49th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120307257 | SWEPT LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides a light source apparatus capable of producing stable oscillation and performing high-speed wavelength sweeping over a desired wavelength range. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307258 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ROBUST INTERFEROMETRY - An arrangement and a method are provided for robust interferometry for detecting distance, depth, profile, form, undulation, flatness deviation and/or roughness or the optical path length in or on technical or biological objects, including in layered form, or else for optical coherence tomography (OCT), with a source of electromagnetic radiation and with an interferometer, in particular also in the form of an interference microscope, having an object beam path and having a reference beam path, in which an end reflector is arranged, and a line-scan detector for detecting electromagnetic radiation in the form of at least one spatial interferogram. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307259 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING AN OBJECT WITH INCREASED DEPTH OF FIELD - An apparatus for measuring a height of an object plane or multiple points on an object is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an imaging system having a focal plane passing through a focal point of the imaging system, wherein the focal plane of the imaging system is tilted at an oblique angle with respect to the object plane such that only a small portion of the object is in focus. Alternatively, the focal plane is tilted at an oblique angle with respect to a scanning direction of the imaging system during relative movement between the imaging system and the object. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307260 | HYBRID SYSTEM - A system and method is provided for imaging an article within a field of view, projecting an illumination field onto the article within field of view, and selectively projecting illumination structures onto the article within the field of view. Then, image data corresponding to the illumination field and the illumination structures may be received and a feature of the article may be analyzed based on the illumination field and the illumination structures. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307261 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A print control device includes a prohibition determination unit, when a first sheet size of a sheet stored in a printing device is different from a second sheet size designated by an operator, preventing, when determining that the second sheet size of the sheet can be generated by cutting the sheet having the first sheet size, an execution of a post process function other than cutting in the printing device; and a workflow generation unit generating a workflow including operational steps of causing a cutting device to cut the sheet having the first sheet size to obtain the sheet having the second sheet size, and causing a functional device other than the cutting device to perform the post process function on the printing output after cutting the sheet having the first sheet size. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307262 | PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing control program product is disclosed, which causes a computer to function as a printer control unit; a printing conditions control processing unit; and an overall control unit which, for a printing job with a determined result of not matching, when a size of a sheet onto which printing is to be made can be generated by cutting a mounted sheet, arranges picture drawing data of a printed output in a layout suitable for the size of the sheet onto which the printing is to be made by cutting the mounted sheet, along the layout after the printing, and generating the printed output. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307263 | NETWORK PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD USING SAME - A printing method, comprising: determining whether or not a printer is capable of executing a printing command sent from a user terminal to the printer through a first communication channel; requesting a cloud computer through a second communication channel to provide an information needed to execute the printing command if the printer is not capable of executing the printing command; and executing the printing command after the information needed to execute the printing command is downloaded to the printer from the cloud computer. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307264 | PROVIDING A PROFILE TO EMULATE A COLOR MAP - A profile combines at least the following: a color map between device-dependent color spaces, a first output profile that characterizes a mapping between a color space of a first output device being emulated and a device-independent color space, and a second output profile that characterizes a mapping between a color space of a second output device and the device-independent color space. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307265 | Presentation-Based Quality Determination - A solution for evaluating a printing configuration for an electronic document in which one or more presentation attributes of a physical reproduction (e.g., a printed copy) of the electronic document are considered. A perceived quality of the physical reproduction of the electronic document can be determined using a set of properties of the electronic document and the one or more presentation attributes. The perceived quality can be utilized in various ways as part of a printing process. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307266 | THREE COLOR NEUTRAL AXIS CONTROL IN A PRINTING DEVICE - A color printing method includes converting source color data to intermediate color data represented in a device independent color space using a first multidimensional gamut mapping of the first device dependent color space to the device independent color space. The device independent color space has a neutral color component. The method further includes converting the intermediate color data to destination color data represented in a second device dependent color space using a second multidimensional gamut mapping of the device independent color space to the second device dependent color space. The second device dependent color space has three primary color components and a virtual black color component defined by substantially equal tonal values of the three primary color components. The second multidimensional gamut mapping includes a mapping from the neutral color component of the device independent color space to the virtual black color component of the second device dependent color space. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307267 | CAPABILITY-BASED CONFIGURATION OF PRINT JOBS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that performs a print job. During operation, the system obtains a printing context for the print job, including a content type associated with the print job and a regional setting. The regional setting may be associated with the application, an operating system, and/or a device associated with the print job. Next, the system obtains a set of capabilities associated with a printer. The system then automatically sets one or more job options for the print job based on the printing context and the set of capabilities, wherein the one or more job options include a media size and a border size. Finally, the system sends the print job to the printer, where the print job is executed using the printer. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307268 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF PRINT DATA FOR PRINT JOBS BASED ON AVAILABLE MEDIA ATTRIBUTES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that performs a print job. During operation, the system obtains one or more available media attributes, including a media size, a border size, and/or a media type, from a printer associated with the print job. Next, the system provides the available media attributes to an application and uses the application to automatically generate and format print data for the print job based on the available media attributes. Finally, the system sends the print job to the printer, where the print job is executed using the printer. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307269 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE DRAWING PROCESSING METHOD, SOFTWARE PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a drawing process controller and a hardware processor useable for drawing processes. In a first drawing process, print data including main image data input-able to the image forming apparatus is processed to convert the main image data to output-able data of the image forming apparatus based on an image drawing command. The hardware processor conducts a second drawing process for pre-set image data settable to the image forming apparatus and expressed in an output-able data format output-able by the image forming apparatus, based on an image drawing command, to prepare the pre-set image data as output-able data of the image forming apparatus, and further combines the main image data expressed as the output-able data and the pre-set image expressed as the output-able data as an output image. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307270 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COLOR CONVERSION TABLE GENERATING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of color conversion tables for color-separation-limited printing. Using a color conversion table for color-separation-limited printing, a piece of input color information corresponding to chromatic color within a specified applying hue range for a specified specific color is converted into a piece of output color information corresponding to color having hue of the specific color, and a piece of the input color information corresponding to color outside of the applying hue range is converted into a piece of the output color information corresponding to gray color. Each of the color conversion tables for color-separation-limited printing is configured such that color values corresponding to saturation and lightness of the output color information are reduced at least in gradation from a maximum saturation part to a low-lightness part. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307271 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING PROCESSOR FOR COLOR IMAGES - A specific gamut of colors extending a reproduction range of colors in a color space is set to make for any ink color belonging to the specific gamut a conversion from CMYK dot pattern data into numbers of ink drops to be discharged from an inkjet head, using as a lookup table an extended pattern table having a maximal drop number ‘7’. For ink colors belonging to a gamut of colors outside the specific gamut, a default pattern table having a maximal drop number ‘5’ is used as a lookup table for the conversion from CMYK dot pattern data into ink drop numbers. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307272 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PARTNER SELECTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a first storage part storing printing partners correlated with respective predetermined printing fields and respective printing quality evaluation degrees; a second storage part storing distribution partners correlated with respective delivery quality evaluation degrees; a printing partner selecting part configured to select a single printing partner whose predetermined printing field matches a printing field to which a print ordered by a user corresponds and whose printing evaluation degree is the highest among the printing partners; a distribution partner selecting part configured to select a single distribution partner whose delivery quality evaluation degree is the highest among the distribution partners; and an order placing part configured to place, via an electrical network, an order for a printing service for printing the print to the single printing partner and an order for a delivery service for delivering the print to the single distribution partner. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307273 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A generation unit is configured to generate a plurality of pieces of chromatic color material data, for each color positioned at a surface of a dark portion in a color gamut that can be reproduced using a black color material and the plurality of chromatic color materials, in such a way as to set a number of specific colors of the plurality of chromatic color materials whose dots are arranged exclusively with dots of other chromatic color materials on a recording medium to be equal to or less than one color. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307274 | Sheet Conveyer Devices, Image Reading Apparatuses, and Image Forming Apparatuses - A sheet conveyer device, including a roller to convey a sheet by rotating in a normal direction and a holder rotatably arranged on a roller shaft, is provided. The holder includes a roller gear system arranged on the roller shaft and having a roller driving gear to drive the roller, a shutter rotatably arranged on a shutter shaft to restrict access of the sheet to the roller, a shutter gear system to connect a path between the roller gear system and the shutter, a one-way clutch to disconnect the path between the roller gear system and the shutter when the roller rotates in the normal direction, and a torque limiter to allow the roller to rotate in a reverse direction. The holder rotates about the roller shaft in the same reverse direction as the roller when the roller rotates in the reverse direction. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307275 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A novel data processing apparatus makes adding, deleting, and changing of modification rules easy. This data processing apparatus includes an output destination type determining unit | 2012-12-06 |
20120307276 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - If the RIP processing time of a specific page of a plurality of pages in a processing block exceeds a predetermined time, the RIP processing of the specific page is not yet completed, and the RIP processing of pages preceding the specific page is already completed, an image processing apparatus sets a processing block that includes only the RIP processing completed pages preceding the specific page. The number of pages included in the newly set processing block is less than a predetermined number of pages. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307277 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING IMAGE DATA, SERVER APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING TRANSFERRED IMAGE DATA, AND CONTROL METHODS AND STORAGE MEDIA THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus that makes it easy for a user to input an image from an image input apparatus. The information processing apparatus executes a search script received from a server apparatus to thereby obtain identification information for identifying the image input apparatus, transfers the identification information to the server apparatus, and executes a scan script sent from the server apparatus in reply to the identification information to thereby display a scan setting screen. The information processing apparatus transmits to the server apparatus a scan setting message when scan settings are made on the screen, receives a scan job message transmitted from the server apparatus in reply to the scan setting message, gives a scan job command to the image input apparatus to cause the image input apparatus to execute scanning, and transfers image data received from the image input apparatus to the server apparatus. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307278 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL METHOD, AND A STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM OF AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR INTERRUPTING IMAGE READING - An image processing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a document placed on a first position to make the document pass a second position, a reading unit configured to read an image at the second position to generate image data, a first determination unit configured to determine whether a document is placed on the first position, a second determination unit configured to determine whether the image data generated by the reading unit satisfies a predetermined condition, and a control unit configured to interrupt reading of the image by the reading unit when the first determination unit determines that the document is placed on the first position and the second determination unit determines that the image data generated by the reading unit satisfies the predetermined condition. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307279 | Image Forming Apparatus Displaying Information that is Received from an External Device and is Directed to a User - An image forming apparatus includes a display device, an operation device, an information-for-display reception unit, and a display control unit. The display device displays information for display. The operation device is receives input of an operation by a user. The information-for-display reception unit receives the information for display from an external device. The display control unit controls the display device, and causes the display device to display the information for display when the information for display received by the information-for-display reception unit is directed to the user. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307280 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM THAT TRANSFERS IMAGE DATA TO SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An arrangement that reduces the burden on a user for transferring image data to one or more server apparatuses. An image processing system includes a first server which stores image data transferred via an information processing apparatus, and a second server which stores image data to be transferred to the first server. The first server provides an access script to the apparatus, for use in accessing the second server. The second server provides a list of stored image data items and a transfer script for use in transferring image data to the first server, to the apparatus. When requested to provide image data selected from the list, the second server provides the requested image data to the apparatus. The apparatus transfer the image data provided by the second server to the first server. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307281 | INFORMATION SECURITY FOR PRINTING SYSTEMS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system for managing use of a printing system. During operation, the system obtains a request for print job information associated with the printing system and/or subscription information associated with subscriptions to events in the printing system. Next, the system obtains an access control policy associated with the request. The system then filters the print job and/or subscription information based on the access control policy and responds to the request with the filtered print job and/or subscription information. As a result, the system may facilitate information security in the printing system. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307282 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding apparatus, including: a sheet feeding mechanism; a sheet sensor for detecting, as a detection value, a physical quantity related to a fed sheet; a physical-quantity judgment section for judging whether the detection value falls within a predetermined range; an another-sheet judgment section for judging whether there is another sheet after a sheet to be judged by the physical-quantity judgment section; and a double-feeding judgment section for judging that double feeding has occurred when the physical-quantity judgment section judges that the detection value does not fall within the predetermined range and when the another-sheet judgment section judges that there is another sheet, and judging that the double feeding has not occurred when the physical-quantity judgment section judges that the detection value does not fall within the predetermined range and when the another-sheet judgment section judges that there is no another sheet. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307283 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When a user uses one of a plurality of image forming apparatuses from one of a plurality of terminals, an authentication server determines, on a user by user basis, whether he/she is permitted to use each image forming apparatus, and detects if any of the image forming apparatuses is in a troubled state and incapable of executing a prescribed function. If one image forming apparatus is in a troubled state and the user requests another, trouble-free image forming apparatus to execute a job utilizing a function of the trouble-free image forming apparatus, the authentication server permits execution of the job if the user is permitted to use the image forming apparatus in the troubled state. Thus, the user can get a print even if a usually used image forming apparatus is unavailable. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307284 | PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SECURE PRINTING - A printer is communicatively connected to a terminal and a slave. The printer creates a secure printing group, and allows the terminal and slave to join the secure printing group. The terminal generates a print job, and sends the print job to the printer. The printer generates a first inspection message according to the print job, and sends the first inspection message to the terminal. The terminal selects the slave as a printing delegate, and sends a message that is derived at least in part from the first inspection message to the slave. The slave sends a second inspection message to the printer, wherein the second inspection message is derived at least in part from the message sent from to the terminal to the slave, and requests the printer to execute the print job. The printer executes the print job when the second inspection message matches the first inspection message. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307285 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of communicating with a server apparatus, includes a receiving unit configured to receive a packet from the server apparatus, a determining unit configured to determine whether a packet received by the receiving unit is a specific packet, a power supply control unit which, when the determining unit determines that a packet received by the receiving unit is the specific packet, brings the image forming apparatus into a first power condition which enables the image forming apparatus to start quickly using data stored in a volatile memory, and a start control unit configured to start the image forming apparatus quickly using data stored in the volatile memory. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307286 | ADMINISTRATION SERVER AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An administration server is capable of authenticating a user. The administration server includes a communication unit for receiving a user authentication request including user identification information and apparatus identification information from an external device; and a server control unit for authenticating the user according to the user identification information to obtain a first result. The server control unit is provided for determining a usage permitted function according to the user identification information to obtain a second result, and for determining whether an apparatus corresponding to the apparatus identification information can be used according to user identification information and the apparatus identification information to obtain a third result. The communication unit is configured to transmit the first result, the second result, and the third result to the external device. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307287 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming devices connected in data communication with each other via a network. Each of the image forming devices includes a storage unit, an operational unit, and a controller. If one user logs into a first image forming device among the image forming devices, a controller of the first image forming device checks for the existence of a second image forming device into which the user has logged. If the controller of the first image forming device determines the second image forming device into which the user has logged, the controller transmits a logout instruction of the user to the second image forming device. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307288 | PRINTING USING A PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT DRIVER - In one or more embodiments, a print server can publish, to client devices, capabilities and configurations of one or more print devices utilizing a device-independent “personality.” Client devices can then use an associated device-independent print driver to select print job settings and record print job content for a particular print job, in a device-independent format, that is then to be sent to the print server. The print server can then process the device-independent format that describes the print job, and convert the print job into a print device-specific format that can be consumed by a particular specific print device. In at least some embodiments, the client device can cause a print job to be printed on a print device, via a print server, without downloading, utilizing or otherwise accessing a print driver that is specific to the print device. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307289 | PRINTER IDENTIFICATION USING CUSTOM SOUNDS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates use of a printing system. The system includes a print server and a printer. The print server may identify a custom sound associated with a user of the printing system and provide the custom sound to the printer. The printer may then generate the custom sound to facilitate identification of the printer by the user. For example, the printer may generate the custom sound during receipt of a print job by the printer, completion of the print job, a job error associated with the print job, and/or use of the printing system by the user. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307290 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD - An image transmission apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires image data and an identifier for identifying a transmission destination, a first transmission unit that transmits the image data to a transmission destination identified by the identifier, a receiving unit that receives a stop instruction for stopping the transmission while the first transmission unit is transmitting the image data, and a processing unit that when a transmission request of the image data is received from a host apparatus, performs stop processing for stopping the transmission when the receiving unit receives the stop instruction and performs stop prevention processing for preventing the stop processing from being performed or the stop instruction from being received when the transmission request of the image data is received from an external apparatus. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307291 | CONFIGURATION OF PRINT JOBS BASED ON PRINTER STATE - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that performs a print job. During operation, the system obtains a printing context for the print job, including a content type associated with the print job. Next, the system obtains a current state of a printer. The system then automatically sets one or more job options for the print job based on the printing context and the current state of the printer, wherein the one or more job options include a media size a border size and/or a media type. Finally, the system sends the print job to the printer. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307292 | PROXY SERVER TRANSMITTING IMAGE DATA TO OUTPUTTING DEVICE - In a proxy device, the processor functions as a requesting unit, and a sending unit. When the receiving unit receives, from the terminal device, reservation data including reservation instruction data that instructs making a reservation to output the image by the outputting device and first outputting-device identification data for identifying the outputting device, and the receiving unit receives, from the outputting device identified by the first outputting-device identification data, first request data that requests image data, the requesting unit transmits, to the terminal device, second request data requesting one of the image data and acquiring data for acquiring the image data. When the receiving unit receives one of the image data and the acquiring data from the terminal device, the sending unit sends one of the image data received from the terminal device and image data acquired based on the acquiring data, to the outputting device. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307293 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print relay server relays print data generated by a print server to an image forming device. The print relay server includes a relay virtual printer that instructs the corresponding image forming device to print out print data and a functional relay virtual printer that has a function for realizing a specified print service not provided by the print server. The functional relay virtual printer acquires print data from the print server which has generated print data in response to a print request from a client, and instructs an image forming device, which executes a process for realizing the specified print service, to print out print data via the relay virtual printer. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307294 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a web application of a server apparatus to respond to a browser of a client apparatus and provides a print service to the client apparatus by controlling first and second data processing apparatuses in charge of the print service. The server apparatus requests the first data processing apparatus to store the document information in response determining that an edition service is registered to document information acquired from the browser. The second data processing apparatus applies layout adjustment processing to the document information to obtain a layout adjustment having a reduced number of pages value. The second data processing apparatus additionally compares the reduced number of pages value and a threshold value to determine whether reduced page printing is to be performed. If reduced page printing is not to be performed, the first data processing apparatus is instructed to delete a result of stored layout adjustment processing. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307295 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print control program has a target printer designating step of designating a target printer for printing, a target printer determining step of determining capabilities of the target printer, and a language converting step of converting the page description language into another page description language depending on capabilities of the target printer. A rule creation unit creates a repetition rule corresponding to a repetition element and a rule application unit creates a repetition structure for configuration information using the repetition rule. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307296 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention is directed to preventing a user from losing sight of a parameter that the user is currently set. To solve the problem, there is provided an information processing apparatus or a display control method for, when detecting that a node in a structure display area is selected by a user's operation, specifying a tab of setting associated with the selected node via a management unit and displaying the tab in a detailed setting display area, and when detecting that a tab in the detailed setting display area is selected by a user's operation, specifying a node associated with the selected tab, via a management unit and displaying the node in a selected state in the structure display area. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307297 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM WHICH FORMS AN IMAGE BY RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR PROCESSING FOR PRINT DATA, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image forming system configured to execute RIP processing for print data not subjected to the RIP processing so as to produce image data, and to form an image based on the image data, includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses which are coupled in tandem, and each of which is assigned to form an image on one of regions of an recording sheet, wherein the plurality of image forming apparatuses include first and second image forming apparatuses, the first image forming apparatus is configured to execute the RIP processing for the print data so as to produce the image data, and the second image forming apparatus is configured to supply the image data produced by the RIP processing in the first image forming apparatus to each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses in synchronization with a timing of image formation in each of plurality of image forming apparatuses. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307298 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTER AND PRINT REQUEST CONTROL SERVER - A printing system includes: a given wireless terminal having a print request unit that sends a print request including an identifier and a print target, the wireless terminal being identified by the identifier; a print request control server having a print request receiving unit that receives the print request and a print information sending unit that sends print information corresponding to the print target in association with the identifier; and a printer having a wireless terminal detecting unit that detects the identifier of the given wireless terminal, a print information receiving unit that receives the print information corresponding to the detected identifier from the print request control server, and a print control unit that controls the printing based on the print information. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307299 | IMAGE INPUT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image input system that is capable of applying to the cloud computing system and of reducing user's load in selecting an image input apparatus used. An information processing apparatus communicates with a server via the Internet and a wireless communication network. A first image input apparatus is directly connected to the information processing apparatus. Second image input apparatuses are connected to the information processing apparatus via a local network. The server transmits a search message for searching an image input apparatus to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus determines whether the first image input apparatus is usable in response to reception of the search message from the server, and selects the first image input apparatus without searching for the second image input apparatuses and notifies the server of the selection when it is determined that the first image input apparatus is usable. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307300 | IMAGE INPUT SYSTEM, SERVER IN SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image input system capable of applying to a system using a cloud computing and of selecting the optimal transmission route. The image input system comprises a server, an information processing apparatus that communicates with the server via the Internet, and image input apparatuses communicate with the information processing apparatus via a local network and communicate with the server via the Internet. The server acquires the transmission capacity information of the image input apparatuses searched, selects a first route that directly transmit to the server or a second route that transmit to the server via the image processing apparatus based on the transmission capacity information, and transmits a job message to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus transmits the job message to the image input apparatus selected. Each of the image input apparatuses generates the image information and transmits it to the server. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307301 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH PRINT JOB DISPLAY PROGRAM AND PRINT JOB DISPLAY APPARATUS - The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of the present invention is a computer readable recording medium stored with a print job display program, and this program causes a computer to execute the steps of: (a) identifying a print job designating variable printing; and (b) displaying, on a display screen in a list, information related to the print job, to which information related to a plurality of sub-jobs obtained by classifying the information of the identified print job based on predetermined classification information is attached as lower layer information, with information related to a print job not designating variable printing. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307302 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A connection recognition section for recognizing that the unit is mounted and/or the external device is connected and a control section for managing the unit and/or external device and managing the job are provided, wherein the control section responds to the recognition results from the connection recognition section, and checks to determine whether the unit is mounted or dismounted and/or external device is connected or disconnected. When jobs are being created, it is possible to create any inexecutable job under the current apparatus configuration on the assumption that the not yet mounted unit and/or not yet connected external device being managed is used. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307303 | PRINTING APPARATUS, WEB SERVER, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH PROGRAM FOR WEB SERVER - A printing apparatus for conducting direct printing from a client computer via a web browser, having a storage unit | 2012-12-06 |
20120307304 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON-SITE PRINTING OF CUSTOM ARTICLES - This invention relates to the on-site creation of custom articles. Systems and methods of the invention are provided for receiving personalized artwork such as digitally-input freehand drawings and printing the artwork on-site and substantially immediately onto articles of apparel, merchandise, and the like. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307305 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PRINT DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES THAT ARE NOT NATIVELY SUPPORTED BY THE PRINTER - A system for printing comprising a plurality of local printer applications operating on a processor, each configured to render a single associated file type for printing. A print through server application operating on the processor and configured to transmit a print job to an external processor for rendering. A system manager operating on the processor and configured to transmit a file to one of the plurality of local printer applications if the file has a file type that is identical to the file type associated with one of the local printer applications, and to transmit the file to the print through server application if the file type of the file does not match any of the file types for the local printer applications. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307306 | SERVER APPARATUS THAT ENABLES EASY USE OF IMAGE INPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUSES, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An arrangement for enabling a user to easily use an image input apparatus. A server apparatus capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus creates a list of image input apparatuses found through a search by the information processing apparatus, and provides the list to the same. The server apparatus provides script information including information for configuring operation settings of an image input apparatus selected from the provided list, to the information processing apparatus, and transmits a job message to the same, for causing the image input apparatus to operate according to the operation settings, in order to cause the information processing apparatus to transfer the job message to the image input apparatus. Image data input by the operation of the image input apparatus according to the job message is acquired via the information processing apparatus, and is stored in the server apparatus. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROCESSING WIRELESS PRINTING BASED ON WIRELESS LAN - Provided are a wireless printing system and method based on wireless Local Area Network (LAN). A method of requesting a wireless printing, includes: requesting a printer that exists in a wireless LAN to perform a print job; and communicating with the printer according to a standard of the wireless LAN in order to transmit data regarding the print job to the printer. The method provides wireless direct printing suitable for a wireless LAN environment. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307308 | AUTOMATED IMPOSITION FOR PRINT JOBS WITH EXCEPTION PAGES - Print jobs can be processed to produce printed documents. In industrial printing operations, printers operate on large sheets that are then folded, cut, and stacked. Individual pages are imposed onto the large sheets such that they end up in the correct place after stacking. Exception pages are pages that, for any of a variety of reasons, require special handling and thereby slow, possibly stop, the printing process. Automatically flattening print jobs before imposition and resolving media type definitions after imposition can remove the need for special handling and thereby increase printing efficiency. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307309 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, INFORMATION FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes a first storage unit that stores identification information and storage information with the identification information mapped to the storage information, the identification information identifying a user, the storage information indicating a storage location where image data corresponding to the identification information is stored, an identifying unit that, in response to the identification information input by the user, identifies the storage location indicated by the storage information stored on the first storage unit with the identification information mapped thereto, a retrieval unit that retrieves, from the storage location identified by the identifying unit, the image data corresponding to the identification information, and an image forming unit that forms an image responsive to the image data retrieved by the retrieval unit. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307310 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DATA MANAGEMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - While one print job is in process, a determination is made whether reusable data reusable by another print job is under access control. If the reusable data is determined to be under access control, the reusable data is stored such that it is not reusable by another print job. If the reusable data is determined not to be under access control, the reusable data is stored such that it is reusable by another print job, and an image formed using the stored reusable data. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307311 | Image copying method and device - The disclosure discloses an image copying method, which includes the steps of: copying, an image to be copied, to a destination address line by line, in the case of the image to be copied having a width of one pixel; copying, the image to be copied, to the destination address by a number of bytes according to a size of the image to be copied, in the case of the image to be copied not having a width of one pixel. The image copying method can save the image copying time and deduce the Central Processing Unit (CPU) occupation rate. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307312 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A generation unit is configured to generate a black color material data and the plurality of pieces of chromatic color material data, for a color positioned at a surface of a dark portion in a color gamut that can be reproduced using a black color material and the plurality of chromatic color materials, in such a way as to arrange dots of the black color material and respective dots of the plurality of chromatic color materials exclusively on a recording medium and set a rate of the arranged dots of the black color material to be greater as the color positioned at the surface is closer to black. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307313 | Threshold Matrix Generating Method, Image Data Generating Method, Image Data Generating Apparatus, Image Recording Apparatus And Recording Medium - In a matrix area, a plurality of linear areas each of which extends in a tilt direction tilted relatively to row and column directions are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the tilt direction without spaces, and the plurality of linear areas are alternatively assigned to first and second element groups along an arrangement direction. One element is specified in each element group, and subsequently a process of specifying an element farthest from the specified elements is repeated, to acquire a turn-on order of dots with increase in gray level in one grayscale range and a turn-off order of dots with decrease in gray level in the remaining grayscale range, and a threshold value of each element is determined according to these orders. Thus, generated is a threshold matrix capable of reducing graininess in a halftone image with directionality in the tilt direction, and improving the reproduction of thin lines and characters. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307314 | SHEET SORTING DEVICE AND SHEET SORTING METHOD - According to an embodiment, a first discharging unit and a second discharging unit discharge a sheet. A first conveying path extends from a scanning unit to the first discharging unit. A second conveying path branches off from the first conveying path at a branch point of the first conveying path and extends to the second discharging unit. A conveying member discharges the sheet to the first discharging unit when a discharging destination of the sheet is the first discharging unit, and the conveying member makes part of the sheet project from the first conveying path to the first discharging unit, locates an upstream tip end of the sheet in a sheet conveying direction, at a position downstream in the sheet conveying direction from the branch point, and conveys the sheet to switchback to the second conveying path, when the discharging destination of the sheet is the second discharging unit. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307315 | Multi-Recipient Facsimile Communications - The present specification discloses a fax machine with routines for generating more than one cover sheet for a single fax job, where the cover sheets are different. The cover sheets are generated by providing a display which includes a first recipient input area for identifying a first recipient and a second recipient input area for identifying a second recipient and a first comment input area for inputting a first comment associated with the first recipient and a second comment input area for inputting a second comment associated with the second recipient. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307316 | AUTONOMOUS PORTABLE SCANNERS - Battery-powered portable scanner, comprising: a scanning unit for scanning documents and forming digital representations thereof; a processor, communicatively connected to the scanning unit and provided for controlling the scanning operation; at least a first embedded storage capabilities, each of which is communicatively connected to the processor and each of which comprises either an internal memory for internally storing the digital representations or a communication link to an external storage medium for externally storing the digital representations. The processor is provided for enabling autonomous operation without connection to a terminal. The processor may be provided with an embedded routing application which is provided for routing the digital representations to a predetermined selection among the embedded storage capabilities. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307317 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a light source device, a reader, a plurality of strip-shaped density reference members, and a shading corrector. The plurality of strip-shaped density reference members that extend along main scanning direction. The plurality of strip-shaped density reference members are separately disposed in at least three positions including an upstream end portion, a center portion, and a downstream end portion in the moving direction of the sub scanning direction within a readable area of the reader. The shading corrector is configured to calculate shading correction data using density distribution data obtained by reading the plurality of strip-shaped density reference members with the reader and correct image data of the printed document on a pixel to pixel basis, based on the shading correction data. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307318 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS - A document reading apparatus includes a document positioning plate on which a document is placed, an image-forming unit configured to cause a light from the document to form an image, a reading unit configured to receive the light from the document which has passed through the image-forming unit, a supporting member for supporting the image-forming unit, a fixing member for fixing a reading element, and a frame member for holding the image-forming unit, the supporting member, the reading element and the fixing member. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307319 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - The image reading apparatus includes an LED, a light guiding body, and a photoelectric conversion element. The light guiding body has a plurality of prisms for diffusing light. The plurality of prisms includes: at least one first prism that is disposed on an incident surface side in the main scanning direction; and at least one second prism that is disposed on an opposite end side to the incident surface side in the main scanning direction. In the first prism, an angle of a prism incident plane with respect to the main scanning direction is greater than an angle of a prism anti-incident plane with respect to the main scanning direction. In the second prism, an angle of a prism incident plane with respect to the main scanning direction is smaller than an angle of a prism anti-incident plane with respect to the main scanning direction. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307320 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Image forming apparatus that forms an electrostatic latent image on a surface of a photosensitive member with a laser beam, including a generation unit configured to generate a high-speed clock and a low-speed clock mutually different in frequency, a scanning unit configured to perform scanning of the laser beam in a main scanning direction based on the low-speed clock, a detection unit configured to detect the laser beam during a scanning operation performed by the scanning unit, a first shift register unit configured to receive a detection signal from the detection unit according to the high-speed clock, and an output unit configured to receive a parallel output of the first shift register unit in synchronization with the low-speed clock and to output detection timing of the laser beam as a detection signal synchronized with the low-speed clock and a value corresponding to a shift number defined by the high-speed clock. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307321 | IMAGE READER - An image reader is provided, which includes a first light emitting unit emitting light toward a first side of a document sheet in a predetermined reading area, a second light emitting unit emitting light toward a second side of the document sheet in the predetermined reading area, a first light receiving unit receiving light emitted by the first light emitting unit and reflected by the document sheet and light emitted by the second light emitting unit and transmitted through the document sheet, and a controller that controls the first light emitting unit to emit light of a first color, controls the second light emitting unit to emit light of a second color, the first and second colors being mutually complementary colors, and controls the first light receiving unit to output read image data of the document sheet based on a light receiving result of the first light receiving unit. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307322 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An apparatus is provided capable of guiding regular reflected light from a reading surface to a reflecting mirror when light is irradiated from two directions from light sources to the reading surface, and is suitable to read a gloss image. The light sources for irradiating light to the reading surface from the two directions of different angles are configured of a first light emitter and a second light emitter, a mirror reflecting surface for specularly reflecting light and a translucent surface for passing light therethrough being formed on the surface of a reflecting member for deflecting light from the reading surface to a predetermined reading light path direction, the first light emitter being arranged between the platen and the platen side surface of the reflecting member, the second light emitter being arranged at the back surface of the reflecting member so as to irradiate light on the reading surface through the translucent surface. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307323 | IMAGING SYSTEM, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE FOR THE IMAGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE FOR THE IMAGING SYSTEM - Certain embodiments provide an imaging system including a light guiding member supported on a circuit substrate so as to be capable of lighting an object, an optical image-forming member and a solid-state imaging device. The optical image-forming member is arranged on the circuit substrate so as to have an optical axis thereof parallel to the circuit substrate, is arranged on the circuit substrate so as to be able to receive reflected light from the object, emits the reflected light in an oblique direction with respect to a surface of the circuit substrate, and forms an image at a predetermined distance position. The solid-state imaging device includes a light receiving surface that is oblique with respect to the circuit substrate surface, and is mounted on the surface of the circuit substrate so as to have the receiving surface positioned at a position where the image is formed. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307324 | COMPACT MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SCANNING APPARATUS WITH RETRACTABLE FLATBED SCANNER - A compact multi-functional scanning apparatus includes a sheet-fed scanner, a casing and a flatbed scanner. The casing is attached to the sheet-fed scanner and has a recess. The flatbed scanner is movable between a retracted position within the recess and a deployed position outside the recess. In the deployed position the flatbed scanner is enabled to perform a flatbed-scanning task. An open end of the recess is located on a lateral side of the casing, and the flatbed scanner is movable into and out of the recess through the open end. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307325 | IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING PIXEL VALUE FOR PIXEL CORRESPONDING TO POSITION OF ROD LENS ARRAY JOINT - An image scanning device has an image sensor including a plurality of arrayed light receiving elements; a light source for shining light upon a scanning object; a lens unit for guiding reflected light from a scanning object to the image sensor and having a plurality of rod lens arrays, in which a plurality of rod lenses are arrayed, joined together; and a correction unit for generating image data based on the output values from the light receiving elements of the image sensor and correcting the pixel values of pixels in the image data corresponding to a position of a joint section between rod lens arrays so that the pixel values become darker. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307326 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHASE CONTRAST ENHANCED MULTIPLEXING OF IMAGES - A volume holographic imaging system, apparatus, and/or method enables the projection of a two-dimensional (2D) slice of a four-dimensional (4D) probing object A 4D probing source object is illuminated to emit or scatter an optical field A holographic element having one or more recorded holograms receives and diffracts the optical field into a diffracted plane beam having spectral information A 4-ftelecentπc relay system includes a pupil filter on the relayed conjugate plane of the volume hologram and images the pupil of the volume hologram onto the front focal plane of the collector lens A collector lens focuses the diffracted plane beam to a 2D slice of the 4D probing source object The focused 2D slice is projected onto a 2D imaging plane The holographic element may have multiple multiplexed holograms that are arranged to diffract light from the corresponding slice of the 4D probing source object. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307327 | DELAYED OPTICAL LOGIC GATES FOR BOOLEAN ALGEBRA - A system, method, and apparatus for delayed optical logic gates based on slow light and enhanced nondegenerate four-wave mixing processes, where a single or multiple delayed optical routers are utilized for dark resonance interactions in which two-color lasers interact with a three-level nonlinear optical medium comprised of two ground states and one excited state through the nondegenerate four-wave mixing processes. The delayed optical logic mechanism is based on combination of single or multiple dark resonance-induced two-photon coherence conversion via slow light phenomenon. The two-photon coherence induced on the ground states is optically detected via nondegenerate four-wave mixing processes. The nondegenerate four-wave mixing generation is enhanced owing to dark resonance or electromagnetically induced transparency. The delayed optical logic gates have potential to keep up ultra-high-bandwidth optical information processing using relatively slow electronic processing devices. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307328 | AFOCAL BEAM RELAY - An afocal beam relay has first and second primary concave reflective surfaces and first and second secondary convex toroidal reflective surfaces. The centers of curvature of each of the first and second primary reflective surfaces and first and second secondary reflective surfaces lie on an axis. The first and second secondary convex reflective surfaces face toward the first and second primary concave reflective surfaces and are disposed to relay a decentered entrance pupil to a decentered exit pupil. An aspheric corrector element is disposed in the path of an input beam of light that is directed by the primary and secondary surfaces to the decentered entrance pupil. The directed beam of light between the first and second secondary convex mirrors is collimated in one direction and focused in mid air in an orthogonal direction. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307329 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - An optical scanning device is provided, which includes a casing including a supporting wall supporting a deflector, a first reflecting mirror supporting portion and a second reflecting mirror supporting portion that are opposed to each other across the deflector and extend from the supporting wall and a reinforcing wall configured to extend from the supporting wall, between the deflector and first and second light source units, so as to connect the first reflecting mirror supporting portion with the second reflecting mirror supporting portion, the reinforcing wall including a first through-hole configured such that a first laser beam emitted by the first light source unit toward the deflector and the second laser beam emitted by the second light source unit toward the deflector pass therethrough. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307330 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY - An embodiment of the disclosed technology discloses an electrowetting display, comprising a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to and under the first substrate, a plurality of separation walls, a first fluid, and a second fluid, wherein the plurality of separation walls are disposed in grid on the second substrate to define a plurality of pixel units, and the first fluid is filled in the spaces of the grid formed by adjacent separation walls, the first fluid is opaque and does not mix with the second fluid, the second fluid is transparent, has conductivity or polarity, and is filled between the first fluid and the first substrate; and wherein a colored layer is disposed for each pixel unit, and the colored layer has at least one predetermined color and is between the first fluid and the second substrate. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307331 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a display device, including: a sealing member including an opening and surrounding a space defined by a pair of light transmissive substrates; an end seal for closing the opening of the sealing member to form an encapsulation space; oil filled in the encapsulation space; a spacer for maintaining an interval between the pair of light transmissive substrates; a shutter; a drive portion arranged in the oil, for mechanically driving the shutter; and a wall portion formed on at least one of opposed surfaces of the pair of light transmissive substrates. The wall portion includes apart arranged at a position interrupting a shortest path between the opening of the sealing member and a display region. The wall portion is made of a material forming the spacer, the shutter, and the drive portion. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307332 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes an aperture substrate including a plurality of openings arranged in a matrix form and a plurality of shutter parts that are arranged between a first substrate and a second substrate correspondingly to the openings. The plurality of shutter parts move in a horizontal direction relative to the aperture substrate so as to control an amount of light emitted from the plurality of openings. Also, the display device includes a liquid holding wall configured to hold a liquid between the first substrate and the second substrate and is arranged to surround a display area including the plurality of shutter parts, and includes at least one bubble holding part configured to hold a bubble that is generated in the liquid and is guided to the at least one bubble holding part. The at least one bubble holding part is provided as a part of the liquid holding wall. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307333 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A MEMS substrate is formed from a transparent substrate and a movable type shutter arranged on each pixel of a surface of the transparent substrate. An AP substrate includes another substrate and a light blocking film arranged on the other transparent substrate formed with an aperture corresponding to each shutter. A plurality of supporting columns is formed on a surface of the transparent substrate of the MEMS substrate. A plurality of cylindrical contact holes having the same inner diameter as an outer diameter of each supporting column are formed at a position corresponding to one part of the supporting columns. Both substrates are arranged with a certain interval so that each shutter and an aperture oppose each other, thereby a tip end of corresponding supporting columns is inserted into each contact hole and in this way, both substrate are mutually positioned. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307334 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - In a movable shutter-system display device, a movable shutter includes an amorphous silicon film material which has a low residual stress and thus is stable. A display device includes a display panel comprising a first substrate and a second substrate. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels; each of the plurality of pixels includes a movable shutter including amorphous silicon and a driving circuit for driving the movable shutter; and the amorphous silicon included in the movable shutter is formed of at least two amorphous silicon films, and where any two amorphous silicon films adjacent to each other among the at least two amorphous silicon films are a first amorphous silicon film and a second amorphous silicon film stacked on the first amorphous silicon film, the first amorphous silicon film and the second amorphous silicon film have different characteristic values. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307335 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device according to the present invention includes a plurality of pixels provided on a substrate; a first insulating film provided on the substrate; a second insulating film provided on the first insulating film in contact with at least a part thereof and formed of a different material from that of the first insulating film; a plurality of MEMS shutters provided on the second insulating film respectively in correspondence with the plurality of pixels, the plurality of MEMS shutters having a third insulating film formed on side surfaces thereof; and a plurality of terminals for supplying a potential to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, the plurality of terminals receiving the potential through openings formed in the first insulating film and the second insulating film, the openings being formed on the plurality of terminals. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307336 | Programmable Optical Label - The present invention is a programmable and latching retro-reflective construct suitable for use as an optical label in an optical labeling system. The invention contains retro-reflective structures such as lens beads, corner cubes or other retro-reflecting type structures. The retro-reflective construct further comprises a wavelength selective, programmable and latching reflecting structure located at the reflecting surfaces of the retro-reflective structures. The optical construct can optionally contain additional optical filtering structures. Methods for fabricating the invention are also described. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307337 | SWITCHABLE AUTOMOTIVE GLAZING - A window glazing ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120307338 | ELECTROACTIVE MATERIAL - An electroactive material, in the form of a self-supported layer, comprising: a matrix, which maintains the mechanical strength of the electroactive material; and an electroactive system, which is inserted in the matrix and comprises an electroactive organic compound (ea | 2012-12-06 |
20120307339 | ELECTROCHROMIC MATERIALS AND ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are novel electrochromic materials. The electrochromic materials produce various colors and have bistability to achieve red-green-blue full colors. Therefore, the electrochromic materials can be used in a variety of electrochromic devices. Also disclosed herein are electrochromic devices fabricated using the electrochromic materials. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307340 | TRANSPARENT ELECTROCHROMIC SYSTEMS WITH A PLURALITY OF POLARISATION ELECTRODES - The invention relates to transparent electrochromic systems which each include one pair of supply electrodes and at least one pair of polarisation electrodes. The polarisation electrodes prevent a reaction of mutual neutralisation of the electroactive substances of the systems from causing unnecessary consumption of electric current. Said electrodes also prevent a neutralisation reaction from limiting a lower value of light transmission of the systems. For this purpose, the polarisation electrodes produce an electric field inside the systems, which attracts the electroactive substances that have already reacted with the supply electrodes to different areas. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307341 | Smart Window Using Organic-Metallic Hybrid Polymer, Method of Producing Smart Window, and Smart Window System - There is provided a smart window having a configuration in which an organic-metallic hybrid polymer and an electrolyte are sandwiched between two sheets of ITO glass;
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20120307342 | MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MEMS WITH THIN-FILM ANTI-REFLECTIVE LAYERS - In accordance with the teachings of one embodiment of this disclosure, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a support structure outwardly from a substrate. The support structure has a first thickness and a first outer sidewall surface that is not parallel with the substrate. The first outer sidewall surface has a first minimum refractive index. A first anti-reflective layer is formed outwardly from the support structure and outwardly from the substrate. A second anti-reflective layer is formed outwardly from the first anti-reflective layer. The first and second anti-reflective layers each includes respective compounds of at least two elements selected from the group consisting of: silicon; nitrogen; and oxygen. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307343 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - Disclosed herein is an electrophoretic display, which includes a first substrate, an electrophoretic layer, a second substrate, a stress controlling layer and an adhesive layer. The first substrate includes at least one active device and at least one pixel electrode electrically coupled to the active device. The electrophoretic layer is disposed above the pixel electrode. The second substrate is disposed above the electrophoretic layer. The stress controlling layer is formed on a lower surface of the second substrate. The adhesive layer is disposed between the surface stressed layer and the electrophoretic layer, and is in contact with the stress controlling layer and the electrophoretic layer. The adhesion between the stress controlling layer and the adhesive layer is about 75% to 125% of the adhesion between the electrophoretic layer and the adhesive layer. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307344 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAYING METHOD - The disclosed technology is related to an electronic paper display and a displaying method. The electronic paper display device comprises an upper substrate with a first conductive layer formed thereon, a lower substrate with a second conductive layer formed thereon, and an electronic ink layer disposed between the first conductive layer of the upper substrate and the second conductive layer of the lower substrate and comprising microcapsules arranged therein. A fluorescent material is further disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and in the region between the upper substrate and the lower substrate where it is capable of receiving irradiation of ambient light. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307345 | MICRO-CUP SUBSTRATE PREPARATION METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE THEREOF - Disclosed in an embodiment of the present disclosure is a preparation method of a micro-cup substrate and a display device thereof, involving the electrophoretic display field, simplifying the process and reducing the cost. The micro-cup substrate preparation method comprises assembling together a bottom substrate and a surface-hydrophilized cover to form a substrate cell; pouring into the substrate cell a solution dissolved with UV-polymerizable monomer(s) and photoinitiator; UV-irradiating the substrate cell through a patterned photomask plate to allow the UV polymerizable monomer(s) in the translucent region to be subject to UV cross-linking polymerization, thereby enabling the bottom substrate to form a micro-cup substrate with a micro-cup structure, and removing the cover and the solvent to obtain the micro-cup substrate. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307346 | COLOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - The present invention is directed to a color display device wherein each of the display cells is filled with an electrophoretic fluid comprising two types of charged pigment particles dispersed in a colored medium. Multiple colors of high quality may be achieved by the present invention. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307347 | COLORED FLUIDS FOR ELECTROWETTING, ELECTROFLUIDIC, AND ELECTROPHORETIC TECHNOLOGIES - Colored fluids for electrowetting, electrofluidic, and electrophoretic chromatophore devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, the colored fluid includes at least one solvent and at least one oligomeric and/or polymeric dye in the solvent. The oligomeric dye has at least one chromophore attached to one or more oligomeric chains, and the polymeric dye has at least one chromophore attached to one or more oligomeric and/or polymeric chains. The dye also has a molecular weight from 400 to 100,000, solubility in the solvent of at least 5% wt at 25° C., and a dynamic viscosity from 0.5 cPs to 2,000 cPs at 25° C. The solvent may be polar or non-polar each having specific properties defined. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307348 | LIGHT CONTROL FILM - Disclosed is a light control film comprising: two of transparent conductive resin substrates each having a transparent conductive layer and a transparent resin substrate; and a light control layer interposed between the two transparent conductive resin substrates to be in contact with the transparent conductive layer sides, the light control layer containing: a resin matrix; and a light control suspension dispersed in the resin matrix, wherein the transparent conductive layer contains: an organic binder resin; and conductive particles dispersed in the organic binder resin, the mass ratio of the organic binder resin and the conductive particles is 50/50 to 10/90, and the entirety or a portion of the organic binder resin is composed of (meth)acrylate containing a hydroxyl group. The present invention can provide a light control film having excellent radio wave transparency and having satisfactory adhesiveness between the light control layer and the transparent conductive layer. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307349 | Speckle Reduction Using Multiple Starting Wavelengths - A method and apparatus for despeckling light that includes combining a first starting wavelength, stimulated Raman scattering light from the first starting wavelength, a second starting wavelength, and stimulated Raman scattering light from the second starting wavelength. The method and apparatus may include a first laser with a first infrared wavelength of 1047 nm and a second laser with a second infrared wavelength of 1053 nm. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307350 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, WAVELENGTH CONVERSION METHOD, PHASE MATCHING METHOD, AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A wavelength conversion element is provided as one including a monocrystalline nonlinear optical crystal. The nonlinear optical crystal has: a plurality of first regions having a polarity direction along a predetermined direction; a plurality of second regions having a polarity direction opposite to the predetermined direction; an entrance face into which a fundamental incident wave having a wavelength λ and a frequency ω is incident in a direction substantially perpendicular to the predetermined direction; and an exit face from which a second harmonic with a frequency 2ω generated in the crystal emerges. The plurality of first and second regions are formed as alternately arranged in a period substantially equal to d expressed by a predetermined expression, between the entrance face and the exit face. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307351 | RAMAN AMPLIFIER AND RAMAN AMPLIFIER ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A pumping unit supplies pumping light to a fiber connecting medium; a light monitoring unit detects light power of multiple-wavelength light; and a control unit controls the pumping light based on light power detected by the light monitoring unit and connecting medium information indicating optical characteristics in the connecting medium. The connecting medium information includes information indicating a fiber type of the fiber connecting medium, information indicating a length of the fiber connecting medium, an average fiber loss coefficient of the fiber connecting medium and an intra-station loss value. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307352 | Energy-Efficient Smart Window System - Energy-efficient windows incorporating spectrally selective optical elements capable of providing desirable optical characteristics (transmission, reflection, refraction or diffraction) for different wavelengths are disclosed herein. More specifically, energy-efficient windows incorporating suitably designed diffraction gratings to optimize the efficiency of the utilization of different spectral components of the solar radiation are disclosed. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307353 | DURABLE MgO-MgF2 COMPOSITE FILM FOR INFRARED ANTI-REFLECTION COATINGS - This disclosure is directed to an optic having a composited MgO—MgF | 2012-12-06 |
20120307354 | RETRACTABLE BEAM SPLITTER FOR MICROSCOPE - Systems and methods are provided for illuminating a surface to be observed microscopically using a retractable beamsplitter. The retractable beamsplitter allows the use of coaxial illumination when the beamsplitter is positioned in the operator's line of sight. The retractable beamsplitter allows the use of non-coaxial illumination without reducing the amount of illumination that reaches the operator when the beamsplitter is retracted from the operator's line of sight. As a result a single system can be used effectively to provide various types of illumination. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307355 | MICROSCOPE SLIDE HEATING AND MOUNTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR - The invention comprises a slide preparation apparatus and method of operation therefor for aiding in microscope slide preparation. The slide preparation apparatus includes an inclined plane surface configured to support a microscope slide assembly at an angle that ergonomically facilitates delivery of a fluid sample to an upper edge of a cover slip of the microscope slide assembly, which allows gravity to aid fluid delivery a microscope slide. Preferably, the slide preparation apparatus is heated and/or temperature controlled to reduce viscosity of the sampled fluid, which enables the fluid to flow between the microscope slide and the cover slip. | 2012-12-06 |
20120307356 | Technique for Telescope Polar Alignment - A polar scope for a telescope mount includes a reticle having a pattern with multiple markings that allows users to accurately position pole stars for precise polar alignment. A system and mount may be provided including a polar scope of this kind. The polar scope may be provided with a controller that calculates the apparent position of a pole star, while accounting for errors, such as proper motion, precession of the earth's axis, and/or atmospheric refraction. | 2012-12-06 |