18th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100110397 | High Heat Load Optics with a Liquid Metal Interface for Use in an Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography System - Methods and apparatus for cooling mirrors in an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system using a liquid metal interface are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus which may be used in an EUV lithography system includes a heat exchanger, a mirror assembly, and a first liquid metal interface. The heat exchanger including at least a first surface. The mirror assembly includes a first mirror block having a first mirrored surface, as well as at least a first well. Finally, the first liquid metal interface includes liquid metal which is contained in the first well. The first surface is in contact with the liquid metal such that heat may be transferred form the first mirror block to the heat exchanger. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110398 | METHODS RELATING TO IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY AND AN IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A method of detecting particles in an immersion fluid of or from a lithographic apparatus. The method includes extracting a sample, using a vacuum system, from a single phase flow of the immersion fluid of or from a fluid handling structure in the lithographic apparatus. The method includes detecting particles in the sample, and initiating a signal if the detected particles are above a certain threshold. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110399 | Reverse Flow Gas Gauge Proximity Sensor - A gas gauge proximity sensor supplying gas in a reverse flow direction from the injection chamber to the measurement chamber. Supplying gas in a reverse flow direction enables the transient behavior in the sensor to more rapidly stabilize, with a resulting increase in bandwidth. Optionally, a scavenger chamber can be used to remove the excess gas by locating a scavenger aperture of the scavenger chamber in close proximity to the exit aperture of the injection chamber. A bridge proximity sensor can be used with a reference chamber to receive gas flow from a location close to the exit aperture of the injection chamber in order to reduce common mode errors. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110400 | SCANNING EXPOSURE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An apparatus which includes a measurement device measuring a surface position of a substrate at each of a plurality of measurement points; which is configured to scan-expose the substrate using slit-shaped light while controlling the surface position based on the measurement result; and in which a width, in a non-scanning direction of the substrate, of a region where the plurality of measurement points are arranged is wider than a width of the slit-shaped light, comprises a controller configured to control the measurement device so as to measure the surface positions in at least two shot regions on the substrate at once at the measurement points, at each of which a portion whose distance from a measurement target position on the substrate falls within a tolerable distance can be measured, of the plurality of measurement points. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110401 | PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF FOCUS CORRECTION - Several embodiments of photolithography systems and associated methods of focus correction are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for characterizing focus errors in a photolithography system includes placing a microelectronic substrate onto a substrate support of the photolithography system. The microelectronic substrate is divided into a plurality of fields individually partitioned into a plurality of regions. The method also includes developing a raw focus error map that has a focus error corresponding to the individual regions of the plurality of fields and deriving at least one of an inter-field focus error map and an intra-field focus error map based on the raw focus error map. The inter-field focus error map has an inter-field focus error corresponding to the individual fields, and the intra-field focus error map has an intra-field focus error corresponding to the individual regions. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110402 | FOCUS CORRECTION IN LITHOGRAPHY TOOLS VIA LENS ABERRATION CONTROL - Aberration control capabilities of sophisticated lithography tools may be exploited in order to locally adapt the focal surface of the optical system. That is, higher order correction terms may be incorporated in the design of the local surface in addition to the conventionally used first order corrections, thereby enhancing uniformity of the lithography process and thus of corresponding microstructure devices. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110403 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A measurement apparatus for measuring wavefront aberration of an optical system to be measured comprises a pinhole mask having a pinhole, an illumination optical system configured to illuminate the pinhole mask, a test pattern disposed between the pinhole mask and the optical system to be measured, a detector configured to detect an image formed on an image plane of the optical system to be measured by light having passed through the pinhole, the test pattern, and the optical system to be measured, and an optical member which is disposed or inserted in the illumination optical system, and configured to control an illuminance distribution in a pupil region of the optical system to be measured so that a peripheral portion in the pupil region includes a portion having an illuminance higher than an illuminance in a central portion in the pupil region. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110404 | OPTICAL ELEMENT SUPPORTING DEVICE, EXPOSURE APPARATUS USING SAME, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The optical element supporting device of the present invention includes a first supporting member that supports the optical element, a second supporting member that supports the first supporting member at a plurality of locations, a plate spring fastened to the first supporting member and having a plate thickness extending in the optical axis direction of the optical element, and a force supplying unit, which is provided on the first supporting member, configured to provide a force in the optical axis direction applied to the plate spring at a location different from the plurality of locations, wherein the force supplying unit elastically deforms the first supporting member by receiving the reactive force generated by the force applied to the plate spring to thereby adjust the position of the optical element. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110405 | RADIATION SOURCE AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A source configured to generate EUV radiation includes a fuel droplet generator configured to deliver a droplet of fuel to an interaction point, optics configured to deliver fuel vaporizing and exciting radiation to the interaction point to generate a plasma, and a collector arranged to collect EUV radiation emitted by the plasma. The optics are arranged such that in use the fuel vaporizing and exciting radiation is incident upon more than one side of the fuel droplet at the interaction point. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110406 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An apparatus which illuminates an original by an illumination optical system and projects a pattern of the original onto a substrate, the illumination optical system including an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a light intensity distribution on a pupil plane of the projection optical system, comprises a measuring device configured to measure the light intensity distribution, a detector configured to detect a total light quantity on the pupil plane, and a controller configured to determine a light quantity, to be detected when a target light intensity distribution is formed on the pupil plane, as a target light quantity based on the measured light intensity distribution and the detected total light quantity, and to control the adjusting mechanism so that the detected total light quantity detected becomes the target light quantity. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110407 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination optical system includes a diffractive optical element configured to convert a light intensity distribution, an optical integrator configured to uniformly illuminate a surface to be illuminated using light that has passed the diffractive optical element, a light shield member arranged at or near a Fourier transform plane between the optical integrator and the diffractive optical element, which has an optically Fourier transformation relationship with the diffractive optical element. The light shield member includes an aperture portion and a light shield portion. A border between the aperture portion and the light shield portion is set to a position having a light intensity of 0 and corresponding to a leading edge of a light intensity distribution formed on the Fourier transform plane by ±1st order diffracted light of the diffractive optical element. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110408 | CALIBRATION METHOD AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING AN OPTIMUM TAKE OVER HEIGHT OF A SUBSTRATE - A calibration method for calibrating an optimum take over height of a substrate in a lithographic apparatus between a substrate table and an ejector element moveable to load and unload the substrate from the substrate table, the method including clamping the substrate on one of the substrate table and ejector element; moving the ejector element between an unloaded state wherein the substrate is supported by the substrate table and a loaded state wherein the substrate is at least partly supported by the ejector element; determining a reference height of the ejector element at me moment that me weight of me substrate is at least partly taken over between the substrate table and the ejector element; and determining the optimum take over height for the ejector element from the determined reference height. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110409 | Separation in an Imprint Lithography Process - Systems, methods, and processes for separating a template from a substrate retained on an air cavity chuck during an imprint lithography process. Generally, vacuum level provided by air cavity chuck may be controlled during conforming of polymerizable material between the template and the substrate and during separation of the template and the substrate. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110410 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A seal between a table and a component in a lithographic apparatus is disclosed. The seal bridges a gap between the component and the table when the component is in a position relative to the table. The component is moveable, in use, relative to the table and in an embodiment is attached to the table. The seal may be integral with the component or the table. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110411 | ANTI-PIRACY CODING TECHNIQUE - An internegative duplicate ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100110412 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING USING LANDMARKS DETECTED BY A MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Systems and methods for localization and mapping an environment using a measurement device are provided. One system includes a vehicle, first and second measurement devices configured to generate range/azimuth data for reference landmarks in the environment, a processor, and memory. The memory includes a map module storing data representing a map of the environment including known coordinates for the plurality of reference landmarks. One method includes generating a map of the environment based on known coordinates for each of the plurality of reference landmarks, receiving range and azimuth data for each of a plurality of candidate reference landmarks from a measurement device, and identifying each of the plurality of reference landmarks in the plurality of candidate reference landmark. The method further includes associating the plurality of candidate reference landmarks with the plurality of reference landmarks in the map and localizing a mobile platform based on the associating step. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110413 | DISTANCE DETECTING SENSOR AND CLOSE RANGE DETECTING METHOD - The present invention discloses a distance detecting sensor, comprising: a casing, focusing lenses, a circuit board mounted with several electronic elements, and an emitting device emitting infrared light and a receiving device receiving and sensing a reflected infrared light. Wherein, the casing comprises a main body and two round openings on the top surface of the main body. The lenses comprise an emitting lens and a receiving lens arranged at the openings of the casing. The circuit board is mounted in the main body of the casing; the emitting device is an infrared emitting diode (LED), emitting infrared light toward the emitting lens. The receiving device is a distance detecting sensor module, which senses the reflected light focused by the receiving lens. The distance detecting sensor further comprises an emitting light guide unit arranged between the emitting lens and the emitting device, and the emitting light guide unit comprises small round holes at the emitting tube core of the emitting device. The present invention has higher detection accuracy and improves the overall detection performance of the sensor. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110414 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR TRACKING VESSEL MOTION DURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CORONARY ARTERY MICROSCOPY - Exemplary embodiments of apparatus, method and computer accessible medium can be provided which can facilitate a determination of at least one characteristic of a structure. For example, it is possible to use at least one first arrangement which can be structured to provide at least one first transmitted radiation along a first axis and at least one second transmitted radiation along a second axis. The first and second transmitted radiations can impact the structure and generate respective first and second returned radiation. The first and second axis can be provided at a predetermined angle with respect with one another which is greater than 0. Further, at least one second arrangement can be provided which can be configured to receive data associated with the first and second returned radiations, and determine at least one relative velocity between the structure and the first arrangement along the first and second axes. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110415 | Analyzer and analytic system - This analyzer comprises a photoirradiation portion simultaneously photoirradiating a plurality of storage vessels storing a plurality of measurement samples respectively and a plurality of photodetection portions detecting a plurality of light components resulting from simultaneous photoirradiation on the plurality of storage vessels storing the plurality of measurement samples respectively. The photoirradiation portion includes a light source, a first light guide portion branching light emitted from the light source into a plurality of light components and guiding the plurality of light components to the plurality of measurement samples respectively and a second light guide portion branching light emitted from the light source into a plurality of light components and guiding the plurality of light components to the plurality of measurement samples respectively. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110416 | MEASURING HEMATOCRIT AND ESTIMATING HEMOGLOBIN VALUES WITH A NON-INVASIVE, OPTICAL BLOOD MONITORING SYSTEM - An optical blood monitoring system with a ratiometric model determines hematocrit values for a hemodialysis patient, from which hemoglobin values for the patient are estimated. The ratiometric model is calibrated, normally against a cell counter, using blood from a blood bank. The blood from a blood bank is preserved in a long term preservative which is typically different than that found in clinical settings. The hematocrit value determined by the ratiometric model is scaled by scaling factor so that the estimated hemoglobin level output from the monitor consistently matches that measured in a clinical setting. The hematocrit scaling factor is substantially about 1.033 when the patient's blood sample is stored in a short term preservative ethylene diamine tetra acetic, and is substantially about 1.06 when the hematocrit is measured in the blood sample without preservative being added to the blood sample. The hemoglobin value can also be adjusted for altitude. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110417 | CRITICALLY COUPLED MICRORING RESONATOR AND METHOD - A microring resonator and methods critically couple a microring waveguide to an adjacent bus waveguide. A method of determining parameters of a critically coupled microring resonator includes modeling a coupled portion of the microring resonator as a U-shaped waveguide spaced apart from a straight waveguide by a gap and selecting a straight waveguide width and a gap size to optimize an output coupling ratio between the U-shaped waveguide and the straight waveguide. A method of producing the microring resonator includes using the determined parameters to produce, and a critically coupled microring resonator includes, a ring-shaped or microring waveguide spaced from the bus waveguide by a gap. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110418 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEFECT DETECTION USING TRANSMISSIVE BRIGHT FIELD ILLUMINATION AND TRANSMISSIVE DARK FIELD ILLUMINATION - A method for defect detection using transmissive bright field and transmissive dark field illumination, the method includes: determining a relationship between at least one transmissive bright field illuminator ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100110419 | Front Quartersphere Scattered Light Analysis - A surface inspection system, as well as related components and methods, are provided. The surface inspection system includes a beam source subsystem, a beam scanning subsystem, a workpiece movement subsystem, an optical collection and detection subsystem, and a processing subsystem. The optical collection and detection system features, in the front quartersphere, a light channel assembly for collecting light reflected from the surface of the workpiece, and a front collector and wing collectors for collecting light scattered from the surface, to greatly improve the measurement capabilities of the system. The light channel assembly has a switchable edge exclusion mask and a reflected light detection system for improved detection of the reflected light. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110420 | Inspecting a Workpiece Using Polarization of Scattered Light - A surface inspection system, as well as related components and methods, are provided. The surface inspection system includes a beam source subsystem, a beam scanning subsystem, a workpiece movement subsystem, an optical collection and detection subsystem, and a processing subsystem. The system features a variable polarization a polarizing relay assembly arranged to selectively permit the scattered light having a selected polarization orientation to pass along a detector optical axis to a light detection unit in the detection subsystem. They system also features a collector output width varying subsystem for varying the width of an output slit in response to changes in the location of the location scanned on the workpiece. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110421 | DEGREE-OF-DISPERSION DETERMINATION METHOD FOR SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND DEGREE-OF-DISPERSION DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES - Laser light having an energy of 1.9±0.1 eV is projected onto a carbon nanotube-containing substance so that a Raman spectrum is acquired. On the basis of the intensity of a peak at Raman shift 221±5 cm | 2010-05-06 |
20100110422 | OPTICAL DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN SPECTROSCOPY - Certain examples described herein are directed to optical devices and systems for use in spectroscopy. In particular, certain embodiments described herein are directed to devices and methods that may separate excitation light and Raman optical pathways, prior to sample irradiation, so that, if desired, the excitation light and the Raman scattered radiation may be independently manipulated. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110423 | OPTICAL DEVICES AND SYSTEMS USING THEM - Certain examples described herein are directed to optical devices and systems that include first and second optical elements. In some examples, the first optical element may be configured to pass light received from an excitation source, and the second optical element may be optically coupled to the first optical element and may be configured to reflect incident light from the first optical element back to the first optical element and configured to pass the light reflected from the first optical element. Methods using the devices and systems are also described. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110424 | NANO STRUCTURED SENSING DEVICE FOR SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING - A sensing device for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) includes a substrate, a plurality of nano structures over the substrate, wherein at least one of the nano structures comprises an active SERS nano surface and an adsorption layer on the active SERS nano surface. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110425 | ILLUMINATION OF DIFFUSELY SCATTERING MEDIA - The invention provides a technique for increasing the illumination intensity of probe light in a diffusely scattering sample without increasing the power of the probe beam. Generally, an optical filter is used which permits a collimated probe beam of light to pass through to the sample, but which reflects back towards the sample much of the backscattered scattered probe light emerging at a wider range of angles. In particular embodiments a collimated laser beam is delivered to the sample through a multi-layer dielectric filter covering a portion of the sample. The filter is transmissive to the laser light at normal incidence, but reflective at shallower angles of incidence characteristic of the backscattered light. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110426 | METHOD FOR NRB-FREE NONLINEAR VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY AND MISCROSCOPY - Methods and systems are described for suppressing nonresonant background in broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy and spectroscopy. The methods and systems improve sensitivity and signal to noise ratio in CARS. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110427 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR ANALYZING A SAMPLE - A system and process for analyzing a sample includes an excitation section and an analyze section, said excitation section including a light source emitting an incident measurement luminous beam, a polarisation state generator (PSG), first optics, and said analyze section includes a polarisation state analyzer (PSA), a detection system and second optics. The excitation section includes an illumination source emitting an incident visualization luminous beam, superposition optics that direct the incident visualization luminous beam toward the sample surface along an optical axis which is identical to the optical axis of the incident measurement luminous beam and the analyze section includes separation optics that transmit a part of the reflected or transmitted visualization luminous beam and a part of the reflected or transmitted measurement luminous beam towards a visualization direction. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110428 | Measuring Arrangement For Spectroscopic Examination And Throughput Acquisition Of A Crop Flow - A measuring arrangement for spectroscopic examination and throughput acquisition of a crop flow is provided, the arrangement having a spectrometer which comprises a light source, a window, a dispersive element and a detector, the light source is positioned to illuminate the crop flow during operation through the window, and positioned such that light reflected by the crop flow passes through the window and onto the dispersive element, which is positioned to deflect the reflected light onto the detector in different directions as a function of wavelength, a throughput-determining device cooperating with the crop flow, and a recording device for recording the measured values of the spectrometer and of the throughput determining device. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110429 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE REFRACTIVE INDEX OF A MATERIAL WITH BRAGG GRATINGS - A method for measuring the refractive index of a material with Bragg gratings includes the emission of a collimated radiation beam ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100110430 | DEVICE FOR SORTING AND CONCENTRATING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY AND APPARATUS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH DEVICE - A device for sorting and concentrating electromagnetic energy impinging a surface of the device, the surface including at least one plasmonics-based surface structure or similar structure of periodic or quasi-periodic surface topography. The device is characterised in that the surface (V) is provided with at least two such surface structures ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100110431 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IN-FLIGHT DETECTION OF AIRBORNE WATER DROPLETS AND ICE CRYSTALS - A device for optically detecting and distinguishing airborne liquid water droplets and ice crystals includes an illumination portion and a detection portion. The illumination portion outputs a circularly polarized illuminating beam. The detection portion receives circularly polarized backscattered light from moisture in the cloud, in response to the illuminating beam. The circularly polarized backscattered light is passed through a circular polarizer to convert it into linearly polarized backscattered light, which is split into two components. Each of the two components is optionally subject to further linear polarization to filter out any leakage-type orthogonal polarization. The two components are then optically detected and the resulting detection signals are used to calculate one or more parameters reflective of the presence or absence of airborne ice crystals and/or water droplets. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110432 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF COMPENSATION LAYER - A compensation layer optical property evaluation method capable of precisely and accurately evaluating the optical properties of the compensation layer without separating the compensation layer from the optical film, namely without causing a breakage of the compensation layer or a change in the optical properties, and to provide a compensation layer optical property evaluation system for use in such a method. The method for evaluating the optical properties of a compensation layer in an optical film comprising at least a polarizer and the compensation layer placed thereon, comprising the steps of: preparing the optical property data that represent the relationship between the ellipticity of polarized light and optical properties of the compensation layer, wherein the optical properties include front retardation R | 2010-05-06 |
20100110433 | Polarimetric imaging device optimized for polarization contrast - The invention relates to a polarimetric imaging device comprising a multiple-quantum-well structure operating on inter-sub-band transitions by absorbing radiation at a wavelength λ, said structure comprising a matrix of individual detection pixels, characterized in that the matrix is organized in subsets of four individual pixels, a first pixel comprising a first diffraction grating (R | 2010-05-06 |
20100110434 | Alignment for Edge Field Nano-Imprinting - Systems and methods for alignment of template and substrate at the edge of substrate are described. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110435 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a colorimeter that obtains color measurement data from a recording surface of a recording material, a colorimeter holder that holds the colorimeter, a colorimeter carriage that reciprocates the colorimeter holder on a retainer member that holds the recording material during color measurement, and a link mechanism that links the colorimeter holder and the colorimeter carriage. The colorimeter holder is linked by the link mechanism rotatably by a predetermined angle around a first axis along the reciprocating direction on the retainer member, and rotatably by a predetermined angle around a second axis along the surface of the recording material held by the retainer member and perpendicular to the reciprocating direction. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110436 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE CURE OF A BONE CEMENT MATERIAL - Apparatus for monitoring the cure of a bone cement material provided in a container includes a memory device in which data is stored relating to the time taken for the cement material of the type in the container to cure according to the temperature of the material. A data processor is used to calculate the time taken for the cement material to cure, based on data relating to the temperature of the cement material and data in the memory device relating to extent of cure. An output device is provided for data from the data processor relating to the extent of cure of the cement material in the container. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110437 | GAS ANALYZER - Gas analyzer systems and methods for measuring concentrations of gasses and in particular dry mole fraction of components of a gas. The systems and method allow for rapid measurement of the gas density and/or dry mole fraction of gases for a number of environmental monitoring applications, including high speed flux measurements. A novel coupling design allows for tool-free removal of a cell enclosing a flow path to enable in field cleaning of optical components. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110438 | HYBRID GAS ANALYZER - Gas analyzer systems and methods for measuring concentrations of gasses and in particular dry mole fraction of components of a gas. The systems and method allow for rapid measurement of the gas density and/or dry mole fraction of gases for a number of environmental monitoring applications, including high speed flux measurements. A novel coupling design allows for tool-free removal of a cell enclosing a flow path to enable in field cleaning of optical components and to enable re-configuration between open- and closed-path analyzer configurations. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110439 | OPTICAL MEASURING INSTRUMENT - The invention provides for an optical measuring instrument and measuring device. The optical measuring instrument for investigating a specimen contained in a sample comprises at least one source for providing at least one electromagnetic beam intended to irradiate the sample and to interact with the specimen within the sample, at least one sensor for detecting an output of the interaction between the specimen and the electromagnetic beam, an integrally formed mechanical bench for the optical and electronic components, a sample holder for holding the sample, wherein the at least one source, the at least one sensor, and the mechanical bench are integrated in one monolithic optoelectronic module and the sample holder can be connected to this module. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110440 | Optical Pulse Duration Measurement - An apparatus includes a delay producing system that receives a parent electromagnetic pulse and outputs two spatially-overlapped children electromagnetic pulses having a relative and adjustable time delay between each other; a fluorescence producing device placed in a path of the children electromagnetic pulses; a guidance system that is in the path of the children pulses and is positioned between the delay producing system and the fluorescence producing device to guide the children pulses to the fluorescence producing device; a detector that receives fluorescence produced at the fluorescence producing device, where the fluorescence travels at least partly through the guidance system before reaching the detector; and a data system that receives the value of the time delay and the output of the detector and determines the electromagnetic pulse duration based on the value of the time delay and the output of the detector. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110441 | Microscope - A microscope comprising: a light sampler for collecting light from a measurement area of a sample; a multi-element detector having a plurality of photoelectric elements, for detecting the light collected by the light sampler, each photoelectric element corresponding to a minute measurement region in the measurement area with one-to-one correspondence; a Fourier transform spectrophotometer as a spectroscope; a data sampler for concurrently sampling intensity data sent from each photoelectric element of the multi-element detector at a timing determined by the Fourier transform spectrophotometer; and a data processor for obtaining time-resolved spectrum data for each minute measurement region according to temporally changed interference light data obtained by the data sampler. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110442 | Tandem Fabry-Perot Etalon Cylindrical Beam Volume Hologram for High Resolution/Large Spectral Range Diffuse Light Spectroscopy - Systems and methods for performing two-dimensional (2D) high resolution spectral-spatial mapping are described. At least one embodiment includes a spectrometer for performing two-dimensional (2D) high resolution spectral-spatial mapping comprising a Fabry-Perot component configured to receive a diffuse input beam and provide a high resolution spectral mapping of the diffuse input beam in a first direction. The spectrometer further comprises a volume hologram for increasing a spectral operating range, the volume hologram configured to perform spectral mapping in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to increase the spectral operating range. The spectrometer further comprises a charged coupled device (CCD) configured to receive output beams, the output beams used to provide spectral analysis of the input beams. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110443 | PLANAR WAVEGUIDE WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE DEVICES WITH MULTIPLE WAVEGUIDE INPUT APERTURE - A spectrometer has a multi-input aperture for admitting an input wavefront and an array of multiple waveguide structures terminating at the multi-input aperture. The input wavefront is incident on each of the waveguide structures, which provide a dispersive function for the input wavefront. Interferometers are formed by elements of the waveguide structures. The interferometers have different optical path length differences (OPDs). The interferometers provide a wavelength responsive output for spatially extended light sources. The output of the interferometers is detected with a detector array. The spectrometer has an improved etendue, and in some embodiments very high resolution. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110444 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - The present invention provides a measurement apparatus which measures a distance between a reference surface fixed on a fiducial surface and a test surface located on a test object, the apparatus including an optical frequency comb generation unit configured to generate a light beam with a plurality of optical frequency components, which have equal optical frequency separations therebetween, a detection unit configured to, for at least two of the plurality of optical frequency components, detect an interference signal between a light beam reflected by the reference surface and a light beam reflected by the test surface to detect a phase corresponding to an optical path length between the reference surface and the test surface, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a geometric distance between the reference surface and the test surface based on the phases detected by the detection unit. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110445 | SLIT APERTURE FOR DIFFRACTION RANGE FINDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING THE SLIT APERTURE TO FORM A FOCUSED IMAGE - A method and system for forming a focused image on an image plane of a diffraction range finder with a variable pitch diffraction grating. The system includes the variable pitch diffraction grating and a slit through which diffracted light may traverse after having been diffracted by the diffraction grating, wherein the diffracted light is configured to form a focused image on an image plane of a camera after traversing the slit. The method propagates the diffracted through the slit and onto the image plane of the camera, wherein the diffracted light had been diffracted by the variable pitch diffraction grating. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110446 | Scanning Interferometric Methods and Apparatus for Measuring Aspheric Surfaces and Wavefronts - Interferometric scanning method(s) and apparatus for measuring test optics having aspherical surfaces including those with large departures from spherical. A reference wavefront is generated from a known origin along a scanning axis. A test optic is aligned on the scanning axis and selectively moved along it relative to the known origin so that the reference wavefront intersects the test optic at the apex of the aspherical surface and at one or more radial positions where the reference wavefront and the aspheric surface intersect at points of common tangency (“zones”) to generate interferograms containing phase information about the differences in optical path length between the center of the test optic and the one or more radial positions. The interferograms are imaged onto a detector to provide an electronic signal carrying the phase information. The axial distance, ν, by which the test optic is moved with respect to the origin is interferometrically measured, and the detector pixel height corresponding to where the reference wavefront and test surface slopes match for each scan position is determined. The angles, α, of the actual normal to the surface of points Q at each “zone” are determined against the scan or z-axis. Using the angles, α, the coordinates z and h of the aspheric surface are determined at common points of tangency and at their vicinity with α | 2010-05-06 |
20100110447 | COMPACT GAS SENSOR USING HIGH REFLECTANCE TERAHERTZ MIRROR AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method includes a tunable light source and a gas cell configured to detect the presence of gases at terahertz frequencies. The light source is operable to emit a light signal at terahertz frequencies. The gas cell includes at least two high frequency mirrors adapted to reflect signals at terahertz frequencies. The gas cell is adapted to be tuned based on the frequency of the emitted light to obtain a Fabry-Perot resonance of the reflected light signal. A pair of detectors are operable to detect the original light signal and the light signal reflected through absorption paths in the gas cell. The system and method are operable to determine a presence and identity of a gas present in the gas cell. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110448 | Internal inspection system and method - A system and method for measuring the threaded surface of an internally threaded component is provided, where the inspection system includes at least one measuring probe, wherein the at least one measuring probe includes an emitter and a receiver and is sized and shaped to be positionable adjacent at least a portion of the threaded surface at an offset distance, wherein the emitter is configured to emit electromagnetic energy that is incident upon the threaded surface to generate reflected electromagnetic energy responsive to the threaded surface and wherein the receiver is configured to receive at least a portion of the reflected electromagnetic energy and generate threaded surface data. A processing device is also provided, wherein the processing device is in signal communication with the measuring probe to receive the threaded surface data and process the threaded surface data to determine physical characteristics of the threaded surface. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110449 | Device for Determining the Position of at Least One Structure on an Object, Use of an Illumination Apparatus with the Device and Use of Protective Gas with the Device - A device for determining the position of a structure ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100110450 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING BLADE TIP CLEARANCE - A method for inspecting blade tip clearance between at least one rotor blade and a case spaced radially outward from the rotor blade is provided. The method includes inserting a probe into an aperture defined in the case and emitting electromagnetic energy into the case using the probe. The method also includes detecting electromagnetic energy reflected from a blade tip portion of the rotor blade and determining a blade tip clearance defined between the blade tip and the case based on the detected electromagnetic energy. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110451 | Coating Evaluation Process - System and method for evaluating coating thickness variations along a turbine blade contour. In one embodiment, applied to a first region extending 360 degrees about the blade and to a second region including an exposed reference surface, the first region includes a first surface over which the coating is formed and a second surface formed by the coating. The system provides a source of structured light positionable to cast patterns suitable for determination of coordinate position information along the surfaces. One or more imaging cameras are positionable to acquire image data based on the light patterns. A computer system processes image information to (1) characterize the first and second surfaces with respect to a coordinate along the reference surface; (2) compare coordinate data corresponding to the first surface with coordinate data corresponding to the second surface; and (3) determine thickness of the coating as a function of position. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110452 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing device has a first print data receiving unit that receives first print data containing at least one image formation command, and a judging unit that judges whether each image formation command included in the first print data is a pixel number dependent command. An image processing device is configured such that a print image formation unit forms the print image on the printer-equivalent image formation area with increasing the number of pixels of the print image in accordance with the resolutions of the display-equivalent image formation area and the printer-equivalent image formation area if a judging unit judges that the image formation command is the pixel number dependent command, and the print image formation unit forms the print image on the printer-equivalent image formation area without modifying the print image if the judging unit judges that the image formation command is not the pixel number dependent command. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110453 | Image Formation Instruction Apparatus, Image Formation Instruction Program, Image Formation Instruction Method, Image Formation Server, Image Formation Server Program, Processing Method for Image Formation Server, Image Formation Control Apparatus, Program for Image Formation Control Apparatus, and Image-Forming Method - User identification information which is acquired from an originating portable terminal and identifies the originating portable terminal and a destination portable terminal after a wireless communication session is carried out between these portable terminals is registered in a print job database in correlation with print image data to be subjected to image formation. Further, print image data correlated to user identification information corresponding to user confirmation information which is acquired from the destination portable terminal and identifies the originating and destination portable terminals of the wireless communication session carried out between these portable terminals is extracted while referring to the print job database. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110454 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PRINTER - A display device is provided having a flat panel display for displaying images, a stand for holding the flat panel display in at least one operative position, a printer comprising a pagewidth printhead for printing onto paper, the printhead being disposed so that the printed paper exits the device from a slot beneath the flat panel display, and a curved paper guide disposed beneath the flat panel display and external to the flat panel display and stand, such that the printed paper is urged horizontally as it exits the device via the slot. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110455 | LANGUAGE BASED COLOR SELECTION METHOD - A method of color selection is described including a component to parse a natural language color specification into a set of colloquial color names and a set of flags to indicate whether a color name is to be included or excluded from the color selection. Components are also included to find the best matches of colloquial color names in a library of colloquial color names and map the best matches to one or more standard colors in a library of standard colors. A transform building component uses the standard colors names and the flags to create a mathematical selection transform, typically in the form of a multi-dimensional lookup table. If necessary, another component converts arbitrary sets of test color coordinates into color encoding identical to that used for the standard colors to produce a color selection. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110456 | Method of and apparatus for converting colors - A standard density print profile capable of producing a print of standard densities is generated by a printing press set to standard density conditions, and a designated density print profile capable of producing a print of designated densities is generated by the printing press when the printing press is set to designated density conditions. A color conversion table capable of producing the print of the designated densities with the printing press set to the standard density conditions is generated using the standard density print profile and the designated density print profile. The colors of the image data are converted using the color conversion table. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110457 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A profile for converting color data dependent on a source device into color data dependent on a destination device, and generation information used in generation of the profile are acquired. Adjustment conditions of the profile designated on a device independent color space are inputted. Color data stored in the profile and dependent on the destination device is converted into first color data on the device independent color space using the generation information. Adjustment is applied to the first color data in accordance with the adjustment conditions. The first color data, to which the adjustment is applied, is converted into second color data dependent on the destination device using the generation information. Color data stored in the profile and dependent on the destination device is modified based on the second color data. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110458 | DEVICE FOR SETTING COLOR PRINT LIMIT MODE ACCORDING TO PREFERENCE SET ON PER-PAGE BASIS - An image processing system includes a preference designating unit and a printer. The preference designating unit is configured to designate one or more preferential print pages from pages included in a print job so as to be color printed preferentially to non-designated pages included in the print job. The printer performs color printing of the one or more preferential print pages. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110459 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes: a forming unit that includes an image forming function for forming an image; a restricting unit that restricts usage of the image forming function based on presence or absence of usage authorization for the image forming function of the forming unit; an adjusting unit that executes an image quality adjusting process to improve a quality of the image formed by the forming unit; and a control unit that inhibits the adjusting unit from executing the image quality adjusting process in accordance with presence or absence of restriction of the usage of the image forming function by the restricting unit. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110460 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a communication unit configured to receive image data and an instruction; a nonvolatile memory configured to store color correction data; a color correction data generating unit configured to generate a new color correction data and update the color correction data stored in the nonvolatile memory with the new color correction data; and a control unit. When the instruction contains a first instruction which instructs performing the printing operation without updating the color correction data, the control unit corrects a gradation of an image contained in the image data using existing color correction data stored in the nonvolatile memory. When the instruction does not contain the first instruction and also when a given condition is satisfied, the control unit causes the color correction data generating unit to generate the new color correction data and update the color correction data with the new color correction data, and corrects the gradation of the image contained in the image data using the new color correction data. When the instruction does not contain the first instruction and also when the given condition is not satisfied, the control unit corrects the gradation of the image contained in the image data using the existing color correction data stored in the nonvolatile memory. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110461 | Systems and Methods for Proof/Press Substrate Difference Adjustments - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for adjusting for differences between a proof substrate and the ultimate substrate on which an illustration or other image is to be printed. Embodiments are particularly useful for any print process on an opaque substrate where a proof representing the expected result is provided that has a different substrate color or value from that being used in the print process. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110462 | TEXTURE INFORMATION DATA ACQUIRING DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING THE TEXTURE INFORMATION DATA ACQUIRING DEVICE - There is provided a texture information data acquiring device that receives print data, which is used at the time of performing printing by using a printing apparatus and represents the amount of a print recording material used at the time of printing, as input, acquires texture information data that represents the texture of a printing surface of a printing material from the print data, and outputs the texture information data. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110463 | Automated Booklet Maker - An apparatus for transporting processed sheets within a printing device. The apparatus includes a compiler including a slot for receiving the processed sheets. The slot is defined at least in part by a paper guide. An elevator is in operative communication with the compiler. The elevator includes a stop for supporting the processed sheets and a drive mechanism for moving the stop and processed sheets supported thereby between a plurality of positions. The stop has a first position for initially receiving the processed sheets. The stop is movable from the first position in a generally upward direction to a second position for breaking adhesion between a processed sheet and the paper guide. The stop is movable in a generally downward direction from the second position to a third position. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110464 | MULTI-FUNCTION PERIPHERAL DEVICE WITH SCANNING CUSTOMIZATION - An MFP device that is capable of scanning a document and displaying to the user a plurality of options whereby the user can modify the scanned image using the MFP controls. The options can be displayed to the user either via a display or by printing a document with the various options for the user to select graphically and the re-scan the document so as to provide the selection to the MFP device. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110465 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING FILES FOR MFPS UTILIZING EXTERNAL SERVICES - An exemplary embodiment of a system and method provides a determination of when a file/document format native to a device such as a multifunction peripheral (MFP) device should be handled natively by the MFP (default behavior) or preprocessed by an external service. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110466 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming device includes an operation unit, a job executing unit, a receiving unit, a first determining unit, and a second determining unit. The print job received at the receiving unit contains information about an amount of print resource to be consumed. The first determining unit determines whether the receiving unit receives a print job while the user is setting another print job by the operation unit. The second determining unit determines whether the print resource remains as much as both the received print job and the another print job can be executed when the first determining unit determines that the receiving unit receives the print job while the user is setting the another print job by the operation unit. The job executing unit sets an order of priority for executing the print job based on the determination result of the second determining unit. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110467 | System and Method of Rasterizing PDF Files using Multiple Processors - A plurality of pages represented by a page description language file are rasterized using a plurality of raster image processors. A server provides instructions for each raster image processor which of the plurality of pages to generate a raster image. The plurality of raster image processors generates raster images for the plurality of pages. A print controller sends press commands to a press controller, wherein the press controller operates a press in accordance with the press commands to print the raster images. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110468 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A FAILURE CONDITION IN AN IMAGE PATH OF AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a system and method for diagnosing a failure condition of an image processing apparatus. When a failure condition is detected in an image path during output of a document, a fault code is issued. The image processing apparatus is then capable of performing an internal diagnosis to generate a diagnostic report, and send the diagnostic report and fault code to an operator at a remote location. The system and method allows one to diagnose a problem or failure condition more quickly and efficiently, thereby cutting down on service time and costs. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110469 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ON AN IMAGING DEVICE - A method for printing a print ready file transmitted by a print client on an imaging device includes creating a print data file associated with the print ready file, where the print data file includes information pertaining to the print ready file and the imaging device. In the method, the print data file is encrypted and transmitted to the imaging device. In addition, the print data file is authenticated in the imaging device and printing of the print ready file is enabled if the print data file is determined to be authentic and the print ready file is invalidated if the print data file is determined to be inauthentic. Also disclosed is an imaging device configured to perform the aforementioned method. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110470 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus including: a head; a feeding mechanism; an image reading portion; a test recording controller which controls the head such that a test pattern is recorded on a first area of a first surface of a recording medium and is recorded on a second area of a second surface of the medium; a test pattern reading section which reads the test patterns recorded on the first area and the second area respectively from the second surface and the first surface; a determining section which determines allowable recording densities for the first surface and the second surface; and an image recording controller which controls the head such that, in a two-sided recording, the images are recorded on the first and second surfaces at respective densities equal to or lower than the allowable recording densities respectively for the first and second surfaces. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110471 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A communication apparatus connected with an image processing apparatus including a reading unit for reading an image on a document to generate image data based on the read image. The communication apparatus receives from the image processing apparatus a process definition file defining details of reading processing to be performed by the reading unit and details of transmission processing for transmitting the image data generated by the reading unit, and the image data generated by the reading unit according to the definitions described in the process definition file. The communication apparatus transmits the received image data according to the definitions described in the received process definition file. When an error occurs in image data transmission, the communication apparatus determines whether to notify the occurrence of the error to a source of the process definition file depending on details about the error occurring. When the communication apparatus determines that it is necessary to notify the occurrence of the error to the source of the process definition file as a result of the determination, the communication apparatus notifies the occurrence of the error to the source of the process definition file. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PRINT JOB IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - There is disclosed a system and method of processing a document corresponding with a printable format in a print path. A browser, communicating with a user interface (having a display) and a network, is used to access a services interface, the services interface including at least one selectable service available by way of the network. A browser activating system, communicating with the browser and a print driver, is used to open the browser to display the at least one selectable service of the services interface on the user interface display. Responsive to selecting the at least one selectable service from the displayed services interface, the at least one selectable service is applied to the document corresponding with the printable format. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PRINT JOB IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - There is disclosed a system and method of processing a document converted, by a print driver, from a first format to a second format. The system includes a workstation with a browser communicating with both a user interface (having a display) and a network. The browser is used to access a services interface, the services interface including at least one selectable service available by way of the network. The browser, responsive to the print driver converting the document in the first format into the document in the second format, is opened to display the at least one selectable service of the services interface on the user interface display. Responsive to selecting the at least one selectable service from the displayed services interface, the at least one selectable service is applied to the document corresponding in the second format. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110474 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING UNIQUE OBJECT IDENTIFIERS FOR DERIVED OBJECTS - A print control unit coupled with a printer, the print control unit electronically connected to the host to provide one or more base resources to a unique Object Identifier (OID) generator, the one or more base resources including printing instructions. The unique OID generator generates a unique OID relating to a derived resource via a unique OID generation module. The unique OID includes the printing instructions of the one or more base resources. A resource generator internally generates the derived resource. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110475 | Automatic Print Job Cancellation Mechanism - A method for providing computer services is disclosed. The method includes a printer receiving an expected size of print data from a computer system during a printing operation, the printer receiving the print data, determining if the size of the print data is less than the expected size of the print data and aborting the printing operation if the size of the print data is less than the expected size of the print data. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110476 | Print Plug-In Isolation - Print plug-in isolation is described. In embodiment(s), a print system input can be received at a print system, and the print system input can be redirected from the print system to an isolation module that isolates one or more print plug-ins from the print system. The print system input can be processed at the isolation module with the one or more print plug-ins to generate print plug-in output, and the print plug-in output can then be communicated back to the print system from the isolation module. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110477 | DYNAMIC PDL SUBSET SELECTION AND PROCESSING - The page descriptions in a document description describe individual document pages. Some of those pages require special processing. Special processing is accomplished by applying subtasks to page descriptions. The subtasks are associated with subset criteria. A subtask is applied to a page description if and only if the page description meets a subset criterion associated with that subtask. In essence, subtasks are prepress operations applied to and limited to the scope of individual page descriptions with the document description. As such, a modified prepress module is ideal for subtask application. In general, page descriptions are evaluated against the subset criteria and the subtasks applied before the more generalized prepress processing converts the document description into a print ready document description. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110478 | DOCUMENT PRINTING BY SETTING TIME AND LOCATION BASED ON FACILITY/BUILDING MAP - The subject application is directed to a system and method for location-based document output scheduling. At least one electronic document is first received into an associated data storage. A map is generated on an associated display, which map includes indicia corresponding to alternative facility locations associated with a selected event. The map also includes indicia corresponding to locations of alternative document rendering devices corresponding to the facility. Device selection data is received from an associated user of at least one document rendering device selected from the alternative document rendering devices as well as temporal data corresponding to a time of the selected event. Operation of each selected document rendering device is commenced so as to render the at least one electronic document at a timing corresponding to the temporal data. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110479 | PACKAGING DIGITAL FRONT END - A package assembly method and system may include a processor, a more printing device, an assembly device, a knowledge base containing a structural design ontology, and a memory structure. A memory structure may contain instructions that instruct the processor to query the knowledge base to obtain a two dimensional package model based on a known three dimensional package model and a set of intents, convert a three dimensional graphic representation to a two dimensional graphic representation using a semantic structure, access a packaging rule set to obtain rules for assembly of a three dimensional package from the model, instruct a printing device to apply the two dimensional graphic representation to the two dimensional package model, and instruct the assembly device to apply the rules for assembly to create the three dimensional package. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110480 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - A display control device includes: a request receiving unit that receives a request to display a first image, in which a stack order of images in a visual direction of a user is specified; an obtaining unit that obtains a display priority of an image group to which the first image belongs; a display layer identifying unit that identifies a display layer from among plural display layers divided from a near side to a far side in the visual direction, a position of the display layer becoming nearer in the visual direction as the obtained display priority increases; and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display a screen in which the first image and a second image belonging to an image group identical to the image group to which the first image belongs are arranged in the identified display layer in the specified stack order. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110481 | HOST APPARATUS CONNECTED TO IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME AND MODIFYING METHOD OF BACKGROUND FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A host apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus, an image forming system including the same and a modifying method of a background for the image forming apparatus, the modifying method including: receiving identification (ID) information of at least one image forming apparatus; determining whether to modify the background by the host apparatus with at least one ID information; and transmitting at least one modifiable background corresponding to at least one image forming apparatus if a modification of the background is to be performed. Thus, the host apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus to determine whether to modify a background according to ID information of the image forming apparatus, transmit the modifiable background to at least one image forming apparatus according to the result can save time and costs as well as providing convenience to a user. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110482 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A printing apparatus receives a print job from an information processing apparatus. It is determined whether the received print job is a first print job or a second print job. If the results of the determination indicate that the received print job is a first print job, printing onto a printing medium is executed based on the first print job. However, if the received print job is a second print job, the second print job is stored in a storage medium. Then, if a printing instruction for printing the second print job containing printing settings and stored in the storage medium has been made, printing based on the second print job is executed onto a printing medium onto which printing based on the first print job has already been executed, and a process for adding a processing agent to that printing medium is then executed. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110483 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus prints print image data including both a duplex printing instruction and a simplex printing instruction while reducing or eliminating the development of a sheet interval. When it is determined that a print request includes both a duplex printing instruction and a simplex printing instruction, the maximum number N of transfer sheets that can be placed on a transport path is determined, and an order of output of print images is determined based on the maximum interleave number N. A blank sheet image is inserted in accordance with a switch timing from duplex printing to simplex printing. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110484 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A user inputs an ID and password, using an operating panel. When a start key is pressed to instruct the start of copying of a document, a dot pattern detection unit detects, from image data, a dot pattern formed according to a predetermined period. When a dot pattern is detected, a display control unit causes an operating panel to display a message indicating that a dot pattern has been detected. When the continuation of a copying operation is instructed, then after the completion of reading of the document, the image log generation unit generates an image log and log information and image log transmit ion control unit transmits the image log and log information to a computer of an administrator. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110485 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - An image processing apparatus which has a reading unit configured to read an image of a document and generate image data acquires a process definition file which defines a content of reading processing to be executed and a content of transmission processing for transmitting the generated image data, causes the reading unit to execute the reading processing to generate image data according to a definition described in the acquired process definition file, requests an external apparatus to transmit the generated image data according to the definition described in the acquired process definition file, adds, to the acquired process definition file, a description for causing the external apparatus to execute processing for notifying a result of the transmission by the external apparatus, and makes the request by transmitting, to the external apparatus, the generated image data and the process definition file to which the description is added. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110486 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus including a reading unit configured to read an image of a document to generate image data based on the read image acquires a process definition file, which defines a content of reading processing to be executed by the reading unit and a content of transmission processing for transmitting image data generated by the reading unit, causes the reading unit to execute reading processing to generate image data according to a definition included in the acquired process definition file, and, when a plurality of process definition files is selected and the selected plurality of process definition files is instructed to be executed, causes the generated image data to be transmitted according to a definition included in each of the selected plurality of process definition files. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110487 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Disclosed an image forming apparatus including: a nonvolatile storage section to store a print job; an input section for instructing to store the print job in the storage section; a condition setting section to allow the storage section to store a predetermined condition for enabling execution of the print job so that the predetermined condition corresponds to the print job; and a control section to execute the print job stored in the storage section, wherein the control section executes the print job when the control section judges that the predetermined condition stored in the storage section is met. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110488 | Image Forming Device - An image forming device, comprising: an image formation unit configured to form an image on a recording medium in accordance with a print command transmitted from an external device; a print history writing unit configured to record print history concerning image formation by the image formation unit in a server connected to the image forming device via a network; and a writing information transmission unit configured to transmit, to the external device, writing information including information indicating whether the print history writing unit has successfully recorded the print history in the server. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110489 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME BASED ON SPEECH RECOGNITION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus includes a speech input unit that collects a sound including an ambient sound and a speech from a user for operating the image forming apparatus, a speech recognizing unit that recognizes the speech from collected sound, and an operation control unit that changes, when speech recognizing unit recognizes the speech, an operation state of the image forming apparatus. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110490 | FACSIMILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A facsimile communication system includes a first facsimile device that transmits image data and a second facsimile device. The second facsimile device includes a first receiving unit that receives the image data; an image-forming unit that forms an image based on the image data on a recording medium having a first storing part that is configured to store stored data; and a notifying unit that notifies the first facsimile device of the stored data. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110491 | PRINTER, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A printer that enables to grasp a printer name on an information processing apparatus by a user easily when a printer driver is installed to the information processing apparatus from the printer side. A connection unit connects a portable information storage medium that equips an information processing module provided with an information acquisition unit that acquires and saves device information of the information processing apparatus, and a name saving unit that saves printer name information. An acquisition unit acquires the device information and the printer name information from the portable information storage medium. A registration unit accesses the information processing apparatus based on the device information acquired by said acquisition unit, and to register the printer into the information processing apparatus. A setting unit sets up the printer name acquired by said acquisition unit as a printer name of the printer registered into the information processing apparatus. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110492 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a pre-rotation encoded data pair storing unit, a positional relationship storing unit, a post-rotation data pair creating unit, and an image creating unit. The pre-rotation encoded data pair storing unit stores a set of pre-rotation encoded data pairs. The set of pre-rotation encoded data pairs includes a plurality of pieces of pre-rotation encoded data that are data obtained by dividing object image data into a plurality of pieces of divided image data and individually encoding each of the plurality of pieces of divided image data, and pre-rotation position information that represents a position of the pre-rotation encoded data in the object image data, wherein the plurality of pieces of pre-rotation encoded data and the pre-rotation position information correspond to each other. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110493 | Printer - A printer, which is configured to be connected communicably with a storage device, includes a printing unit configured to print one or more pages with images formed thereon, based on print data, a thumbnail creating unit configured to create thumbnail image data corresponding to each of the pages to be printed by the printing unit, a storage controller configured to store, into the storage device, the thumbnail image data created by the thumbnail creating unit, and a print controller configured to, responsive to the thumbnail image data being successfully stored into the storage device, control the printing unit to print a page corresponding to the thumbnail image data successfully stored. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110494 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING PORTABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming method, and an image forming apparatus to perform same, including connecting a portable storage medium to the image forming apparatus, selecting at least one file stored in the portable storage medium, disconnecting the portable storage medium from the image forming apparatus, and performing a job corresponding to the at least one selected file in response to the portable storage medium being disconnected from the image forming apparatus. | 2010-05-06 |
20100110495 | GENERATING PAGE-ORIENTED DATA FOR PRINTING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS - For generating from variable data page-oriented data for printing dynamic documents, a layout module ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100110496 | Mail delivery system and method - The invention provides a method for preparing mail for delivery by first sorting mail to carrier delivery order to create a series of batches of mail for delivery to respective recipients, then packaging the batches of mail in mail holders. Application of computer-implemented alert trigger criteria are used to determine whether a condition exists indicating an enhanced probability that one or more mail pieces in each batch is not correctly addressed such that it should not be delivered to that recipient. An alert mark is then printed on the mail holder for a batch containing one or more mail pieces having an enhanced probability of not being correctly addressed. | 2010-05-06 |