| 15th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
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| 20100091294 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ELECTRIC FIELD VECTOR AND MICROSCOPE USING SAME - A system for measuring an electric field vector includes an optical extractor configured to extract an optical signal having a spatial resolution of a nanometer level. The optical signal corresponds to incident light at a measuring position within an examination area of a surface of a specimen. The system further includes a polarization analyzer for analyzing a polarization characteristic of the optical signal extracted by the optical extractor, and an electric field vector determinator for determining at least a size and an orientation axis of an electric vector at the measuring position using the polarization characteristic analyzed by the polarization analyzer. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091295 | System and Method for Optical Coherence Tomography - The invention relates to a system and to a corresponding method for optical coherence tomography having an interferometer ( | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091296 | INTERFEROMETER SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AN OBJECT - System for monitoring a position of one or more optical elements in a projection objective (PO) include a plurality of sensors each configured to receive input light and to form output light, each sensor including a first sensor optic and a second sensor optic, the first sensor optic of at least one of the sensors being affixed to a first PO optical element and the second sensor optic of the at least one sensor being affixed to a support element that positions the first PO optical element within the PO, the first and second sensor optics being configured introduce a first optical path length difference (OPD) between two components of the input light to form the output light, the first OPD being related to the position of the first PO optical element with respect to the support element. The systems also include a plurality of detectors configured to detect the output light from the sensors, a plurality of optical fibers configured to direct the input light to the sensors and to direct the output light from the sensors to the detectors, and an electronic controller in communication with the plurality of detectors, the electronic controller being configured to determine information about the position of the first PO optical element relative to the support element based on the detected output light from the at least one sensor. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091297 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE ALIGNMENT ARRANGEMENTS AND ALIGNMENT MEASURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus has a plurality of different alignment arrangements that are used to perform an alignment measurement on the same mark(s) by: detecting a first alignment mark located on an object and producing a first alignment signal by a first detector; detecting the first mark and producing a second alignment signal by a second detector using a different alignment measurement than the first detector; receiving the first alignment signal from the first detector; calculating a first position of the at least first mark based on the first alignment signal; receiving the second alignment signal from the second detector; calculating a further first position of the at least first mark based on the second alignment signal. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091298 | Method and System for the Optical Measurement of Large Radii of Curvature of Optical Functional Surfaces - The system and the method of the present invention differ from the prior art in that radii of curvature of any length of spherical and cylindrical test surfaces can be optically measured, with only a supplementary dual-focus lens being required in addition to an interferometer or an autocollimator. The supplementary dual-focus lens has a first focal plane, into which the surface vertex of the test surface is positioned, which establishes the cat's eye position (P(cat)), and a second focal plane into which the center of curvature of the test surface is moved, which establishes the autocollimation position (P(aut)) for the test surface. The radius of curvature of the test surface is determined from the distance between the focal planes (D(foc)) and the path of movement which can be reduced to zero. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091299 | OPTICAL WAVE INTERFERENCE MEASURING APPARATUS - The relative position of a test surface is sequentially changed from a reference position where a surface central axis is aligned with a measurement optical axis such that the measurement optical axis is sequentially moved to a plurality of annular regions obtained by dividing the test surface in a diametric direction. The test surface is rotated on a rotation axis whenever the relative position is changed. Measurement light composed of a plane wave is radiated to the rotating test surface, and a one-dimensional image sensor captures interference fringes at each of a plurality of rotational positions. The shape information of each annular region is calculated on the basis of the captured interference fringes at each rotational position, and the shape information is connected to calculate the shape information of the entire measurement region. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091300 | Method for measuring the internal space of an aircraft - A method for measuring the internal space of an elongate body. The elongate body has in a global xyz-coordinate system a longitudinal axis x. A laser profile scan is carried out, in which a laser scanner, which carries out scans in a plane, is moved through the internal space of the elongate body. The scan plane is tilted about the y-axis by a tilt angle α or about the z-axis by a tilt angle γ. Preferably, the scan plane is tilted about the y-axis and the z-axis corresponding to the global coordinate system of the internal space. An apparatus for carrying out the method. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091301 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASUREMENT PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A three-dimensional shape measurement photographing apparatus, including a plurality of photographing units for obtaining a measurement image group of a plurality of measurement images for measuring a three-dimensional shape of a subject, an emission unit for emitting light, including pattern light, within an angle of view of the photographing units, a photographing control unit for controlling the photographing units to obtain a pre-image of the subject before obtaining the measurement image group and to obtain the measurement images of the subject illuminated by the pattern light, a determination unit for setting a plurality of areas on the pre-image and determining whether to emit the pattern light with respect to each of the areas, and an emission control unit for controlling the emission unit such that the pattern light is emitted only to an area for which a determination has been made to emit the pattern light. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091302 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE BY USING MULTI-WAVELENGTH - An apparatus and a method for measuring a three-dimensional shape are disclosed. The apparatus includes a transfer stage, a first projector, a second projector, a camera unit and a control unit. The transfer stage transfers a measurement object to a measurement position. The first projector irradiates a first pattern light having a first equivalent wavelength toward the measurement object in a first direction. The second projector irradiates a second pattern light having a second equivalent wavelength that is different from the first equivalent wavelength toward the measurement object in a second direction. The camera unit takes a first pattern image that is generated when the first pattern light is reflected by the measurement object, and a second pattern image that is generated when the second pattern light is reflected by the measurement object. The control unit controls the first projector and the second projector, and obtains a three-dimensional shape of the measurement object through the first pattern image and the second pattern image. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091303 | FLEXURE MOUNT FOR AN OPTICAL DISPLACEMENT ENCODER - An optical encoder assembly has an encoder sensor, a code strip, and a base having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the encoder sensor is mounted on one of either the first portion or the second portion and the code strip is mounted on the other portion. An optical encoder assembly has a base having an upper base and a lower base, the upper base joined to the lower base with at least one flexible beam, an encoder sensor mounted to one of the upper base or the lower base, and a code strip mounted to the other of the upper base or the lower base. A method includes mounting an encoder sensor to a first mating surface on the first side of a base, mounting a code strip to a second mating surface on the second side of the base with the first and second sides of the base connected by at least one flexible beam, and attaching the base to an object to be measured such that deflections between the first and second mating surfaces can be measured using the encoder sensor. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091304 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING - An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention reads an original by mechanically moving an axial light source in a subscanning direction perpendicular to the axis. The image forming apparatus includes: a sensor whose resolution in a main scanning direction parallel to the axis of the axial light source is higher than a designated resolution; a controller that controls the driving speed of the axial light source so that the resolution in the subscanning direction is higher than the designated resolution; an original-image-data generating unit that generates original image data with a resolution higher than the designated resolution in response to the output from the sensor; and an image reducing unit that generates reduced pixels fewer than a specified number of pixels in the original image data to generate a reduced image with a resolution equal to the designated resolution. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091305 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING TARGET COLORS WITH PROCESS COLORS UTILIZING PARALLEL FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS - A system and method for printing target colors includes a print-engine interface and a neural network component. The print-engine interface is in operative communication with a print engine of a printing system. The neural network component is calibrated to the print engine for printing a target color on a substrate. The neural network is in operative communication with the print-engine interface and communicates a parameter associated with printing the target color on the substrate utilizing the print engine. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091306 | COLOR TO BLACK ONLY PERCENT THRESHOLD OPTION FOR CUSTOMERS - A system prints documents according to non-color content. The system includes a processing component that receives a print job that includes at least one of color and non-color content. A threshold selection component allows a user to select a minimum value of non-color content within the received print job. An analysis component evaluates the non-color content within each print job, compares the non-color content with the value selected via the threshold selection component, and modifies the color parameters of the print job to appear as non-color, if the threshold is met or exceeded. A print devices receives the print job information from the evaluation component and outputs the print job as a non-color print job if the non-color content threshold is met or exceeded, and outputs the print job as a color job if the non-color content threshold is not met. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091307 | MARKING METHOD BY MASKING COLOR, MARKING METHOD BY REMOVING COLOR AND MARKING METHOD BY CHANGING COLOR - A method for more easily marking an optical recognition code is accomplished. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091308 | Image Processing Apparatus and Recording Medium - An image processing apparatus for performing a color converting process in which image data of an original document is converted into image data expressed in a color space corresponding to a coloring material used in an output apparatus, the image processing apparatus includes: a conversion information generating unit which generates data for the color converting process when the color converting process is performed, the data corresponding to one or more images included in the image data of the original document; and a color converting unit which performs the color converting process using the data for the generated color converting process, the data corresponding to the image data of each image. The data for the color converting process includes information which is used to convert the image data of the image before conversion such that the image data is expressed in one color of the coloring material. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091309 | MULTI-ARRANGE ABLE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming section to fix a developer image to a sheet material and to output it, a control unit that is provided independently of the image forming section and supplies image data and an image output condition to the image forming section, and an operation section that is provided independently of the image forming section and the control unit, and outputs a control signal for supplying the image data and the image output condition to the image forming section. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091310 | EFFICIENT BANDED HYBRID RENDERING - Disclosed is a method of band rendering an image. The method comprises receiving ( | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091311 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT JOB PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus which makes it possible to perform image forming processing and post-processing efficiently. A job controller divides a single print job into a plurality of print jobs according to the processing capability of a post-processing apparatus. A print controller causes a printer section to perform sequential operations according to the split print jobs, to print form a plurality of set of printed sheet bundles. The sets of sheet bundles formed in association with the respective print jobs and stacked on a stacker by the operation of the print controller are sequentially brought to the post-processing apparatus, and the post-processing apparatus sequentially performs post-processing on the supplied sets of sheet bundles. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091312 | SMART COPY FUNCTION ENHANCEMENTS - Multiple enhancements are provided to a smart copy function of an imaging device to improve performance by making it operate in a time efficient manner. The enhancements include determining pre-positioning of the scan bar based upon the content type setting in the user interface. The smart copy function is also enhanced by determining when to implement and implementing a second pre-scan at a higher resolution when misidentification occurs. Another enhancement uses original size and edge to edge properties to determine content of the original document, which then allows optimal selection of the final copy scan and print parameters. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091313 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN EMBEDDED BARCODE - A document management system including an information processing apparatus having an interface to receive an input selecting a security setting corresponding to an image processing operation. The information processing apparatus also generates machine-readable instructions based on the selected security setting and generates a barcode corresponding to the machine-readable instructions, which is included on a document. An image processing apparatus then scans the document including the barcode and extracts the machine-readable instructions from the barcode. Based on the extracted instructions, the image processing apparatus initiates a process. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091314 | DUAL-MODE PHOTO PRINTING DEVICE - A dual-mode photo printing device includes a printer, an order sorter, having a plurality of moveable bins positionable to receive prints from the printer, and a removable order security door, attachable to cover the order sorter, having an output position. The photo printing device has a first mode with the door attached and prints being obtainable from the order sorter only via the output position, and a second mode with the door removed and prints being obtainable from more than one bin of the order sorter. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091315 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an image reading unit disposed above the image forming unit, a sheet discharge space disposed between the image reading unit and the image forming unit, a sheet discharge unit to discharge the sheet into the sheet discharge space from a back side to the front side, an operation unit disposed on the front side and including a display and an instruction input portion, and a document feeder disposed above the image reading unit. The image reading unit includes a document table, a document reverse unit to reverse and transport the original document, and a document discharge portion disposed beneath the document table, to which the original document is discharged. On the front side, the operation unit screens the document reverse unit while exposing both the document table and the document discharge portion of the document feeder from the front side. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091316 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for configuring an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving a signal to scan a document containing one or more coded objects, scanning the object coded document, decoding the one or more coded objects from the scanned object coded document into feature identification data, matching the feature identification data to one or more corresponding image production device features, and enabling the one or more corresponding image production device features on the image production device. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091317 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR SCANNING AND IMPORTING DOCUMENTS - A system, method, and apparatus for scanning and importing documents is disclosed. Specifically, the disclosed system provides a device for scanning documents and importing and forwarding scanned documents based on document identifiers. Documents are received and reviewed for entry into the document management system. An identifier is associated with each document based on the level of available information about the document. An identifier is assigned to each document. Each document with its assigned identifier is scanned. Documents are then imported into the document management system or forwarded to a recipient for additional review. Separator identifiers may be used to increase efficiency. Further, the system may allow certain users to use reporting functions to access information about the document management system and the recipients of documents. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091318 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE QUEUE OPTIONS FOR A SINGLE LOGICAL PRINTER - Systems and methods for managing multiple spool options for a single printer. A spool option is associated with a print job. The spool option specifies whether the associated print job is ready to print or specifies a scheduled time to print the print job. The print job and its associated spool option are sent to a single logical printer defined in the system. The print job is queued in a queue based on the spool option. In an exemplary embodiment, a first queue is used for print jobs that are ready to be printed and second queue is used for print jobs having spool option specifying a scheduled time to print. Both queues are managed by job spooler functions associated with a single printer in the computing system to eliminate the problems of defining multiple logical printers for different queuing/spool options. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091319 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING QUEUED PRINT JOBS - A system for printing queued print jobs includes a user interface and a job submission component. The user interface communicates user input. The job submission component submits print jobs to at least one print queue. The job submission component communicates with the user interface to receive the user input therefrom. The job submission component includes at least one parameter associated with printing an identification sheet with all of the at least one print job in the at least one print queue when a predetermined condition occurs, the predetermined condition includes at least one of a temporal condition, a periodic temporal condition, a threshold number of pages, and a threshold number of print jobs in the at least one print queue. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091320 | Front Panel Display Recordation - A system and method are provided for printing a screenshot displayed on a multifunctional peripheral (MFP) front panel. At an MFP front panel display, the method presents a screenshot, and an MFP processing unit stores the screenshot in a tangible memory medium. In response to recording a print screen command at a front panel user interface (UI), the MFP processing unit extracts the screenshot from memory and converts the extracted screenshot into a cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black) (CMYK) printable format recognized by a print engine. Then, an MFP print engine prints a screenshot hardcopy. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091321 | PHOTO PRINTING DEVICE - A photo printing device includes a microprocessor, operable to receive photo printing data, a printer, configured to print photographs from the photo printing data, an order sorter, having a plurality of moveable bins for receiving prints from the printer, and means for conveying information to a user related to operation of the order sorter. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091322 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and image forming method therefor, the image forming apparatus including: a communication interface to receive an XML paper specification (XPS) file; an XPS emulator unit to replace redundancy of the received XPS file with a parsing object and to render the XPS file in which the redundancy has been replaced; and a controller to output the rendered XPS file. Accordingly, resources used to output the XPS file are reduced. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091323 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND DOLLY DESIGNATION METHOD - A printing system includes, for example, a printing apparatus which forms an image on a sheet, and a plurality of dollies which are assigned different dolly identification information and used to stack the sheet discharged from the discharging port of the printing apparatus. The printing system also includes a designation unit which designates a dolly to be used for a print job, and an output unit which outputs alert information when the dolly designated by the designation unit is not allocated at the discharging port. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091324 | PRINTING SETTING APPLICATION PROGRAM, PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM, PRINTING SETTING APPLICATION APPARATUS, AND PRINT SETTING APPLICATION METHOD - A print setting display device includes: a print job data acquiring section which acquires print job data representing printing targets classified in accordance with a plurality of classification units; and a print setting acquiring section which acquires setting completion information representing print settings corresponding to the classification units; and a display control section which allows a predetermined display unit to display information representing the printing targets, the classification units, and the setting completion information. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091325 | FIELD DATA CENTER - The present invention provides, among other features, a device and method for removably enclosing other devices. This device is ruggedized and mobile while also providing protection to the other devices from harsh conditions. Further, this device may integrate and/or contain electronics capable of providing power to other devices. The power components should be able to receive power from an AC or DC source and output, to one or more devices, AC and/or DC. This device is adapted for use in the agricultural harvesting process. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091326 | Printing System, and Printing Method and Recording Medium - A printing system is provided which includes a printer, a job control section that supplies print job data to the printer, and a determination section that determines whether to execute printing of the print job data. In the printing system, the job control section generates determination information, which is information relating to printing the print job data, before the print job data are supplied to the printer. In the printing system, the determination section determines whether to execute printing of the print job data depending on the determination information and information relating to the status of the printer. In the printing system, the job control section supplies the print job data to the printer, when the determination result shows that the printing is possible. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091327 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of defining each of a plurality of executable functions as one work item and executing a plurality of workflows each combining the work items includes a setting change reception unit which receives a setting change for a setting item of a work item that constitutes a preprocess workflow and reflects the contents of the setting change on an associated setting item of a work item that constitutes a post-process workflow, a data generation unit which generates data including the execution result of the preprocess workflow and the contents of the setting change, an analysis unit which analyzes, based on the generated data, whether a setting change has been done for the setting item of the work item that constitutes the post-process workflow, and a workflow execution unit which controls execution of the post-process workflow based on the analysis result. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091328 | Printing Apparatus, Data Storage Medium, Interface Device, Printer Control Method, And Interface Control Method - An interface device backs up printer settings and operating history data of printer so that the settings and history data can be easily restored. A nonvolatile memory | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091329 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - This invention provides a first communication apparatus, which makes a facsimile communication via a packet communication network and can describe different contents image header information each including a date, time, source information, destination information, and the like in image data having a predetermined number of pixels upon sending the image data to a plurality of destinations, and a communication method. This invention also provides a second communication apparatus which makes a facsimile communication via a packet communication network and has a first mode in which image header information such as a date, time, source information, destination information, and the like can be described in image data having a predetermined number of pixels and can send the image data, and a second mode in which image data having one of various resolutions and an indefinite number of pixels can be sent. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091330 | IMAGE SUMMARIZATION BY A LEARNING APPROACH - An automated system and a method for extracting a region of interest from a digital image are disclosed. The method includes identifying a subset of training images from a larger set of training images, each training image in the set having a respective identified region of interest. The subset is identified based on a measure of similarity between the digital image and the images in the set of training images. At least one region of interest is extracted from the digital image based on an analysis of the identified regions of interest in the subset of training images. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091331 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A technique for performing high-quality cluster type FM halftone image output without “anisotropy” or “sweep out texture” phenomenon is provided. An error diffused to a current pixel position and a random number RND are added by an adder to multi-level pixel data as a subject of binarization, and supplied as pixel data Pxy to a selector. The selector compares the pixel data Pxy with thresholds, and supplies the pixel data Pxy to one of a highlight portion processor, a dark portion processor and an intermediate portion processor. The highlight and dark portion processors refer to already-binarized results within a range determined in accordance with the value of the input pixel data Pxy, and determine a binarization result Qxy. The intermediate portion processor compares a threshold, which monotonously increases in accordance with the value of the pixel data Pxy, with the pixel data Pxy, thereby determines the binarization result Qxy. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091332 | Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming Method - An image forming apparatus includes an image data input unit to which image data is input, a latent image carrier, an exposure head having a luminous element disposed in a first direction, and an imaging optical system for imaging light from the luminous element onto the latent image carrier, and an image processing unit that screen-processes the image data by using a screen table having a first screen pixel formed by n (n is an integer number equal to or more than 1) luminous element spots in a first direction and a second screen pixel formed by m (m is an integer number different from n) luminous element spots in the first direction. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091333 | Method and Printer System for Reducing Image Print Grain Effect - A method and an imaging apparatus for reducing print grain effect in an image to be printed by a printing device are disclosed. One or more flat field areas, each comprising at least one flat field pixel, are detected in the image. A color value of each detected flat field pixel in the one or more flat field areas is modified using a unique flat field optimized color lookup table. The modification of the color value of each flat field pixel in the image reduces the print grain effect in the image to be printed by the printing device. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091334 | DIGITAL COMPENSATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A digital image processing method. The method includes printing a first set of reference marks on one side of a substrate with a first print engine; printing a second set of reference marks on the same side of the substrate as the first set of reference marks with a second print engine; sensing both sets of reference marks on the substrate with an image sensing unit and generating a digital image of the reference marks; performing image analysis on the digital image to obtain an image-to-image distortion map where the image-to-image distortion map is a local measure of difference between the first set of reference marks and the second set of reference marks; and generating a compensated customer image by using the image-to-image distortion map to reduce registration errors when using the first and second print engines. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091335 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE DECREASE OF GHOST APPEARANCE - A system and method to compensate for ghost appearances on a print due to a previous job, the method comprising defining areas in which ghosting is expected or detected and recording the image on a photoreceptor by selectively changing the parameters of the system as a function of position, to compensate for the effects of ghosting in ex-image and ex-nonimage areas. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091336 | Layered Security in Digital Watermarking - A media object authentication system uses layers of security features based on digital watermarks embedded in media objects. The system generates a first digital watermark with a message payload carrying data about the object, such as a hash of text data printed on the object. The first digital watermark is combined with a content signature derived from features of the media object, such as frequency domain attributes, edge attributes, or other filtered version of the media signal (e.g., image photo on a secure document) on the media object. This combination forms a new digital watermark signal that is embedded in the host media object. To verify the object, the digital watermark payload is extracted and compared with the data about the object. The combined digital watermark and content signature is also evaluated to authenticate the media signal on the media object. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091337 | PAPER MEDIUM INFORMATION ENCRYPTING SYSTEM, DECRYPTING SYSTEM, PROGRAM AND METHOD - A solution of a problem of how leakage of important information should be prevented without losing any convenience of a paper medium, entails configuring a paper medium information encrypting system | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091338 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SCANNED DATA PROCESS METHOD - An image forming apparatus including a scanner engine and an operation panel is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes: a display part for displaying a selection screen for selecting a transfer destination of scanned data from among a plurality of transfer destinations on the operation panel; a scanning process part for causing the scanner engine to scan a document to produce scanned data; and a transfer part for transferring the scanned data to one or more selected transfer destinations. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091339 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND SHADING CORRECTING METHOD THEREOF - An image scanning apparatus includes a first scanning unit to scan a first side of a conveyed document and detect a white area, a direction change unit to re-convey the conveyed document to a duplex scan path, a second scanning unit to scan the white area of the re-conveyed document, and a controller to perform a shading correction of the second scanning unit using scan data for the white area. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091340 | SCAN BAR FOR SCANNING MEDIA SHEET IN IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A scan bar for scanning a media sheet in an image scanning device and a method for scanning the media sheet in the image scanning device are disclosed. The scan bar comprises a sensor arrangement and a lens arrangement. The sensor arrangement comprises a first sensor region and a second sensor region. Light reflected from the media sheet is focused by the lens arrangement onto the sensor arrangement. Each of the first sensor region and the second sensor region is capable of generating image data corresponding to the media sheet from the focused light received from the lens arrangement for scanning the media sheet. The image data generated by the first sensor region is of relatively higher resolution than image data generated by the second sensor region. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091341 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PORTABLE DATA SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION - A device, system and method for portable data scanning and transmission are provided. The device is a portable appliance including resources for interoperating with a scanner to scan images of paper based documents, and a memory for storing the images without the need for a personal computer. The portable appliance is also interoperable with a mobile communication means to transfer the images to a remote computer. The portable appliance may include a computer program operable to enable processing of the images, including control routines for enabling data collection, storage and transfer to the remote computer. The invention can be implemented as an in-cab scanning system operable with existing in-cab communication systems. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091342 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A first main-scanning-position correction unit divides a surface to be scanned into first areas in a main scanning direction into areas, sets a separate clock-pulse timing for first area, and corrects a main-scanning position error. A second main-scanning-position correction unit divides the surface into second areas in the main scanning direction based on first-scanning-position correction data, sets a separate clock-pulse timing for each second area, and corrects the main-scanning position error. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091343 | IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging station for processing a media includes a media output for outputting a processed media, a first media delivery station having a first media entrance, a second media delivery station having a second media entrance, and a passive urging device. The second media entrance has a width smaller than a width of the first media entrance. The second media entrance is positioned downstream from the media output and upstream from the first media entrance. The passive urging device is positioned downstream from the media output such that the media is urged towards the second media entrance. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091344 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETECTING ARTICLE MULTIFEED - A document processing device that processes a plurality of articles and is capable of detecting a multifeed or a condition that may represent a multifeed may be configured to determine criteria of the multifeed or condition. This is particularly useful for configuring the document processing device to ignore multifeeds or conditions that are considered acceptable. For instance, a user may set predefined overlap criteria. If a detected multifeed criteria or condition criteria meets the predefined overlap criteria, a detection of the multifeed or condition may be ignored. However, if it does not meet the predefined overlap criteria, the detection of the multifeed or condition may cause the document processing device to take predetermined post-processing actions, for example to set an alarm message or halt operation entirely. Alternatively, if a condition is expected, predetermined post-processing actions can be taken if the condition is not detected or does not meet the specified criteria. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091345 | Paper-sheet recognition apparatus - A paper-sheet recognition apparatus includes a base plate; and one or a plurality of line sensors engaged in the base plate. An engaging portion between the line sensor and the base plate has a concave-convex engaging structure in which a concave-convex portion provided in the line sensor and a concave-convex portion provided in the base plate are engaged with each other, a convex portion of the concave-convex portion provided in the line sensor has the same size as a convex portion of the concave-convex portion provided in the base plate in the direction perpendicular to the paper-sheet transport direction, each of the concave-convex portions is formed having an inclined surface that extends downwardly from a horizontal plane, and edges of end faces of the concave-convex portions and boundaries between a horizontal plane of the base plate and the inclined surfaces of the concave-convex portions are round chamfered. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091346 | SCANNER DEVICE FOR A FRANKING SYSTEM - A scanner device for scanning mailpieces, which scanner device comprises: a contact image sensor or “CIS” disposed in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction in which the mailpieces are conveyed through a module of a franking system; a support to which said sensor is fastened, the support being mounted to pivot at one end of at least one first drive lever, the other end of which is itself mounted to pivot about a first common hinge pin secured to a stationary portion of the module and disposed upstream from a set of conveyor rollers, so as to make it possible for said contact image sensor to move vertically; and at least one second drive lever one end of which is mounted to pivot about a second common hinge pin secured to said stationary portion of said module and disposed downstream from said set of conveyor rollers, the other end of the second drive lever, by being moved synchronously with the vertical movement of said set of conveyor rollers, moving the contact image sensor via the first drive lever. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091347 | System And Method For Rendering Image Values To Be Printed In A Single Pass By Serially Arranged Printheads - A method processes image data for a color separation to reduce visible perception of misalignment of printheads in a plurality of serially arranged printheads. The method includes detecting cross-process edges in image values for objects in a color separation to be printed by a plurality of serially arranged printheads, and disproportionately mapping image values corresponding to the object in the color separation to one of the printheads in the plurality of serially arranged printheads. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091348 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a major color range detector detecting the major color range from the image data; a criteria density setting unit determining a density value where the largest number of pixels exists in a density histogram of the major color range as a criteria density; a first correction value derivation unit deriving a first correction value to change density values in a predetermined range higher than the criteria density to be closer to the criteria density; a second correction value derivation unit deriving a second correction value to change density values in a predetermined range lower than the criteria density to be closer to the criteria density; a correction table derivation unit deriving a gradation correction table based on the first correction value and the second correction value; and a correcting unit correcting density of the scanned image data based on the gradation correction table. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091349 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE AND POLARIZATION DIRECTION CONTROLLING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a recording and reproducing device including: a light source; an intensity modulating section; a polarization beam splitter; a selective polarization direction controlling section; a linearly polarized light/circularly polarized light converting section; and a driving controlling section. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091350 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that previously rotates a polygonal mirror drive motor before starting a job and forms a latent image by using an optical scanning unit including the polygonal mirror drive motor is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform control such that, in the determination of the presence or absence of each of color toners before a previous rotation is started, if it is determined that any one of the color toners is absent, only the polygonal mirror drive motor corresponding to a black toner is previously rotated. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091351 | SCANNING OPTICAL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A scanning optical device wherein, on the basis of positional information concerning a spacing in a main-scan direction between imaging positions of a plurality of light beams passed through resin-made imaging optical elements and detected by a photodetecting device and a spacing between the imaging positions in a sub-scan direction of the plurality of light beams, a focal shift direction and a focal shift amount in the main-scan direction as well as a focal shift direction and a focal shift amount in the sub-scan direction are determined, and wherein an optical element of an input optical system is moved in an optical axis direction based on the determination, to correct the focal shift in the main-scan direction and the focal shift in the sub-scan direction. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091352 | DISPLAY ELEMENT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides a novel electrochemical display element, which can realize bright white display, high-contrast black and white display, and full-color display by a simple member construction, and a method for driving the display element. The display element is characterized in that it comprises opposed electrodes, and an electrolyte, an electrochromic compound, a metal salt compound, and a white scattering material between the opposed electrodes, and multicolor display of three or more colors is carried out by black display, white display, and display of color other than black by driving the opposed electrodes by taking advantage of 1) a color change as a result of oxidation and reduction reactions of the electrochromic compound, and 2) a color change as a result of reduction precipitation and oxidation dissolution of a metallic element contained in the metal salt compound in at least one of the opposed electrodes. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091353 | DISPLAY ELEMENT AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Provided is a novel electrochemical display element which performs bright white display, high contrast black/white display and full-color display with a simple member configuration. A method for driving such display element is also provided. The display element contains an electrochromic compound, which is colored or has its color disappear due to oxidation or reduction, a metallic salt compound, an electrolyte and a white scattered material, between opposing electrodes. The display element substantially performs multiple color display of three colors or more, i.e., black display, white display and colored display other than black, by driving operation of the opposing electrodes. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091354 | Apparatus and method for 2D and 3D image switchable display - An image display apparatus and method are disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a light source unit to include at least one light source, an optical unit to generate a directional light using a light projected from the light source unit, a variable diffuser unit to control diffusion of the directional light, a pixel unit to selectively generate one of two-dimensional (2D) images and three-dimensional (3D) images to correspond to the control of the variable diffuser unit, and a vertical diffusion unit to diffuse the 3D images in a vertical direction | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091355 | OPTICAL FIBER TRANSPORT DEVICES AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - By using a wavelength routing, a single optical amplifier can have the function of a boost amplifier and the function of a preamplifier. Moreover, by attenuating a transmission signal in advance, it is possible to adjust a gain difference required in the boost amplifier and the preamplifier. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091356 | Method and Apparatus for Enhancing Signal-to-Noise Power Ratio in Optical Fiber Amplifiers - The invention discloses an apparatus for enhancing the signal power to ASE power ratio in an optical amplifier including a 1×n input optical switching component, n band-pass filters, and an n×1 output optical switching component, wherein the signal power is allowed to pass through the band-pass filter switched by the 1×n input optical switching component and the n×1 output optical switching component. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091357 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF OPTICAL AMPLIFIER - A control apparatus of an optical amplifier includes a monitoring section that measures power of light inputted to the optical amplifier, a power-wavelength characteristics variable section that is operable to change a wavelength characteristic of power of the light inputted, a wavelength number decrease recognition section that compares the value of the power of light measured by the monitoring section with a predetermined threshold, and a control section that controls the power-wavelength characteristics variable section when the wavelength number decrease recognition section judges that the value of the power of light falls below the threshold. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091358 | EXTRINSIC GAIN LASER AND OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION DEVICE - An optical amplifier on a silicon platform includes a first doped device layer and a second doped device layer. A gain medium is positioned between the first and second doped device layers. The gain medium comprises extrinsic gain materials so as to substantially confine in the gain medium a light signal and allow the optical amplifier to be electrically or optically pumped. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091359 | OPTICAL AMPLIFYING DEVICE - The present invention provides an optical amplifying device which can be easily downsized, increased in output, and stabilized. An optical amplifying device | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091360 | OPTICAL COMPONENT MADE FROM SYNTHETIC QUARTZ GLASS WITH ENHANCED RADIATION RESISTANCE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPONENT - To provide an optical component of quartz glass for use in a projection objective for immersion lithography at an operating wavelength below 250 nm, which component is optimized for use with linearly polarized UV laser radiation and particularly with respect to compaction and birefringence induced by anisotropic density change, it is suggested according to the invention that the quartz glass should contain hydroxyl groups in the range of from 1 wtppm to 60 wtppm and chemically bound nitrogen, and that the mean hydrogen content of the quartz glass should be in the range of 5×10 | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091361 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides a projection optical system for projecting a pattern of an object plane onto an image plane, including a first lens whose refractive index irreversibly increases by ultraviolet irradiation, and a second lens whose refractive index irreversibly decreases by the ultraviolet irradiation. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091362 | Complex type microscopic device - A complex type microscopic device includes a slider unit moving a stage, an optical microscope, a scanning electron microscope with an electron axis intersecting with an optical axis of the optical microscope, an optical measurement/observation unit having a magnification between those of the scanning electron microscope and the optical microscope and co-using an objective lens with the optical microscope, and a control unit controlling the entire device, and a display unit having a display screen. During display of a low-magnification optical microscopic image, the control unit controls the display unit to display, on the image, a representation to designate an area to be observed at a magnification of the optical measurement/observation unit, and to display, on the image, another representation to designate an area to be observed at a magnification of the scanning electron microscope during display of a high-magnification optical microscopic image. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091363 | OBJECTIVE LENS, NOSEPIECE AND INVERTED MICROSCOPE EQUIPPED THEREWITH - An objective lens to be fitted into a fitting hole of a nosepiece of a microscope includes an imaging lens that is composed of a plurality of lens groups, and a lens barrel that holds the imaging lens. The lens barrel is formed with a fitting portion that is fitted to the fitting hole of the nosepiece and provided at an outer circumference of a tip portion side away by a given distance from the tip portion where a first lens group in the imaging lens is held, and a mount surface that comes into contact with a contact surface of the fitting hole of the nosepiece upon fitting at the fitting portion. The nosepiece is equipped with the objective lens. The inverted microscope is equipped with the nosepiece fitting the objective lens. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091364 | Apparatus and method of conveying constituents - An apparatus is disclosed for conveying microscopic constituents from a testing surface to a slide. The microscopic constituents are observed through a viewer. A transparent tape permits the passage of light through the transparent tape. A plurality of markers are positioned on the transparent tape. An adhesive layer on the transparent tape affixes the constituents about the plurality of markers upon impressing the transparent tape against the testing surface. The adhesive layer affixes the transparent tape to the slide for preserving and restraining the constituents. The transparent tape and the slide enable the identification and calculation of the number of the constituents per each area occupied by each of the plurality of markers. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091365 | Screen - A screen adapted to a projection device having a transparent layer, a plurality of light-mixing chambers, and a plurality of lens structures is provided. The light-mixing chambers are located on a back surface of the transparent layer away from the projection device. The lens structures are disposed on a front surface of the transparent layer facing towards the projection device and corresponding to the light-mixing chambers respectively. The size of the opening of the light-mixing chamber is smaller than the size of the bottom surface of the corresponding lens structures. The lens structure is adapted to refract a light beam from the projection device, and the opening of the corresponding light-mixing chamber is adapt to allow the light beam pass through, such that the corresponding light-mixing chamber is adapted to concentrate the light beam therein and transform the light beam into a light beam projected out of the screen. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091366 | Screen of projector - A screen of a projector having a substrate and a plurality of asymmetric optical structures is provided. There is a plurality of light absorbing zones and a plurality of reflective zones alternatively disposed on a surface of the substrate facing the projector. The asymmetric optical structures are disposed on the surface of the substrate and correspond to the reflective zones, respectively. The asymmetric optical structure has a first curved surface and a second curved surface, and the first curved surface protrudes toward the projector for converging an incident light from the projector on the reflective zone, and the second curved surface is disposed at a side of the first curved surface away from the projector for refracting a reflective light from the reflective zones toward the normal direction of the surface of the substrate. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091367 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, DISPLAY PANEL AND FLY EYE LENS - In a three-dimensional image display device for displaying color three-dimensional images, a fly eye lens, a display panel, and a light source are provided in this order from the observer side. A display panel has four pixels arrayed in a (2×2) matrix correlated with one lens element of the fly eye lens. In the event that j is a natural number, a pixel magnifying projection width e in a second direction is set in a range of the following expression according to mean interpupillary distance Y of the observers. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091368 | Stereographic imaging device using two lcd panel having same polarizing angle - The present invention discloses a stereoscopic imaging device, including a first display panel having a front surface to which a first front polarization filter having a polarization angle of 45 degrees is attached, and a rear surface to which a first rear polarization filter having a polarization angle of 135 degrees is attached; a second display panel disposed at an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the first display panel, wherein the second display panel has a front surface to which a second front polarization filter having a polarization angle of 45 degrees is attached and a rear surface to which a second rear polarization filter having a polarization angle of 135 degrees is attached; and a half mirror disposed at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the first display device and the second display device between the first display device and the second display device. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091369 | DOUBLE-LAYER GRATING - A double-layer grating structure for efficient retroreflection of incident radiation and efficient transmission of the undiffracted incident radiation is disclosed. The grating is constructed of two spaced-apart layers of periodically arranged metal stripes, wherein the stripes in one layer overlap with gaps between the stripes in the second layer. The layers are encapsulated with a dielectric material. A method for producing such grating is also described. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091370 | RADIAL BRAGG RING RESONATOR STRUCTURE WITH HIGH QUALITY FACTOR - A high quality factor optical resonator structure includes a substrate, a center disc formed on the substrate, and a plurality of concentric grating rings surrounding the center disc. The concentric rings are spaced apart from the center disc and from one another by regions of lower index of refraction material with respect thereto, and wherein spacing between the grating rings and the center disc is non-periodic such that a magnitude of a displacement distance of a given grating ring with respect to a λ/4 Bragg reflector geometry is largest for a first of the grating rings immediately adjacent the center disk and decreases in a radially outward direction. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091371 | MOLDED PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME ( as amended - A molded product having a phase separation structure formed by photopolymerization of a photopomerizable composition and imparting a sharp diffraction spot at a high diffraction efficiency, and a method for manufacturing same are provided. The molded product ( | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091372 | Fabry-Perot Type Tunable Filter and Fabrication Method Thereof - To provide a miniaturized Fabry-Perot type tunable filter that can be applied to e.g. a light of wide wavelength range from infrared rays to ultraviolet rays and actuated at a low voltage. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091373 | PLASTIC LENS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING PLASTIC LENS - A primer layer is formed on a plastic lens substrate, a hard coat layer is formed on the primer layer using a coating composition comprising metal oxide fine particles, an organosilicon compound represented by the general formula R | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091374 | Optical Multilayer Body, Polarization Plate Using Same, and Image Display - There is provided an optical laminate which has anti-dazzling properties and can realize excellent glare preventive properties and black reproducibility (gradation rendering of black at low brightness). The optical laminate comprises: a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer or a light diffusion layer provided on the light transparent base material, wherein the outermost surface of the anti-dazzling layer or light diffusion layer has a concavoconvex surface, and the anti-dazzling layer satisfies the following requirements: Sm is not less than 100 μm and not more than 600 μm, θa is not less than 0.1 degree and not more than 1.2 degrees, and Rz is more than 0.2 μm and not more than 1 μm, wherein Sm represents the average spacing of concavoconvexes in the anti-dazzling layer; θa represents the average inclination angle of the concavoconvexes; and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvexes. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091375 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optic device includes an electro-optic panel and a light-shielding section. The light-shielding section formed on a side of a light exiting surface of the electro-optic panel and includes an inclined surface inclined toward a side opposite to the light exiting surface. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091376 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - The optical element includes in order from a light-entering side, a first layer ( | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091377 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING AND CALIBRATING A HELMET-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A helmet mounted display (HMD) system comprising a display pod having a light wave optical element. The display pod is designed to be attached to a base plate located above the brow of a helmet using opposing hook and loop-style fastener pads or alternatively, a pair of locking disks. The mounting position of the display pod is adjustable within three degrees of freedom, including lateral positioning along a plane that is co-planar to a mounting surface for the display pod, as well as rotation about an axis that is perpendicular to the mounting surface. The HMD system is adapted to compensate for variations in mounting position using a bore sighting adjustment. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091378 | RADIATION COLLIMATOR AND SYSTEMS INCORPORATING SAME - A collimator including a housing having disposed therein a shield element surrounding a converter core in which a photon beam is generated from electrons emanating from a linear accelerator. A beam channeler longitudinally adjacent the shield element has a beam aperture therethrough coaxially aligned with, and of the same diameter as, an exit bore of the converter core. A larger entry bore in the converter core is coaxial with, and longitudinally separated from, the exit bore thereof. Systems incorporating the collimator are also disclosed. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091379 | Wide-angle objective lens system and camera - A vehicle camera and wide-angle objective lens system are disclosed wherein the wide-angle objective lens has image aberrations or errors that do not deteriorate the detection of obstructions or obstacles in its field of view. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091380 | SWITCHABLE MAGNIFICATION LENS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A switchable magnification lens used to vary the magnification of an image going to be captured by a camera. The switchable magnification lens includes an outer barrel and a switchable magnification unit detachably arranged in the outer barrel and connected to the zoom lens. The image will be magnified while passing through the switchable magnification unit from a first end to a second end, and the image will be shrunk while passing through the switchable magnification unit from the second end to the first end. The switchable magnification unit is able to change its orientation with respect to the outer barrel. The image will be magnified while the first end is away from the camera and the second end is toward the camera, and the image will be shrunk while the first end is toward the camera and the second end is away from the camera. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091381 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same - A zoom lens has a plurality of lens units including, in order from its object side to image side, a first lens unit having a negative refracting power composed of two lens elements including a biconcave negative lens and a positive lens, and a second lens unit having a positive refracting power composed of four lens elements including a positive lens and a negative lens. During zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, a distance between the lens units changes, and the second lens unit moves toward the object side. The zoom lens has an aperture stop that moves integrally with the second lens during the zooming and satisfies a specific condition. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091382 | ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A zoom lens having an optical element for deflecting an optical path includes, in order from an object: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens group having negative refractive power. The third lens group has a plurality of lenses, and the following conditional expressions 1.00| 2010-04-15 | |
| 20100091383 | ZOOM LENS ASSEMBLY AND ZOOM LENS MODULE - A zoom lens assembly and zoom lens module are provided, including a first lens, a second lens, a plurality of guiding blocks, a sheathing tube, a plurality of linking members and an adjusting tube. The first lens includes a plurality of curved surfaces disposed on a second lens surface toward a first lens surface. The second lens includes a plurality of driving rods disposed on a third lens surface and abutting the curved surfaces. The guiding blocks are respectively fixed on the first lens. The sheathing tube sheathes the first lens and the second lens and comprises a plurality of guiding notches to receive the guiding blocks, and a plurality of slits. The linking members pass through the slits and are fixed on the second lens. The adjusting tube sheathes the sheathing tube and comprises a plurality of driving notches to receive the linking members. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091384 | MINIATURE IMAGE CAPTURE LENS - A miniature image capture lens is disclosed comprising an aperture diaphragm having an aperture through which an image is captured and a wafer-level lens system, including a first surface disposed on a first substrate, a second substrate with a first side bonded to the first substrate, a second surface disposed on a second side of the second substrate, and a third surface disposed on a third substrate, wherein the first surface, the second surface and the third surface are aspherical and the following conditions are satisfied: | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091385 | Optical element, optical system and endoscope using the same - A flux of light entering a transparent medium L | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091386 | MINIATURE IMAGE CAPTURE LENS - A miniature image capture lens is disclosed, comprising an aperture diaphragm having an aperture through which an image is captured and a wafer-level lens system, comprising a first lens group including a first substrate, a first lens disposed on a first side of the first substrate and a second lens disposed on a second side of the first substrate, and a second lens group including a second substrate, a third lens disposed on a first side of the second substrate and a fourth lens disposed on a second side of the second substrate. The first lens, the second lens, the third lens and the fourth lens are aspherical and the miniature image capture lens meets the following condition: | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091387 | IMAGING LENS, IMAGING DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens (LN) includes one or two lens blocks (BK), and an aperture stop (ape). The lens block (BK) includes a plane-parallel lens substrate (LS) and a lens (L) formed of different materials. In the imaging lens (LN), a first lens block (BK | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091388 | OBJECTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR ENDOSCOPES - An objective optical system for endoscopes is characterized by comprising, in order from its object side, a stop, a first lens and a second lens. The first lens comprises a positive meniscus lens concave on its object side and the second lens comprises a positive lens convex on its object side. The following conditions (1), (2), (3) and (4) are satisfied: | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091389 | DESIGN OF COMPACT ADJUSTABLE LENS - The present invention provides a solution for designing a compact adjustable lens assembly, wherein a circular shaped piezoelectric crystal is bending a thin glass cover, thereby providing a shift of focal length of the lens assembly. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091390 | LENS BARREL AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A lens barrel includes a movable lens unit movable in an optical-axis direction, an actuator configured to move the movable lens unit in the optical-axis direction, a guide member configured to guide the movable lens unit in the optical-axis direction, and a guide-member-holding portion holding the guide member. The guide member is held by the guide-member-holding portion with one end thereof being in a press-fitted state and the other end thereof being in a non-press-fitted state. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091391 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH A ROLLER BEARING LINEAR GUIDE AND A MOTORIZED DRIVE - Optical assembly consisting of at least one lens holder and a stator, wherein the lens holder ( | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091392 | LENS DRIVING UNIT AND CAMERA MODULE COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided are a lens driving unit that generates a precise linear motion in a spatially limited structure by using a bending vibration piezoelectric motor having a new structure, and a camera module comprising the lens driving unit. The lens driving unit includes: a lens carrier supporting a lens and comprising a guide axis exposed at least partially to the outside and extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the lens; and a piezoelectric driving unit having a center portion contacting the guide axis according to a bending motion of a piezoelectric element and moving the lens carrier in a direction in which the guide axis extends. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100091393 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - The invention relates to an optical apparatus allowing images in multiple directions to be simultaneously taken with simple construction using a prism optical system yet with high definitions even at wide angles of view. Specifically, the invention provides an optical apparatus using a prism optical system which has three optical surfaces: a first surface having transmission, a second surface having internal reflection plus transmission and a third surface having reflection and is formed of a medium having a refractive index of 1.3 or greater and in which light enters the medium through the first surface, is totally reflected at the second surface, and then reflected at the third surface | 2010-04-15 |
