| 01st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
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| 20130003106 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print control device manages a print job and a printer based on an instruction from a client terminal. The print control device accepts a print instruction to the printer from the client terminal and authentication information about the client terminal, confirms the validity of the authentication information to an authentication unit configured to issue and manage the authentication information, registers the print job as an execution job together with the authentication information if the authentication information is valid, and accesses the authentication unit during registration of the execution job to thereby update the expiration date/time of the registered authentication information. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003107 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR USE OF SHARED RESOURCES IN A NETWORK - A method for controlling and monitoring, from a server, transfers of jobs from clients connected in the network to shared resources connected in the network. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003108 | Frequency Domain Layout Decomposition in Double Patterning Lithography - A mechanism is provided for frequency domain layout decomposition in double pattern lithography (DPL) based on Fourier coefficient optimization (FCO). The Fourier transform of a layout represents the spatial frequency terms present in the layout. The mechanism models decomposed patterns for two exposures as a function of the corresponding Fourier coefficients. For each exposure, the mechanism sets the corresponding Fourier coefficients to zero for spatial frequency terms greater than the cut-off frequency of the optical system. The mechanism then optimizes non-zero Fourier coefficients for the two exposures to decompose the original target. The mechanism provides frequency domain optimization instead of conventional spatial domain methods, which naturally leads to optics-aware decomposition and stitch insertion in arbitrary two dimensional patterns. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003109 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A PRINTER - A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to implement a method including: generating a first graphical user interface providing links to content stored locally on the computer and to content accessed via Internet; and generating a second graphical user interface that identifies a printer that the computer is configured to communicate with, and that provides links to an interface for ordering parts or supplies for the printer and an interface to place a service request for the printer. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003110 | PERSONALIZED IDENTIFIERS FOR PRINTERS - In one embodiment, data is received at a computer system. Profile information for a user of a network-connected printer is parsed from the data. A personalized identifier for the printer is generated that incorporates the information. The identifier is registered with a registry of computing device identifiers. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003111 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS WHICH SHOWS POSSIBLE CAUSES ON A DISPLAY OF AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method of detecting and displaying network status for an image forming system having an image forming apparatus and a printer controller. The method includes the steps of connecting the printer controller with the image forming apparatus through a first line which a client sends a print job to the printer controller and a second line which transfers the image data. Upon detection of a failure in network connectivity through the first line, transmitting messages from the printer controller and image forming apparatus to the printer controller and the image forming apparatus. The messages sent and received by the printer controller and the image forming apparatus are gathered and based on the gathered messages received and not received by the image forming apparatus and the printer controller, a cause of the failure is detected. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003112 | SCANNER DEVICE AND SCANNING METHOD - A scanner device transmits scanned image data to a predetermined computer having a local area network transmit tool via a local area network. The scanner device includes a scanning module, a storage module, a determination module, and a control module. The scanning module scans a document waiting to be scanned to form an image data. The storage module stores the image data. The determination module determines an IP address of the predetermined computer. The control module transmits the image data to the predetermined computer via the local area network transmit tool based on the IP address of the predetermined computer. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003113 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus which is configured to communicate with an external device and performs printing includes: a receiving section which receives a printing job from the external device; a storage section in which the printing job is stored; an input section which accepts a printing instruction; a printing section which performs the printing based on the printing job when the input section accepts the printing instruction; a judgment section which judges whether or not the printing job is a deletion-objective job to be deleted from the storage section; a determining section which determines a transmission mode based on at least one of transmission setting and transmission content of the deletion-objective job, when the judgment section judges that the printing job is the deletion-objective job; a transmission section which transmits the deletion-objective job to the external device; and a deleting section which deletes the deletion-objective job from the storage section. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003114 | FACSIMILE CONTROL, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FACSIMILE SYSTEM - A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a facsimile control program stored thereon and readable by a computer installed in an information processing apparatus, the facsimile control program, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to perform operations including: a generating and transmitting process of generating facsimile data based on a transmission target image and transmitting the generated facsimile data to a facsimile device; a setting receiving process of receiving a transmission setting of the facsimile data from a user; and a transmission setting data transmitting process of transmitting transmission setting data based on the transmission setting received by the setting receiving process to the facsimile device. The facsimile control program causes the computer to start the generating and transmitting process and the setting receiving process at the same time or start one of the processes during execution of the other process. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003115 | PULL-PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT METHOD, PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A pull-print system including a client and a printer which are located on an internal network, and a server located on an external network, wherein the server comprises: generation unit configured to generate, in response to a print request issued from the client to the printer, a program to be executed by the client to implement an instruction issued to the printer to execute processing for a print job and a notification which is associated with a processing status of the print job and is to be sent to the server, and to transfer the program to the client; reception unit configured to receive the notification from the printer; and monitoring unit configured to monitor the print job, instructed to be executed by the printer, using the notification received by the reception unit. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003116 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A control unit in an image processing apparatus performs control as follows. The storage unit stores image data in a first format and image data in a second format for a particular application, into which the image data in the first format is converted by the converting unit, at image input. When the image data is to be used by a first application which is same as the particular application in a first apparatus of the same model as the image processing apparatus, a communication unit transfers the stored image data in the second format to the first apparatus. When the image data is to be used by a second application different from the particular application, the communication unit transfers image data in a format for the second application, into which the converting unit converts the stored image data in the first format, to the first apparatus. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003117 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, PRINTING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A method for managing a print job, even if there is a firewall between a print server and a printer, includes the print server managing print data and generating a print instruction program causing a client apparatus to execute a print instruction to a printer on a web browser. The client apparatus transmits a print instruction to a data processing unit of the printer, the client apparatus receives a device print job identifier issued by the data processing unit as a response to the print instruction, and the client apparatus notifies the print server of the received device print job identifier. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003118 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - When a job processing apparatus receives an execution instruction of a job including group identification information used for identifying a group, the job processing apparatus continuously processes a plurality of jobs that belong to the group identified by the group identification information such that the plurality of jobs are not interrupted by a job that belongs to a different group, and further notifies a state of each of the plurality of processed jobs. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003119 | PRINTING SYSTEM, WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A printing system includes a post-processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The post-processing apparatus applies post processing to a sheet material output from a printing apparatus related to execution of a print job. The information processing apparatus manages a print workflow that associates an operation executed by the post-processing apparatus with a first operation performed by a worker managing the first operation or a serviceman maintaining the printing apparatus. The apparatus generates a print workflow, acquires operation information related to a component to be replaced in the print job, and determines whether the component needs to be replaced during the execution of the print job. In response to determining that the component needs to be replaced, the apparatus distinguishes whether the component characteristic affects image quality or bookkeeping quality, decides an operation position, and updates the print workflow by incorporating the component replacement operation into the operation position. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003120 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - By selecting information about print option processing to be performed on an image based on a user's instruction, the print option can be specified without a necessity of any complicated procedure, so that convenience of a user of a printing apparatus can be improved. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003121 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for receiving a printing instruction of image data and forming an image according to the printing instruction includes a wireless communication device, an input unit, and a connector storage portion. The wireless communication device is disposed at a body of the image forming apparatus and has a cable and an output connector. The input unit has a wireless connection port to connect the output connector via the cable and a wired connection port to connect a wired cable from an external device. The input unit receives a printing instruction from any one of the wireless connection port and the wired connection port. The connector storage portion stores the output connector removed from the wireless connection port when the wireless communication device is not used. The connector storage portion, the wireless connection port, and the wired connection port are concentrated in one location. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003122 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A portable terminal for transmitting printing data to a printing apparatus, the portable terminal including: a printing-data generating unit for generating the printing data; a detecting unit for detecting movement of a main body of the portable terminal; and a printing-data transmitting unit for transmitting the printing data to the printing apparatus when movement is detected by the detecting unit in a printing instruction waiting state after the printing data generation. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003123 | DISPLAY DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - A display device which performs previewing of print data for printing an image on a tape including: a division data generating unit for dividing the print data into N parts and thus generates N division data (where N is an integer that is greater than or equal to 1); and a previewing unit for loading a target division data including a target area of the previewing, of the N division data, into a work area and sequentially reads out the division data from the work area, thus performing the previewing; wherein the division data generating unit decides a value of the N in accordance with a tape width of the tape and a tape length in the case where the print data is printed. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003124 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus is provided, which includes an instruction receiving unit which receives an execution instruction of a print job, a sheet receiving unit which receives printed sheets; a sorting unit which discharges a separation sheet for separating the printed sheets, and a control device which determine whether the print job is a first job to be executed while a user exists in the vicinity or a second job to be executed while the user dose not exist in the vicinity, and which executes the print job in a first mode where the sorting unit does not discharge the separation sheet, when the print job is the first job, and executes the print job in a second mode where the sorting unit discharges the separation sheet, when the print job is the second job. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003125 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus that stores print data transmits identification information for identifying itself to another image forming apparatus that includes a notification image forming apparatus is storing print data. When printing print data, the image forming apparatus requests a list of image forming apparatuses in which print data is stored from the another image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus requests a list of print data from image forming apparatuses corresponding to the received. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003126 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A PRINTING WEB SERVICE - A method and system of a preferred embodiment includes configuring a print queue of a user at a web service; collecting image media of the user; adding collected image media to the print queue; identifying a satisfied print condition; and creating a deliverable print package upon identifying a satisfying print condition. In another embodiment a method and system of a preferred embodiment includes receiving a media file; receiving parameter settings of an embeddable version of the media file; creating an embeddable version of the media file with the parameter settings; receiving a purchase command through the embeddable version; and delivering media to a user associated with the received purchase command. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003127 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR USE OF SHARED RESOURCES IN A NETWORK - A method for controlling and monitoring, from a server, transfers of jobs from clients connected in the network to shared resources connected in the network. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003128 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PRINTER - An image processing device | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003129 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGES USING TONE MAPPING AND WCS COLOR TRANSFORMS - A method for processing a high dynamic range (HDR) image for printing. Tone mapping is first applied to the input image to map the colors, to find an optimized range of brightness values, and to scale the color to place colors inside the optimized range (in-range colors) into a device color space (e.g. sRGB), but without clipping colors outside of the optimized range (out-of-range colors). The scaled colors are then converted to the color space of the output device (e.g. CMYK) using WCS (Windows Color System) color transform, where the in-range colors are processed using a optimized transform and the out-of-range are processed using a sequential transform. A mapping from the original color space to the converted color space for all colors in the image is stored in a lookup table (LUT), and the input image is converted to the output image using the LUT. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003130 | PRINTING PROCESS AND PRINTING AUXILIARY AGENT USED THEREIN - A printing process and a printing auxiliary agent used therein are disclosed. The printing process comprises mounting a plate, applying ink, conveying an object to be printed, and impressing. The printing auxiliary agent is applied to the object to be printed before an impressing point in an optional printing station. The printing auxiliary agent includes water and/or an organic substance which is in liquid state under normal temperature and normal pressure. The use of the printing auxiliary agent is also disclosed. The printing process and the printing auxiliary agent can be used in printing of all kinds of objects to be printed, thus improving printing quality. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003131 | SCANNING BEAM DEVICE CALIBRATION - Scanning beam device calibration using a calibration pattern is disclosed. In one aspect, a method may include acquiring an image of a calibration pattern using a scanning beam device. The acquired image may be compared with a representation of the calibration pattern. The scanning beam device may be calibrated based on the comparison. Software and apparatus to perform these and other calibration methods are also disclosed. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003132 | ADAPTIVE FAX TIMERS - Timers involved in facsimile transmissions under the T.30 specification are permitted to adapt to a given situation to improve the chances for successful facsimile transmission over high latency communication networks. The specified T1 through T5 timers for facsimile transmission may be modified in value based on call control related parameters or facsimile transport related parameters. The timers may be set to have a particular range, with a nominal base value and a maximum value, which may exceed the T.30 timer specification. The adaptive timers can be modified based on a number of different criteria related to facsimile transmissions to avoid overlapping command-response situations and stalemates that may result from communications in relatively highly latency networks. The timers may also be adapted to minimize or optimize call length while achieving successful facsimile transmissions. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003133 | IMAGE READING CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING METHOD FOR EXECUTING IMAGE READING PROCESSING BASED ON A READING INSTRUCTION - An image reading control apparatus performs processing to achieve adequate execution of image reading processing based on a reading instruction which is provided while the image reading processing is being performed. In a case where the image reading control apparatus detects that the image reading apparatus provides an image reading instruction, it is determined whether processing based on the image reading processing is being performed. In a case where the image reading apparatus is currently in the processing based on the image reading processing, the image reading control apparatus causes the currently detected processing for the image reading instruction to stand by as well as requests the image reading apparatus not to accept the other new job. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003134 | SHEET LOADING APPARATUS, ERASING APPARATUS, AND SHEET LOADING METHOD - A sheet loading apparatus includes a loading member which loads the sheet discharged by the discharge member, a tip support member which abuts against the leading edge of the sheet discharged by the discharge member in the sheet discharge direction, a rotation member which abuts against an upper surface of the sheet discharged to the loading member, and is rotated to transport the sheet to the stopper side, and a control section which controls a transport amount of the sheet through the rotation member based on a loading amount of the sheet loaded on the loading member. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003135 | Security Screening Image Analysis Simplification Through Object Pattern Identification - A mechanism is provided for security screening image analysis simplification through object pattern identification. Popular consumer electronics and other items are scanned in a control system, which creates an electronic signature for each known object. The system may reduce the signature to a hash value and place each signature for each known object in a “known good” storage set. For example, popular mobile phones, laptop computers, digital cameras, and the like may be scanned for the known good signature database. At the time of scan, such as at an airport, objects in a bag may be rotated to a common axis alignment and transformed to the same signature or hash value to match against the known good signature database. If an item matches, the scanning system marks it as a known safe object. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003136 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus, including a driving unit, a separator unit, a conveyer unit, a reader unit, a reducer unit, a size detecting unit; and a controller is provided. The separator unit includes a drive shaft, a contact member, and a clutch. The controller manipulates the conveyer unit via the driving unit to convey the sheet at a first conveying speed when the size of the sheet detected by the size detecting unit is greater than a predetermined size. The controller manipulates the conveyer unit via the driving unit to convey the sheet at a second conveying speed, which is lower than the first conveying speed, when the size of the sheet detected by the size detecting unit is one of smaller than and equivalent to the predetermined size. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003137 | IMAGE READER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reader includes a first image reading unit that reads first image data by scanning one surface of a document at a first resolution corresponding to a magnification ratio and a predetermined first scan cycle; and a second image reading unit that accumulates light radiated from a light source and reads second image data by scanning other surface of the document at a fixed second resolution and a second scan cycle corresponding to the magnification ratio, wherein the second image reading unit controls light accumulation time of the light radiated from the light source to be constant. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003138 | SHADING DEVICE FOR IMAGE READING SECTION - A shading device includes: a shading member to pass a conveying path for conveying a recoding medium to plural image reading sections and reach the plural image reading sections; and a moving member to move the shading member between the plural image reading sections and a retracted position on the outside of the conveying path. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003139 | Image Reading Device - An image reading device includes a holding surface that holds a first document, a conveyor unit that conveys a second document along a conveying path, a first contact surface that contacts a first side of the second document when the conveyor unit conveys the second document, a second contact surface that contacts a second side of the second document when the conveyor unit conveys the second document, and reading units. A first reading unit reads an image on a side of the first document held by the holding surface, and reads an image on the first side of the second document being conveyed by the conveyor unit. A second reading unit is disposed above the second contact surface and reads an image on the second side of the second document. The second reading unit is disposed not to overlap the first reading unit in an up down direction. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003140 | Image Capture System Having a Folded Optical Path - An image capture system including a platen for receiving a media sheet bearing an image to be captured; an illumination system for illuminating the media sheet; a mirror disposed in optical communication with the platen, for reflecting light from the illumination system reflected from the media sheet; and an optical sensor for receiving the light reflected by the mirror. The interrelationship between the platen, mirror and optical sensor is such that a location of a top edge of the mirror's primary reflection projected onto the platen is lower than a location of a bottom edge of the image's secondary reflection projected onto the platen. In this way, the image captured by the optical sensor is free of secondary reflections. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003141 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a drive unit that is mounted on a carriage having an image reading sensor, which is moved with respect to an original, mounted thereon and moves the carriage. The drive unit includes: a motor; a gear train for transmitting rotation of the motor so as to move the carriage; an encoder sensor for reading a code wheel fixed to a rotary shaft of the motor; and a support member for holding the motor. The encoder sensor is urged against a part of the support member by a resilient member, to be thus fixed to the support member. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003142 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LENS ARRAY PLATE, ERECTING EQUAL-MAGNIFICATION LENS ARRAY PLATE, AND OPTICAL SCANNING UNIT, AND IMAGE READING DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a lens array plate includes: forming a light shielding film on a flat surface of a dielectric substrate; forming a plurality of convex lenses on the flat surface of the dielectric substrate by press molding the dielectric substrate with the light shielding film; and forming a stack of two lens array plates manufactured by press molding. The light shielding film is not formed in a lens formation area in which the convex lens is formed. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003143 | READER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A reader includes a housing with a platen on which a document is placed, a light source unit which moves along the platen and irradiates light toward the document, a mirror unit which works with the light source unit to define an optical path of the reflected light from the document in the housing, and a rotatable lock member mounted on one of the light source and mirror units. The housing includes an operation member, which is slid to fix the light source and mirror units, and a slide surface, which holds the sliding operation member. The lock member is rotated between an engaged position, where the lock member is engaged with another of the light source and mirror units, and a disengaged position, where the lock member is disengaged from the other of the light source and mirror units in response to slide operation of the operation member. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003144 | PORTABLE CCD CONTACT SCANNER - A hand-held, portable, contact scanner using CCD scanning technology in conjunction with power regulation, noise reduction and image stitching. The scanner uses various movement tracking technologies to determine when the scanner is in contact with a document to be scanned. A dual roller system is used to effectively track motion of a contact scanner | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003145 | Image Reading Device - An image reading device includes a conveyor unit that conveys a document along a conveying path for ADF-type image scanning including a curved path. The conveyor unit includes a conveyor roller that reverses a conveying direction of the document in the curved path. The device further includes a first contact surface that comes into contact with a first side of the document when the document is conveyed, a second contact surface that comes into contact with a second side of the document when the document is conveyed, a first reading unit that reads an image on the first side of the document, and a second reading unit disposed above the second contact surface and reading an image on the second side of the document. A part of the conveyor roller is disposed lower than the first and second contact surfaces in an up down direction of the image reading device. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003146 | COLOR CALIBRATION METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A color calibration method and an image processing device using the same are provided. The method includes: obtaining a first image of a calibration card having color blocks, each of which corresponds to a standard value; obtaining first sensing values according to the first image, wherein each of the first sensing values corresponds to one of the standard values; generating a calibration table according to the first sensing values and the standard values; determining if a recursive condition is satisfied. The method also includes: obtaining a second image of the calibration card if the recursive condition is not satisfied; obtaining second sensing values according to the second image; adjusting the second sensing values according to the calibration table to generate third sensing values; updating the calibration table according to the third sensing values and the standard values until the recursive condition is satisfied. Accordingly, the calibration table is generated automatically. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003147 | IMAGE SCANNER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEW-CONDENSATION DETERMINATION METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an image scanner and an image forming apparatus equipped with the image scanner, and more particularly to a technique of detecting that dew condensation occurs on a transparent member for placing a document thereon. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003148 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE READING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SCANNING IN LOGGED-OUT STATE - A image reading device comprises a reading part for reading a document, a storage part including shared space, and an operation part for accepting input of identification information when the device is in a logged-out state, entering a logged-in state when a user is successfully certified, accepting settings input and function execution input when the logged-in state is in effect, and entering the logged-out state when predetermined conditions are met, the operation part including a scanning START key for accepting instructions to perform scanning using the reading part. When the scanning START key is pressed while the device is in the logged-out state, the reading part reads a document and forms image data, and the storage part stores the image data formed by logged-out scanning in the shared space. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003149 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In a case where a line noise suppression mode in which a line noise image is suppressed is enabled by a mode setting section | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003150 | SECURITY ELEMENT INCLUDING AN OPTICAL STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a security element ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003151 | HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE METHOD AND ARTICLE - A method of recording a holographic record is described. According to this method, a holographic recording medium is exposed to a desired pattern, shape, or image from a coherent light source emitting light at one or more wavelengths to which the holographic recording medium is sensitive. In this method, light having the desired pattern, shape, or image to which the holographic recording medium is exposed is diffracted by a spatially homogeneous optical diffraction element so that the holographic recording medium is exposed to a plurality of interfering light beams, thereby forming a holographic record in the holographic recording medium. Holographic recording articles are described that include a holographic recording medium and a spatially homogeneous optical diffraction element. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003152 | INTERFEROMETRY-BASED STRESS ANALYSIS - A method comprises illuminating a sample with a coherent source, generating a first interference image of the sample, inducing a phase shift in the coherent source, generating a second interference image of the sample, inducing a load on the sample, generating a third interference image of the sample, and generating a phase distribution based on the interference images. The first interference image represents surface stress in the sample, the second interference image includes carrier fringes based on the phase shift, the third interference image represents a change in the surface stress due to the load, and the phase distribution represents the change in the surface stress. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003153 | HOLOGRAM AND METHOD OF FORMING A HOLOGRAM - A hologram comprises a holographic layer comprising a photosensitive layer, holographic structures being formed in the holographic layer using a light source having at least a first wavelength, and a luminescent material, the luminescent material being configured to absorb the first wavelength, and to emit light having a second wavelength. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003154 | MULTIBEAM SCANNING DEVICE - A multibeam scanning device, comprising: a plurality of first optical systems, each of the plurality of optical systems including a light source unit configured to emit a non-collimated light beam, and an optical element having a predetermined power and having an optical effect on the laser beam; a second optical system arranged on a downstream side of the plurality of first optical systems, including a first deflector on which light beams emitted by the plurality of first optical systems are incident, the first deflector being to deflect the laser beams, and a common optical system configured to change degree of divergence of each of the plurality of light beams; and an optical path shifting system configured to translate an incident optical path of the light beam which is emitted by the light source and incident on the optical element is provided. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003155 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTUATED MICROSHUTTER - The invention relates to an electromagnetically actuated microshutter comprising: a moveable plate that can rotate about an axis, connected to a stationary frame by two arms aligned on both sides of the plate to said axis, and comprising on its periphery a conductive loop; and below the assembly formed by the stationary frame and the moveable plate, a group of magnets having distinct magnetic orientations, arranged in such a manner so as to create, in regard to the moveable plate, a lateral magnetic field, in the plane of the frame, oblique in relation to the axis of rotation. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003156 | BLADE DRIVE DEVICE AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT - A blade drive device includes: a board including an opening; a first blade movable toward and away from the opening, and including: a first slot; and first and second aperture openings each of which is smaller than the opening; a second blade movable toward and away from the opening and including a second slot; a first drive member including a first drive pin that engages the first slot and that is rotatable about a predetermined position; and a second drive member including a second drive pin that engages the second slot and that is rotatable about a predetermined position. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003157 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES - Conventional electrochromic devices frequently suffer from poor reliability and poor performance. Improvements are made using entirely solid and inorganic materials. Electrochromic devices are fabricated by forming an ion conducting electronically insulating interfacial region that serves as an IC layer. In some methods, the interfacial region is formed after formation of an electrochromic and a counter electrode layer. The interfacial region contains an ion conducting electronically insulating material along with components of the electrochromic and/or the counter electrode layer. Materials and microstructure of the electrochromic devices provide improvements in performance and reliability over conventional devices. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003158 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL DECOUPLING - This disclosure provides apparatus, systems and methods for optical decoupling. In one implementation, an optical system includes a substrate transmissive to visible light, a first antireflective structure disposed on a surface of the substrate, a second antireflective structure. The first and second antireflective structures define at least one cavity containing air in between. The optical system further includes a plurality of support posts configured to space the first antireflective structure from the second antireflective structure to define the height of the at least one cavity. A reflective display is disposed on a surface of the second antireflective structure opposite the at least one cavity. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003159 | BISTABLE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL - The present invention is to provide a bistable photonic crystal. The photonic crystal has a plurality of voids. Each surface of void has a hydrophobic film. When the photonic crystal is immersed in a predetermined liquid, the photonic crystal has a first stable state and a second stable state. Wherein, the first stable state is to fill the plurality of voids with the predetermined liquid, and the second stable state is to exclude the predetermined liquid from the plurality of voids. Owing to the energy barrier between the first and second stable states, the photonic crystal can remain at either of the two states without external power consumption. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003160 | METHODS OF FABRICATING MEMS WITH SPACERS BETWEEN PLATES AND DEVICES FORMED BY SAME - Methods of fabricating an electromechanical systems (EMS) device with spacers between plates and EMS devices formed by the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a EMS device is fabricated by laminating a front substrate and a carrier, each of which has components preformed thereon. The front substrate is provided with stationary electrodes formed thereover. A carrier including movable electrodes formed thereover is attached to the front substrate. The carrier may be released after transferring the movable electrodes to the front substrate. In other embodiments, the carrier stays over the front substrate, and serves as a backplate for the EMS device. Features are formed by deposition and patterning, by embossing, or by patterning and etching. Spacers are provided between the front substrate and the backplate to maintain a gap therebetween. The resulting EMS devices can trap smaller volumes between laminated substrates and are less susceptible to pressure variations and moisture leakage. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003161 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAYS - A reflective display includes a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate. First and second electrodes are connected to each of the first and second transparent substrates, and define a space between the first and second transparent substrates. The geometry of the first and second electrodes creates a substantially uniform electric field when a voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003162 | ELECTRONIC PAPER WITH POROUS STANDOFF LAYER - An electronic paper device includes a ground plane, a charge receiving layer, and a porous stand off layer disposed over the charge receiving layer. An active layer is interposed between the ground plane and the charge receiving layer, the active layer including a plurality of microcapsules containing charged pigments. A system for writing information to electronic paper is also provided. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003163 | PASSIVE MATRIX QUANTUM DOT DISPLAY - A system and method for operating a light emitting device utilizing charged quantum dots is described. In one embodiment, charged quantum dots are suspended in a liquid between an excitation plate and a cover plate. The excitation plate carries short-wave excitation light. Charged quantum dots near the surface of the excitation plate may emit light in response to an evanescent field generated by the short-wave excitation light undergoing total internal reflection within the excitation plate. The excitation plate and the cover plate may be coated with one or more transparent electrodes. The movement of charged quantum dots within the liquid may be controlled by applying one or more bias voltages to the one or more transparent electrodes. Light emission from a particular region near the surface of the excitation plate may be controlled by moving charged quantum dots into or out of the particular region. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003164 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An electrophoretic display device includes a first display substrate (including a base substrate, a first electrode, and a second electrode), a second display substrate (including a third electrode facing the first and second electrodes), and an electrophoretic layer between the first display substrate and the second display substrate, the electrophoretic layer including a first charged particle, a second charged particle and a colored solvent (the first and second charged particles having different polarities from each other and the colored solvent having a chromatic color). | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003165 | Color Electrophoretic Display - A color electrophoretic display includes a substrate, a segment electrode circuit layer, a transparent electrode layer, an electrophoretic display medium layer, and a colored polymer film. The segment electrode circuit layer is disposed on the substrate and is configured to display a letter and/or a pattern. The transparent electrode layer is disposed opposing the segment electrode circuit layer, and the electrophoretic display medium layer is disposed between the segment electrode circuit layer and the transparent electrode layer. The electrophoretic display medium layer is controlled by an electric field that is produced and varied by the segment electrode circuit layer and the transparent electrode layer to change brightness. The color polymer film is disposed on the transparent electrode layer to produce color. The colored polymer film includes a polymer layer and pigment particles distributed in the polymer layer. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003166 | Full-field maskless lithography projection optics - Projection optics for a lithographic projection system is provided that comprises a spatial light modulator (SLM) from which radiation is reflected and directed to a projection lens that projects the radiation to a substrate. The SLM is illuminated by non telecentric off axis illumination (e.g. from laser radiation that has a spectral bandwidth of the order of 1 picometer, and the projection optics is configured for significant reduction (e.g. at least 10× reduction, 20× reduction, or 50× reduction). | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003167 | OPTICAL COLLECTOR COLLECTING EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION, METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH AN OPTICAL COLLECTOR, AND EUV SOURCE WITH SUCH A COLLECTOR - An optical collector ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003168 | Infrared Zoom Lens - The present invention is directed to an infrared zoom lens that is adapted to have a reduced number of lens pieces and that is especially capable of holding field curvature and spherical aberration down on developing more during zooming. The infrared zoom lens comprises the first lens of a single positive-powered lens piece, the second lens of a single negative-powered lens piece, and the third lens of a single positive-powered lens piece where all the lens pieces are spherical lenses; and the infrared zoom lens has its first lens staying still in a fixed position and its second and third lens moved along the optical axis for the zooming. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003169 | IMAGING LENS - Provided is an imaging lens. The imaging lens includes a first lens having a positive (+) power, a second lens having a positive (+) power, a third lens having a negative (−) power, and a fourth lens having a positive (+) power. The first lens, the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens are sequentially disposed from an object to transmit an image of light having a wavelength band of about 400 nm to about 1,000 nm. Thus, powers, distances, and Abbe's numbers of the first to fourth lenses may be controlled to photograph an image of visible light and infrared light. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003170 | POSITIONING UNIT AND MONITORING DEVICE - A positioning unit for positioning an optical unit ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003171 | INVERTED MICROSCOPE - The invention relates to an inverted microscope, including a microscope stand having a stand housing. The stand housing has a rear wall, a front wall, and side walls, and an objective turret, a focusing drive, and a rotatable retaining device, which is designed as a reflector turret and which has a plurality of locations for receiving exchangeable optical components. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003172 | SCANNING MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY SCANNING ONE OR MORE SAMPLES - A device in the form of a scanning microscope, a device in the form of a structural unit for a microscope and a method and a device for optically scanning one or more samples. A device in the form of a scanning microscope has a light source ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003173 | OPITCAL SYSTEM FOR FORMING OPTICAL PATH OF OBLIQUE ANGLE AND METHOD THEREOF - An optical system is used in a microscope which is provided to observe a sample or in a light emitting device which applies a beam of light such as a laser beam onto a sample. The optical system can form an oblique path of light so that without shifting the sample or the position of the eyes of the observer (or the position of a light source of the light emitting device), the observer can observe (in the case of the light emitting device, it can apply light onto) not only a vertical top side the sample but also a front, rear, left or right side of the sample, or the position of a portion of the sample to be observed (in the case of the light emitting device, a portion onto which light is applied) can be varied. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003174 | SCREEN - A screen allows an image according to light incident in an oblique direction from a predetermined light exiting position to be displayed. The screen includes a screen body having a reflection surface with a plurality of lens elements formed thereon, each of the lens elements reflecting the light incident thereon, a first layer (substrate) disposed on the side of the reflection surface on which the light is incident, and a second layer (air layer) interposed between the screen body and the first layer. The first layer has a refractive index greater than the refractive index of the second layer. The first layer has an angle changing portion formed in at least part of a region through which the light incident thereon passes, the angle changing portion so formed that the thickness thereof continuously increases with distance from the light exiting position. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003175 | SCREEN - A screen includes a polarization layer having plural acicular particles provided with their major axes oriented nearly in the same direction on a substrate, and has polarization selectivity of reflecting light in one polarization direction and absorbing light in the other polarization direction of two polarization directions orthogonal to each other on a plane perpendicular to incident light. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003176 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display unit that time-divisionally displays a plurality of view point images in N divisions, N being an integer equal to or more than 2, a backlight that irradiates the display unit with image display light, and a separation unit that separates M view point images displayed in the same time slot in the display unit, M being an integer equal to or more than 2. The backlight controllably switches the exit direction of light time-divisionally in synch with the timing of time division display by the display unit, the backlight controllably switching the exit direction of light between N directions. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003177 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic image display apparatus is provided. The stereoscopic image display apparatus has a common state generator, a display panel and an active light control layer. The common state generator is arranged for receiving stereoscopic information and generating a left-eye image, a right-eye image, a common sub-image and a corresponding state signal, wherein the common sub-image is a common part of the left-eye image and the right-eye image. The display panel is arranged for displaying the left-eye image, the right-eye image and the common sub-image according to a predetermined display order. The active light control layer is at a first state, a second state, and a third state, respectively, according to the state signal when the display panel displays the left-eye image, the right-eye image, and the common sub-image, respectively. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003178 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL CIRCULAR POLARIZATION EYEGLASSES - The present invention relates generally to the field of organic chemistry and particularly to the circular polarization eyeglasses intended for viewing the image in 3D-TV and 3D-cinema. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003179 | COMPOSITE WITH NANO-STRUCTURED LAYER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - Nano-structured layers having a random nano-structured anisotropic major surface. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003180 | FILTER HAVING METAMATERIAL STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a filter having a metamaterial structure and a method of manufacturing the filter. The filter includes a first dielectric layer, a first fishnet pattern having one or more first holes partially exposing the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer covering the first fishnet pattern and the first dielectric layer, a plurality of reverse patterns having the same shape as those of the first holes, and disposed on the second dielectric layer over the first holes, and a third dielectric layer covering the reverse patterns and the second dielectric layer. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003181 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT, INPUT DEVICE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A transparent conductive element includes: an optical layer on which a wave surface with an average wavelength equal to or less than a wavelength of visible light is provided; and a transparent conductive layer that is formed on the wave surface so as to follow the corresponding wave surface. Assuming that the average wavelength of the wave surface is λm and the average width of oscillation of the wave surface is Am, a ratio of (Am/λm) is 0.2 or more and 1.0 or less. The average wavelength λm of the wave surface is 140 nm or more and 300 nm or less. The film thickness of the transparent conductive layer at a position, at which the height of the wave surface is maximized, is 100 nm or less. The area of a planar portion of the wave surface is 50% or less. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003182 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a first substrate, a first reflection conversion layer formed on the first substrate, multiple belt-like first conductive layers formed on the first reflection conversion layer, and a first adhesive layer formed on the first conductive layers. The touch panel further includes a second substrate formed on the first adhesive layer, a second reflection conversion layer formed on the second substrate, multiple belt-like second conductive layers formed on the second reflection conversion layer in a direction perpendicular to the first conductive layers, a second adhesive layer formed on the second conductive layers, and a cover sheet disposed on the second adhesive layer. Pigment is dispersed in at least one of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003183 | OPTICAL ELEMENT - The present invention provides an optical element including, at least partially, a fine concavo-convex structure including a convex part in which an edge line part runs continuously in a net-like manner, in which at least a part of the edge line part is formed to be deeper in a depth direction of the concave part than an edge line intersection part at which the edge line part intersects. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003184 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR USE WITH AN ARRAY CAMERA - A variety of optical arrangements and methods of modifying or enhancing the optical characteristics and functionality of these optical arrangements are provided. The optical arrangements being specifically designed to operate with camera arrays that incorporate an imaging device that is formed of a plurality of imagers that each include a plurality of pixels. The plurality of imagers include a first imager having a first imaging characteristics and a second imager having a second imaging characteristics. The images generated by the plurality of imagers are processed to obtain an enhanced image compared to images captured by the imagers. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003185 | OPTICAL STAR COUPLER - An optical device ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003186 | Achromatic Gradient Index Singlet Lens - A method of making an achromatic gradient index singlet lens comprising utilizing a gradient index material with a curved front surface in which light does not follow a straight line as it travels through the material and wherein different color rays traverse different curved paths, utilizing the natural dispersion of the curved front surface as a strong positive lens, and developing a weakly diverging GRIN distribution within the lens to balance the chromatic aberrations of the curved front surface. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003187 | HIGH-APERTURE IMMERSION OBJECTIVE - A high-aperture immersion objective, in particular for confocal applications in fluorescence microscopy and for TIRF applications, having three subsystems of lenses and/or lens groups. The design of the subsystems has made it possible for a relatively large object field of 0.25 mm to be present in the case of a high-resolution numerical aperture of 1.49. Furthermore, improved transparency is possible up to a wavelength of 340 nm. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003188 | Adaptive Lens System - An adaptive lens system for laser materials processing, for example, in the high-power range of at least approximately 1 kW, includes two deformable lens surfaces spaced apart from each other in the direction of the optical axis, a chamber formed between the two lens surfaces and filled with a fluid, and a device for changing the distance between the two lens surfaces along the optical axis. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003189 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side, a positive first lens unit which does not move for zooming, a negative second lens unit which moves in an optical axis direction for zooming, a negative third lens unit which moves in the optical axis direction for zooming so as to correct image plane variation due to zooming, and a positive fourth lens unit which does not move for zooming. The fourth lens unit includes, in an order from the object side, a positive first sub lens unit and a positive second sub lens unit, which are separated by a largest air interval in the fourth lens unit. Abbe constants, partial dispersion ratios, and coefficients of the refractive index variation due to the temperature variation are appropriately set for lens materials forming the third lens unit, the first sub lens unit, and the second sub lens unit. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003190 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, an aperture, a third lens group, a fourth lens group, a fifth lens group, and an image surface in order along an optical axis from an object side to an image side. The first lens group has positive refractive power, and includes three lenses. The second lens group has negative refractive power, and includes fourth lenses. The third lens group has positive refractive power, and includes two lenses. The fourth lens group has positive refractive power, and includes five lenses. The fifth lens group has positive refractive power, and includes two lenses. Therefore, the zoom lens has a small size and high zoom ratio. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003191 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens comprising, in order from the object side: a first lens group that has a positive refractive power; a second lens group that has a negative refractive power; and a third lens group that has a positive refractive power. Zooming is performed by changing spaces between the first to third lens groups during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The third lens group includes, in order from the object side, a positive lens group, having a positive refractive power, and a negative lens group, disposed to be close to the image side thereof and having a negative refractive power, with an air gap, which is widest in the third lens group, interposed therebetween. The following Conditional Expression (1) is satisfied. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003192 | Method for designing objective lens and objective lens - A method for designing an objective lens includes: designing a first objective lens, having no annular zone formed on an incident surface on an opposite side to an optical-disc-facing side according to a first optical design with which a laser beam is condensed on a layer between first and second signal recording layers of an optical disc, under conditions including a third temperature between first and second temperatures, and including a third wavelength between first and second wavelengths; and designing a second objective lens, having an annular zone formed on the incident surface of the first objective lens, according to a second optical design with which the laser beam is condensed on the second signal recording layer under the conditions including the second temperature and wavelength the annular zone having such an aspheric coefficient that spherical aberration becomes smaller than that of the first objective lens. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003193 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING LENS ASSEMBLY - The present disclosure provides an optical image capturing lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface; a second lens element; a third lens element; a fourth lens element, at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof being aspheric; a fifth lens element, at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof being aspheric; and a sixth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, at least one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric, at least one inflection point being formed on at least one of the surfaces thereof. With the aforementioned arrangements, the sensitivity of the optical system can be attenuated while the aberration and astigmatism can be effectively corrected to improve the image quality. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003194 | IMAGING LENS - To provide a high image-quality, low cost, and small sized imaging lens suitable for an imaging lens which is compact and which has high density pixels, and with aberrations corrected satisfactorily. An imaging lens is configured from a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens arranged in the named order from an object side, wherein both surfaces of each lens are formed from aspheric surface, and a diffraction optics surface exerting chromatic aberration correction function is arranged on any one surface from a surface of the first lens on an object side to a surface of the third lens on the object side, and each lens is configured from plastic material. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003195 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a positive first lens; a negative second lens with a meniscus lens shape directing a convex surface thereof to an object side near an optical axis; a positive third lens; a negative fourth lens with a meniscus lens shape directing a concave surface thereof to the object side near the optical axis; a negative fifth lens with a meniscus lens shape directing a convex surface thereof to the object side near the optical axis, arranged in this order from the object side. The imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions when the first lens has a focal length f | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003196 | NON-PLANAR FOCAL SURFACE LENS ASSEMBLY - A lens assembly includes a plurality of component lens elements, and a fiber optic face plate having a back surface and a non-planar front surface. The plurality of component lens elements are configured to direct a focused image onto the non-planar front surface of the fiber optic face plate, and the fiber optic face plate is configured to transmit the focused image through the back surface. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003197 | ILLUMINATING MAGNIFIER - An illuminating magnifier has an annular housing with an underside, an inner edge defining an opening and an outer edge. A magnifying lens fills the opening, which lens has an optical axis. Light emitting diodes are distributed about the axis at the underside of the housing, each diode, when energized, producing a relatively wide angle conical light beam with a central hot spot cone which can illuminate a viewing field below the lens. Special mounting surfaces at the housing underside aim the diodes in the diode array at selected angles relative to the lens axis so that the conical light beams therefrom overlap and all points in the viewing field are illuminated by the light beam from each diode and a center region of that field around the axis is illuminated by the hot spot cones of all the diodes. A controller in the magnifier enables close control over the selection, activation, brightness and on-time of the diodes. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003198 | Apparatus and Method for Making and Assembling a Multi-Lens Optical Device - A system for aligning a plurality of high-precision lenses in a lens train. Each of the lenses has at least two alignment tabs disposed around the perimeter of the lens. The lenses are aligned by placing the lenses in a jig having a plurality of high-precision alignment blocks. The lenses are attached to a lower-precision shroud, having slots that receive the alignment tabs. A gap-filling adhesive is used to provide a high-precision fit for the lenses in the shroud. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003199 | LENS UNIT, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are a lens unit and a method of manufacturing the same. The lens unit includes a lens part including a curved region having a predetermined curvature; and a support part including a hole, in which the lens part is installed, and attached to the lens part at a lateral side of the hole. The lens part having the curvature and the support part of the lens unit are formed in separate processes such that the hole is formed in the support part having the strength, and the lens part is formed by filling the hole with the lens part, so that the movement of resin caused by shrinkage of the lens part when the lens part is cured is inhibited, and the support part and the lens part does not form the layered structure, thereby allowing the lens unit to be formed with a thin thickness. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003200 | OBJECTIVE - An objective lens assembly is provided, with a sleeve, a first positioning member arranged in the sleeve, which is housed displaceable in longitudinal direction of the sleeve and holds at least one lens, a first adjustment unit which brings the first positioning member into abutment on the inside of the sleeve such that the first positioning member rests against the inside of the sleeve in a first linear contact area and at the same time the displaceability of the first positioning member is maintained. More than one positioning member can be utilized along with multiple lenses and can utilize simple mechanical structures (e.g., blind- and through-holes and pins or shanks) and/or magnetic or magnetisable materials to maintain a desired position of the sleeve. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003201 | Driving Mechanism, Driving Device, and Method of Manufacturing Driving Device - Disclosed are a driving mechanism and a driving device to which durable shape memory alloy (SMA) is applied and that can operate normally even in a high temperature environment. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing such a driving device. In the driving mechanism, the driving device, and the method of manufacturing the driving device, building tension of the SMA is adjusted in advance so as to balance with bias force during supplying of a predetermined amount of electricity to the SMA after all members are integrated together. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003202 | Bimorph Optical Element - The invention relates to a bimorph optical device comprising a deformable optical element and active elements made of piezoelectric ceramic provided with electrodes, said elements being controlled in pairs and in opposition so as to produce a compression movement for a first element of a pair and an extension movement for the second element of a pair, the device being characterized in that the optical element ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003203 | SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURES FOR LIGHT SHAPING REFLECTORS - A method for designing microstructures for a light shaping reflector for use in a light field display is provided. A mathematical function is derived to reflect light uniformly from an incident light beam. Curved elements shaped by the mathematical function are combined to design the microstructures. The microstructures are formed in a reflective surface to provide the light shaping reflector for use in the light field display. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003204 | MULTI-REFLECTION STRUCTURE AND PHOTO-ELECTRIC DEVICE - A multi-reflection structure including a substrate and pyramid is provided. The substrate includes an inversed pyramid shaped recess having at least three first reflection sidewalls. The pyramid is disposed on the substrate and located in the inversed pyramid shaped recess. The pyramid has at least three second reflection sidewalls, wherein the normal of each of the second reflection sidewalls and the normal of each of the first reflection sidewalls are not located in the same plane. Furthermore, a photo-electric device is also provided in the present application. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130003205 | HELIOSTAT MIRROR WITH SUPPORTING RIB STRUCTURE - A mirror module including one or more rib elements made of the same materials as a rear plate and/or front plate. The rib elements are placed between the rear glass plate and the front glass plate to afford rigidity to the mirror module. Since the rib elements are made of the same materials as the rear plate and/or front plate, the rib elements have the same or similar coefficients of thermal expansion as the rear plate or the front plate. Consequently, when the mirror module is subject to temperature fluctuation, the rib elements exert less stress on the glass plates compared to structure elements made of the materials different from the rear or front glass plate. The rib elements may also be integrated with the rear plate to simplify the process for manufacturing the mirror module. | 2013-01-03 |
