39th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080231776 | Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display having the same - A backlight assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed adjacent to the first substrate and electrically connected to the first substrate, one or more light sources respectively disposed on the first and second substrates, a power-supply unit that is electrically connected to the first substrate and applies drive voltage to the light sources, and a bottom receiving container on the first substrate and the second substrate, in which the drive voltage is applied the first substrate, and is transmitted to the electrically connected second substrate through the first substrate. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231777 | LIQUID CRYSTAL APPARATUS, COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal apparatus includes a pair of substrates. The pair of substrates includes a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, and a two-dimensional array of pixel regions each including a transmissive display region and a reflective display region, the transmissive display regions of different pixel regions having areas different from one another. One of the substrates has a plurality of color filter layers provided in correspondence with the pixel regions, a reflective film provided over the color filter layers, and an overcoat film covering the reflective film. Among the pixel regions including the transmissive display regions having different areas, a pixel region including a transmissive display region with a large area has a color filter layer with a thickness larger than that of a color filter layer provided in a pixel region including a transmissive display region with a small area. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231778 | Color Filter and Black Matrix Thereof - A color filter and a black matrix thereof are provided. The black matrix disposed on the substrate comprises a frame that defines a pixel area for accommodating color filter inks when performing the ink-jet process, and a spacer disposed in each of the pixels for preventing inks from overflowing to adjacent pixel areas and improving the flatness of the formed color filter layer. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231779 | Display substrate and display apparatus having the same - A display substrate includes a pixel layer, a color filter layer and a pixel electrode. The pixel layer includes a first storage electrode, a second storage electrode and a third storage electrode respectively associated with a red pixel, a green pixel and a blue pixel. At least one of the first, second and third storage electrodes has a different area from a remainder of the storage electrodes. The color filter layer includes a red color filter, a green color filter and a blue color filter formed on the pixel layer. The red, green and blue color filters respectively correspond to the red pixel, the green pixel and the blue pixel. Pixel electrodes are formed on the color filter layer. The pixel electrodes correspond to the red, green and blue pixels. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231780 | Low-absorptive diffuser sheet and film stacks for direct-lit backlighting - There is provided an optical plate. The optical plate includes a supporting substrate and an optical diffuser film. The optical diffuser film has a density of light scattering particles to provide light diffusion. The optical diffuser film has a surface facing the supporting substrate, wherein a first portion of the surface facing the supporting substrate contacts the supporting substrate. There exists a gap between a second portion of the surface facing the supporting substrate and the supporting substrate, wherein the ratio of the area of the first portion to the second portion is less than 10%. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231781 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A transflective display includes pixels each including a first electrode, a second electrode, a liquid crystal layer associated with the first and second electrodes, and a conductive reflective layer between the liquid crystal layer and the second electrode to reflect ambient light. The conductive reflective layer is insulated from the second electrode and covers less than all of the second electrode to allow backlight to be transmitted through a portion of the pixel not covered by the conductive reflective layer. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231782 | PIXEL STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel structure disposed on a substrate includes a gate, a patterned dielectric layer, a patterned semiconductor layer, a patterned metal layer, an overcoat layer and a transparent pixel electrode. The patterned dielectric layer and the gate covered thereby are disposed on the substrate. The patterned semiconductor layer on the patterned dielectric layer includes bumps and a channel above the gate. The patterned metal layer includes a source, a drain and a reflective pixel electrode connecting the drain. The source and the drain cover a portion of the channel. The reflective pixel electrode covers the bumps. The gate, the patterned dielectric layer, the patterned semiconductor layer and the patterned metal layer form a transistor on which the overcoat layer has a contact hole exposing a portion of the reflective pixel electrode. The transparent pixel electrode on the overcoat layer electrically connects the reflective pixel electrode through the contact hole. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231783 | REFLECTIVE-TRANSMISSIVE TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A reflective-transmissive type liquid crystal display device and a method for fabricating the reflective-transmissive type liquid crystal display device are provided. The reflective-transmissive type liquid crystal display device includes a pixel electrode having a transparent electrode for displaying information in a dark place where light is insufficiently provided, a reflective electrode for displaying information in a place where light is sufficiently provided, and an orientation film having an orientation groove provided on an upper surface of the pixel electrode, the direction of the orientation groove being varied depending on a shape of the reflective electrode. The reflective-transmissive type liquid crystal display device prevents the generation of an afterimage, which is generated when a response speed of liquid crystal is lowered due to the impurities or ions stacked at a boundary of the reflective electrode and the transparent electrode, thereby improving quality of display. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231784 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid-crystal display device comprising a liquid-crystal cell with plural domains and a transparent film comprising at least two domains that differ in in-plane retardation (Re) and/or thickness-direction retardation (Rth) for a visible light wavelength λ nm is disclosed. The domains of the transparent film and the domains of the liquid-crystal cell have no correlation in terms of their arrangement and/or size. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231785 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT FILM COMPOSITION, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - To provide a liquid crystal alignment film composition including at least one type of triphenylene compound (I) represented by the following general formula (1): | 2008-09-25 |
20080231786 | Method of fabricating alignment layer for liquid crystal display device - A method of fabricating an alignment layer for a liquid crystal display device includes forming an alignment material layer on a substrate by coating an alignment material, irradiating UV rays onto the alignment material layer and pre-baking the alignment material layer; and post-baking the alignment material layer. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231787 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - An object of the invention is to provide a liquid crystal device that uses a smectic liquid crystal and that can produce a uniform display. The liquid crystal device includes a pair of substrates, a smectic liquid crystal provided between the pair of substrates, an injection hole for injecting therethrough the smectic liquid crystal into a gap formed between the pair of substrates, a plurality of scanning electrodes arranged at right angles to the direction of injection of the smectic liquid crystal between the pair of substrates; an alignment film deposited over the plurality of scanning electrodes, and voltage applying means for applying a voltage to the plurality of scanning electrodes in sequence proceeding from a side nearest to the injection hole toward a side farthest therefrom. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231788 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL MODULATION ELEMENT AND OPTICAL HEAD DEVICE - To provide a liquid crystal optical modulation element which is excellent in durability against blue laser and which can maintain the characteristics for a long period of time. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231789 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel including a first substrate and a second substrate which interpose an electro-optical material therebetween, a transparent conductive film disposed on an outer surface of the first substrate or the second substrate, and a base member having an electrode electrically connected to the transparent conductive film via an adhesive, in which the electrode is formed at a region having a plane shape, which is the same as or narrower than that of the base member, the base member is provided with concave portions or through-holes disposed along a side thereof, and the concave portions or the through-holes are provided with the adhesive. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231790 | Active matrix type display device - An active matrix type display device is disclosed, to reduce a fabrication cost, which comprises first to third gate lines arranged at one direction; first and second data lines arranged orthogonally to the first to third gate lines; a first pixel cell connected to the first gate line and the first data line; a second pixel cell connected to the first gate line and the second data line; a third pixel cell connected to the second gate line and the first data line; a fourth pixel cell connected to the second gate line and the second data line; a fifth pixel cell connected to the third gate line and the first data line; and a sixth pixel cell connected to the third gate line and the second data line, wherein the three predetermined pixel cells of displaying the different colors among the first to sixth pixel cells constitute a first unit pixel for displaying a first unit image; and the three other pixel cells except the pixel cells included in the first unit pixel constitute a second unit pixel for displaying a second unit image. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231791 | Touch Panel - The material utilization efficiency of FPC's is improved, to provide a low cost touch panel. A touch panel | 2008-09-25 |
20080231792 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device has a pair of substrates disposed in opposition to one another with a liquid crystal interposed therebetween, active elements formed on one of the pair of substrates, an organic film layer formed to cover the active elements, a light-shielding film formed on another of the pair of substrates, and a sealing material which sticks the pair of substrates together. In the liquid crystal display device, the sealing material is formed integrally along the entire periphery of a display screen, and one of the light-shielding layer and the organic film layer is formed to be extended beyond an area where the sealing material is formed, and the other of the light-shielding layer and organic film layer is formed inside the area where the sealing material is formed. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231793 | Methods for Manufacturing Polarizers, Polarizing Plates and Laminated Optical Films, and Polarizers, Polarizing Plates, Laminated Optical Films, and Image Displays - A method for manufacturing a polarizer of the invention, wherein the polarizer comprises a film that comprises: a matrix made of an optically-transparent resin containing a dichroic absorbing material; and minute domains that are made of an energy ray-curable birefringent material having liquid crystalline properties and are aligned and dispersed in the matrix; and comprising a process of applying energy rays for fixing the alignment of the birefringent material having liquid crystalline properties. A polarizer obtained by the method has a high transmittance and a high polarization degree, and being able to control unevenness of the transmittance in the case of black viewing. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231794 | Jig Mounting Apparatus - A jig mounting apparatus has a detection optical system that detects reference marker of an eyeglass lens, is configured so as to determine an mounting point based on the reference marker detected by the detection optical system and position the mounting center of jig, which is used in processing the eyeglass lens, on the mounting point to mount the jig on the surface of the eyeglass lens, in which the detection optical system includes: a focusing optical system that focuses a light-emitting optical flux from a light source on the surface of the eyeglass lens, where hidden marks are formed, via an aperture stop; a reflection plate that reflects an optical flux focused by the focusing optical system and passed through the eyeglass lens; and an imaging device that is provided on a position optically approximately conjugate with the aperture stop and configured to focus on a space portion along an optical axis direction from the surface of the eyeglass lens. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231795 | ANTI-BALLISTIC LENS STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A method of making a lens structure is provided comprising a first step of providing an eyewear lens substrate blank having a polarized layer or a helmet shield substrate blank. A step of spin coating a surface of the lens substrate blank with a photochromic material is then provided. Steps of curing the lens substrate blank by heating and coating the surface of the lens substrate blank having the photochromic material with a hard coating is then provided. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231796 | NECKLACE-EYEGLASS SYSTEM - A necklace-eyeglass system includes a plurality of links each having a first shape. An eyeglass frame is connected to the plurality of links and includes a lens holding portion holding a lens in a lens opening thereof. The lens holding portion has a second shape. The first shape and the second shape are a same shape. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231797 | EYEWEAR WITH LENS AND INTERLOCKING NOSEPIECE AND FRAME - Eyewear includes a frame having a right temple arm, a left temple arm, a first lens groove, a second lens groove, and a recess formed therein. A first lens is received in the first lens groove and has a first opening formed therein. A first tab is received in the first groove. A second lens is received in the second lens groove and has a first opening formed therein. A second tab is received in the second groove. A nosepiece has a base portion received in the recess in the frame, and engages the first and second openings to removably secure the first and second lenses to the frame. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231798 | Prepolymers with dangling polysiloxane-containing polymer chains - The invention provide a new class of silicone-containing prepolymers containing dangling polysiloxane-containing polymer chains. This class of silicone-containing prepolymer is capable of being actinically crosslinked to form a silicone hydrogel material with a relatively high oxygen permeability, a reduced elastic modulus, and a relatively high ion permeability. The present invention is also related to silicone hydrogel contact lenses made from this class of silicone-containing prepolymers and to methods for making the silicone hydrogel contact lenses. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231799 | HYDRODYNAMICALLY OPERATED MULTIFOCAL CONTACT LENS - This invention pertains to a soft contact lens that has a body with a central zone aligned with the optical axis of the eye when a wearer wears the lens. A micro-channel filled with fluid, is positioned at or near the optic zone and is arranged so that when the fluid is pressurized, the micro-channel expands and changes the optical characteristics of the central zone. The pressure in the microchannel is controlled through changes to a reservoir disposed in the lens below the optic zone. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231800 | Glasses Lens Comprising a Carrying Edge - A spectacle lens with an object-sided front face and an eye-sided rear face, wherein at last the rear face comprises a viewing region that contributes to the optical effect of the spectacle lens and a carrier rim region that at least partially surrounds the viewing region and that does not significantly contribute to the optical effect of the spectacle lens. The rear face of the spectacle lens in the carrier rim zone is constructed substantially from a cosmetic viewpoint without consideration of the optical image-forming properties. A method for producing this spectacle lens is also provided. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231801 | Manufacturing Techniques for the Production of Hydrodynamic Multifocal Contact Lenses - Several methods for making a contact lens with a reservoir are disclosed. The reservoir is filled with fluid and is shaped to change dynamically the optical characteristics of the lens. One method includes forming two shells with a depression therebetween, laminating the shells together, with the reservoir being filled with a fluid. Other methods include molding lens shells and laminating them together, or forming the lens with a unitary body using laser printing techniques. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231802 | EYEGLASS PRESCRIPTION METHOD - In general, in some embodiments, the disclosure provides a method that includes making a subjective refraction of a person to determine information about the person's vision, making a wavefront measurement of one or both of the person's eyes to determine information about the optical properties of one or both of the person's eyes (e.g., aberrations), calculating a prescription for the person based on the information about the person's vision and the information about the optical properties of one or both of the person's eyes, and outputting the prescription. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231803 | COMPACT OCULAR FUNDUS CAMERA - Embodiments of a compact camera for imaging the ocular fundus are described. In some embodiments, the camera is a light, handheld camera that acquires a plurality of images of the fundus. The camera can be configured to acquire images manually or automatically. A movable imaging lens or movable image detector provides the images in a series to obtain an image with optimal focus. The camera can acquire a series of images and allow selection of an optimal image either manually, or automatically. In some embodiments, the camera is part of an imaging system that includes a base station. The base station exchanges data with the camera and can receive image data generated by the image detector of the camera. The base can further include networking capability, such that image data can be distributed over a network or to other communication or computing devices. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231804 | Vivo Spatial Measurement of the Density and Proportions of Human Visual Pigments - The present invention concerns a method and system for in vivo spatial measurement of density and relative proportions of retinal visual pigments. The method involves the steps of illuminating a retina with light of a given intensity and wavelength, acquiring the residual light coming from the retina using a photosensing device having an array of pixels, attributing a residual intensity to each pixel thereby producing a corresponding spatial image of the retina, and posing an equation relating the residual intensity to a number of unknown variables of interest. The above steps are repeated using light of a different wavelength but same intensity to acquire a set of spatial images and a set of corresponding equations for each pixel of each image. For each pixel of each image, the set of equations is solved for the unknown variables obtaining the spatial measurement of density and relative proportions of retinal visual pigments. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231805 | Method and Circuit Arrangement for Recognising and Tracking Eyes of Several Observers in Real Time - The invention relates to a method and to a circuit arrangement for recognising and for tracking, in a contact-free manner, eye positions of several users in real time. The input data comprises a sequence of digital video frames. Said method comprises the following steps: combining a face-finder-instance which is used to examine faces, an eye-finder-instance which is used to examine eye areas, and an eye-tracker-instance which is used to recognise and track eye reference points. The aim of the invention is to convert the eye positions within a hierarchical outlet of the instance to the target, which successively restricts the dataset, which is to be processed, emerging from the dataset of the entire video frame (VF) in order to form a face target area (GZ) and subsequently an eye target area (AZ). Also, an instance or a group of instances, which run in a parallel manner, are carried out, respectively, on a calculating unit thereof. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231806 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS - An ophthalmic apparatus comprises a projection system in which a pattern member is provided with a predetermined pattern for measuring the shape of the cornea of an eye of a subject, the predetermined pattern is thereby projected on the cornea of the eye of the subject, and an optical observation system in which light flux having a shape of the predetermined pattern emitted from the projection system is reflected at the cornea of the eye of the subject, the eye of the subject is observed by the light reflected by the cornea. A surface at the eye of the subject side of the pattern member is coated with a paint having a filtering property that transmits infrared light and blocks visible light. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231807 | High Resolution Laterial and Axial Tomography - An in-vivo high resolution lateral and axial tomography system of the retina, is provided, including a Michelson interferometer, generating a tomographical image by full field OCT interference with Z sweeping, adaptive optical correction apparatus, correcting the wave fronts coming from and going to the eye, including a reference source, a deformable mirror and wave surface analysis apparatus, detection apparatus producing an image from an interferometric measurement using the OCT principle and apparatus for focussing the wave surface analyser. The apparatus for focussing are embodied and controlled, synchronously with the Z sweeping to force the deformable mirror to adopt an additional curvature, such as to combine the input light source and detection apparatus at a given depth in the retina. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231808 | Relaxed confocal catadioptric scanning laser ophthalmoscope - A number of additional embodiments and optical constructions of a relaxed confocal catadioptric scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) are disclosed. They improve the functionality of microperimetry (MP), and the integration of the existing instrument with the capabilities of high speed Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT/SS-OCT). The improvements pertain to enhanced acousto-optic modulation with regard to rise-time and combination of wavelengths, enhanced control of illuminating beam characteristics and separation of illuminating and returned light within the SLO, enhanced electronic control and options for the galvanometer and polygon scanners, additional use of liquid crystal spatial light modulation, and the modalities under which Fourier domain OCT can be integrated within the SLO. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231809 | Method for Measuring Intraocular Lens - The invention relates to a method for measuring an optimally adapted intraocular lens for patients having a refractively modified cornea. The inventive method includes the following steps: determining the formula-specific corneal refractive powers before the refractive intervention; determining the formula-specific corneal refractive powers after the refractive intervention, and; putting the formula-specific corneal refractive powers before and after the refractive intervention into the respective IOL formula. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231810 | METHOD OF FITTING CONTACT LENSES - The invention provides a method of fitting lenses that results in correction of not only low and high order ocular aberrations, but that additionally provides correction for the effects of cortical influences, or neuro-adaptive influences. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231811 | PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a projection-type display apparatus which can efficiently cool a reflection mirror with a small number of cooling fans. The projection-type display apparatus is a display apparatus for modulating a projection light from a lamp by an optical modulation device and then projecting the light on a screen in a magnified form by a projection optical system, which has a configuration in which the projection optical system includes at least one reflection mirror, and a reflective surface of the reflection mirror is air-cooled by a cooling fan, wherein an air flow rate of the cooling fan is controlled based on a projection image information. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231812 | Projector - A projector includes: a light source lamp; and a cooling device that cools the light source lamp and includes a plurality of cooling fans to deliver air toward the light source lamp. Airflow directions in which the plurality of cooling fans deliver the air toward the light source lamp are different from each other. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231813 | Projector unit - There is provided a projector unit which can facilitate the design of lenses and project a distortionless and clear image and which comprises a projection optical system in which an optical axis of a projection lens does not coincide with a center of a rectangular image plane of an optical modulator for forming a projected image which corresponds to an image that is projected onto a screen, wherein the optical modulator is disposed in such a manner as to be tilted so that the optical axis of the projection lens and a center normal of the image plane of the optical modulator intersect each other. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231814 | Display device - A display device comprises a height-adjustable display board ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080231815 | Large-Sized Transportable Projection Screen - A large-sized transportable projection screen comprising an any-shaped fillable hollow body, which is embodied in the form of a structure consisting of fillable tubes. The aim is to develop a large-sized transportable projection screen exhibiting an increased stability and making it possible to obtain an improved projection at daylight. For this purpose, the structure defines a three-dimensional internal space limited on all sides thereof, wherein the tubes are oriented in three directions in space and the internal space is limited by at least one display surface arranged at the level of an edge formed by a part of tubes. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231816 | DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE - To provide a discharge lamp lighting device which is made efficient at the time of starting to light a high-voltage discharge lamp and has quick illumination rising. To start a high-voltage discharge lamp | 2008-09-25 |
20080231817 | Projection-type display apparatus and control method for projection-type display apparatus as well as control program for projection-type display apparatus - Exemplary embodiments provide a projection-type display apparatus, which can address or realize a reduction in weight and size, a reduction in power consumption, and a reduction in noise, and address or realize a reduction in price, and a control method for the projection-type display apparatus, as well as a control program for the projection-type display apparatus. The projection-type display apparatus includes a solid-state light source that emits light, a mirror device that controls an emitting direction of the incident light to thereby subject the incident light to temporal modulation, and a projecting device that projects the modulated light. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231818 | PROJECTOR APPARATUS, PROJECTION CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM - A projector apparatus comprises a light source lamp which is inside a reflector, a projection system forming a light figure using a light from the light source lamp, projecting the formed light figure by an optical lens unit having an automatic focus function and providing the image on a projection target position, a temperature sensor detecting the temperature of the light source lamp, a temperature sensor detecting the temperature of the optical lens unit, and a control unit moving the position of a focus lens of the optical lens unit in accordance with each detection result of the temperature sensors, thereby revising an image location set by the automatic focus function. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231819 | Method of Displaying an Image for a Document Projector - A method of displaying an image for a document projector is disclosed. The method includes capturing the image of an object to get an input image; generating a frame; overlapping the frame and the input image, wherein the frame separates the input image into an emphasized area and a not-emphasized area to form an output image; and displaying the output image. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231820 | Contamination prevention system, a lithographic apparatus, a radiation source and a method for manufacturing a device - A contamination prevention system constructed and arranged to prevent material emanating from a radiation source from propagating with radiation from the radiation source into or within a lithographic apparatus. The contamination prevention system includes a channel barrier constructed and arranged to traverse the radiation from the radiation source. The channel barrier includes a plurality of elongated channel members constructed and arranged to absorb or deflect the material. The channel members are rotatable around an axis of rotation by a drive connected to the channel barrier. The contamination prevention system also includes a cooling system provided on an outer surface of the channel barrier. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231821 | Exposure Method Of A Semiconductor Device - An exposure method of a semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a wafer on which a photoresist is coated; rotating and aligning a reticle and the wafer so that a swing direction of a light source passing through the reticle is identical to a direction of a word line formed on the wafer; and performing an exposure process employing a polarized light source of an X direction, the polarized light source being generated by passing the light source through a dipole X-illumination system | 2008-09-25 |
20080231822 | Nozzle to help reduce the escape of immersion liquid from an immersion lithography tool - An immersion lithography tool with a diverter element, positioned between the immersion element and the substrate, for altering the “footprint” or shape of the meniscus of the body of immersion liquid between the last optical element and an immersion element on one side, and the substrate on the other side when the substrate is moved. The apparatus includes a substrate holder to hold the substrate having an imaging surface and a projection optical system having a last optical element. The projection optical system projects an image onto a target imaging area on the substrate through the immersion liquid filled in a gap between the imaging surface of the substrate and the last optical element. An immersion element maintains the immersion fluid in the gap. The diverter element is positioned between the immersion element and the substrate. The diverter element alters the footprint shape of the meniscus of the body of immersion liquid, thereby preventing or reducing the amount of leakage from a space between the substrate and the immersion element. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231823 | Apparatus and methods for reducing the escape of immersion liquid from immersion lithography apparatus - A stage assembly includes a workpiece table that supports the workpiece adjacent to an optical assembly. An environmental system supplies and removes immersion liquid to and from a space between the workpiece and the optical assembly to form an immersion area. The environmental system has a lower surface disposed opposite from an upper surface of the workpiece and/or the workpiece table. The lower surface is spaced a first distance from the workpiece and/or the workpiece table to form a meniscus at a periphery of the immersion area. An edge member is provided on the environmental system and extends past the lower surface of the environmental system so that a lower portion of the edge member is spaced a second distance, smaller than the first distance, from the upper surface of the workpiece and/or the workpiece table at a position beyond the periphery of the immersion area. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231824 | Liquid recovery member, exposure apparatus, exposing method, and device fabricating method - An exposure apparatus comprises a recovery member that recover a liquid. The recovery ability with which the recovery member recovers the liquid differs in accordance with the region of the recovery member. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231825 | Exposure Apparatus and method for producing device - An exposure apparatus includes an optical element via which a patterned beam is projected onto a substrate through exposure liquid filled in a space between the optical element and the substrate. The apparatus also includes a member having a flow passage in which exposure liquid flows, the flow passage being in fluidic communication with the space. The apparatus also includes a cleaning system which cleans the member. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231826 | UNIFORM BACKGROUND RADIATION IN MASKLESS LITHOGRAPHY - A device manufacturing method comprising applying patterns to a plurality of arrays of individually controllable elements, such that they modulate a beam of radiation, and projecting the modulated beam of radiation onto a substrate. The patterns applied to the arrays of individually controllable elements are arranged such that pre-determined amounts of background radiation are included in the modulated beam of radiation. The pre-determined amounts of background radiation being different for different locations on the arrays. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231827 | Hand-Held Surveying Device and Surveying Method for Such a Surveying Device - The invention relates to a hand-held measuring device ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080231828 | Distance Measuring Equipment, and Method of Mounting an Electrooptical Unit on a Lead Frame Unit - The invention is based on a piece of distance measuring equipment, particularly a laser rangefinder ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080231829 | USER-WORN RANGEFINDER SYSTEM AND METHODS - Embodiments of an arm-worn rangefinder device includes a rangefinder body and a switch. The rangefinder body is shaped for coupling to a user's arm and has an electronic rangefinder circuit operable to emit an energy beam directed at a selected target, to receive a reflected beam from the target, and to calculate the target's approximate range based on properties of the reflected beam and indicate the calculated approximate range to the user. The switch is coupled to the rangefinder body, and the user can use the switch to selectively actuate the rangefinder circuit. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231830 | ELECTRIC OPTICAL DISTANCE METER - An electric optical distance meter is provided that makes an input power level of a reference light entering a light receiving device via an internal optical path comparable between low and high reflectivity targets. The electric optical distance meter has a shutter | 2008-09-25 |
20080231831 | RANGING APPARATUS AND RANGING METHOD - A first ranging apparatus includes a synchronizing signal generator for generating a synchronizing signal at a constant interval, a light-emitting unit for emitting an intensity-modulated light in response to the synchronizing signal input thereto, a light-detecting unit for detecting a reflected light from an object irradiated with the modulated light, in response to the synchronizing signal input thereto, a calculating unit for calculating the distance up to the object based on the phase difference between the modulated light and the reflected light, and a synchronizing signal control unit for changing an arrival time of the synchronizing signal from the synchronizing signal generator at the light-detecting unit, depending on the number of times that the synchronizing signal is generated. The light-detecting unit samples the amount of the reflected light in exposure periods established at a constant cycle length with reference to a time at which the synchronizing signal is input thereto. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231832 | RANGING APPARATUS AND RANGING METHOD - A first ranging apparatus includes a light emitter for emitting a modulated light which is intensity-modulated, a light detector for detecting a reflected light from an object that is irradiated with the modulated light, a distance calculator for calculating the distance up to the object based on the phase difference between the modulated light and the reflected light, and a gate controller. The gate controller outputs gate pulses to control a light emission controller to intermittently emit the modulated light to the object and also control an electrooptical shutter or an electronic shutter of an image capturing device to intermittently detect the reflected light from the object based on the intermittent emission of the modulated light. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231833 | Method for evaluation of a gemstone - An apparatus for determining location of at least one inclusion in a gemstone having a first refractive index, comprising:
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20080231834 | SURFACE PLASMON ASSISTED MICROSCOPE - The present invention includes a microscope and a method for using the microscope for single molecule with reduced photobleaching of a fluorophore ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080231835 | DIVERGENCE RATIO DISTANCE MAPPING CAMERA - The present invention relates to a method and system for detecting and mapping three-dimensional information pertaining to one or more target objects. More particularly, the invention consists of selecting one or more target objects, illuminating the one or more target objects using a first light source and capturing an image of the one or more target objects, then, illuminating the same one or more target objects using a second light source and capturing an image of the one or more target objects and lastly calculating the distance at the midpoint between the two light sources and the one or more target objects based on the decay of intensities of light over distance by analyzing the ratio of the image intensities on a pixel by pixel basis. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231836 | Fuel Cell with Fuel Monitoring System and Method of Use - A fuel cell ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080231837 | QUANTUM BIT READING DEVICE AND METHOD - An apparatus includes a material in a resonator and containing systems, each of the systems having five energy states, a unit generating first and second pulse that resonate in a second transition and a third transition, respectively, a unit controlling the first and second pulse to make the first and second pulse temporally overlap each other to obtain third light, a unit emitting the third light to each system, a unit generating observation light to be coupled to the resonator mode, a unit introducing the observation light to the resonator from an outside thereof, a unit reading one of quantum bits by measuring an intensity of one of reflected light and transmitted light of the observation light, a unit controlling the first and second pulse to make the first and second pulse temporally overlap each other to obtain fourth light, and a unit emitting the fourth light to each system. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231838 | DETECTION SENSOR TO DETECT RECEIVING POSITION OF LASER LIGHT AND LEVEL DEVICE EMPLOYING THE DETECTION SENSOR TO DETECT RECEIVING POSITION OF LASER LIGHT - A detection sensor to detect a receiving position of laser light according to the present invention includes a pair of light receiving element arrays ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080231839 | Power-saving control method in laser measuring system and laser measuring system - A power-saving control method in a laser measuring system, which comprises a laser rotary irradiation device for forming a laser reference plane by projecting a laser beam in rotary irradiation and a photodetection device for carrying out position measurement by receiving the laser beam, comprising a step of detecting using status of the photodetection device by the photodetection device, a step of selecting steady operation or power-saving mode based on the detection of using status, a step of transmitting a power-saving mode transition instruction to the laser rotary irradiation device by the photodetection device when the power-saving mode is selected, a step of receiving the power-saving mode transition instruction by the laser rotary irradiation device, and a step of executing power-saving control. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231840 | Methods and Apparatus For Measuring Wavefronts and For Determining Scattered Light, and Related Devices and Manufacturing Methods - Methods and apparatus for measuring wavefronts and for determining scattered light, and related devices and manufacturing methods. 2.1. The invention relates to a method and apparatus for spatially resolved wavefront measurement on a test specimen, a method and apparatus for spatially resolved scattered light determination, a diffraction structure support and a coherent structure support therefor, and also to an objective or other radiation exposure device manufactured using such a method, and an associated manufacturing method. 2.2. An embodiment of the invention involves carrying out, for the wavefront measurement, a first shearing measuring operation, which comprises a plurality of individual measurements with at least two first shearing directions and spatially resolved detection of shearing interferograms generated, and an analogous second shearing measuring operation with at least one second shearing direction, at least one second shearing direction being non-parallel to at least one first shearing direction. From the shearing interferograms detected, it is possible e.g. to determine a wavefront spatial frequency spectrum and/or a point response of the test specimen and to carry out a spatially resolved scattered light determination by means of the point spread function. 2.3. Use e.g. for the spatially resolved scattered light determination of projection objectives for microlithography. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231841 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GAS CONCENTRATION QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS - An FTIR measurement is conducted on a background gas to obtain a single beam spectrum SB(BG) [C] and a synthetic single beam spectrum SSB(BG)[D], and an FTIR measurement is conducted on a sample gas to obtain a single beam spectrum SB(Samp)[E] and a synthetic single beam spectrum SSB(Samp)[F]. A double synthetic absorbance spectrum DSAbs of the sample gas as expressed by the following formula (Step T9) is calculated to obtain a concentration of a trace component (impurity) contained in the sample gas: | 2008-09-25 |
20080231842 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE PHOTON-COUNTING OTDR - An optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) operates in a gated mode, enabling a predetermined width of an optical fiber to be analyzed. The OTDR may test only a desired position on the fiber. Data obtained along different lengths of the fiber may be combined together, providing a thorough representation of the fiber characteristics. Alternatively, specific regions of the fiber may be analyzed. The OTDR measures the backscattered signal using photon-counting techniques, and improves the accuracy of such algorithms by attenuating the incoming backscattering signals automatically and independently at each position in the fiber being tested. The OTDR simultaneously achieves a high dynamic range and a high temporal/spatial resolution, an improvement over conventional OTDRs. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231843 | OPTICAL PASSIVE DEVICE PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND CONNECTIVITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS - An identification apparatus for identifying an optical passive device product. The apparatus includes an optical input output monitor section for monitoring an optical input and an optical output of the optical passive device product respectively; a loss calculation section for calculating a loss in the optical passive device product based on a monitoring result of the optical input output monitor section; and a product identification section in which product information indicating a correspondence between a loss characteristic and a product has been stored in advance, and which identifies the optical passive device product by comparing the stored product information and the loss calculated by the loss calculation section. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231844 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHECKING STATOR CORE ALIGNMENT - In one embodiment the present invention provides for a method for checking the alignment of a stator core that comprises placing a laser source | 2008-09-25 |
20080231845 | HIGH RESOLUTION WAFER INSPECTION SYSTEM - A method for inspecting a region, including irradiating the region via an optical system with a pump beam at a pump wavelength. A probe beam at a probe wavelength irradiates the region so as to generate returning probe beam radiation from the region. The beams are scanned across the region at a scan rate. A detector receives the returning probe radiation, and forms an image of the region that corresponds to a resolution better than pump and probe Abbe limits of the optical system. Roles of the pump and probe beams may be alternated, and a modulation frequency of the pump beam may be changed, to produce more information. Information extracted from the probe signal can also differentiate between different materials on the region | 2008-09-25 |
20080231846 | LEVEL DETECTION APPARATUS - A level detection apparatus includes an illumination slit in which a rectangular first opening which causes illumination light to pass is formed, an optical system configured to illuminate a target object surface by illumination light passing through the illumination slit and focuses reflected light from the target object surface, first and second detection slits which are arranged in front of and in back of a focal point and in each of which a second opening is formed such that a short side of a rectangle is shorter than a short side of a illumination slit image formed by the illumination slit and a long side of the rectangle is larger than a long side of the illumination slit image, first and second light amount sensors configured to detect amounts of light of the reflected lights passing through the first and second detection slits, and a calculating unit configured to calculate a level of the target object surface based on outputs from the first and second light amount sensors. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231847 | OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR DEVICE - An optoelectronic sensor device is described for recording of soiling on a transparent cover, with at least one light source that emits at least two light beams, a test surface arranged in the cover, having a concave surface exposed to environmental effects, through which the light beams emerge and reenter, as well as at least one receiver that measure the radiation powers of the light beams, on which the light beams are imaged independently of each other after reentry. The test surface has at least two areas with different microstructurings, in which a first microstructuring is designed, so that a liquid applied to the area provided with the first microstructuring is held together drop-like, and a second microstructuring is designed, so that a liquid applied to the area provided with the second microstructuring is distributed film-like, in which at least a first light beam emerges and reenters through the first area and at least a second light beam emerges and reenters through the second area, so that by comparison of the radiation powers of the two light beams, a conclusion can be drawn concerning the transparency of the cover exposed to soiling. In addition a method is described for determination of the transparency of soiling by a transparent surface exposed to environmental effects. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231848 | Frictional Pivots for Gravitational Alignment - A frictional pivot | 2008-09-25 |
20080231849 | Thin-Layer Porous Optical Sensors for Gases and Other Fluids - A gas sensor uses optical interferents in a porous thin film cell to measure the refractive index of the pore medium. As the medium within the pores changes, spectral variations can be detected. For example, as the pores are filled with a solution, the characteristic peaks exhibit a spectral shift in one direction. Conversely, when tiny amounts of gas are produced, the peaks shift in the opposite direction. This can be used to measure gas evolution, humidity and for applications for other interferometric-based sensing devices. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231850 | Measuring Device, Method, Program, and Recording Medium - A frequency resolution for measuring transmission characteristics of a device under test is increased. With a measuring device including a first terahertz light generator that generates incident light, a second terahertz light generator that generates reference light having an optical frequency f | 2008-09-25 |
20080231851 | Systems and methods for material authentication - Systems and methods for authentication of materials used in imaging members and assemblies. Authentication of imaging materials ensure that compatible components are being used with the imaging members and assemblies. Embodiments provide a system and method for efficiently detecting whether materials being used in the imaging members and assemblies are compatible and authentic materials authorized for such uses. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231852 | BROADBAND CAVITY SPECTROMETER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PATH LENGTH OF AN OPTICAL STRUCTURE - A broadband light source with a sufficiently long coherence length is impinged on the optical cavity. The broadband laser light reflects from the first and second surfaces of the cavity. The two light beams, either reflected or transmitted, are phase shifted from one another by an amount proportional to the optical path length of the cavity and inversely proportional to the wavelength of the light (4πnd/λ) The two light beams interfere with each other and form a modulated light beam that has a spectrum approximately like the laser's broadband spectrum multiplied by a cosine with a frequency 4πnd/λ. The modulated light beam is coupled to a spectrometer that measures the intensity of the light as a function of wavelength over a range of wavelengths. The Fourier transform of the spectrum contains a peak that is related to the OPL and is located at 2*n*d where n*d is the OPL. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231853 | Qualitative Analysis System and Method for Agricultural Products in Harvesting Equipment - A system for the qualitative analysis of an agricultural product comprises a scanning cell ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080231854 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PARTICLE SIZE AND/OR PARTICLE SHAPE OF A PARTICLE MIXTURE - An apparatus for determining the particle size and/or particle shape of a mixture of particles is provided, comprising
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20080231855 | Method for Measuring the Anisotropy in an Element Comprising at Least One Fissile Material and a Corresponding Installation - This method comprises the steps of transmitting a beam of light onto a surface ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080231856 | Substrate Inspection Apparatus, Substrate Inspection Method and Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Method - A substrate inspection method includes forming a conductive thin film on a surface of an inspection target substrate with a pattern formed thereon, generating an electron beam and irradiating the substrate having the thin film formed thereon with the electron beam, detecting at least any of secondary electrons, reflected electrons and backscattered electrons released from the surface of the substrate and outputting signals constituting an inspection image, and selecting at least any of a material, a film thickness and a configuration for the thin film, or at least any of a material, a film thickness and a configuration for the thin film and an irradiation condition with the electron beam according to an arbitrary inspection image characteristic so that an inspection image according to an inspection purpose can be obtained. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231857 | Sensor system and sampling cell assembly for use with sensor system - A sensor system for detection of a gaseous chemical substance is provided, which includes an optical sampling cell holding a sampling chamber of a volume of at most 20 mm | 2008-09-25 |
20080231858 | Printing Device, Method of Controlling Printing Device, and Recording Medium - A printing device includes a light input unit that inputs light fluxes emitted from a light source to a measurement-target surface of a print medium on which an image is printed at a predetermined incidence angle, an image pickup unit that picks up an image of the measurement-target surface by collecting reflection light fluxes, which are reflected from the measurement-target surface of the print medium within a predetermined range of reflection angles, for the light fluxes input by the light input unit, receiving the collected light fluxes using a plurality of light receiving elements, and performing a photoelectric conversion process for the light fluxes received by the plurality of light receiving elements, and a measurement-target surface status value calculating unit that calculates a status value of the measurement-target surface representing a status relating to appropriateness or inappropriateness of the measurement-target surface of the print medium for printing based on image data having luminance information of the image picked up by the image pickup unit. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231859 | PHOTODETECTION DEVICE AND PHOTODETECTION METHOD - A photodetection device, a photodetection method, an image sensor and an image pickup method can increase the number of pixels, while suppressing degradation of the S/N ratio. The photodetection device includes a spectroscopic element formed by means of an optical microresonator having a plurality of resonant wavelength bands differentiated by positions as a function of a geometric structure and a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged at different positions to detect light of the plurality of resonant wavelength bands. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231860 | Optical Device and Method for Sensing Multiphase Flow - A method for measuring the velocity of a multiphase fluid flowing in a pipe. The method comprises directing at least two collimated beams of light from an illuminator through the multiphase fluid by transparent portions of the pipe. The at least two collimated beams are spaced apart in a direction of flow of the multiphase fluid by a predetermined distance. The method also includes detecting scattered, deflected and attenuated light with at least two photodetectors to produce at least two signals. The at least two photodetectors are associated with the at least two collimated beams. The method also includes calculating a cross-correlation function between the at least two signals to determine a time delay between the signals and calculating the average velocity of the multiphase fluid by taking the ratio of the predetermined distance to the time delay. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231861 | Polarization Maintaining Optical Delay Circuit - The invention relates to a polarization maintaining optical delay circuit ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080231862 | Device and Method for the Interferometric Measurement of Phase Masks - A device and method for the interferometric measurement of phase masks, particularly from lithography. Radiation passing through a coherence mask is brought to interference by a diffraction grating. A phase mask is arranged in or near the pupil plane of the first imaging optics which can be positioned exactly in the x-y direction by which interferograms are generated which are phase-shifted in the x-y direction by translational displacement of the coherence mask or of the diffraction grating. The interferograms are imaged onto the spatially resolving detector by second imaging optic and the phase and transmission functions of the phase mask are determined by an evaluation unit. The invention can, of course, generally be applied to planar phase objects, such as biological structures, for example, points of establishment with respect to an interference microscope. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231863 | Automated process control using optical metrology with a photonic nanojet - A fabrication cluster can be controlled using optical metrology. A fabrication process is performed on a wafer using a fabrication cluster. A photonic nanojet, an optical intensity pattern induced at a shadow-side surface of a dielectric microsphere, is generated. An inspection area on the wafer is scanned with the photonic nanojet. A measurement is obtained of the retroreflected light from the dielectric microsphere as the photonic nanojet scans the inspection area. The existence of a structure in the inspection area is determined with the obtained measurement of the retroreflected light. One or more process parameters of the fabrication cluster is adjusted based on the determination of the existence of the structure in the inspection area. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231864 | Method for Measuring Center of Rotation of a Nozzle of a Pick and Place Machine Using a Collimated Laser Beam - A method of measuring and storing a center of rotation of a nozzle in a pick and place machine is provided. The method includes coupling an artifact to the nozzle. A substantially collimated laser beam is directed at the artifact, which is rotated while the collimated laser beam is energized. Edges of a shadow cast by the rotating artifact are detected and used to calculate error of a coordinate of the center of rotation of the nozzle. A coordinate of the center of rotation of the nozzle is calculated based upon a previous coordinate of the center of rotation and the error. The calculated coordinate of the center of rotation is stored for subsequent measurements. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231865 | DETERMINATION OF SURFACE PROPERTIES - The invention relates to a method for the quantitative determination of surface properties, wherein a spatially resolved image of a surface to be analysed, which contains a large number of measured values, is recorded. In a first method step, the measured values are analysed in order to determine those surface areas which have a specific physical property. A result value of this physical property is then determined, wherein this result value is characteristic of the values of the physical property of all those surface areas of the image determined by analysing the image. According to the invention, in addition to the result value, a further value (B) characteristic of the surface is determined and this characteristic value is displayed together with the result value (I). | 2008-09-25 |
20080231866 | WAFER CENTER FINDING WITH CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES - A number of wafer center finding methods and systems are disclosed herein that improve upon existing techniques used in semiconductor manufacturing. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231867 | Mechanism for positioning device - The present invention relates to a positioning device, and in particular to a mechanism using an image detecting module. The present invention comprises a base having an image detecting module, a control circuit, and a driving module therein. The base has a rotateable plate on the base for carrying an object. The base further has a light pervious area for receiving a light beam coming from a remote control. A convex reflector is located within the base to reflect the image to the image detecting module. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231868 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DRIVER CONTROL METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a driver control unit configured to perform processing relating to uninstallation or updating of a driver associated with a device, and a relay unit configured to switch a storage destination of device configuration information which has been transmitted from the device associated with the driver to another storage destination in response to switch information, and to store the device configuration information in the other storage destination. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231869 | Method and apparatus for displaying document image, and computer program product - Full-size image data is displayed on a first area on a display unit and detailed image data are displayed in a second area on the display unit. A mark indicating a position of the detailed image data in the full-size image data is displayed in the full-size image data. The detailed image data displayed in the second area is automatically changed to new detailed image data based on a predetermined direction with respect to the document image data, and the mark is shifted to a position of the new detailed image data in the full-size image data. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231870 | IMAGE-PROVIDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A composite image is generated by compositing blank regions generated by tilt correction with achromatic pixels or pixels contained in the non-overlapping regions that do not overlap with the region of the original image as a result of tilt correction. The data of this composite image, which is used as image data used for printing, is provided to a printing apparatus having an automatic correction feature. As a result, variation in correction results due to the amount of tilt correction is minimized when images corrected for tilt are automatically corrected and printed. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231871 | METHOD FOR VIEWING AND PRINTING DOUBLE-SIDED ITEMS - A method for displaying indicia that is to be printed on a double-sided item on a computer screen. The double-sided item has first and second surfaces. The indicia has at least one print orientation when the indicia is printed on the item's first and second surfaces, and at least one view orientation when the indicia is displayed on the computer screen, which has a vertical orientation. The method includes providing information that characterizes the indicia's print orientation, using the information to compare the print orientation to the vertical orientation; and if, as a result of the comparison, the print orientation does not match the vertical orientation, adjusting the view orientation so the view orientation matches the vertical orientation while maintaining the indicia's print orientation when the indicia is printed on the item. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231872 | MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND STILL IMAGE PRINTING PROGRAM - A multifunction printer includes a scanner; a still image data-extracting section which extracts a plurality of still image data from inputted movie image data; a memory which stores a correlation between the extracted still image data and time positions thereof in the movie image data; a printing head which prints, on a first printing medium, a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to the extracted still image data and the time positions; and a selected image-extracting section which specifies the time position in the movie image data corresponding to a selection mark marked by a user when the first printing medium is read by the scanner after the selection mark is marked by the user to the first printing medium and which extracts a still image data corresponding to the identified time position based on the correlation stored in the memory. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231873 | INK SET AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - One embodiment of an ink set includes a light gray ink, a medium gray ink, and a black ink. Each of the inks in the ink set includes a carboxylic polymer. The light gray ink has a carboxylic polymer load equal to or greater than about 3 wt %. The medium gray ink has a carboxylic polymer load ranging from about 1 wt % to about 3 wt %. The black ink has a carboxylic polymer load ranging from about 0.5 wt % to about 2 wt %. Another embodiment of an ink set includes at least one of a light cyan, a light magenta, or a light gray ink having a carboxylic polymer load equal to or greater than about 3 wt %, and an other ink selected from a black ink or a colored ink. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231874 | Printer control system, printer control method and printer - A print and colorimetry instructing section delivers an exclusive-use start instruction to start exclusive use of the printer prior to delivery of the printing instruction and the colorimetry instruction, the print and colorimetry instructing section delivering an exclusive-use canceling instruction to cancel the exclusive use of the printer at a predetermined time subsequent to delivery of the exclusive-use start instruction. The printer carries out only a process according to the instruction from the print and colorimetry instructing section having delivered the exclusive-use start instruction until accepting a predetermined exclusive-use canceling instruction subsequent to acceptance of the exclusive-use start instruction. | 2008-09-25 |
20080231875 | Image Forming Device, and Calibration Method and Computer Readable Medium Therefor - An image forming device, which is capable of double-side printing to form an image on each of first and second sides of a recording medium, includes a calibration unit configured to perform calibration for modifying quality of the image to be formed, a first judging unit configured to judge, for each page to be printed, whether the calibration is to be performed, a second judging unit configured to judge whether a page to be printed is one of a first side in one-side printing and a first side in the double-side printing, and a control unit configured to control the calibration unit to perform the calibration when the first judging unit judges that the calibration is to be performed, and the second judging unit judges that the page to be printed is one of the first side in the one-side printing and the first side in the double-side printing. | 2008-09-25 |