| 11th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
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| 20130063662 | COMPUTER ASSISTED DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - The present invention relates to a smartphone. According to the present invention, provided are a computer assisted device and a television receiver capable of functioning as one complete computer combined with a smartphone. Accordingly, the smartphone owner may not need to purchase an additional expensive computer, and device portability may be improved. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063663 | INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR AND EXTENDED INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR DATA STRUCTURES FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS - A digital television (DTV) data stream includes an event information table (EIT), the EIT including: a descriptor including: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length field, and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063664 | INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR AND EXTENDED INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR DATA STRUCTURES FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS - A digital television (DTV) data stream includes an event information table (EIT), the EIT including: a descriptor including: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length field, and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063665 | INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR AND EXTENDED INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR DATA STRUCTURES FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS - A digital television (DTV) data stream includes an event information table (EIT), the EIT including: a descriptor including: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length field, and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063666 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR PERFORMING CORRECTION PROCESSING ON INPUT VIDEO - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention extracts a characteristic value of a luminance in relation to respective fields of an input video, and determines the presence of a scene change between adjacent fields. A gamma curve is then generated on the basis of the magnitude of the characteristic value. When a difference in the characteristic value between fields is larger than a predetermined value and a scene change does not exist, the gamma curve to be applied to a subsequent field is modified such that the correction characteristic of the gamma curve does not vary rapidly. The luminance is then corrected using the modified gamma curve. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063667 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A display device has two data signal lines provided for each column of pixels (α, β, γ). A data signal line ( | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063668 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing device including an audio adjustment unit configured to adjust focus values each indicating a degree of highlighting of audio data of each content displayed in a plurality of display areas. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063669 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEPTION DEVICE - In the disclosed direct-lighting illumination device and liquid crystal display device provided with said illumination device, in order to obtain an illumination device of which, image unevenness stemming from connector sections of the light-source-mounting substrates is decreased and the brightness on the display screen thereof is even, the illumination device (BL | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063670 | ACTIVE SHUTTER GLASSES AND A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM - The present invention provides active shutter glasses and a stereoscopic image projection system that allow a stereoscopic image of excellent display quality to be viewed. The present invention provides active shutter glasses for a stereoscopic image projection system in which the active shutter glasses include a shutter section for the right eye and a shutter section for the left eye, the shutter section for the right eye and the shutter section for the left eye each include a liquid crystal cell, and when the glasses are worn, viewing angles of the shutter section for the right eye and the shutter section for the left eye each are wider on the right and left sides than on the upper and lower sides. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063671 | COMPACT ILLUMINATOR - The present disclosure relates generally to an optical element, a light projector that includes the optical element, and an image projector that includes the optical element. In particular, the optical element provides an improved uniformity of light by homogenizing the light with lenslet arrays, such as “fly-eye arrays” (FEA). The FEA is positioned to homogenize an unpolarized combined light before the light is converted to a single polarization state. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063672 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method of manufacturing an LCD device includes providing a lower substrate including a first substrate on which a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode are formed, and forming a first light alignment layer on the first substrate that is light aligned in a ultraviolet (UV) irradiation process; providing an upper substrate including a second substrate on which a color filter and a black matrix are formed, and forming a second light alignment layer on the second substrate that is light aligned in the UV irradiation process; providing a light polymerization compound between the lower substrate and upper substrate; and forming an alignment assistant layer between a liquid crystal layer and the first and second light alignment layers by performing a front UV irradiation process on the upper substrate and lower substrate which are coupled to each other with the liquid crystal layer therebetween. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063673 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR FRINGE FIELD SWITCHING MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Fringe field switching (FFS) mode liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same, are discussed, the device including a gate line formed in one direction on a surface of a first substrate; a data line formed on the first substrate, and crossed with the gate line to thereby define a pixel region; a thin-film transistor formed on the first substrate, and formed at an intersection of the gate line and the data line; an insulating layer having an opening portion located at an upper portion of the thin-film transistor to expose at least a gate portion of the thin-film transistor; a pixel electrode formed at an upper portion of the insulating layer, and connected to the exposed thin-film transistor; a passivation layer formed at the upper portion of the insulating layer; and common electrodes formed at an upper portion of the passivation layer and separated from one another. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063674 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode disposed in a pixel having a greater length in a first direction than in a second direction crossing the first direction, the pixel electrode including a first main pixel electrode and a second main pixel electrode which extend in the second direction, a contact portion which is located between the first main pixel electrode and the second main pixel electrode and extends in the second direction, and a sub-pixel electrode which connects the first main pixel electrode, the second main pixel electrode and the contact portion. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063675 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE - In an oxide semiconductor layer, a degree of oxidation S | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063676 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER - An electronic device having a liquid crystal shutter is disclosed. A liquid crystal shutter is provided in an area formed by expanding a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal shutter includes a rear polarizer, a rear glass substrate, a segmented electrode, a liquid crystal, a counter electrode, a front glass substrate, a shutter aperture, and a front polarizer. A camera module is disposed behind the rear polarizer. A voltage applied to the segmented electrode can be controlled to visually expose or hide the lens of the camera module from a shutter aperture. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063677 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a bracket, an LCD panel received in the bracket, and a number of connecting members resiliently sandwiched between the LCD panel and the bracket. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063678 | Integrated Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention discloses an integrated liquid crytal display (LCD) device, comprising a backlight module, a liquid crystal panel arranged above the backlight module, and a front frame which is arranged at the edge and is shared by the backlight module and the liquid crystal panel; wherein, the position of the front frame corresponding to the backlight module is provided with a reflecting layer. Because the backlight module and the liquid crystal panel of the present invention shares the front frame, and because the position of the front frame which is corresponding to the light emitting diode (LED) is provided with a reflecting layer, LED emitted light that irradiates onto the front frame is reflected by the reflecting layer; the front frame reduces its absorptivity of the LED emitted light, which then favors the reflection of light that irradiates onto the front frame into the LGP or onto the reflection sheet to increase the LED light utilization rate | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063679 | Backlight Module and Liquid Crystal Display Device Using the Same - The present invention discloses a backlight module and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device using the same. Said backlight module comprises a light emitting diode (LED) light cluster composed of a group of LEDs, and a light guide plate (LGP) which is arranged on the side of said LED light cluster and is coupled with the LED; wherein said backlight module also comprises a limit structure for making the position between said LGP and said LED light cluster be relatively fixed. Because the present invention uses a limit structure for making the position between the edge of said LGP and said LED light cluster be relatively fixed, the limit structure limits the edge position of the LGP; when the tolerance of the LGP is upwards and downwards offset, adjustment can be performed by the limit structure and the edge of the LGP. Meanwhile, the local displacement when the LGP expends with heat can be prevented from occurring. Thus, the coupling efficiency of the LGP and the LED light cluster is increased. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063680 | Backlight Module and Liquid Crystal Display - A backlight module and a liquid crystal display are provided. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a source, a first back plate and a second back plate. The first back plate includes a first main body and a first bending portion. The second back plate includes a second main body and a second bending portion. The first main body is slidably connected to the second main body. The light guide plate is fixedly connected to the first main body. A light-emitting surface of the light source is against a light incidence surface of the light guide plate, and another surface of the light guide plate is close to an inner side of the second bending portion. When the light guide plate expands with heat, the expanded light guide plate pushes the second bending portion to make the second back plate slide relative to the first back plate. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063681 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A backlight module is disclosed, comprising a light guide plate and light sources, where the light guide plate comprises lateral incident faces, an exit face that joins the lateral incident faces, and an underside that corresponds to the exit face. The light sources each comprises an emitting surface, is disposed near one side of one lateral incident face of the light guide plate, and corresponds to the lateral incident face of the light guide plate with the emitting surface. The backlight module further comprises diffusion strips, where the diffusion strips each is disposed in between one lateral incident face of the light guide plate and the emitting surface of the light source, and the light rays emitted from the emitting surface of the light source pass the diffusion strip and diffuse into the light guide plate. This invention further discloses a liquid crystal display. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063682 | Optical Film and Backlight Module and LCD Device Having the Optical Film - An optical film is to attach on a light-incident surface of a light guide plate which cooperates with a plurality of side-light sources in order to form a backlight module. A plurality of specially designed micro-structures is formed on the optical film to better deflect the light generated by the side-light sources before the light enters the light guide plate. Such that, by having the optical film, the dark areas of the light guide plate can be reduced, the effective visual area of the LCD device can be enlarged, and the number of side-light sources as well as the cost for producing the backlight module and the LCD device can be substantially reduced. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063683 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel has a plurality of pixel regions, and the liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a light-absorbing layer. The second substrate and the first substrate are disposed opposite to each other, and the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The light-absorbing layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate in the pixel regions, and the light-absorbing layer is configured to absorb a light having a wavelength within a range between 380 nm and 560 nm. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063684 | DUAL PURPOSE TOUCH SENSOR PANEL AND OPTICAL RETARDER - When a user operates a touch sensor panel having an LCD device outdoors or in a bright environment, light reflecting off the device can create glare. In order to reduce glare, a user can view the device through polarized filters such as polarized sunglasses. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063685 | 3D DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a 3D display panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The method comprises the following steps: forming a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate; arranging a first polarizer at an outer side of the first substrate; arranging a second polarizer at an outer side of the second substrate; arranging a quarter wave layer, a half wave layer, an alignment layer and a cover substrate at an outer side of the first polarizer in sequence. The 3D display panel of the present invention is capable of displaying 3D images. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063686 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063687 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The stereoscopic image display comprises: a thin film transistor array substrate; a color filter substrate facing the thin film transistor array substrate, and comprising black matrix; first black stripes formed on the color filter substrate, and formed at positions corresponding to the black matrix; and a patterned retarder film formed on the first black stripes. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063688 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, an alignment layer disposed on at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate, the alignment layer including at least one vertical alignment monomer and a photo-alignment layer separated from the at least one vertical alignment monomer, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The photo-alignment layer includes a main chain and at least one side chain connected to the main chain, and the at least one side chain includes at least one vertical photo-alignment material. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063689 | Method for Forming Multiple Alignment Films on a Substrate and Pixel Structure of a Liquid Crystal Display - A method for forming the alignment films on the substrate and a pixel structure of a liquid crystal display are disclosed. The pixel structure comprises a plurality of pixel units arranged in arrays. Each of the pixel units comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, two first alignment films and two second alignment films. The first alignment film is different from the second alignment film. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The two first alignment films and the two second alignment films are individually disposed on the first substrate and the second substrate, while each of the first alignment films is disposed substantially opposite to one of the second alignment films. The method for forming the alignment films comprises the following steps: (1) forming a trench on the substrate to divide each of the pixel units into a first sub-pixel area and a second sub-pixel area, (2) forming the first alignment film on the first sub-pixel area of the substrate and then, (3) forming a second alignment film on the second sub-pixel area of the substrate at last. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063690 | TUNABLE CHIRAL COMPOSITION, MULTI-COLOR LCD CONTAINING TUNABLE CHIRAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MAKING TUNABLE CHIRAL POLYMER - A tunable chiral composition includes a liquid crystal material, a tunable chiral material with at least one chiral center and at least one ethylenic double bond and a photo-initiator. The tunable chiral composition is substantially cross-linking agent free. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063691 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL DEVICE - A liquid crystal optical device includes: a first substrate having transparent plural strip electrodes formed to make groups in respective given areas; a second substrate having a transparent common electrode; and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which a retardation distribution is controlled in respective given areas according to voltages to be applied between the common electrode and the strip electrodes, wherein wall spacers are provided at portions corresponding to boundaries of given areas between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a shield electrode to which a fixed value voltage is applied is provided on at least one of two wall surfaces of each spacer. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063692 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode having a cross shape and surrounded by a first gate line, a second gate line, a first source line and a second source line, the pixel electrode including a main pixel electrode which extends in a first direction and a sub-pixel electrode extending in a second direction, a second substrate including a common electrode, the common electrode including main common electrodes which extend in the first direction and are located, respectively, above the first gate line and above the second gate line, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063693 | CHIRAL DOPANTS, LIQUID CRYSTAL MATRIX AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An embodiment of the invention provides a chiral dopant having the following formula: | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063694 | Eyeglass frames - A pair of spectacles which comprises (A) a pair of lenses, each lens having an engaging portion on its periphery, and (B) a pair of temple arms, each of which comprises (1) a side member, (2) an auxiliary member, and (3) a return member which comprises an attachment portion fitted to an engaging portion of a lens; the auxiliary member (i) being connected to the side member and to the front of the return member, and (ii) providing a front surface of the temple arm. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063695 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLASSES - A pair of glasses comprising a glasses frame, two axles, two springs, and a pair of temples pivotally mounted on the glasses frame. The two axles and the two springs are respectively located in two separated connections between the pair of temple arms and the glasses frame. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063696 | EYEWEAR WITH EXTENDABLE PROTECTIVE ELEMENT - Eyewear comprising a lens frame, at least one earpiece, and at least one extension element is disclosed. The extension element is moveable between a retracted position, wherein the element is partially or completely hidden behind the eyepiece, and an extended position, wherein the element is positioned below the earpiece. The earpiece may include a recess for receiving the extension element in a nested relationship when the extension element is in the retracted position. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063697 | Method for Determining an Edge of an Uncut Spectacle Lens - Method for determining the edge contour of an uncut spectacle lens comprises: a spectacle frame data providing step, a minimum edge thickness providing step, an initial contour providing step, a thickness determining step, an optimized point selecting step, a repeating step, and a edge contour determining step. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063698 | FUNDUS OBSERVATION APPARATUS - A fundus observation apparatus according to an embodiment comprises: a photographing part that photographs the fundus of a subject eye; a forming part comprising an optical system that irradiates signal light onto the fundus and interferes reflected light of the signal light from the fundus with reference light via a reference path and detects the resulting interference light, wherein the forming part forms a tomographic image of the fundus based on the detection result; and an analyzing part that analyzes a photographed image of the fundus from the photographing part to delete predetermined low-frequency components from the photographed image. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063699 | Ocular Error Detection - A system for determining refractive eye aberrations includes an optical arrangement having a first conjugate lens having an effective focal length (EFL) of about 150 millimeters and a second conjugate lens having an EFL of about 88.9 millimeters. The first and second conjugate lens are each positioned in a housing along a return light path and are separated by a distance of about 238.9 millimeters. The arrangement enables a range of measurable diopters of an eye to be between about −10 diopters to about +10 diopters. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063700 | PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection-type image display apparatus includes a color separation element including a color separation surface, a light modulation element configured to receive the light divided by the color separation element, a polarizing beam splitter disposed between the color separation element and a projection optical system to separate a light path of a light modulated by the light modulation element according to a polarization direction and guide the resulting light to the projection optical system, and a phase difference plate disposed between the color separation element and the light modulation element. An optic axis of the phase difference plate and the normal of the color separation surface are substantially parallel or perpendicular to each other, in a cross section parallel to a normal of the color separation surface and a normal of the light modulation element. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063701 | FLY EYE INTEGRATOR POLARIZATION CONVERTER - The present disclosure relates generally to an optical element, a light projector that includes the optical element, and an image projector that includes the optical element. In particular, the optical element provides an improved uniformity of light by homogenizing the light with lenslet arrays, such as “fly-eye arrays” (FEA). A first FEA is positioned to intercept and converge an unpolarized combined light before the light is converted to a single polarization state, and a second FEA is positioned to intercept and diverge the converted light having a single polarization state. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063702 | PROJECTING ONTO AN UPPER SURFACE OF A BODY OF WATER - A projection system for projecting light such as images or content upon a liquid surface such as a lake or pool surface. The system includes an agitation assembly selectively operable to agitate a portion of the upper surface of liquid to form a projection screen. The system includes a projector assembly projecting or focusing light onto the projection screen on the upper surface of the liquid. The liquid is translucent to light, but the projection screen on the upper surface reflects a portion of the projected light due to the agitation. The agitation assembly may include an aeration system with a distribution manifold and is positioned below the liquid surface and has outlets discharging gas into the liquid such that air bubbles for the screen. The manifold outlets may be provided at two or more depths, whereby two or more portions of the projection screen are generated at differing times. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063703 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY - A spatial light modulation device includes: a plurality of pixel circuits provided in correspondence to intersections of scan lines and signal lines; and floating light-blocking layers provided in correspondence to the pixel circuits. Each of the pixel circuits includes a thin film transistor (TFT) device including a lightly doped drain (LDD) region, and each of the floating light-blocking layers is disposed in a region opposed to at least the LDD region, and is disposed closer to the LDD region than the signal line. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063704 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF WHITE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT - A white balance adjustment method and apparatus for a single DLP projector system is disclosed. The projection system includes a solid state light source device, a sync signal generator, and a controller. The light source device generates an output which is a repeating color sequence of at least two primary color lights. The sync signal generator generates a synchronization signal representing a timing of the color sequence of the output light. The controller calculates drive current values corresponding to each of the two primary colors based on a target white balance and measured color properties of the output light, and supplies a modulated drive current to the light source device. The modulated drive current is synchronized to the sync signal and has the calculated drive current values. As a result, a white light having the target white balance is output. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063705 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a plurality of light source boxes ( | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063706 | MICRO-PROJECTION DEVICE WITH ANTISPECKLE VIBRATION MODE - A micro-projection system for projecting light on a projection surface, comprising: —at least one coherent light source ( | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063707 | PATTERN GENERATING METHOD, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, AND PATTERN GENERATING PROGRAM - One embodiment includes: a step of evaluating an amount of flare occurring through a mask at EUV exposure; a step of providing a dummy mask pattern on the mask based on the evaluated result of the amount of flare; and a step of executing a flare correction and an optical proximity correction on a layout pattern. The layout pattern is provided by the EUV exposure through the mask with the dummy mask pattern. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063708 | DRAWING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a drawing apparatus Including a generation device configured to generate drawing data, a blanking device configured to blank a bears, and a blanking controller includes a first storage device, a second, storage device, and a third storage device configured to respectively store the drawing data generated by the generation device, and being configured to control operations of the first storage device, the second storage device, and the third storage device so that an operation of storing the drawing data generated by the generation device in a selected one of the first storage device and the second storage device, and an operation of reading out the drawing data stored in the other of the first storage device and the second storage device, and storing the readout drawing data in the third storage device are executed in parallel. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063709 | LCD EXPOSURE STAGE DEVICE AND EXPOSURE SYSTEM - An LCD exposure stage device is used for placing a substrate thereon, and comprises: a stage having an upper surface contacting with a bottom surface of the substrate; and a plurality of moving pins disposed flat on the upper surface of the stage with pin heads thereof corresponding to side surfaces of the substrate respectively so that the substrate can move horizontally by the moving pins. According to the present disclosure, only the substrate needs to be moved, so the operations are more convenient; and because the stage is always kept at a fixed position, the requirement on its strength can be appropriately lowered. Furthermore, because the substrate contacts with the stage all the time during the moving and exposure processes, and the time necessary for the exposure process is shortened, which make fabrication of the whole LCD panel more efficient. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063710 | CATOPTRIC OBJECTIVES AND SYSTEMS USING CATOPTRIC OBJECTIVES - In general, in one aspect, the invention features an objective arranged to image radiation from an object plane to an image plane, including a plurality of elements arranged to direct the radiation from the object plane to the image plane, wherein the objective has an image side numerical aperture of more than 0.55 and a maximum image side field dimension of more than 1 mm, and the objective is a catoptric objective. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063711 | Linear Motor and Lithography Arrangement Including Linear Motor - A lithographic apparatus including a uniformity correction system is disclosed. The lithographic apparatus comprises an illumination system configured to condition a beam of radiation. The illumination system comprises a uniformity correction system located at a plane configured to receive a substantially constant pupil when illuminated with the beam of radiation. The uniformity correction system includes fingers configured to be movable into and out of intersection with a radiation beam so as to correct an intensity of respective portions of the radiation beam. A linear motor actuator arrangement drives the fingers to their respective appropriate positions to compensate for non-uniform illumination. Control is provided by a control system that precisely manipulates carriers of the fingers. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063712 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR WAFER TABLE - The invention relates to a support structure for supporting a wafer table in a lithography system, said support structure comprising:
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| 20130063713 | Vehicle Provided with a Device for Detecting External Laser Measuring Equipment and Method for Mounting Such a Device - Disclosed is a vehicle provided with at least one detector designed to detect external measuring equipment that emits laser pulses for detecting or measuring the speed of the vehicle. The vehicle is further provided with at least one glass fibre cable whose first end is fixed in front of the detector, facing said detector, and with a transparent receiving element connected to the glass fibre cable for receiving the laser pulses and passing said pulses on to the glass fibre cable. The receiving element is attached to the exterior of the vehicle and, in stretched condition, extends along a length of at least 0.25 m on the vehicle surface. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063714 | Emission and Transmission Optical Spectrometer - A novel emission and transmission optical spectrometer is introduced herein, which is capable of optically interrogating solid or liquid samples of organic, inorganic or polymeric chemistry, for pharmaceutical research, forensic and liquid analyses, used for identification, purity check, and/or structural study of chemicals. The beneficial aspects of the system are a single sample compartment as confined within the walls of the spectrometer housing, a more compact accessory, and the capability of making both emission (e.g., Raman and Fluorescence) and Infrared (IR, NIR) transmission measurements at designed sample points. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063715 | COORDINATE MEASURING DEVICE HAVING AUTOMATIC TARGET DETECTION - A coordinate measuring device includes a carrier that can be rotated automatically about two axes and that can be directed toward a measuring aid. The following are arranged on the carrier so as to be able to move together: an optical distance measuring device for measuring the distance to the measuring aid; a light source for emitting light, directly or by means of optical elements, wherein said light is visible as a target point when reflected on the measuring aid; a target detecting unit for determining a position as the position of the imaging of the target point on a position detection sensor. The control apparatus is designed to direct the carrier at the measuring aid by rotating the carrier about the at least two axes of the carrier according to the fine position and the rough position; and the light source is a superluminescent diode (SLED). | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063716 | ILLUMINATION OPTICS FOR A METROLOGY SYSTEM FOR EXAMINING AN OBJECT USING EUV ILLUMINATION LIGHT AND METROLOGY SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ILLUMINATION OPTICS OF THIS TYPE - A metrology system serves to examine an object arranged in an object field using EUV illumination light. An illumination optics of the metrology system has a collector mirror which is arranged in the beam path directly downstream of an EUV light source. Downstream of the collector mirror, less than three additional illumination mirrors are arranged in the beam path between the collector mirror and the object field. An intermediate focus is arranged in the beam path between the collector mirror and the additional illumination mirror. The metrology system further includes a magnifying imaging optics for imaging the object field into an image field in an image plane. As a result a metrology system is obtained which comprises an illumination optics that ensures an efficient illumination of the object field by means of illumination parameters which are well adapted to the illumination situation of current EUV projection exposure apparatuses. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063717 | LAMINATED STRUCTURE FOR MEASURING REFLECTED LIGHT INTENSITY, DEVICE CONTAINING LAMINATED STRUCTURE FOR MEASURING REFLECTED LIGHT INTENSITY, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING FILM THICKNESS AND/OR MASS AND/OR VISCOSITY OF THIN FILM - The present invention provides a laminated structure for measuring reflected light intensity able to measure the thickness of a surface adsorbed film with high sensitivity by a simple optical technique. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063718 | DEVICE FOR THE OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF A PHYSICAL PARAMETER | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063719 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING THE CENTRE OF A BEAM PROFILE - A method for locating the centre of a beam profile, comprises the steps of: providing a beam profile; selecting one or more strips through the beam profile; identifying distinct regions of intensity along the one or more strips and labelling them consistently; calculating a combined average intensity for each labelled region, using data from the one or more strips; plotting the average intensity against the labelled regions and comparing the results with a plot of the actual intensity obtained by taking a cross-section through the centre of at least one of the one or more strips; and optimising the location of the centre of at least one of the one or more strips so as to obtain the best fit between the average intensity plot and the actual intensity plot to thereby identify the centre of the beam profile. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063720 | INTERFEROMETER ADAPTER CAP FOR AN OPTICAL FIBER INSPECTION MICROSCOPE - An adapter cap including a cap body, a slot in the cap body, wherein the slot is configured to hold an optical flat, an attachment mechanism configured to attach the cap to an inspection device, and an alignment hole in the cap body, wherein the alignment hole is configured to hold an optical connector ferrule. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063721 | PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - In one embodiment, a pattern inspection apparatus includes a light source configured to generate light, and a condenser configured to shape the light into a line beam to illuminate a wafer with the line beam. The apparatus further includes a spectrometer configured to disperse the line beam reflected from the wafer. The apparatus further includes a two-dimensional detector configured to detect the line beam dispersed by the spectrometer, and output a signal including spectrum information of the line beam. The apparatus further includes a comparison unit configured to compare the spectrum information obtained from corresponding places of a repetitive pattern on the wafer with each other, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the wafer includes a defect, based on a comparison result of the spectrum information. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063722 | SPECTROGRAPHIC POLARIMETER AND METHOD OF RECORDING STATE OF POLARITY - A single-shot real-time spectropolarimeter for use in astronomy and other sciences that captures and encodes some or all of the Stokes polarization parameters simultaneously using only static, robust optical components with no moving parts is described. The polarization information is encoded onto the spectrograph at each wavelength along the spatial dimension of the 2D output data array. The varying embodiments of the concept include both a two-Stokes implementation (in which any two of the three Stokes polarization parameters are measured) and a full Stokes implementation (in which all three of the Stokes polarization parameters are measured), each of which is provided in either single beam or dual beam forms. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063723 | SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTIC ACQUIRING APPARATUS, SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTIC ACQUIRING METHOD AND IMAGE EVALUATING APPARATUS - A spectral characteristic acquiring apparatus is provided which includes: an area dividing part; a spectrum separating part; a light receiving part; and a calculating part, wherein the calculating part includes a transformation matrix storing part that stores a transformation matrix used for calculating the spectral characteristic corresponding to electrical signals of a first diffraction pattern group including two or more adjacent diffraction patterns, and a spectral characteristic calculating part that calculates, based on the electrical signals of the first diffraction pattern group and the corresponding transformation matrix, the spectral characteristic at the locations of the image carrying medium corresponding to the apertures of the first diffraction pattern group. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063724 | Motion Control Systems and Methods For Biosensor Scanning - Motion control system and method for biosensor scanning that include inputting to a multi-axis motion controller move commands associated with the scan path as defined by multiple axes. The multiple axes including an x-baseline coordinate x | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063725 | DIE INSPECTION METHOD - A method is disclosed for inspecting a mold which has a porous alumina layer over its surface. The method includes providing, based on a relationship between a first parameter indicative of a thickness of the porous alumina layer and a color parameter indicative of a color of reflected light from the porous alumina layer, first color information which represents a tolerance of the first parameter of a porous alumina layer which has an uneven structure that is within a tolerance; providing a mold which is an inspection subject, the mold having a porous alumina layer over its surface; obtaining a color parameter which is indicative of a color of reflected light from the porous alumina layer of the inspection subject mold; and determining a suitability of the first parameter of the inspection subject mold based on the obtained color parameter and the first color information. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063726 | SENSOR AND A METHOD FOR CHARACTERISING A DIELECTRIC MATERIAL - The present disclosure provides a method of characterising a dielectric material. The method comprises the step of providing a light source, a light collector and a sensor. The sensor is arranged so that an evanescent field of light penetrates through a surface of the sensor and surface plasmons are generated at the surface of the sensor when suitable light is directed along at least a portion of the sensor. The method also includes the step of exposing the surface of the sensor to the dielectric material so that an interface is formed between the surface and the dielectric material. Further, the method comprises guiding light along at least a portion of the sensor to generate the surface plasmons. In addition, the method comprises the step of collecting an intensity of light from the interface as a function of a spectral parameter of the light. Further, the present disclosure provides an apparatus for characterising the dielectric material in accordance with the method. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063727 | LOW COHERENCE ENHANCED BACKSCATTERING TOMOGRAPHY AND TECHNIQUES - A low coherence enhanced backscattering tomography (LEBT) method is disclosed for depth-selective sensing of the superficial layer of tissue. 3D images of the microarchitecture and molecular conformation of the superficial layer of tissue are obtained. The method combines the high resolution advantage of low coherence light and the high sensitivity advantage of light scattering to tissue structure and composition. Intact tissue can be examined without the need of excision or processing. The method can be applied in in situ measurements. According to the method, 3D images of the nuclear morphology and cellular structure for the superficial layer of the tissue are generated; this is particularly useful in detecting cancer and precancer at the earliest stage of carcinogenesis. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063728 | MEASURING APPARATUS - A measuring apparatus includes an optical frequency comb source configured to emit an optical frequency comb in which a plurality of frequency components are arranged at equal frequency intervals, a beam splitter configured to split a beam emitted from the optical frequency comb source into a test beam to be irradiated onto a test surface and a reference beam to be irradiated onto a reference surface, an optical path difference changing element configured to change an optical path difference between the reference beam and the test beam, an image sensor configured to capture an interference pattern formed by interference between the test beam and the reference beam, and an analyzer configured to calculate a position of the test surface based upon a signal of the interference pattern captured while the optical path length difference is being changed by the optical path difference changing element. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063729 | OBSERVATION DEVICE - Provided is an observation device which can obtain a phase image of a moving object rapidly with high sensitivity even when using a photodetector having a slow read-out speed per pixel. The observation device | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063730 | IN SITU CALIBRATION OF INTERFEROMETERS - In-situ calibration of an interferometer includes making a sequence of phase measurements of a test object using the interferometer, each of the measurements having a same carrier fringe frequency, where at least some of the measurements are made at three or more different orientations of carrier fringes, and determining information about the test object based on at least some of the phase measurements, in which determining the information includes reducing errors in the measurements arising from imperfections in the interferometer based on the measurements made at the three or more different orientations. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063731 | NON-CONTACT SCANNING SYSTEM - A non-contact scanning system for three dimensional non-contact scanning of a work piece is disclosed for use in various applications including reverse engineering, metrology, dimensional verification and inspection The scanning system includes a scanner carried by an arcuately configured gantry assembly and a fixture for carrying a work piece. The gantry assembly includes a fixed arcuately shaped gantry member and a telescopic arm that is movable in an arcuate direction relative to a rotary table that carries the object to be scanned. A scanner is mounted on the end of the telescopic member and is movable in a radial direction. Objects to be scanned are mounted on a rotary table that is also movable in an X-Y direction or alternatively in the X, Y and Z directions under the control of a motion control subsystem, a machine control user interface subsystem and an image capture. The configuration of the scanning system in accordance with the present invention provides a spherically shaped scanning envelope which facilitates three dimensional modeling of the work piece. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063732 | ROTARY POSITION MEASURING INSTRUMENT - A rotary position measuring instrument that includes a light source and a graduated disk having a measuring standard. The rotary position measuring instrument including an optoelectronic detector assembly, wherein the graduated disk is rotatable relative to the light source and the detector assembly about an axis of rotation, wherein rotary-angle-dependent position signals are detectable via the detector assembly. The light source is spaced apart from the measuring standard by a first distance, and the detector assembly is disposed at a second distance from the measuring standard, wherein the second distance is different than the first distance. The graduated disk includes an optical element, which has an optical effect that results in a projecting an image of the light source into a position which has a third distance from the measuring standard, wherein the third distance is different than the first distance. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063733 | Method for evaluating thin-film-formed wafer - A method for evaluating a thin-film-formed wafer, being configured to calculate a film thickness distribution of a thin film of the thin-film-formed wafer having the thin film on a surface of a substrate, wherein light having a single wavelength λ is applied to a partial region of a surface of the thin-film-formed wafer, reflected light from the region is detected, reflected light intensity for each pixel obtained by dividing the region into many pieces is measured, a reflected light intensity distribution in the region is obtained, and the film thickness distribution of the thin film in the region is calculated from the reflected light intensity distribution. The method enables a film thickness distribution of the micro thin film (an SOI layer) that affects a device to be measured on the entire wafer surface at a low cost with a sufficient spatial resolution in a simplified manner. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063734 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER-SELECTABLE FONT SUBSTITUTION TO FACILITATE PRINTING - According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided systems and methods that involve providing user-selectable fonts to a printing device so that the printing device can facilitate printing of a print task. In this regard, a representative embodiment of a method and system for printing includes enabling a print file corresponding to a print task to be evaluated, and, if it is determined that a printing device to which the print task is directed is unable to process the print task without performing a font substitution, enabling acquiring of the fonts from a specific user. By using the uploaded fonts, the printing device is able to process the print task without performing a font substitution. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063735 | SELECTIVE PRINT - A method and system for printing selective contents of a document is provided. The method includes selecting a plurality of sections in the document based on a plurality of inputs received to select the plurality of sections. The method then arranges the contents associated with the plurality of selected sections in a template. Further the method prints the template including contents associated with the plurality of selected selections of the document in a single printing job in a predefined number of pages. The method also associates the plurality of selected sections with plurality of divisions of a template. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063736 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus comprises a softmask setting means for setting a softmask every combination of objects of an overlap portion of the objects and a softmask applying means for applying the softmask to the overlap portion of the objects in accordance with the setting performed by the softmask setting means. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063737 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a printing setting reception part generating setting information from printing settings when a printing request is given by an application; an image processing part converting document data obtained from the application into printing data for a printer based on the setting information; and a determination part determining whether the application having called the image processing part is a specific application, by determining at least one of whether the setting information includes specific application information described by the application and whether the specific application information is included in an argument of a function for calling the image processing part. When it has been determined that the specific application has called the image processing part, the image processing part generates the printing data by a method different from a method of a case of having been called by an application other than the specific application. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063738 | Preprinted Form Overlay - A method is disclosed. The method includes simulating a preprinted form using a presentation overlay. The presentation device is directed to present the overlay as if it had been preprinted on the paper. Document data is then mixed with the simulated preprinted form such that the result accurately simulates a real preprinted form. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063739 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit and a combining unit. The obtaining unit obtains, from attribute information, data format information indicating data formats of first image data representing a first image and second image data representing a second image. The attribute information is included in the first image data and the second image data. The first image is printed at predetermined positions in all units of printing. The second image is changed in accordance with the individual units of printing and is printed at predetermined positions in the individual units of printing. The combining unit divides the first image data and the second image data in accordance with the data formats, and combines compressed data generated by compressing raster data of the first image data with compressed data generated by compressing raster data of the second image data, depending on amounts of image represented by divided portions. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063740 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A display processing apparatus includes a gloss-control plane generating unit configured to generate gloss-control plane data for specifying a type of a surface effect applied to a recording medium and an area in a recording medium to which the surface effect is applied; an obtaining unit configured to obtain replacement information that is used to replace a type of the surface effect that is not available in a device configuration with a type of the surface effect that is available in the device configuration; a replacing unit configured to replace the type of the surface effect designated by the designation information with the type of the available surface effect using the replacement information obtained by the obtaining unit; and a preview image generating unit configured to generate a preview image based on the gloss-control plane data having an area to which the available surface effect is to be applied. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063741 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A display processing apparatus includes a first correcting unit that, based on original data containing first-type color image data that indicates a color image in each drawing area and containing first-type gloss control image data that indicates a type of gloss effect to be given to a recording medium and indicates a gloss area to which the gloss effect is to be given in each drawing area, corrects color saturation of an area in the first-type color image data that corresponds to the gloss area specified by the first-type gloss control image data depending on the type of gloss effect, to thereby generate first-type corrected image data; and a display control unit that, on a display unit, displays the first-type corrected image data as a print preview of a projected printing result of the original data. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063742 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract a character from an input character string and a generation unit configured to generate a printTicket with the character extracted by the extraction unit as an Option of a plurality of Features, wherein print data is generated from the printTicket generated by the generation unit and a rendering command from an application. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063743 | Sheet post-processing apparatus and image forming apparatus usingthe same - A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a first unit having a guide device for guiding a sheet, a second unit having a first post-processing device for performing post-processing on the sheet, and a third unit having a second post-processing device for loading sheets and performing post-processing on the sheets in bunch form placed on the processing tray. A first coupling device is provided for coupling the first unit and at least one of the second and third units. A second coupling device is provided for coupling the second unit and the third unit. The second unit and the third unit are capable of being pulled out in the sheet carrying-out direction with respect to the first unit by releasing the first coupling device. The entire or front side of the second unit is shiftable to the first unit side with respect to the third unit by releasing the second coupling device. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063744 | IMAGING HEAD FOR A FLAT BED SCANNER - An imaging head for a flatbed imaging system includes a first rotating multi-facet spinner; a first set of long mirrors directed towards imaging media positioned on a flatbed surface wherein the first set mirrors is at a first distance from said media; a second set of long mirrors directed towards the imaging media wherein the second set of mirrors is at a second distance from said media; a first laser source configured to emit light on the spinner at a first height on the spinner wherein light emitted from the first height on the spinner is directed to the first set of mirrors; and a second laser source configured to emit light on the spinner at a second height on the spinner wherein light emitted from the second height on the spinner is directed to the second set of mirrors. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063745 | GENERATING A PAGE OF AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT USING A MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER - A method for generating a page of an electronic document (ED). The method includes: receiving, by a multifunction printer (MFP), a print job having the ED; identifying, by the MFP and after receiving the print job, a location in the ED for placing an item; prompting, by the MFP and after receiving the print job, a user for the item; obtaining, by the MFP and after receiving the print job, the item from an input device operated by the user; and printing, by the MFP and based on the print job, the page by placing the item at the location. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063746 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is disclosed, including: a first storage unit which stores printing setting information used in an OS, the printing setting information including identifying information and a setting value of each setting item in printing; a second storage unit which stores customizing information including identifying information and a default value of a predetermined setting item that is included in a printer driver; and an updating unit which updates a setting value of the printing setting information to the default value and identifying information of the printing setting information to identifying information of the customizing information when the identifying information included in the printing setting information and the identifying information stored in the second storage unit differ when the printing setting information read by the OS from the first storage unit is obtained. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063747 | ORIGINAL READING APPARATUS - An original reading apparatus provided with an original placement portion on which an original is place, and an original size/type detecting portion for detecting a size and/or a type of the original placed on the original placement portion, includes: a display portion that performs color display; and a display control portion that changes a color of a display screen displayed on the display portion based on the size and/or the type of the original detected by the original size/type detecting portion. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063748 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING COPY MODE IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a scanner, a first image forming section, a second image forming section, a detector, and a setting section. The scanner reads the image of an original document. The first image forming section forms an image on paper with a non-decolorizable recording material. The second image forming section forms an image on paper with a decolorizable recording material. The detector detects whether the original document image is formed with the decolorizable recording material. The setting section sets a copy mode for forming an image of the original document on paper with the second image forming section upon the detector detecting that the original document image is formed with the decolorizable recording material. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063749 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF SETTING OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS OPERATION - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a reception unit, a button setting unit, a storage unit, and a printing unit. The reception unit receives operation setting information including image information of a printing target, printing condition information, and button setting information from an external device. The button setting unit sets a printing instruction button using the button setting information which is included in the operation setting information which is received by the reception unit. The storage unit stores the image information and the printing condition information in the printing instruction button which is set by the button setting unit to be correlated with each other. The printing unit prints image data which is denoted in the image information according to the printing condition when the printing instruction button is input. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063750 | Multifunction Peripheral - A multifunction peripheral is provided that includes an ADF unit and a main body unit, the ADF unit including a driving motor disposed within a range corresponding to a width of a feeding path in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction, at an outer side relative to a curved part in the first direction, the main body unit including an accommodation unit configured to accommodate a recording sheet with long sides thereof along the first direction. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063751 | Multifunction Device - A multifunction device including an image recording unit and a scanner unit is provided. The scanner unit includes an image readable plane. The image recording unit includes a first tray, a conveyer path to convey the recording sheet in a first orientation, and a second tray, which is formed along an edge of an opening formed on the front face, and in which the recording sheet having been conveyed in the conveyer path is disposed. The recording sheet in a maximum conveyable size for the conveyer path is disposed to occupy a discharge area in the second tray. A downstream end of the discharge area along a second orientation is in a displaced and downstream position with respect to a downstream end of an image readable area of the image readable plane along the second orientation for a first distance. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063752 | MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE - A media processing device enables conveying media fed from different paths into a common path in a stable conveyance state to the scanning position of a scanner. A check processing device has a path switching member that selectively bridges a back path for conveying checks and a card path to a downstream path, which is a common path. The path switching member changes position and switches the connected paths in conjunction with movement of a shutter that covers the open part of a nozzle cap used to cap the nozzle face of the inkjet head at the back path. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063753 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus is configured to change a name of a print setting item and a display method of an option depending on application, or change display control depending on an execution environment in which the application is running. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063754 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE ON WHICH THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS IS MOUNTED - An image forming apparatus includes an optical scanning device including a light source element configured to radiate a light beam, an optical deflector configured to deflect the light beam two-dimensionally, and a target scanning surface that is transparent and having a two-dimensional image formed thereon by the light beam deflected from the optical deflector, and a projection optical system including a convex mirror and configured to enlarge and project the two-dimensional image on a target projection surface. The target projection surface includes a reflection surface of a half mirror. The half mirror is positioned outside of the image forming apparatus and configured to transmit a part of a light incident on the half mirror and reflect another part of the light incident on the half mirror. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063755 | DISPLAYING POWER-ON INSTRUCTIONS DURING POWER-SAVING MODE USING BISTABLE DISPLAY - Methods and systems monitor the activity usage level of a printing apparatus and place the printing apparatus into a power saving mode based on the activity usage level. Such methods and systems sense whether the power supply is to be disconnected from the graphic user interface based on the printing device going into the power saving mode. The graphical user interface comprises a bistable display that continues to show a most recently provided screenshot after the power supply is disconnected. Such methods and systems cause the graphic user interface to display power saving mode information of the printing apparatus (instructions for a user to take to have the printing apparatus leave power saving mode) immediately prior to the power supply being disconnected from the graphic user interface, such that the graphic user interface continues to display the power saving mode information after being disconnected from the power supply. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063756 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING PRINTING DEVICE ENERGY SAVINGS - A system and method for determining and displaying energy saving information associated with a printing device, including a processor and a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium operably connected to the processor. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium contains a set of instructions that, when executed, instruct the processor to determine a first energy usage by the printing device in a normal operating mode, determine at least one second energy usage for the printing device in at least one energy saving mode, compare the first energy usage and the at least one second energy usage, determine at least one energy savings based upon the comparison, and cause the at least one energy savings to be displayed. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063757 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR INFORMATION PROCESS - An information processing apparatus includes a transmission component that transmits transmission target information to a transmission destination, a generation component that generates a transmission result screen based on a result of a transmission by the transmission component, a storage component that stores relation information between the transmission result screen and a transmission history performed by the transmission component, and a transmission result screen display component that specifies the transmission history corresponding to the transmission result screen based on the relation information, and displays the transmission result screen along with the specified transmission history. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063758 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a readout unit that reads out an image, a grant unit that grants a right to receive image information provided to a communication destination through a wireless communication, in response to a request from the communication destination, the image information representing the image read out by the readout unit, and a providing unit that provides the image information by transmitting the image information to the communication destination through the wireless communication, when the communication destination exercises the right granted by the grant unit in a state where a wireless communication connection to the communication destination is established. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063759 | SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS, SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A service providing apparatus includes the following elements. A communication unit communicates with an external terminal apparatus. An operation unit is used by a user for performing an operation. A notification unit notifies a user of information. A login controller receives a login request of a user from the operation unit or from an external terminal apparatus via the communication unit, and determines whether to permit the login. Upon receipt of a login request from a second user when a first user has already logged in, the login controller notifies the first user of occurrence of the login request via the communication unit or the notification unit, and permits the login of the second user in accordance with a notification received from the first user via the communication unit or an operation performed by the first user with the operation unit. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063760 | NETWORK PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, DATABASE DEVICE AND NETWORK PRINTING METHOD - In a system including a client, a print server, an image forming device and a database, when the print server verifies a certificate transmitted from the image forming device upon performing TLS communication, verification of certificates that are registered in advance with the database is accelerated. A search key, which is for acquiring information of a desired image forming device from data stored in the database, is set in the print server. Certificate information is registered with the database in association with the search key. In this way, the certificate information can be searched for using the search key and verification can be accelerated. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130063761 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION SETTING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes a storing unit that stores setting information for operating the image processing apparatus; and an updating control unit that sends a request for obtaining predetermined differentiated setting information, which is a part of a set of setting information stored in a data processing apparatus in a differentiated manner in accordance with a predetermined differentiating criterion, to the data processing apparatus via a network, obtains the predetermined differentiated setting information from the data processing apparatus via the network and controls to update the setting information stored in the storing unit by the obtained predetermined differentiated setting information. | 2013-03-14 |
