01st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100002204 | Motion responsive devices and systems - The present disclosure relates to motion responsive devices and systems that may be configured for projection. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002205 | PRINTING APPARATUS, LENS SHEET, AND PRINTING METHOD - Provided is a printing apparatus for performing printing on a lens sheet on which a plurality of lenses is arranged with a longitudinal direction thereof in one direction, and a print image corresponding to a plurality of parallaxes is formed on one surface thereof. A test pattern configured to provide different visibility to a user's left and right eyes is formed on any portion of the lens sheet, with a longitudinal direction thereof in a direction crossing the one direction. The printing apparatus includes position correction amount-calculation means for calculating a position correction amount in order to form the print image on the lens sheet based on the visibility of the test pattern input by a user, and a print execution means for executing printing for the forming of the print image based on combined image data created from a plurality of original image data and the position correction amount so that the position correction amount is reflected in the print image. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002206 | EXPOSURE CONDITION DETERMINATION METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The situation of a liquid immersion region (LR) formed on the surface of a substrate (P) is detected while changing at least one of the movement condition of the substrate (P) and the liquid immersion condition when forming the liquid immersion region (LR), and an exposure condition is determined based on the detection results. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002207 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a projection system configured to project an image onto a substrate, a substrate table configured to support the substrate, a first chamber that at least partially surrounds the projection system, and a second chamber that at least partially surrounds the substrate table and a first frame. The apparatus includes a base frame configured to support the second chamber, and an intermediate frame coupled to the base frame. The intermediate frame is configured to separate the first chamber and the second chamber. The apparatus includes a support coupled to the first frame. The support is configured to support the first chamber through a coupled opening in the intermediate frame and the second chamber. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002208 | EXPOSURE METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method of exposing a substrate to light, including a measurement step of measuring position of a mark arranged on one of a substrate and a stage configured to hold the substrate and to move; a detection step of detecting a foreign particle on the mark based on a process performed in the measurement step; a removing step of removing the foreign particle on the mark in accordance with detection of the foreign particle in the detection step; a moving step of moving the stage based on the position of the mark measured in the measurement step; and an exposure step of exposing the substrate moved in the moving step to light. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002209 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus comprises an optical system configured to illuminate a reticle, including an imaging optical system having an optical element, a reflecting surface which reflects light toward the optical element, and a processor which extracts information from a first signal based on first light which is incident on the imaging optical system and reflected by the reflecting surface and a surface of the optical element, and information from a second signal based on second light which is incident on the imaging optical system, and which obtains information indicating a surface condition of the optical element using the information extracted from the first and second signals. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002210 | INTEGRATED INTERFERENCE-ASSISTED LITHOGRAPHY - A lithography scanner and track system is provided that includes an interference lithography system according to one embodiment. The scanner provides a first optical exposure of a wafer. The track system provides pre and post-processing functions on a wafer. The interference lithography system may be included within the scanner and may expose a wafer either before or after the first optical exposure. The interference lithography system may also be included within the track system as part of the pre or post processing. The first optical exposure may include optical photolithography. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002211 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A discharge produced plasma radiation source includes a laser beam pulse generator configured to provide a laser beam pulse to trigger a pinch in a plasma of the discharge produced plasma radiation source. The laser beam pulse generator is arranged to provide a laser beam pulse having an energy greater than an optimum laser beam pulse energy that corresponds to a maximum output of a given wavelength of radiation for a given discharge energy. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002212 | SCANNING EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An apparatus includes a control unit configured to control an exposure unit and a driving unit such that exposure of a first region of a substrate starts and ends while a substrate stage is accelerated in a first direction parallel to a scanning direction, an absolute value of maximum acceleration of the substrate stage during a deceleration period is greater than an absolute value during a first approach run period, and a distance by which the substrate stage moves during the first approach run period is approximately equal to a distance by which the substrate stage moves during the deceleration period. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002213 | PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM USING AN OPTICAL MICROSCOPE - A photolithography system using an optical microscope is provided that can form various types of selective patterns at a low cost in small-scale research using unit-size silicon substrates which is not targeted for mass production, without requiring an expensive photomask. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002214 | IN-DIE FOCUS MONITORING WITH BINARY MASK - Focus monitoring for a photolithographic applications is provided by illuminating a photoresist layer with a light beam transmitted through a first binary mask to define a circuit pattern on an underlying substrate and then illuminating the photoresist layer with an unbalanced off-axis light beam transmitted through a second binary mask. The second mask contains a shifting feature configuration in one portion, while another portion blocks light transmission to the chip design area of the photoresist. After development of the photoresist layer, the pattern formed by illumination of the second mask can be compared with a predefined reference feature on the photoresist layer to determine whether a shift, if any, is within acceptable focus limits. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002215 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An optical system is used in a detection unit of an exposure apparatus that projects an original pattern by exposure onto a substrate via a projection optical system. The detection unit detects a position of the substrate in the optical axis direction of the projection optical system. The optical system includes a first imaging optical system configured to form an object image in the measurement region of the substrate by oblique light incidence, and a second imaging optical system configured to focus the object image onto a light receiving unit. The following relationship is satisfied: | 2010-01-07 |
20100002216 | Optical Element, Lithographic Apparatus Including Such an Optical Element, Device Manufacturing Method, and Device Manufactured Thereby - Spectral purity of a radiation beam of a first wavelength may be improved by providing an optical element that includes a structure having at least first layer including a first material, which structure is configured to be substantially reflective for a radiation of the first wavelength and substantially transparent or absorptive for a radiation of a second wavelength, a second layer including a second material, the second layer being configured to be substantially reflective, absorptive or scattering for the radiation of the second wavelength, and vacuum between the first layer and the second layer, wherein the first layer is located upstream in the optical path of incoming radiation with respect to the second layer. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002217 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - The disclosure relates to an illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus. The illumination system can include a depolariser which in conjunction with a light mixing system disposed downstream in the light propagation direction at least partially causes effective depolarisation of polarised light impinging on the depolariser. The illumination system can also include a microlens array which is arranged upstream of the light mixing system in the light propagation direction. The microlens array can include a plurality of microlenses arranged with a periodicity. The depolariser can be configured so that a contribution afforded by interaction of the depolariser with the periodicity of the microlens array to a residual polarisation distribution occurring in a pupil plane arranged downstream of the microlens array in the light propagation direction has a maximum degree of polarisation of not more than 5%. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002218 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus for exposing a shot region on a substrate includes a stage configured to hold and move the substrate, a projection optical system configured to project light onto the substrate, a measuring unit configured to measure a position of a partial region of a surface of the substrate, and a control unit configured to cause the measuring unit to measure the position with respect to each of a plurality of measurement points of each of a plurality of shot regions on the substrate, to determine a global shape of the surface based on the measured position, to calculate a correction value with respect to each of the plurality of measurement points based on the determined global shape, and to move the stage based on a measurement value corrected using the correction value corresponding to each of the plurality of measurement points. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002219 | Illuminant distribution evaluation method, optical member manufacturing method, illumination optical device, exposure apparatus, and exposure method - There is disclosed an evaluation method for evaluating a one-dimensional illumination distribution using polynomials, the method comprising steps of: setting up, as the polynomials, one-dimensional power polynomials which are orthogonal in a closed interval; and approximating the one-dimensional illumination distribution with the power polynomials to obtain the coefficients of respective terms of the power polynomials. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002220 | LIGHT SHIELDING UNIT, VARIABLE SLIT APPARATUS, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A light shielding unit, which shields a part of an exposure light with a light shielding member, includes a sensor which detects displacement of the light shielding member, a driving device which drives the light shielding member based on a detection result obtained by the sensor, a case which accommodates the sensor and the driving device, and a bellows mechanism which gas-seals the case with respect to the light shielding member. When the illumination area of the illumination light is defined, it is possible to mitigate the influence of the foreign matters and/or the heat generated from the driving mechanism. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002221 | Systems and Methods for Minimizing Scattered Light in Multi-SLM Maskless Lithography - A lithography method is provided. The method includes generating a beam of radiation, patterning portions of the beam of radiation, projecting the patterned beam of radiation towards a substrate, and blocking scattered light from the beam of radiation from the substrate. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002222 | LIDAR WITH STREAK-TUBE IMAGING, INCLUDING HAZARD DETECTION IN MARINE APPLICATIONS; RELATED OPTICS - The system and method relate to detection of objects that are submerged, or partially submerged (e.g. floating), relative to a water surface. One aspect of the invention emits LIDAR fan-beam pulses and analyzes return-pulse portions to determine water-surface orientations and derive submerged-object images corrected for refractive distortion. Another defines simulated images of submerged objects as seen through waves in a water surface, prepares an algorithm for applying a three-dimensional image of the water surface in refractive correction of LIDAR imaging through waves—and also models application of the algorithm to the images, and finally specifies the LIDAR-system optics. Yet another emits nearly horizontal pulses to illuminate small exposed objects at tens of kilometers, detects reflected portions and images successive such portions with a streak-tube subsystem. Still others make special provisions for airborne objects. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002223 | EXTERNAL MICROCONTROLLER FOR LED LIGHTING FIXTURE, LED LIGHTING FIXTURE WITH INTERNAL CONTROLLER, AND LED LIGHTING SYSTEM - A detector ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002224 | Method and apparatus for detecting organic materials and objects from multispectral reflected light - The present invention is a method of determining the presence of keratin, particularly hard keratin, such as exists in mammalian hair and feathers, and objects comprising such materials. The method of the present invention also includes displaying information derived from such a determination, as well as a measurement method followed by transmission of data to a remote processing site for analysis or display. The invention also includes devices for carrying out the determination, display and/or transmission. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002225 | Methods and Apparatus for Maintaining Effective Operation of Apparatus for Candling Avian Eggs - Egg candling methods and apparatus are provided wherein the optical path between a light source and light detector is monitored for obscuring debris and/or malfunctions. A method of candling eggs includes illuminating an egg with light from a light source; receiving light passing through the egg at a light detector; generating an output signal that corresponds to light received at the light detector for the egg; and analyzing the output signal to determine whether the optical path between the light source and light detector has been altered. In response to determining that a respective optical path has been altered, the light source and/or light detector is cleaned and/or inspected for malfunctions. Cleaning the light source and/or light detector may include wiping a surface of the light source and/or light detector and/or spraying a surface of the light source and/or light detector with a fluid. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002226 | MEASURING BRILLOUIN BACKSCATTER FROM AN OPTICAL FIBRE USING A TRACKING SIGNAL - A method for measuring Brillouin backscattering from an optical fibre ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002227 | INSPECTION METHOD AND INSPECTION APPARATUS - The present invention provides an inspection apparatus and inspection method. The inspection apparatus includes a stage mechanism for supporting an object under inspection. A spatial filter is provided in the detection optical system to inspect the object. A printer is used to print the results of the spatial filter. The spatial filter can be provided in the form of a Fourier transformed image. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002228 | Method and Apparatus for Conducting Raman Spectroscopy - Disclosed herein are Raman probes that include: (a) a first optical fiber for receiving laser excitation light from a light source and transmitting the same; (b) a first filter for receiving light from the first optical fiber and adapted to pass the laser excitation light and to block spurious signals associated with the light; (c) a second filter for receiving light from the first filter and adapted to direct the light toward a specimen; and (d) focusing apparatus for receiving the light from the second filter, focusing the light on the specimen so as to generate the Raman signal, and returning the Raman signal to the second filter. The second filter is further configured so that when the second filter receives the Raman signal from the focusing apparatus, the second filter filters out unwanted laser excitation light before directing the Raman signal to a second optical fiber. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002229 | Light Scattering Detector - The invention concerns high sensitivity light scattering detection and its application to evaporative light scattering detection in liquid chromatography. The exemplary embodiment includes a detection cell to accept particles suspended in a gas stream and permit a polarized light beam to pass through a trajectory of the particles and gas stream. A sample light detector is disposed to detect light scattered in the detection cell. A light trap accepts the polarized beam after it passes through the detection cell. The light trap includes an elongated housing through which the polarized beam passes, and light absorptive material within the elongated housing. An absorptive filter is aligned such that the angle of incidence of the light beam upon the filter approximates Brewster's angle and the electric field vector of the beam is aligned with the plane of incidence between the beam and the filter. Other embodiments of the invention provide increased light collection. Embodiments of the invention include temperature-controlled entrance and exit ports that control particle trajectory. Embodiments of the invention include a reference cell disposed between a detection cell and a light trap, and the reference cell includes lensing and a spherical mirror to direct light toward a reference light detector. The reference light detector provides a reference signal that may be used with noise cancellation circuitry, operating in either voltage or current mode, to reduce light source noise in the sample signal. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002230 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LIGHT PROCEEDING BACKWARD WITH PLASMONIC DEVICE - An apparatus for measuring light proceeding backward to which a plasmonic device is applied is disclosed. A disclosed optical apparatus according to the present invention includes: a plasmonic device including a thin metal film having apertures having a nano-sized diameter, disposed close to an object, and generating a near field in front of the apertures; a polarization modulation unit for adjusting the polarized state of light entering through the apertures of the plasmonic device, and making the light reflecting the strength of the near field proceed backward through the nano-apertures of the plasmonic device, and a measuring unit detecting properties of the object from the light proceeding backward from the polarization modulation unit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002231 | OPTICAL SYSTEM OF ATOMIC OSCILLATOR AND ATOMIC OSCILLATOR - An optical system of an atomic oscillator that regulates an oscillation frequency by using an optical absorption property by one of a double resonance method utilizing light and micro waves and a coherent population trapping (CPT) method utilizing a quantum interference effect produced by two kinds of resonance light, includes: a light source emitting the resonance light; a gas cell disposed at an emitting side of the light source, sealing a gaseous metal atom therein and transmitting the resonance light through a metal atom gas; a light detecting unit detecting the transmitted light that is transmitted through the metal atom gas; and a fluorescence blocking unit blocking at least a part of fluorescence, which is emitted from the metal atom gas to the light detecting unit, and disposed between the metal atom gas and the light detecting unit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002232 | Inspection method of circuit substrate - An inspection method for a circuit substrate is disclosed, which inspects electrical properties of a circuit substrate having a multilayered structure, by controlling inspection environments so that dew forms on a surface of the circuit substrate and detecting change of states of the dew to thereby determining variation of a thermal capacity of a conductor with respect to defective contacts or vias, micro vias and a circuit pattern of an inner layer. According to this, the inspection can be performed with respect to a wide area simultaneously and therefore the inspection productivity can be improved. In addition, since the temperature of the conductive wire can be measured directly through change of the dew, the cost for the temperature measurement can be saved. Moreover, the cost for an area sensor to sense the temperature of a wide area may be reduced while improving the inspection speed. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002233 | IMAGING OF TURBID MEDIUM - The invention relates to imaging of a turbid medium, for example in connection with optical mammography. A device for imaging a turbid medium ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002234 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RAPID AND ACCURATE QUANTIFICATION OF AN UNKNOWN, COMPLEX MIX - An apparatus and method for rapidly and accurately identifying and quantifying analytes in a complex mixture is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an ultra-sensitive cavity-enhanced spectrometer coupled to data-collection and analysis devices. The method comprises the use of a database containing the absorption cross-sections of various analytes to numerically determine the composition of the sample. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002235 | LASER DIODE ARRANGEMENTS AND METHOD FOR GAS DETECTION - A gas detection laser diode device and gas detection unit including the gas detection laser diode device having a hermetically sealed housing with electrical connectors at the bottom and a window, and inside the housing a laser diode and thermistor mounted on one stage of a thermo element. The thermo element is connected with the other stage to the base of the housing. Collimating means are arranged in the laser beam between the laser diode and the window. The window is tilted in respect to the axis of the laser beam such, that the ordinary reflection of the laser beam is steered off the laser beam axis and at least does not impinge on the laser diode. Preferably the collimating means and the laser diode are mounted on a same surface for holding them on the same temperature. The new device allows the detection of toxic gases with reduced detection limits over the prior art. The arrangement further claims a method to achieve reduced detection limits for gases. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002236 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE DOPING PROFILE OF A PARTIALLY ACTIVATED DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR REGION - A method is disclosed for determining the inactive doping concentration of a semiconductor region using a PMOR method. In one aspect, the method includes providing two semiconductor regions having substantially the same known as-implanted concentration but known varying junction depths. The method includes determining on one of these semiconductor regions the as-implanted concentration. The semiconductor regions are then partially activated. PMOR measures are then performed on the partially activated semiconductor regions to measure (a) the signed amplitude of the reflected probe signal as function of junction depth and (b) the DC probe reflectivity as function of junction depth. The method includes extracting from these measurements the active doping concentration and then calculating the inactive doping concentration using the determined total as-implanted concentration and active doping concentration. The method may also include extracting thermal diffusivity, refraction index, absorption coefficient, and/or SRHF lifetime from these measurements. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002237 | SOLAR CONCENTRATOR TESTING - A system (and corresponding methodology) for testing, evaluating and diagnosing quality of solar concentrator optics is provided. The innovation discloses mechanisms for evaluating the performance and quality of a solar collector via emission of modulated laser radiation upon (or near) a position of photovoltaic (PV) cells. The innovation discloses positioning two receivers at two distances from the source (e.g., solar collector or dish). These receivers are employed to collect modulated light which can be compared to standards or other thresholds thereby diagnosing quality of the collectors. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002238 | LASER INTERFERENCE DEVICE FOR TOUCH SCREENS - A system and method for location determination by laser interference detection uses a wide beamwidth laser projection ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002239 | RFOG MODULATION ERROR CORRECTION - Systems and methods for performing modulation error correction. An example system applies common phase/frequency modulation to first and second laser beams, a first intensity modulation to the first modulated beam, and a second intensity modulation to the second modulated beam. Signals outputted are demodulated according to the frequency of the common phase/frequency modulation. Then the first of these demodulated signals is demodulated based on the frequency of the intensity modulation of the first beam, and the second of these demodulated signals is demodulated based on the frequency of the intensity modulation of the second beam. Then, rate of rotation is determined based on demodulated signals. Frequencies of the intensity modulations are unequal and not harmonically related, and intensity modulation encodes each light beam with a unique signature. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002240 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL PROBE - In the optical tomographic imaging apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention, since a stable light intensity can be secured for a reflected light beam of a measurement light beam reflected off of a transmitting surface of a probe outer casing as a returning light beam to an optical fiber, the optical path length difference between a reference light beam and the measurement light beam can be precisely adjusted by adjusting the optical path length of the reference light beam with an optical path length adjusting device. In addition, a signal of a measurement object can be reliably detected from a detection signal of an interference light beam detected by an interference light detecting device. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002241 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD - An optical coherence tomographic imaging apparatus which has a light intensity varying portion provided on a first optical path for guiding a measuring beam to an object for varying an intensity of the measuring beam; an illumination condition varying portion for varying an illumination condition of the measuring beam that has passed through the light intensity varying portion for the object between a first illumination condition in which a center part of the measuring beam is not blocked and a second illumination condition in which the center part of the measuring beam is blocked; and an image forming portion for weighting a first tomographic image acquired in the first illumination condition and a second tomographic image acquired in the second illumination condition and composing the weighted first second tomographic images to form a third tomographic image. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002242 | INTERFEROMETRIC TRACKING DEVICE - An interferometric tracking device is disclosed. A first grating is optically coupled to a second grading such that the second grating is rotationally offset from the first grating. Imaging optics are adapted to image light passing through the first and second gratings onto a focal plane array. A plurality of wedge plates are optically disposed between the imaging optics and the second grating, such that the wedge plates generate a plurality of spots on the FPA when light from a point source is incident upon the first grating. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002243 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS USING MEASUREMENT OF A FLARE GENERATED IN AN OPTICAL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method including measuring a wavefront aberration of the optical system to be measured on a measurement surface, measuring a pupil transmittance distribution of the optical system determining a pupil function of the optical system based on the wavefront aberration and the pupil transmittance distribution, and performing imaging computation using the pupil function to obtain a light intensity distribution formed on an image plane of the optical system, and calculating a flare, generated in the optical system, from the light intensity distribution. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002244 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING TIRE SURFACE - Disclosed is a tire surface inspecting technique capable of surely discriminating rubber pieces of a quality different from that of a tire embedded in the surface of the tire by vulcanization from the tire. A first illuminating unit | 2010-01-07 |
20100002245 | PRINTING APPARATUS - This invention is directed to a printing apparatus capable of simplifying the apparatus arrangement by using a common processing unit to execute different processes. To achieve this, a common processing unit is adopted to execute the first processing to perform multi-value/binary conversion of multi-valued data and the second processing to perform resolution conversion and thinning processing of binary data. In accordance with an instruction input from a user, it is controlled to execute either the first or second processing. An image is printed on a printing medium based on data obtained by executing the common processing unit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002246 | Printing simulation method and apparatus, picture color tone controlling method and apparatus for printing press, and printing press - A printing simulation method and apparatus, a picture color tone controlling method and method for a printing press and a printing press are disclosed by which, before printing is carried out, the color tone can be confirmed readily so that a demand for a print color tone can be satisfied precisely while appearance of broke is suppressed. A printing characteristic of a printing press and data of a printing picture to be printed by the printing press are acquired, and an image of the printing picture obtained by simulating color by the printing press with the data of the printing picture converted using the printing characteristic of the printing press is displayed on a monitor screen. Then, while a sample of the printing picture is referred to, correction of the color state of the picture displayed on the monitor screen with respect to the density of the ink color upon printing is carried out so that the color tone of the picture displayed on the monitor screen approaches the color tone of the sample picture. A target density is set in response to the correction, and printing is carried out while the ink supplying state by an ink supplying apparatus for each color is controlled so that the actual density of the color of a result of printing approaches the target density value. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002247 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processor includes: a first storage; a rendering unit; a second storage; a creation unit; and a control unit that performs: a first control that makes the creation unit create sequentially variable images corresponding to respective records of variable data, and output the created variable images; and a second control that, in a case where variable image creating format data corresponding to format definition data conforming to the records embedded by the creation unit is not stored in the second storages makes the rendering unit render from the format definition data conforming to the records stored in the first storage to the variable image creating format data, and makes the creation unit output the variable image in which the recodes are embedded in the variable image creating format data rendered by the rendering unit separately from the output of the variable image by the first control. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002248 | Print Driver For Printing Policy-Enabled Electronic Documents Using Locked Printing - An approach is provided for printing policy-enabled electronic documents using locked printing. A client device includes a user interface, an application program and a print driver. The application program allows a user to generate an electronic document. The print driver corresponds to a particular printing device and is configured to cause a graphical user interface to be displayed on the user interface. The graphical user interface allows a user to specify one or more access policies to be applied to the electronic document. The print driver is configured to generate print data that includes a plurality of print commands which, when processed by the particular printing device, cause a printed version of the electronic document to be generated at the printing device. The print data includes data that indicates the one or more attributes of the one or more access policies that are to be applied to the electronic document. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002249 | Locked Print With Intruder Detection And Management - A printing device includes a user interface, a print module and a locked print module. The locked print module is configured to examine a plurality of print data received by the printing device to determine whether locked printing is specified for any electronic documents contained in the plurality of print data. If locked printing is specified for any of the electronic documents contained in the plurality of print data, then the corresponding print data is stored on the printing device and not processed for printing. The locked print module is further configured to verify password data with respect to user identification data. If the password data is not successfully verified with respect to the user identification data, then the locked print module causes print data that is both stored on the printing device and associated with the user identification data to be deleted from the printing device. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002250 | MANAGEMENT OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS BASED ON USER AUTHENTICATION - An image forming apparatus connected via a network with an authentication server for user authentication based on biometric information about a user. The image forming apparatus is also connected with a managing server for managing an operation of the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a transmission unit transmitting the biometric information about the user to the authentication server, a reception unit receiving use limit information corresponding to the biometric information about the user from the managing server, and a control unit controlling the operation of the image forming apparatus based on the use limit information. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002251 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - It is determined whether or not a change request for changing an array of a plurality of items of job information on a job list screen to a second array being different from a first array is inputted via a user interface. If it is determined that the change request is inputted, a job list screen is displayed in which the array of the plurality of items of job information is changed to the second array. Display contents of the user interface are changed in response to a user operation with respect to a print job displayed on the job list screen. If the change request is inputted prior to the user operation, the job list screen in the second array is redisplayed upon the conclusion of processing due to the user operation. If the change request is not inputted prior to the user operation, the job list screen in the first array is redisplayed. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002252 | PRINT SYSTEM AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A print system having a printing apparatus and a post-processing apparatus, and a print control method thereof are capable of executing an inline job requiring printing by the printing apparatus and post-processing by the post-processing apparatus and an offline job that does not include print processing by the printing apparatus but requires post-processing by the post-processing apparatus, and allow a recovery process for carrying out unfinished processing in the inline job when the inline job is interrupted during execution thereof. On the other hand, if the offline job is interrupted, that offline job is canceled and, if there is a job that is unaffected by a cause of the interruption, execution of that job is allowed. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002253 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, HOST CLIENT, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND MANAGING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus, a host client, an image forming system and a managing method thereof are provided. The managing method of an image forming system which includes an image forming apparatus, and a host client which is connected to the image forming apparatus, includes determining whether a predetermined event of the image forming apparatus happens or not, informing at least one host client whether to perform an uninstalling of a printer driver which corresponds to the image forming apparatus or not if the predetermined event happens, selecting the uninstalling of the printer driver depending on the informing, and deleting the printer driver of the host client depending on the selecting. Thus, the present general inventive concept provides an image forming apparatus, a host client, an image forming system and a managing method thereof efficiently managing a control program corresponding to the image forming apparatus. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002254 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a shared processing unit configured to define processes used in common by a plurality of function implementing units, and a management unit configured to store in memory a logic name and identification information identifying a function implementing unit for each of the plurality of function implementing units such that the logic name and the identification information are associated with each other, and to generate a logic unit based on a logic name associated with given identification information contained in a request if the given identification information contained in the request is stored in the memory, the logic unit serving to cause a function implementing unit identified by the given identification information to perform processing, wherein the shared processing unit is configured to request the logic unit generated by the management unit to process a requested item contained in the request. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002255 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus connected to a network in which a plurality of devices having a transmission request reception function for transmitting a transmission-requested image to a designated destination is installed and including an address book used for registering destination data indicating the designated destination includes an address registration unit configured to register, in the address book, transmission request destination data designating one of the plurality of devices and the destination data in association with each other, an address designation unit configured to designate the destination data registered by the address registration unit, an image designation unit configured to designate an image to be transmitted, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image designated by the image designation unit and the destination data designated by the address designation unit to the device designated by the transmission request destination data associated with the destination data. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002256 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus and an image forming method by which image data are prepared for performing image processing at high speed and while saving memory. Vector data are generated from data scanned by a scanning unit. In this process, a printing direction is determined from a content input from an operating unit or information on an outputting device. If the printing direction and the scanning direction differ, control of an order of the data is performed to prepare a document after rotation. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002257 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - Even when vector data contains resolution dependent data, the vector data is generated at a resolution of quality without deterioration even if the vector data is output from any device on a network. When spooling the vector data, an MFP | 2010-01-07 |
20100002258 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A printing apparatus includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire a print target document; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire update history information about update history of the document acquired by the first acquiring unit; a third acquiring unit configured to acquire print history information about print history of the document, a generating unit configured to generate print image data based on the document, a receiving unit configured to receive a command to print the document, an identifying unit configured to, when the receiving unit receives a command to print the document, identify, as print target image data, the print image data that includes an image of an updated page in the document, based on the update history information acquired by the second acquiring unit and layout information included in the print history information acquired by the third acquiring unit, out of the print image data generated by the generating unit; and a printing unit configured to execute printing based on the print image data identified by the identifying unit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002259 | DOCUMENT READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DOCUMENT READING DEVICE - A document reading device is provided that may perform preview display to enable read contents to be checked if it is determined that a blank sheet exists among read document images. This document reading device includes a document reading portion, a blank-sheet determining portion that determines blank-sheet image data among document image data read by the document reading portion, and a preview displaying portion that performs preview display for image data excluding the blank-sheet image data determined by the blank-sheet determining portion, and the preview displaying portion is capable of performing re-preview display of all the image data read by the document reading portion for the image data excluding the blank-sheet image data displayed in the preview display. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002260 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR TRANSMITTING ELECTRONIC MAIL USING A CONVENTIONAL FACSIMILE DEVICE - This invention relates to a system for combining an electronic mail (email) address or addresses and/or facsimile telephone numbers into a fax message, so that when received by a server the fax document is processed and transmitted as an email attachment to the email addresses or a fax message to the telephone numbers of the intended fax recipients. This allows the user to be able to send faxes and emails from a conventional fax machine or personal computer without having an Internet connection. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002261 | PRINT SYSTEM INFORMATION PROCESSING APPRATUS, PRINTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Secrecy of printed matter is raised and charges for a storing area are more accurately charged. According to the invention, a printing apparatus is instructed so as to store print data corresponding to a print request into one of a plurality of storing areas. The print data is transmitted to the printing apparatus. The user is notified of authentication information corresponding to the print data stored in one of the plurality of storing areas. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002262 | DISPLAY TERMINAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A display terminal that displays a file such that the file can be viewed includes storage device that stores files in groups, selection device that selects a file to be printed from among the files stored in the storage device, and printing instruction transmission device that transmits to the printer a printing instruction of a file that indicates a predetermined attribute, among files in a group to which the file selected by the selection device belongs. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002263 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus has a read unit to read a document image and generate image data of the document image, a memory management unit to manage a storage unit which is segmented into storage regions, and an engine to write the image data generated by the read unit to the storage unit. The engine acquires setting information related to writing of the image data from the memory management unit to the storage unit, and writes the image data to the storage unit based on the setting information that is acquired. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002264 | MEMORY READING AND WRITING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method is disclosed by which B×n bits, including dummy bits and address data bits in the stated order are transmitted to a storage unit in series, B bits of transmission data is then transmitted to the storage unit in series, and the transmission data are written in the storage unit. The B×n bits including the dummy bits, a number of which dummy bits is smaller by one, address data bits and one dummy bit in the stated order are transmitted in series. A signal is given by a storage unit in response to the data transmitted to the storage unit, and a group of B bits of the signal is processed as data read from the storage unit after a last bit of a group of B bits of the signal indicates address reception completion. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002265 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A connection unit receives image data to be printed and image information on a type of the image data from an external device. A pseudo-halftone processing unit converts the image data into pseudo-halftone image data. When the image information received from the external device indicates that the type of the image data is a point-of-purchase advertising image, the pseudo-halftone processing unit performs a pseudo-halftone processing on the image data at a quantization level of three or more bits on a pixel and takes a growth order causing all pixels in a low-density area to grow averagely. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002266 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - The detected surface (patch section) of the sheet Ps for detection, the bulkhead plate | 2010-01-07 |
20100002267 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Two or more designated images are combined (S | 2010-01-07 |
20100002268 | Image communication apparatus - An information processing apparatus facsimile-transmits specified pages among images constituted by multiple pages, and transmits remaining pages by Internet FAX. The information processing apparatus transmits the specified pages to a FAX number specified by a user, by facsimile transmission. Next, the information processing apparatus transmits the remaining pages to a specified mail address by Internet FAX. Thus, the images are transmitted by the two kinds of FAX transmission to realize both of reduction in communication cost and prevention of leakage of confidential information. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002269 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE INFORMATION OF SCANNER ON DISPLAYER AND SCANNER USING THE SAME - A scanner is provided, which has a scan unit for scanning and producing image information, a storage unit for storing the image information and a first port for connection to an electrical device. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002270 | IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORD MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR STORAGE AREA ALLOCATION IN THE SAME - An image scanning device includes a scanning unit configured to execute image scanning of a document and thereby generate image data, at least one processing unit configured to successively process the image data outputted from the scanning unit, a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data outputted from the processing unit, a storage unit, in which multiple buffer areas to be used for transferring the image data among the scanning unit, the at least one processing unit and the transmission unit are allocated, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on usage status of each of the buffer areas, and a changing unit configured to change storage area allocation at least between two of the buffer areas based on the usage status acquired by the acquisition unit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002271 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING SCANNED-DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTED-TRANSMISSION CAPABILITY - An image processing device, such as multifunction peripheral, includes a reading section, a judging section and a transmission section. The reading section reads an image on each of a plurality of objects and outputs a plurality of pieces of image data. Each piece of image data represents the image on each of the plurality of objects. The judging section judges whether each piece of image data meets a predetermined criterion. The transmission section transmits one or more pieces of image data that are judged by the judging section to meet the predetermined criterion to a predetermined destination set in relation with the criterion. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002272 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An object of the present invention is to improve an image quality of a regeneration image of the identified ink jet document. The present invention includes a paper fiber detecting unit configured to detect a paper fiber for each pixel by an image signal obtained by reading a document, a print pixel identifying unit configured to identify whether or not pixels are print pixels for each pixel by the image signal, a document pixel identifying unit configured to identify whether or not the pixel is a pixel requiring a correction based upon the detection result by the paper fiber detecting unit and the identification result by the print pixel identifying unit, and an image correcting unit configured to correct the image signal in a case where it is determined that the pixel is the document pixel requiring the correction by the document pixel identifying unit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002273 | Segmented Reflective Optical System - An optical system, used for scanning, forms an image using reflective optical surfaces. The system may be telecentric, and may form an image that is reduced in size as compared with the scanned original. Several image-forming optical channels may be combined to form a page-wide scanning array. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002274 | INDEPENDENT SCANNING APPARATUS AND INDEPENDENT SCANNING METHOD - The invention discloses an independent scanning apparatus and an independent scanning method. The independent scanning apparatus of the invention includes a casing, a sheet-feeding mechanism, a scanning device, a store module, and a processing module. The casing includes an inlet and an outlet. The sheet-feeding mechanism is disposed in the casing for transporting an object through the inlet and the outlet. The scanning device is disposed in the casing for scanning the object. The processing module is disposed in the casing and electrically connected to the sheet-feeding mechanism, the scanning device and the store module. When the object enters the casing through the inlet and the independent scanning apparatus receives an actuation instruction, the sheet-feeding mechanism transport the object from a first position toward the outlet and the scanning device starts to scan the object to generate scanned image data which is then stored in the store module, and when the object arrives at a second position, the scanning device stops the scanning. A modified image data could be determined according to the analysis of the scanned image data. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002275 | Security Device With Metameric Features Using Diffractive Pigment Flakes - A metameric optical structure is disclosed having first optical structures comprising diffractive flakes having diffractive structures thereon, and a second optical structures having non-diffractive flakes which may have other special effect properties, such as color shifting. At one angle of incidence or one viewing angle, near normal. The hues match and at other angles they do not match. The diffractive flakes are preferably magnetically aligned so that the grating structures are parallel. Disclosed is also an image formed of at least a first region of diffractive flakes and a second region of non-diffractive flakes wherein the regions are adjacent one another and wherein one of the regions forms a logo, symbol or indicia that appears or disappears in dependence upon the angle of viewing. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002276 | PHOTON LOGIC GATES - A system, method, and apparatus for photon logic gates based on quantum switch, where a single or multiple quantum switches are utilized for dark resonance interactions in which three-color lasers interact with a four-level or five-level nonlinear optical medium composed of three ground states and one or two excited states through nondegenerate four-wave mixing processes. The photon logic mechanism is based on combination of single or multiple dark resonance-induced two-photon coherence swapping among the three closely spaced ground states through optical transitions via a common excited state. 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 gating time and bandwidth of the present photon logic gate method is not limited by population relaxation time or carrier's lifetime, but phase decay time, where the phase decay time in general much faster than the population decay time in solids or semiconductors. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002277 | OSCILLATOR AND OPTICAL DEFLECTOR HAVING OSCILLATOR - An oscillating device includes an oscillator, an elastic supporting member for movably supporting the oscillator, a first supporting frame for supporting the elastic supporting member, and a second supporting frame extending along the elastic supporting member with a spacing maintained therebetween, the second supporting member extending from the first supporting frame, wherein the second supporting frame is provided in a cantilever shape relative to the first supporting frame. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002278 | BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS - A beam irradiation apparatus includes: an optical element which changes a travel direction of a laser beam by being rotated in a predetermined direction; an actuator which rotates the optical element in the direction; a refractive element which is disposed in the actuator and rotates in association with rotation of the optical element; a servo beam source which emits a servo beam to the refractive element; a photodetector which receives the servo beam refracted by the refractive element and outputs a signal according to a position where the servo beam is received; and a power adjustment circuit which adjusts emission power of the servo beam source. The power adjustment circuit adjusts the emission power so that a reception amount of the servo beam in the photodetector becomes constant based on an output signal from the photodetector. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002279 | MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, OPTICAL DEFLECTOR, OPTICAL INSTRUMENT USING THE OPTICAL DEFLECTOR, AND RESONANCE FREQUENCY DETECTING METHOD - A movable body apparatus includes an oscillatory system, a driving portion for driving the oscillatory system with a driving signal, a detecting portion for detecting an oscillating condition of the movable body, a storing portion, and an obtaining portion. The oscillatory system includes at least a movable body, and an elastic support portion for supporting the movable body in a swingingly rotatable manner. The storing portion stores data of frequency characteristics of maximum angular displacement based on maximum angular displacements of the movable body corresponding to plural driving frequencies, detected by the detecting portion. The obtaining portion obtains a resonance frequency of the oscillatory system by fitting to the data of frequency characteristics of maximum angular displacement stored in the storing portion, using a least squares method. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002280 | MICRO-OPTICAL BEAM-FORMING ARRAY FOR PROJECTING IMAGES OF A DIVERGENT ISOTROPIC CLOUD OF LIGHT POINTS, PRIMARILY FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR - The invention relates to a beam-forming array for projecting a divergent isotropic cloud of light points. The array comprises a source ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002281 | OPTICAL CLOCK - An optical clock comprises a laser oscillator and modulating means arranged to cooperate with the laser oscillator to produce a series a series of phase-modulated optical pulses. The optical clock further comprises an optical fibre arranged to provide compression of the optical pulses, and may also comprise a step-recovery diode arranged to pulse-pick pulses output from the fibre to produce a series of optical clock pulses, depending on the mode of operation of the modulating means. Phase-modulation is carried out a frequency which provides sufficient linewidth broadening to inhibit stimulated Brillouin scattering within the optical fibre. An optical clock of the invention provides a robust and reliable alternative to clocks based on modelocked lasers, and may be assembled from inexpensive, commonly-available components. The repetition rate of a clock of the invention may easily be adjusted by electronic means. Unlike many modelocked lasers, a clock of the invention does not require precise optical alignment. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002282 | Metal coatings, conductive nanoparticles and applications of the same - This invention discloses corrosion resistant metal compositions that may be used to form nanoparticles or for coating of particles. Further, such particles may be used to fabricate printable transparent conductors that may be used in electronic devices. Electrochromic displays formed using such conductors are described. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002283 | KERR EFFECT COMPENSATED OPTICAL RING RESONATOR - Systems and methods for compensating for nonlinear phase shift accumulation in an optical ring resonator. An example method includes sending a first beam in a clockwise direction around the optical ring resonator and sending a second beam in a counterclockwise direction around the optical ring resonator. Then, nonlinear phase shift accumulation of the first and second beams is compensated for within the optical ring resonator. Compensating includes creating a negative Kerr effect phase shift for each beam based on an estimate of accumulated positive Kerr effect. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002284 | METHOD OF MODULATING RESONANT FREQUENCY OF TORSIONAL MEMS DEVICE - A method of modulating resonant frequency of a torsional MEMS device is provided. A torsional MEMS device is provided and a resonant frequency test is performed to measure a raw frequency of the torsional MEMS device. If the raw resonant frequency of the torsional MEMS device is greater than a standard resonant frequency, at least one mass increaser is bonded to the torsional MEMS device. Therefore, the raw resonant frequency is reduced as much as the standard resonant frequency. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002285 | TORSIONAL MEMS DEVICE - A torsional MEMS device is disclosed. The torsional MEMS device includes a support structure, a platform, and at least two hinges, which connects the platform to the support structure. The platform has an active area and a non-active area. A plurality of sacrificial elements is disposed in the non-active area. If the resonant frequency of the torsional MEMS device is less than a predetermined standard resonant frequency of the torsional MEMS device, at least one sacrificial element is removed to reduce the total mass of the torsional MEMS device, and so as to increase the resonant frequency of the torsional MEMS device. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002286 | Method to provide a display panel - A method to provide a display panel according to the present invention comprises the step of providing at least one pixel element for producing or controlling light wherein the pixel element has a light emitting or reflecting surface and is mounted on a support. The method furthermore comprises covering the light emitting or reflecting surfaces of the at least one light emitting or reflecting element and at least a part of the support with substantially transparent material, thereby providing the optical surface of the display panel, which optical surface comprises at least one pixel element zone and at least one support zone. Furthermore, the method comprises modifying the roughness of the substantially transparent material of the optical surface along the support zone of the optical surface and/or along the pixel element zone of the optical surface, for rendering the substantially transparent material of the optical surface along the support zone of the optical surface being more rough than along the pixel element zone of the optical surface | 2010-01-07 |
20100002287 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPERSION SOLUTION, IMAGE DISPLAY MEDIUM USING THE SAME, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electrophoretic dispersion solution includes a nonpolar solvent and plural kinds of electrophoretic particles. At least one kind of the electrophoretic particles has, on surfaces, a copolymer including a first monomer that has a charged group and a second monomer expressed by a first formula represented as | 2010-01-07 |
20100002288 | Electrically Controlled Optical Elements and Method - The effective focal length of an optical system can be electronically controlled using switchable wave plates in conjunction with polarized light. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002289 | MICROSCOPE OPTICAL SYSTEM, MICROSCOPE, AND VIRTUAL SLIDE FORMING SYSTEM - The purpose is to move an observation field of view of a microscope without moving or changing an objective lens without varying position or state of a sample. A microscope optical system according to the present invention has a mirror that changes the direction of the optical path by reflection and locates in the optical path between an objective lens of the microscope and an image to be observed. The mirror is able to be tilted with changing the position of a reflecting surface of the mirror. Accordingly, the observation field of view is moved by tilting the mirror. In other words, the observation field of view can be moved without changing positional relation between the objective lens of the microscope and the sample. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002290 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope includes a microscope main body, a revolving nosepiece rotatably mounted on the microscope main body and equipped with plural objective lenses, and focusing handles that adjust focal points of the objective lenses. The microscope further includes operation knobs mounted in a vicinity of the focusing handles and configured to move by a predetermined amount in a predetermined directions and an operating-force transmitting mechanism provided between the operation knobs and the revolving nosepiece and configured to transmit, when the operation knobs move, operating force to the revolving nosepiece to cause the movable member to move so that the objective lenses can be switched from one to the other through a single moving operation of the operation knobs by the predetermined amount. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002291 | LIGHTING SYSTEM, METHOD OF LIGHTING, AND SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPE - Light emitter excitation light ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002292 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A switching filter is provided in a light source device according to the present invention. The switching filter has a first dichroic filter which transmits illumination light in a first wavelength band from a lamp and a fluorescence observation filter which transmits at least illumination light in a second wavelength band and is rotatably provided such that the first dichroic filter and the fluorescence observation filter pass through an illumination light optical axis. An LED portion has a blue LED which emits illumination light in the first wavelength band toward the switching filter. A second dichroic filter capable of transmitting illumination light from the lamp and reflecting illumination light from the LED portion to a condenser lens is also arranged at the switching filter. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002293 | MICROSCOPE SLIDE COVER WITH INTEGRATED RESERVOIR - A cover for a substrate including: a body defining a cavity, for positioning over the substrate to form a reaction chamber; and a projection extending from the body to define a fluid reservoir, when the cover is fitted to the substrate, the fluid reservoir being in fluid communication with the cavity. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002294 | Solid Vision - Solid Vision enables experience of breadth height and depth in images. It is realized that instead of mixing the retinal images their representation at the cartae could be joined to obtain the image. Realization that while looking at a distant object the retinal areas are coordinated to form a single image and that the binocular vision is due to the straight parallel looks of the temporal eyes along with their side visions lead to the conclusion that it is enough to combine the representation of the temporal eyes to obtain the image. It is further realized that the converging views to look at a near object could be replaced by horizontal shift of the images formed with parallel looks without affecting the binocular vision of the field and the solidity of the object Just as we fly without wings it is now possible to produce solid vision images without access to perception. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002295 | Methods and systems for stereoscopic imaging - A stereoscopic imaging system is described for generating a stereoscopic image of a scene. The stereoscopic imaging system is adapted for generating at least one sub-image for a first eye and at least one sub-image for a second eye whereby the at least one sub-image for the first eye and at least one sub-image for the second eye adapted for combining into the stereoscopic image. The image data for producing at least one of the sub-images for the first eye and/or for the second eye is generated based on a combination of the basic image data for the first eye and the basic image data for the second eye. The basic image data for the first eye thereby is the image information received by the first eye when the scene is seen by the first eye only and the basic image data for the second eye thereby is the image information received by the second eye when the scene is seen by the second eye only. The present invention also relates to a corresponding method, an image data processor, a controller, an obscuration means and parts of the imaging hardware. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002296 | CIRCULAR POLARIZER COMPOSITE AND AN OPTICAL SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME - A circular polarizer composite including a plane polarizer, a first quarter-wavelength retarder, a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) film and a second quarter-wavelength retarder, wherein optical axes of the first quarter-wavelength retarder and the second quarter-wavelength retarder are perpendicularly crossed to each other. Also disclosed is an optical system including the circular polarizer composite and an emissive display module. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002297 | OPTICAL FILM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND POLARIZATION PLATE UTILIZING THE FILM - This invention provides an optical film having a reduced thickness and an increased width, which is free from bleedout with the elapse of time (during storage) in a continuous wound state, a method for manufacturing an optical film, and a polarizing plate using the optical film. The optical film is a plasticizer-containing optical film having an overall width of 1500 mm to 4000 mm produced by a solution casting method. The amount of the plasticizer present in the center portion in the surface side of the optical film is determined as value A by TOF-SIMS. The amount of the plasticizer present in the center portion in the back side is determined as value B by the TOF-SIMS. Value X is determined by formula 1 based on the values A and B. The amount of the plasticizer present in the end portion in the surface side of the optical film is determined as value A′ by TOF-SIMS, and the amount of the plasticizer present in the end portion of the back side is determined as value B′ by the TOF-SIMS. Value X′ is determined by formula 2 based on the values A′ and B′. The X value is different from and larger than the X′ value. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002298 | POLARIZER PROTECTIVE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided are a polarizer protective film containing a (meth)acrylic resin as a main component and being excellent in adhesion with a polarizer, a polarizing plate including the polarizer protective film and a polarizer which are unlikely to peel off from each other, and an image display apparatus of high quality using the polarizing plate. The polarizer protective film of the present invention includes a coating layer containing a (meth) acrylic resin (B) as a main component on at least one surface of a film containing a (meth)acrylic resin (A) as a main component. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002299 | Optical Element, Optical Element Manufacturing Method and Optical Pickup Device - An optical element includes: opposing surfaces each including two areas each of which includes a fine-periodic structure. The fine-periodic structures of the two areas have different directions from each other in each of the opposing surfaces. One of the opposing surfaces with the fine-periodic structures works as a quarter-wave plate and the other of the opposing surfaces with the fine-periodic structures works as a polarization separating element. A boundary of the two areas in one of the opposing surfaces and a boundary of the two areas in the other of the opposing surfaces are positionally identical. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002300 | Zoom lens and pickup apparatus - Disclosed herein is a zoom lens, including: a first lens group having a positive refracting power; a second lens group having a negative refracting power; a third lens group having a positive refracting power; and a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power; the first, second, third and fourth lens groups being disposed in order from the object side; the first lens group including only a cemented lens including a positive lens and a negative lens cemented in order from the object side and having a generally positive refracting power; the first lens group being configured so as to satisfy the conditional expression (25<ν | 2010-01-07 |
20100002301 | IMAGE STABILIZER - An image stabilizer includes a rotor including a lens assembly, and configured to move perpendicular to an optical axis of light passing through the lens assembly, and a suspension unit configured to support movement of the rotor and to prevent the rotor from moving non-perpendicular to the optical axis of the light passing through the lens assembly. Accordingly, the image stabilizer prevents variance of characteristics of a rotor in a low frequency band according to the position and distortion of phase characteristics in a high frequency band. Therefore, the image stabilizer has consistent operation characteristics regardless of the position, posture, and movement of a person using an image capture device containing the image stabilizer. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002302 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHIEF RAY ANGLE CORRECTION USING A DIFFRACTIVE LENS - Methods and apparatus reduce the chief ray angle incident on a pixel array of an imaging device by the use of a diffractive lens. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002303 | SHEET HAVING A TACTILE EFFECT AND AN INTERFERENTIAL EFFECT AND SECURITY DOCUMENT COMPRISING THE SAME - The invention relates to a sheet comprising a substrate and a securing means including at least one area having an interferential effect, wherein the securing means further includes at least one tactile recognition member provided in the same region as said area having an interferential effect. The invention also relates to a security document and an article to be authenticated comprising said sheet. | 2010-01-07 |