17th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100103397 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANEL SUBSTRATE - A position of a chuck | 2010-04-29 |
20100103398 | OPTICAL INTEGRATOR, ILLUMINATING OPTICAL DEVICE, EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An optical integrator has a plurality of wavefront dividing elements two-dimensionally arrayed, and is so configured that a ray group obliquely incident to an optical-axis center of an entrance face of each wavefront dividing element is emitted in parallel with the optical axis from the wavefront dividing element. In each of a required number of wavefront dividing elements out of the plurality of wavefront dividing elements, at least one curved optical face of the wavefront dividing element is formed as inclined around an axis along a predetermined direction passing an optical-axis center of an entrance face of the wavefront dividing element and being perpendicular to the optical axis AXe. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103399 | Fluid Assisted Gas Gauge Proximity Sensor - A fluid assisted gas gauge coupled to a pressure sensor enables proximity measurements to be made with a high bandwidth. A two-chamber gas gauge, containing a gas-filled measurement chamber and a fluid-filled transfer chamber and a diaphragm separating the two chambers, exhausts gas onto the surface being measured, while the incompressible fluid transmits the pressure to a pressure sensor. By minimizing the gas volume of the gas gauge, the response time is enhanced. In addition, the incompressible fluid permits the pressure sensor to be remotely located from the point of measurement without sacrificing the response time performance. In an embodiment, a differential bridge version of the fluid assisted gas gauge reduces common mode effects. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103400 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus comprises a pupil surface and an arrangement of individually drivable beam deviating elements. Each beam deviating element is configured to direct light impinging thereon onto different positions on the pupil surface in response to a control signal applied to the beam deviating element. According to the disclosure an attenuation unit is provided which is configured to reduce the intensity of light, which is directed by any arbitrary beam deviating element (onto the pupil surface, by more than 50%. This makes it possible to reduce the intensity of light in the pupil surface that has been reflected by defective beam deviating elements. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103401 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING POLY-SILICON FILM - A method and a device for forming a poly-silicon film, using sequential lateral solidification (SLS) by laser irradiation through an optical device to pattern the laser beam so as to lengthen the crystalline grains and enhance the throughput. The optical device comprises a plurality of first transparent regions, a plurality of second transparent regions and a plurality of final transparent regions. The plurality of second transparent regions are disposed between the plurality of first transparent regions and the plurality of final transparent regions. The first transparent regions and the second transparent regions have a first width W | 2010-04-29 |
20100103402 | WORK STAGE OF EXPOSING APPARATUS, EXPOSING METHOD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURE - At a time of aligning a thin plate-shaped work of which both front and rear surfaces are subjected to work, a deflection caused at a central portion of the thin plate-shaped work is corrected and the thin plate-shaped work is controlled to be parallel state with respect to a photomask. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103403 | WAVELENGTH SHIFT MEASURING APPARATUS, OPTICAL SOURCE APPARATUS, INTERFERENCE MEASURING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A wavelength shift measuring apparatus of the present invention is a wavelength shift detection sensor (WLCD | 2010-04-29 |
20100103404 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SINGLE POINT SCANNER - The present subject matter include methods and apparatus for creating three dimensional digitized models of at least one ear impression, the apparatus comprising a frame, a linear axis mounted to the frame, the linear axis having an axis of motion, a first spindle axis mounted to the frame, the spindle axis having an axis of rotation, wherein the axis of rotation of the first spindle axis is parallel to the axis of motion of the linear axis, a first scanner mounted to the linear axis, the scanner includes a laser for projecting a narrowly localized spot of laser light at a target mounted on the first spindle axis and a sensor array for receiving at least a portion of the laser light reflected from the target and a controller configured to communicate with the first scanner. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103405 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT FOR BODY HEIGHT - An optical body height measurement instrument is provided comprising: a lens configured to be movable along a direction parallel to the height of an object to be measured and form an image of the object; a photosensitive sensor arranged at an image side of the lens to sense the image; and a driving device configured to drive the lens along a direction parallel to the height of the object, wherein when the lens is moved across the height at which the head of the object is located, a hop occurs to an output of the photosensitive sensor; and wherein the height of the object is determined based on the height of the lens measured at the time of the occurrence of the hop. The optical body height measurement instrument can rapidly, conveniently and accurately measure the height based on the infrared rays emitted from the measured object or the light with a predetermined wavelength emitted from an auxiliary light source so long as the person to be measured stands within a certain region. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103406 | DEVICE FOR A LENGTH MEASUREMENT AND ADAPTER FOR ACCOMODATING A DEVICE FOR A LENGTH MEASUREMENT - The invention relates to a device for a length measurement providing a housing, a sending device for producing an optical measuring beam, a receiving device for detecting parts of the measuring beam that have beam scattered back from the measuring object and a redirecting device for redirecting the measuring beam that has been send out by the sending device and/or the receiving area of the receiving device. The invention relates also to an adapter for accommodating a device for a length measurement with a housing, a sending device for producing an optical measuring beam and a receiving device for detecting parts of the measuring beam that is scattered back from the measuring object, whereby the adapter provides frame for accommodating the device and a redirecting device for redirecting the measuring beam that has been send out by sending device and/or the receiving area of the receiving device. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103407 | Optical characteristic measuring apparatus - An optical characteristic measuring apparatus of the invention includes a sequentially-readable charge storage sensor array having a plurality of light receiving elements. Irradiation of first illumination light and second illumination light is controlled in such a manner that a period for irradiating the second illumination light onto a sample containing a fluorescent material is included in an integration period of each of the light receiving elements for receiving a wavelength component of fluoresced light from the sample in measuring an optical characteristic of the sample. The optical characteristic measuring apparatus having the above arrangement enables to accurately measure the optical characteristics of samples containing a fluorescent material in a short time by scanning the samples. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103408 | In-Situ Contaminant Removal in Optical Packages - A method of controlling an optical package is provided where the average power density of the output beam of the semiconductor laser on the input facet of the wavelength conversion device in a relatively high power wavelength conversion mode exceeds the power density of the output beam of the semiconductor laser on the input facet of the wavelength conversion device in a relatively low power contaminant removal mode. In the relatively high power wavelength conversion mode, the adjustable optical components are utilized to correlate an optimum intensity value of a wavelength-converted output of the wavelength conversion device with optimum coordinates representing the position of the output beam of the semiconductor laser on the waveguide portion of the input facet of the wavelength conversion device. In the relatively low power contaminant removal mode, the adjustable optical components are utilized to scan the output beam of the semiconductor laser across the waveguide portion of the input facet of the wavelength conversion device while maintaining the power density of the output beam on the input facet of the wavelength conversion device below the average power density of the output beam in the relatively high power wavelength conversion mode. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103409 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DEFECTS - An inspection apparatus projects a laser beam on the surface of a SOI wafer and detects foreign matter on and defects in the surface of the SOI wafer by receiving scattered light reflected from the surface of the SOI wafer. The wavelength of the laser beam used by the inspection apparatus is determined so that a penetration depth of the laser beam in a Si thin film may be 10 nm or below to detect only foreign matter on and defects in the outermost surface and not to detect foreign matter and defects in a BOX layer. Only the foreign matter on and defects in the outermost surface layer can be detected without being influenced by thin-film interference by projecting the laser beam on the surface of the SOI wafer and receiving scattered light rays. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103410 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF A SAMPLE IN A MICROPLATE - Disclosed herein is a microplate comprising a plurality of wells and methods and systems comprising such microplates, wherein an individual well comprises an opaque or non-transparent surface at or near the bottom of the well. The microplates herein can provide improved visualization of the process of filling a well with a liquid reagent. The microplates can be configured to perform chemical analysis, such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or nucleic acid detection. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103411 | SPECTROGRAPHIC METROLOGY OF PATTERNED WAFERS - Light reflected from respective image elements of a workpiece is channeled through respective light channeling elements to respective locations of a spectrographic light disperser. Spectral distributions of the respective image elements produced by the spectrographic light disperser are recorded. A processor groups similar spectral distributions into respective groups of mutually similar distributions, and classifies the groups by the number of distributions contained in each group. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103412 | SPECTROSCOPIC MODULE - Since a spectroscopic module ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100103413 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CAVITY ENHANCED OPTICAL VERNIER SPECTROSCOPY - A spectroscopic analysis of a sample includes arranging the sample in a resonator cavity for transmitting cavity mode frequencies with a cavity mode frequency spacing, coupling pulsed source light into the resonator cavity, with the source light including source comb frequencies with a source frequency spacing, coupling pulsed transmitted light out of the resonator cavity, and spectrally resolved detecting the transmitted light with a detector device. The cavity mode frequency spacing and the source frequency spacing are detuned relative to each other, so that the transmitted light includes transmitted comb frequencies with a spacing larger than the source frequency spacing. The detecting feature includes collecting spectral distributions of the transmitted light in dependence on relative positions of the cavity mode frequencies and the source comb frequencies. The cavity mode frequencies and the source comb frequencies are varied relative to each other and different transmitted comb frequencies are individually resolved. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103414 | MICROPHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE, IMMOBILIZED MICROPHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE AND WAVELENGTH-VARIABLE LASER OSCILLATOR, TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND LIGHT FILTER USING THE STRUCTURE - [Project] To provide a microphase-separated structure which comprises a vast and visible structure showing a structural color with the use of the phase separation due to the self-assembly of a block copolymer, enables the design of a definite structural color by a convenient method and shows temperature response. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103415 | MIST MEASURING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a mist measuring apparatus in which visual confirmation performance is enhanced, and high-accuracy detection is enabled. In the mist measuring apparatus including a housing, and a light source that is provided in this housing and emits light to a misty cutting fluid, the housing is provided around an ejection part of the misty cutting fluid, the light emitted from the light source is a visible ray, and the housing is provided with an observation part for observing scattered light from the misty cutting fluid. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103416 | DNA Sequencing System - An apparatus for detecting labeled beads is provided. The apparatus can include: one or more irradiation sources disposed for irradiating the one or more detection zones with radiation; at least one detector disposed for collecting charges corresponding to light signals emitted from labeled beads in the one or more detection zones, which have been excited by the radiation; and a system coupled to the at least one detector for effecting time delay integration of the charges by accumulating the charges before reading the charges at the output of the at least one detector. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103417 | Optical Characteristic Measuring Apparatus, Optical Characteristic Measuring Method, and Optical Characteristic Measuring Unit - An optical characteristic measuring device includes: an optical system ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100103418 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION USING POLORIZED LIGHT - Methods and apparatus for concentration determination using polarized light. The apparatus includes a first polarized light source having a first light source polarization axis and a second polarized light source having a second light source polarization axis generally perpendicular to the first light source polarization axis. Also, a first polarized light receiver having a first polarized light receiver polarization axis and configured to measure an intensity of light transmitted from the first light receiver polarizer and a second polarized light receiver having a second polarized light receiver polarization axis substantially perpendicular to the first light receiver polarization axis and configured to measure an intensity of light transmitted from the second light receiver polarizer, wherein the first and second light receiver polarization axes are generally +/−45 degrees relative to the first and second light source polarization axes. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103419 | Defect inspection apparatus, defect inspection method and method of inspecting hole pattern - A defect inspection apparatus for inspecting a defect of a substrate as an object to be inspected comprises an illumination optical system for illuminating the substrate, a receiving optical system for receiving diffracted light from the substrate and a polarizing element provided in either one of the illumination optical system or the receiving optical system. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103420 | METHOD FOR THE SPATIALLY RESOLVED MEASUREMENT OF BIREFRINGENCE, AND A MEASURING APPARATUS - A method for the spatially resolved measurement of the birefringence distribution of a cylindrically symmetrical blank ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100103421 | SENSOR UNIT FOR A SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE (SPR) UNIT - The invention relates to a sensor unit for a Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) unit, comprising a transparent sensor structure forming at least one wall of a cavity, the wall being defined by a concave inner surface and a convex outer surface The inner surface is provided with a layer of a conductive material capable of supporting a surface plasmon. In the cavity there is provided a flow structure in said cavity so as to form at least one compartment for sample between the flow structure and the inner wall of the cavity. Also, a method for the detection of events at a surface by utilizing surface plasmon resonance is provided. It comprises placing a sample with an analyte of interest in a sensor unit as claimed in claim | 2010-04-29 |
20100103422 | GOODNESS OF FIT IN SPECTROGRAPHIC MONITORING OF A SUBSTRATE DURING PROCESSING - A sequence of current spectra is obtained with an in-situ optical monitoring system, and each current spectrum is compared to a plurality of reference spectra from a plurality of reference spectra libraries. The library that provides a best fit to the sequence of current spectra is determined, and a polishing endpoint is determined based on the sequence of current spectra and the library that provides a best fit to the sequence of current spectra. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103423 | Battery Terminal Inspection Apparatus, Inspection Method, and Cylindrical Dry Battery - Poor contact on a terminal face that is likely to especially occur with a dry battery with low electromotive force can be appropriately inspected and suppressed. Moreover, the inspection can be highly efficiently performed in a non-contacting state. Also, a cylindrical dry battery in which the poor contact on the terminal face is certainly suppressed is provided. An apparatus | 2010-04-29 |
20100103424 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL SENSOR AND SYSTEM FOR COMBUSTION SENSING AND CONTROL - A system includes an optical sensor that optically measures and spatially resolves in three dimensions at least one chemical species within a flame produced by a device and a component that correlates the three dimensionally measured at least one chemical species to at least one parameter of the device. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103425 | PHOTOACOUSTIC DETECTOR FOR MEASURING FINE DUST - The invention relates to a photoacoustic detector for measuring the concentration of fine dust particles, especially carbon particles in gas, comprising a pulsed light source for providing excitation light, wherein a size distribution of the fine dust particles can be determined by changing the pulse length and/or the pulse repetition rate. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103426 | OPTICAL SENSOR INTERROGATION SYSTEM BASED ON FDML WAVELENGTH SWEPT LASER - Provided is an optical sensor interrogation system. The optical sensor interrogation system includes: a light source unit which matches round-trip time of light and wavelength tunable cycle time of light in a resonator and emits light; a sensing unit which receives an optical signal in which a center wavelength periodically tunes, from the light source unit and tunes the center wavelength of the optical signal according to physical changes applied from the outside; and a signal processing unit which receives the optical signal reflected from the sensing unit, detects data, and images the data. In particular, the light source unit includes a delaying unit which delays the round-trip time of light and a tunable filter which tunes the wavelength of light so as to match the round-trip time of light with the wavelength tunable cycle time of light. Accordingly, a Fourier domain mode locking (FDML) wavelength swept laser, which operates at speed of several tens kHz or above, is used as a light source so that strain of a fluid, which changes in a short time interval of 0.1 msec or below, is precisely measured and thus a real-time analysis may be performed at high speed. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103427 | OBJECT DETECTOR - An object detector has a light projecting unit that projects light, a light scanning actuator that scans the light, and a light receiving unit. The light scanning actuator includes plate springs, each having a thin-plate shape and one end in a longitudinal direction thereof being fixed; a movable part attached to the other ends in the longitudinal directions of the plate springs; and an electromagnetic driving unit having a magnet that generates a magnetic flux, a yoke that forms a closed magnetic circuit with the magnet and has a part being stacked on the magnet, and a coil held by the movable part and positioned in a gap between the magnet and the yoke such that an aperture plane is substantially orthogonal to a stacking direction of the magnet and the yoke, the electromagnetic driving unit configured to drive the movable part by an electromagnetic force applied to the coil. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103428 | SIGNAL LIGHT GENERATING APPARATUS USING OPTICAL FIBER AND ROTATION SENSING APPARATUS - A light signal generating apparatus including an erbium-doped optical fiber is provided. The signal light generating apparatus includes a optical fiber which is a gain medium, a light source to emit pump light, a stabilizing unit to compensate for changes of a mean wavelength of the signal light with respect to temperature change in the optical fiber to thereby stabilize the mean wavelength of the signal light, and an optical coupler to transmit the pump light from the light source to the optical fiber and to output signal light returning from the optical fiber and signal light returning from the optical fiber via the stabilizing unit by which the single light is stabilized. Accordingly, the apparatus can lower the change of the mean wavelength with respect to temperature and lower a pump power required of the pump light source. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103429 | INTEGRATED OPTICAL SENSOR - An integrated optical sensor for, for example, a (bio)chemical sensor has an optical waveguide ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100103430 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING MUCOSA SAMPLES WITH OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - A method for analyzing mucosa structure with optical coherence tomography (OCT) is provided, and includes: (a) scanning a mucosa sample with optical coherence tomography; (b) choosing a lateral range from a two- or three-dimensional OCT image and analyzing all the A-scan intensity profiles in the lateral range; (c) calculating three indicators in each A-scan intensity profile, including the standard deviation for a certain depth range below the sample surface, the exponential decay constant of the spatial-frequency spectrum and the epithelium thickness under the condition that the basement membrane is identifiable; and (d) using the three indicators of each A-scan intensity profile within the lateral range to analyze the mucosa structure. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103431 | Determining Positions - The position of a movable element such as the end of a robot arm ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100103432 | POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A positioning system having an emitter unit, a plurality of detector units, a computer and a software package is described. The emitter unit is configured to emit an emitter signal. Each detector unit is configured to output a detector signal in response to detecting the emitter signal. The computer is coupled to the emitter unit and to the detector units. The software package is installed in the computer that directs the computer to perform a number of functions such as controlling the emitter unit, controlling the detector units, inputting positional information into the computer, and estimating a relative position of the emitter unit relative to a target site within a given workspace. An associated method is also described in which the method includes the steps of calculating, directing, displaying, estimating, identifying, inputting, inserting, mounting, and obtaining. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103433 | DIFFERENTIAL CRITICAL DIMENSION AND OVERLAY METROLOGY APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A method is described for measuring a dimension on a substrate, wherein a target pattern is provided with a nominal characteristic dimension that repeats at a primary pitch of period P, and has a pre-determined variation orthogonal to the primary direction. The target pattern formed on the substrate is then illuminated so that at least one non-zero diffracted order is detected. The response of the non-zero diffracted order to variation in the printed characteristic dimension relative to nominal is used to determine the dimension of interest, such as critical dimension or overlay, on the substrate. An apparatus for performing the method of the present invention includes an illumination source, a detector for detecting a non-zero diffracted order, and means for positioning the source relative to the target so that one or more non-zero diffracted orders from the target are detected at the detector. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103434 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a coefficient calculation unit that calculates a coefficient for converting image data having a predetermined number of pixels to image data having a smaller number of pixels than the predetermined number of pixels, including a coefficient multiplied by an integer power of 2, as a conversion coefficient; a calculation unit that multiplies each pixel value of image data prior to image reduction processing by the conversion coefficient previously calculated by the coefficient calculation unit thereby to calculate each pixel value of the image data subjected to the image reduction processing; and a shift unit that shifts each of the pixel values calculated by the calculation unit by a number of bits to counteract the integer power of 2-multiplied coefficient included in the conversion coefficient. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103435 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR PROCESSING SCREEN-PROCESSED IMAGE - When rotation processing is performed on an image obtained by screen processing, screen growth pattern changes and image quality changes. The image subjected to the screen processing is multi-value encoded by use of information of a dither matrix used for the screen processing, and a screen image is restored from the multi-value code after the rotation of the multi-value encoded image. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103436 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface unit to receives an XML paper specification (XPS) file, an XPS file processing unit which converts the XPS file into an output data corresponding to printing paper to print the XPS file using information regarding the height and width of a FixedPage in the XPS file, and a control unit which controls the image forming apparatus to print the output data. Accordingly, even when an XPS file does not include information regarding printing paper, a user can select and print printing paper suitable for the user's demand. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103437 | COATINGS FOR LEP PRINTERS, LEP PRINTER STRUCTURES, LEP PRINTERS, AND METHODS OF INHIBITING SLUDGE FORMATION - Liquid electro-photographic (LEP) printers having a coating disposed thereon, LEP printers having a compound such as fluorosurfactant in the resin to make one or more parts of the LEP printer, and the like, are disclosed. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103438 | ADAPTIVE COLOR TRANSFORM TO CONTROL COLOR INCONSTANCY - A method for selecting the level of color inconstancy of an output image produced on a digital color printer having a neutral ink and a plurality of color inks is disclosed. The method includes analyzing the distribution of input colors present in the input digital image to determine a color distribution metric related to the importance of producing output images having a reduced color inconstancy when the output image is viewed under a variety of image illumination spectra; selecting a color transform from a set of available color transforms designed to produce output images having different color inconstancy characteristics in response to the color distribution metric; processing the input digital image using the selected color transform to produce a transformed image having a selected level of color inconstancy; and printing the transformed image on the digital color printer to produce an output image having the selected level of color inconstancy. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL CONFIGUATION OF DYNAMIC DOCUMENT HOLE PLACEMENT - Document processing systems and methods are presented in which a hole select system is connected to a graphical user interface that visually renders a media image representative of a printed media, the interface includes at least one hole indicia on the media image, and allows the hole indicia to be manipulated by the user and the hole select system generates and provides hole location data to a hole creation system to produce holes on the printed media. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103440 | IMAGE PATH UTILIZING SUB-SAMPLED CROSS-CHANNEL IMAGE VALUES - A technique for cross-channel correction in real time for digital color printing in which the full resolution value of a selected colorant is combined with low resolution versions of the remaining colorants to provide a basis for correcting the selected colorant based upon the data for the other colorants employed. The pixel values of sub-samples of the remaining colorants are derived from the cell in which the full resolution selected colorant is taken; and, the desired output value is selected from a look-up table established for the known printing process. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103441 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - A printer not optically correcting bends and inclinations of scanning lines needs to execute such control as to electrically correct them. However, a conventional correction method has a problem that this correction causes an image defect such as an image streak or an uneven density in a specific area. A correction method of the present invention, when an input image has only one color, executes only correction by a second correction component which corrects distortions in a main scanning direction without executing correction by a first correction component which corrects bends and inclinations in a sub-scanning direction, and when an input image has two or more colors, executes both of correction by the first correction component and correction by the second correction component. This control can reduce the frequency of occurrence of an image defect. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103442 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus forms a color image using image carriers for a plurality of colors by electrophotography. The image forming apparatus stores, for each color, information on the shift amount between an ideal scanning line and an actual scanning line in the main scanning direction on the image carrier. For each color, a color misregistration correction amount calculation unit converts a readout address in a bitmap memory ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100103443 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof, the control method of an image forming apparatus which transmits and receives facsimiles through a first line and a second line including detecting a facsimile transmitting and receiving error of a first facsimile unit and a second facsimile unit which are respectively matched to the first line and the second line; and switching the first line to be matched to the second facsimile unit if the facsimile transmitting and receiving error is detected in the first facsimile unit. With this, if an error happens to one of a plurality of facsimile cards, a telephone number matched to the facsimile card having the error is automatically switched to a facsimile card normally operating, thereby normally performing a facsimile function. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103444 | AUTOMATED PREPRESS METHODS FOR IMPROVING PAGE PARALLEL RIP PERFORMANCE - Systems and methods are presented in which a print job is segmented into multiple parts or chunks prior to facilitate raster image processing by including in each of the parts the print job preamble, one or more page portions, and only those resources required for the page portions, and the generated chunk files are provided to one or more raster image processing components for rendering or printing. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103445 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A DOCUMENT WORKFLOW - A method of processing a document workflow includes the initial step of providing a document workflow system including a grid computing system in communication with at least one I/O device. The document workflow system is configured to process at least one print job. The method also includes the step of partitioning the processing of the at least one print job between the grid computing system and the at least one I/O device. The grid computing system is configured to process at least one non-physical component of the document workflow and the at least one I/O device is configured to process at least one physical component of the document workflow. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103446 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRINTING DOCUMENTS WITH SEMI-TRANSPARENT GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS - A method of processing a page for printing includes processing each component of the page, or a portion of the page, into a display list. A plurality of element streams is generated from at least a portion of the display list. Each component of the element streams is identified as being an invariant component or a varying component. For each invariant component, it is determined whether that invariant component has been serialized into at least one of the element streams and, if not, the invariant component is serialized into at least one of the element streams and stored. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103447 | Systems and Methods for Testing a Printer - A method for testing skew in a printer includes receiving at a printer a request to print a test page, and in response to the request, printing a test page. The test page includes (a) a first symbol defining a first symbol boundary and (b) a second symbol sized smaller than the first symbol boundary such that the second symbol fits inside the first symbol boundary when the test page is folded. The relationship between the size of the first symbol boundary and the size of the second symbol corresponds to a predetermined acceptable amount of skew in the alignment of the first and second symbols on the test page. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103448 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOUCHER AND PROMOTIONAL COUPONING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for the creation and management of promotional coupons or vouchers. When used in a mixed gaming and promotional couponing system, a printer appends printed indicia to printed output when receiving data on an auxiliary port configured for printing promotional coupons. In addition, the printer, upon receiving data on the auxiliary port, may analyze the received data in order to suppress data for generating certain patterns which are not desirable to appear on the printed output. Suppressed data may include text, barcode, graphic, line, and box data used for printing vouchers but not promotional coupons. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103449 | METHOD OF TRANSMSITTING LOG INFORMATION ON DOCUMENT USING METADATA AND HOST DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME METHOD - There are provided a method of transmitting log information on a document using metadata which can manage log information based on the metadata, and a host device, an image forming apparatus and an image forming system using the same method. The method includes: setting up metadata for receiving log information on a document in a host device; storing the set up metadata and printing data of the document; outputting the document; generating the log information on the document; and transmitting the log information using the metadata. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103450 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE DATA CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image forming device connectable to plural external devices controlling image data through a network including: a setup unit configured to set up an identification name and communication identification information for the image forming device and the external devices, the communication identification information having a setup content different based on a communication method; a device information control unit; a registration unit configured to associate the identification name with the communication identification information and to register these into the device information control unit; a source candidate display unit configured to display an identification name list registered in the device information control unit as candidates which can be chosen as a source of the image data; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire the image data from the plural external devices based on the communication identification information associated with the identification name. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103451 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE CAPABLE OF COMPLETING ACCESS OPERATION TO RFID ON RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an image forming device that includes a conveyor section, an image forming section, an accessing section and a control unit. The conveyor section conveys recording media in a conveying path, the recording media including a recording medium having a data storage unit attached thereto and a recording medium with no data storage unit attached thereto, the data storage unit storing data or being capable of storing data. The image forming section forms an image on the recording medium. The accessing section is disposed at an access position along the conveying path and accesses the data storage unit to execute an access operation to write data into or read data from the data storage unit. The control section is configured to control the conveyor section and the accessing section to bring the recording medium having passed the access position back to the access position and to access the data storage unit attached to the recording medium which has brought back to the access position to execute a re-access operation to write unprocessed data into or read unprocessed data from the data storage unit, the unprocessed data being such data that remained unprocessed with the access operation. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103452 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE DATA FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING - Provided is a method and apparatus of creating printing data, the method includes: classifying a plurality of objects that are to be printed into a plurality of groups; generating a page description language (PDL) section for each group to include commands for establishing attributes that are to be used in their respective group; and creating PDL data for the objects by combining the PDL sections. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103453 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE PRINTING SYSTEM - In a printing system that registers a schedule of print jobs before printing and that executes the print jobs in order of registration, a print server receives a print request of print jobs and requests a print device to register the print jobs. The print server abandons the print jobs after the request of the registration of the print jobs. Meanwhile, the print device that has received the registration of the print jobs registers the print jobs in the schedule, and the print device instructs the print server to execute the print jobs according to the schedule. The print server acquires the instructed print jobs, generates print data based on the print jobs, and transfers the print data to the print device. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103454 | Image Forming Method, Image Forming Apparatus, and Image Forming System - An image forming method includes: dividing input image data; transmitting first divided data to a first image processing unit; transmitting second divided data to a second image processing unit; image-processing the first divided data transmitted to the first image processing unit; image-processing the second divided data transmitted to the second image processing unit; and forming an image based on the first divided data image-processed by the first image processing unit and the second divided data image-processed by the second image processing unit. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103455 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a light source which irradiates an original with light, an imaging unit which images by condensing reflected and scattered light from the original via a plurality of reflecting mirrors and imaging mirrors, and a photoelectric conversion unit which converts, into an electrical signal, the reflected and scattered light imaged by the imaging unit. The imaging unit is an imaging optical system which is adjusted such that the difference between the spectral characteristic at an end portion in the main-scanning direction of the image reading apparatus and that at the central portion in the main-scanning direction becomes 5% or less at the peak wavelength of the light source. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103456 | Apparatus and system of image processing apparatus, and medium storing image processing control program - An apparatus, system, and a method of image processing, and a recording medium including an image processing control program are disclosed. The system allows a user to select one or more image processing condition items, and stores the user selection as item setting information. Based on the item setting information, the system displays an instruction screen which displays an image processing condition specified by the one or more image processing condition items selected by the user. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103457 | Image forming apparatus and print system - An image forming apparatus is connected to a plurality of networks including a network connected with an image processor and includes a storer for storing in memory a plurality of address sets each composed of a first kind address of the image forming apparatus and a first kind address of the image processor, and a communication controller to employ the plurality of address sets stored in memory of the storer, for a sequence of trials of connection with the image processor to determine a connectable address set to use for communications with the image processor, as the image processor is adapted for storage of a plurality of address sets each composed of a first kind address of the image processor and a first kind address of the image forming apparatus. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103458 | Printer And Printer Control Method - A printer that can acquire information related to print job execution can shorten the waiting time between print jobs even when print jobs are received continuously. In a printer that prints according to print jobs, a command interpreting and data conversion unit | 2010-04-29 |
20100103459 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT NUMBER ADDING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set adding a document number indicating a copy number and executing a page iterative imposition for imposing a plurality of same pages on a plane of a sheet (i.e., a physical page) and a document number adding unit configured to add different document numbers on logical pages to be imposed on the physical page according to contents set by the setting unit so that a plurality of same logical pages can be imposed on the plane of the sheet (i.e., the physical page). | 2010-04-29 |
20100103460 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing apparatus is caused to print an image in which elements included in a document are arranged on a page by a print control method. The document, which includes the elements and information for arranging the elements, is acquired. An element disposed on an edge of the page is detected from among the elements included in the acquired document. The printing apparatus is caused to print an image in which the elements included in the document are arranged on the page and in which the element disposed on the edge of the page is expanded to a predetermined output area. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103461 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A user interface which makes it possible to easily and more accurately configure a user mode. The user interface has an application mode configuration screen for configuring settings for an application mode when executing a job and a user mode configuration screen for configuring settings for a user mode before executing the job. When the user mode configuration screen is to be displayed, it is determined whether or not the application mode configuration screen is being displayed. When it is determined that the application mode configuration screen is being displayed, a liquid crystal display displays user mode items related to settings to be configured for the application mode on the application mode configuration screen being displayed. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103462 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS THAT CAN TRANSFER IMAGE DATA RECEIVED AS AN E-MAIL MESSAGE TO ANOTHER FACSIMILE APPARATUS - A facsimile apparatus that receives an e-mail message through a local area network, stores image data contained in the e-mail message in a data storage unit, converts the image data stored in the data storage unit into image data that a facsimile terminal can properly handle, and transfers the converted image data to the facsimile terminal. The facsimile apparatus accordingly can transfer the image data contained in the received e-mail message to the facsimile terminal even if the facsimile terminal cannot receive e-mail messages. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103463 | DETERMINING GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF A SCANNED IMAGE - A method of determining the geographic location of a hardcopy medium having an image side and a non-image side, includes scanning a hardcopy medium to produce a scanned digital image; scanning the non-image side of the hardcopy medium; detecting a location feature from the scan of the non-image side of the hardcopy medium; using the location feature to determine the geographic location of the scanned digital image; and storing the determined geographic location of the scanned digital image. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103464 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An input image analysis unit ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100103465 | COLOR PIXEL ERROR DIFFUSION IN A CMYK INPUT COLOR SPACE - What is disclosed is a system and method for diffusing pixel error in a halftoning process in a color management system. The present method divides a modified CMYK input into a real and imaginary portions. The real portion is the coverage achieved by a physically realizable positive dot. The imaginary portion comprises a an imaginary negative dot and an imaginary excess dot. Each of these dots are processed separately, on a per-pixel basis, in a novel CMYK to CMYKKpRGB conversion discussed in detail herein. Hierarchical thresholding is preformed on the conversion output to produce a high-quality halftone result. A cumulative pixel error sum is derived therefrom and combined with the input CMYK coverages of a next pixel. All pixels are processed. The halftone output generated hereby has the pixel error compensated. Other embodiments are provided. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103466 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - A printing method, and an image forming apparatus and image forming system to perform the method, the method including performing a multi-bit halftoning of a pixel of image data if the pixel is to be printed with a dark developer, performing a single-bit halftoning of the pixel if the pixel is to be printed with a light developer, and printing the halftoned image data. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103467 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In a halftone image after halftone processing, significant dot values within a reference window that encompasses a pixel of interest are accumulated, and by referring to a conversion table based on the accumulated values, a multilevel pixel value that corresponds to that pixel of interest is restored. At this time, the size of the reference window is determined such that a product of a bit depth in the halftone processing and the number of pixels within the reference window becomes a minimum value that exceeds the number of tones in a multilevel image after restoration. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103468 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR PROCESSING SCREEN-PROCESSED IMAGE - A multi-value code image generation part generates a multi-value code image by assigning first code information, which is obtained by encoding a dot pattern in a specific area, to each growth core. A multi-value code image affine transformation part performs affine transformation on the multi-value code image. A multi-value code image assignment part assigns second code information to each of the growth cores before the affine transformation according to the first code information of at least one growth core after the affine transformation, which growth core neighbors close to the growth core before the affine transformation. A dot pattern development part develops the dot pattern for the specific area at each of the growth cores before the affine transformation according to the second code information. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103469 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A 2-pixel averaging unit ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100103470 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - Line spacing values in a document image are extracted and a variance is calculated for fluctuations in the line spacing values. When the calculated variance is higher than a preset threshold value, the document image is determined as having watermark information embedded therein. Such use of the variance in the line spacing values enables high-speed determination of the presence or absence of line-spacing watermark information. At this time, it is possible to speed up the determination by using only some line spacing values in the document, instead of using all line spacing values. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103471 | Systems and Methods for Encrypted Bar Code Generation - Disclosed herein are systems and methods that provide a temporary payment instrument having a barcode with an encrypted account number and expiration date assigned to a consumer. For example, such systems and methods screen a consumer to determine whether he or she meets credit eligibility requirements established by a merchant card provider. If the candidate meets the credit eligibility, such systems and methods may assign a payment card account number and expiration date to the consumer, encrypt the payment card account number and expiration date, and generate a barcode that includes the payment card and account number embedded therein. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103472 | METHOD OF SENDING E-MAIL BY USING E-MAIL ADDRESS BOOK, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - A method of creating an e-mail address book and sending an e-mail by using the e-mail address book in an image forming apparatus, and an image forming apparatus using the method. A method of sending an e-mail by using an e-mail address book in an image forming apparatus capable of scanning a document, includes receiving basic information of at least one receiver and a scan option corresponding to the at least one receiver; storing the basic information and the scan option in the e-mail address book; selecting a receiver from the e-mail address book; scanning the document in accordance with a scanning option corresponding to the selected receiver; attaching the scanned document to the e-mail and sending the e-mail to the selected receiver | 2010-04-29 |
20100103473 | FACSIMILE MACHINE - A facsimile machine, capable of being connected to an external telephone, including a data access apparatus in the form of a semiconductor device, includes a power circuit configured to output a calling signal and supply voltage to the external telephone; a relay configured to switch between a first state in which the external telephone is connected to the power circuit and a second state in which the external telephone is connected to a public line; a detection portion configured to detect a signal level of a signal line between the power circuit and the relay; and a control portion configured to issue an output instruction of the calling signal to the power circuit on the basis of the content of a signal received by the data access apparatus and a detection result obtained by the detection portion in the first state. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103474 | IMAGE READING METHOD, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - A method for image processing in which an image of a bound document such as a book placed face-down on a document positioning plate is read and processed is provided. The method includes reading the bound document through the document positioning plate, displaying the read image, the read image having at least one of a shadow portion of a bound portion and a shadow portion of an edge portion, inputting information about a direction attribute of a rectangular area of the shadow portion in the displayed image, determining the direction attribute based on the input information, and correcting a density of the rectangular area based on the determined direction attribute. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103475 | DYNAMIC PRINT CONTRAST SIGNAL DETERMINATION FOR PAPER DOCUMENTS - A system for determining a plurality of PCS values for a document image representing a document having at least one area of interest on a surface of the physical item for containing critical data and a background image positioned on the surface, the document suitable for positioning in a digital image recorder, the system comprising: an input module configured for obtaining a plurality of reflectance values distributed across the surface of the document; a memory configured for storing a plurality of PCS threshold values assigned to a corresponding plurality of locations on the surface; a calculation module configured for determining respective PCS values of a plurality of target portions of the surface, each of the respective PCS values based on a target reflectance value of the corresponding target portion and a region reflectance value of a corresponding defined region located adjacent to the target portion on the surface, each of the defined regions being different for each of the target portions, each of the respective PCS values assigned a location of the surface representative of the location of the target portion, the size of the defined region being greater than the size of the target portion, the target reflectance values and the region reflectance values being determined from said plurality of reflectance values; a comparison module configured for determining from the memory a plurality of PCS threshold values having specified surface locations matching the assigned locations of the calculated PCS values and for comparing the PCS threshold values with the calculated PCS values to determine whether the target portions satisfy their respective PCS threshold values; wherein the degree of target portions that satisfy their PCS threshold value is indicative of the acceptability of the design of the background image when processed by the digital image recorder. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103476 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING OBJECT FROM IMAGE AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes a first storage unit configured to store image data in order of the image data scanned in a main scanning direction, in a first storage device, a transmission unit configured to transmit pixel information of a partial region longer in the main scanning direction of the image data, from the first storage device to a second storage device, and an object discrimination unit configured to reference the pixel information stored in the second storage device and discriminate whether the partial region is an object region based on the pixel information. Thus, according to image processing apparatus, an object can be rapidly detected. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103477 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image scanning apparatus and method accurately sense a leading edge and a tail edge of a scanned document and determine the leading margin and the tail margin of the document. The image scanning method includes feeding the document to a scanning position through a feeding path according to a command to scan the document; operating a sensor unit disposed on the feeding path according to a location of the document; scanning the document in response to operation of the sensor unit; sensing a leading edge of each document using a document sensing pattern disposed oppositely to the scanning unit; and scanning the document when the leading edge of the document is sensed. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103478 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a sheet conveyance path on which a sheet of a document from which an image is to be read is conveyable; a light source that emits light to be irradiated on the sheet; a conductive unit through which heat generated at the light source is transferable; and a heat radiating unit that forms a part of the sheet conveyance path, through which the heat transferred from the light source to the conductive unit is propagable, and that radiates the heat propagated from the conductive unit to air flowing in the sheet conveyance path when the sheet is being conveyed. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103479 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DOCUMENT SIZE - A device for, and a method of, detecting a document size are disclosed. The disclosed device and method can detect the speed at which the document plate cover is being closed, and can adjusting the timing of the document size detection based in part on the detected speed of the cover closure. When the cover is being closed at a relatively low speed, the document size detection can be delayed. When the cover is being closed at a relatively high speed, the document size detection can be performed sooner. The document size detection can thus be performed with the cover being in a suitable position. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103480 | SCANNER CAPABLE OF DETECTING THE ORIENTATION OF ARRANGED DOCUMENT AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are a scanner and an image reading apparatus including the same. The scanner can include a transparent plate, a scanning unit configured to scan a document on the transparent plate, a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor is positioned in a first document zone that is associated with an area in which a first document type is to be positioned based on a first alignment reference point provided on the transparent plate. The second sensor is positioned in a second document zone that is associated with an area in which a second document type of a different size is positioned based on a second alignment reference point provided on the transparent plate. The first document zone and the second document zone are non-overlapping zones. The document type and/or orientation can be determined based on the detection signals from the first and second sensors. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103481 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which processes a scanned image in which a document image is shown, and includes a reliability determining section and a display control section. The reliability determining section determines reliability of coincidences of respective first through fourth directions with a first reference direction, the first through fourth directions being perpendicular to or reverse to each other, the first reference direction being an upward direction of the document image. The display control section creates markers indicating the respective first through fourth directions, and causes a display device to display a preview image in which the markers and the scanned image overlap each other. Further, the display control section causes the markers to be displayed in respective different ways by changing respective densities in accordance with the reliability. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103482 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image reading device having an improved shading compensation capability and a method thereof are disclosed. The image reading device includes an automatic document feed unit to deliver documents along a document delivery path. A light source unit including a light source to illuminate a first criterion image at a first position within the image reading device, and to illuminate the documents delivered by the automatic document feed unit at a second position. The image reading device further includes a second criterion image arranged to opposingly face the light source unit when the light source unit is located at the second position. The second criterion image extends along a sufficient length to cover the scanning range of the light illumination by the light source unit along a main scanning direction. An image acquisition unit is provided to acquire criterion shading data, auxiliary shading data and image data by receiving light reflected from the first criterion image, the second criterion image and the documents, respectively. A control unit is able to update the criterion shading data using the auxiliary shading data, and to use the updated criterion shading data to compensate the image data. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103483 | Document Acquisition System and Document Acquisition Method - A document acquisition system and a document acquisition method for optically acquiring a document, include at least one luminous device for illuminating the document, at least one optical sensor and an optical imaging unit for imaging the document onto the at least one optical sensor. The at least one illumination device is coupled to an optical lighting unit which allows the document to be illuminated as homogeneously as possible. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103484 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS - In reading an image of a document in a monochromatic document reading mode, a document reading apparatus reads the image of the document while conveying the document at a speed determined according to a variable magnification ratio, executes digital variable magnification on the read multivalued image in a main scanning direction by using a main scanning direction variable magnification unit, binarizes the multivalued image, and stores the binary image on a memory. In reading an image in a color document reading mode, the document reading apparatus reads the image of the document while conveying the document at a predetermined speed, stores the read multivalued image on the memory, and executes digital variable magnification on the multivalued image in the main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103485 | HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A holographic display comprising light sources (L | 2010-04-29 |
20100103486 | Device for the Production of Holographic Reconstructions with Light Modulators - A device for the production of holographic reconstructions having light modulators is disclosed. The device comprises at least one pixelated light modulator illuminated by at least one light source, and a focusing optical element field arrangement which images the light sources in an image plane after the light modulator. For the reconstruction, only one order of diffraction of the Fourier spectrum of the hologram should be used. The light modulator is provided with an assigned filter-aperture field arrangement which is located in the area of the image plane of the light source images and which has a plurality of aperture openings. Said aperture openings are designed in such a way that they each allow the passage of a prespecified area of the overall dimensions either smaller or the same as a diffraction order of the diffraction spectrum following Fourier transformation and produced from the holographic coding of the light modulator. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103487 | HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE SYSTEM FOR READING A HOLOGRAM STORED ON A HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE MEDIUM AND A METHOD CARRIED OUT THEREWITH - The invention relates to a holographic storage system for reading a hologram stored on a holographic storage medium. The system comprises: storage medium holding means arranged along an optical path of a reference beam; a spatial light modulator (SLM) arranged along said optical path for encoding a reference beam with a code pattern; a detector for detecting an image of the reconstructed hologram; and a servo control unit for determining a misalignment of said reference beam and said storage medium from the detected image and for acting upon said SLM to shift said code pattern. The invention further relates to a method of reading a hologram stored on a holographic storage medium comprising the steps of: a) encoding a reference beam with a code pattern created by a spatial light modulator (SLM); b) detecting an image of the reconstructed hologram; c) determining a misalignment of said reference beam and said storage medium from the detected image; and d) shifting said code pattern on the SLM based at least in part on said misalignment. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103488 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS - Light modulator displays may be illuminated using a light guide comprising diffractive optics that directs light onto an array of light modulators. A holographic light turning element may be included with the light guide to turn light propagating within the light guide onto the light modulators. In some embodiments, the holographic element is configured to distribute a substantially uniform amount of light across the array of modulators. The holographic element may, for example, have a turning efficiency that changes along the length of the holographic element. A holographic element can also be used to function as a light bar. Such a holographic element may receive light from a light source such as a light emitting diode and distribute the light along a light guide disposed in front of an array of light modulators. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103489 | Optical pulse shaping method and apparatus - The invention disclosed here teaches methods and apparatus for altering the temporal and spatial shape of an optical pulse. The methods correct for the spatial beam deformation caused by the intrinsic DC index gradient in a volume holographic chirped reflective grating (VHCRG). | 2010-04-29 |
20100103490 | Optical Information Recording Reproducing Apparatus - In the optical information recording reproducing apparatus that makes a reference light beam to interfere with an information light beam so as to record the information of the information light beam in a recording medium based on a two light beam interference method, or irradiates the reference light beam to a recording medium so as to emit a light beam and reproduces information stored in the recording medium by leading the light beam emitted from the recording medium an the image light receiving element, the optical information recording reproducing apparatus comprises a detector to detect positional deviation of at least one of the reference light beam and the information light beam from a predetermined optical path; and a correcting mechanism to correct the positional deviation based on an output from the detector. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103491 | METHOD FOR DETECTING POSITION OF REPRODUCED HOLOGRAM IMAGE AND HOLOGRAM APPARATUS - A hologram reproduced image position detecting method used in a hologram apparatus which perfoming an image formation with light reproduced from a recording medium where a data page including a marker and a data area that have been displayed on a spatial light modulator is recorded, on an image sensor having a larger number of pixels than the spatial light modulator, thereby obtaining a reproduced image of the data page to reproduce the data page. The detecting method comprises the steps of storing a template image into which the marker has been interpolation-expanded, beforehand; oversampling the reproduced image of the data page in the image sensor to obtain a detected image; and performing a template matching process on the detected image using the template image, thereby detecting the position of the marker when recorded. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103492 | MEMS-scanning mirror device and method for manufacturing the same - An MEMS-scanning mirror device includes an electrostatic comb actuator, in which a mirror surface is formed below a top surface (TOPS) of the mirror device. In a method for manufacturing the MEMS-scanning mirror device having the electrostatic comb actuator, a mirror surface ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100103493 | Optical switch controller and movable body controller - In an optical switch controller, in order that residual vibration at movement control of a movable body such as a tilt mirror can be reduced and controlled with high accuracy, a processing unit outputs a driving signal for controlling the angle of the tilt mirror, the driving signal is D/A converted by a D/A converter and then is changed to a high-voltage signal by a high-voltage amplifier to be supplied to the tilt mirror, the electrostatic capacity of the tilt mirror changes corresponding to angle change of the tilt mirror, a mirror-angle detecting unit detects the electrostatic capacity and feeds back it as a correction value to a processing unit, and the processing unit corrects the driving signal using a correction value obtained when the angle of the tilt mirror is actually changed. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103494 | COUNTER-BALANCED MEMS MIRROR WITH HIDDEN HINGE - A multi-layer hidden hinge and actuator design for high fill factor biaxial MEMS mirror array for wavelength selective switches (WSS) based on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process with wafer bonding and coarsely aligned orthogonal vertical comb and/or parallel plate actuator. The present invention relates to a micro-mirror in a MEMS linear piano micro-mirror array comprising a micro-mirror layer, a hinge layer and an electrode/substrate layer. The structure is formed by fabricating the layers separately in SOI structure and then bonding them together. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103495 | SURFACE PLASMON OPTICAL MODULATOR - A high-speed optical modulator based on Surface Plasmon-Polariton (SPP) at the hetero-junction of a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) tunneling diode and including a phase-matching optical element, such as a prism or gold-lattice structure, is described. An investigation using the coupled mode theory shows that the applied bias across the hetero-junction changes the optical reflectance of an optically coupled MIS tunneling diode, such as a prism-coupled MIS tunneling diode or a gold lattice-coupled MIS tunneling diode, while the modulation efficiency achievable of the device depends on the thickness of the metal film used to construct the tunneling diode. | 2010-04-29 |
20100103496 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE - An electrochromic device includes a first substrate spaced from a second substrate. A first conductive member is formed over at least a portion of the first substrate. A first electrochromic material is formed over at least a portion of the first conductive member. The first electrochromic material includes an organic material. A second conductive member is formed over at least a portion of the second substrate. A second electrochromic material is formed over at least a portion of the second conductive member. The second electrochromic material includes an inorganic material. An ionic liquid is positioned between the first electrochromic material and the second electrochromic material. | 2010-04-29 |