second pixel and the fractional parts of the number of values from the surrounding pixels using an output processor element of the image signal processor and outputting the output values to an output device that has a color range that is less than a color range of the image using the output processor element. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053656 | Image processing apparatus capable of processing color image, image processing method and storage medium storing image processing program - Given a circular graph that is divided by four colors (red, blue, yellow, and green), for example. This circular graph shows information indicated by the corresponding colors in accordance with planar dimensions of respective areas (e.g., a ratio of items corresponding to the respective colors to total and the like). Furthermore, the items corresponding to the respective colors are described as a legend independently of the circular graph. For example, since for people with protanopia/deuteranopia, “red” and “green” look the same, they cannot identify these colors. In image processing according to a first embodiment, the information indicated by the colors is added to a graph as shown in FIG. A to generate an image as shown in FIG. | 2010-03-04 |
20100053657 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A PRINTED PRODUCT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PRINT JOB - Until now, manual sorting of a print job and corresponding media on which printing is to take place has been necessary in order to assign them to printing presses provided for that purpose, if required properties of the printed product were to be achieved with different machines and components. That is simplified by a method for producing a printed product in accordance with a print job in which a rule set having at least one rule is provided, by which reference objects are assigned to lists based on input variables and output variables. The printed product is produced on corresponding printing systems in accordance with the output variables. An apparatus for carrying out the method includes a job splitter for splitting up the lists in accordance with the rule sets, and an assignment module for assigning the lists to corresponding printing systems. | 2010-03-04 |