22nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100134785 | MODULATED REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM USING UV PROBE - A modulated reflectance measurement system includes lasers for generating an intensity modulated pump beam and a UV probe beam. The pump and probe beams are focused on a measurement site within a sample. The pump beam periodically excites the measurement site and the modulation is imparted to the probe beam. For one embodiment, the wavelength of the probe beam is selected to correspond to a local maxima of the temperature reflectance coefficient of the sample. For a second embodiment, the probe laser is tuned to either minimize the thermal wave contribution to the probe beam modulation or to equalize the thermal and plasma wave contributions to the probe beam modulation. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134786 | INTERFEROMETER WITH MULTIPLE MODES OF OPERATION FOR DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF AN OBJECT SURFACE - Disclosed is a system including: (i) an interferometer configured to direct test electromagnetic radiation to a test surface and reference electromagnetic radiation to a reference surface and subsequently combine the electromagnetic radiation to form an interference pattern, the electromagnetic radiation being derived from a common source; (ii) a multi-element detector; and (iii) one or more optics configured to image the interference pattern onto the detector so that different elements of the detector correspond to different illumination angles of the test surface by the test electromagnetic radiation. The apparatus is configured to operate in a first mode in which the combined light is directed to the detector so that the different regions of the detector correspond to the different illumination angles of the test surface by the test light, and a second mode in which the different regions of the detector correspond to the different regions of the test surface illuminated by the test light to enable a profiling mode of operation. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134787 | MEASUREMENT METHOD OF CHROMATIC DISPERSION OF OPTICAL BEAM WAVEGUIDE USING INTERFERENCE FRINGE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a measurement method of the chromatic dispersion of an optical waveguide using an optical interferometer with a broadband multi-wavelength light source and an optical spectrum analyzing apparatus, wherein one arm, called “reference arm” of the interferometer's two arms has an adjustable air spacing and the other arm, called “sample arm” can contain said optical waveguide to be measured, and including the following measurement and analysis steps: measuring interference spectra of the optical beam output exiting from the said interferometer with an optical spectrum analyzing apparatus when said optical waveguide is connected to said sample arm, and when said optical waveguide is not connected to said sample arm respectively; by adjusting the reference arm length for appearance of clear interference patterns; converting the wavelength-domain interference spectra into frequency-domain interference spectra and calculating phase difference values of the interference peaks of one of the spectra from a predetermined reference peak as a function of the frequency change by counting the interference peak (or valley) points; finding a Taylor series curve fit function for each set of the phase difference value data corresponding to each of the two interference spectra; and calculating a chromatic dispersion coefficient of the optical waveguide by using the coefficients of the Taylor series curve fit functions. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134788 | Method for Increasing Accuracy of Measurement of Mean Polarization Mode Dispersion - The present invention provides a method of determining a mean differential group delay associated with a length of optical fiber. The method including measuring a magnitude of a polarization mode dispersion vector as a function of frequency, using a frequency-domain polarization mode dispersion measurement apparatus, where the magnitude of the polarization mode dispersion vector is a scalar differential group delay. Also the method calculates a frequency derivative of the scalar differential group delay from the magnitude of the polarization mode dispersion vector to obtain a first result. The frequency derivative of the scalar differential group delay being a scalar second-order polarization mode dispersion function. The method further multiplies a proportionality coefficient B | 2010-06-03 |
20100134789 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MEASURING A CAMBER GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS - A device for measuring at least one camber geometrical characteristic of an ophthalmic lens provided on at least one of its faces with at least one position-identifying mark, the device including a support for the ophthalmic lens, and on opposite sides of the support, firstly lighting element for lighting the ophthalmic lens along at least two different lighting directions, and secondly acquisition and analysis element for acquiring and analyzing the light transmitted by the ophthalmic lens, the analysis element being adapted to identify shadows of the mark when lighted in the at least two lighting directions, and to deduce from their positions a measured value for the camber geometrical characteristic of the ophthalmic lens. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134790 | OPTOELECTRONIC LONGITUDINAL MEASUREMENT METHOD AND OPTOELECTRONIC LONGITUDINAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE - The invention relates to an optoelectronic measurement method for determining a position, particularly an angle or a length, of a code carrier ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134791 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OPTICAL POWER OF A LIGHT BEAM PRODUCED IN A MICROSCOPE - A method for measuring optical power of a light beam produced in a microscope, the microscope being equipped in standard with a slot intended to receive interposition slides; the method including the step of measuring the optical power by inserting a removable measuring probe in said slot, near a back pupil of a microscope objective. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134792 | SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXPLORING THE SURFACE OF A SAMPLE - A spectroscopic imaging system includes a microscopic or macroscopic device including an objective, a housing including a spectroscope, and scanning means disposed between the objective and the spectroscope. During the scanning of the excitation beam on a scanned area on the sample surface, the energy of the emitted light beam is integrated on the pixels of the detection means, generating average spectral data for each line of pixels. Storage means are connected to the detection means, including a memory able to store average spectral data of M lines of pixels. An imaging device is connected to the storage means, and the average spectral data of M lines of pixels are sent simultaneously toward the imaging device in order to obtain an average spectroscopic image of the scanned area. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134793 | OPTICAL EVALUATION METHOD BY MEANS OF LASER PULSES AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS - An optical evaluation method and an apparatus for performing said method are described. First laser pulses of a first type and second laser pulses of a second type that differs from the first type are sent onto a sample to be examined. The sample is hit with first incident light from the two laser pulses in at least one manner of simultaneously, within a very short time lag between the two laser pulses, and a time-correlated manner of the two laser pulses, thereby generating a first optical signal, and hit with second incident light from the two laser pulses, thereby generating a second optical signal. The generated first and second optical signals are detected with at least one detector; and an electronic difference between the first and second optical signals is generated. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134794 | ANALYZER FOR DETERMINING THE CONCENTRATION, POTENCY AND PURITY OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS - A computer facilitated method of requesting a spectral analysis of a sample having an unknown concentration or purity, performing an energy absorption analysis of the sample to obtain spectral data regarding the analysis and comparing the spectral data to stored spectral data regarding the analyses of the samples having a predetermined concentration and purity to determine the concentration or purity of the sample having an unknown concentration or purity. The spectral analysis is performed on site where the sample is prepared or administered using a portable analytical apparatus and provides a real time report of the concentration or purity of the sample. The apparatus requires only a small sample size. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134795 | FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER - The present invention provides a flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer in which, when a flashback may occur, a continuous use of this apparatus through an easy operation by a user is prohibited, so that the apparatus cannot be used unless its safety is confirmed. In this apparatus, when a flashback occurrence detector | 2010-06-03 |
20100134796 | PARTICLE COUNTER - The present invention provides a particle counter capable of accurately discriminating the signal of scattered light by real particles from the background light noise, and furthermore, capable of detecting smaller particles than conventional particle counters. The particle counter according to the present invention includes: a light irradiator for emitting light to the measurement area | 2010-06-03 |
20100134797 | PARTICLE COUNTER - The present invention provides a particle counter capable of sensitively determining the contamination level of a light transmission window. The particle counter according to the present invention includes: a light source | 2010-06-03 |
20100134798 | SUBSTANCE CONCENTRATION SENSOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - The invention relates to a sensor for determining a concentration of a substance contained in a fluid-containing matrix, with a measurement chamber ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134799 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BIO MATERIALS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BIO MATERIALS BY USING THE APPARATUS - Provided is an apparatus for detecting bio materials and a method for detecting bio materials by using the apparatus. The apparatus includes a bio material reacting unit, an optical source unit, and a detecting unit. The bio material reacting unit includes bio sensing materials immobilized on gold nanoparticles. The optical source unit emits light toward the bio material reacting unit. The detecting unit measures variations of surface absorbance of the gold nanoparticles by detecting light transmitted through the bio material reacting unit before and after a bio material is bound to the bio sensing materials. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134800 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING INTERPIXEL GAINS OF AN INTERFEROMETER - A method is provided to calibrate a detection array used for acquiring an image of an interferogram at an instrument. A first interferogram and at least two shifted interferograms are elaborated at the instrument by creating a number of optical path differences, so at least three samples are on a sine wave portion for each optical path difference. A function coinciding with the sine wave portion is determined by interpolation. A calibration coefficient is determined from the function for each optical path difference. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134801 | SYNCHRONOUS FREQUENCY-SHIFT MECHANISM IN FIZEAU INTERFEROMETER - An optical device for characterizing a test surface combines a Fizeau interferometer with a polarization frequency-shifting element. Two substantially collinear, orthogonally polarized beams having respective frequencies differing by a predetermined frequency shift are generated by the polarization frequency-shifting element and projected into the Fizeau optical cavity to produce a pair of test beams and a pair of reference beams, wherein the beams in each pair have orthogonal polarization states and have frequencies differing by the predetermined frequency shift. A second, substantially equal frequency shift is introduced in the Fizeau cavity on either one of the pairs of test and reference beams, thereby generating a four-beam collinear output that produces an interferogram without tilt or short-coherence light. The invention may also be implemented by reversing the order of the Fizeau cavity and the polarization frequency-shifting element in the optical train. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134802 | OPTICAL IMAGE MEASURING DEVICE - An optical image measurement device | 2010-06-03 |
20100134803 | LASER SENSOR FOR SELF-MIXING INTERFEROMETRY WITH INCREASED DETECTION RANGE - The present invention relates to a laser sensor for self-mixing interferometry. The laser sensor comprises at least one semiconductor laser light source emitting laser radiation and at least one photodetector ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134804 | Method and device for determining the topography of a material surface - A method and a device for determining a topography under load of the surface of a material, wherein a test piece ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134805 | WIDTH AND THICKNESS DETECTING MECHANISM OF SHREDDER - A width and thickness detecting mechanism of a shredder includes a shredding path, a first width sensor, a second width sensor, a third width sensor, a thickness detecting module, and a control unit. The thickness detecting module includes two thickness sensors. After the width of the article is detected by means of the first width sensor, the second width sensor and the third width sensor, a proper thickness sensor is allocated to detect the thickness of the article. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134806 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus and an image processing system are supplied capable of restraining an occurrence of failure print. The image processing apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus comprises an operation detecting section that detects operations of a document processing section; a document size obtaining section that obtains document size information; a medium size obtaining section that obtains medium size information of print mediums set in the image forming apparatus; a comparing and judging section that compares the document size information and the medium size information and judges whether or not they are consistent; an inquiring section that inquires user whether or not document size of the print object document is changed; an inputting section that inputs a change instruction of the document size; and a changing section that changes the document size information into the medium size information on the basis of the change instruction. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134807 | PRINTING PLATE REGISTRATION - A method of forming an image on recording media includes providing a rotatable imaging drum adapted for supporting the recording media; providing an imaging head adapted for forming the image on the supported recording media; providing an encoder adapted for detecting incremental rotational positions of the imaging drum; positioning the imaging drum at a non-incremental rotational position; detecting one or more points on an edge of the supported recording media while the imaging drum is positioned at the non-incremental rotational position; determining a position of each of the detected one or more points; and operating the imaging head to form the image on the supported recording media in alignment with at least the determined position of each of the detected one or more points. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134808 | PARTITIONING OF SHEETSIDE BITMAPS FOR TRANSFER FROM A PRINT CONTROLLER TO PRINTHEAD CONTROLLERS - Printing systems, print controllers, and associated methods of partitioning sheetside bitmaps are disclosed. A print controller in one embodiment connects to a plurality of printhead controllers that are operable to control a plurality of printhead arrays. The print controller includes an interpreter system operable to receive a print job, and to convert an image in the print job into a full sheetside bitmap comprised of an array of pixels. The print controller also includes a partitioning system operable to process the full sheetside bitmap to identify the pixels in the full sheetside bitmap designated for printing on each of the printhead arrays, and to generate a partitioned sheetside bitmap for each printhead array that contains essentially the pixels designated for printing on the printhead array. The print controller further includes an interface system operable to transmit the partitioned sheetside bitmaps to the printhead controllers associated with the printhead arrays. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134809 | GAMMA CORRECTION METHOD FOR ERROR DIFFUSION - An image processing system includes a printing device having a printing resolution, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive input image data comprising an input tone, and to dither the input image data at a halftone resolution, wherein the halftone resolution is less than the printing resolution of the printing device. The processor is further configured to perform multi-thresholding of the image data to identify a multi-pixel output tone level, and to generate output image data comprising the multi-pixel output tone level. The output image data is printed at the printing resolution. The multi-thresholding of the image data may further include an error diffusion algorithm providing gamma correction of the input tone. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134810 | INFORMATION CONVERSION METHOD,INFORMATION CONVERSON APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION CONVERSION PROGRAM - Reproduction can be adjusted according to the degree of achromatopsia and the color distribution of an image, and color reproduction approximate to the vision of normal persons is provided to achromates. Different textures are added to respective regions (similar and hardly indistinguishable regions) which have different colors but conduce to similar result of light-reception by a light receiving device according to the differences of the original colors. The textures include a pattern of angle, hatching, or contrast each different according to the difference of the original color. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134811 | PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE AND PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING THE PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE - A printing control device includes a texture control unit that acquires texture control data, which is used for controlling the texture of a printing surface of a printing material printed by a printing apparatus, based on texture information data that represents the texture of the printing surface of the printing material. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134812 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When there is a copy inhibiting dot pattern in an image, an image destruction processing unit performs image destruction processing to image data, and a storage processing unit stores in a storage unit the image data after the image destruction processing. An RGB/CMY conversion processing unit converts the image data into CMY image data C | 2010-06-03 |
20100134813 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a carrier; a forming unit that forms a pattern on the carrier; a correcting unit that executes a plurality of correction processes for image formation by measuring the pattern formed on the carrier by the forming unit; and an issuing unit that has issuing conditions corresponding to the correction processes and issues execution requests indicating execution timings of the correction processes satisfying the issuing conditions, wherein the correcting unit executes only one correction process, of which the execution request is issued, when another correction process is not issued at the execution timing of the one correction process, and wherein the correcting unit executes the one correction process and the another correction process in a prescribed order regardless of the execution timings indicated by the execution requests when the another correction process is issued at the execution timing of the one correction process. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134814 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND PRINTER - A print control apparatus comprising: a first receiving unit that receives, from a printer, support language information indicating whether a particular kind of language is supported by the printer; a judging unit that judges, by referring to the support language information received by the first receiving unit, whether the particular kind of language which is supported by the print control apparatus is supported by the printer; a transmitting unit that transmits, to the printer, a specification information acquisition command for acquiring specification information relating to a specification supported by the printer if the judging unit judges that the particular kind of language is supported by the printer; a second receiving unit that receives the specification information which is transmitted from the printer in response to the specification information acquisition command; and a controller that performs processing according to the specification information received by the second receiving unit. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134815 | Printing a List on a Print Medium - A system for printing a list on a print medium is disclosed. The system has a device which has a sensor module for sensing a print media identifier coded on a surface of the print medium, and a printer module for printing the list on the print medium. The system further has a means for storing the list in association with the print medium identifier in a database. The list is retrievable from the database using the print media identifier. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134816 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERALS - Systems and methods for automation of multi-function peripheral devices (MFPs) are disclosed. MFPs are configured to identify MFP users and to obtain one or more preferences associated with the identified users. Such preferences may be configured in advance and may provide instructions that allow the MFP to automatically scan and distributes documents provided to the MFP by the user with limited to no user input after user identification. The user preferences may further specify one or more document services to which scanned documents are transmitted. Examples of document services may include, but are not limited to, storage devices and servers, as well as output devices, such as fax and printer devices. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134817 | METHOD FOR LIMITING ADDRESS SETTING OPERATION AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - There is described an address setting limitation method and a computer readable storage medium storing a computer executable program, each of which is to be employed in a system in which an address for indicating a data storing/referring destination is settable and makes it possible to improve a usability and convenience of the user while maintaining security aspects of the system. The method to be employed in the system in which an address for indicating a storing/referring destination of a data is settable, includes: displaying a first screen on which a first address established in advance by a manager is displayed; and displaying a second screen from which a user establishes a second address; wherein both the first address and an inputting area, from which the second address to be ranked at a hierarchy level lower than that of the first address is settable, are displayed on the second screen. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134818 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTER NETWORK SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A data processing apparatus is disclosed, including: a virtual printer driver and a plurality of remote drivers. The virtual printer driver receives a print request through the network, creates an intermediate file as a page image from print data corresponding to the print request, has a remote driver corresponding to output destination printer information corresponding to the client computer or a user of the client computer create output data for a remote printer, and has the remote printer output the output data. The remote driver is called by the virtual printer driver, creates the output data including RAW data from the intermediate file, and has the remote printer selected through the network print out the output data. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134819 | REMOTE CREATION OF PRINTER INSTANCES ON A WORKSTATION - Remotely installing a new printer in a printers folder on a client workstation that communicates via a network with a control point terminal by, in the control point terminal, performing an operation to add the new printer in the printers folder of the client workstation, and in response to the operation being performed, the control point terminal transmitting identification information of the new printer being added to an agent in the client workstation, and in the client workstation, the agent receiving the identification information from the control point terminal, in response to receiving the identification information of the new printer, the agent automatically obtaining printer configuration information and print driver information based at least in part on the received identification information, the agent automatically configuring the printer and installing a print driver based on the obtained printer configuration information and print driver information, and the agent creating a locally managed instance of the printer. The operation may be simply selecting the new printer and the workstation that the printer is to be added to. The printer configuration information and the print driver information may be automatically obtained from a remote device on the network, such as an FTP server, and a port for communication with the printer may be automatically created. The unique identifier may be a network address of the printer, such as an IP address, a printer name, a DNS name or a NetBios name, and the printer may be a virtual printer, rather than an actual printer installed on the network. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134820 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An accumulating unit accumulates image data of an original read by a reading unit. A combining unit combines the image data accumulated in the accumulating unit in a single printing sheet according to a predetermined copy mode. An output unit prints and outputs the image data according to the copy mode. An input unit receives an input of a read instruction. When a total number of originals read by the reading unit is smaller than a total number of originals specified in the copy mode and when the input unit does not receive an input of the read instruction within a predetermined time, a discard determining unit discards the image data accumulated in the accumulating unit, and finishes a printing process. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134821 | Fiscal Printer - A fiscal printer reliably stores and holds, using a simple configuration, the date and time that a fiscal control circuit board is removed from the printer, and provides excellent security so that improper activities can be reliably discovered. The fiscal printer | 2010-06-03 |
20100134822 | PRINT APPARATUS, PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT METHOD, JOB PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - In order to maintain high security of a job that requires a high security level even after a print interrupt factor has been removed, and to achieve both the effect of maintaining high security of a job that requires a high security level even after the print process is interrupted, and the effect of improving the productivity of jobs other than a job of this type, when a print apparatus which can process a plurality of print jobs including a print job of a first type and that of a second type restarts a print operation of a print job, which is interrupted in the print apparatus, and when the print job is a print of the first type, the print apparatus is controlled to execute an authentication process, and then allowed to restart the print operation of the print job. When the print apparatus restarts a print operation of a print job, which is interrupted in the print apparatus, and when the print job is a print of the second type, the print apparatus is allowed to restart the print operation of the print job without executing the authentication process. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134823 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an input unit inputting image data, a memory having a storage region for storing the image data inputted by the input unit, a printer printing the image data in response to an user's instruction of printing the image data stored in the storage region, a transmitting unit transmitting set information indicating setting of the storage region to an other image processing apparatus, and a control unit controlling the transmitting unit not to transmit the set information to the other image processing apparatus when a pass word for accessing the storage region is included in the set information, and to transmit the set information to the other image processing apparatus when the pass word for accessing the storage region is not included in the set information. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134824 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING VISUAL NOTIFICATIONS RELATED TO AN IMAGING JOB - A method for providing visual notifications related to an imaging job is disclosed. The method may implemented by an imaging device. The method may include receiving the imaging job as input. The method may also include producing desired output for the imaging job. The method may also include causing the display of at least one animated notification that depicts the progress of the imaging job. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134825 | PREDICTIVE USER INTERFACE MIMICS FOR FINISHING - According to aspects illustrated herein, there is provided a user interface system for preparing an output document of a digital printing device having a user interface, a set of output options for the output document. The user interface enables selection of at least one output option from the set of output options. The system further provides a display device operatively connected to the user interface and configured to display at least one user interface mimic for the output document, with the at least one user interface mimic providing a graphical representation of the output document based on selection of the output options. After displaying the at least one user interface mimic, the user interface allows users to modify the output options prior to printing the output document. Then, the system updates the display of the at least one user interface mimic, based on modifications to the output options, prior to printing the output document. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134826 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method - An image forming apparatus includes an information storage section, an operation section, an image condition information storage section, a comparison section and an operation control section. The information storage section stores image information and attribute information corresponding to the image information. The operation section has an instruction section through which a user inputs instructions for execution of a process on the image information. The image condition information storage section stores image condition information corresponding to the process. The comparison section compares the attribute information with the stored image condition information. The operation control section changes a state of the instruction section based on results of a comparison of the attribute information and the stored image condition information by the comparison section. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134827 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO PROCESSING UNITS OF A PRINTER OR COPIER SYSTEM - In a method to transfer data between at least two processing units of a printing or copying system, processing information to be transferred between the at least two processing units is split up into first data and second data, the first data comprising at least form-related paper travel information for which a real-time processing is required, and the second data comprising processing information for which a real-time processing is not required. The at least two processing units are connected via a real-time-capable data transmission path for transferring the first data. The at least two processing units are also connected via a switched network connection that provides at least one physical layer to transfer data. The switched network connection is utilized to transfer the second data. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134828 | FILE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, METHOD AND FILE VERSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A file transmission apparatus ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134829 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - The information processing apparatus acquires the status of a print job transmitted to the printing apparatus by the information processing apparatus, and retains the status as a list of the print job and the status; and acquires information regarding a print job retained by the printing apparatus, and retains the information as a list of the print job retained by the printing apparatus and the information. The information processing apparatus refers to the list of the print job and the status and the list of the print job and the information and stops the transmission of a print job if the number of jobs that have already been transmitted to the printing apparatus by the information processing apparatus is equal to or exceeds a predetermined threshold value or if the number of print jobs retained by the printing apparatus is equal to or exceeds a predetermined threshold value. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134830 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus includes a print drawing data storage storing first print drawing data from a print data generation apparatus, an administration information unit storing administration information of the first print drawing data, and an image processing unit. The print data generation apparatus includes a pattern data register registering pattern data corresponding to first image information, a pattern data converter, a first image converter converting the pattern data into the first print drawing data, a second image converter converting second image information into second print drawing data, and an image composition unit combining the first and second print drawing data. The image processing unit determines whether administration information of first print drawing data newly received and already stored in the administration information unit are the same. If so, the image processing unit combines the first print drawing data already stored and the second print drawing data. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134831 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display control apparatus includes; a display unit; a web display control unit which causes a web page to be displayed; an instruction acceptance image display control unit which causes a download instruction acceptance image to be displayed in a web page; a download instruction acceptance unit which accepts a download instruction in accordance with an operation based on the download instruction acceptance image; a processing acceptance image display control unit which displays a processing acceptance image for accepting an instruction for carrying out printing, saving or transmission in respect of the data to be downloaded, when the download instruction is accepted; and a processing acceptance unit which accepts the selection of any one of the aforementioned processes in accordance with an user's operation based on the processing acceptance image. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134832 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus configured to allow a plurality of installed applications to be executed includes a storage unit configured to include a storage area storing information about the plurality of applications, and a registration unit configured to receive the application information about the application from an external apparatus without involving the application and to register the received application information into the storage area, wherein the application information includes identification information for identifying the application and usage information to be used by the application. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134833 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus which receives image data from a host device by communication and forms an image based on the received image data on a target, the image forming apparatus including: a communication unit which receives the image data by the communication with the host device; a storage unit which is able to store the received image data; an image forming unit which ejects a fluid, to overlap one partial image forming process with another partial image forming process, in the performing of an image forming process of forming the image on the target by ejecting the fluid from nozzles on a portion of the target and performing a partial image forming process of forming a portion of the image based on the image data stored in the storage unit on the target plural times. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134834 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing unit that executes an image process in accordance with an instruction by a user; an accumulating unit that accumulates electric energy consumed in a preparation process of the image processing unit for each user; and a control unit which, if the image processing unit is made usable by the preparation process and executes image processes in accordance with a plurality of instructions by a plurality of users, controls the accumulating unit to allot and accumulate the electric energy for each of the plurality of users. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134835 | PRINTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING THUMBNAIL IMAGE OF MOTION IMAGE FILE - There is provided a printing device including: an inputting unit that is configured to be capable of inputting an image file representing a motion image; a generating unit that is configured to be capable of extracting a plurality of frame images from the image file and generating a first output image in which the plurality of extracted frame images are laid out on a single page; a display unit that is configured to be capable of displaying a plurality of first frame display images that correspond to the plurality of frame images and a first display image corresponding to the first output image, the first display image having a first display size and having a plurality of second frame display images laid out therein in an order the same as the order in which the frame images are laid out in the first output image, the plurality of second frame display images corresponding to the plurality of frame images, each second frame display image having a second frame display size that is smaller than the first display size, each first frame display image having a first frame display size that is greater than the second frame display size; and a printing unit that is configured to be capable of printing the first output image. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134836 | PRINTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING THUMBNAIL IMAGE OF IMAGE FILE - In order to enable a user to more efficiently select image files to be printed in a printing device, there is provided a printing device including: an inputting unit that is configured to be capable of inputting at least one image file, each image file representing a motion image; a generating unit that is configured to extract a plurality of frame images from each image file and to generate, for each image file, data of a first output image in which the plurality of extracted frame images are laid out on a single page; a display unit that is configured to display a selection screen in which the display unit displays at least one first display image corresponding to the at least one first output image; a selecting unit that is configured to select one of the at least one first display image displayed; and a printing unit that is configured to print a first output image corresponding to the first display image selected in the selection screen. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134837 | INTEGRATED DATA PUBLISHING SYSTEM - An automated system for manufacturing entire data products to retail standards integrates several manufacturing techniques. This system operates with an “on demand” nature, and is customizable. It is comprised of six basic sections interconnected through a computer network. The customer creates an “order” by choosing from prearranged products, or creates a custom “series” of content of various digital data content. Order Management computer servers receive and process orders. The library gathers the content data with batches then further processes the order to be sent to the manufacturing sections. A printing section makes all booklets, liners, and other the printed materials. A publishing section makes the complete data medium. All components are marked with tracking identification like a barcode. The product and order completion section uses tracking to verify the components, assembling and packaging, either manually or automatically. System verifies completion, shipping information is provided, and final product is delivered. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134838 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a setting unit to set a printing condition of a job, the printing condition containing a condition indicating whether check print is to be executed or not; an image forming unit to execute image forming processing in accordance with the printing condition set by the setting unit; and a control unit to determine one or more pages to be subjected to the check print based on the printing condition and a predetermined determination condition if the printing condition set by the setting unit indicates that the check print is to be executed, and to cause the image forming unit to execute the image forming processing for the check print with respect to the determined one or more pages. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134839 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention is intended to improve operability of an image processing device by reading a document with multiple pages at a time, changing a page addressed to each destination, and transmitting the page to each destination. In order to achieve this, an image processing device | 2010-06-03 |
20100134840 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM OF PRINTING DOCUMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION, AND MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM OF PRINTING DOCUMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION - A plurality of sets of a printed document for distribution to a plurality of destinations is generated. For each one of the plurality of destinations, whether to perform conceal processing to document data is determined, and destination-specific print data is generated by performing conceal processing to the document data when it is determined that conceal processing is to be performed and by adding each one of the destination identification information identifying each one of the plurality of destinations to the document data. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134841 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE GENERATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT FROM SCANNED IMAGE DATA - According to the method and system for display screen-aided generation of an electronic document from rastered image data, a group of image data per page and comprising multiple pages is stored. Symbols for associated pages of the group per associated page are displayed in an organized structure in the first screen region. Per page or per region, the image data is separately selected for full display in a second screen display region so that the associated page is accessible for additional processing steps with respect to at least one of the elements selected from the group consisting of a pixel processing and a page processing. Upon touching a symbol of the group with a selection member, a content of the associated page of the group is displayed in an automatically opening, separate display region. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING SHARED PRINTER WITH RFID - A system and method of managing a shared printer with radio frequency identification (RFID) includes at least one RFID chip containing information about task permission for users, an RFID transceiver unit to periodically retrieve information about the RFID chip, a controller to determine whether to output a document based on task permission held by a user associated with the RFID chip retrieved by the RFID transceiver unit, and a printing unit to form images on a printing medium in response to a control signal from the controller. It is possible to allow, for example, printing and facsimile transmission by giving specific permission to each user and allows a manager to inspect a use specification by the RFID transceiver unit. The RFID transceiver unit is included in a printer and periodically retrieves information about an RFID chip and determines whether a document is to be output based on task permission held by a user associated with the retrieved RFID chip. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134843 | Printing Content on a Print Medium - A method of printing content on a print medium is disclosed. The method starts by receiving the print medium in a media feed path. The media feed path includes a sensor module and a printer module. A print media identifier is read from a surface of the print medium using the sensor module. The print medium identifier uniquely identifies the print medium. The content is then on the print medium using the printer module and the content is stored in association with the print medium identifier in a database. The content is retrievable from the database using the print media identifier. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134844 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In determining whether to use RIP completed data, a print control apparatus determines whether objects constituting a processing target page are all reusable objects. As a result of this determination, if it is not determined that the objects constituting the processing target page are all reusable objects, the print control apparatus performs RIP on the processing target page data without using the RIP completed data. On the other hand, if the objects constituting the processing target page are all reusable objects, it is then determined whether a registered common page matching the processing target page is present in a common page table. As a result of this determination, if the registered common page is present, the print control apparatus reuses the RIP completed data. If the registered common page is not present, the print control apparatus performs the RIP on the processing target page without using the RIP completed data. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134845 | Digital Photo Frame With Rotatable Screen - A digital photo frame for storing and displaying photos. The photo frame has a photo-sized display screen rotatably mounted on a support such that the display screen is configurable in landscape-viewing or portrait-viewing orientations by rotation of the screen. A memory stores photo image files tagged as either landscape orientation or portrait orientation and a user interface receives instructions to display photos stored in the memory. A processor is configured for receiving orientation data regarding an orientation of the display screen, retrieving only photo image files from the memory that are tagged with an orientation corresponding to the orientation of the display screen, and displaying the retrieved photo image files as photos on the display screen. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134846 | PRINT QUALITY CONTROL METHOD - A print quality control method, comprises the steps of: providing a visual referring target on the printing substrate, setting a specific halftone of black “K”; creating a neutral grey tone i.e. NGT; placing tightly both MGT and NGT next to each other across the printing surface; and comparing both printed tones result. By adopting the grey balance theory and visual matching technique, the resultant can provide accurate ink balance information for the production personnel to immediate execute the correction on the imbalance inking condition during production. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134847 | PRINTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF PRINTING IMAGE OF IMAGE FILE - In order to correct image files to be printed in a printing device, there is provided a printing device including: an inputting unit that is configured to be capable of inputting an image file representing a motion image; a generating unit that is configured to extract a plurality of frame images from the image file and to generate a first output image in which the plurality of extracted frame images are laid out on a single page; correcting unit that is configured to correct the first output image and to generate a first corrected output image; and a printing unit that is configured to be capable of printing the first corrected output image. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134848 | PRINTING OF A POSITION-CODING PATTERN - The present invention relates to a method in a computer for creating an electronic document to be printed, said document comprising a page description representing a layout of the document, said method comprising: retrieving a license from a database, said license defining a position-coding pattern, which is capable of encoding positions on a product when printed, selecting at least a portion of the position-coding pattern in the retrieved license to be associated with the page description, forming a sublicense from said license, said sublicense comprising a definition of the selected at least portion of the position-coding pattern, an indication of an origin of the sublicense to enable assuring that the sublicense stems from a trusted actor, and a data record allowing verification of integrity of the sublicense to enable assuring that the sublicense has not been tampered with, and associating said sublicense with said page description. The invention also relates to a method for verifying a sublicense to a portion of the position-coding pattern. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134849 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an image accepting module, a number accepting module, a discriminating module and a criterion modifying module. The image accepting module receives image data of plural images. The number accepting module receives the number of images delimiting the received images. The number is input by a user. The discriminating module determines whether or not each of the received images corresponds to the images delimiting the received images based on a criterion. The criterion modifying module changes the criterion when the number of images determined as an image corresponding to the images delimiting the received images is not in a given relationship with the received number. The discriminating module determines, after the criterion is changed, whether or not each of the received images corresponds to the images delimiting the received images based on the modified criterion. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134850 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ITS METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which inputs data obtained by reading a chart of highlights formed by an image forming apparatus and generates a correction condition of an image reading unit based on the data. The image processing apparatus includes a first image reading unit configured to read the chart of highlights formed by the image forming apparatus, a second image reading unit configured to read the chart of highlights, a calculation unit configured to calculate a difference between an image signal read by the first image reading unit and an image signal read by the second image reading unit, and a generation unit configured to generate a correction condition for correcting reading resolving power of the first image reading unit or reading resolving power of the second image reading unit corresponding to the difference. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134851 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PERFORMING IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an image reception unit, a determination unit, a display unit, a correction accepting unit and a criterion modifying unit. The image reception unit receives a plurality of images. The determination unit determines whether each image received by the image reception unit corresponds to a delimiter image that represents a delimiter of a document based on a criterion and outputs a detection result. The display unit displays the detection result output by the determination unit. The correction accepting unit accepts correction of the displayed detection result in accordance with an operation performed by a user. The criterion modifying unit modifies the criterion based on the accepted correction. The determination unit re-determines whether each image received by the image reception unit corresponds to the delimiter image based on the criterion after the criterion is modified by the criterion modifying unit. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134852 | IMAGE READER AND MEDIUM PROCESSOR - Provided is a medium treating device comprising hairbrush rollers ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134853 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING HEAD - An image reading apparatus having light emitting unit for irradiating light onto a original, reflected light detector light reflected by the original after the original is irradiated by the light emitting unit, outside light detector disposed in an area outside the area in which light reflected by the original enters the reflected light detector and reflected light correcting unit for correcting detection result data detected the reflected light detector based on outside light detected by the outside light detector. An image reading head having light emitting unit, which irradiates, a original with light, and a plurality of light receiving elements arranged in a row having a length longer than a length of the light emitting unit. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134854 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING THE OPTICAL SCANNER - An optical scanner includes an optical housing, which houses a light source, an aperture stop, a condensing lens and a rotary deflector, light from the light source entering into the rotary deflector via the aperture stop and the condensing lens, and the light deflected by the rotary deflector scanning a target to be irradiated, a fastener, which fastens the condensing lens to the optical housing, and a fastener attachment portion to which the fastener is attached, the fastener attachment portion being disposed in a downstream side of the condensing lens in a traveling direction of the light in the housing. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134855 | Scanner and shading correction method - A scanner includes an image scanning mechanism, a foreign object location detector, a foreign object location storage, a correction processor, and a shading correction processor. The foreign object location detector detects a pixel at a location of a foreign object adhered to an optical mirror of the image scanning mechanism by use of a first reference image data obtained by scanning a white reference plate by the image scanning mechanism at an initial operation after power-on of the scanner. The foreign object location storage stores a location of the pixel at the foreign object location in the main scanning direction detected by the foreign object location detector. The correction processor corrects a waveform in a predetermined range including the foreign object location detected by the foreign object location detector so as to be formed in a trapezoidal shape with respect to a second reference image data obtained by scanning the white reference plate by the image scanning mechanism when scanning an original. The shading correction processor performs a shading correction to an original image data by use of the second reference image data corrected by the correction processor. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134856 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AND ADJUSTING SCANNER ILLUMINANT - A scanner includes a first illuminant device having a first power associated therewith, and a second illuminant device having a second power associated therewith. The first power is greater than the second power, and each of the first illuminant device and the second illuminant device is configured to selectively scan a document. The scanner is configured to select one of the first illuminant device and the second illuminant device based, at least in part on, a level of power supplied to the scanner via a power source, and perform a single scan of the document using only the selected one of the first illuminant device and the second illuminant device. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134857 | DUPLEX AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER AND DUPLEX DOCUMENT SCANNING METHOD USING THE SAME - A duplex automatic document feeder includes first, second, third, and fourth paths, an ejecting path, a scanning module, first and second reversing roller units, a feeding tray, and an ejecting tray. A document is moved from the feeding tray to the scanning module for scanning of a first side surface thereof. Subsequently, the document is moved along a second-side scanning path defined by the first reversing roller unit, the third path, a portion of the first path, the fourth path, and the first reversing roller unit to allow for scanning of a second side surface thereof. After the first and second side surfaces are scanned, the document is moved along a document-inverting path defined by the second reversing roller unit, a portion of the fourth path, the ejecting path, a portion of the second path, the first reversing roller unit, and the ejecting tray. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134858 | IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE AND CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF - Ina calibration method of an image scanning device, an original for use calibration including a plurality of patches each having a different tone is scanned, scanned tone values of the patches of the original are acquired with respect to each of a plurality of color components, a curve function is acquired with respect to each of the plurality of color components based on the scanned tone values and target tone values of the patches predetermined with respect to each of the plurality of color components, each curve function approximating a relationship between an input defined as the scanned tone value and an output defined as the target tone value, and the curve function is acquired with respect to each of the plurality of color components such that input value intercepts, each being defined as an upper limit of a range of the input value in which range the output value is maintained at zero, are equal among the plurality of color components. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134859 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MODULAR GALVANO MOTOR SCANNING HEADS - This invention relates to an apparatus of galvano motor scanning head modular construction, assembly and calibration. In addition, the invention relates to the apparatus and construction method to achieve modular galvano motor scanning head products whereby multiple galvano motor and/or multiple galvano motor driven scanning mirror substrates and/or multiple beam expansion or beam collimation or beam de-collimation input optics and/or multiple output delivery optics and/or multiple galvano motor drive electronics configurations may be used to produce said modular galvano motor scanning head dependent upon customer required configurations. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134860 | MEMS DEVICE AND OPTICAL SWITCH - A micro electro mechanical system device includes a fixed electrode that includes a first electrode group; and a movable electrode that moves with respect to the fixed electrode as voltage is applied and includes a second electrode group that opposes the first electrode group. Further, electrodes of at least one among the first electrode group and the second electrode group are connected via a resistor. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134861 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An optical element is disclosed. The optical element may include a container having a holding chamber, a polar or conductive first liquid filled in the holding chamber, a second liquid filled in the holding chamber and not mixing with the first liquid, first and second electrodes for applying an electric field to the first liquid, and voltage application means for applying voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134862 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER - A high-speed optical amplifier is considered to be an important optical device because of an increasing demand of routing, which is accompanied by an increase in complexity of networks. It is difficult to satisfy a response performance by related-art techniques, and there has been a problem in achieving a high-speed response performance of 10 microseconds or less. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134863 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AN INTEGRATED SWITCHABLE MIRROR - Electronic devices with displays having switchable mirrors are described. The switchable mirror covers the display and is capable of switching from a transparent state to a reflecting state responsive to a switch in the electronic device. In one embodiment, the display is switched off when the switchable mirror switches to its reflecting state. In another embodiment, the switchable mirror is switched to its reflecting state when the electronic device is switched off. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134864 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTROCHEMICAL DISPLAY ELEMENT AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DISPLAY ELEMENT - This invention provides a novel process for producing an electrochemical display element, which can easily form a white scattering layer between opposed electrodes, has a high level of suitability for production, and has high stability after long-term use. The production process is characterized in that a film containing a white scattering material and a polymeric binder is formed on at least one electrode in opposed electrodes, the other electrode is disposed so as to face the electrode with film formed thereon, a low-viscosity electrolyte is poured into a space between the opposed electrodes, and the polymeric binder is dissolved in or swollen in the electrolyte to form a gel-like electrolyte layer containing the white scattering material and the polymeric binder within the space. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134865 | Electrochromic Display Device - Disclosed is an electrochromic display device comprising: a first substrate; a first electrode; a second substrate; a second electrode; and an electrochromic composition layer, wherein the device is of a passive matrix drive where the device performs a display by an energization between the electrodes, and performs a erasion of the display, wherein the first electrode comprises electrodes, the second electrode comprises a plurality of transparent display electrodes, a pixel is formed where the electrodes are in a grade separated crossing, at least a surface of the electrodes is respectively oxidized, the electrochromic composition layer comprising (i) insulative partition walls and (ii) an electrochromic composition including a supporting electrolyte, a polar solvent, and a leuco dye, and wherein the device displays a selected pixel by applying a voltage of a first potential difference, and applies the voltage of a second potential difference so as not to cause any energization. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134866 | OPTICAL ELEMENT HAVING AN APODIZED APERTURE - Provided is an optical element with an electrochromic apodized aperture having variable light transmittance in response to the amplitude of an applied voltage. The apodized aperture includes (i) a first substrate having a planar inner surface and an outer surface, (ii) a second substrate having an outer surface and a non-planar inner surface opposing and spaced from the planar inner surface of the first substrate, wherein each of the planar inner surface of the first substrate and the non-planar inner surface of the second substrate has an at least partial layer of transparent conductive material thereover; and (iii) an electrochromic medium disposed between the planar inner surface of the first substrate and the non-planar inner surface of the second substrate. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134867 | ACOUSTO-OPTICAL TUNABLE FILTER ELEMENT - An acousto-optical filter element ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134868 | WAVELENGTH CONVERTER - Provided is a wavelength converter having a simple and low-cost structure. The wavelength converter generates converted light having a wavelength different from that of input light. The wavelength converter includes (1) a pump light source that outputs pump light, (2) an optical multiplexer that combines and outputs input light and the pump light, (3) a first optical fiber that receives and guides the input light and the pump light that have been combined and output by the optical multiplexer and generates converted light using a nonlinear optical phenomenon that occurs while the first optical fiber guides the input light and the pump light, the first optical fiber being coiled, and (4) zero-dispersion wavelength adjusting means that adjusts a zero-dispersion wavelength of the first optical fiber. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134869 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH A PAIR OF DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS - The present invention provides an optical device comprising a pair of specifically designed plate-like diffractive optical elements successively arranged in parallel to each other.,. Placing the two diffractive optical elements in succession and in parallel to each other in a certain distance, the combination optically corresponds to a single diffractive optical element, and it can perform similar tasks, acting as a lens, an axicon, a phase shifter, or a spiral phase plate. If one of the diffractive optical elements is rotated with respect to the other around a common central axis, the property of the optical device, like the focal length, the refractive power, helical index, or phase shift changes continuously. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134870 | METHOD OF MODULATING RESONANT FREQUENCY OF TORSIONAL MEMS DEVICE - A torsional MEMS device is disclosed. The torsional MEMS device includes a support structure, a platform, and at least two hinges, which connects the platform to the support structure. The platform has an active area and a non-active area. A plurality of sacrificial elements is disposed in the non-active area. If the resonant frequency of the torsional MEMS device is less than a predetermined standard resonant frequency of the torsional MEMS device, at least one sacrificial element is removed to reduce the total mass of the torsional MEMS device, and so as to increase the resonant frequency of the torsional MEMS device. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134871 | Electro-Phoretic Display and Fabricating Method thereof - In an electro-phoretic display and a fabricating method thereof, the electro-phoretic display is fabricated by the steps: forming a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in matrix form on a first substrate; disposing a plurality of electro-phoretic displaying units including a plurality of colored charged particles, wherein each pixel electrode is corresponding to at least one of the electro-phoretic displaying units having the colored charged particles with the same color; forming a transparent electrode on a second substrate; and disposing the second substrate on the electro-phoretic displaying units to positioning the transparent electrode between the second substrate and the electro-phoretic displaying units. The electro-phoretic display can select a part of the pixel electrodes for being driven according to the color of the image being displayed, so that the electro-phoretic display may have an improved chromatic performance. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134872 | SWITCHABLE GRATING BASED ON ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLE SYSTEM - A switchable optical component ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134873 | DEVICE COMPRISING A MULTILAYER STRUCTURE AND ROLLERS - The invention relates to a device ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134874 | SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A second harmonic generation device includes: a case having an opening; a light source apparatus fixed to the case; a sleeve storing in its center hole a nonlinear optical crystal chip in which an optical waveguide propagating light irradiated from the light source apparatus and converting the light into a second harmonic wave light is formed, and having an outer shape which is fitted to play in the opening; and a coupling optical system which is disposed in the case and couples light irradiated from the light source apparatus with the optical waveguide, wherein the sleeve is inserted into the opening and fixed with respect to the case. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134875 | Optical amplifier, and optical transmission system including the optical amplifier - An optical amplifier provided in a repeater station of an optical transmission system is proposed. The optical amplifier amplifies an signal light and performs ALC of output power by means of a variable optical attenuator (VOA). The optical amplifier receives a difference between a target output value and measured output value of an upstream optical amplifier as an expected control volume, and updates a target attenuation value for the VOA in accordance with a current target attenuation value set to the VOA for ALC, a difference between its own target output value and measured output value, and the expected control volume. The target attenuation value is updated at intervals of time exceeding output convergence time by ALC. The difference between the target output value and measured output value of the optical amplifier is adopted as the expected control volume for a downstream optical amplifier. As a result, the waiting time taken for ALC to be stabilized at the time of increment or decrement of the number of wavelengths and signal startup in the optical transmission system where each station performs ALC, can be shortened, and the variation in the level of the signal light power during transition from AGC to ALC is suppressed. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134876 | WIRELESS SIGNAL PROXIMITY ENHANCER - A strongly anisotropic photonic crystal structure was designed using form birefringence. It has a low group velocity close to a split band edge (SBE) and large field enhancements proportional to the fourth power of the number of periods are predicted. The structure is used to amplify wireless signals outside and near the structure. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134877 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER WITH A REDUCED NOISE FIGURE - A semiconductor optical amplifier for amplifying an optical signal. The amplifier comprises an input for receiving the optical signal and an output for outputting an amplified version of the optical signal. A semiconductor active medium is provided for defining an amplification path extending between the input and the output for amplifying the optical signal as the optical signal propagates along the amplification path. A control means selectively controls the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) of the semiconductor optical amplifier. The control means is co-operable with the active medium for selectively varying carrier density along the amplification path. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134878 | LENS MODULE WITH INFRARED-CUT FILTER AND INFRARED-PASS FILTER - An exemplary lens module includes a barrel receiving a lens system therein, an infrared-cut filter, an infrared-pass filter, and a switching mechanism. The switching mechanism includes a connecting member interconnecting the infrared-cut filter and the infrared-pass filter, a first magnetic member fixed at the barrel, and a second magnetic member fixed at the connecting member. The first and second magnetic members are configured for driving the connecting member to move relative to the barrel so as to selectively bring either the infrared-cut filter or the infrared-pass filter into optical alignment with the lens system in the barrel. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134879 | DISPLAY SCREEN PROTECTION FILM AND POLARIZATION PLATE - The present invention is to provide a display screen protection film that exhibits uniform in-plane ultraviolet absorption property, excellent mechanical strength, flexibility, heat resistance and optical property, and to provide a polarization plate wherein the display screen protection film is used as a polarization plate protection film. The display screen protection film obtained by stretching 1.2 to 6 times a film having a thickness of 20 to 300 μm wherein an acrylic resin layer (B1) containing no ultraviolet light absorbing agent is disposed on one surface of an acrylic resin layer (A) containing the ultraviolet light absorbing agent, and an acrylic resin layer (B2) containing no ultraviolet light absorbing agent is disposed on another surface thereof. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134880 | PROJECTION OBJECTIVE - The disclosure relates to a projection objective for imaging an object field in an object plane having a field aspect ration (x/y) of at least 1.5 into an image field in an image plane. In general, the projection objective has at least two optically effective surfaces for guiding imaging light in a beam path between the object field and the image field. The projection objective can take up an installed space having a cuboid envelope that is spanned by a length dimension and two transverse dimensions. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134881 | OBJECTIVE REPLACEMENT DEVICE FOR MICROSCOPES - The invention relates to an objective replacement device for a microscope, wherein the sample is located in a sample chamber and surrounded by an immersion medium within the sample chamber, means for positioning and aligning the sample relative to the focus of an objective being present, wherein the detection beam path is aligned horizontally, which is to say perpendicular to the direction of action of gravity. For an objective replacement device for a microscope of the type described above, according to the invention a device is provided for exchanging the objective, at the focus of which the sample is positioned and aligned, with at least another objective, the position and alignment of the sample within the sample chamber remaining the same. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134882 | Optical system - An optical system for imaging an object on an image acquisition unit has a variable focal length for zooming. The optical system has precisely three lens units from the object in the direction of an image acquisition unit, namely a first lens unit, a second lens unit, and a third lens unit. The second lens unit and the third lens unit are movably situated along an optical axis of the optical system for a change of the focal length. The first lens unit includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group of the first lens unit is fixedly situated on the optical axis of the optical system. The second lens group of the first lens unit is movably situated along the optical axis of the optical system for focusing. The second lens group includes at least two lenses. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134883 | TRANSPARENT SCREEN, PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF RECEIVING CONTROL SIGNAL LIGHT - A transparent screen is constructed in such a way that a plurality of Fresnel prisms | 2010-06-03 |
20100134884 | CURVED LENSES CONFIGURED TO DECODE THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT - Curved lenses configured to decode three dimensional content and method of fabricating the same. The lenses comprise a polyvinylalcohol polarizer film or similar type of material laminated with triacetate or similar type material on one or both sides, wherein the polarizer film has a polarizing efficiency equal to or exceeding 99% and a transmittance percentage equal to or exceeding 35% and a retarder film (e.g., norbomene copolymer resin) laminated on a front surface of the polyvinylalcohol polarizer film laminated with triacetate and aligned to produce a desired circular polarization responsive to specified retardation wavelengths. Thermoforming and press polishing techniques may be used to fabricate/curve the blanks into lenses. The lenses (optical elements) may be used in an injection molding process to add thickness. | 2010-06-03 |