25th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130155365 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is disclosed, comprising a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate comprises gate lines and a first transparent electrode while the second substrate is provided with a second transparent electrode. Relative to the first substrate, the inner side of the second substrate is separated into a first zone and a second zone. The first zone is locations on the second substrate to which the gate lines correspond, and the second zone is located aside to the locations on the second substrate that correspond to the gate lines. The second transparent electrode is disposed in the second zone. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention is capable of reducing parasitic capacitance of gate lines preferably, enabling the signal delay to subside in the gate lines. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155366 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In one embodiment, a first wiring line is pulled out from an active area, and a short ring circuit is provided in a peripheral portion of the active area. A first electrode is formed in the same layer as the first wiring line. A semiconductor layer is formed on the first electrode. A portion of a second electrode faces the first electrode through an insulating layer and arranged on the semiconductor layer. A third electrode is arranged on the semiconductor layer in the same layer as the second electrode. The first electrode includes a cutout portion arranged under an edge of the second electrode. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155367 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a TFT substrate having gate lines and data lines arranged thereon, the gate lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction, the data lines extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction; a counter substrate having a black matrix and a color filter; and liquid crystals put between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. Columnar spacers are formed on the counter substrate. Pedestals are formed on portions of the TFT substrate, the portions corresponding to the columnar spacers. A convex portion and a concave portion are present at the top end of the columnar spacer. The pedestal is formed corresponding to the concave portion. The concave portion is opened at the ends thereof and connected to the lateral side of the columnar spacer. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155368 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A novel liquid crystal composition that can be used for a variety of liquid crystal devices is provided. A stable liquid crystal element that is driven at low voltage and that withstands physical impact is provided with the use of the novel liquid crystal composition. A highly reliable liquid crystal display device with low power consumption and high display quality is provided with the use of the liquid crystal element. The liquid crystal composition exhibits a blue phase and contains nematic liquid crystal, 1,4:3,6-dianhydro-2,5-bis[4-(n-hexyl-1-oxy)benzoic acid]sorbitol (abbreviation: ISO-(6OBA) | 2013-06-20 |
20130155369 | FOLDABLE GLASSES - Foldable glasses include a body having two lateral sides. A pivotal column is formed on each lateral side and received in an insertion groove of a lining block. The insertion groove of each lining block includes two clamping portions clamping one of the pivotal columns Each lining block is pivotable relative to one of the pivotal columns about the pivotal end. Two elongated temples each include an end having a receiving groove securely receiving one of the lining blocks. Each lining block is covered by the receiving groove of one of the temples when the temple is being pivoted. Each pivotal column abuts a stop portion of the insertion groove of one of the lining blocks when the temples are in the unfolded position. The first recessed portion of the insertion groove of each lining block receives one of the pivotal columns when the temples are in the folded position. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155370 | SURFACE MODIFIED CONTACT LENSES - Medical devices having a wettable, biocompatible surface are described herein. Processes for producing such devices are also described. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155371 | REDOX PROCESSES FOR CONTACT LENS MODIFICATION - Medical devices having a wettable, biocompatible surface are described herein. Processes for producing such devices are also described. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155372 | Ophthalmic Lens Molds, Ophthalmic Lenses Molded Therein, And Related Methods - Methods of manufacturing contact lenses using ophthalmic lens molds having a molding surface comprising a thermoplastic polymer, the molding surface having a percent polarity from 3% to 20% and a surface energy from about 25 mN/m to about 40 mN/m to cast mold a polymerizable composition having a surface tension from about 20 mN/m to about 25 mN/m, wherein a surface energy differential of the surface tension of the polymerizable composition less the surface energy of the molding surface less than or equal to zero (0); and silicone hydrogel contact lens bodies so manufactured are described. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155373 | Optical Article Comprising an Antireflective Coating with a Low Reflection Both in the Ultraviolet Region and in the Visible Region - This invention relates to an ophthalmic lens with a low reflection both in the ultraviolet region and in the visible region, comprising a substrate provided on its rear main face with a multilayered antireflective coating (3-7 layers) comprising a stack of at least one layer with a high refractive index and at least one layer with a low refractive index, having a mean reflection factor on the rear face in the visible region R | 2013-06-20 |
20130155374 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING A MONOFOCAL OPHTHALMIC LENS AND CORRESPONDING LENS - A method for designing and manufacturing a monofocal ophthalmic lens and corresponding lens. A surface of the monofocal ophthalmic lens is defined by: | 2013-06-20 |
20130155375 | DEVICE FOR PROCESSING EYE TISSUE BY MEANS OF A PULSED LASER BEAM - An ophthalmological device ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130155376 | VIDEO GAME TO MONITOR VISUAL FIELD LOSS IN GLAUCOMA - Systems and methods for providing a video game to map a test subject's peripheral vision comprising a moving fixation point that is actively confirmed by an action performed by the test subject and a test for the subject to locate a briefly presented visual stimulus. The video game is implemented on a hardware platform comprising a video display, a user input device, and a video camera. The camera is used to monitor ambient light level and the distance between the device and the eyes of the test subject. The game serves as a visual field test that produces a visual field map of the thresholds of visual perception of the subject's eye that may be compared with age-stratified normative data. The results may be transmitted to a health care professional by telecommunications means to facilitate the diagnosis and/or monitoring of glaucoma or other relevant eye diseases. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155377 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - An autostereoscopic display apparatus is provided and includes a first lenticular lens array, a second lenticular lens array, an optical diffuser layer, an image projector module and a switch unit. The optical diffuser layer is disposed between the first lenticular lens array and the second lenticular lens array. Multiple image beams generated by the image projector module are projected to a plurality of observing regions on an observing plane through the first lenticular lens array, the optical diffuser layer and the second lenticular lens array. The switch unit rotates the second lenticular lens array in accordance with the autostereoscopic display apparatus operates situated at a three-dimensional (3D) display mode or a two-dimensional (2D) display mode. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155378 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic display apparatus includes an image projection module, a plurality of projection lenses and an optical path switching module. The optical path switching module is disposed between the image projection module and the projection lenses. The optical path switching module has a light-incident surface and different light-emitting surfaces. An image signal generated by the image projection module enters the optical path switching module through the light-incident surface. The optical path switching module includes a plurality of polarization beam splitters and a polarization adjusting module. The polarization adjusting module is disposed between the polarization beam splitters. The optical path switching module is used for switching the polarization adjusting module time-sequentially for guiding the image signal to those different light-emitting surfaces respectively, and accordingly a plurality of image formation beams are formed from the light-emitting surfaces though the projection lenses. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155379 | Projection Device and Method for Operating a Projection Device - A projection device ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130155380 | PUMP SYSTEM, A CARBON DIOXIDE SUPPLY SYSTEM, AN EXTRACTION SYSTEM, A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND A DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An extraction system, including a pump to pump gas along a conduit to a check valve configured to open at an upstream pressure over a certain magnitude, a pressure sensor to generate a signal indicative of a pressure of gas between the pump and the check valve, and a controller configured to generate a stop signal if a signal from the pressure sensor indicates that the pressure of gas between the pump and the check valve is below a certain magnitude. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155381 | METHODS FOR SMALL TRENCH PATTERNING USING CHEMICAL AMPLIFIED PHOTORESIST COMPOSITIONS - A method for forming a pattern on a substrate is described. The method includes providing a substrate, forming a photosensitive layer over the substrate, exposing the photosensitive layer to a first exposure energy through a first mask, exposing the photosensitive layer to a second exposure energy through a second mask, baking the photosensitive layer, and developing the exposed photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer includes a polymer that turns soluble to a developer solution, at least one photo-acid generator (PAG), and at least one photo-base generator (PBG). A portion of the layer exposed to the second exposure energy overlaps with a portion exposed to the first exposure energy. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155382 | WORK STAGE OF EXPOSING APPARATUS, EXPOSING METHOD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURE - At a time of aligning a thin plate-shaped work of which both front and rear surfaces are subjected to work, a deflection caused at a central portion of the thin plate-shaped work is corrected and the thin plate-shaped work is controlled to be parallel state with respect to a photomask. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155383 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND EXPOSURE METHOD - The present invention provides an exposure apparatus and an exposure method. The method comprises: utilizing an exposure light source to provide light rays to the photo-resist layer; and utilizing a reflective plate to reflect the light rays passing through the photo-resist layer and the transparent substrate back to the photo-resist layer. The present invention can reduce a line space of a pattern of the photo-resist layer. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155384 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus for projecting an image of a pattern on a substrate and for exposing the substrate is disclosed. The exposure apparatus includes a mask stage and a projection optical system. The mask stage holds plural masks so that the plural masks do not contact with each other, and the projection optical system includes plural optical systems. Each of the optical systems projects an image of a pattern of one mask among the plural masks onto an exposure area of the substrate. The apparatus exposes the substrate so that each exposure area of the substrate exposed by each optical system partly overlaps with each other. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155385 | VACUUM CHAMBER ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORTING A WORKPIECE - A chamber assembly ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130155386 | LASER TRACKER USED WITH SIX DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM PROBE HAVING SEPARABLE SPHERICAL RETROREFLECTOR - A method for measuring three-dimensional coordinates of a probe center includes: providing a spherically mounted retroreflector; providing a probe assembly; providing an orientation sensor; providing a coordinate measurement device; placing the spherically mounted retroreflector on the probe head; directing the first beam of light from the coordinate measurement device to the spherically mounted retroreflector; measuring the first distance; measuring the first angle of rotation; measuring the second angle of rotation; measuring the three orientational degrees of freedom based at least in part on information provided by the orientation sensor; calculating the three-dimensional coordinates of the probe center based at least in part on the first distance, the first angle of rotation, the second angle of rotation, and the three orientational degrees of freedom; and storing the three-dimensional coordinates of the probe center. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155387 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AND/OR MONITORING FOREIGN STRUCTURES IN A FLUID OR IN A FLUID STREAM, AND METHOD FOR DOING SAME - The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining and/or monitoring foreign structures in a fluid or in a fluid flow, in particular blood or bloodstream, having at least one optical monitoring means, at least one ultrasound monitoring means and at least one signal evaluation means, wherein the fluid can be optically monitored at least by means of the optical monitoring means and at least by means of ultrasound by means of the ultrasound monitoring means, and wherein at least one foreign structure, can be recognized in the fluid by the signal evaluation means with reference to the combination of the monitoring signals obtained herefrom, in particular with reference to the comparison of the monitoring signals acquired herefrom and/or can be distinguished from at least one second foreign body structure by means of the signal evaluation means. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155388 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIFFUSION OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY - A device and method for diffusion optical tomography are disclosed. The device includes a sensing circuit with a plurality of light sources and sensors and an optical tomography element having a control unit, a computation unit and an image reconstruction unit. First, the computation unit constructs an image model of an object using optical parameters of the object, and performs decomposition on the image model. Then, the control unit instructs the light sources to emit light to the object, and receives a plurality of optical signals generated by the object in response to the light. Finally, the image reconstruction unit combines the optical signals and the decomposed image model and reconstructs an image of the object based on the combination of the optical signals and the decomposed image model. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155389 | CONTROL AND SENSING SYSTEM FOR DIFFUSION OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A control and sensing system for diffusion optical tomography and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The control and sensing system includes a control unit and a sensing circuit with a plurality of light sources and sensors, each light source being surrounded by a corresponding predetermined number of the sensors. The control unit instructs the light sources to individually emit light to an object, so the object generates a plurality of optical signals, and instructs the predetermined number of the sensors corresponding to each light source to receive the optical signals and transmit them to the control unit, thereby reducing the complexity of the control and sensing system. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155390 | FILM THICKNESS MONITOR - A measurement unit comprising a light source and a photodetector may be formed in a cavity in a substrate. The light source produces light that impinges a material layer and is reflected back to the photodetector. Through methods such as interferometry and ellipsometry, the thickness of the material layer may be calculated from the light intensity data measured by the photodetector. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155391 | METHOD FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF AN OPTICAL FIBER - A method for determining optical properties of an optical fiber including providing optical fibers having varying values of an optical property, measuring values of the optical property of the fibers, selecting one of the fibers as a reference fiber, determining the relative backscatter coefficient of the fibers compared to the reference optical fiber, correlating data obtained in step ii) with data obtained in step iv) to obtain a calibration curve showing a correlation between the Rrel and the values of the optical property of the optical fibers, measuring the Rrel of another optical fiber compared to the reference fiber, and determining a value of the optical property of the another optical fiber based on the calibration curve obtained in step v). | 2013-06-20 |
20130155392 | SELECTIVE LIGHT SENSOR AND AUTO-COMMISSIONING - A system and method for commissioning a lighting system is provided in which signals from light sensors are filtered in order to determine whether light is received from light fixtures in the lighting system or from external light sources. Alternatively or in addition, signals from light sensors may be filtered to determine the amount of light from external light sources. By filtering the signals from the light sensors, an identification of which light fixtures are colocated with which light sensors may be made even in the presence of light received from external light sources or light from multiple light fixtures in the lighting system. Physical locations of light fixtures and/or sensors may be determined based on detecting the amount of light received from external light sources. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155393 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING THE OPTICAL POWER OF CORRECTIVE LENSES IN A PAIR OF EYEGLASSES WORN BY A SPECTATOR - This invention relates to a method for estimating the optical power of corrective lenses in a pair a eyeglasses worn by a spectator, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
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20130155394 | REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASURMENT APPARATUS AND REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASURMENT METHOD - A refractive index measurement apparatus | 2013-06-20 |
20130155395 | Temperature Modulated Refractive Index Measurement - The present invention is directed to temperature modulated refractive index measurement. In accordance with the invention a method for determination of the complex temperature coefficient of the refractive index of a sample is provided, wherein the determination of the complex temperature coefficient of the refractive index of the sample is based on a refractive index measurement. Furthermore, the refractive index of the sample is measured over a period of time, wherein the temperature of the sample is modulated over said period of time and the complex temperature coefficient of the refractive index is calculated on the basis of the refractive index measurement over the period of time and the temperature modulation over the period of time. Additionally, a measurement system, in particular comprising a temperature control system and a processing system to carry out the above method, is disclosed. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155396 | OPTICAL MEASURING SENSOR - An optical detector may include an aperture, at least two photodetectors, and a measuring arrangement to quantify light detected at the photodetectors after passing through the aperture without the need for a lens. The aperture may be positioned between a light source and the two photodetectors to allow light from a light source to pass through the aperture to the photodetectors. The photodetectors may include PIN junction photodiodes and may be electrically isolated from each other, positioned next to each other in a side-by-side configuration, and then aligned with the aperture so that a proportion of the quantified light detected at the photodetectors changes as an angle of light from the light source incident to the aperture changes. Optical detectors and methods are provided. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155397 | Rotation Angle Detecting Apparatus And Surveying Instrument - A rotation angle detecting apparatus comprises a bearing holder, a rotation shaft rotatably supported by said bearing holder, a shaft portion space formed in said rotation shaft, a bearing holder space formed in said bearing holder, a first condenser lens in said shaft portion space and having an optical axis that coincides with a center line of said rotation shaft, a second condenser lens in said bearing holder space and on an extension of a center line of said rotation shaft, an angle detection pattern at a focal position of one of said first and said second condenser lens, and an image sensor at a focal position of the other of said condenser lens, wherein said image sensor detects a projection image of said angle detection pattern projected onto said image sensor, and a displacement of said projection image involved by the rotation of said rotation shaft is detected. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155398 | PROJECTION ALIGNER - A projection aligner comprises a projection optical system for radiating a luminous flux including ultraviolet rays onto a photomask, and projecting said luminous flux which has passed through the photomask onto a substrate to which photoresist is applied; a substrate table for mounting the substrate, and a light blocking means for covering the peripheral portion of the substrate to block luminous flux. The light blocking means ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130155399 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM WITH CATOPTRIC OBJECTIVE; BROADBAND OBJECTIVE WITH MIRROR; AND REFRACTIVE LENSES AND BROADBAND OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM HAVING TWO OR MORE IMAGING PATHS - An optical system may include an objective having at least four mirrors including an outermost mirror with aspect ratio <20:1 and focusing optics including a refractive optical element. The objective provides imaging at numerical aperture >0.7, central obscuration <35% in pupil. An objective may have two or more mirrors, one with a refractive module that seals off an outermost mirror's central opening. A broad band imaging system may include one objective and two or more imaging paths that provide imaging at numerical aperture >0.7 and field of view >0.8 mm. An optical imaging system may comprise an objective and two or more imaging paths. The imaging paths may provide two or more simultaneous broadband images of a sample in two or more modes. The modes may have different illumination and/or collection pupil apertures or different pixel sizes at the sample. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155400 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSPECTING FOR DEFECTS - A defect inspecting method is provided which comprises a pre-scan defect inspecting process including a pre-scan irradiating step for casting irradiation light onto the surface of a sample, a pre-scan detecting step for detecting the scattered lights, and a pre-scan defect information collecting step for obtaining information on preselected defects present on the sample surface on the basis of the scattered lights; a near-field defect inspecting process including a near-field irradiating step in which the distance between the sample surface and a near-field head is adjusted so that the sample surface is irradiated, a near-field detecting step for detecting near-field light response, and a near-field defect information collecting step for obtaining information on the preselected defects on the basis of the near-field light response; and a merging process for inspecting defects present on the sample surface by merging the pieces of information on the preselected defects. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155401 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention enables high-speed and high-precision correction of a ghost detected in a spectrum measuring apparatus. A ghost is detected from spectrum data of reference light measured by the apparatus, and for each wavelength of input light, a light amount ratio α of the input light to the corresponding ghost, as well as a shift amount di indicative of a wavelength difference between the input light and the corresponding ghost are acquired. For each spectrum wavelength of the measured light, wavelength shifting for the corresponding shift amount di and multiplication of the light amount ratio (or intensity ratio) α are performed for estimating the ghost. By removing the estimated ghost from the measured light, it is possible to realize high-precision ghost correction with a reduced amount of calculation and a reduced amount of memory. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155402 | INLINE SPECTROSCOPIC READER AND METHODS - An inline spectroscopic reader having a light source, one or more optics heads, a spectrometer and a data processing system in digital communication with the spectrometer detector. The optics heads include transmission optics providing for the illumination of a target with light from the light source and detection optics providing for the collection of light from the target. Typically, the target is moving with respect to the optics head during spectroscopic interrogation. The spectroscopic reader is thus an inline reader well suited to provide spectrum based production or analytical decision making in real time as the target moves along a production or analysis line. Also disclosed are methods including the steps of illuminating a target with light from a light source; collecting light from the target; obtaining a digitized spectrum with a spectrometer; extracting information content from the digitized spectrum; and basing a contemporaneous process decision upon the information content. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155403 | Integrated Nucleic Acid Analysis - The present disclosure provides fully integrated microfluidic systems to perform nucleic acid analysis. These processes include sample collection, nucleic acid extraction and purification, amplification, sequencing, and separation and detection. The present disclosure also provides optical detection systems and methods for separation and detection of biological molecules. In particular, the various aspects of the invention enable the simultaneous separation and detection of a plurality of biological molecules, typically fluorescent dye-labeled nucleic acids, within one or a plurality of microfluidic chambers or channels. The nucleic acids can be labeled with at least 6 dyes, each having a unique peak emission wavelength. The present systems and methods are particularly useful for DNA fragment sizing applications such as human identification by genetic fingerprinting and DNA sequencing applications such as clinical diagnostics. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155404 | SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION IN CIGS THIN FILM USING LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY - The present invention relates to a process control system which can measure the physical properties of a CIGS thin film in real-time in a continuous production line of a CIGS thin film solar cell, more specifically to a system for real-time analysis of material distribution of a CIGS thin film comprising: a header, which comprises a laser irradiation unit producing plasma from the CIGS thin film by irradiating a laser beam to a part of the CIGS thin film; and a spectrum detection optical unit detecting a spectrum generated from the plasma; a transfer unit, which transfers the header at the same rate and to the direction with the transfer rate and direction of the CIGS thin film; and a spectrum analysis unit, which analyzes the spectrum detected by the spectrum detection optical unit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155405 | SPECTROPHOTOMETER - In order to provide a spectrophotometer, which can detect, by means of output intensity signals obtained by a photodetector, the entry of external light at the time of sample cell replacement and the like without providing a door with an opening/closing sensor or the like, a spectrophotometer ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130155406 | Diffraction Based Overlay Metrology Tool and Method of Diffraction Based Overlay Metrology - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for determining overlay of a pattern on a substrate with a mask pattern defined in a resist layer on top of the pattern on the substrate. A first grating is provided under a second grating, each having substantially identical pitch to the other, together forming a composite grating. A first illumination beam is provided under an angle of incidence along a first horizontal direction. The intensity of a diffracted beam from the composite grating is measured. A second illumination beam is provided under the angle of incidence along a second horizontal direction. The second horizontal direction is opposite to the first horizontal direction. The intensity of the diffracted beam from the composite grating is measured. The difference between the diffracted beam from the first illumination beam and the diffracted beam from the second illumination beam, linearly scaled, results in the overlay error. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155407 | METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF A MEDIUM USING A COMBINATION OF A PLURALITY OF MELLIN-LAPLACE TRANSFORMS OF A MAGNITUDE COMPRISING A TIME DISTRIBUTION OF A RECEIVED SIGNAL, AND ASSOCIATED RECONSTRUCTION SYSTEM - A method reconstructing the optical properties of a medium using a reconstruction system has a radiation source lighting the medium and a detector receiving a signal transmitted by the medium. The steps include lighting the medium using a radiation source, receiving by the detector of a signal emitted by the medium, and processing, for a source-detector pair, of a first distribution of the signal received by the corresponding detector. Then computing the Mellin-Laplace transform, for a given order and a given variable, of a magnitude comprising the first distribution, the order being an integer, the variable being a real number, and reconstructing optical properties of the medium using the Mellin-Laplace transform of said magnitude. The computation step includes computing a plurality of Mellin-Laplace transforms of the magnitude for distinct values of the order, and the reconstruction step is carried out from a combination of the plurality of Mellin-Laplace transforms. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155408 | METHODS OF ANALYZING A RESERVOIR FLUID SAMPLE USING A MULTIVARIATE OPTICAL ELEMENT CALCULATION DEVICE - A method of analyzing a fluid sample from a reservoir comprises: collecting the sample in a sampling container, wherein the sample container includes a sample receptacle, and wherein the step of collecting comprises allowing or causing the sample to flow into the sample receptacle; and determining at least one property of the sample, wherein the step of determining comprises using a multivariate optical element (MOE) calculation device, and wherein the step of determining is performed during the step of collecting and wherein the MOE calculation device is located at one end of the sample receptacle, or the step of determining is performed after the step of collecting. The sample is analyzed as the sample flows into the sample container or as the sample is being transferred from the sample container into a container. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155409 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ACTIVE DOPING CONCENTRATION OF A DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR REGION - A method and system for optically determining a substantially fully activated doping profile are disclosed. The substantially fully activated doping profile is characterized by a set of physical parameters. In one aspect, the method includes obtaining a sample comprising a fully activated doping profile and a reference, and obtaining photomodulated reflectance (PMOR) offset curve measurement data and DC reflectance measurement data for the sample including the fully activated doping profile and for the reference. The method also includes determining values for the set of physical parameters of the doping profile based on both the photomodulated reflectance offset curve measurements and the DC reflectance measurements. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155410 | Optical Assembly and Method for Determining Analyte Concentration - An optical assembly and method for the non-invasive determination of a concentration of an analyte in a tissue sample is disclosed. The assembly comprises an optical arrangement comprising a first optical interface for reflecting light incident thereon and a second optical interface for reflecting light incident thereon. The second interface comprises an interface between an optical element of the arrangement and the tissue sample under investigation. The light reflected from the first and second interfaces is arranged to combine to generate an interference pattern characteristic of a difference in phase between light reflected from the first interface with the light reflected from the second interface. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155411 | Signal Amplifier by Triple Mach-Zehnder Interferometers - A signal amplifier is provided via a triple Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) apparatus for determining intensity distribution at either a first port or a second port by a photon from a source. The first and second ports correspond to respective first and second directions. The MZI apparatus includes four beam-splitters disposed co-linearly in parallel between the source and the ports, six parallel mirrors, and first and second path projectors. Three of these mirrors are displaced along the first direction from the beam-splitters, while the remaining mirrors are displaced along the second direction. The path projectors conduct weak measurement of a photon occupation number and are disposed between the second beam-splitter and an adjacent downstream mirror. The output port is disposed beyond the fourth beam-splitter in the first direction. The intensity distribution at the output port is positive in response to one of the first measurement being positive and the second measurement being negative. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155412 | SPECTRUM DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATION - A spectrum detecting device including a laser apparatus, an optical splitting apparatus, an optical gate, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, and an optical analysis apparatus is provided. The optical splitting apparatus splits the laser beam providing from the laser apparatus into a first and a second light beam, and the second light beam is transmitted to a sample to produce a spectral signal. The optical gate activated by the first light beam is disposed between the optical analysis apparatus and the sample. The first polarizer is disposed between the sample and the optical gate, and the second polarizer is disposed between the optical gate and the optical analysis apparatus. The spectral signal passes through the first polarizer, the optical gate, and the second polarizer to be transmitted and received to the optical analysis apparatus when the optical gate is activated and turned on in a predetermined time period. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155413 | LOW COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY WITH SCAN ERROR CORRECTION - A system includes an interference microscope having one or more optical elements arranged to image a test object to an image plane by combining test light from the test object with reference light from a reference object to form an interference pattern at the image plane, wherein the test and reference light are derived from a common broadband light source. The system includes a scanning stage configured to scan an optical path difference (OPD) between the test and reference light, a multi-element detector positioned at the image plane and configured to record the interference pattern for each of a series of OPD increments and to generate multiple interferometry signals each having a fringe carrier frequency indicative of changes in the OPD as the OPD is scanned, where there is phase diversity among the interferometry signals, and an electronic processor coupled to the multi-element detector and scanning stage and configured to process the interference signals based on the phase diversity to determine information about the OPD increments having sensitivity to perturbations to the OPD increments at frequencies greater than the fringe carrier frequency. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155414 | MEASURING APPARATUS INCLUDING MULTI-WAVELENGTH INTERFEROMETER - A measuring apparatus for measuring a position or a shape of a surface to be inspected includes a multi-wavelength interferometer and a control unit. The multi-wavelength interferometer includes an optical system that causes light to be inspected, which enters the surface to be inspected and is reflected by the surface to be inspected, and reference light to interfere with each other, a spectroscopic unit that divides interference light between the light to be inspected and the reference light into each wavelength, and a detector that detects the interference light and is provided for each divided interference light and an optical member that can adjust a position of a light guide portion that guides light from the spectroscopic unit to the detector. The control unit controls the optical member by using information related to inclination of the surface to be inspected to adjust the position of the light guide portion. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155415 | HEIGHT-MEASURING METHOD AND HEIGHT-MEASURING DEVICE - A height-measuring device ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130155416 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING THREE DIMENSIONAL SHAPE - A device for measuring three dimensional shape is configured to perform one of a first imaging operation as imaging processing of a single operation among a multiplicity of imaging operations performed by irradiation of a first light pattern of multiply varied phases, and a second imaging operation as imaging processing of a single operation among a multiplicity of imaging operations performed by irradiation of a second light pattern of multiply varied phases. The device is configured to, simultaneous with completion of the first or second imaging operation, start shifting or switching operation of said first grating or a second grating relating to said first imaging operation. The device is configured to, without waiting for completion of the shifting or switching operation, perform the other imaging operation from among the first and second imaging operations. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155417 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - On the basis of captured images at the time of projecting multiple-frequency slit-shaped light patterns having no overlapping edge positions onto an object, the edge portions of the slit-shaped light patterns are identified. When the edge portions overlap in the captured images of two or more slit-shaped light patterns, the reliability of the computed distance values of the positions corresponding to the edges is lowered. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155418 | NON-CONTACT SENSOR HAVING IMPROVED LASER SPOT - A non-contact sensing system acquiring three-dimensional information includes a laser light source and fiber generating a Gaussian optical beam. A movable mirror is angularly adjusted to scan the beam to an area of illumination. A lens package between the light source and the movable mirror focuses the optical beam to under-fill a movable mirror optical surface and control an optical beam scanned volume. The optical beam reflected by the movable mirror is redirected using a fold mirror orthogonal to an optical beam orientation. The optical beam is maintained Gaussian by the mirrors and lenses. An imaging device having a field of view intersecting the area of illumination receives optical beam image data reflected from the area of illumination. A control module communicating with the imaging device receives an object location in the imaging device field of view from the image data and reports object location data to a coordinate system. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155419 | LOCATING AND RELOCATING DEVICE - A relocating device for locating and relocating a first object relative to a second object is for use in association with a means for defining a location point on the second object. The relocating device includes at least one light source, a power source. The at least one light source is producing at least two beams of light wherein each beam of light is capable of defining a beam location point on the second object. The at least one light source is operably connected to the first object. The power is source operably connected to the at least one light source. The means for defining a location point on the second object defines each beam location point on the second object. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155420 | POSITION MEASURING DEVICE - A position measuring apparatus with
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20130155421 | AUTHENTICATION OF ARTICLES - The present invention provides a method of authenticating the provenance of an article marked with a transparent polymer film comprising measuring the thickness of the film or of a layer within in the film by white light interferometry and/or by birefringence. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155422 | PRODUCING CORRECTION DATA FOR PRINTER - Correction data is produced for density errors in prints produced using a printer. While printing a test image, the periods of rotation of one or more rotatable imaging members arranged along a receiver feed path in the printer are measured using respective period sensors. The printed test image is measured along a selected measurement direction and a reproduction error signal representing deviation from aim density is determined. For each period sensor, the autocorrelation of the reproduction error signal for the corresponding period is determined. If the determined autocorrelation exceeds a selected threshold, the reproduction error signal is decomposed at the corresponding period to extract the variation from the measured component. The remaining error signal is separated by frequency terms. The variations from the data at measured periods and the remaining error signal are used to produce a correction signal. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155423 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read a document to generate a document image, a display unit adapted to superimpose said document image on a sheet image indicating a sheet used for printing, so as to distinguishably display both an area where the document image is set to be printed and an area where the document image is not set to be printed, a receiving unit adapted to receive a drag operation by a user on the document image displayed by the display unit and a changing unit configured to change a print setting for printing the document image on the sheet based on the drag operation received by the receiving unit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155424 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - Conventionally, during a copy operation, certain advanced mode settings make the extraction of additional security information impossible. In order to solve this problem, the print control apparatus includes: determining unit for determining an interval between a pattern element and a pattern element adjacent to the pattern element from the received image data; and control unit for performing a control so as to scale the image at a magnification specified by a user and have the scaled image printed by a printing apparatus when the product of the magnification specified by the user and the interval determined by the determining unit falls within a predetermined range, and configured to terminate or interrupt the printing of the image by the printing apparatus when the product of the magnification specified by the user and the interval determined by the determining unit does not fall within the predetermined range. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155425 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a display section, an input section, a control section, and an image forming section. The display section displays a printing target image as a preview. The input section receives designation of an area from a user on a preview image displayed by the display section. The control section distinguishes a region of the printing target image such that a part of a region in the designated area is one of color and monochrome and the other part of the region is the other of the color and the monochrome. The image forming section forms the printing target image on a sheet according to the distinction of the color and the monochrome by the control section. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155426 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - A image processing apparatus of the present invention comprises an image generation unit configured to generate image data of one page, a printing unit configured to mount color material on an intermediate transfer member to perform printing, and an obtaining unit configured to obtain a time (a time between print pages) showing a time interval between printing one page and printing next one page by the printing unit, and the printing unit outputs patches for adjusting density to be reproduced in the printing, to the intermediate transfer member in the time between print pages. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155427 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a gamma correction table used for image formation on non-reference paper using a correlation between a characteristic of reference paper and a characteristic of the non-reference paper and a gamma correction table obtained through calibration using the reference paper, a first reading unit configured to form a pattern on plain paper and read the formed pattern, a second reading unit configured to form a pattern on an image bearing member and read the formed pattern, a comparison unit configured to compare a value read by the first reading unit with a value ready by the second reading unit, and a correction unit configured to correct the characteristic indicating the correlation used for obtaining the gamma correction table for the non-reference paper by the obtaining unit when a difference of values compared by the comparison unit exceeds a first threshold. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155428 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a forming unit configured to form, on a sheet, a pattern from which at least two lines each connecting two points located at positions parallel to a conveyance direction of the sheet are detectable, a detection unit configured to detect, from the pattern formed by the forming unit, at least two lengths of lines each connecting two points located at positions parallel to the conveyance direction, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire a correction value used when correction is performed so that there is no difference between the lengths of a plurality of lines detected by the detection unit. The forming unit forms an image obtained by correcting a corrected image to be output using the correction value acquired by the acquisition unit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155429 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus of the present invention determines whether or not electronic information on a displayed image on a portable display terminal set on a platen can be received from outside of the image forming apparatus, and generating converted data for printing by receiving said electronic information and converting it into a printable format when it is determined that the electronic information can be received (S | 2013-06-20 |
20130155430 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR MEASURING LINE WIDTH OF LINES - A line width is derived based on the number of black pixels counted in an area set so that in a case where a first line width is finer than a second line width, the area for the lines having a first line width is set larger than for the lines having a second line width. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155431 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus to effectively reduce power consumption of an image forming apparatus in a sleep mode by reducing current consumed in an operating panel microcomputer by operating parts by constituting the parts so that a power voltage is continually supplied to the parts to indicate that the image forming apparatus is in a power-on state while stopping the operation of the operating panel microcomputer of an operating panel part in a sleep mode. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155432 | SCANNING AND PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF SCANNING AND PRINTING - A scanning and printing device for scanning a first paper and printing a second paper is provided. The scanning and printing device includes a carriage, a sensing module, and a printing module. The carriage slides back and forth along an axial direction. The carriage has a top surface and a base surface opposite to each other. The top surface faces the first paper, and the base surface faces the second paper. The sensing module is disposed on the top surface of the carriage to capture an image on the first paper. The printing module is disposed on the base surface of the carriage to print the image to the second paper. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155433 | PRINTING ON A RANDOMLY ORDERED STACK OF MEDIA - A printing apparatus includes a print media input holder; a print region; at least one media transport element for moving sheets of recording medium from the print media input holder to the print region; and a scan element disposed along a printing path; and a controller including: a first selectable printing mode that includes: using the scan element to determine whether a first side of a sheet of recording medium has marks on it; and printing on the first side of the sheet if it is determined that the first side does not have marks on it; and a second selectable printing mode that does not include determining whether the sheet of recording medium has marks on it. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155434 | SORTING A MEDIA STACK USING A SCANNING APPARATUS - A scanning apparatus includes a scan element disposed proximate a scan window; a document input holder; a document output holder; an automatic document feeder configured to move sheets of media from the document input holder past the scan window for scanning by the scan element; and a controller including: a first selectable mode that includes ordering a randomly oriented stack of recording medium provided to the automatic document feeder; and a second selectable mode that includes scanning images for information content on documents provided to the automatic document feeder. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155435 | MULTI-FUNCTION PRINTER AND INTUITIVE DOCUMENT ALIGNMENT METHOD THEREOF - A multi-function printer (MFP) and an intuitive document alignment method thereof are provided. The provided method includes: installing a first touch strip light-emitting diode (LED) module on a first document alignment boundary of a scan platform of the MFP, and installing a second touch strip LED module on a second document alignment boundary of the scan platform of the MFP, where the first and the second document alignment boundaries are perpendicularly intersected; and controlling, when a top cover of the MFP is opened, the first and the second touch strip LED modules to respectively generate a first and a second predetermined lighting lines, where a default scan area can be defined by the first and the second lighting lines. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155436 | ALTERING A PDF PRINT JOB BASED UPON CRITERIA STORED IN MEMORY OF A PRINTING SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for altering the content of a PDF print job. The printing system includes a memory, an interface, and a markup engine. The memory includes criteria for identifying Portable Document Format (PDF) content stored in print jobs, and also includes a mark-up instruction for altering printable PDF content stored in print jobs, where the mark-up instruction references one or more of the criteria. The interface is operable to receive a PDF print job for processing. The markup engine is operable to access the mark-up instruction, to review the PDF print job to identify multiple segments of the print job that each include PDF content that matches the one or more criteria referenced by the mark-up instruction, and to alter the identified segments based on the mark-up instruction. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155437 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING CIRCUIT, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including a reading unit that reads a document, an image forming and outputting unit that performs an image forming and outputting process, a read image transfer circuit that processes and transfers read image information so as to input the read image information to a controller of the image processing apparatus, an output image transfer circuit that processes and transfers output image information so as to input the output image information to the image forming and outputting unit, and a clock oscillator that generates clocks to be supplied to the read image transfer circuit and the output image transfer circuit, wherein the clock oscillator individually alters clock supply states for supplying the clocks to the read image transfer circuit and to the output image transfer circuit, depending on an operating mode of the image processing apparatus. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155438 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read a document to generate a document image, a determination unit configured to determine whether rotation processing for rotating the document image is to be performed when printing is performed based on the document image, and a display unit configured to display a print preview representing a printed result, wherein the display unit displays the print preview if the determination unit determines that the rotation processing is to be performed. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155439 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A scanner unit changes a first wire included in a pair of wires in Low condition into High condition, sets another second wire in Low condition during the change, and identifies whether a CISM coupled with a resistor is or a CISM coupled with no resistor is by inputting a signal from the second wire afterward. Further, the controller changes the first wire in High condition into Low condition, sets the second wire in High condition during the change, and identifies the CISM by inputting a signal from the second wire. The scanner unit sets the second wire in condition before being changed while changing condition of the first wire so as to prevent an effect of a signal (crosstalk) caused when the condition of the first wire is changed more effectively. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155440 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that positively notifies a notification destination of information to be notified even if a communication protocol is changed before notifying storage of stored data. A notification setting processing section of a document storage notification application sets a protocol for accessing the stored document data from a computer via a network. When document data is stored in a HDD, a mail transmission processing section notifies the computer of storage location information on the document data for accessing the data according to the set protocol. If the set protocol is changed before the storage location information is notified to the computer, a control section causes the mail transmission processing section to notify the computer of storage location information for causing the document data to be accessed using the changed protocol. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155441 | SCHEDULED AND SECURED CLOUD PRINT SERVICES - Techniques are provided for processing scheduled and secured print requests. In one embodiment, a printing device receives a notification form a network service that a request to print an electronic document has been received. The printing device determines whether the request indicates secure printing of the electronic document. In response to determining that the request indicates secure printing of the electronic document, the printing device prompts, through a user interface, a user for a release code. In response to receiving the release code, the printing device sends the release code to the network service. The printing device receives, from the network service, access data that allows for retrieval of the electronic document. The printing device downloads the electronic document based on the access data received from the network service and generates print data for the electronic document. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155442 | REMOTE MANAGEMENT FOR MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICES - The present disclosure describe a remote management system for a multi-function device (MFD). The system employs a monitoring module, a cellular interface, and a control. The monitoring module monitors parameters of the multi-function device. The cellular interface provides cellular data connection between the MFD and an administrator or a service centre that is remotely located. In addition, cellular interface offers transfer of monitored information to a remote location, and further receive instructions from a remote location. Moreover, the control module executes the instructions received from the remote location from the remote location. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155443 | Content-Based Security Processing Using Distributed Scan Management Protocols - A method and apparatus is provided for processing acquired document data, using distributed scan management protocols, according to a security classification of the data. A scanning device through which the document data is acquired includes a distributed scan management service that implements a distributed scan device protocol and a distributed scan processing protocol. In embodiments of the invention, the distributed scan device protocol and the distributed scan processing protocol are implemented using Web services. The distributed scan management service is configured to receive information for post scan processing instructions. The scanning device also includes a scan service configured to scan a document and generate scan data based on the document scan. The scanning device further includes a security handler service that is configured to identify a security classification for the scan data, and perform one or more actions, associated with the security classification, for the scan data. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155444 | METHOD OF PERFORMING IMAGE FORMING OPERATION USING USER INFORMATION AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of performing an image forming operation using user information, the method including receiving domain information of a user and performing user authentication using the received domain information; receiving a request for the image forming operation after successfully performing the user authentication; querying a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) server using the domain information used for the user authentication to acquire user information necessary for performing the image forming operation; and performing the image forming operation using the user information acquired by querying the LDAP server. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155445 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PERFORMING ERROR NOTIFICATION AND ERROR RECOVERY FUNCTIONS IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method of performing error notification and error recovery functions in an image forming apparatus includes detecting by one or more sub-processors an error of a main processor for controlling the sub-processors; controlling an interface function of the image forming apparatus if the error is detected; outputting information about the detected error; and recovering the detected error by controlling an operation of the main processor. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155446 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises a recording medium conveying mechanism configured to feed a recording medium, an image forming unit configured to form an image on the fed recording medium, a communication interface configured to communicate an information with a client computer and a control unit configured to receive a command code defined by expanding an undefined command code and control a printing job in accordance with the command code defined by the expansion. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155447 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic device system, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided that prevent processing by a control program stored in a non-certified storage medium. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155448 | SCANNER WITH EXCEPTION PREVIEW - A scanning system is described providing an exception correction capability during multi-page scanning operations. A sensing system is used to sense exception conditions during a multi-page scanning operation. In response to detecting an exception, at least one scanned page associated with the exception condition is displayed on an image display and a user interface system is used to provide a plurality of user-selectable corrective actions associated with the exception condition. One or more corrective operations are then performed in response to a user selecting a particular corrective action. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155449 | PRINTER APPLICATION STATES - In one embodiment, first data is received at a computer system from a first network-connected printer. The first data includes state data describing a state of a printer application as accessed and viewable by a user at the first printer. The first data additionally includes content to be edited via the application. The first data is sent to a computing device that is configured to provide a user with access and a view to the content via the state. The computing device is additionally configured to enable a user utilizing the application to perform an editing function not available at the first printer. Edited content, that is the result of user editing of the content at the device via the application, is received from the device. The edited content is sent to a network-connected printer for printing. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155450 | RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF ANTENNAS - A recording apparatus includes a casing, a recording unit, and a plurality of antennas. The recording unit is accommodated in the casing and is configured to record an image on a recording medium. The plurality of antennas is provided in the casing. Each of the plurality of antennas is configured to receive, by a short-range wireless communication, data transmitted from a communication terminal brought close to the casing. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155451 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The setting management service determines whether or not to hand over configuration data before being replaced to an image forming apparatus after being replaced based on a changed content of device configuration information of the image forming apparatus after being replaced and a handover condition associated with configuration data of the image forming apparatus when the image forming apparatus is replaced, and specifies a setting item required for a reset based on a content of a change flag indicating whether or not a user has changed a setting of configuration data from an initial value to thereby notifies the specified setting item to the image forming apparatus when configuration data is not handed over. The image forming apparatus that has received the notification displays a screen that prompts a reset of the setting item required for the reset. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155452 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD INVOLVING REUSE FUNCTION - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an authenticating section, a permitting section, and an input section. The authenticating section authenticates a user. The permitting section permits the user authenticated by the authenticating section to execute a new job using data associated with the user and stored concerning already-completed jobs. The input section enables the user to change at least one of conditions for execution of the new job with respect to the already-completed jobs permitted by the permitting section and input the condition. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155453 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A CONNECTION STATE OF AN EXTERNAL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A display apparatus and method are disclosed. The display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of terminals, a display unit which displays a selection screen for selecting an external device to be connected to the display apparatus, and a control unit which controls the display unit to display a terminal image which shows a placement of the plurality of terminals and a guiding image for guiding to a terminal which corresponds corresponding to the selected external device from among the plurality of terminals when an external device is selected through the selection screen. Accordingly, a user may easily and quickly connect a connector of the external device to the terminal of the display apparatus. The display method includes displaying a connection setting menu for selecting an external device on a screen at a user's request; generating a guiding screen which includes a terminal image showing a placement state of the plurality of terminals and a guiding image for guiding to a terminal which corresponds to the external device from among the plurality of terminals, when the connection setting menu is selected; and displaying the guiding screen. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155454 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus comprises a display unit and an image forming unit. The display unit displays a list of print jobs. The image forming unit forms an image based on the print job registered last, if a first printing instruction is given without selecting a print job from the list of print jobs displayed on the display unit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155455 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DATA CONVERSION METHOD - When a printing apparatus designated by a user obtains print data not capable of being printed in the printing apparatus, the printing apparatus transmits the print data to other apparatus with specification information representing a specification of the printing apparatus. In this case, the other apparatus converts the received print data to print data capable of being printed in the printing apparatus based on the specification information, and transmits the print data back to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus prints based on the converted print data. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155456 | Dynamically adjusting the complexity of worker tasks in a multi-threaded application - Disclosed are methods of allocating tasks for a print job in a multi-threaded system. One method determines a utilisation measure of at least one of a plurality of intermediate data generating threads, and a complexity limit of a intermediate data generation task. The complexity limit is decreased if the determined utilisation measure of the intermediate data generating thread is under a predetermined threshold. The complexity limit limits a processing load of the intermediate data generation task to be allocated to the intermediate data generating thread. The method then compares the processing load of the intermediate data generation task to be allocated with the determined complexity limit, and allocates the intermediate data generation task to the intermediate data generating thread for processing in an event that the processing load of the intermediate data generation task satisfies the complexity limit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155457 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus provided with an image memory includes a printing unit configured to print data, a determining unit configured to determine whether data of all pages of the print data can be stored in the image memory as reprint data, a storage unit configured to store data of a first page to an N-th page of the print data into the image memory in a case where the determining unit determines that the data of the all pages of the print data cannot be entirely stored in the image memory as the reprint data, an accepting unit configured to accept a reprint start instruction, and a receiving unit configured to receive a remaining data of an N+1-th page to a final page of the print data, wherein the printing unit prints the stored data and the receiving unit receives the remaining data to be printed. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155458 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is configured to be capable of communication with an image forming apparatus through a network and to operate in a first power state where information can be transmitted to outside and a second power state where information cannot be output to outside. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a state of the image forming apparatus, a storage unit configured, if the information acquired by the acquisition unit includes information indicating that the image forming apparatus enters the second power state, to store the information, and a control unit configured, if the communication with the image forming apparatus is disabled in a state that the information is stored in the storage unit, to display information indicating that the image forming apparatus enters the second power state on a display section. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155459 | CRUM CHIP, IMAGE FORMING APPARRATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD OF CRUM CHIP - A CRUM chip mountable on a consumables unit of an image processing unit includes an interface unit configured to receive a first signal including first data and first integrity monitoring data for the first data from a main body of the image forming apparatus, a monitoring unit configured to separate the first integrity monitoring data from the first signal and monitor integrity of the first signal, a data processing unit configured to generate second data to be transmitted to the main body of the image processing unit, a generating unit configured to generate second integrity monitoring data using the second data and the first integrity monitoring data, and a control unit configured to control the interface unit to transmit a second signal including the second data and the second integrity monitoring data to the main body of the image forming apparatus. Therefore, stability of communication is improved. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155460 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT JOB PRODUCTION METHOD, AND PRINT JOB OUTPUT METHOD - A data processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store electronic data including first data for identifying policy data that is information indicating an authority for handling the electronic data and is managed by a server apparatus. The data processing apparatus includes a print job data production unit configured to produce print job data based on electronic data to be printed, an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first data included in the electronic data, an adding unit configured to add the first data acquired by the acquisition unit to the print job data, and a sending unit configured to send the print job data having the first data added thereto to an image processing apparatus. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155461 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display apparatus displays an identification information element corresponding to an image currently displayed on a display unit in accordance with a first instruction from a user. In accordance with a second instruction from the user, the display apparatus causes a printing apparatus to perform printing based on an image data element corresponding to an identification information element selected by the user from among one or more identification information elements being displayed. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155462 | Approach For Managing Printer Driver Settings - An approach is provided for managing printer driver settings. According to the approach, printer driver settings specified by a user for electronic data are maintained as a “print tag”. Print tags may be stored, either local to a client device or remotely to a client device, and later retrieved when electronic data is to be printed again. This allows printer driver settings to be maintained on a per electronic data, e.g., electronic document, basis and re-used any number of times. It also allows printer driver settings to be persistently maintained when the execution of application programs and print drivers is terminated or in the event of failures. Print tags may be shared among different users to allow multiple users to easily and conveniently use the same printer driver settings to print the same electronic data, without each user having to manually enter the printer driver settings. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155463 | METHOD FOR SELECTING USER DESIRABLE CONTENT FROM WEB PAGES - A method for selecting user desirable content from web pages includes receiving a web page, representing the web page as a Document Object Module (DOM) tree, computing visual and coordinate information of each Document Object Module (DOM) node within the Document Object Module (DOM) tree, determining the desirable Document Object Module (DOM) path, determining the desirable Document Object Module (DOM) node from the desirable Document Object Module (DOM) path, and selecting a single Document Object Module (DOM) node with the highest final score. The single Document Object Module (DOM) node with the highest final score is selected as the user desirable content of the webpage. | 2013-06-20 |
20130155464 | PRINT APPLICATION - A print engine is disclosed comprising a discovery module and a number of content formatters. When a document is to be printed a content formatter is selected based on the format of the document. The document is then analysed together with capabilities data obtained by the discovery module to determine whether the document is in a format compatible with the capabilities of the printer to be used to print the document. If this is the case the unprocessed document is passed to the printer. If the document is not in a format compatible with the capabilities of the printer, the print engine determines whether the document can be modified to remove incompatibilities between the format of the document and a format compatible with the capabilities of the printer without removing content from the document and if so modifies the document and passes the processed document to the printer. | 2013-06-20 |