16th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140104612 | METHOD FOR ALIGNING A PHASE RETARDATION PLATE WITH A DISPLAY PANEL - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for aligning a phase retardation plate with a display panel comprising the following steps: S | 2014-04-17 |
20140104613 | SPECTRAL CALIBRATION METHOD - An example method of spectral calibration includes directing light from a light source though a gas, detecting an optical density of the light that has passed through the gas using a detector, and calibrating the detecting by adjusting an optical path length. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104614 | Active Spectral Control During Spectrum Synthesis - A spectral feature of a pulsed light beam produced by an optical source is estimated by modifying the wavelength of the pulsed light beam based on a predefined repeating pattern having a pattern period including a plurality of steps, the modification including shifting the wavelength of the pulsed light beam by a wavelength offset from a baseline wavelength for each step in the pattern period; measuring the wavelength of the light beam for each step in the pattern period as the wavelength is modified across the pattern; and estimating a spectral feature of the pulsed light beam over an evaluation window that includes all of the steps within the pattern period based at least in part on the measured wavelength of the light beam for each step in the pattern period. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104615 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING FLUCTUATION IN MOISTURE CONTENT, METHOD FOR DETECTING FLUCTUATION IN MOISTURE CONTENT, VACUUM GAUGE, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FLUCTUATION IN VACUUM DEGREE - A moisture content fluctuation detection device including: a silica aerogel placed, disposed to a measurement object space; and a detection unit configured to detect fluctuation in moisture content within the measurement object space, the detection unit including: a light source configured to emit light to the silica aerogel, the light having at least a portion of a range of wavelengths of 1850 nm or greater and 1970 nm or less; a light receiving unit configured to receive the light which has passed through the silica aerogel and has at least a portion of the range of wavelengths of 1850 nm or greater and 1970 nm or less; and a calculation unit configured to calculate the fluctuation in moisture content within the measurement object space from change in light intensity of the light received by the light receiving unit. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104616 | FLUX MONITOR - A flux monitor system includes a light source and a sensor. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104617 | FLOW CELL MODULES AND LIQUID SAMPLE ANALYZERS AND METHODS INCLUDING SAME - A flow cell module for use in a liquid sample analyzer includes a module housing, a liquid core waveguide mounted in the module housing to receive a flow of a liquid sample from a liquid sample source, an input optical fiber disposed in the module housing to transmit radiation from a radiation source to the liquid core waveguide, an input termination located on an input end of the input optical fiber, a first kinematic connection mechanism operative to bias the input termination in a first direction along a first axis while permitting displacement of the input termination in a first opposing direction along the first axis, and a second kinematic connection mechanism operative to bias the input termination in a second direction along a second axis while permitting displacement of the input termination in a second opposing direction along the second axis. The second axis is transverse to the first axis. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104618 | COMPACT, LOW DISPERSION, AND LOW ABERRATION ADAPTIVE OPTICS SCANNING SYSTEM - An adaptive optics scanning system using a beam projection module with four or more axes of motion that can project and control the position and angle of a beam of light to or from an adaptive optics element. The adaptive optics scanning system is compact in size, overcoming the challenges of a traditional lens and mirror based pupil relay design. The adaptive optics scanning system has little to no dispersion, chromatic aberration, and off-axis aberration for improved optical performance. The system and methods for calibrating and optimizing the system are described. A modular adaptive optics unit that scans and interfaces an adaptive optics element is described. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104619 | 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 ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140104620 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE - An apparatus for determining surface topology of a portion of a three-dimensional structure is provided, that includes a probing member, an illumination unit, a light focusing optics, a translation mechanism, a detector and a processor. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104621 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS AND ROBOT SYSTEM - A three-dimensional shape measuring apparatus according to the embodiment includes an irradiating unit, an imaging unit, a position detector, a changing unit. The irradiating unit applies a slit light beam while changing an irradiation position in an area under measurement. The imaging unit images reflected light of the light beam. The position detector scans an image taken by the imaging unit to detect a position of the light beam on the image. The changing unit changes a position of an imaging area of the imaging unit in accordance with the irradiation position of the light beam. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104622 | SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING THE SHAPE OF MOTOR VEHICLES - A system for obtaining the external shape of motor vehicles can be applied to car-washing apparatuses. The system is able to reproduce the external shape of motor vehicles. The system has means for detecting the outer shape of a motor vehicle, a central operating control unit, and software means for handling and processing data loaded on the central operating control unit. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104623 | DISPLACEMENT SENSOR, SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING APPARATUS, COLOR MEASURING APPARATUS, PLANAR MEASURED OBJECT QUALITY MONITORING APPARATUS, DISPLACEMENT MEASURING METHOD, SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING METHOD, AND COLOR MEASURING METHOD - A displacement sensor includes a light source unit configured to apply light with different plural wavelengths in a direction oblique to a measurement region of a planar measured object, a spectroscope configured to measure spectral distribution of light reflected by the measurement region, a feature amount extracting module configured to extract a feature amount of the spectral distribution, and a displacement calculating module configured to calculate displacement of the measurement region based on the extracted feature amount and a relation between displacement and a feature amount acquired previously. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104624 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a print request combining unit and a reduced-size image display unit. The print request combining unit combines multiple print requests to generate one print request. The reduced-size image display unit reduces sizes of images of to-be-displayed pages among pages to be formed in accordance with the one print request generated by the print request combining unit, and displays reduced-size images of the to-be-displayed pages. The reduced-size image display unit extracts at least one to-be-displayed page from each set of to-be-printed pages specified in a corresponding one of the multiple print requests having been combined by the print request combining unit, and displays reduced-size images of the extracted to-be-displayed pages. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104625 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - An embodiment of this invention is directed to increasing the number of printable images on a continuous sheet and printing throughput when printing an image in which images of different sizes coexist and are arranged. In a printing apparatus which prints a plurality of images by using a full-line inkjet printhead while conveying the sheet, the size of an image and a position of a sheet where the image is printed are analyzed from inputted image data. A necessary type of preliminary discharge is determined in accordance with the analysis result. Then, print data is generated by adding, to the image data, data for preliminary discharge complying with the determined type of preliminary discharge. It is controlled to print by the full-line printhead based on the generated print data. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING ADVERTISEMENTS ON PARCEL PACKAGES IN AN AUTOMATED PARCEL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Systems and a method for printing and applying labels on packages. The system includes a conveyor configured to transport a plurality of packages, one or more scanners configured to scan the plurality of packages, and one or more print and apply stations. The one or more print and apply stations includes a printer configured to print labels, and an applier configured to apply the labels on the plurality of packages. The system further includes a management controller configured to retrieve promotion data for the plurality of packages, transmit the promotion data and spooling instructions associated with the promotion data to a print controller, and control operation of the conveyor in synchronization with the spooling instructions, and the print controller. The print controller is configured to manage and spool the promotion data to the one or more print and apply stations. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104627 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDING DATA TO A PRINTED PUBLICATION - Systems and methods for adding data to a printed publication are provided. One method includes receiving variable data and controlling an energy source to at least partially ablate the printed publication based on the variable data. The printed publication is printed on the substrate using the commercial printing press based on fixed data. Controlling the energy source to at least partially ablate the printed publication includes, after the printed publication has been printed on the substrate by the commercial printing press based on the fixed data, controlling the energy source to remove a portion of the printed publication based on the variable data. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104628 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING A DESTINATION VARIABLE DOCUMENT FROM A SOURCE VARIABLE DOCUMENT HAVING RECURRING AND VARIABLE CONTENT - Methods, and computer systems and computer program products for performing them, for storing a destination document from a source document. Recurring content in the source document is flattened and stored in a first memory location, and then for each page in the source document, the page is flattened using the variable and (stored) recurring content, and portions influenced by the variable content are extracted and stored in a second memory location The content in the first and second memory locations may be optionally color converted from a source color space to a device color space and stored in third and fourth memory locations, respectively. For each page n, a new page is added to the destination document comprising the flattened, recurring content stored in the first (or third, if color-converted) memory location and the flattened, variable content stored in the second (or fourth, if color-converted) memory location. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104629 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, an output unit that outputs the recording medium on which the image has been formed while providing the recording medium with a wave-like shape in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a transport direction of the recording medium, and a member having an opening through which the recording medium is output. The opening has a shape corresponding to the wave-like shape of the recording medium provided by the output unit. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104630 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A power supply control apparatus includes a transition unit, a detector, an image capturing unit, a command unit, and an identity recognition unit. The transition unit shifts a state of a control target to a power supply state or to a power shutoff state. The detector detects a moving object while the processing target is in the power shutoff state. The image capturing unit captures an image of a specific area when the detector detects the moving object. The command unit commands the transition unit to make the state of the control target shift to the power supply state in a case where it is determined that the moving object is approaching the control target in accordance with image information of the captured image. The identity recognition unit performs identity recognition for the moving object by using a characteristic image portion of an image captured by the image capturing unit. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104631 | POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - A power-supply control device includes a changing unit, a monitoring unit, a commanding unit, an imaging unit, and an individual recognition unit. The changing unit changes an operation mode of a controlled subject to a power supply mode or a power cutoff mode. The monitoring unit monitors a movement of a moving body during the power cutoff mode. The commanding unit outputs a command for changing the operation mode of the controlled subject to the power supply mode if the monitoring unit determines that the moving body is approaching the controlled subject. The imaging unit is supplied with electric power in response to the approaching of the moving body and captures a characteristic image of the moving body. The individual recognition unit executes an individual recognition process based on image information of the characteristic image captured by the imaging unit. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104632 | PRINT CONTROLLING TERMINAL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROLLING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present inventive concept relates to a print controlling terminal apparatus, print controlling method, image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same. The print controlling terminal apparatus according to the present inventive concept includes a user interface unit which inputs a set value determining whether or not to activate a state information analyzing operation of the image forming apparatus, storage unit which stores the input set value, print data generating unit which generates print data including the set value and spools the generated print data to the image forming apparatus, and a control unit which generates a notification message using the received state information according to the set value. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104633 | IMAGE READER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image reader device reads images from pages of a document based on a read parameter for a current page, and outputs first image data. The first image data is processed based on an image processing parameter for the current page, to output second image data. A storage unit stores the second image data, the read parameter for a subsequent page, and the image processing parameter for the subsequent page. The stored read parameter for the subsequent page is provided directly to an image reading unit upon completion of the image read processing of the current page. The stored image processing parameter for the subsequent page is provided directly to an image processing unit upon completion of the image processing of the current page. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104634 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT SHIFTS TO DIFFERENT POWER STATE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of more quickly executing a fail-safe function for shifting to a power state different in power consumption. The apparatus can operate in power states different in power consumption. A controller controls the apparatus. A power supply controller controls supply of power. A reset circuit resets the controller. When a power switch is operated by a user, a monitoring time period, set in advance, is decided according to a type of user's operation and the power state. One of operations to be executed when the monitoring time period has elapsed, for causing the controller to cut off the supply of power to the controller and for causing the reset circuit to reset the controller, is set according to the type of user's operation and the power state. The set operation is executed when the decided monitoring time period has elapsed. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104635 | Information Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Method - An image processing system may be configured to perform communications using multiple communication protocols. The system may further obtain and transmit, to an information processing apparatus, connection information for one or more other image processing apparatuses or devices. In one example, communication between the information processing apparatus and a first image processing apparatus may be performed according to a first communication protocol while the connection information for the one or more other image processing apparatus may correspond to communications using a second communication protocol. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104636 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - A power supply control apparatus includes a transition unit, a detector, a first image capturing unit, a command unit, a second image capturing unit, and an identity recognition unit. The transition unit makes a control target enter a power supply state or a power shutoff state. The detector detects a moving object while the control target is in the power shutoff state. The first image capturing unit captures images of a specific area at the time when the detector detects a moving object. The command unit commands the transition unit to make the control target enter the power supply state in a case where it is determined that the moving object is approaching the control target. The second image capturing unit captures a characteristic image of the moving object that is approaching the control target. The identity recognition unit performs identity recognition in accordance with the characteristic image. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104637 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus. A reception unit receives user identification information for identifying a user of the information processing apparatus which outputs display information to a display device which displays the display information, and the display information which is output to the display device. A transmission unit, in a case where it is authorized that the user is permitted to use the information processing apparatus based on an authorized result of the user identification information received by the reception unit, transmits the user identification information and the display information to the display device when it is unclear whether or not the user is authorized to output the display information received by the reception unit to the display device and a predetermined condition about the user for outputting the display information to the display device is satisfied. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104638 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PERIPHERAL DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREFOR FOR MANAGING DEVICE INFORMATION OF A PERIPHERAL DEVICE - The present invention relates to a device management system including a peripheral device, a management server configured to manage device information of the peripheral device, and a terminal communicable with the management server. In the device management system, the management server registers key obtaining information received from the terminal while associating the key obtaining information with device identification information of the peripheral device and an authentication key managed by the management server. The management server determines whether the key obtaining information, from the terminal, that is registered while being associated with the device identification information contained in an obtaining request received from the peripheral device matches the key obtaining information contained in the received obtaining request. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104639 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PRINT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In the case that a plurality of users execute output reservations while looking at targets to be output together, the necessity for an operation to sort the output materials by user after output is eliminated. The plurality of users are classified, the plurality of targets to be output selected in a scattered manner by the plurality of classified users are bulked together as selected targets to be output for each user, and those bulked targets to be output are output for each user. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104640 | DEVICE CAPABLE OF READING PLURAL DOCUMENTS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a device that prevents unauthorized copying of a document to which copy inhibition information is added. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104641 | Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus includes a storage section which stores printing jobs to be printed on a recording paper sheet; a transport section which transports the recording paper sheet; a printing section which performs the printing on the recording paper sheet transported by the transport section based on one of the printing jobs stored in the storage section; an occurrence rate judging section which calculates an occurrence rate of a jam of the recording paper sheet in the transport section during the printing based on each of the printing jobs stored in the storage section, and which compares a first occurrence rate which is the occurrence rate of a first printing job stored first in the storage section with a second occurrence rate which is the occurrence rate of a second printing job stored second in the storage section; and a control section which controls the printing section. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104642 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus includes the following components. Drawing processing units each perform a drawing process. A sending unit sends the entire print instruction including multiple pages and written in a page description language, to the drawing processing units. The delivering unit delivers each processing request which specifies one of the multiple pages, to a corresponding one of the drawing processing units. When performing, to perform a drawing process in which a print instruction for a page specified by a processing request is converted into print data, an analysis process on the print instruction from the first page to the specified page, each drawing processing unit refers to an identifier in the page description language of the print instruction for pages other than the specified page, and does not perform the analysis process for a range not containing a command that influences a drawing process of other pages. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104643 | METHOD OF PRINTING CONTENT SHARED BETWEEN APPLICATIONS AND COMPUTING APPARATUS TO PERFORM THE METHOD - A method of printing at least one of contents shared between applications installed in an operating system (OS), and a computing apparatus to perform the method. According to the method, a printing application is executed by activating a companion window according to a share action requested to share the content being used in a source application, and a printing operation is performed through the activated companion window. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104644 | PRINT IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print image processing system includes plural logical page interpretation units, a dual interpretation unit, a cache memory, an assignment unit, and a print image data generation unit. The logical page interpretation units interpret assigned logical pages in input print data in parallel. The dual interpretation unit interprets an assigned logical page in the print data or an element to be cached which is included in the logical page. The cache memory stores interpretation results of elements to be cached. The assignment unit assigns logical pages to the dual interpretation unit and the logical page interpretation units. The print image data generation unit generates print image data for the logical pages using the interpretation results output from the logical page interpretation units or the dual interpretation unit and the interpretation results stored in the cache memory. The print image data generation unit supplies the print image data to a printer. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104645 | PRINT IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print image processing system includes plural logical page interpretation units, a caching interpretation unit, and a print image data generation unit. The plural logical page interpretation units interpret different logical pages in print data in parallel to obtain interpretation results, and output the interpretation results. The caching interpretation unit interprets an element to be cached which is included in each of logical pages in the print data to obtain interpretation results, and stores the interpretation results in a cache unit. The print image data generation unit generates print image data of the logical pages using the interpretation results of the logical pages output from the logical page interpretation units and the interpretation results of the elements to be cached stored in the cache unit. The print image data generation unit supplies the generated print image data to a printer. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104646 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus displays an input screen including a setting area in which setting items are selectably arranged, and detects an operation on the input screen. When a flick operation has been detected in the setting area, the image processing apparatus enlarges the setting area, and moves the setting items in the setting area based on the speed of the flick operation. Then, the image processing apparatus sets a setting item in a selection area among a plurality of the setting items arranged in the enlarged setting area to a selected state. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104647 | APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING SETTING FOR A PLURALITY OF SETTING ITEMS - When an automatic clearing function for resetting is executed in the case of no operation for a certain period of time, without occurrence of automatic clearing complicatedly and by executing automatic clearing appropriately, it is enabled to satisfy both improvement of usability by a user and convenience by automatic clearing. A control portion, when setting for a plurality of setting items is performed in accordance with operation input to the operation portion, measures time during which operation input to performing setting is not performed for each of the plurality of setting items, and executes automatic clearing to reset setting based on the measured time. When performing resetting for a setting item for which automatic clearing is executed during setting by a user, the time until executing automatic clearing is then extended. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104648 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND OPERATIONAL EVENT DETERMINING METHOD - An image processing device comprises: a display part on which various types of screens are displayed; a manipulation detecting part for detecting an input by a user on the screen; a grouping part for classifying multiple screen parts contained in the screen into a group as a closed region by the screen part that is capable of receiving the same event and associating the same event with the group as the common event in the group; an event determining part for identifying the closed region where the user's input is detected and running only an operational event determining routine corresponding to the event associated with the group of the identified closed region of a plurality of operational event determining routines when the input is detected, thereby specifying the event corresponding to the user's input; and a controlling part for controlling operations based on the specified event. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104649 | COOPERATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, COOPERATION METHOD, PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A cooperative system comprises an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal; the image processing apparatus comprises: a display; a judgment portion judging whether an operation screen requested from the portable terminal apparatus is a first screen including a file area or a second screen including no file area; and a transmitter transmitting screen data for reproducing the first or second screen depending on the judgment result, along with a file and area reproduction information; the portable terminal comprises: a requestor requesting for the screen data; a reproducer reproducing the first or second screen; a display displaying the first or second screen; a judgment portion judging whether user operates on the file area or the other area; and a controller showing in the file area an appropriate portion of the file for user operation if user operates on the file area. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104650 | APPARATUS & METHODS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING OPTIMIZATION FOR VARIABLE DATA PRINTING - Apparatus and methods for providing a pre-rasterized print job for variable data printing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a set of printer characteristics may be determined and then transferred to a typesetting system. The typesetting system may then pre-rasterize objects of the print job based in part on the received printer characteristics. A pre-rasterized print job, including the pre-rasterized objects and print layout instructions may then be generated, such as in the form of a PostScript file, which may then be transferred to a raster image processor (RIP) for generation of printed output. In another embodiment, a printer characterization file may be used for execution on a printing system to determine the set of printer characteristics that may include native resolution, rotation angle, compression data and/or other data or information characterizing the printing system. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104651 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - This invention has as its object to allow an authentication process that avoids unnecessary information from being stored in a digital camera irrespective of whether or not a digital camera connected to the printer has a direct print function. To this end, in this invention, in an early stage of connection between a digital camera DSC and PD printer, the PD printer side requests an object which contains a keyword as authentication information of those which are stored and held by the DSC (S | 2014-04-17 |
20140104652 | SERVER AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing device is configured to provide a service relating to at least one of (1) the image data generated by the function of the image processing device and (2) image data representing the image to be formed, in response to a request from the image processing device. The image processing device may include a parameter designating unit, a service request unit, and a function implementation unit that is adapted to implement the function of the image processing device based on the service providing parameter designated by the parameter designating unit. The service providing device is provided with a service provision executing unit that is adapted to execute a process to provide the service to the image processing device after receiving the request from the service request unit provided to the image processing device. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104653 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A REMOTE PRINTER AND A SERVER - In order to enable downloading to a mobile printer data items from a server, a method comprising the steps of establishing communication connection end points (“sockets”), communicating with the server, where the communication includes sending a request for authentication to the server, receiving an authentication response, requesting print data portions from the server, receiving the requested print data portions, and notifying the server after each print data portion has been printed. The method also includes the step of terminating their communication connection when a printing session ends or if an error occurs. The method constitutes a printer-server protocol. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104654 | PRIORITY ORDERED USER INTERFACE SCREENS FOR CONTROLLING A DEVICE - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store information representing a plurality of screens in each of a plurality of groups to which priorities are previously set, a determination unit configured to determine a group which is assigned the highest priority, and a control unit configured to display on a display unit a representative screen of the group assigned the highest priority. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104655 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NETWORK PRINTING WITH USER SELECTABLE SETTINGS - Methods and systems for network printing using user selectable printer settings. A printing system such as a multi-function printer/device receives user input providing a document identifier (e.g., a release code) identifying a document stored in a network storage server. The printing system also identifies a finisher unit associated with the printing system. The printing system sends the document identifier and a finisher identifier to a print server. The print server determines available printer settings associated with the identified finisher unit and transmits a presentation to the printing system prompting the user to select a desired printer setting. The selected printer settings are transmitted to the print server. The print server retrieves a copy of the identified document and modifies the copy based on the selected printer setting. The modified copy of the document is sent to the printing system to be printed. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104656 | FOR-DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENT PRODUCT AND RELATED METHOD - Disclosed is an advertisement product and method that allows a user of said product to create durable, weatherproof and professional signage and similar type product, more specifically advertisement signage. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104657 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - To effectively assist a user so that the result of aggregate printing matches the intention of the user. A storage portion ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140104658 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a color measurement portion printing unit, a colorimeter, and an image evaluating unit. The color measurement portion printing unit prints at least one color measurement portion. The colorimeter measures a color of the color measurement portion. The image evaluating unit evaluates, on the basis of a measured color value obtained by the colorimeter and a predetermined reference value, whether or not an image printed in response to a print request satisfies quality requirements that are based on a predetermined standard. The image evaluating unit evaluates whether or not the image satisfies the quality requirements, on the basis of a measured color value of a color measurement portion whose color is the same as a color used in the image or whose color difference from the color used in the image is within a predetermined range, among plural color measurement portions. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104659 | MULTI-FUNCTION APPARATUS - A multi-function apparatus includes a body, an image reading unit, a document cover and a locking member. The image reading unit is movable between a closed position and an opened position. The document cover is movable between a closed position and an opened position. The locking member is movable to a first position and a second position and includes a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion. In response to a movement of the document cover to the opened position, the locking member moves to the first position and locks the image reading unit to the closed position. In response to a movement of the image reading unit to the opened position, the locking member moves to the second position and locks the document cover to the closed position. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104660 | CARRIER AND IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS HAVING THE CARRIER - An image scanning apparatus includes a base, a transparent plate, a guide rod disposed between the base and the transparent plate, an optical sensor module, and a carrier mounted on the guide rod and including a first support bracket to place the optical sensor module thereto and having a first pivot connecting portion, a second support bracket having a second pivot connecting portion connected pivotally to the first pivot connecting portion, and an elastic member disposed between the first and second support brackets and biasing upwardly the first support bracket so as to keep the optical sensor module in constant contact with the transparent plate. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104661 | Integrated Mobile Printer And Scanner - The present invention provides a multi-function device having a housing, a printer module and a scan module. The housing having a plurality of pivotable panels, wherein the pivotable panels are collapsible on the housing to conform with its surfaces thereon. The printer module has a printer head assembly and a multiple sheet feeder disposed within the housing, the multiple sheet feeder having a first paper guide, a feeder assembly and a second paper guide forming a print path, the printer head assembly is mounted along the print path between the first and the second paper guide, wherein a void to the printer module is defined within the housing between the printer head assembly and the first paper guide. The scan module is collapsibly mounted on the housing, the scan module having a scan bar coupling with a multiple original feeder, wherein the scan module is adapted to submerge within the void when it is at a collapsed configuration, and when it is at a lifted configuration, the scan module forms a scan path. The print path is separated from the scan path. A roller assembly is also provided herein. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104662 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING SCAN SPEED OF SCANNER INCLUDING AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER AND SCANNER PERFORMING THE SAME - A scanner including an automatic document feeder includes a communication interface unit to perform a communication with an external printer; a scan operation performing unit to perform a scan operation; an automatic feeding unit to automatically feed scan-target documents to the scan operation performing unit; and a controller to control the scan operation and a scan speed, wherein when the communication interface unit receives a request speed for a scan operation from the external printer, the controller adjusts a feeding interval between the scan-target documents that are fed from the automatic feeding unit, so that the scan operation is performed at the received request speed. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104663 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOCUMENT DIGITIZATION - In a method for document digitization, an apparatus generates a first image of a document sheet by irradiating the document sheet using a first light source and detecting the document sheet irradiated with light from the first light source, which enables detection of ink on the document sheet that defines a marked portion. The apparatus further generates a second image of the document sheet by irradiating the document sheet using a second light source and detecting the document sheet irradiated with light from the second light source, which enables detection of content on the document sheet. The apparatus further obtains a region of the second image that corresponds to the marked portion of the document sheet based on the first image. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104664 | OPTICALLY ADDRESSABLE SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR DIVIDED INTO PLURALITY OF SEGMENTS, AND HOLOGRAPHIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD USING THE LIGHT MODULATOR - Provided are an optically addressable spatial light modulator (OASLM) divided into a plurality of segments, and an apparatus and method for displaying a holographic three-dimensional (3D) image using the OASLM. The holographic 3D image display apparatus includes a first light source which emits a write beam, an electric addressable spatial light modulator (EASLM) which modulates the write beam emitted from the first light source according to hologram information regarding a 3D image, a second light source which emits a read beam, an OASLM which receives the write beam modulated by the EASLM and modulates the read beam emitted from the second light source according to hologram information included in the modulated write beam, a scanning optical unit which projects the write beam modulated by the EASLM onto the OASLM, and a Fourier lens which focuses the read beam modulated by the OASLM onto a predetermined space to form the 3D image. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104665 | HOLOGRAPHIC WIDE ANGLE DISPLAY - Provided in one embodiment is an apparatus for displaying an image, comprising: an input image node configured to provide at least a first and a second image modulated lights; and a holographic waveguide device configured to propagate the at least one of the first and second image modulated lights in at least a first direction. The holographic waveguide device comprises: at least a first and second interspersed multiplicities of grating elements disposed in at least one layer, the first and second grating elements having respectively a first and a second prescriptions. The first and second multiplicity of grating elements are configured to deflect respectively the first and second image modulated lights out of the at least one layer into respectively a first and a second multiplicities of output rays forming respectively a first and second FOV tiles. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104666 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULATOR INTERFACE - A relatively high-speed, high-efficiency CMOS two branch driver core that may operate under relatively low supply voltage may include thin oxide CMOS transistors configured to generate rail-to-rail output swings larger than twice a supply voltage and without exceeding safe operating area limits. Each of the two branches may include two stacked CMOS inverter pairs configured to drive a respective load capacitance coupled between respective CMOS inverter outputs, in phase opposition to the other branch. A pre-driver circuit input with a differential modulating signal may output two synchronous differential voltage drive signals of a swing of half of the supply voltage and DC-shifted by half of the supply voltage with respect to each other and that may be applied to the respective CMOS inverter inputs of the two branches. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104667 | PARTIALLY TINTED CLEAR STATE FOR IMPROVED COLOR AND SOLAR-HEAT GAIN CONTROL OF ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES - A control device for controlling the transmittance of an electrochromic device includes a power source, an electrical load sensing circuit, and a processor electrically coupled to the electrical load sensing circuit and a power source. The processor is configured to receive a measured electrical load value from the electrical load sensing circuit indicating an electrical property of the electrochromic device, further configured to control one or more properties of the electrochromic device by controlling the amount of current or voltage supplied from the power source to the electrochromic device, and yet further configured to vary a property of the electrochromic device while maintaining the electrochromic device at a substantially consistent transmissivity. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104668 | THERMOCHROMATIC ELEMENT AND THERMOCHROMATIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A thermochromatic element includes a color element and at least one heating element configured to supply heat for the color element such that the color element changes color. The at least one heating element includes at least one carbon nanotube film. Each carbon nanotube film includes a number of carbon nanotube linear units and a number of carbon nanotube groups. Each carbon nanotube linear unit includes a number of carbon nanotubes substantially oriented along a first direction, and are spaced from each other and substantially extending along the first direction. The carbon nanotube groups are combined with the carbon nanotube linear units by van der Waals force. The carbon nanotube groups between adjacent carbon nanotube linear units are spaced from each other in the first direction. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104669 | THERMOCHROMATIC ELEMENT AND THERMOCHROMATIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A thermochromatic element includes a sealed enclosure, an isolation layer and a first heating element. The isolation layer is received in the sealed enclosure that divides the sealed enclosure into a first chamber and a second chamber. The first heating element is located adjacent to the first chamber. The first heating element includes a carbon nanotube film including a number of carbon nanotube linear units and a number of carbon nanotube groups. Each carbon nanotube linear unit includes a number of first carbon nanotubes substantially oriented along a first direction, and are spaced from each other and substantially extending along the first direction. The carbon nanotube groups are combined with the carbon nanotube linear units by van der Waals force. The carbon nanotube groups between adjacent carbon nanotube linear units are spaced from each other in the first direction. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104670 | THERMOCHROMATIC ELEMENT AND THERMOCHROMATIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A thermochromatic element includes a sealed enclosure, an insulation layer and a first heating element. The sealed enclosure includes an upper semitransparent sheet and a lower sheet opposite to the upper semitransparent sheet, and defines a chamber between the upper semitransparent sheet and the lower sheet. The first transparent heating element is the semitransparent upper sheet. The first transparent heating element includes a carbon nanotube film including a number of carbon nanotube linear units and a number of carbon nanotube groups. Each carbon nanotube linear unit includes a number of first carbon nanotubes substantially oriented along a first direction, and are spaced from each other and substantially extending along the first direction. The carbon nanotube groups are combined with the carbon nanotube linear units by van der Waals force. The carbon nanotube groups between adjacent carbon nanotube linear units are spaced from each other in the first direction. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104671 | THERMOCHROMATIC ELEMENT AND THERMOCHROMATIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A thermochromatic element includes a sealed enclosure, an insulation layer and a first heating element. The insulation layer is received in the sealed enclosure, that divides the sealed enclosure into a first chamber and a second chamber. The first heating element is configured to heat the first chamber. The first heating element includes a carbon nanotube film including a number of carbon nanotube linear units and a number of carbon nanotube groups. Each carbon nanotube linear unit includes a number of first carbon nanotubes substantially oriented along a first direction, and are spaced from each other and substantially extending along the first direction. The carbon nanotube groups are combined with the carbon nanotube linear units by van der Waals force. The carbon nanotube groups between adjacent carbon nanotube linear units are spaced from each other in the first direction. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104672 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrowetting display device comprising a first support plate, a second support plate and a picture element having a space defined by the first support plate, the second support plate and walls of the first support plate. The space comprises a first fluid and a second fluid immiscible with each other, the second fluid being electroconductive or polar and the walls confining the first fluid to the space. The picture element is electrically switchable between a first state without an electric field applied and a second state with an electric field applied, in which in the first state the first fluid is spread out in the picture element and in the second state the first fluid is contracted near one of the walls. Two of the walls have a side facing the space, the sides having different angles with a plane of the first support plate. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104673 | ELECTROWETTING DEVICE - An electrowetting display device comprises a picture element having a first support plate and a second support plate having a space therebetween having a first fluid and a second fluid immiscible with the first fluid. The first support plate comprises a display area, adjoining the space, within which the first fluid is confined and having a first surface adjoining the space. A wall protrudes from the first support plate and is formed outside the display area along a part of the perimeter of the display area. The wall has a second surface facing the display area and adjoining the space. An electrode has a first portion adjacent to the first surface and a second portion adjacent to at least a part of the second surface such that a surface of the second portion including a long side of a cross section of the second portion faces the display area. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104674 | DISPLAY MEDIUM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY THEREWITH - A display medium adapted for an electrophoretic display is provided. The display medium includes at least one particle and a random copolymer bonded with the particle, wherein the random copolymer has a structural unit originated from a first monomer and a second monomer. The first monomer is selected from at least one or a combination of a group of specific compounds consisting of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, lauryl methacrylate and octadecyl acrylate etc. and the second monomer is selected from at least one kind of a group of specific compounds composed of 2,2,2 trifluoroethyl acrylate, 2,2,3,3 tetrafluoropropyl methacrylate and 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropyl acrylate. A method of manufacturing the display medium and an electrophoretic display with the display medium are also provided. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104675 | PARTICLE DISPERSION FOR DISPLAY, DISPLAY MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A particle dispersion for display includes color particles for display that move in response to an electric field and include first color particles and second color particles; and a dispersion medium that disperses the color particles for display, in which the second color particles have a larger particle diameter than a particle diameter of the first color particles and the same charging characteristic as a charging characteristic of the first color particles, and in the color particles for display, a ratio (Cs/Cl) of a charge amount Cs of the first color particles per unit area of display to a charge amount Cl of the second color particles per unit area of display is less than or equal to 5. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104676 | METHOD OF FABRICATING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FABRICATED THEREBY - A method of fabricating a display apparatus includes forming a lower electrode on a lower substrate, forming a partition structure and an ink-injection tube connected to one end of the partition structure, the partition structure including first partitions, and second partitions, and cell regions defined by the first and second partitions, covering the partition structure with an upper electrode, and injecting an electronic ink through the ink-injection tube to fill the cell regions of the partition structure. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104677 | SOURCE OF OPTICAL PULSES - The invention can include an apparatus for producing optical pulses, comprising an oscillator for producing optical pulses at a first optical pulse repetition frequency, the optical pulses having a first frequency of light; a pulse picker for receiving optical pulses having the first optical pulse repetition frequency and operable to reduce the optical pulse repetition frequency to produce optical pulses having the first frequency and a reduced optical pulse repetition frequency that is less than the first optical pulse repetition frequency; an optical fiber receiving optical pulses having the reduced optical pulse repetition frequency and first frequency, to nonlinearly produce light that includes a frequency that is twice the first frequency; and an Ytterbium doped fiber amplifier in optical communication with the pulse picker and the optical fiber and located between the pulse picker and the oscillator. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104678 | Tunable Quantum Dot Laser With Periodically Poled Nonlinear Crystal - The present invention uses nonlinear crystal waveguides to provide a continuous wave and picoseconds pulse laser systems that gives an order-of-magnitude increase in IR-to-visible conversion efficiency and also provide an order-of-magnitude increase of wavelength range for SHG conversion. The idea of enabling such broad tunability is based on the utilization of a significant difference in the effective refractive indices of the high order and low order modes in the waveguide. This feature enables the difference between the effective refractive indices of the fundamental and second-harmonic waves to be shifted to match the period of poling in a very broad wavelength range. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104679 | RAMAN AMPLIFIER GAIN COMPRESSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS BASED ON SIGNAL POWER MONITORING - Raman amplifier gain compression systems and methods based on signal power monitoring are described which estimate distributed Raman amplifier saturation based on a total power measurement at an output of a distributed Raman amplifier and correct for any changes by adjusting the pump power. Since the power measurement, gain estimation, and the pump control and done locally at the Raman amplifier, the duration of any transients is minimized. The systems and methods quickly detect transients on a fiber link using a power monitor in the Raman amplifier, estimate the change in gain due to change in input power from distributed Raman gain, and perform a feedback loop that corrects pump power to eliminate the change in Raman gain locally. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104680 | Total Internal Reflectance Fluorescence (TIRF) Microscopy Across Multiple Wavelengths Simultaneously - A multiple wavelength total internal reflection fluoresence (TIRF) microscopy system has an objective. A dispersion unit of the system comprises a high-dispersion optical element. The dispersion unit receives illumination light having at least a first wavelength λ | 2014-04-17 |
20140104681 | Spatial Filter to Combine Excitation Light and Emission Light in an Episcopic Multiplexed Confocal Scanning Microscope - In an episcopic multiplexed confocal scanning microscope system, a spatial filter is placed at a conjugate plane to a back aperture plane at a back aperture of an objective lens. The spatial filter is used to combine excitation light and emission light from a multiplexed confocal microscope module. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104682 | MULTILAYER DISPLAY APPARATUS - A multilayer display apparatus included in an in-vehicle system includes a stereoscopic vision display device formed by a 3D display unit and a 3D display control unit that display a three-dimensional image utilizing the principle of binocular disparity, a two-dimensional display device formed by a 2D display unit and a 2D display control unit that display a two-dimensional image on a two-dimensional display face, and a half-silvered mirror. The position of the two-dimensional display face is set within a predetermine range of the position of the screen of the stereoscopic vision display device by using the half-silvered mirror. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104683 | Parallax Barrier, Designing Method Thereof And Parallax Barrier Type 3D Display Device - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a parallax barrier, a designing method thereof and a parallax barrier type 3D display device. The parallax barrier comprises: a plurality of grating sheets, utilized to shield light, disposed in an arrangement direction and spaced apart from each other, wherein the plurality of grating sheets are divided into 2K identical grating sections each of which comprises two or more grating segments, each grating segment comprises one or more grating sheets with an identical grating pitch C, and the grating sheets included in different grating segments have different grating pitches, and the 2K grating sections are arranged symmetrically about a center line of the parallax barrier in the arrangement direction, and K is a natural number. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104684 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An image display apparatus includes a stereoscopic image display apparatus configured to display a stereoscopically visible image, and a planar image display apparatus configured to display a planar image. An adjustment section of the image display apparatus adjusts relative positions, relative sizes, and relative rotations of a left-eye image taken by a left-eye image imaging section and a right-eye image taken by a right-eye image imaging section. The adjusted left-eye image and the adjusted right-eye image are viewed by the left eye and the right eye of the user, respectively, thereby displaying the stereoscopic image on the stereoscopic image display apparatus. The adjusted left-eye image and the adjusted right-eye image are made semi-transparent and superimposed one on the other, and thus a resulting superimposed planar image is displayed on the planar image display apparatus. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104685 | EYEBOX ADJUSTMENT FOR INTERPUPILLARY DISTANCE - In embodiments of eyebox adjustment for interpupillary distance, a first optical lens receives light of an image at a projected orientation of the light, and deviates the light by a deviation angle from the projected orientation of the light. A second optical lens receives the deviated light of the image from the first optical lens at the deviation angle, and alters the deviated light back to the projected orientation of the light for viewing the image. Left and right eyeboxes align with respective left and right eyes that view the image, and a distance between the left and right eyeboxes approximately correlates to an interpupillary distance between the left and right eyes. The light of the image can be laterally shifted to increase or decrease the distance between the left and right eyeboxes. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104686 | STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE-FORMING METHOD, AND STRUCTURE-FORMING DEVICE - A structure has a processed part formed by the occurrence of photodisintegration attributed to the application of pulsed laser light. A fine periodic composition in which a plurality of processed parts are arranged in the form of grid cross points is formed in one region of the structure. A large number of regions are arranged in the structure. Each of a plurality of ranges obtained by the division of a surface in which the regions are arranged is a region-forming range. One or more regions are arranged in one region-forming range, and the arrangement directions of the processed parts formed in each of the large number of regions vary according to the region-forming ranges. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104687 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR OPTICAL COMPONENT AND OPTICAL COMPONENT - A method for manufacturing a light transmissive optical component, includes a first etching process of forming a depressed portion by applying etching to a silicon region of a plate-shaped member, a thermal oxidation process of forming a silicon oxide film by thermally oxidizing an inner side surface of the depressed portion, and a nitride film formation process of forming a silicon nitride film that covers the silicon oxide film. Accordingly, it is possible to realize a manufacturing method for an optical component which is capable of uniformly forming a silicon oxide film on a semi-transmissive reflecting surface which is largely inclined (or nearly vertical) with respect to a substrate surface, and an optical component produced by this method. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104688 | DISPLAY - A display includes: a laminated wiring with a conductive film arranged on a foundation layer, and a transparent film and a translucent film arranged on the conductive film; a wiring terminal part arranged at an edge portion of the laminated wiring and having the same laminated structure as that of the laminated wiring; and an insulating film that covers the laminated wiring and the wiring terminal part. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104689 | HYBRID LIGHT REDIRECTING AND LIGHT DIFFUSING CONSTRUCTIONS - Solar light redirecting glazing units include light redirecting and light diffusing constructions. The solar light redirecting glazing units may include a glazing substrate, a visible light diffusing layer, and a light redirecting layer oriented such that incoming solar light contacts the visible light diffusing layer before contacting the light redirecting layer. The solar light redirecting glazing units may include a glazing substrate, a patterned visible light diffusing layer, and a light redirecting layer. The solar light redirecting glazing units may include two glazing substrates separated by an intervening space with a solar light redirecting layer disposed on one glazing substrate, and a visible light diffusing layer disposed on the other glazing substrate. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104690 | TRANSPARENT ELEMENT WITH DIFFUSE REFLECTION - This transparent layered element ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140104691 | Imaging Lens with Enhancement of Blocking Stray Light - An imaging lens includes a lens barrel having a base wall with a light incident hole around an optical axis, an imaging unit disposed in the lens barrel and including imaging components arranged along the optical axis, and a light shielding plate having an annular fixing portion for positioning the light shielding plate and a bent portion bent from an inner periphery of the fixing portion and extending slantingly toward the optical axis. The light shielding plate is disposed at one of a position between the base wall and one of the imaging components that is adjacent to the base wall, and a position between two adjacent ones of the imaging components. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104692 | HEAD MOUNTABLE DISPLAY - A head-mountable display device comprises a frame to be mounted onto a user's head. The frame defines an eye display position which is positioned in front of a user's eye. A reflective element is mounted with respect to the eye display position and comprises a reflective surface which is visible to the eye of the user. A mobile device holder is configured to hold a mobile device on the frame. The reflective surface is configured to reflect light incident upon the reflective surface, forming a reflected image. The location and orientation in which the mobile device is held relative to a location and orientation of the reflective surface are such that light arriving from a screen of the mobile device held in the mobile device holder is reflected by the reflective surface so that a reflected image of at least part of the screen is visible to the user. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104693 | Aircraft cockpit with head-up display device - An aircraft cockpit comprises a head-up display device comprising a projector and a screen, the screen being placed facing a pilot along a theoretical line of sight of the pilot. The projector is fixed to a side wall of the cockpit, the screen forming a non-zero angle of inclination relative to a plane perpendicular to the theoretical line of sight of the pilot. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104694 | PROJECTION LENS UNIT FOR PICO-PROJECTOR - A projection lens unit for a pico-projector includes a plurality of plastic lenses and a single glass lens to minimize a change in focal length due to the heat generated inside the pico-projector. The lens array includes:
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20140104695 | SHAPED GRADIENT LENS - One embodiment provides a method for receiving parallel rays at a lens. A first surface of the lens can receive first substantially parallel rays incoming from a first direction. The first surface of the lens also can receive second substantially parallel rays incoming from a second direction that is substantially different than the first direction. The lens can focus the first substantially parallel rays onto a first focal point on a second surface of the lens and focus the second substantially parallel rays onto a second focal point on the second surface of the lens, the second focal point being different than the first focal point. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104696 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH A PIEZOELECTRICALLY ACTUATED DEFORMABLE MEMBRANE SHAPED AS A CONTINUOUS CROWN - An optical device with a deformable membrane including an anchor area on a support entrapping a liquid or gas fluid, a central area reversibly deformable from a rest position, actuating means for moving the fluid biasing the membrane into an intermediate area between the anchor area and the central area, the actuating means include a piezoelectric continuous crown accommodating several actuators, this crown surrounding the central area, the actuating means being anchored to the membrane in the intermediate area, the actuating means and the membrane to which they are anchored, forming at least one piezoelectric bimorph, the actuating means radially contracting or extending upon actuation to generate a movement of said fluid from the intermediate area to the central area of the membrane or vice versa, aiming at deforming the central area with respect to its rest position. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104697 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens substantially consists of, in order from the object side, a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group, a positive fourth lens group, and a negative fifth lens group. When varying magnification, the distances between adjacent lens groups are changed, while all of the lens groups are moved with respect to an image formation position. If β | 2014-04-17 |
20140104698 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a positive power; a second lens group having a negative power; a third lens group having a positive power; and a fourth lens group having a negative power, in this order from an object side. All of the groups move along an optical axis such that the distance between the first group and the second group gradually becomes greater, the distance between the second group and the third group gradually becomes smaller, and the distance between the third group and the fourth group gradually becomes greater, when changing magnification from a wide angle to a telephoto end. The zoom lens satisfies the conditional formulae: −2.02014-04-17 | |
20140104699 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group having a negative refractive power provided in this order from an object side. All of the lens groups move along an optical axis such that the distance between the first lens group and the second group gradually becomes greater, the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group gradually becomes smaller, and the distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group gradually becomes greater when changing magnification from a wide angle end to a telephoto end. The fourth lens group practically includes a lens having a positive refractive power, a lens having a negative refractive power, and a lens having a positive refractive power. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104700 | Mobile device and optical imaging lens thereof - Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises five lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Though controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces and/or the refracting power of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104701 | LENS MODULE - There is provided a lens module, including: a first lens having positive refractive power, an object-sided surface thereof being convex; a second lens having negative refractive power, an image-sided surface thereof being concave; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power, an image-sided surface thereof being convex; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, an image-sided surface thereof being concave, wherein the fourth lens satisfies Conditional Expression 1, | 2014-04-17 |
20140104702 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging lens substantially consists of five lenses of a first lens having a meniscus shape with its convex surface facing an object side and negative refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, and the image-side surface of which has a convex shape facing an image side in the vicinity of an optical axis, a third lens having positive refractive power, a stop, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. At least one of the surfaces of the first lens through the fifth lens is aspherical. A predetermined conditional formula about a distance on the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane and a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the image-side surface of the second lens is satisfied. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104703 | IMAGING LENS - Disclosed herein is an imaging lens, including: a first lens having positive (+) power and being biconvex; a second lens having negative (−) power and being concave toward an image side; a third lens having positive (+) power and being biconvex; a fourth lens having positive (+) power and being convex toward the image side; and a fifth lens having negative (−) power and being concave toward the image side, wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens are sequentially disposed from an object side. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104704 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR CAMERA - Disclosed herein is an optical system for a camera. The optical system for a camera includes: a first lens having positive refractive power and a meniscus shape concave toward an image; a second lens having negative refractive power and a shape concave toward the image; a third lens having the positive refractive power and a shape convex toward an object; a fourth lens having the positive refractive power and a shape convex toward the image; and a fifth lens having the negative refractive power, a shape convex toward the object and concave to the image, and one or more inflection point provided on an image surface. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104705 | PHOTOGRAPHING LENS ASSEMBLY - A photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element and a third lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being concave at a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex at a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element with negative refractive power made of plastic material, and has an image-side surface being concave at a paraxial region thereof and being convex at a peripheral region thereof, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the third lens element are aspheric. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104706 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF A CONCAVE LENS ASSEMBLY, AND A CONCAVE LENS ASSEMBLY - A method of manufacturing an optical component may include providing a plate formed from a transparent material, cutting depth-wise through a planar surface of the plate along first and second linear directions to define first and second planar surfaces, and cutting depth-wise through the planar surface along a curved direction to define a curved surface such that an optical component is obtained including the first and second planar surfaces and the curved surface extending between an edge of the first planar surface and an edge of the second planar surface. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104707 | Objective Optical System - Provided is an objective optical system comprising, in order from an object side: an aperture stop; a positive first group; a second group; a positive third group; and a fourth group, wherein the first group is formed of a single meniscus lens or plano-convex lens, whose convex surface faces an image side, the second group is formed of a single lens, the third group is formed of a cemented lens consisting of a positive lens and a negative lens, the fourth group is formed of a single lens, and Conditional Expressions ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140104708 | LARGE-APERTURE TELEPHOTO LENS SYSTEM - A large-aperture telephoto lens system includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, and a positive third lens group, in that order from the object side, wherein the second lens group serves as a focusing lens group which is moved during focusing on an object at infinity to an object at a finite distance,
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20140104709 | IMAGING LENS UNIT - Disclosed herein is an imaging lens unit, including: a first lens having a positive (+) power; a second lens having a negative (−) power; a third lens selectively having one of a positive (+) and negative (−) power; a fourth lens having a negative (−) power; and a fifth lens having a negative (−) power, wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and fifth lens are arranged in order from an object to be formed as an image, and the fourth lens is concave toward an image side. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104710 | CAMERA MODULE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A camera module including a housing; a lens barrel having a lens and reciprocating in the housing; a magnetic member coupled with the lens barrel; an electromagnetic member coupled with the housing and generating a magnetic field so that the lens barrel moves along an optical axis; and a Hall sensor in the housing and detecting a change in magnetic field according to a position of the magnetic member before electric power is outputted to the electromagnetic member. A control unit sets a current position of the magnetic member as a first target position, setting an initial position for driving auto focusing as a second target position, aligning the lens barrel to the first target position by controlling electric power supplied to the electromagnetic member, and then moving the lens barrel to the second target position by supplying electric power to the electromagnetic member. | 2014-04-17 |
20140104711 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND LENS BARREL - A piezoelectric actuator includes: a plurality of first piezoelectric elements; a first member that is interposed between the plurality of first piezoelectric elements and that is driven in a first direction by the plurality of first piezoelectric elements; a second piezoelectric element that is disposed on the first member; and a second member that is disposed in contact with the second piezoelectric element and that is driven in a second direction intersecting the first direction by the second piezoelectric element. | 2014-04-17 |