52nd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120327416 | TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED SPECTROMETER - The invention relates to a spectrometer comprising a hollow main optical body having at least one light channel, a light source, a diffraction grating having a grating central point, a light inlet opening, and a detector unit, which are arranged in such a way that the focal curve of the spectrometer satisfies the back focus equation. In order to create a spectrometer having sufficient spectral resolution from a low-price, light, and easy-to-process material, which spectrometer is able to operate in a large temperature interval even without thermostatic control, according to the invention the light inlet opening is arranged on a compensation body, the compensation body is arranged in the light channel and fastened to the main optical body between the light source and the diffraction grating, and the compensation body is dimensioned in such a way that the compensation body changes the distance between the light inlet opening and the grating central point when the main optical body thermally expands. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327417 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND DETECTION DEVICE - An optical device includes a group of projections projecting from a conductor surface of a substrate, and arranged along a first direction at a pitch Px, a dielectric layer covering the conductor surface and the group of projections, and a metal nanostructure having metal nanoparticles each having a size d of the order of nanometers arranged on the dielectric layer along the first direction, assuming that the wavelength of irradiation light is λ, λ>Px>d is fulfilled, and assuming that a maximum value of an arrangement pitch between two of the metal nanoparticles adjacent to each other in the first direction is Qx, Px>Qx is fulfilled. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327418 | DETECTION METHOD FOR INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTION AND DETECTION DEVICE THEREOF - In order to calculate and specify a valley wavelength easily and in a short period of time, a detection device for intermolecular interaction is disclosed that is equipped with a detector provided with a ligand, a white light source that irradiates the detector with white light, a spectrometer that detects the light reflected from the detector, and a control device that controls the white-light source and the spectrometer, wherein the aforementioned control device obtains a reflection spectrum by calculating the reflectivity over a fixed wavelength interval, approximates the aforementioned reflection spectrum as a high-dimensional function, selects a wavelength interval comprising the minimum reflectivity from the aforementioned high-dimensional function, approximates the aforementioned high-dimensional function with the aforementioned wavelength interval as a quadratic function of a lower order, and obtains a solution by which the aforementioned quadratic function is differentiated with respect to the wavelength and the value thereof becomes 0. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327419 | OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE AND INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE - An information acquiring device has a light source which emits light of a predetermined wavelength band; a projection optical system which projects the light emitted from the light source toward the target area with a predetermined dot pattern; and a light receiving element which receives reflected light reflected on the target area for outputting a signal. In this arrangement, the projection optical system projects the light toward the target area in such a manner that a dot of a reference pattern of the light to be received by the light receiving element has a pitch equal to or larger than 2.5 pixels at least in an alignment direction in which the light source and the light receiving element are aligned. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327420 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF Z-SCAN PHOTOREFLECTANCE CHARACTERIZATION - A method of z-scan photo-reflectance characterization of semiconductor structures and apparatus for same has been developed. The method and apparatus provides the ability to independently measure electro-refractive and electro-absorptive nonlinearities that occur in conventional photo-reflectance signals. By performing a series of photo-reflectance measurements, each containing photo-modulated nonlinear optical signals, with the sample at a multiplicity of positions along the focal length of the probe light column, and with an aperture fixtured in the reflected probe path, precision characterization of both electro-refractive and electro-absorptive nonlinearities is attained. The Z-scan photo-reflectance method and apparatus characterizes spatial distortions of a coherent photo-reflectance probe light beam due to electro-refractive and electro-absorptive effects. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327421 | MICRO-MACHINED IMAGING INTERFEROMETER - A micro-machined optical measuring device including: a set of photosensitive detector elements situated on a given face of a first support; a second support, assembled to the first support, forming a prism and including a first face through which a visible radiation is intended to penetrate and a second face, forming a non-zero angle θ with the first face and a non-zero angle α with the given face of the first support, the second face being semi-reflective, the first support and the second support being positioned such that an interferometric cavity is made between the second face and the given face, the distance between the given face of the first support and the second face of the second support varying regularly. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327422 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL INTEGRATED DEVICE AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL INTEGRATED DEVICE - Provided is a semiconductor optical integrated device, formed by arranging a light emitting element and a light detecting element in a plane of the same substrate, each formed by laminating layers which at least include a first clad layer of a first conductive type, an active layer and a second clad layer of a second conductive type on a substrate, wherein the active layer has a structure where a second active area of a conductive type and an undoped first active area are laminated, and the second active area has the same conductive type as that of the first or second clad layer laminated in the closest position to the second active area. This device suppresses heat generation due to increased operating current and unnecessary light generation at an operation of the light emitting element, and enhancing light absorption efficiency at the an operation of the light emitting element. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327423 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - An optical coherence tomography (OCT) apparatus includes: a light source; an OCT optical system including: a first light splitter which splits light emitted from the light source into measurement and reference lights, a second light splitter which splits the measurement light into first and second beams, an optical delay path to generate an optical path length difference between the first and second beams, a scan optical system which scans the respective beams on an object to be examined in a transverse direction, a reference optical system, and a detector which receives a spectrum of composite light in which reflected lights of the first and second beams from the object, and the reference light from the reference optical system are combined; and an arithmetic controller which processes an interference signal output from the detector to obtain first and second tomographic images formed respectively by the first and second beams. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327424 | DOUBLE PASS INTERFEROMETER WITH TILTED MIRRORS - An interferometer of the present invention includes a PBS | 2012-12-27 |
20120327425 | GRAZING INCIDENCE INTERFEROMETER - A grazing incidence interferometer includes a light source, a light beam divider configured to divide original light coming from the light source, an illuminator configured to apply measurement light to a measurement subject, a light beam combining module configured to combine the measurement light reflected from the measurement subject with reference light, and a photodetector configure to detect a combined light beam. The grazing incidence interferometer includes an interferometer main body, a stage configured to hold the measurement subject, a moving mechanism capable of moving the interferometer main body along the measurement subject, and an auxiliary reflector disposed on an extension of an axis of movement of the interferometer main body, an auxiliary light beam separator configured to separate auxiliary light from the original light and to apply the auxiliary light to the auxiliary reflector, and an auxiliary photodetector configured to detect the auxiliary light reflected by the auxiliary reflector. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327426 | INFLATABLE MEMBRANE HAVING NON-UNIFORM INFLATION CHARACTERISTIC - Various improvements to inflatable membranes are disclosed. These improvements include techniques for advantageously controlling the inflation of a membrane within a cavity, such as a human ear canal. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327427 | INFLATABLE MEMBRANE WITH HAZARD MITIGATION - Various improvements to inflatable membranes are disclosed. These improvements include, among other things, features on the membrane that can mitigate hazards such as bubble formation or frictional damage during inflation of the membrane. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327428 | Wafer Orientation Sensor - A wafer orientation sensor includes a laser source, a laser detector, and an evaluator. The laser source is configured to emit a laser beam in a direction of a wafer in an evaluation region of the wafer orientation sensor so that the laser beam is reflected at a main surface of the wafer resulting in a reflected laser beam. The laser detector is configured to receive the reflected laser beam at least when the wafer is within a tolerance range regarding the orientation of the wafer. The evaluator is configured to receive a beam reception information from the laser detector and to determine an orientation information based on the beam reception information. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327429 | Displacement Measurement Method and Apparatus Thereof, Stage Apparatus, and Probe Microscope - A displacement measurement method, an apparatus thereof, and a probe microscope. which enable stable measure an amount of displacement and a moving distance of an object under measurement with an accuracy of the sub-nanometer order or below without being affected by disturbances such as fluctuations of air and mechanical vibration. A pulsed beam is split into two; one beam is reflected by an object under measurement and then inputted to a delay optical path equivalent to one pulse period; and the other beam is sent through the same delay optical path in the opposite direction up to the object under measurement with a delay of one pulse period, and then reflected by the object under measurement. An optical phase variation caused by the movement of the object under measurement is obtained by subjecting the two pulsed beams to interference. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327430 | MEASURING METHOD OF 3D IMAGE DEPTH AND A SYSTEM FOR MEASURING 3D IMAGE DEPTH USING BOUNDARY INHERITANCE BASED HIERARCHICAL ORTHOGONAL CODING - A method of decoding hierarchically orthogonal structured light and a 3-D depth measurement system using the same include a step of detecting boundary lines encoded at an identical position between layers and a boundary line inheritance step of converting the detected boundary lines into identical boundary lines. The present invention relates to a method of precisely searching for the boundary line of a pattern of radiated structured light based on the real coordinate system of an image plane, and an object thereof is to search for a boundary line irrespective of the reflection of a surface of an object, clearly classify a true boundary line and a false boundary line in a poor radiance environment, and increase the accuracy of a boundary line placed in another layer through inheritance. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327431 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing apparatus for subjecting objects to rendering processing, it is determined whether edges overlap at the same starting position where the objects are overlaid. If it is determined that the edges overlap, then the overlapping edges are eliminated. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327432 | PRINT CONTROLLING APPARATUS HAVING A DIRECT PRINT FUNCTION - A print controlling apparatus is provided having a direct print function for receiving and printing an electronic document on a printing region of a record medium. The apparatus includes a first obtaining section for obtaining page size information indicating the page size of the received electronic document, a second obtaining section for obtaining medium size information indicating the medium size of the record medium, a comparing and judging section for judging whether the page size information matches with the medium size information upon comparing the page size information with the medium size information, and a controlling section for generating inside region printing data corresponding to the printing region from inside region image data corresponding to the printing region of the recording medium among the received image data where the page size information matches with the medium size information, for preventing the electronic document from being unnecessarily reduced. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327433 | METHOD OF DESIGNING A COLOR CHART - A method of characterizing an imaging system is described includes printing a color chart having a plurality of predetermined color patches; measuring the color patches to obtain colorimetric data; initializing a Neugebauer model with the Neugebauer solids of said colorimetric data; optimizing the global parameters of the Neugebauer model; optimizing the parameters associated with Demichel terms based on the Neugebauer primary associated with the Demichel term; optimizing parameters that vary with device coordinates; and creating a characterization file for the imaging system. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327434 | SPOT COLOR RENDERING VIA FEEDBACK-BASED MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION - What is disclosed is a feedback control based system and method for selecting spot color recipes for improved spot color rendition while simultaneously minimizing a function of image quality attributes formed with states defined as vectors such as L*, a*, b*, mottle, graininess, etc. Color is measured with an in-line spectrophotometer or with a full/partial width array. If the sensor is not available, then a model of the print device is used to optimize the function of image quality attributes. In one example embodiment, a spot color of interest is selected along with a set of image quality attributes to be improved for the spot colors of interest. Set points for process actuators and color recipes of the color marking device are adjusted such that a function of the image quality attributes is minimized when the spot color is rendered on the device. Various workflows are disclosed. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327435 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: a specific color designation receiving unit to receive a designation of a specific color; an image forming unit to form an image of a patch for measuring the specific color designated via the specific color designation receiving unit; a measurement unit to measure a color in the image of the patch for measuring the specific color; and a control unit which is configured to control the specific color designation receiving unit, the image forming unit and the measurement unit, wherein the control unit judges whether a color shift between the designated specific color and the color in the image of the patch for measuring the specific color is within an acceptable range. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327436 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND HOST DATA GENERATING DEVICE - An image processing device includes an image data generator generating static part data, image data of static part common to plural pages, and variable part data for each page, image data of variable part varying for each page, at specified resolution based on variable printing data, a static part data storage unit storing static part data, and a data merge unit combining static part data stored in the static part data storage unit and variable part data, and the image data generator generates, when the amount of the static part data at specified resolution exceeds the capacity of the static part data storage unit, static part data having at least part of resolution changed from the specified resolution so that the data amount does not exceed the capacity of the static part data storage unit and causes the static part data storage unit to store the generated static part data. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327437 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus is provided which associates specific folders, which are set for specific setting items, with a specific file, and performs operations on the specific file according to the settings of the specific folders. The image forming apparatus includes an associating unit that associates a file having setting on its own file with one of the specific folders, and a setting contents substituting unit that substitutes setting contents of the specific folder with setting contents of the own file. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327438 | Apparatus For and Method Of, Forming Parenthesized Image; Apparatus For and Method Of, Forming Externally Framed Image; Program; and Memory Medium - Outline font data showing the original outside shape having a single closed curve made up of a parenthesized outside shape portion of the parenthesized image and a connecting line portion to connect both open ends is stored. The height and line width are determined. Based on the above data, a first-size solidly shaded image is formed having the determined height and is entirely filled inside the original outside shape thereof with effective pixels of logic “1.” A second-size solidly shaded image is formed of a second size which is smaller by the line width than the first-size solidly shaded image, along the parenthesized outside shape portion. Non-equivalence operation is performed with corresponding pixels by displacing the first-size solidly shaded image and the second-size solidly shaded image by the line width along the parenthesized outside shape portion. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327439 | METHOD FOR SELECTING INTERPRETERS FOR PDF DIRECT PRINTING - A method implemented in a printer for PDF direct printing. The printer includes a PDF interpreter such as APPE (Adobe PDF Print Engine), and at least one other interpreter also capable of interpreting PDF data, such as a PostScript interpreter. The printer automatically selects either APPE or the PS interpreter or both to interpret a PDF document. If the PDF document is PDF/VT, PDF/X-4 or later, then APPE is selected. If the PDF document is not one of these versions but contains transparency data, APPE is selected to interpret the pages containing transparency data, and the other pages may be interpreted using the PS interpreter. If the PDF document is not one of the above versions and contains no transparency data, the PS interpreter is selected. Other factors such as the busy status of the interpreters may be considered in making the selection. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327440 | PROGRAM EXECUTING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A program executing apparatus, includes : a nonvolatile memory that stores a program for activating an equipment and a variable used in the program and sustains the stored program and the variable even though power is not supplied, the program and the variable being able to be read out and written into the nonvolatile memory; and an executing unit that transmits the program and the variable to the nonvolatile memory when the activation of the equipment is instructed at an initial status where the program and the variable are not stored in the nonvolatile memory, and successively executes the program using the variable stored in the nonvolatile memory, and, when the activation of the equipment is re-instructed, executes the program using the variable stored in the nonvolatile memory. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327441 | SCANNERS THAT DISPLAY SETTING SCREENS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEMS COMPRISING SUCH SCANNERS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SUCH SCANNERS - A scanner includes a scanning device, a display, and a control device. The scanning device scans a document, The control device obtains at least one of specification information and status information corresponding to a connection-target device. The specification information may comprise information identifying available functions of the connection-target device. The status information may comprise information indicating a current status of the connection-target device. The control device controls the display to display a setting screen for a scanning and printing process, in which the scanning device scans an image on a document and sends image data corresponding to the image on the document to the connection-target device for printing, when the connection-target device is a printer. The control device determines available options for setting items displayed on the setting screen for the scanning and printing process, based on the obtained at least one of the specification information and the status information. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327442 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - Upon generation of a prescribed condition in an image forming apparatus, when a download request of configuration data associated with that condition is sent to a configuration data management apparatus, the requested configuration data of those managed by the configuration data management apparatus are downloaded to the image forming apparatus. Then, the image forming apparatus uses the configuration data downloaded from the configuration data management apparatus as those associated with the condition. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327443 | TERMINAL DEVICE CAPABLE OF REMOTELY OPERATING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THEREIN COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM EXECUTED BY TERMINAL DEVICE, AND REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM INCLUDING TERMINAL DEVICE - An image forming apparatus is configured to output image data including a content to be displayed on an operation panel to a terminal device. The terminal device includes a display unit, a determination unit for determining whether a plurality of images can be displayed on the display unit based on first image data output from the image forming apparatus, a switching unit for issuing a switching command to switch the displayed content on the operation panel to the image forming apparatus in response to the determination that the plurality of images can be displayed, and for obtaining second image data different from the first image data subsequent to the switching command, the second image data being output from the image forming apparatus; and a controller for displaying the first image data and the second image data on the display unit. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327444 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: an image forming unit to form an image on a paper in an image forming position; a transportation path to transport the paper to the image forming position; an acquisition unit arranged upstream of the image forming position in a paper transportation direction and to acquire a shift amount from an edge reference position to an edge of the paper in a paper width direction perpendicular to the paper transportation direction; a pair of resist rollers arranged upstream of the acquisition unit in the paper transportation direction and capable of swinging in the paper width direction; and a control unit configured to determine an instruction value based on a paper state and the shift amount before the pair of resist rollers moves, and to move the pair of resist rollers in accordance with the instruction value in the paper width direction. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327445 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing method includes acquiring an installed driver set, displaying an input screen for inputting a character string thereto, creating a new driver set by editing the acquired driver set based on the character string input to the input screen, and replacing the installed driver set with the new driver set created by the creating step. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327446 | SETTING VALUE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SETTING VALUE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A management apparatus comprises: a holding unit that holds configuration data defined for respective models of a plurality of image forming apparatuses or respective image forming apparatuses; a determination unit that determines whether a value defined in configuration data of a first image forming apparatus exceeds a range settable for a function of a second image forming apparatus; and a generation unit that, when the determination unit determines that the value defined in the acquired configuration data of the first image forming apparatus exceeds the settable range, newly generates configuration data to implement an operation to be executed based on the value defined in the configuration data of the first image forming apparatus by combining at least one other function executable by the second image forming apparatus. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327447 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus operates in modes including a normal mode and a power saving mode less in power consumption than the normal mode. The image forming apparatus includes an operation unit for receiving an instruction from a user. The operation unit has an operation region into which a prescribed instruction from the user is input. The image forming apparatus includes a first detection unit disposed corresponding to the operation region for detecting an input into the operation region from the user in the normal mode, and a second detection unit for detecting a human body located near the operation region in the power saving mode. The second detection unit is disposed on a substrate on which the first detection unit is disposed. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327448 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that executes printing based on a print job, and a detector that detects occurrence and removal of an error in the printing apparatus. When removal of an error is detected, the printing unit continues a paused state of the print job paused by the error. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327449 | PRINTING APPARATUS COMPRISING SERIES-MODELS SUPPORTING FIRMWARE AND SERIES-MODELS SUPPORTING METHOD - A printing apparatus to perform a printing operation by driving hardware provided thereto according to a printing command received from a user, including a firmware unit to store function information of a plurality of models of the printing apparatus, and selectively perform the function of one of the plurality of models which corresponds to a model index designated as the printing apparatus is initialized. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327450 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SECURING AND AUTHENTICATING DOCUMENTS - A method for securing a document, includes:
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20120327451 | Method of Transforming an Imaging Machine - An electronic circuit for use with a consumable imaging unit comprises information configured to transform the electronic circuit from a communicated state to a non communicated state, and also transform information in an imaging machine. Additionally, the information of the circuit is configured to alter an identifier of the circuit. The information of the circuit is also configured to point an imaging machine to communicate with a second element of the circuit after the information determines that a first element of the circuit has been altered from its original state. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327452 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND MONITORING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a control unit to perform control and a communication control unit to operate as a normal mode for transmitting and receiving information concerning the information processing apparatus. At a time of startup of the information processing apparatus, the control unit executes a plurality of processing, and writes information indicating that processing has been completed each time processing is completed. At the time of startup, an operation mode of the communication control unit is shifted to a monitoring mode wherein the communication control unit monitors occurrence of abnormality based on presence/absence of information indicating that processing has been completed. In response to abnormality having occurred, the communication control unit outputs occurrence of the abnormality. In response to certain information being written into the predetermined storage area, the operation mode of the communication control unit is shifted to the normal mode from the monitoring mode. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327453 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - This invention provides an image processing apparatus which can be connected to an information processing apparatus via a communication unit and a control method for the apparatus. The apparatus registers identification information of the information processing apparatus in association with authentication information for authenticating a user. The apparatus acquires, upon reception of a job from the information processing apparatus via the communication unit, the identification information of the information processing apparatus which has transmitted the job and determines whether or not the acquired identification information is registered. The apparatus authenticates the user by using the authentication information registered in association with the identification information when determining that the identification information is registered. The apparatus executes the job when the authentication succeeds. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327454 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - State information about whether a printing apparatus can store print data for confidential printing is acquired. When the print data can be stored, secure information and print data are transmitted, and when the print data cannot be stored, the print data is transmitted after performing authentication based on the secure information. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327455 | Self-Transforming Imaging Cartridge Chip - An electronic circuit for use with a consumable imaging unit comprises information configured to transform said electronic circuit from a communicated state to a non communicated state. Additionally, the information of the circuit is configured to alter an identifier of the circuit. The information of the circuit is also configured to point an imaging machine to communicate with a second element of the circuit after the information determines that a first element of the circuit has been altered from its original state. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327456 | WORKGROUP MANAGEMENT OF CATEGORIZED PRINT JOBS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for managing categorized workgroup print jobs. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for workgroup management of categorized print jobs includes receiving from an end user a print job designated for printing in a workgroup printer and determining from the print job whether the print job is should or should not be printed based on its categorization. It additionally can be determined whether or not printing the print job on behalf of the end user encroaches within a threshold value of a remaining allocation of printing resources established for the end user. Finally, in response to determining both that the print job is within a specific category and also that the printing of the print job on behalf of the end user encroaches within the threshold value of the remaining allocation of printing resources established for the end user, further processing of the print job can be restricted. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327457 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes plural server devices, a transmission device, and an image forming device. The transmission device includes a first memory, a selection unit, and a transmission unit. The first memory stores priorities assigned to the server devices. The selection unit selects an available server device having the highest priority. The transmission unit transmits user identification information and associated image data to the selected server device. Each server device includes a storage location for storing the transmitted identification information and image data. The image forming device includes a second memory, an acquisition unit, and an image forming unit. The second memory stores server information. Upon receipt of user identification information, the acquisition unit acquires image data associated with the user identification information from the storage location in the server device identified by the server information. The image forming unit forms an image corresponding to the acquired image data. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327458 | OPERATION DEVICE, HUMAN DETECTING DEVICE AND CONTROLLING DEVICE - An operation device includes a first condition in which the operation device consumes a first amount of electric power; a second condition in which the operation device consumes a second amount of electric power; a first detecting unit, to which electric power is supplied in the second condition, having a first detection range and detecting a person in the first detection range; a second detecting unit having a second detection range and detecting the person in the second detection range; a transmitting section that transmits, when the person is detected by the first detecting unit in the second condition, the electric power required for the second detecting unit to detect the person to the second detecting unit; and an instructing section that instructs, when the person is detected by the second detecting unit, the operation device to change a condition from the second condition to the first condition. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327459 | Method of processing a print job within a printing system, a printing system, and a program - The present invention is generally related to a method of processing a print job within a printing system. The device status of each printer within the network is collected and used for a determination of the energy consumption of the print job. The results of the energy consumption are displayed to a user and the user may designate the most energy efficient printer for printing the print job. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327460 | PRINT CONTROL SOFTWARE PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus for controlling printing of a printing apparatus has a user interface, a graphics unit, and a print information storing unit to store generated print information before transmitting the generated print information to the printing apparatus. When generating the print information, the graphics unit generates job identification information for identifying the printing operation settable based on the input printout conditions and a print information generation instruction. The graphics unit correlates the generated job identification information and the generated print information. The user interface generates job identification information for the printing operation, obtains the print information correlated with the generated job identification information, and activates a print information use unit for presenting information, related to the printing operation, to the user. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327461 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus receives print data from a client PC and analyzes a hierarchical structure relating to an item indicating a delimiter of a document included in the received print data. The image forming apparatus determines an insertion point at which an index sheet is inserted into a printed matter of the print data based on the results of analysis of the hierarchical structure. Then, the image forming apparatus inserts the index sheet into the printed matter at the determined insertion point and outputs the resulting printed matter. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327462 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD - Instead of receiving all pieces of job information accumulated in a server, some pieces of job information are acquired in addition to a total number of pieces of job information, and pieces of job information which can be displayed on one screen, and the latest information is acquired from the server as a scroll operation is performed. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327463 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus according to this invention stores history information of a printed job, displays a list of jobs to be reprinted based on the stored job history information, and reprints a job selected from the displayed list of jobs to be reprinted. The printing apparatus restricts reprinting based on history information of a job using data obtained from a file server on a network. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327464 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA ERASURE MANAGING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus comprises: a first storing unit which stores a job; a performing unit which performs the job stored in the first storing unit; an erasing unit which performs overwriting erasure of the job performed by the performing unit; a first recording unit which records first time information indicating a time when the performance of the job by the performing unit is completed, for each job; a second recording unit which records second time information indicating a time when the overwriting erasure of the job stored in the first storing unit is completed by the erasing unit; and a predicting unit which predicts, for each job, whether or not the erasure of the job was completed, based on the first time information and the second time information. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327465 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - The invention acquires a destination corresponding to a group to which an authenticated user belongs by searching a user management unit configured to manage a plurality of destinations respectively corresponding to a plurality of users and information of a group to which each of the plurality of users belongs, and sets to transmit data to the acquired destination. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327466 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS HAVING IPFAX FUNCTION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus that accurately measure a time period T | 2012-12-27 |
20120327467 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING CAPABLE OF ENHANCING USABILITY OF IMAGE DATA - An image processing apparatus includes a generator, a storage, an image data format converter, and a sender. The generator generates print image data for printing an image, based on image data sent from an external device. The storage stores the print image data. The image data format converter converts the print image data into image data in a format handled by an external device. The sender sends the converted image data via an IP (internet protocol) network to the external device. The image data format converter performs one of color space conversion, expansion, compression, resolution conversion, filtering, halftone processing, density gamma conversion, and noise removal in accordance with parameters determined based on at least one of property information of the print image data and property information requested by the external device. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327468 | Image Forming Apparatus with Reduced Start-Up Time - A disclosed image forming apparatus forming a visible image on a recording medium includes: a functional element required for an image forming operation; a first control unit controlling the functional element; an input unit inputting an external instruction; and a second control unit communicating with the first control unit about information on the image, performing a process in accordance with the instruction input via the input unit, and outputting a return signal for starting the functional element required for performing the process in accordance with the instruction. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327469 | Medium Processing Apparatus and Controlling Method of the Same - A receiver configured to receive a first command that contains a predetermined code string and a second command that does not contain the predetermined code string from a host computer. A first command analyzer configured to analyze and process only the first command received by the receiver. A buffer configured to temporarily store at least the second command received by the receiver. A second command analyzer configured to analyze and process the second command stored by the buffer. A sound generator configured to generate a sound when the first command analyzer analyzes the first command and determines that the first command includes a sound generating command. The first command analyzer analyzes the first command before the buffer temporarily stores the first command. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327470 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which is capable of executing a processing flow without changing the contents thereof even when the processing flow includes a process that cannot be executed by itself. When a processing flow includes an unexecutable process, the apparatus transmits a request for confirming whether or not the processing flow is executable, to other image processing apparatuses, and receives a response indicating that the processing flow is executable, from any of the other apparatuses. The apparatus determines a transfer destination of the processing flow from the other image processing apparatuses. The apparatus generate from the processing flow a first cooperation processing flow including executable processes and a second cooperation processing flow including at least one unexecutable process, and transfers the second cooperation processing flow to the determined transfer destination. The apparatus displays an execution button for executing the first cooperation processing flow. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327471 | METHOD FOR PRINTING INTERACTIVE PAGES - A method for printing an interactive page for a collection of interactive pages includes steps of storing, in a cartridge holding a volume of printing fluid, a seed for generating a range of identifiers; generating, from the seed, an identifier that is unique within the collection of interactive pages; printing the unique identifier on a page together with human visible markings representing the information to be presented on the page; and storing the unique identifier in association with a page description describing a layout of the printed page. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327472 | Device for rendering display output associated with printed content overlayed by the device - A device for interacting with printed content is disclosed. The device has an optical sensor for imaging an area of a printed substrate containing the printed content when the device is placed over the printed content. A touch-sensitive display screen is also provided for displaying display content. The device further has a processor for determining an identity of the printed substrate from output of the optical sensor and then retrieves display data based on the identity of the printed substrate. The processor also determines the position and orientation of the device relative to the printed substrate. Display content is rendered to the touch-sensitive display screen, with the display content being based on the retrieved display data, the position and orientation of the device relative to the printed substrate. User input is received from the touch-sensitive display screen when the user interacts with the display data. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327473 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STARTUP OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a startup file for determining an initialized state of a plurality of devices, and a storage unit configured to store a state of each device after initialization as a startup image. When a shutdown request is issued, the image forming apparatus compares the startup file of any device specified by the startup image with the stored corresponding startup file to determine whether the state is changed. In a case where it is determined that the state of the startup file is changed, the image forming apparatus deletes the startup image stored in the storage unit for the state. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327474 | PRINTING APPARATUS, DATA CONTROL METHOD THEREIN, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A printing apparatus prints based on print data in the first state if printing is executable in the first state, and prints based on the print data in the second state different from the first state if printing is not executable in the first state. When deleting print data which meets a predetermined condition, the printing apparatus specifies print data which meets the predetermined condition, among print data which has been printed in the first state. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327475 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - In a data processing apparatus of the present invention, a disk unit storing a disk is mounted on the apparatus such that the surface of the disk is parallel to the direction of a shock or an impact. This protects the disk unit and therefore the disk from the influence of shocks and impacts as far as possible. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327476 | GRAY BALANCE CALIBRATION IN AN IMAGE PRINTING SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method for gray balance calibration in an image printing system is provided. The method includes printing, using a print engine, a reference test pattern consisting essentially of black marking medium; sensing, using a sensor, the reference test pattern to obtain a reference image data, the reference image data being a function of the black marking medium; printing, using the print engine, a second test pattern comprising a combination of marking mediums of different colors, other than the color black, available on the image printing system to simulate the black marking medium; sensing, using the sensor, the second test pattern to obtain a second image data, the second image data being a function of the combination of marking mediums; and determining a difference between the reference image data and the second image data to obtain a correction offset for gray balance calibration in the image printing system. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327477 | METHOD OF CHARACTERIZING AN IMAGING SYSTEM - A method of characterizing an imaging system is described includes printing a color chart having a plurality of predetermined color patches; measuring the color patches to obtain colorimetric data; initializing a Neugebauer model with the Neugebauer solids of said colorimetric data; optimizing the global parameters of the Neugebauer model; optimizing the parameters associated with Demichel terms based on the Neugebauer primary associated with the Demichel term; optimizing parameters that vary with device coordinates; and creating a characterization file for the imaging system. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327478 | Replacing A Defective Colorant - A system and methods for modifying the values of halftoned image pixels to replace a defective colorant with at least one non-defective colorant. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327479 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A characteristic value calculator calculates characteristic values of a preset area set around a pixel of interest. A trapping determining unit determines, for each color plane of an N-valued image, on the basis of the calculated characteristic values, whether the pixel of interest is to be subjected to trapping processing. A pixel value calculator sets, for each color plane, a position of a reference pixel in a reference area, and calculates a pixel value for changing the pixel value of the pixel of interest on the basis of a pixel value of each color plane at the position of the reference pixel. A pixel-of-interest value changing unit changes the pixel value of the pixel of interest into the calculated pixel value when the trapping determining unit determines that the pixel of interest is to be subjected to trapping processing. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327480 | HALFTONE CORRECTION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE HALFTONE CORRECTION DEVICE AND METHOD - A halftone correction device for an image forming apparatus including an intermediate transfer belt and performing halftone processes includes: a correction unit that performs halftone correction for each of the halftone processes using correction tables corresponding to the halftone processes; a pattern generation unit that generates on the belt halftone patterns based on at least one of the halftone processes; a measurement unit that measures image densities of the generated halftone patterns; an estimation unit that estimates, from the image densities of the halftone patterns, image densities of halftone patterns corresponding to the other ones of the halftone processes, by applying a relational expression as an estimation equation to patches of the halftone patterns having an equal image area ratio; and a table generation unit that generates the correction tables using target values and the image densities of the halftone patterns of the halftone processes. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327481 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING MATERIAL - According to one embodiment, there is provided an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a medium. The image forming apparatus includes a first image forming material including a color material that is decolored at or above a first temperature, and that develops color at or below a second temperature lower than the first temperature, a second image forming material including a color material that is not decolored under heat, a heater that heats the medium to the first temperature or higher after an image is formed on the medium, and a controller that performs control to print an image on the medium using the second image forming material, and to print tracking information on the medium using the first image forming material. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327482 | IMAGE DATA DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image data distribution apparatus includes an image data separating unit configured to separate image data obtained through a series of document read operations into a plurality of pieces of image data according to a predetermined condition; and an image data distributing unit configured to determine a distribution destination for each of the separated pieces of image data and distribute the separated pieces of image data to the corresponding distribution destinations, respectively. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327483 | SCANNING TECHNOLOGY - Scanning technology, in which a lift-off signal is generated when an input apparatus is detected as being oriented in a position that is spaced apart from a scan target object. A predetermined threshold time is compared with a continuation time of the received lift-off signal and, when the continuation time of the lift-off signal does not meet the predetermined threshold time, a scanning operation being performed is continued. When the continuation time of the lift-off signal meets the predetermined threshold time, a scanning operation being performed is discontinued. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327484 | SCANNING TECHNOLOGY - Scanning technology related to editing a scan image A request to edit a scan image that was acquired through an input apparatus is received and an editing user interface area that includes an editing version of the scan image and at least one functional icon is displayed. After selection of the editing version of the scan image, user input is received moving the editing version of the scan image to a predetermined area of the editing user interface area that corresponds to a functional icon. The editing version of the scan image is converted into text data, a function associated with the functional icon is determined, and the converted text data is used in the determined function associated with the functional icon. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327485 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An image reading device and an image forming apparatus having the same that can increase a scan quality by mounting positions of units to read information recorded on a document and a mounting structure of a light shielding member. The image reading device may include a first reading unit to read image information recorded on a first surface of a document, a second reading unit disposed at a predetermined distance from the first reading unit along a document feeding direction to read image information recorded on a second surface of the document, and at least one light shielding member mounted between the first reading unit and the second reading unit along the document feeding direction. The light shielding member, which may include a document guide portion, may extend in a direction different from the document feeding direction such that one end portion is located in a document feeding path. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327486 | Method and Device of Document Scanning and Portable Electronic Device - The present invention discloses a document scanning method, a document scanning device and a portable electronic device. The document scanning method comprises capturing a plurality of images of a plurality of blocks of a document by an image capturing device; adjusting characteristics of the plurality of images according to distances between the image capturing device and the plurality of blocks when the image capturing device is capturing the plurality of images, to generate a plurality of adjusted images; determining a plurality of characteristic points of each of the plurality of adjusted images and a plurality of characteristic vectors corresponding to the plurality of characteristic points; and combining the plurality of adjusted images according to the plurality of characteristic vectors corresponding to the plurality of characteristic points of each of the plurality of adjusted images, to generate a scanning result of the document. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327487 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - A system in an embodiment includes an image forming apparatus, an erasing apparatus, a first apparatus, and a display unit. The image forming apparatus forms an image on a sheet using a decolorable color material. The erasing apparatus decolorizes an image. The first apparatus computes, from a reduction in the number of sheets achieved by a setting for image formation in the image forming apparatus, the amount of a reduction in environmental burdens achieved by use of the image forming apparatus and computes, from the number of sheets erased by the erasing apparatus, the amount of a reduction in environmental burdens achieved by use of the erasing apparatus. The display unit simultaneously displays the amount of the reduction in environmental burdens achieved by the image forming apparatus and the amount of the reduction in environmental burdens achieved by the erasing apparatus. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327488 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image forming apparatus of an embodiment includes an acquisition unit and a controller. The acquisition unit scans a sheet to acquire the color image of the sheet. The controller converts, using parameters stored in a storage unit, the color image acquired by the acquisition unit to a monochrome image with at least one specific color being darker than the other colors. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327489 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WAVELENGTH-CODED MULTI-FOCAL MICROSCOPY - 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-f telecentric 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. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327490 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHASE-CODED MULTI-PLANE MICROSCOPY - A volume holographic imaging system enables the projection of a two-dimensional (2D) slice of a four-dimensional (4D) object. The 4D 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. A phase mask is encoded in one or more multiplexed holographic gratings of the holographic element using a spatial filter. 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 a corresponding slice of the 4D probing source object to a non-overlapping region of the detector. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327491 | HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH MOTION SENSORS - A holographic display system with motion sensors is disclosed. In one embodiment, the holographic display system is a flat screen display having display screen and a holographic overlay positioned over the display screen. A plurality of sensors are embedded in the holographic overlay. Alternatively, the plurality of sensors may be attached to a substrate, which is positioned behind the display screen. In another embodiment, the holographic display system is a projection type display in which image beams are projected from an image projector onto a holographic screen. A plurality of sensors are located on the holographic screen. In yet another embodiment, a method for sensing a user's movement using a holographic display system with motion sensors is shown. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327492 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 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-f telecentric 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. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327493 | MIRROR DEVICE - In a biaxial mirror device where beams for connecting a first movable frame to a second movable frame and the second movable frame to a fixed frame pass a center of the mirror along an axis, an actuator for moving the second movable frame is composed of two first and second actuators and in a state that rotational angles of the movable frames are zero, the first actuator permits the second movable frame to start rotation and when it reaches a specific rotational angle, the second actuator permits the second movable frame to rotate, thus a large deflection angle is obtained even by the dissonance drive. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327494 | OPTICAL DEFLECTOR INCLUDING PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR ON SUPPORT BODY - In an optical deflector including a mirror, a support body, and a piezoelectric actuator connected to the support body for rocking the mirror with respect to an axis of the mirror, at least one piezoelectric sensor is provided on the support body to sense a rocking vibration of the mirror caused by the piezoelectric actuator. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327495 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL DEFLECTOR INCLUDING PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR ON MOVABLE FRAME - In a two-dimensional optical deflector including a mirror, a movable frame supporting the mirror, a first piezoelectric actuator connected between the movable frame and the mirror and adapted to rock the mirror with respect to a first axis of the mirror, a support body supporting the movable frame, and a second piezoelectric actuator connected between the support body and the movable frame and adapted to rock the mirror through the movable frame with respect to a second axis of the mirror, at least one piezoelectric sensor is provided on the movable frame and adapted to sense rocking vibrations of the mirror caused by the first and second piezoelectric actuators. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327496 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An optical element is disclosed. The optical element may include a container having a holding chamber, a polar or conductive first liquid filled in the holding chamber, a second liquid filled in the holding chamber and not mixing with the first liquid, first and second electrodes for applying an electric field to the first liquid, and voltage application means for applying voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327497 | PARAMETRIC REGENERATIVE OSCILLATORS BASED ON OPTO-ELECTRONIC FEEDBACK AND OPTICAL REGENERATION VIA NONLINEAR OPTICAL MIXING IN WHISPERING GALLERY MODE OPTICAL RESONATORS - Techniques and devices based on optical resonators made of nonlinear optical materials and nonlinear wave mixing to generate RF or microwave oscillations using an active opto-electronic loop. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327498 | DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - There are provided a display and an electronic unit capable of enhancing visibility. The display includes: a plurality of pixels each including a light-emission device, and having a light-transmission region in at least a part thereof; and one or more transmittance control devices capable of controlling a transmittance of incident light. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327499 | ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOW FABRICATION METHODS - Methods of manufacturing electrochromic windows are described. Insulated glass units (IGU's) are protected, e.g. during handling and shipping, by a protective bumper. The bumper can be custom made using IGU dimension data received from the IGU fabrication tool. The bumper may be made of environmentally friendly materials. Laser isolation configurations and related methods of patterning and/or configuring an electrochromic device on a substrate are described. Edge deletion is used to ensure a good seal between spacer and glass in an IGU and thus better protection of an electrochromic device sealed in the IGU. Configurations for protecting the electrochromic device edge in the primary seal and maximizing viewable area in an electrochromic pane of an IGU are also described. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327500 | DISPLAY - A display includes at least one electronically controllable pixel which has at least one color level which is formed by a flat container, the interior of which is connected to a color reservoir. The content of the color reservoir can be pressurized by electronic control of an actuating drive, which acts on a movable wall of the color reservoir in such a way that colorant liquid moves from the color reservoir into the color level, and, by reducing the pressure in the color reservoir, the colored liquid is transported back into the color reservoir and a transparent fluid moves into the color level. A wall of the color reservoir faces away from the color level and at least partially forms the movable wall. An actuator of the actuating drive causes the displacement of the movable wall and moves in a plane parallel to the plane of the color reservoir. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327501 | LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a laser processing system | 2012-12-27 |
20120327502 | TUNABLE METAMATERIALS AND RELATED DEVICES - A tunable metamaterial comprising a membrane on which is arranged a two-dimensional array of elements to form a metamaterial, wherein the array is subdivided into blocks of multiple elements, each block being separated from adjacent blocks by a gap to allow each block to be moveable relative to its adjacent blocks. The lattice of the metamaterial and hence its properties are tuned by inducing adjacent blocks to move away from each other or towards each other either in-plane or out-of-plane in a controllable manner in response to an electrical, thermal or optical control signal. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327503 | ILLUMINATION CONTROL - An optical system may include an objective, a source of illumination, an illumination system having illumination optics configured to direct the illumination onto the objective, and at least two dynamic optical array devices located at a pupil conjugate plane and a field conjugate plane, respectively in the illumination optics. The dynamic optical array devices are configured to control one or more properties of illumination coupled from the illumination system to the objective. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327504 | WHITE PARTICLE FOR DISPLAY, PARTICLE DISPERSION FOR DISPLAY, DISPLAY MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A white particle for display includes as a constituent element a polymer including at least one species selected from a biphenyl compound having one vinyl group and a biphenyl compound having two vinyl groups as a polymeric component. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327505 | METHOD OF PERFORMING TARGET RAMAN GAIN LOCKING AND RAMAN FIBER AMPLIFIER - An embodiment of the present invention discloses a method of performing target Raman gain locking and a Raman fiber amplifier. The Raman fiber amplifier comprises a coupler ( | 2012-12-27 |
20120327506 | OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIER AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An optical amplifier having two erbium doped fiber coils and a pump laser diode is described. A tunable optical power splitter is used for variably splitting the optical pump power for the laser diode between the two erbium doped fiber coils, and variable tilters can be used for correcting the gain tilt of the amplifier. The variable splitter and the tilters can include thermally tunable Mach-Zehnder interferometers. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327507 | LIGHT REDIRECTING FILM LAMINATE - Light management film constructions contain a first optical film having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The first major surface is a micro structured surface with asymmetrical structures. The asymmetrical structures form an ordered arrangement of a plurality of multi-sided refractive prisms, with the multi-sided refractive prisms having a cross section of 3 or greater sides. A second optical film contacts and is bonded to substantially all of the structures of the first major structured surface of the first optical film. The light management constructions can be incorporated into optical articles such as windows. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327508 | DEVICE FOR SHORT-DISTANCE PROJECTION AT A REASONABLY LARGE ANGLE WITH ZOOM AND FOCUSING - The invention proposes a short-distance front projection system, that is to say with a wide angle, occupying a small volume and offering a possibility of focusing as well a zoom function. It makes it possible to obtain images with a diagonal greater than 2 metres, the whole of the optical system being at least 50 cm from the plane of the image. This projector is constructed on the basis of three optical elements: an ocular, an afocal lens system and a final group forming an objective intended to form the intermediate image in front of the mirror. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327509 | MICROSCOPE - The present invention relates to a microscope of which visibility, controllability and operability can be improved. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327510 | POLARIZING PLATE HAVING PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE LAYER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a polarizing plate having pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, including a polarizer, a transparent protective film placed on at least one surface of the polarizer, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer placed on a surface of the transparent protective film on a side where the polarizer is not placed. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed from pressure-sensitive adhesive including acryl-based polymer including alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit and aromatic ring structure-containing (meth)acrylate monomer unit. The transparent protective film has an absolute value of photoelastic coefficient of 50×10 | 2012-12-27 |
20120327511 | OPTICAL FILM, METHOD OF PRODUCING OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY - Disclosed is an optical film having hardness and wipe-off resistance to solvents and capable of maintaining antistatic performance for a long period, and a method of producing the same. The optical film includes an optically-transparent substrate, and a hard coat layer having a thickness of 1 to 40 μm on one side of the optically-transparent substrate. The hard coat layer includes an ionic liquid containing a cation and an anion, and a region between a depth of 50 nm and a depth of 700 nm from an interface of the hard coat layer on a side opposite to an optically-transparent substrate side has a peak of an abundance of the ionic liquid present in an area from the interface to the depth of 700 nm in a thickness direction of the hard coat layer. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327512 | THIN HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLARIZING FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a thin high-performance polarizing film includes coating a polyvinyl alcohol type resin on a resin substrate having a thickness of at least 20 μm and then drying the resin to thereby form a polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer, immersing thus produced polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer in a dyeing solution including a dichroic material to thereby have the dichroic material impregnated in the polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer, stretching the polyvinyl alcohol type resin layer having the dichroic material impregnated therein together with the resin substrate in a boric acid solution such that a total stretching ratio of 5.0 or more of the original length is achieved. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327513 | LENS COVER MECHANISM FOR PROJECTOR - The present invention provides a sliding lens cover mechanism for a projector, which enables enhancement in operability and prevention of noise, and the sliding lens cover mechanism includes: a front panel that allows the projection lens to be exposed from a part thereof; a lens cover that moves over said front panel, from fully-open state in which the projection lens is exposed and a fully-closed state in which said lens cover covers the projection lens; and a slide device unit that biases the lens cover to move to a fully-open state or to a fully-closed state or to an intermediate state, wherein the lens cover includes a pin that protrudes toward the front panel; and wherein the front panel includes a slide plate that abuts against the pin only in the fully open state or in the fully closed state. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327514 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A diffractive optical element includes a first optical member, a second optical member, and a third optical member stacked on each other in this order. A diffractive surface including a plurality of raised parts is formed at an interface between the first and second optical members. The third optical member contacts at least one of the raised parts. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327515 | OPTICAL FILTER - An optical filter includes a substrate and a filter film attached on the substrate. The filter film has alternate layers of high reflective layers and low reflective layers to form a plurality of Fabry-Perot resonators. A basic optical thickness of the high reflective layers and the low reflective layers is one fourth a central wavelength (λ | 2012-12-27 |