26th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100165360 | SYSTEM FOR TESTING DISTORTION OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A system for testing a distortion of a liquid crystal display (LCD) device can test the LCD device within a chamber in a state of being assembled perpendicular to the ground, whereby whether any distortion occurs in an internal component can be fast detected even in severe conditions of high temperature and high humidity and under an actual installation environment of a user. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165361 | Method for Reducing Consumables Usage Based on Job Size - A method implemented by a processor of a printer for reducing consumables usage based on job size includes entering different settings for an n-up printing mode in the printer based on job size such that a job size of one page will be printed 1-up, or on a full page, by the printer, a job size of two and three pages will be printed 2-up, or on a half page, by the printer, and a job size of four pages will printed 4-up, or on a quarter page, by the printer and/or entering a threshold setting for a duplex printing mode in the printer based on job size such that a job size below the threshold will be printed in a simplex mode whereas job size at or above the threshold will be printed in a duplex mode. The method also includes enabling user selection of n-up setting or threshold setting for jobs of predetermined size. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165362 | Systems and Methods for Rendering Print Images - Methods disclosed permit compositing operations to be performed on images using an associated mask even in situations where the image and the mask differ in size. In some embodiments, image and mask data may be specified as a soft mask image in a page description language such as PDF. Scaling operations may be performed on the image, mask, or on both the image and mask when they differ in size. Compositing operations may be performed on the scaled image and/or mask after they have been scaled to the same size. Composting operations in situations where the original mask and image are of the same size are not affected by scaling operations. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165363 | Methods and systems for calibrating a source and destination pair - At least certain embodiments of the disclosures relate to methods and data processing systems for matching a source profile to a destination profile. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a destination test chart and a corresponding first source test chart with each test chart having color patches. The method includes adjusting the source profile to substantially match a known or an unknown destination profile in response to receiving an input for visually matching an adjustable white color patch of the first source test chart to a corresponding white color patch of the destination test chart. The method includes progressively generating a second source test chart having modified at least some and possibly all color patches compared to the first displayed test chart based on applying a first transformation to the source profile in response to visually matching the white color patch. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165364 | COLOR CONVERSION OF IMAGE DATA - Methods and systems herein provide for the color conversion of image data. Such color conversion includes receiving the image data from an input imaging device and generating a CMYK to CIELab model for conversion of the image data to a color gamut of an output imaging device. From there, a table of CMYK color values and corresponding CIELab color values is generated based on the model. The color conversion then includes mapping the CIELab color values of the image data to a CIELab color gamut of the output imaging device such as a printer. The color conversion also includes comparing the mapped CIELab color values to the CIELab color values of the table to retrieve corresponding CMYK color values and processing the retrieved CMYK color values (e.g., via multidimensional optimization) to convert the CIELab color values of the image data to the CIELab color values of the output imaging device. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165365 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image recording apparatus including: a storing portion configured to store first image data based on which recording is performed on one of recording surfaces of a recording medium and second image data based on which the recording is performed on the other surface; a first density adjusting section configured to make an adjustment to a recording density for at least part of the first image data on the basis of an input of a user; a second density adjusting section configured to make an adjustment to a recording density for at least part of the second image data, the adjustment being reverse to the adjustment by the first density adjusting section; and a recording section configured to perform the recording on the basis of the first image data adjusted by the first density adjusting section and the second image data adjusted by the second density adjusting section. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165366 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The quantity processing is executed to data distributed for each color. Binary data obtained by this quantization processing are selected only in regard to a color generating print quantity information. Filtering processing is executed to the binary data of the selected color to generate the print quantity information. In the quantization processing for a second plane, data found by converting the print quantity information generated in the first plane processing into a minus value are added to the multi-valued data. In the quantization processing in the second plane added, the value of the multi-valued data is made small and in the quantity, probability that the multi-valued data become binary data printing the dots is made small. That is, a ratio where dots in the first plane and dots in the second plane overlap and are formed can be made small. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165367 | Printer Gradation Correction Method and Color Patch Image - A printer gradation correcting method, comprises the steps of: outputting a color patch image by a printer based on image data of a color patch image; measuring a gradation of the outputted color patch image by a color measuring device so as to obtain a gradation measurement value; and correcting a gradation characteristic of the printer based on the gradation measurement value. The color patch image includes a patch-shaped image having a uniform gradation of a predetermined gradation representative value and gradation fluctuation of a predetermined color component added in the patch-shaped image, and the added gradation fluctuation is structured such that a total of gradation fluctuation measured in a measurement region by the color measuring device becomes a predetermined value. The gradation characteristic of the printer is corrected based on the gradation representative value, the predetermined value of the total of gradation fluctuation, and the gradation measurement value. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165368 | Image processing device, image forming apparatus incorporating same, image processing method used in the image forming apparatus, and program product used in the image forming apparatus - An image processing device, which can be incorporated in an image forming apparatus and perform an image processing method, includes a first image sensor unit including multiple image sensor chips arranged in a line to read an image of a document by converting light incident from the document into electrical signals, a chroma calculation unit to calculate chroma data from an image signal constituted by the electrical signals of the image read by the first image sensor unit, and a chroma adjustment unit to adjust the chroma by using the chroma data calculated by the chroma calculation unit to perform, only on a low-chroma image signal, a conversion process for reducing the chroma to suppress color irregularities occurring at intervals corresponding to widths of the multiple image sensor chips of the first image sensor unit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165369 | IMAGE CROPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Electronic document design systems and methods allowing a user engaged in customizing an electronic product to re-crop product images in a manner that is compatible with the product layout. Upon selection of an image area in the product design, the user can choose to re-crop the image currently displayed in the image area or to select and crop a different image to be used in the selected image area. A cropping indicator that can be resized and repositioned is provided to the user. The cropping indicator is automatically sized to have and retain the same height to width ratio as the selected image area. Upon completion of any resizing or repositioning operation, the selected image area of the electronic product is updated to reflect the cropping changes made by the user. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165370 | LASER PRINT APPARATUS WITH TONER EXPLOSION COMPENSATION - A printing apparatus comprises a processor comprising registers, and a memory configured to store image data. The processor is configured to load portions of the image data into the registers and perform toner explosion compensation on the portions of the image data loaded in the registers, excluding image data loaded in boundary positions in the registers. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165371 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - When multiple-size double-side printing in an APS mode has been selected, a system CPU first reads an original which corresponds to a second side of a paper sheet, prints data of the original on the second side of the paper sheet having the same size as the original, and stacks the paper sheet on an automatic double-side unit. Subsequently, the system CPU reads an original which corresponds to a first side of the paper sheet and prints data of the original on the first side of the paper sheet stacked on the automatic double-side unit, thus completing the double-side printing. However, where the size of an original corresponding to a second side differs from the size of an original corresponding to a first side, single-side printing is effected. The original corresponding to the first side is read and data thereof is printed on a paper sheet having the same size as the original and the sheet is discharged (single-side printing). Then, the original corresponding to the first side is read and data thereof is printed on a paper sheet having the same size as the original and the sheet is discharged (single-side printing). | 2010-07-01 |
20100165372 | Endorsement printing by building characters - A document processor receives a document to be processed and captures data from the document. The document processor includes a plurality of processing devices and conveys documents past the plurality of processing devices to allow the processing devices to perform operations on the documents. A programmable endorser prints an endorsement on a document as the document is processed. The programmable endorser includes a plurality of character segments in the form of various shapes such that the endorsement is printed by building characters from the character segments. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165373 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus having plural information processing functions includes a storage unit, a specification unit a function specifying unit, a setting unit, and an execution unit. The storage unit stores at least one execution condition in which plural setting items for the plural information processing functions, and setting values for the respective setting items, are associated with one another. The specification unit specifies any one of the execution condition. The function specifying unit specifies an information processing function. The setting unit sets the setting values of at least one setting item of the specified execution condition, which setting item can be set in the specified information processing function, as the setting values of a corresponding at least one setting item of the specified information processing function. The execution unit executes the specified information processing function based on the set setting values. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165374 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a storage device, a selection unit, a registration unit and a setting unit. The storage device is configured to store an execution condition that associates setting items which are set for execution of a process with setting values for the setting items. The selection unit selects, from among the setting items, a part of the setting items. The registration unit registers, in the storage device, the part of the setting items selected by the selection unit and setting values for the part of the setting item as an execution condition. When the execution condition stored in the storage device is selected in setting setting values for setting items to execute a process, the setting unit sets a setting value for a setting item corresponding to the selected execution condition to the setting value stored in the storage device. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165375 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus implements appropriate image processing on image data stored in a storage unit of the image processing apparatus easily and efficiently, and distributes the image data to an external apparatus. An image format conversion unit implements image processing such as resolution conversion processing, filter processing, γ correction processing, and halftone processing on image data stored in an HDD serving as an image data storage unit so that the image data conform to conditions, such as image quality and format, specified by an external client apparatus. The image-processed image data are then distributed to the external client apparatus. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165376 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A printing system includes an order management server configured to receive printing orders placed from a plurality of order placement location apparatuses via a network and to distribute the received printing orders to the plurality of printing location apparatuses via the network. Each printing location apparatus includes a notification unit configured to notify a printing order estimated time. The order management server includes a storage unit configured to store a plurality of printing orders placed from the order placement location apparatuses, an updating unit configured to update printing order estimated time information from each printing location apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine a printing location apparatus or apparatuses to which to distribute the plurality of printing orders according to a content of each printing order and the printing order estimated time information, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the printing orders to the printing location apparatus or apparatuses determined by the determination unit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165377 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ARCHIVING PRINTED IMAGES - In a method or system to archive print images, at least one print image generated with aid of a printing or copying system is recorded with aid of a recording unit. Image data corresponding to the recorded print image are generated. The image data are archived in an archive. At least one part of print data used to generate the print image is stored together with the image data in the archive. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165378 | VARIABLE DATA PRINTING METHOD USING VARIABLE TEXT COLOR DEPENDING ON BACKGROUND - An improved variable data printing (VDP) method is disclosed. A VDP database contains variable data and form data. The variable data includes a plurality of entries each having a plurality attributes. The form data includes images. Each printed piece of a VDP production includes variable data and form data selected based on the variable data attributes. When the printed pieces include a background image and foreground text to be printed over the background image, and when different pieces in the VDP production have different background image, the method automatically selects a text color to print the foreground text over the background image on each piece to enhance visibility and/or aesthetic appearance. In addition, the foreground text color for each piece may be selected based on additional attributes of the variable data. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165379 | System For And Method Of Transmitting Device Status Information Via Syndication Services - The present invention relates to a method of transmitting device status information via syndication services. Specifically, it relates to transmitting device status information of a printer, scanner, fax, multifunction printing device, or other printing device via syndication services such as RSS, Atom, or other syndication service to a user computer device. The device status information may be received via any syndication service reader or custom configurable client application. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165380 | Systems and Methods for Processing Packaged Print Data Streams - Systems and methods consistent with embodiments presented facilitate packaged print data processing. In some embodiments, an initial fragment of print data is parsed to determine if the print data occurs in the form of an OPC print package. If the print data is an OPC package, a language processor for a PDL is invoked using a language entry point function for the PDL, which can be determined using a text string that is present in the print job filename and in a Content Types list in a Content Types file associated with the OPC package. If the PDL language processor cannot be determined using the Content Types list then a language entry point may be determined using a file extension associated with the print job. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165381 | PRINTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A printing method and a printing system are provided. When printing a file on a client, the client is connected to a printer via a network. A print homepage is shown to the client. Then the client accesses the printer via the print homepage on the client, and sends an coded file to the printer. The printer receives the coded file from the client, and decodes the file to print. The printing system includes a client and a printer. An coded file is stored in the client. The client includes an internet browser. The printer includes a file receiving module to receive the file from the client and a print controlling module capable of controlling the printer to decode and print the coded file. A print homepage is shown on the internet browser. The client accesses the printer and sends the coded file to the printer via the print homepage. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165382 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus may include an operation panel, a driving device, an image pickup device, a face detection unit, and a control unit. The operation panel may be configured to move. The driving device may be configured to move the operation panel. The image pickup device may be configured to be installed proximate the operation panel, and/or to capture an image of a user. The face detection unit may be configured to detect a position of a facial image of the user within the image captured by the image pickup device. The control unit may be configured to control the driving device such that the operation panel and an optical axis of the image pickup device move according to the position of the facial image detected by the face detecting unit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165383 | LINE UTILIZATION IN INTEGRATED DOCUMENT DELIVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A document delivery network server having a set of integrated functions including sending, receiving, routing and filing of FAXes and e-mails to other users which achieves numerous advantages over the prior art. The document delivery system is based on a client/server model having both analog and digital Fax line capabilities. The server side provides very highly integrated systems functionality based on industry standard, commercially available hardware and a mix of industry standard and proprietary software components including integrated FAX/modem modules, an embedded OS, embedded plug-and-play driver sets, embedded e-mail gateways, an embedded FAX archive, embedded back-up/restore, proprietary high efficiency line utilization and highly efficient load balancing. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165384 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - The printing system comprises: a print data generating unit for generating print data; an image data generating unit for generating image data for each page having a data size of an integral multiple of a specified block size based on the print data; a delivering unit for delivering the image data; an imposing unit for imposing the image data in such a way that images for a plurality of pages will be printed on a sheet of paper; and a printing unit for printing images for a plurality of pages on a sheet of paper, wherein a process for preventing a blank space being formed in a boundary area between the images to be printed on a sheet of paper due to padding data added to the image data in order to make data size of the image data to be an integral multiple of the block size, is executed. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165385 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An apparatus includes an image processing unit changeable in circuit configuration, and control such that the image processing unit performs processing of a plurality of partial images to be processed by using a first circuit configuration of the image processing unit out of a plurality of partial images being input by using the first circuit configuration of the image processing unit, and makes control such that the image processing unit performs processing of a plurality of partial images to be processed by using a second circuit configuration of the image processing unit out of a plurality of partial images being input by using the second circuit configuration of the image processing unit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165386 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE FOR OBTAINING APPROPRIATE PRINT RESULTS - A print control device includes a data acquiring section, a print control section, a preview-image output control section, and a print-ratio acquiring section. The data acquiring section acquires image data. The print control section controls a printing device to print an image based on the image data on a sheet. The preview-image output control section outputs preview images at a plurality of print ratios. The preview images are indicators of print results to be obtained when the printing device prints, on the sheet, the image based on the image data at the respective print ratios. The print-ratio acquiring section acquires print-ratio specifying information through an input device that can be operated by a user, after the preview-image output control section outputs the preview images. The print control section controls the printing device to print, on the sheet, the image based on the image data at a print ratio specified by the print-ratio specifying information. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165387 | IMAGE-FORMING SYSTEM - An image-forming system includes a writing unit, an image-forming unit, a determining unit, and a control unit. The writing unit is capable of writing additional data to a first storing unit of a recording medium. The image-forming unit forms an image on the recording medium based on image data. The determining unit determines whether or not the image is normally printed on the recording medium by the image-forming unit. The control unit controls the writing unit to write the additional data to the first storing unit when the determining unit determines that the image is printed normally, and to prevent the additional data from being written to the first storing unit when the determining unit determines that the image is not printed normally. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165388 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - An image forming apparatus connected to a network and including a storage part, a printing request receiving part for receiving a printing request from a data processing apparatus via the network and recording the printing request in the storage part, the printing request including a page description language list indicating at least one page description language applicable to the data processing apparatus, a determining part for determining whether the data processing apparatus is to convert electronic data associated to the printing request into printing data based on whether the page description language list includes a page description language processable by the image forming apparatus, a data obtaining part for transmitting first and second requests to the data processing apparatus and receiving the printing data or the electronic data in response to the first and second request; and a printing part for printing data obtained from the data obtaining part. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165389 | RECEPTION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, RECEPTION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - In a reception management apparatus, when a print button is operated after scheduled visitor information is selected, a badge ID representing print number is assigned to the selected scheduled visitor information and thereby print data of an entry pass associated with the scheduled visitor information is created and output to a printer. At the same time, the badge ID is assigned to and displayed in the scheduled visitor information in the appointment list display window. Further, when a shared button is operated after the scheduled visitor information is selected, the badge ID representing print number is assigned to the selected scheduled visitor information and thereby print data of the entry pass associated with the scheduled visitor information is created and output to the printer. At the same time, the personal information corresponding to the scheduled visitor information is stored in the entry-permitted list as entry-permitted visitor information. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165390 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A channel selection section selects whether the subsequent processing to the image data is executed by image distribution precedence processing or by gradation lowering precedence processing in accordance with channel information of the image data. That is, in regard to the channels of C, M and K with relatively high density among inks, the image distribution precedence processing excellent in robustness is selected. On the other hand, in the ink of the color with high brightness or low density, even if the print position of the dot is shifted, the density change due to this shift is not so much large. It is possible to restrict an increase in the processing load due to executing the gradation lowering processing after the distribution processing to each of the plural divided images by thus not selecting the image distribution precedence processing in consideration of the robustness. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165391 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention provides an information processing method including steps of determining whether or not the print driver of a local printer is the same kind as the print driver of a network printer, and comparing the version of the print driver of the network printer with that of the printer of the local printer for determining which version is newer. When it is determined that the driver of the local printer is the same kind as the driver of the network printer and the print driver of the local printer is newer than the print driver of the network printer, the print driver of the local printer is transferred to the print server. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165392 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus that requests an external apparatus to execute apart of sequential processing, receives a control request from the external apparatus, and executes the sequential processing in response to the control request that reflects an execution result of the part of the sequential processing performed by the external apparatus, includes a generation unit configured to generate identification information that can be used to determine whether a processing execution request sent to the external apparatus is output via an operation unit of the data processing apparatus, a storage unit configured to store the identification information generated by the generation unit in a storage medium, a transmission unit configured to transmit the identification information generated by the generation unit to the external apparatus, a reception unit configured to receive the control request from the external apparatus. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165393 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes: a reading unit; a transmission unit and a limiting unit. The reading unit is configured to read a document and create image data. The transmission unit supports a plurality of transmission modes, and is configured to transmit the image data to an external apparatus using at least one selected from the plurality of transmission modes. The limiting unit is configured to limit selectable transmission modes of the transmission unit based on at least one of: a user-designated attribute of the document set by a user; a reading attribute of the reading unit; and a content of the document read by the reading unit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165394 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-PRINTING METHOD - A printing system that transfers an image composed of pixels of a first resolution, includes a client and a printing apparatus. The client includes a determining unit that, for a pixel block that is of a size of a pixel of a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution, determines whether or not the pixel block is homogenous on the basis of a difference in color information for a target pixel of the first resolution included in the pixel block; an image-data-for-transfer creating unit that creates image data for transfer by changing pixels of the first resolution included in a pixel block that has been determined to be homogenous from the first resolution to the second resolution; and a transmitting unit that transmits the image data for transfer. The printing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives the image data for transfer and a high-resolution-image-data creating unit that creates image data representing an image composed of pixels of the first resolution by changing pixels of the second resolution in the image data for transfer from the second resolution to the first resolution. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165395 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus that enables to keep its state in a power saving mode by transmitting image data stored in a storage unit to another image processing apparatus even after entering the state of the power saving mode. A conversion unit converts the image data in a first data format stored in the storage unit into image data in a second data format. A transmission unit transmits both the image data in the first data format and the image data in the second data format that is generated by converting the image data in the first data format by the conversion unit to another image processing apparatus connected via a network, when shifting to a power saving mode. A control unit controls to shift to the power saving mode after transmitting both the image data in the first data format and the image data in the second data format. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165396 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, USER TERMINAL AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information communication system comprising a plurality of user terminals which output contents delivered via a network and accept input of comments relating to the contents, and an information communication server which receives the comments input by the user terminals and delivers the comments to a plurality of user terminals, the information communication server comprising: a classification control unit which generates a classification according to user properties of a user terminal, and assigns the classification to the user terminal; the user terminal comprising: a classification selection input unit which acquires one of a first selection and a second selection, all comments transmitted by a plurality of the user terminal are outputted in the first selection, and the comment transmitted by the user terminal assigned same classification of the user terminal is only outputted in the second selection; a comment extracting unit which extracts all the comments delivered by the information communication server as an output comment when the first selection is inputted in the classification selection input unit, and extracts the comment transmitted by the user terminal assigned the classification which is the same as the user terminal in the comments delivered by the information communication server when the second selection is inputted in the classification selection input unit; and an output unit which outputs the output comment extracted by the comment extracting unit with the contents. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165397 | Information Processing Device and Recording Medium Containing Program Therefor - An information processing device is provided with a display controller configured to display a data display window on a screen of a display device. At least one decision area is defined within the display screen. A storage stores, in association with the at least one decision area printer selection information identifying a printer and/or print setting information. The information processing device further includes a control unit configured to identify a printer to be used based on the printer selection information corresponding to the at least one decision area and/or print setting based on the print setting information if the judging unit judges a dropped position of a data file is within the at least one decision area, print data being generated in accordance with the printer and/or print setting identified by the control unit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165398 | Image forming device and image forming method - An image forming device includes a first development unit configured to form a first image on a recording medium with a first developer, a second development unit configured to form a second image on the recording medium with at least one of a plurality of second developers that are different from the first developer, and a print control unit configured to select the at least one of the plurality of second developers for forming the second image. The second developers are transparent developers, and the second image is a transparent image | 2010-07-01 |
20100165399 | JOB STATUS MONITORING SYSTEM, JOB STATUS MONITORING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A job status monitoring system includes a job output unit configured to output a job to a job managing unit of an operating system. The job is issued in response to a job issue request. A status of the job output to a printer is monitored by a monitoring unit. The monitoring unit controls the job managing unit by monitoring the status of the job. An application or utility determines the status of the job by obtaining information about the job from the job managing unit and performs display control based on the determined status of the job. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165400 | PRINTER HAVING CODED TAG GENERATOR - A printer is provided having a tag generator configured to generate tags each encoding first data on an identity of an interface onto which the tags are to be printed and a position of that tag on the interface and second data on a perspective of that tag relative to the interface, and a printhead configured to print the interface with the tags and graphic information. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165401 | MOBILE DEVICE FOR PRINTING A SECURITY IDENTIFICATION - A mobile telecommunications device is disclosed. The mobile telecommunications device has a media feed path, a sensor module in the media feed path for sensing data encoded on a surface of a print medium, the data encoding at least a print media identifier, a print medium identifier identifying the print medium, processor for determining the print media identifier from the data, communication means for communicating a request to a remote server, the request including the print media identifier, and for receiving a security identification associated with the print media identifier from the remote server, and a printer module in the media feed path for printing the security identification on the print medium. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165402 | Servicing of wireless terminal print job by unsupported printer - A wireless terminal having processing resources, a user interface including a user input device and a display, and a wireless interface causes a file to be printed to a destination printer that is unsupported by the wireless terminal. The processing resources communicatively couple to the wireless interface and to the user interface and are operable to receive a file via a servicing wireless network and the wireless interface, receive a request via the user interface to print the file, identify a destination printer, determine that the wireless terminal does not support printing of the file at the destination printer, identify a servicing device for processing of the file for printing at the destination printer, and transmit the file to the servicing device via the wireless interface and the servicing wireless network. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165403 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH CONTROLLER FOR STORING PRINT DATA ACCORDING TO CHARACTERISTIC VALUE - An image forming apparatus is provided with a storage device having storage areas divided corresponding to a characteristic value allocated for each print requesting person. Upon receiving print data and a characteristic value from an external device, the image forming apparatus stores the print data into a storage area which has been allocated the same characteristic value as the received characteristic value. The image forming apparatus subjects print data stored in the storage areas in the storage device to image formation processing on a storage area basis. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165404 | Laser Print Apparatus That Generates Pulse With Value And Justification Value Based On Pixels In A Multi-Bit Image - A laser print apparatus includes a memory for storing a multi-bit image including a plurality of pixels. Each pixel is represented by an N-bit value, wherein N is greater than one. A modulation code generator analyzes three adjacent pixels. The three adjacent pixels include a left pixel, a center pixel, and a right pixel. The modulation code generator is configured to generate a pulse width value based on the value of the center pixel, and a justification value based on the values of the left pixel and the right pixel. A laser print engine forms an output pixel on media based on the pulse width value and the justification value. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165405 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a printing unit for executing a single-sided print job and a double-sided print job. A storage unit stores print target data as backing sheet image data when a single-sided print job is executed. An image reading unit reads images on both sides of a document that is subjected to image processing. A backing sheet judgment unit judges whether there is an image that matches a backing sheet image among the images on both sides of the document by comparing the document image data read by the image reading unit with the backing sheet image data stored in the storage unit. An exclusion processing unit performs processing to exclude from the image processing targets an image judged by the backing sheet judgment unit to match the backing sheet image among the images on both sides of the document read by the image reading unit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165406 | Split Large Image Printing - A printing system, which includes a printer and a client computer having executable instructions for creating a print job. The executable instructions include selecting a medium; dividing an image into a plurality of image partitions; determining margins for the image on the image partitions based on a selected composition layout of the image partitions; and locating the image within the plurality of image partitions in accordance with the determined margins. The printer and the client computer are connected via a network. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165407 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINT AUTOMATION - Systems and methods are described that provide print automation. In an example, a system and method dynamically create a page layout template comprising a compensation value. Other systems, methods, and apparatus are described. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165408 | PRINTER AND METHOD OF PRINTING - A printer equipped with a display panel and configured to perform printing on a label surface of a disc based on an image displayed on the display panel, including: a displaying portion configured to display, on the display panel, (a) a subject image that is based on stored image data and (b) a disc frame representing a printable region of the label surface of the disc, such that the disc frame is superimposed on the subject image; a modifying portion configured to modify the subject image on the basis of an input operation by a user, such that the subject image is moved, enlarged, or reduced relative to the disc frame; and a printing portion configured to print, on the label surface of the disc, a part of the subject image existing within the disc frame. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165409 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program capable of improving the visual quality of an image after grayscale conversion. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165410 | Document Optimization Using Solid Monochrome Colors and Outlining - Methods of the present invention allow for optimization of color and shades of gray documents prior to their conversion to a monochrome format. If color/gray elements are identified in the document, the distance between them and their intensity is determined. If there are elements with the same or similar intensity in close proximity to each other, colors of some of the elements may be replaced with solid monochrome colors, and/or dithered surfaces, and/or monochrome patterns. Further, the elements may be outlined. These improvements make elements in the document more distinguishable after its conversion to a monochrome format. The described color optimization and outlining may have wide applicability in the Internet Fax technology. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165411 | Document Optimization Using Solid Monochrome Colors and Outlining - Methods of the present invention allow for optimization of color and shades of gray documents prior to their conversion to a monochrome format. If color/gray elements are identified in the document, the distance between them and their intensity is determined. If there are elements with the same or similar intensity in close proximity to each other, colors of some of the elements may be replaced with solid monochrome colors, and/or dithered surfaces, and/or monochrome patterns. Further, the elements may be outlined. These improvements make elements in the document more distinguishable after its conversion to a monochrome format. The described color optimization and outlining may have wide applicability in the Internet Fax technology. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165412 | Image Formation Apparatus, Color Conversion Program Embodied on Computer Readable Medium, and Color Conversion Method - In order to accelerate the processing speed using existing hardware or program, MFP sets a reference lattice point in the device space of a printer (S | 2010-07-01 |
20100165413 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Method for Supressing Jaggies in the Edge Portions of Image - To suppress jaggies in second image data on the basis of first image data, the second image data obtained by executing halftoning processing for the first image data, and attribute data representing an attribute of each pixel contained in the first image data, a judgment signal indicating whether to execute smoothing processing is output on the basis of the attribute data. Edge correction data is generated from the first image data by executing smoothing processing in accordance with the judgment signal. The pixel data of the second image data is compared with the pixel data of the edge correction data. The pixel data having a higher density is output. Jaggies generated by halftoning processing can be suppressed with a simple arrangement at a low cost. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165414 | METHOD OF SUPERIMPOSING AN IMAGE ONTO ANOTHER, METHOD OF PERSONALIZING A DATA CARRIER USING THE IMAGE SUPERIMPOSING METHOD AND A PERSONALIZED DATA CARRIER - A method of superimposing a first image onto a second image, wherein each image is defined by a plurality of pixels is disclosed. The method includes changing target pixels of the second image corresponding in position to pixels of the first image to be superimposed on the second image. Changing target pixels of the second image includes changing the values of some of these target pixels of the second image to respective new values. Each new value is based on the original value of at least one pixel of the second image. A personalization method including such an image superimposing method and a data carrier thereby personalized are also disclosed. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165415 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION THROUGH INTERACTION WITH A PRINTED PAGE - A system for providing information is disclosed. The system has a server which stores page descriptors. A printer is also includes which prints a printed page with visible and invisible data. The invisible data is indicative of one or more of the page descriptors. A sensing device senses the invisible data when placed in an operative position relative to the printed page, and transmits information extracted from sensed invisible data to the server. The server is configured to interpret the positioning of the sensing device based upon the page descriptors indicated by sensed invisible data and to provide information associated with the page descriptors. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165416 | ELECTRONIC BLACKBOARD - A copy button is pushed to output image data to an external storage medium, such as a USB memory. Then, a process for writing the image data in the USB memory is executed, and an image corresponding to the image data is printed. When the printed image is light, a density controlling button is pushed, and then, the copy button is pushed again. The image data is called up from a RAM, and a process for causing a density of the image data to be darker is executed, via a tone translator of the electronic blackboard. The image data on which image density control has been executed is written over the data previously stored in the USB memory. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165417 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus judges whether each of a plurality of image areas included in a platen image, which is obtained by reading a platen on which an original is placed, has a characteristic indicating a table. In a case where at least one of the plurality of image areas has the characteristic indicating a table, the image processing apparatus judges that an original is formed of one original and outputs a rectangular area including the plurality of image areas. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165418 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A rear side surface of a frame of an image-forming apparatus has throttle portions protruding toward the inside of the frame. By aligning the screw holes in the throttle portions and the through-holes in a guide rail and then screwing screws into these holes, the guide rail is fixed to the rear side surface with a predetermined distance therebetween. This restricts deformation of the guide rail due to a load applied by opening and closing the document holding plate. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165419 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading device | 2010-07-01 |
20100165420 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPRATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Conventionally, in the case where multiple readings of a document are carried out in order to generate an output image, image processing to the super-resolution image has been started after waiting for completion of the multiple readings necessary for giving target resolution to the image after super-resolution processing. Therefore, a lot of times have been required for processing. In an image processing apparatus including: a document reading component configured to read a plurality of image data each having a different phase from a document by single scanning; a super-resolution processing component configured to generate super-resolution image data by using the plurality sheets of image data each having a different phase, so as to have resolution higher than those of the plurality of image data; and an image processing component configured to carry out multiple image processing to the super-resolution image data. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165421 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus obtains an image of an original area on the basis of a platen image obtained by reading an entire surface of a platen including an original placed on the platen. The image processing apparatus extracts a plurality of image areas included in the platen image, and determines whether each of the extracted image areas has a specific characteristic. The image processing apparatus judges that a rectangular area including all of the plurality of image areas is an original image in a case where at least one of the plurality of image areas has the specific characteristic, and judges that each of the plurality of image areas is an original image in a case where none of the plurality of image areas has the specific characteristic. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165422 | Document Reading Apparatus - A document reading apparatus includes a housing, a module board including an imaging section disposed in the housing to read a document, and a module holder disposed in the housing to support the module board in a state in which a distance between the imaging section and the document is maintained at a predetermined value. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165423 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - The presence or absence of outside light is individually decided with respect to each of the time of executing AFE adjusted value acquiring processing, the time of executing LED adjusted value acquiring processing and the time of executing black correction data acquiring processing. In the case of deciding that the outside light is present, a parameter in the case of deciding that the outside light is present is modified to a predetermined value or a reacquired value. As a result of this, even when an incident state of outside light changes at the time of acquiring each of the parameters, it can properly be switched whether or not their parameters are replaced with the predetermined value or the reacquired value. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165424 | IMAGE READING DEVICE HAVING IMAGE SENSOR - The image reading device includes a first document member, a white reference plate, an image sensor, a conveying section, and a control section. A first document is placed on the first document member. The image sensor reads the first document placed on the first document member. The conveying section conveys the image sensor in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction. The image sensor reads the first document while being moved in the first direction. The control section executes a first control. The first control executes a process to control the image sensor to read the white reference plate, to control the conveying section to move the image sensor in the second direction, to control the conveying section to start moving the image sensor in the first direction, and to control the image sensor to read the first document, in this order. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165425 | MULTI-LAYER BODY - The invention concerns a multi-layer body ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100165426 | IMAGE RECORDING MEDIUM, HOLOGRAM REPLICATING DEVICE AND HOLOGRAM REPLICATING METHOD - An image recording medium in which a refractive index modulation is recorded in a material in a layer such that, when the hologram recording medium is illuminated from a predetermined angle and a viewpoint is moved horizontally with respect to a normal line, a hologram image having continuous parallax in at least the horizontal direction is reproduced and that, when the viewpoint is moved in a direction with respect to the normal line different from the horizontal direction, another image that is different from and thus is not continuous with the hologram image is reproduced. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165427 | HOLOGRAM RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus includes: a light source; a splitting unit that splits a light beam into an information beam and a reference beam; a spatial light modulator that modulates the information beam into a grating binary pattern having bright points and dark points; an irradiation unit that irradiates the reference beam and the information beam onto a hologram recording medium to record information corresponding to each of the regions of the spatial light modulator; a photodetector that detects a signal beam that is diffracted from the hologram recording medium by irradiating the hologram recording medium with a reproduction beam emitted by the light source; and a power detector that detects a difference of powers of signal beams detected by the photodetector at portions in the hologram recording medium corresponding to two of the regions of the spatial light modulator. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165428 | Device for Minimizing Diffraction-Related Dispersion in Spatial Light Modulators - A device for minimizing diffraction-related dispersion in spatial light modulators for holographically reconstructing colored representations is disclosed, and comprises a spatial light modulator designed as a diffractive optical element and provided with controllable structures, and at least one light source illuminating the spatial light modulator. Wavelength-dependent visible ranges associated with a predefined higher order of diffraction have a lateral chromatic offset relative to the position of the extensions of said visible ranges at a defined viewer's level, said lateral chromatic offset being in relation to the normal line to the surface of the spatial light modulator. The quality of reconstruction is improved regardless of the direction of incidence and emergence of the light. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165429 | OPTICAL SYSTEMS - A holographic head up display (HUD) for a vehicle to display an image holographically on a curved display surface such as a windshield is disclosed. The HUD can include a spatial light modulator (SLM) to display a hologram, an illumination system to illuminate said displayed hologram, projection optics to project light from said hologram onto said display surface to form said image, and a processor configured to process said image data to generate hologram data for display on the SLM to form said image. The HUD can further include a non-volatile data memory coupled to said processor to store wavefront correction data for said display surface, and the processor can be configured to apply a wavefront correction responsive to said stored wavefront correction data when generating the hologram data to correct the image for aberration due to a shape of said display surface. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165430 | Holographic Reconstruction System and Method with an Enlarged Visibility Region - A holographic reconstruction system and a corresponding holographic reconstruction method are disclosed. The holographic reconstruction system comprises light source means for providing substantially coherent light, reconstruction means for holographically reconstructing a scene and for producing a visibility region from where the viewer can view the holographically reconstructed scene, and deflection means for positioning the visibility region. The aim of the invention is to improve the visibility region of a holographic reconstruction system. To achieve this aim, the holographic reconstruction system comprises deflection drive means for continuously rotating or pivoting the deflection means about a rotational axis at a rotary frequency, thereby displacing the visibility region. The invention allows one or more viewers to view the scene reconstructed by means of the holographic reconstruction system from different positions while facilitating the implementation of the holographic reconstruction system with conventional means. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165431 | Dynamically reconfigurable holograms with electronically erasable programmable intermediate layers - Various embodiments of the present invention relate to dynamically reconfigurable hologram comprising a phase-modulation layer and an intensity-control layer. The phase modulation layer comprises an electronically programmable erasable negative index material crossbar. The crossbar includes a first layer of approximately parallel nanowires ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100165432 | IMPROVEMENTS RELATNG TO OPTICAL VECTOR MATRIX MULTIPLIERS - Improved optical vector matrix multipliers are disclosed. The multipliers comprise: a plurality of light sources, each operable to radiate light of intensity u | 2010-07-01 |
20100165433 | OPTICAL SCANNING ACTUATOR - For realizing widening of a light scanning angle and is excellent in durability, the optical scanning actuator includes a movable unit that supports an optical element, a plurality of leaf springs having a thin plate shape with one end portion being fixed and another end portion being attached to the movable unit, and an electromagnetic driving unit including a magnet, a yoke laminated on the magnet to form a closed magnetic circuit together with the magnet, and a coil held by the movable unit. The coil is positioned in a gap between the magnet and the yoke such that opening plane of the coil is substantially orthogonal to a laminating direction of the magnet and the yoke. The movable unit is driven by an electromagnetic force applied to the coil. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165434 | LIGHT SCANNING UNIT - Disclosed is a light scanning unit that includes an imaging optical system disposed between a beam deflector and a surface to be scanned. The imaging optical system includes two adjacent imaging optical devices that are inclined with respect to the light path. The inclination directions of the two adjacent imaging optical devices may be determined according to the number of reflection units that are disposed on the light path between the two adjacent imaging optical devices. The disclosed light scanning unit of the above configuration may advantageously exhibit reduced ghost images, reduced bowing of the scan line, improved beam diameter uniformity, and/or improved color registration. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165435 | Mirror positioning apparatus for use in beam switching - A mirror positioning assembly for use in beam switching is provided that employs a novel arrangement of the mirrors and the motors to selectively position the mirrors. The assembly is installed into the housing of an assembly for distributing laser energy where the mirrors are contained within the beam cavity and the remainder of the assembly is outside of the housing. The assembly is received in a port within the housing in a manner that allows 360° of rotational adjustment so that the mirror can be carefully aligned to insure near lossless distribution of the beam energy as it passes through the device. This arrangement keeps the electronics, motors, bearings and adjustments of the mirror switching external to the beam cavity herby reducing the number of potential contaminants contained therein. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165436 | RF INTERFERENCE REDUCTION FOR FUNCTIONAL GLAZINGS - An automotive vehicle having an aperture in the vehicle body in which a glazing, comprising a switchable film laminated between at least two plies of an interlayer material is fitted is disclosed. The plies of interlayer material are laminated between a first ply of glazing material, preferably glass,facing out of the vehicle and a second ply of glazing material, preferably glass, facing into the vehicle. The switchable film comprises first and second electrodes, both in electrical connection with a power supply. The first electrode is capacitively connected to electrical ground on the vehicle body. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165437 | Variable Reflectance Mirrors and Windows - Various structures for variable reflectance rearview mirrors and variable transmittance windows are disclosed. One embodiment pertains to the provision of a polarized reflector in a rearview mirror. Another embodiment pertains to the provision of a switchable cholesteric liquid crystal element in a window. Yet another embodiment pertains to the provision of a plurality of apertures in a reflector layer of a rearview mirror where the apertures are sized and positioned in alignment with light emitting areas of a display positioned behind the reflector layer. In another embodiment, a moveable display or mirror element is attached to a rearview mirror housing. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165438 | Continuously tunable optical dispersion compensation synthesizers using cascaded etalons - Described is a method for designing individual stages of a multiple cascaded etalon TDC device to allow continuous thermo-optic tuning over a desired range without inducing incremental signal distortion due to uncontrolled and unpredictable dispersion of the TDC during tuning. This allows the signal to transmit without encountering periods of incremental distortion or dark spots. The method includes prior knowledge of each etalon stage, after full assembly, for spectral group delay profile as a function of temperature through modeling and/or characterization. Characterization can account for performance variations that are due to allowed manufacturing tolerances. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165439 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PATTERNING SUCH DEVICES - Varying the optical absorption of an electrochromic device in situ allows optimal control over the depth and quality of laser patterning lines when patterning electrochromic devices. Accordingly, an electrochromic device comprises a target conductive layer, an absorbing electrochromic layer formed below the target layer, and an electrolyte layer formed below the absorbing electrochromic layer. The absorbing electrochromic layer is placed in a darkened state, and the target layer is laser ablated using a wavelength that is minimally absorbed in the target layer and a fluence level that does not ablate layers of the electrochromic device that are below the absorbing electrochromic layer. The absorbing electrochromic layer is placed in the darkened state by applying a predetermined control voltage to the electrochromic device, forming the electrochromic device by dark-state deposition, or forming an electrochromic device that is in its darkened state in an equilibrium state. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165440 | Electrochromic Device And Method For Making Electrochromic Device - A method for lithiating an electrochromic device comprise forming a first transparent conductive layer on a substrate, forming an electrochromic structure on the first transparent conductive layer, forming a second transparent conductive layer on the electrochromic structure, and lithiating the electrochromic structure through the second transparent conductive layer. In one exemplary embodiment lithiating the electrochromic structure comprises lithiating the electrochromic structure at a temperature range of between about room temperature and about 500 C for the duration of the lithiation process. In another exemplary embodiment, lithiating the electrochromic structure further comprises lithiating the electrochromic structure by using at least one of sputtering, evaporation, laser ablation and exposure to a lithium salt. The electrochromic device can be configured in either a “forward” or a “reverse” stack configuration. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165441 | LAYER COMPOSITION OF AN ELECTROWETTING SYSTEM - A layer composition of an electrowetting system with a first electrode layer, an insulator layer on the first electrode layer, and a fluid layer over the insulator layer, wherein the fluid layer comprises at least two immiscible fluids which, under the influence of an applied voltage, reversibly change their wetting behavior of a surface allocated to the insulator layer, wherein the insulator layer being at least in part built of a material with a permittivity of ε | 2010-07-01 |
20100165442 | MEMS DEVICES WITH MULTI-COMPONENT SACRIFICIAL LAYERS - Methods of forming a protective coating on one or more surfaces of a microelectromechanical device are disclosed comprising the steps of forming a composite layer of a sacrificial material and a protective material, and selectively etching the sacrificial material to form a protective coating. The protective coatings of the invention preferably improve one or more aspects of the performance of the microelectromechanical devices in which they are incorporated. Also disclosed are microelectromechanical devices formed by methods of the invention, and visual display devices incorporating such devices. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165443 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING INTERFEROMETRIC OPTICAL MODULATORS AND DIFFUSERS - Various embodiments include interferometric optical modulators comprising a substrate layer having a thickness between about 0.1 mm to about 0.45 mm thick and a method for manufacturing the same. The interferometric modulator can be integrated together with a diffuser in a display device. The thin substrate permits use of a thicker diffuser. The thinner substrate may increase resolution and reduce overall thickness of the inteferometric modulator. The thicker diffuser may provide increased diffusion and durability. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165444 | DISPLAY ELEMENT - The present invention provides a display element which can be driven at a low voltage in a simple member construction, provides high display contrast, and gives a white impression to a viewer while suppressing white reflectance. The display element comprises an electrolyte containing silver or a compound containing silver in its chemical structure between opposed electrodes to be driven so as to cause dissolution and precipitation of silver, and comprises a color tone-adjusting layer, a transparent electrode and an electrolyte layer being provided in that order as viewed from a viewing direction of the element. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165445 | Displaying Method for Electrophoretic Display and Electrophoretic Display using the same - A displaying method includes the following steps. First, display image frames and display a first color to clean images of a preceding image frame between the displaying of two image frames. Afterward, whenever a counting number of the image frames which have been displayed reaches a predetermined number, change to display one of the first color and a second color to clean images of the preceding image frame and then to display the other one of the first color and the second color to clean images of the preceding image frame between the displaying of two image frames for a while. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165446 | COMPONENTS AND METHODS FOR USE IN ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS - A display assembly comprises a backplane assembly comprising a plurality of spaced backplane areas, each backplane area comprising a plurality of electrodes, the backplane areas being separated by gutter areas free from electrodes; an adhesive layer overlying the plurality of spaced backplane areas; and a layer of a solid electro-optic medium overlying the adhesive layer in the plurality of spaced backplane areas. The display sub-assembly can be produced via a single lamination and severed to form a plurality of separate electro-optic displays. Processes for producing the display assembly are also described. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165447 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MICROCAPSULES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICES, AS WELL AS MICROCAPSULES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICES, OBTAINED BY THIS PROCESS, AND THEIR APPLICATIONS - There is disclosed a process for producing microcapsules for electrophoretic display devices, including classifying microcapsules for electrophoretic display devices from a dispersion containing microcapsules in an aqueous medium, using a specific particle classification apparatus of the particle settling type. The resultant microcapsules for electrophoretic display devices are used, as their applications, for sheets for electrophoretic display devices, electrophoretic display devices, and electronic equipments. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165448 | MULTICOLOR DISPLAY ARCHITECTURE USING ENHANCED DARK STATE - The present invention is directed to an alternative design of a multicolor display. The display device is capable of achieving high quality black and white states. The pixel electrodes and the microcups in the display device may be aligned only in one axis. In practice, a standard active matrix array may be used to drive the display device. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165449 | DISPLAY ELEMENT - Provided is a display element, which has simple member configuration, can be driven at a low voltage, and has high display contrast, white display reflectance and high display speed and less display nonuniformity in a long term. The display element has an electrolyte layer, which includes silver or a compound having silver in the chemical structure, between counter electrodes and drives the counter electrodes to melt and deposit the silver. The electrolyte layer contains a butyral resin, a coloring material having an average primary grain diameter of 200 nm or more but not more than 1,000 nm, and an organic solvent having a boiling point of 120° C. or higher but not higher than 300° C. The mass ratio of the organic solvent to the butyral resin is 10:1 or more but not more than 10:5. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165450 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT MODULATOR - An illumination device is provided and has a light guide plate, a light source and a light modulator, wherein the light modulator has a pair of transparent substrates a pair of electrodes and a light modulator layer. The light modulator layer includes a first region being changed between a transparent state and a scatterable state depending on intensity of an electric field, and a second region being more transparent than the first region in a scatterable state at an electric field having a certain intensity, the electric field being applied when the first region is changed between the transparent state and the scatterable state, and an occupancy rate of the first region in the light modulator layer is increased with increase in distance from the light source. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165451 | OPTICAL DEFLECTOR AND OPTICAL DEFLECTING BOARD - An optical deflector includes a substrate, an electrode layer on the substrate, an insulating layer at a predetermined peripheral region on the electrode layer, exposing the central region of the electrode layer. First electrode sandwiched wall is on the insulating layer. Second electrode sandwiched wall is on the insulating layer corresponding to the first electrode sandwiched wall. A pair of insulating walls is between the first electrode sandwiched wall and the second electrode sandwiched wall in enclosing to form an inner space. An outer wall encloses the pair of insulating layers, the first and the second electrode sandwiched walls at outside. A cap layer covers on the outer wall. A first liquid is filled into the inner space in contact with the electrode layer. A second liquid is filled into the inner spacer without solving to each other and forms a liquid interface. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165452 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, LASER LIGHT SOURCE, TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY AND LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM - A wavelength conversion element is provided with a substrate including a nonlinear optical single crystal having a periodically poled structure, the visible light transmittance of the substrate is 85% or higher when ultraviolet light is irradiated to the substrate, and laser light having an average output of 1 W or more is outputted by shortening the wavelength of laser light having a wavelength of 640 nm to 2000 nm. By improving visible light transmission characteristics when the ultraviolet light is irradiated in this way, the breakdown of crystal can be prevented and the stabilization of output characteristics at high output can be realized. As a result, the absorption of green light induced by ultraviolet light can also be suppressed, and the saturation of output and the breakdown of crystal can be avoided. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165453 | SHORT WAVELENGTH LIGHT SOURCE AND LASER IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A short wavelength light source includes a wavelength conversion element having an incident surface, on which a fundamental wave is incident, and an output surface, from which a harmonic wave is outputted, the wavelength conversion element being provided for converting the fundamental wave into the harmonic wave; and a holder for holding said wavelength conversion element, wherein the wavelength conversion element has a specific region on the light output side, which is arranged so as to suppress variations in phase matching condition between the fundamental wave and the harmonic wave resulting from heat generated by absorbing the harmonic wave during a wavelength conversion. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165454 | Method for Manufacturing Gradient-Index Optical Element Having Infrared Absorbing Ability - A method of readily producing a gradient optical element having infrared absorbing ability by easily forming a refractive index distribution in a desired portion of a glass substrate having infrared absorbing ability without requiring a specific treatment atmosphere nor using a molten salt. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165455 | Compact two-element infrared objective lens and IR or thermal sight for weapon having viewing optics - A compact objective lens is disclosed which is particularly suitable for infrared optical systems. The lens features a simple design with only two lens elements, namely a first lens element receiving incident radiation and having front and rear surfaces, and a second lens element receiving incident radiation from the first element and having front and rear surfaces. The lens forms an image of a scene on a focal plane. At least three of the four surfaces of the elements are aspheric surfaces. The lens has an f-number less than about 2, a field-of-view less than about 30 degrees, and an effective focal length less than about 6 inches. The elements are made from a material selected to pass radiation in the infrared band of the electromagnetic spectrum, e.g., germanium. The lens is suitable for use as an objective lens for a long-wave infrared sight for small arms, e.g., rifle or shoulder-launched surface to air missile launching system, i.e., a lens optimized for operating in the electromagnetic spectrum between about 7.5 and about 15 micrometers. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165456 | FILTER FOR PLASMA DISPLAY - A filter for a plasma display includes: a transparent substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first external light shielding layer having a first pattern disposed on the first surface of the transparent substrate and having a mesh structure to shield electromagnetic waves and external light and a filter layer covering the first pattern and the first surface of the transparent substrate; a second external light shielding layer having a second pattern corresponding to the first pattern and formed on the filter layer to shield external light and an overcoating layer covering the second pattern and the filter layer; and a third external light shielding layer having a third pattern corresponding to the second pattern and formed on the overcoating layer to shield external light and a hard coating layer covering the third pattern to protect the third pattern. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165457 | FACILITATING THE MORE NATURAL AIMING OF TELESCOPES - The illustrative embodiments provide for a computer implemented method, computer readable medium, and data processing system for adjusting a perceived image seen through an optical observation device. The azimuth-elevation-rotation of the optical observation device is measured relative to an observer. The field of view observed through the observation device appears with at least one of rotated and inverted optical translation relative to observation of the object with an unaided eye of the observer. Based on the celestial coordinate system inherent in the design of the mounting of the optical observation device, moving optical observation device in the optical translation direction, wherein the field of view moves in the optical view direction, and wherein the celestial coordinate system is selected from a group consisting of an equatorial coordinate system and an azimuth-elevation coordinate system. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165458 | REFLECTIVE TYPE SCREEN USING A SPACER LAYER - A reflective type screen using a spacer layer and that includes a light blocking layer blocking an incident light, a reflective layer formed on the light blocking layer to reflect the incident light, a diffusion layer formed on the reflective layer to diffuse the incident light, and at least one spacer layer formed between the reflective layer and the diffusion layer to have a refractive index differing from that of an adjacent layer to refract the incident light. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165459 | LENS UNIT AND PROJECTION SCREEN MADE OF THE SAME - A lens unit and a projection screen made of the same are disclosed. The lens unit includes a micro lens having a light incident surface and a light emergent surface opposing to the light incident surface; a light absorbing layer formed on the light emergent surface of the micro lens and having a cavity formed therein; a scattering layer formed in the cavity of the light absorbing layer and including a transparent resin blended with scattering particles; and a reflective layer formed on the light absorbing layer and the scattering layer. The projection screen includes a plurality of the lens units, thereby achieving high contrast and high energy utilization efficiency of incident light with a large viewing angle. | 2010-07-01 |