20th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120120406 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An optical apparatus is disclosed. The optical apparatus includes an optical scanning module and a rotation axis module. The optical scanning module is used to provide an optical signal for optical tomography. The rotation axis module and the optical scanning module are integrated. When the rotation axis module rotates, the rotation axis module makes the optical scanning module to perform a rotation scanning process to an object. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120407 | Optical Coherence Tomography System And Method - A method of analysis of a sample, including the steps of: (a) splitting an input optical beam into a probe beam and reference beam; (b) utilizing the probe beam to interrogate a sample and obtaining a return sample beam there from; (c) manipulating the reference beam into a predetermined polarization state; (d) mixing the return sample beam and reference beam producing a series of mixed beams; and (e) analyzing the polarization components of the series of mixed beams. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120408 | TWO-BEAM OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - The scanning speed of a sample in Doppler OCT, etc., is increased to enable quick measurement of blood flow rate, blood flow volume, etc. Wideband light from a light source | 2012-05-17 |
20120120409 | Dual Input Interferometer Beamsplitter Tilt Control System and Flexure Mounting - A novel soft beamsplitter mounting system as part of an interferometer to protect the beamsplitter substrate from external stresses and thus preserve optical flatness is introduced. The soft mounting system enables such protection by being more flexible that the beamsplitter substrate so external forces deforms the mount rather than the beamsplitter. Although the soft beamsplitter mounting configurations disclosed herein protects the beamsplitter, the interferometer itself is less stable because the mounts of the present invention allows the beamsplitter to tilt more easily than other components held in the interferometer. The improved tilt control embodiments of the present invention turns this seemingly deleterious effect into a cost saving benefit by using the inexpensive soft mounting system as a flexure to allow an improved active control system to maintain tilt alignment in a system that is more rugged than conventional interferometers. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120410 | ALL-REFLECTIVE, RADIALLY SHEARING INTERFEROMETER - A radially shearing interferometer which includes a beam splitter configured to form two optical beams from entering light, the optical beam including a magnified beam and a demagnified beam; a plurality of mirrors arranged so as to generate the magnified beam and the demagnified beams and provide a common optical path with the magnified and demagnified beams traversing the plurality of mirrors in the opposite direction back to the beam splitter, the plurality of mirrors including a pair of parabolic mirrors, the first of the pair configured to first receive one of the magnified and demagnified beams, and reflect the first received beam to a flat mirror configured to reflect the first received beam to the other pair. In some implementations, an imaging device may be positioned at a pupil plane of the magnified beam and the demagnified beam so as to record the interference of both beams. A method for recording an interferogram is also disclosed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120411 | INTERFEROMETER WITH A VIRTUAL REFERENCE SURFACE - An imaging interferometer includes optics defining an interferometric cavity, in which the optics include a first beam-splitting optic positioned to separate an input beam into a test beam and a reference beam, a second beam-splitting optic positioned to transmit the test beam to the test surface, receive the test beam back from the test surface, and thereafter recombine the test beam with the reference beam, and a third optic positioned to direct the reference beam from the first optic to the second optic. The interferometric cavity defines a virtual reference surface positioned along a path for the reference beam between the second and third optics. The interferometer also includes an imaging channel positioned to receive the recombined test and reference beams, where the imaging channel includes an imaging detector, and at least one imaging element configured to image the test surface and the virtual reference surface onto the detector. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120412 | Structured Light 3-D Measurement Module and System for Illuminating an Area-under-test using a Fixed-pattern Optic - A surface measurement module for 3-D triangulation-based image acquisition of a surface-under-inspection and under observation by at least one camera. The module having: (a) a casing housing an optical system comprising a plurality of lens elements positioned between a fixed-pattern optic and a light source; (b) an output of said fixed-pattern optic comprising a multi-frequency pattern comprising a plurality of pixels representing at least a first and second superimposed sinusoid projected simultaneously, each of the sinusoids represented by the pixels having a unique temporal frequency and each of the pixels projected to satisfy | 2012-05-17 |
20120120413 | Structured Light 3-D Measurement Module and System for Illuminating a Subject-under-test in Relative Linear Motion with a Fixed-pattern Optic - A surface measurement module for 3-D triangulation-based image acquisition of a subject-under-inspection and under observation by at least one camera. The module having: (a) casing housing an optical system comprising a plurality of lens elements positioned between a fixed-pattern optic and a light source; (b) an output of said fixed-pattern optic comprising a multi-frequency pattern comprising a plurality of pixels representing at least a first and second superimposed sinusoid projected simultaneously, each of the sinusoids represented by the pixels having a unique temporal frequency and each of the pixels projected to satisfy | 2012-05-17 |
20120120414 | METHOD OF INSPECTING BOARD - A method of establishing a tip location of a terminal includes establishing a virtual tip line by measuring a height of a board, on which a component having a terminal and a body is mounted, and comparing the measured measurement height with a predetermined reference height, establishing a central line with respect to a width direction of the terminal along a longitudinal direction of the terminal, and establishing a tip location of the terminal by using the measurement height along the central line from an intersection point of the virtual tip line and the central line. Thus, a tip location of a terminal may be more correctly acquired. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120415 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING GESTURES TO CONTROL A LASER TRACKER - A method for mechanically communicating, from a user to a laser tracker, a command to control operation of the laser tracker includes providing the tracker with an angular encoder, providing a rule of correspondence between each command and each rotational pattern of a portion of a tracker, and selecting a first command. Also, rotating by the user, between first and second times, the portion of the tracker in a first rotational pattern, the first rotational pattern corresponds to the first command, and obtaining a collection of first angular readings from the angular encoder, wherein the angular readings are obtained between the first and second times. Also, determining the first command based at least in part on processing the first angular readings according to the rule of correspondence, and executing the first command with the tracker. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120416 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE LENGTH OF AN OPTICAL FIBER UNWOUND FROM/REMAINING ON A STORAGE REEL PARTICULARLY HOUSED IN AN UNDERWATER WEAPON - A system is provided that determines the length of an optical fiber unwound from or remaining on at least one storage reel. The fiber is used as a medium for transmitting information between a weapon and an underwater vehicle, from which the weapon was fired. The determination system measures the backscattered light power in the fiber, analyzes this power signal in order to detect a backscattered light power discontinuity that corresponds to the location of the fiber where the fiber leaves the reel, localizes this location along the fiber, and determines from this localization and from the length of fiber initially wound on the reel, the length of fiber unwound from or remaining on the reel. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120417 | PRINT SMOOTHNESS ON CLEAR TONER ENABLED SYSTEMS - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for determining an amount of clear toner to be applied to a document image to improve smoothness in an output print rendered using a xerographic device capable of applying clear toner to the image in the image path. Using clear toner to improve smoothness enables a GCR strategy in which more black can be used. This, in turn, decreases the incremental cost for clear toner. The teachings hereof present attractive trade-offs for print shops specializing in color document reproduction and other customers of high-end xerographic devices capable of applying clear toner. Various embodiments are disclosed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120418 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that enables to suppress the cost rise caused by increasing the number of sensors for original size detection and suppress the degradation of user operability. Paper sizes of papers are registered on a plurality of paper supplying units in advance. One of the registered paper sizes is determined as the original size if the original size cannot be detected by a detecting unit. An image of the original is formed on a paper, which corresponds to the original size determined by the determining unit and is fed from the paper supplying unit. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120419 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONE CORRECTION METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus which forms an image on paper, the image forming apparatus including: an image forming section which forms the image on the paper; a correcting section which corrects tone of the image formed by the image forming section; and a control section which manages forming the image on a predetermined number of sheets of paper as print output of one unit, and which allows the correcting section to correct tone each time print output of the predetermined number of units is complete. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120420 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes: a plurality of image forming apparatus each having a storage section; a density conversion data registering section obtaining density conversion data composed of a combination of a voltage value and a density value as colorimetry results of a color sensor and an external colorimeter, respectively, and storing the data into the storage section of the apparatus which forms a density correcting chart to be used for the colorimetry; a paper setting section storing a tray paper profile or a paper profile into a paper setting storage section, with the profiles correlated with at least one piece of the data obtained by the density conversion data registering section; and a correction controlling section making the plurality of image forming apparatus perform printer γ correction based on the data correlated with the paper profile or the tray paper profile at a time of the image formation. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120421 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus includes: a size detecting unit that detects a size of each page of a document to be printed; an orientation detecting unit that detects orientation of each page of the document; a receiving unit that receives a setting of post processing that is to be performed on a printed sheet on which the document is printed; a determining unit that determines whether pages of different sizes, both having one side of the same length and other sides of different lengths, are detected in the document; a rotation control unit that, when the determining unit determines that the pages of the different sizes have been detected, rotates pages so that sides of the same length are aligned on the basis of the setting of the post processing; and an output unit that outputs the document with the pages rotated. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120422 | IMAGING FORMING SYSTEM - Disclosed is an image forming system including a first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus, the first image forming apparatus including: a first image forming section which performs image formation on a sheet; a first fixing section which performs image fixation on the sheet on which the first image forming section performs the image formation; and a first control section which makes, when the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus perform the image formation and the image fixation on different sides of a sheet to perform double-sided printing, thereby performing tandem outputting, a tandem-outputting target fixing temperature of the first fixing section lower than a first fudicial temperature which is a non-tandem-outputting target fixing temperature of the first fixing section for when the first image forming performs the image formation and the image fixation alone. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120423 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a plurality of photoreceptors; a plurality of developing devices for forming toner patterns on the plurality of photoreceptors; an intermediate transfer medium for receiving the toner patterns transferred from the plurality of photoreceptors; a controller for controlling the plurality of developing devices to form first toner patterns that are lines extending in a main-scanning direction and second toner patterns that are lines slanting from the main-scanning direction on the plurality of photoreceptors such that the first toner pattern and the second toner pattern transferred from the same photoreceptor will be arranged on the intermediate transfer medium at an interval in a sub-scanning direction of a circumferential length of the photoreceptor from which the first toner pattern and the second tone pattern are transferred; and a sensor for detecting the toner patterns transferred onto the intermediate transfer medium. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120424 | COLOR CONVERSION METHOD, COLOR CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A color conversion method that converts a spot color into a combination of a plurality of output-color values corresponding to output colors generated by an image forming apparatus, the method including: acquiring a name of the spot color; a category of the spot color, the category being one of a plurality of categories into which spot colors are classified; and an input-color value of the spot color; for each spot color; selecting a color conversion table corresponding to the acquired category out of a plurality of color conversion tables stored beforehand in a storage unit for the respective categories, each of the color conversion tables indicating a correspondence relationship between the input-color value and the combination of the output-color values; and converting the acquired input-color value into the combination of the output-color values based upon the selected color conversion table. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120425 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDENCE RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION CREATION METHOD - A printing system includes a first unit that obtains a rendering command specifying a combination of at least a thickness and a color of a line; a second unit that converts the rendering command into a converted rendering command by converting the combination specified in the rendering command so that an average darkness of a result of printing the line matches a desired average darkness of a result of printing the line using a target printer; a third unit that generates image data including the rendered line based on the converted rendering command; and a printing unit that executes printing based on the image data. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120426 | PROCESS FOR GENERATING IMAGES WITH REALISTIC MODIFICATIONS - A method for generating an output image with realistic individual text inserts via software loaded on a computer is provided. The method comprises the steps of (1) providing a base image in a commercial graphical format with at least one position frame defined within the base image; the position frame defines an area within the base image where a text insert is insertable; (2) providing software loaded on the computer which transforms a low resolution image into a high resolution image; (3) defining a vector path within the position frame; (4) arranging the text insert along the vector path; (5) composing the text insert wherein the such step comprises the steps of (i) selecting individual elements, (ii) sizing the individual elements as a function of the vector path, (iii) assembling the elements into letters, and (iv) assembling the letters along the vector path to compose the text insert; and (6) entering text of the text insert via a user interface. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120427 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS IMAGE FORMING REQUESTED FROM EXTERNAL DEVICE ACCORDING TO DIVISION CODE - An external device judges whether or not a image forming is brought into an operation mode in which the number of pages having an image formed thereon is managed for each division, each user belonging to the division, in a image forming device, when the request for the image forming in the image forming device from a user is accepted. The external device confirms that a division code of the user who has requested the image forming is set, when it is judged that the image forming is brought into the operation mode in which the number of the pages is managed for each division, and transmits the request for the image forming together with the division code to the image forming device, when it is confirmed that the division code of the user who has requested the image forming is set. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120428 | SCANNING PATCHES TO PROVIDE PRINTER CALIBRATION DATA - A method of providing calibration data for a printer includes printing a calibration target using the printer, the target including first and second patch sets, each patch set including a plurality of test patches. An operator scans one or both sets using an external scanner to provide scanned patch data. A processor automatically determines which set(s) have been scanned. Calibration data are automatically generated for the printer using the scanned patch data. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY RENDERING LABELING SERVICE PRINTS WITH PRINT ENGINE PARAMETERS - A system and method for automatically rendering labeling service prints with print engine parameters. An auto-labeling application can be configured in association with a print engine controller for labeling the service prints with the print engine parameters via a built-in marker integrated with a fault multi-function device. A portable inline marker can also be separately attached to a baffle assembly of the fault device and connected to the print engine controller via a connector in order to receive the print engine parameters from the print engine controller. A setup routine configured with the auto-labeling application can be employed to customize the service print labels in a modular format and the parameters can be appended to each other based on the information required to troubleshoot the fault multi-function device. Such an approach effectively provides labeling of the service prints with enhanced service proficiency and customer satisfaction and reduces service time with respect to the fault multi-function device. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120430 | Method and apparatus for linking designated portions of a received document image with an electronic address - A method and apparatus for receiving document images including portions linked to one or more electronic addresses. The linked portion of the document is identified using a predetermined visual attribute, such as bold-face text, or delimiters to mark the portion. The document image is then transmitted using, e.g., existing apparatus for transmitting images, such as a facsimile machine. An electronic address associated with the identified portion of the document is also transmitted using existing techniques, such as by touch-tone telephone. The address may be a voice telephone number, facsimile telephone number, World Wide Web address, or any other address with which communication can be established. At the receiving end, both the document image and electronic address are received. Pattern matching is performed on the document image to identify the portion with the predetermined attribute as a linked portion. The received electronic address is then correlated with the linked portion. When the document image is displayed on, e.g., a computer screen, the linked portion is visually identified so that the recipient can access the electronic address by, e.g., clicking on the portion using a mouse. Communication may then be initiated by the recipient with the entity associated with the electronic address. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120431 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a program that causes a computer to execute the steps of causing a first printer driver to generate first print data in response to receiving an electronic data print instruction, and recording the first print data in a storage unit; sending the first print data to an image forming apparatus connected to the computer via a network, in response to receiving a print data acquisition request from the image forming apparatus; causing a printer driver identified by identification information to generate second print data in response to receiving the identification information identifying the printer driver, the printer driver being compatible with the image forming apparatus, and sending the second print data to the image forming apparatus. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120432 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus | 2012-05-17 |
20120120433 | SCANNING-PRINTING INTEGRATED APPARATUS - A scanning-printing integrated apparatus is disclosed. The scanning-printing integrated apparatus comprises a first channel. The first channel comprises a scanning channel ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120434 | MULTIPLE PROCESSOR PRINT DRIVER - A system and method for an adaptable print driver that adapts its behavior to make use of multiple processors when they are available on the host computer. In particular, during installation or initialization of the print driver, the driver will query the operating system for the number and type of processors present. If the print driver detects that multiple processors are present, it will operate in a way that makes explicit use of the multiple processors. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120435 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus having a display unit for displaying a program which can be executed in the apparatus so as to be identified is disclosed. The apparatus has: an input unit for inputting a program into the image forming apparatus; a display control unit for controlling a process for displaying select keys including a plurality of select keys to instruct a selection of a desired one of a plurality of programs stored in the image forming apparatus onto a display screen displayed on the display unit; and a discriminating unit for discriminating whether the select key to instruct a selection of the program inputted by the input unit can be further displayed onto the first display screen to display the select keys corresponding to the programs registered in the image forming apparatus in response to the input of the program from the input unit or not. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120436 | REMOTE PRINTING - A remote printing method includes extracting content of a device view caused to be displayed by a first device. The extracted content is communicated to a second device remote from the first device so that the second device can format the extracted content for printing. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120437 | PRINT RELAY SYSTEM, PRINT RELAY SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print relay system capable of executing a communication between a print service system configured to provide a print setting screen to an information terminal operated by a user, to receive a print setting set by the user via the provided print setting screen, and to generate a print job based on the received print setting and stored settings for an image forming apparatus configured to output image data based on the print job includes a receiving unit configured to receive a print job, which is transmitted in a case that a print instruction is input by the information terminal to the print service system, a job updating unit configured to update the print job received by the receiving unit, and a job transmission unit configured to transmit the print job updated by the job updating unit to the image forming apparatus. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120438 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, SERVER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided the following mechanism. That is, according to print processing contents, a server divides a print job associated with print data into a plurality of print jobs in advance. By transmitting a divided print job as a unit to an image forming apparatus, the user requests the print jobs using a plurality of image forming apparatuses to start parallel printing after print processing starts. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120439 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB PROCESSING METHOD IN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A user inputs information, such as a user identification (ID), on a printer by using an operation unit included in the printer. The printer inputs a print request for printing an intermediate print job corresponding to the user ID to the printer driver of an application server. When the request is received from the printer, a print request receiving function of the printer driver starts a series of print processing. The printer driver extracts an intermediate print job corresponding to a target user ID stored on a print job storage memory. A print setting final determination function finally determines print setting information to the extracted intermediate print job. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120440 | SCANNER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SCANNING SYSTEM, AND SCANNER MANAGEMENT METHOD - A scanner management apparatus to manage processing of image information scan-generated by one of multiple scanners connectable to a network includes a session establishment unit to establish a network session with one of the scanners in response to a session request from the scanner; a transmission support determination unit to determine whether a session-established scanner supports transmission of the scan-generated image information via the network; a driver checking unit to determine whether a driver matched to the session-established scanner is installed in the scanner management apparatus when the partner scanner does not support transmission of the scan-generated image information to the scanner management apparatus via the network; and a driver activation unit to activate the driver matched to the partner scanner to obtain the scan-generated image information generated by the partner scanner when the driver matched to the partner scanner is installed in the scanner management apparatus. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120441 | NETWORK SYSTEM, SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, LOG REGISTRATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A network system may include a server and a client. The server accepts a request for a reservation of registration of a log that is transmitted from the client, and returns to the client log registration identification information. The server acquires execution command data from a registration command storage and registers the log stored in a log storing storage with a storage unit, asynchronously with the registration of the execution command data with a registration command storage. The client stores a log, transmits a request for a reservation of registration of the stored log, and selects a log to be requested to be registered from the stored log based on returned log identification information. The client transmits the selected log to the server to request registration of the log. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120442 | RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control device is notified of recording problems in a recording device based on the location of drive data in a storage device. A printer | 2012-05-17 |
20120120443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A common setting screen through which a common setting that does not depend on an image processing apparatus model can be set, and an individual setting screen through which an individual setting that depends on an image processing apparatus model can be set, are controlled so as to be displayed on a print setting screen. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120444 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus which (i) determines whether or not characters to be subjected to a character recognition process in image data have a size larger than a predetermined size, (ii) in a case where the characters is determined as larger than the predetermined size, reduces at least a region including the characters so that the size of the characters fits within the predetermined size, and (iii) performs a character recognition process of the characters with use of the reduced image data. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120445 | CLIENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND BOOKBINDING SYSTEM - A client apparatus that receives document data and a job ticket from a server apparatus, and generates a print job for the document data, the client apparatus performs control such that, in a case where designation of a paper size is performed preceding designation of a paper type, a combination information piece that includes the paper size is extracted from the job ticket, and the paper type included in the extracted combination information piece is set as a paper type that is selectable, and in a case where designation of a paper type is performed preceding designation of a paper size, a combination information piece that includes the paper type is extracted from the job ticket, and the paper size included in the extracted combination information piece is set as a paper size that is selectable. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120446 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING DOCUMENT USING SPEECH DATA AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SYSTEM - A document generation method and system using speech data, and an image forming apparatus including the document generation system. The method includes setting document editing information including at least one of document form information and sentence pattern information for editing a document when the speech data is generated as the document; converting the speech data into text; and generating the text as the document based on the document editing information. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120447 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING SERVER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing system comprising an image forming apparatus and first and second image processing servers connected to the image forming apparatus via a network, the first image processing server comprising: a first image processor which performs a first image processing operation on target image data received from the image forming apparatus; and a protected area calculator which calculates a protected area to be prohibited from being processed next, which is related to the area processed by the first image processor, and generates image protection information including information of the protected area, and the second image processing server comprising a second image processor which performs a second image processing operation on the areas excluding the protected area whose information is included in the image protection information generated by the protected area calculator. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120448 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing server in charge of a first image processing operation determines a reference value for a reference item; generates first reference information; calculates its charge; generates first charge information indicating its calculated amount of charge; and transmits the first reference information and the first charge information to the next location, separately from image data obtained by the first image processing operation. An image processing server in charge of a second image processing operation calculates its charge based on the reference value determined by the image processing server in charge of the first image processing operation; generates second charge information indicating its calculated charge; and transmits this second charge information, the first reference information and first charge information generated by the image processing server in charge of the first image processing operation, to the next location, separately from image data obtained by the second image processing operation. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING WASTE REMOVAL AND ADMINISTRATION - A method for a municipality to control, track, and monitor waste or refuse receptacles requires a permit for use of a waste receptacle. An issuing organization issues a permit associated with a discreet receptacle identifier. An RFID tag is provided with the permit and attached to a discreet receptacle. The RFID tag transmits a signal carrying data associated with the discreet receptacle identifier. The signal may be read by a portable reader carried by municipal personnel to record violations of municipal code associated with the use of the discreet receptacle. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120450 | Smart Photobook Creation - A method for producing a photo album includes sorting images according to a primary predetermined criterion, separating the sorted images into a first page group and a second page group using one or more secondary criteria, and automatically selecting a first page layout from a library of page layouts. The first page layout includes a same number of one or more image receiving areas as the number of one or more images in the first page group. The one or more images in the first page group are automatically placed into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120451 | IMAGE FORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A disclosed image formation management system includes image forming apparatuses and a local management apparatus connected via a network to the image forming apparatuses. Each of the image forming apparatuses includes a user information storing unit storing user information of users, a management information storing unit storing a current number of image formation pages and a maximum number of image formation pages of each of the users, and an image formation control unit configured to authenticate the users based on the user information and to limit image formation by each of the authenticated users based on the current number of image formation pages and the maximum number of image formation pages. The local management apparatus is configured to manage the user information and the maximum numbers of image formation pages of the users of the image forming apparatuses. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120452 | DISPLAYING UNCOMPLETED JOBS IN RESPONSE TO PRINT REQUEST - This invention allows a user to immediately grasp the print status of a job only by inputting a print instruction of a job stored and held in an image forming apparatus. This invention also provides a user-friendly apparatus that notifies the user of a predicted time until completion of printing. For this purpose, the image forming apparatus of this invention has a touch panel formed on the display screen of the operation unit. A list of jobs registered in a Hold job list is displayed on the display screen. When the user selects at least one job and touches a “Test print” or “Print” button, the print job is registered in the print execution queue. Simultaneously, a list of unprinted print jobs registered in the print execution queue is automatically displayed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120453 | METHOD FOR BINARIZING SCANNED DOCUMENT IMAGES CONTAINING GRAY OR LIGHT COLORED TEXT PRINTED WITH HALFTONE PATTERN - A method for binarizing a scanned document images containing gray or light colored text printed with halftone patterns. The document image is initially binarized and connected image components are extracted from the initial binary image as text characters. Each text character is classified as either a halftone text character or a non-halftone text character based on an analysis of its topology features. The topology features may be the Euler number of the text character; a text character with a Euler number below −2 is classified as halftone text. The gray-scale document image is then divided into halftone text regions containing only halftone text characters and non-halftone text regions. Each region is binarized using its own pixel value statistics. This eliminates the influence of black text on the threshold values for binarizing halftone text. The binary maps of the regions are combined to generate the final binary map. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120454 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT CAPABLE OF MINIMIZING CROSS-LINKAGE BETWEEN LINE SCREENS - An image processing apparatus comprises a dither processing device that applies dither processing to input image data to express halftone using line screens by increasing an area rate of the input image data and a controller that decreases the number of line screens and maintains a prescribed dropout width between the neighboring line screens when the area rate of the input image data increases and the dropout width falls below a prescribed level. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120455 | IMAGE TO TARGET COMPARATOR SOFTWARE - A system, method, and machine-readable storage medium for detecting changes in images are provided herein. The system includes an original grid and an image detection software program. The original grid represents an original image. The image detection software program detects changes between the original image and the processed image as follows: receiving a description of the original grid, the processed image and a set of tolerance parameters; scanning horizontally the pixels of the processed image into horizontal runs, scanning vertically the pixels of the processed image into vertical runs, and saving each of the plurality of vertical and horizontal coordinates within the predefined vertical and horizontal tolerance; determining a plurality of processed intersection coordinates; comparing a portion of the plurality of processed intersection coordinates to a portion of the plurality of original grid line intersection coordinates; and providing an image comparison result. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120456 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit and a first difference extracting unit. The receiving unit receives images of a document. The first difference extracting unit performs difference extracting processing for extracting a difference between images of a document having 2n (n=2, 3, . . . ) pages received by the receiving unit by comparing the image of the first page and the image of the (n+1)-th page, the image of the second page and the image of the (n+2)-th page, the image of the third page and the image of the (n+3)-th page, . . . , and the image of the n-th page and the image of the 2n-th page. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120457 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A method is provided for processing image data read from a book document placed on a platen of an image reading apparatus. The method includes determining a background pixel of the image data based on a luminance difference or a color difference between neighboring pixel arrays, identifying a shadow region based on a luminance change between the neighboring background pixel arrays, discriminatively detecting a shadow of a binding portion and a shadow of a front edge in a document region with reference to a changing direction of shadow luminance, and performing a luminance correction on the shadow region according to characteristics of the shadows. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120458 | ACTUATOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ACTUATOR, LIGHT SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An actuator includes a light reflection part having light reflectivity, a movable part having the light reflection part and being rotatable around a rotation center axis, a pair of connection parts connected to the movable part, and a support part that supports the pair of connection parts, and each of the connection parts includes a pair of beam members, a distance between the pair of beam members gradually increases from a first surface side toward a second surface side of the movable part when seen from a direction in parallel to the rotation center axis of the movable part, and given that a distance between ends at the first surface side of the pair of beam members is W | 2012-05-17 |
20120120459 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cover member holds an optical scanning device and is supported on A main body in such a manner as to be pivotable between an open position and a closed position. The optical scanning device has a shutter member, a housing, and a dustproof member. The main body has a contact member which is capable of coming into contact with the shutter member through an opening. The contact member causes the shutter member to be displaced between an optical path closing position and an optical path opening position. The shutter member includes a closing portion which closes the opening when the shutter member assumes the optical path closing position. The dustproof member is disposed to extend around the opening on the outside and is configured to press against an entire periphery of the contact member when the cover member assumes the closed position. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120460 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus, including: a placement portion on which an original is to be placed; an openable and closable pressure portion which presses, the original, which is placed on the placement portion, against the placement portion; a reading unit which moves in a sub-scanning direction orthogonal to a main scanning direction to read image information of the original, which is pressed against the placement portion by the openable and closable pressure portion, and a step portion, which is provided in a pressure surface of the openable and closable pressure portion which presses the original against the placement stand, and in a state in which the openable and closable pressure portion is closed, forms a space portion extending in the sub-scanning direction so as to communicate to at least one end in the sub-scanning direction. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120461 | COMPLEX APPARATUS - A complex apparatus includes a recording device including a recording unit that executes recording on a medium; an image reading device, provided so as to be freely openable/closable with respect to the upper portion of the recording device via a hinge portion, including an image reading unit that reads an image; a first contact portion, provided in the image reading device, that makes contact with a housing of the recording device when the image reading device is in a closed state; a second contact portion, provided in the housing of the recording device, that makes contact with the first contact portion when the image reading device is in a closed state; and a third contact portion, provided in an apparatus frame that holds the recording unit, that makes contact with the housing of the recording device at the lower area of the second contact portion. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120462 | ERECTING EQUAL-MAGNIFICATION LENS ARRAY PLATE, OPTICAL SCANNING UNIT, AND IMAGE READING DEVICE - An erecting equal-magnification lens array plate includes: a first lens array plate provided with a plurality of first lenses arranged on a first surface and a plurality of second lenses arranged on a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a second lens array plate provided with a plurality of third lenses arranged on a third surface and a plurality of fourth lenses arranged on a fourth surface opposite to the third surface. The first and second lens array plates form a stack such that the second surface and the third surface face each other. The erecting equal-magnification lens array plate receives light from a linear light source facing the first surface and forms an erect equal-magnification image of the linear light source on an image plane facing the fourth surface. An annular slope is formed around each second lens and each third lens. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120463 | SCANNER - A scanner comprising a shell with a rut, and a lens arm matching the shape of rut connected with the shell through a revolving shaft. The scanner makes a 180 degree rotation orbiting with the revolving shaft. Lens arm and shell are vertical when in use, resembling the expansion structure of “7.” A flexible pole is retracted when out of use, and the lens arm is folded into the rut of shell. The lens arm and flexible pole are connected by metal revolving shaft as a connecting part, both of which can be set up in the shell to avoid the horizontal bar drooping or being upswept. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120464 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device that makes it possible to accurately position images on the front and reverse surfaces of a recording medium even when there is an error in length in the direction of conveyance of the recording medium. The image recording device is equipped with a paper supply part, a paper discharge part, a table movement mechanism, which moves ten tables disposed at regular intervals along a circulation path, an image recording part, which records an image on printing paper on top of the table that is moved by this table movement mechanism, an inversion part, which inverts the printing paper, and a transport mechanism, which transports the printing paper inverted by the inversion part to the paper supply part. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120465 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF MARKING A SET OF PRODUCTS - The invention relates to a method of marking a batch of products, consisting in forming a synthetic hologram of an image ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120466 | WAVELENGTH-TUNABLE LASER SYSTEM - A wavelength-tunable laser system includes an optical fiber collimator array having at least two ports, an optical amplifier connected to one port of an optical fiber, an optical coupler for coupling light incident from the optical amplifier and transmitting the coupled light to another port, a diffraction grating plate for guiding each wavelength component of light incident from the optical fiber collimator array in a different direction, and an Opto-Very Large Scale Integration (Opto-VLSI) processor. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120467 | HYBRID LIGHT GUIDE WITH FACETED AND HOLOGRAPHIC LIGHT TURNING FEATURES - The present disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus to illuminate displays. In one aspect, an illumination device with a light guide can include both faceted and holographic light turning features. The holographic light turning features can be provided between the facets. The facets can eject light out of the light guide. The holographic light turning features also can eject light out of the light guide, or can collimate the light so that it propagates more nearly parallel to the major surfaces of the light guide, or both eject and collimate light. The ejected light can be used to illuminate a display. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120468 | FAIR TOKEN ARBITRATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to arbitration systems and methods. In one embodiment, an arbitration system comprises a loop-shaped arbitration waveguide ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120469 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM - The region and spot size of light that irradiates a specimen are changed. Provided is an illumination optical system including beam-deflecting means for changing the deflecting direction of light from a light source; a wavefront modulation device at a position optically conjugate with the beam-deflecting means and capable of modulating the wavefront of the light; a Fourier transform system that focuses the light from the wavefront modulation device and performs Fourier transformation thereon; an inverse Fourier transform system that performs inverse Fourier transformation on the light from the Fourier transform system to form a collimated light beam; and an objective optical system that focuses the light from the inverse Fourier transform system on an object, wherein the Fourier transform system includes a mechanism capable of changing the focal length while maintaining the focal position at the inverse Fourier transform system side at a fixed position. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120470 | ACTUATOR, PROTECTIVE COVER FOR ACTUATOR, ACTUATOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND OPTICAL DEFLECTOR INCORPORATING ACTUATOR, AND TWO DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE PROJECTOR INCORPORATING OPTICAL SCANNER - An actuator is configured of a frame element, a pair of beam elements, a movable element rotatably supported by the frame element via the beam elements, a driver configured to rotate the movable element relative to the frame element around the beam elements as a rotary shaft; and damper elements provided on the rotary axis of the beam elements. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120471 | DISPLAY MODULE AND RELATED MANUFACTURING METHOD - A display device including a flexible display layer including display material. A flexible backplane layer has an electrode structure for driving the display material. A substantially rigid component having a thickness greater than a thickness of the flexible display layer and/or the thickness of the flexible backplane layer. A resilient layer has a cut-out space for the rigid component. The resilient layer is arranged to provide a substantially even total thickness of the device. The device also includes wireless communication capabilities. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120472 | LIGHT MODULATING DEVICE - To include a light modulator having an anode electrode, a matching resistor, a first wire that is connected to the anode electrode and transmits to the anode electrode an input electric signal to the light modulator, a first conductor pad having a capacitor connected to the first wire, a second wire that connects the anode electrode and the matching resistor, and a second conductor pad having a capacitor connected to the second wire. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120473 | POLARIZING PHOTOCHROMIC ARTICLES - Provided are photochromic articles including a substrate, a primer layer that includes a first photochromic compound, and a photochromic-dichroic layer over the primer layer that includes a photochromic-dichroic compound. The first photochromic compound and the photochromic-dichroic compound each are selected such that the photochromic-dichroic compound has an unactivated state terminal minimum absorbance wavelength that is less than or equal to the unactivated state terminal minimum absorbance of the underlying first photochromic compound. The present invention also relates to such photochromic articles that further include a topcoat layer over the photochromic-dichroic layer, the topcoat layer including a second photochromic compound that has an unactivated state terminal minimum absorbance wavelength that is less than the unactivated state terminal minimum absorbance wavelength of the underlying photochromic-dichroic compound. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120474 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL SWITCHING IN METAMATERIALS - An optical switch combining a Pockels cell and a metamaterial, wherein polarization of an incident light is controlled by a voltage on the Pockels cell to block or pass the incident light. The optical switch has advantages of small size, fast switching, simple structure, and high stability. A plasmonic-EIT kind of optical switch is based on plasmonic hybridization and a plasmonic interaction is controlled by altering a polarization state of the incident light. Therefore, the incident light can be selectively allowed to pass through or blocked according to the polarization thereof. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120475 | OPTICALLY VARIABLE FILTER APPARATUS AND FILTER CHARACTERISTIC CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Light from an optical fiber is incident on a frequency dispersion element. The frequency dispersion element disperses the incident light into light beams in different directions according to their frequencies and directs the dispersed light beams to a lens. The lens develops the incident light beams over an xy plane according to their frequencies in a strip-like form. A frequency selective element has pixels arranged in a frequency dispersion direction and brings pixels located at positions corresponding to the frequency to be selected into a reflective state. A light beam selected by the frequency selective element is emitted from an optical fiber through the same path. By changing reflection characteristics of the frequency selective element according to each pixel, optical filter characteristics can be desirably changed so as to achieve change of passband width and frequency shift. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120476 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTROCHROMIC MODULE THEREOF - A 3D image display device includes a display module, an electrochromic module, a control element and a sensing element. The display module is provided for generating a left-eye image and a right-eye image. The electrochromic module is comprised of a first transparent substrate, a first transparent conductive element, a plurality of first electrochromic elements, an electrolyte layer, a plurality of second electrochromic elements, a second transparent conductive element and a second transparent substrate. The second electrochromic elements are arranged orthogonally with the first electrochromic elements. The control element is provided for switching the voltage of the first and second transparent conductive elements. The sensing element is provided for sensing a rotating direction of the 3D image display device and transmitting a sensing signal to the control element to change the color of the first or second electrochromic element, so as to produce a parallax barrier. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120477 | TRANSPARENT ELECTROCHROMIC SYSTEM - A transparent electrochromic system includes a cellular structure, two power supply electrodes together supported on a single wall, and at least one additional electrode. The additional electrode can be used as a reference electrode or as a polarization electrode. The additional electrode can also form a condenser with a fourth electrode that is added to the system, in order to control a migration of certain electroactive substances responsible for coloring and decoloring the system. The operation of the system can thus be improved. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120478 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICES BASED ON THE VARIATION IN THE INDEX OR ABSORPTION IN THE ISB TRANSITIONS - Electro-optical components are disclosed having intersubband transitions by quantum confinement between two Group III nitride elements, typically by means of GaN/AlN. Related devices or systems are also disclosed including such components, as well as to a method for manufacturing such a component. Such a component includes at least one active area that includes at least two so-called outer barrier layers surrounding one or more N-doped quantum well structures, and said quantum well structure(s) are each surrounded by two barrier areas that are unintentionally doped at a thickness of at least five monoatomic layers. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120479 | OPTICAL BANK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE OPTICAL BANK - The invention relates to an optical bank ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120480 | DEVICE COMPRISING A MULTILAYER STRUCTURE AND ROLLERS - The invention relates to a device comprising a multilayered structure with a first portion and a second portion wherein the first portion is conceived to be rolled about a first roller, said device comprising a second roller for receiving the second portion for at least partially counteracting the effects of mechanical strain induced in the multilayered structure upon said rolling. The first roller is rotated in a first direction, whereby the second roller is rotated in a second direction. Preferably, the diameters of the first roller and the second roller are equal. Alternatively, the edge portions A, B of the multilayer structure are suitably interconnected by stoppers for preventing creeping. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120481 | HIGH DAMAGE THRESHOLD FREQUENCY CONVERSION SYSTEM - The present invention includes a fundamental laser light source configured to generate fundamental wavelength laser light, a first nonlinear optical crystal configured to generate first alternate wavelength light; a second nonlinear optical crystal configured to generate second alternate wavelength light; a dual wavelength Brewster angle waveplate configured to rotate a polarization of the first alternate wavelength light relative to the second alternate wavelength light such that the first and second alternate wavelength light have the same polarization; a set of Brewster angle wavefront processing optics configured to condition the first and second alternate wavelengths of light; a harmonic separator configured to separate the first alternate wavelength light from the second alternate wavelength light; and a Brewster angle output window configured to transmit the first or second alternate wavelengths of light from the interior of a laser frequency conversion system to the exterior of the laser frequency conversion system. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120482 | MODULAR DAY MODE/NIGHT MODE HELMENT-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A helmet mounted display (HMD) system comprising (i) a display device adapted to be positioned between an eye of a person wearing the helmet and a vision-related device; and (ii) a step-in visor which is positioned between the eye of the user and the display device. The vision-related device is removably attached to an accessory joint so that it can be interchanged between an outer visor for use during the day and night vision goggles for use during the night. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120483 | LASER SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MATERIALS WITH MEANS FOR FOCUSSING AND ANTICIPATING SAID FOCUSSING OF THE LASER BEAM; METHOD OF OBTAINING A LASER BEAM AT THE EXIT OF AN OPTICAL FIBRE WITH PREDETERMINED VARIANCE - A laser system for processing thin film composite materials, such as solar cells and in general materials produced by depositing various layers of dielectric, semiconductor and conductor substances on rigid or flexible substrates of glass and/or polymers, comprising a laser generator ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120484 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - Provided is a projection optical system for an ultra-short focus image projection device. The disclosed projection optical system includes a first optical system for zooming an image formed by an image display device to form a first intermediate image, a second optical system for enlarging the first intermediate image to form a second intermediate image, and a reflection optical system for reflecting light which forms the second intermediate image. An optical axis of the first optical system translates parallel with respect to an optical axis of the second optical system in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the first optical system. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120485 | INTERFERENCE MICROSCOPE AND MEASURING APPARATUS - In an interference microscope and a measuring device for observing and inspecting the surface and inside of a specimen such as a wafer by applying laser light to the specimen and using an interferometer, a reference optical path for conducting light is provided between a beam splitter and a reference mirror, and a measurement optical path for conducting light is provided between the beam splitter and the specimen, thereby providing an optical path difference between the reference optical path and the measurement optical path. Further, the reference mirror is tilted slightly, thereby forming interference fringes on detection means. It is possible to measure the surface shape of the specimen (measurement object) such as a wafer only by slightly tilting the reference mirror with a simple configuration and locate the accurate coordinate positions of foreign particles and pole pieces. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120486 | MICROSCOPY SYSTEM - A microscope system for imaging of an object that can be placed in an object plane of a microscope system includes an imaging system for providing at least one pair of optical imaging paths that include a stereoscopic angle in the object plane. The imaging system includes a first subsystem comprising a first plurality of optical lenses that are commonly traversed by both optical imaging paths of the at least one pair of optical imaging paths. The imaging system also includes a second subsystem comprising a second plurality of optical lenses that are traversed by only one optical imaging path. At least two optical lenses of the first plurality of optical lenses and at least two optical lenses of the second plurality of optical lenses are displaceable relative to one another along a common optical imaging path to respectively vary a magnification of the representation of the object. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120487 | ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope includes: a first illumination optical system which emits illuminating light in a first linear polarization direction to an object from a distal end face of an insertion portion; and a first objective optical system which allows return light from the object to enter through an objective window provided in the distal end face; wherein the first illumination optical system and the first objective optical system are placed in a positional relationship such that on the distal end face, a line segment connecting an optical axis of the first illumination optical system and an optical axis of the first objective optical system is parallel or perpendicular to a polarization direction which results when the illuminating light emitted from the first illumination optical system is projected to the distal end face, and no polarizing element is provided between the object and the objective window. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120488 | LENS ARRAY SHEET FORMED WITH LIGHT TRANSMISSION CONTROL FILTER - A lens array sheet formed with a light transmission control filter includes a lens array layer having a configuration in which convex lenses and light transmission control filters are repeatedly arrayed; a focal distance layer formed under the lens array layer; and a three-dimensional layer formed under the focal distance layer. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120489 | BIREFRINGENT DIFFUSER - A birefringent diffuser includes a first optical material and a first birefringent material. The first optical material and the first birefringent material are combined to form a planar layer. The planar layer has an internal pattern of the materials presenting a substantially uniform index of refraction for incident light which is substantially normal to the planar layer and exhibiting a varying index of refraction for at least a portion of light which is trapped in guided modes. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120490 | Manually Adjustable Ruggedized Focus Mechanism - The invention provides, in some aspects, devices for image acquisition that use seals between concentrically disposed portions of an enclosure and an optics assembly in order to protect image acquisition components from the surrounding environment while providing adequate friction for both adjusting and locking focus. Such devices can include an image capture medium that is disposed within an enclosure and an optics assembly that is also disposed within that enclosure. The optics assembly, which includes at least a lens, can have a cylindrical outer diameter along at least a portion of its length that is received within the enclosure along a length that has a corresponding cylindrical inner diameter. A first seal is disposed between, and in contact with, the optics assembly and the enclosure. That seal permits rotation of the optics assembly for purposes of focusing the lens, while preventing contamination from the environment from entering into the enclosure. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120491 | Cube corner cavity based retroreflectors with transparent fill material - Retroreflective sheeting includes a body layer having a structured surface with recessed faces forming cube corner cavities. A reflective film is disposed at least on the recessed faces, and a fill material fills the cube corner cavities. The fill material comprises radiation-curable materials, adhesives, or both, and preferably transparent radiation-curable pressure-sensitive adhesives. The fill material preferably forms a continuous layer covering both the recessed faces and upper portions of the structured surface. A transparent cover layer preferably contacts the fill material layer. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120492 | IMAGE STABILIZING APPARATUS THAT CORRECTS IMAGE BLUR CAUSED BY HAND SHAKE, LENS BARREL, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - An image stabilizing apparatus includes a fixed member, a shift member that holds an image stabilizing lens and are movable in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis, a plurality of shift drivers that are disposed at positions different from each other in the plane orthogonal to the optical axis, a gel that is held by one of the shift member and the fixed member, and a protrusion that is provided on the other one of the shift member and the fixed member. Each of the plurality of shift drivers includes a magnet held by one of the shift member and the fixed member, a coil that is held by the other one of the shift member and the fixed member, and a yoke that is held by the other one of the shift member and the fixed member, and a portion of the protrusion is immersed in the gel. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120493 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES - The invention relates to a display device for displaying an image over a field of view. The device comprises: an optical arrangement for directing image bearing light from an image source so that the light has rays at a range of angles relative to an injection axis; and an optical waveguide having an input grating for diffracting into the waveguide said light over said range of angles such that all of the diffracted light is totally internally reflected within the waveguide and so that image bearing light output from the waveguide has a field of view corresponding to said range of angles, wherein the input grating is a surface relief grating having a profiled reflective surface and at least one layer of dielectric material conforming to the surface for diffracting light over said range of angles into the waveguide. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120494 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM - A diffractive optical element that is used for an optical system includes a first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating. The first and second diffraction gratings are disposed in contact with each other, one of the first and second diffraction gratings has a refractive index distribution and has a diffractive surface that includes a grating surface having a predetermined inclination and a grating wall surface having a predetermined height, and the diffractive surface has a shape in which an inclination of the grating surface of a diffraction grating having the greater refractive index distribution is decreased and a height of the grating wall surface is lowered with respect to a shape in which a phase difference based on a phase difference function that corrects an aberration of the optical system is added to a shape of a base surface that forms one of the first and second diffraction gratings. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120495 | OPTICAL FILTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FILTER - An optical filter comprising a first substrate, a second substrate having a support portion which supports the first substrate, a first optical film provided on the first substrate, a second optical film provided on the second substrate and arranged to face the first optical film, a first protective film covering at least the first optical film, a second protective film covering at least the second optical film, a first bonding film, a portion of the first bonding film overlapping a surface of the first protective film in a plan view but does not overlapping the first optical film and a second bonding film, a portion of the second bonding film overlapping a surface of the second protective film in the plan view but does not overlapping the second optical film. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120496 | A PASSIVE LOUVER-BASED DAYLIGHTING SYSTEM - A daylighting system for use in a building including a louver array having a first longitudinal element, and a second longitudinal element spaced therefrom. At least one of the first and second elements has an asymmetrical profile, each of the first and second longitudinal elements has a bottom profile including a parabolic surface, portions of opposing surfaces of the first and second longitudinal elements define a compound parabolic concentrator profile having a non-horizontal centerline that is tilted upwards, and the array prevents line of sight therethrough. A louver for a daylighting system includes (i) a leading edge defined by a leading connecting surface disposed between a parabolic concentrator surface and a flat surface; and (ii) a trailing edge defined by a trailing connecting surface disposed between a lower compound parabolic concentrator profile, and an upper compound parabolic concentrator profile. A method for designing a louver profile is provided. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120497 | APPARATUS FOR COVERING AN OPTICAL SENSOR DISPOSED IN FRONT OF AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY FOR SENSING A VISUAL VERIFICATION SIGNAL - An electronic display including a screen including an outer perimeter and front surface. A housing including a screen frame may surround the outer perimeter, and extend in front of the front surface of the screen. An optical sensor shield may be positioned at least in part in the screen frame and extend in front of the front surface of the screen. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120498 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY APPARATUS EMPLOYING ONE OR MORE FRESNEL LENSES - Head-mounted displays ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120499 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY APPARATUS EMPLOYING ONE OR MORE REFLECTIVE OPTICAL SURFACES - Head-mounted displays ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120500 | Optical Element for Distributing Light - An optical element ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120501 | Zoom Lens Having Optical Path Bending Member and Image Pickup Apparatus Equipped with Same - A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit including a lens. The distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit is smaller at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit changes during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. The first lens unit consists, in order from the object side, of a front sub lens unit having a negative refractive power, an optical path bending member, and a rear sub lens unit having a positive refractive power. The front sub lens unit includes a biconcave single lens, and the rear sub lens unit includes one or two single lenses. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120502 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a negative third lens group, in that order from the object side, wherein upon zooming from the short focal length extremity to the long focal length extremity, the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases, wherein the following condition (1) is satisfied: | 2012-05-17 |
20120120503 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC IMAGING APPARATUS USING - A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a negative third lens group, in that order from the object side, wherein upon zooming from the short focal length extremity to the long focal length extremity, the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases. The third lens group includes a negative lens element having a concave surface on the image side, a positive lens element having a convex surface on the image side, and a negative lens element having convex surface on the image side, in that order from the object side. An electronic imaging apparatus using this zoom lens system is also disclosed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120504 | IMAGING LENS SYSTEM WITH TWO LENSES - An imaging lens system with two lenses is provided. The imaging lens system with two lenses, along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, comprises an aperture stop; a first lens having positive refractive power and being a biconvex lens; and a second lens having negative refractive power and being a meniscus lens with a concave surface on the object side and a convex surface on the image side. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120505 | WIDE ANGLE LENS - A wide angle lens includes sequentially from the object side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power; an aperture stop; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, where the first lens group includes sequentially from the object side, a negative first lens having on the object side, a convex surface; a negative second lens having on the image side, a concave surface; a negative third lens; and a positive fourth lens. The second lens group includes sequentially from the object side a cemented lens having a positive refractive power and formed by a fifth lens and a sixth lens; a positive seventh lens; and a negative eighth lens having on the image side, a concave surface. | 2012-05-17 |