14th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120081641 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate including gate and data lines crossing each other on a first substrate to define a pixel region, and a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode in the pixel region, a color filter substrate including a black matrix on a second substrate and including an opening corresponding to the pixel region, and a color filter layer filling the opening, and a liquid crystal layer including a first patterned spacer contacting the array substrate and the color filter substrate, and corresponding to the thin film transistor of the array substrate, and a second patterned spacer having a first width along a length direction of the gate line, and a second width along a width direction of the gate line, contacting the color filter substrate and being spaced apart from the array substrate, and corresponding to the gate line. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081642 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An array substrate comprises a base substrate on which data lines and gate lines intersecting with each other are formed to define pixel units, and a switching element is provided in each of the pixel units and comprises a gate electrode, an active layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, and end parts of the source electrode and the drain electrode located directly on the active layer are opposite to each other to define a channel region. An extension conductive part is formed close to the source electrode or the drain electrode and to electrically contact the source electrode or the drain electrode, one end of the extension conductive part extends toward the channel to protrude from the source electrode or the drain electrode contacting with the extension conductive part and to contact the active layer at least within the channel region. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081643 | DISPLAY DEVICE - To reduce misalignment between pixels and color filters caused by thermal expansion of substrates in a liquid crystal display device in which an opposing substrate including a resin and including color filters is disposed over a TFT substrate including a glass substrate. Glass fibers are included extendedly in the direction of a black arrow in the opposing substrate. Consequently, the thermal expansion coefficient of the opposing substrate in the direction of the black arrow is close to the thermal expansion coefficient of glass fibers and hence the difference in thermal expansion in the direction of the black arrow between the TFT substrate and the opposing substrate is small. Meanwhile, although the thermal expansion of the opposing substrate in the direction perpendicular to the black arrow is large, color purity is not influenced even if misalignment occurs in the direction. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081644 | Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Display Devices And Methods Of Manufacturing The Same - In a method of manufacturing a single-layer cholesteric liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal composition of a cholesteric phase is formed between a first substrate and a second substrate. A plurality of liquid crystal layers are formed by sequentially adjusting the temperature of the cholesteric phase liquid crystal composition and performing a plurality of optical curing processes on the cholesteric phase liquid crystal composition. Each of the plurality of liquid crystal layers corresponds to one of the plurality of subpixels. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081645 | REFLECTION TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE FORMED ON SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - Above a semiconductor substrate on which switching semiconductor elements are formed respectively corresponding to a plurality of pixels, a first and a second copper wiring layers and thereon an aluminum reflection electrode layer are arranged. Wirings and first and second light shielding layers are formed by patterning the copper wiring layers and pluralities of first and second openings are formed respectively in the first and the second light shielding layers. The first openings and the second openings are shifted in two directions not to overlap each other in a plan view. The wiring layers and the light shielding layers are formed of copper while restraining dishing. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081646 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a liquid crystal display device excellent in mechanical reliability, in which gap holding materials are arranged uniformly in a limited pixel, in an active matrix liquid crystal display device including a columnar gap holding material and liquid crystal between two substrates which face each other, at least one of wirings in a thin film transistor includes a non-expanded portion which is connected to any of electrodes of the thin film transistor and a expanded portion having a first region having the same wiring width as the non-expanded portion and a second region in contact with the first region. Further, one side of the columnar gap holding material is in contact with components on the second substrate, and the other side of the columnar gap holding material is in contact with components provided over the first substrate. Furthermore, the columnar gap holding material overlaps with the expanded portion. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081647 | Liquid Crystal Display Device And Manufacturing Method Thereof - A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal display panel including pixels each having an active device, a pixel electrode, a common electrode and a liquid crystal layer arranged in a dot matrix array. The liquid crystal display panel has a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate has the active device, the pixel electrode, the common electrode and a first alignment film. The second substrate has a second alignment film. The first alignment film and the second alignment film are respectively a photo alignment film formed by irradiating a photo decomposition type insulating film with light. The second alignment film has a thickness of at least 10 nm and no greater 50 nm and is thinner than the first alignment film. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081648 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An IPS liquid crystal display device with a reduced number of layers, in which the variation of pixel electrode potential due to ON/OFF operation of a gate voltage is suppressed. A pixel electrode is formed on a TFT substrate formed of glass. A gate insulating film is formed to cover the pixel electrode, an inorganic passivation film is formed on the gate insulating film, and a common electrode is formed on the passivation film. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081649 | METHOD AND RESULTING CAPACITOR STRUCTURE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL ON SILICON DISPLAY DEVICES - A liquid crystal on silicon display device (LCOS) has a semiconductor substrate comprising a surface region and a gate dielectric layer overlying the surface region. The device also has a word line formed overlying the gate dielectric layer and a first source/drain region coupled to the word line. The device has a bottom electrode structure formed overlying an interlayer dielectric. A capacitor dielectric is formed overlying the bottom electrode. A top electrode structure is formed overlying the capacitor dielectric to form a capacitor structure including the bottom electrode structure, the capacitor dielectric, and the top electrode structure. The device has a mirror surface formed overlying the top electrode structure to form a pixel electrode structure and a liquid crystal material provided overlying the mirror surface. In an embodiment, the LCOS described above is in an integrated circuit chip that also includes a DRAM device. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081650 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A reflective display apparatus includes a transparent substrate, a reflective substrate, a display layer and a transparent gluing layer. The transparent gluing layer is disposed between the transparent substrate and the display layer and the refractive indices of the transparent gluing layer and of the transparent substrate are substantially the same. Therefore, the energy loss of light can be reduced at the interface between the transparent gluing layer and the transparent substrate, so the brightness of the image displayed by the reflective display apparatus may be increased. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081651 | DISPLAY PANEL - In a picture-frame region (F) of a liquid crystal display panel ( | 2012-04-05 |
20120081652 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT PROCESS - A liquid crystal alignment process comprises steps of: providing a first substrate and a second substrate to form a liquid crystal accommodating space therebetween; pouring a liquid crystal composition into the liquid crystal accommodating space, the liquid crystal composition comprising liquid crystal molecules, a first monomer material, and a second monomer material; applying a voltage difference to the first and second substrates for arranging the liquid crystal molecules at a pre-tilt angle; and exposing the liquid crystal composition by mixed multi-spectrum rays for polymerizing the first monomer material and the second monomer material to form at least one type of liquid crystal alignment polymer on opposite surfaces of the first and second substrates. The liquid crystal alignment process is capable of improving the efficiency of exposure procedure, reducing time to manufacture products, and is capable of solving the problems of high costs and waste pollution. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081653 | LIGHT-REFLECTING FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A method of producing a light-reflecting film having a light-reflecting layer on a resin film and reflecting 30% or more of incident light of a wavelength in the range of 800 to 2000 nm, includes a step of curing a cholesteric liquid crystal phase to form the light-reflecting layer, the cholesteric liquid crystal phase is obtained by mixing a chiral agent having an HTP of 30 μm | 2012-04-05 |
20120081654 | GLASSES - Glasses are disclosed. The glasses can improve fitting of a viewer. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081655 | PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISION ENHANCEMENTS - Protective eyewear systems providing vision enhancement to a user include a wrap-around lens or eyeshield having a first region with a first optical power and a second region with a second optical power different from the first optical power. Exemplary eyewear systems and methods of their manufacture involve coupling or integrating wrap-around lenses or eyeshield with ski goggles, motorcycle helmets, and other types of headgear. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081656 | Eyeglasses Holder - An eyeglasses holder comprising an arm and a hollow body. The arm is connected to the hollow body through a bridge at the top end of the arm forming a groove between the arm and hollow body. According to one embodiment, a plurality of planar protrusions extends radially from the inner surface of the hollow body toward the center of the hollow body to grip and secure the eyeglasses during transport. An alternative embodiment comprises a magnetic member contained by the hollow body that exerts a magnetic force on a pair of eyeglasses either directly or via an attached metallic strip. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081657 | DIGITAL EYEWEAR - Improved eyewear is disclosed. The eyewear comprises a frame member and a lens. The eyewear also includes circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the eyewear. A system and method in accordance with the present invention is directed to a variety of ways to enhance the use of eyeglasses. They are: (1) media focals, that is, utilizing the eyewear for its intended purpose and enhancing that use by using imaging techniques to improve the vision of the user; (2) telecommunications enhancements that allow the eyeglasses to be integrated with telecommunication devices such as cell phones or the like; and (3) entertainment enhancements that allow the eyewear to be integrated with devices such as MP3 players, radios, or the like. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081658 | DEVICE-MOUNTING SUPPORT MEMBER - Provided is a device-mounting support member ( | 2012-04-05 |
20120081659 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LENS FOR ELECTRONIC SPECTACLES, LENS FOR ELECTRONIC SPECTACLES, AND ELECTRONIC SPECTACLES - A first recess ( | 2012-04-05 |
20120081660 | OPTICAL LENS WITH ANTISTATIC COATING - The present invention relates to an optical lens, in particular for use as a spectacle lens, having a lens element and a coating for producing an antistatic effect, said coating being applied onto the lens element and having a plurality of layers. Further, the antistatic effect is provided by two layers adjoining one another, wherein at least one of the two layers adjoining one another is formed in a non-stoichiometric fashion. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for producing a corresponding optical lens. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081661 | EYEGLASS LENS EVALUATION METHOD, EYEGLASS LENS DESIGN METHOD, EYEGLASS LENS MANUFACTURING METHOD, EYEGLASS LENS MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND EYEGLASS LENS - With respect to the evaluation of custom-made eyeglass lenses using a binocular visual acuity function, a measumrnet value including essentially at least one of or both of a positive relative convergence or a negative relative convergence of the positive relative convergence, the negative relative convergence, a positive relative accommodation, a negative relative accommodation and a vertical fusional vergence is provided as a factor. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081662 | Peripheral Vision Training And/Or Testing During Central Vision Fixation - Systems and methods may test and/or train the peripheral visual abilities of an individual. Peripheral visual abilities may be tested and/or trained while maintaining a central visual focus by the individual. A central display element may display central visual indicia, while a peripheral display element may display peripheral visual indicia. Each visual indicia displayed may possess one or more trait and, optionally, one or more property. Inputs may be received at a central input device and/or a peripheral input device, with inputs corresponding to the traits perceived to be possessed by displayed indicia. By determining the correspondence of received inputs to the traits possessed by corresponding indicia, the peripheral visual abilities of an individual may be tested and/or trained in accordance with the present invention. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081663 | Simulator for use in ophthalmological measurements - A simulator to be used in ophthalmological measurements includes a display apparatus and a control device. The control device is adapted to control the display apparatus in such a manner that the display apparatus displays an image that is adapted to simulate the arrangement of a pupillary midpoint relative to a reference structure. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081664 | OPTHALMOLOGY PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A fundus camera includes an illumination unit to illuminate an ocular fundus of a subject's eye, an autofluorescent exciter filter insertable into and retractable from an illumination optical path of the illumination unit, an observation and photographing unit to receive reflection light from the ocular fundus illuminated by the illumination unit and form an ocular fundus image, an autofluorescent barrier filter insertable into and retractable from an observation and photographing optical path, an image capturing unit to capture an ocular fundus image, and a calculation unit to calculate image data, wherein the calculation unit converts the ocular fundus image which is illuminated using the autofluorescent exciter filter and captured by a color image capturing unit as a color image, in a state that no autofluorescent barrier filter is inserted into the observation and photographing unit, into a monochromatic image from specific color data of each of the pixels. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081665 | FUNDUS CAMERA - A fundus camera includes an optical path splitting unit arranged between a focusing unit and an imaging unit. The splitting unit has characteristics adapted to reflect light of a visible light region and to transmit near-infrared light. The splitting unit retreats from an optical path when a still fundus image is photographed. A quick-return mirror having such characteristics is used as the splitting unit. When near-infrared illumination light having a wavelength of about 850 nm is used, such light can be incident upon the imaging unit without loss of the amount of light. Visible light output from an internal fixation target is projected onto a subject's eye. A cornea diaphragm and a crystalline lens diaphragm are used for observing a fundus with invisible light. Each of the cornea diaphragm and crystalline lens diaphragm can be changed to another one having a different diameter. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081666 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTIVE SECONDARY SACCADES ANALYSIS WITH VIDEO OCULOGRAPHY SYSTEM - A video oculography system for calculation and display of Corrective Secondary Saccades Analysis is disclosed. A method for Objective Diagnostics of at least one of traumatic brain injury, Internuclear Opthalmopligia, Ocular Lateral Pulsion, Progressive Supernuclear Palsy And Glissades comprises the steps of using a VOG system to calculate corrective saccades. The video oculography based system for the subject is configured to collect eye images of the patient in excess of 60 hz and configured to resolve eye movements smaller than at least 3 degrees of motion. The video oculography based system collects eye movement data wherein at least one fixation target is presented to the subject in a defined position configured to yield a voluntary saccadic eye response from at least one eye of the patient. The latency, amplitude, accuracy and velocity of each respective corrective saccade and totals latency and accuracy is calculated. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081667 | Arrangement and method for carrying out a surgical treatment of an eye - An arrangement for carrying out a surgical treatment of an eye includes a diagnostic instrument which is adapted to register eye-structure data. A data processing unit is adapted to generate, on the basis of the eye-structure data registered by the diagnostic instrument, a structural image that contains at least one mapping of a characteristic eye structure and also at least one positional marking arranged relative to the mapping of the characteristic eye structure. An image-data fade-in device is adapted to fade the structural image generated by the data processing unit into an image generated by a surgical microscope during the implementation of a surgical treatment of the eye. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081668 | IMAGING OF MACULAR PIGMENT DISTRIBUTIONS - Macular pigments are measured by spectrally selective lipofuscin detection. Light from a light source that emits light at a selected range of wavelengths that overlap the absorption band of macular carotenoids is directed onto macular tissue of an eye for which macular pigment levels are to be measured. Emitted light is then collected from the macular tissue. The collected light is filtered so that the collected light includes lipofuscin emission from the macular tissue at an excitation wavelength that lies outside the macular pigment absorption range and outside the excitation range of interfering fluorophores. The collected light is quantified at each of a plurality of locations in the macular tissue and the macular pigment levels in the macular tissue are determined from the differing lipofuscin emission intensities in the macula and peripheral retina. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081669 | EYESIGHT TESTING APPARATUS - An eyesight testing apparatus includes an imaging device for virtual imaging a test object located within a focal length of the imaging device and imaged at different distances into eyes of a subject located in a focal point of the imaging device, an optical deflection device arranged in a beam path between the imaging device and the test object to deflect the beam path by 180°, wherein the deflection device is displaceable in the direction of the beam path and the test object is not, a monitor device that generates the test object and that comprises a single monitor, optical components lying in the beam path sized so that both eyes are able to take part in a test, and so a partial beam path is formed for each eye, and a blocking device arranged in the beam path, which comprises two LCD blocking elements for the partial beam paths. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081670 | GIMBALED HANDLE STABILIZING CONTROLLER ASSEMBLY - A stabilizing controller to balance, support and orient a device. The stabilizing controller includes a gimbal assembly positioned at the center of balance of the stabilizing controller with the device attached. A handle is disposed around the gimbal assembly. A center post is coincident with at least a portion of the centerline of the gimbal apparatus and has a longitudinal balancing axis Z. Motion about at least one of the mutually perpendicular X-axis, Y-axis, and the Z-axis is isolated from the motion of the other axes via one or more assemblies, including a magnetic braking assembly. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081671 | POLARIZATION CONVERSION ELEMENT, POLARIZATION CONVERSION UNIT, PROJECTION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLARIZATION CONVERSION ELEMENT - A polarization conversion element is equipped with an element main body having a light incident surface and a light emission surface that are generally in parallel with each other, and a phase difference plate bonded to the light emission surface of the element main body. The element main body includes a plurality of light-transmissive substrates that are sequentially bonded at a predetermined angle with respect to the light emission surface, polarization separating films and reflection films that are alternately provided between the plurality of light-transmissive substrates, and adhesive layers formed between the plurality of light-transmissive substrates, respectively. The adhesive layers are each formed from ultraviolet light curing adhesive to a thickness between 5 μm and 10 μm. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081672 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes: a light source that emits blue component light; a polarization adjuster that adjusts a polarization state of the blue component light emitted from the light source; a separation optical element that separates the blue component light emitted from the light source into a first optical path and a second optical path according to the polarization state adjusted by the polarization adjuster, the first optical path being for using the blue component light as excitation light, the second optical path being for using the blue component light as reference image light; a luminous body provided on the first optical path and that emits reference image light in response to the excitation light; and a combine optical element that combines the first optical path and the second optical path into a single optical path. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081673 | Image System - Provided is an electronic image display and control system comprising in various embodiments a microdisplay video projector that projects a high quality color image from a non-CRT image source onto a diffused but transmissive optical projection screen that is optically coupled with and viewable through a biocular adapted to this purpose. Systems are disclosed that are adapted to be mechanically coupled with a user to prevent relative movement between the biocular and the user, for instance in tactical applications. Closed-loop control electronics are provided for automatically controlling the brightness and chromaticity of the image. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081674 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes: a light source; a reflection rotary body; an optical path changing element; and a polarization controller. The polarization controller controls polarization of the first color component light to a different polarization by means of transmission of the first color component light emitted from the light source and by means of transmission of the first color component light reflected by the reflection rotary body. The optical path changing element guides the first color component light reflected by the reflection rotary body, in a direction different from a direction of the first color component light emitted from the light source, in accordance with the polarization of the first color component light modulated by the polarization controller. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081675 | MASS MEDIA VIDEO PLAYER - The present invention provides a mass media video player which comprises an edge blending apparatus for video signals, plurality of projectors, a plurality of reflector assemblies and a screen. By making use of the optical projection effect, the images projected from the plural projectors are reflected by plural reflector assemblies so as to maximize the size of the image area on screen, and at the same time makes the distance between the screen and the projector as short as possible. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081676 | PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided a projection image display apparatus which is excellent in quality of a display screen image even if a projection lens using a plastic lens having an asymmetrical shape with respect to an optical axis is used. The apparatus includes a projection lens which obliquely projects video light on a screen, an integrator which aligns a polarization direction of light from a light source, and an image display element (P, PL) which modulates light having the aligned polarization direction by an image signal. The projection lens includes multiple plastic lenses, and each of the multiple plastic lenses is arrayed, respectively, by shifting a gate direction to each other by 180 degrees. When the projection lens includes n sheets (n is a natural number) of plastic lenses, each of the multiple plastic lenses may be arrayed, respectively, by shifting a gate direction to each other by (360/n) degrees. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081677 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus includes a housing member containing a light source, an imager that modulates light emitted from the light source, and a projection unit that projects the light emitted from the imager on a projection surface. The projection display apparatus includes: a movement mechanism that moves an optical unit configured by the light source, the imager, and the projection unit, in a direction perpendicular to the projection surface while maintaining a positional relationship among the light source, the imager, and the projection unit. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081678 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A projection display apparatus displays a test pattern image formed of at least parts of three or more line segments defining three or more intersection points. The projection display apparatus computes a positional relationship between the projection display apparatus and the projection surface, based on the three or more intersection points. The test pattern image has a distortion in an opposite direction to a direction of the lens. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081679 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes: a light source unit; a light guiding reflection mirror; a reflector; and a luminous body unit. The luminous body unit includes: a luminous body and a reflecting body. The plurality of light sources are disposed around a position corresponding to an axis on which the luminous body unit is disposed. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081680 | Package for a Projector - A packaging product for projectors is described, wherein the package contains a projector which has been preloaded with program material for projection, and wherein a prospective purchaser of the projector may see a preview of the program material which is contained in the projector. The controls for the projector are available within an opening in the package, and a visible light reflective surface is provided to view the projected image. In this manner, the prospective purchaser will obtain an idea of the nature of the program material contained within the projector, as well as being able to determine the functionality of the projector and, to a greater or lesser extent, the quality of the projection. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081681 | DRAWING DEVICE AND DRAWING METHOD - A drawing device draws a pattern on a substrate by radiating light from an optical head part on a target object (for example, substrate) which relatively moves with respect to the optical head part. Here, the optical head part has a spatial modulating unit which spatially modulates light from a light source, based on pattern data, and an optical path corrector which shifts the route of light spatially modulated in the spatial modulating unit at precision subdivided more than units of spatial modulation in the spatial modulating unit (more specifically, for example, units of pixels of spatial light modulator). | 2012-04-05 |
20120081682 | MASKLESS EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD TO DETERMINE EXPOSURE START POSITION AND ORIENTATION IN MASKLESS LITHOGRAPHY - According to an example embodiment, a method to determine an exposure start position and orientation includes loading a substrate on a moving table. The substrate includes at least one alignment mark of a first set of alignment marks of a first pattern layer patterned thereon. At least one alignment mark of a second set of alignment marks of a second pattern layer is exposed on the substrate using maskless lithography. A position of the at least one alignment mark of the first set of alignment marks and a position of the at least one alignment mark of the second set of alignment marks on the substrate is measured. A relative orientation difference between a desired exposure start orientation and an obtained exposure start orientation is acquired using the measured positions of the at least one alignment mark of the first set of alignment marks and the at least one alignment mark of the second set of alignment marks. A relative position difference between a desired exposure start position and an obtained start position is acquired using the measured positions of the at least one alignment mark of the first set of alignment marks and the at least one alignment mark of the second set of alignment marks. An exposure start position and orientation compensated using the relative position difference and the relative orientation difference is determined. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081683 | Lithographic Apparatus And Detector Apparatus - A detector including a layer of scintillation material, a layer of spacer material on the scintillation material, and a spectral purity filter layer on the spacer material. A method includes directing EUV radiation through a spectral purity filter layer, directing the EUV radiation through a spacer material layer provided beneath the spectral purity filter layer, directing the EUV onto a layer of scintillation material, and detecting scintillation radiation emitted by the scintillation material | 2012-04-05 |
20120081684 | Object Inspection Systems and Methods - Disclosed are systems and methods for object inspection, in particular for inspection of reticles used in a lithography process. The method includes interferometrically combining a reference radiation beam with a probe radiation beam, and storing their complex field images. The complex field image of one object is then compared with that of a reference object to determine the differences. The systems and methods have particular utility in the inspection of a reticle for defects. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081685 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS ILLUMINATION OPTICS - Optics, such as, for example, microlithographic projection exposure apparatus illumination optics, as well as related systems, methods, components and devices are disclosed. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081686 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS ILLUMINATION OPTICS - Optics, such as, for example, microlithographic projection exposure apparatus illumination optics, as well as related systems, methods, components and devices are disclosed. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081687 | INTERFERENCE PROJECTION EXPOSURE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an interference projection exposure system comprising a beam-providing subsystem and an objective lens subsystem that can provide a plurality of light beams which intersect and interfere at an image plane to produce a high spatial frequency periodic optical-intensity distribution. The interference projection system can further comprise a pattern mask that can alter the periodic optical-intensity distribution so as to incorporate functional elements within the periodic optical-intensity distribution. The beam providing subsystem can comprise a beam generating subsystem, a beam conditioning subsystem and a beam directing subsystem. Another exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides for a method of producing a high spatial frequency periodic optical-intensity distribution using a interference projection exposure system. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081688 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING LENTICULAR SHEET - An apparatus for preparing a lenticular sheet includes a photoconductor, a light emitting section for forming an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor, a developing section for forming a transparent toner layer by applying a transparent toner to the electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor, a transferring section for transferring the transparent toner layer on a transparent sheet and a lens forming section for forming a lenticular lens by molding and fixing the transferred transparent toner layer on the transparent sheet. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081689 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING EXPOSURE CONDITION AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA STORING PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING EXPOSURE CONDITION - A method for determining an exposure condition for use in projecting an image of a pattern of an original on a substrate includes a setting step of setting an exposure condition, an image calculating step of calculating a dimension of an image to be projected on the substrate under the set exposure condition, an electrical characteristic calculating step of calculating an electrical characteristic of at least one of a portion for use as an interconnection and a portion for use as a transistor in a pattern to be formed on the substrate in accordance with a result calculated in the image calculating step, a determining step of determining whether the electrical characteristic calculated in the electrical characteristic calculating step satisfies a requirement, and an adjusting step of adjusting the set exposure condition when the electrical characteristic is determined not to satisfy the requirement in the determining step. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081690 | Measuring Method And Measuring Instrument - The invention provides a measuring instrument, comprising a telescope, a distance measuring unit, an image pickup unit, angle detecting units for detecting a vertical and horizontal angle in the sighting direction, an automatic sighting unit, an arithmetic unit, and a storage unit. The arithmetic unit makes the telescope rotate in horizontal and vertical direction and perform scanning over a predetermined range so that a plurality of objects to be measured are included and makes the image pickup unit acquire digital images during the scanning process. The arithmetic unit detects the objects in the digital images, calculates a vertical and horizontal angle of the objects based on the angle detector and a deviation of each of the objects from sighting axis, associates the calculated angles with each of the objects, and makes the storage unit store the vertical and horizontal angles of the objects as target values for automatic sighting. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081691 | Measuring Method And Measuring Instrument - The invention provides the measuring method for performing monitoring measurement on a plurality of measuring points by using a measuring instrument | 2012-04-05 |
20120081692 | Distance Measuring Instrument - The invention provides a distance measuring instrument, comprising a light emitting unit | 2012-04-05 |
20120081693 | SYSTEM FOR DEMODULATING A SIGNAL - A demodulating system ( | 2012-04-05 |
20120081694 | OPTICAL SCANNING AND IMAGING SYSTEMS BASED ON DUAL PULSED LASER SYSTEMS - The invention relates to scanning pulsed laser systems for optical imaging. Coherent dual scanning laser systems (CDSL) are disclosed and some applications thereof. Various alternatives for implementation are illustrated, including highly integrated configurations. In at least one embodiment a coherent dual scanning laser system (CDSL) includes two passively modelocked fiber oscillators. The oscillators are configured to operate at slightly different repetition rates, such that a difference δf | 2012-04-05 |
20120081695 | MOBILE PHONE HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGER WITH SINGLE-FRAME SPATIAL, SPECTRAL AND POLARIZATION INFORMATION - A portable spectroscopic device for acquiring single-frame spatial, spectral, and polarization information of an object. The device includes a modular dispersion element assembly that is coupled to a mobile computing device and disperses light into a plurality of different wavelengths. The mobile computing device includes a sensor and is configured to receive and analyze the plurality of wavelengths. The mobile computing device is also configured to perform automatic calibrations to determine the absolute wavelength axis and make stray-light corrections with minimal user intervention, thus making it amenable for untrained users not familiar with the state of the art. The mobile computing device is also configured to extend dynamic range. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081696 | DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL CHEMICAL SENSOR - The invention relates to a sensor system comprising a waveguide, which waveguide comprises a grating in at least a part of the waveguide, which waveguide further comprises a coating, the coating comprising a polymer, which polymer comprises a chain, in which chain are present an aromatic group and a chemical group selected from the group of sulfonyl groups, carbonyl groups, carbonate groups, fluorocarbon groups, siloxane groups, pyridine groups and amide groups. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081697 | LENS METER - A lens meter comprises: a measurement optical system including a light source, a measurement target plate, a light receiving sensor, a lens table having an opening where a measurement optical axis of the measurement optical system passes; a frame support member including a frame support plate that contacts a left and right rim of a spectacle frame, and the frame support plate moved toward the lens table by a guide mechanism. The frame support member further including: a cutout portion in the frame support plate that allow the lens, placed on the lens table, to measure a point near an edge of the lens, the edge located on the frame support plate side. A pad contacts and prevents the rim from entering the cutout portion, the pad provided in at least a part of the cutout portion; and a pad moving mechanism to move the pad from the contact surface. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081698 | Refractive Index Sensor for Fluid Analysis - A refractive index sensor having one or more sources, an adaptive optical element or scanner, imaging optics, a sensing optic, and one or more detectors. The scanner impinges a signal from the source into the sensing optic and onto a sensor-sample interface at sequential angles of incidence. The detector response increases dramatically to signals reflected from the interface at corresponding sequential angles of reflection equal to or greater than a critical angle. The refractive index sensor also uses an input lens between the scanner and the sensing optic and uses an output lens between the sensing optic and the detector. A processor controls the sensor and can determine index of refraction of the fluid sample based on the detector response and scan rate. The sensor can be used in several operational environments from a laboratory to a downhole tool, such as a formation tester to determine properties in a borehole environment. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081699 | Downhole Gas Breakout Sensor - A downhole fluid analysis tool has a housing and a flow passage for downhole fluid. A device disposed in the tool housing relative to the flow passage has a one or more sources, one or more sensing optics, one or more detectors, and control circuitry. The source generates an input signal. The sensing optic has a refractive index (RI) higher than crude oil and other expected constituents. A sensing surface of the optic optically coupled to the source interfaces with a downhole fluid. When the variable RI of the downhole fluid reaches a defined relationship to the optic's RI, the input signal interacting with the sensing surface experiences total internal reflection, and the reflected signal from the sensing surface remains in the sensing optic and reflects to a detector. The control circuitry monitors the detector's response and indicates gas break out if the response is above a threshold. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081700 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - An optical measurement system includes a holder, a bracket, a plurality of optical sensors, a motor and a processing unit. The holder is provided for holding a test light source at the origin of a spherical coordinate system. The optical sensors are located on the bracket at different elevation angles with respect to the origin. Moreover, the optical sensors are spaced the same radial distance apart from the origin to aim at the test light source. The motor is configured to drive either the holder or the bracket to rotate such that the test light source at the origin is able to relatively rotate with respect to the optical sensors about a zenith axis of the spherical coordinate system. The processing unit is coupled to the optical sensors for processing of data captured from the optical sensors. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081701 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING A SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for inspecting a surface of a substrate. The apparatus includes: a rotatable stage on which a substrate to be inspected is placed; an inspection optical system having an illumination light source for emitting light to a substrate placed on the stage and a detector for detecting light from the substrate which is irradiated with the light from the illumination light source; an A/D converter for amplifying and A/D converting signals output from the detector in the inspection optical system; and a defect detector for detecting defects in a surface of the substrate by processing signals output from the detector and converted by the A/D converter and classifying the defected defects. The defect detector extracts micro defects in the surface of the substrate by processing the signals output from the detector, and detects linear defects existing discretely in a linear region. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081702 | METHOD OF INSPECTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. In a flatness inspection of BGA (semiconductor device), there is formed a flatness standard where a permissible range in the direction of (+) of flatness at normal temperature is smaller than a permissible range in the direction of (−). With use of the above flatness standard, a flatness inspection of the semiconductor device at normal temperature is performed to determine whether the mounted item is non-defective or defective. With the above process, defective mounting caused by a package warp when heated during reflow soldering etc. is reduced and reliability of BGA is improved. At the same time, flatness management of a substrate-type semiconductor device with better consideration of a mounting state can be performed. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081703 | Highly Efficient Plamonic Devices, Molecule Detection Systems, and Methods of Making the Same - A plasmonic device has a plurality of nanostructures extending from a substrate. Each of the plurality of nanostructures preferably includes a core, a coating of intermediate material covering at least a portion of the core, and a coating of a plasmonic material. Devices are preferably manufactured using lithography to create the cores, and Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) to deposit the intermediate and/or plasmonic materials. Cores can be arranged in any suitable pattern, including one-dimensional or two-dimensional patterns. Devices can be used in airborne analyte detectors, in handheld roadside controlled substance detectors, in genome sequencing device, and in refraction detectors. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081704 | FIBER BUNDLE FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY, SPATIALLY RESOLVED COUPLING - Optical fibers are utilized to provide high efficiency, spatially resolved coupling of light from collection optics to an imaging spectrometer. In particular, a micro lens array may be utilized to couple light from multiple spatial locations into individual optical fibers. At the opposite end of the fiber bundle, the fibers are packed tightly together to send the light into an imaging spectrograph. The light that enters this spectrograph maintains its spatial separation, for instance, along the array dimension and is spectrally dispersed, for instance, along a dimension orthogonal to the array dimension. This spatially separated, wavelength resolved light can then be recorded on a two dimensional detector such as a CCD camera. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081705 | TWO MATERIAL ACHROMATIC PRISM - A spectrometer comprises a detector array and a prism. The prism comprises a first prism element comprising a substantially crystalline crown material, and a second prism element contacting the first prism element, the second prism element comprising a substantially crystalline flint material. The spectrometer further includes optics configured to direct light at least twice through the prism. The prism is configured to disperse light received from the optics at an incident angle therethrough into constituent spectra in visible and infrared wavelength bands that are dispersed from the prism at angles offset from the incident angle. The constituent spectra are directed onto the detector array with approximately equal dispersion across the visible and infrared wavelength bands. Among other things, desirable material selections for the first and second prism elements are also disclosed. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081706 | TWO MATERIAL ACHROMATIC PRISM - A spectrometer comprises a detector array and a prism. The prism comprises a first prism element comprising a substantially crystalline crown material, and a second prism element contacting the first prism element, the second prism element comprising a substantially crystalline flint material. The spectrometer further includes optics configured to direct light at least twice through the prism. The prism is configured to disperse light received from the optics at an incident angle therethrough into constituent spectra in visible and infrared wavelength bands that are dispersed from the prism at angles offset from the incident angle. The constituent spectra are directed onto the detector array with approximately equal dispersion across the visible and infrared wavelength bands. Among other things, desirable material selections for the first and second prism elements are also disclosed. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081707 | SHEAR FLOW DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to shear flow device | 2012-04-05 |
20120081708 | Integrated Embedded Processor Based Laser Spectroscopic Sensor - A novel low-power and compact laser spectroscopic sensor is described herein. Embodiments of the disclosed sensor utilize state-of-the-art microprocessors and digital processing techniques to reduce power consumption and integrate functions into a small device. In particular, novel software methods are disclosed which allow the use of low-power microprocessors which draw no more than about 0.02 W of power. Such low-power enables long battery life and allows embodiments of the sensor to be used in portable applications. In addition, the system architecture and methods described in this disclosure allow a single integrated embedded processor to control all the subsystems necessary for a laser spectroscopic sensor further reducing sensor size and power consumption. In addition, a power efficient method of calibrating a photoacoustic laser spectroscopic sensor is disclosed. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081709 | HIGH SPEED FLUID SWITCH - A high speed fluid switch is used to separate desired particles from a source stream containing particles, such as cells. A droplet generator creates and regulates a stream of droplets, which intersects with a source stream containing the particles to be sorted. The stream of droplets can be regulated such that portions of the source stream containing desired particles are deflected into a collection vessel, or such that portions of the source stream containing desired particles are permitted to pass uninterrupted. The high speed fluid switch may be implemented on a microfluidic chip. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081710 | METHOD TO DETERMINE THE SATIN-EFFECT ON METAL PLATED SUBSTRATES - Subject of the present application is a method to determine the satin-effect on metal plated substrates comprising the following steps: i) irradiate the sample with light, ii) detect the intensity distribution of the scattered light, iii) determine at least one of the following parameters:—the Aq value of the intensity distribution, wherein the Aq value represents the variance of the backscattered light angle (φ | 2012-04-05 |
20120081711 | Position-Measuring Device - A position-measuring device is suited for detecting the relative position of a scanning unit and a reflection measuring grating movable relative thereto in at least one measuring direction. The scanning unit includes a primary light source as well as at least one detector assembly in a detection plane. A periodic configuration of point light sources is able to be generated in the detection plane from the primary light source. The primary light source is disposed above the detection plane. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081712 | Method for Determining the Position of a Structure Within an Image and Position Measuring Device for Carrying Out the Method - A method is provided for determining the position of a structure within an image relative to a reference point, in which the structure has a center of symmetry, the method comprising: providing an image which comprises the structure and which has a reference point, carrying out at least one symmetry operation of the image with respect to the reference point, by means of which at least one mirror image is obtained which has a mirrored structure congruent relative to the structure, determining at least one displacement vector between a structure and a mirrored structure or two mirrored structures, and calculating the position of the structure as a position of the center of symmetry of the structure relative to the reference point from the at least one displacement vector. Furthermore, a position measuring device is provided for determining the position of a structure within an image relative to a reference point | 2012-04-05 |
20120081713 | TEST BLOCK FOR USE IN A WELDING PROCESS - A method and test block for controlling weld penetration depth in a work piece are disclosed. The test block simulates a work piece relative to a welding process of the work piece. The test block includes a test welding path. The test welding path replicates a production welding path on a weld surface of the work piece. The test block includes a melt-thru surface that underlies the test welding path. The melt-thru surface is spaced apart from the test welding path by a spacing that decreases along a length of the test welding path. The spacing varies from more than a standard weld penetration depth to less than the standard weld penetration depth. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081714 | Dimensional Detection System Calibration Method - An improved dimensional detection system is portable and can be used to characterize a workpiece. The dimensional detection system employs as few as a single focused light source and as few as a single camera along with a calibration data set to convert the illuminated pixels of an image of a beam on the workpiece into a cloud of real world points in space on an outer surface of the workpiece. The cloud of points can be processed to characterize the workpiece, such as by determining the right hexahedron that would encompass all of the real world points in space and which could be used to determine a dimensional weight of the workpiece. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081715 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes the following elements. A transport unit transports a medium on which plural marks are formed at predetermined intervals in the transport direction of the medium. An image forming unit forms an image on the medium. A reading unit is disposed to oppose positions at which the plural marks on the medium are formed so as to read the medium and to generate read information. A detecting unit detects the plural marks from the read information in accordance with predetermined times based on the predetermined intervals of the plural marks. A position adjusting unit adjusts the position of the image to be formed on the medium on the basis of a result of detecting the plural marks. A speed adjusting unit adjusts the transport speed of the medium on the basis of the read information. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081716 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus is provided. The image recording apparatus includes a first conveyer to convey a recording medium in a first direction, a recording unit to record the image on the recording medium, a second conveyer including a first roller pair with a first driving roller and a first driven roller, an image position detector to detect a position of the formed image along a second direction within the recording medium, a rotation rate setting unit to set a rotation rate of the first driving roller based on the detected position of the formed image when a part of the formed image on the recording medium is nipped by the first roller pair, and a controller to control the first driving roller to rotate in the rotation rate set by the rotation rate setting unit and convey the recording medium by the first roller pair. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081718 | ALIGNMENT COMPENSATION BY PRINTER DRIVER - A method of compensating for misalignment of a print engine of an image forming apparatus, which includes: (a) forwarding a request from a host computer having a printer driver to an image forming apparatus for reference data of a printable area of the print engine; (b) sending the reference data of the printable area of the print engine to the printer driver; (c) comparing the reference data of the printable area of the print engine to an ideal reference data of the printable area of a print job; and (d) if the reference data of the printable area of the print engine is different than the ideal reference data of the printable area of the print job, generating a new reference data of the printable area of the printable area to adjust for the difference in printable area between the ideal reference data of the printable area of the print job and the reference data of the printable area of the print engine. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081719 | TESTING PRINTER CALIBRATION - The systems and methods presented herein provide for the testing of calibration processing within a print controller. In one embodiment, a method provides for testing a printer calibration module. The method includes simulating an optical density response of the printer to generate a plurality of optical density curves for the printer and determining spectral reflectance values for corresponding optical density values in the optical density curves. The method also includes processing the spectral reflectance values via the printer calibration module to generate a calibration output. The method also includes analyzing the calibration output to determine accuracy of the printer calibration module. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081720 | PRINT SHOP MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING COLOR OR BLACK AND WHITE PRINTING - A method implemented in a print shop management system that includes a data processing apparatus having a non-transitory memory for storing a computer software program and a processor for executing the software program, wherein the program includes a program code configured to cause the data processing apparatus to execute a process for customizing color or black and white (B/W) printing of a document containing color and B/W pages, which process includes the steps of analyzing the document to obtain its original color page data which specifies color pages of the document that are originally set to be printed in color, providing a user interface for editing the color page data of the document by allowing input of individual page numbers designating which color pages of the document will indeed be printed in color, and printing the document according to the edited color page data by printing color pages of the document in color if they are also designated to be printed in color, and printing color pages of the document in black and white if they are not designated to be printed in color. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081721 | MULTI-FUNCTION PRINTER AND METHOD OF GENERATING PRINT DATA - In a multi-function printer, a scanning module reads an image of an original and generates corresponding color image data. A color converter converts a set of red (R), green (G) and blue (B) values of a pixel of the color image data into a set of cyan (C), magenta (M) and yellow (Y) values, and converts one of the two sets of values into a black (K) value. A pattern generator generates first to third sets of patterns according to the C, M and Y values, respectively. A print data generator processes the first to third sets of patterns and the K value into print data. A printing module receives the print data and prints the first to third sets of patterns on a medium in a superimposed manner. The first to third sets of patterns printed are monochrome images having darkness based on the K value. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081722 | COLOR VALUE ACQUIRING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COLOR VALUE ACQUIRING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The shape of a target mark extracted from within a print sample and to be reproduced on a print is entered. A color chart is printed comprising multiple color patches in which the shape of the target mark is simulated. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081723 | COLOR REPRODUCTION PREDICTING APPARATUS, COLOR REPRODUCTION PREDICTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A cell interior point group of a first lattice is determined by determining at least one interior point for each of cells defined based on the first lattice points. Colorimetric values for device values of second lattice points are predicted based on device values and colorimetric values corresponding to the first lattice points, as well as device values and colorimetric values corresponding to the cell interior point group. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081724 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an internal storage device; an attachment portion to which an external storage device can be attached; an image reading unit that reads contents of an original as an image and converts the image into an electronic signal; a first image processing unit that generates image data from the electronic signal; and a second image processing unit that separates the image data thus generated into character data that is recognized as characters and data that is recognized as different data from the character data and, when the external storage device is attached to the attachment portion, stores data composed of an entirety or a part of the character data that is recognized as characters as first data in the external storage device and the data that is recognized as different data from the character data as second data in the internal storage device. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081725 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PRINT ORDER RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND PRINT ORDER RECEIVING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a receiver which receives original image data from a terminal, a converter which converts the original image data to tone-changed image, a storing unit which stores parameter groups for converting the original image data, the parameter groups including a first parameter group for RGB components and a second parameter group for YMCK components, a print size selector, and a print controller which issues a print instruction for the converted image data. A display controller allows the terminal to display the converted image data obtained by using the first parameter group. The print controller issues a print instruction for the converted image data obtained by using the second parameter group. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081726 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. An image information generator generates, in response to an instruction, print image information to print plural pieces of image information in parallel in plural columns. A division manager divides the print image information into regions, each region having a length equal to the greatest common divisor of lengths of the image information. A manager manages, every time a printing operation is performed, the regions subjected to the printing operation such that the regions are divided into print guaranteed regions and print non-guaranteed regions. A print restart region determining unit determines, upon detection of an occurrence of an abnormality during the printing operation, a print restart region after recovery from the abnormality is completed on the basis of the print guaranteed regions and the regions of the print image information. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081727 | Image forming apparatus and control method thereof - An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof which performs an auto-recovery function, the image forming apparatus including: a housing including a door; an image forming unit mounted in the housing to form an image on a print medium; a medium discharger which discharges the print medium to an outside of the housing; a finisher mounted on the housing to perform a finishing operation; a discharging direction changer which changes a discharging direction of the print medium to guide the print medium to one of the medium discharger and the finisher; and a controller which controls the image forming unit, the finisher and the discharging direction changer, and selectively performs an auto-recovery operation to automatically recover a jam of the print medium depending upon an occurrence location of the jam of the print medium if the jam occurs from a predetermined location of a print medium feeding path. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081728 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A control section attaches a reprinting data mark to FAX image data received in a “Replace Toner” state and then stores the data. Then, a user is prompted to check whether an image of the FAX image data with the reprinting data mark printed most recently has been outputted appropriately. In case of appropriate output, all the FAX image data pieces with the reprinting data marks stored in a storage section are deleted. In contrast, in case of inappropriate output, the FAX image data is stored intact as reprinting data. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081729 | Method and image forming apparatus to generate user interface screen to be displayed to user accessing the image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a state management unit to manage state information of the image forming apparatus; a determination unit to determine functions allowable to the user accessing the image forming apparatus according to the state information; a web server unit to generate the user interface screen on which functions are activated according to a result of the determining; and a control unit to control the image forming apparatus to display the generated user interface screen to the user. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081730 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that has a Web browser function and is connectable to a server having a Web server function. The image processing apparatus transmits a request to the server, based on a user operation input via a display screen displayed on a browser. In the case where a response from the server to the request has been received normally, the image processing apparatus displays a screen on the browser in accordance with the contents of the response, and in the case where the response has not been received normally, the image processing apparatus displays the execution status of the current job, using information held by the image processing apparatus. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081731 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print server which communicates with an information processing apparatus including a virtual printer driver that generates a print job of an intermediate format independent of a printing apparatus, and a printing apparatus, comprises: a storage unit configured to store the print job of the intermediate format received from the information processing apparatus; a conversion unit configured to convert the print job of the intermediate format stored in the storage unit into a first PDL print job printable by the printing apparatus by using a printer driver of the printing apparatus; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the first PDL print job to save the first PDL print job converted by the conversion unit in the printing apparatus. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081732 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SETTING ITEM SETTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH SETTING ITEM SETTING PROGRAM - An information processing system includes a peripheral device at least having a printer function and an information processing apparatus controlling the peripheral device. The peripheral device includes: a display portion; a process execution portion to execute prescribed processing; a storage portion to store user-specific data; and a metadata return portion to refer to the user-specific data in response to reception of a metadata request from the information processing apparatus and to extract and return metadata associated with user identification information included in the received metadata request. The information processing apparatus includes: a first authentication portion to authenticate a user; an execution portion to execute an execution application selected from a plurality of application programs; a metadata request portion to transmit a metadata request; and a reference setting portion to set whether to display a plurality of execution setting items that can be set in the execution application program. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081733 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes: a light source which generates light used for reading an image; a light guide prism which extends in a main scanning direction and guides the light from the light source toward an image reading region; a holding unit which is connected to a part of the light guide prism to hold the light guide prism, has a wall surface distant from at least one end surface of the light guide prism at a position facing the end surface of the light guide prism in the main scanning direction, and has a linear expansion coefficient smaller than that of the light guide prism; and an image sensor which photoelectrically converts reflected light from the image reading region and outputs image data corresponding to the read image. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081734 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an apparatus that includes a generation unit configured to generate image data based on a document read via a scanner unit and a first transmission unit configured to transmit the generated image data to a designated destination. The apparatus includes a transmission server, an instruction unit configured to instruct, according to reception of an uploading request to upload the generated image data to an external server communicable with the apparatus, the first transmission unit to transmit the image data to the transmission server and a second transmission unit configured to acquire the image data transmitted by the first transmission unit according to the instruction from the instruction unit from the transmission server, and transmit the acquired image data to the external server. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081735 | DEVICE AND PROGRAM - A peripheral device configured to be connected to a terminal device, may have a processor, and a memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the peripheral device to configured to provide sections. The sections may include a first supply section configured for supplying setting screen data that includes a first set value field and a first cancel button configured for returning a second value in the first set value field to the first value, and a second supply section configured for supplying error screen data that includes a second set value field and a second cancel button configured to cause the setting screen to be displayed on the terminal device in which the first value is displayed in the first set value field instead of the second value. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081736 | PRINT MARK ON PAPER EDGE FOR EASIER SORTING - A method executed by an image forming apparatus for producing a print job, which includes the steps of: (a) receiving data representing a document to be printed in the print job; (b) receiving job information about the print job, the job information including an instruction to print multiple copies of the document; (c) printing the requested multiple copies of the document; and (d) printing a mark on an edge of at least one sheet of each of the multiple copies of the document. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081737 | PRINT SHOP MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING PRINT-ON-DEMAND DRIVER - A method implemented in a print shop management system that includes a data processing apparatus having a non-transitory memory for storing a computer software program and a processor for executing the software program, wherein the program includes a program code configured to cause the data processing apparatus to execute a process for customizing a print-on-demand (POD) driver, which process includes the steps of accessing a configuration file of the POD driver having a plurality of fields with respective values; and modifying values of the configuration file fields to customize available user interfaces and print job settings editing options of the POD driver. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081738 | JOB EXECUTION SYSTEM, JOB RECEIVING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A job execution system includes one or more transmission apparatuses and a job receiving apparatus. The one or more transmission apparatuses add identification information for identifying a group of jobs to be executed in succession to a job and transmit an execution request of the job. The job receiving apparatus receives the transmitted execution request of the job. The job receiving apparatus includes a job queue and a job registration unit. The job registration unit makes a correspondence between the received execution request and the identification information, and registers said received execution request and said identification information in the job queue. When the received execution request has the same identification information which is previously registered in the job queue, the job registration unit registers the received execution request immediately after another execution request of a job having the same identification information. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081739 | Method of performing operation in image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus for performing the method - A method of performing an operation in an image forming apparatus by using a workform which defines one or more workflows indicating one or more operations to be performed with respect to input data includes: receiving identification information of a user of the image forming apparatus; with respect to a workform selected by the user from among one or more workforms pre-existing in the image forming apparatus, determining whether there exists a workform which is redefined corresponding to the received identification information; and if it is determined that there exists the redefined workform, performing an operation according to the workform which is redefined corresponding to the identification information. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081740 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print server comprises: storage unit configured to store the print job of the intermediate format received from an information processing apparatus; setting change receiving unit configured to receive, from a printing apparatus, a print setting information change instruction for the print job of the intermediate format stored in the storage unit; update unit configured to update print setting information of the print job in accordance with the print setting information change instruction; print request receiving unit configured to receive a print request from the printing apparatus; and job transmission unit configured to generate a print job of a format printable by the printing apparatus based on the print job of the intermediate format and the print setting information updated in accordance with the print request, and to transmit the generated print job to the printing apparatus. | 2012-04-05 |
20120081741 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print server which transmits print data in accordance with an instruction received via an operation unit of a printing apparatus, comprises: a storage unit configured to store a print job of an intermediate format open to the public; a first generation unit configured, upon receiving a preview image request from the printing apparatus for the print job, to generate a preview image from the print job of the intermediate format stored in the storage unit; a second generation unit configured, upon receiving a print request from the printing apparatus for the print job, to generate print data interpretable by the printing apparatus from the print job of the intermediate format stored in the storage unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the printing apparatus, one of the preview image generated by the first generation unit and the print data generated by the second generation unit. | 2012-04-05 |