30th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100188638 | Information system and method for providing information using a holographic element - In an information system and a method for providing information in correlation with light that is incident on an eye, a pair of spectacles includes a holographic element that is supported in front of the eye of the wearer of the spectacles. An optical scanning detects light that is incident on the eye via the holographic element. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188639 | COMPUTERIZED METHOD FOR COLORBLINDNESS TESTING - A computer implemented method to form, display, and evaluate, a test for colorblindness, wherein the method selects one or more test images, displays those test images seriatim to a test subject using a visual display device. A response is received from the test subject to each of the displayed test images. Each response is compared to a nominal test subject response associated with the displayed test image. The type and number of test images displayed is determined based on the test subject's responses. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188640 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a light source, a light amount control device, an electro-optic unit, and a projection device, the light amount control device includes a light-shielding member configured to shield part of the luminous flux emitted from the light source, a holding member configured to hold the light-shielding member, the holding member is formed of a material having a coefficient of thermal conductivity lower than the coefficient of thermal conductivity of the light-shielding member, and a position changing unit configured to move or rotate in order to change the position of the light-shielding member, the light-shielding member is attached to the position changing unit via the holding member, and the light-shielding member comes into contact with the holding member via a projection provided on at least one of the light-shielding member and the holding member. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188641 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a lighting device which includes a light source unit for emitting illumination light, and a light control device for controlling the amount of illumination light passing through the light control device by shielding a part of the light from the light source unit; a light modulation unit illuminated by illumination light emitted from the lighting device; and a projection system which projects image light having passed the light modulation unit, the lighting device has an air supply device configured to cool the light control device by cooling air supplied from the air supply device to a cross flow path which crosses an optical path passing the light control device. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188642 | ROTATABLE PROJECTION SYSTEM - A rotatable projection system is provided. The system includes a support back and a rotatable mounting system mounted to the support back. The rotatable mounting system includes a first frame, a second frame mounted to the first frame in a fixed angular relationship, and a rotating joint mounted to at least one of the first frame and the second frame and to the support back to provide rotation of the rotatable mounting system relative to the support back. The rotatable projection system may further include a projector mounted to the first frame and a projection board mounted to the second frame. The projector may include a mirror positioned to reflect light from the projector onto the projection board. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188643 | PROJECTOR APPARATUS - A projector apparatus includes: a case; a light source which is provided in the case and emits light by supply of power; an opening provided in the case; an image projection unit that generates image projection light from light of the light source and emits the image projection light through the opening in order to project an image onto a screen; a shutter which is moved to a block position at which the opening provided in the case is blocked or to an open position at which the opening is opened; and a light leakage section which provides notification that the power is being supplied to the light source by allowing some light beams of the light source or some light beams of the image projection unit to leak to the outside of the case in a state where the shutter is located at the block position. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188644 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROJECTING AN IMAGE ON A PROJECTION SURFACE - A method and a device for projecting an image made up of pixels onto a projection surface, including a variable-intensity light source emitting a light beam and a decoupling device, and a deflection device directing the light beam onto a projection surface. In The light beam(s) are deflected such that the beams strike mirror facets of the polygonal mirror twice in a row. The diameter at which the beam strikes the first mirror facet of the polygonal mirror is adjusted such that it is dimensioned to practically not be cut by the facet edges. At the second strike, the light beam always intersects the mirror facet at the same location. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188645 | LENS FRAME, LENS HOLDING DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR - A lens frame configured to hold a lens of an optical system of a projector comprising: a holder being formed along the periphery of the lens, holds the lens which is inserted by an elastic force of the frame main body, the holder includes a first holding portion configured to hold a peripheral end surface of the lens, and a second holding portion configured to hold a luminous flux incidence surface and luminous flux exit surface of the lens. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188646 | DRAWING METHOD AND DRAWING APPARATUS - A drawing method includes the steps of: moving a plurality of drawing heads relative to a drawing surface in a predetermined scanning direction, each of the drawing heads being equipped with a drawing point forming section, in which drawing elements for forming drawing points on the drawing surface are arranged two dimensionally; forming the drawing points on the drawing surface sequentially, corresponding to the movement; and performing drawing by the plurality of the drawing heads, which are arranged in a direction that intersects with the scanning direction. Reference points are formed on the drawing surface, by a reference point drawing element which is set in each of the drawing heads, and the drawing timing of each of the drawing heads is controlled such that the reference points formed thereby are arranged at predetermined positions along the scanning direction. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188647 | Control systems and methods applying iterative feedback tuning for feed-forward and synchronization control of microlithography stages and the like - Stage assemblies and control methods are disclosed. An exemplary assembly includes a first stage and first and second controllers. The first controller feedback-controls the first stage according to a respective parameter vector. The second controller controls the first stage by feed-forward control, according to a respective parameter vector. The controllers perform iterative feedback tuning IFT, including minimization of a cost-function of the parameter vectors from the first and second controllers. The second controller receives data including first-stage trajectory, and the first controller receives data including first-stage following-error. A suitable application of the assembly is in a microlithography system or other high-precision system. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188648 | BEAM IRRADIATION DEVICE AND LASER RADAR SYSTEM - A beam irradiation device includes: a laser light source for emitting laser light; an actuator which scans a targeted area with the laser light; a servo optical system which changes a propagating direction of servo light in response to driving of the actuator; a photodetector which receives the servo light to output a signal depending on a light receiving position of the servo light; an actuator controlling section which controls the actuator based on the signal to be outputted from the photodetector; and a laser controlling section which controls the laser light source based on the signal to be outputted from the photodetector. The laser controlling section controls the laser light source to emit the laser light in a pulse manner at a timing when the light receiving position of the servo light coincides with a predetermined targeted position. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188649 | Distance measurement device and method of use thereof - Systems and methods of utilizing a frequency modulation technique to determine an unknown distance between at least one source and at least one detector in an light scattering medium without knowing the optical properties of the medium are described. Modulated light is emitted from a light source to an optical scattering and absorbing medium and at least a portion of the modulated light is detected with a detector. A calibration factor is determined and then an unknown distance between at least one source and at least one detector can be determined, thereby providing a distance measurement. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188650 | PORTABLE EGG CANDLING AND CONTAINMENT TRANSFER APPRATUS AND METHOD - A portable egg candling and containment transfer apparatus including a movable base, a frame extending up from the base, a movable elevator deck movable between an elevated position and a lowered position, and a mechanism for raising and lowering the elevator deck. The apparatus further includes an inverting candling table pivotally mounted to the frame and having a pan with sidewalls and a floor. The pan is adapted for receiving and supporting incubator trays thereon. The pan houses at least one electric light fixture with at least one lamp for producing light for candling eggs positioned over the inverting candling table. The apparatus further includes at least one clamp for securing a hatchery basket over the pan and at least one latch for securing the inverting candling table in faceup/facedown positions. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188651 | OPTICAL PROPERTY SENSOR - An apparatus that can measure both haze and clarity on a web moving at conventional manufacturing speeds. The apparatus uses an integrating sphere and a novel mirror arrangement. With this arrangement, the invention can utilize a calibration curve created using known samples over the range of measurement desired to convert in real time, and the response of two photo detectors that measure the wide and low angle scattering signals, to deduce the desired optical property values. This approach significantly increases the speed and response of sensor and enables either on-line single point or full web scanning for uniformity measurement and control. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188652 | QUANTUM DOT-MEDIATED OPTICAL FIBER INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE - The present disclosure relates to a non-invasive and real-time diagnostic analysis concept for an operational single mode optical fiber communication system and methods of using said system. The system comprises an optical fiber capable of being diagnosed non-invasively comprising an optical fiber for conveying a light beam that comprises an optical fiber comprising a first end for receiving the light beam and a second end opposed thereto, a core comprising an inner wall, and a cladding surrounding the core, the optical fiber further comprising at least one uncladded portion comprising a plurality of quantum dots dispersed in a medium, and wherein the quantum dots become activated by evanescent wave coupling resulting from total internal reflection of the light beam contacting the inner wall of the optical fiber core and wherein the activation results in emittance of light from the quantum dots. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188653 | OPTICAL COMPONENT FOCUS TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An optical component focus testing apparatus includes a plurality of test pattern displays. One or more illuminators are configured to selectively illuminate different test pattern displays at different times. Light directors are provided to direct light from at least one of the illuminated test pattern displays towards an optical component under test. The light directors and test pattern displays are arranged such that, in use, light directed from different illuminated test pattern displays travel different distances to reach the optical component under test. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188654 | TILT SENSOR - A tilt sensor capable of detecting more diverse orientations is to be provided. The tilt sensor includes a light emitting element and a plurality of photodetectors, a rolling element, and a hollow portion that accommodates the rolling element so as to allow the rolling element to roll in all of x-, y-, and z-direction, and to locate the rolling element, according to a direction of the gravity, at one of detecting positions including a complete blocking position that inhibits light from the light emitting element from reaching any of the photodetectors, a plurality of partial blocking positions that inhibits the light from the light emitting element from reaching at least one but not all of the photodetectors, and a nonblocking position that permits the light from the light emitting element to reach all of the photodetectors, and two of the detecting positions are each located on a respective end portion of the hollow portion in the x-, y-, and z-direction. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188655 | TDI Sensor Modules With Localized Driving And Signal Processing Circuitry For High Speed Inspection - An inspection system for inspecting a surface of a wafer/mask/reticle can include a modular array. The modular array can include a plurality of time delay integration (TDI) sensor modules, each TDI sensor module having a TDI sensor and a plurality of localized circuits for driving and processing the TDI sensor. At least one of the localized circuits can control a clock associated with the TDI sensor. At least one light pipe can be used to distribute a source illumination to the plurality of TDI sensor modules. The plurality of TDI sensor modules can be positioned capture a same inspection region or different inspection regions. The plurality of TDI sensor modules can be identical or provide for different integration stages. Spacing of the modules can be arranged to provide 100% coverage of the inspection region in one pass or for fractional coverage requiring two or more passes for complete coverage. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188656 | Surface Inspection Method and Surface Inspection Apparatus - Light from a light source becomes two illumination beams by a beam splitter. The beams are irradiated onto a semiconductor wafer from two mutually substantially orthogonal azimuthal angles having substantially equal elevation angles to form illumination spots. When the sum of scattered, diffracted, and reflected lights due to the illumination beams is detected, influence of the anisotropy which a contaminant particle and a defect existing in the wafer itself or thereon have with respect to an illumination direction, can be eliminated. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188657 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING DEFECTS ON A WAFER - Systems and methods for detecting defects on a wafer are provided. One method includes generating output for a wafer by scanning the wafer with an inspection system using first and second optical states of the inspection system. The first and second optical states are defined by different values for at least one optical parameter of the inspection system. The method also includes generating first image data for the wafer using the output generated using the first optical state and second image data for the wafer using the output generated using the second optical state. In addition, the method includes combining the first image data and the second image data corresponding to substantially the same locations on the wafer thereby creating additional image data for the wafer. The method further includes detecting defects on the wafer using the additional image data. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188658 | HIGH RESOLUTION WAFER INSPECTION SYSTEM - A method for inspecting a region, including irradiating the region via an optical system with a pump beam at a pump wavelength. A probe beam at a probe wavelength irradiates the region so as to generate returning probe beam radiation from the region. The beams are scanned across the region at a scan rate. A detector receives the returning probe radiation, and forms an image of the region that corresponds to a resolution better than pump and probe Abbe limits of the optical system. Roles of the pump and probe beams may be alternated, and a modulation frequency of the pump beam may be changed, to produce more information. Information extracted from the probe signal can also differentiate between different materials on the region | 2010-07-29 |
20100188659 | IN-SITU DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR GAS SPECIES MEASUREMENT - Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for use in measuring the concentration component gases in a gaseous mixture. An alignment pipe can be used to maintain the alignment of a laser and a laser receiver for use in laser spectroscopy. The pipe is sufficiently rigid to mount and support the laser and receiver. An exhaust sampling port can be located on the trailing edge of the pipe for admitting gas samples into the pipe to be measured while minimizing the amount of particulate matter that enters the sampling area. The pipe can be double-walled and water cooled to maintain a reasonable temperature. Protective housings can be provided to protect the laser and receiver to improve reliability. The protective housings can be liquid cooled and pressurized to further improve reliability. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188660 | SPATIAL FREQUENCY OPTICAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT AND METHOD - A spatial frequency optical measurement instrument ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100188661 | Multiple Beam Wide Band CRDS Cavity Sensor and Detector - A common multi-gas ring down detector incorporates a cavity that has a piezoelectric mirror and at least two displaced mirrors to define two different transit paths in the cavity. The two paths intersect at the piezoelectric mirror at different angles. Two different laser beams having first and second different wavelengths, can be coupled to the cavity, at different times, by driving the piezoelectric mirror axially. Beam outputs can be evaluated to establish the presence of selected gases in the cavity. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188662 | SURFACE TENSION MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD - Low-cost interface property measuring device and method enabling high-precision and simple measurement of an interface property. The interface property measuring device comprises an optical fiber probe ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100188663 | SUB-MICRON SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR SYSTEMS - A sensor for detecting the presence of a target analyte, ligand or molecule in a test fluid, comprising a light transmissive substrate on which an array of surface plasmon resonant (SPR) elements is mounted is described. A multi-channel sensor for detecting the presence of several targets with a single microchip sensor is described. A multi-channel sensor including collections of SPR elements which are commonly functionalized to one of several targets is also described. The detectors sense changes in the resonant response of the SPR elements indicative of binding with the targets. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188664 | SUB-MICRON SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR SYSTEMS - A sensor for detecting the presence of a target analyte, ligand or molecule in a test fluid, comprising a light transmissive substrate on which an array of surface plasmon resonant (SPR) elements is mounted is described. A multi-channel sensor for detecting the presence of several targets with a single micro-chip sensor is described. A multi-channel sensor including collections of SPR elements which are commonly functionalized to one of several targets is also described. The detectors sense changes in the resonant response of the SPR elements indicative of binding with the targets. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188665 | Methods and systems for interferometric analysis - This invention provides methods and devices for analyzing interference patterns. The methods include fitting a Gaussian distribution to a cross correlation of two patterns from interferometric analysis of a liquid at a first and second time; identifying a positional shift of the pattern by comparing a selected value of the Gaussian distributions of the pattern at the first and second times; and determining a change in refractive index of the liquid from the positional shift. In another aspect, a method of extending the dynamic range of an interferometric data set is provided that comprises linearizing the data set, for example, using the arcsine function. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188666 | METHOD FOR BEAM CALIBRATION AND USAGE OF A CALIBRATION BODY - The invention relates to a method of calibration of the beam position of a corpuscular beam. A calibration body with structures is used, wherein the structures have a structure period P | 2010-07-29 |
20100188667 | Optical Aperture Sensor - A fluid control platform that may control various fluid control components and is scalable by connecting with additional substantially identical platforms, as well as related systems, methods of manufacturing the same, and methods of fluid control are disclosed. The platform may include a programmable controller, a power supply, a data input, a data output device, and/or a networking connection, among other things. A coordinated fluid control system may include multiple networked platforms, which may be networked to each other in, for example, a ring. The programmable controller may be provided with hardware that permits operation of each of a plurality of fluid control components, some of which may be intelligent fluid control components. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188668 | TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION DISPLACEMENT SCALE - Methods and systems for determining the displacement of a substrate using a scale comprising TIR scale features are described. A scale that includes a number of total internal reflection (TIR) prisms as scale elements is disposed on the substrate. Light directed towards the scale is modulated by the TIR prisms. A signal indicating a displacement of the substrate is generated based on the modulated light. The signal | 2010-07-29 |
20100188669 | LASER BEAM CENTERING AND POINTING SYSTEM - An optical instrument aligns an optical beam without the need for physical intervention of the instrument within the apparatus or platforms from which the trajectory of the beam to be ascertained. The alignment apparatus and method enable the desired function to be realized without the placement of physical apertures or sensors directly in the path of the beam through the system whose spatial position and slope is to be sought. An image plane provides the observer with a pair of well-defined images that are indicative of the beam centering and pointing alignment parameters. The optical alignment can be realized without the need for referencing to an external or fixed set of coordinates or fiducials. The instrument can therefore service situations where adverse environments would otherwise prohibit the use of such instruments, including regions of high radiation, high temperature, vacuum and/or cryogenic atmospheres. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188670 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM EXECUTING THE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When an image including a pattern expressed by a collection of dots such as a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern and a two-dimensional code is reduced simply by sampling of pixels, the dots are closely arranged to make the reduced image appear to be dark as a whole, and the content thereof becomes difficult to understand. An image processing apparatus includes a reducing unit configured to reduce an image and a deleting unit configured to delete an additional image when the image includes the additional image which has information hidden therein at the time of reducing the image by the reducing unit. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188671 | Weighted Sheet Inspection - An image processing system for use in a sheet-fed offset printing press inspects image data in a variable manner. and provides remediation in the event of a malfunction in order to reduce misprints, thus reducing waste and associated cost inefficiency. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188672 | GAMUT AIM AND GAMUT MAPPING METHOD FOR SPATIALLY VARYING COLOR LOOKUP TABLES - An image processing apparatus, program product, and method determine an achievable gamut achievable by the imaging engine or engines for all spatial locations of an output image, or all utilized print engines. A reference gamut is calculated which is any gamut containing the achievable gamut. A gamut mapping is used to map gamuts from the mean gamut to the achievable gamut, and a set of transformations is calculated for each of a set of input colors to a set of target colors selected from colors in the achievable gamut. Values for a received digital image are transformed for each image pixel or clusters of pixels based on the calculated set of transformations. Output images are generated based on the transformed values. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188673 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method and apparatus RGB luminance data for target pixel P(n) and adjacent pixels P(n−1) and P(n+1) to one set of luminance data L(i) and two sets of color difference data Cr(i) and Cb(i). Intermediate values Crm(n) and Cbm(n) for the color difference data are calculated for the pixels P(n−1), P(n), P(n+1). A change in the luminance data in the vicinity of the target pixel P(n) is determined. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the intermediate values replace color difference data Cr′(n) and Cb′(n) for the target pixel P(n). When the predetermined condition is not satisfied, weighted average values of the intermediate values and original color difference values Cr(n) and Cb(n) replace the color difference data for the target pixel P(n). Thereafter, the color difference data for the target pixel P(n) and the luminance data that are not changed are again converted in the RGB color space. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188674 | ADDED IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND ADDED IMAGE GETTING-IN METHOD - According to one embodiment, an added image processing system includes a document storing portion configured to store a document file which is electronic information, an added image obtaining portion configured to obtain a difference in case comparing a document file stored in the document storing portion identified on the basis of a scanned image obtained by scanning a paper document with the scanned image as an added image, a corresponded text obtaining portion configured to obtain a text corresponding to the added image obtained by the added image obtaining portion, a text metadata obtaining portion configured to obtain text metadata of the corresponded text, an added image storing portion configured to store the corresponded text, the text metadata, and the added image in relation to each other, an added image getting-in portion, on the basis of the text metadata, configured to add the added image stored in the added image storing portion to a new document file, and a text metadata selecting portion configured to select an attribute considered in case adding the added image to the new document file by the added image getting-in portion. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188675 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READER - An image forming apparatus has R, G and B dot pattern detection units that detect the presence/absence of image data of operation restricting dot patterns of R, G and B color components respectively in document image data. A dot pattern color determination unit determines the presence/absence of the operation restricting dot pattern and the color of the operation restricting dot pattern on a document from the detection results from the detection units. A restriction detail table storage unit stores, beforehand, a table showing the correspondence relationship between the color of the operation restricting dot pattern and a restriction detail concerning a copy operation. An image formation control unit determines, based on a determination of the dot pattern color determination unit and the table, whether a current setting of a multi-functional peripheral is relevant to the restriction detail corresponding to the color, and, when relevant, prohibits the copy operation. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188676 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method for distributing information includes acquiring information indicating a condition for an applicable setting value to be set to a program from an image forming apparatus, verifying whether a setting value of the program satisfies a range of an applicable setting value to be set to the program based on the acquired information, and distributing, if the setting value satisfies the condition, the setting value to the image forming apparatus. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188677 | METHOD OF PRINTING ON A PRODUCT - A method of conveying a printed product on a conveying device toward a printer for printing. The thickness of the printed product is monitored, and the height of the printer is adjusted based on the thickness of the printed product. Indicia is printed on the printed product with the printer. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188678 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When executing the gradation lowering processing to a data area in the lower side in multi-valued print data | 2010-07-29 |
20100188679 | DOCUMENT IMAGE DATA PRINTING SYSTEM - A page turning direction specifying screen page is displayed for allowing a user to select a page turning direction of a document, i.e., a printed material. Then, based on the page turning direction selected, predetermined layout examples of page images are narrowed down so that the user makes a selection from the layout example(s) thus narrowed down. With this, even a user unfamiliar with the apparatus can easily carry out operation for printing and outputting, in an easy-to-see form, page image data arranged in order of page numbers, with a function(s) of e.g., N in 1 printing, two-sided printing, and/or printing with binding margin function. Thus, a user-friendly document image data printing system is provided. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188680 | Approach for Using Settings Mismatch Tolerance Levels to Handle Mismatches Between Print Job Settings and Printing Device Settings - An approach is provided for using settings mismatch tolerance levels to handle mismatches between print job settings and printing device settings. A print driver generates a graphical user interface that allows a user to select a print settings mismatch tolerance level from a plurality of print settings mismatch tolerance levels. The print driver determines whether a mismatch exists between a set of print settings specified for the particular electronic document to be printed and a set of print settings specified for a printing device on which the particular electronic document is to be printed. If a mismatch exists, then the print driver performs one or more actions corresponding to the particular print settings mismatch tolerance level to address the mismatch. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188681 | PRINT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A print system is provided that is capable of supporting various print parameters enabling the saving of printing materials such as sheets and toner and comprehending a saving status of the printing materials to prompt a user to save the printing materials. If a print parameter set by a user is a print parameter contributing to saving of printing materials such as sheets and toner, a PC transmits identification information identifying a user of the PC and an eco-point predetermined for the print parameter along with print data to an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus transfers the identification information and the eco-point received along with the print data to a server apparatus. The server apparatus receives and the identification information and the eco-point transmitted from the image forming apparatus counts/records in association with each other. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188682 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image processing device is provided. The image processing device includes a scanner to scan an image formed on a sheet, a first image obtainer to read and obtain a first image being a processible image formed in a first area, the first area being allocated on the sheet, a second image obtainer to read and obtain a second image formed in a second area, the second area being allocated on the sheet separately from the first area, a judging unit to judge as to whether the second image obtained by the second image obtainer is qualifies a predetermined authentication criteria and is identical to a predetermined identifying image, and a function controller to activate a predetermined function of the image processing device, which processes the processible image obtained by the first image obtainer, when the judging unit judges that the second image is identical to the predetermined identifying image. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188683 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image processing device is provided. The image processing device includes a scanner to scan an image formed in a scannable area which is allocated on a sheet, an image obtainer to obtain a processible image formed in the scannable area and scanned by the scanner, a judging unit to judge as to whether the processible image obtained by the image obtainer includes an identifying image, which qualifies a predetermined authentication criterion, and a function controller to activate a predetermined function of the image processing device, which processes the processible image obtained by the image obtainer, when the judging unit judges that the obtained processible image includes the identifying image therein. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188684 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SCANNING/TRANSFERRING OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT - A method and system provided for identification of scanning/transferring of confidential documents using digital imaging devices, such as copiers, scanners printers fax machines and the like. When an imaging process is initiated, image of the document is send to a local OCR (scan) or remote server to perform OCR optical character recognition function. Thus converted document will be searched automatically by the system for keywords to determine the confidential nature of the document. In addition the device will store user details, process details (scan, copy, fax, email etc.), destination details etc., when processing of confidential documents occurs. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188685 | Communication Device - A communication device may be provided with a main control unit, a condition storage unit, and a sub control unit. The sub control unit may judge, in a case where data is received while the main control unit is being in the sleeping state, whether the sleeping state is to be maintained by referring to a condition stored in the condition storage unit. The sub control unit may release the sleeping state in a case where a negative judgment is made. When object data is received, at least one of the main and sub control units may register a new condition in the condition storage unit. The registration of the new condition is executed in a case where the sleeping state of the main control unit would be released although the sleeping state of the main control unit should not be released under a presumption of the object data being received while the main control unit is being in the sleeping state. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188686 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus according to the invention has a system control unit provided in a body unit having an image forming unit. The system control unit controls the image forming unit and outputs a power off command to the body unit including the system control unit itself if it is determined that a preset power-saving mode transition condition is met. The image forming apparatus has an authentication data reading device which receives supply of power from a power supply path that is different from a power supply path to the body unit, reads authentication data from an authentication medium, and holds the read data. Moreover, the image forming apparatus has a power control unit which turns off the power supply path to the body unit in accordance with the power off command outputted from the system control unit, and turns on the power supply path to the body unit as the authentication data reading device reads the authentication data from the authentication medium. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188687 | Printing Device, Printing System, Program And Printing Method - There are provided a printing device, a printing system, a program, and a printing method capable of improving security and user-friendliness. The printing system ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100188688 | AUTOMATICALLY UPDATING A PRINTER DRIVER WITH NEW PRINTING DEVICE FEATURES - An approach is provided for automatically updating a printer driver for a printing device to reflect new features of the printing device or installing a printer driver for a newly available printing device. A client device sends a request to the printing device for a default print ticket. The client device also sends a request to the printing device for print capabilities data. Based on the print capabilities data and the default print ticket received from the printing device, a graphical user interface is generated, allowing a user to select, for a print job, print setting values for the one or more print settings supported by the printing device. Based on the print settings values selected by the user and the default print ticket, a print job ticket is generated for the print job and is sent to the printing device for processing. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188689 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM BASED ON USER BEHAVIORS AND USER LOCALES - A method and system including a plurality of multifunction devices (MFDs), the method and system further including a storage station having geographically separated MFDs for permitting users to store information generated by the plurality of MFDs in operable communication with the locale aware DFS; wherein the information is stored on a plurality of storage stations based on a weighted undirected graph generated from a plurality of dynamically monitored user behaviors, required level of replications, and selection rules to pick the points of storage. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188690 | DATA CONVERSION APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND DATA CONVERSION METHOD - A data conversion apparatus is provided with a reception unit, a conversion unit, a display and an edit unit. The conversion unit converts first data having a first format for printing received by the reception unit into second data having a second format for display. The display displays the converted second data. The edit unit performs a display-purpose edit with respect to at least one of the first data or the second data. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188691 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image data conversion unit configured to convert print data into bitmap data, a sheet feeding unit configured to store and feed a sheet on which printing is to be performed, a detecting unit configured to detect an orientation of the sheet in the sheet feeding unit, a print unit configured to print the bitmap data onto the sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a data orientation in which pieces of pixel data of the bitmap data are arranged matches the sheet orientation detected by the detecting unit, and an image rotating unit configured to rotate the bitmap data when the determination unit determines that the data orientation does not match the sheet orientation, whereby the data orientation matches with the sheet orientation. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188692 | Printing System, Printing Apparatus, and Printing Method - Provided is a printing system for printing print data described in a page description language by using a printing apparatus, and the system includes a storage that stores an interpreter that interprets the page description language. In the system, the printing apparatus includes an interpreter acquisition unit that acquires an interpreter necessary for interpreting the print data described in the page description language from the storage before executing the printing of the print data, a language interpretation unit that interprets the print data by using the interpreter acquired by the interpreter acquisition unit, and a printing control unit that executes printing based on the print data interpreted by the language interpretation unit, and the storage is connected so as to be accessible from the printing apparatus. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188693 | Image Forming Device and Replacement - An image forming device to which a replacement is detachably attachable, where in the replacement includes: a non-contact type IC tag that stores data concerning the replacement and is able to transmit the data through a radio signal; a holding member that holds the IC tag; and a shielding member formed to alter a state of the IC tag between an exposed state and a shielded state by changing relatively a positional relationship with the holding member, and the image forming device includes: the detection unit to detect the IC tag; a driving unit to drive at least one of the holding member and the shielding member to change the state of the IC tag; and a controller that identifies the non-contact type IC tag as that in the replacement being attached to the image forming device in response to a fact that the IC tag is intermittently detected. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188694 | Image reading apparatus, server connected to the image reading apparatus and system including these - An image reading apparatus includes: a document reading unit; a storage storing a user ID and viewing limiting information indicating whether or not viewing of image data is permitted or not, in association with each other for each user; a control unit activating the document reading unit when authentication based on the user ID is successful; and a limiting information adding unit for adding, to the image data, authentication requesting data indicating that authentication is necessary for viewing the image data, in accordance with the viewing limiting information associated with the authenticated user ID. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188695 | Communication system, information processing system, image forming apparatus and portable information terminal device - An image forming apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit that receives data from a mobile phone, and a reader-writer that transmits an address of the first wireless communication unit to the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a contact/non-contact IC card that receives the address, and a second wireless communication unit that transmits image data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. When communication is made between the mobile phone and the image forming apparatus, the address of the first wireless communication unit is transmitted to the contact/non-contact IC card through the reader-writer, and the second wireless communication unit transmits data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188696 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing system and a printing apparatus are provided. The printing system includes, a printing unit configured to print image data on a printing sheet, a detecting unit configured to detect an error which prevents the printing unit from printing the image data without preventing a printing sheet from being transported, a writing unit configured to write reference information to a printing sheet based on the detection of the error by the detecting unit, the reference information including at least one of the image data and information for obtaining the image data from a storage location of the image data, and a control unit configured to perform a control of reading the reference information written by the writing unit, obtaining the image data based on the read reference information and printing the obtained image data on a printing sheet by the printing unit. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188697 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD USING OPERATION DISPLAY PORTION THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes: a communication portion; an operation display portion that displays at least an address book screen on which a plurality of first input keys for narrowing transmission destination information are displayed, on which the first input key is operated such that a plurality of second input keys for further narrowing the transmission destination information are displayed and on which the displayed second input key is operated such that the transmission destination information is narrowed and the resulting information is displayed along with names; a display control portion that controls a display on the operation display portion; a key operation detection portion that detects a key operation on the input keys including the first input keys and the second input keys; and a storage portion that stores a plurality of pieces of transmission destination information displayed on the address book screen such that the plurality of pieces of transmission destination information correspond to names, respectively. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188698 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - There is provided an image forming system includes a terminal device and an image forming apparatus. The terminal device comprises a selection display unit that displays a selection message to select whether or not to immediately execute private printing which is executed if an operation unit of the image forming apparatus is operated, and a command transmitting unit that transmits a sleep return command to the image forming apparatus to wake up the image forming apparatus from a sleep state if the private printing is selected to be executed immediately. The image forming apparatus comprises a command receiving unit that receives the sleep return command from the terminal device, and a return processing unit that executes sleep return processing to achieving a state where image formation is possible if the command receiving unit receives the sleep return command. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188699 | PRINT JOB MANAGING SERVER, PRINT JOB MANAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE METHOD - The present invention provides a technique capable of preventing, in a system that transmits a print job from a network terminal to a printing apparatus through a print job managing server, useless consumption of a storage area of the printing apparatus and an unnecessary increase in traffic in a network. A print job managing server includes: a transmission-destination-information acquiring unit configured to acquire job transmission destination information for specifying at least one printing apparatus that is a job transmission destination associated in advance with information concerning a transmission source of a print job; and a job transmitting unit configured to transmit the print job to the printing apparatus, which is the job transmission destination, on the basis of the acquired job transmission destination information. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188700 | PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE VIEWS - A method for managing a plurality of pint jobs is implemented in a print job management apparatus connected to printers. The method includes receiving print job, and visually presenting a display screen to a user, the display screen including first, second and third panels for classifying the received print jobs according to processing phase thereof, the first panel being provided for listing print jobs that are awaiting assignment of printers thereto for processing the print jobs, the second panel being provided for listing print jobs that have been assigned to printers and that have not been completed by the assigned printers, the third panel being provided for listing at least one of first and second categories of print jobs, the first category including print jobs that have been completed, the second category including print jobs that have been cancelled. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188701 | DISPLAYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Such a displaying device that can be easily operated by aged persons and handicapped persons, and an image forming apparatus using the same will be provided. Upon continuously operating an upper button for the predetermined period of time, a set value of a magnification is changed at intervals of numeric change that are different from each other between a voice guide mode activated by a voice guide button and a normal mode. At this time, it is configured in such a manner that the interval of numeric change for the normal mode is smaller than the interval of numeric change for the voice guide mode, i.e., the changing rate of the set value of the magnification for the normal mode is larger than that for the voice guide mode. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188702 | METHOD FOR MANAGING DESIRED PRINT CONTENT OF A PRINT JOB - A method for producing a printable work comprises determining an electronic template of the printable work including a fixed portion with predetermined content and a customizable portion. A form accessible via a network is provided to allow a user to associate customized content with the customizable portion from the user accessing the form via a network customized content for the customizable portion. Customized content is received from the user and, together with the predetermined content of the fixed portion, defines a customized version of the printable work. The customized version of the printable work is printed. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188703 | Associating an Electronic Document with a Print Medium - A method of printing an electronic document using a mobile telecommunications device is disclosed. The electronic document is first identified using the mobile telecommunications device. The electronic document is then printed on a print medium in a media feed path of a printer module of the mobile telecommunications device. Coded data encoded on the print medium is also sensed using a sensor module in the media feed path of the printer module. A print media identifier which identifies the print medium is identified from the coded data, and an association between the print media identifier and the electronic document is formed. The electronic document is retrievable using the print media identifier. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188704 | ANALOG BACKUP OF DIGITAL IMAGES AND IMAGE RESTORATION THEREFROM - An apparatus for backing up a digitally stored image includes a substrate on which the image and digital restoration data corresponding to the digitally stored image are printed on the substrate. The apparatus may be scanned to restore the image printed thereon to its original digital form. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188705 | Method and Article for Providing Layout Flexibility - The present invention is drawn to an article of manufacture and an associated method for providing layout flexibility. The article of manufacture includes a computer readable storage medium with a computer readable program code capable of accepting an optimal layout and a first modified layout, each within a visual frame of a graphic art program. Each of the optimal layout and the first modified layout include a plurality of visual elements and a variable data element. The computer readable program code is further capable of determining dimensional and layout parameters associated with each of the optimal layout and the first modified layout. Further, the computer readable program code is capable of interpolating variations between the optimal layout and the first modified layout for modifications of the variable data element ranging from the optimal layout to the first modified layout. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188706 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UTILIZING TAB ATTRIBUTES AS JOB TICKET ATTRIBUTES FOR PRINTING - A system for utilizing tab attributes includes a communications component, a user interface component, a ticket generation component, and a job submissions component. The communications component operatively communicates at least one print document. The user interface component operatively communicates user data including tab data. The ticket generation component generates a ticket including at least one tab attribute. The ticket generation component communicates with the communications component and the user interface. The ticket generation component receives the user data from the user interface component and the ticket generation component receives the at least one print document from the communications component. The ticket is associated with the at least one print document. The ticket includes at least one tab attribute generated as a function of the received tab data. The job submission component submits a job to a printer and the job includes the ticket and the at least one print document. The system is at least partially implemented by an operative set of processor executable instructions configured for execution by at least one processor. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188707 | PHOTO BOOTH SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Photo booth systems and methods of using photo booth systems, such as those that provide photo booths and interaction between the photo booths and one or more user groups. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188708 | Method to utilize non-image area in image reproduction - The method conceptually applies a new halftone dot, here after referred to as the T-Dot, to raster images in the process of screening, where a bitmap of continuous tone is converted into a pattern of dots or halftone. In preparing an image to be printed, the method will adjust the surface area of the T-Dot by creating a non-image area inside of the T-Dot. The method facilitates precise control over the area of the printed halftone dot. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188709 | VARIABLE DATA ADDITION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A variable data addition method and system are disclosed herein. The method includes generating an original image, and defining at least one sub-section of the original image to transform individually. A reversible transformation is applied to the defined at least one sub-section, thereby altering the original image to form an altered image that is non-readable until an inverse of the reversible transformation is applied to the altered image. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188710 | FONT-INPUT BASED RECOGNITION ENGINE FOR PATTERN FONTS - As set forth herein, a computer implemented method is used to encode and decode a user-individualized font. A variable alphabet is created and a document is created using this variable alphabet to encode machine readable information. The variable alphabet is communicated to a generalized recognition engine via a predefined font mechanism. The alphabet representation is used to modify the recognition engine, by at least changing one or more template definitions. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188711 | TRANSFERRED DOCUMENT MANAGING APPARATUS, TRANSFERRED DOCUMENT MANAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Management of a transferred document in a unit of the number of copies is realized, if first transfer management information indicating information concerning transfer processing applied to an original document in the past is included in image data of the original document, the first transfer management information is acquired. Second transfer management information, which is obtained by adding information concerning transfer processing performed on the basis of the acquired image data to content indicated by the acquired first transfer management information, is separately generated according to the number of copies of transferred documents obtained by transferring the original document such that the second transfer management information is peculiar to each of the transferred documents. To a transferred document obtained by the transfer processing based on the acquired image data, the second transfer management information generated in association with the transferred document is granted. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188712 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image corresponding to input data on a sheet; and a CPU configured to determine, if the image is formed on the sheet, whether authority information concerning treatment of the image is included in the input data and cause. If the authority information is included, the image forming unit forms information concerning a license on the sheet. The information concerning the license is acquired by communication with a server that permits use of the input data based on the authority information. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188713 | SCAN IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A scan image management apparatus configured to manage scan image data acquired by scanning an original document, the scan image management apparatus includes: an ID-information acquiring unit configured to acquire, with a CPU, ID information of a portable recording medium recorded in the portable recording medium; and a use-information recording unit configured to record, with the CPU, the ID information acquired by the ID-information acquiring unit and information for specifying an original document, which is a reading source of scan image data that should be recorded in the portable recording medium, which is an acquisition source of the ID information, in association with each other. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188714 | Image inspection system, image inspection method, and computer-readable medium storing an image inspection program - An image inspection system inspects quality of image prepared from source image data by an image forming apparatus. The image inspection system includes a scanner, a storage unit, an inspection color designating unit, an inspection area determination unit, a reference color extraction unit, an inspection color extraction unit, and an image quality judgment unit. The scanner scans reference and inspection document to prepare reference and inspection image data. The inspection color designating unit designates an inspection color. The inspection area determination unit extracts an inspection area having the inspection color from the source image data. The reference color extraction unit extracts an image having first-extracted-color from the reference image data. The inspection color extraction unit extracts an image having a second-extracted-color from the inspection image data. The image quality judgment unit compares the first and second-extracted-colors to determine image quality of the inspection document image. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188715 | Method of Making Holograms Having at Least Two Replay Colours - A method of making a product containing a hologram which has at least two replay colours when viewed at a given angle, the method comprising the steps of: (i) recording holographic elements at each of at least two different angles in a master; and (ii) copying the master. The principle of the system is demonstrated by creating 2 surface relief objects, A and B on top of a mirror background. When a holographic recording medium is placed on top of this surface relief object and then illuminated with a coherent laser beam, interference patterns are recorded and developed within the polymer which describe the relief patterns (C-E). When the hologram is illuminated with white light and viewed normal to the hologram surface, the separation between the fringes relative to the viewing angle then becomes da and dc for surface relief objects A and B respectively (Figures C and E) and remains the same for the mirror (Figure D). This will then result in different frequencies of light or different colours being reflected at each specific viewing angle. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188716 | HOLOGRAM RECORDING DEVICE - A hologram recording device includes a spatial light modulator having an informational light modulation region modulating part of light from a light source into informational light corresponding to information to be recorded and a reference light emission region emitting the remaining light as reference light, and records a hologram onto a recording medium (B) by causing the informational the reference lights to interfere on the recording medium while the informational and the reference lights are traveling along the same optical path. The hologram recording device includes: a light modulation controller for dividing the informational light modulation region into a plurality of light modulation blocks and controlling a modulation status of the informational light in each light modulation block respectively; and a light emission controller for dividing the reference light emission region into a plurality of light emission blocks and controlling an emission status of the reference light in each light emission block respectively, in conjunction with control of the modulation status in each light modulation block. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188717 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A HOLOGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - Arrangements are made to enable different original images to be reproduced upon observation from different positions and yet enable reproduced images of high resolution to be obtained. In a case of recording two original images, each of the two original images Ia and Ib is defined as a set of point light sources in an XYZ global coordinate system, and two propagation spaces Sa and Sb, each enabling propagation of light emitted from an origin Q of an αβγ local coordinate system, are defined. A predetermined recording plane and a reference light are set in the XYZ coordinate system, and an interference fringe pattern, which is formed on the recording plane by object light components from the point light sources constituting the respective original images and the reference light, is determined by computation. In this process, the computation is performed upon deeming that a light from a point light source belonging to the original image Ia spreads only within the propagation space Sa, with the origin Q of the αβγ coordinate system being overlappingly set at the position of the point light source, and that a light from a point light source belonging to the original image Ib spreads only within the propagation space Sb, with the origin Q of the αβγ coordinate system being overlappingly set at the position of the point light source. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188718 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Reconstructions of Information Encoded in Ambient Light Modulators - The present invention relates to a method and device for the generation of reconstructions of information encoded on spatial light modulators by way of illumination with coherent incident waves. The invention includes the following steps: Splitting of the incident wave into at least two incident sub-waves, Modulation of the incident sub-waves with the help of selected apodisation functions so to form modulated incident sub-waves, Direction of the modulated incident sub-waves towards the corresponding, spatially separated and pixel-matrix-shifted spatial light modulators, Diffraction of the modulated incident sub-waves at the encoded pixels of the respective spatial light modulators, Additive combination of the sub-waves emitted by the respective spatial light modulators to form one common emitted wave, and Transformation of the emitted wave into the Fourier plane with the help of a projection system. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188719 | Holographic Reconstruction Device - A holographic reconstruction device is designed such that visible resolution of the reconstruction of a scene is matched to the resolution capability of the human eye, to the imaging properties of the reconstruction means used or to the resolution capability of the light modulation means used. A grid scale for the object points is generated by system control means in each case in a plane of intersection, which grid scale cannot be used to separately resolve adjacent object points in the plane of intersection, and the compilation of object points of the respective plane of intersection to form an object point group with adjacent object points which can be separately resolved is carried out. In holographic displays, the invention is used to reduce speckle patterns and reduce the number of the holograms of object points of the scene, which are to be calculated and coded, and the calculation complexity. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188720 | Light source apparatus and head-up display apparatus incorporating the light source apparatus - A light source apparatus emits light image information. A reflective layer is formed on a planarization film formed on a metal substrate. LED thin films are arranged in a matrix having columns extending in first directions and rows extending in second directions perpendicular to the first directions, the LED thin films being bonded to the reflective layer by means of intermolecular force. First wires are connected to first electrodes of the LED thin films. Second wires are connected to second electrodes of the LED thin films. A first driver circuit selectively electrically drives the LED thin films, arranged in the rows, via the plurality of first wires. A second driver circuit selectively electrically drives the LED thin films, arranged in the rows, via the plurality of second wires. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188721 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL ENCODER, HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY DEVICE AND HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY MEDIUM - A two-dimensional encoder stores data on a holographic memory. The encoder encodes data of k bits (where k is an integer and k≧3) into n pixels arranged two-dimensionally (where n is an integer and n≧6). The encoder includes a first processing section | 2010-07-29 |
20100188722 | BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS - An attachment lens is arranged in a stage subsequent to a scanning lens. After a laser beam is converged by the scanning lens, the laser beam is converted into a parallel beam by the attachment lens. When the scanning lens is displaced in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the laser beam, a traveling direction of the laser beam is bent by a predetermined angle immediately after the laser beam passes through the scanning lens. Then, the traveling direction of the laser beam is further bent by a predetermined angle in the same direction by the passage of the laser beam through the attachment lens. Accordingly, a final swing angle of the laser beam outgoing from an outgoing window is increased by a swing angle imparted by the attachment lens compared with the case where the attachment lens is not arranged. One of lens surfaces of the attachment lens is formed in a toroidal surface, which allows the laser beam to have a long outline in a vertical direction. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188723 | OPTICAL MODULATOR WITH BEAM-POINTING CORRECTION - An apparatus for providing a modulated pulsed radiation beam ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100188724 | WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE SWITCH - A wavelength-selective switch with a switch unit having a lens array, a first lens and a beam expander, and a branching unit having a second lens, a diffraction grating, a third lens and a mirror, in which the switch unit and the branching unit are accommodated in independent casings, and a confocal point of the light transmitted through the first lens and the light transmitted through the second lens are arranged on a connecting surface of the casing of the switch unit and the casing of the branching unit. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188725 | High Performance Chirped Electrode Design for Large Area Optoelectronic Devices - An electro-optic device with a doped semiconductor base and a plurality of pixels on the semiconductor base. Pixels include oppositely doped semiconductor layer and a top electrode formed on the oppositely doped semiconductor layer. The top electrode has a grid pattern with at least one busbar and a plurality of fingers extending from the busbar, and spacing between the fingers decreases with distance from the bondpad along the busbar. Each pixel can also include a multiple quantum well formed on the semiconductor base. The top electrode shape produces an approximately uniform lateral resistance in the pixel. An embodiment is a large area modulator for modulating retro-reflector systems, which typically use large area surface-normal modulators with large lateral current flow. Uniform resistance to each part of the modulator decreases location dependence of frequency response. A chirped grid electrode balances semiconductor sheet resistance and metal line resistance components of the series resistance. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188726 | All-Solid-State Reflective Dimming Electrochromic Device Having Buffer Layer and Dimmer Member Using the Same - The present invention provides an all-solid-state type reflection light controllable electrochromic device having a buffer layer, and the constitution thereof comprises an all-solid-state reflective dimming electrochromic device in which a transparent conductive film layer, an ion storage layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a buffer layer, catalyst layer, and a reflective light controllable layer of a magnesium alloy thin film, in particular a multilayer thin film that uses a magnesium-nickel alloy, magnesium-titanium alloy or magnesium-niobium alloy, are formed on a transparent base that uses a glass or resin sheet, and a method for manufacturing the device, and an optical switchable component that incorporates the reflective light controllable electrochromic device, and according to the present invention, a reflective light controllable electrochromic device having a novel multilayer structure can be provided that enables high transmittance when it is transparent and enables switching in a short time over a wide area. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188727 | PIEZOCHROME COMPOSITE - The invention relates to a piezochrome composite comprising a matrix of a piezoelectric material with particles of a spin transition compound. The invention also relates to a device that beside said composite also comprises a voltage supply connected to electrodes provided on said matrix. In one embodiment is this device provided with a temperature stabilising device. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188728 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module | 2010-07-29 |
20100188729 | Ceramic Header Method and System - A ceramic header configured to form a portion of an electronic device package includes a mounting portion configured to provide a mounting surface for an electronic device. In addition, the ceramic header includes one or more conductive input-output connectors operable to provide electrical connections from a first surface of the ceramic header to a second surface of the ceramic header. The ceramic header also includes one or more thermally polished surfaces. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188730 | OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical element includes a container including first and second end face walls, a side face wall, and an accommodating chamber inside the walls; first and second liquids enclosed in the chamber; a first electrode provided on a surface of the first end face wall; a second electrode provided on a surface of the second end face wall; an insulating film provided on a surface of the second electrode; and a unit configured to apply a voltage. The shape of an interface between the liquids is changed by a voltage application, and a light transmission path, the center of which is a virtual axis passing through the end face walls in the thickness direction of the container, is formed in a portion of the second liquid. An opening having a diameter the same as or larger than the maximum diameter of the transmission path is provided in the first electrode. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188731 | DISPLAY ELEMENT, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display element includes a hollow structure. The hollow structure includes plural cells disposed in a plane, each having an opening in a first wall of the hollow structure, and a partition wall separating the adjacent cells. A solvent having one or more types of white particles and/or colored particles dispersed therein is disposed in the cells. The openings are sealed with a resin insoluble in the solvent. A thickness of the partition wall separating the adjacent cells is 0.01 μm or greater but not greater than 10 μm. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188732 | MULTICOLOR DISPLAY OPTICAL COMPOSITION, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD OF OPTICAL DEVICE - The present invention provides a multicolor display optical composition comprising a dispersion medium, a periodic structure having a porous structure inside communicated with the outside, and mobile particles contained in the dispersion medium so as to be movable and having a volume average primary particle diameter from 1 nm to 80 nm in a dispersion state in the dispersion medium, a volume average particle diameter of coagulated particles of 100 nm or larger in optical coagulation state by stimulation application, and having a refractive index different from that of the dispersion medium by 0.1 or more, wherein the mobile particles show no coloration in the dispersion state when the particles are dispersed in the dispersion medium and show white coloration with a predetermined whiteness value or higher in the coagulation state when the particles are coagulated, an optical device, and a display method of the optical device. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188733 | ULTRA-SHORT HIGH-POWER LIGHT PULSE SOURCE - An ultra-short high-power light pulse source including a first laser pump source ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100188734 | Multi-fibre arrangement for high power fibre lasers and amplifiers - An optical fibre arrangement has at least two optical fibre sections, each optical fibre section defining an outside longitudinally extending surface. The outside longitudinally extending surfaces are in optical contact with each other. The invention further provides for an amplifying optical device have an optical fibre arrangement as just described, and a pump source. The amplifying optical device is configured such that the pump source illuminates the amplifying optical fibre. A amplifying arrangement is also disclosed. The amplifying arrangement includes a plurality of amplifying optical devices as just described, and each amplifier also has at least one input fibre and a first multiplexer connected to the input fibre. Each amplifier is configured such that at least one of the amplifying optical fibres is connected to the first multiplexer. The amplifying arrangement also has a second multiplexer connected to each of the first multiplexers. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188735 | OPTICAL MODULE - The present invention relates to an optical module having a structure for reducing adverse contingencies such as increased number of fusion splicing points, drops in output, and higher costs associated with a greater number of optical components. The optical module comprises an amplification optical fiber, a transmission optical fiber, and a fusion splicing structure that fusion-splices the amplification optical fiber to the transmission optical fiber, in a state where a cover layer is removed at the tip portions, including the end faces, of these optical fibers. The fusion splicing structure includes a pumping light removing resin that covers directly the tip portions of the amplification optical fiber and the transmission optical fiber from which the cover layer is removed. The pumping light removing resin has a higher refractive index than a first cladding of the amplification optical fiber. The above configuration allows transmitted pumping light, for which the confinement effect by the first cladding of the amplification optical fiber is cancelled, to escape more efficiently out of the fusion splicing portion. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188736 | MODULAR FIBER-BASED CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM - A modular ultrafast pulse laser system is constructed of individually pre-tested components manufactured as modules. The individual modules include an oscillator, pre-amplifier and power amplifier stages, a non-linear amplifier, and a stretcher and compressor. The individual modules can typically be connected by means of simple fiber splices. | 2010-07-29 |
20100188737 | Dielectric multilayer filter - To provide a dielectric multilayer filter, such as an IR cut filter and a red-reflective dichroic filter, that produces an effect of reducing incident-angle dependency and has a wide reflection band. A first dielectric multilayer film | 2010-07-29 |