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20080309981 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE GENERATING DEVICE - The present invention provides a printing device optimizing information to be embedded by merging pieces of information of respective pages into a single piece of information in N-up printing. The printing device generates the information to be embedded according to a result of analyzing print parameters in print data when performing embedding printing processing of the information to be embedded for the print data in a machine-recognizable manner. That is, in the printing device, a unit of generating information to be embedded acquires respective pieces of information of M pages (1≦M≦N), analyzes the acquired respective pieces of information to be embedded, and generates a single piece of information to be embedded merging the respective pieces of information to be embedded based on the analysis result of the respective pieces of information to be embedded, when N-up printing is designated. | 12-18-2008 |
20090086206 | Tunable semiconductor laser device, manufacturing method therefor, and gas detector using therewith - A tunable semiconductor laser device includes a wavelength control region that is formed to include an active layer formed above a semiconductor substrate in an optical waveguide which guides the light generated by the active layer and that includes in at least one portion a diffraction grating which selects light having a predetermined wavelength from the light generated by the active layer, a cladding layer, an insulation film formed above the cladding layer, a first driving electrode formed below the semiconductor substrate, a second driving electrode formed above the cladding layer, a heating portion that is formed above the insulation film and that is used to heat at least one portion of the wavelength control region, first and second heating terminals provided in the heating portion, and first and second connection lines that connect in series between the first and second driving electrodes through a power source. By tuning the current supplied from the power source to the first and second connection lines substantially connected in series through the heating portion, the tunable semiconductor laser device can be controlling the wavelength of the light derived to an outside from the optical waveguide. | 04-02-2009 |
20090128839 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an input unit which inputs a plurality of image object data, an acquisition unit which acquires resolution information and area information, a generation unit which generates image data based on the resolution information and stores the image data in a memory unit, an extraction unit which extracts overlap area information and resolution information of each of the image objects, and a composition unit which reads out, from the memory unit, pixel data corresponding to a pixel position of interest in accordance with the area information, if a plurality of pixel data existing at the pixel position of interest are located in the overlap area, converts one of the plurality of pixel data in accordance with higher resolution information extracted by the extraction unit, composites the converted pixel data with the other pixel data, and outputs the pixel data. | 05-21-2009 |
20090284773 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus for sharing image processing for an image area by a plurality of processors, analyzes a tendency of compositing input pixel information in the image area, determines a share of tasks to be executed by each of the plurality of processors based on the analysis result, and controls the share of tasks by each of the plurality of processors in accordance with the determined share of tasks. For example, when the plurality of processors include a first processor which executes a generation process of pieces of pixel information for respective layers to be composited, and a second processor which composites the pieces of generated pixel information, the requirement or complexity of a compositing processing, or the size of area in which the compositing processing is performed is analyzed, so as to control the share of tasks or a communication method of the first and second processors. | 11-19-2009 |
20100079795 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an input unit which receives input of image data containing a plurality of drawing objects overlapping each other, a pixel data generation unit which generates a plurality of pixel data corresponding to the respective drawing objects, a pixel data compression unit which compresses the plurality of pixel data into pieces of run-length information corresponding to the plurality of pixel data, a selection unit which selects, based on drawing information of the drawing object, either of composition of the pixel data and composition of the run-length information to be performed, a pixel data composition unit which composites the pixel data, and a compressed pixel composition unit which composites the run-length information. | 04-01-2010 |
20100150579 | Semiconductor Optical Element, Semiconductor Laser Using the Semiconductor Optical Element, and Optical Transponder using the semiconductor Laser - In order to realize transition from a non-reflective state to a state in which only a light with a target wavelength can be reflected with a high wavelength selectivity, a semiconductor optical element includes an n-type substrate, an n-type clad layer formed in a part of the n-type substrate itself or upward of the n-type substrate, a p-type clad layer formed upward of the n-type substrate, a guide layer, formed between the p-type clad layer and the n-type clad layer, for waveguiding a light, first and second electrodes respectively formed on the bottom surface of the n-type substrate and the upper surface of the p-type clad layer, and a plurality of electric current regulating members provided in the vicinity of the guide layer and regularly arranged along a light waveguide direction in the guide layer. The plurality of electric current regulating members show a refractive index approximately the same as a surrounding object, provide an even electric current density distribution in the guide layer along the light waveguide direction in the guide layer in a state in which the electric current has been injected in between the first and second electrodes, and generate an even distribution of the refractive index in the guide layer along the light waveguide direction in the guide layer based on the even electric current density distribution. Thereby, the guide layer reflects a light with a wavelength, which is determined in accordance with the even refractive index distribution, of the incident lights. | 06-17-2010 |
20110096799 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND TUNABLE WAVELENGTH LASER LIGHT SOURCE - The present invention provides a semiconductor light emitting element that can obtain oscillation at desired wavelengths. The semiconductor light emitting element comprises a semiconductor substrate | 04-28-2011 |
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20100307676 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LASER WELDING THERMOPLASTIC RESIN MEMBERS - A method and apparatus for laser welding two members made of thermoplastic resin material whereby high welding strength can be achieved and strength variations can be reduced. A first member | 12-09-2010 |
20100328716 | PRINT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A print processing apparatus comprises the image processing unit including a plurality of image processing sections that correspond respectively to the plurality of kinds of image processes; a generation unit configured to generate a preview image based on a result of processing by the image processing unit; a display unit configured to display the preview image generated by the generation unit; a use-situation identification unit configured to identify a use situation of the image processing sections; and a selection unit configured to select a preview method from among a plurality of preview methods for generating the preview image, according to the use situation identified by the use-situation identification unit, the selected preview method using an image processing section that is available in the identified use situation of the image processing section. | 12-30-2010 |
20110134442 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus may include a calculating unit and a display control unit. The image forming apparatus may process a job according to a charged amount charged on the job and an input amount input into a charging apparatus. The calculating unit calculates a charging amount required for outputting an image corresponding to the job according to printing setting for the job. The display control unit displays image data corresponding to the job on a display unit according to the printing setting for the job. The display control unit compares the input amount with the charged amount calculated by the calculating unit, and when the input amount is insufficient, a range of image data that can be output and a range of image data that cannot be output, of image data corresponding to the job, are displayed in a manner enabling discrimination thereof on a display unit. | 06-09-2011 |
20110187490 | CONTROL NETWORK SYSTEM - A control network system may control a control target by using control data. The control network system may include a wireless field device that transmits the control data through a wireless communication, a relay apparatus that relays the control data from the wireless field device, the relay apparatus including a storage unit that stores identification data of the wireless field device, the storage unit storing a flag associated with the identification data, the flag showing a progress state of commissioning of the wireless field device, and a host system that receives the control data from the wireless field device through the relay apparatus, the host system including a control unit that discontinues operation of controlling the control target when the flag is in a nonsteady state. | 08-04-2011 |
20110213900 | FIELD COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - There is provided a field communication management apparatus capable of setting configuration information segments with certainty without causing a burden, and an inexpedience at the time of an operation for setting. A reception unit receives download information. A setting unit sets individual information segments contained in download information received by the reception unit in a corresponding field device and a gateway itself. A communication limiting unit prohibits communication between the field device and host devices for a period before the individual information segments are set in the field device and the gateway itself, respectively, by the setting unit. | 09-01-2011 |
20110228725 | FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND FIELD COMMUNICATION METHOD - A field communication system may perform wireless communication with field devices. The field communication system may include a connection allowing unit that determines whether or not to allow a connection to the field device by referring a field device list, the field device list listing tag names related to the field devices, an address issuance unit that automatically issues a communication address for the field device if the connection allowing unit allows the connection with the field device, an address management unit that establishes correspondences between the communication addresses and the tag names of the field devices by using the field device list, and a communication unit that transmits data to the field device designated by the tag name, the communication unit receiving the data transmitted from the field device, the data being used to control the field device designated by the tag name. | 09-22-2011 |
20110258567 | REGISTER CONFIGURATOR AND REGISTER CONFIGURATION METHOD - A register configurator may include a display screen, a data display unit that displays data related to field devices on the display screen, a register space display unit that graphically displays a register space of a register on the display screen, a manipulation reception unit that receives a manipulation for allocating each of the data, which has been displayed by the data display unit, to an area in the register space, which has been displayed by the register space display unit, the manipulation being performed on the display screen by a user, and a correspondence establishing unit that establishes a correspondence between the data and the area, based on the manipulation that has been received by the manipulation reception unit. | 10-20-2011 |
20110261757 | FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND FIELD COMMUNICATION METHOD - A field communication system may include a communication device that transmits and receives data to and from a field device through a wireless communication, the communication device communicating with the field device if field device data corresponds to communication device data, a field device setting unit that generates the field device data related to a device tag of the field device, the field device setting unit setting the field device data to the field device, a storage unit that stores the field device data, and a communication device setting unit that extracts the field device data stored in the storage unit by using the device tag as a key, the communication device setting unit setting the field device data to the communication device as the communication device data. | 10-27-2011 |
20110313549 | FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A field communication system receives data from a field device through a communication network and maps the data onto a register to update the data. The field communication system includes a detection module configured to detect a state of communication with the field device through the communication network, and a writing module configured to write the communication state detected by the detection module in the register as information added to the data. | 12-22-2011 |
20120063330 | WIRELESS NETWORK PATH SETTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A wireless network path setting apparatus includes a receiving module configured to receive input of wireless network paths, an investigating module configured to investigate a communication environment and status of each of routes constituting the wireless network paths that have been input through the receiving module, and a registering module configured to register the wireless network paths that have been input through the receiving module as network paths to be used in a field wireless system if the communication environment and status of each route investigated by the investigating module is appropriate. | 03-15-2012 |
20120218582 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus acquires a drawing object included in a page in which drawing is to be performed, updates a threshold value, which is used when one of mask drawing and edge drawing is selected to draw the drawing object according to a relationship between the acquired drawing object and another drawing object included in the page, selects, as a drawing method, one of the mask drawing and the edge drawing to draw the drawing object based on the updated threshold value and the acquired drawing object, and draws the acquired drawing object by the selected drawing method. | 08-30-2012 |
20120320390 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which divides image data into predetermined unit blocks and forms an image, the apparatus comprises: a determination unit that determines continuous block lines, that include closed regions having identical components, among a plurality of block lines included in a block; a generation unit that generates data of an intermediate language of each of the blocks using pieces of information of the plurality of block lines and the determination result obtained by the determination unit; a selection unit that selects an image forming method corresponding to the data of the intermediate language of each of the blocks, that is generated by the generation unit; and a forming unit that forms an image of the data of the intermediate language of each of the blocks, in accordance with the image forming method selected by the selection unit. | 12-20-2012 |
20130008581 | PAIR OF SUBSTRATE HOLDERS, SUBSTRATE HOLDER, SUBSTRATE BONDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE - A substrate holder pair comprising a first substrate holder and a second substrate holder that holds a first substrate and a second substrate bonded to each other, between itself and the first substrate holder. The first substrate holder includes a pressure receiving portion that, when the first substrate holder is separated from the second substrate holder, is pressed by a pressing member, and the second substrate holder includes a passing portion through which passes the pressing member, to enable pressing of the pressure receiving portion by the pressing member. | 01-10-2013 |
20130100498 | IMAGE FORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - To realize effective load distribution and improve the performance in image formation processing, an image processing apparatus includes a first image processing unit configured to perform image processing on a drawing area, a second image processing unit configured to be differentiated from the first image processing unit, a load analysis unit configured to analyze a composition processing load of an object in the drawing area, a rotational angle analysis unit configured to analyze a rotational angle of the object in the drawing area, and a load distribution determination unit configured to determine whether to distribute a part of image formation processing to be applied on the drawing area from the first image processing unit to the second image processing unit based on the analyzed composition processing load of the object and the analyzed rotational angle of the object. | 04-25-2013 |
20130342873 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF,AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus including a memory includes a first conversion method configured to perform conversion processing for converting an image represented by span information in page line sequence into span information in tile sequence, using the memory; a second conversion unit configured to perform conversion processing for converting an image represented by pixel information in page line sequence into pixel information in tile sequence, using the memory; and a control unit configured to control a conversion unit employing a less usage amount of the memory used in a case that a process target image is converted into tiles, of the first conversion unit and the second conversion unit, to perform the conversion processing on the process target image. | 12-26-2013 |
20140345805 | SUBSTRATE HOLDER AND SUBSTRATE BONDING APPARATUS - A substrate holder that holds a substrate when the substrate is being aligned with another substrate and transports the substrate in a held state, comprising a mounting portion on which the substrate is mounted; a supported section that is provided on the mounting portion and is supported by another member during transport; and a restricting section that restricts damage from stress caused by a difference in expansion and contraction due to heat between the mounting portion and the supported section. | 11-27-2014 |
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20100157341 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for supplying image data, to be formed by an image forming apparatus, to the image forming apparatus includes an obtaining unit for obtaining information on first environment light and second environment light different from the first environment light; a converting unit for converting data, defined by a color space independent of the image forming apparatus, of the image data into first image data defined by a color space dependent of the image forming apparatus depending on the first environment light and then for converting the first image data into second image data defined by a color space independent of the image forming apparatus depending on the second environment light; a discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not a color difference between the first image data and the second image data is a predetermined value or more in an area in which the first image data and the second image data correspond to each other; and a display controlling unit for controlling a display unit so that the image data is displayed on the display unit in an image area including an area in which the color difference is the predetermined value or more and including an area in which the color difference is less than the predetermined value. | 06-24-2010 |
20100321743 | CODING METHOD, RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A method for coding mask data containing information indicating, for each pixel, presence of thinning of image data in order to perform multipass recoding for a predetermined area of a recording medium by N (N: integer of 2 or more) times, includes acquiring a plurality of mask data, assigning a code represented by a number of bits smaller than N based on information contained in the same address of the acquired mask data and use-order of the mask data, and generating coded data containing the assigned code corresponding to an arrangement of the address that the mask data retains information thereof. | 12-23-2010 |
20110116137 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND LOOKUP TABLE GENERATION METHOD - Using a first lookup table used to convert color data on a device-independent color space into color data on a device-dependent color space, and a second lookup table used to convert the color data on the device-dependent color space into color material data corresponding to a plurality of color print materials, the image processing apparatus acquires output values using the first lookup table in accordance with input values the number of which is larger than the number of grid points of the first lookup table, acquires output values using the second lookup table, as input values, the output values acquired, and generates a third lookup table corresponding to the predetermined number of input values which is larger than the number of grid points of the first lookup table in accordance with the output values acquired. | 05-19-2011 |
20120044526 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A printing apparatus encodes masks used for thinning out print data when performing multi-pass printing and provided in correspondence with passes, and stores the encoded masks in a memory. The printing apparatus includes an assignment unit that assigns different codes with respect to pixels that indicate dot-on and are held in the masks provided in correspondence with the passes, depending on for which pass of mask processing the masks are used, and an encoding unit that generates, using the different codes, index data indicating pixels that indicate dot-on and are held in the masks corresponding to the passes, and generates encoded data by encoding the index data. Here, the encoding unit determines an assignment relationship in which the different codes are assigned to the passes by the assignment unit such that the encoded data is smaller than the data size of original masks, and generates the encoded data. | 02-23-2012 |
20120281243 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention has an objective of providing an image formation apparatus that can output binary image data on a printing medium with a favorable quality. According to the present invention, a plurality of different pieces of mask data stored in a storage unit is used to generate a plurality of different pieces of divided data. Then, the frequency characteristic information of the respective plurality of generated thinned images is calculated. Thereafter, the pieces of frequency characteristic information of the respective plurality of generated thinned images are compared to select, from among the plurality of pieces of mask data stored in the storage unit, a divided mask pattern to be used for the input image data. Then, the selected divided mask pattern is used to form the image. | 11-08-2012 |
20130070269 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Image processing in which image data is input. The input image data is converted into first image data defined by a color space depending on a characteristic of a first environment light and into second image data defined by a color space depending on a characteristic of a second environment light. A color is specified which has a color difference between the first image data and the second image data, the color difference of the specified color being larger than a predetermined value. Information is output indicating the specified color. | 03-21-2013 |
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20090033440 | ACTIVE RESONANT CIRCUIT WITH RESONANT-FREQUENCY TUNABILITY - The present invention is directed to provide a low-power-consumption wide-range RF signal processing unit having a small chip occupation area. A semiconductor integrated circuit has, on a semiconductor chip, a resonant circuit including a first capacitor having a capacitance which can be controlled by a first control signal of a first control terminal, and a gyrator for equivalently emulating an inductor by including a second capacitor having a capacitance which can be controlled by a second control signal of a second control terminal. The capacitance and the inductor form a parallel resonant circuit. At the time of changing parallel resonant frequency, the capacitances of the first and second capacitors are coordinately changed. The parallel resonant circuit is suitable for an active load which is connected to an output node of an amplifier. | 02-05-2009 |
20100001393 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A miniaturized semiconductor device has a package substrate, a semiconductor chip mounted on the main surface of the package substrate and having plural LNAs each for amplifying a signal, an RF VCO for converting the frequency of the signal supplied from each LNA, and an IF VCO for converting the frequency of a signal supplied from a baseband. A plurality of ball electrodes are provided on the back surface of the package substrate. The package substrate is provided with a first common GND wire for supplying a GND potential to each of the LNAs, with a second common GND wire for supplying the GND potential to the RF VCO, and with a third common GND wire for supplying the GND potential to the IF VCO. The first, second, and third common GND wires are separated from each other. | 01-07-2010 |
20110121443 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A miniaturized semiconductor device has a package substrate, a semiconductor chip mounted on the main surface of the package substrate and having plural LNAs each for amplifying a signal, an RF VCO for converting the frequency of the signal supplied from each LNA, and an IF VCO for converting the frequency of a signal supplied from a baseband. A plurality of ball electrodes are provided on the back surface of the package substrate. The package substrate is provided with a first common GND wire for supplying a GND potential to each of the LNAs, with a second common GND wire for supplying the GND potential to the RF VCO, and with a third common GND wire for supplying the GND potential to the IF VCO. The first, second, and third common GND wires are separated from each other. | 05-26-2011 |
20120126900 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip with first and second low noise amplifier for amplifying an inputted signal. The chip is mounted over a wiring substrate which includes first and second electrodes and first, second and third GND electrodes. The wiring substrate includes first and second conductor patterns, wherein the first conductor pattern electrically connects the first and second GND electrodes and surrounds the first and second electrodes in a plan view. The second conductor pattern electrically connects the first conductor pattern and the third GND electrode to each other and is arranged between the first and second electrodes in the plan view. The first conductor pattern extends toward an inside of the semiconductor chip from the first and second GND electrodes in the plan view. | 05-24-2012 |