28th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130176512 | Displays with Liquid Crystal Shutters - An electronic device may have a display such as a liquid crystal display. The display may have an array of display pixels. The array of display pixels may display images for a user in an active area of the display. An inactive area of the display may surround the active area. An opaque masking layer may be provided in the inactive area to block internal components in the electronic device from view. An optical component such as a light-based proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, image sensor, or light-emitting status indicator may be aligned with an opening in the opaque masking layer. A liquid crystal shutter may be provided in the display. The liquid crystal shutter may be controlled by control circuitry in the electronic device. The liquid crystal shutter may be aligned with the opening in the opaque masking layer in the inactive area and with the optical component. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176513 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes: a liquid crystal display panel, which is an in-plane switching type and has liquid crystals sealed between two insulating substrates to be applied a horizontal electric field to the liquid crystals; a conductive film that is formed on a display surface side of the liquid crystal display panel; a backlight that illuminates the liquid crystal display panel from a backside that is opposite to the display surface; and a conductive tape that is adhered over the conductive film and a metal member configuring the backlight, wherein the conductive tape has a stress absorption part that is provided between an end portion of the liquid crystal display panel and an end portion of the backlight, which is arranged to face the end portion of the liquid crystal display panel, to absorb stress to be applied to the conductive tape. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176514 | PIXEL STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides a pixel structure of a display apparatus. The pixel structure is disposed on a substrate of the display apparatus. The pixel structure comprises pixel electrode and at least one switching element electrically connected to the pixel electrode. The switching element comprises a first electrode including an opening, and a second electrode including a bend extension portion, wherein the bend extension portion extends into the opening of the first electrode. The present invention can improve the problems existing in a conventional optically compensated birefringence (OCB) mode liquid crystal display. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176515 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL HAVING A LIGHT BLOCKING ELECTRODE - A liquid crystal display panel with enhanced image quality is disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel has a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of thin film transistors connected to gate line and data line, a plurality of pixel electrodes, and floating electrode(s). The floating electrode extends along the data line to prevent light leakage and vertical crosstalk. Throughout the whole liquid crystal display panel, the floating electrode is electrically interconnected to lessen vertical crosstalk. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176516 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is provided, which includes a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer having an opening, a light-transmitting chromatic-color resin layer between the thin film transistor and the second electrode layer, and a liquid crystal layer. One of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer is a pixel electrode layer which is electrically connected to the thin film transistor, and the other of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer is a common electrode layer. The light-transmitting chromatic-color resin layer is overlapped with the pixel electrode layer and the oxide semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176517 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a protection panel arranged a predetermined distant from the liquid crystal panel, and a flow control device to impart turbulence to an air flow in a channel, which is defined between the liquid crystal panel and the protection panel. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176518 | BACK-TO-BACK DISPLAYS - Two-sided, back-to-back displays are formed by sealing the backplates of two displays against one another. Mechanical parameters of the backplates, e.g., stiffness and strength, do not meet the requirements for standalone one-sided displays which are otherwise similar to the two displays. However, when sealed against one another, the backplates reinforce each other to meet or exceed the requirements for both one-sided and two-sided displays. The presence of backplates on each of the constituent one-sided displays allows one or both of those displays to be individually tested, thereby increasing the production yield of the back-to-back displays. The display elements of the displays can comprise interferometric modulators. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176519 | SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, AND SUBSTRATE TESTING METHOD - A liquid crystal display panel ( | 2013-07-11 |
20130176520 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a polarizer disposed on a first side of the display panel, a phase retardation film disposed on the polarizer and glasses comprising a first eye glass portion and a second eye glass portion, wherein at least one of the plurality of pixels includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, and the phase retardation film includes a first phase retardation portion corresponding to the first sub-pixel and a second phase retardation portion corresponding to the second sub-pixel. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176521 | PHOTO ALIGNMENT METHOD, EXPOSURE SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME - In a photo alignment method, a substrate and a mask are aligned so that the substrate is spaced apart from the mask by a predetermined gap. An organic layer is formed on the substrate. The mask has a transmission portion and a light blocking portion. Light is irradiated through the mask in a direction substantially parallel with an interface between the transmission portion and the light blocking portion of the mask. Polymer chains are formed on an upper portion of the organic layer. The polymer chains are aligned in an alignment direction toward an incident direction of the light. Locations of the substrate and the mask are sensed in real time. The mask is transported to a predetermined location with respect to the substrate based on the sensed locations of the substrate and the mask. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176522 | ACTIVE DEVICE ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - The active device array substrate including a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, data lines, and pixel units is provided. The scan lines, data lines and pixel units are disposed on the substrate. Each pixel unit is electrically connected the corresponding scan line and data line, and each pixel unit includes an active device, a dielectric layer, and a pixel electrode. The dielectric layer covers the active device and has an opening. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device through the opening of the dielectric layer. The pixel electrode has a slit separating the pixel electrode into a first sub pixel electrode and a second sub pixel electrode, wherein the first and second sub pixel electrodes are electrically connected by two connection portions disposed at two ends of the slit. The protrusions are disposed on each connection portion of the pixel electrode. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176523 | PIXEL STRUCTURE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In one aspect of the invention, a liquid crystal display device includes a pixel matrix having a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a first pixel electrode having a plurality of first pixel electrode stripes and a second pixel electrode having a plurality of second pixel electrode stripes. The first pixel electrode stripes and the second pixel electrode stripes are alternately placed to define a plurality of pitches therebetween. Each pixel is defined between two adjacent first pixel electrode and second pixel electrode stripes, and has a width. In one embodiment, the width of at least one of the pitches is different from that of the other pitches. In another embodiment, the width of each pitch is variable along the adjacent first pixel electrode and second pixel electrode stripes. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176524 | PIXEL STRUCTURE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In one aspect of the invention, a liquid crystal display device includes a pixel matrix having a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a first pixel electrode having a plurality of first pixel electrode stripes and a second pixel electrode having a plurality of second pixel electrode stripes. The first pixel electrode stripes and the second pixel electrode stripes are alternately placed to define a plurality of pitches therebetween. Each pitch is defined between two adjacent first pixel electrode and second pixel electrode stripes, and has a width. In one embodiment, the width of at least one of the pitches is different from that of the other pitches. In another embodiment, the width of each pitch is variable along the adjacent first pixel electrode and second pixel electrode stripes. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176525 | Aligning and Assembling Method of Stereoscopic Display Device - An aligning and assembling method of a stereoscopic display device is provided and includes providing a liquid crystal (LC) panel and a brightness detector. A lenticular panel is placed between the LC panel and the brightness detector. The LC panel is driven to output a light-dispersion pattern. The lenticular panel is rotated and the brightness detector obtains a plurality of brightness patterns and a plurality of light-dispersion periods generated from the light-dispersion pattern after the light-dispersion pattern has passed through the lenticular panel. The brightness patterns correspond respectively to the light-dispersion periods. A maximum light-dispersion period is found from the light-dispersion periods. The lenticular panel is stopped to rotate when the maximum light-dispersion period is found. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176526 | SEMI-RIM THREE DIMENSIONAL GLASSES - A pair of semi-rim 3D glasses has a lens frame, a pair of lenses, a pair of bonding sheet, and a fixing plate. The lens frame has a ridge, a buckle seat positioned in the middle of the ridge, and two arms connected to both end of the ridge. The fixing plate has a buckle element configured for the buckle seat to engage the fixing plate to the lens frame. The lenses are symmetrically bonded to the fixing plate on both sides of the buckle element by the bonding sheet. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176527 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FACE FORM RETENTION IN PLASTIC EYEGLASSES AND EYEGLASS FRAMES - Structure and method for face form retention in eyeglasses and eyeglass frames for substantially preventing creep from altering the face form. The method comprises providing an eyeglass frame front having a space in the bridge region for receiving a metallic strip, providing the metallic strip having a width approximately matching the width of the space in the eyeglass frame front and a thickness that is less than its width, and fastening the metallic strip in the space in the bridge region so that the width of the metallic strip rigidifies the eyeglass frame front to retain its face form. Various specific methods and structures are disclosed. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176528 | ROTARY ACTUATION MECHANISM FOR VARIABLE FOCUS SPECTACLES - A rotary actuation mechanism for variable focus spectacles is disclosed. The spectacles include two variable focus lens units and a bridge therebetween. The actuation mechanism includes a rotary cam rotatably mounted on the bridge, a fingerwheel attached to the rotary cam to rotate it, a cam follower disposed in slidable contact with the peripheral surface of the rotary cam, and two elongated couplers pivotally mounted on the bridge. The peripheral surface of the rotary cam is spiral shaped to transfer the rotation of the rotary cam into a linear, or pivoting, motion of the cam follower. Each coupler has a proximate end in contact with or attached to the cam follower and a distal end coupled to a linkage anchor of a respective lens unit, to transfer the motion of the cam follower into simultaneous pivoting motions of the linkage anchors thereby adjusting the focal lengths of the lens units. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176529 | SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENS MODIFIED USING LANTHANIDE OR TRANSITION METAL OXIDANTS - Medical devices having a wettable, biocompatible surface are described herein. Processes for producing such devices are also described. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176530 | Silicone Hydrogel Ophthalmic Devices Molded In Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer Molds And Related Methods - Silicone hydrogel ophthalmic devices, such as ocular inserts and contact lenses, formed in direct contact with molds comprising at least one vinyl alcohol copolymer and related methods are described. The at least one vinyl alcohol copolymer of the molds is a vinyl alcohol copolymer other than an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. The methods of manufacturing ophthalmic devices can use dry or wet demolding processes, or dry or wet delensing processes. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176531 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAST RETINAL IMAGING - An optical system and measurement method for imaging three-dimensional objects with low light scatter comprising at least one source of radiation; a radiation projection means for creating a set of foci through a volume of an object; and a means for imaging the returned light from the set of foci on at least one camera, wherein the imaging of the volume of the object is at a different angle from the projection, allowing for detection of the returned light on separate camera pixels. The measurement method further comprises projecting a longitudinal grid of elongated foci through the volume of an object; imaging returned light from the object at a different angle on at least one camera, so as to avoid overlapping the elongated images; and analyzing the imaged, returned light to yield depth information of the object at a multiplicity of points. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176532 | DATA ACQUISITION METHODS FOR REDUCED MOTION ARTIFACTS AND APPLICATIONS IN OCT ANGIOGRAPHY - Systems and methods for reducing the effects of motion on functional optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging are described. Embodiments including post-processing and motion tracking are presented. A preferred embodiment in which functional OCT data is collected and analyzed for motion as a multiple scan unit is described. An extension of the invention to the collection of large field of view or montaged functional OCT data sets is also presented. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176533 | Structured Light for Eye-Tracking - Exemplary methods and systems help provide for tracking an eye. An exemplary method may involve: causing the projection of a pattern onto an eye, wherein the pattern comprises at least one line, and receiving data regarding deformation of the at least one line of the pattern. The method further includes correlating the data to iris, sclera, and pupil orientation to determine a position of the eye, and causing an item on a display to move in correlation with the eye position. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176534 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING OCULAR HEALTH - A method for adaptively determining a model of visual performance of a test subject comprising the step of exposing a test subject to a plurality of trials. Each trial comprises the steps of identifying the stimulus pattern to test, generating a stimulus pattern on a display, determining whether the stimulus pattern generated an OKR, updating the model to incorporate the OKR results, and determining whether the updated model is acceptable. The trials can be iteratively repeated until the model for visual performance is acceptable. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176535 | CONFOCAL LINE-SCANNING OPHTHALMOSCOPE - A line-scanning ophthalmoscope includes a light source to provide a light beam to an object of interest, a beam separating device to receive the light beam, provide the light beam to a scanning device and substantially separate the light beam and the returning light beam from the object of interest, a scanning device to direct the light beam to the object of interest for scanning the object of interest; to receive the light beam returning from the object of interest; and to direct at least part of the reflected light beam towards a detector; and a further scanning device to convert the light beam to a line-shaped light beam. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176536 | INTRA-OCULAR LENS OPTIMIZER - A vision testing method and apparatus are disclosed, the method including measuring the modulation to a wavefront of light that is imparted by an intra-ocular lens, determining the wavefront modulation necessary to emulate the optical properties of the IOL after it replaces the crystalline lens in a patient's eye, generating a static or dynamic image viewable by a patient, modulating the wavefront of the image remote from the patient to attain the wavefront that necessary to emulate the optical properties of the IOL after it is implanted, and relaying said wavefront to a plane nearby, on, or within the patient's eye. The apparatus includes devices for measuring the modulation to a wavefront of light that is imparted by an intra-ocular lens, determining the wavefront modulation necessary to emulate the optical properties of the IOL after implantation in a patient's eye, generating a static or dynamic image viewable by a patient, modulating the wavefront of the image remote from the patient to attain the wavefront necessary to emulate the optical properties of the IOL after it is implanted, and relaying said wavefront to a plane nearby, on, or within the patient's eye. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176537 | REFRACTOMETER WITH A REMOTE WAVEFRONT GENERATOR - A vision testing method and apparatus are disclosed, the method including generating an image, modulating the wavefront of the image remote from the patient, relaying the modulated wavefront to a plane nearby, on, or within the patient's eye, varying the modulation of the wavefront based upon patient or operator response, and conveying the value of the wavefront modulation to the operator. The apparatus includes devices for generating an image, modulating the wavefront of the image that is physically remote from the patient, optically relaying the modulated wavefront of the image to a plane nearby, on, or within a patient's eye, varying the modulation of the wavefront of the image based upon patient or operator response, and conveying the value of the continuously modulated wavefront to the operator. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176538 | MULTI-VIEW AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A multi-view autostereoscopic display comprising a projection device array and a pair of lenticular arrays is disclosed. The projection device array includes a plurality of projectors. Each of the projectors includes a light source array, which consists of a plurality of light sources for projecting light beams towards a split visual field via the projectors respectively. The pair of the lenticular arrays is disposed between the projection device array and the split visual field so that a portion of the light beams projected from each of the light sources can be obtained at each position on the split visual field. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176539 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROJECTING A 3-D VIEWABLE IMAGE - According to the present invention there is provided a method for projecting a 3-D viewable image onto a display surface, comprising the steps of, providing two or more projection systems; arranging the two or more projection systems into a first group and second group, wherein the first group and second group each comprise one or more projection systems; arranging the first and second group of projection systems such that each group of project systems can project an image on a display surface, wherein the first group of projection systems is arranged such that the first group of projection systems can project an image to a first position on the display surface and the second group of projection systems is arranged such that the second group of projection systems can project an image to a second position on the display surface, wherein the first and second positions are off-set from one another; configuring the first and second group of projection systems such that the first and second group of projection systems alternately project onto the display surface. There is further provided a corresponding projection system. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176540 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - A light source module includes a light-emitting device, a wavelength conversion device and a polarization and color separation unit. The light-emitting device provides an excitation beam including a first portion beam having a first polarization direction. The wavelength conversion device includes a first wavelength conversion area and a polarization conversion area. When the first portion beam irradiates the first wavelength conversion area, the first portion beam is converted into a first color beam. When the first portion beam irradiates the polarization conversion area, the first polarization direction of the first portion beam is converted to a second polarization direction. The polarization and color separation unit is disposed between the wavelength conversion device and the light-emitting device, and transmits the first portion beam with the first polarization direction, and reflects the first portion beam with the second polarization direction and the first color beam to the same direction. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176541 | OPTICAL COMPONENT, LASER LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS EACH INCLUDING THE OPTICAL COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREFOR - A laser light source apparatus is provided that can prevent an output mirror from breaking and can simplify adjustment of the attachment position of the output mirror. The laser light source apparatus includes: a semiconductor laser that outputs an excitation laser beam; a solid-state laser element that is excited by the excitation laser beam, to output a fundamental laser beam; and an output mirror that forms a resonator together with the solid-state laser element. The output mirror includes: a base part formed of a glass substrate; a convex part that is formed in the base part by dry etching; and a groove that is formed in the base part around the convex part while the dry etching proceeds. The convex part has a convex surface on which a film is formed. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176542 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROJECTING AN IMAGE - According to the present invention there is provided a method for projecting an image on to a display surface, comprising the steps of, providing two or more projection systems; arranging the two or more projection systems such that they each project an image on a display surface; off-setting an oscillating reflective surface within at least one of the two or more projection systems such that the image projected by each of the two or more projection systems are in co-operation on the display surface. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176543 | OPTOFLUIDIC LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TWO-LAYERED MICROFLUID CHANNEL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROSTRUCTURES - An optofluidic lithography system including a membrane, a microfluidic channel, and a pneumatic chamber is provided. The membrane may be positioned between a pneumatic chamber and a microfluidic channel. The microfluidic channel may have a height corresponding to a displacement of the membrane and have a fluid flowing therein, the fluid being cured by light irradiated from the bottom to form a microstructure. The pneumatic chamber may induce the displacement of the membrane depending on an internal atmospheric pressure thereof. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176544 | Arrangement for mirror temperature measurement and/or thermal actuation of a mirror in a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus - The disclosure concerns an arrangement for mirror temperature measurement and/or thermal actuation of a mirror in a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus. The mirror has an optical effective surface and at least one access passage extending from a surface of the mirror, that does not correspond to the optical effective surface, in the direction of the effective surface. The arrangement is designed for mirror temperature measurement and/or thermal actuation of the mirror via electromagnetic radiation which is propagated along the access passage. The electromagnetic radiation is reflected a plurality of times within the access passage. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176545 | PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A projection exposure apparatus for semiconductor lithography includes optical elements, wherein at least one of the optical elements includes a mechanism for contactlessly producing electric currents in the optical element to heat the at least one optical element at least in regions. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176546 | Illumination optical unit with a movable filter element - An illumination optical unit illuminates an object field using radiation with a first wavelength. The illumination optical unit includes a filter element for suppressing radiation with a second wavelength. The filter element includes at least one component with an obscuring action. As a result of the obscuring action, during operation of the illumination optical unit there is at least one region of reduced intensity of radiation with the first wavelength on a first optical element, arranged downstream of the filter element in the light direction, of the illumination optical unit. The filter element can assume a multiplicity of positions, which lead to different regions of reduced intensity. For each point on an optical used surface of the first optical element, there is at least one position such that the point does not lie in a region of reduced intensity. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176547 | Lithographic Apparatus and a Method for Determining a Polarization Property - A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system, a support, a patterning device, a substrate table, a projection system, and a detector. The apparatus further includes a polarization changing element, such as a quarter-wave plate, that is adjustable and a polarization analyzer, such as a linear polarizer. The polarization changing element and the polarization analyzer are arranged in order in the radiation beam path at the level at which a patterning device would be held by the support. By taking intensity measurements for different rotational orientations of the polarization changing element, information on the state of polarization of the radiation at the level of the patterning device can be obtained. Because the polarization analyzer is located before the projection system, the measurements are not affected by the fact that the detector is located after the projection system, such as at the level of the substrate. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176548 | Z-STAGE WITH DYNAMICALLY DRIVEN STAGE MIRROR AND CHUCK ASSEMBLY - Substrate support apparatus and methods are disclosed. Motion of a substrate chuck relative to a stage mirror may be dynamically compensated by sensing a displacement of the substrate chuck relative to the stage mirror and coupling a signal proportional to the displacement in one or more feedback loops with Z stage actuators and/or XY stage actuators coupled to the stage mirror. Alternatively, a substrate support apparatus may include a Z stage plate a stage mirror, one or more actuators attached to the Z stage plate, and a substrate chuck mounted to the stage mirror with constraints on six degrees of freedom of movement of the substrate chuck. The actuators impart movement to the Z stage in a Z direction as the Z stage plate is scanned in a plane perpendicular to the Z direction. The actuators may include force flexures having a base portion attached to the Z stage plate and a cantilever portion extending in a lateral direction from the base portion. The cantilever portion may include a parallelogram flexure coupled between the base portion and a free end of the cantilever portion. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176549 | Reticle Operation System - A system for operating EUV mask stored in reticle SMIF pod and/or dual pod is provided, wherein the reticle SMIF pod and Dual pod are for storing EUV mask. The system can be a sorter for EUV mask transferred from reticle SMIF pod into dual pod, and vice versa, or an operating system for tools relating to EUV mask, wherein the tools may be EUV lithography, or inspection tool for inspecting EUV mask. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176550 | IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE SENSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor includes a pixel array sensing a plurality of modulation signals having different phases from the reflected light and outputting pixel output signals corresponding to the plurality of modulation signals, a depth information calculation unit for estimating a delay between the output light and the reflected light from images formed from the pixel output signals and calculating depth information regarding the object, and an integration time register. When integration times corresponding to the images used to calculate the depth information in the depth information calculation unit are different from each other, the integration time register obtains a gain corresponding to a difference between the integration times and the depth information calculation unit applies the gain to images having different integration times. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176551 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND COUNTING PLATELETS INDIVIDUALLY AND IN AGGREGATE CLUMPS - A method for enumerating platelets within a blood sample is provided. The method includes the steps of: 1) depositing the sample into a sample container having an analysis chamber adapted to quiescently hold the sample for analysis, and an amount of colorant that platelets absorb and which fluoresces upon exposure to one or more predetermined first wavelengths of light; 2) imaging at least a portion of the sample disposed in the analysis chamber, including producing image signals indicative of fluorescent emissions from the platelets illuminated by first wavelengths of light; 3) identifying the platelets using the image signals; and 4) enumerating individual platelets and clumped platelets within the sample using one or more of fluorescent emissions, area, shape, and granularity. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176552 | INTERPOSER BASED IMAGING SENSOR FOR HIGH-SPEED IMAGE ACQUISITION AND INSPECTION SYSTEMS - The present invention includes an interposer disposed on a surface of a substrate, a light sensing array sensor disposed on the interposer, the light sensing array sensor being back-thinned and configured for back illumination, the light sensing array sensor including columns of pixels, one or more amplification circuitry elements configured to amplify an output of the light sensing array sensor, the amplification circuits being operatively connected to the interposer, one or more analog-to-digital conversion circuitry elements configured to convert an output of the light sensing array sensor to a digital signal, the ADC circuitry elements being operatively connected to the interposer, one or more driver circuitry elements configured to drive a clock or control signal of the array sensor, the interposer configured to electrically couple at least two of the light sensing array sensor, the amplification circuits, the conversion circuits, the driver circuits, or one or more additional circuits. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176553 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF A SEED - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for non-destructive testing of a seed. In various embodiments, the method may comprise vibrating the seed to orient the seed on an axis, identifying a location of a known feature of the seed, determining a sample location on the seed based on the location of the known feature, and performing a non-destructive testing procedure on the seed proximate the sample location. In one embodiment, the method may comprise removing a sample portion of the seed from the sample location without damaging the embryo of the seed. Accordingly, the viability of the seed may be maintained while allowing for subsequent testing on the sample portion of the seed. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176554 | Integrated Nanobeam Cavity Array Spectrometer - An on-chip integrated nanobeam cavity array spectrometer (INAS) having an array of waveguide-coupled nanobeam cavities. Waveguide splitters are used to bring the signal from the input waveguide into each cavity. The spectrum of unknown input signal is obtained by collecting signal from each nanobeam cavity in the array. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176555 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FLAWS IN CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCED FLOAT GLASS - The invention relates to a method and device for detecting flaws in a continuously produced float glass band by checking a glass strip, which extends perpendicularly to the conveying direction and which is observed in transmitted light. The device has the following characteristics: a) the flow of a float glass band is monitored without any gaps by a modularly constructed fastening bridge, scanning sensors fastened to the fastening bridge and two transmission lighting means arranged perpendicular to the glass band, b) each scanning sensor can be oriented by an adjusting apparatus according to the three spatial coordinates in positive and negative directions and can be finely adjusted by a target apparatus that can be pivoted in, in the form of an artificial measurement plane, and c) the lighting means are cooled by a cooling apparatus. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176556 | Multiwell plate lid for improved optical measurements - A lid for multiwell plates, allowing improved optical measurement of liquid samples within its wells, while mitigating evaporation from said samples, is disclosed. A surface element protrudes from the bottom of the lid into the fluid within a well. The protruding element may be hollow or solid such that light directed into the element may act to capture or direct the beam while preventing backscatter from reaching one or more detectors. The protruding element may direct the beam from the well without requiring the beam to pass through a fluid/air interface. The angle and shape of the lid surfaces and/or light absorbing/blocking colorization may be employed to minimize or eliminate back reflection. Evaporation is controlled by physically capping the well with the lid, either sealing against the face at the top of the well or the inside surface of the well. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176557 | High Q-Factor Conical Optical Microresonator And Utilization In The Location Characterization Of Optical Fibers - A conically tapered optical fiber with a small half-angle γ (e.g., less than 10 | 2013-07-11 |
20130176558 | DETECTING METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In one embodiment, a method for detecting design defects is provided. The method includes receiving design data of an integrated circuit (IC) on a wafer, measuring wafer topography across the wafer to obtain topography data, calculating a scanner moving average from the topography data and the design data to provide a scanner defocus map across the wafer, and determining a hotspot design defect from the scanner defocus map. A computer readable storage medium, and a system for detecting design defects are also provided. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176559 | LUMINOUS FLUX BRANCHING ELEMENT AND MASK DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS - A luminous flux branching element includes a transparent base member arranged diagonally to an optical axis and having an incidence plane and an emission plane parallel to each other. Incident light from the incidence plane is split into a main luminous flux emitted from an emission position on the emission plane and a branched luminous flux emitted from a branch position apart from the emission position and having a smaller light quantity than of the main luminous flux. A reflecting member is arranged on the incidence plane to cause the incidence plane to reflect reflected light from the emission plane. A non-coat region in which antireflection-treatment is not performed is formed in a region of the emission plane where the incident light from the incidence plane is reached, and antireflection-treatment is performed in the emission plane excluding the non-coat region and the incidence plane. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176560 | DUAL WINDOW PROCESSING SCHEMES FOR SPECTROSCOPIC OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) AND FOURIER DOMAIN LOW COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY - Current apparatuses and methods for analysis of spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (SOCT) signals suffer from an inherent tradeoff between time (depth) and frequency (wavelength) resolution. In one non-limiting embodiment, multiple or dual window (DW) apparatuses and methods for reconstructing time-frequency distributions (TFDs) that applies two windows that independently determine the optical and temporal resolution is provided. For example, optical resolution may relate to scattering information about a sample, and temporal resolution may be related to absorption or depth related information. The effectiveness of the apparatuses and methods is demonstrated in simulations and in processing of measured OCT signals that contain fields which vary in time and frequency. The DW technique may yield TFDs that maintain high spectral and temporal resolution and are free from the artifacts and limitations commonly observed with other processing methods. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176561 | WAVELENGTH DETECTOR AND CONTACT PROBE USING IT - A contact probe includes a stylus and an optical detector configured to detect a posture of the stylus optically. An illumination subject portion is formed on the stylus and has three or more reflection surfaces. The optical detector includes three or more fibers, a light source, a condenser lens group, and a wavelength detector. The wavelength detector calculates posture information of the stylus on the basis of wavelength variations of reflection light beams that are caused by variations of intervals between the condenser lens group and the three or more reflection surfaces, respectively. The contact probe acquires coordinates of a position of the contact to the object to be measured on the basis of posture information obtained by the optical detector. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176562 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CONCENTRATION OF BIOGENIC SUBSTANCE - A method for measuring a concentration of a biogenic substance in a living body includes steps of: preparing an apparatus including a light source, a substrate which has periodic metal structures and generates surface enhanced Raman scattering light by being irradiated with light from the light source, and spectroscopic means which disperses and detects the light, wherein the periodic metal structure is arranged with first and second distances in first and second direction respectively, the first distance is set to generate surface plasmon by matching a phase of the light from the light source, and the second distance is smaller than the first distance and is set between 300 nm and 350 nm; irradiating the substrate with the light from the light source to generate the surface enhanced Raman scattering; detecting the scattering with the spectroscopic means; and calculating the concentration of the biogenic substance based on the scattering. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176563 | Biopolymer Optical Analysis Device and Method - The present invention provides a device and method for analyzing the characteristics of a biopolymer with excellent mechanical stability, high spatial resolution and sensitivity using a simple device construction. Specifically, the Raman scattered light of a biopolymer is measured and the properties of monomer units forming the biopolymer are analyzed by using a biopolymer property analysis chip ( | 2013-07-11 |
20130176564 | DISPERSIVE ELEMENT, SPECTROMETER AND METHOD TO SPECTRALLY SEPARATE WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHT INCIDENT ON A DISPERSIVE ELEMENT - A dispersive element is disclosed which is designed to receive incident light ( | 2013-07-11 |
20130176565 | OPTICAL SLICER FOR IMPROVING THE SPECTRAL RESOLUTION OF A DISPERSIVE SPECTROGRAPH - A beam reformatter to receive and split a beam into a plurality of beam portions, and further distribute and propagate two or more of the plurality of beam portions in substantially the same direction to create a reformatted composite beam, wherein the plurality of beam portions each contain the same spatial and spectral information as the received beam. An optical slicer to receive and configure a beam for generating an output spot from the configured beam, comprising: a beam reformatter to receive and split a beam into a plurality of beam portions, and further distribute and propagate two or more of the plurality of beam portions in substantially the same direction to create a reformatted composite beam; and at least one of a beam compressor and a beam expander wherein the plurality of beam portions each contain the same spatial and spectral information as the received beam; and the output spot has different dimensions relative to a spot produced in the same manner from the beam received by the optical slicer. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176566 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Three-Dimensional Image Information - A method and apparatus for generating three-dimensional image information is disclosed. The apparatus includes a lens having a single imaging path operable to direct light captured within a field of view of the lens to an aperture plane of the lens. The apparatus also includes a polarizer located proximate the aperture plane, the polarizer including a first portion disposed to transmit light having a first polarization state through a first portion of the single imaging path and a second portion disposed to transmit light having a second polarization state through a second portion of the single imaging path, the first and second portions of the single imaging path providing respective first and second perspective viewpoints within the field of view of the lens. The apparatus further includes a modulator disposed in the single imaging path, the modulator being operable to selectively change a polarization state of light passing through the modulator to alternate between forming a first image through the first portion of the single imaging path and forming a second image through the second portion of the single imaging path, the first image representing objects within the field of view from the first perspective viewpoint and the second image representing the objects from the second perspective viewpoint, the first and second images together being operable to represent three dimensional spatial attributes of the objects. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176567 | Composite Laminate Enabling Structural Monitoring Using Electromagnetic Radiation - Electromagnetic radiation scanning is used to monitor the integrity of a composite laminate structure. The laminate is designed to be optically resonant at the frequency of the radiation, allowing the inconsistencies in the laminate to be detected and mapped. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176568 | Conformal Filter and Method for Use Thereof - A system and method for detecting analytes using a conformal filter. A conformal filter, which may comprise a tunable filter, is configured to filter interacted photons conforming to a spectral shape correlated with an analyte of interest. Conformal filter configurations may he selected by consulting a modified look-up table associated with an analyte. An iterative methodology may be used to calibrate a conformal design for an analyte of interest, refine a previous conformal filter design for an analyte of interest, and/or generate a new conformal filter design for an analyte of interest. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176569 | SMALL PARTICLE SENSOR - A sensor having a housing with a first member connected to a second member to form a circular central opening. A plurality of photoelectric transmitters and receivers are placed between the first member and the second member such that each receiver is within a liner-of-sight of each transmitter across the central opening and the signals sent between the receivers and transmitters fills an area of detection. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176570 | System, Apparatus, and Method for Tracking Atmospheric Differential Absorption - A system, apparatus, and method is provided to remotely measure atmospheric species using a long path differential absorption technique. In one embodiment, a source and a detector are collocated and at the far end of the absorption path a retro-reflector is mounted on a vehicle. The source generates an outgoing laser beam that is transmitted to the retro-reflector and reflected towards the detector as an incoming laser beam, and the detector receives the incoming laser beam that was reflected by the retro-reflector. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176571 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL IMAGING VIA SPECTRAL ENCODING - Method, apparatus and arrangement according an exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be provided for generating an image of at least one portion of an anatomical structure. For example, the portion can have an area greater than about 1 mm | 2013-07-11 |
20130176572 | OPTICAL PROBE AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical probe for irradiating light onto a subject includes an optical path control unit configured to receive light from outside the optical probe, and change a path of the light within the optical probe; an optical path length control element configured to receive the light having the changed path from the optical path control unit, and change an optical path length of the light as the optical path control unit changes the path of the light; and an optical output unit configured to receive the light having the changed optical path length from the optical path length control element, and output the light. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176573 | INTERFEROMETER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE COALESCENCE OF A PAIR OF PHOTONS - An interferometer for controlling the coalescence of a pair of photons, including: an optical source, which generates a first and a second pump pulse coherent with each other and shifted in time by a delay; and a first interferometric stage, which receives the first pump pulse and generates an antisymmetric state with two coalescent photons (1/√{square root over (2)}(|2 | 2013-07-11 |
20130176574 | Method and Device for Optical Measurement - The invention proposes an optical method of measurement and an optical apparatus for determining the spatial position of at least one luminous nanoemitter of a sample, the method comprising: the projection of a sequence of at least two compact luminous distributions of different topological families onto the sample, the detection of the light reemitted by said at least one luminous nanoemitter of the sample; the generation of at least one optical image for each luminous distribution, on the basis of the light detected; and the algorithmic analysis of the optical images to obtain information regarding the location of said at least one luminous nanoemitter. The invention further relates to an optical method of measurement and an optical apparatus for determining the spatial position of a plurality of point light sources, the method comprising the detection of the light emitted by the plurality of point light sources; and the separation of the light emitted on a plurality of detectors for simultaneous or sequential detections; the proportion of the light emitted by a point light source, channeled to a specific detector, being dependent on the spatial position of said point light source; and the generation of the optical images on the basis of the light detected; and the algorithmic analysis of the optical images to obtain an item of information regarding the location of the plurality of point light sources. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176575 | IMAGE SENSOR, ATTITUDE DETECTOR, CONTACT PROBE, AND MULTI-SENSING PROBE - An image sensor for fringe images of interference fringes and the like in which the optical system has a simpler configuration than that of the conventional line image sensor, and faster detection becomes possible includes a light receiving plane on which two or more straight rows of pixels are disposed, and captures images of regular fringes generated from light reflected from an irradiated body in accordance with the amount of light received by each pixel; among the rows of pixels, at least two rows of pixels are disposed at right angles to each other, and acquires images of linear fringes crossing almost at right angles in two directions among the fringe projected onto the light receiving plane. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176576 | DISPLACEMENT DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a displacement detection device includes a light source, objective lens, beam splitter, aperture limiting element, and detection device. The beam splitter may separate reflected light into portions. The reflected light may be reflected by the medium and then transmitted through the objective lens. The aperture limiting element may include an aperture limited so as to block a portion of the reflected light. The detection device may detect displacement of the medium in a direction of the optical axis based on the reflected light having passed through the aperture limiting element. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176577 | Variable Resolution Printer - A variable resolution print system is provided. The system includes a variable resolution printer coupled to a positional encoder and a configuration module. The position encoder provides a pulse train to a controller in the variable resolution printer, the pulse train representing the movement of a target relative to the printer. A user of the print system enters or sets a desired. resolution for printing via the configuration module. The controller calculates the difference between pulses in the pulse train. The controller then determines an adjustment to the calculate difference based on the desired resolution. The adjustment is used to generate a pulse train that actuates one or more print head of the printer. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176578 | Mask Generation Mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes generating a seed pattern which ensures one dot per column, computing an auto correlation function and performing pixel error processing. Pixel error processing includes performing multiple operations during each iteration to create visually pleasing halftone mask patterns which follow a one dot per column constraint. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176579 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING GRADATION CORRECTION IN AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - If the temperature of a fixing unit is not stable when automatic gradation correction is performed, an error occurs in gradation correction when a chart for gradation measurement is output. An image forming apparatus of the present invention is characterized by including a unit configured to transfer a toner image based on image data onto a sheet, to pass the sheet through a fixing unit, and to output a first chart, a unit configured to create a conversion table for gradation correction using a value obtained by reading the output first chart, and a stabilization processing unit configured to stabilize the fixing unit by outputting a second chart before outputting the first chart when creation of the conversion table for gradation correction is instructed, wherein the stabilization processing unit outputs the second chart in a number of sheets specified in advance by a user. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176580 | OUTPUT PROFILE FOR COLOUR REPRODUCTION SYSTEM - A method for characterizing a colour rendering reprographic apparatus for making an output colour profile comprises the steps of measuring a set of colour values, indicative of output of the colour rendering reprographic apparatus on a predetermined medium and processing these measurement data to profile data that are applicable for creating an output colour profile according to the standards of the International Colour Consortium. The processing step comprises a correction of a measured colour value with a medium compensation value that depends on the medium gray colour value at the same lightness as the measured colour value. The medium gray colour value is a value that results from the application of black colorant on the predetermined medium. The medium compensation value reduces to zero at the lightness of the predetermined medium. The effect of this processing step is that a profile is generated that gives prints that are both free of background colorant and have natural colour rendering. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176581 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE AMOUNT OF MARKING MATERIAL IN A PRINTED IMAGE - A method for reducing an amount of marking material for printing a binary image on a receiving material uses a printing process configured to apply print pixels and to associate each image pixel with at least two print pixels. A print signal is generated indicating for each print pixel whether marking material is to be applied. The print signal is filtered by a predefined mask that defines for which print pixels no marking material will be applied independent of the pixel value of the associated image pixel. The print pixels that are blocked by the mask define a regular pattern to avoid graininess in the printed image. The main effect on print quality is a reduction of the contrast in the image. By choosing one of a set of at least two masks, the user selects the amount of reduction that is realized in the print process. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176582 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides a sample print which allows the user to easily set color adjustment parameters. To this end, upon outputting images which undergo color processing using a plurality of different parameter sets, a sample print mode of parallelly outputting a reference image and images which have different parameter sets of the image processing from the reference image, and are arranged around the reference image, and a sample print mode of parallelly outputting the reference image which is arranged at a corner of an image group including images in a specific hue direction, and images which have different parameter sets of the color processing from the reference image and are arranged between the corner and other corners, are prepared. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176583 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A processing apparatus includes a provision unit that is connected to a communication unit used to communicate with plural actual apparatuses and a manipulation unit which is used to manipulate the actual apparatuses, that forms virtual image processing functions which control operations of the actual apparatuses based on manipulation of the manipulation unit, and that provides services using the virtual image processing functions, and a control unit that, when an operation execution instruction of the actual apparatuses is given using the manipulation unit, limits the processes which exceed an amount of licenses indicating a previously contracted number of actual apparatuses, throughputs of the previously contracted number of actual apparatuses, or a previously contracted number of virtual image processing functions, and that controls the provision unit such that the services are provided based on the operation execution instruction. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176584 | NETWORK SYSTEM, CLIENT APPARATUS, METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - A network system in which a server apparatus is connected to a client apparatus via a network, characterized in that the server apparatus includes transmission means for transmitting identification information used to install a model-specific printer driver corresponding to a printer having undergone shared setting in accordance with a request from the client apparatus, and the client apparatus includes request means for issuing a request for the identification information to the server apparatus to update a basic driver which corresponds to a printer having undergone shared setting in the server apparatus and has been installed by using Point and Print, and control means for controlling installation of the model-specific printer driver by using the identification information transmitted in accordance with the request. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176585 | APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, APPARATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus management system includes a first apparatus; a second apparatus having an apparatus type different from the first apparatus; and an apparatus management configuration connected via a network with the first apparatus and the second apparatus, and managing the apparatuses. The apparatus management configuration includes a reception part that receives apparatus information that includes apparatus type identifiers for identifying the apparatus types of the first apparatus and the second apparatus; and a control part that carries out control to generate management information according to the apparatus types, based on the apparatus type identifiers. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176586 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION - An image processing apparatus including a reading unit configured to read an image of a document to generate image data based on the read image acquires a process definition file, which defines a content of reading processing to be executed by the reading unit and a content of transmission processing for transmitting image data generated by the reading unit, causes the reading unit to execute reading processing to generate image data according to a definition included in the acquired process definition file, and, when a plurality of process definition files is selected and the selected plurality of process definition files is instructed to be executed, causes the generated image data to be transmitted according to a definition included in each of the selected plurality of process definition files. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176587 | Image Forming Apparatus - Whether or not allocation to router control is used up is determined. Whether or not CPU utilization allocated to the router control is used up is determined. If it is determined that the allocation for router control is used up, a sub-allocation changing process is executed for changing the CPU utilization. If it is determined that the allocation for router control is not used up, a router control allocation subtracting process is executed. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176588 | PRINTER CONTROL METHOD AND A PRINTER - A printer and reprinting control method do not reprint when an error accompanied by no damage to the actual printing area or print image on paper occurs so that consumables are not wasted. The printer reprints the label on which the print image was being formed when a specific error occurs if the error occurred while the inkjet head was forming the print image in the actual printing area of the label. When the non-printing area of the label is passing the printing position of the inkjet head, the print image in the actual printing area that was printed immediately before an error occurs is reprinted only if a specific error is detected, such as a paper jam error or mechanical error with the possibility of damage to the paper or label. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176589 | DEVICE CONTROL DEVICE, DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A client terminal can control a printer even when the network connection to a web server is interrupted, and can convert character codes using a simple configuration. The client terminal having a standard web browser and connected to a web server and a printer has a web page acquisition unit that uses the web browser to acquire a web page with an embedded printer control script from the web server; a web page display unit that displays the acquired web page and run the printer control script; a character code conversion unit that uses the printer control script to convert script character codes to printer character codes, which is a character code for the device; and a command transmission unit that sends a command containing the converted printer character codes to the printer. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176590 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to detect different predetermined periods in parallel in image data line by line; a selecting unit configured to select a longest period in the periods that are acquired by the detecting unit through detection of the periods with respect to a piece of image data corresponding to one line; a dividing unit configured to divide the piece of image data corresponding to the one line into pieces of division data in accordance with the period selected by the selecting unit; a converting unit configured to convert each of the pieces of division data into a piece of intermediate data, the division data being obtained by dividing the piece of image data corresponding to the one line by the dividing unit; and an encoding unit configured to perform compression coding on the piece of intermediate data converted by the converting unit. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176591 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processing circuit transfers a signal between an externally connected device and an internal circuit. The signal processing circuit includes a clock selector that selects and outputs any one of clocks received from plural systems; data latch units that respectively latch, according to the respective clocks received from the systems, data pieces being input; a data selector that selects and outputs, among the data pieces latched, a data piece latched according to the selected clock; and a data retaining unit that temporarily retains the data between the data latch units and the internal circuit. When the data is processed between the data retaining unit and the internal circuit, the data retaining unit operates according to an operating clock of the internal circuit, but when the data is processed between the data retaining unit and the data latch units, the data retaining unit operates according to the selected clock. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176592 | OUTPUT CONTROL SYSTEM, OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND OUTPUT CONTROL APPARATUS - An output control apparatus includes a state information storage unit configured to store therein state information in which apparatus identification information about an output apparatus and a use state of the output apparatus are associated; a use state management unit configured to store the state information for the use state received from the output apparatus in the state information storage unit; a designation of the output apparatus, and a request to output the target data to the designated output apparatus; an output control unit configured to determine whether to store the target data in a data storage unit or transmit the target data to the designated output apparatus based on the use state of the designated output apparatus; and a data transmitting unit configured to transmit the target data and the request to the designated output apparatus when the target data is to be transmitted to the designated output apparatus. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176593 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS REPRODUCTION SYNCHRONIZATION OF MOVING IMAGE BETWEEN THE SAME AND MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus capable of facilitating synchronization of a maintenance moving image between an image processing apparatus and a mobile information terminal, thereby making it possible to more efficiently show the moving image to a user who performs a maintenance operation. The mobile information terminal is registered as a distribution destination of the moving image. The moving image for current reproduction and display on the apparatus and information of the reproduction position of the moving image are distributed to the terminal to thereby cause the terminal to reproduce and display the moving image from the position. The position is changed based on information of a change in the reproduction position received from the terminal. When the position is changed on the image apparatus, information of a change in the position is transmitted to the terminal, to thereby cause the terminal to change the position. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176594 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NETWORK SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes at least one information processing apparatus; a connecting unit configured to enable a connection with at least one device via a network; an acquiring unit configured to acquire attribute information on at least one distribution destination that is a destination of data to be distributed from the distribution destination, the distribution destination allowing a user to designate in the device; an output unit configured to output the acquired attribute information to the device via the network; and a distribution control unit configured to perform a process of distributing the data to the distribution destination designated by the user in the device after the attribute information is output to the device. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176595 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus includes: a job storage unit configured to store a print job; a printing unit configured to perform a printing operation based on the stored print job; a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction to disconnect connection with an external apparatus; and a control device configured to perform: an establishment process of establishing connection with the external apparatus; a storage process of storing a print job received from the external apparatus in the job storage unit; a first deletion process of deleting the print job, for which a printing-related operation has been completed, from the job storage unit; a disconnection process of disconnecting the connection in response to a disconnection instruction received by the receiving unit; and a prohibition process of prohibiting performing the disconnection process after the printing-related operation starts until all the print jobs are deleted from the job storage unit. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176596 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes following components. A blank-area identifying unit identifies a blank area having a size exceeding a predetermined size, from a non-specifying-mark image portion of a recording area image of a recording area that includes individual images and a specifying mark specifying an area containing images among the individual images. A concealing unit conceals a divided area specified by the specifying-mark image, among divided areas obtained by dividing a non-blank area by a gap having a width equal to or larger than a threshold in a specific direction, among gaps between the individual images arranged in the specific direction in the non-blank area. The non-blank area is an area of the non-specifying-mark image portion of the recording area image other than the blank area identified by the blank-area identifying unit. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176597 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM THEREOF - An information processing apparatus acquires a first structured document to have designated a second structured document to be inserted into a prescribed area within the web page that is based on the first structured document, acquires the second structured document designated in the first structured document, and outputs the second structured document in a manner that is distinguishable from the first structured document. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176598 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an image processing apparatus and an image processing method according to the present invention, a gradation correction table creation unit prints stored chart data on a print paper by an image forming device, determines a target color from the color measuring result of the printed chart by a color measuring device, and creates a gray reproduction estimation model function according to the measured color result of the chart. Next, after the gradation correction table is created such that the gray of each gradation is adequately close to the target color, the gradation correction table is changed such that the color difference of neighboring gradations is included in a predetermined range. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176599 | Halftone Screen Generation Mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes generating a Continuous Tone Image (CTI) with all pixel values same as the first gray level and an initial Half Tone Image (HTI) with all pixel values equal to minimum absorptance level, computing a change in pixel error by toggling with all the possible output states and swapping with all neighbor pixels only if the stacking constraint is satisfied, updating the HTI with the maximum error decrease operation and continue to next pixel location till the end criteria is met. Once the end criteria is met, the updated HTI is saved as a final halftone screen for that gray level and copied as the initial HTI for the next gray level along with CTI pixel values updated to the next gray level till the final gray value is reached. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176600 | Halftone Calibration Mechanism Employing an Ink Model - A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a halftone calibration system that receives one or more un-calibrated halftones, generates one or more calibrated halftones using an ink model from the one or more un-calibrated halftones, analyzes a printed calibration screen of the one or more calibrated halftones, and performs a halftone calibration. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176601 | COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, PRINT PROCESSING METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A computer program product includes a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program codes embodied in the medium. The program codes when executed cause a computer to function as: an instruction module that instructs each of a plurality of printer drivers to generate an image pattern to be embedded in print image data; an acquisition module that acquires the plurality of image patterns generated by the printer drivers; an embedding module that embeds the acquired plurality of image patterns in the print image data; and a print instruction module that transmits the print image data in which the plurality of image patterns are embedded, to an image forming apparatus. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176602 | LIGHT BEAM SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND SCANNING LINE ADJUSTING METHOD - A light beam scanning device scans a luminous flux irradiated from a light source and deflected by a deflector to a scanned surface through an optical system having a set of mirrors. A apparatus, such as the light beam scanning device, further includes a scanning line curve adjusting device to bend a first mirror of the set of mirrors so as to correct a curve in a scanning line on the scanned surface, and a scanning line tilt adjusting device to change orientation of a second mirror of the set of mirrors so as to correct a tilt in the scanning line on the scanned surface. The light beam scanning device may be provided in an image forming apparatus. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176603 | Backlit Scanner System and Method - A backlit scanner uses an exposure control device to adjust the amount of backlight that reaches the vicinity of the transmissive medium being scanned by the scanner. In this way, the amount of backlight can be controlled on a scan-by-scan basis, depending upon exactly how much backlight will lead to optimal image quality. In some preferred embodiments the backlit scanner is designed to scan x-ray images and/or other transmissive-medium medical images. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176604 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading apparatus includes a touch panel that outputs a press position pressed by a finger as coordinate information in a sub-scanning direction, the finger being placed on the surface of the touch panel, a CCD that takes an image of the finger placed on the touch panel from the rear side of the touch panel in a main-scanning direction, and outputs an image signal, and a motor that moves the CCD in the sub-scanning direction so as to follow a rotational movement of the finger based on the movement amount detected by the movement detection unit. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176605 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, SPECIFYING MARK ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an estimating unit and a hiding unit. The estimating unit extracts a subject specifying mark image corresponding to a specifying mark from a recording area image corresponding to a recording area in which an image is recorded, plural predetermined types of specifying marks having predetermined attributes different from an attribute of the image of the recording area and being used for specifying a region within the recording area by using different specifying methods, at least one of the plural predetermined types of specifying marks being recorded in the recording area. The estimating unit estimates the type of specifying mark corresponding to the extracted subject specifying mark image. The hiding unit hides the region specified by the type of specifying mark estimated by the estimating unit by using a hiding method which is uniquely determined for the estimated type of specifying mark. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176606 | LIGHT SCANNING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus having a light scanning unit including a light source to emit a light beam; a deflector to deflect the light beam in a main scanning direction; an imaging lens to focus the light beam deflected by the deflector onto a photoconductor; at least one reflecting element to reflect the light beam that has passed through the imaging lens; and a bow control apparatus to correct a bow of a scanning line of the light beam, the bow control apparatus comprising first and second support units to support the reflecting element, first and second pressure units to pressure an inside and an outside of the reflecting element, respectively, and first and second adjusting elements to adjust the amount of pressure of the first and second pressure units, the bow control apparatus convexly or concavely bows the reflecting element to correctan image bow of a scanning line of the light beam. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176607 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - An optical scanning device of the invention includes: a substrate; torsion bar portion which is connected to the substrate; a mirror portion which is supported by the torsion bar portion; a drive source which causes the substrate to oscillate; and a light source which projects light onto the mirror portion, where the mirror portion resonates and vibrates in accordance with a vibration imparted to the substrate by the drive source, and the direction of reflection light from the light projected onto the mirror portion from the light source changes in accordance with the vibration of the mirror portion, and a spring constant in a longitudinal direction of the torsion bar portion supporting the mirror portion is distributed along the longitudinal direction of the torsion bar portion. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176608 | ELECTOACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATOR - An actuator comprises an electroactive polymer layer ( | 2013-07-11 |
20130176609 | OPTICAL PHASE MODULATION CIRCUIT AND OPTICAL PHASE MODULATION METHOD - To provide an optical phase modulation circuit and an optical phase modulation method capable of achieving a high-speed operation without increasing the power consumption. An optical phase modulation circuit according to the present invention includes an optical modulation unit | 2013-07-11 |
20130176610 | Electromechanical billboard - An electromechanical image display includes a box-structure of cups arranged in a row and column matrix. A non-rotatable axle for each column in the matrix passes through each of the cups in a column. The axle holds display elements which are rotatable on the axle. At least one electric-field-generating conducting plate in each cup is connected to an electrical source. A display element for each cup is a parallelepiped having six faces with a tunnel through the geometric centers of two of the six faces to permit its installation on the axle. The display element is an electret, or contains one or more electrets, that rotationally responds to the electric field of the electric-field-generating conducting plate. | 2013-07-11 |
20130176611 | CIRCUITS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes an array of light modulators. Each light modulator has a first actuator configured to drive the light modulator into a first state and a second actuator configured to drive the light modulator into a second state. The display apparatus also includes a control matrix including, for each light modulator in the array, a single actuation voltage interconnect. The actuation voltage interconnect is configured to apply a first drive voltage to the first actuator of the light modulator and apply a second drive voltage to the second actuator of the light modulator. In addition, the actuation voltage interconnect is configured to control application of a data voltage to a latch circuit to control the application of the first and second drive voltages to the first and second actuators. | 2013-07-11 |