46th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110279803 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING A LITHOGRAPHY PROJECTION OBJECTIVE, AND SUCH A PROJECTION OBJECTIVE - A method for correcting at least one image defect of a projection objective of a lithography projection exposure machine, the projection objective comprising an optical arrangement composed of a plurality of lenses and at least one mirror, the at least one mirror having an optically operative surface that can be defective and is thus responsible for the at least one image defect, comprises the steps of: at least approximately determining a ratio VM of principal ray height h | 2011-11-17 |
20110279804 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In a single or multiple stage lithography apparatus, a table provides a confining surface to a liquid supply system during, for example, substrate table exchange and/or substrate loading and unloading. In an embodiment, the table has a sensor to make a measurement of the projection beam during, for example, substrate table exchange and/or substrate loading and unloading. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279805 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, INSPECTION SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - Systems and methods for inspection are provided utilizing a wide angle optical system. The optical system includes a wide angle input lens group and an output lens group. The wide angle input lens group is configured to receive wide-angle radiation, e.g., having an angular spread of 60 degrees or more, from an object surface, and produce imageable radiation. The wide angle input lens group is arranged such that no intermediate focused image is formed within or after the wide angle input lens group. The output lens group is configured to receive the imageable radiation from the wide angle input lens group and focus the imageable radiation onto an image plane to image at least part of the object surface. A detector receives the image of the at least part of the object surface and, based on the received image, detects, for example, contamination on the object surface. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279806 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In a single or multiple stage lithography apparatus, a table provides a confining surface to a liquid supply system during, for example, substrate table exchange and/or substrate loading and unloading. In an embodiment, the table has a sensor to make a measurement of the projection beam during, for example, substrate table exchange and/or substrate loading and unloading. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279807 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD AND SYSTEM, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING MOVABLE BODY BASED ON MEASUREMENT VALUE OF ENCODER AND INFORMATION ON FLATNESS OF SCALE, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A drive unit drives a wafer stage in a Y-axis direction based on a measurement value of an encoder that measures position information of the wafer stage in the Y-axis direction and based on information on the flatness of a scale that is measured by the encoder. In this case, the drive unit can drive the wafer stage in a predetermined direction based on a measurement value after correction in which a measurement error caused by the flatness of the scale included in the measurement value of the encoder is corrected based on the information on the flatness of the scale. Accordingly, the wafer stage can be driven with high accuracy in a predetermined direction using the encoder, without being affected by the unevenness of the scale. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279808 | FOLDED PATH LASER RANGEFINDER ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNIQUE INCORPORATING A SINGLE CIRCUIT BOARD FOR MOUNTING OF BOTH LASER EMITTING AND DETECTING ELEMENTS - A handheld, folded-path, laser rangefinder architecture and technique incorporating a single circuit board for mounting of both the laser emitting and detecting elements is disclosed. The architecture disclosed provides an efficient and low cost design for a laser rangefinder, and by eliminating the conventional provision of separate circuit boards for the laser transmitting and receiving elements, reduces the overall size of the unit and its cost of manufacture by concomitantly eliminating unnecessary interconnecting cables and the like. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279809 | STRUCTURAL ELEMENT FOR A FUSELAGE CELL STRUCTURE OF AN AIRCRAFT, COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE POSITIONING AID - A structural element for a fuselage cell structure of an aircraft, in particular a stringer profile or an annular former segment, the structural element being made from a composite material, in particular from a carbon-fibre-reinforced epoxy resin. The structural element comprises at least one positioning aid for facilitating position determination by means of a measuring system. A laser measuring system and/or a tactile measuring system may be used as a measuring system. As a result of the reflector which can be attached to the positioning aid without clearance as a target for the laser measuring system, which is preferably a laser tracker, a spatial position of the structural element in relation to a further component can be determined very precisely and without contact. Following position determination and orientation of the structural element, the reflector can be removed from the positioning aid. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279810 | High Throughput Quantum Efficiency Combinatorial Characterization Tool and Method for Combinatorial Solar Test Substrates - Simultaneous measurement of an internal quantum efficiency and an external quantum efficiency of a solar cell using an emitter that emits light; a three-way beam splitter that splits the light into solar cell light and reference light, wherein the solar cell light strikes the solar cell; a reference detector that detects the reference light; a reflectance detector that detects reflectance light, wherein the reflectance light comprises a portion of the solar cell light reflected off the solar cell; a source meter operatively coupled to the solar cell; a multiplexer operatively coupled to the solar cell, the reference detector, and the reflectance detector; and a computing device that simultaneously computes the internal quantum efficiency and the external quantum efficiency of the solar cell. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279811 | TEST APPARATUS, TEST METHOD, AND DEVICE INTERFACE - Provided is a test apparatus that tests a device under test including an optical coupler for transmitting optical signals in a surface direction and a first groove for holding an optical transmission path connected to the optical coupler. The test apparatus comprises a substrate on which the device under test is to be loaded; an optical transmission path to be connected to the optical coupler; and a pressing section that presses the optical transmission path from the substrate side toward the first groove. Also provided is a test method. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279812 | TEST APPARATUS, TEST METHOD, AND DEVICE INTERFACE - Provided is a test apparatus that tests a device under test including an optical coupler transmitting optical signals in a direction perpendicular to a device surface. The test apparatus comprises a substrate on which the device under test is to be loaded; an optical transmission path that transmits the optical signals: and a lens section that is provided facing the optical coupler on the substrate and that focuses the optical signals from an end of one of the optical coupler and the optical transmission path to an end of the other. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279813 | ALIGNMENT METHOD FOR AN IMAGE READING APPARATUS - Provided is an alignment method for an image reading apparatus including: a light source unit illuminating an original on an original table; a photoelectric conversion element for converting an optical image into an electric signal; and an imaging optical system for imaging, onto the photoelectric conversion element, a light beam from the illuminated original. The imaging optical system includes: a first optical element, arranged inside a first lens barrel, and having an optical surface that is rotationally symmetric about an optical axis; and a second optical element, arranged on an optical path between the first lens barrel and the photoelectric conversion element, and having an optical surface rotationally asymmetric about the optical axis. The alignment method includes aligning at least one of an attaching angle and an attaching position of the second optical element in a sub scanning direction relative to the first lens barrel. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279814 | WHEEL ALIGNMENT MEASURING - A method for determining the alignment of a pair of vehicle wheels includes the steps of positioning a beam projecting device consecutively on each wheel, in the same angular relationship to the wheel, and projecting a beam to a receptor, which is located in a predetermined angular relationship the other wheel. The projecting device, the receptor or both is utilized to determine the angle between the beams and the angle is related to the alignment of the pair of wheels; the receptor being maintained in the same position for each beam projection. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279815 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR WAFER LEVEL IMAGE SENSOR MODULE WITH FIXED FOCAL LENGTH - This present invention discloses a manufacturing method and structure for a wafer level image sensor module with fixed focal length. The method includes the following steps. First, a silicon wafer comprising several image sensor chips having a photosensitive area and a lens module array wafer comprising several wafer level lens modules with fixed focal length are provided. Next, the image sensor chips and the wafer level lens modules are sorted in grades according to the different quality grades. According to the sorting results, each of the wafer level lens modules is assigned to be situated above the image sensor chip that has the same grade. At the same time, each of the wafer level lens modules is directed to face the photosensitive area of each image sensor chip. Finally, in the packaging process, the wafer level lens module is surrounded by an encapsulation material. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279816 | PHOTOMASK MOUNTING/HOUSING DEVICE AND RESIST INSPECTION METHOD AND RESIST INSPECTION APPARATUS USING SAME - A resist inspection apparatus is provided which has a configuration in which a reticle is separated from a pellicle. A reticle cassette is made up of two pieces of plate members. A hollowed portion with a shape allowing the reticle to be inserted into the plate member. Another hollowed portion having a shape being slightly larger than that of the resist of the reticle is formed on the plate member. In the circumference of the hollowed portion is placed a pellicle frame on which a protective film is formed in a stretched manner. In the concave portion is housed in the reticle with a resist on the reticle directed toward the hollowed portion. The reticle is put in sealed space. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279817 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND ANALYZING APPARATUS - An optical device includes a projection group in which electrically conductive projections are arranged along a direction parallel to a virtual plane. The arrangement period of the projections in the projection group includes at least a first period and a second period different from the first period. The first period and the second period are shorter than a wavelength of an incident light. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279818 | SPECTROMETRY APPARATUS, DETECTION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPECTROMETRY APPARATUS - A spectrometry apparatus includes a transmissive diffraction grating that transmits incident light. The transmissive diffraction grating has inclined surfaces made of a first dielectric material. The inclined surfaces are arranged so that they are inclined relative to a reference line. When the angle of incidence of light incident on the transmissive diffraction grating is measured with respect to the reference line and defined as an angle α, and the angle of diffraction of diffracted light is measured with respect to the reference line and defined as an angle β, the angle of incidence α is smaller than a Bragg angle θ defined with respect to the inclined surfaces, and the angle of diffraction β is greater than the Bragg angle θ. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279819 | ILLUMINATION SUBSYSTEMS OF A METROLOGY SYSTEM, METROLOGY SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ILLUMINATING A SPECIMEN FOR METROLOGY MEASUREMENTS - Illumination subsystems of a metrology system, metrology systems, and methods for illuminating a specimen for metrology measurements are provided. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279820 | DUV-UV BAND SPECTROSCOPIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND SPECTROMETER USING SAME - Disclosed are a spectroscopic optical system and a spectrometer both enabling vertical illumination by means of an optical system using only refractive lenses and enabling wide-band color correction in the DUV-UV (190 to 400 nm) range. The spectroscopic optical system and spectrometer each comprise a light source ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279821 | 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. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279822 | PROFILE MEASURING APPARATUS - A shape determining device (X) splits the original light beam from a light source (Y) into two light beams, directs the light beams to the front and back surfaces of the object ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279823 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRIC ASPHERIC SURFACE - A low coherent light from a white light source is emitted to a sample surface. A detour distance in a detour section is adjusted such that an optical path difference between a reference light and a sample light is equal to or shorter than a coherence length of interference light. The interference light is incident on an image sensor only when an inclination angle of a diffraction grating plate and a wavelength of the interference light satisfy a predetermined condition. Thus, an interference fringe image is formed. Based on each of the interference fringe images taken on a wavelength-by-wavelength basis of the interference light and an optical distance between a reference surface and the sample surface along an optical path of a measuring light at the time of taking the interference fringe image, a shape of the sample surface is measured. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279824 | ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER, AN INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT AN ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER - Electrically tunable Fabry-Perot interferometers which are produced with micromechanical (MEMS) technology. Producing interferometers with prior art processes includes costly and complicated production phases. Therefore, it has not been possible to apply interferometers in consumer mass products. According to the present solution, the Fabry-Perot cavity is made by removing a sacrificial layer ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279825 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE - An apparatus for determining surface topology of a portion of a three-dimensional structure is provided, that includes a probing member, an illumination unit, a light focusing optics, a translation mechanism, a detector and a processor. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279826 | NONCONTACT SURFACE SHAPE MEASURING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Even if a return beam from a work to be measured does not agree with the center of a two-piece sensor, a correction value is calculated according to a voltage difference between two sensors of the two-piece sensor if the voltage difference is within a neighborhood range. The correction value is added to an actual position of an objective lens in an up-down direction, to calculate a movement amount of the objective lens up to a focused state (a state in which the return beam agrees with the center of the two-piece sensor). | 2011-11-17 |
20110279827 | OPTICAL DETECTION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical detection device includes: a first emitting unit that emits first emitting light in a radial pattern and having an intensity that differs in accordance with an emitting direction; a second emitting unit that emits second emitting light in a radial pattern and having an intensity that differs in accordance with an emitting direction; a light receiving unit that receives first reflection light acquired by reflecting the first emitting light emitted from the first emitting unit off an object and second reflection light acquired by reflecting the second emitting light emitted from the second emitting unit off the object; and a detection unit that detects a position of the object based on a result of the light reception in the light receiving unit. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279828 | INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD FOR BOILER FURNACE WATER WALL TUBES - There are provided an inspection device and an inspection method for boiler furnace water wall tubes, which can inspect reduced wall thickness conditions of multiple water wall tubes, extending in an up-down direction along inner wall surfaces of a boiler furnace and arranged adjacent to each other, accurately and efficiently over a wide range based on surface shapes of the water wall tubes measured by a laser displacement sensor. A scanner | 2011-11-17 |
20110279829 | OUTPUT SYSTEM DEVICE METHODS FOR RENDERING ACCESSED INTERNET CONTENT - Output system device methods for rendering digital content accessed over the Internet, the method includes providing security or authentication information to one or more servers over the Internet, providing payment or subscription information to the one or more servers over the Internet, selecting a reference to digital content, and providing, to the one or more servers, a content object that includes a reference or pointer to the digital content. Subsequently, an output system device receives, from the one or more servers over the Internet, the digital content corresponding to selected reference or pointer to the digital content for rendering at the rendering engine of the output system device. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279830 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - When multiple-size double-side printing in an APS mode has been selected, a system CPU first reads an original which corresponds to a second side of a paper sheet, prints data of the original on the second side of the paper sheet having the same size as the original, and stacks the paper sheet on an automatic double-side unit. Subsequently, the system CPU reads an original which corresponds to a first side of the paper sheet and prints data of the original on the first side of the paper sheet stacked on the automatic double-side unit, thus completing the double-side printing. However, where the size of an original corresponding to a second side differs from the size of an original corresponding to a first side, single-side printing is effected. The original corresponding to the first side is read and data thereof is printed on a paper sheet having the same size as the original and the sheet is discharged (single-side printing). Then, the original corresponding to the first side is read and data thereof is printed on a paper sheet having the same size as the original and the sheet is discharged (single-side printing). | 2011-11-17 |
20110279831 | REDUCING THE VISIBILITY OF COLOR CHANGES CAUSED BY COLOR PLANE REGISTRATION VARIATIONS IN HALFTONE COLOR PRINTING - A set of screens is provided for use in printing respective color separations in a halftone color printing process. This set of screens comprises at least two clustered-dot screens and the frequency and angle parameter values of the screens is such that the lowest frequency moiré produced by any combination of at least two frequency components, taken from the group comprising the first and second screen harmonics, for which the sum of the harmonic orders of the frequency components in the combination is less than a predetermined value, is of a sufficiently high frequency as to be substantially unperceivable to the human visual system; other moirés are also substantially unperceivable to the human visual system. The lowest frequency moiré serves to reduce the visibility of color changes caused by color plane registration variations. A printing system and method employing the screen set are also provided. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279832 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD - A waiting time Ts is decided on the basis of ink type information and ink feed amount information, referring to waiting time table A (Step | 2011-11-17 |
20110279833 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - A printer performs calibration in which a reference primary color ink is mixed with at least one additional primary color ink to approximate a predetermined target primary color. The printer includes an acquisition section, a predicting section, an optimizing section and a printing unit. The acquisition section acquires spectral reflectances of the reference primary color ink printed on a base, the additional primary color ink printed on the base, and the base. The predicting section calculates predicted spectral reflectance of a mixture of the primary color inks by dividing a product of the spectral reflectances of the primary color inks by the spectral reflectance of the base raised to the power obtained by subtracting 1 from a total number of the inks. The optimizing section optimizes an ink-amount set of the mixture so that the predicted spectral reflectance is approximated to spectral reflectance of the target primary color. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279834 | Apparatus and method of controlling an image forming apparatus - A control apparatus for controlling an image forming apparatus specifies a color measurement area in image data, obtains a measured color of the color measurement area of a multi-color toner image of the image data, constructs an algorithm for control parameter correction, and determines a correction value of a control parameter of the image forming apparatus so as to make the difference between the measured color and an expected color to be smaller. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279835 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - This invention provides an image forming apparatus which reduces degradation of the line quality in an output image by a simple method while maintaining the stability of the density characteristics of the output image, and a control method therefor. To accomplish this, in accordance with the amount of change, from a reference density value, of a density value measured from a test pattern image formed on a photosensitive drum, the image forming apparatus according to the invention creates LUT | 2011-11-17 |
20110279836 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a lightness distribution of an image which input image data represents, a generation unit configured to generate a gloss control signal for controlling a glossiness of the image, depending on the lightness distribution, and a conversion unit configured to convert the input image data into output image data, based on the gloss control signal. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279837 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In printing the same image data as image data printed by a printing unit of an image forming apparatus from another image forming apparatus, an image information processing system and an information processing system are capable of executing arbitrary high-quality printing, which can be implemented by acquiring image data received from an image processing server stored on the image forming apparatus, based on a reference location of a shortcut transmitted from the image processing server. The image information processing system and the information processing system can be controlled by a control method, which can be implemented by a program. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279838 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing control apparatus is provided which can produce an appropriate copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image by adding a monochrome copy-forgery-inhibited pattern even if monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which a color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set. When the monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which the color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set, and if the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern color is output with its color unchanged, the color is not converted into 100% black. Considering this, when a forced monochrome mode is selected, even if the user's setting for the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is color, the color is changed to monochrome (black) before output. If the designated copy-forgery-inhibited pattern setting is for color, the designated copy-forgery-inhibited pattern setting is changed to the monochrome copy-forgery-inhibited pattern setting so that the printing processing is performed in the monochrome mode using the designated copy-forgery-inhibited pattern setting. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING - A system and method for arranging and printing characters, words, or other textual information that is typically printed in a series of rows or columns. A first row is printed to be read in a standard fashion, while a second row is printed in the opposite direction, with the direction of reading being in the opposite direction. Likewise, the letters and words in the second row are inverted about a vertical axis. Each successive row is presented in the opposite direction from the preceding row. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279840 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading device includes a first conveying unit that sequentially feeds a plurality of media placed in a tray one by one in a conveying direction, a second conveying unit disposed downstream of the first conveying unit in the conveying direction and conveys a medium among the plurality of media fed by the first conveying unit in the conveying direction, and an imaging unit disposed downstream of the second conveying unit in the conveying direction. The imaging unit captures an image of the medium conveyed thereto and generates image data of the medium. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279841 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING MARKING LABELS - A multifunction device for prefabricating marking labels, having a top side configured to be printed on and a bottom side opposite the top side with a profiling, includes a printing device and at least one of a separating device and a perforation device. A feeder unit is configured to feed blank marking labels of a finite-length or endless material. A holder element including a recess is configured to receive the marking labels, including the profiling, so as to fix the marking labels in position during a passing over of the printing device and the at least one of the separating device and perforation device. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279842 | Image processing apparatus, device cooperation system, and recording medium - An image processing apparatus is connected to an apparatus including a layout data storage unit storing layout data, a display part data storage unit storing part data, and a customization data storage unit storing customization data, the image processing apparatus including a menu construction unit that generates the menu based on at least the part data, a menu generation unit that modifies the menu based on the customization data, a display unit that displays the menu modified based on the customization data and accepts an operation for the display part, and a device cooperation unit that requests the apparatus to provide the function and setting information of the function, the function having been accepted via a second display unit. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279843 | Apparatus for Controlling Image Formation, Computer Readable Device Having Stored Thereon Computer-Executable Instructions for Forming Images, and Method of Generating Image Formation Setting Information - A computer readable device has stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to function as a generation module, a setting module and a production module. The generation module is configured to generate a data structure including a first region storing a first image formation condition and a second region for storing location information representing a location of the second region and in which a second image formation condition is written by an application program based on the location information. The setting module is configured to set the first image formation condition in the first region based on the second image formation condition written in the second region by the application program. The production module is configured to produce image formation data based on the first image formation condition stored in the first region. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279844 | MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER - A multifunction printer is capable of performing a plurality of functions. Each function is performed by a corresponding device incorporated in the multifunction printer. The multifunction printer includes a display unit, a malfunction detecting section, and a display controller. The malfunction detecting section is configured to detect a malfunction that has occurred within the multifunction printer. When one of the plurality of functions is selected, if the malfunction detecting section has detected the malfunction, the display controller causes the display unit to display a malfunction message indicative of the malfunction. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279845 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus capable of continuing execution of a job performed thus far, even if a user's screen transition operation is performed while the job is being executed. When a job is executed, an MFP as the information processing apparatus determines whether there is a job previously in execution based on execution states of jobs managed by a cookie information management part. If there is a job previously in execution, the MFP makes an inquiry about an execution result of the job to a job status management unit that manages job execution results on a per job basis, and according to a result of the inquiry, changes an operation screen to be displayed on a display unit and a job to be executed. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279846 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus capable of preventing processing of a job which is in execution from being interrupted, even if a user's screen transition operation is performed while the job is being executed and capable of preventing the job which is being processed from staying in the information processing apparatus. If it is determined that a job is in an in-processing state when a user's screen changeover operation is accepted, a browser of the information processing apparatus causes a display unit to display, on the foreground, an operation screen other than an operation screen associated with the job. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279847 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus includes a reading unit, an acquiring unit, a transmission control unit, and a printing control unit. The reading unit reads images of multiple pages of originals. The acquiring unit acquires device information from connected child devices. The transmission control unit determines a child device which takes charge of part of a printing process of the read images and images to be transmitted to the child device based on the acquired device information, and transmits the determined images to the determined child device. The printing control unit determines printing order according to the acquired device information, and transmits an instruction to print the images in the determined printing order to the child device. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279848 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH POWER SAVE MODE LEARNING FUNCTION AND METHOD OF MANAGING POWER SAVE MODE IN THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an auto pattern updating unit for determining transition time for transition from a normal conduction state to a power saving state of each time of day based on job logs, and a display processing unit for displaying the determined state of transition of each time of day on a display unit on hour-by-hour basis. The display device may be an external PC for management, or an operation display panel of the image forming apparatus. For the time of day of which transition time cannot be determined, the shortest time period is allocated. The hour-by-hour transition time is displayed in color-coded manner. The automatically determined transition time may be changed by a user operation. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279849 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAYING PROGRAM - An image displaying apparatus includes a control unit and a display unit. The image displaying apparatus is connected to an image reading apparatus that includes a multifeed detecting mechanism. The control unit includes a display control unit that displays (i) an image of a medium which is read by the image reading apparatus and in which multifeed is detected by the multifeed detecting mechanism and (ii) a multifeed detected portion detected by the multifeed detecting mechanism on the display unit. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279850 | RECORDING CONTROL DEVICE, RECORDING SYSTEM, RECORDING CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM EXECUTED BY A CONTROL UNIT THAT CONTROLS THE RECORDING DEVICE - A printer that detects an error when a host computer does not send a timer reset command for a specific time is connected to a host computer. The host computer outputs a timer reset command to the printer using an application execution unit function, and causes the printer to print data processed by the application program. A timer reset command is sent to the printer when the application execution unit outputs a timer reset command and when a print job for printing the data is sent to the printer. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279851 | RSVP SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ONLINE STATIONERY OR GREETING CARD SERVICE - Described herein is a system and method for requesting and managing RSVP responses to invitations created within an online stationery service. For example, one embodiment of a system implemented within an online stationery service comprises: a stationery personalization engine providing an end user with a set of selectable stationery templates, the stationery personalization engine receiving an indication that an end user has selected a particular one of the stationery templates, and generating personalized stationery with the selected template based on user input, the personalized stationery comprising an invitation to an event and requesting RSVP responses from invitees; an RSVP service including logic for dynamically generating a network address in response to placement of a stationery order by the user, the RSVP service responsively generating an RSVP Website accessible using the network address and configured to receive the RSVP responses from invitees; and a print module to generate and transmit a print job for printing the personalized stationery including the network address of the RSVP Website for receiving the RSVP responses; wherein in response to an invitee accessing the Website using the network address, the RSVP service provides one or more Web pages allowing the invitee to submit an RSVP response. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279852 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus having a display unit includes: an operation section configured to generate an operation signal based on a user's contact with the display unit; a posting area display control section configured to display a posting area in which an image is posted on the display unit and displaying previously-generated images in the posting area; an operation detail recognizing section configured to recognize an operation detail on the images posted in the posting area on the basis of the operation signal from the operation section; and a selection section configured to select an image corresponding to the operation detail recognized by the operation detail recognizing section as an operation object. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279853 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS AND JOB PROCESSING METHOD - A job processing apparatus includes a reception unit which receives a job, a job management unit which holds the received job and manages a processing order of a plurality of jobs held, a job processing unit which sequentially processes the plurality of jobs in accordance with the processing order, and an acceptance unit which accepts a change request of the processing order for changing to an order in which a first job which is being received is processed to before a predetermined second job among the held jobs. In the job processing apparatus, when the acceptance unit has accepted the change request, the job management unit changes the processing order, and when a turn of the processing by the job processing unit comes to the second job before the processing order is changed in accordance with the change request, the job management unit stops the processing by the job processing unit and changes the processing order. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279854 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus performs a process for selecting from a plurality of services and displaying a predetermined service, detects whether there is connection with or disconnection from a communication peer, switching, if connection with the communication peer is detected after disconnecting from the communication peer, a service to be selected and displayed, and providing the selected and displayed service. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279855 | RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A retrieval system comprises an image forming apparatus having a box which is a data storage area and a terminal device for retrieval, which is connected to the image forming apparatus via a network, and retrieves information stored in the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus has a storage part for storing bookmark information including list information of item names of items in an electronic document file stored in the box and a transmission part for transmitting the bookmark information to the terminal device. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279856 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COOPERATIVE FUNCTION SETTING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an application capable of providing a plurality of types of cooperative functions in cooperation with a multi functional peripheral. The information processing apparatus additionally includes a setting unit, a determination unit, an indicating unit. The setting unit performs setting as a setting processing for each cooperative function in response to a user operation via the application. The determination unit confirms if there is at least one cooperative function that is not yet set by the setting unit and is different from the cooperative function subjected to the setting processing, among the plurality of types of cooperative functions, when the setting unit performs setting for one cooperative function, and, if the at least one cooperative function is confirmed, further determines whether the at least one cooperative function is usable via the application. The indicating unit indicates a usable cooperative function determined by the determination unit. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279857 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus registers, in a reservation list, transmission reservation data including a transmission start time and a transmission completion time of charging counter information that is a type of operation information to be regularly transmitted according to a predetermined cycle. The information processing apparatus then registers, in the reservation list, with respect to other types of the operation information to be regularly transmitted (e.g., firmware information), transmission reservation data including a transmission start time and a transmission completion time that are determined so that the operation information is regularly transmitted in a different period than regular transmission of operation information corresponding to transmission reservation data already registered in the reservation list. The information processing apparatus controls transmission of the operation information by a regular transmission thread to a management apparatus according to the reservation list. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279858 | Image Forming System, Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Encoded with Image Forming Program - An image forming apparatus includes a portion to receive a print job, a portion to generate print data of the print job, a portion to perform prescribed processing on the print data to convert it into processed data, a portion to form an image of the print data or the processed data, a portion to generate first reduction information including a difference in the amount of resources consumed when an image is formed under a print condition included in the print job and when an image is formed under a predetermined print condition, a portion to generate second reduction information including a difference in the amount of resources consumed when an image is formed from the print data and when an image is formed from the processed data, and a portion, when an image is formed from the processed data, to store history information which associates the first and second reduction information with the print job. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279859 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image forming apparatus which is communicably connected to a management server for managing a scan ticket in which an instruction content for performing reading of a paper document is defined and can issue an instruction concerning printing to accumulated print jobs, when it is judged that the instruction concerning the printing is issued to the designated print job, a generation request of the scan ticket including reading setting for performing the reading of the paper document on which the print job has been printed is transmitted to the management server, a list of the scan tickets obtained from the management server is displayed, the reading of the paper document is performed using the scan ticket selected from list information of the displayed scan tickets, and an image obtained by the reading is transmitted to a transmission destination specified by the scan ticket. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279860 | RECORDING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING SYSTEM - A system in which a recording device is connected to another device can test the functionality of the recording device and test the functionality of the system including the recording device at the same time. A recording system | 2011-11-17 |
20110279861 | Print management systems - A print-management system comprises a plurality of web-submission servers and a print server. Each web-submission server hosts a website configured to allow submission of print jobs to the print management system. The print server is configured to receive print jobs from the plurality of web-submission servers, process the print jobs, and send print jobs to at least one printer to be printed. The print management system is configured to add an identifier to each received print job to identify the web-submission server or website that received the print job. The print server is configured so that print jobs are processed based on the identifiers added to the print jobs. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279862 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a document processing method for performing print setting in cooperation with a job management server, if it is determined that a starting mode of a setting program is a cooperation mode for processing a print job in cooperation with a server apparatus, a setting screen is displayed based on the identification information of the print job to be processed and the initial setting information of the print job, and if it is determined that the starting mode is not the cooperation mode, the setting screen is displayed based on setting information for starting a setting program. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279863 | SERVER APPLICATIONS AND SYSTEMS FOR RENDERING RECEIVED DIGITAL CONTENT - Server applications and systems for rendering digital content received from an information apparatus, the systems including a server, one or more server applications enabling multiple concurrent users to log on and access the one or more server applications in separate and protected sessions, and an output device. The server may receive a content object that includes digital content and instructions for manipulating the digital content. The server may further receive one or more job objects including at least one of authentication information, payment information, and subscription information. The server may generate an output data related to the output job, and send the output data for rendering at the output device. The systems may send a confirmation related to the output of digital content to the information apparatus. The systems may also store digital content at a server node over the Internet for use by the information apparatus. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279864 | Image forming apparatus that restricts printing of specific information - The objective of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus that can print material by which specific information is not revealed without prohibiting printing, even where the printing data contains information that causes problems by printing specific information. By detecting information to be restricted in the printing data and restricting the image formation of the detected information, the image forming apparatus of the present invention can form the image in which the image of the information is not formed. Accordingly, the present invention provides an image forming apparatus that can print material by which specific information is not revealed without prohibiting printing, even where the printing data contains specific information. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279865 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MESSAGE ON A REPLACEABLE PRINTING COMPONENT - A method for providing a message on a replaceable printing component of a printing device includes detecting a trigger event, retrieving a message from a memory associated with the replaceable printing component in response to the trigger event, and forming the message on an imaging member of the replaceable printing component, wherein the trigger event comprises an end of a print job, and wherein the message remains on the imaging member after completion of the print job. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279866 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A PRINT JOB - The present invention is drawn to a method of processing a print job. The method includes encoding a print job post-print processing instructions. The method additionally includes printing the print job including the post-print processing instructions on a media substrate. The post-print processing instructions can be printed with a non-visible ink. The post-print processing instructions can be read, and the post-print processing can be performed according to the instructions. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279867 | INKJET PRINTER - In an inkjet printer, a feeding side tension applying means is provided with a feeding side tension adjustment mechanism, which is structured of a feeding side ballast arm that is extended toward a winding side tension applying means and vertically swingable around a rotation shaft perpendicular to a feeding direction of a printing medium and a feeding side ballast member that is attached to a tip end of the feeding side ballast arm, and a winding side tension applying means is provided with a winding side tension adjustment mechanism which is structured of a winding side ballast arm that is extended toward the feeding side tension applying means and vertically swingable around a rotation shaft perpendicular to the feeding direction of the printing medium “M” and a winding side ballast member that is attached to a tip end of the winding side ballast arm. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279868 | EFFICIENT PRINTER CONTROL ELECTRONICS - An apparatus (such as a printer) including a combination engine controller circuit board having a integrated circuit (IC) chip configured to process (format) incoming data as well as to control the operations of the apparatus is disclosed. The IC chip is adapted to receive and process data as well as to control the operations of the apparatus. For this reason, the IC chip is referred to as a combined controller IC. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279869 | INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL METHOD - A method is disclosed which produces a second interactive document. The method starts by a processor receiving first indicating data identifying a page identity of a first interactive document and one or more locations on the first interactive document. The processor uses the page identity to identify a network address of a server storing a first page description. The first page description describes a relationship between visual elements and positions on the first interactive document. The processor then retrieves from the network address, using the locations on the first interactive document, a second page description. The second page description describes a relationship between visual elements and positions on the second interactive document. Finally a print engine is controlled to print visible elements and invisible coded data tags to provide the second interactive document. Each coded data tag encodes a page identity of the second interactive document and location of the coded data tag on the second interactive document. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279870 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a system in which a facsimile apparatus is connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) to which a plurality of computer terminals are connected, image data obtained by reading an original image by the scanner of the facsimile apparatus under the control of the operation unit of the facsimile apparatus is transmitted to a destination designated by the operation unit. In this operation, if a user ID is designated, transmitted image data and information (destination, transmission time/date, or the like) related to transmission is transferred to the LAN to notify the information to a user corresponding to the user ID. In this manner, data communication performed by a local, operation of the facsimile apparatus and data communication performed by a remote designation from the computer terminal can be managed together. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279871 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - It is determined whether or not there is an available area to store composite image data, in addition to inputted image data, in a storage device for storage of image data. When it is determined that there is an available area, the composite image data obtained by combining is stored in addition to the input image data. When it is determined that there is no available area, the input image data is stored into the storage device. Upon image formation, when composite image data is stored in the storage device, an image is formed in accordance with the composite image data. When it is determined that composite image data is not stored, an image is formed by generating composite image data based on image data read from the storage device. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279872 | Image Processing Method and Apparatus - An image processing method includes: generating a stochastic screening dither matrix (S | 2011-11-17 |
20110279873 | SCANNER DEVICE - A scanner device may create original data for one or more pages, and calculate a digest value utilizing the original data so as to create document data in an external storage device. If a remaining capacity in an internal storage device is not deficient, the scanner device may write a first type of target partial data in both of the internal storage device and the external storage device. If a second type of target partial data which is partial data of a target of a calculating process for calculating the digest value is stored in both of the internal storage device and the external storage device, the scanner device may perform a calculating process by utilizing the second type of target partial data being stored in the internal storage device. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279874 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDING AND SCANNING APPARATUS - An automatic document feeding and scanning apparatus includes an automatic document feeder and a flatbed scanner mechanism. The flatbed scanner mechanism includes a casing, a scanning module and a scanning platform. The scanning platform has a first scanning window and a second scanning window for fixing a first transparent plate and a second transparent plate, respectively. In addition, an inner periphery of the second scanning window and an edge of the second transparent plate have complementary profiles. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279875 | SCANNER WITH AUTO DOCUMENT FEEDER - The present invention relates to a scanner with auto document feeder including a housing, an auto document feeder and a connecting mechanism for connecting the housing and the auto document feeder. The connecting mechanism includes a first connecting structure and a second connecting structure. The first connecting structure let the auto document feeder rotates with respect to the housing to a first angle and the second connecting structure let the auto document feeder rotates with respect to the housing to a second angle. The second connecting structure makes the auto document feeder stop at any angle within the second angle. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279876 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing unit; a discharge unit to which a recording medium is discharged; a first conveyance path for conveying the recording medium from the image processing unit to the discharge unit; a second conveyance path having a part overlapped with the first conveyance path and for reversing and conveying the recording medium from the overlapped part to the image processing unit through a path different from the first conveyance path; a first rotary member that is arranged at the overlapped part; and a control unit that controls the first rotary member, wherein the control unit makes the recording medium stand by at a position including at least the overlapped part before the recording medium is conveyed to the image processing unit through the second conveyance path. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279877 | IMAGE CREATION DEVICE, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, IMAGE-TRANSMITTING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM USED IN SAME - Color image data composed of pixels arranged in a matrix wherein colors are expressed in bit rows is created from an acquired document file, and same-resolution binary image data and low-resolution binary image data composed of binary pixels arranged in a matrix are created based on the color image data. A first combining process is performed in which a lower bit value of a predetermined color of the pixels of the color image data is replaced with the value of the corresponding ones of the pixels of the same pixels, and a second combining process is performed in which a lower bit value of a color other than the bit replaced in the first combining process in the pixels of the first combined image data is replaced with the value of the corresponding ones of the pixels of the low-resolution binary image data. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279878 | Systems and Methods for Shear-Corrected Digital Hologram Acquisition - Systems and methods for shear-corrected digital hologram acquisition, wherein the shear-corrected geometry is highly suited for two (or more) color operation with either broadband or laser illumination. An apparatus for shear-corrected recording of a spatially heterodyne hologram with broad-band or laser illumination includes: an illumination source; a beamsplitter optically coupled to said illumination source(s); a reference beam corner-mirror pair for translation and phase-shaping of the object beam optically coupled to the beamsplitter; an object optically coupled to the beamsplitter; a focusing lens optically coupled to both the reference beam corner-mirror pair and the object; and a digital recorder optically coupled to the focusing lens. A reference beam is incident upon the translating and phase-shaping corner-mirror pair, and the reference beam and an object beam are focused by the focusing lens at a focal plane of the digital recorder to form a spatially heterodyne hologram. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279879 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that is configured so as to display an image by scanning light for a drawing area formed on a display surface includes: a light emitting unit that emits the light; an optical scanning unit that two-dimensionally scans the light emitted from the light emitting unit for the drawing area by scanning the light in a first direction and scanning the light in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction at a speed lower than a scanning speed for the first direction; and a driving control unit that drives the optical scanning unit by allowing a swing width of the scanning on the drawing area in the first direction so as to be in correspondence with a maximum width of the image displayed in the drawing area on the drawing area in the first direction. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279880 | Laser Projector Having Safety Lens for Audience Scanning - A laser light projector includes a laser beam generated by a laser light source, a scanner associated with the laser light source and having one or more moving mirrors capable of scanning the laser beam along X-Y coordinates, a scan-fail monitor and a safety-lens. The safety-lens includes at least one optical power, and is positioned and arranged for increasing the safety of the projected light within audience areas by increasing beam divergence in the audience, while keeping beam divergence low above the heads of the audience, thus allowing mirror targeting to occur. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279881 | IMAGE READING LENS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS USING IMAGE READING LENS - Provided is an image reading lens to be used for reading image information of an original. The image reading lens includes an anamorphic lens having at least one anamorphic surface with an aspherical shape which is rotationally asymmetric about an optical axis. The anamorphic lens has a non-arc shape in each of a main scanning section and a sub scanning section. The at least one anamorphic surface has a positive optical power in a main scanning direction on the optical axis, and a non-arc amount of the sub scanning section continuously changes with an increase in distance from the optical axis in the main scanning direction. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279882 | Optical power source modulation system - A system for delivering optical power over an optical conduit includes at least one optical power source delivering multiple optical power forms, at least one of the optical power forms being a modulated optical power form. The system includes an optical power receiving device that is directly driven by the at least one modulated optical power form. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279883 | POLARIZING PHOTOCHROMIC ARTICLES - Provided are photochromic articles that include a substrate, a primer layer that includes a first photochromic compound, and a photochromic-dichroic layer over the primer layer that includes a photochromic-dichroic compound. The first photochromic compound and the photochromic-dichroic compound each are selected such that the photochromic-dichroic compound has an absorbance of less than or equal to 0.1 at the wavelength of peak absorbance of the underlying first photochromic compound. The present invention also relates to such photochromic articles that further include a topcoat layer over the photochromic-dichroic layer. The topcoat layer can include a second photochromic compound that has an absorbance of less than 0.1 at the wavelength of peak absorbance of the underlying photochromic-dichroic compound. The photochromic articles provide, for example, a combination of linear polarizing properties, and reduced percent transmittance when in a colored or darkened state, such as when exposed to actinic light. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279884 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY ELEMENT - An electrochromic display element including a display substrate, at least one display electrode, a counter electrode, a counter substrate, at least one electrochromic layer in contact with the display electrode, and an electrolyte layer between the electrochromic layer and the counter electrode, wherein the electrolyte layer contains a matrix resin having a three-dimensionally crosslinked structure and a mixture of a liquid crystal compound and an electrolyte, and wherein the mixture of the liquid crystal compound and the electrolyte is dispersed as a continuous phase in the matrix resin. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279885 | MULTICOLOR DISPLAY OPTICAL COMPOSITION, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD OF OPTICAL DEVICE - The present invention provides a multicolor display optical composition comprising a dispersion medium, a periodic structure having a porous structure inside communicated with the outside, and mobile particles contained in the dispersion medium so as to be movable and having a volume average primary particle diameter from 1 nm to 80 nm in a dispersion state in the dispersion medium, a volume average particle diameter of coagulated particles of 100 nm or larger in optical coagulation state by stimulation application, and having a refractive index different from that of the dispersion medium by 0.1 or more, wherein the mobile particles show no coloration in the dispersion state when the particles are dispersed in the dispersion medium and show white coloration with a predetermined whiteness value or higher in the coagulation state when the particles are coagulated, an optical device, and a display method of the optical device. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279886 | AUTOFOCUS IMAGING APPARATUS - An autofocus imaging apparatus ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279887 | SELF-COLLIMATOR PLANAR SPECTROSCOPY SHAPING DEVICE FOR CHIRPED-PULSE-AMPLIFICATION - A self-collimator planar spectroscopy shaping device for chirped pulse amplification (CPA): uses a spectrum decomposing system with CTSI construction, a spectrum synthesizing system with CTSI structure that is symmetrical to the decomposing structure, and a spectrum shaping system including an aperture and a planar reflector for spectrum shaping function design. The device accomplishes the following functions: firstly decomposing the spectrum of a chirped temporal pulse laser to a spectral domain; then shaping the spectrum in the spectral domain; finally synthesizing un-shiftily this shaped spectrum in the spectral domain into a temporal chirped pulse with a designed shape. The device has features of small size of concave reflector, easy fabrication, compact construction, little laboratory space needed, and cheap in cost, which it can be different types of configuration for different circumstance application, which it can be not only utilized in a general laser spectrum shaping and spectrum modulation, but also can be utilized for a high energy and ultra-high peak-power laser system in chirped pulse amplification with a large caliber and with a chirped pulse bandwidth of a few nanometers. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279888 | MULTICORE TRANSMISSION AND AMPLIFIER FIBERS AND SCHEMES FOR LAUNCHING PUMP LIGHT TO AMPLIFIER CORES - An optical transmission and amplification system includes a multichannel transmission span with a length of a multicore transmission fiber having a plurality of individual transmission cores. A first tapered multicore coupler provides connectivity between the plurality of transmission cores of the multicore fiber and a respective plurality of individual transmission leads. A fiber amplifier is provided having a plurality of individual cores including at least one pump core and a plurality of amplifier core. A second tapered multicore coupler provides connectivity between the amplifier cores of the fiber amplifier and a respective plurality of amplifier leads, and between the at least one pump core and a respective pump lead. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279889 | SPECTRA SHAPING SCHEME FOR CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION - A spectrum shaping scheme for chirped pulse amplification (CPA): uses a spectrum decomposing system with CTSI construction, a spectrum synthesizing system with CTSI structure that is symmetrical to the decomposing structure, and a spectrum shaping system including an aperture and a planar reflector for spectrum shaping function design. The scheme includes the following steps: firstly decomposing the spectrum of a chirped temporal pulse laser to a spectral domain; then shaping the spectrum in the spectral domain; finally synthesizing un-shiftily this shaped spectrum in the spectral domain into a temporal chirped pulse with a designed shape. The scheme has the benefit that it can be not only utilized in a general laser spectrum shaping and spectrum modulation, but also can be utilized for a high energy and ultra-high peak-power laser system in chirped pulse amplification with a large caliber and with a chirped pulse bandwidth of a few nanometers. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279890 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATING A SAMPLE IN A LASER MICROSCOPE - The invention relates to a method and a device for illuminating or irradiating an object, a sample ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279891 | OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIER - An object of the present invention is to provide an optical fiber amplifier capable of suppressing oscillation of ASE. The optical fiber amplifier includes a second amplifier fiber | 2011-11-17 |
20110279892 | Illuminating Device For An Operating Microscope - The present invention relates to an illuminating device for an operating microscope comprising two observation beam paths ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279893 | LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE - The present invention relates to a laser scanning microscope ( | 2011-11-17 |
20110279894 | OPTICAL SIGHT - An optical sight is provided and may include: a housing; at least one prism supported by the housing; an optical device disposed on the prism and including a longitudinal axis; and an illumination device associated with the optical device and operable to supply the prism with light via the optical device by supplying light to the optical device in a direction along the longitudinal axis. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279895 | POLARIZING FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, METHOD OF PREPARING THE POLARIZING FILM AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE POLARIZING PLATE - A polarizing film, a polarizing plate, a method of preparing the polarizing film, and an organic light-emitting apparatus including the polarizing plate. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279896 | VEHICLE REAR VIEWING DEVICE - A vehicle rear viewing device includes a rear under view mirror provided to face an inner surface of a rear windshield and capable of reflecting an area below and behind a vehicle to an occupant in an interior of the vehicle. A marker indicator is to allow the occupant to view the area below and behind the vehicle through the rear under view mirror to visually recognize a position of a rear end of a vehicle body. A rear wiper is provided on a rear part of the vehicle body so as to face an outer surface of the rear windshield. The marker indicator is provided so as to be covered with at least a part of the rear wiper along a front rear direction of the vehicle in front of the rear wiper when the rear wiper is in an initial position. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279897 | COVER UNIT AND MOBILE TERMINAL INCLUDING THE SAME - A cover unit includes a first cover that is movable between a cover position and an exposed position. A second cover slidably is movable in a direction perpendicular to its visible surface. A cover moving mechanism moves the second cover, wherein, when the first cover is at the cover position, the second cover is at such a height that the visible surface of the second cover is substantially coplanar with a visible surface of the first cover. When the first cover is moved from the cover position to the exposed position, the second cover is moved to such a height such that the visible surface of the second cover is moved by at least an amount that corresponds with the thickness of the first cover. When the first cover is at the exposed position, the first cover is above the visible surface of the second cover. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279898 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens, including: a first lens unit; a second lens unit; a magnification-varying system including two or more lens units; and a fourth lens unit, in which: the fourth lens unit includes: a forth lens first unit having a negative refractive power; a forth lens second unit having a negative refractive power that moves so as to have a component perpendicular to an optical axis so that an image is displaced in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis; and a forth lens third unit having a positive refractive power; and the following conditional expression is satisfied: 1.22011-11-17 | |
20110279899 | CORRECTION-LENS-MOVING VOICE COIL MOTOR, ANTI-VIBRATION DEVICE, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS UNIT AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - A voice coil motor for moving a correction lens comprising a magnet unit comprising a pair of yokes and at least one permanent magnet for defining a magnetic gap, and a coil disposed in the magnetic gap, to cause the relative linear movement of the magnet unit and the coil by current supplied to the coil; the permanent magnet having different magnetic poles adjacent to each other along the movement direction on a surface opposing the magnetic gap; the width of the permanent magnet in the movement direction being two times the width Wm of the magnetic poles; the width Wa of the coil in the movement direction being smaller than the width | 2011-11-17 |
20110279900 | OPTICAL FILMS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Films for optical use, articles containing such films, methods for making such films, and systems that utilize such films, are disclosed. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279901 | MULTILAYER FILTER AND FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPE USING THE SAME - A multilayer filter includes a multilayer part in which a layer composed of a first material and a layer composed of a second material having a refractive index different from that of the first material are stacked in an alternating pattern. The multilayer part has a cyclic film-thickness structure in which three or more layers are defined as one cycle. | 2011-11-17 |
20110279902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT ON VERIFYING CONTENT DISPLAYED ON AN ELECTRONIC VISUAL DISPLAY - An electronic display may include a screen including an outer perimeter and front surface. A housing may include a trim ring that surrounds the outer perimeter and extends in front of the front surface of the screen. An optical sensor shield may be is positioned at least in part in front of the front surface of the screen. An optical sensor may be disposed between the optical sensor shield and the screen to reduce the ability for ambient light to illuminate the optical sensor. | 2011-11-17 |