26th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120162582 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An LCD device is disclosed which includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer inserted between the first and second substrates; a cholesteric color filter layer disposed on the first substrate; and an auxiliary color filter layer disposed on the cholesteric color filter layer and formed to transmit a fixed wavelength band of light progressing in a front viewing direction of the cholesteric color filter layer and filter every wavelength band of light progressing in a side viewing direction of the cholesteric color filter layer except the fixed wavelength band of light. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162583 | FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A flexible electronic paper display apparatus includes a drive substrate and a display layer. The display layer is disposed on the drive substrate. The drive substrate includes a plastic substrate, a stainless steel layer, an insulation layer and a circuit unit. The stainless steel layer is disposed on the plastic substrate, the insulation layer is disposed on the stainless steel layer, and the circuit unit is disposed on the insulation layer. Production yield of the flexible electronic paper display apparatus can be increased. Additionally, a manufacturing method for the flexible electronic paper display apparatus is also provided. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162584 | INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREENS - Integrated touch screens are provided including drive lines formed of grouped-together circuit elements of a thin film transistor layer and sense lines formed between a color filter layer and a material layer that modifies or generates light. The common electrodes (Vcom) in the TFT layer can be grouped together during a touch sensing operation to form drive lines. Sense lines can be formed on an underside of a color filter glass, and a liquid crystal region can be disposed between the color filter glass and the TFT layer. Placing the sense lines on the underside of the color filter glass, i.e., within the display pixel cell, can provide a benefit of allowing the color filter glass to be thinned after the pixel cells have been assembled, for example. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162585 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND LCD - There is disclosed an array substrate which has a base substrate and data lines and gate lines on the base substrate, The data lines and gate lines intersect with each other to define pixel units, and each pixel unit comprises a pixel electrode, a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode and an active layer, and the pixel electrode, the gate electrode and the gate line adjoin to the base substrate, and the gate electrode is formed of a same material as that for forming the pixel electrode. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162586 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ENCAPSULATED LIQUID CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE ENCAPSULATED LIQUID CRYSTALS - An apparatus for manufacturing encapsulated liquid crystals including at least one first flow duct configured to have liquid crystals flow therethrough, at least one second flow duct configured to have encapsulation film materials flow therethrough, a third flow duct configured to have an inflow portion connected to an outflow portion of the first flow duct and an outflow portion of the second flow duct and to have liquid crystal droplets in which the liquid crystals and the encapsulation film materials are mixed flow therethrough, and a curing machine configured to manufacture the encapsulated liquid crystals by curing the liquid crystal droplets. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162587 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH GROUNDED BY THERMOCOMPRESSION BONDING TAPE and double-side adhesive tape - A liquid crystal display device which can be manufactured at a low cost is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate, a CF substrate of a size smaller than a size of the TFT substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate. A ground pad is formed on a portion of the TFT substrate where the CF substrate does not overlap with the TFT substrate. A transparent conductive film is formed on an upper surface of the CF substrate. The transparent conductive film of the CF substrate and the ground pad formed on the TFT substrate are electrically connected with each other via a thermocompression bonding conductive tape. A double-sided adhesive tape is arranged between the thermocompression bonding conductive tape and an upper surface of the CF substrate and between the thermocompression bonding conductive tape and the TFT substrate. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162588 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT AGENT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT FORMED FROM THE LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT AGENT - Disclosed is a liquid crystal alignment agent which includes: a polymer obtained by subjecting a diamine compound and a tetracarboxylic dianhydride compound to a polymerization reaction; an epoxy group containing compound; and a curing promoter. The curing promoter is at least one compound selected from secondary amines, tertiary amines, quaternary ammonium compounds, organic phosphines, imidazoles, and tetraphenyl borates, and is in an amount ranging from 0.5 to 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the polymer. A liquid crystal alignment film formed from the liquid crystal alignment agent and a liquid crystal display element including the liquid crystal alignment film are also disclosed. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162589 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel is provides and includes a pair of substrates arranged face to face so as to sandwich a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal device includes on one of the pair of substrates: a lower electrode; an upper electrode formed on a surface of the lower substrate through an insulating layer, in which plural slits are formed in each sub-pixel; and an alignment film formed so as to cover a surface of the upper electrode and the insulating layer. The plural slits have different widths at both ends of slits in a longitudinal direction. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162590 | Liquid crystal display devices and methods of manufacturing liquid crystal display devices - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a first electrode on the first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, and a second electrode on the second substrate. The second electrode corresponds to the first electrode. The liquid crystal display device also includes a liquid crystal structure between the first electrode and the second electrode. The liquid crystal structure includes a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and at least one movement control member. The movement control member in the liquid crystal structure restricts a movement of the liquid crystal molecules. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162591 | PIXEL STRUCTURE - A pixel structure electrically connected to a scan line and a data line is provided. The pixel structure includes an active device and a pixel electrode, wherein the active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line, and the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device. The pixel electrode has a plurality of strip-shaped slit groups. Each of the strip-shaped slit groups includes a plurality of strip-shaped slits whose extending directions are substantially parallel to each other, and contours of at least parts of the strip-shaped slits are non-isosceles trapezoids. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162592 | GRADIENT REFRACTIVE INDEX LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A gradient index liquid crystal optical apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a first substrate having a first face; a second substrate having a second face opposed to the first face of the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of first electrodes provided on the first face of the first substrate, and arranged along a first direction; a plurality of second electrodes provided on the first face of the first substrate to correspond to the first electrodes, the plurality of second electrodes being arranged along the first direction; a plurality of third electrodes provided on the first face of the first substrate and arranged along the first direction; and a fourth electrode provided on the second face of the second substrate. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162593 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL ELECTRO-OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal composite material and a liquid crystal electro-optical display device are provided. A liquid crystal composite material, includes: a liquid crystal; a polymer; and a modified inorganic layered material, wherein the modified inorganic layered material is formed by modifying an inorganic layered material with a conjugated oligomer, and the conjugated oligomer has a quaternary ammonium group or sulfonate group. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162594 | PIXEL STRUCTURE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A pixel structure includes: a first planarizing film and a second planarizing film laminated in order on a substrate on which a circuit section is formed; and metallic wiring for electrically connecting two electrodes disposed on the second planarizing film to each other so as to be separated from each other, the metallic wiring being formed between the first planarizing film and the second planarizing film. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162595 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to the use of LC (liquid-crystal) compounds and LC media comprising them in LC displays of the PS (polymer stabilised) or PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162596 | Encapsulated Polymer Network Liquid Crystal Material, Device and Applications - Polymer network liquid crystal materials have improved mechanical properties such as rigidity and hardness and substantially improved electro-optical performance. The PNLC material can be manufactured with an emulsion process so as to simplify substantially the manufacturing process. Each LC droplet can be configured with the polymer network extending substantially across the LC droplet, and the polymer network may comprise a material to lower substantially the switching voltage, such as a fluorinated acrylate that may interact with the liquid crystal so as to lower the surface tension of the LC droplet. The PNLC material may comprise an interfacial layer combined with the polymer network so as to decrease substantially the driving voltage. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162597 | Extendable Eyeglasses and Method of Use - An eyeglass apparatus comprises first and second eyeglass portions, each having a connector portion and a lens portion. The eyeglass apparatus is configured to transition between stowed and extended configurations. When the eyeglass apparatus is in the stowed configuration, the lens portions overlie one another. When the eyeglass apparatus is in the extended configuration the lens portions are in a non-overlying configuration. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162598 | EYEWEAR - Eyewear comprising a frame and a liquid storage portion that is disposed within the frame and that includes a cavity for storing liquid. The liquid storage portion includes a gas passing section that allows gas to pass therethrough from the cavity to an inside surface of the frame, which is a surface facing a head of a wearer when the frame is worn on the head, but does not allow liquid to pass therethrough from the cavity to the inside surface of the frame. The liquid storage portion may be disposed such that an outer surface of the liquid storage portion is further inside the frame than an outer surface of the frame. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162599 | CONTACT LENS WITH VISUAL INDICATOR - A contact lens is provided with an indicator that is visible when placed in contact with a solution, but substantially transparent when removed from that solution. The indicator may be of the type to designate whether the contact lens is to be worn on the right or left eye. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162600 | ENERGIZED OPHTHALMIC LENS INCLUDING STACKED INTEGRATED COMPONENTS - This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing an ophthalmic lens with a stacked integrated component device for function. In some embodiments, the stacked integrated component device may contain an energy source capable of powering an electrical component incorporated into the lens. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162601 | FUNDUS CAMERA - A fundus camera includes an illumination optical system, an observation photographic optical system, a photographic diaphragm unit located in a position conjugate with the subject's eye in the observation photographic optical system, and an imaging unit disposed in the observation photographic optical system. The photographic diaphragm unit includes a first photographic diaphragm fixed during capturing of a still image and a second photographic diaphragm movable during capturing of a moving image. The fundus camera further includes a diaphragm driving unit configured to move the second photographic diaphragm on a plane orthogonal to an optical axis, an image recording unit configured to capture, with the first photographic diaphragm, a still image based on an output of the imaging unit and, with the second photographic diaphragm, a moving image based on an output of the imaging unit, and a display unit configured to display an image captured by the imaging unit. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162602 | Imaging Accessory Frame for Integration with an Operating Microscope - Some embodiments of the present inventive concept provide an accessory frame including an optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging head. The accessory frame includes a mounting plate including a microscope field lens attachment port and a microscope field plate anchor pin. The mounting plate is configured to receive an intermediate field lens in the microscope field lens attachment port such that the accessory frame shares the mounting plate in common with an intermediate field lens. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162603 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A display unit | 2012-06-28 |
20120162604 | BINOCULAR INDIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPE - A binocular indirect ophthalmoscope that is adapted to be worn on a wearer's head includes a headband and illumination housing having an illumination source and a viewer module wherein the viewer module is moveable between an in-use and an out-of-use position. A mounting assembly is provided for allowing the viewer module to be pivoted between the in-use and the out-of-use positions and also allows adjustment and locking to the wearer's face in the in-use position. The mounting assembly includes a magnetic securement of the viewer module in both the in-use and out-of-use positions. Part of the magnetic securement operates as an electrical contact to automatically provide power to the illumination source in the in-use position. An optical polarizer provides intensity adjustment of the light energy transmitted to the eye being examined. Preferably the illumination source is a light emitting diode. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162605 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention relates to an illumination system ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162606 | EYE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An eye measurement apparatus includes: a subjective measurement optical system configured to subjectively measure an examinee's eye, the subjective measurement optical system including: a chart to be presented to the examinee's eye; and a glare light source for irradiating the examinee's eye with a glare light; and a control part configured to determine presence or absence of opacity in a light transmitting part of the examinee's eye and, when the presence of opacity is determined, to allow display of necessity for a glare test which is a subjective measurement to be performed in a state that the examinee's eye is irradiated with the glare light. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162607 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SELECTING INTRAOCULAR LENSES - The invention relates to devices and methods for selecting IOLs for implantation and eye models useful with the methods. One method comprises the steps of determining the axial eye length, the pupil size at a desired light level; the desired postoperative refraction; determining an aspheric representation of the corneal curvature and determining the location of the plane of fixation of the IOL following implantation. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162608 | PROJECTOR, PROJECTION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF PROJECTOR - A projector includes an image projection unit that projects an image for left eye and an image for right eye, and a transmitting unit that transmits a synchronizing signal for synchronization with switching between the image for left eye and the image for right eye. The transmitting unit is arranged to adjust a transmission direction of the synchronizing signal. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162609 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - An image display apparatus includes an image display element configured to modulate incident light from a light source, a polarization splitting element that has characteristics of transmitting first polarized light and reflecting second polarized light different from the first polarized light and that is configured to synthesize image light from the image display element to be introduced into a projection optical system, and a phase difference plate that is disposed at a side of the projection optical system relative to the polarization splitting element. The phase difference plate has an optic axis in a direction different from a surface normal direction and an in-plane direction of the phase difference plate. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162610 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An illumination optical system includes a first compression system configured to compress a light flux on each of first and second sections, a second compression system configured to compress the light flux on the first section, a polarization converter arranged so that a section that contains a normal of the second polarization splitting surface and the optical axis becomes the second section, and configured to convert non-polarized light into linearly polarized light, a first lens array arranged in front of the polarization converter along an optical path, and a second lens array arranged between the first lens array and the polarization converter along the optical path. Both of the first lens array and the second lens array have no optical power on the second section. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162611 | PROJECTOR - A projector that outputs a first image and a second image alternately, includes a discharge lamp driving section that supplies, to a discharge lamp, a drive current that drives the discharge lamp; a state detecting section that detects a deteriorating state of the discharge lamp; and a control section that controls the discharge lamp driving section, wherein the control section controls the discharge lamp driving section so that the absolute value of the drive current becomes relatively small in the first period and relatively large in the second period and, in the second period, the control section controls the discharge lamp driving section so that the discharge lamp driving section supplies an alternating current to the discharge lamp as the drive current and controls the discharge lamp driving section so that at least part of the frequency of the drive current is decreased with the progress of the deteriorating state. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162612 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - An illumination system and a projection apparatus are provided. The projection apparatus comprises the illumination system and an imaging system for forming an image. The illumination system comprises a plurality of light source modules, a first wavelength transformer, an optical apparatus and a first angle selective film. The light source modules are used for generating a plurality of light beams. The first wavelength transformer is disposed at a predetermined position. The optical apparatus is disposed between the light source modules and the first wavelength transformer for focusing the light beams to the predetermined position. The first angle selective film is disposed on the first wavelength transformer. The first wavelength transformer is disposed between the first angle selective film and the optical apparatus. The first angle selective film is used for angle-selectively filtering the light beams passing through the first wavelength transformer. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162613 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus including an illumination system, a light valve, and a projection lens is provided. The illumination system provides an illumination beam. The light valve is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam, and is used to convert the illumination beam into an image beam. The projection lens is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam and has a lens group, and the lens group includes a plurality of lenses. A lens of the lenses closest to the light valve has an optical axis, a first edge, and a second edge. The first edge and the second edge are located on opposite sides of the optical axis, and a ratio of a distance from the first edge to the optical axis and a distance from the second edge to the optical axis is greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162614 | Light Source Device - A light source device includes excitation light sources integrated into a module and each emitting excitation light. A beam splitter optical system splits the excitation light from the excitation light sources into first, second, and third portions. A first fluorescent member emits red light in response to the first portion of the excitation light through fluorescence. A second fluorescent member emits green light in response to the second portion of the excitation light through fluorescence. A third fluorescent member emits blue light in response to the third portion of the excitation light through fluorescence. A combining optical system combines the red light, the green light, and the blue light. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162615 | Image Projection Apparatus - Assuming that a normal line of an image display surface of a DMD is a normal line Ax of the image display surface, that a direction in which a light beam specularly reflected by a mirror is outputted is a specular reflection direction R, and that an angle that the specular reflection direction R forms with respect to the normal line Ax of the image display surface is denoted by γ, an image projection apparatus satisfies the following conditional expression: β | 2012-06-28 |
20120162616 | PROJECTOR WITH EYE PROTECTION MECHANISM - A projector includes a case, a projection lens, a shielding plate, and a controller received in the case. The case includes a sidewall defining an aperture. The projection lens is used for projecting a cone of light rays which passes through the aperture and a projection area. The shield plate is positioned on the sidewall. The driver is used for driving the shield plate to any of desired positions ranging from a first position in which the shield plate exposes the aperture to a second position in which the shield plate shields the aperture. The barrier detection device is used for generating a first signal if detecting no barrier presents in the projection area and generating a second signal if detecting a barrier presents in the projection area. The controller is used for controlling the driver to drive the shield plate to the first position if receiving the first signal. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162617 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PRINTING DEVICE WITH ENHANCED PRINTING EFFICIENCY AND RELATED PRINTING METHOD - A stereoscopic image printing device includes an actuating unit for moving a grating structure, a print head for transferring a plurality of target image data onto corresponding positions of the grating structure, a first detecting module, a second detecting module, and a controller coupled to the print head, a first photosensitive component of the first detecting module, and a second photosensitive component of the second detecting module for controlling the print head to print some of the plurality of target image data onto the grating structure according to comparison between first optical intensity signal generated by the first detecting module and second optical intensity signal generated by the second detecting module. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162618 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A semiconductor processing device sprays a liquid chemical agent onto a film on a spinning semiconductor substrate. The spray nozzle is moved horizontally from a first upper position comparatively distant from the substrate to a second upper position closer to the substrate, then vertically downward to a lower position. All of these positions are higher than the substrate and none of them overlie the substrate. The spray nozzle is then moved horizontally to a spray position over the substrate and spraying begins. Any residual liquid chemical agent remaining at the outlet of the spray nozzle from the processing of a previous substrate drops off harmlessly at the end of the downward vertical motion instead of dropping onto the film on the substrate. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162619 | LIQUID IMMERSION MEMBER, IMMERSION EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSING METHOD, DEVICE FABRICATING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A liquid immersion member inside an immersion exposure apparatus that is disposed at least partly around an optical member and an optical path of exposure light wherethrough a first liquid between the optical member and an object passes includes a first liquid immersion member, which is disposed at least partly around the optical path and forms a first immersion space of the first liquid at an emergent surface side of the optical member; a guide part, which guides at least some of the first liquid in the first immersion space to a first guide space, which is partly around the optical path; and a second liquid immersion member, which is disposed at an outer side of the first liquid immersion member with respect to the optical path and forms a second immersion space of a second liquid partly around the first immersion space and adjacent to the first guide space. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162620 | Lithographic Apparatus and Method of Modifying a Beam of Radiation Within a Lithographic Apparatus - A lithographic apparatus comprises a beam modifying apparatus mounted in the path of a beam of radiation. The beam modifying apparatus comprises a conduit configured to allow the flow of a fluid through it, the conduit being arranged such that, in use, the beam of radiation passes through the conduit and the fluid flowing through it. The beam modifying apparatus further comprises a heat exchanger in thermal communication with a portion of the conduit located upstream, having regard to the direction of the fluid flow, of the location at which the beam of radiation passes through the conduit. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162621 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND REMOVABLE MEMBER - A lithographic apparatus arranged to transfer a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate, the lithographic apparatus having a first object and a planar member mounted on the first object to improve thermal transfer to/from a second object. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162622 | FIELD EXTENSION TO REDUCE NON-YIELDING EXPOSURES OF WAFER - Techniques are provided for efficient lithography processing and wafer layout. In particular, the techniques can be used to reduce the number of sacrificial exposures along the wafer perimeter region. In one example embodiment, an exposure system reticle is configured with both a normal area (die yielding area) and a dumification area (non-yielding area at wafer perimeter), thereby allowing for lithographic processing in the non-yielding areas sufficient to facilitate successful processing in the adjacent die yielding areas, but without requiring additional sacrificial exposures. This reduction in sacrificial exposures translates to a significant improvement in fab capacity. The techniques can be implemented, for example, on any number of lithography tools having an adjustable reticle or reticle blind capability and in the context of any technology nodes, such as 95 nm and smaller. The lithography tool may produce wafers at a faster rate. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162623 | SURFACE POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND EXPOSURE METHOD - A surface position detection apparatus capable of highly precisely detecting the surface position of a surface to be detected without substantially being affected by relative positional displacement due to a polarization component occurring in a light flux having passed through a reflective surface. In the apparatus, a projection system has a projection side prism member ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162624 | Illumination System for a Lithographic Apparatus - An illumination system for a lithographic apparatus comprises a radiation intensity filter for controlling the intensity distribution of a beam of radiation travelling along an optical axis (Z), the radiation intensity filter comprising a first member and a second member. Each of the first and second members comprise a plurality of opaque regions which are substantially opaque to the radiation beam. The first member and second member are moveable relative to one another between a first relative position and a second relative position. In the first relative position at least a portion of one of the opaque regions of the first member overlaps in the direction of the optical axis with a portion of one of the opaque regions of the second member. In the second relative position the total area of overlap in the direction of the optical axis of the opaque regions of the first member with the opaque regions of the second member is less than that in the first relative position. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162625 | CATADIOPTRIC PROJECTION OBJECTIVE WITH INTERMEDIATE IMAGES - A catadioptric projection objective has a first objective part, defining a first part of the optical axis and imaging an object field to form a first real intermediate image. It also has a second, catadioptric objective part forming a second real intermediate image using the radiation from the first objective part. The second objective part has a concave mirror and defines a second part of the optical axis. A third objective part images the second real intermediate image into the image plane and defines a third part of the optical axis. Folding mirrors deflect the radiation from the object plane towards the concave mirror; and deflect the radiation from the concave mirror towards the image plane. The first part of the optical axis defined by the first objective part is laterally offset from and aligned parallel with the third part of the optical axis. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162626 | SHUTTER DEVICE FOR A LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A shutter device for a lithography apparatus includes a housing for maintaining an ultrahigh vacuum. A disk within the housing is rotatable about a rotation axis. The disk has at least one opening arranged on a circumferential line around the rotation axis and serving for transmitting ultraviolet light. A lithography apparatus includes such a shutter device, as well as a light source for ultraviolet light, an optical unit for imaging a pattern onto a target surface, and a camera device for detecting the imaged pattern. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162627 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL UNIT FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY - An illumination optical unit includes a collector mirror which produces a polarization distribution that is applied to the first faceted optical element during the operation of the illumination optical unit. There are at least two first facet elements to which radiation having a differing polarization is applied. The first faceted optical element has at least one first state in which the normal vectors of the reflective surfaces of the first facet elements are selected so that a first predetermined polarization distribution results at the location of the object field during the operation of the illumination optical unit. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162628 | Actuator - An actuator comprising a first part and a second part, the first part being configured to move relative to the second part, wherein a labyrinth seal is provided between the first part and the second part, the labyrinth seal being configured to restrict the flow of gas from a first side of the labyrinth seal to a second side of the labyrinth seal, wherein one or more inlets and one or more outlets are provided within the labyrinth seal, the one or more inlets being configured to provide gas to a location within the labyrinth seal and the one or more outlets being configured to remove at least part of the gas from a location within the labyrinth seal. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162629 | LARGE AREA NANOPATTERNING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the invention relate to methods and apparatus useful in the nanopatterning of large area substrates, where a rotatable mask is used to image a radiation-sensitive material. Typically the rotatable mask comprises a cylinder. The nanopatterning technique makes use of Near-Field photolithography, where the mask used to pattern the substrate is in contact or close proximity with the substrate. The Near-Field photolithography may make use of an elastomeric phase-shifting mask, or may employ surface plasmon technology, where a rotating cylinder surface comprises metal nano holes or nanoparticles. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162630 | POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM - A position estimation system comprising a plurality of ‘shaped for depth sensing’ lenses comprising a lens profile directly based on distance estimation propagation of errors; a plurality of light sensing devices associated with the plurality of ‘shaped for depth sensing’ lenses; and a position estimator for estimating a position of at least a first object with respect to a second object based on the plurality of ‘shaped for depth sensing’ lenses and the plurality of light sensing devices. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162631 | ACTIVE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An active imaging system includes a laser transmitter configured to emit light in a plurality of beamlets. A sensor is configured to receive light from the beamlets. A processor is communicably coupled to the sensor and configured to compute images of objects illuminated by the beamlets. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162632 | Real-Time Processing Method and System - An optical range finder includes a light source adapted to produce illumination which impinges on a target. A detector receives a reflection of the illumination from the target, and a range code generator generates from the detected reflection a range code indicative of the range of the target from the range finder for each pulse. A signal processor receive plural range codes over a predetermined interval. A content addressable memory is used to count how many identical range codes are received during the predetermined interval. An identification is then made of the range code with the highest count, and that range code with the highest count is output as indicative of the range of the target from the range finder. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162633 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING POSITION USING LIGHT SOURCES - A positioning system and method for determining a coordinate of an object may comprise a positioning transmitter system and a positioning receiver system. The positioning transmitter system includes at least four light sources and a master anchor to modulate the light sources to emit modulated light signals each having a modulation frequency. The positioning receiver system comprises a lens to focus the light signals onto an optical sensor, an envelope detector to receive a signal from the optical sensors and provide output signals corresponding to the modulation frequency, and positioning detection circuitry. The positioning detection circuitry receives calibration data; determines at least four phase difference of arrival (PDOA) pairs based on the output signals from the envelope detector; determines at least four phase corrected PDOA pairs based on the calibration data and the PDOA pairs; determines at least four linear distance differences based on the phase corrected PDOA pairs; and determines the coordinate of the object based on the linear distance differences and the calibration data. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162634 | SPEED SENSOR - A sensor for sensing speeds, at least including a sensor unit, which has a radiation emitter element, a sensor element, a preliminary optical element and an evaluation circuit, a sensor housing, which has a leadframe, and a dirt guard unit, which includes a lens, wherein the sensor unit is in electrical contact with the leadframe of the sensor housing, and the lens of the dirt guard unit caps off the sensor housing as a cover. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162635 | FIBER OPTIC MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD - A measuring device including at least one optical fiber which contains a series of Bragg gratings distributed between first and second ends of the fiber. A light source is arranged to emit a luminous flux at multiple wavelengths incident on the first end of the fiber, and an instrument connected to the second end of the fiber measures the power of the light transmitted at each emitted wavelength, enabling implementation of the method. In the method the power of the light transmitted by the optical fiber in a spectrum including wavelengths is measured. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162636 | PROXIMITY DETECTOR INCLUDING ANTI-FALSING MECHANISM - A proximity detector transmits light to an object near the proximity detector, thus providing transmitted light. A photo-sensor in the proximity detector receives transmitted light reflected by the object. The proximity detector tests the transmitted light reflected by the object to determine if the reflected light exceeds a predetermined brightness threshold value to provide preliminary object detection. The proximity detector confirms object detection by further testing ambient light received by the photo-sensor to determine if there is a substantial decrease in the amount of ambient light detected by the photo-sensor as the distance between the object and the proximity detector decreases. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162637 | Detection in Spatial Multidimensional Chromatography - A three-dimensional chromatographic detection method providing the detection of components inside a three-dimensional separation body ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162638 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING AN INTERACTION OF A SAMPLE WITH LIGHT BEAMS HAVING DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SAME - A method for assessing an interaction of a sample with light beams having different wavelengths, the method comprising: generating a light beam having a wavelength and being intensity modulated according to a modulation function to create an intensity modulation in the light beam; irradiating the sample with the light beam; detecting a response light from the sample, the response light being released by the sample when the sample is irradiated with the light beam, the response light having intensity fluctuations caused by the intensity modulation; using the intensity fluctuations in the response light to identify the modulation function and associate the wavelength and the response light to each other; assessing the interaction of the sample with the light beam using the response light; stopping irradiating the sample with the light beam and performing the previous step with at least one other light beam having a different wavelength. The modulation functions provide wavelength information in the light beams by encoding the wavelengths in the light beams, the wavelength information being conveyed in the response lights to allow association of the response lights respectively with a respective wavelength. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162639 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND METHOD OF USE - An interferometer apparatus for an optical fibre system and method of use is described. The interferometer comprises an optical coupler and optical fibres which define first and second optical paths. Light propagating in the first and second optical paths is reflected back to the optical coupler to generate an interference signal. First, second and third interference signal components are directed towards respective first, second and third photodetectors. The third photodetector is connected to the coupler via a non-reciprocal optical device and is configured to measure the intensity of the third interference signal component directed back towards the input fibre. Methods of use in applications to monitoring acoustic perturbations and a calibration method are described. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162640 | SENSOR CHIP, DETECTION DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SENSOR CHIP - A sensor chip includes a substrate, a relief structure composed of protruding sections formed so as to be arranged on a surface of the substrate to have a lattice shape and a recessed section between the protruding sections, and fine metal particles arranged along upper ridge lines of the respective protruding sections of the relief structure, the protruding sections being adjacent to each other, having a minute gap with which the surface plasmon resonance occurs. By irradiating the gap between the fine metal particles with a laser beam, the localized surface plasmon resonance occurs more efficiently. As a result, the sensor chip capable of taking out the surface enhanced Raman scattering to thereby detect the substance with high sensitivity can be realized. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162641 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AND FOR DETECTING A RAMAN SPECTRUM - A method and a device for generating and for detecting a Raman spectrum enables an automated, or automatable, and at the same time quantitative SERD spectroscopy (for example concentration measurement series). To this end, during the SERD spectroscopy, a first spectrum and a second spectrum are standardized in relation to one another in terms of intensity values and a first difference spectrum is subsequently calculated, a second difference spectrum is calculated, the first difference spectrum is converted into a first transformation spectrum, the second difference spectrum is converted into a second transformation spectrum, and the Raman spectrum is calculated by adding the first transformation spectrum and the second transformation spectrum. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162642 | Spectrometer - A spectrometer is provided. In one implementation, for example, a spectrometer comprises an excitation source, a focusing lens, a movable minor, and an actuator assembly. The focusing lens is adapted to focus an incident beam from the excitation source. The actuator assembly is adapted to control the movable mirror to move a focused incident beam across a surface of the sample. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162643 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SIZE OF MICROPARTICLES - A method for measuring the size of microparticles includes: measuring an extinction spectrum of a medium having microparticles dispersed therein; and calculating average size of the microparticles based on the measured extinction spectrum and the Mie scattering theory. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162644 | MICROPARTICLE DETECTION APPARATUS - A microparticle detection apparatus is provided. The microparticle detection apparatus includes a light emitting optical element, a converging optical system disposed in an advancing direction of light emitted from the optical element to converge the light, a particle path located in an advancing direction of the light having passed through the converging optical system so that the particle path intersects the light, a beam blocking unit to block direct light having passed through the particle path, a condensing lens disposed at the rear of the beam blocking unit, and a detector disposed at the rear of the condensing lens to detect light scattered by particles. A focal point of light formed by the optical element and the converging optical system may be located at the rear of the particle path. A focal point of light irradiated to the particles may be different from the introduction position of the particles. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162645 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MEASURED VARIABLE OF A MEDIUM, ESPECIALLY FOR TURBIDITY MEASUREMENT - Method for determining a measured value of a measured variable of a medium, by means of an optical sensor arrangement, which has at least one transmitter and at least one receiver, comprising the steps as follows: supplying the at least one transmitter with an exciter signal for producing an optical transmitter signal with a transmission signal strength, wherein the transmitter signal is converted by interaction with the medium as a function of the measured variable into a changed transmitter signal; producing a receiver signal from the transformed transmitter signal by means of the at least one receiver and registering a receiver signal strength of the receiver signal; conforming an excitation signal strength of the exciter signal based on the registered receiver signal strength for reaching a predetermined receiver signal strength; and registering the excitation signal strength required for reaching the predetermined receiver signal strength and determining the measured value therefrom. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162646 | Optical Position-Measuring Device - In an optical position-measuring device for recording the relative position of a scanning unit and a measuring standard, the scanning unit includes a light source, first annular scanning graduation, reflector element, beamsplitter element, and detection unit. A beam emitted by the light source impinges on the measuring graduation and is split into at least two partial beams of rays. The partial beams propagate toward the scanning unit, impinge the first scanning graduation on the reflector element, are reflected through the first scanning graduation toward the measuring graduation, impinge the measuring graduation, propagate toward the scanning unit and undergo superposition, and are deflected by the beamsplitter element toward the detection unit. There, a plurality of positionally dependent, phase-shifted scanning signals can be recorded. The first scanning graduation focuses the partial beams from the measuring graduation at the reflector element, thereby recollimating the partial beams to be reflected toward the measuring graduation. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162647 | Simultaneous Measurement Of Multiple Overlay Errors Using Diffraction Based Overlay - A plurality of overlay errors in a structure is determined using a target that includes a plurality of diffraction based overlay pads. Each diffraction based overlay pad has the same number of periodic patterns as the structure under test. Additionally, each diffraction based overlay pad includes a programmed shift between each pair of periodic patterns. The pads are illuminated and the resulting light is detected and used to simultaneously determine the plurality of overlay errors in the structure based on the programmed shifts. The overlay errors may be determined using a subset of elements of the Mueller matrix or by using the resulting spectra from the pads. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162648 | INTEGRATED PHOTODIODE WAVELENGTH MONITOR - An optical wavelength monitor photodiode integrated on a wafer and/or an optical device and coupled to optical components thereof provides wavelength measurement. The optical wavelength monitor includes a photodiode configured to output a signal that is representative of a wavelength of the light. An additional photodiode may be included in the optical wavelength monitor, each photodiode differing from the other in operating characteristics. The monitor may be used in testing the optical device while in wafer form and when the optical device has been cleaved from the wafer at the bar level. Testing/monitoring of the optical device may also be performed during use, for example, to control the wavelength of a laser such as a tunable laser. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162649 | COLOR CHART - A color chart having a plurality of mirror-image color blocks arranged in a matrix, with each color block a mirror image of an adjacent color block, each color block having rows and columns of color patches, wherein the concentration of a first color of the multiple colors changes unidirectionally across color patches in any given row of a color block, the concentration of a second color of the multiple colors changes unidirectionally across color patches in any given column of a color block, and the concentration of a third color of the multiple colors remains unchanged across all the plurality of color patches within a color block and differs only between color blocks. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162650 | Self-Aligning Light Source and Detector Assembly - Self-aligning light source and detector assembly having a sensor support mounted in a predetermined, fixed position, a light source holder mounted in a predetermined, fixed position relative to the sensor support, a sensor mounted in a fixed position on the sensor support, and a lamp assembly removably mounted to the light source holder in a predetermined position defined by mating surfaces which engage each other and seat the lamp assembly in the predetermined position whenever the lamp assembly is installed in the holder. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162651 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TRANSMITTANCE - A device to measure the amount of light able to transmit through a liquid. The device uses a light detector and light source mounted to a support mechanism such that the detector and light source define a path of light emitted by the light source and detected by the detector. The device uses a structure designed to surround a liquid to be tested such that the structure allows light to transmit through the structure and the liquid. An actuator engenders relative motion between the support mechanism and the structure such that at certain times the light propagating between the light source and the detector passes substantially through the structure and the liquid to be tested such that the amount of light able to transmit through the liquid is detected by the detector, and at other times the light propagates directly from the light source to the detector without passing through the structure or the liquid such that the amount of light emitted from the light source is directly detected by the detector. A microprocessor then uses the two sets of detector readings to allow the transmittance measurement of the liquid to be compensated for errors introduced by drift and fluctuations in the amount of light emitted by the light source and also by drift in the light detector and electronics. Such fluctuation and drift is very common in light sources and is due primarily to changes in temperature and imperfections in the light source itself and the power supply. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162652 | Optical sensor, in particular for installation in a household washing machine or dishwasher - An optical sensor to measure the turbidity of wash water in a household washing machine or dishwasher, includes a housing having a housing interior containing a measurement module having a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element, the measurement module defining a measurement light path which extends from the light-emitting element to the light-receiving element and passes outside the housing over a part of its path length. The light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are arranged together in a first subspace of the housing interior, and the measurement light path extends over a part of its path length through at least one second subspace of the housing interior, which is sealed from the first subspace. All the electrical/electronic components of the measurement module are fitted in the first subspace, so that any ingress of wash water into the second subspace does not compromise the electrical functionality of the sensor. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162654 | WATER-IN-FUEL SENSOR - An uncoated polymer optical fibre (POF) that is sensitive to a chemical (e.g. water) and is used to generate a detectable change in its optical properties for the purpose of detecting that chemical when it is dissolved in liquid fuel. The presence of the chemical directly affects the optical properties of the optical fibre. The POF may be made of water-permeable plastic material and may have a grating section comprising a periodic refractive index modulation that exhibits a characteristic reflection or transmission profile to be monitored by a detector. The water-permeability of the constituent material of the POF permits diffusion of water into the fibre, thereby affecting its refractive index or geometry and hence altering the characteristic reflection or transmission profile of the grating section. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162655 | GAS CONCENTRATION MEASURING APPARATUS - A gas concentration measuring apparatus for measuring a concentration of a measurement target substance contained in a sample gas includes a light source unit in which a light source is arranged, and a sensor unit that is arranged on an optical path of the light source. The sensor unit includes a concentration measuring sensor configured to receive light from the light source after the light has passed through a sample cell unit and measure a concentration of the measurement target substance. The apparatus further includes an introducing device configured to introduce the sample gas to a vicinity of concentration measuring sensor. Therefore, a vicinity of the concentration measuring sensor is filled with an atmosphere of the sample gas so that a concentration of a measurement target substance contained in the sample gas is measured stably and accurately regardless of fluctuations in an ambient atmosphere of a measuring environment. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162656 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING CHARACTERISTIC OF OPTICAL MODULATOR HAVING MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER - A method for evaluating a characteristic of, especially, each of Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZIs) of an optical modulator. The method includes a step of measuring the intensity of the output of the optical modulator containing MZIs and a step of evaluating a characteristic of each MZI by using the sideband. The output intensity measuring step is the one of measuring the intensity S | 2012-06-28 |
20120162657 | Coherency Reduction for Bandwidth Measurement - A method includes directing a portion of a laser beam output from a laser along a secondary beam path toward a detector, the secondary beam path being distinct from a main beam path of the laser beam; generating a bandwidth selective interference pattern of the laser beam on the detector; detecting, at the detector, a width of a fringe within the interference pattern to thereby measure measuring a bandwidth of the laser beam; and homogenizing the laser beam traveling along the secondary beam path prior to generation of the bandwidth selective interference pattern. The homogenizing includes diffusing the laser beam; and introducing a time dependent, position dependent, or both time and position dependent random modulation to the wavefront of the laser beam to reduce fluctuations in the detected fringe width and to reduce the influence of spatial coherence of the laser beam on the detected interference pattern. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162658 | INTERFEROMETRIC PATH AND/OR ROTATION MEASURING DEVICE - The present invention relates to an interferometric path and/or rotation measuring device having a transducer unit ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162659 | Integrated Dual Swept Source for OCT Medical Imaging - An optical coherence analysis system comprising: a first swept source that generates a first optical signal that is tuned over a first spectral scan band, a second swept source that generates a second optical signal that is tuned over a second spectral scan band, a combiner for combining the first optical signal and the second optical signal for form a combined optical signal, an interferometer for dividing the combined optical signal between a reference arm leading to a reference reflector and a sample arm leading to a sample, and a detector system for detecting an interference signal generated from the combined optical signal from the reference arm and from the sample arm. In embodiments, the swept sources are tunable lasers that have shared laser cavities. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162660 | AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE - The disclosed automatic calibration systems and methods provide a repeatable way to detect internal catheter reflections and to shift the internal catheter reflections to calibrate an image. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162661 | Displacement Sensor with Embedded Coherent Electromagnetic Radiation Interferometer for Micro Scale Proximity Measurements - The present invention is an interferometer sensor which uses frequency modulated coherent electromagnetic radiation to noncontact measure the displacement of moving targets with high precision. The sensor has an embedded interferometer comprised of an electromagnetic radiation source, a plurality of electromagnetic waveguides, interferometric and extension waveguides, a refractive index gel, or angled end face and an electromagnetic radiation detector. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162662 | Actively Mode Locked Laser Swept Source for OCT Medical Imaging - An optical coherence analysis system uses a laser swept source that is constrained to operate in a mode locked condition. This is accomplished by synchronously changing the laser cavity's gain and/or phase based on the round trip travel time of light in the cavity. This improves high speed tuning by taking advantage of frequency shifting mechanisms within the cavity and avoids chaotic laser behavior. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162663 | OPTICAL ENCODER READHEAD CONFIGURATION - A device for measuring relative displacement between two members includes a scale grating and an optical encoder readhead comprising a first wavelength light source illuminating the grating. The grating outputs scale light to form a moving periodic intensity pattern at the first wavelength. The readhead comprises a plurality of spatial phase detectors comprising: a periodic spatial filter; a phosphor layer that receives light arising from the first wavelength periodic intensity pattern and outputs second wavelength light, and a photodetector element that receives, and is sensitive to, the second wavelength light. The photodetector element inputs second wavelength light corresponding to a spatially filtered version of the first wavelength periodic intensity pattern and outputs a signal indicative of its spatial phase relative to that spatial phase detector. The spatial filtering may be provided by a mask element, or by a pattern of the phosphor layer and/or the detector element, in various embodiments. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162664 | ACTUATOR FOR MOVING A MICRO MECHANICAL ELEMENT - The present invention relates to an actuator for moving a rigid element, e.g. an optical element such as mirror ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162665 | Inspecting Method and Inspecting Apparatus for Substrate Surface - An inspecting method and apparatus for inspecting a substrate surface includes application of a light to the substrate surface, detection of scattered light or reflected light from the substrate surface due to the applied light at a plurality of positions to obtain a plurality of electrical signals, extraction of a signal in a mutually different frequency band from each of the plurality of electrical signals, and calculation of a value regarding a state of film of the substrate through an arithmetical operation process of a plurality of extracted signals in the frequency bands. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162666 | POSITION MARKING FOR IDENTIFYING A SURFACE REGION AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING/AUTHENTICATING ON THE BASIS OF THE MARKED SURFACE REGION - Position indicator which can be connected to an object and distinctly marks a designated region of a surface of the object such that said region can be clearly differentiated from other regions of the surface, and use of the position indicator for marking surfaces for the purpose of identification and/or authentication and to a method for detecting characteristic radiation | 2012-06-28 |
20120162667 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus of this invention, when an exposure unit performs exposure, applies, to image data quantized by a first number of bits, compensation data for compensating for unevenness of the exposure intensity occurring on a photosensitive member caused by a lens array used in the exposure unit. This compensation data is obtained by quantizing, by a second number of bits larger than the first number of bits, data corresponding to a change in measurement value obtained by measuring unevenness of exposure occurring on the photosensitive member from a reference value used in the measurement, and requantizing the quantized data by the first number of bits by using sigma-delta modulation. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162668 | METHOD OF PRINTING A TEXT WITH AN APPARATUS USING CHANNELS - A method of printing a text with an apparatus using channels is provided. The method includes determining whether print data corresponds to a specified text by determining similarities between channels of print data, and determining a degree of flatness of one of the channels, searching for a boundary area in the print data if the print data is determined to correspond to the specified text, and reducing some of the channels at the boundary area, and compensating for the one of the channels by a density of the reduced channels if the print data is determined to correspond to the specified text. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162669 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a density-correction-data generation unit generating density correction data by causing the sensor to read a density correction chart formed on the sheet by an image forming unit; a storage unit storing the generated density correction data in connection with a sheet type; a density correction unit reading the density correction data corresponding to the sheet type used for printing from the storage unit, and making density correction of image data to be printed based on the density correction data; an image stabilization control unit performing image stabilization control for adjusting process conditions of the image forming unit; and a regeneration control unit controlling the density-correction-data generation unit to regenerate the density correction data stored in the storage unit if the image stabilization control is performed. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162670 | MULTI-BEAM IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a pattern formation control unit for forming a plurality of evaluation patterns by repeatedly turning on and off a plurality of light emitters arranged in a row in units of n dots (n is an integer equal to or greater than 1) to irradiate light to a photoconductor while changing write timings of the respective light emitters in a predetermined range, an adjustment unit for improving reliability of density difference information among the plurality of evaluation patterns, and a determination unit for obtaining information on densities of the respective evaluation patterns based on a detection result on the densities of the respective evaluation patterns and determining write timings derived from the evaluation pattern having the lowest or highest density as the write timings of the plurality of light emitters. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162671 | TAPE PRINTER AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD OF TAPE PRINTER - A tape printer includes: a printing head which performs a cut mark printing process for printing a cut mark on a tape-shaped medium to indicate a cut position for manual cutting, and a normal printing process for printing a normal printing image on the tape-shaped medium as a printing image other than the cut mark; and a printing process control unit which controls the printing head, wherein the printing process control unit decreases the printing strength of the cut mark during the cut mark printing process to a level lower than the printing strength of the normal printing image such that the adherence strength of the cut mark to the tape-shaped medium becomes smaller than the adherence strength of the normal printing image to the tape-shaped medium. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162672 | Method And System For Assigning Color Values To Primary Colors And Secondary Colors For Color Rendering In An Inkjet Printer - A method enables primary color values for pixel to be processed before the pixel is rendered. The method includes allocating non-black primary colors as being under black, secondary colors, or tertiary colors. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162673 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus for performing image thinning processing, comprises: a thinning unit configured to be able to execute a plurality of thinning processes which have different output image qualities and processing times; an acquisition unit configured to acquire status information indicating a status of the apparatus; a division unit configured to divide an image into a plurality of divided images; a prediction unit configured to predict a processing time when thinning processing executed by the thinning unit is applied to each divided image divided by the division unit; and a selection unit configured to select, based on the status information acquired by the acquisition unit and the predicted processing time predicted by the prediction unit, thinning processing to be applied to each divided image from the plurality of thinning processes executed by the thinning unit. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162674 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THRESHOLD MATRIX OF RESOLUTION HIGHER THAN RESOLUTION OF INPUT IMAGE - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus which uses a threshold matrix of a resolution higher than a resolution of an input image, the image processing apparatus including: a screen processing section which performs screen processing on an input image which is input; a matrix storage section which stores a threshold matrix of a resolution higher than a resolution of the input image; a threshold obtaining section which obtains a new threshold corresponding to each pixel of the input image based on a threshold of each cell composing the threshold matrix, wherein the screen processing section compares the pixel value of each pixel of the input image with the new threshold corresponding to each pixel of the input image obtained by the threshold obtaining section and generates a multivalue output image. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162675 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An image correcting method for an image processing apparatus that reads a bound document and corrects a shadow in a bound portion in obtained document image data includes extracting shadow image data from the document image data, generating a grid with which a ratio of changes in luminance between the grid lines in directions perpendicular to each other is smaller than in a square grid and which has grid points within a capacity of a memory for correction values, calculating first correction values that corrects luminance of pixels in the shadow image data corresponding to grid points, storing the first correction values in the memory, calculating second correction values for luminance of the pixels in the shadow image data based on first correction values of grid points close to each pixel, and correcting luminance of the document image data using the first and second correction values. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162676 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING A PROPERTY OF AN IMAGE PRINTED ON A SUPPORT MATERIAL - In a method or device to control at least one property of a print image printed on a substrate, a first evaluation period is defined. A measurement value is determined with aid of an optical sensor which measures at least one determination point on the substrate within the first evaluation period, and also determining a position of the determination point within the first evaluation period. The determined measurement value is compared with a preset reference value. Depending on a result of the comparison, an inking of the substrate is controlled for the print image in at least one subsequent second evaluation period at a point within the second evaluation period which has a position within the second evaluation period that corresponds to said position of the determination point in said first evaluation period. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162677 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The quality of an image read from a degraded image of an original document can be improved. Hence, a specific pixel of an image is selected, and additional information to be added to the image is generated from the position information and color information of the selected pixel. The image of an original document is read, position information and color information added to the original document are extracted, and the color information of a pixel corresponding to the position information is acquired from the read image. The color of the read image is corrected based on the extracted color information and the acquired color information. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162678 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a reading section, a temporary memory, a thumbnail creating section, a finish-image creating section, a display section, a page selecting section, an image editing section, and a printing section. The image data generated by the reading section is temporarily stored in the temporary memory. The thumbnail creating section creates thumbnails on the basis of the image data and displays the thumbnails on the display section. The finish-image creating section creates a stereoscopic image of a finish state of a print according to a finishing instruction and displays the stereoscopic image on the display section. The page selecting section selects an arbitrary page among the thumbnails. The image editing section edits image data of the selected page. The printing section prints the image data stored in the temporary memory. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162679 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING PROGRAM - A printing system includes a plurality of printing apparatuses connected with each other via a network including a transfer source printing apparatus having a first printing apparatus that receives print data and a transfer destination printing apparatus having a second printing apparatus. The transfer source printing apparatus is equipped with a process instruction unit for transmitting to the transfer destination printing apparatus in an idle status a processing program and process data for executing a process of generating image data from the print data, and requesting the process to be executed, when the transfer source printing apparatus is not in an idle status when it receives the print data. The transfer destination printing apparatus is equipped with a transmitting unit for transmitting to the transfer source printing apparatus the output data generated from the process data by the process in the process. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162680 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that selects an image output mode from one of a plurality of output modes, the image processing apparatus including: an output mode selection unit that selects the image output mode by sequentially determining whether or not to select an image output mode in accordance with an output mode order allotted to the plurality of output modes, based on a ratio of a classified number of blocks to a reference number of blocks, wherein in a first determination in the output mode order, the reference number of blocks is a total number of blocks of the image, and in a second or subsequent determination in the output mode order, the reference number of blocks is a value that is obtained by subtracting the classified number of blocks in a preceding determination in the output mode order from the reference number of blocks in the preceding determination. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162681 | PULL PRINTING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A pull printing system includes a print data receiving part, an apparatus model specification part for extracting information on the printing target apparatus model from the print data, an authentication request target determination part for searching for an apparatus of the same model as the printing target apparatus model and determining the apparatus of the same model to be an authentication request target apparatus, an authentication requesting part for transmitting the authentication information, an authentication result receiving part for receiving an authentication result obtained by the authentication operation, and a storage control part for storing the print data into a pull print storage area on the condition that the authentication information is determined to be valid on the basis of the authentication result. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162682 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus obtains area information indicating target areas to be subjected to image processing from a plurality of image processing servers and judges whether or not their target areas are overlapping each other. The image forming apparatus examines the priority levels set in advance for the image processing servers if their target areas are overlapping each other, then repeats to instruct an image processing server with a lower priority level than another image processing server to adjust the position of its target area until it is judged that the target areas are not overlapping each other. And the image forming apparatus transmits information of the target areas confirmed to be not overlapping each other to the image processing servers, so that the image processing servers can successfully perform image processing on their own target areas according to the information. | 2012-06-28 |