37th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100231872 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, LAMP UNIT AND PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY - The present invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a high-pressure discharge lamp including: a spherical portion forming a light-emitting portion ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100231873 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS AND APPARATUS INTEGRATING OPTICAL PROJECTION AND IMAGE DETECTION - A fixed-focus lens disposed between an object side and an image side is provided. The fixed-focus lens includes a reflector, a curved reflector, a first lens group, and a second lens group disposed in sequence from the object side to the image side. The first lens group includes two aspheric lenses. The second lens group includes a spherical lens and an aspheric lens, wherein the aspheric lens of the second lens group is closest to the image side in the second lens group. Besides, an effective focal length (EFL) of the fixed-focus lens is f, an EFL of the second lens group is f | 2010-09-16 |
20100231874 | PROJECTING APPARATUS - A projecting apparatus for protecting an image onto a screen includes an image module, a first light reflection device and a lens. The image module is for providing a beam of first light, The first light reflection device has a first reflection surface disposed movably relative to the image module for reflecting the first light to form a beam of second light. The lens is for projection the image on the screen according to the second light. Moving the first light reflection device along the beam of first light or second light can adjust the location of the image on the screen in a first direction. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231875 | Lithographic Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method - An immersion lithographic apparatus is provided with an electrode set to remove unwanted droplets of an immersion fluid from a particular surface. Unwanted droplets of immersion fluid may form on any number of different surfaces of the immersion apparatus, such as on a liquid barrier member. If allowed to evaporate and/or dry, these droplets may cause a problem such as uncontrolled heat loading of the apparatus and/or staining of the surface. An electrode set is provided on a surface where the droplets are likely to be formed. A controlled voltage is applied to the electrodes within the electrode set in order to electrostatically remove the droplets from the surface. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231876 | Apparatus and method for recovering fluid for immersion lithography - Apparatus and methods recover a fluid from an immersion area formed in a gap between a projection system and an object of exposure in an immersion lithography system. Liquid is supplied through a supply inlet. A porous member is disposed adjacent to a space. The porous member includes a first portion and a second portion. A recovery capability to remove the supplied liquid from the space through the first portion is different from a recovery capability to remove the supplied liquid from the space through the second portion. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231877 | OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH AT LEAST ONE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE REGION, AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEM WITH THE OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical element includes first regions which reflect or transmit the light falling on the optical element. The optical element also includes second regions which are in each instance separated by a distance from a first region and which at least partially surround a first region. The second regions are designed to be at least in part electrically conductive and are electrically insulated from the first regions. The optical element includes a carrier element and at least two first regions in the form of mirror facets which are arranged on the carrier element. The second regions are arranged with a separation from the mirror facets on the carrier element and are electrically insulated against the carrier element as well as against the mirror facet. At least one mirror facet is surrounded by an electrically conductive second region. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231878 | Systems and methods for manufacturing semiconductor device - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes preparing a reticle having at least three mask registration keys on respective four sides of a key field, aligning the reticle by irradiating light, after mounting the reticle on an exposure system, and measuring a mask registration including a non-linear term of the reticle from the mask registration keys using the irradiated light. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231879 | Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and device manufacturing method - An exposure apparatus includes: an optical system having an optical element on which a first exposure light and a second exposure light are incident, the first exposure light and the second exposure light from the optical element being irradiated onto a first exposure field and a second exposure field; and a detection device that detects at least one of the first exposure light and the second exposure light, which are from the optical element and are directed towards a different direction from directions towards the first and second exposure fields. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231880 | OPTICAL INTEGRATOR, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An optical integrator used in an illumination optical system for illuminating an illumination target surface on the basis of light from a light source has a first fly's eye optical system having a plurality of first optical elements arranged in parallel at a position optically conjugate with the illumination target surface in an optical path between the light source and the illumination target surface, and a second fly's eye optical system having a plurality of second optical elements arranged in parallel so as to correspond to the plurality of first optical elements in an optical path between the first fly's eye optical system and the illumination target surface. At least one first optical element out of the plurality of first optical elements, and another first optical element different from the at least one first optical element have their respective postures different from each other about an optical axis of the illumination optical system or about an axis parallel to the optical axis. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231881 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The invention provides a level sensor configured to measure a height level of a substrate comprising: a projection unit to project a measurement beam on the substrate, a detection unit to receive the measurement beam after reflection on the substrate, a processing unit to calculate a height level on the basis of the reflected measurement beam received by the detection unit, wherein the level sensor further comprises a tilt measuring device, wherein the tilt measuring device is arranged to receive at least partially the reflected measurement beam, and configured to provide a tilt signal representative for a tilt of the substrate with respect to a nominal plane. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231882 | BUNDLE-GUIDING OPTICAL COLLECTOR FOR COLLECTING THE EMISSION OF A RADIATION SOURCE - A bundle-guiding optical collector collects an emission of a radiation source and forms a radiation bundle from the collected emission. A reflective surface of the collector is the first bundle-forming surface downstream of the radiation source. The reflective surface is formed such that it converts the radiation source into a family of images in a downstream plane. The family of images includes a plurality of radiation source images which are offset to each other in two dimensions (x, y) in a direction perpendicular to the beam direction of the transformed radiation bundle and are arranged relative to each other in a non-rotationally symmetric manner relative to the beam direction of the transformed radiation bundle. The transformed radiation bundle in the downstream plane has a non-rotationally symmetric bundle edge contour relative to the beam direction of the transformed radiation bundle. The result is a collector in which the radiation bundle shape generated by the collector. In other words, the illumination distribution generated by the collector in a defined manner in the plane downstream of the collector has a shape which is freely selectable to the greatest possible extent. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231883 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes a primary illumination system producing projection light, a projection objective and a correction optical system. The correction optical system includes a secondary illumination system, which produces an intensity distribution of correction light in a reference surface, and a correction element which includes a heating material and is arranged in a plane that is at least substantially optically conjugate to the reference surface such that the correction light and the projection light pass through at least one lens contained in the projection objective before they impinge on the correction element. All lenses through which both the correction light and the projection light pass are made of a lens material which has a lower coefficient of absorption for the correction light than the heating material contained in the correction element. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231884 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND RELATED INSTALLATION AND METHOD - An imaging optical system can image two object fields, each in the same object plane, into two corresponding image fields, each in the same image plane. The two object fields are spatially separated from each another, and the two image fields are spatially separated from each other. The imaging optical system can exhibit increased flexibility of use. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231885 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE SYSTEM FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY - An imaging optical system includes a plurality of mirrors that image an object field in an object plane into an image field in an image plane. At least one of the mirrors is obscured, and thus has a opening for imaging light to pass through. The fourth-last mirror in the light path before the image field is not obscured and provides, with an outer edge of the optically effective reflection surface thereof, a central shadowing in a pupil plane of the imaging optical system. The distance between the fourth-last mirror and the last mirror along the optical axis is at least 10% of the distance between the object field and the image field. An intermediate image, which is closest to the image plane, is arranged between the last mirror and the image plane. The imaging optical system can have a numerical aperture of 0.9. These measures, not all of which must be effected simultaneously, lead to an imaging optical system with improved imaging properties and/or reduced production costs. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231886 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY INCLUDING AN IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM - In certain aspects, imaging optical systems with a plurality of mirrors image an object field in an object plane into an image field in an image plane. In the light path between non-obscured mirrors, imaging rays pass through at least one multiple pass-through region between spaced-apart planes which are arranged parallel to the object plane and/or parallel to the image plane. The imaging optical systems have at least one pupil plane. The pupil plane is arranged outside the multiple pass-through region between the non-obscured mirrors. This can provide an imaging optical system which provides for an easier correction of image errors | 2010-09-16 |
20100231887 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes an illumination system and a projection objective. During use of the microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, the illumination system illuminates an object plane of the projection objective. The illumination system is configured so that light components in point-symmetrical relationship with each other, which are produced during use of the illumination system and which are only superposed in the object plane, have mutually orthogonal polarization states. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231888 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - The disclosure provides an optical system having an optical axis, where the optical system includes a polarization manipulator which includes first and second subelements. The first subelement has a non-planar, optically effective surface. For light passing through the first subelement, the first subelement causes a change in the polarization state. A maximum effective retardation introduced by the first subelement along the optical axis is less than a quarter of the working wavelength of the optical system. The first subelement and the second subelement have mutually facing surfaces which are mutually complementary. The optical system also includes a position manipulator to manipulate the relative position of the first and second subelements. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231889 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A level sensor configured to determine a height level of a substrate is disclosed. The level sensor includes a projection unit to project a measurement beam having a substantially periodic radiation intensity on the substrate; a detection unit to receive the measurement beam after reflection on the substrate, the detection unit having a detection grating arranged to receive the reflected measurement beam, the detection grating comprising at least one array of three or more segments together having a length substantially equal to a length of a period of the measurement beam projected on the detection grating, and configured to split the reflected measurement beam in three or more reflected measurement beam parts, and three or more detectors each arranged to receive one of the three or more measurement beam parts; and a processing unit to calculate a height level on the basis of the measurement beam parts. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231890 | Device Manufacturing Method, Lithographic Apparatus and a Computer Program - The invention relates to a device manufacturing method comprising exposing a substrate with a patterned beam of radiation formed by a reticle mounted on a displaceable reticle stage, wherein the method comprises the steps of determining a non-linear function for approximating a height and a tilt profile of a reticle surface with respect to the reticle stage and controlling a displacement of the reticle stage during exposure of the substrate in accordance with the non-linear function. The invention further relates to a lithographic apparatus and a computer program. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231891 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND DISTANCE IMAGE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A pair of first gate electrodes IGR, IGL are provided on a semiconductor substrate | 2010-09-16 |
20100231892 | METHOD OF MEASURING AND/OR JUDGING THE AFTERGLOW IN CERAMIC MATERIALS AND DETECTOR - The invention relates to a method of measuring and/or judging the afterglow in ceramic materials, especially Gd2θ2S materials and/or precursor materials by measuring the Eu-, Tb- and/or Yb-content. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231893 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPECTRALLY DETECTING HEMOGLOBIN - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for detecting the presence of blood. Specific applications may include hunting, during which it may be necessary to track a wounded, bleeding animal. According to one embodiment, a device transmits light at one or more wavelengths to irradiate a region potentially containing blood. Hemoglobin in the blood absorbs or reflects more of the transmitted light than other matter in the region. A detector detects the light reflected from the region and determines if blood is present in the region using spectral analysis. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231894 | OPTICAL DEVICE FOR OBSERVING MILLIMETRIC OR SUBMILLIMETRIC STRUCTURAL DETAILS OF AN OBJECT WITH SPECULAR BEHAVIOUR - A device for observation, by reflection, of the structural details of an object ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100231895 | QUANTITATIVE PHASE-IMAGING SYSTEMS - An optical system performs imaging in a transmissive and reflective mode. The system includes an optical interferometer that generates interference phenomena between optical waves to measure multiple distances, thicknesses, and indices of refraction of a sample. Measurements are made through a galvanometer that scans a pre-programmed angular arc. An excitation-emission device allows an electromagnetic excitation and emission to pass through an objective in optical communication with the sample. An electromagnetic detector receives the output of the optical interferometer and the excitation-emission device to render a magnified three dimensional image of the sample. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231896 | QUANTITATIVE PHASE-CONTRAST AND EXCITATION-EMISSION SYSTEMS - An optical system includes an optical interferometer that generates interference phenomena between optical waves to measure multiple distances, thicknesses, and indices of refraction of a sample. An excitation-emission device allows an electromagnetic excitation and emission to pass through an objective in optical communication with the sample. An electromagnetic detector receives the output of the optical interferometer and the excitation-emission device to render a magnified image of the sample. A digital delay generator synchronizes the optical interferometer and excitation-emission device to operate in substantially unison to generate a noninvasive depth of field of the portion of the sample that corrects a plurality of optical aberrations in real-time. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231897 | WEB INSPECTION CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - Systems and methods for calibrating a web inspection system. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231898 | Inclination Detector and Laser Marker - An inclination detector includes: a casing; a light source installed in the casing; a reflector being suspended with a suspender to be at a certain position in the casing and reflecting a light beam from the light source to a direction different from a light axis direction; and a detector that outputs a signal corresponding to a projected position of the light beam, and an inclination of the casing is detected based on the projected position of the light beam reflected by the reflector. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231899 | SENSOR FOR THIOL ANALYTES - The present invention relates to a sensor for thiol analytes, to a sensor array and to a method of detecting thiol analytes using said sensor. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231900 | OPTICAL DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS - A laser beam oscillated from a laser source is folded in its path by first and second plane mirrors and enters a beam expander. The surface of each plane mirror is deteriorated with illumination by the laser beam and the reflectance is reduced. To avoid a light quantity of the laser beam entering the beam expander from being reduced below a reference value, when the laser beam is illuminated over a certain time, a position on each of the first and second plane mirrors at which the laser beam is illuminated is changed by a structure for rotating and/or translating a reflecting surface of each plane mirror on a plane, which includes the plane mirror, while an optical axis is kept same. Thus, the useful life of each plane mirror can be prolonged without displacing the optical axis. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231901 | INSPECTION SYSTEM EMPLOYING ILLUMINATION THAT IS SLECTABLE OVER A CONTINUOUS RANGE ANGLES - An illumination device and method for inspecting objects having microscopic features is provided. The device includes an illuminator which provides a solid angle of angularly specific illumination defining an illumination angle, selected by a user from among a continuous range of possible illumination angles. The device further includes an object inspector which inspects the object illuminated by the illuminator. The illuminator may include an illumination source, a light concentrator, an illumination angle selector, disposed along a light path between the illumination source and the object inspector. The illumination angle selector may have a first position in which directly -reflected light propagates toward the object plane and a second position in which no light both selected by the illumination angle selector and directly reflected from the object plane enters the collecting lens. Rather, in the second position, only scattered light from the object plane enters the collecting lens. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231902 | OPTICAL INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wafer inspection system has a bright field imaging beam path and a dark field imaging beam path to obtain bright field images and dark field images of a full 300 mm wafer. The optical system provides for telecentric imaging and has low optical aberrations. The bright field and dark field beam paths are folded such that the system can be integrated to occupy a low volume with a small foot print. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231903 | Microbubble optical resonator - An optical microresonator is configured as an optical microbubble formed along a section of an optical microcapillary. The curvature of the outer surface of the microbubble creates an optical resonator with a geometry that encourages the circulating WGMs to remain confined in the central region of the bubble, creating a high Q optical resonator. The resonator may be tuned by modifying the physical properties of the microbubble, allowing the resonator to be used as an optical filter. The resonator may also be used as a sensor or laser by introducing the material to be sensed (or the active laser material) into the microcapillary along which the microbubble is formed. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231904 | Method and Device for Measuring Hydrocarbons in Aqueous Solutions - The present invention relates to a method and device for conducting the analysis of hydrocarbons in aqueous solutions, accurately matching the EPA Test Method 1664 HEM, without the need for a solvent extraction step. The solvent extraction step is eliminated by: 1) delivering the aqueous solution directly to a standard cuvette in a controlled and convenient manner, and 2) correlating the analyzer's output reading to a predetermined calibration curve. The predetermined calibration curve is generated by having a duplicate sample of aqueous solution tested by Method 1664 and the present device and the two values correlated. The sample delivery system is comprised of a standard 1-liter sample bottle, a flow control section, and an analyzer adapting section. The sample bottle contains the aqueous solution to be analyzed. The flow control section has various conduits which allow the user to regulate the rate at which the sample flows through to the analyzer using gravity and contains an optional fill line which can be connected directly to the process that generates the aqueous media being tested. The analyzer adapting section connects the flow control section to a standard round glass cuvette and provides a sealing means. A method for using the device is presented which calls for taking multiple analyzer readings at timed intervals as the aqueous solution flows through the cuvette. The values are then averaged and compared to the Method 1664 calibration data. Accuracy of this method to the Method 1664 can be maintained with periodic recalibration, typically monthly. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231905 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Spectroscopy Downhole with a Wellbore - An analysis system, tool, and method for performing downhole fluid analysis, such as within a wellbore. The analysis system, tool, and method provide for a tool including a spectroscope for use in downhole fluid analysis which utilizes an adaptive optical element such as a Micro Mirror Array (MMA) and two distinct light channels and detectors to provide real-time scaling or normalization. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231906 | Method and device for measuring emissions of gaseous substances to the atmosphere using scattered sunligt spectroscopy - Methods for measuring emissions of gaseous substances to the atmosphere using scattered sunlight spectroscopy and an optical measuring device are disclosed in which the device includes a telescopic member defining a field-of-view of the optical measuring device and a scanner for controlling variation of the direction of the field of view to scan a predetermined layer of the atmosphere, the method comprising scanning the field-of-view to scan the predetermined layer of the atmosphere in the form of at least a part of a cone having its apex positioned at the optical measuring device and having a cone angle β. Optical measuring devices themselves are disclosed. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231907 | Method and Apparatus for Biosensor Spectral Shift Detection - Performing high-resolution determination of the relative shift of the spectral properties of a biosensor. The shift in the resonance peak of the biosensor is indicative of the amount of material bound to the surface of the biosensor. A preferred biosensor is a Guided Mode Resonant Filter Biosensor (GMRFB). In one aspect of the invention, curve fitting is used to determine the relative location of the spectrum of the unexposed biosensor with respect to those spectra that are altered (e.g., shifted) by the presence of materials bound to the surface of the biosensor. In an alternative embodiment, the cross correlation function is used to detect spectral peak offsets between a reference spectrum and a spectrum measured from an exposed biosensor. In yet another alternative, maximal likelihood estimation techniques are used to determine the spectral shift or offs. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231908 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SIZE OF PARTICLES IN LIQUID - The size of particles is detected accurately and at low cost even when there are few microparticles as impurities included in a liquid. Provided is a method of detecting a size of particles in a liquid by detecting diffraction fringes appearing due to the particles in the liquid by a light detection portion. Diffraction fringes are detected by a first light detection portion and a second light detection portion that are separated along the flow direction of the liquid. A peak time difference (T | 2010-09-16 |
20100231909 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS BY MEASURING SCATTERED LIGHT - An apparatus and method for determining characteristics of particles, by measuring characteristics which are related to the velocity of the particles. Particle size distribution is determined from motion of the particles in an acceleration field, or from Brownian motion of the particles. Zeta potential and particle mobility are determined by measuring velocity related characteristics of charged particles in an electric field. Particle velocity characteristics are determined by measuring dynamic properties of light, which is scattered by the particles. A light source illuminates the particles. Scattered light, from the particles, is mixed with light, from the light source, onto at least one light detector. The detector produces a signal, which is indicative of velocity related characteristics of the particles. The velocity characteristics are also determined by measuring light scattered from particles moving through an illumination pattern, with a periodic intensity structure. In addition, the velocity characteristics of particles are utilized to separate particles into different ranges of particle size, for size analysis using dynamic and static light scattering methods. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231910 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN-LINE MONITORING OF PARTICLES IN OPAGQUE FLOWS - Systems and methods are disclosed for particle monitoring. An exemplary method includes confining a flowable sample which is opaque to at least a first range of wavelengths of light waves; measuring transparency of the flowable sample; compressing the flowable sample in a first direction while confining the sample in a second direction parallel to a flow direction of the flowable sample and orthogonal to the first direction, while elongating the sample in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions. When the sample is compressed in the first direction, the sample becomes transparent to at least one of the wavelengths in the first range of wavelengths, and the method can include identifying characteristics of particles contained in the sample which has been compressed. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231911 | Circular Birefringence Refractometer: Method And Apparatus For Measuring Optical Activity - A system and method for detection and measurement of circular birefringences in materials, such as optically active (chiral) liquids and materials that exhibit the Faraday effect. The method and apparatus permit the detection of optical activities via the difference in the directions of propagation the left- and the right-circularly polarized light (components). A beam of light is directed at an interface formed by the optically active medium and another medium such that a difference in the angles of refraction and/or reflection and/or diffraction between the left- and the right-circularly polarized components of the light beam can be detected. The difference in the propagation directions between the two circularly polarized light components is measured on a position sensitive detector and/or is detected as an intensity difference. The circular birefringence in isotropic liquids is a measure of their optical purity (enantiomeric excess) and hence the invention presents a method and apparatus to measure chirality. The invention is thus related to optical rotation (polarimetric) measurements, but has the advantage that it does not depend on path-length traversed through the sample. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231912 | COLOR-MEASURING METHOD FOR BODY AND COLOR-MEASURING APPARATUS - A reference-color measurement step of obtaining a reference-color measurement value by measuring a spectroscopic-radiation luminance of a light being emitted from a reference-color portion in a measurement direction, or a tristimulus value thereof, using a light-source-color measuring instrument | 2010-09-16 |
20100231913 | METHOD FOR OPTICAL MEASUREMENT AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An optical measurement apparatus can be provided, in which the sample is optically measured without loss of the illuminating light with high sensitivity. A glass plate as the transparent member | 2010-09-16 |
20100231914 | SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR USING ROTATING MIRROR - Disclosed is a surface plasmon resonance sensor having a rotating mirror, including (a) an incident light source unit for oscillating a laser as incident light; (b) a polarizer for polarizing the incident light; (c) a rotating mirror having cylindrical or planar shapes for reflecting the polarized incident light to radiate disk-shaped light; (d) a light shielding film for allowing part of the disk-shaped light to pass therethrough and located adjacent to the central axis of the rotating mirror; (e) a cylinder lens for focusing the light passed through the light shielding film thereon; (f) a metal thin film for receiving the light focused on the cylinder lens to generate surface plasmon resonance; (g) a dielectric medium provided under the metal thin film; and (h) a detector for detecting the light reflected from the metal thin film. This surface plasmon resonance sensor can solve conventional interference problems of a laser being used as a light source to obtain an image for measurement of angle and two-dimensional reflected light intensity, including the deterioration of the quality of the image and the variation in the intensity of light source depending on the position of incidence. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231915 | TOTAL REFLECTION ILLUMINATED SENSOR CHIP, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE TOTAL REFLECTION ILLUMINATED SENSOR CHIP, AND SENSING METHOD USING THE TOTAL REFLECTION ILLUMINATED SENSOR CHIP - A total reflection illuminated sensor chip is employed in a detecting method for detecting a detection target substance including the steps of: supplying a sample that includes the detection target substance onto a metal film formed on a surface of a dielectric prism, irradiating a measuring light beam onto the interface between the dielectric prism and the metal film such that conditions for total reflection are satisfied at the interface, and utilizing evanescent waves which are generated due to the irradiation of the measuring light beam to detect the detection target substance. Polishing streaks in the region of a metal film formation surface of the dielectric film, on which the metal film is formed, have directional properties with respect to a single direction. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231916 | SENSOR AND SENSING UTILIZING A LASER - Embodiments are generally described that include lasers having two mirrors, at least one of which has a reflectivity related to a presence or concentration of a target analyte. Output radiation generated by the laser may be related to the presence of the target analyte. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231917 | Methods and Systems for Removing Undesired Artifacts in Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (FDOCT) Systems Using Continuous Phase Modulation and Related Phase Modulators - Methods, fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) interferometers and computer program products are provided for removing undesired artifacts in FDOCT systems using continuous phase modulation. A variable phase delay is introduced between a reference arm and a sample arm of an FDOCT interferometer using continuous phase modulation. Two or more spectral interferograms having different phase delay integration times are generated. The spectral interferograms are combined using signal processing to remove the undesired artifacts. Systems and methods for switching between stepped and continuous phase shifting Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) and polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PSOCT) are also provided herein. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231918 | Three wavelength quantitative imaging systems - An optical system includes more than two optical interferometers that generate interference phenomena between optical waves to measure a plurality of distances, a plurality of thicknesses, and a plurality of indices of refraction of a sample. An electromagnetic detector receives an output of the optical interferometers to render a magnified image of at least a portion of the sample. A controller reduces or eliminates undesired optical signals through a hierarchical phase unwrapping of the output of the electromagnetic detector. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231919 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOADS ON A MECHANICAL STRUCTURE AND THE RESULTANT DAMAGE - A method for determination of loads in a mechanical structure and/or of damage or states in the mechanical structure which result from the loads in the mechanical structure. Rotations of a part of the mechanical structure caused by loads/damage in the mechanical structure are measured by a fiber optic rotation sensor that is rigidly connected mechanically to the structural part. The loads/damage/states in the mechanical structure are deduced from the measured rotations. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231920 | LIGHT-EMITTING INTRA-CAVITY INTERFEROMETRIC SENSORS - Light-emitting intra-cavity interferometric (ICI) optical sensors based on channel waveguide structures which include an internal light emitting material and a functionalized region. In some embodiments, the waveguides are made of a sol-gel which incorporates the light emitting material. In some embodiments, the waveguide structure includes an ICI resonator backbone and the ICI sensor is a laser sensor. In some embodiments, the resonator backbone has an interferometric Y-branch shape. In some embodiments, the resonator backbone has a Mach Zehnder interferometer shape. In some embodiments, an ICI laser sensor has an interferometric arrayed waveguide grating shape. In some embodiments, an ICI sensor may be remotely optically pumped and remotely read. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231921 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING TARGET MOVEMENT WITH AN INTERFEROMETER - Systems and methods are disclosed for an interferometer system. An interferometer system may comprise a plurality of light sources, wherein each light source of the plurality is configured to transmit a source beam. The interferometer system may also include an interferometer including a polarizing beam splitter and a reference reflector. The interferometer is configured to receive the source beam and transmit a measurement beam to a target reflector and a reference beam to the reference reflector. Additionally, the interferometer system may include a plurality of receivers, wherein each receiver of the plurality is associated with a light source and configured to receive a mixed beam comprising a reflected measurement beam and a reflected reference beam. Moreover, the interferometer is configured to receive at least one source beam at an angle with respect to an axis perpendicular to a side of the interferometer configured to receive the source beam. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231922 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERFEROMETRIC MICROSCOPY - A statistically sparse subset of switchable optical sources in a sample is activated, and the activated switchable optical sources are excited such that optical beams are emitted from the activated switchable optical sources along at least two optical paths. A first wavefront modification in a first optical beam emitted from the activated switchable optical sources along a first optical path is introduced and a second wavefront modification in a second optical beam emitted from the activated switchable optical sources along a second optical path is introduced, the second wavefront modification being distinct from the first wavefront modification. The first and second optical beams are interfered with each other to produce a plurality of output beams, and three-dimensional position information of the optical sources is determined based on an intensity of each output beam from the plurality of output beams. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231923 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE - A process of measuring a shape while changing the relative posture of an microscopic interferometer to a sample lens which is rotated about a rotation axis is divided into a process of measuring a top surface in a state where the sample lens is supported from a back surface and a process of measuring a back surface in a state where the sample lens is supported from the top surface. By combining first shape information of a flange side surface acquired by the process of measuring the top surface and second shape information of the flange side surface acquired by the process of measuring the back surface, the relative positional relation between the sample top surface and the sample back surface is calculated. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231924 | INTEGRATED MONOLITHIC INTERFERENCE DETECTION DEVICE - The invention relates to a device ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100231925 | DISPLACEMENT SENSOR - A focused image is taken around the focal point by a confocal displacement meter. In a measurement apparatus, a confocal displacement meter system OPT-A includes a laser diode | 2010-09-16 |
20100231926 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK - An apparatus for determining the position of an industrial truck within a spatial area, in which plural light sources are positioned at predefined locations and emit a radiation that unambiguously characterises the light source without interaction with the industrial truck, wherein the industrial truck has a receiving unit for the radiation of the light sources, which is adapted to identify the light source from the received radiation and to determine an angle of the light source with respect to a vehicle-stationary axis, and the industrial truck further has an analysing unit which is adapted to determine the position of the industrial truck from at least three identified light sources and the angles thereof. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231927 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE POSITION OF THE EDGE OF A MATERIAL WEB - A device and method provide for measuring the position of the edge of a material web by illuminating an area of the edge area and detecting shadows cast by the material web. Two or more transmitters arranged in a line transverse to the edge of the material web are used for illumination. A linear sensor also arranged transverse to the edge of the material web is used to sense the locations of the shadows. The position of the edge of the material web is detected from the sensed shadow and the locations of the transmitters and sensors. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231928 | ALIGNMENT APPARATUS, SUBSTRATES STACKING APPARATUS, STACKED SUBSTRATES MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND ALIGNMENT METHOD - The throughput of the alignment in an alignment apparatus is improved. There is provided an alignment apparatus for aligning a substrate having an alignment mark, including a first aligner that aligns the substrate to a first reference position, a second aligner that aligns a substrate holder to a second reference position before the substrate holder holds the substrate, and a position detector that detects a position of the alignment mark of the substrate after the substrate holder holds the substrate. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231929 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus has an area sensor unit that reads image data corresponding to a plurality of frames shifted from each other by a shift of less than one pixel, an inclination angle acquiring unit that acquires an inclination angle with respect to a reference installation position of the area sensor, an angle correcting unit that corrects the inclination of the image data corresponding to a plurality of frames read by the area sensor unit by using the acquired inclination angle, and a high-resolution conversion unit that provides image data the resolution of which is higher than the resolution of the read image data by using the image data corresponding to a plurality of frames the inclination of which has been corrected by the angle correcting unit to perform interpolation processing. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231930 | Dividing an original image output from a printer across multiple pieces of paper - A print data compiling device has a first unit, a second unit and a compiling unit. The first unit specifies a size of an original arbitrarily. The second unit divides image generated based on image data. The image data is generated based on a size of paper on which the image is to be printed and the specified original size. The compiling unit compiles print data for printing the divided image on the paper, based on the size of paper, the image data, and the divided image. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231931 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus including: a video memory; a load management unit that loads page data on a print image into the video memory page by page; a print engine that performs printing using the page data stored in the video memory; and a main management unit that, when printing of a page is completed as part of an electronic sort process, causes the video memory to retain the page data if there is a subsequent page to be printed using the same page data as that on the page, and deletes the page data from the video memory if there is no subsequent page to be printed using the same page data as that on the page. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231932 | Document including data suitable for identification and verification - A document upon which a data sequence is placed, the data sequence comprising identification data ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100231933 | DYNAMIC PRODUCTION BASED ON PERCEIVED PAGE VALUE - Document descriptions, typically written in a page description language, are automatically transformed down to the page level based on the perceived value of the content of each page. In normal production, documents, printers, and entire printing facilities typically have a set of predefined production parameters that govern the production and appearance of all documents. In enhanced operation, identification rules automatically generate perceived page values for each document page. The pages can be grouped into page subsets based on their perceived values. The Transformation directives can then be selectively invoked to alter the production parameters used for printing the pages within certain page subsets and thereby alter the final appearance, plex, media, or color space of the printed pages within those subsets. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231934 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In the image forming apparatus, a color shift correction execution check unit detects positions of density correction patches of respective colors according to binary signals of density detection outputs by a density sensor on the density correction patches. When distances corresponding to intervals of time from starts of image drawing of the density correction patches of the respective colors to the detection of the positions of the density correction patches of the respective colors and distances between the density correction patches of the respective colors are shifted from a value, the color shift correction execution check unit determines color shift correction processing is required to be executed, and it gives an instruction to a color shift correction control unit to execute the color shift correction processing. And the color shift correction control unit forms a color shift correction patch to execute the color shift correction processing. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231935 | Color conversion apparatus, and color conversion method and computer program product - A first color conversion unit converts RGB signals from a line input unit to L*a*b* signals. A lightness range compression unit matches the lightness range of the input color signals with that of an output gamut. If the maximum saturation point on an input line is outside the output gamut, an input line correction unit corrects the point in such a manner that it is mapped onto the surface of the output gamut. If a near-surface determination unit determines that the corrected line is not located on the surface of the output gamut, an out-of-gamut mapping unit maps it onto the surface of the output gamut, whereas if it determines that the corrected line is located near the surface of the output gamut, the surface mapping unit maps all points on the surface of the output gamut. A second color conversion unit converts the mapped L*a*b* signals to CMYK signals. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231936 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a designating unit that designates a color to be output in a target color, an analyzing unit that extracts, with regard to input image data, coordinates of a location to be output in the designated target color, and page information that specifies a page that includes the coordinates, a colorimetry unit that measures a color of an image that is on a page prior to a page with respect to which the color to be output in the target color was designated, and that was obtained by forming an image based on data including the designated color, a generating unit that generates correction data for approximating a color resulting from the colorimetry to the target color, and a correcting unit that corrects color data of the location in the targeted page to be output in the target color. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231937 | PRINT APPARATUS AND PRINT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE PRINT APPARATUS - A print job from a first PC is received and stored with a print attribute, and update information to update the print attribute is notified to the first PC. The first PC transmits a mail describing the update information to a second and/or subsequent PCs, and if these second or subsequent PCs access the transmitted update information, then the print attribute stored in a printer is updated, and in correspondence with a print start instruction, printing based on the print data is performed in accordance with the updated print attribute. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231938 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus obtains image data containing a plurality of pieces of character information, obtains corresponding information that corresponds to the character information contained in the obtained image data, obtains, using the character information, area information indicating an area to which the corresponding information is to be inserted, and determines an insertion style of the corresponding information based on the obtained area information. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231939 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus prints images of different document sizes on paper having a predetermined paper size. The image forming apparatus includes a computation processing part to compute a print position of the image with respect to the paper, based on the document size, the paper size and moving amount computation information that is input thereto, and a print processing part to arrange and print the image on the paper, based on the print position computed by the computation processing part. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231940 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a positioning unit that acquires a misalignment amount of a pixel in a main-scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, the pixel as a reference pixel for zooming image data, and decides a position of a pixel as a correction target, based on the misalignment amount; a correcting unit that corrects the pixel; a zooming unit that controls the positioning unit and the correcting unit so as to repeatedly perform the positioning process and the correction process on a pixel line; a pattern recognition unit that performs pattern matching on a predetermined pattern and a predetermined pixel line; and a pixel position changing unit that shifts the decided pixel position in the sub-scanning direction, wherein the zooming unit performs the zooming process on the pixel line of the sub-scanning direction including the pixel that is located at shifted pixel position. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231941 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - This invention reduces an increasing capacity of image data by using PQR (spectral auxiliary coefficients) in addition to CIELAB (fundamental stimulus values), compared to conventional CIELAB. To accomplish this, image data holding fundamental stimulus values and spectral auxiliary coefficients is input. Output colors corresponding the input fundamental stimulus values and spectral auxiliary coefficients are calculated. An image size corresponding to the spectral auxiliary coefficient is smaller than that corresponding to the fundamental stimulus. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231942 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS ACHIEVING PRINT UNIFORMITY USING REDUCED MEMORY OR COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS - Engine response curves (RCs) can be used for streak compensation for printed documents. A feedback control paradigm can be included to effect RC compensation. Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) can be used to represent each RC in the collection of spatial RC data as a linear combination of basis vectors. RCs are approximated by selecting the first few basis vectors, the approximation aiding in noise rejection and reducing computation in the controller by reducing dimensionality of the RC data from gray levels to the number of SVD bases selected. An optimal subset of RCs is selectable from the set of approximated RCs by clustering the SVD weights, the clustered SVD weights producing TRCs that span all engine response RCs generated by a printer. Compensation RCs are constructible using reduced number of bases and clustered SVD weights. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231943 | IMAGE READING APPRATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image reading apparatus includes a hopper unit, a separating unit, a reading unit, an ejecting unit, a stacking unit, a control unit, and a storage unit. The control unit includes a detecting unit that detects abnormal reading of the document read by the reading unit, an image storing unit that associates the read image and an abnormal reading result with a reading order of the document to store, a separation stacking unit that controls the ejecting unit to separate the document in which the abnormal reading is detected and the document in which the abnormal reading is not detected to eject to the stacking unit, a rereading unit that allows the reading unit to read again the document in which the abnormal reading is detected, thereby obtaining a reread image, and an image replacing unit that replaces the image corresponding to the reading order with the reread image. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231944 | SERVER AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING THE SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an information processing system, in which a server and an image processing apparatus are connected via a network, the server determines whether or not a processing request is after an occurrence of an error if there is the processing request from a multi function peripheral, and specifies a multi function peripheral, in which the error has occurred, and a cause of the error if the processing request is after the occurrence of the error. The server defines a flow of a process in accordance with the processing request based on the multi function peripheral and the cause of the error, and transmits UI information for instructing the execution of the defined process to the multi function peripheral. As a result, the multi function peripheral executes a process corresponding to the processing request in accordance with the defined process based on the information instructed by the user based on the UI information. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231945 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANAGING DATA - An image forming device executes a plurality of applications, and includes a scan controlling unit configured to instruct an image reading unit to read image data, and store the image data in an image data storage unit according to a request from the application; a display data generating unit configured to generate a display data of the image data stored in the image data storage unit, and store the display data in a display image data storage unit according to the request from the application, the display image data storage unit being inaccessible from the application; a display controlling unit configured to display the display data in a display unit according to the request from the application; and a deleting unit configured to delete the display data from the display data storage unit in response to a termination notice of use of the display data from the application. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231946 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE, DISPLAY SCREEN SWITCHING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image formation device, a display screen switching method, and a program. Excellent operability with user friendliness is realized by appropriately controlling switching of a display screen without increasing a burden on an operating system. In order to accomplish this, an image formation device | 2010-09-16 |
20100231947 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus configured to calculate an in-operation time of an image processing apparatus includes an authentication log acquisition unit configured to acquire an authentication log including information capable of specifying login time and logout time of a login process in the image processing apparatus, a job log acquisition unit configured to acquire a job log including information capable of specifying job start time and job end time of a job processed by the image processing apparatus, and a calculation unit configured to calculate the in-operation time of the image processing apparatus based on a first in-operation period corresponding to a job processing period specified by the job log and a second in-operation period corresponding to a period which does not overlap a job processing period specified from a job log relating to the authentication log, in a login period specified from the authentication log. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231948 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - This invention provides an image forming apparatus to which a distributed control system is applied and which improves error detection accuracy in each control unit. To accomplish this, the image forming apparatus includes a master control unit which controls the overall image forming apparatus, a plurality of sub-master control units which control a plurality of functions required to implement image formation, and a plurality of slave control units which control loads required to implement the plurality of functions. Each slave control unit includes a monitoring unit which monitors the operation of the other active slave control unit and performs an error diagnosis when the slave control unit is inactive. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231949 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image input apparatus determines whether an image input apparatus that has sent image data is an authorized sender when storing of the image data to a specific storage area is detected. According to a determination result indicating that the image input apparatus is the authorized sender, the image input apparatus applying one or more processes to the image data. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231950 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus is connected via a network to a terminal device having a recording medium loaded therein, receives a remote login from the terminal device, and executes an image processing job. When an operator who has logged in to the image processing apparatus is the same person as a user who is remotely logged in to the image processing apparatus from the terminal device, the image processing apparatus performs one of operations A and B after the image processing apparatus is granted access permission by the terminal device with use of a network address of the terminal device, which is acquired upon the remote login, the operation A being to acquire an image file stored in the recording medium, the operation B being to cause an image file stored in the apparatus to be stored in the recording medium. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231951 | PRINTING APPARATUS TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A printing apparatus terminal connected to a communication network has a printer, which prints printing contents on a printing medium. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231952 | Printing system and method - A printing method and system include identifying a reusable object in a print job. If the reusable object has been previously RiPped and cached, then the RiPped object is loaded for printing. If the reusable object has not been RiPped and cached, then the object is RiPped, cached and loaded for printing. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231953 | CHARACTER OUTPUT DEVICE, CHARACTER OUTPUT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A character output device includes: a character direction specification unit that specifies a drawing direction of characters for each processing-target region of a processing-target page; a character rotation determination unit that determines as to whether the processing-target page rotates or not based on a relation between the specified drawing direction and a direction of an output medium; and an output unit that performs an output processing based on the determination by the character rotation determination unit. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231954 | PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A printing control device includes: a banner data detecting unit that detects banner data from print data; a data acquiring unit that acquires, when the banner data are detected by the banner data detecting unit, data for designating a printing condition for printing a text located after the banner data in the print data; and a printing condition setting unit that sets, when the data for designating the printing condition for printing the text are acquired by the data acquiring unit, the printing condition as a printing condition for printing the print data. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231955 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DESIGNING HANDMADE PAPER CRAFTS - A method of designing handmade paper crafts is disclosed. The method includes accessing a server from a client and selecting a three-dimensional view of a paper craft from a database in the server. The server computes a two-dimensional view of the paper craft according to the three-dimensional view of the paper craft. The two-dimensional view of the paper craft is capable of being made to form the three-dimensional view of the paper craft. In the two-dimensional view of the paper craft, a dotted line indicates a to be cut line and a solid line indicates a to be fold line. The client adds pictures or words on the two-dimensional view of the paper craft to create a modified two-dimensional view of the paper craft, and stores the modified two-dimensional view back in the server. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231956 | PRINTER SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - A printer system includes a server capable of communicating with a printer and a client. The server stores a plurality of theme templates for making three-dimensional paper crafts. Each theme template has a plurality of marks to provide indication to make the paper craft. The marks comprise a series of sequence numbers to fold the theme templates according to the sequence numbers, and an angle number to indicate a folding angle. The server accepts edited templates from the client and sends an instruction to the printer to print the edited templates. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231957 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING AND PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS THEREOF - A printing control method includes displaying at least one image forming apparatus connectable to a printing control apparatus, receiving selection of an image forming apparatus from among the displayed image forming apparatuses, setting the at least one selected image forming apparatus as a printable image forming apparatus, generating printing data using a printing language corresponding to the set image forming apparatus, and transmitting generate printing data to the at least one selected image forming apparatus. Accordingly, a user may perform a printing job for a plurality of image forming apparatuses operated in different languages using a universal printer driver. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231958 | Information processing system, information processing device, communication device, image forming system and image forming device - A digital multi-function peripheral constantly transmits a signal for starting. When a mobile phone is located within a predetermined distance from the digital multi-function peripheral and receives the signal for starting, the mobile phone then transmits a reply signal to the digital multi-function peripheral. Then, the digital multi-function peripheral connects with the mobile phone by transmitting its identification data to the mobile phone. Further, the digital multi-function peripheral causes, by transmitting data for instructing execution of an application program associated with transmission and reception by the mobile phone to the mobile phone, the mobile phone to execute the application program. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231959 | EXECUTION ORDER DETERMINING DEVICE, EXECUTION ORDER DETERMINING PROGRAM, EXECUTION ORDER DETERMINING CIRCUIT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A job control information storing section ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100231960 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - When a printer apparatus is allowed to execute a printing of a document using paper based on a print setting set by the user, the following processes are executed in order to allow the user to recognize a paper saving print setting. Whether or not there is a print setting which can save an amount of paper compared to the print setting set by the user is determined. If it is determined that a paper saving print setting exists, the user is notified of such a paper saving print setting. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231961 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprises a first image reading unit configured to read an image and generate image data; a storage unit configured to store the image data generated by the first image reading unit; a printing unit configured to print, on a sheet, an image describing information for identifying the image data stored in the storage unit; a second image reading unit configured to newly read an image and generate image data; an extraction unit configured to extract the information from the image data which is generated by reading the image one the sheet printed by the printing unit; and a combining unit configured to combine the image data stored in the storage unit and the image data generated by the second image reading unit, based on the information extracted by the extraction unit. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231962 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There are provided an image forming apparatus which implements divisional control using a plurality of control units without an increase in cost and a control method for the apparatus. To accomplish this, this image forming apparatus includes a master control unit that controls the overall image forming apparatus, a plurality of sub-master control units that control a plurality of functions for performing image formation, and a plurality of salve control units that control loads for implementing a plurality of functions. The master control unit is connected to the plurality of sub-master control units via first signal lines. The plurality of sub-master control units are connected to the plurality of slave control units via second signal lines higher in data transfer timing accuracy than the first signal lines. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231963 | Print Control Apparatus and Printing Apparatus - Disclosed is a print control apparatus that makes it possible to conduct the print controlling operations in the interruption printing mode, so as to optimize the beneficial balance between the interrupting side and the interrupted side. The apparatus includes a job-status parameter acquiring section to acquire job-status parameters including a residual printing time of the first print job, a printing time of the second print job, a first priority degree representing an implementation priority of the first print job and a second priority degree representing another implementation priority of the second print job and a controlling section to determine whether or not the interruption printing operation should be allowed, namely, an availability of the interruption printing operation, based on the residual printing time of the first print job, the printing time of the second print job, and at least one of the first priority degree and the second priority degree. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231964 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A scanner that provides WSD standard scan service does not allow the notification and identification by a client PC of scan parameters, such as a resolution and a reading range, that are selected by a user in push scan on a panel, for example, attached to the scanner body. This prevents the push scan with the user-specified scan parameters. Accordingly, an event that temporarily limits the scanning functions is issued to inhibit the specification of parameters excluding user-specified scan parameters from a client PC. Thus, the client PC can instruct the scanning with the user-specified parameters, and the push scan requested by the user can be implemented. The limitation is valid only to the destination client of the push scan. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231965 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A management apparatus capable of setting a suitable schedule for transmitting operation information to a plurality of image forming apparatuses, in which a management load and an operation status of a user are fully considered, identifies a plurality of image forming apparatuses which include overlapping department ID and manages the plurality of identified image forming apparatuses in a group when the plurality of identified image forming apparatuses is less than a predetermined maximum value. The management apparatus determines a transmission schedule for each of a plurality of the managed groups so that department counter information is transmitted from the image forming apparatuses belonging to each group at intervals of at least a first time period. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231966 | WORK FLOW EXECUTION SYSTEM AND WORK FLOW EXECUTION METHOD - A work flow execution system in which a plurality of processing apparatuses executes a work flow in cooperation with each other includes a starting processing apparatus which reads a flow file and determines whether a processing apparatus including a sleep function exists in a subsequent work flow. When the processing apparatus including the sleep function exists, a command to return the sleep function when a command executed by the starting processing apparatus is received is registered to the processing apparatus including the sleep function. When the starting processing apparatus receives a command which coincides with the registered return command, the sleep mode is returned to a normal operating mode. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231967 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus which transmits a file of to-be-printed data to a printer to perform printing, including: a determining unit which determines whether or not a data size of the file exceeds the predetermined receivable size of the printer; a reduction condition determining unit which predicts and determines a reduction condition; a reduction processing unit which reduces the data size of the file based on the determined reduction condition; and a re-determining unit which performs determination of the reduction condition of the reduction condition determining unit and the processing of reducing the data size of the file by the reduction processing unit again. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231968 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINTING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A printing management apparatus includes a memory device storing information and having a shared folder for storing a print job from the outside of the apparatus, a standby folder for storing print data to be output to a predetermined printing mechanism, and a converter having a plurality of conversion modules performing a conversion process in which the print job is converted into the print data which is printed in the predetermined printing mechanism to store the data in the standby folder when the format of the print job in the shared folder is supported; an obtaining unit for obtaining the print job stored in the shared folder; and conversion control means for selecting a compliant conversion module from the plurality of conversion modules in the converter, the compliant conversion module performing the conversion process to the print job obtained by the obtaining unit, the compliant conversion module being the conversion module which supports the format of the print job obtained by the obtaining unit. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231969 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to an information processing apparatus in which a waiting time for waiting image data in the information processing apparatus can be adjusted, as much as possible, to a time period during which the image data read by the image reading apparatus is acquired by the information processing apparatus through a file sharing system. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231970 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTER TERMINAL - A printing system including a transmitting terminal that transmits printable print content and a printer terminal that receives and prints the print content, the terminals being connected via an IP network. | 2010-09-16 |
20100231971 | RETRIEVING CONTACT DETAILS USING A PRINTED MEDIUM - A method of retrieving contact details using a print medium is disclosed. Data encoded on a surface of the print medium is sensed using a sensor module. The sensed data encodes a print media identifier which uniquely identifies the print medium, and a two-dimensional position with respect to the surface of the print medium. The print media identifier and the position of the sensor module relative to the surface of the print medium are determined from the sensed data. Contact details referenced by the print media identifier and the position of the sensor module are then retrieved from a database. | 2010-09-16 |