50th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120314155 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND SUPPORTING DEVICE THEREOF - A supporting device including a first supporting element, a second supporting element and a third supporting element is provided. The first supporting element includes a first wedging member. The second supporting element being disposed adjacent to the first supporting element includes a second wedging member. The third supporting element includes a first opening corresponding to the first wedging member or the second wedging member. The second supporting element and the third supporting element are wedged with the first supporting element by the first wedging member. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314156 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An illumination device or the like is provided that reduces variations in the position of a member incorporating light sources such as LEDs and that reduces the size of the member and thus achieves the size reduction. In the illumination device, a plurality of mounting substrates ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120314157 | OPTICAL FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optical film is provided. The optical film includes a substrate, a reflective polarizer, and a first transmission medium. The reflective polarizer is disposed at the front surface of the substrate. The first transmission medium is disposed at the rear surface of the substrate and comprises a plurality of V-shaped prisms. The substrate, the reflective polarizer, and the first transmission medium are bounded to each other to form a unitary sheet. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314158 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a light transmitting substrate arranged on a parallax barrier liquid crystal panel; a light blocking frame formed on the light transmitting substrate; | 2012-12-13 |
20120314159 | OPTICAL FILM LAMINATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME - Provided is an optical film laminate with a thinner thickness having an optical compensation function. According to the present invention is provided an optical film laminate comprising (i) a positive C plate comprising a liquid crystal material having a photosensitive group and (ii) a positive A plate, an optically biaxial plate, or an O plate, these plate comprising a liquid crystal material having a photosensitive group; wherein the both plates are directly bonded with each other to be firmly laminated without adhesive. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314160 | POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY COMPRISING THE SAME (As Amended) - The present invention relates to a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device. In the present invention, the polarizing plate is lightweight and has a small thickness and excellent properties including durability, water resistance, workability, pressure-sensitive adhesion and light leakage prevention ability; and the liquid crystal display device including the same are provided. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314161 | POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided are a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device. The polarizing plate, which is lightweight and has a thin thickness and excellent physical properties including durability, water resistance, workability, pressure-sensitive adhesion and a light leakage prevention effect; and the liquid crystal display device including the same are provided. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314162 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device including: a first substrate with a pixel switch and drivers mounted thereon; a second substrate disposed in facing relation to the first substrate; a material layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate and having peripheral edges sealed by a seal member, the material layer having an electrooptical effect; and a semiconductor chip mounted as a COG component on the first substrate, the semiconductor chip having a control system configured to control the drivers; wherein the semiconductor chip having a thickness equal to the total thickness of the seal member and the second substrate or larger than the thickness of the seal member and smaller than the total thickness. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314163 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - According to exemplary embodiments of the invention, a liquid crystal display is provided which includes a plurality of spacers having different heights or a different distance or different pressure tolerance from a corresponding display panel and disposed in at least two pixel areas displaying different colors. As compared with conventional techniques (e.g., disposing the spacers only in one pixel area), the disposition density of the spacer per pixel area is lowered, such that it is possible to prevent the pressure tolerance of the spacer from intensively acting only on a specific pixel. The pressure tolerance of the spacer is uniformly maintained for every pixel, so that insufficiency of the amount of dropping liquid crystal is avoided. As a result, it is possible to prevent the light leakage caused by the insufficient liquid crystal. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314164 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE - Disclosed is a color filter substrate that is capable of keeping the distance from a TFT substrate constant by using a black matrix. Electrical leakage is not likely to occur between the color filter substrate and the TFT substrate even when a foreign substance is caught between the color filter substrate and the TFT substrate. Specifically disclosed is a color filter substrate ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120314165 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device presenting a reduced color addition and an improved bright room contrast. The liquid crystal display panel of the present invention includes wirings made of a metal having at least 90% reflection over a wavelength region within the visible light region, where the reflectance of the liquid crystal panel over a wavelength range of 600 to 700 nm at the display surface is no greater than 150% of the reflectance at the wavelength of 550 nm at the display surface. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314166 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND COMPOSITION FOR FORMING ALIGNMENT FILM - The present invention provides a liquid-crystal display device that can efficiently provide both effects of improvement in a response time and suppression of image sticking in a display screen. The liquid-crystal display device according to the present invention is a liquid-crystal display device including a pair of substrates each including an electrode and an alignment film and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, wherein the alignment film comprises a copolymer comprising a first monomer unit including a first side chain including a photoreactive functional group and a second monomer unit including a second side chain including a repeated structure. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314167 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Manufacturing Method for Same - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, liquid crystal disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, an electrode formed over the first substrate, and an alignment film disposed between the electrode and the liquid crystal. The electrode has a pad portion that protrudes from at least part of a side of the electrode and electrically leads out onto the first substrate through a conductive material that is located between the second substrate and the first substrate, and a direction in which at least one side of the pad portion which protrudes from the electrode is set to angle of 15° or more and 35° or less relative to a side of the first substrate which crosses the extended line of the at least one side of the pad portion. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314168 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a first alignment layer disposed on the first substrate, the first alignment layer including a vertical photo-alignment material, a second alignment layer disposed on the second substrate, the second alignment layer including a vertical alignment material, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314169 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including an organic insulation film including a first contact hole penetrating to the switching element, an island-shaped relay electrode and a common electrode which are formed on the organic insulation film, an interlayer insulation film including a second contact hole at a position different from a position of the first contact hole, a pixel electrode which is formed on the interlayer insulation film and includes a slit which is opposed to the common electrode, and an alignment film covering the pixel electrode and the interlayer insulation film. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314170 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - When viewed from the top of the liquid crystal display panel, a projecting section ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120314171 | DISPLAY DEVICES HAVING ELECTROLESSLY PLATED CONDUCTORS AND METHODS - In one or more embodiments, display devices having electrolessly plated conductors and methods are disclosed. One such embodiment is directed to a method of forming a reflective pixel array for a display device, including forming a plurality of conductive pads, each of the conductive pads corresponding to a reflective pixel, and electrolessly plating each of the conductive pads with a reflective conductor. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314172 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH GROUNDED BY THERMOCOMPRESSION BONDING TAPE AND DOUBLE-SIDE ADHESIVE TAPE - A liquid crystal display device which can be manufactured at a low cost is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate, a CF substrate of a size smaller than a size of the TFT substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate. A ground pad is formed on a portion of the TFT substrate where the CF substrate does not overlap with the TFT substrate. A transparent conductive film is formed on an upper surface of the CF substrate. The transparent conductive film of the CF substrate and the ground pad formed on the TFT substrate are electrically connected with each other via a thermocompression bonding conductive tape. A double-sided adhesive tape is arranged between the thermocompression bonding conductive tape and an upper surface of the CF substrate and between the thermocompression bonding conductive tape and the TFT substrate. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314173 | Structure Of Pixel Electrode - The present invention provides a structure of pixel electrode, which includes a strip-like horizontal main trunk and a strip-like vertical main trunk, the horizontal main trunk and the vertical main trunk centrally and perpendicularly intersecting each other; a plurality of strip-like branches arranged in each of four domains that are formed by being equally divided by the central perpendicular intersection of the horizontal main trunk and the vertical main trunk, the plurality of strip-like branches extending outward from a central point of the perpendicular intersection of the vertical main trunk and the horizontal main trunk, the plurality of strip-like branches being spaced by a plurality of slits; and two centrally symmetric polygonal or sector openings provided in a central zone at the central perpendicular intersection of the horizontal main trunk and the vertical main trunk. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314174 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display including a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode spaced apart with a gap therebetween, a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The first and second subpixel electrodes include a plurality of branches, and each of the first and second subpixel electrodes includes a plurality of subregions. The branches extend in different directions in different subregions. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314175 | COF, COF CARRIER TAPE AND DRIVE CIRCUIT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL TELEVISION - A COF tape is formed by orderly connecting several COFs and a carrier connected with said COF tape. The appearance of said COF is a trapezoid consisting of two paralleled wiring edges and two unparalleled side edges. The longer wiring edge of one COF and the shorter wiring edge of the other COF between the two adjacent COFs are connected and lie in a same straight line; the shorter wiring edges and the longer wiring edges of the other two COFs also lie in a same straight line. The disclosure also discloses a COF and a drive circuit for liquid crystal display television. The COF of the disclosure saves materials; the carrier-tape type semiconductor device with the COF of the disclosure is able to increase the quantity of COF on the carrier tape of specific length, so that the cost can be lowered to a large extent. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314176 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH SUFFICIENT ADHESIVE STRENGTH FOR SEALING MATERIAL - A display device which can ensure sufficient adhesive strength between each pair of substrates of a liquid crystal display panel and a sealing material includes: a first substrate having a predetermined integrated circuit; a second substrate on one surface of the first substrate in an overlapping manner; and an adhesive material between the first substrate and the second substrate that has an annular planar shape. The adhesive material adheres the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein an outer periphery of the adhesive material includes a zone which includes a plurality of first portions passing substantially the same position as an outer periphery of the surface of the first substrate and a plurality of second portions each connected with the two neighboring first portions and having a center portion thereof in a peripheral direction retracted toward an inner peripheral side of the adhesive material. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314177 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate having an organic passivation film, and a counter substrate, with liquid crystals inside of the liquid crystal display device. A columnar spacer is formed on the counter substrate, which defines a distance between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate, and a concavo-convex pedestal is formed in a pixel region of the TFT substrate, the concavo-convex pedestal being provided in facing relation to the columnar spacer. The concavo-convex pedestal is formed with a convex portion and a concave portion at a bottom of the concavo-convex pedestal, with a top end of the columnar spacer being in contact with two or more convex portions formed on the bottom of the concavo-convex pedestal, and an area at the bottom of the concavo-convex pedestal being larger than the area at the top end of the columnar spacer. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314178 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a display device such as a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate and a second substrate with liquid crystal injected between the first and second substrates. In the display device, the second substrate includes a plurality of columnar spacers, and the first substrate has a protrusion in an area facing the top of the columnar spacer. The plurality of columnar spacers formed on the second substrate are not arranged at even intervals in the longitudinal direction of the scan line, and/or are not aligned on the line but are arranged at random. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314179 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COATING LIQUID, AND OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC FILM - The present invention provides a method of producing a liquid crystalline coating liquid that substantially does not contain a fine crystal. The method of producing a liquid crystalline coating liquid of the present invention contains a heating step of heating a treatment liquid containing a lyotropic liquid crystalline compound containing an impurity, and a solvent, a depositing step of depositing a deposit by cooling the treatment liquid after the heating step to a temperature lower than 40° C., and a removing step of removing the deposit from the treatment liquid. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314180 | POLARIZATION CONVERSION ELEMENT - A polarization conversion element includes a phase reversal element and a polarization plane rotation element including a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer has a plurality of regions disposed along circumferential direction with the intersection point of the polarization lane rotation element and the optical axis as the center with alignment directions different from each other. When electric voltage in accordance with the wavelength of linear polarization incident on the polarization plane rotation element is applied, each region rotates the polarization plane of the polarization component transmitted by each region, and thereby converts linear polarization to radial polarization. The phase reversal element reverses, among the first and the second annular portions alternately disposed along the radial direction with the optical axis as the center, the phase of light incident on the first annular portion relative to the phase of light incident on the second annular portion. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314181 | PATTERNED RETARDATION FILM - A patterned retardation film including a base substrate, a patterned resin layer and a liquid crystal layer is provided. The patterned resin layer having plurality of first areas and a plurality of second areas is disposed on the base substrate. The combination of the first and second areas is a grating-like stripe structure. The patterned resin layer includes an aligning micron structure. The aligning micron structure includes a plurality of first sub micron grooves and a plurality of second sub micron grooves respectively located in the first areas and the second areas. The liquid crystal layer is disposed on the patterned resin layer and aligned with the aligning micron structure. The liquid crystal layer disposed above the first areas provides a first phase retardation. The liquid crystal layer disposed above the second areas provides a second phase retardation. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314182 | Eyeglass frame assembly adaptable to lenses of different curvatures - An eyeglass frame assembly adaptable to lenses of different curvatures for holding replaceable optical or sunglass lenses includes an inner frame and an eyeglass frame. The inner frame has a rear periphery and laterals thereof formed as an abutting surface corresponding to a forward receiving area and two lateral linking rooms formed on the eyeglass frame, so that the inner frame preinstalled with the optical lenses or the sunglass lenses is easily assembled to the eyeglass frame by inserting two laterals of the inner frame into the lateral linking rooms of the eyeglass frame and buckling a middle portion of the inner frame to a corresponding portion of the eyeglass frame, so as to allow the abutting surface of the inner frame to abut against the matching receiving area of the eyeglass frame. With this design, the inner frame attached to the eyeglass frame can be easily replaced as needed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314183 | LOW WATER CONTENT SOFT LENS FOR EYE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A low water content soft lens for eye is provided, which includes a layer made of an acidic polymer and a basic polymer on at least a part of a surface of a base material containing a polysiloxane compound. Adhesion of the lens to the cornea during wear, which has hitherto been regarded as a problem in a conventional low water content soft lens for eye, can be reduced or avoided when using the low water content soft lens. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314184 | 3D Contact Lenses - A three-dimensional contact lens for viewing three-dimensional imagery comprising: a central portion, wherein said central portion includes polarizing filters for viewing three-dimensional imagery; and an outer surrounding surface surrounding the central portion to make up the composite body of the contact lens. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314185 | SILICONE HYDROGEL LENSES WITH NANO-TEXTURED SURFACES - The invention is related to a method for making a silicone hydrogel contact lens having a nano-textured surface which mimics the surface texture of cornea of human eye. A method of the invention comprises creating a prime coating having nano-textures through controlled imbibition and/or depositions of a reactive polymeric coating material and fixing the nano-textures by crosslinking a hydrophilic polymeric material onto the prime coating to form a crosslinked polymeric coating that perserves the nano-textures of the prime coating and provides a nano-textured surface to the contact lens. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314186 | METHOD OF PREPARING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS FITTED WITH A MEMORY MARK - A method of preparing an ophthalmic lens ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120314187 | METHOD OF LOCATING VALID LIGHT SPOTS FOR OPTICAL MEASUREMENT AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT EMPLOYING METHOD OF LOCATING VALID LIGHT SPOTS - An algorithm locates valid light spots produced on an image detector by a wavefront of interest. The algorithm includes sequentially examining pixels of the image detector to determine for each of the pixels whether the light intensity detected by the pixel is greater than a threshold, When the pixel's detected light intensity is determined to be greater than the threshold, the algorithm includes: determining whether the pixel belongs to a valid light spot; and when the pixel is determined to belong to a valid light spot; saving data indicating a location for the valid light spot; and masking out a group of pixels of the image detector at the determined location such that the masked pixels are considered to have a light intensity less than the threshold for a remainder of the sequential examination. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314188 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - Optical element | 2012-12-13 |
20120314189 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention includes light source layer ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120314190 | 3-D image night light gun - Herein featured is a Night Light which can be held by a user that displays three dimensional projected images. The Night Light also equipped with an additional 3-D lens attachment allows the user added viewing fun of the projected images. The all light calm mode feature allows the user to illuminate the Night Light in the event that a user needs illumination quickly or as a stand alone Night Light. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314191 | PROJECTOR AND IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD - A projector used with an external device having a tilt detection function and configured so that the external device can be connected to a projector main body at a predetermined installation angle projects an image on which a correction has been performed using a first tilt angle of the external device detected by the external device and the installation angle. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314192 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - In order to minimize a change in the luminance of a projected image caused by a lamp refreshing process, projector | 2012-12-13 |
20120314193 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS MAINTENANCE METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate using exposure light via a liquid. The exposure apparatus comprises a substrate holding part, which releasably holds and is capable of moving a substrate, a management apparatus, which manages a status of usage of a dummy substrate that the substrate holding part is capable of holding. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314194 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus having an optical column capable of creating a pattern on a target portion of the substrate. The optical column may be provided with a self-emissive contrast device configured to emit a beam and a projection system configured to project the beam onto the target portion. The apparatus may be provided with an actuator to move the optical column or a part thereof with respect to the substrate. An optical sensor device is provided which is movable in respect of the optical columns and has a range of movement which enables the optical sensor device to move through a projection area of each of the optical columns to measure a beam of each of the optical columns. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314195 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING ILLUMINATION SOURCE WITH OPTIMIZED DEPTH OF FOCUS - A method for determining an illumination source with optimized depth of focus includes the following steps. First, a simulated optimal correlation and a simulated defocus correlation of each illumination source are provided. Second, an optimal peak is determined, a defocus peak is determined, and an optimal correlation slope and a defocus correlation slope are determined. An optimal correlation ratio and a peak variation are calculated. A correlation variation is calculated from the optimal correlation ratio and the defocus correlation ratio. Next, a weighted variation is determined from the peak variation and the correlation variation. An illumination source of a lowest weighted variation among a plurality of the illumination sources is determined to be an illumination source with optimized depth of focus. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314196 | LITHOGRAPHY WAVE-FRONT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - Some embodiments include system and methods to obtain information for adjusting variations in features formed on a substrate of a semiconductor device. Such methods can include determining a first pupil in an illumination system used to form a first feature, and determining a second pupil used to form a second feature. The methods can also include determining a pupil portion belonging to only one of the pupils, and generating a modified pupil portion from the pupil portion. Information associated with the modified pupil portion can be obtained for controlling a portion of a projection lens assembly of an illumination system. Other embodiments are described. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314197 | MASKLESS PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a maskless processing apparatus including: an illumination optical system providing light illuminated to a substrate; a spatial light modulator (SLM) including a plurality of light conversion devices and controlling corresponding light conversion devices to selectively reflect or transmit the light illuminated from the illumination optical system according to a processing pattern, thereby converting a light amount; a projection optical system arranged so that the plurality of light conversion devices collect light corresponding to a single pixel of the substrate and projecting high energy light provided by the plurality of corresponding light conversion devices to a corresponding pixel when the light converted from the SLM is input; and a controller controlling the SLM to receive the processing pattern and selectively convert the light illuminated from a light source through the plurality of light conversion devices according to the received processing pattern. A digital mask is used, thereby reducing a use cost of a mask, easily taking active action against a change in scale of a product to be processed, and increasing the utilization of maskless processing apparatus. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314198 | METHODS OF ESTIMATING POINT SPREAD FUNCTIONS IN ELECTRON-BEAM LITHOGRAPHY PROCESSES - In a method of estimating a PSF in the electron-beam lithography process, a linear resist test pattern may be formed on a substrate. A line response function (LRF) may be determined using a cross-sectional profile of the linear resist test pattern. A development rate distribution in a first direction, the first direction may be substantially perpendicular to an extending direction of the linear resist test pattern, may be calculated using the LRF. A line spread function (LSF), which may represent an exposure distribution in the first direction, may be calculated using the development rate distribution. The PSF may be estimated using the LSF. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314199 | DISTANCE DETECTING SENSOR AND CLOSE RANGE DETECTING METHOD - The present invention discloses a distance detecting sensor. The distance detecting sensor includes a casing, a focusing lenses, a circuit board mounted with several electronic elements, an emitting device for emitting infrared light, and a receiving device for receiving and sensing a reflected infrared light. The distance detecting sensor is configured to have a high detection accuracy and improved detection performance. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314200 | COUPLED MULTI-WAVELENGTH CONFOCAL SYSTEMS FOR DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS - A distance measurement method includes imaging a first light source emitting a first wavelength, on a region of a substrate with a dispersive confocal lens; imaging a second light source emitting a second wavelength with the dispersive confocal lens on the region of the substrate; measuring intensity of light reflection emitted from the first light source; measuring intensity of light reflection emitted from the second light source; and generating a first response function wherein the first response function represents reflected light intensity emitted from the first light source as a function of the distance. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314201 | TESTING METHODS FOR WIND TURBINE BLADES - Testing method for determining the distribution of a physical property along a wind turbine blade comprising the following steps: a) installing inside the blade a first optical fibre cable ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120314202 | POLARISCOPE STRESS MEASUREMENT TOOL AND METHOD OF USE - The present invention provides a tool for and method of using an infrared transmission technique to extract the full stress components of the in-plane residual stresses in thin, multi crystalline silicon wafers including in situ measurement of residual stress for large cast wafers. The shear difference method is used to obtain full stress components by integrating the shear stress map from the boundaries. System ambiguity at the boundaries is resolved completely by introducing a new analytical function. A new anisotropic stress optic law is provided, and stress optic coefficients are calibrated for different crystal grain orientations and stress orientations. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314203 | CHROMATOGRAPHY OF METAL COMPLEXES - A high performance liquid chromatography method to routinely and reproducibly detect and quantitate metal complexes is provided. The metal complexes used in the method of the invention can be different metal complexes, or they can be stereoisomers of the same metal complexes. The high performance liquid chromatography method of the present invention is suitable for the separation of diastereomers of the same metal complexes. Also provided is a chiral high performance liquid chromatography method to separate enantiomers of metal complexes. Superoxide dismutase mimetic compounds are also provided. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314204 | CELL/PARTICLE ANALYZING DEVICE - A cell/particle analyzing device includes a light-emitting unit, a light-diverting unit, a first receiving unit and a second receiving unit. The light-emitting unit generates a first light beam. The light-diverting unit is connected to the light-emitting unit and has an input end, a bidirectional transceiving end and an output end. The input end receives the first light beam generated by the light-emitting unit. The bidirectional transceiving end transmits the first light beam generated by the light-emitting unit and receives a second light beam. The output end outputs the second light beam. The first receiving unit is connected to the output end of the light-diverting unit and receives the second light beam. The second receiving unit is aligned with the bidirectional transceiving end. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314205 | DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS AND DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - A defect inspection apparatus comprises a table on which a substrate is placed, a first detection unit which is disposed above the table to detect an optical signal from the substrate, a second detection unit which is disposed above the table to detect an electrical signal from the substrate, and a signal processing unit which is connected to the first detection unit and the second detection unit to detect a chemical defect using the optical signal and the electrical signal. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314206 | Apparatus for imaging a sample surface - The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for imaging surface area of a sample having a surface topography with the aid of confocal microscopy, such as confocal Raman and/or fluorescence microscopy. The apparatus comprises a surface topography sensor that provides values for the surface topography. The surface topography values allow for the surface to be maintained in the confocal plane during scanning. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314207 | Authentication Apparatus and Methods - Authentication apparatus ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120314208 | MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING TRANSMISSION AND/OR REFLECTION PROPERTIES - The disclosure relates to optical measuring methods and apparatus for determining the transmission and/or reflection properties of translucent objects with utility for process monitoring and quality inspection in the manufacture of surface-coated substrates. According to the disclosure the transmission and reflection properties are determined in such a way that sequentially:
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20120314209 | Linearity Calibration Standard For Fiber Optic Power Meters - An integrated, more automated system for determining the linearity of measurements of fiber optic power meters reduces the time and expense needed for linearity calibration. The system uses the triplet superposition method of linearity calibration and aids in performing the necessary series of measurements. A linearity measurement system for an optical power meter comprises an apparatus to output an optical signal to the optical power meter, the apparatus configured to output the optical signal at a controllable plurality of optical powers, a controller for controlling an optical power output from the apparatus to the optical power meter, a display device for displaying a state of the apparatus based on information from the controller, and an input device for commanding the controller to control the optical power output from the apparatus to the optical power meter. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314210 | Laser beam profile measurement - A method for characterizing a laser beam profile is provided. The method includes disposing a laser target, moving the surface of the target, directing a laser to emit the beam at the surface, measuring a reflection from the surface as intensities, and averaging the intensities. The target's surface is disposed substantially perpendicular to an incident direction. The surface is reflective at a wavelength corresponding to the laser beam. The travel direction is substantially parallel to the surface. The laser beam travels along said incident direction to the surface. The reflection represents a plurality of intensities having a distribution of positions along the surface and during a temporal interval. The intensities are averaged over the temporal interval for each position of the distribution to produce an analyzed beam profile. Each position corresponds to a speed along the travel direction based on movement of the surface. The surface can be preferably spun along an axis substantially parallel to the incident beam. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314211 | INSPECTING APPARATUS AND INSPECTING METHOD - Provided is a method wherein a multi-anode detector is used for the purpose of detecting scattered light from a wafer, data obtained from the detector (multi-anode) for detecting defects is used, the shape of a beam radiated to the wafer, a rotational shift between the radius direction and the beam long side, and the like are calculated, and the optical axis of the irradiation beam is adjusted. Furthermore, the method is provided with a technique which feeds back the correction quantities for rotation and amplitude to inspection signal data, on the basis of the correction data, and corrects inspection data. Since fine correction with the adjustment of an optics system and signal processing is made possible, positional accuracy of defect inspection and accuracy of defect level (defect size) are improved. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314212 | INSPECTION DEVICE FOR BONDED WAFER USING LASER - Disclosed is a device for inspecting a bonded wafer using laser, which has a simple structure to facilitate an operation of the device and can detect an interface defect of the bonded wafer economically and highly reliably. To this end, the device for inspecting the bonded wafer using laser includes a laser unit, a laser diffusion unit, and a detection unit. If the device of inspecting the bonded wafer using laser according to the present invention is used, it is possible to advantageously inspect a wafer interface at a magnification desired by an inspector. In addition, the device has a simple structure, and thus it is advantageously easy to operate the device. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314213 | COVER VIEW GRIPPER - An apparatus comprising a container handling device comprising a centering device having a standing surface and a container gripper having a head side, a foot side, inspection openings on both said head side and said foot side, light-conducting elements, and a gripper bell having an inner area, a light source arranged to couple light into said light-conducting elements, a detection-and-control system comprising an optical system, and wherein said inner area can be illuminated by emerging light so that a cover side arranged at said foot side can be inspected by said optical system through said container gripper and by said light-conducting elements. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314214 | Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Having Enhanced Signal-to-Noise Ratio - A material can be analyzed using short pulses by applying a first pulse and a second pulse to the material in which the second pulse is delayed relative to the first pulse. The first and second pulses are directed toward a material along collinear paths, and the material is ablated using the first pulse to cause particles to be emitted from the surface of the material. The emitted particles are atomized and/or ionized using the second pulse, and the radiation from the atomized and/or ionized particles is analyzed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314215 | Measurement of small wavelength difference in coherent light using faraday effect - An apparatus is provided for determining a target wavelength λ of a target photon beam. The apparatus includes a photon emitter, a pre-selection polarizer, a prism composed of a Faraday medium, a post-selection polarizer, a detector and an analyzer. The photon emitter projects a monochromatic light beam at the target wavelength λ substantially parallel to a magnetic field having strength B. The target wavelength is offset from established wavelength λ′ as λ=λ′+Δλ by wavelength difference of Δλ<<λ. The Faraday prism has Verdet value V. After passing through the pre-selection polarizer, the light beam passes through the prism and is incident to an interface surface at incidence angle θ | 2012-12-13 |
20120314216 | Visual testing method for evalutating chromatic aberration - This invention comprises a method of visually comparing the chromatic aberration in two or more optical devices. The test reveals differences in the ability of an optical product to minimize chromatic aberration, so that ideally, various colors (corresponding to specific wavelengths) will have a sharp focus at almost the same distance away from the last optical element. The method provides a consistent way to test the chromatic aberration in various optical products that is more visually observable than the process of noting the halo of colors that appears along the edge of a dark object on a light background. The test is especially geared toward comparing binoculars with different optical material composition such as ED glass (Extra-low Dispersion) or FL (Fluorite) glass to those with conventional types of glass. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314217 | FLUID SENSOR - A slit for selectively allowing the transmission of emitted light from a light-emitting portion that has been diffracted through passing through a pipe wherein there is no fluid is provided on the slit side of the pipe, between a slit of the light-emitting portion and a slit of a detecting portion. The emitted light from the light-emitting portion, which is diffracted by passing through the pipe wherein there is a fluid, is blocked by the plate member wherein the slit is formed, so as to not arrive at the detecting portion. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314218 | View-finder in ellipsometer or the like systems - A system for and method of allowing visual observation of a sample being subject to investigation by an electromagnetic beam, to identify where thereupon a beam of sample investigating electromagnetic radiation is caused to impinge, in combination with a data detector of the beam of sample investigating electromagnetic radiation after it interacts with the sample. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314219 | DEVICE FOR REFERENCED MEASUREMENTS OF REFLECTED LIGHT AND A METHOD FOR CALIBRATING SUCH A DEVICE - A device for referenced measurement of reflected light and a method for calibrating such a device are disclosed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314220 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING MOTION ERROR OF LINEAR STAGE - Measurement of motion errors of a linear stage is performed to enable accurate measurement of motion errors in linear directions and a rotational direction in the linear stage using a diffraction grating. A first beam splitter splits a laser beam emitted from a light emitting unit. A first measurement unit measures a unidirectional linear motion error of the linear stage using one laser beam component split by the first beam splitter and a second measurement unit measures an angular motion error and another unidirectional linear motion of the linear stage error using a diffracted beam component obtained by diffracting another laser beam component split by the first beam splitter through the diffraction grating. A third measurement unit circularly polarizes the beam component diffracted through the diffraction grating to measure a third unidirectional linear motion error of the linear stage. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314221 | LASER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A laser surveillance system includes a housing positioned generally at or below a water line and a laser and detector mechanism positioned within the housing. The mechanism includes a laser source and a sensor. The laser source is configured to project a laser beam towards a vessel being inspected. The sensor is configured to receive a reflection of the laser beam. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314222 | Inspection Apparatus, System, and Method - Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for inspection of objects or items in a conveyance system. Presence (or absence) of an object/item or objects/items is detected sensed and also one or more characteristics of the object/item can be determined based image detection of characteristics of one or more laser lines projected on a conveyance surface of the conveyance system. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314223 | OPTICAL THREAD PROFILER - An apparatus configured to measure at least one physical characteristic of an threaded surface (e.g., an internally threaded surface) of an object is provided. The apparatus uses optical triangulation to perform non-contact characterization of the threaded surface. The apparatus can be used to characterize various aspects of the threaded surface, including generating the measurements required to produce a longitudinal cross-sectional profile of the threaded surface. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314224 | METHOD AND IRRADIATING DEVICE FOR IRRADIATING CURVED SURFACES WITH NON-IONIZING RADIATION - The invention relates to a method for irradiating a surface of a three-dimensional object, wherein a field of micromirrors in the beam path of a radiation source modulates the radiation. In order to be able to image irregularly shaped fields even on curved surfaces with the highest possible edge sharpness and to be able to exactly radiate the spatial distribution of the radiation power even onto three-dimensional surfaces, the topography (shape of the surface) is detected and a pulse duty factor is calculated and set for each micromirror so that the power density incident on a planar element corresponds approximately to a target power density and the target dimensions of the radiation surface. An irradiating device ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120314225 | BEAD INSPECTION METHOD, AND BEAD INSPECTION APPARATUS - A bead inspection step and a bead inspection apparatus that inspect the quality of a bead are disclosed . . . . The bead inspection apparatus includes a wire-feed-speed measurement device that measures the feed speed of a brazing wire, and an analysis portion that measures and analyzes position coordinate data about surfaces of a first, workpiece, a second workpiece and the bead, and performs a first shape data measurement step of. measuring first shape data before brazing, a second shape data measurement step of measuring second shape data after the brazing, a feature quantity calculation step of calculating predicted values of feature quantities based on the first and second shape data and the brazing wire feed speed, and a throat thickness calculation step of calculating a predicted value of the throat thickness by a regression expression formed based on actual measurements of the feature quantities and of the throat thickness. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314226 | Smart Crimp Tool System For Electrical Contacts And Terminals Which Are Controlled And Monitored By A Central Database Manager - A crimp tool for crimping contacts onto wire cable ends includes an indentor mechanism having a plurality of moveable indentors for deforming a portion of a contact inserted into the mechanism. One of the indentors has a pressure responsive element for providing a signal indicative of the pressure exerted on the contact by the indentor. A device coupled to the pressure responsive element records pressure data and transfers data to an electronic control unit for determining operation of the mechanism. An automated inspection system uses light projection and a light sensor adapted for detecting light projected through a crimping die to measure dimensions and configurations of the crimping die. The system stores data representative of desired measurements of the crimping die and compares actual measurements to desired measurements. A set of fixtures are used for positioning the crimping die in the inspection system. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314227 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS IN WHICH TONE CORRECTION SETTING IS CONTROLLED - An apparatus includes a forming unit; a reading unit; a conversion unit converting a signal corresponding to the image read by the reading unit into a signal indicating a density value; a correction unit performing tone correction on the density value of the signal output by the conversion unit; and a control unit controlling a tone correction setting in the tone correction unit by controlling the reading unit to read a tone correction image that was formed on a recording material by the forming unit. When controlling the tone correction setting, the control unit further changes a setting for image formation in the forming unit and a setting for conversion into a density value in the conversion unit according to the recording material used in the control of the tone correction setting. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314228 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus that controls a display unit to display, as a preview image, an image to be printed on a print medium by a printing apparatus that includes a function for adjusting a conveyance amount to convey a print medium in a conveyance direction by increasing or decreasing the conveyance amount as compared to a reference conveyance amount when an image of a designated size is printed acquires an adjustment amount of the conveyance amount and changes a size of the preview image with respect to the conveyance direction according to the acquired adjustment amount. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314229 | FRAME-BASED COORDINATE SPACE TRANSFORMATIONS OF GRAPHICAL IMAGE DATA IN AN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - What is disclosed are a novel system and method for transforming coordinates in an image processing system. In one embodiment, image data is received in a first coordinate space and second coordinate space information is received. A first selection is made, based on a set of relative coordinate space mappings, to select at least a first transformation for mapping of the image data in the first coordinate space to an intermediate image canonical coordinate space using at least a first coordinate change matrix. The intermediate image canonical coordinate space has coordinates which are independent of the image processing system. A second selection is made, based on the set of relative coordinate space mappings, to select at least a second transformation for mapping from the intermediate image canonical coordinate space to the second coordinate space using at least a second coordinate change matrix to transform the intermediate image canonical coordinate space. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314230 | IMAGE OPERATIONS USING FRAME-BASED COORDINATE SPACE TRANSFORMATIONS OF IMAGE DATA IN A DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM - What is provided are a system and method which enables users to configure their respective imaging devices to receive image data in a first coordinate space and map the received data to a second coordinate space for subsequent processing. In such a manner, users or key operators can configure their imaging device to transform image data to any desired orientation for processing across any imaging device. Preset configuration in the imaging device can be setup at the factory or installed in the field for desired behavior. Furthermore, the preset configurations can be used to correct problems with jobs in the field. A simple user interface (UI) addition to the digital front end (DFE) describe below provides operator selection. The operator can emulate current customer workflow across a variety of imaging devices for both intra-brand and inter-brand reduces any impact on legacy work flows. Various embodiments are disclosed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314231 | DUAL COLOR MATCHING FEEDBACK CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIDING INFRARED MARKINGS AND OTHER INFORMATION - A dual color matching feedback control method, system and processor-readable medium for hiding an infrared marking in a wide range of customer selectable colors. The approach includes an inline spectrophotometer sensor to measure at least two color mixtures and a matching color feedback control unit adjusts the two mixtures to match each other in color appearance. A customized color can be selected from a smaller gamut of darker color by a customer and a sufficient difference in a black toner (k toner) between the two color mixtures can be maintained to provide sufficient contrast for the infrared detection. An initial match can be provided by incorporating a color model that is similar to a predicted color mixture. The two colors can then be rendered and adjusted for better match prior to rendering the hidden mark. Such an approach adjusts an amount of other toners so that the color difference between the hidden mark colorant and a surrounding colorant is minimized and a presence of the hidden mark is less detectable to the observer under a standard condition. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314232 | POSITION CALIBRATION OF A SPOT OF AN OPTICAL SENSOR - A method for position calibration of a spot of an optical sensor may include providing a position calibration patch on a sheet at a predetermined position, along a scan path of the spot across the sheet, the patch comprising at least two adjacent blocks of different colors. The method may also include obtaining a single sample of the position calibration patch using the optical sensor. The method may further include determining from the single sample the position of the spot of the sensor with respect to the position calibration patch. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314233 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT FORMS AN IMAGE USING AN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS - A texture processing unit obtains smoothness information from a paper type specifying unit or a smoothness measuring device, and a lookup table is selected corresponding to the smoothness. An image area division unit divides off image signals of a predetermined hue area from among converted image signals. Predetermined hue area refers to a hue area in which, among multiple areas of different hues, a toner transfer failure tends to occur at concave portions that exist on a printing surface of a printing medium. The image signal processing unit applies the lookup table selected by the texture processing unit on the image signals that have been divided off, thereby increasing the toner amounts at concave portions. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314234 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PRINTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus, image printing apparatus and image processing method are provided that can output an image that fulfills both of sharpness and robustness by multi-pass printing regardless of the image. For this purpose, in preforming multi-pass printing, a distribution coefficient for distributing density data of each pixel to multiple printing scans varies depending on attribute information of the each pixel. For a pixel whose attribute information indicates importance on robustness, a bias of distribution coefficients for multiple scans are made small; and for a pixel whose attribute information indicates importance on sharpness, a bias of distribution coefficients for multiple printing scans is made large. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314235 | GLOBAL PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A system and method for parsing data formatted in a plurality of encoding schemes at a printer is provided. The method comprises receiving data from at least one host computer at the printer, wherein at least a portion of the data is encoded in a plurality of encoding schemes. The method also includes determining a parser state of the data based on a plurality of characters and/or at least one printer control command associated with the plurality of encoding schemes. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314236 | ARRANGEMENT FOR READING FROM AND/OR WRITING TO FLEXIBLE SHEET MEDIA IN A CURVED CONFIGURATION AND METHOD - A method is described for reading information from and/or writing information to at least one sheet of flexible sheet material. The sheet having a length and a width defining first and second opposing surfaces and opposing lengthwise and widthwise edges. The sheet material is supported in a curved configuration across the width such that the first surface is inwardly oriented with respect to the curved configuration to define a cylindrical shape having the lengthwise edges positioned in a confronting relationship. The sheet is then moved in a direction along a lengthwise path generally parallel to the length and transverse to the direction of curvature, but without rotation about the lengthwise path. At least one of reading information and writing information is performed transversely across the width of the first surface of the sheet material as the sheet material is moved along the path. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314237 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a controller; and an engine including a first printing unit and a second printing unit. Each of the first and second printing units includes a data management unit configured to manage a piece of image data transferred from an upper level apparatus, one or more output units, and an output control unit configured to output an image based on the piece of image data to one of the one or more output units. The controller is configured to receive control information indicating a printing condition from the upper level apparatus, produce print management tables for the respective pieces of image data, on the basis of the control information, cause the upper level apparatus to transfer the pieces of image data to the data management units on the basis of the print management tables, respectively. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314238 | AUTOMATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HOLDING AND AUTHENTICATING A DEVICE CONFIGURATION CHANGE PAYLOAD JOB - A method and system for automatically holding and authenticating a configuration change payload job. An upgrade payload file can be transmitted to a rendering device as a rendering job via a print submission protocol. The upgrade payload file can be detected by a configuration change detection and hold module configured in association with the rendering device upon receiving the rendering job. The rendering job can be automatically held at the rendering device until an authenticated user releases the rendering job. The held rendering job can be also automatically deleted after a predetermined time period. The configuration change detection and hold module can be enabled and/or disabled by the authenticated user in order to prevent an unauthorized and accidental system upgrade and configuration change. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314239 | PROTECTING SCANS USING REMOTE SCAN INITIATION MODE AND AUTHORIZATION - Systems and methods allow remote computerized devices to control the scanner of an apparatus through the communications port of the apparatus. Additionally, systems and methods provide a user-selectable remote start option on the graphic user interface of the apparatus and require input of user credentials through the graphic user interface when a user selects the remote start option. The scanner is placed into private mode when a user selects the remote start option, which restricts scanner control to only those of the remote computerized devices that provide the proper user credentials. Further, a user-selectable private mode release option is provided on the graphic user interface, which requires input of the user credentials through the graphic user interface. When scanning, the scanner produces scanned images, which are released through the communications port to only those of the remote computerized devices that provide the proper user credentials. Additionally, in said private mode the user's original documents can, optionally, be protected via a lockable cover controllable by the remote start option. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314240 | SERIAL RASTER IMAGE PROCESSORS USED FOR ERROR CORRECTION IN A PARALLEL RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are provided for error correction in a parallel RIP environment. The system is operable to receive a print job comprising logical pages, to separate the logical pages into segments, to distribute the segments to parallel RIPs for interpretation and rasterization, and to transmit the segments to a serial RIP for interpretation. The system is further operable to determine that a parallel RIP has encountered a dependency error that prevents the parallel RIP from rasterizing one of the segments, and to instruct the serial RIP to rasterize the one segment responsive to detecting the dependency error. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314241 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This invention provides an image processing apparatus that dynamically changes the display priority of a web browser in accordance with a user authentication state, a method of controlling the same, and a program. To accomplish this, the image processing apparatus sets the display priority of the web browser when it is determined that a user has not been authenticated to be higher than the display priority when it is determined that the user has been authenticated. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314242 | DEVICE CAPABLE OF EXTRACTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - The present invention relates to a device having a first determining unit configured to determine whether version information included in a two-dimensional code included in an input image is version information that is supported by the device and a second determining unit configured to determine to prohibit printing of the input image when the included version information is determined to be version information that is not supported by the device or to determine whether to permit or prohibit printing of the input image based on information other than the version information included in the two-dimensional code when the included version information is determined to be version information that is supported by the device. With this arrangement, it is possible to execute processing in accordance with version information included in a two-dimensional code. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314243 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH BACKED-UP MEMORY, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An electronic device is provided that is capable of dealing with data loss from a volatile memory that can be caused when power supply from a device power source is disconnected. Even if there is a setting to retain received data in the volatile memory until a printing instruction is given by a user, the electronic device, e.g., an image forming apparatus, prints received data without waiting for the user's printing instruction in a case where a backup battery voltage is less than a predetermined value. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314244 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that is communicable with a server system including at least one server, and a printer to perform printing. The information processing apparatus includes an accepting unit and a transmission unit. The accepting unit accepts a single instruction, which is input by a user, for instructing printing. The transmission unit transmits a print job to the server system according to the single instruction accepted by the accepting unit, and at the same time transmit an instruction for acquiring print data from the server system, to the printer. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314245 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus for using an external service provided by at least one external server. The image processing apparatus includes a web browser, a reception unit, a web server unit, a display control unit, and a communication control unit. The reception unit receives service information transmitted by the at least one external server. The web server unit generates screen information for displaying an operation screen on the web browser based on the service information received by the reception unit. The display control unit displays the operation screen on the web browser based on the screen information generated by the web server unit. The communication control unit transmits and acquires image data to/from the at least one external server in response to a user instruction input via the operation screen displayed on the web browser. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314246 | Printing Command Center Graphical User Interface - A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a request to access print job objects at a remote server database from a graphical user interface (GUI) operating on a local server and displaying the print job objects from the remote server database at the GUI. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314247 | Implementing Consistent Behavior Across Different Resolutions of Images - A method of implementing consistent behavior across different resolutions of images comprises retrieving a list of image enhancement operations applied to an available image, creating, based on image resolution and use case, from the available image, a pre-processed image that simulates the image enhancement operations intended for the available image, performing an image analysis operation on the pre-processed image to obtain a list of artifacts, creating a modified list of artifacts that are mapped to the coordinate system of the available image, applying the modified list of artifacts and retrieved list of image enhancement operations to the available image to obtain a corrected image, and outputting the corrected image to an output device. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314248 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-SITE CELLULAR MANUFACTURING WITH TRANSPORTATION DELAYS - A system and method is used to manage scheduling of a plurality of print jobs in a multi-site print shop environment. The multi-site environment includes a plurality of print shops each having resources and equipment to complete at least one type of print job. Also included is a multi-site scheduler configuration arranged to assign and schedule print jobs to one of a home shop and a non-home shop. The assigning and scheduling is based on a fastest completion time, wherein a completion time of a print job in a home shop is defined as the actual time taken to complete the print job and a completion time of a print job in a non-home shop is defined as the actual time taken to complete the print job and a transportation delay. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314249 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMINDING ABOUT PRINT HISTORY - Methods and Systems for reminding about print history use an approach in which one or more conditions, such as print job name and/or file size, of a subsequently submitted print job are monitored to determine if the one or more conditions of the subsequent print job is substantially similar to a corresponding one or more conditions of a previous print job. A reminder message is displayed on a user interface if such a similarity so determined, and in response, a user can enter a selection of an option in the reminder message to handle the reminder message and/or control print processing of the subsequent and/or previous print job. The reminder messaging can be pre-configured and turned off, as required. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314250 | PRINT SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS AND PRINTER WHICH ARE USED IN THE PRINT SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE PRINT SYSTEM - A server apparatus comprises an instruction transmitting unit that transmits an instruction to a user apparatus, the instruction instructing the user apparatus to send to the printer a print request for pull printing including authorized information used for an authorizing process at the time of receiving the print service. A printer comprises a receiving unit that receives the print request for pull printing including the authorized information sent from the user apparatus according to the instruction, and a request transmitting unit that transmits, in accordance with the received print request for pull printing including the authorized information, the authorized information and a document obtaining request to the server apparatus. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314251 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus to access a file server and a job server connected to an internet via a local area network, and issue a print request of a file managed by the file server, includes a file server connection unit, a job server connection unit, a token acquisition unit, a print request unit, and a print unit. The file server connection unit connects with the file server. The job server connection unit connects with the job server. The token acquisition unit acquires a token associated with connection with the image forming apparatus from the job server connected by the job server connection unit. The print request unit issues the print request for the file server connected by the file server connection unit using the token acquired by the token acquisition unit. The print unit prints print data received from the job server connected by the job server connection unit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314252 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION APPARATUS, SERIAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PRINTING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SERIAL COMMUNICATION APPRATUS - The invention has been made to solve a problem that as the cycle of a transmission clock fluctuates with respect to the cycle of a sampling clock for one bit on the reception side, a reception error occurs. To deal with this, every time sampling data is inverted in a reception data string, the sampling clock is re-synchronized. Furthermore, if there are a predetermined number of successive identical data, an inverted dummy bit is inserted for re-synchronization. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314253 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for outputting a plurality of sets of output units, the output unit composed of a plurality of pages with a determined order being one set, includes an image forming unit for successively forming images corresponding to the respective pages on sheets, a control unit for performing an arithmetic processing of an image eigenvalue for each output unit, a first storage storing the result of the arithmetic processing performed for one specific set of output unit, and a second storage storing the result of the arithmetic processing performed for the nth set of output unit, wherein the control unit determines whether or not the images are normally formed on the sheets for the nth set of output unit based on a comparison result between the result of the arithmetic processing stored in the first storage and that of the arithmetic processing stored in the second storage. | 2012-12-13 |
20120314254 | CELLULAR TELEPHONE PROTOCOL ADAPTIVE PRINTING - A cellular telephone protocol adaptive printing system includes a mobile device protocol logic configured to transmit a print job from a cellular telephone to an image forming device, pursuant to a print data transmission protocol; and a content transforming logic configured to process a print item into the print job pursuant to the print data transmission protocol supported by the mobile device protocol logic. | 2012-12-13 |