39th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140285775 | PROGRAMMABLE DE-FOGGER SYSTEM FOR A LIGHT PROJECTOR - A light projector for operation during a show that contains theatrical haze. The light projector may include a light source, a lens, a fan, and a housing having an inner chamber. The lens may have a first side and a second side. The first side of the lens may be contained within the inner chamber of the housing. The second side the lens may be outside of the inner chamber of the housing. The fan may be configured to be operated to generate air flow inside the inner chamber of the housing. A substantial portion of the air flow may be directed to impinge upon the first side of the lens to cause de-fogging of theatrical haze condensate on the first side of the lens. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285776 | PROJECTION APPARATUS, PROJECTION METHOD AND PROJECTION PROGRAM MEDIUM - A CPU controls an attitude adjustment unit to change the lengths of legs of an electric leg part independently of each other so that a roll angle is changed to roll a projected image, and controls an image converter to correct the projected image to be a rectangular image on a projection target based on the changed roll angle. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285777 | PROJECTION APPARATUS, PROJECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM MEDIUM FOR PROJECTION - In a projector, a comparator included in a trapezoid correction unit compares the aspect ratio of a rectangular input unit with that of the device area. A projection area determination unit determines an effective projection area that is an area included in the projection area and that is rectangular on the object on the basis of a result of the comparison. The device area determination unit determines an effective device area so that the relation of the effective projection area with the projection area corresponds to the relation of the effective device area with the device area. A geometric transformation unit projects the input image into the effective device area so that the input image is projected without distortion within the effective projection area of the object. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285778 | PROJECTION APPARATUS, PROJECTION METHOD, AND PROJECTION PROGRAM MEDIUM - A CPU of a projector determines whether or not a correction mode in which the aspect ratio of an input image is changed to correct distortion is set and, if the correction mode is set, determines distortion correction process parameters for changing the aspect ratio of the image to be projected onto a screen to project the image in the form of a rectangular image, and the image converter performs geometric correction on the input image on the basis of the distortion correction process parameters to project the image subjected to distortion correction. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285779 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projector | 2014-09-25 |
20140285780 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD OF PROJECTOR - In one embodiment, a projector may include a focus adjusting unit, an adjustment image projecting unit, an imaging unit, and a condition indicating unit. The focus adjusting unit adjusts a focus of a projection light according to a manual operation. The adjustment image projecting unit projects an adjustment image containing a portion representing a predetermined pattern by the projection light. The imaging unit shoots a projection surface to which the adjustment image is projected. The specifying unit specifies a focusing condition of the focus on the projection surface by analyzing an image data that is created by the imaging unit. The condition indicating unit displays the specified focusing condition. The adjustment image includes a first portion that includes a bar graph representing the specified focusing condition, and a second portion that represents the predetermined pattern. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285781 | LIQUID IMMERSION MEMBER, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A liquid immersion member used in an immersion exposure apparatus, and capable of forming a liquid immersion space on a surface of an object opposite to an emitting surface of an optical member which emits exposure light. The liquid immersion member includes a first member that includes a first part disposed at surrounding of an optical path of the exposure light, and in which a first opening part, through which the exposure light is able to pass, and a first liquid supply part, is disposed at at least a portion of surrounding of the first opening part and capable of opposing the surface of the object, are provided at the first part, and a second member includes a first liquid recovery part which can be opposing the surface of the object and is movable with respect to the first member outside the first part with respect to the optical path. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285782 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus having a projection system configured to project a plurality of radiation beams onto a target and an image slicer. The image slicer is arranged in an inverted configuration such that, if an input image formed of a plurality of separated image regions were provided to the image slicer, it would output an output image formed from the plurality of image regions, each arranged to adjoin an adjacent image region. The exposure apparatus is configured such that each of the radiation beams is input into the image slicer at a location corresponding to a respective one of the separated image regions. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285783 | EUV-MIRROR ARRANGEMENT, OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH EUV-MIRROR ARRANGEMENT AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD - An EUV mirror arrangement ( | 2014-09-25 |
20140285784 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF DRAWING - A drawing apparatus accepts a selection manipulation for selecting the type of shape of a light outgoing ratio function defining a relationship between the position of modulation units included in an optical unit as seen in the direction of the arrangement of the modulation units and a light outgoing ratio from among a plurality of shape type candidates. The drawing apparatus then adjusts the light outgoing ratio of each of the modulation units in accordance with the accepted shape type. While emitting a beam of drawing light of a strip-shaped cross-sectional configuration from the optical unit, the drawing apparatus moves the optical unit relative to a substrate in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the longer dimension of the strip-shaped cross section of the drawing light beam to perform a drawing process on the substrate. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285785 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The invention relates to intensity values for a plurality of beams used to irradiate a plurality of locations on a target are determined with reference to the position and/or rotation of the locations. Also provided is an associated lithographic or exposure apparatus, an associated device manufacturing method and an associated computer program. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285786 | LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AN APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SETPOINT DATA, A DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, A METHOD OF CALCULATING SETPOINT DATA AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM - An exposure apparatus configured to project each of a plurality of radiation beams onto a respective location on a target, the plurality of radiation beams forming a desired dose pattern via a plurality of spot exposures, the nominal position of a characteristic point in the dose distribution of each of the spot exposures lying at points defining a first grid. The apparatus has, or is provided data from, a controller configured to: calculate a target intensity value for each of the plurality of radiation beams to expose the target to the desired dose pattern, the calculation using as input a rasterized representation of the desired dose pattern, the rasterized representation including a dose value defined at each of a plurality of points on a second grid, the first and second grids having the same geometry, and control the exposure apparatus to emit beams with the target intensity values. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285787 | EXPOSURE SYSTEM AND EXPOSURE METHOD - According to one embodiment, an exposure system includes: a supporting stage; a plurality of masks provided on an upper side of the supporting stage; and a light source being capable of irradiating a substrate with light through the plurality of masks, the plurality of masks including: a first mask, and a light shielding film being patterned in the first mask; and a second mask provided on an upper side or a lower side of the first mask, the second mask including a second region facing a first region of the first mask, the light shielding film not being present in the first region, and a light shielding film not being patterned in the second region or the light shielding film being patterned in at least a part of the second region, and a plurality of laser-irradiated marks being provided in at least the second region of the second mask. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285788 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND MICROLITHOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE METHOD - The invention relates to an optical system for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, and to a microlithographic exposure method. An optical system for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus comprises a polarization-influencing optical arrangement, wherein the polarization-influencing optical arrangement comprises at least one first array of first polarization-influencing elements and a second array of second polarization-influencing elements, wherein the first and second arrays are arranged successively in the light propogation direction, wherein the first and second polarization-influencing elements in each case have a birefringence that is dependent on the presence of an electric field, and wherein the first polarization-influencing elements and the second polarization-influencing elements are transverse Pockels cells. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285789 | Lithography Method and Structure for Resolution Enhancement with a Two-State Mask - A lithography process in a lithography system includes loading a mask that includes two mask states defining an integrated circuit (IC) pattern. The IC pattern includes a plurality of main polygons, wherein adjacent main polygons are assigned to different mask states; and a background includes a field in one of the mask states and a plurality of sub-resolution polygons in another of the two mask states. The lithography process further includes configuring an illuminator to generate an illuminating pattern on an illumination pupil plane of the lithography system; configuring a pupil filter on a projection pupil plane of the lithography system with a filtering pattern determined according to the illumination pattern; and performing an exposure process to a target with the illuminator, the mask, and the pupil filter. The exposure process produces diffracted light and non-diffracted light behind the mask and the pupil filter removes most of the non-diffracted light. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285790 | SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS - A substrate treating apparatus includes a treating section for treating substrates, and an interface section disposed adjacent the treating section and adjacent an exposing machine provided separately from the apparatus. The interface section has a first treating-section-side transport mechanism, a second treating-section-side transport mechanism, and an exposing-machine-side transport mechanism. Each of the first and second treating-section-side transport mechanisms is arranged to receive the substrates from the treating section, pass the substrates to the exposing-machine-side transport mechanism, receive the substrates from the exposing-machine-side transport mechanism and pass the substrates to the treating section. The exposing-machine-side transport mechanism is arranged to receive the substrates from the first and second treating-section-side transport mechanisms, transport the substrates to the exposing machine, receive the substrates after exposing treatment from the exposing machine, and pass the substrates to the first and second treating-section-side transport mechanisms. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285791 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, STAGE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides an exposure apparatus which transfers a pattern of a reticle onto a substrate, including a stage configured to place the reticle, a holding mechanism configured to hold the reticle placed on the stage, a driving unit configured to drive the stage, a determination unit configured to determine a feature including at least one of a type or shape of the reticle placed on the stage, and a decision unit configured to decide, based on the feature determined by the determination unit, at least one of a holding state of the reticle held by the holding mechanism, or control regarding driving of the stage. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285792 | COORDINATE MEASURING DEVICE - A coordinate measuring device includes a carrier that automatically rotates about two axes and can be directed toward a measuring aid. The following are arranged on the carrier so as to be able to move together: a device for optically measuring the distance to the measuring aid; a first light source for emitting a target beam that is visible as a first target point when reflected on the measuring aid; a detection unit for determining a fine position of the first target point on a first position detection sensor; a second light source, the light of which is visible as a second target point when reflected on the measuring aid; a rough target detection unit for determining a rough position of the second target point on a second position detection sensor. A control device directs the carrier toward the measuring aid according to the fine and rough positions. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285793 | DISTRIBUTED STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEM - A downhole optical sensing system can include an optical fiber positioned in the well, the optical fiber including multiple cores, and one of the cores having a Brillouin scattering coefficient which is different from another one of the cores. A method of sensing strain and temperature as distributed along an optical fiber can include measuring Brillouin scattering in a core of the optical fiber disposed in a well, and measuring Brillouin scattering in another core of the optical fiber disposed in the well, the optical fiber cores being exposed to a same strain and temperature distribution in the well. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285794 | MEASURING DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a measuring device includes an imaging unit to capture an object from a plurality of positions to obtain a plurality of images; a distance measuring unit to measure a distance to the object from each position to obtain a plurality of pieces of distance information; a position measuring unit to measure each position to obtain a plurality of pieces of position information; a first calculator to calculate three-dimensional data of the object using the images; a second calculator to calculate a degree of reliability of each piece of distance information and each piece of position information; and a estimating unit to, among the pieces of distance information and the pieces of position information, make use of such pieces of distance information and such pieces of position information which have the degree of reliability greater than a predetermined value to estimate the scale of the three-dimensional data. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285795 | DOWNHOLE MULTIPLE CORE OPTICAL SENSING SYSTEM - A downhole optical sensing system can include an optical fiber positioned in the well, the optical fiber including multiple cores, and at least one well parameter being sensed in response to light being transmitted via at least one of the multiple cores in the well. The multiple cores can include a single mode core surrounded by a multiple mode core. A method of sensing at least one well parameter in a subterranean well can include transmitting light via at least one of multiple cores of an optical fiber in the well, the at least one of the multiple cores being optically coupled to a sensor in the well, and/or the at least one of the multiple cores comprising a sensor in the well, and determining the at least one well parameter based on the transmitted light. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285796 | DEFECT DETECTION IN SATURABLE ABSORBERS - Technologies are generally described for identifying defects in saturable absorbers, such as graphene, by the saturable property of decreasing light absorbance with increasing light intensity. For example, a graphene coated substrate may be imaged twice under two distinct incident intensities. At a gap in the graphene, the substrate may reflect light proportional to the incident intensities. The graphene may show a non-linear increase in reflected light as the intensity of illumination increases. A difference between the two incident intensities may reveal the gap in the graphene. Any suitable imaging technique may be employed such as confocal microscopy or linear scanning. The imaging may be scaled up for high volume automated inspection. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285797 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING SEMI-CONDUCTOR MATERIALS - A nanotopographic measuring device comprises an input arranged to receive sets of measurement data relating to a semi-conductor wafer ( | 2014-09-25 |
20140285798 | COLORATION MEASURING APPARATUS - A coloration measuring apparatus includes a wavelength variable interference filter, an imaging unit which receives light which transmits the wavelength variable interference filter, a storage unit which stores types of test paper, and reference color data obtained by associating colors showing a coloration state of the test paper, a spectrometry unit which measures a spectral spectrum of the test paper from light received by the imaging unit when the wavelength of the light which transmits the wavelength variable interference filter is sequentially switched, and a quantitative analysis unit which performs quantitative measurement of a sample based on the spectral spectrum measured by the spectrometry unit and the reference color data. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285799 | SPECTROSCOPIC CAMERA AND ALIGNMENT ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A spectroscopic camera includes a light incident section provided with an incident angle limiter and first alignment marks, a wavelength tunable interference filter provided with second alignment marks, and a circuit substrate provided with an imaging device and third alignment marks. The amount of deviation of a mechanical central axis of each of the components from an ideal central axis thereof and the angle of rotation indicating the direction of the deviation are measured, and the positions of the first alignment marks and the second alignment marks relative to each other and the positions of the second alignment marks and the third alignment marks relative to each other are so adjusted that the ideal central axes coincide with one another. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285800 | DYNAMIC AND DEPOLARIZED DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING COLLOID ANALYZER - Apparatus are described for measuring the characteristics of colloidal particles suspended in transparent media by Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and Depolarized Dynamic Light Scattering (DDLS) into regions where conventional measurements are difficult or impractical. Matching the diameter of an illuminating beam and an intersecting diameter of a field stop image extends measurements into regions that include concentrated turbid suspensions that frequently appear so visually opaque that multiple scattering typically gives a falsely low estimate of particle size. At the opposite extreme, where insufficient signal is available to determine either or both of the translational and/or rotational relaxation times of the particles, typically where they are too small, too few, or of insufficient refractive index difference from the medium to scatter enough light, measurements can be improved by: a) using a sufficiently large aperture such that many coherence areas fall upon the detector; and b) optical homodyne amplification of the scattered signal. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285801 | MIXED-MODE PHOTO-AMPLIFIER FOR PARTICLE COUNTER - An airborne, gas, or liquid particle sensor with a mixed-mode photo-amplifier front-end. The photo-amplifier uses pulse-height for the high-gain channel and integrates the pulse-energy for the low-gain channel to provide for a larger dynamic range for larger size particles. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285802 | LIGHT SCATTERING PARTICLE COUNTER | 2014-09-25 |
20140285803 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ANALYSIS BY DETERMINING A DEPOLARIZING OR DICHROIC CHARACTER OF AN OBJECT - An analysis system comprises a transmitting device ( | 2014-09-25 |
20140285804 | LASER OUTPUT MEASURING APPARATUS - A laser output measuring apparatus in which an optical separator is disposed in a position that is rotated by a predetermined angle about an optical axis of a laser beam converged by a lens, and further rotated by a predetermined angle about the optical axis of the laser beam and a straight line perpendicular to an incident surface of the laser beam. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285805 | Method and System for Checking the Color Quality of Preforms - The present invention relates to a method and the corresponding system for checking the color quality of preforms ( | 2014-09-25 |
20140285807 | WAVELENGTH MONITOR AND WAVELENGTH MONITORING METHOD - The transmittance of a filter periodically varies with respect to the incident light frequency. Provided that f | 2014-09-25 |
20140285808 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TURBIDITY - An apparatus for measuring turbidity includes a first storage portion configured to store a measuring fluid therein, a measuring container connected to the first storage portion through first and second pipes, and a turbidity measuring portion configured to measure turbidity of the measuring fluid in the measuring container, at least a portion of the measuring fluid being moved between the first storage portion and the measuring container through the first and second pipes. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285809 | SURFACE PLASMON-BASED NANOSENSORS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENSING PHOTONS AND CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL AGENTS - Surface plasmon-based nanosensor, comprising: at least one first element of metal, preferably silver or gold, or of semiconductor, the first element being excitable to surface Plasmon resonance, in particular localized surface plasmon resonance, in the presence of electromagnetic radiation from a source, and at least one second element preferably near the first element that in the presence of the electromagnetic radiation is exciton-plasmon coupled to the first element and emits electromagnetic radiation representative of the exciton-plasmon coupling, and systems and methods for sensing photons and chemical or biological agents. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285810 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING MESOSCOPIC SPECTRALLY ENCODED TOMOGRAPHY CO-REGISTERED WITH OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN IMAGING AND/OR SPECTRALLY ENCODED CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY - An apparatus for illuminating a sample(s) can be provided. For example, a first arrangement can transmit a first electro-magnetic radiation and a second electro-magnetic radiation; the first and second electro-magnetic radiations can have different wavelengths from one another. The first arrangement can transmit the first and second electro-magnetic radiations to different spatial locations on the sample(s). A second arrangement(s) can be configured to receive a third radiation(s) provided from the sample(s), the third radiation(s) can be associated with an interaction of the first and second electro-magnetic radiations in the sample(s). A processing third arrangement can be configured to receive, from the second arrangement, at least one fourth radiation that can be based on the third radiation(s), and generate information regarding a sub-surface portion(s) of the sample(s) based on the fourth radiation. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285811 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY WITH MULTIPLE SAMPLE ARMS - A multiplexed OCT imaging system includes a plurality of sample arms, an imaging engine, and an optical controller. The sample arms are optically coupled to the imaging engine via the optical controller; the optical controller multiplexes optical signals from the sample arms to permit some of the sample arms to operate sequentially or simultaneously. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285812 | ATTACHING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEMS ONTO SMARTPHONES - A multi-modal imaging and optical property measurement device that is integrated into an interferometer. Data acquired by the multiple imaging modalities in parallel include measurements of single-scattered, multiple-scattered, and diffuse light that enable characterization of different ranges within different depth regions in the sample. The system includes different interferometer configurations and different imaging modalities, and has a signal-processing unit that associates and co-registers interferometric, multi-spectral, and polarization sensitive measurements to derive and analyze optical properties of a sample and enhance an image display of the sample. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285813 | WAVEFRONT SENSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND APPLICATIONS - A wavefront sensing technique using Polarization Rotation INTerferometry (PRINT) provides a self-referencing, high-resolution, direct measurement of the spatially dependent phase profile of a given optical beam. A self-referencing technique is used to create a reference beam in the orthogonal polarization and a polarization measurement to measure the spatial-dependent polarization parameters to directly determine the absolute phase profile of the beam under test. A high-resolution direct measurement of the spatially-resolved phase profile of one or more optical beams is realized. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285814 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING ROUGHNESS DATA AND/OR TOPOGRAPHY DATA OF SURFACES IN MATERIAL MICROSCOPY - A method for determining roughness data and/or topography data of surfaces in material microscopy, particularly from flat samples, based on a shearing polarization interferometrical sequence with a microscopic “TIC” module (“Total Interference Contrast Module”) of a microscope, wherein the method can be carried out both polychromatically and monochromatically. At least two tilted wave fronts are generated, which after reflection or transmission on a sample generate two images of said sample in the form of fringe patterns, said images being offset relative to one another and interfering with one another, from which roughness values and height topographies of the surface of the sample are determined by application of image evaluation. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285815 | APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE - An apparatus for measurement of a three-dimensional (3D) shape includes a lens unit transmitting slit beams to a plurality of measurement objects, a light source unit irradiating the plurality of slit beams to the lens unit at different angles, an imaging unit obtaining images of the plurality of measurement objects formed by the slit beams irradiated on the plurality of measurement objects, and a calculation processing unit generating information regarding a 3D shape of the plurality of measurement objects from the images obtained by the imaging unit. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285816 | MEASURING DEVICE, MEASURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a measuring device includes a projector, an image capturing unit, and a first calculator. The projector projects, onto a target, a first superimposed pattern which is obtained by superimposing a first pattern having a periodic change and a second pattern configured with a first design for specifying a period of the first pattern. The image capturing unit captures the target, onto which the first superimposed pattern is projected to obtain an image. The first calculator performs matching of the first design taken by the image capturing unit, which is included in the first superimposed pattern in the image, with the first design projected by the projecting unit, and calculates correspondence between a second superimposed pattern, which points to the first superimposed pattern captured in the image, and the first superimposed pattern. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285817 | LIMITED REFLECTION TYPE PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR - A limited reflection type photoelectric sensor has a light projecting unit having a light emitting element, a light receiving unit having a light receiving element, and a beam separating member that separates a projected light beam into beams oriented in a plurality of directions and located in an optical path of the projected light beam from the light emitting element. The light projecting unit and the light receiving unit are configured to meet the condition that an intersecting angle between an optical axis of a projected light beam and an optical axis of a receiving light beam is set such that the projected light beam from the light projecting unit is directed to an object detection limited area and the receiving light beam which is reflected light by an object existing in the object detection limited area is received by the light receiving unit. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285818 | DETERMINING POSITIONAL INFORMATION OF AN OBJECT IN SPACE - The technology disclosed relates to determining positional information of an object in a field of view. In particular, it relates to calculating a distance of the object from a reference such as a sensor including scanning the field of view by selectively illuminating directionally oriented light sources and measuring one or more differences in property of returning light emitted from the light sources and reflected from the object. The property can be intensity or phase difference of the light. It also relates to finding an object in a region of space. In particular, it relates to scanning the region of space with directionally controllable illumination, determining a difference in a property of the illumination received for two or more points in the scanning, and determining positional information of the object based in part upon the points in the scanning corresponding to the difference in the property. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285819 | POSITION COMPENSATION DEVICE USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a position compensation device using visible light communication and a method thereof. To this end, the present invention receives a visible light signal which includes lighting position information from a lighting device to extract the lighting position information from the received visible light signal, and calculates a compensated position of a position compensation device by using the extracted lighting position information if a request for position compensation exists, thereby providing an exact position of a user indoors. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285820 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method which is capable of preventing occurrence of moire and forming images having sufficient color saturation and a sufficient gloss is provided. The color toner image is formed in accordance with si color image signal obtained through screen processing using a screen pattern having a screen line count of 50 to 270 lpi on manuscript image data, and the clear toner image is formed in accordance with a clear image signal obtained through contone processing on the manuscript image data. The clear image signal is controlled so that, according to the amount of the color toner per unit area of the stacked toner image obtained by the color toner image being superimposed with the clear toner image, the less the amount of the color toner, the more the amount of the clear toner becomes. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285821 | HIGH-SPEED MULTI-COLOR PRINTING - A multi-resolution imaging device ( | 2014-09-25 |
20140285822 | METHOD FOR MULTI-COLOR HIGH-SPEED PRINTING - A method for high-speed multi-color printing includes at least one high-resolution sensor array ( | 2014-09-25 |
20140285823 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display control device comprises: a display; a movement judgment portion that judges whether or not a second image moves a certain distance by user dragging the second image to an arbitrary position of a first image on the display, a controller that allows the display to show a larger area of the first image at least by reducing the first image in size, if the movement judgment portion judges that the second image moves a certain distance; and an image giving portion that gives the second image to a user desired position on the first image by user dropping the second image at the position. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285824 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus which can generate a vector image with a high image quality at a high speed in a small memory capacity. The present invention generates an image with low resolution by performing resolution conversion to a compressed image with high resolution and obtains information of a character object with low resolution by performing object division to the image with the low resolution. The compressed image with the high resolution is decompressed and an image showing a character contour with high resolution is generated by using the information of the character object with the low resolution obtained by the object dividing and the decompressed image with the high resolution. At the time of performing the decompression, the compressed image with the high resolution may be partially decompressed based upon the information of the character object. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285825 | Mobile Printing Device - A self-propelled printing apparatus to perform printing on an object to be printed includes a moving unit that moves the self-propelled printing apparatus on the object to be printed and a printing unit that performs printing on the object to be printed on the basis of print processing data generated based on information of a position to which the self-propelled printing apparatus has been moved by the moving unit. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285826 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION PROGRAM AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - There is provided a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a communication program. The communication program is configured to cause a communication device to perform: judging a type of the external device based on information received from the external device by the near field communication protocol; generating the printing data, in a case that it is judged that the type of the external device is a first external device configured to execute printing; transmitting the generated printing data to the first external device by a communication protocol; and transmitting, in a case that it is judged that the type of the external device is a second external device to which the to-be processed data or an image data corresponding to the to-be processed data is transmitted, the to-be processed data or the image data corresponding to the to-be processed data to the second external device by the communication protocol. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285827 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTER INCLUDING PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - A data processing device includes an input unit including an input detection region, a detection unit, a partition region setting unit, a valid region setting unit, a longitudinal direction determination unit and a magnification determination unit. The detection unit detects input to the input detection region. The partition region setting unit partitions the input detection region into partition regions. The valid region setting unit sets, among said partitioned partition regions, a partition region in which input is detected as a valid region. The longitudinal direction determination unit determines a longitudinal direction of the valid region. The magnification determination unit determines a magnification for enlarging or reducing a size of a drawing corresponding to the input in the valid region, so that a width along a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the valid region conforms to a width along a transverse direction of a printing medium. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285828 | A METHOD TO DETERMINE AN ALIGNMENT ERRORS IN IMAGE DATA AND PERFORMING IN-TRACK ALIGNMENT ERRORS CORRECTION USING TEST PATTERN - A method for aligning image data printed on a receiver medium in a multi-printhead printer that includes printing a test pattern including features separated by predefined test pattern feature separations, where some features are printed with a first printhead and some features printed with a second printhead. An image of the printed test pattern is analyzed to determine a first camera pixel separation between two features printed with the first printhead, which is used to determine a camera scale factor. The camera scale factor is used to scale a second camera pixel separation between a feature printed with first printhead and a feature printed with the second printhead. The scaled second camera pixel separation is compared to a corresponding test pattern feature separation to determine an alignment error, which is used to adjust the alignment of the image data printed with at least one of the printheads. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285829 | MULTI-PRINT HEAD PRINTER FOR DETECTING ALIGNMENT ERRORS AND ALIGNING IMAGE DATA REDUCING SWATH BOUNDARIES - A multi-printhead printing system, including first and second printheads adapted to print on a receiver medium. An alignment process includes printing a test pattern including features separated by predefined test pattern feature separations, where some features are printed with a first printhead and some features printed with a second printhead. An image of the printed test pattern is analyzed to determine a first camera pixel separation between two features printed with the first printhead, which is used to determine a camera scale factor. The camera scale factor is used to scale a second camera pixel separation between a feature printed with first printhead and a feature printed with the second printhead. The scaled second camera pixel separation is compared to a corresponding test pattern feature separation to determine an alignment error, which is used to adjust the alignment of the image data printed with at least one of the printheads. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285830 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: an acquiring unit that acquires second raster data generated by reading color sample images formed based on first color sample images of first raster data by an image forming apparatus; a detecting unit that detects a defect present in second color sample images of the second raster data; and a correcting unit that excludes image data of a region where the defect is detected by the detecting unit from the second color sample images, and corrects the color conversion parameters such that a color of each second color sample image formed based on the first raster data by the image forming apparatus comes close to a color corresponding to the first color sample image of the first raster data, based on the second raster data corresponding to a region excluding the region where the defect is detected by the detecting unit, and the first raster data. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285831 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD FOR DETERMINING INK-SAVING AMOUNT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a printing system and a printing method for determining an ink-saving amount. The printing system comprises: a rasterizer processor configured to load a content file, and perform a raster process according to a predetermined ink-saving parameter so as to output a raster image; a computer-to-plate (CTP) device configured to output an imaging CTP plate according to the raster image; and a CTP output device configured to print a one-bit Tiff image according to the imaging CTP plate; and an ink-saving amount determination device coupled, in parallel with the CTP device, to the rasterizer processor and configured to acquire a raster image when the ink-saving parameter is disabled and compares the raster image with a raster image acquired from the rasterizer processor when the ink-saving parameter is enabled, so as to determine the ink-saving amount available for the content file. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285832 | COLOR PRINTING SYSTEM, COLOR PRINTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COLOR PRINTING PROGRAM - There is provided a color printing system including: a specification unit that specifies an area which has predetermined colors from printing target image data; a printing unit that prints the image data; a color measurement unit that measures the colors of the area, which is specified by the specification unit, with regard to a printed matter; a recording unit that records color measurement results whenever the image data is printed; and a color adjustment unit that, when a predetermined number of color measurement results of the predetermined colors are completed, executes color adjustment using the color measurement results. Therefore, it is possible to prevent accuracy from being lowered while the color adjustment is effectively executed. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285833 | Virtual Page Generation Mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes performing a virtual rasterization of print job data to generate a virtual sheet, fitting the virtual sheet to a job sheet, and printing the job sheet to a physical medium. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285834 | Printing Apparatus, Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium Used for Printing Apparatus, and Method of Controlling Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus includes a job receiver, a printing unit, a command receiver, a processor, and a memory. The printing apparatus is caused to determine whether the printing apparatus is in a secure mode when the command receiver receives a cancel command, perform a secure cancellation process when the command receiver receives the cancel command and the printing apparatus is in the secure mode, and perform a non-secure cancellation process when the command receiver receives the cancel command and the printing apparatus is not in the secure mode. The secure cancellation process includes analyzing a print job received by the job receiver and whose analysis is not finished, determining whether an analyzed print job is a secure print job or a normal print job, maintaining printing of the analyzed print job that is the secure print job, and cancelling the printing of the analyzed print job that is the normal print job. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285835 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PRINT E-MAIL ACCORDING TO PRINTING ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS CORRESPONDING TO EACH USER - A method and apparatus to print an e-mail according to printing environment settings corresponding to each user includes receiving a user profile stored in the outside, setting an e-mail printing environment by using the received user profile, and printing an e-mail received from an e-mail server according to the set e-mail printing environment. By doing so, users can print an e-mail according to a printing environment desired by a user in an image forming apparatus such as a Multi Function Printer (MFP), a printer, or the like which supports printing of an e-mail. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285836 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING RELEVANT CONTENT VIA A CLOUD PRINT SERVICE - A system and method for printing relevant content via a cloud print service upon completion of an entertainment event in media from an associated one of one or more entertainment devices are disclosed. In one example, the relevant content is obtained from an associated one of one or more entertainment device cloud services by the cloud print service upon completion of the entertainment event in the media. Further, the obtained relevant content is printed on a web connected printer by the cloud print service. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285837 | Printer Pooling Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes generating a printer pool object that represents a pool including one or more printers. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285838 | CAUSING AN ACTION TO OCCUR IN RESPONSE TO SCANNED DATA - Example embodiments relate to processing a scanned form by causing an action to occur. The scanned form includes a unique identifier that indicates that the action is to occur when the form is scanned. The unique identifier is detected in the scanned form data. The scanned form data may be transmitted to a server to use the unique identifier to identify the action to execute for processing the scanned data. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285839 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a first receiving unit, a registering unit, a requiring unit, a second receiving unit, and a transmitting unit. The first receiving unit receives a reservation and setting process executable time information, the reservation being a reservation for transmission of a management setting, the setting process executable time representing a period of time during which the second information processing apparatus may process the management setting. The registering unit registers the reservation and the information regarding the period of time. The requiring unit requires, in a case where a time at which a communication from a second information processing apparatus was received corresponds to the information regarding the period of time, a first information processing apparatus to transmit the management setting. The second receiving unit receives the management setting. The transmitting unit transmits to the second information processing apparatus the management setting. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285840 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A communication system includes an information processing apparatus and an image processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes an image data receiving unit, a memory, a processing identification data receiving unit, a processing-related data transmitting unit, and a processing unit. The image processing apparatus includes an image data obtaining unit, an image data transmitting unit, a processing identification data transmitting unit, a processing-related data receiving unit, and an image formation instruction unit. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285841 | PRINTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - If a request for first element data and second element data is received, delay data indicating that notification of the second element data is to be delayed and the first element data are sent as response data in response to the received request, and thereafter notification of the second element data is sent. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285842 | PRINTER - A printer includes a display unit, a printing unit and a printing control unit. The display unit is configured and arranged to display a paper registration screen for registering or confirming attributes of paper held in a paper feeding unit when display conditions have been satisfied. The printing unit is configured and arranged to execute printing. The printing control unit is configured to, when prescribed printing start conditions are satisfied during a period in which the paper registration screen is being displayed, control the printing unit to start printing job using the attributes registered before display of the paper registration screen as the attributes of the paper held in the paper feeding unit used with the printing job. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285843 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, FUNCTION SETUP METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A function setup method of providing a user interface for setting various setup items related to a predetermined function, the method including: generating a setup screen in which display item groups corresponding respectively to the various setup items and each including display items are displayed in a list form; detecting an operation input instructing selection of one display item belonging to a certain one of the display item groups; changing a display state of the one display item to a setup effective state; accessing a data storage unit storing confliction information defining a conflicting relationship of setup values not allowed to be set simultaneously between the setup items, and finding a conflicting display item having the conflicting relationship with the one display item from the display item groups based on the confliction information; and changing the display state of the found conflicting display item to a setup disabled state. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285844 | Print Control Method, Print Control Device, and Storage Medium - A print control method executes a process of adding a command to print data output from an application to a communication port in a computer having a communication port and executing a specific process by an application installed on an application layer and operating under an operating system on the OS kernel layer, the method including: the computer acquiring the print data at the OS kernel layer before the print data is received by the communication port; determining on the application layer if each command of the acquired print data is a print instruction command for an object that should be printed at a different print speed than the standard speed; and adding and outputting to the communication port a command that changes the print speed before the print instruction command when the command is determined to be a print instruction command for printing an object at a different speed. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285845 | OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - There are provided an operation control method of an image processing system including an image processing apparatus and a remote terminal; the image processing apparatus; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an operation control program of the remote terminal. The method includes: operating the remote terminal to monitor a remaining life of the battery thereof, output a notification of a reduction of the remaining life, and in response to receiving the notification, send the image processing apparatus setup information having been set by an operator through an operating section of the remote terminal until receiving the notification; and operating the image processing apparatus to receive and store the setup information from the remote terminal, and on the operating section thereof receiving an operation to give an instruction for a continuation of the setup operations, to reflect the setup information to the setup screen displayed on the display section thereof. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285846 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Attribute information representing the attributes of a printing medium is stored for each printing medium. Upon receiving a print job which designates the attributes of a printing medium, it is determined whether attribute information representing the attributes designated by the print job is stored. When it is determined that the attribute information is not stored, the attribute information representing the attributes designated by the print job is newly registered. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285847 | SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING IMAGE FORMING DATA - According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a storage unit, a communication unit, and a controller. The storage unit stores print jobs received from an external apparatus. The communication unit transmits the print job stored in the storage unit, in response to a print request for the print job from any image forming apparatus, to the image forming apparatus which is a print request source. The controller changes the print job of which a storage limit expires among the print jobs stored in the storage unit into a deleted print job so as to have a temporary storage limit. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285848 | Print Service Provider Risks Applied to Decision Making - A system that generates risk values for a print service provider. The print service provider may calculate probabilities of an event occurring, calculate the effect that the given event will have on the print service provider, and determine various risks associated with calculations. These risks may then be utilized to determine overall operational strategies for the print service provider when compared to threshold risk levels for the print service provider. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285849 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - A document management apparatus includes a holding unit, a searching unit, and a deletion unit. The holding unit holds print data that includes an image of a printed document and attribute information on the printed document. In a case where an image of a document to be registered and attribute information on the document to be registered are registered in the holding unit, the holding unit holds deletion information and the attribute information on the document to be registered in association with each other. In a case where the document to be registered is registered in the holding unit, the searching unit searches the print data held in the holding unit for print data having the deletion information associated with the attribute information on the registered document. The deletion unit deletes at least an image of a document included in the print data found as a result of the search. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285850 | PAGE IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE - A page image displaying device includes a display control portion configured to keep displaying, when a designated region is set, and when a touch-sensitive panel detects a touch action of giving a command to changes pages to be displayed from one to another, a page image of a first page in a region other than the designated region of a page display region in which the page image is displayed, and, to change partly what is displayed in the page display region in a manner to display a part of a page image of a second page of the document in the designated region, said part corresponding to a part in position in the designated region of the page image of the first page. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285851 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus capable of converting input image data into image data expressing a dot pattern cell by cell includes a detection unit configured to detect a pixel having a specific pixel value in the input image data, and a determination unit configured to determine an output value of a pixel included in each cell by arranging as many print pixels as a number of print pixels according to a total value of pixel values of a pixel group including pixels included in a cell except the pixel detected by the detection unit on any of the pixels in the pixel group cell by cell. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285852 | IMAGE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS - When defects occur in four places of a print data region of a paper P | 2014-09-25 |
20140285853 | IMAGE INSPECTING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MATERIAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A recording material processing device, includes: an accumulation unit that is accumulated with a plurality of recording materials each of which is a recording material formed with an image by an image forming unit and inspected by an inspection unit, where the image forming unit that forms the image on the recording material based on original image data; and a processing unit that removes the recording material which was determined to have a defect which occurred in the image by the inspecting unit, among the plurality of recording materials and adds a new recording material on which a same image is formed by the image forming unit, to the plurality of recording materials, the same image being based on the original image data of the image formed on the defective recording material. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285854 | DATA CERTIFICATION SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, CLIENT DEVICE, PUBLISHING SERVER, AND DATA CERTIFICATION METHOD - It is possible to verify non-falsification of output data without using a device which issues proof information as information for certifying non-falsification. A proof information generation unit generates certification information for certifying non-falsification of raw data, and generates proof information including the certification information and time information representing the time of the generation of the certification information. A server transmission unit transmits the proof information to a client device. A client reception unit receives the proof information transmitted from a server device. A time information acquisition unit acquires the time information representing the time of the generation of the certification information from the proof information. A report generation unit generates report data in which the time information and publishing destination information representing a publishing destination are included in the raw data. A transfer unit transfers the raw data, the proof information, and the report data to a publishing server which releases the report data. An output unit outputs the report data. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285855 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANTIFORGERY MARKING OF PRINTED DOCUMENTS - Method for antiforgery marking and authentication of printed products, includes the following steps: printing sample prints with a given printer of an image that is to be associated to a product (P); digitally acquiring the prints, to obtain digital images; processing the images acquired for extracting therefrom one or more intrinsic characteristics identifying the printer used; and incorporating in the printed product (P) an identification marking containing information associated to the printed product and to the characteristics identifying the printer and a print of the image. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285856 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLOR CALIBRATION OF A COLOR PRINTING SYSTEM WITH RECORDING MEDIA BRIGHTNESS COMPENSATION - A method allows an end user to calibrate a color reproduction device with recording media brightness compensation. A color reproduction device includes a device for converting the native color values of the scanner into a device independent color space, a test target, the desired values of each patch of the test target and a printing device. The method includes printing the test target and scanning it with a scanner that forms a part of the color reproduction device. The device compares the desired values with the values obtained from scanning the printed test target to obtain a set of adjustment values to compensate for drift in the output of the color reproduction device. The compensation includes compensation for utilizing a recording media that does not have the same white characteristics as the recording media that was used to generate the scanner profile used in converting the scanner dependent color space values to a device independent color space values. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285857 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE, IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An illuminating device ( | 2014-09-25 |
20140285858 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image reading apparatus includes an illumination unit to irradiate a surface of a sheet with light from an oblique direction at a predetermined angle of incidence, a reading unit to receive light reflected from a reading range on the sheet and to acquire a sheet image, and a reflecting mirror that is disposed in a direction of an angle of emission that is equal to the angle of incidence, that has a specular surface that is parallel to the reading range, and that reflects light reflected from the sheet toward the reading range with the specular surface. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285859 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING FUNCTION ACCORDING TO POSITION OF SCAN OBJECT - An image forming apparatus includes a user interface unit that includes a scan area, an image reading unit that reads an image of a scan object disposed on the scan area, a driving unit that moves the image reading unit, a control unit that controls a function according to a position of the scan object, an operation performing unit that performs the function by using the read image, and a storage unit that stores information about the function corresponding to the position of the scan object. The scan area includes a determination area and a function area, and when it is determined that the scan object does not exist on the determination area, the control unit controls the operation performing unit to perform the function corresponding to the position of the scan object on the function area. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285860 | MEDIA LIFT DEVICE - A scanner having at least one media lift device is disclosed. The scanner has a transparent scanning platen with a flat to surface. The media left device is bonded to the flat top surface. The media lift device forms a raised area on the top of the flat surf and wets the transparent scanning platen. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285861 | Image-Processing Device Removing Encircling Lines for Identifying Sub-Regions of Image - The present invention provides an image-processing device that includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores computer-readable instructions therein. The computer-readable instructions cause the image-processing device to perform identifying a first region and a second region in a target image. The first region represents an encircling line for identifying a specific sub-region in the target image. The first region includes a plurality of pixels. The second region includes an inside region that is surrounded by the first region, and an outside region that is outside the first region. The image-processing device further performs changing a color value of a first target pixel included in the plurality of the pixels using a first internal pixel and a first external pixel. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285862 | HOLOGRAPHIC 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ILLUMINATION UNIT FOR THE SAME - An illumination unit is provided including a coherent light source; a projection optical element which focuses a light beam emitted from the coherent light source onto a focal plane; and a holographic optical element interposed between the coherent light source and the projection optical element, and having an interference pattern formed thereon. The holographic optical element diffracts the light beam emitted from the coherent light source and emits the diffracted light to the projection optical element. Here, the interference pattern on the holographic optical element may have information that diffracts the light beam and thereby cancels a diffraction of the light beam due to an aberration of the projection optical element. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285863 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING - Provided is a holographic recording method in which an interference fringe between a reference beam and a signal beam, modulated according to information regarding a plurality of hologram pixels, is recorded on a holographic recording medium, the holographic recording method including multiplexing-recording the interference fringe of the plurality of hologram pixels such that at least a part of the interference fringe recorded of neighboring hologram pixels of the plurality of hologram pixels is overlapped. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285864 | OPTICAL SCANNER MANUFACTURING METHOD, OPTICAL SCANNER, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - An optical scanner manufacturing method includes overlapping a first substrate including a base portion region that becomes a base portion, a shaft portion region that becomes a shaft portion, and a support portion region that becomes a support portion, and a second substrate in which a frame-like concave portion, a first portion that is positioned inside the concave portion, and a frame-like second portion that is positioned outside the concave portion and has a light reflectance reduction function are formed on one surface, to bond the base portion region to the first portion and to bond the support portion region to the second portion, patterning the first substrate to form the base portion, the shaft portion, and the support portion, and cutting the second substrate from the other surface side to separate the first portion and the second portion from each other. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285865 | VARIABLE REFLECTANCE MIRROR REFLECTIVE ELEMENT FOR EXTERIOR MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A variable reflectance mirror reflective element for a vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a front substrate and a rear substrate, with an electrochromic medium disposed therebetween. A mirror reflector is disposed at a third surface of the rear substrate and includes a stack of thin films and has a sheet resistance of less than about 5 ohms per square. Light that reflects off of the mirror reflector and passes through the electrochromic medium and the front substrate exhibits a substantially non-spectrally selective reflectance characteristic to a person viewing the exterior mirror reflective element when no voltage is applied to the electrochromic medium. At least a portion of the mirror reflector extends out under the seal towards a perimeter edge of the rear substrate. An electrical connection, which may include a conductive epoxy, is made to the portion of the mirror reflector outboard of the perimeter seal. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285866 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FORMING SUCH DEVICES - Embodiments of the invention generally provide electrochromic devices and materials and processes for forming such electrochromic devices and materials. In one embodiment, an electrochromic device contains a lower transparent conductor layer disposed on a substrate, wherein an upper surface of the lower transparent conductor layer has a surface roughness of greater than 50 nm and a primary electrochromic layer having planarizing properties is disposed on the lower transparent conductor layer. The upper surface of the primary electrochromic layer has a surface roughness less than the surface roughness of upper surface of the lower transparent conductor layer, such as about 50 nm or less. The electrochromic device further contains an ion conductor layer disposed on the primary electrochromic layer, a secondary electrochromic layer disposed on the ion conductor layer, an upper transparent conductor layer disposed on the secondary electrochromic layer, and an antireflection layer disposed on the upper transparent conductor layer. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285867 | Wavelength Selective Switch Employing a LCoS Device and Having Reduced Crosstalk - An optical device in which crosstalk due to scattering is reduced includes an optical port array having at least one optical input for receiving an optical beam and at least one optical output. The input and outputs extend along a common axis. A dispersion element receives the optical beam from the optical input and spatially separates the optical beam into a plurality of wavelength components. A focusing element focuses the plurality of wavelength components and a programmable optical phase modulator receives the focused plurality of wavelength components. The modulator is configured to steer the wavelength components to a selected one of the optical outputs. The programmable optical phase modulator is oriented with respect to the optical port array so that an axis along which the optical beam is steered is non-coincident with the common axis along which the input and outputs extend. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285868 | COLORED COMPOSITION AND IMAGE DISPLAY STRUCTURE - A colored composition includes: an azomethine pigment represented by the following Formula (1) and having a solubility in n-hexane of 1% by mass or more at 25° C. and 0.1 MPa; and a non-polar solvent: | 2014-09-25 |
20140285869 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY DEVICE WITH LIGHT DIFFUSER - An electrowetting display device includes at least one picture element having a first support plate, a second support plate and a space between the first support plate and the second support plate. The first support plate includes a reflector for reflecting light and the second support plate includes a light diffuser. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285870 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrowetting display device includes a first base substrate, a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first base substrate and positioned to respectively correspond to positions of a plurality of pixels, a partition wall disposed on the first base substrate to partition the pixels, a second electrode disposed on the partition wall and including a plurality of openings, a second base substrate facing the first base substrate, and an electrowetting layer disposed between the first base substrate and the second base substrate, the electrowetting layer respectively being moved by voltages respectively applied to the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285871 | HIDDEN HINGE MEMS WITH TEMPORARY GIMBAL ANCHOR - Micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) mirror devices and manufacturing methods thereof. The device comprising a hinge layer having orthogonal tilt and roll hinges connecting inner and outer platforms such that the inner platform has bi-directional rotation. An electrode layer connected beneath the hinge layer controls rotation of the platforms. A mirror layer above the hinge layer comprises a mirror connected to the inner platform via a pedestal and fixed membrane connected to the hinge layer but detached from the mirror. An anchor temporarily reduces movement of the outer platform during fabrication. In a fabrication state, the anchor anchors the outer platform to the mirror layer's fixed membrane. In a post-fabrication state, a gap releases the outer platform. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285872 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - The fundamental wave light emitted from a semiconductor laser is converted in wavelength by a wavelength conversion element and emitted therefrom. A lightning circuit lights the semiconductor laser, and a temperature control unit | 2014-09-25 |
20140285873 | Laser Illumination Systems and Methods for Dual-Excitation Wavelength Non-Linear Optical Microscopy and Micro-Spectroscopy Systems - An illumination system is disclosed for providing dual-excitation wavelength illumination for non-linear optical microscopy and micro-spectroscopy. The illumination system includes a laser system, an optical splitting means, a frequency shifting system, and a picosecond amplifier system. The laser system includes a laser for providing a first train of pulses at a center optical frequency ω | 2014-09-25 |
20140285874 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SIGNAL GAIN OF A RAMAN AMPLIFIER - A Raman amplifier comprising a gain control unit adapted to control a pump power of an optical pump signal in response to at least one monitored optical feedback signal reflected back from a transmission line fiber connected to said pumped Raman amplifier. | 2014-09-25 |
20140285875 | REMOTE PUMPED DUAL CORE OPTICAL FIBER SYSTEM FOR USE IN SUBTERRANEAN WELLS - A downhole optical system can include an optical fiber disposed in a subterranean well, and an optical fiber amplifier which amplifies optical power in a core of the optical fiber in the well, the amplifier being optically pumped with optical power in another core of the optical fiber in the well. Another downhole optical system can include an optical fiber disposed in a subterranean well, the optical fiber comprising multiple cores, and an optical fiber amplifier comprising multiple cores optically coupled respectively to the optical fiber multiple cores in the well. | 2014-09-25 |