38th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110228198 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are a backlight unit and a display device. The backlight unit includes a bottom cover including first and second longer sides and first and second shorter sides, a light emitting module disposed on at least one of the first and second longer sides and the first and second shorter sides in the bottom cover, a light guide plate having at least a part disposed on the light emitting module in the bottom cover, an optical sheet on the light guide plate, a support member connected to the bottom cover and having at least a part disposed on the optical sheet, and a top cover disposed on the support member and connected to the bottom cover. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228199 | In-Plane Field Type Liquid Crystal Display Device Comprising Liquid Crystal Molecules With More Than Two Kinds of Reorientation Directions - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates, and an orientation film formed on the first substrate. The orientation film has two orientation regions in a pixel, and the orientation regions are formed by polarized light. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228200 | DISPLAY PANEL AND COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE - A display panel having a reflective region and a transparent region is provided. The reflective region and the transparent region respectively have sub-pixel regions. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of color filter patterns, a single complementary color filter pattern and a display medium. The first substrate has a plurality of pixel structures disposed corresponding to the sub-pixel regions. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The color filter patterns are respectively disposed in the sub-pixel regions of the transparent region on the first or second substrate. The single complementary color filter pattern is disposed in the sub-pixel regions of the reflective region on the first or second substrate. The sub-pixel regions of the reflective region are not completely covered by the single complementary color filter pattern. The display medium is disposed between the first substrate and second substrate. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228201 | Photosensitive resin composition for color filter and color filter using same - The present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition for color filter of liquid-crystal displays, and particularly provides a photosensitive resin composition for reducing aggregation of pigment, which has superior development properties, and forms images having no undercut after development in the formation of green pixels for color filter. The composition comprises an alkali-soluble resin (A), a photopolymerizable monomer (B), a photoinitiator (C), an organic solvent (D), and a pigment (E). In which the pigment (E) comprises a halogenated phthalocyanine compound (E-1) as depicted in the undermentioned Formula (1): | 2011-09-22 |
20110228202 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE THAT INCLUDES BOTH A TRANSMISSIVE PORTION AND A REFLECTIVE PORTION - A liquid crystal display device includes, in sequence, a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate. The first substrate, the liquid crystal layer, and the second substrate are disposed in a subpixel having a transmissive portion for performing transmissive display and a reflective portion for performing reflective display. The first substrate includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The second substrate includes a third electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed in the transmissive portion and at least the first electrode and the third electrode are disposed in the reflective portion. Alignment of the liquid crystal layer is controlled by an electric field occurring between the first electrode and the second electrode in the transmissive portion and by an electric field occurring between the first electrode and the third electrode in the reflective portion. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228203 | DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SPACER PARTICLES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In one embodiment, droplets of a spacer dispersed solution are provided on portions of a surface of a substrate which is provided with electrode films with a space provided between the electrode films. The portions are above the space between the electrode films. The spacer dispersed solution is obtained by dispersing spacer particles in a solvent produced by mixing first and second solvents at least. The second solvent has a higher boiling point and a larger surface tension than those of the first solvent. The substrate is heated at a temperature lower than the boiling point of the first solvent so that the first solvent evaporates. The substrate is heated at a temperature higher than the boiling point of the first solvent and lower than the boiling point of the second solvent so that the second solvent evaporates so as to leave the spacer particles on the substrate. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228204 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display is provided including: a display section including a plurality of pixels, a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed opposite to each other with liquid crystal therebetween in the display section, pixel electrodes which are provided over one of the first substrate and the second substrate on a pixel basis and which each do not have a slit or opening in plan view, and a common electrode which is formed over the pixel electrodes, with an organic interlayer film composed of an organic film therebetween, and which has a plurality of slits. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228205 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND RELATED DEVICE - A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, an isolating layer, and a conductor. The first electrode is disposed between the first substrate and the isolating layer, on which the conductor is disposed. Each of the second and third electrodes is disposed on the second substrate and includes a contact surface. The second and third electrodes are not in contact with each other and are separated by a gap. The conductor is disposed in accordance with the location of the gap. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228206 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate; a secondary substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. A display operation is performed by changing an alignment state of the liquid crystal layer from a splay alignment to a bend alignment. The first substrate includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines intersecting the plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a plurality of transition electrodes generating a potential difference with respect to the pixel electrodes, and a plurality of transition electrodes being formed closer to the liquid crystal layer than the scanning lines or the data lines and closer to the first substrate than the pixel electrodes. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228207 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a plurality of cell regions including a first substrate upon which a pixel electrode is formed, a second substrate upon which a common electrode is formed, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a cutting region formed between the plurality of cell regions, and including the first substrate and the second substrate extended from the plurality of cell regions, and at least one peripheral spacer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where the peripheral spacer contacts at least one of the first and second substrates. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228208 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, GLASS SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display panel including: two glass substrates facing each other; and a liquid crystal interposed between the two glass substrates, in which one of the two glass substrates has streaks running along a direction of a short side of the glass substrate; and the other glass substrate has streaks running along a direction of a long side of the glass substrate. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228209 | Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same - In accordance with a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device including, in a picture element, a first sub-picture-element region where a threshold voltage of the transmittance-applied voltage characteristic is Vth | 2011-09-22 |
20110228210 | Compact Foldable Reading Eyeglasses and Lighting System - A pair of compact foldable reading eyeglasses comprises a frame front including a hinged bridge, the hinged bridge allowing the frame front to upwardly fold such that respective top portions of the frame front are positioned adjacently; and a pair of temple pieces, each one of the pair attached to a respective corner hinge of the frame front and including a first segment and a second segment, the first segment and the second segment attached by a hinge, allowing the respective temple piece to inwardly fold. Preferably, the pair of compact foldable reading eyeglasses looks like standard reading glasses when worn. Preferably, the compact foldable reading eyeglasses are full-framed, and include spring hinges and standard size nose pads and bridges. Preferably, the pair of compact eyeglasses comes with a storage container having an attached light source. Preferably, the storage container is a zippered storage container and the light source is a battery-operated LED. Thus, a user of these eyeglasses not only benefits from having a pair of highly compact reading eyeglasses at his or her disposal, but also can use the small flashlight to read in a dimly lit environment. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228211 | LIGHTED READING GLASSES - Lighted eyewear is described that projects light forwardly thereof. The eyewear includes a cross frame portion with temple arm portions extending rearwardly therefrom. Light mounts at forward portions of the temple arm portions include a forward opening and an interior space. Light emitting diodes are received in the interior space of the temple arm light mounts are mounted to project light through the forward openings thereof to a position forwardly of the cross-frame portion. A mounting surface of each light mount orients the light emitting diodes at a predetermined inwardly canted angle relative to normal from the lateral axis of the cross frame portion with the temple arm portions extending rearwardly from the cross frame portion. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228212 | Electro-Active Spectacle Lenses - An adapter for a spectacle frame is disclosed which is configured for enabling the spectacle frame to operate and control electro-active lenses housed therein. In particular, the spectacle frame may allow electro-active lenses housed therein to focus and be controlled both automatically and manually with heretofore unrealized results. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228213 | LAMINATED COMPOSITE LENS - The present invention is directed to a composite lens, comprising an anterior rigid gas permeable layer, and an annulus of soft material bonded to a posterior surface of the anterior rigid gas permeable layer, wherein a central zone of the composite lens is rigid and without a soft layer, wherein a peripheral zone of the composite lens is generally rigid in its anterior aspect and soft in its posterior aspect. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228214 | SPECTACLE LENS WITH COLOR-NEUTRAL ANTI-REFLECTION COATING AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A spectacle lens ( | 2011-09-22 |
20110228215 | CONTINUOUS ADJUSTABLE 3DEEPS FILTER SPECTACLES FOR OPTIMIZED 3DEEPS STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING AND ITS CONTROL METHOD AND MEANS - Continuous Adjustable 3Deeps Filter Spectacles are provided with lenses with continuously changeable optical densities, so that viewing of 2D movies is optimized for visualization in natural 3D. Method and means are disclosed for the continuous Adjustable 3Deeps Filter Spectacles to perform two independent optimizations to achieve optimized 3Deep visual effects on 2D movies. First they compute the optical density setting of the lenses for optimal viewing of 2D movies as 3D. Then they continuously render the lenses of the spectacles to these optical densities optimized for characteristics of the electro-optical material from which the lenses of the spectacles are fabricated. The invention works for both 3D TV and 3D Cinema theater viewing. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228216 | BIFOCAL LENS AND BIFOCAL EYEGLASSES - A bifocal lens and bifocal eyeglasses by which strangeness felt during using a near-vision portion is removed, a place according to the purpose of use can clearly be selected, and costs are reduced. The bifocal lens for eyeglasses is constituted of a single material with a uniform refractive index and is provided with a lens for presbyopia ( | 2011-09-22 |
20110228217 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INCREASING AN OPTICAL SYSTEM FOCAL DEPTH - A method for changing a property of an eye uses a continuously multifocal profile that includes a component for increasing a focal depth. The method includes calculating the component for increasing the focal depth to be rotation-symmetrical. Alternatively, or in addition, the calculating is carried out so as to optimize an encircled energy criterion over an extended range of depth. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228218 | IMAGING SYSTEM - Imaging systems are provided allowing examination of different object regions spaced apart in a depth direction by visual microscopy and by optical coherence tomography. An axial field of view and a lateral resolution is varied depending on which object region is examined by the imaging system. The proposed imaging systems are in particular applicable for thorough examination of the human eye. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228219 | OPHTHALMIC SIMULATOR - A metamorphopsia simulator is capable of numerically simulating deformation of the retina of a metamorphopsia patient and irregularity in an arrangement of visual cells caused thereby. The metamorphopsia simulator of the present invention uses a method of digitizing a deformation amount of the retina according to an expression based on a probability density function, to find a movement amount of visual cells, and according to the movement amount of visual cells, find distortion of an image observed by the metamorphopsia patient. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228220 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An ophthalmologic imaging apparatus includes: a control unit configured to control, based on a pixel value of the optic papilla in an infrared light image of the fundus of a subject's eye to which infrared light is radiated, the light amount of visible light to be radiated onto the subject's eye; and an imaging unit configured to capture an image of the fundus of the subject's eye to which visible light having the controlled light amount is radiated. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228221 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF OBJECT USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) OPTICAL SYSTEM - An apparatus for generating a two-dimensional image of an object using an optical coherence tomography (OCT) optical system, includes: the OCT optical system including: a light source; a splitter for splitting light emitted from the light source into a measurement optical path and a reference optical path; a scanner arranged in the measurement optical path for scanning the object in at least one of XY directions with the split light; and a detector for detecting a spectrum of combined light of the split light from the measurement optical path reflected on the object and the split light from the reference optical path each XY position of the light on the object, and a processor for generating the two-dimensional image of the object in the XY directions by converting the number of zero cross points of an interference signal contained in the spectrum at each XY position into a luminance value. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228222 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TAKING IMAGE OF EYEGROUND BY OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - An optical unit concentrates light beams from measurement-light paths at first and second irradiation positions on an eyeground. Next, a control unit controls a scanning unit so that the light beams concentrated at the first and second irradiation positions are scanned in first and second scanning areas of the eyeground and so that the first and second scanning areas overlap to form an overlap area. A tomographic-information acquisition unit acquires first tomographic information and second tomographic information in the first and second scanning areas from interference light. Third tomographic information is acquired from the first tomographic information and the second tomographic information in the first and second scanning areas on the basis of the first tomographic information and the second tomographic information in the overlap area. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228223 | SPECTRAL CONTRAST FOR GLAUCOMA IMAGING - A system for analyzing and detecting early stage damage to the retina related to glaucoma. The reflectance of different wavelengths of light by the retinal nerve fiber layer are compared. Changes in relative reflectance values indicate damage to the retinal nerve fibers and indicate early glaucomatous optical neuropathy. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228224 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR MONITORING ANISOCORIA AND ASYMMETRY OF PUPILLARY REACTION TO STIMULUS - A Pupillometer is disclosed. The Pupillometer has a display, an imaging apparatus that has a pupil finder and a microprocessor, and a memory in communication with the microprocessor. The display is sized to simultaneously display a video of y or more seconds in length of a left pupil and a video of y or more seconds in length of a right pupil. The pupil finder identifies the perimeter of a pupil. The imaging apparatus is capable of recording images of an individual's pupils at a rate of x image frames per second for a period of y or more seconds and playing back said image frames as a video at x image frames per second or at another rate that is faster or slower than x image frames per second. The memory has stored therein a program for enabling said microprocessor to do the following: (i) identify a center of the left pupil and a center of the right pupil for each image frame; (ii) synchronize each image frame of the two videos starting from the first frame; (iii) cause the display to display the two videos simultaneously such that each of the image frames of the video of the left eye is synchronized to a corresponding image frame of the video of the right eye when played back on the display; and (iv) cause the two videos to be displayed so that the center of the left pupil in each image frame is aligned on the display with the center of the right pupil for the corresponding image frame. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228225 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REFRACTIVE CORRECTION OF EYES - Methods and devices are provided to obtain refractive correction with superior visual acuity (e.g., 20/10) by achieving an astigmatism-free customized refractive correction. The astigmatism-free customized refractive correction involves obtaining an objective and precise measurement of cylindrical power in a resolution between 0.01 D and 0.10 D in an eye using an objective aberrometer, reliably relating the cylindrical axis obtained from the objective aberrometer to that in a phoroptor, determining an optimized focus error of an eye through subjective refraction with a phoroptor, generating a customized refraction by combining the objective measured cylindrical power, the objective measured cylindrical axis, and the subjectively measured focus power, fabricating a custom lens with a tolerance finer than 0.09 D based on the generated customized refraction, and delivering an ophthalmic lens that can provide an astigmatism-free refractive correction for an eye. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228226 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO OBTAIN CLINICAL OPHTHALMIC HIGH ORDER OPTICAL ABERRATIONS - An apparatus and method to improve the prescribing of customized ophthalmic corrections which contain higher order aberration. The apparatus enables the subjective measurement of higher order aberrations such as spherical aberration which can be used as part of the prescription for customized ophthalmic corrections. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228227 | Interactive Home Vision Monitoring Systems - Novel vision monitoring and diagnostic testing tools and help-seeking enablers that may be used individually or in combination as vision monitoring and diagnostic testing systems that improve patients' ability to recognize onset and progression of visual changes over time, so that the identification of acute or chronic visual conditions may be improved and accelerated, which drives earlier help-seeking behavior by the patient, which enables earlier clinical diagnosis by an eye care specialist and therefore earlier treatment and therefore reduced likelihood of severe vision loss. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228228 | GLARE ASSEMBLY FOR COMPUTERIZED EYE TEST DISPLAY - A monitor is used to display a visual acuity test operated by software from an associated computer. A patient is spaced a predetermined distance from the monitor during the testing procedure, and individual, multiple LED housings are equally spaced about a center point of the monitor to direct light toward the patient during at least a portion of the test procedure. The light emanating from the individual housings is a diffuse, unfocused light to simulate glare, and the intensity of the light may be selectively altered. Conducting acuity testing under glare conditions determines if there is any reduction or fall off in the patient's acuity vision under such circumstances and provides an indication of whether the patient may require cataract surgery or has another ocular problem. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228229 | Stereoscopic Viewing Device and Image Disc System - Implementations for a stereoscopic viewing device and image disc system are generally disclosed. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228230 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A laser light source device has a laser light source for emitting a laser beam, a laser driver for driving the laser light source, a light-collecting lens for collecting the laser beam and reflecting a part of the laser beam, an optical sensor for receiving a reflected laser beam which has been reflected by the light-collecting lens and outputting a detection signal corresponding to intensity of the reflected laser beam, and a controller for controlling driving of the laser light source by the laser driver in accordance with the detection signal, and the light-collecting lens is disposed in a eccentric-rotated state so that an optical axis of the light-collecting lens has a tilt with respect to a central ray of the laser beam being incident on the light-collecting lens. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228231 | PROJECTION DISPLAY AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a projection display having at least one light source and also regularly-disposed optical channels. The optical channels comprise at least one field lens, to which respectively one object structure to be imaged and also at least one projection lens are assigned. The distance of the projection lenses from the assigned object structures corresponds to the focal distance of the projection lenses whilst the distance of the object structures to be imaged from the assigned field lens is chosen such that a Köhler illumination of the assigned projection lens is made possible. Then the individual projections are superimposed to form the total image. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228232 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - An illumination device includes: a light source device adapted to emit an excitation light beam; and a rotating fluorescent plate having a single fluorescent layer adapted to convert a part or whole of the excitation light beam into a fluorescent light beam. The fluorescent light beam includes two or more colored light beams, and the single fluorescent layer is formed on a circular disk, which can be rotated by a motor, continuously along a circumferential direction of the circular disk. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228233 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device includes a light source, an optical intensity-equalizing element, an optical modulating element, an optical diffusion element, a relay optical system that is configured such that an output end of the optical intensity-equalizing element and a display element plane of the optical modulating element are optically conjugate, and a projection optical system. The relay optical system includes a first lens unit that condenses a light from the optical intensity-equalizing element and a second lens unit that further condenses a light from the first lens unit. The optical diffusion element is arranged between an light incident side of the first lens unit and the optical intensity-equalizing element. An optical axis of the second lens unit and a center of the output end of the optical intensity-equalizing element are shifted in a same direction from an optical axis of the first lens unit. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228234 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF SUCH AN OPTICAL ELEMENT - In order to produce stress-reduced reflective optical elements ( | 2011-09-22 |
20110228235 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a supporting frame, a light source module, and an imaging module. The light source module is fixed with the supporting frame. The light source module is adapted to provide a light beam. The light source module has an optical axis. The optical axis is substantially horizontal. The imaging module is located at an optical path of the light beam. The imaging module has a free end and a connection end opposite to the free end. The free end is adjacent to the light source module. The connection end is connected with the supporting frame. The imaging module is capable of rotating relative to the supporting frame about the optical axis, and therefore a projection location of an emitted light is changed. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228236 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus with low cost which precisely positions a lenticular sheet while not lowering the usage efficiency of the sheet may be provided. When a margin area is not intentionally formed at an edge portion of a lenticular sheet, based on the print data and the lenticular sheet size, an area serving as an image forming area will certainly be set even with the misalignment in print position of an image. When a margin area is intentionally formed at an edge portion of the lenticular sheet, based on the print data i.e. the set value of the margin area and the lenticular sheet size, the area serving as an image forming area will certainly be set even with the misalignment in print position of an image is calculated. An edge portion of the area necessarily serving as an image forming area obtained by steps S | 2011-09-22 |
20110228237 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND EUV LITHOGRAPHY APPLIANCE - A reflective optical element and an EUV lithography appliance containing one such element are provided, the appliance displaying a low propensity to contamination. The reflective optical element has a protective layer system includes at least two layers. The optical characteristics of the protective layer system are between those of a spacer and an absorber, or correspond to those of a spacer. The selection of a material with the smallest possible imaginary part and a real part which is as close to 1 as possible in terms of the refractive index leads to a plateau-type reflectivity course according to the thickness of the protective layer system between two thicknesses d | 2011-09-22 |
20110228238 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, COVER FOR USE IN A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING A COVER FOR USE IN A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A lithographic apparatus having a fluid handling structure configured to contain immersion fluid in a space adjacent to an upper surface of a substrate table and/or a substrate located in a recess of the substrate table, a cover including a planar main body that, in use, extends around a substrate from the upper surface to a peripheral section of an upper major face of the substrate in order to cover a gap between an edge of the recess and an edge of the substrate, and an immersion fluid film disruptor configured to disrupt the formation of a film of immersion fluid between an edge of the cover and immersion fluid contained by the fluid handling structure during movement of the substrate table relative to the fluid handling structure. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228239 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AN ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, A PROJECTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DEVICE USING A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A gas curtain is provided to separate a component of a lithographic apparatus from contaminated gas. The gas curtain is supplied by an opening. The opening is at a boundary of a protection environment with which a surface of the component comes into contact. The gas curtain may separate the component from a moving part of the apparatus. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228240 | Stage apparatus and exposure apparatus - A stage apparatus includes: a moving stage, which moves along a movement plane; a first moving table, which holds a specimen while being able to move with respect to the moving stage; and a second moving table, which is provided on the moving stage and, when the first moving table has moved from a first position to a second position, is positioned at the first position. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228241 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In a lithographic projection apparatus, a structure surrounds a space between the projection system and a substrate table of the lithographic projection apparatus. A gas seal is formed between said structure and the surface of said substrate to contain liquid in the space. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228242 | Method and apparatus for performing alignment using reference board - An alignment method for the of patterning a work piece in a direct write machine, wherein a reference board provided with board reference features is used to coordinate calibration of a measurement station and a writing station against a common reference. An adjusted pattern is for writing on the work piece is calculated relative to the position of the reference board. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228243 | Mirror, Lithographic Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method - Embodiments of the invention relate to a mirror ( | 2011-09-22 |
20110228244 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR PROJECTION LITHOGRAPHY - An illumination optical system for projection lithography for the illumination of an illumination field has a facet mirror. An optical system, which follows the illumination optical system, has an object field which can be arranged in the illumination field of the illuminate optical system. The facet mirror has a plurality of facets to reflectively guide part bundles of a bundle of illumination light. Reflection faces of the facets are tiltable in each case. In a first illumination tilt position, the tiltable facets guide the part bundle impinging on them along a first object field illumination channel to the illumination field. In a different illumination tilt position, the tiltable facets guide the part bundle impinging on them along a different object field illumination channel to the illumination field. The reflection faces of the tiltable facets are configured so that the part bundle in the at least two illumination tilt positions is reflected with a degree of reflection R coinciding within a tolerance range of +/−10%. The result is an illumination optical system which avoids an undesired influence of the illumination tilt position of the tiltable facets on the illumination light throughput of the illumination optical system. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228245 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, PROJECTION SYSTEM, AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - For the use in illumination systems and projection exposure apparatuses for UV or EUV lithography, a reflective optical element is provided for a operating wavelength in the ultraviolet to extreme ultraviolet wavelength ranges. The reflective optical element includes a substrate and a reflective surface on the substrate. The multilayer system has layers of at least two alternating materials having different real parts of the refractive index at the operating wavelength. Radiation in the operating wavelength of a certain incident angle bandwidth distribution can impinge on the reflective optical element. The reflective surface includes one or more first portions, in which the layers have alternating materials of a first period thickness. The reflective surface includes one or more additional portions, in which the layers of alternating materials have a first period thickness and at least one additional period thickness. The arrangement of the first and additional portions (A | 2011-09-22 |
20110228246 | PROJECTION OBJECTIVE FOR A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - Another approach to decrease the resolution is to introduce an immersion liquid having high refractive index into the gap that remains between a final lens element on the image side of the projection objective and the photoresist or another photosensitive layer to be exposed. Projection objectives that are designed for immersion operation and are therefore also referred to as immersion objective may reach numerical apertures of more than 1, for example 1.3 or 1.4. The term “immersion liquid” shall, in the context of this application, relate also to what is commonly referred to as “solid immersion”. In the case of solid immersion, the immersion liquid is in fact a solid medium that, however, does not get in direct contact with the photoresist but is spaced apart from it by a distance that is only a fraction of the wavelength used. This ensures that the laws of geometrical optics do not apply such that no total reflection occurs. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228247 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An illumination system is disclosed having a polarization member that includes first and second polarization modifiers movable into at least partial intersection with a radiation beam such that the respective polarization modifier applies a modified polarization to at least part of the beam. The illumination system further includes an array of individually controllable reflective elements positioned to receive the radiation beam after it has passed the polarization member, and a controller configured to control movement of the first and second polarization modifiers such that the first and second polarization modifiers intersect with different portions of the radiation beam. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228248 | COVER FOR A SUBSTRATE TABLE, SUBSTRATE TABLE FOR A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A cover is provided for a substrate table in an immersion lithographic apparatus that covers at least the gap between a substrate and a recess in a substrate table in which the substrate is received. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228249 | LASER IMAGING SYSTEM WITH UNIFORM LINE ILLUMINATION AND METHOD FOR GENERATING IMAGES - Embodiments of a laser imaging system with uniform line illumination and method for generating images are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the laser imaging system includes a polarizer beam splitter to angularly separate an input laser beam into a pair of overlapping cross-polarized beams having a first angular separation therebetween, and a diffraction optic beamlet generator to generate a plurality of beamlets of alternating polarization states with a second angular separation therebetween. The laser imaging system may also include a focal-plane array (FPA) having a field-of-view (FOV) to be illuminated by the plurality of beamlets. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228250 | LENS CONFIGURATION FOR A THERMALLY COMPENSATED CHROMATIC CONFOCAL POINT SENSOR - A chromatically dispersive lens configuration including thermal compensation may be utilized in chromatic confocal point sensor optical pens for chromatic range sensing. The lens configuration may include a negative power doublet lens and a positive power lens portion. The positive power lens portion comprises at least two lens elements which compensate for the overall thermal sensitivity of a chromatic confocal point sensor optical pen. The lens elements of the positive power lens portion which compensate for thermal sensitivity have an average coefficient of thermal defocus which is in a range that is at lowest 10 ppm per 10° C. The lens configuration can be implemented with dimensions which fit a standard commercial chromatic confocal point sensor optical pen, while maintaining a level of optical performance sufficient for chromatic range sensing. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228251 | RASTER SCANNING FOR DEPTH DETECTION - Techniques are provided for determining distance to an object in a depth camera's field of view. The techniques may include raster scanning light over the object and detecting reflected light from the object. One or more distances to the object may be determined based on the reflected image. A 3D mapping of the object may be generated. The distance(s) to the object may be determined based on times-of-flight between transmitting the light from a light source in the camera to receiving the reflected image from the object. Raster scanning the light may include raster scanning a pattern into the field of view. Determining the distance(s) to the object may include determining spatial differences between a reflected image of the pattern that is received at the camera and a reference pattern. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228252 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE POSITION OF AT LEAST ONE MOVING OBJECT IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRID - A device for measuring the position of at least one moving object in a three-dimensional grid. The device comprises: at least one optical head comprising an independent laser sources array outputting collimated laser beams, arranged about a central photodetector with a single sensitive cell; at least one movable base with two rotational degrees of freedom whereto said array is secured; and control electronics. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228253 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DETECTION DEVICE WITH USER SELECTABLE ALERTS - A detection device for detecting the presence of a speed detection system, red light camera, or other electronic surveillance means. The device includes a display means whereby the graphical and audible presentation changes from the non alert condition to the alert condition in accordance to a user selectable choice of options, thereby increasing awareness to the surveillance threat. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228254 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR AND PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASURING METHOD - A physical quantity sensor includes: a semiconductor laser which emits laser light to a measurement target; an oscillation wavelength modulating device that operates the semiconductor laser such that at least one of a first oscillation period and a second oscillation period alternately exists; a detector that detects an electrical signal including interference waveforms, the interference waveforms being caused by a self-coupling effect of the laser light and return light from the measurement target; a signal extracting device that measures each cycle of the interference waveforms whenever the interference waveform is input; a cycle correcting device that compares each cycle of the interference waveforms with a reference cycle to correct the cycles of the interference waveforms; and a calculating device that calculates at least one of displacement and velocity of the measurement target based on each of the cycles of the interference waveforms corrected by the cycle correcting device. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228255 | DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR - The present invention provides a distributed optical fiber sensor capable of measuring the strain and temperature of an object to be measured simultaneously and independently with high spatial resolution. A distributed optical fiber sensor FS is a distributed optical fiber sensor which uses an optical fiber | 2011-09-22 |
20110228256 | OPTICAL DETECTION PROCESS FOR DETECTING MICRON-SIZED OBJECTS IN SOLUTION - An optical detection process relates to detecting micron- or submicron-sized particles or organisms by means of a contact imaging device, the particles or organisms being immersed in a liquid droplet and the detection being carried out by means of a matrix of photosensitive cells or photosites. The process includes one detection step or a succession of detection steps carried out while the liquid droplet is evaporating. The process may also include a detection step carried out after the liquid droplet has evaporated. The process allows a three-dimensional distribution of the particles or organisms in the initial unevaporated droplet to be reconstructed. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228257 | HOLLOW CORE FIBER LASER INDUCED INCANDESCENCE - The present disclosure relates to measurement techniques utilizing laser induced incandescence, and specifically to laser induced incandescence measurement techniques utilizing a hollow core fiber. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228258 | METHOD OF APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PARTICLES ON A SPECIMEN - A method and apparatus of detecting a defect by inspecting a specimen in which a surface of a specimen on which plural patterns are formed is illuminated with an elongated shape light flux from one of plural directions which are different in elevation angle by switching an optical path of the light flux emitted from an illuminating light source in accordance with a kind of defect to be detected. Plural optical images of the specimen illuminated by the elongated shape light flux are captured with plural image sensors installed in different elevation angle directions by changing an enlarging magnification in accordance with a density of the pattern formed on the sample in an area irradiated with the illuminating elongated shape light flux. A defect on the specimen is detected by processing the images captured by the plural image sensors. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228259 | OPTICAL FIBER ALIGNMENT MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A measurement system comprising an analog position sensitive device is provided that can measure the XY position of a plurality of light beams at very high resolution. In accordance with one exemplary associated method, a connector bearing one or more optical fibers is fixedly positioned before a position sensing detector so that light emanating from the ends of the optical fibers will strike the position sensing detector. A light beam is passed through at least one opening in the connector, such as a guide pin hole onto the detecting surface of the PSD to establish the position of the connector. Next, each optical fiber in the connector is individually illuminated sequentially so that the light emanating from the fiber falls on the position sensing detector. The locations of all of these light beams striking the PSD are compared to position of the light beam passed through the guide pins and/or to each other to determine if all the fibers are in the correct positions relative to the connector. In addition, it is possible to simultaneously measure the magnitude of the light emanating from each fiber in order to measure the quality of the light transmission through the connector/cable assembly. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228260 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AN OPTICAL FIBER - Subject matter disclosed herein relates to measuring optical fibers or measuring devices comprising optical fibers and, in particular, to measuring a variation of refractive index of an optical fiber as a function of position and wavelength. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228261 | Method of Determining the Contact Angle of a Ball Bearing - To determine the contact angle of a ball bearing, one of two rings is rotated while the other ring is held stationary. The number of revolutions of the rotated ring and the number of revolutions accomplished in the same period by the balls, and therefore by the retaining cage, are detected. The revolutions of the balls are detected through an optical detecting device which projects a radiation through the bearing, in the gap between the outer and inner rings, whereby the radiation is intercepted directly by the balls and/or the cage. The contact angle is determined using the following parameters: the number of revolutions of the rotating ring, the number of revolutions of the balls or of the cage, the diameter of the balls, and the pitch diameter. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228262 | APPARATUS OF INSPECTING DEFECT IN SEMICONDUCTOR AND METHOD OF THE SAME - When size of a defect on an increasingly miniaturized pattern is obtained by defect inspection apparatus in the related art, a value is inconveniently given, which is different from a measured value of the same defect by SEM. Thus, a dimension value of a defect detected by defect inspection apparatus needs to be accurately calculated to be approximated to a value measured by SEM. To this end, size of the defect detected by the defect inspection apparatus is corrected depending on feature quantity or type of the defect, thereby defect size can be accurately calculated. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228263 | ILLUMINATING A SPECIMEN FOR METROLOGY OR INSPECTION - Illumination subsystems of a metrology or inspection system, metrology systems, inspection systems, and methods for illuminating a specimen for metrology measurements or for inspection are provided. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228264 | SERS Nanotags With Improved Buoyancy in Liquids - A suspendable SERS nanotag. As used herein, a suspendable tag is one which remains suspended in a specific liquid, water for example, for a period of time. Thus, a suspendable tag does not sink to the bottom of a container of the liquid or float to the top of a container of the liquid within the selected time period. A suspendable SERS nanotag may include a metal core, for example, an Au core having a diameter of less than 90 nm. The suspendable SERS nanotag may also include a SERS active reporter molecule associated with the core and a silica containing encapsulant, encapsulating the core and reporter association. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228265 | PROCESS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE SOLID/LIQUID PHASE - A method of determining the solid/liquid phase of an aqueous solution, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: a) subjecting said aqueous solution to a beam of photons; b) recording the Raman spectrum of the photons scattered by said solution in the wave number range between 2500 cm | 2011-09-22 |
20110228266 | SUBSTRATE FOR SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS) - A substrate for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS). The substrate comprises at least one nanostructure protruding from a surface of the substrate and a SERS active metal over the at least one nanostructure, wherein the SERS active metal substantially covers the at least one nanostructure and the SERS active metal creates a textured layer on the at least one nanostructure. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228267 | REFLECTION GRATING, AND SPECTROGRAPH AND PULSE SHAPER USING THE REFLECTION GRATING - A reflection grating includes a transmission hologram layer for diffracting incident light, a reflection member in contact with the transmission hologram layer, and a reflection plane for reflecting diffracted light generated by the transmission hologram layer. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228268 | Method Of Analyzing A Composition Containing Impurities - A method of analyzing a composition and a method of processing the composition are provided. The composition contains impurities and has a boiling point less than ambient temperature and/or a vapor pressure greater than water at 14.5 ° C. The method of analyzing the composition comprises a step of providing the composition in a liquid state within a vessel. The composition is chilled in the liquid state within the vessel at a temperature below the boiling point of the composition, thereby maintaining the composition in the liquid state. The chilled composition in the vessel is converted to produce at least one of a vaporized composition and a nebulized composition, which converted composition is introduced into an analytical device. A measurement of content of the impurities of the composition is obtained from the analytical device. The method of processing the composition includes the same steps as the method of analyzing the composition, and but further requires that at least a portion of the composition remains in the supply tank. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228269 | Apparatus and Methods for Optical Emission Spectroscopy - The invention provides a spark generator for generating a spark for optical emission spectroscopy (OES), wherein the spark has a current waveform comprising a first modulated portion which comprises a plurality of relatively high current and high gradient peaks of variable amplitude and/or inter-peak duration and a second modulated portion of relatively low current and low gradient which is substantially without modulated peaks. The spark is preferably generated from two or more programmable current sources. The invention also provides an optical emission spectrometer comprising the spark generator and a method of optical emission spectroscopy using the spark generator. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228270 | Open-Path Near Real-Time Full Wall Emissions Monitoring Method - The invention is a combination of two prior arts (one being a tower elevator system and the other an open-path monitoring system) in order to perform automated “full wall” monitoring of an emission source. The system will allow an open-path detection system to take near real-time readings of the compounds present in the full area between the towers (both rectangular and triangular areas as shown in FIG. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228271 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPIDLY COUNTING AND IDENTIFYING BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES IN A FLOW STREAM - A method for increasing the throughput, or the precision, or both the precision and the throughput, of a flow cytometer, or of a hematology analyzer employing a flow cytometer, by utilizing the technique of laser rastering. Laser rastering involves sweeping a laser beam across a flowing sample stream in a hematology analyzer. An apparatus suitable for carrying out the method of this invention comprises an optical module comprising a source of light, a scanning device, a lens or system of lenses, a flow cell, detectors, and filters; and an electronic module comprising preamplifiers, analog signal conditioning elements, analog-to-digital converters, field-programmable gate arrays, digital signal processing elements, and data storage elements. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228272 | DEVICE FOR ANALYZING A POLYPHASE MIXTURE VIA A LIGHT BEAM BACKSCATTERED BY SAID MIXTURE - Device for analyzing a polyphase mixture via a light beam backscattered by said mixture, comprising: a vertical cell capable of containing the polyphase mixture; means for emitting a light beam in the direction of the cell, in such a way that the light beam lies in a vertical plane (PV) covering at least the height (hc) of the cell containing the polyphase mixture; means for receiving a light beam backscattered by the polyphase mixture, covering the height of the backscattered light beam, extending over the height (hc) of the cell containing the polyphase mixture; optical conjugation means placed between the cell and the means for receiving the backscattered beam, the receiving means comprising a matrix centre forming a surface for receiving the backscattered beam, lying in vertical and horizontal directions; and means for analyzing the backscattered beam received by the matrix sensor, the light beam emitted in the direction of the cell, adopting, at its interface between the internal surface of the wall of the cell and the polyphase mixture, the form of a vertical line the width of which is shorter, preferably very much shorter, than the free transport path of the polyphase mixture. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228273 | TESTING APPARATUS FOR TESTING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LAMP AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for operating a test apparatus for an LED lamp. The method includes: forming a self-holding circuit by switching on a first switching means such that an up and down shifter provided in the test apparatus for the LED lamp moves down; moving down and stopping the up and down shifter from a determined initial position to a measurement position; measuring the quality of the LED lamp equipped with the test apparatus for the LED lamp; releasing the self-holding circuit by switching on the second switching means such that the up and down shifter moves up; and moving up and down shifter from the measurement position to the determined initial position. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228274 | Ozone Concentration Sensor - An apparatus and method provide measurement of a constituent of a fluid, such as ozone in ozonated water. The apparatus includes a vessel to contain the fluid, a light source configured to direct a first band of light and a second band of light along a substantially shared path though the fluid, and a photosensor that senses the first band of light and the second band of light. The constituent has a greater absorption associated with the first band of light than with the second band of light. The method includes modification of a measured attribute of the component in response to the sensed second band of light to improve the accuracy of the measured attribute. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228275 | FIBER OPTIC HYDROGEN PURITY SENSOR AND SYSTEM - A hydrogen purity sensing system includes a light source which provides an optical signal through a fiber optic cable. A hydrogen purity sensor is provided in the system which comprises a multilayered nanostructural film of high refractive index and low refractive index materials for receiving the optical signal. The system further includes a photodetector for receiving a reflected optical signal from the hydrogen purity sensor and a processing circuitry coupled to the photodetector for analyzing the reflected optical signal. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228276 | NITROGEN OXIDE SENSING ELEMENT, NITROGEN OXIDE SENSOR, NITROGEN OXIDE CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION DEVICE USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING NITROGEN OXIDE CONCENTRATION - The nitrogen oxide sensing element of the present invention is such that a sensing film ( | 2011-09-22 |
20110228277 | SUB-MICRON SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR SYSTEMS - A sensor for detecting the presence of a target analyte, ligand or molecule in a test fluid, comprising a light transmissive substrate on which an array of surface plasmon resonant (SPR) elements is mounted is described. A multi-channel sensor for detecting the presence of several targets with a single microchip sensor is described. A multi-channel sensor including collections of SPR elements which are commonly functionalized to one of several targets is also described. The detectors sense changes in the resonant response of the SPR elements indicative of binding with the targets. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228278 | UV-VIS ATR SHORT PATHLENGTH SPECTROSCOPY OF PRINTING INKS - A spectroanalytic system and process for analyzing the absorption properties of highly absorbing viscous materials is disclosed. The measurement probe includes a UV-VIS optical system. A single crystal is shaped so that the light enters the crystal perpendicular to its surface and is Incident on the back face at an angle of 45 degree or greater and the reflected light is collected and channeled to a detector system. This system provides an attenuated total reflectance measurement with minimal reflection points wherein the total path length is comparable with a typically printed offset ink film (0.7-1.3 micron). The total absorption process path length depends only on the refractive index of the chosen crystal and on the angle of incidence of the single reflection. High refractive index materials, like diamond, have path lengths of 50 nm, and an economical material such as cubic zirconium provides a path length of 0.1 micron. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228279 | FABRY-PEROT FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER - A spatial Fourier transform spectrometer is disclosed. The Fourier transform spectrometer includes a Fabry-Perot interferometer with first and second optical surfaces. The gap between the first and second optical surfaces spatially varies in a direction that is orthogonal to the optical axis of the Fourier transform spectrometer. The Fabry-Perot interferometer creates an interference pattern from input light. An image of the interference pattern is captured by a detector, which is communicatively coupled to a processor. The processor is configured to process the interference pattern image to determine information about the spectral content of the input light. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228280 | Intensity Noise Reduction Methods and Apparatus for Interferometric Sensing and Imaging Systems - In part, aspects of the invention relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for intensity and/or pattern line noise reduction in a data collection system such as an optical coherence tomography system that uses an electromagnetic radiation source and interferometric principles. In one embodiment, the noise is intensity noise or line pattern noise and the source is a laser such as a swept laser. One or more attenuators responsive to one or more control signals can be used in conjunction with an analog or digital feedback network in one embodiment. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228281 | INTERFERENCE CAVITY FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL PATH - The present patent application provides an interference cavity for precisely controlling an optical path including a cavity formed by two equal distance arms, wherein a positive adjusting plate and a negative adjusting plate are disposed in the interference cavity for compensating the change of a cavity length with temperature and thereby ensuring that the interference cavity length is a constant. The present patent application utilizes the matching relationship between the change of the refractive index of the positive adjustment plate with the temperature and the change of the refractive index of the negative adjusting plates with the temperature to make the optical path difference OPL invariant with changes in the environment temperature and thereby to ensure the precision of the optical path. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228282 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING A MULTIPLE-BEAM CURVATURE/FLATNESS SENSOR - A method and system for calibrating a multiple-beam curvature/flatness sensor in order to provide an accurate media curvature/flatness measurement. One or more flat media sheets are passed through a multiple-beam media curvature/flatness sensor and the timing data associated with the lead edge/trail edge crossing each beam associated with the multiple beam curvature/flatness sensor is used for the calibration of the curvature/flatness sensor system. The unknown variables in the media curvature/flatness equation which takes into consideration of the manufacture and assembly errors of the sensor as well as the media deflection due to gravity can be determined and eliminated in order to obtain a calibrated media curvature/flatness equation. The calibrated media curvature/flatness equation can further be applied in the curvature/flatness measurement in order to achieve accurate measurement results. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228283 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A measurement apparatus includes an observation unit, a movable base, a platform, a pair of tracks mounted on two sides of the platform, and a console. The observation unit is slidably mounted on the movable base. The movable base is a bridge structure. Each end of the movable base is slidably mounted on each one of the pair of tracks. The movable base slides on the pair of tracks along an X-axis of the platform. The observation unit slides on the movable base along a Y-axis of the platform. The observation unit includes a camera. The camera is moveable relative to the observation unit along a Z-axis of the platform. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228284 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ELECTRIC APPARATUS, AND RECORDING CONTROL METHOD - A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a recording unit which records image data on a recording medium; a first spread spectrum clock generator receiving a first clock signal, providing the first clock signal with frequency diffusion to have a first predetermined frequency diffusion width, and outputting a second clock signal; a PLL circuit outputting a third clock signal synchronously oscillating at a frequency obtained by multiplying the frequency of the first clock signal; an image processing unit receiving the third clock signal, and outputting the processed image data in synchronism with the third clock signal; a speed conversion unit receiving the second and third clock signals, and receiving and outputting the image data in synchronism with the second clock signal; and | 2011-09-22 |
20110228285 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a contact glass having a light control glass part having transmittance changeable by an applied voltage; a scanner part reading an original placed on an original placement surface of the contact glass and outputting image data in a storage part; a projector part projecting image information onto the contact glass from a side opposite to the original placement surface; and a control part controlling the voltage applied to the light controlling glass part. When the scanner part is operated, the control part causes the transmittance of the contact glass to increase and the projector part stops projecting the image information, and when the scanner part is not operated, the control part causes the transmittance of the contact glass to decrease and the projector part projects the image data stored in the storage part onto the contact glass. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228286 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: an acquiring unit; a resolution converting unit; a receiving unit; a position determining unit; a correcting unit; and a scaling unit. The acquiring unit acquires image data composed of a plurality of pixels; the scaling-factor determining unit determines a scaling factor of the acquired image data; the resolution converting unit converts a resolution of the acquired image data into a higher resolution than the resolution of the image data; the receiving unit receives a designation of a sub-scanning directional shift amount of a correction pixel to be corrected; a position determining unit performs a position determining process; and the scaling unit scales the image data at the determined scaling factor by causing the position determining unit and the correcting unit. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228287 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a resolution converting unit, an address generating unit, a density determining unit, and an image path selector. The resolution converting unit converts a resolution of image data into a higher resolution. The address generating unit performs a position determining process of determining a position of an additional pixel on the basis of main-scanning directional positions of pixels composing the converted image data and respective shift amounts of the pixels shifted to a sub-scanning direction. The density determining unit determines a density of the additional pixel on the basis of a density of a pixel located at a position corresponding to the determined position in the image data. The image path selector scales the image data up or down by controlling the address generating unit while adding the additional pixel having the determined density to the determined position. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228288 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH REPRODUCTION METHOD - A photo reproduction method includes scanning redundantly encoded data from a photograph, the redundantly encoded data being scanned from out of the photographic image; decoding the redundantly encoded data to obtain a digital representation of the photographic image from which the redundantly encoded data was scanned; and printing the digital representation of the photographic image to obtain a copy of the photographic image. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228289 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer A includes: a casing | 2011-09-22 |
20110228290 | COLOR MAPPING DETERMINATION FOR AN N-COLOR MARKING DEVICE BASED UPON COLOR STABILITY - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for determining color profiles based upon optimizing image output color stability. For each of a number of selected output colors, color stability values for a set of device-dependent color specifications that produce the selected output color are iteratively determined. The set of device-dependent color specifications is generated by varying a subset of colorants in the device-dependent color specifications while changing the remaining colorants to maintain the selected output color. The iterative process improves the color stability value, as determined by a color stability model, of the device-dependent color specifications that correspond to the selected output color. When an optimum color stability value is found, the device-dependent color specification having that color stability value is selected as the mapping for the selected device-independent color specification. Various embodiments are disclosed. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228291 | COLOR MAPPING DETERMINATION FOR AN N-COLOR MARKING DEVICE BASED UPON IMAGE SPATIAL NOISE DEFECTS - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for determining color profiles based upon optimizing output image spatial noise. For each of a number of selected output colors, spatial noise values for a set of device-dependent color specifications that produce the selected output color are iteratively determined. The set of device-dependent color specifications is generated by varying a subset of colorants in the device-dependent color specifications while changing the remaining colorants to maintain the selected output color. The iterative process improves the spatial noise value, as determined by a spatial noise model, of the device-dependent color specifications that correspond to the selected output color. When an optimum spatial noise value is found, the device-dependent color specification having that spatial noise value is selected as the mapping for the selected device-independent color specification. Various embodiments are disclosed. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228292 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a detecting unit and a pre-processing executing unit. Before image data is generated for a printer, the detecting unit detects first density information per image element, and detects, for the image elements, whether or not overprinting is set. If the detecting unit detects that the overprinting is set at an image element and the image element has a basic color of which first density information is set 0%, the pre-processing executing unit executes a pre-processing which changes the first density information of the image element into second density information which is greater than 0% and which is capable of being recognized as white by the naked eye. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228293 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus including: a calculation portion that calculates a first process time period required for a case where image processes are executed by a reconfiguration process mode, and a second process time period required for a case where the image processes are executed by a pipeline process mode, based on the number of pixels of image information of an input print job and contents of processes of the input print job; and an activation portion that activates a plurality of dynamic reconfigurable processors (DRPs) according to a process mode having a shorter time period in the first process time period and the second process time period. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228294 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image formation apparatus includes an image formation processing managing unit and a control unit. The image formation processing managing unit manages first image formation processing to form an image on a face of plane-shaped recording medium based on received information. The control unit controls conveyance of the plane-shaped recording medium between the image formation apparatus and the other image formation apparatus which performs second image formation processing to form an image on the other face of the plane-shaped recording medium, a second term needed to stop the second image formation processing since receiving an instruction to stop the second image formation processing on an image forming operation being longer than a first term needed to stop the first image formation processing since receiving an instruction to stop the first image formation processing on the image forming operation. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228295 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a selecting unit selecting a reference image from input images, a calculating unit calculating brightness ratios of the remaining input images as gains, a calculating unit calculating first weights for the remaining input images and calculating a second weight based on a brightness of image data as a synthesized image of the input image with the first weights, a generating unit generating a high-contrast image by performing weighting synthesis on the input images using the first weights and the second weight, a preparing unit preparing a tone conversion curve based on a brightness distribution of the high-contrast image and a brightness distribution as conversion target, and a generating unit performing the tone conversion on the high-contrast image based on the tone conversion curve, and generating the output image having the narrow tonal range. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228296 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus for performing filling processing for input image data, comprises: a holding unit which holds, for a block formed from a predetermined number of pixels included in the image data, a representative color of the block generated by compression, a color layout of pixels included in the block, and an interpolation color which is a color other than the representative color included in the block; and a fill unit which performs filling processing of the compressed image data using the representative color, the color layout, and the interpolation color, when filling the block of the compressed image data with a specific color, the fill unit replacing the representative color corresponding to a position based on a type of the filling processing with the specific color and replacing the interpolation color with the same specific color as that of the representative color. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228297 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication unit acquires image data. A flow control unit controls execution of a workflow in which optional processing on the image data and check processing are combined. A determining unit determines whether user confirmation is needed for a result of check target processing included in the check processing according to the workflow. A notification unit notifies a user of confirmation of the result when it is determined that the user confirmation is needed. A receiving unit receives a modification input of the result of the check target processing from the user. A modification unit modifies the image data according to the modification input when the receiving unit receives the modification input, while the unit modifies the image data corresponding to the check target processing when it is determined that the user confirmation is not needed. | 2011-09-22 |