| 33rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
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| 20120206703 | Inspection Apparatus and Method, Lithographic Apparatus, Lithographic Processing Cell and Device Manufacturing Method - Asymmetry properties of a periodic target on a substrate, such as a grating on a wafer, are determined. An inspection apparatus has a broadband illumination source with illumination beams point mirrored in the pupil plane of a high numerical aperture objective lens. The substrate and target are illuminated via the objective lens from a first direction and a second direction mirror reflected with respect to the plane of the substrate. A quad wedge optical device separately redirects diffraction orders of radiation scattered from the substrate and separates diffraction orders from illumination along each of the first and second directions. For example the zeroth and first orders are separated for each incident direction. After capture in multimode fibers, spectrometers are used to measure the intensity of the separately redirected diffraction orders as a function of wavelength. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206704 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL UNIT FOR PROJECTION LITHOGRAPHY - An illumination optical unit for projection lithography for illuminating an object field, in which an object to be imaged can be arranged, with illumination light has a field facet mirror having a plurality of field facets. A pupil facet mirror of the illumination optical unit has a plurality of pupil facets. The pupil facets serve for imaging the field facets respectively assigned individually to the pupil facets into the object field. An individual mirror array of the illumination optical unit has individual mirrors that can be tilted in driven fashion individually. The individual mirror array is arranged in an illumination light beam path upstream of the field facet mirror. This can result in flexibly configurable illumination by the illumination optical unit, this illumination being readily adaptable to predetermined values. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206705 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An optical element is used for an exposure apparatus which is configured to illuminate a mask with an exposure light beam for transferring a pattern on the mask onto a substrate through a projection optical system and to interpose a given liquid in a space between a surface of the substrate and the projection optical system. The optical element includes a first anti-dissolution member provided on a surface of a transmissive optical element on the substrate's side of the projection optical system. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206706 | Distance-measuring system with correction function and method thereof - Distance-measuring system with correction function includes calibrating object, transflective plate, and distance-measuring device. Distance-measuring device has a first known distance and a second known distance respectively between calibrating object and transflective plate. Transflective plate is disposed between calibrating object and distance-measuring device. Distance-measuring device includes light emitting device for emitting a detecting light with lighting-error angle, image sensor with sensing-error angle, and parameter calculating circuit. First part of detecting light passes transflective plate and is reflected by calibrating object and becomes first reflecting light emitting to first imaging location of image sensor while second part of detecting light is reflected by transflective plate and becomes second reflecting light emitting to second imaging location of image sensor. Parameter-calculating circuit calculates lighting-error angle and sensing-error angle according to first and second known distances, and first and second imaging locations. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206707 | DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD - Provided is a distance measuring apparatus and a distance measuring method enabling measurement of, based on an image, a relative distance from an object even during nighttime. Included are imaging means for taking an image in a traveling direction of an own-vehicle as a taken image; specifying means for respectively specifying combinations of positions, in the taken image, of direct light which is imaged in the taken image and of a reflected light which is a reflection of the direct light on a travel path surface; and measuring means for measuring a relative distance from an object based on the combinations of the positions of the direct light and the positions of the reflected light, which are specified by the specifying means. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206708 | METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR ROBUSTLY DETECTING A LANE CHANGE OF A VEHICLE - A method for detecting a lane change of a vehicle or for providing a curvature of a target line for lane guidance of a vehicle is described, the method including a step of receiving a first piece of traffic lane information which represents an optically detected first traffic lane boundary adjacent to or in front of a left-hand vehicle side and/or receiving a second piece of traffic lane information which represents an optically detected second lane boundary adjacent to or in front of a right-hand vehicle side. The method further includes a step of detecting a lane change if the first and/or the second piece(s) of traffic lane information represent(s) a traffic lane boundary which is less than a predetermined lateral distance to a vehicle side, or ascertaining a curvature of a desired target line for lane guidance of a vehicle from the first piece of traffic lane information weighted using a first weighting factor and the second piece of traffic lane information weighted using a second weighting factor, on the basis of a correlation observation. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206709 | Apparatus and Method for Sensing Distance - The apparatus for sensing a distance from an object includes an emitter, a first receiver, and a second receiver. The emitter emits a light along an emitting direction toward the object. The first receiver is disposed on a side of the emitter and has a first light incident surface, wherein the first receiver receives the light reflected from the object to generate a first signal. The second receiver is disposed between the emitter and the first receiver and has a second light incident surface, wherein the second receiver receives the light reflected from the object to generate a second signal. The first receiver has a first signal-to-distance curve with a first peak, the second receiver has a second signal-to-distance curve with a second peak, and a distance corresponding to the first peak is larger than a distance corresponding to the second peak. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206710 | MEASURING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF AN ITEM AND ITS SURFACE - A measurement device for the determination of the characteristics of the object's surface by means of the optical radiation, wherein a measurement device comprises an optical radiation source and a detector to receive the radiation reflected from the surface being measured. In addition, a measurement device comprises an emitted optical radiation processing unit, which is adjusted to split optical radiation emitted by an optical source into separate wavelengths and to direct said separate wavelengths to the object being measured in a direction, that differs from the normal of the surface being measured so, that at least the shortest and the longest wavelengths of said wavelengths are focused on different halves and different heights of the measured object's surface, in the direction of the normal of the surface being measured. In addition, a measurement device comprises a reflected optical radiation processing unit, which is adjusted to receive an optical radiation reflected from the measured object at least in the direction of a specular reflection, which differs from the normal of the surface being measured, and to direct received optical radiation to said detector. Still further, the measurement device is adjusted to analyze an electric signal produced by the detector and proportional to the intensity of the radiation focused thereto, and to further determine a surface gloss (gloss degree) and/or thickness characteristic property of the measured object, based on the intensity of its wavelength, the focus point of which was located on the measured surface, and which wavelength was the strongest reflected from that point to the detector in the specular geometry. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206711 | ADAPTIVE RESPONSE TIME ACCELERATION - This document discusses among other things, methods and apparatus to conserve energy when providing proximity information. An example apparatus can include an energy emitter configured to emit a first pulse of energy, an energy sensor configured to receive reflected energy from the first pulse of energy, a control circuit including a processor, the processor configured to provide first proximity information of the apparatus with respect to an object using the reflected energy. The control circuit can be configured to control the energy emitter, to compare the first proximity information with second proximity information, and to modulate a delay between the first pulse of energy and a subsequent pulse of energy using the comparison. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206712 | Laser Wind Velocimeter With Multiple Radiation Sources - A system and method for measuring wind velocities are provided. A laser wind velocimeter with a radiation source includes a fiber laser. All optical signals, transmitted and received, are conveyed by optical fibers. An amplifier amplifies a source laser, which is then transmitted to one or more transceivers. The one or more transceivers, each projecting along a different axis, and each with a single optical fiber input/output interface act as both the transmission device to focus the radiation at a target region, and as the receiving system for collecting reflected radiation. The one or more transceivers transmit radiation to the target region. A portion of the reflected radiation collected by the receiving system is analyzed to determine the Doppler shift, which can me used to measure wind velocity | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206713 | EXAMINATION DEVICE AND EXAMINATION METHOD - Provided herein are an examination device and an examination method that can efficiently perform examination even when both whole blood and serum/blood plasma specimens are to be examined. A solid-phase extraction cartridge or a filter is placed on a continuous track of a cartridge table. A cup table is disposed below the cartridge table. A cup is placed on a continuous track of the cup table to receive a sample purified by the filter. When viewed from above, the continuous track of the cartridge table and the continuous track of the cup table cross each other at a position “m”, and each of the tracks crosses a position at which a sample probe operates. A pretreatment for serum/blood plasma is completed in one rotation of the cartridge table. A pretreatment for whole blood is completed in two rotations of the cartridge table. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206714 | Shutter Assembly with Calibration Material - A shutter assembly for use with a spectrometer having at least one source of optical radiation such as at least one laser capable of generating an excitation light beam having an illumination path. The shutter assembly includes a shutter having at least one of (i) at least one calibration material capable of generating a consistent spectrum within wavelengths utilizable by the spectrometer and (ii) a mirror capable of diverting at least one of the illumination path and a collection path relative to a calibration standard capable of generating a consistent spectrum within wavelengths utilizable by the spectrometer. The shutter assembly further includes a mechanism capable of moving the shutter into at least a first position in the path of the light beam and a second position out of the path of the light beam to enable a sample to be analyzed. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206715 | METHANE MONITORING SYSTEM - A methane monitoring system including a filter, a flow restrictor and a methane level detector is disclosed. The sensor system draws gas from a piping system through a sample line into the filter. The filter removes moisture vapor from the gas, with the remaining gas passing into a flow meter. The flow meter regulates the gas pressure for the gas output to a sensing chamber containing the methane meter. The methane meter operates to sample the methane level in the gas and provides an electrical signal which can be output to a recording device such as a flash memory card or to real time remote reporting via direct connection or a wireless signal such as a cell phone, radio or satellite telecom system. Landfill gas which is introduced into the sensing chamber is then exhausted through vent slots in the housing. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206716 | TARGET APPARATUS AND METHOD - A target includes a contact element having a region of spherical curvature, a retroreflector rigidly connected to the contact element, a transmitter configured to emit an electromagnetic signal, a temperature sensor disposed on the target, configured to measure an air temperature, and configured to send the measured air temperature to the transmitter. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206717 | METHODS OF USING LASER OPTICAL DEVICES - In a method of spatially detecting the chemical composition of nonmetallic components on a surface which is subsequently to be coated with a metallic and/or ceramic and/or organic layer, a laser optical device is provided. The turbine part is irradiated with monochromatic irradiation at a first wavelength (λ | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206718 | Stimulated Brillouin System with Multiple FBG's - A Brillouin system for monitoring both temperature and strain includes either a single or double-ended fiber with multiple fiber Bragg gratings (FBG's) at different wavelengths and a pumped seed laser system tunable over a range substantially larger than a Brillouin shift. The FBG's are distributed along the length of the deployed fiber and serve as wavelength selectable reflectors that enable maintaining system operation even in the case of a fiber break. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206719 | METHOD FOR MEASURING WAVEFRONT ABERRATION AND WAVEFRONT ABERRATION MEASURING APPARATUS - Providing a method for measuring wavefront aberration measured by detecting light that is emanated from a light source, incident on a test lens, and transmitted through the test lens, the method comprising steps of: measuring wavefront aberration in a state where an aperture stop of the test lens is fully opened; measuring a position of the center of a pupil of the test lens in a state where the aperture stop is stopped down; and expanding wavefront aberration by polynomials with making the position of the center of the pupil to be an origin, and a wavefront aberration measuring apparatus. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206720 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXAMINING A LASER SYSTEM - A method for analyzing a laser system, which has a focused laser beam and a controllable deflection assembly for controlling the transverse and/or longitudinal position of the beam focus, said method comprising the steps of directing the laser beam or a partial beam branched therefrom downstream of the deflection assembly toward an optically nonlinear medium for the purpose of generating frequency multiplied radiation, the wavelength of which corresponds to an uneven higher harmonic of the wavelength of the laser beam, activating the deflection assembly, and measuring a power of the frequency multiplied radiation while the deflection assembly is activated. The conversion efficiency of the nonlinear process by which the frequency multiplied radiation is produced is dependent upon the focusability of the laser beam. By evaluating the measured power of the frequency multiplied radiation, dynamic impairments of focusability can be detected, which can be caused by inertia-induced deformations of optical scan components of the laser system. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206721 | NIR FLUORESCENCE OF HEAVY WATER - A method includes detecting D | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206722 | High-Resolution Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Devices and Methods - Provided are laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) devices. Embodiments of the devices are configured to obtain a spatial resolution of 10 μm or less. Also provided are methods of using the subject LIBS devices to determine whether one or more elements of interest are present in a target sample. The devices and methods find use in a variety of applications, e.g., submicron and nanoscale chemical analysis applications. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206723 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION COMPRISING A DIFFUSION JUNCTION AND A RESONANT GRATING IN A SINGLE LAYER - A photodiode device including a photosensitive diffusion junction within a single layer. The photodiode device further includes a resonant grating located within the single layer. The photosensitive diffusion junction is located within the resonant grating. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206724 | Terahertz-infrared ellipsometer system, and method of use - The present invention relates to ellipsometer and polarimeter systems, and more particularly is an ellipsometer or polarimeter or the like system which operates in a frequency range between 300 GHz or lower and extending to higher than at least 1 Tera-hertz (THz), and preferably through the Infra-red (IR) range up to, and higher than 100 THz, including:
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| 20120206725 | External Cavity Laser Source - A tunable laser source that includes multiple gain elements and uses a spatial light modulator in an external cavity to produce spectrally tunable output is claimed. Several designs of the external cavity are described, targeting different performance characteristics and different manufacturing costs for the device. Compared to existing devices, the tunable laser source produces high output power, wide tuning range, fast tuning rate, and high spectral resolution. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206726 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SPECTROMETER - Apparatus and methods can include an optical waveguide coupled to a photonic crystal comprising a dielectric material, the photonic crystal located on an exterior surface of the optical waveguide and comprising a first surface including a first array of periodic features on or within the dielectric material, the array extending in at least two dimensions and including an effective dielectric permittivity different from the surrounding dielectric material. In an example, the periodic features include a specified lattice constant, the periodic features configured to extract a portion of propagating optical energy from the waveguide through the photonic crystal, the portion determined at least in part by the specified lattice constant. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206727 | OPTICAL ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND APPLICATIONS - Apparatus and method to measure optical absorption spectra with spatial resolution on the micron scale. An exemplary setup combines a continuous white light excitation beam in transmission geometry with a confocal microscope. Spatial resolution better than 1.4 μm in the lateral and 3.6 μm in the axial, directions was obtained. The detection and measurement of the absorption spectrum of hemoglobin in a single red blood cell under physiological conditions on the timescale of seconds was realized. The apparatus and method enables the investigation of spatial variations in the optical density of small samples on the micron scale and the study of biological assemblies at the single cell level, leading to applications in optical diagnostics, microfluidics, and other areas. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206728 | COLOR MATCHING DEVICE AND METHOD - A color matching device including a flexible template having at least three windows extending from a front face through a back face of the template, the windows sized to allow visual comparison of colors located in the windows, wherein at least a first separation distance between first and second windows is different than a second separation distance between the second and third windows. A method for evaluating colors utilizing the device is also disclosed. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206729 | STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION FOR CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT IN OVERLAY METROLOGY - Contrast enhancement in a metrology tool may include generating a beam of illumination, directing a portion of the generated beam onto a surface of a spatial light modulator (SLM), directing at least a portion of the generated beam incident on the surface of the SLM through an aperture of an aperture stop and onto one or more target structures of one or more samples, and generating a selected illumination pupil function of the illumination transmitted through the aperture utilizing the SLM in order to establish a contrast level of one or more field images of the one or more target structures above a selected contrast threshold, and performing one or more metrology measurements on the one or more target structures utilizing the selected illumination pupil function. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206730 | INTERFEROMETER - The light from the light source of the wideband light is reflected by VIPA so that reflection distance varies step by step. In VIPA, the light that phase changed is generated depending on the depth of the step. A interference profile is measured by this reflected light and optical path length modulator by synthetic light with the generated optical frequency comb. The interferometer does not have a movable scanning mechanism, and the operation of the Fourier transform is unnecessary. Thus, it has the measurement of the short time. The measurement of the coaxial tomography and the one-dimensional coaxial tomography of the depth direction is possible. The measurement of the two-dimensional coaxial tomography of the depth direction is possible. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206731 | VARIABLE WAVELENGTH INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND OPTICAL ANALYSIS DEVICE - An etalon is provided with a fixed substrate and a movable substrate opposed to the fixed substrate. The fixed substrate is provided with a first bonding surface to be bonded to the movable substrate via a bonding film and a first electrode surface on which a part of the first electrode is formed. The movable substrate is provided with a second bonding surface to be bonded to the first bonding surface via the bonding film and a second electrode surface on which a part of the second electrode is formed. In the state in which the fixed substrate and the movable substrate are bonded to each other with the bonding film, the first electrode formed on the first electrode surface and the second electrode formed on the second electrode surface have contact with each other. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206732 | COMPONENT-MOUNTING DEVICE, COMPONENT-MOUNTING SYSTEM, AND COMPONENT-MOUNTING METHOD - A challenge to be met by the present invention is to provide a component mounting device, a component mounting system, and a component mounting method that make it possible to correctly position a substrate at a working location and mount components on the substrate even when components mounted on the substrate project outside from an end of the substrate in a direction parallel to a substrate conveyance path. When a front end portion (PbT) of a substrate (Pb) conveyed by a substrate conveyance path ( | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206733 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE THICKNESS DATA DETERMINATION OF ULTRATHIN OPTICAL FILMS IN-SITU - Data relating to the thickness of a thin film, for example, a thickness change is determined herein as follows. Said film is arranged onto a substrate so that said film and substrate form, in a whole, an interferometric structure. After that optical radiation is emitted towards the interferometric structure formed by the film and the substrate, and optically reflected from said interferometric structure radiation is measured. Said thin film thickness related data, for example, thickness change, is then determined by means of said optically reflected radiation, for example, of spectrum related information. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206734 | RELIEF PATTERN DETECTION DEVICE - The present invention aims to provide a highly reliable relief pattern detection device | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206735 | WIDEBAND OPTICAL POSITION SENSOR WITH NORMALIZATION - A novel electro-optical sensor for the wideband and normalized translation of the two-dimensional position of a light beam transverse to its traveling direction into electrical position signals. Incident on the sensor is the light beam | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206736 | PRINTER THAT PRINTS WITH INCREASED VISIBILITY, PRINTING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printable width setter sets a printable width that corresponds to a printable width of a printing medium. A display displays a character string. A specifier specifies at least one first character selected from the character string displayed on the display. A requester requests an emphasis process to the specified at least one first character. An emphasis processor performs a size up process of increasing a size of the specified at least one first character until the size of the specified at least one first character reaches the specified size allowed based on the printable width set by the printable width setter. The emphasis processor performs a size down process of decreasing a size of the at least one second character that has not been specified by the specifier, if the size of the specified at least one first character exceeds the specified size. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206737 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD FOR CORRECTING REGISTRATION DEVIATION - Since memory access is performed on a large number or discontinuous address regions, the performance of memory access is significantly degraded; in a system that performs high speed image formation, registration deviation cannot be corrected. Sub scanning position information corresponding to the profile of registration deviation is set, and image correction processing is divided into two stages, high resolution correction processing using line buffers formed with a memory which allows high speed random access and low resolution correction processing using a memory whose capacity is easily increased. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206738 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING XEROGRAPHIC VOLTAGE UNIFORMITY FOR AN IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus including a memory element and a processor for a specially programmed general purpose computer. The memory element stores correction data for a plurality of locations on a photoreceptor for the image recording apparatus. The processor is for: inducing a charge on the photoconductive layer; receiving image data including, for said each location in the plurality of locations, a first or second desired voltage level; calculating, using the correction and image data, respective desired output power levels for a LED printbar for the apparatus, aligned with the plurality of locations, to discharge each location to the one of the first or second desired charge level, the respective desired output power levels selected to compensate for variances of respective induced charge levels at the plurality of locations; and supplying respective power inputs to the plurality of LEDs to generate the respective desired output power levels. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206739 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDING DATA TO A PRINTED PUBLICATON - Systems and methods for adding data to a printed publication are provided. One system comprises a data source for providing the data, a processing circuit, and an energy source. The processing circuit is configured to retrieve the data from the data source and to control the energy source to at least partially ablate the printed publication based on the data. The publication is printed by a web offset printing press as the substrate travels through a plurality of print units of the web offset printing press. The processing circuit is configured to control the energy source to ablate the printed publication in-line with its production on the print units. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206740 | PRINTER AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR A PRINTER - A printer for performing a printing operation with a printing head is disclosed. The printer comprises: a load power supply configured to supply a printing current to the printing head through a head drive circuit; and a logic power supply configured to supply a current to a control unit. The control unit is configured to transmit a print signal to the head drive circuit to control the printing head. The load power supply and the logic power supply are separately generated by performing independent AC-DC conversions of an AC power supply. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206741 | SYSTEM TO ENABLE MULTI-PASS CLEAR TONER LAYER PRINTING - A method for rendering a clear toner layer is disclosed for a received print job description that is provided in multiple channels, including a clear channel and a color channel. A program selection is executed for a multiple pass operation. Image processing is performed on the print job description to generate a ready-to-print file. A layer of an image is rendered in a first pass using a clear toner applying component and a pigmented toner applying component. The values of the color channel are modified, and the ready-to-print file is modified using the values. The modified ready-to-print file is saved in a ready-to-print format. A layer of the image is rendered in a select pass using only the clear toner applying component. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206742 | PRINTING RAISED-LINE PICTURES FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED - Methods and devices receive a first image. The first image comprises at least one visible feature. These methods and devices process the first image to identify at least one outline of the visible feature and store the outline as a second image. These methods and devices also emboss the second image on a sheet of media as an embossed print. The embossing processes comprises printing marking material on the sheet of media in a pattern matching the outline using a predetermined quantity of marking material, which is a sufficient amount of marking material to create a topographical feature on the sheet of media detectible by a human touch. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206743 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing apparatus comprising: a common color reproduction range generation unit configured to select the data of interest as common color reproduction range data if the data of interest is determined by the first color reproduction range determination unit to fall within the color reproduction range of the first output device and is determined by the second color reproduction range determination unit to fall within the color reproduction range of the second output device; and a table correction unit configured to correct output values for respective grid points of a first color conversion table included in the image processing apparatus in accordance with differences between the reference values and the colorimetric values corresponding to the common color reproduction range data. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206744 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing apparatus comprising a selection unit configured to select difference vectors to be used in correction processing of a first color conversion table from difference vectors between reference values and corresponding colorimetric values; a table correction unit configured to correct output values for respective grid points of the first color conversion table using the selected difference vectors; and a table generation unit configured to set conversion results of data which represent grid points of a third color conversion table as output values for the grid points, wherein the conversion results are obtained by performing conversion using a second color conversion table and the first color conversion table which is corrected by the table correction unit. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206745 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a color converting unit; a registration list that registers a plurality of paper profiles associated with a plurality of registered papers; a parameter managing unit that includes a function of extracting a registered paper capable of approximating color reproduction characteristics of a user's paper sheet from among the registered papers registered in the registration list, based on a feature amount calculated from spectral reflectance characteristics of the user's paper sheet set in an image forming apparatus; and a user interface for receiving a user operation that instructs the parameter managing unit to extract a registered paper capable of approximating the color reproduction characteristics of the user's paper sheet, and for presenting the registered paper extracted by the parameter managing unit to the user. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206746 | COLOR ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a color adjustment method for each of image forming apparatuses, including: a gradation pattern creation step of forming a gradation pattern image including patches different in gradation for each of colors in n pieces of coloring materials; a density detection step of detecting densities of the respective patches, and obtaining density information; a gamma curve creation step of associating the density information of the respective patches in a second image forming apparatus with that in the first, and creating a gamma curve correcting a gradation of received image data so as to obtain densities of the respective patches in the first image forming apparatus; and a color adjustment step of extracting respective color components, deciding output values based on the gamma curve corresponding to the second image forming apparatus, creating output image data, and forming an image on a sheet in the second image forming apparatus. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206747 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD CAPABLE OF REVISING GRAY IMAGE - An apparatus includes a gray converter to convert an inputted color image to be printed into a gray conversion image and to outputs the gray conversion image a difference calculator to calculate a at least one difference value between at least one color channel image with respect to the color image and the gray conversion image; and a gray reviser to revise the gray conversion image based on the at least one difference value and to output a gray conversion image. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206748 | LANGUAGE MONITOR APPLICATION LAUNCH - An apparatus and method use a language monitor of a print driver to identify a print job related application external to the print driver and to direct one or more processors to launch the print job related application. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206749 | OBLIQUELY MOUNTED MOTOR ON SCAN BAR ASSEMBLY - A scan bar assembly includes a scan element including a length direction; and a motor including an axle, wherein the axle of the motor is not parallel to the length direction of the scan element. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206750 | SCANNING APPARATUS WITH CIRCUIT BOARD OVERLAPPING PLATEN - A scanning apparatus includes: a transparent platen having a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge, the first and second edges being separated along a scan direction; a frame including: a holder for the transparent platen; and a control panel located proximate the first edge of the transparent platen; a scan bar assembly including a scan element; a motor for moving the scan bar assembly along the scan direction; and a circuit board connected to the control panel, the circuit board including: a plurality of electrical components; a first edge located adjacent a side of the frame; and a second edge opposite the first edge, wherein the second edge of the circuit board is configured to overlap the first edge of the transparent platen. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206751 | FONT EMULATION IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS - A system for printing a document when it includes one or more target fonts that are emulated with at least one substitute font suitable for printing on a printing device. The substitute font appears visually similar to the target font, substantially preserves the original pagination and line breaks of the provided document, and the printing device is capable of printing the substitute font. A table is provided that lists strategies/logic for enabling the printing device to emulate each of a plurality of predetermined target fonts with a substitute font. These emulation strategies may include but are not limited to, identifying at least one of a resident font for the printing device, stretchable font, local font, or downloadable font to be substituted for the non-resident target font in the provided document. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206752 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, SOFTWARE PROGRAM, AND CARRIER MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an image processing unit to prepare page-by-page image drawing data by converting image data input to the image forming apparatus, a data storage unit to store the image drawing data prepared by the image processing unit, a page-number obtaining unit to obtain the total number of pages of the image drawing data stored in the data storage unit, an image forming unit to output an image on a recording medium based on the image drawing data, and a data management unit to output the total number of pages and the image drawing data stored in the data storage unit to the image forming unit. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206753 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus includes: an original conveying unit that conveys an original; an original scanning unit that scans the original conveyed by the original conveying unit so as to generate an image of the original; a plotter unit that draws the image on a recording medium; an abnormality detecting unit that detects an abnormality in the plotter unit; and a control unit that, when the abnormality detecting unit detects the abnormality in the plotter unit, shuts off first power supply to the original scanning unit, and sets a first conveying speed of the original by the original conveying unit to be higher than a second conveying speed when the original is scanned by the original scanning unit. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206754 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit, an executing unit, a log information generating unit, a holding unit, and a transmitting unit. The receiving unit receives and installs one or more program information items for executing a preset process. The executing unit executes the preset process on the basis of at least one of the installed one or more program information items. The log information generating unit generates log information regarding the preset process based on the one or more program information items executed by the executing unit. The holding unit holds a transmission destination of the log information in association with each of the one or more program information items. The transmitting unit transmits the log information to the transmission destination associated with the executed one or more program information items. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206755 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including an ASIC provided with two functional modules that are reset together by a reset signal. The image forming apparatus stores data used for processing by the functional modules, detects errors in the functional modules, and monitors an execution state of the functional modules. When detecting an error in one of the functional modules, the image forming apparatus acquires the execution state of the other functional module in which no error is detected. When the other functional module is not currently operating, the image forming apparatus resets the ASIC by a reset signal, and when the other functional module is currently operating, the image forming apparatus suppresses resetting of the ASIC until the other functional module finishes operating and then resets the ASIC by a reset signal. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206756 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus determines one of a plurality of parameters as a parameter used for line width correction of an image based on a comparison between the images of the straight lines obtained by reading printed straight lines subjected to line width correction using the plurality of parameters and an image of a straight line as a reference image which is to be obtained by reading the straight line printed in a predetermined line width. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206757 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE APPLICATION IN WHICH WEB BROWSER IS USED - An image forming apparatus registers a Web application provided by a server. When receiving an instruction to select the registered Web application, the image forming apparatus acquires information for performing the Web application in response to the received selection instruction, and stores the information as cache information. When receiving an instruction to cancel the registration of the Web application, the image forming apparatus cancels the registration of the Web application in response to the received instruction, and deletes the cache information corresponding to the Web application in which the registration is cancelled in the stored pieces of cache information. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206758 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING AUTHENTICATED DOCUMENTS - The present invention is an apparatus, system and computer program for generating documents that may be validated and authenticated. A hand-writing system may be utilized to produce a replica of handwriting. Such handwriting system may be capable of generating a replica of handwriting that is biometrically accurate in accordance with a specific person's handwriting. The handwriting system may facilitate the integration of a replica of handwriting with one or more documents. The handwriting system may be linked to a printing output device whereby a replica of handwriting may be applied to a document printed by the printer. The handwriting system may incorporate a handwriting tool that may be integrated with the printer so that a replica of handwriting may be facilitated by the handwriting tool during the course of printing a document. Security may be incorporated in the integration of the printer and handwriting system whereby the integration of the handwriting and the document may be unalterable. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206759 | Data Capture System - The present invention provides a method and system for converting print data into both discrete data and images. The invention includes pseudo printer implemented as a simulated SMB/CIFS printer on a local area network. The pseudo printer captures raw print data from a network device sending a print request for a document. The data is captured as a Device Independent Print Definition file. A data map that identifies pixel coordinates for image regions and discrete data regions within the document is retrieved according to the MAC address of the device sending the print request. Images and discrete data are then cut out of the document and uploaded to a remote server. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206760 | NETWORK SYSTEM, PROGRAM SET DISTRIBUTION METHOD, DISTRIBUTION SERVER, DISTRIBUTION SERVER CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A distribution managing server determines whether or not an image forming apparatus has already corresponded to an encoding scheme of request firmware requested by the image forming apparatus, and establishes a first communication path having a higher security level than that of a second communication path when the image forming apparatus has not yet corresponded to the encoding scheme. Then, the firmware providing server distributes a decoder module, which is applied to the image forming apparatus so as to correspond to the encoding scheme, to the image forming apparatus using the first communication path, and distributes the request firmware to the image forming apparatus using the second communication path. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206761 | PRINT SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A print server apparatus to communicate with a printer includes a holding unit, a change unit, a storing unit, an acquisition unit, and an update unit. The holding unit stores a job list including a plurality of print job data pieces. In response to a shutdown instruction being received, the change unit discards print job data whose status of issuance processing is in issuance, instructs the printer to cancel the print job, and discards print job data whose status of issuance processing is in issuance wait. The storing unit stores the changed job list as a first job list. The acquisition unit acquires from the printer, a job list including a plurality of print job data pieces as a second job list in response to the print server apparatus being rebooted. The update unit updates the stored first job list based on the acquired second job list. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206762 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device stores setting information and process information in a storage device in association with a setting button. The setting information indicates the setting values of print setting items specified in response to a user operation. The process information indicates a process assigned in response to a user's operation among a plurality of processes, which may be performed during printing. The information processing device updates setting information to be used in the printing with the setting information associated with a user interface, and performs the process assigned to the process information associated with the user interface, in response to a user's operation of the setting button. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206763 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, And Computer Program Product - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: an acquiring unit that acquires a job list in which a job, authorization information expressing authorization over a process of a job, and level of priority of the job are associated with one another; and an output unit that outputs preferentially a job with high level of the priority over a job with low level of the priority. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206764 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND PRINTER CONTROLLER - An image forming system includes a first image forming apparatus, a second image forming apparatus disposed upstream in a sheet conveying direction and connected to the first image forming apparatus, and a post-processing apparatus that receives a sheet at a speed depending on a conveyance speed of a sheet discharged from the first image forming apparatus and that performs post-processing on the sheet. When a print job including a simplex image forming mode and a duplex image forming mode is to be executed, in the simplex image forming mode, a sheet is discharged in a reversed state to the post-processing apparatus. In the duplex image forming mode, the second image forming apparatus forms an image on a back side of a sheet, the first image forming apparatus forms an image on a front side of the sheet, and the sheet is discharged in a reversed state to the post-processing apparatus. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206765 | Print Control Server And Print Control Method - A print control server includes a receiving unit that receives an email on an email address assigned to a specific printer; a determining unit that determines whether the email is a secondary email that is replied to or transferred, on the basis of an email including the email address in a destination, or is a primary email, not the secondary email; a print data creating unit that creates print data on the basis of the primary email; and a print data transmitting unit that transmits the print data to the specific printer. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206766 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Document data to be printed is decided from document data of a plurality of pages, based on an inclination of the information processing apparatus detected by a sensor for detecting the inclination of the information processing apparatus. The decided document data to be printed is transmitted to a printing apparatus in accordance with an instruction to transmit the document data to be printed to the printing apparatus. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206767 | Imaging Device and Method of Controlling the Same - An imaging device receives from a host image data and commands including a normal command and a real-time command to be processed prior to the normal command. A receiver receives a real-time processing disable command with a parameter indicating a number of bytes of the image data, and a processor processes the image data in terms of the number of bytes without processing the real-time command, after processing the real-time processing disable command. In a method for so controlling an imaging device, the host controls transmission of image data and commands including normal and real-time commands to an imaging device as noted above. The host comprises a detector that determines if data to be transmitted includes image data, and a processor that transmits the image data after transmitting a real-time processing disable command with the parameter described above, if the detector determines that the data includes the image data. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206768 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - To provide a system in which image data created in an image processor is processed in association with an application activated on a user terminal. The system includes an image processor, and a user terminal connected with the image processor over a network. The image processor includes: an activated application identifying unit for obtaining information about an application activated on the user terminal; a one-touch key generating unit for generating a one-touch key including information for processing image data by the application activated on the user terminal; and a transmission unit for transmitting the image data to the user terminal. The user terminal includes: a receiving unit for receiving the image data from the image processor; and a one-touch key processing unit for processing the image data by the application activated on the user terminal, based on the information of the one-touch key. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206769 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, DEVICE MANAGING METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a controlling apparatus connected to each other through a network and having different addresses. Information, indicating that the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus are connected to each other also by a communication medium that is different from the network, is registered in at least one of the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus. A search request for searching an apparatus connected to the network is received. The information registered by the registering unit is provided as a response to the search request. Based on the response, it is displayed that the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus are connected to each other by the communication medium. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206770 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ROTATING IMAGE TILES USING LINE SEGMENT READ BUFFERS - An embodiment generally relates to a device for rotating image tiles using line segment read buffers. The device comprises an image memory configured to store an image and a plurality of buffers, wherein the image comprises a plurality of tiles. The plurality of buffers comprises line segment read buffers configured to interface with the image memory to read line segments of the plurality of tiles from the image memory. A rotator logic module is configured to micro-rotate the line segments, aggregate the line segments as rotated tiles, and macro-rotate the rotated tiles to determine an address of the image memory at which to write the rotated tiles. Write buffers are configured to write the rotated tiles to the image memory at the determined address. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206771 | IMAGING PRODUCT LAYOUT METHOD - A method of generating an image product comprising three or more digital images and automatically placing the digital images into display locations in a display that represents an image product. A user may select a displayed digital image for relocating it to a new display location. A completed image product is shown in the digital display including the first selected digital image in the new display location. An image product can be made and provided as represented by that shown in the digital display. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206772 | OPTIMAL CONTRAST LEVEL DRAFT-MODE PRINTING USING SPATIAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS - Devices and methods herein receive a command into a computerized device to perform a printing draft operation of a printable item using a reduced amount of marking material (a reduced amount of ink, toner, etc.). The methods herein evaluate at least two different regions of the printable item to determine spatial frequencies of the different regions, and calculate at least two marking material reduction values for the different regions of the printable item based on the spatial frequencies of the different regions. Then, the methods herein apply the marking material reduction values to the printable item to produce a file containing reduced marking material printing commands for a printing device to print the printable item. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206773 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DOCUMENTS HAVING STORED ELECTROSTATIC PATTERN INFORMATION - A method for generating documents having stored electrostatic pattern information provides security with respect to the authenticity of documents. A liquid medium including a plurality of electrostatic monopoles is applied to the surface of a document, which embeds a permanent electrostatic pattern in the document. The pattern is then readable by an electrostatic scanner. The monopoles may be associated with differing colors, including black and white, may be transparent or have a neutral color. The patterns may embed data, certificates or shapes. The monopoles may provide a watermark or visible image. The apparatus may be a pen or printer, and may include multiple selectable vessels containing ink and/or electrostatic liquid medium of one or both charge states. Visible features of the document can be compared with the detected pattern, or the pattern may be compared to a database or decrypted with a key. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206774 | INTEGRATED DOCUMENT DELIVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A document delivery network server having a set of integrated functions including sending, receiving, routing and filing of FAXes and e-mails to other users which achieves numerous advantages over the prior art. The document delivery system is based on a client/server model having both analog and digital Fax line capabilities. The server side provides very highly integrated systems functionality based on industry standard, commercially available hardware and a mix of industry standard and proprietary software components including integrated FAX/modem modules, an embedded OS, embedded plug-and-play driver sets, embedded e-mail gateways, an embedded FAX archive, embedded back-up/restore, proprietary high efficiency line utilization and highly efficient load balancing. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206775 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME IMAGE TRANSMISSION AND PREVIEW - A system for real time image transmission and preview and a method thereof are applied on a scanner having a predetermined format therein, and an electrical device having a display module. The scanner scans a document in lines along a direction repeatedly according to the predetermined format. The scanner can promptly get an image and then wirelessly send the image out after each linearly scanning a part of the document. The electrical device wirelessly receives the predetermined format information and the image sent out by the scanner, and further edits a format of the image to fit in with the predetermined format so as to make the image capable of being displayed by the display module. Wherein the display module promptly displays the image thereon after each linearly scanning a part of the document along the direction and the image get thereby is received by the electrical device. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206776 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus includes an input unit configured to read a document and input image data, a division unit configured to divide the image data into a margin area and a print information area, an acquisition unit configured to count a number of pixels having a gradation value greater than a first threshold value in each divided area, and acquire the number of counted pixels per unit area, and a determination unit configured to determine that the document is white paper if a difference of two acquired pixel numbers per unit area is smaller than a second threshold value. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206777 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND MALTIFUNCTION APPARATUS - An image capture apparatus includes a platen, an image capturing device movable with respect to the platen along a movement direction and configured to capture an image of a medium placed on the platen, and an attached member provided adjacent to the platen. The attached member or the image capturing device includes an inclined edge inclined with respect to a movement direction of the image capturing device. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206778 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND A DOCUMENT SCANNING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention has an effect which enables to obtain a cutout image by directly specifying an area with a pointer such as a finger or the like on a paper surface of a document such as a book or the like. The present invention is useful as an image processing apparatus and a document scanning system having the same, the image processing apparatus processing an image obtained by scanning a paper surface of a document such as a book or the like. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206779 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE, IMAGE READING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ILLUINATING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An illuminating device capable of stably illuminating an irradiated object such as a document while suppressing light loss with a simply structure is provided. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206780 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A HOLOGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - A 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. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206781 | IMAGE RECORDING MEDIUM, HOLOGRAM REPLICATING DEVICE AND HOLOGRAM REPLICATING METHOD - An image recording medium in which a refractive index modulation is recorded in a material in a layer such that, when the hologram recording medium is illuminated from a predetermined angle and a viewpoint is moved horizontally with respect to a normal line, a hologram image having continuous parallax in at least the horizontal direction is reproduced and that, when the viewpoint is moved in a direction with respect to the normal line different from the horizontal direction, another image that is different from and thus is not continuous with the hologram image is reproduced. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206782 | DEVICE FOR REDUCING SPECKLE EFFECT IN A DISPLAY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for speckle noise reduction in laser scanning display. In particular, a MEMS device which can superpose vibrational motion onto a biaxial scanning mirror is provided for reducing the effect of speckling. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206783 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - An optical scanning device has an incident optical system in which optical path lengths from laser diodes to a polygon mirror become longer in the order of the optical path length of the laser beam associated with black, that of the laser beam associated with cyan, that of the laser beam associated with magenta and that of the laser beam associated with yellow. The optical scanning device has an outgoing optical system in which optical path lengths from the polygon mirror to mirrors at which laser beam eclipse occurs become shorter in the order of the optical path length of the laser beam associated with black, that of the laser beam associated with cyan, that of the laser beam associated with magenta and that of the laser beam associated with yellow. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206784 | DEVICE FOR REDUCING SPECKLE EFFECT IN A DISPLAY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for speckle noise reduction in laser scanning projection display. In particular, a MEMS device with a vibrating membrane through which light rays are refracted with temporally varying angles is provided for reducing the effect of speckling. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206785 | MEMS Device and Methods for Manufacturing and Using Same - A Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) device comprising: a rotor, comprising a first plurality of rotor teeth and a second plurality of rotor teeth, formed in at least two layers of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, wherein each rotor tooth belonging to the first plurality of rotor teeth is formed in a first layer and each rotor tooth of the second plurality of rotor teeth is formed in a second layer; and a stator comprising a first plurality of stator teeth and a second plurality of stator teeth, formed in at least two layers of SOI substrate, wherein each stator tooth belonging to the first plurality of stator teeth is formed in a first layer, and each stator tooth of the second plurality of stator teeth is formed in a second layer. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206786 | LASER LIGHT SHAPING AND WAVEFRONT CONTROLLING OPTICAL SYSTEM - A laser light shaping and wavefront controlling optical system | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206787 | SOLAR ARRAY WITH MULTIPLE SUBSTRATE LAYERS PROVIDING FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACES - A leaky travelling wave array of optical elements provide a solar wavelength rectenna. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206788 | INTEGRATED MODULATOR ILLUMINATION - A spatial light modulator includes an array of elements to modulate light in accordance with image data. The modulator has a display panel having first and second surfaces arranged adjacent to the array of elements such that the second surface is directly adjacent the array of elements to allow a viewer to view an image produced by modulation of light. The modulator may also include a light source to provide light to the display panel and illumination dots on the first surface of the display panel to reflect light from the source to the array of elements. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206789 | COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A coated article includes an electrochromic layer made of tungsten trioxide doped with metal selected from molybdenum, niobium, and/or titanium. A method for making the device housing is also described there. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206790 | ELECTROCHROMIC MIRROR REFLECTIVE ELEMENT FOR VEHICULAR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - An electrochromic mirror reflective element suitable for use in a rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes first and second substrates having an electrochromic medium disposed therebetween and bounded by a perimeter seal. A perimeter coating is disposed at a second surface of the first substrate proximate at least a perimeter portion of the first substrate. The perimeter coating generally conceals the perimeter seal from view by a person viewing a first surface of the first substrate and through the first substrate. An at least partially reflective stack of thin films is disposed at least a portion of a third surface of the second substrate. The perimeter seal is at least partially visible to a person viewing a fourth surface of the second substrate and through the second substrate. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206791 | Beam Steering Device - A beam steering device ( | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206792 | COMPACT NARROW BANDWIDTH TUNABLE SOURCE - Tunable light sources having a single optical parametric generation (OPG) source that results in an amplified, narrow bandwidth seed beam and methods of tuning therewith are disclosed. The tunable light source may include a polarization rotator to rotate a pump beam before a first pass through an OPG, and a linear-to-circular polarization device to polarize the pump beam directed back toward the OPG for a second pass therethrough. Alternately, the tunable light source may include an OPG source through which a pump beam passes only in the first direction, a separator that separates a signal beam from the pump beam exiting from the OPG, a narrowband wavelength filter that receives the signal beam and generate a seed beam, and a reflecting surface that directs the seed beam back through the OPG (opposite the first direction) to seed the back part of the pulse of the pulse laser. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206793 | OPTICAL COMBINER AND FIBER LASER DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An optical combiner | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206794 | HIGH POWER PARALLEL FIBER ARRAYS - High power parallel fiber arrays for the amplification of high peak power pulses are described. Fiber arrays based on individual fiber amplifiers as well as fiber arrays based on multi-core fibers can be implemented. The optical phase between the individual fiber amplifier elements of the fiber array is measured and controlled using a variety of phase detection and compensation techniques. High power fiber array amplifiers can be used for EUV and X-ray generation as well as pumping of parametric amplifiers. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206795 | IRRADIATION WITH HIGH ENERGY IONS FOR SURFACE STRUCTURING AND TREATMENT OF SURFACE PROXIMAL SECTIONS OF OPTICAL ELEMENTS - A method for processing the surface of a component, or the processing of an optical element through an ion beam, directed onto the surface to be processed, whereby the surface is lowered and/or removed at least partially, and wherein the ions have a kinetic energy of 100 keV or more, as well as optical elements processed in accordance with the method. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206796 | INFRARED (IR) TRANSMITTING GRADED INDEX (GRIN) OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - The present invention is directed to a method for making infrared transmitting graded index optical elements by selecting at least two different infrared-transmitting materials, each with a different refractive index, having similar thermo-viscous behavior; assembling the infrared-transmitting materials into a stack comprising one or more layers of each infrared-transmitting material resulting in the stack having a graded index profile; and forming the stack into a desired shape. Also disclosed is the related optical element made by this method. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206797 | OPTICAL CONTACT MICROMETER - Certain examples provide optical contact micrometers and methods of use. An example optical contact micrometer includes a pair of opposable lenses to receive an object and immobilize the object in a position. The example optical contact micrometer includes a pair of opposable mirrors positioned with respect to the pair of lenses to facilitate viewing of the object through the lenses. The example optical contact micrometer includes a microscope to facilitate viewing of the object through the lenses via the mirrors; and an interferometer to obtain one or more measurements of the object. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206798 | LIGHT-PAD MICROSCOPE FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION 3D FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AND 2D FLUCTUATION SPECTROSCOPY - A microscope is described, having an illumination light path for illuminating a sample or object and a viewing light path for viewing the sample. The microscope includes an illumination light path focussing arrangement in the illumination light path, defining a substantially two-dimensional sample or object illumination region extending along an illumination direction of the illumination light path and transversely thereto. The microscope further includes an illumination region-confining device in the illumination light path for selectively illuminating a portion of the substantially two-dimensional object illumination region, wherein the portion of the substantially two-dimensional object illumination region is confined at least in the illumination direction and/or in the direction transversely thereto. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206799 | BINOCULARS WITH INTEGRATED LASER DESIGNATOR/ILLUMINATOR FOR ILLUMINATING AN OPTICAL FIELD OF VIEW - Binoculars with an integrated laser light source capable of illuminating the optical field of view through the binoculars to provide concise and effective viewing under limited visibility conditions. The integrated light source generates a coherent laser light beam that has variably adjustable divergence. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206800 | Polarization preserving projection screen with engineered pigment and method for making same - Polarization preserving projection screens provide optimum polarization preservation for 3D viewing. The projection screens additionally provide improved light control for enhanced brightness, uniformity, and contrast for both 2D and 3D systems. Generally, the disclosed method for providing a projection screen comprises stripping an optically functional material from a carrier substrate, thus creating engineered particles from the optically functional material. The engineered particles may then be deposited on a second substrate to create a substantially homogeneous optical appearance of the projection screen. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206801 | SCREEN UNIT - A screen unit includes a screen, a screen holding unit which holds the upper end of the screen, a screen winding unit around which the screen is wound, a pantograph mechanism which expands and stores the screen, and adjusting units which control the position of the upper end of the screen when the screen is expanded. The adjusting units have a support member which has a screw portion, and an adjusting screw member rotatably provided on the corresponding support member. The support member shifts in accordance with rotation of the adjusting screw member. | 2012-08-16 |
| 20120206802 | An Opto-Isolator And A Laser Processing Apparatus Using The Same - An opto-isolator including a Faraday rotator comprised of a crystal cylinder formed into a cylinder using a crystal that rotates polarized light; an enclosing tube surrounding the crystal cylinder; two cooling tubes each sized and positioned to allow both ends of the outer peripheral surface of the crystal cylinder to be inscribed within the cooling tubes and both end sections of an inner peripheral surface of the enclosing tube to be circumscribed around the cooling tubes; passages formed within the cooling tubes; a cooling medium circulating through a space formed among the crystal cylinder, the enclosing tube, and the two cooling tubes, and the passages; and a magnet disposed in an outer periphery of the enclosing tube. The opto-isolator further includes two polarizers respectively disposed on the optical path of light entering the Faraday rotator and an optical path of the light exiting the Faraday rotator. | 2012-08-16 |
