30th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120188490 | Multiple Cell Liquid Crystal Optical Device With Coupled Electric Field Control - A liquid crystal optical device is provided. The optical device includes a liquid crystal cell controlling optical properties of light passing therethrough and has: a liquid crystal layer, a planar electrode located to one side of said liquid crystal layer; an electric field control structure located to the opposite side of the liquid crystal layer; and a wavefront adjustment structure configured to provide optical phase front adjustment. In some embodiments the wavefront adjustment structure is a conductive floating electrode. In other embodiments the wavefront adjustment structure is a weakly conductive structure having spatially variable sheet resistance. In other embodiments the wavefront adjustment structure a weakly conductive structure having spatially variable sheet resistance having a frequency dependent characteristic. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188491 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a cholesteric liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first insulating substrate and pixel electrodes, and the second substrate includes a second insulating substrate facing the first substrate and a common electrode. The cholesteric liquid crystal layer reflects a first light of an external light and allows a second light to pass therethrough. An image formed by the first light is visible from a top surface of at least one of the first and second substrates. A light absorption layer is formed in a part of the remaining substrate opposite to one substrate representing the image. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188492 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device that has a higher contrast ratio in a wide viewing angle and that can be easily produced at low cost. The liquid crystal display device may include polarizers and multiple birefringent layers. A first birefringent layer (I) can have an in-plane slow axis forming an angle of about 45° with an absorption axis of the first polarizer; the second birefringent layer (I) can have an in-plane slow axis substantially orthogonal to the in-plane slow axis of the first birefringent layer (I). | 2012-07-26 |
20120188493 | SUBSTRATE OF DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR DISPLAY PANEL - A display device substrate includes a transparent substrate arranged in parallel with a face on which an image is displayed and a light-shielding film partially formed on the transparent substrate for shielding light. The light-shielding film has, at a portion of the transparent substrate along an edge thereof on at least one side, a low light-shielding portion having a lower light-shielding capability. The low light-shielding portion is formed with a smaller thickness than that of the other portion in the light-shielding film. With this configuration, even when, in a gang printing display panel in which a plurality of display panels each having the display device substrate are arranged, the light-shielding films of the display panels adjacent to each other are formed continuously, cutting can be performed more easily at a position to be cut. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188494 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel provided with a laminate spacer including a plurality of primary color filters which can avoid deterioration of the display quality and improve the production efficiency. The liquid crystal display panel of the present invention comprises: an array substrate provided with a first electrode; a color filter substrate provided with a second electrode; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the array substrate and the color filter substrate, wherein the color filter substrate further includes: four or more differently colored transparent layers, the colors of which include red, green, blue, and at least one of yellow and white; and a laminate spacer formed by the second electrode and at least two layers among the four or more differently colored transparent layers, and the laminate spacer is surrounded by the yellow or white transparent layer when viewed in a plan view. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188495 | CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cholesteric liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The cholesteric liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a light absorbing layer, and a cholesteric liquid crystal layer. The cholesteric liquid crystal layer includes plural rows of left-handed cholesteric liquid crystals and plural rows of right-handed cholesteric liquid crystals which are arranged alternately. The left-handed cholesteric liquid crystals and the right-handed cholesteric liquid crystals respectively reflect left-handed light and right-handed light in the cholesteric liquid crystal display device of the present invention, whereby both eyes of an observer can see different images and thus a 3D effect is formed. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188496 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel is provided and includes a pair of substrates facing each other with a liquid crystal layer therebetween. One of the substrates having, thereon, an upper electrode having a plurality of slits formed therein, a lower electrode facing the upper electrode with an insulating film therebetween and disposed so as to be adjacent to the substrate, and an alignment film formed so as to cover surfaces of the upper electrode and the insulating film. Each of the slits includes a linear portion disposed so as to be parallel to a liquid crystal alignment direction when no voltage is applied and two extension portions extending from both ends of the linear portion so that a distance between the two extension portions increases in a direction perpendicular to the linear portion while keeping a symmetrical shape with respect to the direction. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188497 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes a device substrate that includes a pixel electrode, a counter substrate that is formed opposite the device substrate and that includes a counter electrode, a liquid crystal layer that is formed between the device substrate and the counter substrate, a first alignment layer that is formed on a side of the device substrate which is closer to the liquid crystal layer, and a second alignment layer that is formed on a side of the counter substrate which is closer to the liquid crystal layer. The pixel electrode is made of a material having a work function smaller than that of a material for the counter electrode. The first alignment layer has substantially the same density as that of the second alignment layer, and the thickness d | 2012-07-26 |
20120188498 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Signal lines include a first signal line, a second signal line formed on the first signal line via a first insulating film, and a transparent conductive film formed on the second signal line via a second insulating layer. The transparent conductive film is formed so as to cover a first connection hole which penetrates to the first signal line through the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer and a second connection hole which penetrates to the second signal line through the second insulating layer. A recess portion formed in the first insulating layer and/or the second insulating layer is disposed between the connection hole close to the side edge portion of the substrate of the first and second connection holes. The side edge portion of the transparent conductive film extends to a bottom of the recess portion. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188499 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a light source, a light guide, a light extraction unit, and a drive circuit. The light guide is configured to guide light emitted by the light source from one end side of the light guide toward one other end side of the light guide. The light extraction unit is provided on a surface of the light guide, and includes a liquid crystal dispersion layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The liquid crystal dispersion layer includes liquid crystal droplets, and the first and second electrodes are configured to cause an electric field to occur in the liquid crystal dispersion layer. The drive circuit is configured to apply a voltage between the electrodes. Liquid crystal molecules included in the liquid crystal droplets are configured to have an orientation parallel to the surface of the light guide in the electric field. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188500 | EYEGLASSES HAVING TWO REMOVABLE LENS UNITS - Eyeglasses include a frame assembly and two lens units. The frame assembly includes two eyeglass frames and two temples. Each of the eyeglass frames includes a frame body, an open-ended slide slot formed in the eyeglass frame body, and a retaining hook extending from the frame body. The lens units are mounted respectively and removably to the eyeglass frames. Each of the lens units includes an outer frame, a projecting strip extending from the outer frame and engaged within the slide slot in a corresponding one of the eyeglass frames, and a positioning hole formed in the outer frame and permitting the retaining hook to be engaged therein so as to prevent removal of the projecting strip from the slide slot. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188501 | EYEGLASS TEMPLE INSERT AND ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides an eyeglass assembly including an eyeglass temple having a cavity portion and a temple insert, which fittingly engages the cavity portion. The temple insert includes a chamber having an inner portion for holding elements. The temple insert also includes a flange portion disposed at a bottom end of the exterior of the chamber and extending outward therefrom. The flanges assist in the contacting engagement of the insert with the temple. Disposed within the chamber are elements including a power source and a wireless transmitter. The transmitter is powered by the power source and operative to transmit a wireless signal from the chamber. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188502 | BIFOCAL OR MULTI-FOCAL CONTACT LENS - A bifocal or multi-focal contact lens ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120188503 | EYEGLASS LENS MADE OF ALLYL DIGLYCOL CARBONATE RESIN - [Problems] The invention provides a plastic lens for eyeglasses by using diethylene glycol bisallyl carbonate as a lens material and which is made to have a main absorption peak in a wavelength range of 565 nm to 605 nm by mixing a coloring agent in which a visible light-absorption spectroscopic spectrum contains an azaporphyrin compound and to be durable for use as eyeglasses and polarized eyeglasses owing to the good antiglare and visibility properties of the coloring agent. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188504 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING AN OPTICAL FEATURE OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS DESIGN - A method implemented by computer means of assessing at least a selected optical feature of an ophthalmic lens design over a prescription and optionally design particularity domain comprising the steps of:
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20120188505 | MODEL EYE PRODUCING A SPECKLE PATTERN HAVING A REDUCED BRIGHT-TO-DARK RATIO - A model eye includes an optically transmissive structure having a front curved surface to receive a coherent light beam, and an opposite rear planar surface for directing a portion of the coherent light beam back out the model eye through the front curved surface; and a material structure adhered to the rear planar surface of the optically transmissive structure that has a characteristic to cause a speckle pattern of the portion of the coherent light beam that is directed back out the front curved surface of the optically transmissive structure to have a bright-to-dark ratio of less than 2:1. In some embodiments, the material structure may include a fabric-reinforced polyethylene tape adhered to the rear planar surface of the optically transmissive structure by an adhesive. One example material structure which may be employed is duct tape. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188506 | OPTIMIZING VISION CORRECTION PROCEDURES - In one embodiment a wavefront sensor is configured to measure real time aberration values of a wavefront returned from the eye of a patient while an image of the eye of the patient is being viewed by a surgeon during an on-going vision correction procedure and for providing an output signal indicating real time aberration values and a display, coupled to the wavefront sensor, is configured to show a dynamic display indicating the real time aberration values to the surgeon and configured to be viewed by the surgeon while also viewing the image of the eye of the patient during the on-going vision correction procedure. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188507 | AUTOMATED VISION SCREENING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A system and method for screening vision including: requesting user information; performing objective visual acuity tests; and reporting visual acuity results without assistance from another person. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188508 | Automatic Refracto-Keratometer - An auto refracto-keratometer not only produces a black-and-white image for observing the alignment of eyes to be examined using an infrared illumination light but also has a color observation optical system for observing a condition of eyes to be examined using color-illumination light. The auto refracto-keratometer comprises an infrared optical system for examining an alignment and corneal curvature of eyes to be examined; a fogging optical system for relaxing accommodation of the eyes; a measuring optical system for measuring refractive power of the eyes; and a color observation optical system having a visible light source for emitting at least one visible light to the eyes and a 2-dimensional imaging device for detecting image of visible light reflected by the eyes. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188509 | HYBRID OCT SCANNING DEVICE - The invention provides a hybrid OCT scanning device which improves OCT scanning of targets, including adaption for a ophthalmic targets (i.e. cornea, retina and fovea areas). The invention provides a movable beam modifying element which is adapted to be interposed in the probe radiation directed to the target, and the interposition of the movable element is synchronous with the periodicity of the OCT scan beam. The beam modifying element may include any of angular deflection regions, optical delay regions, or combinations of deflection and delay regions. Such regions of deflection and/or delay translate into a governable scan range, both lateral and depth, of a target region. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188510 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - In an OCT apparatus used in ophthalmology, if a working distance between an eye to be inspected and an objective lens varies, a shape of an obtained tomographic image is changed. This means that the OCT apparatus cannot be used for examining a variation of eyeball shapes. Provided is an optical coherence tomographic imaging method, including: acquiring a first distance between the eye to be inspected and the objective lens, corresponding to first tomographic image of the eye to be inspected; and correcting the first tomographic image to be second tomographic image corresponding to a second distance between the eye to be inspected and the objective lens, which is different from the first distance. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188511 | METHOD AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE GEOMETRY OF THE EYE - The invention relates to an ophthalmic analysis system and a method for measuring a geometry of an eye to be examined using the ophthalmic analysis system that comprises a first interferometric analysis system and a second non-interferometric analysis system. The first analysis system is used for obtaining measured data on optical boundary surfaces of the eye located on a measurement axis, and measured data describing relative distances, and the second analysis system is used for obtaining at least one set of image data on optical boundary surfaces located on the measurement axis. A processing device of the ophthalmic analysis system processes the measured data and the set of image data and corrects the set of image data using the measured data. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188512 | Lens Assembly for Improving Phoropter Performance - Aspects of the present invention provide systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing coarse vision correction tuning capability, fine vision correction tuning capability, and/or high-order aberration correction capability. An optical device or lens assembly of the present invention can include one or more conventional lenses, one or more fluid or liquid lenses, one or more electro-active lenses, or any combination thereof. The optical device or lens assembly can be mechanically, adhesively, or magnetically coupled to a phoropter or can be built into the phoropter as an integrated add | 2012-07-26 |
20120188513 | 3D IMAGE CINEMA SYSTEM - Provided is a 3D image cinema system through which in one projection room one 3D image or 2D image is divided forward and rearward to be projected on a front screen and a rear screen which are provided in a front end and a rear end of the projection room, respectively. Further, a front direction chair and a rear direction chair having a different viewing direction are provided on a front step and a rear step between the projection room and the front and rear screens wherein the theater can be easily installed in a general building and the 3D and 2D image as 1.5-2 times wide as a prior image can be viewed. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188514 | LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM FOR PROJECTION DEVICE AND PROJECTION DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - A light source system for a projection device and a projection device comprising the same are provided. The light source system comprises an optical component assembly and a first light source module. The first light source module has a first light emitting diode (LED) and a first reflection cover. The first LED is configured to generate beams. The first reflection cover has a curved surface to reflect and collect the beams from the first LED into the optical component assembly. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188515 | PROJECTOR HAVING LASER LIGHT SOURCE - A projector includes at least one laser light source and at least one optical component. Each laser light source is configured to emit light beams. Each optical component includes a magnifying element, a homogenizing element, and a Fresnel lens. The magnifying element is positioned adjacent to a corresponding one of the at least one laser light source and configured to magnify the light beams from the corresponding laser light source. The homogenizing element is configured to homogenize the light beams from the magnifying element. The Fresnel lens is configured to condense the light beams from the homogenizing element. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188516 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - An illumination device includes a substrate including a fluorescent layer, and capable of rotating around a predetermined rotary shaft, a light source adapted to emit an excitation light adapted to excite the fluorescent layer, and a control device adapted to control emission of the light source so that, when the substrate is rotating, a first area of the fluorescent layer is irradiated with the excitation light in one round, and at least a part of the first area is not irradiated with the excitation light in another round. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188517 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a lighting device that emits light of a plurality of colors, a plurality of vertical alignment mode reflex-type liquid crystal light valves that modulate the color light, a phase difference compensation plate including a C-plate and an O-plate provided between the lighting device and the liquid crystal light valve, a color synthesizing element that synthesizes the color light after modulation, and a projection optical system that projects the synthesized light to a projection target face, and a front side phase difference value of the phase difference compensation plate corresponding to at least one liquid crystal light valve is different from a front side phase difference value of the other liquid crystal light valves. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188518 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source device includes a fluorescent assembly and a light tunnel. The light tunnel is located on the fluorescent assembly with no gap. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188519 | PROJECTION AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A projection system and a display that incorporates the projection system are provided. The projection system includes at least one electroluminescent device that emits a first wavelength of light, at least one semiconductor multilayer stack that downconverts the first wavelength of light to a second wavelength of light, and a scanning optical element that transmits the light along a scanned direction. The electroluminescent device can be part of an array of electroluminescent devices, and can be monolithic. The semiconductor multilayer stack can be part of an array of semiconductor multilayer stacks, and can also be monolithic. The scanning optical element can be positioned to scan the electroluminescent device across the semiconductor multilayer stack, or it can be positioned to scan the downconverted light after it has left the semiconductor multilayer stack. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188520 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical element includes: a first dichroic mirror; and a pair of second dichroic mirrors, wherein the first dichroic mirror includes a first mirror surface and a first main surface; the pair of second dichroic mirrors each includes a second mirror surface and a second main surface; one second dichroic mirror of the pair of second dichroic mirrors is disposed on the first mirror surface in such a way that the second mirror surface is perpendicular to the first mirror surface; the other second dichroic mirror of the pair of second dichroic mirrors is disposed on the first main surface in such a way that the second mirror surface is perpendicular to the first main surface; and a gradation process for adjusting a spectral characteristic within the first mirror surface is applied only for the first mirror surface. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188521 | CLEANING METHOD, LIQUID IMMERSION MEMBER, IMMERSION EXPOSURE APPARATUS, DEVICE FABRICATING METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A liquid immersion member includes: a first liquid immersion member, which is disposed at least partly around an optical path, that forms a first immersion space of a first liquid at an emergent surface side of an optical member such that the optical path of exposure light between the optical member and a substrate is filled with the first liquid; and a second liquid immersion member, which is disposed at the outer side of the first liquid immersion member, that forms a second immersion space of a second liquid partly around the first immersion space and adjacent to a first guide space. A cleaning method includes: supplying a cleaning liquid such that it contacts at least part of the first liquid immersion member; and recovering at least some of the cleaning liquid from the first liquid immersion member via an opening belonging to the second liquid immersion member. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188522 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL COMPONENTS FOR LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A reflective optical component is configured to reflect EUV radiation. The reflective optical component has a reflective layer with a bimetal cap layer of differing first and second metals selected to ensure that the outer surface of the cap layer is substantially unreactive or non-adsorptive to sulfur. The bimetal cap layer may be an alloy of the two metals or may consist of a base layer of the first metal deposited on the reflective layer and a surface layer of the second metal on the base layer. The interaction of the two metals may lead to modification of the bonding energy to the outer face of the cap layer of sulfur-containing molecules such as SO | 2012-07-26 |
20120188523 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT IN A PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY - An optical arrangement includes a multiplicity of optical elements and a carrier structure which carries the optical elements. The carrier structure is composed of at least two releasably interconnected modules. Each module is composed of at least one carrier structure subelement. A subhousing is produced by a multiplicity of carrier structure subelements and/or modules. The subhousing has a geometry that varies, at least in regions, in correspondence to a usable beam path in the projection exposure apparatus, the usable beam path being defined as an envelope of all light bundles which can propagate from all field points in a field plane to an image plane of the projection exposure apparatus. A projection exposure apparatus for EUV lithography includes such an optical arrangement. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188524 | PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS WITH OPTIMIZED ADJUSTMENT POSSIBILITY - A microlithography projection objective includes an optical element, a manipulator configured to manipulate the optical element, and a control unit configured to control the manipulator. The control unit includes a first device configured to control movement of the manipulator, a memory comprising an upper bound for a range of movement of the manipulator, and a second device configured to generate a merit function based on a square of a root mean square (RMS) of at least one error and configured to minimize the merit function subordinate to the upper bound for the range of movement of the manipulator. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188525 | CATOPTRIC OBJECTIVES AND SYSTEMS USING CATOPTRIC OBJECTIVES - In general, in a first aspect, the invention features a system that includes a microlithography projection optical system. The microlithography projection optical system includes a plurality of elements arranged so that during operation the plurality of elements image radiation at a wavelength λ from an object plane to an image plane. At least one of the elements is a reflective element that has a rotationally-asymmetric surface positioned in a path of the radiation. The rotationally-asymmetric surface deviates from a rotationally-symmetric reference surface by a distance of about λ or more at one or more locations of the rotationally-asymmetric surface. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188526 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An illumination optical apparatus includes an integrator optical device that includes a first element group ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120188527 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus can include at least one transmission filter which has a different transmittance at least at two positions and which is arranged between a pupil plane and a field plane). The transmittance distribution can be determined such that it has field dependent correcting effects on the ellipticity. In some embodiments the telecentricity and/or the irradiance uniformity is not affected by this correction. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188528 | Lithographic Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method - A lithographic apparatus comprises an object table for receiving an object, an actuator for moving the object table and a handler for transferring the object to or from the object table. The apparatus is provided with a controller operable connected with the actuator and/or the handler. The controller is programmed and/or arranged to drive the actuator and the handler so as to provide that the object table and the handler substantially follow each other in a direction perpendicular to a transfer direction during transfer in the transfer direction of the object to or from the object table. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188529 | REMOTE POSITIONING - A method for determining a distance to a target point located approximately at ground level includes aiming a measurement device at the target point, determining a tilt of the measurement device using tilt sensors, and determining a height of the measurement device above the ground. A position of the target point may be determined using the tilt and height of the measurement device, a position of the measurement device, and a bearing to the target point. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188530 | SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE DESIGN FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT SYSTEM HAVING REDUCED DIFFERENTIAL PIXEL SIZE, AND TIME-OF-FLIGHT SYSTEMS SO DESIGNED - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods to produce a high performance, feature rich TOF system, phase-based or otherwise using small TOF pixels, single-ended or preferably differential, as well as TOF systems so designed. IC chip area required for pixels is reduced by intelligently off-loading or removing from within the pixel certain components and/or functionality. In some embodiments during a single TOF system capture period, analog values from each pixel are repeatedly sampled and converted to digital values, which are combined and manipulated on the sensor chip. Combining this plurality of values enables appropriately compact data from the sensor chip. Embodiments of the present invention implement a TOF system with high ambient light resilience, high dynamic range, low motion blur and dealiasing support, while advantageously reducing pixel area size relative to prior art TOF pixels. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188531 | Measuring Device for Characterizing Two-Phase Flows - The invention relates to a device ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120188532 | ETHYL ALCOHOL-DETECTING DEVICE - The ethyl alcohol-detecting device of the present invention includes an ethyl alcohol-detecting portion that calculates an ethyl alcohol content corresponding to an ethyl alcohol concentration, based on a first subject image stored in a memory and a reference image stored in a nonvolatile memory; an interfering substance-detecting portion that calculates a degree of interference corresponding to the concentration of an interfering substance, based on a second subject image stored in the memory and the reference image stored in the nonvolatile memory; and a determination portion that determines that ethyl alcohol has been detected when the ethyl alcohol content is equal to or higher than a first predetermined threshold and the degree of interference is less than a second predetermined threshold, and determines that ethyl alcohol has not been detected when the ethyl alcohol content is equal to or higher than the first predetermined threshold and the degree of interference is equal to or higher than the second predetermined threshold. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188533 | Phase Based Sensing - A method of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) whereby the derivative or rate of change of a signal backscatted from a fibre is measured. The change, or derivative of the phase measured in this way has a much smaller amplitude than the signal itself if the difference between the two times at which the signal is measured is much less than the period of the signal being measured, resulting in lower sensitivity. Frequency shifts can be applied to temporally displaced return signals to compare the rate of change, for example by employing an output interferometer arranged to modulate the signal in each arm by a different frequency shift. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188534 | Angle-Measuring Device - An angle-measuring device includes a first group of components and a second group of components that are rotatable relative to each other about an axis. The first group includes a carrier element for enclosing a shaft and on which a graduation disk is secured, a connecting element, and a device for affixing the connecting element relative to the carrier element. The second group includes a sensor element for scanning the graduation disk. The carrier element and the connecting element are arranged such that the connecting element is able to be brought into operative connection with the carrier element so that torque is transmittable with positive locking between the connecting element and the carrier element about the axis. The connecting element is able to be brought into a positive-locking position by axial displacement by the device for affixing the connecting element, and is able to be prestressed radially against the shaft. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188535 | LASER REFERENCE SYSTEM - A method of operating a laser reference system orients a reference plane of laser light generated by a transmitter so compensation is made for rake angles between the first and second axes of the transmitter and first and second non-orthogonal alignment axes. The transmitter includes an optical system arranged to generate a laser beam, the optical system projecting said laser beam radially along a rotational arc defined about a central rotational axis, thereby substantially defining a reference plane of laser light, and a positioning arrangement, coupled to said optical system, for adjusting the angular orientation of the optical system with respect to a first transmitter axis and with respect to a second transmitter axis. Detectors are arranged to detect reception of the laser beam. The detectors and the transmitter define the alignment directions. The detector further includes a transmitter for transmitting information regarding the location of the laser beam, as detected by the detectors. The system further includes a processor adapted to receive transmitted information from the detector regarding the location of the laser beam. The processor calculates the rake angles. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188536 | IMPRINT APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND FOREIGN PARTICLE DETECTION APPARATUS - The present invention provides an imprint apparatus for performing an imprint process of transferring a pattern onto a substrate by curing a resin on the substrate while the resin is in contact with a mold, and removing the mold from the cured resin, including a detection unit configured to detect a foreign particle existing on the substrate, wherein the detection unit includes an obtaining unit configured to irradiate a surface of the substrate with light, and obtain light from the surface of the substrate, and a specification unit configured to specify a shot region where a foreign particle existing on the substrate is positioned, based on the light obtained by the obtaining unit. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188537 | TEST APPARATUS FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A test apparatus is configured for testing a notebook including a liquid crystal display section and a body section. The positioning structure includes an optical testing module, an adjustable OTM mount, a fine-tuning module, a clamping module and a adjustable LCD mount. The optical testing module tests the liquid crystal display section, and is mounted to the adjustable OTM mount for moving the optical testing module. The optical testing module is attached to the fine-tuning module. The clamping module is for clamping the notebook. The adjustable LCD mount is mounted to the clamping module, and rotates the notebook relative to the optical testing module. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188538 | COMMON DETECTOR FOR COMBINED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY-OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - In one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus includes a first light source for generating a broadband light, and a second light source for generating a monochromatic light, a beamsplitter optically coupled to the first light source for receiving the broadband light and splitting the received broadband light into a reference light and a sample light, a reference arm optically coupled to the beamsplitter for receiving the reference light and returning the received reference light into the beamsplitter, and a sample arm optically coupled to the beamsplitter and the second light source for combining the sample light and the monochromatic light, delivering the combined sample and monochromatic light to the target of interest, collecting a backscattering light and a Raman scattering light that are generated from interaction of the sample light and the monochromatic light with the target of interest, respectively, returning the backscattering light into the beamsplitter so as to generate an interference signal between the returned backscattering light and the returned reference light in the beamsplitter, and directing the Raman scattering light in an output optical path, and a single detector optically coupled to the beamsplitter for collecting the interference signal. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188539 | NANOROD SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A nanorod surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) apparatus, system and method of SERS using nanorods that are activated with a key. The nanorod SERS apparatus includes a plurality of nanorods, an activator to move the nanorods from an inactive to an active configuration and the key to trigger the activator. The nanorod SERS system further includes a Raman signal detector and an illumination source. The method of SERS using nanorods includes activating a plurality of nanorods with the key, illuminating the activated plurality of nanorods, and detecting a Raman scattering signal when the nanorods are in the active configuration. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188540 | RECONFIGURABLE SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A reconfigurable surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) apparatus, system and method employ a stimulus responsive material to move nanorods of a plurality between inactive and active configurations. The apparatus includes the plurality of nanorods and the stimulus responsive material. The system further includes a Raman signal detector. The method of reconfigurable SERS includes providing the plurality of nanorods and exposing the stimulus responsive material to a stimulus. The exposure causes a change in one or more of a size, a shape and a volume of the stimulus responsive material that moves the nanorods between the inactive and active configurations. The active configuration facilitates one or both of production and detection of a Raman scattering signal emitted by the analyte. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188541 | NOVEL SPECTROMETER DESIGN FOR ABERRATION CORRECTION, SIMPLIFIED MANUFACTURE, AND COMPACT FOOTPRINT - This disclosure describes a spectrometer design that corrects aberration by using crossed optical paths, simplifies manufacture by applying the light entrance slit and aperture on opposite sides of a transparent input block, and creates a more compact footprint by placing a 45 degree mirror or right angle prism directly in front of the detector. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188542 | SHAPED INPUT APERTURES TO IMPROVE RESOLUTION IN GRATING SPECTROMETERS - This disclosure describes an aperture shaped to provide a narrow beam in the horizontal plane but a wider beam in the vertical plane that will provide improved image quality in spectrometers. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188543 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OVERLAY - A method of measuring an overlay includes generating an original signal using first and second overlay measurement keys that are spaced apart from each other, generating a first spectrum signal by performing Fourier transform of the original signal, generating a second spectrum signal by filtering the first spectrum signal, and generating a corrected signal by performing inverse Fourier transform of the second spectrum signal. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188544 | STAND AND METHOD FOR COLOR MATCH EVALUATION - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for consistently comparing at least two paint color panels. The apparatus includes a stand having a telescoping pole, a planar plate, at least one magnetic strip, and an angle measuring apparatus. The method of comparing at least two color samples includes the steps of affixing a first color sample to the planar plate, affixing the second color sample to planar plate, raising the planar plate to the eye level of the user, adjusting the planar plate to a first predetermined angle, visually comparing the first color sample to the second color sample, adjusting the planar plate to a second predetermined angle, visually comparing the first color sample to the second color sample, and repeating the steps of adjusting the planar plate to a predetermined angle and comparing the first color sample to the second color sample until testing is complete. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188545 | SPECTRUM MEASURING APPARATUS FOR MOVER - Disclosed is a movable body spectrum measuring apparatus, which is capable of discriminating an object being measured highly precisely by the photographic data regarding a spectrum sensor and is capable of processing the photographic data in real time. The movable body spectrum measuring apparatus discriminates the object being measured based on the spectrum data relating to the observation light detected by a spectrum sensor. The movable body spectrum measuring apparatus comprises a dictionary data storing unit for storing the spectrum data containing the wavelength information and the light intensity information of the object being measured, and a limitation information storing unit for storing limitation information to regulate the wavelength information into partial wavelength information. The movable body spectrum measuring apparatus further comprises a discrimination level setting unit for setting selectively the limitation information corresponding to the discrimination level required of the object being measured, a restricting unit for restricting the spectrum data regarding the observation light to the spectrum data composed exclusively of the wavelength information limited by the limitation information, and a discrimination unit for discriminating the object being measured based on the comparison between the restricted spectrum data and the spectrum data regarding the dictionary data storing unit. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188546 | Method and Apparatus for the Stabilization of Spectrometric Transducers - The invention provides a method for stabilising a spectrometric transducer for an optical spectrum measuring instrument by obtaining an instantaneous central wavelength of a thermally controlled tunable filter of the instrument, calibrating for a selected ambient temperature, determining a heat variance of the filter and controlling the filter to compensate for heat variance | 2012-07-26 |
20120188547 | PAPER DETECTING DEVICE AND PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A paper detecting device includes a paper detecting element, and a guide element having a path along which the paper detecting element is moved, in which at least one of the engaging element and the guide element includes an engaging element configured to be movable between an engaging position at which the paper detecting element is fixed on the path and a release position at which the paper detecting element is released from the fixation, and a click generator configured to click when the paper detecting element is moved on the path to reach a right position to stop. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188548 | Gas filter correlation radiometry method and system using a dissimilar gas to detect a target gas - A Gas Filter Correlation Radiometer (GFCR) system and methods of using same are provided. The system's GFCR instrument includes a gas cell. A gas in the gas cell has a chemical composition that is different than that of a target gas in an atmospheric region being examined by the GFCR instrument. The gas included in the gas cell also possesses light absorption features with a portion thereof being at least partially correlated with light absorption features of the target gas. Measurement viewing(s) made with the GFCR instrument provide for at least one positive correlation for the portion of the at least partially correlated features so that the GFCR instrument generates a signal indicative thereof used in a gas filter correlation radiometry application. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188549 | Gas Concentration Measurement Device - A gas concentration measurement device which utilizes a TDLAS measurement method, and in which the phase-sensitive detection can be performed by digital processing using an integer-arithmetic device, is provided. In the gas concentration measurement device according to the present invention, AC components corresponding to integer multiples of a modulation frequency f contained in an input signal are removed by taking a moving average of data obtained from an output signal of a multiplier | 2012-07-26 |
20120188550 | Gas Concentration Measurement Device - In a gas concentration measurement device using a TDLAS measurement, the distortion of peak waves originating from absorption by target components is prevented by reducing a higher-frequency noise signal which occurs in an output of a digital phase-sensitive detection process at the moment of switching the wavelength in a saw-tooth-formed wavelength-sweep operation. A modulating current having a predetermined frequency for component detection and a drive current having a saw-tooth form for wavelength-sweep are superimposed and supplied to a first laser diode (LD) | 2012-07-26 |
20120188551 | SENSOR USING LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE (LSPR) - The invention concerns an arrangement comprising at least one sensor nanoparticle supporting Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR), at least one sensing material and at least one separating layer which separates the at least one sensor nanoparticle from the at least one sensing material. The arrangement allows for indirect sensing studies of change in and on the surface of a sensing material or environment by the sensor nanoparticle. The arrangement may also be used for optical temperature measurements and calorimetry, optical differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), to study hydrogen storage, catalytic reactions or for NOx sensing. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188552 | VARIABLE WAVELENGTH INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZER, AND ANALYZER - A variable wavelength interference filter includes a fixed substrate having a fixed reflecting film, a movable substrate having a movable reflecting film, and an electrostatic actuator including a fixed electrode and a movable electrode. The fixed electrode includes first and second fixed partial electrodes electrically isolated from each other. First and second extraction electrodes extending from the first and second fixed partial electrodes, respectively, are formed on the fixed substrate. The movable electrode is formed in a ring shape covering first and second facing regions facing the first and second fixed partial electrodes, respectively. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188553 | FIBER IN-LINE MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER (MZI) DEVICE - A fiber-inline MZI device for temperature sensing or refractive index (RI) sensing, the device comprising: a section of a Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) having at least two air holes infiltrated with a liquid analyte to form a waveguide channel, the liquid analyte forming rods in the PCF; wherein the rods leave an interference fringe pattern in the transmission spectrum when light is injected into the PCF, and fringe dips are tracked over a wide wavelength range in order to sense the temperature or refractive index. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188554 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light source device includes an optical resonator that includes an optical gain medium amplifying light and an optical waveguide having wavelength dispersion of a refractive index, and an optical modulator that modulates an intensity of the light in the optical resonator. An oscillation wavelength of an optical pulse is varied according to a modulation frequency of the optical modulator. The optical modulator can adjust transmittance of the light passing through the optical modulator, and a duty ratio of a transmission time of the light passing through the optical modulator is less than 50%. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188555 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPLEX CONJUGATE ARTIFACT RESOLVED OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - Systems and methods are disclosed for optical coherence tomography (OCT). For example, imaging can use optical phase modulators based on optical delay lines that, in conjunction with a swept-source laser, can be used to achieve heterodyne swept source optical coherence tomography (SSOCT). These techniques resolve the complex conjugate ambiguity in SSOCT, thereby doubling the usable imaging range. This increased imaging range has numerous important clinical applications in ophthalmology, cardiology and radiology, as well as applications in small animal and non-biological imaging. These methods are superior to prior disclosed methods requiring acousto-optic or electro-optic modulators with respect to complexity, efficiency, imaging speed and image quality. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188556 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes a diffraction grating configured to produce an interference pattern by diffracting diverging light from a light source, an absorption grating configured to block part of the interference pattern, a detector configured to detect light transmitted through the absorption grating, and a moving unit configured to move the diffraction grating and the absorption grating. The moving unit causes relative movement of the interference pattern and the absorption grating by moving the diffraction grating and the absorption grating such that the diffraction grating and the absorption grating are not moved relative to each other. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188557 | Apparatus, optical assembly, method for inspection or measurement of an object and method for manufacturing a structure - An optical assembly for a system for inspecting or measuring of an object is provided that is configured to move as a unit with a system, as the system is pointed at a target, and eliminates the need for a large scanning (pointing) mirror that is moveable relative to other parts of the system. The optical assembly comprises catadioptric optics configured to fold the optical path of the pointing beam and measurement beam that are being directed through the outlet of the system, to compress the size of the optical assembly. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188558 | CALIBRATING JIG, PROFILE MEASURING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF OFFSET CALCULATION - A calibrating jig comprises a reference sphere, and a reflecting plate configured to support the reference sphere from a lower side thereof and mirror-reflect light in a case that the reference sphere is illuminated from an upper side thereof. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188559 | DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY SCANNING AND MEASURING AN ENVIRONMENT - In a laser scanner for optically scanning and measuring an environment, the scanner having a center which defines for a scan the stationary reference system of the scanner and the center of the scan, a light emitter which emits an emission light beam, a light receiver which receives a reception light beam reflected by an object in the environment of the scanner, a control and evaluation unit which determines, for a multitude of measuring points of the scan, at least the distance between the center of the scan and the object, the scanner, for registering a scene with several scans having different centers, being movable between the centers of the scans, and a scanner mouse for registering the path followed by the scanner between the different centers of the scans, the scanner mouse optically registering the movement of the laser scanner relative to a reference surface. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188560 | SYSTEM ASPECTS FOR A PROBE SYSTEM THAT UTILIZES STRUCTURED-LIGHT - A probe system includes an imager and an inspection light source. The probe system is configured to operate in an inspection mode and a measurement mode. During inspection mode, the inspection light source is enabled. During measurement mode, the inspection light source is disabled, and a structured-light pattern is projected. The probe system is further configured to capture at least one measurement mode image. In the at least one measurement mode image, the structured-light pattern is projected onto an object. The probe system is configured to utilize pixel values from the at least one measurement mode image to determine at least one geometric dimension of the object. A probe system configured to detect relative movement between a probe and the object between captures of two or more of a plurality of images is also provided. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188561 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CORRECTING PRINT DATA - In an image processing apparatus, the generating unit generates print data indicating whether a dot having one of a plurality of sizes is formed or not, by performing a halftone process on original image data. The correcting unit generates corrected print data by correcting the print data. The dividing unit divides the edge part data of the print data into a plurality of block data. The index value determining unit determines, for each block data, an index value relating to an amount of ink to be used based on the plurality of dot data included in the each block data. The changing unit changes, for each block data, the size information of at least one dot data among the plurality of dot data included in the each block data based on the index value such that the amount of ink to be used becomes reduced. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188562 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an image processing apparatus and image processing method that are capable of outputting an image wherein seam lines caused by sudden conveyance error are difficult to notice even for a small number of multi passes printing. In order to achieve this, the number of dots that are printed in pixels is adjusted according to the density level so that the number of dots that are printed in pixels corresponding to boundary portions is larger than in pixels corresponding to areas that are not boundary portions, and so that the number of dots that are printed in pixels corresponding to boundary portions increases the higher the density level of the pixels is. As a result, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of white stripes in high-density areas without emphasizing black stripes in low-density areas. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188563 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING PRINTING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing program can be executed by a processing apparatus connected to a printing apparatus including a recording head transfer section for reciprocating, in a main scanning direction, a recording head for discharging ink, and a recording medium transfer section for moving the recording medium in a sub-scanning direction. The program determines total movement distances of an image at angles relative to an original position according to a first movement distance by which the recording head would move in the main scanning direction from a start of movement of the recording head to an end of discharging the ink medium if printing were performed and a second movement distance by which the recording medium would move in the sub-scanning direction if printing were performed. The program causes the printing apparatus to print the image at the angular position of the image corresponding to the smallest total movement distance. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188564 | RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - P recording heads are arranged a recording unit. The P recording heads are divided into N (groups in the sub-scanning direction. The N controllers respectively control the recording heads pertaining to corresponding groups. When it is determined that variable data straddles a boundary (M/S boundary line) of recording regions (a master recording region and a slave recording region) of the recording heads, which are controlled by different controllers, the feed quantity of the recording unit is adjusted to a feeding quantity such that the variable data do not straddle the M/S boundary line. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188565 | METHOD TO ALIGN AND APPLY GEOMETRIC DISTORTION AND UNIFORMITY COMPENSATION DATA - As set forth herein, computer-implemented methods and systems facilitate detecting non-uniformities (e.g., streaks or other defects) in a scanned image, and correcting the non-uniformities while accounting for geometric distortion therein. For instance a scanned image may include a light streak (e.g., higher L* values than expected) down the page at a given distance from a page edge. Paper shrinkage may also cause the image to be magnified relative to the page. Correction values (e.g., L* knockdown values or the like) are generated to bring the non-uniform L* values down to a darker level. To account for the magnification of the image, the correction values are electronically registered to uniformity data for the page, and applied at the correct location to account for the magnification. The corrected image is then printed by a marking device. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188566 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A printing apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive print data; an image processing unit configured to execute rendering processing based on page data generated from the print data and rasterize the page data into image data; a storage unit configured to store the image data rasterized by the image processing unit; and a control unit configured to, when a free area in the storage unit runs short in rasterization of first print data into image data, delete, from the storage unit, image data of second print data which designates a printing medium different from a printing medium on which the first print data is to be printed. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188567 | METHOD AND IMAGE-PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PRESETTING OUTPUT LAYOUT AND MERGING IMAGES - A method for merging images comprises the following steps: displaying representative images of a first form image and a first ID image; according to a user input determining a position value of the first ID image relative to the first form image and storing the position value; and according to the position value merging a second ID image and one of the first form image and a second form image into a merged image. The present invention also provides an image-processing apparatus for presetting output layouts and merging images. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188568 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - Disclosed is a printing apparatus that forms a color image and a background image on a medium by repeating a dot formation operation of causing ink to be discharged from a first nozzle array and a second nozzle array moving in a moving direction so as to form the color dot and the background dot on the medium and a transport operation of transporting the medium in a transport direction, wherein a pixel in which the background dot is formed on the color dot and a pixel in which the color dot is formed on the background dot are mixed so as to form an area where the color image and the background image overlap. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188569 | METHOD OF CREATING A PRINTABLE RASTER IMAGE FILE - A method of creating a printable raster image file from a PDL file, including interpreting the PDL file, thereby to create a display list; and applying raster image processing to the display list, thereby to create the printable raster image file in four separation colours (C, M, Y, K), wherein the raster image processing is performed in a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) having three colour channels (R, G, B) and an alpha channel (A) for transparency, and the three colour channels and the alpha channel are mapped onto the four separation colours (C, M, Y, K). | 2012-07-26 |
20120188570 | USER DEFINED ASSOCIATIONS OF COLORS TO CARTRIDGES FOR COLOR PRINTERS - A printer status interface controller displays an interface at a client system with a first color from among a plurality of colors associated with a first print cartridge position associated, from among a plurality of print cartridge positions of a printer. The printer status interface controller receives a user selection within the interface to specify an association of a second color from among the plurality of colors with the first print cartridge position. Responsive to the user selection to associate the second color with the first print cartridge position, a printer color association controller adjusts a reference to the first color in a print document to print in the second color through a second print cartridge in a second print cartridge position from among the plurality of print cartridge positions. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188571 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control method for a control apparatus includes obtaining an amount of a recording material applied on a first area of a sheet and an amount of a recording material applied on a second area of the sheet on the basis of image data recorded on the sheet stacked on a stacking unit; and performing control, in a case where a plurality of sheets are stacked on the stacking unit, so that a difference between a total amount of the recording material applied on the first area of the sheets and a total amount of the recording material applied on the second area of the sheets does not exceed a predetermined value on the basis of the obtained amount of the recording material. With this method, a limit of the number of stacked sheets is relieved while stability of the stacked sheets is maintained. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188572 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING A USER INTERFACE FOR A PRINTING DEVICE - Systems and methods for updating a user interface that indicates printing capabilities for a printing device by reading one or more first printing capabilities from first printing capabilities data, generating a user interface including a plurality of interface elements, wherein one or more interface elements of the plurality of interface elements are associated with the one or more first printing capabilities, reading one or more second printing capabilities from second printing capabilities data, the one or more second printing capabilities including at least one printing capability different from the one or more first printing capabilities, generating delta printing capabilities data indicating changed printing capabilities based on the one or more first printing capabilities and the one or more second printing capabilities, wherein the delta printing capabilities data includes the at least one printing capability different from the one or more first printing capabilities, and updating the one or more interface elements associated with the changed printing capabilities indicated by the delta printing capabilities data, including the at least one printing capability different from the one or more first printing capabilities, wherein at least one interface element is independent from the changed printing capabilities. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188573 | Mechanism for Generating Index Separator Pages - A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a storage device and a print job manager that stores received print jobs in the storage device and facilitates the printing of multiple selected print jobs as a batch of print jobs. The print job manager includes a page generator to generate an index separator page including information for each of the selected print jobs with the batch of print jobs. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188574 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING A USER INTERFACE FOR A PRINTING DEVICE - Systems and methods for updating a user interface that indicates printing capabilities for a printing device read one or more first printing capabilities from first printing capabilities data, generate a user interface that includes a plurality of interface elements, read one or more second printing capabilities from second printing capabilities data, the one or more second printing capabilities including at least one printing capability different from the one or more first printing capabilities, generate delta printing capabilities data indicating changed printing capabilities based on the one or more first printing capabilities and the one or more second printing capabilities, wherein the delta printing capabilities data includes the at least one printing capability different from the one or more first printing capabilities, and update one or more interface elements associated with the changed printing capabilities indicated by the delta printing capabilities data. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188575 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING PRINTING DEVICE CAPABILITIES - Systems and methods that generate initial printing device capabilities data including one or more initial printing device capabilities based on the initial print ticket markup language data, receive second print ticket markup language data, generate updated printing device capabilities data including one or more updated printing device capabilities based on the second print ticket markup language data, and generate one or more changed printing device capabilities markup language data based on the initial printing device capabilities data and the updated printing device capabilities data, wherein the one or more changed printing device capabilities markup language data includes one or more changed printing device capabilities that indicate differences between the one or more initial printing device capabilities and the one or more updated printing device capabilities. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188576 | RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - P (fifteen) recording heads are arranged in two columns in a zigzag pattern in a recording unit. The P recording heads are divided into N (two) groups in the sub-scanning direction (up-down direction in the figure). The N (two) controllers respectively control the recording heads pertaining to corresponding groups. Therefore, the number of the boundary (M/S boundary line) of the recording regions (master recording region and slave recording region) of the recording heads controlled by the different controllers becomes at least N−1 (one). | 2012-07-26 |
20120188577 | Memory Management During Simplex and Duplex Printing with an Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a rendering processing unit for generating rendering data by sequentially performing a rendering process on units of printing data corresponding to a job and storing the rendering data in a first area, an image processing unit for generating image data by sequentially performing an image process on units of rendering data in the page unit and storing the image data in a second area, an output control unit for outputting the image data in an order, and a memory full detection unit for detecting, if the output of subject units of the image data is incomplete when a specific time elapses since the rendering process on the subject units of the job is completed and only a part or all of the subject units of the image data are stored in the second area, that an image data storage amount exceeds an acceptable amount. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188578 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide a technology enabling a terminal device to use various functions provided in a data processing device without the use of a device driver. A multifunction device executes a process for implementing a function indicated by instruction data when such instruction data is stored in a shared area of the RAM. Here, the shared area of the RAM in which the instruction data is stored can be recognized by a personal computer connected to the multifunction device as a storage area that can be accessed through the file system, which is a function provided as a standard feature of the operating system. Accordingly, operations of the multifunction device can be controlled from the personal computer end simply by storing instruction data in the shared area via the operating system, eliminating the need for a special device driver to control the operations of the multifunction device. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188579 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND PREVIEW IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD - The image data processing apparatus includes a storage unit to store image data having a process setting. The image data processing apparatus includes a selection screen display unit to display the one or more image data stored in the storage unit and to display a selection screen to select whether to use a process content associated with image data selected from the displayed image data if the one segment of image data is used. The image data processing apparatus includes a display control unit to display, on the display device, a preview image reflecting the process content based on the associated process content. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188580 | INSERTION OF PRINTER OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS ONTO SEPARATOR PAGES IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are provided for notifying operators of tasks to perform on printers by inserting operator instructions onto separator pages that are placed between print jobs. One embodiment is a print server that includes a control system and a page generator. The control system is operable to identify a print job, and to identify an operator instruction for the print job indicating a physical task for an operator to perform on a printer before the print job is printed. Also, the control system holds the print job responsive to identifying the operator instruction. The page generator generates a separator page comprising the operator instruction that indicates the physical task to perform on the printer, and transmits the separator page for printing to inform the operator of the task before the print job is printed. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188581 | APPARATUS FOR MANAGING OUTPUT OF ENCODED IMAGE-ADDED DOCUMENT, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a digital multifunction peripheral having a function of preventing unauthorized duplication, a situation is prevented in which a document to which encoded images having contradictory contents are added is created. An apparatus having a control unit configured to perform detection processing of an encoded image for a document image and add a different encoded image to a document image form which an encoded image is detected by the detection processing and output the document image, characterized in that the control unit does not perform output of a document image to which the different encoded image is added upon receipt of an instruction not to perform the detection processing from a user. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188582 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In order to vary a threshold value for performing an error diffusion process depending on a pixel position, a threshold value matrix configured to have pluralities of rows and columns is prepared. In this case, pieces of data in the threshold value matrix are arrayed such that average values in the respective rows and average values in the respective columns are almost the same value. If such a threshold value matrix is used to perform the error diffusion process, the dot sparseness and denseness do not occur with a period of the matrix, and therefore the pattern or sweeping phenomenon specific to the error diffusion can be suppressed. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188583 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING - According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a system for printing from a first network to a printer connected to a second network comprising a first server on the first network for receiving a print job, the print job including print code data and user identification data identifying the user on the first network who initiated the print job, the first server configured to transmit the print job over a communication link, a second server on the second network for receiving the print job and user identification data through the communication link, a print server on the second network comprising a database mapping the user identification data of the user on the first network to a user identifier on the second network, and configured to: receive the print job from the second server, receive a request from a printer on the second network to print a print job, the request including an identifier of a user on the second network, identify a received print job associated with the user identifier in the request, and send the identified print job to the printer. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188584 | Document imaging node with internal web server execution environment - An imaging node hosts a web server execution environment that exports document imaging services using server-side scripting. The web server execution environment receives Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests from a web browser and runs server-side scripts that resolve HTTP requests to native imaging services. A native imaging execution environment then executes the resolved native imaging services. Moreover, the web server execution environment can run server-side scripts that resolve HTTP requests to non-native imaging services and invoke the resolved non-native imaging services remotely as required. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188585 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING PRINTING DEVICE CAPABILITIES - Systems and methods that generate initial printing device capabilities data including one or more initial printing device capabilities based on the initial print ticket markup language data, receive second print ticket markup language data, generate updated printing device capabilities data including one or more updated printing device capabilities based on the second print ticket markup language data, and generate one or more changed printing device capabilities markup language data based on the initial printing device capabilities data and the updated printing device capabilities data, wherein the one or more changed printing device capabilities markup language data includes one or more changed printing device capabilities that indicate differences between the one or more initial printing device capabilities and the one or more updated printing device capabilities. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188586 | INPUT TRAY DESIGNATION FOR SEPARATOR PAGES IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are provided that allow for printing of separator pages from designated input trays on printers of a print shop. One embodiment is a print server that receives an incoming print job directed to a printer, and identifies an input tray of the printer that has been designated for printing separator pages. The print server also generates a separator page with a property that directs the printer to print the separator page with media from the designated input tray, and transmits the separator page to the printer for printing from the designated input tray. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188587 | PRINT QUEUE MANAGEMENT IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for print queue management are provided. The system performs a queue management process to identify a print job loaded in a first queue for a first printer, and to estimate a first time to print the print job on the first printer from the first queue. The system selects a second queue for a second printer, estimates a second time to print the print job on the second printer from the second queue if the print job were moved to the second queue, and calculates a difference in printing time between the first time to print and the second time to print. The system also moves the print job from the first queue to the second queue based on the calculated difference in printing time. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188588 | MODIFICATION OF POST-PRINT INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOCUMENTS OF PRINT JOBS ALREADY WITHIN AN ADF SYSTEM - Systems and methods for modification of post-print instructions. The system includes a data center and a post-printing system. The data center is operable to receive a first print job that includes a plurality of documents and a first post-print instruction defining how the documents are processed after printing. The data center is also operable to receive a request that one or more documents in the print job be processed according to a second post-print instruction, and to extract the document(s) from the print job to generate a second print job. The second print job includes the extracted document(s) and the second post-print instruction defining how the document(s) are processed after printing. The post-printing system is operable to process the remaining documents of the first print job according to the first post-print instruction, and to process the document(s) of the second print job according to the second post-print instruction. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188589 | AUTO-POSITIONING USER INTERFACE BASED ON USER ACTIVITY - A device including a selectively positionable user interface that automatically repositions based on a user action, such as an office machine equipped with a user interface that is configured to tilt from a first position to a second position when a document handler is moved from an open position exposing the glass platen to a closed position, and then to return to the first position when the document handler is moved from the closed position to the open position. | 2012-07-26 |