26th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120162683 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SYSTEM FOR ORDERING OPTIONAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR ORDERING OPTIONAL DEVICE - The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an image forming main device which has a control section. The control section (a) obtains, from an external device via a communication device, option information indicative of an at least one optional device and eco-information indicative of an amount of greenhouse-gas emitted due to the at least one optional device, (b) controls a display device to display the option information and the eco-information, and (c) sends, to the external device via the communication device, an order for an optional device selected by a user via the input device out of the at least one optional device indicated by the option information displayed on the display device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162684 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus obtains image data of a document in response to an instruction from a user, and processes and outputs the image data thus obtained. The image processing apparatus includes a type detecting unit that detects a type of the document, a processing unit that applies a process to the image data thus obtained based on the instruction from the user, and a controlling unit that starts the processing unit when the type of the document thus detected is a predetermined type. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162685 | COMPOSITE SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM - A composite service providing system including a plurality of network electronic devices communicatively connected with each other. The plurality of network electronic devices includes electronic devices, each of which is capable of providing at least one service. A plurality of services provided by a plurality of electronic devices are combined to constitute a composite service. The composite service providing system further includes a composite service designating system that designates a composite service to be provided, an electronic device determining system that determines an electronic device that provides each of a plurality of services necessary for providing the composite service designated with the composite service designating system, and a controlling system that control the electronic devices determined by the electronic device determining system to provide the services so that the composite service designated by the designating system is provided. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162686 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD - In a composite machine provided with a copy mode and a print mode, an operation history of each operation mode is accurately timed and log information concerning an electric power of the composite machine for processing various jobs such as the copy mode and the print mode is prepared based on a timed value, | 2012-06-28 |
20120162687 | DYNAMIC PRINTING SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD - Improved techniques which enable a user of a terminal to select a printer, without a priori knowledge of available printers, for printing a print job are provided. A map indicating locations of available printing devices is retrieved from a back-end server based on user information or other information retrieved from the user, and provided to the user terminal for user selection of an appropriate printing device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162688 | ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a deriving operation control device obtains derivation control information and a derivation attribute. A deriving operation propriety determination unit extracts the number of times of previously-performed derivation from the derivation attribute. The deriving operation propriety determination unit extracts the upper limit number of times enabling derivation from the derivation control information and determines that a deriving operation is possible when the number of times of previously-performed derivation is equal to or below the upper limit number of times enabling derivation. A deriving operation execution unit executes the deriving operation. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162689 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A customer PC receives running status information regarding the running status of print processing from a print device, refers to setting information regarding the division of the print job, and determines whether or not a setting for the division of the print job is made based on running status information. When a setting for the division of the print job is made based on running status information, the customer PC collects the records of variable data based on running status information, and divides the print job for each division unit corresponding to the number of records of the collected variable data. Then, the customer PC transmits the divided print job to a print device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162690 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an operation accepting means for accepting an instruction, and a display controlling means for controlling a display section. The display controlling means controls the display section to display at least environmental information, which has been obtained by the image forming apparatus, at predetermined timing at which no instruction corresponding to a job is accepted by the operation accepting means. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162691 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit, a print accepting unit, an image forming unit, a determination unit, a display control unit and a print control unit. The determination unit determines whether any print data accepted by the print accepting unit include both print data retaining print setting information and print data not retaining any print setting information. The display control unit causes a display message about invalidation of the print setting information retained in the print data, upon a determination that the accepted print data include both print data retaining the print setting information and print data not retaining any print setting information. The print control unit invalidates the print setting information retained in the print data accepted by the print accepting unit and causes the image forming unit to print based on the print data, after the message is displayed by the displayed. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162692 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming machine transitions into a sleep mode at a preset time of day, and keeps the sleep mode for a prescribed interval. The image forming machine includes an I/O interface, a printer, a memory, and a controller. The interface inputs a print job. The printer executes a printing of the print job. The memory stores therein an entirety or part of the print job overlapping the interval of the sleep mode, as a hold job. The controller works to have the memory store the hold job therein, and to have the printer operate after an end of the interval of the sleep mode to execute a printing of the hold job stored in the memory | 2012-06-28 |
20120162693 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER ACCESSIBLE STORAGE STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image recording device is provided with a first memory which is a volatile memory, a second memory, an input unit through which authentication information is input, an authentication judging unit. The recording unit is controlled to print an image on the printing sheet based on the drive data, which is converted from the image data stored in the first memory or the second memory and is stored in the first memory or the second memory. The drive data or the image data is stored in each of the first memory and the second memory is transmitted therebetween. The image recording device further includes a restricting unit capable of restricting power supply to the converting unit and the first memory in a sleep mode. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162694 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a conveyer system, a liquid discharge head with a plurality of nozzles arranged in rows in different positions from one another with reference to a conveying direction at least within a part, a transmitter unit to transmit the image-forming data to the liquid discharge head, a receiver unit to receive the image-forming data, an image-forming data storage unit to store the image-forming data, an error detecting unit to detect a transmission error in the image-forming data, and a controller unit to manipulate the transmitter unit, the liquid discharge head, and the conveying system. The image-forming data with the transmission error detected therein for forming dots in pixel areas in liquid discharged from the nozzles, which are arranged in one of the rows closer to an upstream position with reference to the conveying direction, is transmitted preferentially. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162695 | DELIVERY EXPERT SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Embodiments disclosed herein can facilitate delivery of a document from a source to a destination over a network where an initial delivery attempt has been unsuccessful. Actions to be taken are based upon input conditions which may include a time-variable set of input conditions such as identifying non-business days and/or hours at the destination. The document can be a fax, an email, or a voice mail. The actions may include resubmitting the document to the network for a next delivery attempt, cancelling the document, sending a request to the source or destination for additional delivery information, identifying the destination as a technical problem, or a combination thereof. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162696 | Print Job Management Based on Energy Pricing and Load - An approach is provided that prints print jobs based on energy demand data. The print job manager, which is a software application running on an information handling system receives a print request, the print request including a print job. The print job manager retrieves energy demand data. The energy demand data corresponds to a power grid that is a power source for a printer accessible from the information handling system. If the energy demand data indicates a a non-elevated energy demand, then the print job is printed on the printer. On the other hand, if the energy demand data indicates an elevated energy demand, then the print request is stored in a storage and the process waits until the energy demand is not elevated, at which time the print job is printed on the printer. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162697 | Remote Print File Transfer And Spooling Application For Use With A One-Way Data Link - A system for printing includes one or more printers, a send platform, a print spooling platform coupled to the one or more printers, and a one-way data link enforcing unidirectional data transfer from the send platform to the print spooling platform, wherein the send platform is configured to receive a print job, convert the print job into a print file in a printable format for the one or more printers, and send the print file to the print spooling platform across the one-way data link, and the print spooling platform is configured to receive the print file from the one-way data link, control spooling of the print file for the one or more printers, and send the print file to the one or more printers, and wherein the one or more printers cannot communicate to the send platform. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162698 | METHOD OF SECURING PRINTERS AGAINST MALICIOUS SOFTWARE - A method for securing a computer device against malicious code, the method including the steps of: executing a computer program on the computer device, the computer device having a central processing unit, which carries out instructions of the computer program, and wherein at least a portion of the computer program is executed by one or more tasks, each of the one or more tasks having a task stack associated therewith; and managing the central processing unit such that the central processing unit does not execute machine code from the task stacks associated with each of the one or more task so as to secure the computer device against malicious code from the task stack. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162699 | METHOD FOR PRINTING COMPRESSED IMAGES - A method for printing an image of a compressed hierarchical image format file determines a number of layers to be extracted from a codestream of the compressed hierarchical image format file needed to realize a predetermined printing requirement with respect to printing the image of the compressed hierarchical image format file. Information, identifying the number of layers needed to be extracted from the codestream to realize the predetermined printing requirement, is embedded. The number of layers identified by the embedded information is extracted from the codestream and the image is printed based upon the number of layers extracted from the codestream. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162700 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMATION DESIGNATING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes an image formation designating apparatus and a given image forming apparatus. The image formation designating apparatus includes a common function setting information acquisition unit, an acquisition unit, an integrated function setting information generating unit, a presentation unit, a receiving unit, an image formation designating information generating unit, and a transmitting unit. The given image forming apparatus includes a holding unit, a unit, a receiving unit, and an image forming unit. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162701 | VERIFIABLE CHECK AND SECURITY DOCUMENT SYSTEM - A verifiable security document system, which generates a security architecture from the sensitive information, by applying a security platform equipped with secure print media and secure print configurations for printing of the security architecture on a document to form an anti-counterfeit, protected document. The security of the document system is further heighted by communications between the validation center and the document issuer and between the validation center and recipient of the document. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162702 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus may include a reading unit, a display unit, and a printing unit. The reading unit reads a document and generate image data. The display unit displays a screen for setting a layout in printing the image data. The printing unit prints the image data using the layout and a read size of the document. In response to a screen for setting a layout in printing the image data being displayed by using a certain method, a user of the displaying unit is allowed to skip setting of the read size of the document to print the image data. In response to a screen for setting a layout in printing the image data being displayed without using the certain method, the user is requested to set the read size of the document to print the image data. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162703 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus including an operation panel has, as a configuration of the operation panel, a display portion including a function to display environmental label information of the image forming apparatus. The environmental label information includes information on a type of greenhouse effect gases (CO | 2012-06-28 |
20120162704 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a display unit, which is configured to display information, an electric substrate, which is configured to manipulate the display unit to display the information, a cover, which is formed to have an opening in a position corresponding to the display unit, and an insulating sheet, which is arranged to cover the opening and includes a first sheet and a second sheet, the first sheet and the second sheet being arranged to interpose the cover in there-between. The first sheet is arranged on one of two sides of the cover closer to the display unit. The second sheet is arranged on an opposite side of the cover further from the display unit. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162705 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In a print control apparatus which causes a print apparatus to print via a hot folder, it is monitored whether a file is submitted to the hot folder. Upon submitting the file, it is identified whether the submitted file is a reference information file indicating an external content file, and, upon identifying the reference information file, it is determined whether an acquisition process of acquiring the external content file indicated by the reference information file is to be executed by the print control apparatus or the print apparatus. Upon determining that the acquisition process is to be executed by the print control apparatus, print data is generated based on the acquired external content file, and, upon determining that the acquisition process is to be executed by the print apparatus, print data including the reference information file indicating the external content file is generated. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162706 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD FOR SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A main body controller provided in an image forming apparatus receives a VDP job from an external computer, and arranges image data of a reusable object and a variable object, which correspond to the VDP job, on a page for printout. An inspection controller performs inspection processing for printed matter for each page, and the main body controller preferentially stores image data of the reusable object, which corresponds to the page for which the printing has been determined to be defective as a result of inspection processing, in a cache unit. The main body controller acquires the reusable object, which corresponds to the page for which the printing has been determined to be defective, from the cache unit, and executes page reprint processing using the acquired reusable object. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162707 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that processes a variable data printing (VDP) job having a plurality of records includes a formation unit configured to form status management data for managing a processing status of a reusable object contained in the VDP job, an assignment unit configured to assign the record of the VDP job to a free CPU core based on the status management data, and a waiting unit configured to wait for the end of processing of all CPU cores that is performing the parallel processing. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162708 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - When it is detected that a file has been stored in a hot folder, an apparatus stands by for a predetermined period of time not to process the file based on settings associated with the hot folder. When the predetermined period of time elapses, the apparatus processes the file based on the settings associated with the hot folder. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162709 | DATA ADMINISTERING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, DATA ADMINISTERING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DATA ADMINISTERING PROGRAMS - A data administering apparatus configured to be connected to a plurality of information processing apparatuses and to administer information which is transmitted from the plurality of information processing apparatuses and relates to an image forming apparatus, includes: a communicating section to receive power-off information which is transmitted from the plurality of information processing apparatuses and is used to turn off a power source of the image forming apparatus, and a control section to administer a number of times of power-off of the image forming apparatus based on the power-off information received by the communicating section. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162710 | DATA CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, DATA CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED THEREIN DATA CONTROL PROGRAM - A data control apparatus, which is connected to a plurality of information processing apparatus and controls information, relating to an image forming apparatus, transmitted from the information processing apparatus, the data control apparatus including: a communication section to receive power-on information, transmitted from the information processing section, for making the image forming apparatus into a power-on state, and identification information indicating a user who uses the information processing apparatus having transmitted the power-on information or the information processing apparatus having transmitted the power-on information; and a control section to control a number of power-on times of the image forming apparatus based on the power-on information and the identification information, received by the communication section. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162711 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image reading apparatus requests an external apparatus to transmit a reading instruction. When reading the document according to the reading instruction transmitted from the external apparatus in response to the request, if a reading method for reading the document placed on a document positioning plate without conveying the document is used, the image reading apparatus displays, every time one page of the document is read, a confirmation screen for allowing a user to confirm whether to end reading the document irrespective of whether a format of a single-page file is specified or where a format of a multi-page file is specified as a format of a file to be generated from the read document. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162712 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS HAVING TRANSMISSION FUNCTION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image reading apparatus in which a session timeout does not take place in a case where user's confirmation is obtained before image data obtained by reading originals is transmitted. Before transmission of image data, a control unit determines whether a protocol having a time out is selected. If the selected protocol has a timeout, the control unit determines whether a memory is in a memory full state each time image data of one page is stored into the memory. If the memory is in a memory full state, the user is requested to confirm as to whether transmission is to be performed. If the necessity of transmission is confirmed by the user, the control unit establishes a session with a destination and transmits image data of pages stored in the memory to the destination. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162713 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING PROGRAM - A printing system includes: a printing apparatus printing an image acquired from a providing apparatus which provides a service for sharing the image; and a communication apparatus. The printing apparatus includes: a first acquiring unit configured to acquire service information; a first transmitting unit configured to transmit the service information; a first receiving unit configured to receive print setting information; a second transmitting unit configured to transmit a command to request the image; a second receiving unit configured to receive the image from the providing apparatus; and a first printing unit configured to print the image on the basis of the print setting information, and the communication apparatus includes: a third receiving unit configured to receive the service information; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire the print setting information corresponding to the service information; and a third transmitting unit configured to transmit the print setting information. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162714 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, AND COMPUTER ACCESSIBLE STORAGE STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A printing system is configured such that, when authentication data is input by a user and a print request is made, if print data regarding the print request is stored in a printing device side storage, the printing device prints images on a printing sheet based on the print data stored in the printing device side storage, while, if the print data has been deleted by the printing device side deletion unit and is not stored in the printing device side storage, the printing device transmits print data request data identifying the print data regarding the print request to a host device and obtains the print data regarding the print request, and prints images on the printing sheet based on the obtained print data. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162715 | Image Processing Apparatus And Image Processing Method - An image processing apparatus includes: a first storage unit in which a pixel value of each of pixels in image data is written; a readout unit that reads a pixel value of a target pixel to be encoded from the first storage unit; a second storage unit in which the pixel value read by the readout unit is stored; a comparison-result-signal generating unit that compares between each pixel value of the consecutive target pixels and each of the pixel values stored in the second storage unit and that generates a signal; a searching unit that searches the second storage unit for a data string that includes L pieces (L≧2) of the consecutive pixel values that match L pieces of consecutive pixel values of an input data string that includes the consecutive target pixels; and an encoding unit that performs encoding according to a result by the searching unit. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162716 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH DOCUMENT BOX - An image forming apparatus includes an execution controller for operating a function to be operated with function settings provided in a program. When a program is received by a program receiver, the execution controller causes a display controller to display box data stored in a document box related to the received program on a box data selection screen. Subsequently, after the box data selected and input on the displayed box data selection screen is received by a box data receiver, the execution controller handles the received box data as input data and operates the function to be operated with the function settings provided in the received program. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162717 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus transfers image data stored in a first storing part of a side of a first control part to a side of a writing engine. A second storing part temporarily stores the image data from said first storing part. When data stored in the second storing part reaches a data amount to be previously stored in order that continuous transfer of the image data to the side of the writing engine from the second storing part is available at a predetermined transfer rate, even when a predetermined delay occurs in a transfer operation of the image data from the first storing part to the second storing part, reading of the image data from the second storing part is started for starting image forming operation. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162718 | IMAGE PROCESSING IN CONTONE SPACE AND HALFTONE SPACE - Embodiments provide a method comprising receiving a continuous tone (contone) image, wherein each pixel of a plurality of pixels of the contone image comprises pixel data associated with a plurality of color planes; forming a pixel group that includes a target pixel and one or more pixels that are neighboring to the target pixel; for each pixel in the pixel group and for each of one or more color planes of the plurality of color planes, comparing pixel data of the corresponding pixel for the corresponding color plane with one or more threshold levels to generate threshold pixel data; generating one or more color plane pixel windows for the pixel group corresponding to the one or more color planes; and generating a pixel window for the pixel group. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162719 | IMAGE PROCESSING IN CONTONE SPACE AND HALFTONE SPACE - Embodiments provide a method comprising receiving a halftone image, the halftone image comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel of the plurality of pixels including pixel data associated with a plurality of color planes; forming a pixel group, the pixel group including (i) a target pixel and (ii) one or more pixels that are neighboring to the target pixel; generating a pixel window for the pixel group; comparing the pixel window with a plurality of candidate patterns; determining that the pixel window matches with at least one of the plurality of candidate patterns; and based on determining that the pixel window matches with at least one of the plurality of candidate patterns, performing an image processing operation on the pixel group. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162720 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus capable of forming an image with a colored toner and a transparent toner based on image data of a read document, including a dispersion calculation unit that calculates a dispersion of a target pixel and a group of pixels including the target pixel and peripheral pixels of the target pixel; an applying area determining unit that determines whether to apply the transparent toner on the target pixel based on the dispersion of the target pixel; and an amount determining unit that determines an amount of the transparent toner to be applied on the target pixel for which the transparent toner is determined to be applied based on the dispersion of the target pixel. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162721 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a reading unit, a controller, and an identifying unit. The image forming unit includes multiple recording elements arrayed in a first predetermined direction and drives the recording elements in accordance with input image information so as to form an image on a recording medium that moves relatively to the recording elements in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The reading unit reads the image formed by the image forming unit and outputs read data. The controller controls the image forming unit so as to form a detection pattern in a detection-pattern region located upstream or downstream, in the second direction, of a region where the image is formed in the recording medium. The identifying unit identifies a target recording element on the basis of read data obtained by reading the detection pattern using the reading unit. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162722 | Mounting Bracket for Image Sensing Unit of a Scanner - A mounting bracket for an image sensing unit of a scanner according to one example embodiment includes a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion. The first portion has a plurality of elongated holes therein each for receiving a fastener to mount the mounting bracket to a scan head frame. The second portion includes a cutout section therein for allowing an image sensor of the image sensing unit to receive an image from an optical unit of the scanner. A pivot hole in the first portion is centered about a width of the cutout section. When the mounting bracket is mounted on the scan head frame, the elongated holes in the first portion permit linear adjustment of the mounting bracket relative to the scan head frame and the pivot hole permits angular adjustment of the mounting bracket relative to the scan head frame. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162723 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical device is disclosed, including a surface emitting laser element having a surface emitting laser which emits a light in a direction which is perpendicular to a substrate face; a light receiving element which monitors the light of the surface emitting laser; a package provided with a region on which the surface emitting laser element and the light receiving element are provided; and a lid which has a window through which passes the light of the surface emitting laser, the window being formed with a transparent member, and which covers the surface emitting laser element and the light receiving element. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162724 | IMAGE SCANNING SYSTEM, SCANNED IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMS FOR THEIR EXECUTIONS, IMAGE SCANNING METHOD, AND SCANNED IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The image scanning system according to the present invention comprising: a plurality of blade substrates A, B that execute image processing; an image scanning unit that scans a document as image data; an image process distribution unit that distributes the image data scanned by the image scanning unit to each blade substrate and causes the image data to be processed in parallel simultaneously with scanning of the document by the image scanning unit. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162725 | Optical System for Scanners - Disclosed is an optical system for a scanner that includes at least one light source to illuminate a document, and a plurality of mirrors including a first mirror, a second mirror, a third mirror, a fourth mirror and a fifth mirror. The first mirror is positioned in a direction of the document to receive a light beam therefrom. The second mirror is adapted to receive the light beam reflected from the first mirror. The third mirror is positioned in proximity to the document and is adapted to receive the light beam reflected from the second mirror. The fourth mirror is positioned substantially opposite to the third mirror for receiving the light beam reflected therefrom. The fifth mirror is positioned adjacent to the second mirror and is adapted to receive the light beam reflected from the fourth mirror. The optical system further includes an imaging lens unit and an image sensor. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162726 | Illumination Assembly for a Scanner - An illumination assembly for a scanner according to one example embodiment includes a scan head frame. A thermally conductive heat sink component has an elongated base portion that is mounted along a longitudinal edge of the scan head frame and a protruding portion having a generally L-shaped structure that includes a first portion extending from the base portion and a second portion extending from and generally orthogonal to the first portion. A light source is coupled to the second portion of the protruding portion of the heat sink component. A first reflector is removably coupled to the first portion of the protruding portion of the heat sink component and is positioned directly in the optical path of the light source. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162727 | IMAGE SENSOR UNIT AND IMAGE READER - A protruding locking pawl is provided at an end of a light guide which corresponds to a first light input surface. A recessed locking portion is formed in a frame so that the locking pawl can be locked in the locking portion. A light blocking member is slidably loosely inserted into a position where the light blocking member covers a longitudinal end of the light guide which corresponds to a second light input surface. Even if expansion and contraction occurs in the longitudinal direction of the light guide, the design dimensions of a first gap A and a second gap B can be maintained; the first gap A is formed between the first light input surface and a first light source, and the second gap B formed between the second light input surface and a second light source. Therefore, possible leakage current can be prevented. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162728 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes an image forming unit, an image reading unit arranged above an upper part of the image forming unit, a sheet ejection space between the image forming unit and the image reading unit, and a supporting unit arranged on the upper part of the image forming unit to surround at least two sides of the sheet ejection space in different directions. The image reading unit is secured to the upper part of the image forming unit through the supporting unit. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162729 | IMAGE READER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CORRECTING OUTPUT VALUES - Disclosed is an image reader including a first reading unit that reads an image on a front surface of an object placed on a first background member to output a first output value; a second reading unit that reads an image on a back surface of the object placed on a second background member which is different from the first background member to output a second output value; a ground output detecting unit that detects first and second ground output values based on the first and second output values, respectively; a thickness calculating unit that calculates the thickness of the object based on an output ratio between the first ground output value and the second ground output value; and an output correction unit that corrects the first and second output values based on the calculated thickness of the object. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162730 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus including an acquisition unit, an extraction unit, a determination unit and an addition unit is provided. The acquisition unit acquires an image of one page from images of a plurality of pages included in one file. The extraction unit extracts color information, which is information about a color of the image of the one page acquired by the acquisition unit. The determination unit determines whether the color information extracted by the extraction unit satisfies a predetermined condition for specifying a page partition. The addition unit adds additional information, by which the page partition can be searched, to at least one of the images of the plurality of pages, when the determination unit determines that the color information satisfies the predetermined condition. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162731 | AUTHENTICATION HOLOGRAM, AND ITS FABRICATION PROCESS - The invention provides an authentication hologram using a Lippmann hologram that enables a 3D object image having a vertical and horizontal field of vision as well as planar, added information viewable at a specific angle alone are viewable, as shown in FIG. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162732 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY WITH ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATED MIRROR DISPLAY - The present disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for producing holographic displays using an electromechanical systems device. In one aspect, the method can be implemented to allow for simultaneous modulation of phase and amplitude of light in a display device composed of a plurality of pixels. A light source can provide sufficiently coherent light to a light guide, which can direct the light to a plurality of reflective members. The reflective members can reflect the light to a pinhole-lenslet array. The combination of the pinhole-lenslet array and the reflective members can act as a spatial light modulator, modulating the phase and amplitude of the light reflected by the reflective members. The lenslet can focus the light to a plane at the opening of the pinhole, wherein the light can exit the pinhole to be viewed in combination with light from additional pixels, and can be viewed as a holographic image. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162733 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEPTH-OF-FOCUS IN 3D IMAGE RECONSTRUCTIONS, IN PARTICULAR FOR SYNTHESIZING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMIC SCENE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL HOLOGRAPHY DISPLAY, AND HOLOGRAPHIC APPARATUS UTILIZING SUCH A METHOD - The invention concerns a method for controlling depth-of-focus in 3D image reconstructions, in particular for:
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20120162734 | EMBOSSED REFLECTIVE VOLUME PHASE GRATING FOR A HEADS UP DISPLAY SYSTEM DIFFRACTIVE COMBINER - A heads up display (HUD) system that includes a light source configured to project an image, and a diffractive combiner. The diffractive combiner includes one or more reflective volume phase gratings (RVPG), each configured to reflect light from the light source having a distinct wavelength toward a HUD viewer. Each RVPG is also embossed with a pattern configured to diffract light at the distinct wavelength so the HUD viewer can see an image in a field of view that passes through the diffractive combiner. By forming a diffractive combiner with an RVPG embossed with a particular pattern, the occurrence of rainbow artifacts on the surface of the diffractive combiner caused by random sources of light is reduced. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162735 | MIRROR DEVICE, MIRROR ARRAY, OPTICAL SWITCH, MIRROR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND MIRROR SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A mirror device includes a mirror ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162736 | MIRROR DEVICE, MIRROR ARRAY, OPTICAL SWITCH, MIRROR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND MIRROR SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A mirror device includes a mirror ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162737 | MIRROR DEVICE, MIRROR ARRAY, OPTICAL SWITCH, MIRROR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND MIRROR SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A mirror device includes a mirror ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162738 | Illumination Assembly for a Scanner - An illumination assembly for a scanner according to one example embodiment includes a light source, a first reflector and a second reflector. The first reflector has a curved structure and is positioned directly in the optical path of the light source. The first reflector has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the first reflector is positioned to reflect light received from the light source toward a target area to be scanned. The second portion of the first reflector is positioned to reflect light received from the light source toward the second reflector. The second reflector is positioned to reflect light received from the first reflector toward the target area. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162739 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - An optical scanning device includes a mirror, a mirror supporting part to support the mirror on an upper surface, and a pair of torsion beams to support the mirror supporting part from both sides in an axis direction and to drive the mirror supporting part so as to swing the mirror supporting part around the axis by being twisted. The torsion beams include slits approximately parallel to the axis direction. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162740 | MIRROR ACTUATOR AND BEAM IRRADIATION DEVICE - A mirror actuator has a first pivot portion which is pivotally supported on a base member, and a second pivot portion which is pivotally supported on the first pivot portion. A mirror is disposed in the second pivot portion. A first coil is disposed in the first pivot portion, and a second coil is disposed in the second pivot portion. A first elastic member connects between the base member and the first pivot portion. A second elastic member connects between the first pivot portion and the second pivot portion. The first elastic member and the second elastic member are connected by a circuit pattern. With the provision of the first elastic member, the second elastic member and the circuit pattern, a current is supplied to the first coil and to the second coil. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162741 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL OPTICAL SHUTTER SYSTEM - A microelectromechanical shutter system includes an actuator beam formed in a substrate, at least one actuator electrode spaced apart and electrically isolated from the actuator beam, the at least one actuator electrode angling away from a base of the actuator beam to actuate the actuator beam using a zipper action, and a fiber-optic channel in the substrate to receive a fiber-optic cable. A shutter mirror is included on a distal end of the actuator beam, with the shutter mirror in substantial alignment with a centerline of the fiber-optic channel. Upon application of a voltage between the actuator beam and the at least one actuator electrode, an electrostatic force is created between them to move the shutter mirror across the end of the fiber-optic channel. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162742 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical material, a first lens which is arranged at an incident side of the light and is provided so as to correspond to a pixel, and a condenser lens which is arranged at an emitting side of the light and is provided so as to correspond to the pixel. Condensation degrees of the first lens are larger than that of the second lens, and distances between the first lens and the electro-optical material are smaller than distances between the second lens and the electro-optical material. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162743 | UNCOOLED OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An uncooled optical semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor laser outputting laser light; an electric field absorption optical modulator absorbing light depending on a voltage applied to the electric field absorption optical modulator; a monitor photodiode monitoring backlight of the semiconductor laser; an auto power control circuit feeding back current of the monitor photodiode to a bias current supplied to the semiconductor laser; and a bias circuit feeding back an average value of a light absorption current to control a bias voltage applied to the electric field absorption optical modulator. The light absorption current is generated when the electric field absorption optical modulator absorbs the laser light. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162744 | PARALLAX BARRIER DEVICE AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A parallax barrier device includes: a first substrate; a first patterned transparent electrode layer disposed on the first substrate; a first patterned electrochromic material layer disposed on the first patterned transparent electrode layer and including a plurality of electrochromic structures, in which lengths, widths or diameters of the electrochromic structures are 50 nm to 500 nm, and included angles of the electrochromic structures and a surface of the first substrate to be deposited are 30° to 89°; a second substrate; a second patterned transparent electrode layer disposed on the second substrate; a second patterned electrochromic material layer disposed on the second patterned transparent electrode layer; and an electrolyte disposed between the first patterned electrochromic material layer and the second patterned electrochromic material layer. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162745 | DISPLAY - The display element(s) ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162746 | PLC-TYPE DELAY DEMODULATION CIRCUIT - The PLC-type delay demodulation circuit includes a planar lightwave circuit that is provided on one PLC chip and demodulates a DQPSK signal. The planar lightwave circuit includes a Y-branch waveguide that branches a DQPSK-modulated optical signal into two optical signals and first and second MZIs that delay the branched optical signals by one bit. A wave plate is provided in central portions of first and second arm waveguides of the first MZI and first and second arm waveguides of the second MZI in such a manner that the wave plate intersects all of the four arm waveguides, the four arm waveguides being close to one another in a portion where the wave plate is provided. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162747 | TERAHERTZ CONTINUOUS WAVE GENERATOR - A terahertz continuous wave generator includes: an optical intensity modulator configured to modulate an optical signal into DSB optical signals; a local oscillator configured to generate a modulation signal for modulating the optical signal inputted to the optical intensity modulator into DSB optical signals; a notch filter configured to filter an optical signal with a specific frequency; an optical fiber amplifier configured to amplify an output signal of the optical intensity modulator; an optical circulator configured to transmit the optical signal inputted to the optical fiber amplifier to the notch filter and transmit the optical signal reflected from the notch filter to an input of the optical intensity modulator; an optical coupler configured to apply the optical signal to the optical intensity modulator; and an OE converter configured to photomix the DSB signals outputted through the notch filter. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162748 | COMPACT, HIGH BRIGHTNESS LIGHT SOURCES FOR THE MID AND FAR IR - Compact laser systems are disclosed which include ultrafast laser sources in combination with nonlinear crystals or waveguides. In some implementations fiber based mid-IR sources producing very short pulses and/or mid-IR sources based on a mode locked fiber lasers are utilized. Some embodiments may include an infrared source with an amplifier system comprising, in combination, a Tm fiber amplifier and an Er fiber amplifier. A difference frequency generator receives outputs from the Er and/or Tm amplifier system, and generates an output comprising a difference frequency. Exemplary applications of the compact, high brightness mid-IR light sources include medical applications, spectroscopy, ranging, sensing and metrology. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162749 | OPTICAL PULSE TRANSMITTER - It is disclosed a method for driving a laser diode such as to enable mitigation or elimination of so called spiking effects related to the number of injected carriers in the laser overshooting the equilibrium value at the beginning of the lasing process. In this manner, among other things, the efficiency of a master oscillator power amplifier that may be utilized in range finding applications will be improved. It is further disclosed an optical pulse transmitter comprising such a laser diode. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162750 | DUAL BAND INFRARED CONTINUOUS ZOOM LENS - A continuous zoom lens arrangement can image MWIR and LWIR spectral bands to a common image plane. Such an exemplary optical system comprises eight infrared imaging lenses that all transmit over the wavelengths 3.5-11.0 microns and form a collocated image plane for the MWIR and LWIR spectral bands. The lens has six stationary lenses, and two lenses that move in arm axial fashion. A cold stop inside the dewar can act as the aperture stop of the system and control the stray light from reaching the FPA. The pupil is reimaged from the cold stop to near the first lens of the system to minimize the size of the lens. The optic is designed to operate at an f/number of 3.0 and provides a focal length range from 38 mm to 130 mm for a 640×480 element focal plane array with 20 micron square pixels. This has an equivalent image plane diameter of 16 mm. Such an optical system can work with a cold shield height of about 29.46 mm. The range in focal length result in an overall zoom change of 3.42×. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162751 | OPTICAL COATING FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE DISPLAY - An optical coating includes multiple layers of different materials and thicknesses and is disposed proximate a transparent display cover for an electronic device display. The optical coating transmits most visible light, reflects most non-visible light and substantially absorbs blackbody radiation generated from within the electronic device. The optical coating can be readily removable from the electronic device display either alone or in combination with a removable transparent display cover. The multiple layers comprise two or more materials having alternating low and high indices of refraction, and can include 36 or more layers, each having a thickness ranging from 10 to 400 nanometers. The arrangement and thicknesses of the layers are designed based upon the thickness and optical properties of the transparent display cover. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162752 | INTERMEDIATE FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS, AND LAMINATED GLASS - Provided is an interlayer film for a laminated glass which can give excellent heat shielding properties to a laminated glass and maintain the excellent heat shielding properties of the laminated glass for a long period of time. Also provided is a laminated glass including the interlayer film for a laminated glass. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162753 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE - A projection optical system for projecting an image on a surface is provided. The image is an enlarged image of an image which is formed on an image forming element. The projection optical system includes a coaxial optical system having an optical axis; and a non-coaxial optical system including a rotationally asymmetric curved-surface mirror. The non-coaxial optical system does not share the optical axis with the coaxial optical system. The coaxial optical system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power and being an aspheric plastic lens; and a second lens having a negative refractive power and being an aspheric plastic lens. The first lens has a first refractive index distribution, and the second lens has a second refractive index distribution. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162754 | Pinhole for a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope - A laser scanning microscope comprising having a light source, an illuminating beam for illuminating a specimen with a spatially limited, preferably point-shaped, illuminating light spot via a scanning device and an objective lens, and a detection beam for detecting the specimen light that reaches the detection beam via the objective lens and the scanning device. Focusing means that are disposed in the detection beam and focus the light from the specimen to form a spatially limited detection light spot in a plane. Receiver elements are distributed in the spot in a matrix-like manner and can be individually read out. These are located in order to simulate an adjustable pinhole aperture. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162755 | MASK INSPECTION MICROSCOPE WITH VARIABLE ILLUMINATION SETTING - During mask inspection it is necessary to identify defects which also occur during wafer exposure. Therefore, the aerial images generated in the resist and on the detector have to be as far as possible identical. In order to achieve an equivalent image generation, during mask inspection the illumination and, on the object side, the numerical aperture are adapted to the scanner used. The invention relates to a mask inspection microscope for variably setting the illumination. It serves for generating an image of the structure ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162756 | CARRIER ASSEMBLY OF MICROSCOPE ELEMENT AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A carrier assembly and an operation method thereof are provided. The carrier assembly comprises a base, a first gear element, a second gear element, an object-carrier and a fixing part. The first gear element is rotatably disposed on the base, and the second gear element is rotatably disposed on the base and meshed with the first gear element. The object-carrier is used for carrying an object. The fixing part connects the base to a carrier platform. Wherein, an included angle is contained between the rotating axis of the first gear element and the rotating axis of the second gear element. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162757 | Telescope With Mutually Connectable Modules - A telescope made up of mutually connectable modules, which telescope comprises at least a lens module and an eyepiece module, and the lens module and eyepiece module each have a connection interface for connecting the modules, wherein an optical system for changing the image magnification is integrated in the lens module. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162758 | TELESCOPE WITH LENS AND EYEPIECE MODULE - A telescope made up of mutually connectable modules, which telescope comprises at least a lens module and an eyepiece module, and the lens module and eyepiece module each have a connection interface for connecting the modules, wherein an eyepiece and a zoom unit for changing the image magnification and a unit for reversing the image are integrated in the eyepiece module. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162759 | Modular Telescope - A telescope made up of mutually connectable modules, which telescope comprises at least a lens module and an eyepiece module, and the lens module and eyepiece module each have a connection interface for connecting the modules, and at least one adjusting means for focusing and at least one adjusting means for changing the image magnification are provided, and one of the adjusting means is disposed on the lens module in the region of the connection interface of the lens module and the other one of the adjusting means is disposed on the eyepiece module in the region of the connection interface ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162760 | Portable Projection Screen - A portable projection screen comprises a first frame, a second frame a screen, rolled up within the first frame in a folded state, having a movable end, which is attached to the second frame, and a lever assembly, having two levers which form a shape like the letter X (or double X) with fixed and glidable ends, supporting the second frame in an unfolded state and being accommodated in the first frame in the folded state for a minimized volume and easy portability. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162761 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A method for creating an autostereoscopic display device including the steps of:
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20120162762 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY UNIT AND BARRIER DEVICE - A barrier device includes a plurality of slits allowing image-displaying light beams to pass therethrough. The plurality of slits are arranged in an array at horizontal intervals which decrease as an outward distance from a mid-position of the array increases. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162763 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A image display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area, wherein the display area includes left-eye horizontal pixel lines displaying a left-eye image and right-eye horizontal pixel lines displaying a right-eye image; a polarizing film disposed over the display panel, wherein the polarizing film linearly polarizes the left-eye image and the right-eye image; a patterned retarder disposed over the polarizing film and including left-eye retarders and right-eye retarders, wherein the left-eye retarders correspond to the left-eye horizontal pixel lines and change the linearly polarized left-eye image into left-circularly polarized image, and the right-eye retarders correspond to the right-eye horizontal pixel lines and change the linearly polarized image into right-circularly polarized image; and a lenticular lens film disposed over the polarizing film and including lenticular lenses, wherein the lenticular lenses correspond to the left-eye retarders and the right-eye retarders, respectively. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162764 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head-mounted display includes a left-eye display unit configured to display a left-eye image, a right-eye display unit configured to display a right-eye image, a display control unit configured to control screen display of the left-eye display unit and the right-eye display unit, and an interpupillary distance adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an interpupillary distance between the left-eye display unit and the right-eye display unit. In the head-mounted display, the display control unit allows the left-eye display unit and the right-eye display unit to display a signal pattern for interpupillary distance adjustment when the interpupillary distance is adjusted by the interpupillary distance adjustment mechanism. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162765 | PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICES HAVING INHOMOGENEOUS POLARIZATION SELECTIVITY AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides an optical device having inhomogeneous polarization selectivity. The optical device includes a transparent substrate having a surface, a first optical element and a second optical element. The first and the second elements are disposed on the surface. The first optical element has a first polarization selectivity at least within a full visible frequency domain. The second optical element has a second polarization selectivity at least within a full visible frequency domain. The first and the second polarization selectivities have different orientations. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162766 | POLARIZER, DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING MEHTOD OF POLARIZER - A polarizer is provided comprising: a transparent substrate, on a main surface of which a plurality of grooves in parallel with each other are provided at an interval; a birefringence crystal layer with a single orientation formed on the main surface of the transparent substrate where the grooves are provided, wherein the birefringence crystal layer is at least filled in the grooves so that linearly polarized light incident on a location corresponding to the grooves and passing through the polarizer is converted into first polarized light, and linearly polarized light incident on a location between the grooves and passing through the polarizer is converted into second polarized light, the polarization directions of the first and the second polarized light are different from each other. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162767 | ROAD DELINEATOR - The present disclosure relates to a road delineator installed at a road facility, such as a guardrail, to reflect light from car headlights, and more specifically, an angle adjustment part of the delineator having a cover hinged to a stationary body has a simple structure to facilitate angle adjustment of the hinged cover, the head of an anchor bolt is easily inserted into the stationary body that is installed at the road facility yet the anchor bolt is not easily separated from the stationary body once the head thereof sits in the stationary body, such that the delineator at the road facility can be installed conveniently, and a backing metal is embedded in the bottom plate of the stationary body to protect the bottom plate of the stationary body made of a synthetic resin material from damages caused by the head of the anchor bolt when the anchor bolt is forcedly fastened to the road facility. The road delineator of the present disclosure has a cover | 2012-06-28 |
20120162768 | Zoom Lens System, Imaging Device and Camera - A zoom lens system comprising: a first lens unit having negative optical power; a second lens unit having positive optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the first to third lens units are individually moved along an optical axis to vary magnification in zooming, each lens unit includes at least one lens element that satisfies the conditions: nd≦1.67, vd<59 and 0.0002012-06-28 | |
20120162769 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens with large aperture ratio, high-performance and low-cost is provided, which is applied to an imaging element of a small-size and high resolution, in which aberration is corrected satisfactorily and sufficient diffraction resolution is achieved. An imaging lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens arranged in sequence from an object side, wherein both surfaces of each lens are formed from aspheric surface, a diffraction optics surface exerting chromatic dispersion function is arranged on a surface on an image side of the second lens, each lens is configured from plastic material, and an aperture ratio is equal to or smaller than F/2.4. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162770 | ISOTROPIC OPTICAL FILTER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The present invention discloses an isotropic optical filter comprising high-index refraction material positioned between low-index-refraction matter. At least some of the high-index refraction material has a grated structure and lateral and vertical dimensions with respect to the low-index-refraction matter such that the high-index refraction material is operative to act as a leaky waveguide for light incident on the ZOF. The grated structure comprises at least two different grating patterns. Each of the at least two grating patterns constitutes a subpixel. A plurality of subpixels is operative to diffract incident light to at least two zero-order wavelength spectra respective of the at least two grating patterns such to exhibit an isotropic colour effect with respect to the rotational orientation of the isotropic optical filter. The plurality of subpixels constitute an isotropic pixel | 2012-06-28 |
20120162771 | PIXELATED OPTICAL FILTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The present invention discloses a pixelated optical filter comprising high-index refraction material positioned between low-index-refraction matter. At least some of the high-index refraction material has a grated structure and lateral and vertical dimensions with respect to the low-index-refraction matter such that the high-index refraction material is operative to act as a leaky waveguide for light incident on the pixelated optical filter. The grated structure comprises a plurality of at least one grating pattern that is planarly bounded. Each of the plurality of at least one grating pattern constitutes a subpixel. A plurality of subpixels is operative to diffract incident light to at least one zero-order wavelength spectrum respective of the at least one grating pattern. Additional and alternative embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162772 | Mirror And A Method Of Manufacturing Thereof - A mirror for terrestrial or aerospace application has a substrate, which is preferably of a laminate of a plurality of Graphite Fiber Reinforced Composite (GFRC) uni-directional fiber plies applied in a laminate with layers oriented to achieve appropriate stable properties. The substrate is cured to form the desired shape with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A front buffering layer is immediately adjacent to and contiguous with the substrate on the first surface. The front buffer layer is of a material that buffers the surface morphology of the first surface of the substrate. A front specularizing layer is immediately adjacent to and contiguous with the front buffer layer. The specularizing layer is of a material for providing a smooth, low scatter optical surface. The specularizing layer can use an integral aluminized surface or an added vacuum deposited optical thin film coating for enhanced optical properties and durability. The mirror further has a rear buffering layer which is immediately adjacent to and contiguous with the second surface of the substrate. Finally, the mirror has a rear film which is immediately adjacent to and contiguous with the buffering layer. The material for the rear buffering layer can be the same material as that for the front buffering layer, and the material for the rear film can be the same material as that for the front specularizing layer, so as to balance the Coefficient of Thermal Expansions (CTE) of the front layers. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162773 | OPTICAL SHEET AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - An optical sheet and a method for fabricating the optical sheet, wherein a diffusion pattern is formed to diffuse and condense light. The optical sheet includes a prism pattern having a plurality of mountains and ravines to condense light generated from a light source and a plurality of diffusion patterns irregularly formed on the prism pattern to diffuse the light. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162774 | ANTIREFLECTION MEMBER AND MANUFACTURE METHOD FOR THE SAME - An antireflection member comprising an antireflection layer includes two adjacent layers with different refractive indices, the antireflection layer formed at least on a first surface of a support substrate, and one of the two adjacent layers with different refractive indices located farther from the support substrate is a first layer, and another of the two adjacent layers is a second layer, wherein the antireflection layer contains two or more kinds of particles of different constituent elements and one or more kinds of binders, and a ratio b/a is more than 1.10 and less than 1.45, where “a” denotes a length of the line segment A1A2 connecting two arbitrarily-selected points A1 and A2 located on an interface between said first layer and said second layer and apart from each other by a linear distance of 500 nm or more, and “b” denotes a length of a line formed by projecting the line segment A1A2 in a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the support substrate onto the interface between the first layer and the second layer. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162775 | Method for Correcting Hyperstereoscopy and Associated Helmet Viewing System - The general field of the invention relates to binocular helmet viewing devices worn by aircraft pilots. In night use, one of the drawbacks of this type of device is that the significant distance separating the two sensors introduces hyperstereoscopy on the images restored to the pilot. The method according to the invention is a scheme for removing this hyperstereoscopy in the images presented to the pilot by graphical processing of the binocular images. Comparison of the two images makes it possible to determine the various elements present in the image, to deduce therefrom their distances from the aircraft and then to displace them in the image so as to restore images without hyperstereoscopic effects. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162776 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from its object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. At a time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the lens units move in such a way that the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases and the distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit increases. The zoom lens satisfies the conditions “0.35<|f1|/ft<0.55” and “1.802012-06-28 | |
20120162777 | Zoom Lens System, Interchangeable Lens Apparatus and Camera System - A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising a first lens unit having negative optical power, a second lens unit having positive optical power, a third lens unit having negative optical power, and a fourth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the first lens unit is composed of at least three lens elements, has at least one lens element having positive optical power, and moves along an optical axis in zooming, and the conditions: n | 2012-06-28 |
20120162778 | Zoom Lens System, Interchangeable Lens Apparatus and Camera System - A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising a first lens unit having negative optical power, a second lens unit having positive optical power, a third lens unit having negative optical power, and a fourth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the third lens unit moves along an optical axis in focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition, and the conditions: 0.5<|f | 2012-06-28 |
20120162779 | Zoom Lens System, Interchangeable Lens Apparatus and Camera System - A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising a first lens unit having negative optical power, a second lens unit having positive optical power, a third lens unit having negative optical power, and a fourth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the first lens unit moves along an optical axis, and the fourth lens unit is fixed relative to an image surface, in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at the time of image taking, and the condition: 0.8<|f | 2012-06-28 |
20120162780 | MINIATURE ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens of the present invention includes a first lens group, a second lens group, an aperture, a third lens group, a fourth lens group, and an image surface in sequence along an optical axis from an object side to an image side. The first lens group has positive refractive power, and includes at least two lenses. The second lens group has negative refractive power, and includes three lenses. The third lens group has positive refractive power, and includes at least two lenses. The fourth lens group has positive refractive power. The zoom lens is switched to a telephoto mode from a wide-angle mode by moving the first lens group toward the object side, moving the second lens group toward the image side, and moving the third lens group toward the object side. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162781 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A lens apparatus includes a fixed lens barrel, a cam ring provided inside the barrel, lens units, and a holder for holding the lens units movable in optical-axis direction, the holder including a driver for driving at least one of the lens units in the optical-axis direction, the holder supported movably in the optical-axis direction inside the cam ring, in which the holder includes cam followers, and the cam followers slidably engage with a cam groove of the cam ring and a straight groove of the barrel to determine a position of the holder in the optical-axis direction by rotation of the cam ring about optical axis, the holder includes a slide connector for electrically connecting to a contact provided slidably on the barrel through an opening penetrating the cam ring radially, and the driver is fed with power from the barrel side through the slide connector. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162782 | COMPACT ZOOM LENS BARREL - A zoom lens barrel includes a fixed barrel, a guide barrel received in the fixed barrel, a cam barrel received in the fixed barrel and housing the guide barrel, a zoom barrel sandwiched between the guide barrel and the cam barrel, and a lens cover covering on the zoom barrel. The cam barrel includes a flange radially formed on an end close to the lens cover. The zoom barrel includes a ring portion protruding out from an end close to the fixed barrel. A step surface is formed between the outer side surface of the zoom barrel and that of the ring portion. When the zoom lens barrel is in an unfolded state, the step surface interferingly resists against a bottom surface of the flange, to limit an axial movement between the cam barrel and the zoom barrel. | 2012-06-28 |