07th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100039564 | ANALYSING VIDEO MATERIAL - Video material is dividing into temporal segments. Each segment is examined to determine whether the soundtrack of the segment contains speech sufficient for analysis and if so, metadata are generated based on analysis of the speech. If not, the segment is analysed by comparing frames thereof with those of stored segments that already have metadata assigned to them. One then assigns to the segment under consideration stored metadata associated with one or more stored segments that are similar. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039565 | Scene Change Detector - A scene change detector provides automatic detection of scene changes by utilizing frame-to-frame differences in chrominance components of video frames analyzed for information content. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039566 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING DISPLAY MODE - Provided are a display system and a method for switching a display mode. Display modes according to kinds of programs are set up and stored. When detecting program activation by a user s request, an image of the program activated in the preset display mode is displayed after confirming a preset display mode in the program. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039567 | PROGRAMMABLE SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF INTERLEAVING - A programmable signal processing circuit is used to (de-)interleave a data stream. Data from the signal stream is stored in a data memory ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100039568 | DIGITAL CINEMA ANTI-CAMCORDING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON IMAGE FRAME POST-SAMPLING - A method and apparatus for projecting digital video content and for discouraging recording of the projected video content using a video camera or other sampling recording device are described, including accepting a frame of digital video content, time-shifting a bit-plane of the frame of the digital video content at a phase difference, projecting the time-shifted frame, repeating the accepting, time-shifting and projecting acts for a number of frames, adjusting the phase difference and repeating all of the above acts. Also described are a method and apparatus for generating an indication of a mid-scale level bit-plane of a frame of digital video content, including accepting a frame of digital video content, accepting a selection of mid-scale level bit-plane of the frame and generating an indication of the selection of the mid-scale level bit-plane of the frame. Time-shifting bit-planes of a frame generates in the recorded video a flicker. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039569 | DIGITAL BROADCAST TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM HAVING AN IMPROVED RECEIVING PERFORMANCE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A digital broadcast transmitting/receiving system and a signal processing method thereof that can improve the receiving performance of the system. A digital broadcast transmitter has a randomizer to randomize an input data stream which has null bytes being inserted at a specified position, a multiplexer to output a data stream formed by inserting specified known data into the position of the null bytes of the randomized data stream, an encoder to encode the data stream outputted from the multiplexer, and a modulator/RF-converter to modulate the encoded data, RF-convert the modulated data and transmit the RF-converted data. The receiving performance of the digital broadcast transmitting/receiving system can be improved even in a multi-path channel by detecting the known data from the received signal and using the known data in synchronization and equalization in a digital broadcast receiver. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039570 | PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A diaphragm control angle calculating portion | 2010-02-18 |
20100039571 | TRIANGULAR-WAVE GENERATING CIRCUIT SYNCHRONIZED WITH AN EXTERNAL CIRCUIT - A charge-discharge circuit charges or discharges a capacitor having a fixed electric potential at one end. A first comparator compares an output voltage of the capacitor with a first threshold voltage and outputs a first comparison signal in accordance with a comparison result. An edge detecting circuit detects an edge of a synchronization signal input from the outside and having a frequency of about ½ of a triangular-wave signal generated by the triangular-wave generating circuit, and outputs an edge detection signal that will be at a predetermined level for each of the detected edges. A charge-discharge controller receives the first comparison signal that is output from the first comparator and the edge detection signal that is output from the edge detecting circuit, and switches between a charge state and a discharge state of the charge-discharge circuit in accordance with a level transition of these signals. A voltage of the capacitor is output as a triangular-wave signal | 2010-02-18 |
20100039572 | POWER BOARD, ON-BOARD CONNECTOR, LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In a power board, relay terminals penetrate a circuit board through fitting holes, and are connected to output terminals. The fitting holes are thus formed as through holes on the circuit board, and thereby on-board connectors provided for connection to the relay terminals on a chassis can be arranged on the back surface of the circuit board on the opposite side of the chassis. Electronic components free from restriction of the positional relationship with the chassis can be mounted on the back surface of the circuit board, as are the on-board connectors. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039573 | BARRIER PANEL DEVICE FOR 3D IMAGE REPRODUCTION, AND METHOD OF DRIVING SAME - Provided is a method of driving a barrier panel device. Segment driving voltages are controlled to be applied to a plurality of segments of a first electrode of a barrier panel based on a display direction of an image signal displayed on an image display panel of an apparatus for reproducing a 3D image. An odd barrier driving voltage is controlled to be commonly applied to odd numbered barriers of a plurality of barriers of a second electrode of the barrier panel. An even barrier driving voltage is controlled to be commonly applied to even numbered barriers of the plurality of barriers. The segment driving voltage, the odd barrier driving voltages, and the even barrier driving voltages are synchronized. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039574 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - Disclination of an active matrix liquid crystal display device is reduced. Portions of pixel electrodes are formed so as to mutually overlap with a convex portion. If the height of the convex portion is too tall, the amount of light leakage increases due to liquid crystals orienting diagonally with respect to a substrate surface. (See FIG. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039575 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate which comprises a plurality of pixels where a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor are formed, the first substrate including a gate line and a data line which insulatingly intersect each other; and a gate driver which applies a gate driving signal to the gate line, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode which is connected to the gate line; a source electrode which is connected to the data line; and a drain electrode which is connected to the pixel electrode, and the pixels being decreased in a value of Cp/(Cp+Clc+Cst) as going toward the gate driver (where, Cp: a sum of parasitic capacity between the gate electrode and the source electrode and parasitic capacity between the gate electrode and the drain electrode, Clc: liquid crystal capacity, and Cst: storage capacity). | 2010-02-18 |
20100039576 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display with better visibility and transmittance. The liquid crystal display includes a first plate having a first field-generating electrode, disposed in a pixel area on an insulating substrate, comprising a plurality of sub-electrodes which are separated from each other by a predetermined distance and arranged parallel to each other, and a connecting electrode electrically connecting the sub-electrodes. An alignment film that is rubbed in a first direction covers a first field-generating electrode and an alignment film that is rubbed in a second direction covers a second field-generating electrode to achieve a predetermined orientation of the liquid crystals when no field is applied and more uniform rotation of the liquid crystal molecules when a field is applied. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039577 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY PANEL - Electrical conductor patterns ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100039578 | Liquid crystal display device - An LCD device capable of preventing damage of an LC panel by an impact damping member or through a design modification of a functional member when a functional plate such as a touch panel or the functional member is attached onto the LC panel. The LCD device comprises an LC panel, a backlight unit disposed below the LC panel for providing light, a functional member disposed on the LC panel within a size range of the LC panel, and an impact damping member disposed to be spacing from one or more sides of the functional member for absorbing an impact of the functional member when the LC panel moves. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039579 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH LIGHT EMITTING DIODE BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY THEREOF - A light emitting diode (“LED”) backlight assembly. The LED backlight assembly has a bottom container which has a bottom plate and a side edge surrounding the bottom plate, a plurality of light emitting diode printed circuit boards (“LED-PCBs”) on the bottom plate, and a connector which is closely located to edge located LEDs. The connector of the LED-PCB is closely located to an LED driving board, which is disposed at a lateral space of a lateral part of the bottom container to limit a vertical thickness of the backlight light assembly. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039580 | Display Device and Light Source Block Used Therein - A display device and a light source block used therein are provided. The display device includes the light source block, a film set, and a display panel. The light source block has a reflective surface, a film supporter intersecting the reflective surface at an edge, and a panel supporting surface. The film supporter connects an end of an extremity surface, and the panel supporting surface connects the other end of the extremity surface. The film set is disposed on the film supporter, and the display panel is disposed on the panel supporting surface. The display panel has a display area and a light-shielding unit disposed outside the display area. The edge between the reflective surface and the film supporter falls into a vertical projection of the light-shielding unit. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039581 | DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A burst dimming signal to determine a ratio between an ON period and an OFF period is inputted. In the OFF period of the burst dimming signal, a lamp current Ila is stopped from flowing to a discharge lamp FL, while a lamp voltage Vla is applied to both ends of the discharge lamp FL, and preheating currents If | 2010-02-18 |
20100039582 | LCD PANEL TO BACKLIGHT FIXATION - The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a display module, the display module comprising a display panel and a backlight, The method includes the following steps: placing the display panel and the backlight into contact on a common contact area, the common contact area being defined as a fixation region of a contacting surface of the display panel coinciding with a contacting surface of the backlight, and applying a heat flow in the common contact area to create a local weld connection in the common contact area between the display panel and the backlight. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039583 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL WITH MICRO-LENS ARRAY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a direct-viewing type liquid crystal display panel with a microlens array having high viewing angle characteristics and high contrast, which is capable of displaying with a high luminance. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039584 | OPTICAL ELEMENT LAMINATE, BACKLIGHT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical element laminate is provided and includes a first optical element and a second optical element superimposed with the first optical element. The first optical element and the second optical element are each a rectangular film or sheet. The first optical element has at least two side walls at two opposing sides among four sides of the first optical element and the second optical element has at least two side walls at two opposing sides among four sides of the second optical element. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039585 | PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A laser light source ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100039586 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - An optical element capable of increasing an angular field while improving luminance by condensing light, and a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display including the same. The optical element includes a light-transmitting base film; a plurality of diffusing cavities or convex diffusing structures formed in one surface of the base film to diffuse light entering the base film; and a light-condensing pattern formed in the surface of the base film where the diffusing cavities or convex diffusing structures are formed so as to condense incident light. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039587 | Color liquid crystal display with backlight - A color liquid-crystal display panel has a red filter segment in each red sub-pixel and a blue filter segment in each blue sub-pixel, but no green filter segment in green sub-pixels. The liquid-crystal display panel has a backlight source for illuminating, and the backlight source has green light producing components alternately switched on and off in consecutive frames. The backlight source also has white or red/blue, or purple light emitting components alternately switched on and off in consecutive frames in complementary phase to the green light producing components. When the liquid crystal layer segments associated with all the three color sub-pixels are operated in a light non-blocking state, only the white or red/blue light producing components are turned on, and when the liquid crystal layer segments associated with the red sub-pixels are operated in a light blocking state, only the green light producing components are turned on. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039588 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PSFLC-BASED AND/OR PSAFLC-BASED ELECTROOPTIC CELL AND CORRESPONDING ELECTROOPTIC CELL, DEVICE AND HELMET - A method is provided for manufacturing an electrooptic cell, which includes two plates of optically transparent material and at least one thickness of a composite gel based on a smectic liquid crystal and on a polymer provided between the plates, wherein the gel is in a smectic phase at ambient temperature. The method includes injecting a mixture of a ferroelectric and/or anti-ferroelectric smectic liquid and a monomer between the plates, wherein the monomer content of the mixture is between 5 and 25% by weight. The mixture is heated to above its smectic phase/nematic phase transmission temperature so that the mixture is in the nematic phase. The mixture is irradiated, by ultraviolet radiation, so as to polymerize the monomer and thus obtain the gel. During the irradiation step, an electric or magnetic field is applied to the mixture. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039589 | Dispay Panel and Display Apparatus - Scanning signal lines ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100039590 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE AND RETARDATION LAYER-ATTACHED POLARIZING PLATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF, OPTICAL FILM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY - A pressure-sensitive adhesive and retardation layer-attached polarizing plate ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100039591 | CROSSLINKED PRODUCT, COLOR CORRECTION FILTER, OPTICAL ELEMENT, IMAGE DISPLAY, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A crosslinked product with excellent durability is provided that can remove intermediate colors of light while preventing brightness from deteriorating and thereby can improve color tone representation. The crosslinked product of the present invention includes a J aggregate of a dye and is characterized in that the dye is at least one dye selected from the group consisting of cyanine, merocyanine, squarylium, and porphyrin, the J aggregate of the dye is formed in a matrix resin, and the matrix resin has been crosslinked. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039592 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a color filter substrate, an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and at least one conductive element. The color filter substrate has at least one color filter, at least one first electrode, and at least one second electrode opposite the first electrode. The second electrode is comb-shaped and disposed between the first electrode and the liquid crystal layer, and one of the first and the second electrodes is electrically connected to a common voltage of the liquid crystal display. At least one conductive element electrically connects the source/drain region of a thin film transistor with the other one of the first and the second electrodes which is not connected to the common voltage. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039593 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A transflective liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other, a gate line and a data line on the first substrate, the gate and data lines intersecting each other and defining a pixel region having a transmissive region and a reflective region, a thin film transistor at an intersection between the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode in the pixel region connected to the thin film transistor, an organic insulating layer on the second substrate, the organic insulating layer including a through-hole in the transmissive region, a reflective electrode on the organic insulating layer in the reflective region, a black matrix on the second substrate, a color filter layer on the second substrate in the pixel region, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039594 | METHOD OF MAKING SMART CARDS, SMART CARDS MADE ACCORDING TO THE METHOD, AND AN LCD PARTICULARLY FOR USE IN SUCH SMART CARDS - A method of making a thin flexible smart card having a printed circuit board (PCB) including a liquid crystal display (LCD) thereon, the PCB and LCD being embedded within a laminate of plastic layers, comprising producing an initial laminate by subjecting a plurality of plastic layers to a relatively high temperature and pressure for a relatively long period of time, producing a cavity in one face of the initial laminate, but terminating short of the opposite face, the cavity being configured and dimensioned to accommodate said PCB and LCD thereon, introducing the PCB and LCD into the cavity from one face of the initial laminate with the LCD facing said opposite face thereof, applying one or more further plastic layers over the one face of the initial laminate to cover the PCB in the cavity, and subjecting the initial laminate and the plastic layers to a low temperature, applied to the side of the further plastic layers at a lower pressure and for a shorter period of time than used in producing the initial laminate, to produce the laminate of plastic layers with the PCB and LCD embedded therein. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039595 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - A liquid crystal device including a pair of electrodes provided with a vertical alignment film and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pair of electrodes and including a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal with positive dielectric anisotropy, a dichroic dye and a chiral reagent, with a ratio (P/G) of a chiral pitch length (P) of the liquid crystal composition to a gap (G) between the pair of electrodes being from 0.06 to less than 1.0. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039596 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) device includes a first substrate, a pixel electrode, a second substrate, a common electrode and an alignment layer. The first substrate includes a thin-film transistor (“TFT”) and a plurality of pixel areas disposed on the first substrate. The pixel electrode is disposed on the TFT. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The common electrode is disposed on the second substrate. The alignment layer includes an insulation layer and a photoalignment layer, disposed on at least one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039597 | Liquid Crystal Display Panel and Method for Manufacturing Thereof and Liquid Crystal Display Incorporating the Same - A liquid crystal display panel including several first electrode portions, several second electrode portions, and a smectic liquid crystal layer is provided. The first electrode portions and the second electrode portions are disposed on a first substrate. When an AC voltage is applied on the first electrode portions and the second electrode portions, the direction of a horizontal electrical field formed between each first electrode portion and the adjacent second electrode portion is parallel to the surface of the first substrate. The smectic liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first substrate and a second substrate. During the phase change of a liquid crystal molecule of the smectic liquid crystal layer, the horizontal electrical field generated by applying the AC voltage on the first electrode portions and the second electrode portions facilitates the alignment of the liquid crystal molecule of the smectic liquid crystal layer. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039598 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a pixel array, a plurality of first common electrode lines and at least one second common electrode line. The first common electrode lines receive a common electrode signal through at least one first input node positioned at a first side of the pixel array. The second common electrode line receives the common electrode signal through at least one second input node positioned at a second side of the pixel array. In addition, at least one first common electrode line is electrically connected to the second common electrode lines in the pixel array. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039599 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY PANEL FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display capable of high quality image and bright display. Gate signal lines are curved at near switching elements of the liquid crystal display. A pixel area is defined by the gate signal lines and their intersecting data signal lines. Pixel electrodes and common electrodes are disposed along a longitudinal direction of a pixel. A pixel signal and a common signal line is connected to the pixel electrode and the common electrode respectively. A storage capacitor may be formed in the middle of a longitudinal direction of the pixel, or where generally a texture may arise during display. One half of the pixel may be symmetrical with the other half with respect to the storage capacitor. A common signal line may be parallel with the data signal line and be disposed nearer to the data signal line than a pixel signal line. The pixel may be disposed symmetrically with respect to the data signal line therebetween. The pixel shape may also be repeated in the direction of the gate signal line. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039600 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device having a narrowed peripheral area, particularly, a liquid crystal display device in which disconnection or short-circuiting of connecting lines disposed in the peripheral area is restrained is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a pixel area having pixel electrodes, and a peripheral area surrounding the pixel area, and a gate driver and a drain driver are disposed in the peripheral area. A plurality of gate connecting lines which connect the gate driver and a plurality of gate lines are stacked in the peripheral area. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039601 | LCD DEVICE - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a first substrate, gate lines formed on the first substrate, data lines perpendicularly crossing the gate lines to define red, green, and blue (R/G/B) sub-pixels, thin film transistors (TFTs) disposed at each intersection where the gate lines cross the data lines, common lines disposed in parallel with the gate lines, the common lines including a common line capacitance (Cdc) control portion, pixel electrodes insulated from the common lines and connected to the TFTs, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate and bonded to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039602 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Using thin film transistors (TFTs), an active matrix circuit, a driver circuit for driving the active matrix circuit or the like are formed on one substrate. Circuits such as a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory, necessary to drive an electric device, are formed using single crystalline semiconductor integrated circuit chips. After the semiconductor integrated circuit chips are adhered to the substrate, the chips are connected with wirings formed on the substrate by a chip on glass (COG) method, a wire bonding method or the like, to manufacture the electric device having a liquid crystal display (LCD) on one substrate. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039603 | DISPLAY PANEL MODULE - An LCOS panel module including a substrate, a flexible printed circuit (FPC), an LCOS panel, and a face mask is provided. The substrate has an adhesive region on a surface thereof The FPC is disposed on the substrate and has an opening for exposing the adhesive region. The LCOS panel has a bottom surface and a top surface. The bottom surface of the LCOS panel is fixed on the adhesive region of the substrate exposed from the opening through an adhesive layer and is electrically connected to the FPC. The face mask used for framing the display region of the LCOS panel and sheltering from stray light is disposed on the LCOS panel and has a display opening. A display region of the top surface of the LCOS panel is exposed from the display opening of the face mask. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039604 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY FOR EQUIVALENT RESISTANCE WIRING - A liquid crystal display having an electrode pad for compensating for differences in resistance of electrode links. A pad portion in contact with a driving circuit includes a transparent electrode pattern having a length that depends on the length of an associated electrode link that is connected between the pad portion and a corresponding signal line at a pixel area on which a plurality of liquid crystal cells are arranged. Accordingly, resistance differences that depend on the length of the electrode links are compensated for using electrode pads, thereby making signal conductors with substantially equal resistances. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039605 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPENSING SEALANT AND LCD PANEL - The method for dispensing sealant comprises: preparing an inner-side sealant that comprises a light curing sealant or a first mixture of a light curing sealant and a thermal curing sealant in which the content of the light curing sealant is more than that of the thermal curing sealant; preparing an outer-side sealant that comprises a thermal curing sealant or a second mixture of a light curing sealant and a thermal curing sealant in which the composition of the light curing sealant is less than or equal to that of the thermal curing sealant; simultaneously dispensing the inner-side sealant and the outer-side sealant onto a substrate along four edges of the substrate by using a device for dispensing sealant so that one side of the inner-side sealant abuts the sealed liquid crystal materials and the other side thereof integrates with the outer-side sealant. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039606 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY, DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a display including a column spacer for controlling a distance between a switching element substrate and an opposed substrate opposed to the switching element substrate that includes:
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20100039607 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided. The method includes the steps stated below. At first, providing an LCD panel including a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer therebetween. The liquid crystal layer includes several photo-sensitive monomers and several liquid crystal molecules. The LCD panel has at least a first pixel and a second pixel. Afterwards, correspondingly driving the first pixel and the second pixel by the first voltage and the second voltage. At last, applying a ultra-violet source onto the LCD panel to enable several photo-sensitive monomers to polymerize several alignment polymers on the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039608 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COATING SOLUTION, AND POLARIZING FILM - A liquid crystalline coating solution which comprises: an azo compound represented by the following general formula (1); and a solvent to dissolve the azo compound: | 2010-02-18 |
20100039609 | Eyeglass Assembly - An eyeglass assembly | 2010-02-18 |
20100039610 | Spectacles Holder Device - A device for holding a pair of spectacles on clothing includes a support having a magnetic element to be associated with the clothing and a holding element to be mechanically associated with the spectacles. The holding element is magnetically attracted to the support, and includes a threaded rod arranged along a rotation axis and at least one coupling element, made of a magnetic or ferromagnetic material, mechanically connected to the threaded rod and susceptible of magnetic connection to the magnetic element. The coupling element is arranged in line with the rotation axis or between the latter and the free end of the temple, so that when the magnetic interaction between the magnetic element and the coupling element draws the temples towards the clothes, the glasses are prevented from contacting the clothes themselves. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039611 | TRANSPARENT OPTICAL COMPONENT HAVING CELLS FILLED WITH OPTICAL MATERIAL - A transparent optical component having cells ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100039612 | Microbial cellulose contact lens - The present invention provides a contact lens from | 2010-02-18 |
20100039613 | SILICONE CONTACT LENSES WITH WRINKLED SURFACE - At least one of the surfaces of a silicone contact lens is a wrinkled surface, providing the contact lens surface with a desired topography. The wrinkled surface may include random ridges, either over the entire surface of the lens, or in a desired pattern on the surface of the lens. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039614 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESCRIPTION OF VISUAL AIDS - In one aspect, the invention features a method for determining an eyeglass prescription for an eye. The method includes obtaining a measurement of a wavefront indicative of the refractive properties of the eye, establishing an optimization space corresponding to a plurality of possible prescriptions for the eye, determining a value for a merit function for each of the possible prescriptions in the optimization space, where the merit function value corresponds to a visual function of the eye when corrected using the corresponding possible prescription, generating a representation of the merit function values, and outputting the representation to an eye care professional. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039615 | DEVICE FOR OBTAINING AN IRIS IMAGE - The invention is aimed at simplifying the structure, operating conditions and ensuring a required placement of an individual to be identified in the focal plane of the optical system, in order to obtain a sharp image of the iris. The above object has been achieved by the fact that a device for obtaining an iris image comprises an image recording means | 2010-02-18 |
20100039616 | OPTICAL IMAGE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A fundus oculi observation device | 2010-02-18 |
20100039617 | Eye Movements As A Way To Determine Foci of Covert Attention - A method and apparatus are provided for identifying the covert foci of attention of a person when viewing an image or series of images. The method includes the steps of presenting the person with an image having a plurality of visual elements, measuring eye movements of the subject with respect to those images, and based upon the measured eye movements triangulating and determining the level of covert attentional interest that the person has in the various visual elements. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039618 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE EXISTENCE AND POSITION OF TEXT IN VISUAL MEDIA CONTENT AND FOR DETERMINING A SUBJECT'S INTERACTIONS WITH THE TEXT - A reading meter system and method is provided for identifying the existence and position of text in visual media content (e.g., a document to be displayed (or being displayed) on a computer monitor or other display device) and determining if a subject has interacted with the text and/or the level of the subject's interaction with the text (e.g., whether the subject looked at the text, whether the subject read the text, whether the subject comprehended the text, whether the subject perceived and made sense of the text, and/or other levels of the subject's interaction with the text). The determination may, for example, be based on data generated from an eye tracking device. The reading meter system may be used alone and/or in connection with an emotional response tool (e.g., a software-based tool for determining the subject's emotional response to the text and/or other elements of the visual media content on which the text appears). If used together, the reading meter system and emotional response tool advantageously may both receive, and perform processing on, eye date generated from a common eye tracking device. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039619 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE LOCAL SCATTERING OF AN OPTICAL SYSTEM - Method for measuring, in a given measuring plane (PLM), the local scattering of an optical system (SYST), comprising:
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20100039620 | CONTACT LENS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND FITTING SUCH LENSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The invention is directed to a contact lens design and methods of manufacturing, fitting and using such lenses. The contact lens may be designed for use in a corneal refractive therapy (CRT) program. The lens provides a design which allows proper fitting of a patient, whether for corrective contact lenses or for a CRT program. Due to the rational design of the lenses according to the present invention, a minimal number of lens parameter increments can be identified to cover the range of common corneas. It is therefore possible to provide preformed lens buttons or blanks which are easily formed into a final design, thereby simplifying and speeding up the treatment process. Further, any adjustment of the lens design which may be required based upon trial fitting or the like, is easily envisioned and implemented by the fitter. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039621 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a light source; a polarization conversion element array having an entrance surface on which an effective entrance area and an ineffective entrance area are disposed to form stripes; a modulation device adapted to modulate a linearly polarized light beam emitted from the polarization conversion element array in accordance with an image signal; a projection device adapted to project the modulated light beam; a first light shielding section, a part of the entrance surface being provided with the first light shielding section adapted to shield a part of the incident light beam to the effective entrance area; and a first opening section, the first opening section being another area of the entrance surface than the part provided with the first light shielding section, at least a part of the first opening section reaches an end of the entrance surface. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039622 | PROJECTION DEVICE - A projection device, having a number of light emitting diodes and an integration rod, includes a rotatable wheel. The rotatable wheel is averagely divided into different color sectors. The same color light emitting diodes are populated in the corresponding color sectors and emit the corresponding color light. The rotatable wheel and the integration rod are positioned in the path of the color light. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039623 | HEAT-DISSIPATING STRUCTURE OF HOUSING AND PROJECTION DEVICE HAVING SAME - A heat-dissipating structure of a housing is disclosed. The housing defines an opening that is embedded with the heat-dissipating structure. The heat-dissipating structure includes a number of metal slats, a number of connection members, and a supporting frame. The metal slats are spaced and angled to form air channels and fixed to each other via the connection members. The combination of the metal slats and connection members are supported by the supporting frame. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039624 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND PROJECTOR DEVICE - A projector module adopts a structure having an optical image forming block and an optical block integrated via a locking member. The optical image forming block adopts a structure achieved by disposing an aluminum substrate at which an LED is mounted and a liquid crystal panel in a casing constituted with a plastic material having low thermal conductivity. The locking member is formed by bending a metal sheet through a sheet metal bending process and the locking member is set in surface contact with the substrate. The optical block adopts a structure achieved by disposing a PBS and a reflecting member at the casing constituted with a plastic material having low thermal conductivity with a quarter-wave plate disposed at the boundary of the two members. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039625 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, MAGNIFICATION PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, MAGNIFICATION PROJECTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection optical system for use in an image projection apparatus illuminating a lightbulb forming an image in accordance with a modulating signal with illumination light from a light source is disclosed. The projection optical system includes first and second optical systems arranged along an optical path defining an upstream-downstream direction in the order described from upstream to downstream on the downstream side of the lightbulb. The first optical system includes at least one dioptric system and has positive power. The second optical system includes at least one reflecting surface having power and has positive power. The image formed by the lightbulb is formed as an intermediate image in the optical path, and the intermediate image is magnified and projected. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039626 | HANDHELD PROJECTOR - A handheld projector includes a housing, a projection lens module having an optical axis and a focusing member fixed inside the housing. The projection lens module includes an inner barrel fixed inside the housing, an outer barrel sleeving the inner barrel, and a projection lens received in the inner barrel. The outer barrel includes a first sidewall. At least one cam groove is defined in the first sidewall. A guide bar extends from the first sidewall. The projection lens includes cam follower corresponding to the cam groove. The focusing member includes a body portion with a first surface facing the projection lens module. A guide groove is defined on the first surface corresponding to the guide bar. The guide groove is tilted relative to the optical axis. Each cam follower is plugged into the corresponding cam groove. The guide bar is plugged into the guide groove. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039627 | PROJECTING APPARATUS - A projecting apparatus includes a casing, a projector and a foldable arm set. The foldable arm set is connected with the projector and selectively in a folded state or an unfolded state. The projector is capable of performing a projecting operation when the foldable arm set is in the unfolded state. A containing space is defined by the foldable arm set and the casing for containing the projector therein when the foldable arm set is in the folded state. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039628 | Cleaning tool, cleaning method, and device fabricating method - A cleaning tool is loaded onto an exposure apparatus, which exposes a substrate with exposure light, and cleans a member inside the exposure apparatus. The cleaning tool comprises: a base member; and a cleaning member that is disposed on the base member and permeated with a cleaning liquid. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039629 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING MULTIPLE MIRROR ARRAYS IN AN ILLUMINATION SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus has a pupil surface and an essentially flat arrangement of desirably individually drivable beam deviating elements for variable illumination of the pupil surface. Each beam deviating element allows deviation of a projection light beam incident on it to be achieved as a function of a control signal applied to the beam deviating element. A measurement illumination instrument directs a measurement light beam, independent of the projection light beams, onto a beam deviating element. A detector instrument records the measurement light beam after deviation by the beam deviating element. An evaluation unit determines the deviation of the projection light beam from measurement signals provided by the detector instrument. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039630 | OPTIMIZATION OF FOCUSED SPOTS FOR MASKLESS LITHOGRAPHY - The focused spots of an active spot array projection system, such as a maskless lithographic projection system, are optimized within a relay of the projection system. A frequency modulator is positioned proximate to the pupil of the relay for reforming the focused spots while imaging the focused spots onto a photosensitive substrate. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039631 | RADIATION SOURCES AND METHODS OF GENERATING RADIATION - A radiation source is configured to generate radiation. The radiation source includes a fuel droplet generator constructed and arranged to generate a stream of droplets of fuel that are directed to a plasma generation site; a laser constructed and arranged to generate a laser beam that is directed to the plasma generation site, an angle between the direction of movement of the stream of droplets and the direction of the laser beam being less than about 90°; and a collector constructed and arranged to collect radiation generated by a plasma formed at the plasma formation site when the beam of radiation and a droplet collide. The collector is configured to reflect the radiation substantially along an optical axis of the radiation source. The laser beam is directed to the plasma generation site through an aperture provided in the collector. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039632 | RADIATION SOURCE, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a radiation source configured to produce extreme ultraviolet radiation. The source includes a chamber in which a plasma is generated, and a mirror configured to reflect radiation emitted by the plasma. The mirror includes a multi-layer structure that includes alternating Mo/Si layers. A boundary Mo layer or a boundary Si layer or a boundary diffusion barrier layer of the alternating layers forms a top layer of the mirror, the top layer facing inwardly with respect to the chamber. A hydrogen radical generator is configured to generate hydrogen radicals in the chamber. The radicals are configured to remove debris generated by the plasma from the mirror. A support is constructed and arranged to support a patterning device configured to pattern the radiation to form a patterned beam of radiation. A projection system is constructed and arranged to project the patterned beam of radiation onto a substrate. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039633 | SOURCE OPTIMIZATION FOR IMAGE FIDELITY AND THROUGHPUT - A system and method for optimizing an illumination source to print a desired pattern of features dividing a light source into pixels and determining an optimum intensity for each pixel such that when the pixels are simultaneously illuminated, the error in a printed pattern of features is minimized. In one embodiment, pixel solutions are constrained from solutions that are bright, continuous, and smooth. In another embodiment, the light source optimization and resolution enhancement technique(s) are iteratively performed to minimize errors in a printed pattern of features. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039634 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY AND EXPOSING METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided is an exposure apparatus, including a plurality of exposure lamps and a luminance changing mechanism disposed between the exposure lamps and an exposure target. The luminance changing mechanism changes the location at which the exposure light generated from the exposure lamps reaches the exposure target by changing the direction in which the exposure light travels. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039635 | Filter Device Disposed in Reticle Library of Lithography System - A filter device disposed in the reticle library of a lithography system, the lithography system comprising: a light emitting unit for providing a light source, a reticle library disposed with a plurality of reticles, a reticle stage disposed with a fastener for fastening the reticle, a substrate stage disposed with a fastener for fastening the substrate, and a lens module for focusing the light source provided by the light emitting unit and transferring the emitted part of the reticle on the reticle stage to the substrate; the filter device being composed of a bottom base, a top cover, and a chemical absorbent layer, wherein the filter device and the reticle in the lithography system have equal size and are aligned next to each other on support shelves in the reticle library. Thus, the filter device can effectively filter the airborne molecular contaminants (AMC) surrounding the reticle. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039636 | ILLUMINATION OPTICS FOR A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - Illumination optics for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus is used for illumination of an object field in the object plane with illumination light of a radiation source. The illumination optics has an optical beam influencing element which is divided into at least two beam influencing regions in order to generate various illumination modes for the object field which are independent of a light attenuation. The optical beam influencing element is displaceable between a first beam influencing position where a first one of the beam influencing regions is exposed to a bundle of the illumination light, and at least another beam influencing position where another one of the beam influencing regions is exposed to the bundle of the illumination light. Each of the beam influencing regions has a surface which is exposable to illumination light and has a long and a short side length, with the optical beam influencing element being displaceable perpendicular to the long side length. The result is an illumination optics which allows rapid switching between various illumination settings, preferably within fractions of a second and substantially without light loss. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039637 | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING IN OPTICAL SYSTEMS USED FOR RANGING APPLICATIONS - Methods and apparatuses for reducing the response time along with increasing the probability of ranging of optical rangefinders that digitize the signal waveforms obtained from the pulse echoes returned from various types of objects to be ranged, the pulse echoes being too weak to allow successful ranging from a single waveform or the objects being possibly in motion during the capture of the pulse echoes. In a first embodiment of the invention, the response time at close range of a digital optical rangefinder is reduced by using a signal averaging process wherein the number of data to be averaged varies with the distance according to a predetermined function. In a second embodiment of the invention, the probability of ranging objects in motion along the line of sight of a digital optical rangefinder is increased and the object velocity measured by performing a range shift of each acquired signal waveform prior to averaging. In a third embodiment of the invention, the signal waveforms acquired in the line of sight of a digital optical rangefinder are scanned over a predetermined zone and range shifted and averaged to allow for early detection and ranging of objects that enter in the zone. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039638 | SELF-CONTAINED UNDERWATER VELOCIMETRY APPARATUS - A velocimetry apparatus and method for the collection of target-specific images of fluid motions are disclosed. The apparatus includes a camera and a light source. The camera collects and provides images of the fluid showing instantaneous positions of particles in the fluid. The light source provides a light sheet (two-dimensional) or volume (three-dimensional) to illuminate the particles. The camera and the light source are powered by portable energy sources and measure instantaenous velocity of the fluid in a field of view. Shape and distance between first camera, the light source and the portable energy sources are so configured that the apparatus is a self-contained apparatus portable by a diver during operation thereof. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039639 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING A LENS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a system and device for evaluating imperfections in a lens for a display for an electronic device. The evaluation device comprises: a substrate; and a pattern imposed on the substrate. The pattern comprises a series of lines in a grid imposed on the substrate wherein when the pattern is viewed through the lens, the series of lines having thickness of between approximately 10 and approximately 150 microns, spaced in intervals between approximately 20 microns and approximately 300 microns from center to center, the pattern is distorted around an area where a defect is present in the lens. With the device, the lens is identifiable as being defective if the pattern appears as a moiré distortion in the area when viewed through the lens. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039640 | Illumination method and device for determining the presence of defects on the surface of a container collar - The invention relates to an illumination device for a control station for determining the presence of defects on the image of the surface(s) of the collar of a transparent or translucent container. The inventive device comprises at least one illumination system quasi-constantly illuminating each point of a surface encompassing the collar surface(s) according to the totality or parts of incidences included in at least one part of a 2π-steradian solid angle and means for blocking at least one part of light beams which illuminate outside of the surface(s) of the collar and can bring about stray reflections in the collar image. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039641 | Micro Ring Grating Spectrometer with Adjustable Aperture - A spectrometer includes a micro-ring grating device having coaxially-aligned ring gratings for diffracting incident light onto a target focal point, a detection device for detecting light intensity, one or more actuators, and an adjustable aperture device defining a circular aperture. The aperture circumscribes a target focal point, and directs a light to the detection device. The aperture device is selectively adjustable using the actuators to select a portion of a frequency band for transmission to the detection device. A method of detecting intensity of a selected band of incident light includes directing incident light onto coaxially-aligned ring gratings of a micro-ring grating device, and diffracting the selected band onto a target focal point using the ring gratings. The method includes using an actuator to adjust an aperture device and pass a selected portion of the frequency band to a detection device for measuring the intensity of the selected portion. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039642 | Two-Dimensional Spectral Imaging System - Systems, including methods, apparatus, and algorithms, for spectrally imaging a two-dimensional array of samples. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039643 | Micro Spectrometer for Parallel Light and Method of Use - A spectrometer system includes an optical assembly for collimating light, a micro-ring grating assembly having a plurality of coaxially-aligned ring gratings, an aperture device defining an aperture circumscribing a target focal point, and a photon detector. An electro-optical layer of the grating assembly may be electrically connected to an energy supply to change the refractive index of the electro-optical layer. Alternately, the gratings may be electrically connected to the energy supply and energized, e.g., with alternating voltages, to change the refractive index. A data recorder may record the predetermined spectral characteristic. A method of detecting a spectral characteristic of a predetermined wavelength of source light includes generating collimated light using an optical assembly, directing the collimated light onto the micro-ring grating assembly, and selectively energizing the micro-ring grating assembly to diffract the predetermined wavelength onto the target focal point, and detecting the spectral characteristic using a photon detector. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039644 | Arrayed Micro-Ring Spectrometer System and Method of Use - A spectrometer system includes an array of micro-zone plates (MZP) each having coaxially-aligned ring gratings, a sample plate for supporting and illuminating a sample, and an array of photon detectors for measuring a spectral characteristic of the predetermined wavelength. The sample plate emits an evanescent wave in response to incident light, which excites molecules of the sample to thereby cause an emission of secondary photons. A method of detecting the intensity of a selected wavelength of incident light includes directing the incident light onto an array of MZP, diffracting a selected wavelength of the incident light onto a target focal point using the array of MZP, and detecting the intensity of the selected portion using an array of photon detectors. An electro-optic layer positioned adjacent to the array of MZP may be excited via an applied voltage to select the wavelength of the incident light. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039645 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARTICLE DETECTION - An apparatus for detecting particles in an airflow is disclosed. The apparatus can include at least one light source for illuminating a one or more portions of the airflow, at least one photo-detector positioned to detect light scattered from one or more illuminated volumes of the airflow. The at least one light source and at least one photo detector are arranged such that a signal indicative of light scattered from a plurality of illuminated volumes can be derived from the output of the at least one photo detector. The apparatus also includes a signal processing apparatus configured to process said signals indicative of light scattered from a plurality of illuminated volumes to determine whether particles have been detected in the airflow. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039646 | POLARIMETRIC IMAGING SYSTEM HAVING A MATRIX OF PROGRAMMABLE WAVEPLATES BASED ON A MATERIAL WITH AN ISOTROPIC ELECTROOPTIC TENSOR - The subject of the invention is a polarimetric imaging system exhibiting an optical axis, and comprising means ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100039647 | Method for Detecting Trace Substance using Organic Electroluminescent Device - Provided is a detection method and device for analyzing trace substance of interest in a short time and with high accuracy without the need of performing any treatment for binding a fluorescent substance to the substance of interest or using any large apparatus. The substance of interest is detected by being immobilizing on a surface of any one of a hole transport layer, an electron transport layer, a luminescent layer, a buffer layer, and inside surfaces of electrodes for an organic electroluminescent device based on a change in at least one luminescent property selected from luminescence intensity, luminous efficiency, and emission spectrum of the organic electroluminescent device before and after the immobilization of the substance of interest. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039648 | DYNAMIC DETECTION DEVICE BASED ON SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE EFFECT - A detection device based on the surface plasmon resonance effect, including a radiation emitter and a radiation detector, a fluidic substrate, a liquid crystal layer and respective control mechanism. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039649 | OPTICAL SENSOR UTILIZING HOLLOW-CORE PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBER WITH LOW PHASE THERMAL CONSTANT - An optical sensor includes an optical coupler. The optical sensor further includes a photonic bandgap fiber having a hollow core and an inner cladding generally surrounding the core. The photonic bandgap fiber is in optical communication with the optical coupler. Light signals counterpropagate through the photonic bandgap fiber and return to the optical coupler. The photonic bandgap fiber has a phase thermal constant S less than 8 parts-per-million per degree Celsius. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039650 | Physical Value Sensor Comprising An Optical Fiber That Is Not Sensitive To Static Values - The subject of the present invention is a dynamic sensor of physical quantities with optical waveguide with optically-pumped amplifier medium, which requires no interferometer or reference sensor and which makes it possible to obtain at least the same level of performance, in terms of sensitivity, as known sensors of this type, and this waveguide is linked at one end to a selective mirror, and comprises at its other end an interrogation laser, the reflection of which on the selective mirror produces a wave which, by interference with the incident wave, provokes the periodic saturation of the gain of the waveguide. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039651 | INTERFEROMETRIC DEVICE (VARIANTS) - Variants of an interferometric device are developed for examining internal structures of objects by means of optical coherence tomography, which allow for controlling a boundary location of the observation range. The device also allows for correcting a distortion of the tomographic image of the object under study, caused by lateral scanning, due to aberrations of the optical path length for the low-coherence optical radiation directed towards the object. Embodiments of the device include either one, or two fiber-optic controlled scanners, which in different combinations perform a function of in-depth scanning of the coherence window of low-coherence optical radiation within the observation range, a function of controlling a boundary location of the observation range, and a function of compensating the optical path length aberration for the low-coherence optical radiation directed towards the object, caused by lateral scanning. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039652 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING DISPLACEMENT OF A SAMPLE - In a displacement measurement apparatus using light interference, a probe light path is spatially separated from a reference light path. Therefore, when a temperature or refractive index distribution by a fluctuation of air or the like, or a mechanical vibration is generated, an optical path difference fluctuates between both of the optical paths, and a measurement error is generated. In the solution, an optical axis of probe light is brought close to that of reference light by a distance which is not influenced by any disturbance, a sample is irradiated with the probe light, a reference surface is irradiated with the reference light, reflected light beams are allowed to interfere with each other, and a displacement of the sample is obtained from the resultant interference light to thereby prevent the measurement error from being generated by the fluctuation of the optical path difference. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039653 | POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM FOR THE CONTACTLESS INTERFEROMETRIC DETECTION OF A LOCATION OF A TARGER OBJECT AND SCANNING SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - The invention relates to a position detection system for the contactless interferometric detection of the location of a target object. A target object unit comprises a reference light transmitter, which is configured such that it transmits a reference light beam having curved light wave fronts. The target object unit comprises at least one detector array having a plurality of detector pixels, which is fixed to the target object unit such that the reference light beam of the reference light transmitter impinges on the same. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039654 | Nanoscale Optical Tomography Based on Volume-Scanning Near-Field Microscopy - An apparatus and methods for nanoscale optical tomography based on back-scattering mode near-field scanning optical microscopy with a volumetric scan of the probe. The back-scattered data collected by a volumetric scan of the probe contains three-dimensional structural information of the sample, which enables reconstruction of the dielectric sample without other mechanical movements of the instrument. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039655 | PROFILE INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR THREADED AND AXIAL COMPONENTS - A system and method are disclosed for inspecting a component having a length, a width, and an axis. The system includes a fixture for holding the component, a light source disposed on one side of the component, and an optical detector disposed on the other side of the component. In the preferred embodiment, the detector has a field of view wider than the width of the component, thereby enabling the detector to image a portion of the outer edges of the component. A translation stage is operative to move the light source and detector in unison along the length of the component and a processor, in communication with the detector and the translation stage, is operative to: a) receive electrical signals representative of the outer profile imaged by the detector; b) move the translation stage incrementally along the length of the component; and c) record the outer profile imaged by the detector at each increment and form a composite profile of the component. In the preferred embodiment, the processor is further operative to record the composite profile of the component at one or more angular orientations by rotating the component through a predetermined angle about its axis. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039656 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN INFLUENCING VARIABLE ACTING ON THE ECCENTRICITY IN A GONIOMETER - The invention relates to a method for determining at least one influencing variable acting on the eccentricity in a goniometer, using a detector arrangement consisting of four optical detector elements, and a rotational body comprising a plurality of pattern elements arranged around a pattern center, the rotational body being rotatably arranged about an axis. According to said method, at least some of the pattern elements are reproduced on the detector arrangement, the positions of the pattern elements reproduced on the detector arrangement are resolved, and the eccentricity of the pattern center in relation to a detector center of the detector arrangement is determined. A plurality of such eccentricity measurements for different rotational positions enables different influencing variables acting on the current eccentricity to be separated, especially by forming units. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039657 | CLUSTER-BASED PRINTER MODEL FOR TONE REPRODUCTION CURVE ESTIMATION - What is disclosed is a system and method for efficiently and accurately estimating the complete TRC for a color marking device equipped with a multi-center cluster halftone screen which has a similar halftone tiling geometry and a similar growth specified by a corresponding single-center cluster halftone screen. The present method introduces a cluster-based printer model which establishes a relationship between a color output of a single-center cluster halftone screen and a color output of a multi-center cluster halftone screen. The present cluster-based printer model determines the complete TRC for the multi-center cluster halftone screen using the measurements for the single-center cluster halftone screen. Results of halftone dot linearization with different printing devices demonstrates that high accuracy can be achieved using the reduced measurements from the single-center cluster halftone screen. The present method finds its uses in characterization processes for a wide variety of color marking devices known in the arts, | 2010-02-18 |
20100039658 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ONTO COLOURED SUBSTRATES - A method for printing an electronic image comprising a plurality of pixels onto a substrate using a computer-assisted image processing system, said method comprising the step of using alpha channel information in combination with substrate color information to calculate the transparency level that needs to be applied to each pixel. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039659 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUTHORIZED PERSON INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing system includes an authorized person information management apparatus and an image processing apparatus, the authorized person information management apparatus including: a first reception unit; an authorized person information storage unit; an authorized person information acquisition unit; and a first transmission unit; the image processing apparatus including: a reading unit; a second transmission unit; a second reception unit; and an output unit. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039660 | Methods for Universal Data Output - A data output method for rendering at an output device content accessible with an information apparatus, includes obtaining at the information apparatus one or more rasterization parameters corresponding to the output device and conforming at the information apparatus at least part of the data content into one or more output images with said one or more rasterization parameters. An intermediate output data is transmitted from the information apparatus to an output controller that is distinct from the information apparatus and associated with the selected output device, the intermediate output data including said one or more output image. The intermediate output data is converted at the output controller into an output data acceptable for rendering at the output device. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039661 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE FACSIMILE MESSAGE RETRANSMISSION - The subject application is directed to a system and method for remote facsimile message retransmission. At least one document and identification data corresponding to a user are received for association with a facsimile transmission. Destination address data is then received, and facsimile transmission is commenced. Whether the transmission is successful is monitored, and a notification message is generated to the user, which message includes information relative to the monitored transmission of the document. Login data associated with the document is then received from an associated thin client interface. Update data, corresponding to an output of the monitoring that indicates a failure of a facsimile transmission of the at least one document in accordance with received address data, is received via the thin client interface. A facsimile retransmission, electronic mail transmission, or storage operation of the document is then commenced in accordance with the update data. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039662 | PRINTER CONTROL DEVICE WITH PRINTER CONFIGURATION CONTROL FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A computer network may include a network server, a network printer having a printer identifier associated therewith, and a plurality of network computers coupled to the network server for generating print jobs to be directed to the printer based upon the printer identifier. Each print job may have a printing permission level associated therewith. Moreover, the computer network may further include a printer control device coupled between the network server and the network printer and configured to determine the printer identifier associated with the network printer based upon printer communications, identify the printer control device to the network server using the printer identifier to access the print jobs from the network computers, and selectively enable printing of the print jobs by the network printer based upon the respective printing permission levels associated therewith. | 2010-02-18 |
20100039663 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINTING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Insertion of a watermark corresponding to the content of a file at the time of the printing of the file is made possible. Importance and/or confidentiality is defined per keyword in advance, and the watermark to be inserted is defined based thereon. At the time of the printing of the file, a keyword search within the file is performed, and the watermark to be inserted is automatically selected based on the search result (see FIG. | 2010-02-18 |