43rd week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080259282 | PROJECTION IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - Projection is performed in such a manner that the same point on a moving internal organ can be constantly observed, thereby improving the accuracy of diagnosis. Motion information about the motion of a projection target between one set of three-dimensional volume data in a group of sets of three-dimensional volume data and a different set of three-dimensional volume data in the group of sets of three-dimensional volume data that was obtained by imaging at a different time from the time of imaging of the one set of three-dimensional volume data is obtained based on the projection target that is present in the one set of three-dimensional volume data and the projection target that is present in the different set of three-dimensional volume data. Then, the viewpoint of projection is moved to a position at which the projection target in the different set of three-dimensional volume data can be projected. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259283 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - An illumination apparatus includes: a first dichroic mirror; a second dichroic mirror which separates the combined light into a red component light R and the green component light G; and a polarization adjuster provided on an optical path of the combined light between the dichroic mirrors. The polarization adjuster adjusts a polarization direction of a yellow component light Ye in the combined light. A second dichroic mirror separates the combined light into the red component light R on which a part of or all of the yellow component light Ye is superimposed and the green component light G on which the rest of the yellow component light Ye is superimposed. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259284 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND PROJECTION VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - An illumination device includes a first light source unit having a plurality of first light sources, and a first reflection unit for guiding light beams emitted respectively from the first light sources in an identical direction. The illumination device further includes a second light source unit having at least one second light source. A center of an optical axis of the second light source is defined in an area where a light amount distribution of light beams to be emitted from the first light source unit and reflected on the first reflection unit is relatively small. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259285 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE - An illumination optical system has: a light source, a first optical member, a second optical member, and a rod integrator, and illuminates an image display surface of a display element. The light source emits illumination light having a flat beam cross section. The first optical member reduces flatness of the beam cross section. The second optical member condenses or diverges the illumination light. The rod integrator uniformizes spatial energy distribution of the illumination light subjected to optical action of the first and second optical members. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259286 | Projection display apparatus - A projection display apparatus includes a light source, a plurality of light modulating elements that respectively modulate different color components of light emitted from the light source, a plurality of light diffusing elements that are disposed on sides near the light source with reference to the respective light modulating elements, a light integrating element that integrates the different color components modulated by the light modulating elements, and a projection optical element that projects light resulting from the different color components integrated by the light integrating element. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259287 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus includes a prism set, a light source, a reflective element, a light valve and a projection lens. The prism set includes a first prism having a first surface, a second surface and a third surface, and a second prism having a fourth surface opposite to the second surface, a fifth surface and a sixth surface. The reflective element, light valve and projection lens are respectively disposed adjacent to the third, fifth and sixth surfaces. The light source emits an illumination beam to the first surface. The illumination beam is reflected by the second surface and the reflective element. The illumination beam passes through the third, second, fourth and fifth surfaces in sequence. The illumination beam is converted by the light valve into an image beam which is reflected by the fourth surface and passes through the sixth surface to the projection lens in sequence. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259288 | Rear projection display - A rear projection display includes a projector for projecting light from a light source as an optical image, an exterior cabinet for enclosing the projector, a projection screen provided for the exterior cabinet on which the optical image is projected, and two or more optical sensors provided in a region where the optical image is projected from the projector other than an image display region. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259289 | Projector Device, Portable Telephone and Camera - A projector device that generates a projection image, photographs this projection image and performs various adjustments to the projection image. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259290 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus including an illumination system, a reflective light valve, at least one field lens and, an imaging system is provided. The illumination system is for providing an illumination beam and the reflective light valve is on a transmission path of the illumination beam to convert the illumination beam into an image beam. The field lens is disposed to face a reflective surface of the reflective light valve and on transmission paths of the illumination beam and the image beam. The imaging system includes a projection lens and a first reflective element, in which the first reflective element is on a transmission path of the image beam, and outside the transmission path of the illumination beam, so as to reflect the image beam to the projection lens. An optic axis of the projection lens is perpendicular to a normal vector of the reflective surface of the reflective light valve. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259291 | Pellicle, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - A pellicle for integrated circuit equipment operating in an EUV range includes a multi-layered structure of alternating layers. The pellicle is constructed and arranged to reflect or absorb undesired radiation and to intercept debris to enhance the spectral purity of a radiation beam. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259292 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - A lithographic apparatus is disclosed including a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between the projection system and the substrate with a liquid, an outlet configured to remove a mixture of liquid and gas passing through a gap between a liquid confinement structure of the liquid supply system and the substrate, and an evacuation system configured to draw the mixture through the outlet, the evacuation system having a separator tank arranged to separate liquid from gas in the mixture and a separator tank pressure controller, connected to a non-liquid-filled region of the separator tank, configured to maintain a stable pressure within the non-liquid-filled region. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259293 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, TEMPERATURE REGULATING SYSTEM, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus which includes a plurality of units to be temperature-regulated, and transfers a pattern of a reticle onto a substrate while activating the plurality of units is disclosed. The exposure apparatus comprising a plurality of flow passages which run parallel to each other and through which a fluid to temperature-regulate the plurality of units flows, a bypass line which runs parallel to the plurality of flow passages so as to bypass the plurality of flow passages, and a flow rate controller configured to control a flow rate of fluid flowing through the bypass line, so that a total flow rate of the fluid flowing through the plurality of flow passages and the bypass line becomes a target flow rate. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259294 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - In an immersion lithography apparatus in which immersion liquid is supplied to a localized space, the space is substantially polygonal in plan substantially parallel to the substrate. In an embodiment, two corners of the space have a radius of curvature no greater than the width of a transition zone between the space configured to contain liquid and a surrounding configured not to contain liquid. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259295 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - An immersion lithographic apparatus has adaptations to prevent or reduce bubble formation in one or more gaps in the substrate table by preventing bubbles escaping from the gap into the beam path and/or extracting bubbles that may form in the gap. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259296 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - In an immersion lithographic apparatus, a final element is disclosed having, on a surface nearest the substrate, a layer bonded to the surface and having an edge barrier, of the same material as the layer, extending from the layer away from the substrate to shield the final element from a liquid. In an embodiment, the final element is attached to the apparatus via the layer and/or edge barrier, which may be made of a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion lower than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the final element. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259297 | Exposure Method and Lithography System - In the case where the previous process (X) and the previous process (Y) are different in step | 2008-10-23 |
20080259298 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - A lithographic apparatus for maskless EUV applications includes an illumination system constructed and arranged to condition a radiation beam and to supply the conditioned radiation beam to a spatial light modulator, a substrate table constructed and arranged to hold a substrate, and a projection system constructed and arranged to project the conditioned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate. The illumination system includes a field facet mirror constructed and arranged to define a field of the conditioned radiation beam. The field facet mirror is constructed and arranged to optically match a source of radiation and the illumination system. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259299 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam; a support constructed to support a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam; a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate, and a shield device arranged between a source of air flows and/or pressure waves and an element sensitive for the air flows and/or pressure waves. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259300 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - A lithographic apparatus includes a polarization changing element including at least two wedge-shaped optically active members configured to rotate the polarization direction of at least a portion of the radiation beam with a predetermined angle with respect to the first direction and an optical propagation length adaptor associated with the wedge-shaped optically active members to adjust the predetermined angle. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259301 | Exposure system - A CTP system is provided, which allows its continuous use even if some of laser diodes located at dispersed sites are in a non-light emitting state due to breakage or the like. In the case where some channels are in the non-light emitting state, channel-by-channel exposure data is generated to describe the way that exposure should be performed by use of specific light-emitting channels that are determined by the locations of non-light emitting channels, while an exposure head is moved also through (a) complementary interval(s) before and/or after a standard interval, the standard interval being the interval the exposure head is moved through in normal mode. Then, the transport unit moves the exposure head through the standard interval and through the complementary interval(s), during which period the exposure controller causes the specific light-emitting channels to emit exposure light according to the channel-by-channel exposure data, thereby forming an exposed area. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259302 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - This invention discloses an exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to radiant energy in accordance with a recipe including a plurality of elements, the apparatus comprising: a first storage configured to store the plurality of elements; a first processor configured to change a content of a first element stored in the first storage; and a second processor configured to change a content of a second element stored in the first storage, the second element referring to the first element, in accordance with the change performed for the first element. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259303 | PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY - A projection exposure apparatus for microlithography is disclosed. The apparatus can include a radiation source to generate illumination radiation and a reticle holder to receive a reticle in an object plane. The apparatus can further include illumination optics to guide the illumination radiation to an object field, which is to be illuminated, in the object plane. The apparatus can also include a wafer holder to receive a wafer in an image plane and projection optics to image the object field into an image field in the image plane. The radiation source and projection optics can be arranged in separate chambers (e.g., one above the other). The chambers can be separated by a wall. There can be an illumination radiation leadthrough in the wall. In some embodiments, the projection exposure apparatus can guide the illumination radiation with low loss. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259304 | Lithographic apparatus and method - A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system to provide a beam of radiation; a support structure to support a patterning device, the patterning device serving to impart the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section; a substrate table to hold a substrate; and a projection system to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate. The illumination system includes a first spatial light modulator including a first array of individually controllable elements controllable to control the field size of the radiation beam, the field position of the radiation beam or the uniformity of the radiation beam, and a second spatial light modulator arranged to apply a desired angular distribution to the radiation beam. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259305 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides an exposure apparatus comprising an illumination optical system configured to illuminate a reticle with a light beam from a light source, and a projection optical system which is configured to project a pattern of the reticle onto a substrate, and has a numerical aperture of not less than 0.7, the projection optical system including an optical member on which an antireflection coating configured to suppress reflection of the light beam is formed and which is arranged closest to the substrate, wherein a reflectance of the antireflection coating with respect to the light beam is minimum at an incident angle of not less than 30°. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259306 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING A LIGHT-SENSITIVE MEDIUM - The invention relates to an illumination unit for point illumination of a medium comprising a plurality of light emitters in the form of light guides, which are arranged to illuminate at least one illumination face via a light valve arrangement, said light valve arrangement comprising a plurality of electrically controlled light valves, at least one of the light emitters ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080259307 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A scanning exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an illumination system configured to illuminate an illumination region of an original, a projection optical system configured to project a pattern of the original onto the substrate, and a stop configured to shield a flare generating component of flare light which travels from the projection optical system to the substrate, and to pass the remaining component of the flare light. An aperture of the stop has a shape different from a shape of the illumination region, and the aperture of the stop includes a portion whose dimension in a first direction parallel to a scanning direction of the substrate changes in accordance with a distance from the center of the aperture in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259308 | PROJECTION OBJECTIVE FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY - A projection objective or microlithography for imaging a pattern arranged in an object plane on a substrate arranged in an image plane is disclosed. The projection objective has an arrangement of optical elements between the object plane and the image plane. The projection objective can have a first pupil plane arranged at the reticle side and at least a second pupil plane. The projection objective also includes at least one aperture diaphragm. The diaphragm aperture of which is variable and which is traversed only once by the imaging light. The at least one aperture diaphragm can be arranged within the arrangement of the optical elements at least optically close to the first pupil plane arranged at the reticle side. The projection objective further includes a pupil filter situated in immediate vicinity of the aperture diaphragm. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259309 | STAGE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - This invention discloses a stage apparatus which has a stage ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080259310 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - An optical position detection device capable of detecting a position of a light source with high accuracy and being low priced is provided. A transmission system | 2008-10-23 |
20080259311 | MEASUREMENT METHOD AND MEASUREMENT APPARATUS USING TRACKING TYPE LASER INTERFEROMETER - A tracking type laser interferometer including: a retro-reflector | 2008-10-23 |
20080259312 | Range and Velocity Sensing System - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus used to calculate at least one velocity component for a target within the region. The invention employs an energy source which is activated using an activation system in a cyclic pattern with a selected source frequency. A receiver is also employed in conjunction with a shielding system where this shielding system is configured to block the sensing of reflected energy from the target in a cyclic pattern with a selected receiver frequency. The invention operates through measuring a frequency change in the source frequency of the energy source signal when received by the receiver and determines a velocity component for a target based on a measured frequency change for a known direction of travel. The invention may also be extended to provide a two or three dimensional velocity vector through the addition of further energy sources. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259313 | Apparatus for Performing Optical Measurements on Blood Culture Bottles - An apparatus and method for rapidly distinguishing positive blood cultures from negative blood cultures in sealable containers, and for determining the combination of blood volume and hematocrit in a sealable container. The apparatus comprises an optical source for illuminating the culture with a light beam under an oblique angle to generate an asymmetric spatial distribution of backscattered light, which is imaged onto an imaging detector connected to a data analyzer. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259314 | Inspection Device - An inspection device includes a light source emitting ultraviolet light onto a banknote conveyed on a conveyance path, a light source emitting infrared light onto the banknote, a photosensor for detecting light from the banknote, a light source control processing portion for controlling the light sources while individually switching the light sources at high speed, and a discrimination processing portion. The discrimination processing portion first imports each of two detection signals (output signals) from the photosensor, which are obtained by detecting light substantially within an identical period of time when the banknote is illuminated with the light through sequential lighting of the light sources and calculates an output ratio of the photosensor. Then the calculated output ratio of the photosensor is compared and collated with reference data preliminarily stored in a memory determining authenticity and denomination of the banknote. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259315 | Composition and Method for Indicating a Certain UV Radiation Dose - A method for indicating a certain UV radiation dose, using a mixture of substances, containing a substance of defined UV photoactivity, a redox dye and a substance acting as a sacrificial electron donor, exposing the mixture to UV radiation and detecting a defined color change when a certain UV radiation dose is reached. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259316 | Method and Device for Testing Valuable Documents - In an apparatus for testing value documents, such as for example bank notes, an area of the bank note is captured from different directions with the help of two optical sensors aligned symmetrically to each other. The measured values supplied by the sensors on the one hand are added up in order to obtain a total measured value which is insensitive to asymmetric effects of the value document, and on the other hand the measured values are subtracted in order to capture exactly these asymmetric effects. In this way with the help of one single apparatus there can be tested authenticity features as well as the quality of the actual state of the value document. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259317 | Angle Calibration of Long Baseline Antennas - A method for calibrating a sensor mounted on an aircraft includes the steps of: using an optical device to create reference points which define a reference line that is parallel to both horizontal and vertical planes of the sensor, and using the reference line to calibrate the sensor with respect to a reference coordinate system. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259318 | Multi-channel array spectrometer and method for using the same - A multi-channel array spectrometer combines a spectral measurement system and a reference detector which measures photometric or radiometric qualities. High accuracy photometric or radiometric measurement of a wide dynamic range can be achieved by correcting measurement results of the reference detector with a spectral correction factor. The multi-channel array spectrometer comprises a bandpass filter wheel holding a set of bandpass filters and an open hole. The wheel is placed between an entrance slit and gratings. A test light beam passes through a turret of the bandpass filters. The test light beam can be precisely measured band by band. The spectrometer can also quickly and accurately measure a plurality of test light sources having similar spectral characteristics by using the stray light correction factor. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259319 | FOREIGN SUBSTANCE INSPECTION APPARATUS - A foreign substance inspection apparatus includes an irradiating unit and first and second detecting units. The irradiating unit is configured to emit irradiating light to be obliquely incident on a surface to be inspected to form a linear irradiation region on the surface to be inspected. The first and second detecting units are arranged on the same side as that provided with the irradiating unit with respect to the surface to be inspected, and they are configured to detect scattered light caused by a foreign substance on the surface to be inspected. The first and second detecting units are arranged at opposite positions with respect to a plane containing the linear irradiation region. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259320 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OPTICAL SYSTEMS IN A TERRAIN - A method and an apparatus are used for detecting optical systems, for example a sniper within a terrain. The terrain is optically scanned by means of a movable mirror and the position of the optical system is determined from a measurement made by a laser unit and is optically displayed. The position of the optical system is directly determined from the measurement made by the laser unit by evaluating the intensity of a light beam from the laser unit, after having been reflected by an optical surface of the optical system. The position is optically reflected into the field of vision of a telescope. The apparatus comprises a laser unit having a movable mirror, a control unit for detecting the position of the optical system from a measurement made by the laser unit, and a device for optically displaying the position. The device for optically displaying is a telescope, and means are provided for optically reflecting the position of the optical system into the field of vision of the telescope. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259321 | System and Method for Rapid Reading of Macro and Micro Matrices - An analyte reading system which includes a reader unit for rapidly detecting and evaluating the outcome of an assay to measure the presence of analytes in a sample. Quantitative and qualitative measurements of analyte concentration in a sample may be rapidly obtained using the reader device with algorithms which ascertain the nature of the assay and perform a comparison against a calibration sample. The reader device scans preset areas of an assay device in order to provide focal points for the reader device and evaluate the volume of the test sample in the assay device. The reading portion of the assay slide has at least one test dot for detecting the presence of the analyte and the signal intensity of the labelled analyte, and processes the detected signal using an algorithm which provides an accurate output measurement indicating the quantity of the analyte in the test sample. The reader device can read the analyte as a random array format, print and read the analyte to be measured in a fixed array format, and print and read the analyte in a hybrid format consisting of both fixed and random arrays. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259322 | Method for Determining Hair Conditions - The invention relates to cosmetology and can be used, in particular, for selecting the most suitable hair care means. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259323 | RETICLE DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS AND RETICLE DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD - A reticle defect inspection apparatus that controls damage of a reticle by irradiation with an inspection light when the reticle is caused to be at rest is provided. The reticle defect inspection apparatus is a reticle defect inspection apparatus for inspecting for defects on a reticle using a pattern image obtained by irradiating the reticle on which a pattern is formed with light. The reticle defect inspection apparatus has a dose monitoring part for measuring a dose of the light to the reticle, a comparing part for comparing, after calculating accumulated irradiation from the dose measured by the dose monitoring part, the accumulated irradiation with a preset threshold, and a stop mechanism for stopping irradiation of the reticle with the light when, as a result of the comparison, the accumulated irradiation exceeds the threshold. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259324 | Process of using an inspection dye for detecting cracks and flaws in metallic surfaces - The present invention relates to the process of using a unique inspection dye to detect cracks and flaws in metallic surfaces to which the inspection dye has been applied. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259325 | VISION INSPECTION SYSTEM DEVICE AND METHOD - A course material that is applied to a substrate during fabrication of a composite item is inspected by a system that includes a vision assembly. The vision assembly includes an area light, a line generator, a sensor, and an image processor. The area light illuminates an area of the course material. The line generator generates a line of illumination across the area. The sensor captures an image of the area. The image processor analyzes the image. The image processor is configured to identify debris on the course material in response to the area light being activated and the image processor is configured to identify placement aberrations in response to the line generator being activated. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259326 | Die Column Registration - A method for inspecting a plurality of dies, that are typically disposed on a surface of a semiconducting wafer. Each of the dies includes respective functional features within the die. The method consists of identifying within a first die a first multiplicity of the functional features having respective characteristics, and measuring respective first locations of the first multiplicity with respect to an origin of the first die. Within a group of second dies a second multiplicity of the functional features having the respective characteristics is identified, respective second locations of the second multiplicity are measured. The second locations are compared to the first locations to determine a location of an origin of the group of the second dies. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259327 | Device for Inspecting a Microscopic Component | 2008-10-23 |
20080259328 | RETICLE DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD USING THEREOF - A reticle defect inspection apparatus that suppresses deterioration of optical components resulting from luminescent spots generated by an integrator and can sustain a defect inspection with high precision for a long time is provided. The reticle defect inspection apparatus is a reticle defect inspection apparatus for inspecting for defects on a reticle using a pattern image obtained by irradiating the reticle on which a pattern is formed with light. And the apparatus includes an illuminating optical system for irradiating the reticle with an inspection light and a detecting optical system for detecting a pattern image of the reticle irradiated with the inspection light, wherein the illuminating optical system comprises an integrator for equalizing illumination distribution of the inspection light and a moving mechanism for enabling the integrator to slightly move in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the integrator. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259329 | INSPECTION DEVICE FOR INSPECTING CONTAINER CLOSURES - An inspection device ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080259330 | LASER-TRIGGERED PLASMA APPARATUS FOR ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY - Multiple energy sources, such as a laser and electrical current, are employed, in close coordination, spatially and temporally, to clean a sample, vaporize its material and excite vapor atoms for the purpose of atomic emission spectroscopy. These methods permit better monitoring and control of the individual processes in real time, lead to higher consistency and higher quality optical emission spectra, and enhance the measurements of non-conducting solids, liquids and gases. Additionally, a portable instrument is provided with both laser source and spectrometer optically coupled to a hand-holdable unit. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259331 | Photodetector and Spectrometer Using the Same - A photodiode array, having a plurality of photodiodes | 2008-10-23 |
20080259332 | OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER - An optical spectrum analyzer detects a light output that is dependent on the frequency of light in a wavelength range of light to be measured. The optical spectrum analyzer includes a waveguide acousto-optic tunable filter including a piezoelectric substrate, optical waveguides, and an IDT, a light source for providing, to the waveguide acousto-optic tunable filter, reference light having a particular wavelength outside the wavelength range, a driving circuit for providing, to the waveguide acousto-optic tunable filter, a high frequency signal for exciting an IDT, and an arithmetic device that, on the basis of the wavelength of selected light when reference light is incident, and an exciting frequency, corrects the wavelength of the selected light, which is obtained from the light to be measured. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259333 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED ELLIPSOMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF ULTRATHIN FILMS - A method for implementing ellipsometry for an ultrathin film includes directing a polarized light beam incident upon a sample surface, receiving an initial reflected beam from the sample surface and redirecting the initial reflected beam back upon said sample surface one or more times so as to produce a final reflected beam. The final reflected beam is received through an analyzer and at a detector so as to determine characteristics of the ultrathin film. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259334 | MULTI LAYER ALIGNMENT AND OVERLAY TARGET AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A target system for determining positioning error between lithographically produced integrated circuit fields on at least one lithographic level. The target system includes a first target pattern on a lithographic field containing an integrated circuit pattern, with the first target pattern comprising a plurality of sub-patterns symmetric about a first target pattern center and at a same first distance from the first target pattern center. The target system also includes a second target pattern on a different lithographic field, with the second target pattern comprising a plurality of sub-patterns symmetric about a second target pattern center and at a same second distance from the second target pattern center. The second target pattern center is intended to be at the same location as the first target pattern center. The centers of the first and second target patterns may be determined and compared to determine positioning error between the lithographic fields. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259335 | SPECTROSCOPIC pH MEASUREMENT AT HIGH-TEMPERATURE AND/OR HIGH-PRESSURE - Methods and apparatuses for high-temperature and high-pressure measurement of pH and/or alkalinity of a fluid is described. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259336 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CAMERA - An image processing system which performs photography of the teeth of a patient while causing a plurality of illumination light LEDs of different wavelengths to emit light by means of a photography device when producing a crown repair or denture of the patient, whereby image data are acquired. The image data are transmitted to a dental filing system constituting a processing device where color reproduction data are determined through computation. In addition, color reproduction data are transmitted to the dental technician's office via a public switched network. A repair material compound ratio calculation database is searched and compound data for a material that matches the hue of the patient's teeth is retrieved, so that a crown repair or denture or the like that very closely matches the color of the patient's teeth can be produced. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259337 | BIOLOGICAL OPTICAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND LIGHT DETECTION MODULE - A cerebral function measuring apparatus houses a light detector in a package that can be set on the head of the subject examinee with light detection elements, amplifiers, and high voltage power supplies sealed in the package. Each amplifier and each high voltage power supply are united into one and covered with a high polymer material with high dielectric strength, and further enclosed by a metallic shield so as to be insulated. The high voltage power supply consists of a very small coil and an integrated circuit to generate a voltage required to drive the light detection element in the package. A removable and safe module type light detector is thus realized. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259338 | Carbonate Scale Detector - An apparatus and method for detecting carbonate scale. An energy emitting device transmits energy through one optical window, through a fluid stream, and out through a second optical window where the energy is detected by an energy receiving device. As scale, such as that due to carbonate present in the fluid, accumulates on the wetted surface of the optical windows, the transmission of the energy through the optical windows is obscured. The optical windows may optionally be coated and electrically charged to promote the formation of carbonate scale on the wetted surface of the window. The optical windows can be cleaned by reversing their polarity. By correlating the rate of energy intensity reduction to carbonate scale formation, the concentration of carbonate in the fluid stream can be determined. The carbonate detector can be used to alarm, shutdown, or control operation of equipment that may be adversely affected by the presence of carbonate in the fluid stream. Alternatively the present invention can detect scale formation on an electrode or other electrolytic cell component by analyzing light reflected from that component. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259339 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING AND EVALUATING OPTICAL SIGNALS - A system and method for measuring and evaluating optical signals for detecting an analyte in an analysis liquid. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259340 | AIRBORNE TUNABLE MID-IR LASER GAS-CORRELATION SENSOR - A method and apparatus for measuring target gas concentrations in an atmosphere. The method and apparatus emit in the atmosphere a laser beam tuned to a molecular absorption line of a target gas, receive a reflected signal affected by gas absorption of the target gas in the atmosphere, divide and direct the received signal into a first optical path and a second optical path including in one of the paths a correlation gas cell filled with a predetermined concentration of the target gas, detect transmitted signals through the first optical path and the second optical path, and calculate a target gas concentration by comparing a first signal transmitted through the first optical path to a second signal transmitted through the second optical path. The apparatus includes a laser source tunable to a specific molecular absorption line of a target gas and configured to emit in the atmosphere a laser beam having a spectral bandwidth greater than a full width of the molecular absorption line of the target gas, a receiver configured to receive a reflected signal affected by gas absorption of the target gas in the atmosphere, and at least one detector configured to detect transmitted signals through the first optical path and the second optical path. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259341 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICALLY READING GAS SAMPLING TEST CARDS - A method and apparatus for measuring a gas concentration detected by a passive sampler are provided. The apparatus includes a light source which illuminates a passive sampler, a detector which detects light from the light source reflected from the passive sampler and provides an output signal, and a microprocessor which receives the output signal and calculates light absorption by the passive sampler based on the received signal. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259342 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DROP BOUNDARY DETECTION AND RADIATION BEAM ALIGNMENT - The invention provides an apparatus and method for determining the position of a radiation beam. The apparatus includes (a) a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface, the reflective surfaces being placed to form the reflective exterior of a wedge; (b) a first detector placed to detect radiation reflected from the first reflective surface, and (c) a second detector placed to detect radiation reflected from the second reflective surface. The method includes the steps of (a) directing a radiation beam to the reflective exterior of a wedge formed by a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface; (b) selectively detecting radiation reflected from the first reflective surface; (c) selectively detecting radiation reflected from the second reflective surface; and (d) determining the position of the radiation beam based on the difference in the amount of radiation detected from each surface. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259343 | Angularly resolved scatterometer and inspection method - In an angularly resolved scatterometer, an aperture plate including at least one obscuration extending into the image of the pupil plane is provided. Defocus values of a target pattern are determined from the radial distance between the innermost point of the images of the obscurations and the nominal center if the pupil image. Defocus errors are compensated for by capturing a plurality of normalization images using a reference plate at a plurality of different defocus positions and subtracting a suitable normalization from the measurement spectrum of a target pattern | 2008-10-23 |
20080259344 | Interferometry system chamber viewing window - A stroboscopic imaging interferometer system includes an environmental chamber having a novel viewing window equipped with a rigidly integrated beam splitter and piezo actuated reference mirror for illuminating a device providing an object beam and reference mirror for providing a reference beam, upon the reflection of both beams, produces interference of the object beam by the reference beam for providing absolute phase observations of the device, that may be a MEMS device under test. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259345 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A microscope which has a high three-dimensional resolution, does not require specimens to be stained and is easy to operate, is presented. The three-dimensional microscope includes a first optical system for illuminating an object with lights in a plurality of illuminating directions, one direction after another; an imaging section; a second optical system for guiding diffracted lights generated by the object and reference lights to the imaging section that obtains interference images of the diffracted lights and the reference lights; and a processor for generating a three-dimensional image using the interference images for respective illuminating directions, obtained by the imaging section. The processor obtains complex amplitudes of the diffracted lights from the interference images for respective illuminating directions and generates the three-dimensional image of the object from the complex amplitudes. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259346 | Optical Measuring Device for Measuring a Plurality of Surfaces of an Object to be Measured - An optical measuring device for measuring a plurality of surfaces of an object to be measured using a system of optical elements. For example, the first surface to be measured can be the inner wall of a narrow guide bore, while the second surface to be measured is formed by a valve-seat section that is conical and positioned at one end of the guide bore. As optical elements of measuring device, at least one beam splitter and one lens system are disposed in such a way that a first portion of the light beams incident on the beam splitter is directed perpendicularly onto the first surface of the object to be measured, and a second portion of the light beams incident on the beam splitter strikes the lens system downstream of the beam splitter and is directed via the lens system perpendicularly onto the second surface. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259347 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus comprises an optical system support supporting a projection optical system, a stage surface plate, first stage and second stages, a first interferometer configured to measure stage position in a first area, a second interferometer configured to measure stage position in a second area, a third interferometer which is interposed between the first interferometer and the second interferometer, a gap sensor configured to measure a gap between the optical system support and the stage surface plate, and a control unit configured to pass, in the swapping, the measurement result obtained by one of the first interferometer and the second interferometer to the other one of the first interferometer and the second interferometer using the measurement result obtained by the third interferometer, and to correct the passed measurement result based on the measurement result obtained by the gap sensor. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259348 | Multiple Channel Interferometric Surface Contour Measurement System - Described are a multiple channel interferometric surface contour measurement system and methods of determining surface contour data for the same. The measurement system includes a multiple channel interferometer projector, a digital camera and a processor. Fringe patterns generated by spatially separate channels in the projector are projected onto an object surface to be measured. The digital camera acquires images of the fringe patterns and the processor determines surface contour data from the fringe patterns. More specifically, fringe numbers arc determined for points on the object surface based on image data. The fringe numbers are modified according to collinear adjustment values so that the modified fringe numbers correspond to a common, collinear axis for the interferometer projector. After unwrapping the modified fringe numbers, the unwrapped values are modified by the collinear adjustment values to obtain accurate fringe numbers for the pixels in each interferometer channel. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259349 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus, which equipped with a projection optical system that is configured to project a pattern of an original onto a substrate, includes an interferometer configured to measure a wavefront in a first direction and a wavefront in a second direction of light passed through the projection optical system; a focus detecting unit configured to detect focus positions in the first and second directions of the projection optical system; and a calculating unit configured to calculate wavefront aberration of the projection optical system on the basis of the measurement result of the interferometer and the detection result of the focus detecting unit. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259350 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - A measurement apparatus which measures a wavefront aberration of an optical system to be measured, the apparatus comprises a detection unit configured to detect an interference pattern formed by light having passed through a mask inserted on an object plane of the optical system to be measured, and a mask inserted on an image plane of the optical system to be measured. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259351 | Device and Method for Recognizing Particles in Milk - A device for recognizing particles in milk comprising a measuring surface and a housing. The measuring surface is structured so as to cause the milk to spread on the measuring surface in that the measuring surface has a specific surface roughness. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259352 | Apparatus for detecting press-bonded ball at bonding portion in bonding apparatus and method for detecting press-bonded ball at bonding portion - A detecting apparatus used in a bonding apparatus including a capillary and a detection camera disposed with a certain amount of offset from the capillary and capable of detecting a press-bonded ball at a bonding portion after bonding. For a pad in which two edges of a press-bonded ball corresponding to two adjacent sides of the pad are definite, the detecting apparatus detects the respective distances between the two sides of the pad and the corresponding two edges of the press-bonded ball, and compares the detected values to determine if these values fall within previously set allowable ranges; and if the detected values are outside the allowable ranges, the amount of offset is corrected so that the press-bonded ball comes within the allowable ranges. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259353 | Measurement method, exposure method and device manufacturing method - An image (a latent image) of an aperture pattern that includes an L/S pattern having a linewidth (a space width A) that exceeds the measurement resolution of a measurement device is generated in each of divided areas on a wafer via an optical system (step | 2008-10-23 |
20080259354 | Single-lens, single-aperture, single-sensor 3-D imaging device - A device and method for three-dimensional (3-D) imaging using a defocusing technique is disclosed. The device comprises a lens having a substantially oblong aperture, a sensor operable for capturing light transmitted from an object through the lens and the substantially oblong aperture, and a processor communicatively connected with the sensor for processing the sensor information and producing a 3-D image of the object. The aperture may have an asymmetrical shape for distinguishing objects in front of versus in back of the focal plane. The aperture may also be rotatable, where the orientation of the observed pattern relative to the oblong aperture is varied with time thereby removing the ambiguity generated by image overlap. The disclosed device further comprises a light projection system configured to project a predetermined pattern onto a surface of the desired object thereby allowing for mapping of unmarked surfaces in three dimensions. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259355 | METHOD OF RECOGNIZING AND TRACKING MULTIPLE SPATIAL POINTS - The present invention relates to a method of recognizing and tracking multiple spatial points, and more particularly to a method of measuring coordinates of a plurality of point light sources by an optical system comprised of a plurality of 1D optical lens modules and a logical analysis method to achieve the purpose of recognizing and tracking multiple spatial points. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259356 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE DISPLACEMENT OF A PLURALITY OF MICRO- AND NANOMECHANICAL ELEMENTS, SUCH AS MICRO-CANTILEVERS - The invention relates to a system and method for detecting the displacement, such as the deflection, of a plurality of elements ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080259357 | OPTICAL METROLOGY OF SINGLE FEATURES - The profile of a single feature formed on a wafer can be determined by obtaining an optical signature of the single feature using a beam of light focused on the single feature. The obtained optical signature can then be compared to a set of simulated optical signatures, where each simulated optical signature corresponds to a hypothetical profile of the single feature and is modeled based on the hypothetical profile. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259358 | Display Material Provision - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for provision to customers of display material without intervention by an attendant. It is known to dispense material to attendees and prospective customers at meetings, exhibitions, conferences and commodity or product shows of all kinds, in an anonymous fashion from unattended literature racks and the like. The material to be dispensed usually comprises brochures, pamphlets and other printed material describing the item of interest which attracted the potential customer or attendee. It is not always possible to have a human attendant present, and even if one or more attendants are present, it may not be possible to meet the instant needs of a large crowd. The present invention seeks to provide means whereby the needs of every individual can be met, whether or not a human attendant is present, whilst allowing the attendee the choice of remaining anonymous or not. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a point of display document dispenser comprising: coupling means for accepting coupling of a portable electronic memory device to said point of display dispenser; detection means for detecting when a portable electronic memory device is coupled with said coupling means and providing output indicative thereof; and data transfer means, operative, on the condition that said detecting means has provided said output, to transfer an electronic copy of a document in an associated memory means to the portable memory device or to receive an identification address. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259359 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus, and an image processing method, which can reproduce an edge portion with a high resolution in a high resolution raster image, and suppress image degradation such as a jaggy, while suppressing processing cost. In the present invention, an image processing part divides image data of raster data into blocks of M×N pixels (M, N are integers of 1 or more and also at least one of M and N is an integer of 2 or more). Then, the part performs color rounding processing in the block and counts the number of colors in the block. Subsequently, when the number of colors existing in the block is two, the part acquires shape information about arrangement of the two colors. Then, the part stores the shape information and color information for a first color and color information for a second color. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259360 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT AND FLEXIBLE DIGITAL PRINTING - A digital printing system for producing prints in response to input digital images includes a digital printer and a plurality of computer processors. The plurality of computer processors includes one or more image-rendering units for rendering the input digital images to generate rendered digital images, wherein the image rendering is independent of specific characteristics of the digital printer. The plurality of computer processors further includes one or more image processors for processing the rendered digital images in accordance with one or more specific characteristics of the digital printer. The processed images are subsequently input to the digital printer to produce the prints. The computer processors can be dynamically assigned to be the image-rendering units or the image processors. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259361 | High quality halftone process - The invention provides a printing method of printing on a printing medium. The method includes: generating dot data that represents state of dot formation at each print pixel of a print image to be formed on the printing medium by performing a halftone process on image data that represents an input tone value of each pixel making up an original image; providing a print head capable of selectively forming N types of dots having mutually different sizes on a region of one pixel on the printing medium, N being an integer of at least 2; and generating the print image according to the dot data by mutually combining a plurality of dot groups in a common print region, each of the plurality of dot groups being formed on each of a plurality of pixel groups that assume mutually physical differences in a process of dot formation. The generating dot data includes: executing the halftone process by using an error diffusion method with respect to smaller-size-side dot among the N types of dots; and executing the halftone process by using a dither method with respect to larger-size-side dot among the N types of dots, a condition of halftone process of the dither method being set such that all of the dot groups have a first predetermined characteristic. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259362 | User-generated color tonal reproduction curves (CTRCS) for highlight color (HLC) and monochrome printers - A system and methods for providing user-generated color tonal reproduction curves (CTRCs) to enhance color information when the prints will be made on a monochrome or highlight color printer. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided to allow the user to generate tonal reproduction curves (TRCs) for each of the four separations of the color images thereby choosing what color features for the given document need emphasis on the monochrome printers. The same TRC may be applied to the color objects in a page description language (PDL) file. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259363 | Selective extended gamut printing system and method - Various embodiments of a system and method for selectively printing with an extended color gamut are disclosed. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259364 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming sections arranged in tandem for forming an image having a plurality of colors, the image forming apparatus having: an image reading section for reading an image of a document; an exposure unit having each color exposure section for conducting each color exposure for writing the image, a process unit having a plurality of image forming sections for forming a toner image based on the image read by the image reading section; and a casing for accommodating the image reading section, the exposure unit and the process unit, wherein the exposure unit and the process unit are integrated as an image forming unit and the image forming unit is structured so that it can be drawn from the casing. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259365 | Evaluation of calibration precision - A calibration precision evaluating apparatus includes a calibrator carrying out calibration to adjust an ink amount output characteristic so that a measured color value is approximated to a reference value, a confirmation patch maker printing plural confirmation patches including a background patch and having the known reference values corresponding to the confirmation patches, a color measurer color-measuring the confirmation patches, acquiring initial color measured values, a background color shift amount calculator calculating a first amount of background color shift between the reference values and the initial color measured values with respect to the background patches, a corrector correcting the initial color measured values based on the background color shift amounts, acquiring corrected color measured values, and a precision evaluator carrying out precision evaluation of the calibration based on a second amount of color shift between the corrected color measured values and the reference values with respect to the confirmation patches. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259366 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A reference area around a pixel of interest is set in an image to be processed. It is determined whether a pixel not to be referred exists in the reference area. If the pixel not to be referred exists, the shape of the reference area is transformed based on the pixel. A trapping color for the pixel of interest is decided based on, a first peripheral pixel having a color component that is not included in the pixel of interest among peripheral pixels around the pixel of interest included in the reference area with the transformed shape. The density of the trapping color is calculated based on the peripheral pixels. The pixel value of the pixel of interest is corrected using the pixel of the trapping color having the calculated density in the image to be processed. The image forming unit forms an image having pixels corrected by said correction unit. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259367 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR REDUCING CONSUMPTION AMOUNT OF RECORDING MATERIAL - The present invention provides an image processor for outputting image data to an image forming device forming an image with use of a recording material having a plurality of color components. The processor comprises a component determining a region having higher brightness than predetermined brightness and a region having lower brightness than the predetermined brightness in the image data based on the image data and a component adjusting saturation so as to reduce density values of color components other than a color component having a maximum density value among the plurality of color components of the recording material to increase saturation in a region having brightness determined to be high and reduce density values of color components other than a color component having a minimum density value among the plurality of color components of the recording material to decrease saturation in a region having brightness determined to be low. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259368 | Printer, Printing program, and printing method - A printer includes a print head in which nozzles that form an image by discharging ink are arranged in a plurality of lines. The printer prints out an image on the basis of print form data in which information of layout contents of printing elements that form the content of print is set according to the attribute of each printing element. The printer includes a print form data storage unit, a printing element data storage unit, a print form data selection unit, a printing element data selection unit, and a printing element data insertion unit. The print form data selection unit selects a piece of print form data, which is used for printing, from multiple pieces of print form data stored in the print form data storage unit in a specific sequence that is set so that, when the printing is continuously performed, the frequencies of use of the nozzles of the print head are uniform and are equal to or higher than a predetermined frequency. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259369 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, COLOR CORRECTION TABLE GENERATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COLOR CORRECTION TABLE GENERATION METHOD, COLOR ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present invention has an object of providing an image processing device, a color correction table generation device, a display device, an image processing method, a color correction table generation method, a color adjustment method of a display device, and an image processing program capable of color matching to preferable colors of which the excessive emphasis in chromaticness is suppressed. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259370 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD FOR USE IN THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an image signal processor for carrying out conversion into an xvYCC signal by using a photograph film as a material, the image signal processor including: acquisition means for acquiring print film concentration data based on said photograph film; generation means for generating spectral data on an image on a screen previously presumed based on spectral concentration characteristics of colors of a positive film having an image projected on said screen, a spectral distribution of a projection light source, and the print film concentration data; arithmetical operation means for arithmetically operating an XYZ tri-stimulus value corresponding to the spectral data; and conversion means for converting the XYZ tri-stimulus value into the xvYCC signal. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259371 | IMAGE FILE CREATION DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an image file creation device including: an obtaining section that obtains image data forming a color image, conversion conditions for converting the image data into color data of a device-independent color space, and basic viewing conditions for viewing the color image; an input section that inputs target viewing conditions for viewing a formed image that is formed by using the image data; and a creation section that creates an image file containing a main data region for storing the image data, the conversion conditions and the basic viewing conditions, and a sub-data region for storing the target viewing conditions. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259372 | Printing Method, Printing Apparatus, and Storage Medium Storing a Program - A printing method includes obtaining scene information concerning image data from supplemental data that is appended to the image data; classifying a scene of an image represented by the image data, based on the image data; comparing the classified scene with a scene indicated by the scene information; and printing a printout that is used to urge a user to make a continuation when a mismatch between the classified scene and the scene indicated by the scene information exists. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259373 | Recording Apparatus, Recording Data Generating Apparatus, Program, and Data Structure - A recording apparatus includes a feeding device for feeding a recording medium, recording heads arranged along a feeding direction and extending in a direction orthogonal to the feeding direction, and a control unit for controlling the recording heads, and including storage for storing printing cycle data for printing cycles. For each printing cycle the printing cycle data includes head drive data and head identifying data identifying each head in a corresponding positional relationship with the recording medium in the feeding direction. As the recording medium advances in the feeding direction, the number of heads identified by the head identifying data in a printing cycle changes over time. Also, the apparatus includes a drive unit for reading the printing cycle data associated with a corresponding printing cycle and drives each head identified by the head identifying data based on the head drive data corresponding to the printing cycle data. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259374 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATING FOR THERMOCHROMATICITY DIFFERENCES IN INLINE SPECTROPHOTOMETERS - An alogrithmic method is identified for compensating for thermochromaticity errors in insitu spectral color measurements of a color printing device. A difference is mapped between spectral measurements of a printed color generated by the color printing device measured at a first or hot temperature and at a second or cool ambient temperature where the mapping comprises a referenceable characteristic of the color printing device. The spectrophotometric measurement of a hot color is compared with colors obtained with thermochromaticity compensation matrix to assess if the measured color corresponds to the desired color which will result when cooled to ambient temperature. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259375 | Adding features to electronic image files mimicking physical output of electronic printing data to assist testing and verification - Electronic printing data is received. The electronic printing data is adapted for a electromechanical print engine of a printing device to form images corresponding to the electronic printing data on physical media. One or more electronic image files are generated from and corresponding to the electronic printing data. The electronic image files mimic physical output of the electronic printing data as images on physical media by the electromechanical print engine. One or more features are added to the images of the electronic image files. The features are added to assist testing and/or verification of one or more of generation of a print job from which the electronic printing data is generated, generation of the electronic printing data from the print job, generation of the electronic image files, and formation of the images corresponding to the electronic printing data on physical media by the electromechanical print engine. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259376 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method - An image forming apparatus includes: a document image acquiring portion that acquires a document image; an integration pattern determining portion that makes settings relating to integration for each integrated document image when plural document images are integrated into a recording sheet as integrated document images and thereby determines an integration pattern of the integrated document images for the recording sheet; an integrated document image generating portion that generates the integrated document images corresponding to the integration pattern from the document images acquired by the document image acquiring portion according to the integration pattern determined by the integration pattern determining portion; and a print portion that prints the integrated document images generated by the integrated document generating portion onto the recording sheet in the integration pattern. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259377 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - The printing apparatus of the present invention comprises a scanner unit for reading an image in an original; an instruction unit for receiving an instruction from a user and instructing operation of reading the image with the scanner unit; and a printer unit for printing the image that has been read on a medium. In the printing apparatus of the present invention, each reading operation' with the scanner unit is started by receiving an instruction from the user with the instruction unit when the reading operation is to be performed with the scanner unit for a plurality of number of times and a plurality of the images that have been read are to be printed in their respective predetermined positions on the medium. The printing apparatus makes it possible to perform N-up printing of a new procedure that is different from conventional N-up printing. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259378 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The invention relates to an image forming apparatus capable of operating in a normal mode and a power-saving mode, and includes a control unit that includes a CPU and a memory, operates, in the power-saving mode, the CPU in a low power consumption state, and operates the memory in a self-refresh mode to hold data, and a power source circuit that supplies a power source voltage to each unit of the image forming apparatus in the normal mode, and stops power supply to a circuit unit whose operation is not required in the power-saving mode. When a return factor to the normal mode from the power-saving mode occurs, the control unit distinguishes whether a return to the normal mode is to be made. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259379 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING A JOB IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for processing a job in a production environment includes a knowledge base containing multiple product intents. Each product intent includes parameter requirements and/or parameter restrictions for producing a finished product. The method and system receive a product description that includes desired properties of a proposed job, and use a semantic reasoning, system to infer which of the product intents in the knowledge base corresponds to the product description. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259380 | Approach for implementing locked printing with unlock via a keypad - An approach is provided for implementing locked printing on a printing device with unlock via a keypad attached to the printing device via an interface. A user may specify for printing print jobs stored at a printing device using a keypad device to enter a job ID associated with a particular print job or a general ID associated with users to release all print jobs associated with a particular user, all print jobs not yet printed, or all print jobs. Print jobs may alternatively be identified by date. The approach may also include a user viewing a list of available locked print jobs on a user interface of the printing device, along with the associated job IDs. The approach may further include the use of a Web server on the printing device to generate and provide a Web page that lists stored print jobs and their associated job IDs. | 2008-10-23 |
20080259381 | Production print capacity display for process optimization - A system automatically processes current capacity and optimal capacity for at least one printing system for use in deterring current billing, optimal billing and operating cost. A data-processing apparatus (CPU) associated with a printer and an optimization module operable together to optimize current capacity and optimal capacity, and determine current billing, optimal billing and operating cost information. Information is optimized for use at a client (local or remote) and for display in a single graphical user interface. Data is used to optimize print system usage. | 2008-10-23 |