34th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110205529 | Cell For Light Source - A cell for a vacuum ultraviolet plasma light source, the cell having a closed sapphire tube containing at least one noble gas. Such a cell does not have a metal housing, metal-to-metal seals, or any other metal flanges or components, except for the electrodes (in some embodiments). In this manner, the cell is kept to a relatively small size, and exhibits a more uniform heating of the gas and cell than can be readily achieved with a hybridized metal/window cell design. These designs generally result in higher plasma temperatures (a brighter light source), shorter wavelength output, and lower optical noise due to fewer gas convection currents created between the hotter plasma regions and surrounding colder gases. These cells provide a greater amount of output with wavelengths in the vacuum ultraviolet range than do quartz or fused silica cells. These cells also produce continuous spectral emission well into the infrared range, making them a broadband light source. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205530 | DETECTING ELEMENT, DETECTING DEVICE, AND OXYGEN CONCENTRATION TEST DEVICE - Provided is a detecting element that detects a parameter for a predetermined gas or liquid in a surrounding atmosphere by being excited by excitation light and generating light corresponding to the surrounding atmosphere, the detecting element including: a substrate; and nanoscale crystal structures formed on the substrate and constituted by a compound semiconductor light emitting element having a heterostructure well layer, wherein when the nanoscale crystal structures adsorb atoms or molecules of the predetermined gas or liquid, there is distortion of a band of a structure with a smaller bandgap width in the well layer, this distortion brings about a change in transition energy, and this change brings about a change in at least one of an intensity and a wavelength of light generated by the well layer, thereby indicating the parameter for the gas or the liquid. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205531 | WAVELENGTH DISPERSION MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A wavelength dispersion measurement method includes generating a plurality of test lights in the first terminal, the wavelengths of which are different from a wavelength of a signal light, multiplexing each test light with the signal light and outputting the multiplexed light to the first transmission path, reconverting each electrical signal after converting each beam into electrical signals, multiplexing each test light with the signal light and outputting the multiplexed light to the second transmission path, reconverting each electrical signal after converting each test light into electrical signals, multiplexing each test light with the signal light and outputting the multiplexed light to the first transmission path, measuring times for each test light to be propagated up to a specified number of go-around, and measuring a change of a wavelength dispersion amount in the paths based on a difference between the measured propagation times of each wavelength. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205532 | INSPECTION METHOD FOR INSPECTING CORROSION UNDER INSULATION - The present invention realizes an inspection method for inspecting corrosion under insulation. This inspection method according to the present invention makes it possible to inspect corrosion easily and economically in piping furnished with heat insulators. The inspection method is an inspection method for inspecting corrosion under insulation, in piping to which an heat insulator is provided, and includes providing a fiber optical Doppler sensor to the piping; and inspecting the corrosion in the piping by using the fiber optical Doppler sensor. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205533 | OPTICAL SIGNAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A device connects to a male network connector of a network conduit, and connects to a female network connector of the network conduit. The female network connector is capable of communicating with the male network connector. The device also measures outputs of the male network connector and the female network connector. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205534 | Defect Inspection Apparatus and Its Method - A defect inspection apparatus for inspecting defects on an inspecting object includes an illuminator which irradiates a beam of light on the inspecting object, a photo-detector which detects rays of light from the inspecting object due to the irradiation of the light beam by the illuminator, a defect detector which detects a defect by processing a signal obtained through detection by the photo-detector, a characteristic quantity calculator which calculates a characteristic quantity related to a size of the defect, and a defect size calculator which uses a relation between size and characteristic quantity which is calculated by an optical simulation and calculates a size of the detected defect. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205535 | SPECTROSCOPIC SENSORS - Disclosed herein are sensors that include: (a) a circuit board that includes an electronic processor; (b) a plurality of radiation sources, each source being attached to the circuit board; and (c) a spectral detector attached to the circuit board, the spectral detector being configured to analyze radiation derived from one or more of the plurality of radiation sources. During use, the sensors are configured to be worn on a portion of a body of a subject. The electronic processor is configured to cause two or more of the plurality of radiation sources to direct incident radiation to the subject, to cause the spectral detector to analyze radiation from the subject, and to determine one or more properties of the subject based on the radiation from the subject. Methods of making and using these sensors are also disclosed. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205536 | UNDERWATER HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING - An apparatus for placement on or in a body of water for hyperspectral imaging of material in the water comprises an artificial light source and a hyperspectral imager. These are arranged so that in use light exits the apparatus beneath the surface of the water and is reflected by said material before re-entering the apparatus beneath the surface of the water and entering the hyperspectral imager. The hyperspectral imager is adapted to produce hyperspectral image data having at least two spatial dimensions. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205537 | SPECTROMETER - A spectrometer | 2011-08-25 |
20110205538 | SPECTROSCOPY MODULE - Alignment marks | 2011-08-25 |
20110205539 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TAKING SPECTROSCOPIC POLARIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS IN THE VISIBLE AND NEAR-INFRARED RANGES - A spectroscopic polarimetric system of broad spectral range, includes a light source suitable for emitting an incident light beam over a wavelength range, a polarization state generator (PSG), a polarization state analyzer (PSA), and a detector. The PSG and the PSA have respective elements for modulating the polarization of the light beam. The elements of the PSG for modulating polarization are suitable for generating a sequence of m polarization states with m>4 at each measurement wavelength, the elements of the PSA for modulating polarization are suitable for determining a sequence of n polarization states with n>4 for each measurement wavelength, and the detector elements are suitable for acquiring a sequence of N measurements with 162011-08-25 | |
20110205540 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF FILM THICKNESS - Methods and apparatus for measuring thickness of a thin film include: obtaining a high-speed thickness measurement of a thin film using a laser projection system and detector array, obtaining thickness measurements of the thin film at one or more locations using a single-point measurement apparatus and determining the accuracy of the high-speed measurement values by comparing them to one or more of the absolute thickness values of the film as measured by the single-point measurement apparatus. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205541 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING HEMISPHERICAL OPTICAL INTEGRATOR - An optical measurement apparatus includes a hemispherical portion having a diffuse reflection layer on an inner wall, and a plane portion disposed to involve a substantial center of curvature of the hemispherical portion and close an opening of the hemispherical portion, and having a reflection layer on an inner surface side of the hemispherical portion. The plane portion includes: at least one of a window for introducing light to be homogenized in an integrating space formed between the hemispherical portion and the plane portion, and a window for extracting light homogenized in the integrating space; an outer portion formed of a first material chiefly causing specular reflection, and occupying at least a region of a predetermined width from an outermost circumference; and an inner portion formed of a second material chiefly causing diffuse reflection and having a higher reflectance for at least an ultraviolet region than the first material. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205542 | Optical Sensors Including Surface Modified Phase-Change Materials for Detection of Chemical, Biological and Explosive Compounds - A sensor device includes an optical limiting structure including a metal layer with at least one metal particle having a size no greater than about 1500 nanometers, and a phase-change material layer disposed adjacent at least a portion of the metal layer, the phase-change material layer including a phase-change material, and a dendritic-metal layer disposed over at least a portion of the phase-change material layer of the optical limiting structure, the dendritic-metal layer including an organic compound including branching chain amino acid groups attached to a metal structure. The optical limiting structure is configured to transition from a first optical state to a second optical state when the phase-change material is heated above a critical temperature, with transmittance of light at a predetermined wavelength through the optical limiting structure being lower at the second optical state of the optical limiting structure in relation to the first optical state of the optical limiting structure. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205543 | Gas Sensor, Method for Optically Measuring the Presence of a Gas Using the Gas Sensor, and Gas Sensing System - The present disclosure relates to a gas sensor including a first layer and a second layer superimposed on each other along an interface between the two layers. The first layer includes an array of nanoparticles along the interface, the nanoparticles provided so as to allow, upon illumination with electromagnetic radiation, long range diffractive coupling of surface plasmon resonances resulting in a surface lattice resonance condition. The second layer includes a material that, when exposed to at least one predetermined gas, detectably affects the surface lattice resonance condition. The material of the second layer preferably has a porosity of at least 10%. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205544 | FAST SAR ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS DEVICE CERTIFICATION - A new rapid optical specific absorption rate (SAR) system is disclosed. The rapid optical SAR system has ability to measure and map the power deposited in a flat phantom or other phantom filled with a transparent simulant fluid. Absolute rates of temperature increase in the phantom by photo thermal techniques are measured. For example, the temperature increase and gradients in the phantom bend the path of a laser beam, which may be aimed at a position sensitive detector. The spatial SAR may be mapped and SAR differences between different telephones and telephone orientations, for example, can be distinguished. The system is non-invasive and non-perturbing of the SAR distribution in the phantom, can measure at locations up to the interior surface of the phantom, and provides thermally-based SAR measurements that do not necessarily require constant calibration. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205545 | SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR A MOVABLE MIRROR, METHOD FOR REDUCING THE TILTING OF A MOVABLE MIRROR, AND INTERFEROMETER - The present invention relates to a supporting structure for a movable mirror of an interferometer, the supporting structure comprising a fixed frame ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205546 | Device and Method for Vibrating a Solid Amplification Member Within a Gyrolaser - A laser gyro includes an amplifying solid element and a device for vibrating said amplifying solid element at a predetermined frequency, along an axis of revolution of said amplifying solid element. The geometry of said amplifying solid element is such that a natural mode of mechanical vibration of said amplifying solid element corresponds to said predetermined frequency. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205547 | OBSERVATION DEVICE, AND OBSERVATION METHOD - The observation device | 2011-08-25 |
20110205548 | IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - An image acquisition apparatus that uses optical coherence tomography includes a scanning unit provided within a light path that guides signal light to be incident on an examination object towards the examination object and configured to scan the signal light in a main scanning direction; and a control unit configured to control the scanning unit such that an integration time of an optical interference signal per pixel in at least one predetermined area other than opposite ends, in the main scanning direction, of an image acquisition region scanned by a plurality of main scan lines is increased relative to that of an area other than the predetermined area. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205549 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING LITHOGRAPHY MASKS - A device for measuring lithography masks is provided, comprising
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20110205550 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An optical tomographic imaging method is provided in which light from a light source is split into a measuring beam and a reference beam, the measuring beam being moved by a scanning optical system and guided to an object to be examined, the reference beam being guided to a reference mirror, and in which a tomogram of the object is generated from a return beam of the measuring beam reflected or scattered by the object and the reference beam reflected by the reference mirror. The method includes acquiring longitudinal sectional information on the object, calculating depth-position information on the object from the longitudinal sectional information, and acquiring a three-dimensional surface image of the object by controlling a reference-path length defined by the reference mirror and a scanning operation of the scanning optical system in accordance with the depth-position information on the object. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205551 | VARIABLE WAVELENGTH INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL SENSOR, AND ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT - A variable wavelength interference filter includes: a first substrate having a light transmissive property; a second substrate opposed to and bonded to one surface of the first substrate; a first reflecting film disposed on the one surface of the first substrate; a second reflecting film disposed on a first surface of the second substrate opposed to the first substrate, and opposed to the first reflecting film via a gap; and a variable section adapted to vary the gap, wherein the second substrate includes a light transmission opening disposed at a position opposed to the first reflecting film, and penetrating through the second substrate from the first surface to the second surface on the opposite side, and a planar transmissive member opposed to the first substrate and adapted to close the light transmission opening. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205552 | FRINGE PROJECTION SYSTEM FOR A PROBE WITH INTENSITY MODULATING ELEMENT SUITABLE FOR PHASE-SHIFT ANALYSIS - An intensity modulating element for a probe having a plurality of light emitters for phase-shift analysis and measurement is disclosed. The intensity modulating element comprises a plurality of columns of a plurality of grating elements formed by two opposing patterns. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205553 | Method for focusing an object plane and optical assembly - A method for focusing an object plane ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205554 | HIGH RESOLUTION MONITORING OF CD VARIATIONS - An optical metrology method is disclosed for evaluating the uniformity of characteristics within a semiconductor region having repeating features such a memory die. The method includes obtaining measurements with a probe laser beam having a spot size on the order of micron. These measurements are compared to calibration information obtained from calibration measurements. The calibration information is derived by measuring calibration samples with the probe laser beam and at least one other technology having added information content. In the preferred embodiment, the other technology includes at least one of spectroscopic reflectometry or spectroscopic ellipsometry. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205555 | Sports Netting - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for measuring the drop Y of sports netting ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205556 | THIN-FILM INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A thin-film inspection apparatus includes a storage section ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205557 | Method for Printing a Simplex Print Job in Between Images of a Duplex Print Job - A method for transferring images, to media sheets, of a simplex print job including a simplex image and a duplex print job including a first image and a second image received at an image forming apparatus having a duplexer and a media path having a duplex portion. During printing the second image of the duplex print job is printed on a first side of a first media sheet and the first media sheet is sent into duplexer and the duplex portion of the media path. Next, the first image of the simplex print job is transferred to a second media sheet and sent to an output bin, and finally the first image of the duplex print job is transferred to a second side of the first media sheet. The first image of the simplex print job is printed on the second media sheet while the first media sheet is traveling through the duplex portion of the media path of the image forming apparatus helping to increase image apparatus throughput. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205558 | Image Forming System, Image Forming Method, and Image Forming Apparatus that Transfers a Setting Values Set - An image forming apparatus stores a setting values set including core data independent of a model of the image forming apparatus and non-core data not included in the core data; writes the core data on another image forming apparatus without change, and if the model of the image forming apparatus is the same as the model of the another image forming apparatus, writes the non-core data on the another image forming apparatus without change, while if the model of the image forming apparatus is not the same as the model of the another image forming apparatus, writes the non-core data including a setting value of a function setting in the non core-data that is the same as the function setting in the another image forming apparatus on the another image forming apparatus. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205559 | HYBRID PRINTER AND SCAN IMAGE COPYING METHOD - When using image scanners to capture images of originals and using printers to print same, four-sided borderless copying is enabled such that margins do not appear on printouts. An image scanner might capture an image corresponding to scan region | 2011-08-25 |
20110205560 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus comprising: a formation unit; a control unit configured to control the formation unit to form a first batch and a second batch; a detection unit configured to detect detection values for marks in relation with position information of the respective marks in the first direction; a determination unit configured to determine whether each of the first and second batches are normal or abnormal based on the detection values; a modification unit configured to modify the detection value of a mark belonging to one of the first and second batches that has been determined to be abnormal by the determination unit, based on the detection value of a corresponding mark which belongs to an other of the first and second batches; and a correction unit configured to correct an image forming position of the formation unit based on the detection values modified by the modification unit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205561 | HANDHELD PRINTER - A handheld printer that provides an appropriate application of ink to a print medium without a bulky and complex mechanical system for positioning a print head with respect to the print medium. A handheld printer according to the present teachings includes a navigation subsystem that tracks a motion of the handheld printer with respect to a printing surface and a print head controller that causes a print head to fire ink drops onto the printing surface in response to the motion and in response to an image contained in an image buffer. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205562 | Method of reducing the amount of black in an image - A method of reducing the amount of black in an image is disclosed. The method is using a computer to reduce the amount of or eliminate the black in an original digital image. The major procedure is to increase the pixels of the original digital image (by four or nine times) and then change the color information of the pixels. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205563 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A SIZE AND SHAPE OF MEDIA ON WHICH IMAGE DATA IS TO BE PRINTED IN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for detecting a size and shape of media on which image data is to be printed in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving a request to print a print job, scanning image data for the print job, feeding media on which the image data is to be printed, scanning the fed media to determine the size and shape of the fed media, generating a mask based on the determined size and shape of the fed media, applying the mask to the image data, the mask permitting marking material to be applied to an intermediate member based on the determined size and shape of the fed media, applying the image data to the fed media; and outputting the fed media containing the image data. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205564 | Apparatus, method, and computer program product for forming images - A disclosed image forming apparatus for color printing includes a generator unit configured to generate dot sequential data as printing data based on received PDL color data, an image adjustment-conversion unit configured to carry out image adjustment processing and/or image conversion processing on the printing data generated by the generator unit based on a set printing condition, a rendering unit configured to render the printing data held in a page memory on which the image adjustment processing and/or the image conversion processing has been carried out by the image adjustment-conversion unit, and a printing unit configured to print the printing data rendered by the rendering unit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205565 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THAT PERFORM MULTIPLE IMAGE PROCESSES, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that can decompress image data in appropriate manners suitable for a plurality of processes, and simplify and speed up the processes. Blocks of image data are compressed, and information indicative of procedures of the processes to be performed on the blocks of image data by a plurality of image processing units is added to the compressed blocks of image data. Decompression methods for the compressed blocks of image data are determined according to the procedures in the information added to the compressed blocks of image data. The compressed blocks of image data are decompressed using the determined decompression methods. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205566 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - When a color selected for use in printing an additional image is not included in colors selected for normal printing, the color for the additional image is changed to an appropriate color, and an increase in cost is avoided. In the color deciding process, a controller examines a color mode at step (S | 2011-08-25 |
20110205567 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING UNDESIRABLE TONER PLACEMENT - A method and apparatus for printing data on a print medium is disclosed. The apparatus is configured to format print data to pixel data, the pixel data including pixel values; identify a grid of pixels having a predetermined pattern of pixel values; obtain predetermined pcode grid from memory for the identified grid of pixels; and send the predetermined pcode grid to controller circuit for printing. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205568 | Imaging Device Calibration System And Method - One or more imaging device calibration methods and systems are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a calibration system and method includes the application of one or more white colorants on a high optical density media prior to application of calibration targets. The system and method allow for calibration of the imaging device without the necessity for changing the substrate or stopping printing. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205569 | GLYPH-LOOKING ALPHABET FOR VIPP / SPECIALTY IMAGING FONTS - A method of defining a glyph font character representing an input binary code includes defining a first portion of a matrix using an input binary code including a plurality of input bits. A second portion of the matrix is defined by performing a transformation on the input binary code so that the second portion of the matrix includes a plurality of transformed bits. A glyph character is derived that corresponds to the matrix. The glyph character is defined by a plurality of components corresponding in location to said bits of said matrix, wherein the components of the glyph character comprise a first component (e.g. a forward slash /) that corresponds to and represents a “1” bit of the matrix and second component (e.g., a backslash \) that corresponds to and represents a “0” bit of the matrix. The transformation operation includes a NOT operation or other logic operation, and includes a shift operation. The transformation can be repeated to derive additional portions of the matrix by transforming the group of bits of the preceding matrix portion. The glyph characters corresponding to alphabet characters are each defined as a bitmap and are saved as Postscript Type 3 font. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205570 | PRINTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a sensing unit configured to detect biometric information of a user, and an authentication unit configured to authenticate the user identified by the detected biometric information. The printer further includes a determination unit configured to determine product-related processes which the authenticated user is authorized to execute, and an execution unit configured to execute the determined product-related processes. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205571 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes an acceptance section, an information acquisition section, a generating section, and an output section. The acceptance section accepts image data to be processed. The information acquisition section acquires plural pieces of information relevant to copy-restriction images and corresponding to plural kinds of copying devices configured to detect corresponding copy-restriction images. A target image is prevented from copying when a given piece of the information corresponding to a given kind of the copying devices and embedded in the target image is detected by the given kind of the copying devices. The generating section generates a formation-target image by embedding, in the image data, the copy-restriction images corresponding to the plural piece of information acquired by the information acquisition section. The output section outputs the formation-target image generated by the generating section. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205572 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - More complex processing control is performed based on a plurality of image codes included in an original document. An image processing apparatus wherein if an analysis result of a first image code included in the original document includes information indicating scanning prohibition, a second image code included in the original document is analyzed, and wherein if an analysis result of the second image code includes information indicating conditional scanning prohibition, scanning of the original document is permitted in accordance with the condition. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205573 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR SHUTTING DOWN POWER SUPPLY IN SAFE - In an image processing apparatus, a power control part shuts down power supply after a power shutdown condition is established. A prescript safe state transition part performs a prescript safe state transition process to shift previously set prescript parts to a predetermined safe state. A priority safe state transition part performs a priority safe state transition process to shift previously set priority parts to the safe state. A transition process control part causes the prescript safe state transition process to be executed before execution of the priority safe transition process, and causes the priority safe state transition process to be executed when a predetermined transition change condition is established in the prescript safe state transition process. The power control part shuts down the power supply after the completion of the prescript safe state transition process. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205574 | CONTROLLING A CONFIGURATION OF AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method and system for printing documents based on Java commands. A Java printer receives page layout requests and converts the requests into a rasterized image which is transferred to a recording medium. Page layout can be interactively modified. The Java printer also monitors print requests and is configurable using a World Wide Web interface. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205575 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF THE SAME - When a sheet P is jammed after start of a print job, it is determined whether an automatic resumption mode for automatically resuming the print job is set. When a determination result of this determination is affirmative, the print job is resumed after the jam is released. When the determination result is negative, the print job is stopped. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205576 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Described herein is a document management system and method comprising associating a graphic image with document processing information with an electronic document and further processing at least one of the graphic image and electronic document in accordance with the document processing information. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205577 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD OF THE DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - A display input device includes a display unit which displays a plurality of types of functions as set items, a program which is called to control the display unit to display a screen for setting set items selected and registered in advance, a storage unit which stores information about whether or not to display a set item when the program is called as contents of the program, an input unit which accepts an input about whether or not to display the set items when the program is called, and a display control unit which controls the display unit not to display a set item that is determined to be no display. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205578 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PRIVATE PRINTING - There is provided an image forming apparatus includes: a list transmitting unit configured to transmit a handling user list to the first terminal device; an inquiring unit configured to make an inquiry, when notification indicating that a specified handling user is selected, to a second terminal device to which the selected specified handling user is logging in, the inquiry relating to the handling of the execution of the private print; and a job recording unit configured to record, when notification transmitted from the second terminal device and indicating that the handling of the execution of the private print is agreed to is accepted, identification information for identifying the specified handling user thus agreeing and job data that corresponds to the print request accompanied by the private print instruction in association with each other. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205579 | PRINTER DRIVER DEVICE, PRINT JOB GENERATING METHOD, AND PRINT SYSTEM - Generally, according to an embodiment, a printer driver device includes a print instruction accepting unit which accepts a print start instruction on a print setting screen on an application side, a first display unit, and a job generating unit. The first display unit displays, on a display device, a first display subject corresponding to a detailed registered print setting that is registered in advance, when the print instruction accepting unit accepts the print start instruction. The job generating unit generates a print job based on the registered print setting corresponding to the first display subject when the first display subject is selected by the user. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205580 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGED DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A device management system includes a managed device and a device management apparatus. The device management apparatus includes an information acquisition unit requesting device information from the managed device. The managed device includes a storage unit, a first information source managing device information that is available via a communication protocol, a second information source managing device information that is not available via the communication protocol, and an information providing unit providing the requested device information to the information acquisition unit. The information providing unit determines whether an up-to-date version of the requested device information is stored in a storage area of the storage unit and obtains the up-to-date version of the requested device information from the first information source or the second information source if the up-to-date version of the requested device information is not stored in the storage area of the storage unit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205581 | CONFIGURATION DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINTER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - An electronic device includes a storage unit that stores configuration data related to the electronic device, a configuration data writing unit that writes configuration data from the storage unit to the external storage device when electronic device power turns off, a configuration data updating unit that, after the configuration data is written to the external storage device, executes a deletion process to delete the configuration data in the storage unit, or an initialization process that resets the configuration data in the storage unit to a default initialization value, a configuration data reading unit that reads the configuration data from the external storage device when electronic device power turns on, a configuration unit that configures the electronic device based on the read configuration data, and a configuration data deletion unit that deletes the configuration data stored in the external storage device after the configuration unit completes configuring the electronic device. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205582 | GUIDE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND GUIDE DISPLAY METHOD - A guide display apparatus includes a display portion, an input portion, a guide display portion, a pop-up display control portion, a setting column display portion, and a setting command portion. The guide display portion makes the display portion display a guide screen explaining an operation procedure of an apparatus. The pop-up display control portion makes the display portion display, if the user selects an object on the guide screen displayed by the guide display portion, a pop-up explaining the object while placing a button within the pop-up. The setting column display portion makes the display portion display, if the user operates the button within the pop-up, a column in which to input a setting value of the apparatus. The setting command portion sends the setting value inputted from the input portion in the input column displayed by the setting column display portion to the apparatus. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205583 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING INCORPORATING THE SAME - A method for preparing image data for three-dimensional printing in which a digitised (e.g. voxelized) representation of a virtual three-dimensional object (e.g. CAD model) is eroded to create an internal volume for the object. Subsequently, a vector-based surface representation of this internal volume is generated and simply combined with a corresponding vector-based surface representation of the original virtual three-dimensional object to yield a hollowed out model in a format suitable for three-dimensional printing. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205584 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus determines whether setting value data corresponding to the identification information of the received printer data is present in a storage unit, stores setting value data containing the identification information, the character string information, and the version information in the storage unit when it is determined that the setting value data corresponding to the identification information of the printer data is not present in the storage unit, and updates the character string information and the version information of the setting value data with those of the printer data when it is determined that the setting value data corresponding to the identification information of the printer data is present in the storage unit, and when the version information of the printer data is newer than that of the setting value data. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205585 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system including a service platform configured to manage a job related to image processing according to a processing request received via a request receiving program in a distributed environment and one or more computers configured to cause a back-end processing program to process the job, including an execution unit configured to execute a task defined in the job acquired by the acquisition unit under control of the back-end processing program, and a recording unit configured to record information which is a result of processing the task executed by the execution unit and is used to maintain consistency of the image processing system into an area which is protected against writing by the task and managed by the service platform. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205586 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM, PRINTING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A cloud computing system includes an input data storage unit, a data input unit, an output data storage unit, and a data extraction unit. When an execution instruction is externally input, the cloud computing system reads data from the input data storage unit and processes the read data. Then, the cloud computing system stores a result of processing of the data on the output data storage unit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205587 | OPERATION PANEL FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING OPERATION PANEL - An operation panel includes: a display that displays a plurality of setting items for use of a function of the image processing apparatus on a screen; an item selection key that allows a user to select from the plurality of items displayed on the screen of the display; and a plurality of value setting keys that allow the user to set a value for the item selected using the item selection key. And the display further displays a first display area that serves to know which one is currently selected among the plurality of items using the item selection key and a second display area that serves to know which one to use to set a value for the item among the plurality of value setting keys. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205588 | NETWORK SYSTEM, NETWORK SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A network system includes a first processing unit configured to accept a request transmitted from a client computer and register a job that processes the accepted request into a storage unit. The first processing unit includes one or a plurality of processing units. The network system further includes a second processing unit configured to acquire the job from the storage unit asynchronously with the job being registered into the storage unit and process the acquired job. The second processing unit includes one or a plurality of processing units. The first processing unit transmits authentication information usable to acquire a processing result of the job corresponding to the request to the client computer without waiting for the second processing unit to complete processing of the job registered in the storage unit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205589 | STORAGE DEVICE, SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CONTAINER, HOST DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A storage device includes a storage section, a storage control section that controls access of the storage section, a control section that performs a process of communicating with a host device, and first to k-th (k is an integer of 2 or more) terminals. The control section outputs, to the host device, a response signal to give a notification that the corresponding storage device is connected, through an i-th (i is an integer where 1≦i≦k) terminal among the first to k-th terminals. The control section outputs the response signal to the host device in an m-th (m is an integer where 1≦m≦n) output time period, which corresponds to ID information of the corresponding storage device, among first to n-th (n is an integer of 2 or more) output time periods. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205590 | STORAGE DEVICE, SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CONTAINER, HOST DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A storage device includes a storage section, a storage control section that controls access of the storage section, a control section that performs a process of communicating with a host device, a data terminal, a reset terminal, and a clock terminal. The control section outputs a control signal for setting, to a low potential level, a voltage level of the data terminal pulled up at an m-th (m is an integer where 1≦m≦n) clock cycle, which corresponds to ID information of the corresponding storage device, among first to n-th (n is an integer of 2 or more) clock cycles of a clock which is input to the clock terminal. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205591 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In conventional printing in which image data is page-spooled and printed, the spool memory is increasing with the progression of higher resolutions. Also, there is the problem that it is difficult to guarantee image generating processing that is synchronized with a high-speed print engine in a vector format structure which requires smaller memory capacity. The image data is therefore divided into a plurality of blocks, and an attribute comprising each block is determined. The image generation processing time is predicted based on the attribute information, preparation processing that converts data for image generation such that image generation processing is executed within the printing time is executed based on the prediction result, and image generation processing that is synchronized with a high-speed print engine is guaranteed. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205592 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - Upon designating bookbinding print, preview images are displayed in a layout after bookbinding. When “store” of intermediate data is designated in a print process, a spooler ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205593 | IMAGE HANDLING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESS CONTROLLING PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image handling apparatus is disclosed, including an operation panel, hardware resources, a transferring part, and an image generation controlling part. The transferring part transfers image handle information input at the input screen to an external apparatus. The image generation controlling part receives and parses image generation information for at least one of the hardware resources to execute an image generation based on the image handle information, from the external apparatus in response to an instruction of the image generation, so that at least one of the hardware resources executes the image generation. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205594 | PAGE LAYOUT CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PAGE LAYOUT CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A page layout control device having a receiving unit that receives booklet designation information for printing two pages on each of both sides of a recording sheet and saddle-stitching as printing information for printing on a single recording sheet; a booklet page layout processing unit that carries out page layout processing in which two pages are laid out on each of both sides of each recording sheet such that pages are collated after a booklet is created, and a trial page layout processing unit that, when printing side information for designating a printing side of the recording sheet in the booklet designation information received by the receiving unit indicates single-sided printing, carries out page layout processing. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205595 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE LAID OUT THEREON, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS IN THE SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A preferred method is provided for promoting sales in a system that is designed for creating a medium having one or more images laid out thereon. More specifically, an image removed from a predetermined layout frame by an image replacement operation during a layout operation for laying out an image in the predetermined layout frame is identified. Then, at least one image identified is determined to be a recommended image whose purchase is to be recommended. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205596 | Image Forming Apparatus - An MFP places, in a standby state, a printing job (a first printing job) corresponding to a predetermined attribute among accepted printing jobs. A printing job other than the first printing job (a second printing job) is immediately processed. Then, the first printing job placed in a standby state is executed under condition of “execution of an obtaining process triggered by start of a process of the second printing job”. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205597 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING SELECTED SECURITY PROCESSING TO USER SELECTED FIRST AND SECOND IMAGE - A processing apparatus, method and medium storing a computer program that combine two or more designated images (S | 2011-08-25 |
20110205598 | IMAGE-READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-reading apparatus includes a gain correction processing portion, and a gain setting control portion including a setting portion that sets a gain condition, the gain setting control portion: repeatedly sets the gain condition in the setting portion at predetermined time intervals, and records the set gain condition in the recording portion, in an idling state from when the power supply portion switches to an on state until a reception portion receives a read instruction; stops setting the gain condition in the setting portion in a reading state after the reception portion receives the read instruction; and implements gain correction on electrical signals output from an imaging element in the gain correction processing portion by applying the gain condition recorded in the recording portion just before the reception portion receives the read instruction. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205599 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A memory storage section in which a memory attachment section is provided is provided in a place of a platen which place is to be covered with a platen cover. This makes it possible to prevent a young child from accidentally detaching a portable recording medium detachably attached to an image reading device. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205600 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS, DRIVE CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND WRITING CONTROL METHOD - An optical scanning apparatus for projecting an image by scanning a light beam from a light source includes a mirror for scanning the light beam from the light source by being oscillated at resonance frequency and a drive control part controlling a timing for activating the light source. The drive control part includes a mirror drive voltage generation part for generating a mirror drive voltage for oscillating the mirror, a sinusoidal wave value storage part for storing a sinusoidal wave value used for generating the mirror drive voltage, an address counter for counting an address of the sinusoidal wave storage part, and a timing signal generation part for outputting a timing signal to control the timing for activating the light source to the drive control part. The timing signal generation part is for outputting the timing signal when the address of the sinusoidal wave storage part matches a predetermined address. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205601 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus including, a light source for reading for applying light onto an original to read, a light source for erasing for applying light of specific wavelength onto the original to decolorize image area, having been printed with color-changing agent having characteristic to become colorless by the light, a reading section for receiving reflected light from the original, an output section for outputting image data of the original, and a control section configured to compare first image data obtained by applying light from the light source for reading to the original, and second image data obtained by applying light from the light source for reading again to the original after applying light from the light source for erasing to the original, to determine whether the agent has been used in the image, and control at least either the reading operation or the output operation based on that determination. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205602 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanner includes: a light reflecting section having light reflectivity; a movable section which includes the light reflecting section and can be displaced; two link sections connected to positions of ends of the movable section, the positions facing each other; a supporting section supporting the link sections; and a displacement providing section turning the two link sections, wherein each link section includes a turnable drive section, and a shaft section connecting the movable section and the drive section and bending in a thickness direction of the movable section by turning of the drive section. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205603 | SHEET-FED LAPTOP SCANNER - A sheet fed scanner integral to a laptop computer including a scanning apparatus embedded in the hinged edge of the monitor and a roller assembly embedded in the body of the laptop. The medium to be scanned is fed below the scanning medium by the roller assembly and scanned by the scanning apparatus. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205604 | IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE CAPABLE OF OBTAINING AT HIGH SPEED A SCANNED IMAGE OF HIGH QUALITY AND APPROPRIATE MAGNIFICATION, IMAGE SCANNING METHOD, IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image scanning device includes a first scanner scanning a top side of a transported document at a first scanning position to obtain a first scanned image, a second scanner scanning the back side of the transported document at a second scanning position to obtain a second scanned image, a document feeder transporting a document at the second scanning position at a speed differing from the transportation speed at the first scanning position, and a controller controlling the image scanning device. The controller sets, as a scanning form of a document, either one-side scanning of scanning one side of a document through one transportation, or dual-side scanning of scanning both sides of a document through one transportation. The controller also obtains a set magnification. The controller determines the transportation speed by the document feeder such that, when one-side scanning is set, the scanning magnification in a first direction corresponding to the document transportation direction at the first scanned image attains the set magnification, and when dual-side scanning is set, the scanning magnification in the first direction at the second scanned image attains the set magnification. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205605 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus which performs shading correction using black reference data, wherein in the process of obtaining the black reference data, the image reading apparatus includes a reading control section that outputs a shift pulse which is the start timing of charge accumulation corresponding to each RGB color and controls the process of lighting of the light source of a predetermined color for a predetermined period after a predetermined period having elapsed since the output of each shift pulse, and a data processing section that does not obtain the data output from the image sensor as the black reference data according to the shift pulse and obtains the data output from the image sensor as the black reference data during a period that at least overlaps with the lighting period. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205606 | EXPOSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided an exposing device including: a light emitting element array of plural light emitting elements arrayed in a row with a first separation along a predetermined direction; and a hologram element array in which plural hologram elements are multiplex recorded in a recording layer disposed above the light emitting element array, the plural hologram elements corresponding to each of the plural light emitting elements such that diffracted beams of light emitted from the plural light emitting elements are converged to form focused beam spots in a row along the predetermined direction with a second separation smaller than the first separation at an surface to be exposed. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205607 | Single Laser Illuminating and Pointing Systems - Dual-function laser systems and methods are disclosed. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a laser source configured to emit a beam; a collimating optical system spaced apart from the laser source; and a diffractive element positioned to diffract the beam to provide a diffracted beam to the collimating optical system such that the collimating optical system refracts the diffracted beam to form an approximately collimated central portion and a diverging outer portion. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205608 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanner includes: a light reflecting section having light reflectivity; a movable plate which includes the light reflecting section and can be displaced; four link sections connected to the movable plate; and a supporting section supporting the four link sections. The four link sections are provided on an outer circumference of the movable plate at 90-degree intervals along a circumferential direction of the movable plate in a plan view. Each link section includes a turnable drive section, and a shaft section which connects the movable plate and the drive section. The shaft section is bent and deformed in a thickness direction of the movable plate by turning the drive section. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205609 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a light output unit, a light scanner that has a light reflection part reflecting the light from the light output unit, rotates the light reflection part around two axes, and scans with the light reflected by the light reflection part, and a scanner rotating unit the rotates the light scanner around a predetermined axis line while keeping a relative positional relation between an intersection of the two rotation axes and the light output unit constant, and the light scanner has a movable unit including the light reflection part, four connection parts provided at intervals of 90 degrees in an outer circumference of the movable unit, each of the connection parts has a shaft part that connects the movable unit and the drive unit and independently and bendingly deforms each of the shaft parts, and thereby, the movable unit rotates around the two axes. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205610 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - The present invention is an optical scanning apparatus provided with a light source, an optical deflector that reflects and deflects a light beam from the light source, one or more lenses through which the light beam reflected by the optical deflector passes, a reflective mirror group which guides the light beam having passed through the lens, and an image bearing member on which the light beam having passed through the reflective mirror group forms an image, in which the reflective mirror group disposed in accordance with the light source is configured by including at least a third reflective mirror that reflects the light beam having passed through the lens toward the image bearing member, and the third reflective mirror and the image bearing member are arranged opposing each other across an optical path reflected by the optical deflector and passing through the lens. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205611 | LIGHT SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A light scanning device includes a light source outputting a laser beam, a light deflecting unit having a light reflecting unit, the light deflecting unit being adapted to be rotatable about a predetermined axis and scanning an object with the laser beam reflected by the light reflecting unit, a drive controlling unit controlling a deflection angle variation in a vertical direction of the light deflecting unit per unit time so that an interval between scanning lines in the vertical direction by the light deflecting unit is constant, and a driving unit rotationally driving the light deflecting unit in accordance with an rotational angle determined by the driving controlling unit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205612 | Magnetically Actuated System - A magnetically actuated system includes a conductor and a magnetic field apparatus to generate a magnetic field. The magnetic field apparatus includes magnets and magnetically permeable materials to focus the magnetic field in areas of the conductor that produce a drive torque when the conductor carries a current. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205613 | WATER-DISPERSIBLE POLYANILINE FILMS CAPABLE OF UNDERGOING STABLE AND REVERSIBLE POLYELECTROCHROMIC TRANSITIONS - The present disclosure relates generally to polyaniline (PANI) materials capable of undergoing stable and reversible polyelectrochromic transitions between multiple oxidation states. More specifically, the embodiments described herein include novel PANI-PAAMPSA structures that are capable of undergoing stable and reversible transitions between the ES, LB and PB oxidation states. In some embodiments, the structures described are capable of undergoing stable transitions over a broad pH range. Also described herein are methods of preparing certain electrochromic structures. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205614 | EXTERIOR MIRROR ELEMENT WITH WIDE ANGLE PORTION - An electrochromic mirror reflective element suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes front and rear glass substrates and an electrochromic medium disposed therebetween. The electrochromic mirror reflective element includes a principal planar reflector portion and an auxiliary wide angle curved portion. The curved recess may have a cross-dimension size that is in the range from about 30 millimeters to about 80 millimeters, and has a radius of curvature that is in the range from about 200 millimeters to about 1,000 millimeters, and has a maximum recess depth that is in the range from about 0.11 millimeters to about 4.04 millimeters. The electrochromic medium is disposed between the second surface of the front glass substrate and the third surface of the rear glass substrate and may be in contact with the principal planar reflector portion and the auxiliary wide angle curved portion. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205615 | MEMS DEVICES WITH MULTI-COMPONENT SACRIFICIAL LAYERS - Methods of forming a protective coating on one or more surfaces of a microelectromechanical device are disclosed comprising the steps of forming a composite layer of a sacrificial material and a protective material, and selectively etching the sacrificial material to form a protective coating. The protective coatings of the invention preferably improve one or more aspects of the performance of the microelectromechanical devices in which they are incorporated. Also disclosed are microelectromechanical devices formed by methods of the invention, and visual display devices incorporating such devices. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205616 | Moving Particle Display Device - A moving particle display device comprises an array of display cells, each cell comprising an enclosed volume containing display particles. The display cells are the disposed between the first and second electrode arrangements, and the particles are provided for movement between a first region adjacent the first electrode arrangement and a second region adjacent the second electrode arrangement. Each cell is associated with a group of electrodes ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110205617 | REFLECTION-MINIMIZED PHOTONIC CRYSTAL AND DEVICE UTILIZING SAME - A photonic crystal structure that is composed of a host media having periodic dielectric holes disposed in the media at a period of a | 2011-08-25 |
20110205618 | Device for generating or receiving terahertz radiation - A device for generating or receiving electromagnetic radiation in a frequency range from 10 GHz to 100 THz is provided. The device includes a housing and a wave guide fiber leading into the housing. The wave guide fiber is adapted for guiding pulsed laser light with a first central wavelength. Within the housing, a terahertz converter is provided for generating or receiving the electromagnetic radiation in the terahertz range. The device also includes a frequency converter for converting the light exiting from the wave guide fiber to a second central wavelength being arranged between the end of the wave guide fiber and the terahertz converter in such a way that the terahertz converter is impinged by the frequency converted light. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205619 | Wavelength Conversion Device With Microlens And Optical Package Incorporating The Same - An optical package is provided comprising a laser diode and a wavelength conversion device. The laser diode and the wavelength conversion device define an external laser cavity and the wavelength conversion device is tilted relative to the output face of the laser diode to define a tilt angle φ that is less than approximately 85°. The input face of the wavelength conversion device comprises a pair of tapered facets and a microlens. The pair of tapered facets and the microlens are defined on the input face such that they share respective portions of the facial waveguide region on the input face, with the tapered facets occupying peripheral portions of the facial waveguide region on the input face and the microlens occupying an interior portion of the facial waveguide region on the input face. Each of the pair of tapered facets define a facet angle α within the facial waveguide region that is less than the facet angle α and is greater than approximately 45°. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205620 | CONTROLLER WHICH CONTROLS A VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR TO CONTROL THE POWER LEVEL OF A WAVELENGTH-MULTIPLEXED OPTICAL SIGNAL WHEN THE NUMBER OF CHANNELS ARE VARIED - An optical amplifying apparatus which includes an optical amplifier, an optical attenuator and a controller. The optical amplifier amplifies a light signal having a variable number of channels. The optical attenuator passes the amplified light signal and has a variable light transmissivity. Prior to varying the number of channels in the light signal, the controller varies the light transmissivity of the optical attenuator so that a power level of the amplified light signal is maintained at an approximately constant level that depends on the number of channels in the light signal prior to the varying the number of channels. While the number of channels in the light signal is being varied, the controller maintains the light transmissivity of the optical attenuator to be constant. Subsequent to varying the number of channels in the light signal, the controller varies the light transmissivity of the optical attenuator so that a power level of the amplified light signal is maintained at an approximately constant level that depends on the number of channels in the light signal subsequent to the varying the number of channels. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205621 | Optical lens system - Wide-angle, deep-field, close-focusing optical systems are disclosed. According to one aspect, the optical system comprises a negative lens unit and a relay lens. The negative lens unit accepts radiation from an object in space. The relay lens is coupled to the negative lens unit. The negative lens unit and the relay lens are aligned on an optical axis in that order. The negative lens units forms a first image on the relay lens to form a final image at a final image plane at a distance from the relay lens. The relay lens may comprise a zoom lens or zoom lens components, which may be movable. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205622 | TENSIONED PROJECTION SCREEN - A projection screen apparatus having a perimeter frame and a substantially blank screen is provided. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205623 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL, DISPLAY PANEL, AND LENS - In an image display device where a lenticular lens, a display panel, and a light source are provided in order from a viewer side, when cylindrical lenses of the lenticular lens are arrayed in a horizontal direction, in first-viewpoint pixels and second-viewpoint pixels of the display panel, openings whose sides which intersect with straight lines in the horizontal direction are not parallel to a vertical direction are formed. And, a shape of the openings of a pair of pixels mutually adjacent in the vertical direction is made line-symmetric with respect to edges of the pixels extending in the horizontal direction as an axis. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205624 | Three-dimensional image display apparatus and method of adjusting displayed image - A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image combiner which combines a grid-like right-eye image and a grid-like left-eye image, which are substantially identical to each other, into a grid-like combined image, and a position adjusting mechanism which adjusts a position of the image combiner with respect to an observer to adjust a blur in the grid-like combined image due to a positional deviation between the grid-like right-eye image and the grid-like left-eye image. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205625 | PASSIVE EYEWEAR STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING SYSTEM WITH SCANNING POLARIZATION - A method of displaying images with an electronic display device having a plurality of sequentially updatable picture elements includes displaying an image with the picture elements by sequentially updating each of the plurality of picture elements, filtering light emanating from a first picture element with a first polarizing filter configured in a first polarization orientation and filtering light emanating from a second picture element with a second polarizing filter configured in a second polarization orientation that is different than the first polarization orientation. The method further includes detecting an update of a third picture element and switching the configuration of the second polarizing filter to the first polarization orientation in response to detecting the update of the third picture element. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205626 | LENSES FOR 3D EYEWEAR - Eyewear for viewing three-dimensional (3D) images is disclosed. In some embodiments, the eyewear can include lenses that include circularly polarizing filters. The right lens can block light that is circularly polarized in a first direction, and the left lens can block light that is circularly polarized in a second, opposite direction. The circularly polarizing filters can be attached to a surface (e.g., the front surface) of a lens body using an adhesive or by lamination. The lenses can have one or more surfaces that conform to the surface of a sphere, a cylinder, or another geometric shape. In some embodiments, the surface of the lens to which the circularly polarizing filter is applied is cylindrical. In some embodiments, the lenses can have a tapered thickness to provide for optical correction of the lenses. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205627 | CIRCULARLY POLARIZING PLATE AND CIRCULARLY POLARIZING LENS, AND CIRCULARLY POLARIZING GLASSES - A circularly polarizing plate with a thermally adhering function imparted thereto, a circularly polarizing lens which is reinforced with a backup resin, and is distorted with difficulty, and circularly polarizing glasses. Also provided is a clockwise or counterclockwise circularly polarizing plate including a multilayered circularly polarizing plate having at least a phase difference functional part, a linear polarizing functional part, and a thermally adhering functional part which thermally adheres to a backup resin. The phase difference functional part is arranged on one side of the linear polarizing functional part, and the thermally adhering functional part is arranged on another side. Also provided is a clockwise or counterclockwise circularly polarizing lens, which is a bending-processed product of the above circularly polarizing plate. Also provided is a circularly polarizing glasses, including the above clockwise circularly polarizing lens and the above counterclockwise circularly polarizing paired, and placed in one frame. | 2011-08-25 |
20110205628 | IODINE POLARIZING FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THEREOF - An iodine polarizing film of the invention includes a polymer film and iodine adsorbed and oriented on the polymer film, wherein a iodine content of the polarizing film is within the range of 1.9 to 3% by weight per 2.85 mm | 2011-08-25 |