39th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130250268 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination optical apparatus and projection exposure apparatus capable of reducing a light quantity loss when a mask is illuminated with a polarized illumination light. An illumination optical system for illuminating a reticle with an illumination light and a projection optical system for projecting the pattern image of the reticle onto a wafer are provided. An illumination light emitted from an exposure light source in a linearly polarized state in the illumination optical system passes through first and second birefringent members having different fast axis directions and is converted into a polarized state that is substantially linearly polarized in a circumferential direction with the optical axis as the center in an almost specific annular area, and them illuminates the reticle under an annular illuminating condition after passing through a fly-eye lens. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250269 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An exposure apparatus has an optical device configured to be capable of diffusing coherent light beams from respective points to the entire region of at least a specific zone, an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the coherent light beams to the optical device so that the coherent light beams scan a surface of the optical device, and a spatial light modulator that is provided at a location overlapped with the specific zone and illuminated by the illumination device. The irradiation unit makes the coherent light beams scan the surface of the optical device by changing propagation directions of the coherent light beams, and coherent light beams modulated by the spatial light modulator are guided to a surface of a photosensitive medium. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250270 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed in which a space between the projection system and the substrate is filled with a liquid. An edge seal member at least partly surrounds the substrate or other object on a substrate table to prevent liquid loss when edge portions of the substrate or other object are, for example, imaged or illuminated. A lithographic projection apparatus includes a support structure configured to hold a patterning device, the patterning device configured to pattern a beam of radiation according to a desired pattern; a substrate table configured to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project the patterned beam onto a target portion of the substrate; a liquid supply system configured to provide liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate; and a shutter configured to isolate the space from the substrate or a space to be occupied by a substrate. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250271 | STAGE ASSEMBLY WITH SECURE DEVICE HOLDER - A stage assembly ( | 2013-09-26 |
20130250272 | Threshold Detection Method, Module and Readout Integrated Circuit Layer for LIDAR Time of Flight System Using Differentiated Gaussian Signal - A LIDAR device and method for determining the range of a target surface using a threshold detector circuit that differentiates the laser return signal to define a differentiated signal. The signal level crossing point or threshold is representative of the peak amplitude of the return signal. The device and method compare the signal level crossing point to a predetermined threshold level to determine the range of the target surface in a LIDAR system. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250273 | Threshold Detection Method and Device for LIDAR Time of Flight System Using Differentiated Gaussian Signal - A LIDAR device and method for determining the range of a target surface using a threshold detector circuit that differentiates the laser return signal to define a differentiated signal. The signal level crossing point or threshold is representative of the peak amplitude of the return signal. The device and method compare the signal level crossing point to a predetermined threshold level to determine the range of the target surface in a LIDAR system. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250274 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A distance measurement device with high detection accuracy. The distance measurement device includes a photosensor including a light-receiving element, a first transistor, and a second transistor; a wiring; a signal line; and a power supply line. The wiring is electrically connected to one electrode of the light-receiving element. The signal line is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor. The power supply line is electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second transistor. One of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the second transistor. The other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the other electrode of the light-receiving element and the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the second transistor. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250275 | Laser Range Finding Device And Distance Measurement Method Thereof - A distance measurement method is provided that includes the steps of transmitting a laser signal to a target, receiving outside signals reflected by the target, converting the outside signals into an analog voltage signal, sampling the analogy voltage signal to obtain digital signals, storing the digital signals at storage addresses in a one-to-one relationship, repeating the above steps, accumulating numeral values at each storage addresses to obtain an accumulated value, outputting the accumulating value which exceeds a constant and corresponds to a time point, and calculating the distance between a laser range finding device and the target according to the time point corresponding to the output accumulated value. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250276 | Laser Wind Velocimeter With Multiple Radiation Sources - A system and method for measuring wind velocities are provided. A laser wind velocimeter with a radiation source includes a fiber laser. All optical signals, transmitted and received, are conveyed by optical fibers. An amplifier amplifies a source laser, which is then transmitted to one or more transceivers. The one or more transceivers, each projecting along a different axis, and each with a single optical fiber input/output interface act as both the transmission device to focus the radiation at a target region, and as the receiving system for collecting reflected radiation. The one or more transceivers transmit radiation to the target region. A portion of the reflected radiation collected by the receiving system is analyzed to determine the Doppler shift, which can me used to measure wind velocity | 2013-09-26 |
20130250277 | APPARATUS FOR QUANTIFYING UNKNOWN STRESS AND RESIDUAL STRESS OF A MATERIAL AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for quantifying unknown stress and residual stress of a material to be tested, the material being a birefringent or temporary birefringent material, which includes a light source, a polarizer in front of the light source for converting a light beam from the light source into a beam with linear polarization, a first quarter-wave plate in front of the polarizer for generating circular polarization, a standard material, a second quarter-wave plate, an analyzer, a loading unit, a spectrometer for obtaining transmissivity spectrum of the standard material under the wavelength of the light source and a detecting module connected to the spectrometer to have the transmissivity spectrum of the material to be tested and consequently a stress quantifying formula for the standard material. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250278 | PORTABLE HIGH-RESOLUTION NON-CONTACT MODULAR SENSOR FOR SURFACE STRAIN MEASUREMENT - A portable optical sensor for measuring surface strain in an object, such as pre-stressed concrete articles, is provided. The sensor is a modular device comprising at least first and second modules, each of which includes a laser and image sensor. When placed adjacent to the object, the laser of each module illuminates respective, spaced-apart areas of the object's surface and each module's image sensor captures at least a portion of the light reflected from the illuminated area and generates a speckle image of the area. Speckle images of the areas taken at various times and/or under various object stress conditions are compared to arrive at a surface strain measurement for the object. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250279 | Gloss Measuring Device and Image Forming Device Including Same - A gloss measuring device that measures a gloss of an image formed on a sheet which is being transported, the gloss measuring device includes a light emission portion that emits light toward the sheet, a light reception portion that receives the light reflected specularly off the image formed on the sheet, and a position adjustment unit that performs adjustment such that the sheet being transported is in a measurement reference position. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250280 | PLANT TREATMENT BASED ON A WATER INVARIANT CHLOROPHYLL INDEX - A method and system of treating plants is provided. The method includes measuring optical properties of a plant using a plurality of spectral bands. The method further includes calculating in a computational device at least two vegetative indexes using the optical properties, each of the at least two vegetative indexes correlating to one or more plant growth parameters. The method further includes calculating in the computational device a water invariant chlorophyll index from at least two vegetative indexes using the plurality of spectral bands. The also provides for treating one or more of the plants based on the water invariant chlorophyll index. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250281 | LUBRICANT DETERIORATION SENSOR - A speed reducer for an industrial robot includes a speed reducer main body and a lubricant deterioration sensor for detecting deterioration of a lubricant in the speed reducer main body. The lubricant deterioration sensor includes a light emitting element for emitting light, a color light receiving element for detecting a color of received light, a clearance forming member forming an oil clearance in which the lubricant enters, and a support member supporting the light emitting element, the color light receiving element, and the clearance forming member. The clearance forming member is transmissive so that the light emitted from the light emitting element transmits therethrough. The oil clearance is provided on an optical path from the light emitting element to the color light receiving element. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250282 | Charged Particle Beam Writing Apparatus and Charged Particle Beam Writing Method - A charged particle beam writing apparatus according to an embodiment, includes a laser displacement meter configured to measure a position of a substrate to be written; a correction unit configured to correct a misregistration amount of the position of the substrate measured by the laser displacement meter from a reference position of the substrate; and a writing unit configured to write a pattern onto the substrate corrected for the misregistration amount by using a charged particle beam. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250283 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to an optical assembly capable of sensing the rotational position of an optical member. The optical assembly comprises: an optical member; a support unit arranged to support the optical member such that the optical member rotates in a first axis direction, a second axis direction or a combined direction of the first axis and the second axis; a power providing unit which provides power for rotating the optical member; and a position sensing unit including a plurality of optical sensors to sense the rotational position of the optical member. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250284 | ROBOTIC SURVEYING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR AN AUTOMATIC COLLIMATION TELESCOPE AND SURVEYING INSTRUMENT WITH AN OBJECTIVE GOAL - Automated autocollimation provides alignment of a telescope of a surveying instrument. The telescope defines an optical axis perpendicular to a reflective surface of an autocollimation target, such as a coated plane mirror. Alignment is performed by a method that includes aligning the telescope with the autocollimation target and illuminating a reticle in the telescope. The telescope is focused on infinite. The autocollimation target and the illuminated reticle reflected by the reflective surface, or the illuminated reticle, are acquired using an image acquisition device in the telescope or a second telescope. The reticle center in the image is determined. The horizontal and vertical distances of the reticle center are determined from the optical axis of the telescope in the image. The horizontal and vertical distances of the reticle center are converted into horizontal and vertical aberration angles of the current alignment of the telescope from the autocollimation alignment of the telescope. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250285 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM - A laser tracker system for measuring six degrees of freedom may include a main optics assembly structured to emit a first laser beam, a pattern projector assembly structured to emit a second laser beam shaped into a two-dimensional pattern, and a target. The target may include a retroreflector and a position sensor assembly. A center of symmetry of the retroreflector may be provided on a different plane than a plane of the position sensor assembly. A method of measuring orientation of a target may include illuminating the target with a laser beam comprising a two-dimensional pattern, recording a position of the two-dimensional pattern on a position sensor assembly to create a measured signature value of the two-dimensional pattern, and calculating an orientation of the target based on the measured signature value. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250286 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING PATTERNS ON A REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK - An apparatus for inspecting, measuring, or inspecting and measuring a reflective photomask may comprise a light illuminating part including a light source and beam shaping part; a stage configured to cause the light generated to be incident at an angle through the beam shaping part; and/or a light detector configured to receive optical image information of the photomask mounted on the stage. An apparatus for inspecting, measuring, or inspecting and measuring a reflective photomask may comprise a light illuminating part including a light source and configured to adjust a progress direction of light from the light source at an angle; a stage in a direction at which the light is irradiated from the light illuminating part at the angle and configured to mount the photomask; a slit plate between the light illuminating part and the stage; and/or a light detector configured to receive image information of the photomask. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250287 | Systems and Methods for Detecting Defects on a Wafer - Systems and methods for detecting defects on a wafer are provided. One method includes generating output for a wafer by scanning the wafer with an inspection system using first and second optical states of the inspection system. The first and second optical states are defined by different values for at least one optical parameter of the inspection system. The method also includes generating first image data for the wafer using the output generated using the first optical state and second image data for the wafer using the output generated using the second optical state. In addition, the method includes combining the first image data and the second image data corresponding to substantially the same locations on the wafer thereby creating additional image data for the wafer. The method further includes detecting defects on the wafer using the additional image data. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250288 | GLASS SUBSTRATE INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a glass substrate inspection device and an inspection method that are applicable to inspect if breaking exists in a glass substrate deposited in a cartridge. The inspection device includes at least one detector assembly and at least one processing unit. The detector assembly includes a light-transmitting element located at one side of the glass substrate and two light-receiving elements respectively located at two sides of the glass substrate. The processing unit determines if difference of brightness detected by the two light-receiving elements is within a predetermined range, whereby breaking is determined existing in the glass substrate when the difference of brightness is not within the predetermined range. With this arrangement, the present invention can reduce or prevent a broken glass substrate from entering a display panel manufacture line. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250289 | CHECK-TILE FOR COLOUR MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS - The invention relates to a check-tile for validating instrument scales of colour measurement instruments, in particular of goniospectrophotometers, said check-tile comprising a non-transparent (opaque) substrate coated with a multi-layer coating, said multi-layer coating comprising:
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20130250290 | IMAGE MAPPED OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - A method for imaging a sample. The method includes, during a single acquisition event, receiving depth-encoded electromagnetic (EM) fields from points on a sample that includes a first depth-encoded EM field for a first point and a second depth-encoded EM field for a second point, and redirecting the first depth-encoded EM field along a first predetermined direction to a first location on a dispersing re-imager and the second depthencoded EM field along a second pre-determined direction to a second location on the dispersing re-imager. The method further includes spectrally dispersing the first depthencoded EM field to obtain a first spectrum, re-imaging the first spectrum onto a first location on a detector, spectrally dispersing the second depth-encoded EM field to obtain a second spectrum, re-imaging the second spectrum onto a second location on the detector, and detecting the first re-imaged spectrum and the second re-imaged spectrum. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250291 | CHECK-TILE FOR COLOUR MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS - The invention relates to a check-tile for validating instrument scales of colour measurement instruments, in particular of goniospectrophotometers, said check-tile comprising a transparent substrate coated with a multi-layer coating, said multi-layer coating comprising:
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20130250292 | CHECK-TILE FOR COLOUR MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS - The invention relates to a check-tile for validating instrument scales of colour measurement instruments, in particular of goniospectrophotometers, said check-tile comprising a transparent substrate coated with a multi-layer coating, said multi-layer coating comprising:
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20130250293 | Method and Apparatus for Actively Monitoring an Inductively-Coupled Plasma Ion Source using an Optical Spectrometer - A method and apparatus for actively monitoring conditions of a plasma source for adjustment and control of the source and to detect the presence of unwanted contaminant species in a plasma reaction chamber. Preferred embodiments include a spectrometer used to quantify components of the plasma. A system controller is provided that uses feedback loops based on spectral analysis of the plasma to regulate the ion composition of the plasma source. The system also provides endpointing means based on spectral analysis to determine when cleaning of the plasma source is completed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250294 | AUTOMATIC REAL-TIME WAVELENGTH CALIBRATION OF FIBER-OPTIC-BASED SPECTROMETERS - A system comprising a calibration light source is described. The system includes a calibration optical fiber coupled to an output of the calibration light source and to an input slit of a spectrometer. The calibration optical fiber transmits light output of the calibration light source to the spectrometer via the slit. An input optical fiber is coupled to the input slit in addition to the calibration optical fiber. The input optical fiber transmits light-under-test to the spectrometer via the slit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250295 | SPECTRAL COLORIMETRIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A spectral colorimetric apparatus for detecting a color of an image of a subject, including: an illumination optical system illuminating the subject on a detection surface; a spectral optical system including a spectral element spectrally separating the beam diffused by the subject and a light receiving element array detecting a spectral intensity distribution; and a guiding optical system for guiding a beam diffused by the subject, wherein: the detection surface is parallel to a spectral plane including a principal ray of a beam entering the spectral optical system and a principal ray of a beam spectrally separated; the principal ray of the beam enters the spectral optical system within the spectral plane obliquely to a line joining a center of the light receiving element array with a surface vertex of the spectral element; and a light receiving surface of the light receiving element array is orthogonal to the spectral plane. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250296 | RUBBER ANALYSIS METHOD - Provided is a rubber analysis method in which an analysis of natural rubber and/or a diene-based synthetic rubber including an ultra-high molecular weight component which could not be analyzed in a conventional method. The method is a rubber analysis method comprising: a dissolution process in which natural rubber and/or diene-based synthetic rubber is/are dissolved in an organic solvent; and a separation process in which a solution in which the natural rubber and/or diene-based synthetic rubber is/are dissolved is subjected to a centrifugation at a centrifugal acceleration of from 10,000 G to 1,000,000 G, to separate a soluble component and an insoluble component in the solution. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250297 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION SYSTEM - Disclosed here is a macro inspection apparatus for a sample such as a semiconductor wafer having a pattern formed thereon, the apparatus being capable of detecting abnormalities in dimension and size with high sensitivity. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250298 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An apparatus relating to the manufacture of stacked semiconductor devices includes, for example, a first holding section configured to hold a first semiconductor device and a second holding section configured to hold a second semiconductor device. Additionally, a measuring section including an imaging device for acquiring images of the first and second semiconductor devices and a control section configured to control the holding sections to correct misalignment between the semiconductor devices. The control section is further configured to determine misalignment using the images of the first and second semiconductor devices when the images include a first alignment mark disposed proximate to an edge of the first semiconductor device and a second alignment mark disposed proximate to an edge of the second semiconductor device. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250299 | METHODS OF CALIBRATING COLOR MEASUREMENT DEVICES - An embodiment of the invention provides a method of calibrating a color measurement device using a light source having a known color value. The color measurement device includes a light detector. The method includes: aligning the color measurement device and the light source so that the light source images on a center area of the light detector; deriving a detected color value for the light source based on the light detected by the center area when the light source images thereon; deriving a color calibration coefficient based on the detected color value and the known color value of the light source; and deriving a color and flat-field calibration array for the color measurement device by multiplying each entry of a flat-field calibration array of the color measurement device by the color calibration coefficient. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250300 | LIGHT SOURCE RECOGNITION - A method for light source recognition in an environment includes obtaining, by a computing device, a measured power spectral distribution (PSD) for an unknown light source illuminating the environment. The method further includes obtaining, by the computing device, an information item for the unknown light source and identifying, based on at least the information item, a candidate light sources for the unknown light source illuminating the environment. The method further includes obtaining stored PSDs for the candidate light sources, calculating weights for the stored PSDs based on the measured PSD and a composite PSD and outputting an identity of at least one of the candidate light sources. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250301 | COLLISIONAL BROADENING COMPENSATION USING REAL OR NEAR-REAL TIME VALIDATION IN SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZERS - Validation verification data quantifying an intensity of light reaching a detector of a spectrometer from a light source of the spectrometer after the light passes through a validation gas across a known path length can be collected or received. The validation gas can include an amount of an analyte compound and an undisturbed background composition that is representative of a sample gas background composition of a sample gas to be analyzed using a spectrometer. The sample gas background composition can include one or more background components. The validation verification data can be compared with stored calibration data for the spectrometer to calculate a concentration adjustment factor, and sample measurement data collected with the spectrometer can be modified using this adjustment factor to compensate for collisional broadening of a spectral peak of the analyte compound by the background components. Related methods, articles of manufacture, systems, and the like are described. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250302 | Optoelectronic sensor for testing transmissivity of a front screen - An optoelectronic sensor ( | 2013-09-26 |
20130250303 | SPEED REDUCER FOR INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - A speed reducer for an industrial robot includes a speed reducer main body and a lubricant deterioration sensor for detecting deterioration of a lubricant in the speed reducer main body. The lubricant deterioration sensor includes a light emitting element for emitting light, a color light receiving element for detecting a color of received light, a clearance forming member forming an oil clearance in which the lubricant enters, and a support member supporting the light emitting element, the color light receiving element, and the clearance forming member. The clearance forming member is transmissive so that the light emitted from the light emitting element transmits therethrough. The oil clearance is provided on an optical path from the light emitting element to the color light receiving element | 2013-09-26 |
20130250304 | SEMI-OPEN-PATH GAS ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A gas analyzer includes a detector section including a detector, a source section including a light source, and a support structure coupling the detector section with the source section and forming a flow channel defining an optical path measuring region. The gas analyzer also includes an air flow device configured to pull air through the flow channel from an intake region in the support structure to an exhaust region. Sampling is done by pulling air into the sampling cell via an intake opening or tube of wide diameter and short to medium at very fast flow rates (e.g., 10-3000 lpm or more) enabling rapid gas sampling. Fast flow rates enable the use of large volume cell for rapid gas sampling, which in turn, enables rapid measurements of many low-concentration trace gases and sticky/reactive gases (e.g., methane, ammonia, isotopes of CO | 2013-09-26 |
20130250305 | OPTICAL REAL-TIME SOIL SENSOR - A light sensing apparatus for measuring the reflectance of sub surface soil in real-time while attached to a moving vehicle is disclosed. Reflectance measurements from the apparatus can be related to the organic matter content of the soil. The apparatus is housed in a corrosion resistant enclosure having field rebuildable wear surfaces. The wear surfaces help extend the life of the apparatus by isolating the apparatus's main enclosure from soil abrasion. The wear surfaces also assist in conditioning the sensed soil surface by smoothing the surface prior to sensing. Signal conditioning circuitry in the apparatus is utilized to reject the influence of ambient light in the advent that the soil/apparatus interface opens. A digital processor or other “intelligent controller” is utilized in the apparatus to auto calibrate the apparatus in real-time and/or use predetermined tables or mathematical relationships in order to convert reflectance information into organic matter measurements. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250306 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTICAL MODULATOR HAVING MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS | 2013-09-26 |
20130250307 | Displacement Detecting Device - A displacement detecting device includes a light source, a beam splitting section, a diffraction grating, a reflecting section, a beam combining section, a light receiving section, and a relative position information output section. The diffraction grating is adapted to diffract a first beam reflected by a surface-to-be-measured of a member-to-be-measured, and cause the diffracted first beam to be incident again on the surface-to-be-measured. The reflecting section is adapted to reflect a second beam split by the beam splitting section to the beam splitting section. The light receiving section is adapted to receive interfering light of the first beam and the second beam. The relative position information output section is adapted to output displacement information of the surface-to-be-measured in the height direction based on intensity of the received interfering light. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250308 | OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE AND INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE - An information acquiring device has a light source which emits light in a predetermined wavelength band; a projection optical system which projects the light emitted from the light source toward a target area; and a light receiving element which receives reflected light reflected on the target area for outputting a signal. First signal value information relating to a value of a signal outputted from the light receiving element during a period when the light is emitted from the light source, and second signal value information relating to a value of a signal outputted from the light receiving element during a period when the light is not emitted from the light source are stored in a storage. An information acquiring section acquires three-dimensional information of an object in the target area, based on a subtraction result obtained by subtracting the second signal value information from the first signal value information stored in the storage. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250309 | COMPONENT POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD - In the component position measurement method, the position B of the component | 2013-09-26 |
20130250310 | Position Recognition - The present invention relates to a method for registering an object and for finding again a section of the object. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250311 | DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A TRANSPARENT GRATING STRUCTURE - A detecting device includes an actuating unit for driving a transparent grating structure, a light source for emitting light to the transparent grating structure driven by the actuating unit, a light sensor for sensing the light emitted from the light source as the transparent grating structure is moved to different positions relative to the light source so as to generate a corresponding optical intensity signal, a transforming circuit coupled to the light sensor for transforming the optical intensity signal into a transforming signal, and a processing unit coupled to the transforming circuit for determining a position of the transparent grating structure according to the transforming signal transmitted from the transforming circuit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250312 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes: a total amount control unit that applies a total amount controlling process to perform correction such that a sum of density values of all pixels composing the color plane data and clear plane data becomes not larger than a certain value; a clear toner plane generating unit that generates clear toner plane data based on gloss control plane data, the clear plane data and the color plane data; a difference calculating unit that calculates a difference between the density value of a pixel of the clear toner plane data and the density value of the pixel of the clear toner plane data to which the total amount controlling process is applied, for each pixel; and a display unit that displays an inconsistent region composed of a pixel in which the difference is not smaller than a predetermined threshold. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250313 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING USER-CUSTOMIZABLE OPERABILITY FOR IMAGING OPERATIONS IN IMAGE FORMING DEVICES USING SELECTABLE PLATEN SHEET RULERS - A system and method for implementing selectable platen sheet rulers as one of technology-based dynamically adaptable platen sheet rulers or physically-replaceable platen sheet rulers or a plurality of physically-replaceable platens having associated with each a permanently-affixed set of platen sheet rulers for device emulation, are provided. The user is provided with a mechanism by which to select a different origin for imaging operations in an image forming device. To enable emulation on the image forming devices, selectable rulers are employed. Dynamically-adaptable rulers include liquid crystal display (LCD) technology, light emitting diode (LED) arrays or similar tools to configure platen sheet ruler displays to frame a platen of the image forming device to enable real-time changing of the platen sheet rulers. Separately, physically-replaceable rulers such as, for example, one of “snap-in” rulers that are changeable with respect to a set platens in the image forming device are provided. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250314 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM HAVING AN IMAGE CHECKING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus including an image forming apparatus and an image checking apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a transport control unit which transports a recording medium at a transport speed, and forms an image on the recording medium. The image checking apparatus includes a transport-speed acquisition unit, a detector, a reading unit, and an operation-state notification unit. The transport-speed acquisition unit acquires transport-speed information from the image forming apparatus. The detector detects a mark shown on the recording medium. The reading unit reads a checking-target image formed by the image forming apparatus at a position distant from the mark, on the basis of the transport-speed information and information concerning a positional relationship between the mark and the checking-target image. The operation-state notification unit notifies the image forming apparatus of an operation state of the image checking apparatus. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250315 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING GAME MECHANICS TO IMPLEMENT ENTERPRISE PRINT GOVERNANCE - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for processing a request to print using game mechanics are disclosed. For example, the method receives one or more parameters associated with the request to print, calculates a score for the request to print based upon the one or more parameters, updates an overall score of a user associated with the request to print based upon the score that is calculated and presents the overall score that is updated to a display device of the user. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250316 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing system includes following components. An image forming section forms an image on a recording medium using first image data. A first image creation section creates the first image data by performing first image processing including correction of a characteristic unique to the image forming section and first processing, on original image data. The second image creation section creates second image data by performing second image processing including the first processing but not including the correction of a characteristic unique to the image forming section, on the original image data. The image reading section reads the image on the recording medium to obtain read image data. The detection section detects a defect in the image on the recording medium, by comparing on a pixel-by-pixel basis the read image data or comparison image data obtained by processing the read image data with the second image data. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250317 | COLOR CONVERSION DEVICE, COLOR CONVERSION METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A color conversion device includes a non-basic-color value determiner that determines a value of a non-basic color, to be used in an image forming unit, different from a basic color based on a maximum value for the non-basic color usable relative to an input basic-color value in an input image signal having the basic color as an element, a first non-basic-color limit rate and a second non-basic-color limit rate set relative to the input basic-color value and a total input basic-color value, respectively, and each indicating a rate that limits the use of the non-basic color relative to the maximum value; and a basic-color value determiner that determines a value of the basic color to be used in the image forming unit based on the determined non-basic-color value. The determiners convert the input image signal into an output image signal having the basic and non-basic colors as elements. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250318 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a measuring unit, an adjustment image forming unit, a density value calculating unit, and a transfer parameter determining unit. The measuring unit measures colors of an image formed on a recording medium. The adjustment image forming unit forms an adjustment image including a combination color which is produced by superimposing colorants of two or more component colors. The density value calculating unit calculates, in accordance with a measurement result obtained by measuring the combination color included in the adjustment image by the measuring unit, a density value of a component color of a colorant that is formed in an uppermost layer on the recording medium among the two or more component colors. The transfer parameter determining unit determines a value of a transfer parameter in accordance with the calculated density value, the transfer parameter defining an operation condition used for performing transfer. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250319 | IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE INSPECTION CONTROL PROGRAM - An image inspection apparatus obtains a threshold value indicating an allowable range of offset differences between an output target inspection image and a pre-provided inspection image, and determines whether to inspect a read image obtained by reading an output target image formed on a recording sheet having a pre-provided image, using the threshold value. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250320 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GENERATING METHOD - A color gamut for each printing mode is maximally used, a color separation table is used, which includes an area (color reproduction maintaining area) for which an image having a color difference of a predetermined value or less between printing modes in a case where the same input value is input is output and an area (area other than the color reproduction maintaining area) for which an image having a color difference of a predetermined value or more between the printing modes in a case where the same input value is input is output. From this, a color matching table can be shared between the printing modes. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250321 | PRINTER APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A printer apparatus configured to form an image on a recording medium by providing a heat amount according to a gradation includes a first image forming unit configured to form a first image by transferring ink to the recording medium, and a second image forming unit configured to form a second image by forming concavity and convexity on the recording medium. The second image forming unit forms concavity and convexity on a surface of the recording medium by setting one of a gradation of a drawing region of the second image and a gradation of a drawing peripheral region surrounding the drawing region higher than a predetermined threshold gradation, and setting the other of the gradation of the drawing region and the gradation of the drawing peripheral region lower than the predetermined threshold gradation. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250322 | COLOR INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COLOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COLOR INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A color information processing method includes: inputting reference data including color information about each pixel or each pixel group of a reference medium and evaluation target data including color information about each pixel or each pixel group of an evaluation medium by an input means; performing an image matching process of image matching the input reference data and evaluation target data; setting a specific area which is a unit of evaluation and includes a plurality of pixels to each data item subjected to the image matching process; and comparing the color information items about each pixel or each pixel group in the reference data and the evaluation target data in the set specific area to calculate a color difference and performing an averaging process to calculate an average evaluation result for the specific area by a calculation means. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250323 | RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF A RECORDING DEVICE - Queries from a control device are answered based on the data actually used. When a control command is received from a host computer, the recording control unit of a printer changes a value related to the recordable area stored in a temporary storage area according to the content of the control command, uses the new value to record in the recordable area, and returns the new value when queried by the host computer about the setting for which the value was changed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250324 | METHOD OF WIRELESS FIDELITY SECURE AUTHENTICATION - A method for setting up a secure connection between a mobile communication device and a wireless access point is disclosed. The method comprises generating a machine-readable code corresponding to the wireless access point. The generated machine-readable code is scanned through an image-capturing unit. Further, the scanned machine-readable code is converted into a unique identification number that corresponds to the wireless access point. The unique identification number is transmitted to the wireless access point. The mobile communication device is authenticated based on the transmitted unique identification number by sending an authentication message to the mobile communication device. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250325 | INSERTION OF JOB TICKETS INTO JOB TICKETS OF ANOTHER LANGUAGE - Systems and methods are provided for wrapping a job ticket for a print job within a job ticket defined according to another language. One embodiment is a system comprising a client operable to acquire print data for a print job, and a job ticket manager. The job ticket manager is operable to generate a first job ticket that is defined according to a first language, and to wrap a second job ticket defined according to a second language within the first job ticket. The client is further operable to transmit the print data and the first job ticket to a server operable to process job tickets defined according to the first language. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250326 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit, a selection unit, and a transmitting unit. The receiving unit receives, from a terminal apparatus connected to the image processing apparatus, a request for specific information. The selection unit selects at least one piece of specific information in accordance with the request. The transmitting unit transmits the at least one piece of specific information selected by the selection unit to the terminal apparatus. After the transmitting unit transmits the at least one piece of specific information to the terminal apparatus, the receiving unit receives command data based on the specific information from the terminal apparatus. The command data includes input source or output destination information indicating an output destination or acquisition source of data to be subjected to the image processing. The output destination or acquisition source is determined in accordance with an operation state of the terminal apparatus. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250327 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a display control unit that displays any one of plural processing screen data including screen data provided by a server device on a display unit and executes an instructed process according to a display screen data, a receiving unit that receives, on the screen data provided by the server device, displayed on the display unit, a read instruction of causing an image reading unit to read a document image and a transmission instruction for storing image data corresponding to the read document image in the server device, an instruction maintaining unit that maintains the transmission instruction received by the receiving unit, and a reading and transmission executing unit that executes reading of the document image based on the read instruction and executes the transmission instruction maintained in the instruction maintaining unit with respect to the image data obtained by the reading after the reading is completed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250328 | SHEET POSITIONING DEVICE, SHEET HOLDING RECEPTACLE INCORPORATING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A sheet positioning device includes a sheet setting plate, first and second regulating members disposed facing each other to move in an orthogonal direction to a sheet conveyance direction to regulate positions of two facing ends of the sheet on the plate by contacting these ends, a driving mechanism to move the first regulating member in the orthogonal direction, first and second contact detectors mounted on the first and second regulating members to detect contact of the two facing ends, and a controller to stop the driving mechanism based on detection results obtained by the first and second contact detectors. The first and second regulating members are used to adjust a position of the sheet to a predetermined position. Respective contact surfaces of the first and second contact detectors with the sheet extend over an entire maximum loadable range In a sheet setting direction on the plate. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250329 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NETWORK PRINTING SYSTEM, POWER SAVE CONTROL METHOD, AND POWER SAVE CONTROL PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A plurality of image forming apparatuses is connectable to a plurality of host apparatuses via a network. The image forming apparatus includes an apparatus information collection unit to obtain print history and function information as apparatus information of each image forming apparatus; a priority order determination unit to determine a priority order for setting a master image forming apparatus; a master determination unit to determine an image forming apparatus among the currently operating image forming apparatuses; a host information collection unit to collect print history and current print settings as host information of a power-ON host apparatus; a required-printing-capacity computing unit to compute required network printing capacity based on the host information; and a power save control unit to control the power save mode of each image forming apparatus. The power save control unit of the master image forming apparatus controls the power save mode of each image forming apparatus. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250330 | OUTPUT SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND OUTPUT METHOD - An output system includes an identification information registration unit configured to register identification information of a terminal device; a transmission unit configured to transmit output data for settings to the terminal device, the output data for settings including the identification information; a determination unit configured to determine whether the identification information obtained by a first communication unit is equal to the identification information included in the output data for settings; an available terminal registration unit configured to register the terminal device as an available terminal device, if the determination unit determines that the identification information obtained is equal to the identification information included in the output data for settings; and an output control unit configured to output the output data received by the first communication unit from the terminal device registered as the available terminal. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250331 | APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROCESSING DATA BASED ON SETTING CONDITIONS - A computer-readable recording medium on which first and second programs are recorded for causing a data processing apparatus to perform a data processing method that includes a) accepting, by the first program, a first printing setting condition by using a base program, b) accepting, by the first program, a second printing setting condition from an application without using the base program, c) outputting, by the first program, the second printing setting condition to a third program that can process printing data, d) accepting, by the second program, the second printing setting condition from the third program when converting document data from the application into the printing data, and e) converting, by the second program, the document data into the printing data based on at least one of the first printing setting condition accepted by the first program and the second printing setting condition accepted by the second program. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250332 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An imaging device includes a plurality of light-receiving units configured to perform photoelectric conversion for different colors, respectively, each light light-receiving unit including a plurality of pixels; a plurality of output units provided for the light-receiving units, each output unit sequentially converting charges of the respective pixels produced by the photoelectric conversion into voltages and sequentially outputting the voltages; a switching unit configured to switch between signal paths so as to alternate output of the voltage between the output units in accordance with a switching signal input from an external device; and an electric-potential applying unit configured to apply an offset potential to the voltages output by the output units until a predetermined time has elapsed since switching between the signal paths by the switching unit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250333 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to transmit and receive image data; an output unit configured to output the image data received by the communication unit; a storage battery unit used as a power source to back up the image data stored in a storage unit; a detecting unit configured to detect whether power supply from a main power source is cut off; and a power-supply control unit configured to perform a control operation that supplies power to the communication unit from the storage battery unit in a cutoff state where the detecting unit detects that the power supply is cut off. The communication unit performs, in the cutoff state, an image-data communication operation that consumes less power than a communication operation in a normal state where the detecting unit detects that the power supply is not cut off. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250334 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main conveyance path | 2013-09-26 |
20130250335 | ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a deriving operation control device obtains derivation control information and a derivation attribute. A deriving operation propriety determination unit extracts the number of times of previously-performed derivation from the derivation attribute. The deriving operation propriety determination unit extracts the upper limit number of times enabling derivation from the derivation control information and determines that a deriving operation is possible when the number of times of previously-performed derivation is equal to or below the upper limit number of times enabling derivation. A deriving operation execution unit executes the deriving operation. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250336 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus which has a controller and an image forming unit, and which has multiple startup modes including a first startup mode and a second startup mode as startup modes for the controller. The startup time period for the second startup mode is shorter than that for the first startup mode. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250337 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus including transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving data to and from an external apparatus via a network. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250338 | INTERFACE CARD, NETWORK DEVICE HAVING THE SAME AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An interface card is capable of communicating with an external device and includes a power supplier; a non-volatile memory which stores executable instructions to operate in an active-mode and a sleep-mode; a small-capacity volatile memory which is supplied with power in the sleep mode; a transmitter-receiver which transmits and receives packet data to/from the external device; and a controller which retrieves sleep-mode instructions stored in the non-volatile memory and loads the sleep mode instructions in the small-capacity volatile memory to transition the interface card into the sleep mode if the transmitter-receiver does not receive the packet data for predetermined time period in an active mode. The interface card processes certain packet data in the sleep mode and transitions back into the active mode when sleep mode operations determine that the packet data cannot be processed in the sleep mode. The non-volatile memory, and other components of an external circuit, is powered down when the interface card is in the sleep mode. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250339 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING AND PROCESSING RECEIVED FAX DOCUMENTS TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY PRINTING - A method implemented in a fax machine for analyzing and processing received fax documents to identify unwanted faxes. The method applies a content based analysis to textual contents extracted from the fax by OCR, and applies an image pattern analysis to the image of the fax, as well as a statistical analysis based on past analysis results and user actions of faxes from the same sender. An overall relevance value is calculated based on the above analyses and is used to determine whether the received fax is unwanted. For unwanted faxes, the fax machine either prints the fax using a low quality printing mode, or save the fax in a memory without printing it. The user may subsequently perform various actions on the fax document, such as printing, reprinting, forwarding, deleting, etc. Such user actions are recorded as a part of the statistical information used in the statistical analysis. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250340 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A detection apparatus includes the following elements. Plural terminals are connected to plural contact points in a one-to-one correspondence, the plural terminals and the plural contact points being arranged in a predetermined direction. A power feeding unit feeds power to a substrate via, among the plural terminals, a first terminal positioned at one end in the predetermined direction and a contact point connected to the first terminal. A detector detects a signal which is supplied from the substrate as a result of feeding power thereto and which is received by, among the plural terminals, a second terminal positioned at the other end opposite the first terminal, via a contact point connected to the second terminal. A determining unit determines whether there is a connection abnormality between the plural terminals and the plural contact points on the basis of whether the signal detected by the detector satisfies a predetermined condition. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250341 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Compressed data transmitted to a print control apparatus includes break data having information on a compressed size and a decompressed size for each page. When the compressed data is transferred to a decompressing unit, the break data is converted to NOP data. Information on the decompressed size included in each break data is provided to a checking unit. During a period in which a decompression process is performed, a decompression flag is turned on. The checking unit obtains the actual decompressed size by counting a period in which the decompression flag is turned on, to check whether the decompression process has been normally performed. During a period in which the decompressing unit and the checking unit perform processes for a certain page, a reading unit reads compressed data for the next page. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250342 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus being capable of executing a plurality of functions comprises: an entry portion which allows a user to issue a request for using any one of the functions and enter user authority information; a display portion; an authenticator which: requires user authentication via a user authentication screen displayed on the display portion; and judges whether or not the user authority information entered via the entry portion is appropriate for an authorized user for the function; and a function execution controller which executes the function as requested, if the authenticator judges that the user authority information entered via the entry portion is appropriate for an authorized user for the function, wherein the authenticator resets the result of the user authentication if the function execution controller successfully finishes executing the function. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250343 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO TRANSMIT IMAGE DATA AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a registration unit configured to register a destination of file transmission, a selection unit configured to select whether to require a user to input, at time of transmission, authentication information required for the file transmission for each destination registered by the registration unit, a transfer unit configured to transfer received image data, and a control unit configured to prevent a destination for which it is selected to require the user to input the authentication information at time of transmission from being set as a transfer destination of the image data. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250344 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR A GRAPHICAL CUSTOM ORDER WITH AN INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION FOR FEATURE SELECTION - A computer implemented system and interactive method for selecting finishing options for a print job are disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job which includes a document to be printed and associated job ticket information. Finishing options available are displayed using an interactive virtual representation of the document as it will be printed and a visualization of the document as it would be rendered with a user selected finishing option(s). | 2013-09-26 |
20130250345 | WORKFLOW NOTIFICATION MECHANISM - A print server is disclosed. The print server includes a printing software product that generates an object including one or more attributes defining work expected to be received in a printing system, assigns the object to an input device associated with a folder designated to receive the work, monitors the received work and provides a notification if the received work does not match the attributes of the object. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250346 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A display control device includes: an accepting unit that accepts part-designation information for designating plural parts to be printed included in data and processing-designation information for designating print processing that performs predetermined processing on every K parts of the plural parts, where K is an integer not less than 2; a generating unit that generates plural specific images for specifying contents of the plural respective parts designated by part-designation information accepted by the accepting unit; and a controller that, when the accepting unit accepts the processing-designation information, exerts control so that a process for performing an operation to select K specific images from the plural specific images generated by the generating unit and to change a state of the K specific images in accordance with the predetermined process in order while changing the K specific images to be selected is displayed on a display screen. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250347 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information providing apparatus including an image processing unit, a receiving unit, a selection unit, and a transmitting unit. The image processing unit executes image processing. The receiving unit receives first operation state information indicating an operation state of a terminal apparatus from the terminal apparatus. The selection unit acquires second operation state information indicating an operation state relating to image processing being executed by the image processing unit. Upon detecting that the terminal apparatus is in a specific operation state in accordance with the first operation state information, the selection unit selects one or plural pieces of user interface information concerning image processing to be executable after the specific operation state, in accordance with the first operation state information and the second operation state information. The transmitting unit transmits the one or plural pieces of user interface information selected by the selection unit to the terminal apparatus. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250348 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a generating unit that generates, on image data that are obtained by scanning a document of a plurality of pages, multi-page format data in a single file, single-page format data in a page-by-page file, and association information that associates the multi-page format data with the single-page format data, and a transfer unit that transfers the multi-page format data, the single-page format data, and the association information to a server via a communication line in response to a transfer request of the image data. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250349 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes one or plural processing units processing data and outputting the data to an output device, an allocation unit allocating data received from a client apparatus to the one processing unit or any one of the plural processing units, a storage unit storing the allocated data, a monitoring unit monitoring a status of the one processing unit or the plural processing units, and a unit increasing or decreasing the number of processing units on the basis of the status of the one processing unit or the plural processing units and a status of the stored data, wherein the processing unit stores the allocated data in the storage unit, and the one processing unit or any one of the plural processing units processes the data stored in the storage unit and outputs the processed data to the output device. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250350 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a first receiving unit that receives information about settings of a second information processing apparatus using communication from a first information processing apparatus, a first transmitting unit that transmits an instruction to perform communication from the second information processing apparatus to the information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus as a response to the information received by the first receiving unit, a second receiving unit that receives information from the second information processing apparatus on the basis of the instruction, and a second transmitting unit that transmits the information about the settings of the second information processing apparatus received by the first receiving unit to the second information processing apparatus when the second receiving unit receives the information from the second information processing apparatus. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250351 | CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control device includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a first notification reservation request which requests a notification reservation of an event and includes first identification information for identifying a notification destination of the event, a second acquisition unit that acquires a second notification reservation request which requests a notification reservation of an event and includes second identification information for identifying a notification destination of the event, and a first controller that performs a control such that information regarding the notification reservation of the event requested by the second notification reservation request is stored in a memory according to a difference between the first identification information and the second identification information. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250352 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus includes the following components. A receiving unit receives a print request. A print data generating unit generates print data for outputting images on print sheets on the basis of the received print request. An obtaining unit obtains information on the printing speed of a printer that is to print the images on the print sheets on the basis of the generated print data. A deciding unit decides, on the basis of the obtained information on the printing speed, page intervals at which reduced-size images are to be generated. A reduced-size image generating unit generates, on the basis of the received print request, at the decided page intervals, reduced-size images of the images to be output on the print sheets. A display unit displays the generated reduced-size images. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250353 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes plural auxiliary processing devices and a distribution section. The plural auxiliary processing devices perform predetermined processing on image data. The distribution section divides image data for one page into plural processing units, and distributes the plural processing units respectively to the auxiliary processing devices. The distribution section calculates the number of divisions indicating the number of pieces into which image data for one page is to be divided, in accordance with the number of auxiliary processing devices, the number of processing units that one auxiliary processing device is capable of simultaneously receiving and processing, and a degree of page parallelism indicating the number of pages of image data to be input while one auxiliary processing device processes image data for one page; divides the image data for one page into processing units; and distributes the processing units respectively to the auxiliary processing devices. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250354 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An information providing device is capable of communicating with an image forming device, a data managing device, and a transmission terminal. The information providing device includes a storage unit; a communication unit that transmits a forming instruction to instruct the image forming device to perform image forming, and receives, from the image forming device, storage location information indicating the data managing device that stores data obtained by image forming by the image forming device and indicating a storage location in the data managing device; and a storage location managing unit that generates, in the storage unit, management information in which identification information of the image data is associated with the storage location information. The communication unit receives the data saved in the storage location indicated by the storage location information from the data managing device and transmits the received data to the transmission terminal. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250355 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ADDRESS SETTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Among a plurality of MAC addresses, a MAC address to which an IP address is to be allocated is set, and key data for tracking an IP address corresponding to the image forming apparatus is set. An external apparatus is notified of the set MAC address and set key data. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250356 | PRINT DATA DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINT DATA DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PRINTING DEVICE - The print data distribution management system comprising a distributor terminal used by a user who is the distributor of print data to be distributed, a recipient terminals used by a distribution receiver of the print data to be distributed and a printing device connected to the distributor terminal and the recipient terminal via a network and printing the print data distributed. The distributor terminal comprises a transmitter including information specifying the distribution receiver in the print data and sending the print data to the printing device. The printing device comprises a print controller analyzing the print data sent from the transmitter of the distributor terminal and creating print image data, a print outputter printing out the print image data on a recording medium based on print instruction from the distribution receiver and a distribution status manager managing the distribution status of the print image data with the distribution receiver. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250357 | PRINTER - The disclosure discloses a printer comprising a feeder, a printing head, a printer RFID tag comprising a tag antenna and an IC circuit part, a communication antenna, and a control device. The control device being configured to execute an information acquisition process for acquiring access point information via a wired communication connecting part from the printer RFID tag, the access point information being acquired by the printer RFID tag by tag communication, a transmission and reception attempting process for attempting information transmission and reception with an access point, by means of the mutually recognized wireless communication, a data acquisition process for acquiring desired print data acquired by the mutually recognized wireless communication when information transmission and reception by the transmission and reception attempting process succeed, and a printing control process for controlling the feeder and the printing head so that printing is performed on a print-receiving medium. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250358 | ARRANGEMENT FOR CONNECTING TO NETWORK IN NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system includes a server and an apparatus connected to the server via a network. The server includes a connection information generation part configured to generate connection information including network connection information for a portable terminal connecting to the network and apparatus connection information including the IP address of the apparatus, and a connection information transmission part configured to transmit the connection information to the apparatus. The apparatus includes an image code display part configured to display an image code into which the connection information is converted, a request reception part configured to receive a job request specifying the IP address of the apparatus and transmitted from the portable terminal having decoded the image code and connected to the network using the network connection information, and a job execution part configured to execute a job based on the job request. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250359 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD - An image forming apparatus which configures a printing system in which a server, comprises: a generation unit configured to generate, as plug-in information, information that associates a user interface provided by the image forming apparatus with the application provided by a server; a holding unit configured to hold the generated plug-in information; a sending unit configured to send the plug-in information to the information processing apparatus when the plug-in information has not been registered in an information processing apparatus; and a providing unit configured, when direct printing is designated, to provide, as the user interface to the information processing apparatus based on the plug-in information held by the holding unit, a direct print screen for accepting a print setting corresponding to the application that has generated print data to be printed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250360 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a capturing unit for capturing an image; an operation unit for inputting information specifying a specific information processing device among a plurality of information processing devices; an information request processing unit for externally transmitting an information acquisition request including a concurrent notification request and identification information identifying the specific information processing device; a destination determination processing unit for determining a transmission destination according to answer information relative to the information acquisition request; and an image information transmission processing unit for transmitting the image captured with the capturing unit to the transmission destination determined with the destination determination processing unit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250361 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - In the invention, an information processing apparatus comprises: a document data receiving unit configured to receive document data of a plurality of pages to be printed; a setting information receiving unit configured to receive special duplex printing in which a page layout manner differs on a first side and a second side in setting information used for performing printing; and a print data generating unit configured to produce print data in which the pages are laid out on the first side in a first layout manner and on the second side in a second layout manner different from the first layout manner as the print data for causing a printing apparatus to print the document data received by the document data receiving unit, when the special duplex printing is set in the setting information received by the setting information receiving unit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250362 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND QUANTIZATION METHOD - When quantizing the color material amount data of a black color and that of a chromatic color, the color material amount data of a first chromatic color is quantized so that the phase of a low spatial frequency component of black color quantization data obtained by quantizing the color amount data of the black color is opposite to that of the low spatial frequency component of first quantization data obtained by quantizing the color material amount data of the first chromatic color, and the high spatial frequency component of the black color quantization data has no correlation with that of the first quantization data. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250363 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESERVING IMAGE QUALITY IN AN ECONOMY PRINT MODE - A system and method converts pixels of continuous image data to pixels of binary image data using a halftone screen corresponding to a predetermined reduced coverage percentage; determines if a target pixel of binary image data is a non-white pixel; compares a window of pixels of binary image data with a predetermined pattern of pixels of binary image data corresponding to the predetermined reduced coverage percentage; determines that the target pixel is a non-edge pixel; and reduces the number of non-white pixels in the binary image data based upon the determination that the target pixel is a non-edge pixel. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250364 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for generating dot data to form an image by forming dots on a recording medium includes a receiving unit, a first, second, and third generating unit, and a correcting unit. The receiving unit receives first and second image data included in image data. The first generating unit generates, per the first image data, first ink color data representing a multi-valued signal value corresponding to an ink color. The second generating unit generates, per the second image data, second ink color data representing a multi-valued signal value corresponding to an ink color. The correcting unit corrects the signal value represented by the generated first and second ink color data. The third generating unit generates, per the first and second ink color data of which the signal values have been corrected, the dot data representing existence of formation of dots to form an image. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250365 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A print control device includes a generating unit configured to generate image data, based on gloss control plane data for specifying a type of a surface effect to be given to a recording medium and specifying a region to which the surface effect is to be given in the recording medium; and an output unit configured to output the image data. The generating unit includes a tone correcting unit configured to perform a tone correction on a region in which the surface effect is designated in the gloss control plane data, the tone correction varying with each type of surface effect. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250366 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a latent image generating unit and a background image generating unit. The latent image generating unit generates a latent image using both of a first color component to be printed with a first color material and second color components to be printed with second color materials having an optical property different from an optical property of the first color material, or generates the latent image using only the second color components. The background image generating unit generates a background image, which serves as the background of the latent image, using only the second color components when the latent image generating unit uses both of the first color component and the second color components, or generates the background image using both of the first color component and the second color components when the latent image generating unit uses only the second color components. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250367 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read a print product and a transmission unit configured to transmit image data of the print product to an external apparatus. The apparatus further includes an inhibition unit configured to inhibit the transmission of the image data based on inhibition information included in the image data. If the image data includes trace information to be used to trace a printer user of the print product in addition to the inhibition information, a control unit acquires the trace information and causes a display unit to perform a display based on the trace information without causing the output unit to transmit the image data. | 2013-09-26 |