44th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120274927 | DISTRIBUTED BRILLOUIN SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING FEW-MODE SENSING OPTICAL FIBER - Some embodiments of a distributed Brillouin optical fiber sensing system employs a sensing optical fiber that supports two or more (i.e., few) guided modes. Pump light supported by one of the guided modes is used to form a dynamic Brillouin grating (DBG). Probe light supported by at least one of the other guided modes interacts with the DBG to form reflected probe light that is received and analyzed to determine a Brillouin frequency shift, a phase matching wavelength between probe and pump light, a reflection location, which in turn allows for making a measurement of at least one condition along the sensing optical fiber. Supporting the pump and probe light in different guided modes results in the optical fiber sensing system being able to simultaneously measure temperature and strain and having a higher spatial resolution than sensing systems where the pump light and probe light share a common guided mode. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274928 | METHOD OF MEASURING CUTOFF WAVELENGTH - A method for accurately measuring the cutoff wavelength of a high order mode of an optical fiber includes a first step of measuring power spectrum P | 2012-11-01 |
20120274929 | DETECTING SPECIES IN A DILUTE MEDIUM - Method and apparatus for detecting a species in a dilute medium, the species having a spectral feature, the apparatus comprising: a beam source arranged to generate a first laser beam and a second laser beam coherent with each other, and having a matching chirp pattern. Beam guide arranged to pass at least the first laser beam through the dilute medium; a beam mixer arranged to mix the first and the second laser beams to form a mixed beam. Detector arranged to detect, during the chirp pattern, the mixed beam and to measure changes in the mixed beam caused by refractive index variations in the dilute medium across a spectral feature. Output providing a signal that changes in response to the measured changes. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274930 | ENCLOSURE FOR AN OPTICAL INSPECTION APPARATUS - An enclosure for an optical inspection apparatus for scanning the profile of at least one surface of an article moving along a travel path axis, which apparatus having a frame for mounting a profile sensor unit using a laser source, includes a peripheral portion connected to the frame and forming spaced apart peripheral edges defining a space in which the frame and the profile sensor unit are contained, and front end and rear end portions each having an opening aligned with the travel path axis to allow the movement of the article through the apparatus. At least one of the front and rear end portions is provided with a pair of access doors having outer closing edges adapted to mate with corresponding portions of the peripheral edges, and inner closing edges adapted to mate one with another at first portions thereof, wherein at least one of the inner closing edges is provided with a clearance at a second portion thereof to define one of the openings whenever the access doors are brought one toward another to a closing position. The second portion is provided with at least one shielding element adjacent to the clearance to confine reflections of the laser beam within the enclosure while allowing the movement of the article. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274931 | DEFECT DETECTION METHOD AND DEFECT DETECTION DEVICE AND DEFECT OBSERVATION DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - The disclosed device, which, using an electron microscope or the like, minutely observes defects detected by an optical appearance-inspecting device or an optical defect-inspecting device, can reliably insert a defect to be observed into the field of an electron microscope or the like, and can be a device of a smaller scale. The electron microscope ( | 2012-11-01 |
20120274932 | POLISHING WITH COPPER SPECTRUM - A method of controlling polishing includes polishing a substrate of a non-metallic layer undergoing polishing and a metal layer underlying the non-metallic layer; storing a metal reference spectrum, the metal reference spectrum being a spectrum of light reflected from a same metal material as the metal layer; measuring a sequence of raw spectra of light reflected from the substrate during polishing with an in-situ optical monitoring system; normalizing each raw spectrum in the sequence of spectra to generate a sequence of normalized spectra, of which normalizing includes a division operation where the measured spectrum is in the numerator and the metal reference spectrum is in the denominator; and determining at least one of a polishing endpoint or an adjustment for a polishing rate based on at least one normalized predetermined spectrum from the sequence of normalized spectra. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274933 | Detection system for airborne particles - This invention relates to a detection system for particles suspended in a gas. The detection system includes an electrostatic precipitator constructed to collect the particles from the gas onto a collection surface using the force of an induced electrostatic charge on the particles. The detection system also includes an optical probe coupled with the electrostatic precipitator and constructed to probe the particles with a beam in order to detect the particles. The body of the electrostatic precipitator has a geometry that allows the beam to travel from the optical probe to the collection surface. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274934 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING A SAMPLE THROUGH VARIABLE ANGLE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY - Described are systems and methods for variable angle Raman spectroscopy, in which electromagnetic radiation will be caused to intersect the sample under investigation at a plurality of angles of incidence, so as to provide Raman scattering spectra at each angle. One example use of measuring such spectra at multiple angles of incidence is to enable evaluation at a plurality of depths within the sample. In many implementations, the range of the angles of incidence will include, and extend to either side, of the critical angle. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274935 | DETECTION DEVICE - A detection device includes a sensor chip, a suction section adapted to suck a fluid sample to the sensor chip, a light source adapted to irradiate the sensor chip, a light intensity adjustment section adapted to adjust intensity of the light, a light detection section adapted to detect the light reflecting the sample adsorbed to the sensor chip, and a control section adapted to perform drive control on the suction section. The control section sets the suction flow velocity to V1 in the first mode in which the light detection section performs the detection, and sets the suction flow velocity to V2 (V2>V1) in the second mode. The light intensity adjustment section sets the light intensity to L1 in the first mode, and sets the light intensity to L2 (L2>L1) in the second mode. The first and second modes are switched based on the signal from the light detection section. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274936 | SOLUTION SAMPLE PLATE WITH WELLS DESIGNED FOR IMPROVED RAMAN SCATTERING SIGNAL DETECTION EFFICIENCY - Devices, methods of using the device, systems including the device that include a sample plate with sample containers (wells), wherein at least a portion of the surface of the sample plate and/or sample containers is coated with an optical reflective material. The optical reflective material, provides enhanced excitation signal intensity and enhanced Raman signal intensity. Such enhancement provides improved total signal detection capabilities, and methods of improved focusing algorithms. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274937 | LIGHT PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A portion of a first portion of light ( | 2012-11-01 |
20120274938 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AIRCRAFT ICING CONDITIONS - An apparatus for detecting icing conditions on an aircraft includes a laser system configured to direct a light signal into a cloud, a lens component configured to collect echo signals from a cloud caused by the light signal directed into the cloud, a beam splitter component configured to redirect signals received and passing through the lens component into at least first and second paths and a supercooled large droplet (SLD) detector to receive the redirected signals. The SLD includes a first signal detector component configured to perform a first color measurement on the first redirected signal, and a second signal detector component configured to perform a second color measurement on the second redirected signal. The SLD detector is configured to use the first and second color measurements to determine liquid water content and droplet diameter distribution for the cloud. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274939 | AUTOMATIC INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR DETECTING STAINS ON POLARIZING PLATE USING COLOR DIFFERENCE ANALYSIS AND INSPECTION METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an automatic inspection apparatus and method for detecting stains on a polarizing plate using color difference analysis. The automatic inspection apparatus includes an inspection unit including at least one reference polarizing plate and a target polarizing plate or polarizing element mounted on the at least one reference polarizing plate; a light source unit disposed on one surface of the inspection unit and irradiating the inspection unit with light; an imaging unit disposed on the other surface of the inspection unit, imaging the target polarizing plate or polarizing element, and transferring an image thereof; and an arithmetic operation unit performing color difference analysis for individual inspection regions of the image of the target polarizing plate or polarizing element transferred by the imaging unit and detecting a blurred stain. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274940 | Optical Assemblies for a Color Measurement Instrument - The optical assemblies disclosed herein advantageously utilize a beamsplitting apparatus in association with (i) the illumination path or (ii) the collection path of a color measurement instrument. Thus, the beamsplitting apparatus may be configured to spectrally divide one or more initial beams of light to emit a plurality of resultant beams of light, wherein the optical assembly is configured to illuminate a target using at least a first and second of the plurality of resultant beams. Alternatively, the beamsplitting apparatus may be configured to spectrally divide light received from a target to emit a plurality of resultant beams of light, wherein the optical assembly is configured to detect at least a first and second of the plurality of resultant beams of light. Advantageously, each of the first and second resultant beams is a product of a distinct set of one or more spectral constraints exacted by the beamsplitting apparatus. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274941 | SINTERED CERAMIC, CERAMIC SPHERE, AND DEVICE FOR INSPECTING CERAMIC SPHERE - Provided are a sintered ceramic and a ceramic sphere which are inhibited from suffering surface peeling due to fatigue resulting from repetitions of loading and can attain an improvement in dimensional accuracy when subjected to surface processing and which have excellent wear resistance and durability. A ceramic-sphere inspection device is also provided with which a ceramic sphere is inspected for a flaw present in the surface layer and for snow flakes without destroying the ceramic sphere. The device is a ceramic-sphere inspection device ( | 2012-11-01 |
20120274942 | SIGNAL PROCESSING - There is described a method and apparatus for processing light pulses returned from an optical sensor, wherein the light pulses are applied to two interferometer arrangements, a first interferometer arranged simply to superimpose two pulses and detect a first resulting value, and the other interferometer being arranged to apply a relative phase shift of about π/2 before super-imposing the two pulses to detect a second resulting value. The relative phase shift is applied by shifting the phase of one or both of the pulses. The first and second resulting values are divided to give a third value, representative of the sensor state. A seismic sensor array using such an apparatus to process returning pulses is also described. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274943 | FIZEAU REFERENCE ARM USING A CHIRPED FIBER BRAGG GRATING - An improved interferometer measurement system is presented. In a preferred embodiment, a chirped fiber Bragg grating is used as a reference surface in a Fizeau interferometer arrangement for optical coherence tomography imaging of the eye. The grating creates a virtual reference surface near the sample and allows for a relatively short reference arm while maintaining close to zero delay interference conditions. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274944 | TITANIUM-DOPED AMORPHOUS ALUMINUM NITRIDE MICROLASER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - A microlaser system, including a microlaser, having an elongated generally cylindrical substrate, a thin dopant film encircling at least a portion of the substrate, and a pumping laser positioned to shine onto the thin film. The thin film is between about 2 and about 10 microns thick. When the pumping laser shines on the thin film, the thin film lases in whispering gallery mode. The dopant is preferably selected from the group including transition metals and rare-earth elements. In a most preferred embodiment, the thin film is titanium-doped amorphous aluminum nitride. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274945 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF AN OBJECT BY MEASURING THE WAVE FRONT THEREOF - A system for structural analysis of an object, including a device for generating an input light beam arranged so as to cause the input beam generated to interact with at least one portion of the object, and a device for receiving the output light beam resulting from the interaction between the input beam and the object. In this system, the receiving device include a wavefront analyzer arranged so as to measure the electromagnetic field of the wave of the output beam received, and the generating device has a spatial coherence adapted to that of the receiving device. A structural analysis method implementing such a system is presented. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274946 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING A HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES - A method and system for interference based detection of height (H) of a microscopic structure. Wherein N*(Ws/2)>H>(N−1)*(Ws/2); wherein N is a positive integer, w | 2012-11-01 |
20120274947 | Device for Detecting Laser Spot with Matrix Deviometer - In the field of deviometers used for detecting and locating laser spots, and more precisely to a laser spot detector with matrix deviometer, a device comprises a readout circuit exhibiting a matrix of pixels, a matrix of photodiodes produced on a single substrate, said photodiodes each comprising an individual electrode, and a laser pulse detection device. The particular feature of the device resides in the fact that said matrix of photodiodes is hybridized on said readout circuit by way of balls made of flexible and conducting material, such as indium, placed in contact with the pixels of the readout circuit, so that said single substrate constitutes an electrode common to the set of photodiodes and that said individual electrodes are linked to said pixels by said balls. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274948 | ABSOLUTE POSITION ENCODER - In an absolute position encoder, a multi-spectral light source illuminates a position on a topographic surface at an angle of incidence determined from a vector normal to the surface. A target on, and positionally-registered to, the topographic surface comprises a variable grating that diffracts the incident light to form a multi-spectral diffraction pattern in which the angular dispersion of the diffraction pattern varies with the absolute position of the incident light along the grating. A chromatically responsive sensor detects a narrow band of the diffraction pattern through an entrance aperture positioned at an angle of detection determined from the vector normal to the topographic surface and outputs a signal responsive to the change in the angular dispersion of the detected narrow band of the diffraction pattern. The source/sensor unit maintains (within an acceptable noise tolerance) its geometric relationship to the vector normal to the topographic surface at the position of illumination. A processing element uses a system transfer function to map the detected signal to an absolute-position on the topographic surface. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274949 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT DATA GENERATING METHOD - An ink jet printing apparatus comprises a distributing unit configured to distribute print data for printing dot into data used for printing by first printing elements provided in a print head and data used for printing by second printing elements provided in the same print head, and a determining unit configured to, for the data used for printing by the respective parts of the printing element arrays of each of first and second print heads which have the overlapped print regions, determine a ratio between amount of the data used for printing by a combination of the first and second printing element arrays in the first print head and a combination of the first and second printing element arrays in the second print head. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274950 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises a reception unit configured to receive data with a first resolution, a correction unit configured to correct a coordinate system of the data with the first resolution into a coordinate system with a second resolution higher than the first resolution, a rendering unit configured to perform rendering processing for the data with the second resolution which is corrected to the coordinate system with the second resolution by the correction unit, and a resolution conversion unit configured to convert the data with the second resolution rendered by the rendering unit into the data with the first resolution by performing weighting calculation processing for a pixel in the data with the second resolution and a neighbor pixel of the pixel. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274951 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - A large and small dot distribution pattern is generated, for each chip, according to a large and small dot distribution ratio and ejection failure nozzle information. In doing so, a bias of large and small dot distribution ratio at a nozzle position including an ejection failure nozzle is set to be smaller than that at a nozzle position that does not including an ejection failure nozzle. Then, dot data to be printed by the ejection failure nozzle is equally distributed to large dot nozzles that can eject normally and small dot nozzles. By such a configuration, even if a plurality of printing chips have different printing characteristics, ejection failure compensation processing is performed to minimize image degradation caused by an unexpected ejection failure and an average ejection volume of each of the chips converge on a fixed target ejection volume, which leads to reduction of density unevenness among the chips. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274952 | Image Display Apparatus, Image Display System, and Image Display Control Program - Disclosed is an image display apparatus that sets a thinning rate, determined according to a designated display magnification ratio, with reference to plural display magnification ratio ranges, and a predetermined thinning rate determined in association with each display magnification ratio range, stores page image data, obtained from an apparatus storing information about the job, into a storage section by thinning page image data, pasts the thinned page image into a frame having a size according to the designated display magnification ratio, and displays the image pasted into the frame. When a display magnification ratio is changed within an identical display magnification ratio range, the image display apparatus pastes, by utilizing page image data according to a thinning rate before the change, the page image after magnifying it to fit into a frame having a size according to a display magnification ratio after the change. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274953 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - A specific operation based on specific data that is received for recording to a recording medium can be performed and the best recording result can be achieved without changing the control device as much as possible. When a string recording command specifying a string containing a specific string is contained in recording data, the recording control unit | 2012-11-01 |
20120274954 | PRINTING DEVICE HAVING INTERNAL GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE DISPLAY - A printing apparatus includes non-transparent doors and/or drawers on a body of the printing apparatus. The non-transparent doors and drawers allow access to internal areas of the body of the printing apparatus. A processor is within the body of the printing apparatus, and the processor controls actions of the printing apparatus. Also, at least one internal graphic user interface display is within the body of the printing apparatus. The internal graphic user interface display is operatively connected to the processor, and the internal graphic user interface display is positioned to be observable only when the non-transparent doors and drawers are open. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274955 | Data architecture for mixed resolution interleaved cross-channel data flow and format - The present application provides a mixed resolution, interleaving-based, cross-channel data flow and data format for a printer image path. The architecture provides pixel data for a colorant of a given writing channel at its nominal (full) resolution, while pixel data for other colorants is provided at lowered resolution. Pixel data for a primary channel at its full resolution is interleaved with data for other secondary channels at lower resolution. Known sub-sampling or compression techniques can be used to lower the resolution of the secondary channels. The data at the different resolutions is generated by the digital front end (DFE), which distributes the data for each writing channel at the time it is needed. Preferably, the low resolution data is sent first to the writer, followed by high resolution data, so that data buffering is minimized. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274956 | DUPLEX PRINTER WITH INTERNAL HARD DRIVE - A duplex color printer includes a pair of print engines mounted in an opposed manner to define a print media feed path therebetween, each print engine including a printhead and a transfer roller for receiving ejected ink from the printhead; a pair of print media trays mounted on either side of the body for respectively containing print media; a print media feed arrangement for feeding print media from one of the trays along the print media path into the other one of the trays; an internal hard drive for locally storing pre-rasterized documents; an interface for facilitating user selection of a locally stored pre-rasterized document for printing by the pair of print engines; and a cleaning station provided in each print engine. Each cleaning station includes a resilient wiper and an absorbent sponge. The resilient wiper is provided downstream of the absorbent sponge with respect to the transfer roller. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274957 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SETTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH SETTING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes a setting screen displaying portion to display a setting screen having a setting value setting area, an input screen displaying portion, responsive to designation of a position within a prescribed area determined by the setting area in the setting screen while the setting screen is being displayed, to display an input screen including input key images to be overlaid on the setting screen, a first setting value accepting portion to accept a value corresponding to the input key image designated by the user in the input screen, an operation accepting portion including hard keys, a second setting value accepting portion to accept a value corresponding to the hard key designated by the user, and a display terminating portion, responsive to acceptance of an operation of enabling the operation accepting portion while the input screen is being displayed, to terminate the display of the input screen. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274958 | COLOR ADJUSTMENT METHOD, COLOR ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A color adjustment method includes a color adjustment step to obtain an adjusted CMYK value from an output CMYK value using a color adjustment table. The color adjustment table is to convert the output CMYK value into the adjusted CMYK value and created based on first and third tables. The third table is created based on: a CMYK value determined by C, M and Y values and a K value found from the C, M and Y values, the CMYK value having a proportion of the K value to the CMYK value larger than the proportion used when a second table is created; and a relationship between the CMYK value and the output color value for the CMYK value. This relationship is obtained based on a relationship between an input CMYK value and the output color value of the first table. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274959 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an image forming apparatus and an image forming method thereof. The image forming method includes: selecting at least one among plural scanning profiles needed for color management at a scanning operation of a document and plural printing profiles needed for the color management at a printing operation of the document according to a user's input; and generating a printing image based on the selected scanning and printing profiles and a preset scanning or printing profile. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274960 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING OPERATION FOR IMAGE INFORMATION - An image processing apparatus includes: an operation section by which a user selects image information and that is configured to perform an operation for the selected image information; a determination section configured to determine a display item to be displayed by the operation section based on attribute information that corresponds to the selected image information; and an operation control section configured to change the displayed item to be displayed by the operation section based on a determination result by the determination section. A method for performing an operation for image information includes: displaying a plurality of sets of image information so as to allow a user to select predetermined image information; determining a display item to be displayed, based on attribute information that corresponds to the selected image information; and changing the displayed item to be displayed, based on a determination result. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274961 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - Wasteful consumption of recording media is minimized without making any changes to the control device. When a string is recorded based on a string recording command and the string is a repetitive string made by repeating characters related to font data having white space on either or both the end in the direction corresponding to the conveyance direction and the end in the direction corresponding to the opposite direction, the recording control unit | 2012-11-01 |
20120274962 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO TROUBLESHOOT MALFUNCTIONS IN MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES USING A WIRELESS HANDHELD DEVICE - The present specification discloses systems and methods for enabling users to troubleshoot multifunction devices using handheld devices, such as mobile phones. In one embodiment, software executing on the handheld device receives data indicative of an error state in a multifunction device, causes the handheld device to obtain and display an image representative of an area of the multifunction device which would need to be serviced to address the error state, determines instructions for addressing the error state, and causes the handheld device to display the instructions in relation to the image representative of an area of the multifunction device. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274963 | DELAYED REVIEW OF SCANNED DOCUMENTS USING UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION MARKING ON SCANNED DOCUMENTS - A method and system include a computerized device operatively connected to a multi-function printing device. The multi-function printing device has a scanner, a media path, a printer, etc. The scanner scans a plurality of sheets of media to produce scanned images. The computerized device automatically stores the scanned images, and the media path automatically feeds the sheets of media from the scanner to the printer after the scanner scans the sheets of media. The printer automatically prints unique identification markings on the sheets of media after the scanner scans the sheets of media, such that each of the sheets of media has a different identification marking printed thereon by the printer. The computerized device automatically adds data representing each unique identification marking to each corresponding scanned image stored within the computerized device. When error images (e.g., ones of the sheets of media that were not scanned properly by the scanner) are identified, the computerized device automatically outputs the data representing each the unique identification marking for each of the error images, allowing a user to locate the sheet of media associated with the error image, to permit the improperly scanned sheets to be rescanned. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274964 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PROFILE - An information processing system including a multifunction peripheral for reading a document according to a profile set by users. A host server stores the profile and a management section registers and deletes the profile. An information processing terminal has a setting processing section for providing the profile being set by the user to the management section. The storage section preliminarily stores an identification code. the setting processing section acquires an identification code for determination and provides the code to the management section prior to profile registration. The management section compares the provided identification code for determination with the identification code for management to register the profile provided by the information processing terminal without a time limit when the codes match or register the profile provided by the information processing terminal with a time limit when the codes do not match to delete the profile when the time limit elapses. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274965 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus is provided which has an operating panel capable of providing a screen display and a Web browser. The image forming apparatus includes a storage for storing predetermined text that is data to be entered into a text entry box of a Web page; a text entry limiting portion for, when the Web page displayed on the operating panel by the Web browser contains the text entry box, limiting text to be entered into the text entry box to the predetermined text stored in the storage; a display processing portion for, when the text entry limiting portion limits text to be entered, displaying, on the operating panel, a screen for a user to designate the predetermined text as text to be entered into the text entry box; and an operation processing portion for informing the Web browser of the predetermined text designated by the user. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274966 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An input recognizer performs a processing of recognizing handwriting input or soft key input, and a processing of calculating a length of a trajectory which a depressing coordinate has moved by repeating acquisition of the depressing coordinate on an input screen in response to an interruption command requesting input recognition. An interruption commander selectively performs a handwriting input mode and a soft key input mode. An input mode switcher sets a mode of the interruption commander to the soft key input mode when a depressing start of a touch panel portion is detected, and switches the mode of the interruption commander from the soft key input mode to the handwriting input mode when the input recognizer recognizes that the length of the trajectory which the depressing coordinate has moved form detection of the depressing start reaches a predetermined value. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274967 | COMPUTER CAPABLE OF SETTING NEW ENVIRONMENT FOR USING NEW ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A computer allowing a user to use, even when the printing device is changed, a new printing device in a state close to a familiar environment of use is provided. The computer includes a determining unit determining whether an existing environment for using another electronic device used for the same usage as the new electronic device has been set in the computer. The computer further includes a setting unit selectively executing a process for setting an environment for using the new electronic device in the computer using the existing environment as a reference, and a process for setting a default setting for using the new electronic device in the computer, depending on a result of determination. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274968 | SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus is connected to an information processing apparatus via a network. The image forming apparatus transmits setting information contained in a setting screen to the information processing apparatus and receives customized setting information generated by the information processing apparatus based on the setting information, whereby the setting screen is customized by the customized setting information. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274969 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONICALLY AUTO-FILING AND RETRIEVING REVERSIBLE WRITE ERASEABLE PAPER DOCUMENTS - An embodiment generally relates to systems and methods for electronically auto-filing and retrieving erasable paper document documents configured for ultraviolet (UV) imaging. A device can automatically generate an electronic version of the erasable paper document and store the electronic version in a database. A user can search the database for the electronic version with identification information associated with the erasable paper document, upon which the systems and methods can retrieve the electronic version of the erasable paper document for the user. The electronic version of the erasable paper document can be re-rendered either as a new erasable paper document, for display to the user, or other renderings. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274970 | PRODUCING AN IMAGE AND OPTICAL FILE - A method of making a digital image file from a visible first digital image and from a visible second digital image of a machine-readable optical code, wherein the machine-readable optical code encodes information associated with or derived from the first digital image includes using a scanner to scan the visible first digital image and using the scanner to scan the visible second digital image and using a processor to make the digital image file by storing in a memory the scanned first digital image in an image portion and storing the scanned second digital image in retrievable association with the first digital image in an information portion. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274971 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an authentication unit, a communication unit, a function availability data obtaining unit, a usage authorization data obtaining unit, and a display controller. The authentication unit authenticates a user. The communication unit communicates with an external device connected thereto. The function availability data obtaining unit obtains, from a memory, function availability data that defines whether or not a function related to the external device is available. The usage authorization data obtaining unit obtains usage authorization data indicating whether or not the user is authorized to use the function. The display controller causes, when the external device is connected to the communication unit, a display to display a screen related to authentication of the user, an image related to the function, or an image for notifying the user that the function is unavailable, in accordance with the function availability data or the usage authorization data. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274972 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a power supply controller controls the image forming apparatus to operate in a normal mode and a power saving mode, in which supply of power to the image forming unit is cut off; and a plurality of interfaces that receives a transition command for transitioning from the power saving mode to the normal mode. The power supply controller performs an interface-power supply process of supplying power to at least one interface; a first change process of changing power supply destinations in the interface-power supply process so as to reduce an amount of power supply in the interface-power supply process; and a second change process of changing the power supply destinations in the interface-power supply process after the first change process so as to further reduce the amount of power supply. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274973 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a power supply controller controls the image forming apparatus to operate in a power saving mode, in which supply of power to the image forming unit is cut off, and a normal mode; and a plurality of interfaces that receives a transition command for transitioning from the power saving mode to the normal mode. The power supply controller is configured to perform: an interface-power supply process of supplying power to at least one interface; a determining process of determining whether availability is high or low for an operating interface receiving power supply in the interface-power supply process; and a changing process of changing a power supply target from the operating interface to an idle interface when the availability of the operating interface is determined to be low. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274974 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A printing system comprising a printing device and a server configured to perform data communication with the printing device. The printing device comprises a printing unit configured to print an image on a printing sheet, an attachment unit to which a removable medium is removably attached, a first communication interface configured to communicate with the server, and a first controller configured to acquire at least part of data in the removable medium attached to the attachment unit, control the first communication interface to transmit the acquired data to the server, delete the data in the removable medium corresponding to the acquired data. The server comprises a second communication interface configured to communicate with the printing device, a server-side storage configured to store the acquired data, and a second controller configured to store the acquired data received by the second communication interface in the server-side storage. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274975 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT DATA GENERATOR, PROCESSOR, PRINTING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing system, including a plurality of printers, a print data generation section for generating print data printable by one or a plurality of the printers, and a decision section for deciding, based on information concerning printing functions of each of the plurality of printers, whether to generate shared print data printable by a plurality of printing functions or to generate dedicated print data printable by a single printing function, wherein the print data generation section generates the shared print data or the dedicated print data based on a result of the decision made by the decision section. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274976 | DISTRIBUTED PRINT PROCESSING - In one embodiment, receipt of a print job at a printer is recognized. If the printer has a set of capabilities needed to meet requirements of the job, local processing is performed, and printing of the job at the printer is caused. If the printer does not have the set, and the printer and a print service available to the printer via a network together have the set, the job is sent to the service for remote processing. After the remote processing, the job is received at the printer from the service. Printing of the job, at the printer and in accordance with the requirements, is caused. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274977 | Mobile Access Notification Service Interface - Apparatus are provided that include a mobile access notification service interface configured to operate on messages targeting a mobile access notification service so that a given message targeting a given user via the mobile access notification service causes a access notice indicator of the given user's mobile data communication device to visibly show when data from the given message is ready for access via one or more designated non-mobile access devices. The mobile access notification service interface includes an access notification trigger data detector configured to process and identify, from among plural messages originating at message source machines, access notification messages containing access notification trigger data. A mobile access notification service linking mechanism is configured to link access notification messages containing the access notification trigger data to access notice indicators on corresponding targeted user mobile data communication devices, to link the access notification messages to one or more non-mobile access devices for access of content of the access notification messages at those non-mobile access devices, and to communicate non-mobile access device access code information to the targeted users for controlled user access at the one or more non-mobile access devices. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274978 | HALFTONE SCREEN PRODUCING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROLLING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PRODUCING HALFTONE SCREEN, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING, METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A halftone screen producing apparatus is provided. The halftone screen producing apparatus includes: an input unit to receive screen information, a dot center arrangement unit to arrange dot centers within a screen based on the screen information, a Voronoi calculation unit to calculate a Voronoi value for each dot within the screen in which the dot centers are arranged, a filter calculation unit to calculate a filter value for each dot within the screen in which the dot centers are arranged, and a dot value setting unit to set a dot value within the screen based on the calculated Voronoi value and the calculated filter value. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274979 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes a reception unit and an execution unit. The reception unit receives a first parameter, which is to be transmitted responsive to a user issued request instruction sent to the apparatus and is described in a format that conforms to a first network protocol corresponding to the request. The execution unit, when the apparatus is compliant with the first network protocol, interprets the received first parameter and executes request processing based on a result of interpretation, and, when the apparatus is not compliant, adds the received first parameter to a second parameter which is described in a format per a second network protocol different from the first network protocol, transmits the second parameter to a server, receives a processing result from the server which has interpreted the first parameter based on the second parameter, and executes request processing based on the processing result. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274980 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR REDUCING LOAD ON A SERVER APPARATUS - In a system in which a web server provides an operation screen related to cooperative processing, forcing the web server to generate all of operation screens in consideration of an MFP as a cooperation destination for the cooperative processing may increase the load on the web server. Therefore, when a specific condition is satisfied, for example, when an error has occurred in the MFP as a cooperation destination for the cooperative processing or when a specific function is used as cooperative processing, not the web server but the MFP as a cooperation destination for the cooperative processing provides an MFP with an operation screen related to the cooperative processing. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274981 | TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD IN THE TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS - A tape printing apparatus, including: an input unit configured to input print data and a layout of the print data; a display unit configured to have a display screen; a dividing unit configured to divide the print data into a plurality of blocks based on the layout input by the input unit; a display control unit configured to display the print data by scrolling the print data on the display screen, using the display unit, for each of the blocks divided by the dividing unit; and a printing unit configured to print the print data on a tape-shaped print medium in accordance with the layout input by the input unit. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274982 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS AND SERVER - A terminal transmits a first e-mail to which a file to be printed is attached to a server, and the server temporarily saves the file attached to the first e-mail. The server transmits a second e-mail for confirming a user to the terminal, and the terminal returns information on the user to the server in response to the second e-mail. When the server has acquired the information on the user, the server converts the file temporarily saved into a file for printing and registers the converted file in the server. The server transmits the registered file for printing to a printing apparatus to cause the printing apparatus to print the file. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274983 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus comprises: a receiver which receives facsimile or print data file in a page description language, from an information processing apparatus; a spooler which stores the facsimile or print data file received therefrom, on the spooler itself; a converter which converts the facsimile or print data file stored on the spooler, to an image data format; a job generator which generates a job based on the obtained image data file; a facsimile transmitter; a printer; and a job controller which instructs the facsimile transmitter or the printer to perform facsimile transmission or printing according to the generated job, respectively. And the converter selects the facsimile or print data file among those stored on the spooler, based on the state of the printer and the state of the facsimile transmitter, before converting the facsimile or print data file to an image data format. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274984 | POLYGONAL-BOUNDARY-BASED HALFTONE METHOD - As set forth herein, computer-implemented methods and systems facilitate halftoning using boundaries and centers of a polygonal tiling with a parameterized spot function that operates within the tiles. Defining the halftone structure includes defining the polygonal tiling with a specification of the polygon boundaries and center, and setting and applying parameters of the spot function, which utilizes center-to-boundary distances. The tiling can be defined explicitly, by defining a tile structure, or providing centers, one per polygon, and vertices for the polygons. The vertices and centers are used to generate the polygon boundaries. The polygonal tiling can be regular (e.g., repetitive) or irregular, and can also be varied in a manner adapted to the image content or to data that is being embedded. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274985 | PARAMETRICALLY CONTROLLED HALFTONE SPOT FUNCTION FOR AN IRREGULAR HALFTONE GRID - As set forth herein, computer-implemented methods and systems facilitate halftoning using a parametrically controlled spot function based on triangle tessellation, which in turn facilitates dot growth control of periodic halftone using an irregular seed structure. The spot function determines the shape of the halftone dot used to reproduce a given pixel. The spot function is well suited for growing halftone dots arrayed on a non-regular grid and can also be used for grids with regular order. The spot function includes adjustable parameters for controlling its sharpness and slope. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274986 | Image Forming Apparatus and Gradation Correction Method - Image forming apparatus ( | 2012-11-01 |
20120274987 | ELECTRONICALLY MESSAGE CAPTURE THROUGH INTERACTION WITH PRINTED DOCUMENT - A system for capturing an electronic message is disclosed. The system includes a printer, a sensing device and a computer system. The printer prints on a substrate user information visible to a user and coded tags invisible to the user. Each coded tag encodes an identity unique to the substrate and a location of the coded tag on the substrate. The user information defines a message area on the substrate. The sensing device senses the coded tags on the substrate when the sensing device is moved relative to the substrate. The computer system electronically captures a message composed with the sensing device via movement of the sensing device relative to the message area, the computer system using the identity of the substrate and a sequence of respective locations of coded tags sensed by the sensing device for determining the movement relative to the message area and the message. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274988 | FACSIMILE TO E-MAIL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH LOCAL INTERFACE - A fax to E-mail system and related method are shown, whereby a hardcopy document is sent via a fax device to its recipient via electronic mail through a data network, and is delivered in such a manner that it can be retrieved by the recipient at an E-mail device and displayed on the screen of the E-mail device. The document begins as a hardcopy, as an electronic file retrieved through E-mail recipient's terminal and displayed on the computer screen of the E-mail recipient's terminal. The system and method also provides for an interface device which connects to a conventional fax device for communicating E-mail addresses and routing hardcopy documents to the E-mail network, and provides a means for embedding the functions of the interface device into conventional fax devices. The system can also be used in cooperation with Internet Web service for reporting, accounting, information services, and user interaction. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274989 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Correction amounts of pixels in a sub-scanning direction for correcting misregistration of an image are determined based on interpolation using the correction amount in the sub-scanning direction corresponding to a first segment and the correction amount in the sub-scanning direction corresponding to a second segment, both of which are configured by pixels in the image. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274990 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a scanning unit which scans a light beam on a photosensitive member in accordance with image data, and a smoothing unit which performs a smoothing for a jaggy of a scan line of a light beam scanned on the photosensitive member by the scanning unit. The smoothing unit does not perform the smoothing when the scanning unit scans a light beam in accordance with image data representing a halftone image. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274991 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT ORIENTATION DETECTION - In one embodiment, a method of detecting document orientation includes capturing a document image, binarizing each subimage of the document image to retain textual content and eliminate graphic and noise content from the document image, detecting portrait or landscape orientation based on values computed from strip-based projection profiles, and detecting up or down text orientation based on a text-asymmetry ratio computed from strip-based projection profiles. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274992 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a first storage unit that stores first information regarding a first unit, a second storage unit that stores second information regarding a second unit, and a reading unit disposed so as to face the first unit and the second unit. The reading unit reads the first information stored in the first storage unit and the second information stored in the second storage unit. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274993 | LENS PLATE, LENS UNIT, EXPOSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A lens plate includes at least one lens row including a plurality of lenses aligned in a first direction, each lens including a lens surface that includes perimeter portions extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction such that two adjacent lenses are contiguous with each other at the perimeter portions. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274994 | FORWARD FACING SCANNER - A scanning apparatus comprising a sheet fed scanner and a flatbed scanner. An input tray and output tray for the sheet fed scanner as well as the platen for the flatbed scanner all face one side of the scanning apparatus resulting in a compact ergonomic scanning system. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274995 | FORWARD FACING SCANNER - An ergonomic, compact scanner operation is achieved by providing a flatbed scanner and a sheet fed scanner in a space efficient arrangement with optimal access features for users. Documents traverse the sheet fed scanner along a path that allows inclusion of an easily accessible flat bed scanner. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274996 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a stacking unit on which a document to be fed is stacked, a sensor configured to output a signal indicating that the document has been stacked on the stacking unit, a discharging unit to which the document is to be discharged, wherein the discharging unit includes a lamp, and a control unit configured to turn on the lamp in response to the signal indicating that the document has been stacked on the stacking unit output from the sensor. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274997 | PROCESS DIRECTION STREAK SOURCE DIAGNOSIS IN PRINTERS - Methods and systems print a multi-color test pattern using a printing device to create a printed test pattern when the printing device is producing a printing defect. The methods and systems scan the printed test pattern to produce a scanned image and decompose the scanned image into color blocks using the computerized device. The methods and systems create intensity profiles of the color blocks using the computerized device and compare at least two of the intensity profiles of different colors to determine whether the intensity profiles indicate correlated printing defects using the computerized device. The methods and systems indicate, through the computerized device, whether a potential defect within a common printing element of the printing device or is located within one or more of the color printing elements of the printing device, depending upon whether the intensity profiles have correlated printing defects. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274998 | SECURITY DEVICE - A security device having a lenticular device that includes an array of lenticular focusing elements located over a corresponding array of sets of image strips such that at different viewing directions, a corresponding image strip from each set is viewed via respective ones of the lenticular focusing elements wherein the image strips are defined at least in part by a relief structure. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274999 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING, TRANSMITTING AND DISPLAYING IMAGES IN HOLOGRAPHIC FORM OF UP TO THREE DIMENSIONS - A system, method, and device for producing, transmitting and displaying images in holographic form of up to three dimensions. Information representative of a three dimensional image can be converted into three-dimensional positional data. The three-dimensional position data can be converted into an electromagnetic field which can be received by nanomachines configured to adjust position in accordance with the electromagnetic field and including mirrored endpoints for reflecting light. The nanomachines can adjust position in three dimensions so that the mirrored endpoints reflect light in a manner that reproduces the three dimensional image in holographic form. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275000 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - An optical scanning device of the present invention includes: an oscillating mirror that reflects incident light; a first beam unit that is coupled to one end of the oscillating mirror; a second beam unit that is coupled to another end of the oscillating mirror; a first driving unit that is coupled to the first beam unit, is disposed between the first beam unit and the first adjusting unit, and that causes the oscillating mirror to oscillate; and a first adjusting unit that is coupled to the first driving unit, and adjusts a modulus of elasticity of the first beam unit by elastically deforming the first beam unit. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275001 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical scanning device includes: a first scanning; a first scanning mirror driving unit; a light emission signal output unit; a light receiving unit; and a phase control unit which controls the first scanning mirror driving unit so as to delay a phase of the oscillation of the first scanning mirror when the light receiving unit outputs the detection signal before intermediate time in a case where the light receiving unit does not output the detection signal during a predetermined period of time, the phase control unit controlling the first scanning mirror driving unit so as to advance a phase of the oscillation of the first scanning mirror when the light receiving unit outputs the detection signal after the intermediate time in the case where the light receiving unit does not output the detection signal during the predetermined period of time. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275002 | SCAN TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Optical beams emitted by optical sources are incident on a mirror surface of a scan mirror in a substantially vertical direction and reflected in a substantially vertical direction by the scan mirror. The mirror surface of the scan mirror is driven to repeatedly rotate two-dimensionally by a predetermined scan angle by a scan mirror drive circuit. A polarized beam splitter causes the optical beam emitted by the optical source to be incident on the scan mirror through a quarter wave plate, and outputs the optical beam that has been reflected by the scan mirror and passed through the quarter wave plate toward the screen. A scan angle expander is arranged on the output side of the polarized beam splitter, whereby the scan angle of the optical beam is increased by N times. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275003 | Laser Scanning Optical Device - A laser scanning optical device includes: alight source having a plurality of emission points; a plate-like light source holder which holds the light source in a center of the light source holder; a base arranged to face the light source holder; and an attitude adjusting part which adjusts an attitude of the light source by adjusting a tilt of the light source holder, and the attitude adjusting part includes an inclined part and an inclination conveying part, and adjusts the tilt of the light source holder with respect to the base by displacing an abutting position of the inclined part corresponding to the inclination conveying part along an inclined surface of the inclined part. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275004 | SWITCHABLE 3D/2D OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM - The present invention is directed a switchable optical imaging system and a 3D/2D image switchable apparatus having high functional flexibility in a number of aspects and adaptability to various applications. The present invention is based on generating directional optical beams, transforming these optical beams and projecting transformed optical beams in a field of view to thereby divide the field of view into one or more adjustable viewing zones and to form 2-dimensional (2D) images or perspective views of a 3-dimensional (3D) image of an object or scene therein. The present invention is embodied in the switchable optical imaging system and the 3D/2D image switchable apparatus using the same system. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275005 | Modular Pattern Illumination and Light Beam Multiplexing for Selective Excitation of Microparticles - A modular approach to a pattern illumination system for selective excitation of microparticles is used. A dual-channel pattern module having two single-channel pattern modules are oriented at a non-zero offset angle to each other. In this arrangement, a galvo-scanner based phase-shifting module is shared between the two channels. A set of tilt mirrors are used to direct the beams from the pattern modules onto the target plane. Additional layers of pattern modules can be added to accommodate any desirable number of additional channels. The additional layer(s) may be rotationally off-set from the other layer(s) by an angular amount to simplify the layout of optical components. A remote light source module may be connected to the pattern modules through optical fiber. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275006 | COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A coated article is described. The coated article includes a substrate; and a photochromic layer formed on the substrate. The photochromic layer is a titanium layer doped with metal element ‘M’. The element ‘M’ is selected from a group consisting of nickel, iron, and chromiun. A method for applying the photochromic layer to the substrate is also described. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275007 | OPTICAL DEVICES FOR MODULATING LIGHT OF PHOTOREFRACTIVE COMPOSITIONS WITH THERMAL CONTROL - Described herein are optical devices comprising a photorefractive layer and at least two inert layers, such that the photorefractive layer is sandwiched between the two inert layers. The photorefractive layer may include a photorefractive composition that is photorefractive upon irradiation by a laser beam. In some embodiments, the photorefractive composition is formulated such that a grating that is irradiated into the photorefractive composition can be read out of the photorefractive composition without applying an external bias voltage. Furthermore, a grating that is written into the composition may be controlled using thermal treatment. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275008 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES - Conventional electrochromic devices frequently suffer from poor reliability and poor performance. Improvements are made using entirely solid and inorganic materials. Electrochromic devices are fabricated by forming an ion conducting electronically-insulating interfacial region that serves as an IC layer. In some methods, the interfacial region is formed after formation of an electrochromic and a counter electrode layer. The interfacial region contains an ion conducting electronically-insulating material along with components of the electrochromic and/or the counter electrode layer. Materials and microstructure of the electrochromic devices provide improvements in performance and reliability over conventional devices. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275009 | METHOD FOR MAKING ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method of making an electrowetting display device having a plurality of picture elements, each picture element being defined by walls surrounding a display region, the plurality of picture elements covering a first area of a support plate. The method comprises the steps of: applying a hydrophobic layer covering at least the first area; lowering the hydrophobicity of the hydrophobic layer over a second area substantially outside the display regions; forming the walls on the hydrophobic layer over the first area. The present invention further relates to an electrowetting display device. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275010 | SCULPTURAL IMAGING WITH OPTICAL TILES - Structures for representing images comprise a plurality of tile elements which, when illuminated by a light source, each direct an amount of light toward an observer at a viewing location dependent on their orientation angles. The orientation angles of each tile element may be selected based on a characteristic of a corresponding pixel of an image, such that the observer sees a representation of that image created by the varying amount of light directed to the viewing location by the tile elements. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275011 | MEMS MICROMIRROR AND MICROMIRROR ARRAY - A micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) micromirror array has an array of micromirrors on a support structure. Each micromirror is pivotally attached to the support structure by a resilient structure. The resilient structure defines a pivot axis. There is an array of electrostatic actuators for pivotally driving the array of micromirrors about the pivot axis. Each electrostatic actuator comprises a first part carried by the support structure, and a second part carried by the corresponding micromirror. An electrostatic sink is mounted to the support structure that shields at least one micromirror from spurious electrostatic actuation. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275012 | NITROGEN-LINKED SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZED PIGMENTS FOR INKS - A pigment-based ink is disclosed. The ink includes a non-polar carrier fluid and a nitrogen-linked surface functionalized pigment particle, wherein the nitrogen-linked surface functionalized pigment particle is suspended in the non-polar carrier fluid and includes an azide moiety linked to the surface of a pigment particle. The azide moiety further includes an acidic or a basic functional group bonded to it. An electronic display utilizing the pigment-based ink and a method of formulating the pigment-based ink are also disclosed. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275013 | DISPLAY SHEET, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY SHEET, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display sheet includes a substrate provided at a display surface side; a facing substrate arranged to face the first substrate; a display layer provided between the substrate and the facing substrate; a plurality of first partition units provided in the display layer and dividing the display layer into a plurality of regions in the X direction and extending in the Y direction intersecting the X direction; a porous layer provided inside each of the regions; and a dispersion liquid filled inside each of the regions in which first and second particles are dispersed with a dispersion medium. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275014 | TWIST BALL TYPE ELECTRONIC PAPER - A twist ball type electronic paper having a transparent electrode side base material having a first base material including a film having transparency, and a transparent electrode formed on one side surface of the first base material; a counter electrode side base material having a second base material including a film with an insulation property, and a counter electrode formed on one side surface of the second base material; and a twist ball layer comprising a twist ball and a low polarity solvent layer including a low polarity solvent, wherein the twist ball layer is sealed with the first base material and the second base material, and that the counter electrode side base material is disposed in such a way that the counter electrode is disposed on an opposite side with respect to the twist ball layer. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275015 | AMPLIFYING OPTICAL FIBER AND OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIER - An amplifying optical fiber includes a core doped with an active element, a cladding covering the core, and an outer cladding covering the cladding. The cladding meets a relationship of 0.92≦r/R≦0.97 where the cladding has a polygonal outer shape in cross section, and the outer shape has an inscribed circle of a diameter r and a circumscribed circle of a diameter R. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275016 | ACHROMATIC VISIBLE TO FAR INFRARED OBJECTIVE LENS - Disclosed herein are lens systems that are capable of imaging in the visible spectrum to the far infrared spectrum. The lens systems are formed from optical crystals with different and substantially parallel partial dispersion characteristics. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275017 | ENERGY CONSERVATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - An energy conservation assembly for use in a residential, commercial and/or industrial building including: a first substantially transparent substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the first substantially transparent substrate is associated with the building; an energy conservation layer having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the energy conservation layer is associated with the first substantially transparent substrate; wherein the energy conservation layer substantially reflects both infrared and ultraviolet radiation away from the building thereby reducing cooling load of the building; and wherein the energy conservation layer permits substantial transmission of visible radiation into the building. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275018 | COATED GLASSES HAVING A LOW SOLAR FACTOR - A glass transparency for an automotive roof window includes a solar control coating on a surface of a glass substrate to provide the coated glass with a solar factor in the range of equal to or less 30%, and an Lta in the range of greater than 0% to less than 50%. The solar factor is determined in accordance with ISO 13837 (2008). In another embodiment of the invention, the transparency is a laminated transparency having the solar control coating between two glass sheets. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275019 | Electronic Microscope Filter - The present invention discloses a unique and novel combination light source and active light filtering system for microscopes that eliminates the need for individual color filters, fluorescence filters, and many other filter types. The present invention provides variable light wavelength generating capabilities, and all of the benefits of most commercially available light sources in a compact package that can be mounted on a microscope or used at a distance from a microscope, but be coupled to it through a fiber optic cable or other light transmission means. Additionally, the present invention eliminates the need for a filter wheel turret in a microscope's optical path, as well as eliminates the need for multiple fluorescent filter blocks in a fluorescent microscope optical path. The present invention can improve microscope filter systems to enable effective imaging of live cells without staining. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275020 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARRAY SUBSTRATE, ARRAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SCREEN, AND SCREEN - A plurality of convex portions, or concave portions which is transferred in an array shape, and a groove are transferred with respect to the substrate having thermoplasticity by a mold member having shapes of the convex portion, or the concave portion, and a protruding portion as the groove, and substrate transfer processing is included, in which the convex portion, or concave portion, and a protruding portion which are formed in the mold member are transferred to the substrate by pressing the mold member to the substrate. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275021 | DEPTH-ENHANCING SCREENS - Depth-enhancing screens for producing a simulated 3D image. According to one aspect, the depth-enhancing screen comprises a Fresnel lens and the screen is adapted to be arranged adjacent an image source such that the Fresnel lens is arranged between the image source and a viewer and the optical centre of the Fresnel lens is offset from the geometric center of the screen. The screen may be formed from multiple overlaying Fresnel lens, which may different optical centers. The Fresnel lenses may be flat or curved along their height and/or width to form an apex in the central region. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275022 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR GENERATING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND METHOD OF MEASURING DISTANCE BY USING THE IMAGE - A monitoring system for generating a three-dimensional (3D) image, the system including: a plurality of monitoring cameras which are arranged to capture respective images of an area such that a portion of an angle of view of one monitoring camera overlaps a portion of an angle of view of another monitoring camera; and a controller which crops a plurality of overlapped images, each of which is an image of the overlapped portion, from among the respective images captured by the plurality of monitoring cameras, and generates a 3D image by adding the overlapped images. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275023 | IMMERSED REFLECTIVE POLARIZER WITH ANGULAR CONFINEMENT IN SELECTED PLANES OF INCIDENCE - A film construction ( | 2012-11-01 |
20120275024 | POLARIZER ASSEMBLY WITH ADHESIVE LAYERS - A film assembly includes a polarizer having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; a first layer of adhesive bonded to the first side of the polarizer; and a second layer of adhesive bonded to a second side of the polarizer. The first and second layers of adhesive and the polarizer form a rollable film. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275025 | PROTECTIVE COVER FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A protective cover for an electronic device includes a front casing and a rear removably coupled to the front casing to substantially enclose the electronic device therein. The rear casing includes a plurality of mounting slots in spaced relation thereon, each mounting slot configured to receive a mounting clip to attach the cover with electronic device to an external article. The rear casing includes an aperture which aligns with a camera lens of the electronic device within the cover. The cover includes a lens assembly removably attached in the aperture of the rear casing to extend the viewing capabilities of the camera lens. | 2012-11-01 |
20120275026 | LOW REFLECTANCE FINGERPRINT RESISTANT SURFACE FOR DISPLAYS - Specular and diffuse reflection and fingerprints are reduced associated with a display are reduced through the use of any or all of an anti-reflection (AR) coating, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) coating, and micro-structures to selectively deflect or diffract the incident light. | 2012-11-01 |