04th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140022548 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OPTICAL SIGNAL OF SPECTROMETER USING SPARSE NATURE OF SIGNALS - An apparatus for processing an optical signal of a spectrometer using sparse nature of a signal spectrum is provided including an optical filter array configured to filter an incident light, an optical sensor array configured to convert the filtered light into charges and a digital signal processing unit configured to perform a digital signal processing on an output from the optical sensor array on the basis of an L1 norm minimization algorithm using sparse nature of a signal spectrum and recover spectrum information of the incident light. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022549 | SPECTROMETER - Provided is a spectrometer capable of separating a particular wavelength component from light including a plurality of wavelength components by means of a small, simple configuration. The spectrometer comprises a filter part configured to transmit a specific wavelength component of light incident onto an incident surface. An illuminating means is configured to cause the light to be incident at respectively different incident angles onto a plurality of incident positions at different positions in the longer direction of the incident surface. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022550 | PROFILE GENERATING METHOD, COLOR CONVERSION METHOD, PROFILE GENERATING APPARATUS, COLOR CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROFILE GENERATING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - First spectral data (spectral transmittance) of a printed object, and second spectral data (spectral reflectance) of the printed object are obtained. Further, third spectral data (spectral radiance distribution) of a transmissive light source, and fourth spectral data (spectral radiance distribution) of a reflective light source are obtained. Then, using the first, second, third and fourth spectral data, colorimetric value data of the printed object in a given observational environment is calculated. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022551 | System and Method for Detecting the Amount of Stabilizer Degradation in Solid Rocket Propellant - A spectrometric system, including: a solid rocket fuel; an illuminating source including at least two wavelengths within a spectral range from 100 nm to 200,000 nm, a first wavelength or range of wavelengths having a distinguishably greater or lesser absorbance for the stabilizer than for components of the propellant, and a second wavelength or range of wavelengths having an absorbance for the stabilizer not distinguishably different than the absorbance for the components of the propellant, an illuminating fiber to illuminate a surface of a solid rocket fuel; a collecting fiber to collect back scattered, reflected or transmitted light being given off from the surface of the solid rocket fuel; and a spectrometer to determine the light intensities of the two wavelengths of the back scattered, reflected or transmitted light collected. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022552 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CHARACTERISTIC OF A CONSUMABLE - The embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of a physical resource for use in a physical resource consuming apparatus. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022553 | Method and Arrangement for Short Coherence Holography - The invention relates to a method and arrangement for short coherence holography for distance measurement, for profile detection and/or for 3D detection of one or more object elements and/or object areas and/or objects or for readout of holographic volume memories with a holographic interferometer and with at least one short coherence light source. For each optically detected object element in the hologram the holographic interferometer has an optical path difference clearly unequal to zero. At least one spectrally integrally detecting, rastered detector is arranged. The short coherence light source with frequency comb is designed with the optical delay length Y1. Detected holograms are digitally reconstructed. Relative distances of object elements are digitally calculated from the hologram reconstructions, so that a 3D point cloud of object elements and/or object areas and/or objects is produced. Data can be read out optically in parallelised form from holographic volume memories or three-dimensionally structured signatures. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES - A method and apparatus are provided to generate tomography images that performs the method. The apparatus and method are configured to determine a basis pattern from modulated phases of incident rays from a spatial light modulator according to a pattern of arranged pixels. The apparatus and method are further configured to perform spatial shift modulation shifting an arrangement of the pixels vertically or horizontally with respect to the basis pattern to obtain shift patterns of the basis pattern. The apparatus and method are configured to generate tomography images for the basis pattern and the shift patterns using spectrum signals of rays obtained from the incident rays passing through the spatial light modulator and entering a subject. The apparatus and method are configured to select a pattern that generates a clearest tomography image of the subject based on the generated tomography images. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022555 | METHOD FOR OPTICALLY SCANNING AND MEASURING AN ENVIRONMENT - In a method for optically scanning and measuring an environment, a laser scanner emits an emission light beam, receives a reception light beam reflected from an object, and determines for a multiplicity of measurement points at least the distance from the object to a center of the laser scanner, and in which at least some of the measurement points are displayed on a display device, the measurement points are assigned to pixels of a plane and their distances to the plane are assigned to respective depths, at least the pixels between the pixels which are assigned to the measurement points are filled with values in dependence on the depth, by selecting pixels, by searching for pixels which are adjacent to the selected pixels and have a smaller depth, and by filling the selected pixels depending on the values of the adjacent pixels and on their depths. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022556 | POSITION ENCODER SYSTEMS - A position encoder signal control system is disclosed. A position encoder input line receives a position encoder signal and a diagnostic input line receives a position encoder diagnostic signal. An output line is couplable to a position encoder output channel and a controller selectively connects one of the position encoder input line and the diagnostic input line to the output line. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022557 | MULTI-BEAM OPTICAL DISPLACEMENT SENSOR - An apparatus and method for estimating a parameter of interest using values of a beam property from two or more electromagnetic beams that both converge in an optical displacement device. The apparatus may include a Fabry-Perot interferometer, a light source, and a detection array. The electromagnetic beams may be converged one or more of: the interferometer and a convergence device. At least one reflective surface of the interferometer may be operably coupled to an element receiving an external stimulus, such as pressure, force, and/or acceleration. The method includes using the apparatus. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022558 | OPTICAL DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an optical device includes emission of an image projecting light source and emission of an optical path length measuring light source are provided by a light projecting device and respective beams are directed to a moveable mirror. In accordance with the movement of moveable mirror, an image projecting light scans a target and an image is displayed. Reflected light is scattered from the target and reaches a photodetector. By calculating the time difference of reference light and reflected light detected by the photodetector, the distance of the optical device and a reflection point of an optical path length measuring light is computed. By combining the computed optical path length data and angle data of the moveable mirror, the reflecting point of the optical path length measuring light is determined. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022559 | POSITION DETECTION DEVICE - A position detection device includes a first member, a second member, a plurality of detected components, a detector group, and a controller. The second member is opposed the first member and is configured to move relative to the first member in a specific direction. The plurality of detected components are disposed on the first member and faces the second member. The detector group is disposed on the second member and includes a plurality of detectors configured to detect the plurality of detected components. The controller is configured to detect a relative position of the second member relative to the first member based on a detection pattern in which detection results of the plurality of detectors are arranged in a row. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022560 | DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION APPARATUS - A detection method of detecting a position of an uppermost substrate of a plurality of substrates stacked on each other includes applying illumination to a region covering a portion of an edge of the uppermost substrate and a portion of a lower substrate stacked with the uppermost substrate, identifying a position of the edge of the uppermost substrate based on a position of a step-like portion present in the region due to a step formed between the uppermost substrate and the lower substrate, and identifying a position of the uppermost substrate based on the position of the edge of the uppermost substrate. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022561 | Position Measuring Device - A position measuring device includes a position detection unit, which may be used to process positional signals that result from scanning a code track by a scanning unit, into digital positional values, a first interface unit for the communication with a control unit via a data transmission channel, and a second interface unit for the communication with at least one peripheral unit. The first interface unit is a hard-wired interface, and the second interface unit is a wireless radio interface. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022562 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE POSITION OF A CONVEYOR - A method for detecting the position of a conveyor, comprising the steps of: providing on the conveyor belt an irregular marking, constituted by marks and the like that are detectable optically; by means of a vision device, detecting portions of the marking at preset time intervals; comparing a detection performed by the vision device with a previously performed detection, in order to determine the extent and direction of the movement. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022563 | Periodic Patterns and Technique to Control Misalignment Between Two Layers - A method and system to measure misalignment error between two overlying or interlaced periodic structures are proposed. The overlying or interlaced periodic structures are illuminated by incident radiation, and the diffracted radiation of the incident radiation by the overlying or interlaced periodic structures are detected to provide an output signal. The misalignment between the overlying or interlaced periodic structures may then be determined from the output signal. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022564 | FILM THICKNESS MEASURING DEVICE AND FILM THICKNESS MEASURING METHOD - A film thickness measuring device includes a spectroscopic sensor and a data processor, wherein the spectroscopic sensor measures spectroscopic data of a film coated on a substrate and the data processor obtains measured color characteristic variables from the measured spectroscopic data, compares the measured color characteristic variables with plural sets of theoretical color characteristic variables corresponding to plural sets of values, each set including one of plural values of thickness and one of plural values of index of refraction of the film, determines index of refraction of the film using the set of values corresponding to the set of theoretical color characteristic variables which minimizes a difference between the set of theoretical color characteristic variables and the measured color characteristic variables, and determines thickness of the film using the index of refraction of the film. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022565 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND TEST DATA - An image forming apparatus includes a document reading section and an image forming section. The document reading section reads a document image placed on a paper placement table and generates image data. The image forming section forms an image on a sheet of paper on the basis of the image data, and includes a memory that stores test data representing a test image, which is to be formed on a sheet of paper having a size larger than the size of the table, a correction-amount calculation unit that calculates correction amounts on the basis of image data representing the test image which is formed on the sheet of paper and which has been read by repeating an operation, and a correction-amount memory that stores the correction amounts. The image forming section forms, on a sheet of paper, an image corrected on the basis of the correction amounts. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022566 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DIGITAL IMAGING DATA, AND RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR - A method for generating digital imaging data for an imaging unit, in which digital imaging data are defined from a signature of input image data, in that a section of the signature corresponding to the imaging format of the imaging unit is processed ( | 2014-01-23 |
20140022567 | DIRECT-TO-PRODUCT TRANSFER OF PERSONALIZED IMAGES AND TRACKING LABELS USING A SINGLE COMPOSITE IMAGE - The printing tracking labels as a part of a composite image of personalized images for photo products includes receiving a plurality of personalized images and a plurality of label images, each label image including order tracking information associated with one of the plurality of personalized images. A composite image including the plurality of personalized images and the plurality of label images is generated. The position of each personalized image within the composite image corresponds to a position of a separate photo product on a printer tray and the position of each label image within the composite image corresponds to a position of a separate label on the printer tray. The composite image is printed onto the plurality of photo products and the plurality of labels. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022568 | LABEL CREATION SYSTEM, PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A label creation system includes: a tape printing unit which prints a reference mark as an indicator of unit length onto a tape and thus creates a reference label; an image pickup unit which picks up an image of the reference label arranged along a pasting surface forming a planned pasting area, together with the planned pasting area; an image processing unit having a dimension detection unit which compares the reference mark and the planned pasting area in a picked-up image and detects a length of the planned pasting area that is in a direction of length of the fixed-length label; and a label length setting unit which sets a label length of the fixed-length label based on the length of the planned pasting area that is detected; wherein the tape printing unit prints on the tape and creates the fixed-length label based on the label length that is set. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022569 | DRUG MIXING PREPARATION MANAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A method of managing a mixed injection preparation process includes obtaining a mixed injection preparation instruction (e.g., a prescription) and obtaining information about a drug to be potentially included in the mixed injection according to the preparation instruction. The information about the candidate drug is compared to the preparation instruction and a determination as to whether the mixed injection is prepared in accordance with the mixed injection preparation instruction is made based on the information obtained about the candidate drug. A printer is used to print a label indicating whether the mixed injection is prepared in accordance with the mixed injection preparation instruction, and then it is determined whether the label is removed from the printer. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022570 | CONVERSION OF K-ONLY DATA FROM A SOURCE TO A DESTINATION COLOR SPACE - In an implementation, conversion of K-only data from a source CMYK color space to a destination CMYK color space is managed. The destination CMYK color space is transformed to a virtual RGB color space, in which a neutral axis of the virtual RGB color space is set to be mapped to destination K-only output colors in a color separation table for mapping of source K-only grays to destination K-only grays. The source CMYK color space is converted to a device independent color space and the conversion is adjusted such that the source K-only grays are forced to have the same chrominance as the neutral axis of the virtual RGB color space in the color separation table. The LUT is generated to include a K-only mapping by combining the virtual RGB color space with the adjusted conversion of the source K-only grays. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022571 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes an image reading unit and a computational unit. The image reading unit includes a reference reflecting member that acts as a color reference, an illuminating unit that illuminates a part of the reference reflecting member and a sheet being transported in proximity thereto, a line sensor that reads an image formed on the sheet and the part of the reference reflecting member in proximity to the sheet in the sheet width direction, and a spectroscope that measures the spectral distribution of each of multiple patches for correcting color tones formed on the sheet and arranged in the sheet transport direction. The computational unit generates color tone correction data by performing computations based on the spectral distribution of each patch measured by the spectroscope, and the read values of the reference reflecting member obtained by the line sensor. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022572 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSIGNING FILENAME TO DIGITAL IMAGE - Method, system, and computer program product for naming a digital image are disclosed. One or more descriptors from the digital image are identified based on at least one of the one or more text fields or a machine-readable code in the digital image. The one or more descriptors include at least one of information on a subject matter in the digital image or user-related information in the digital image. A filename is then assigned to the digital image based on the identified one or more descriptors. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022573 | FILE OF MULTIPLE PRINT DRIVER OUTPUT FILES FOR PULL-PRINTING ON MULTIPLE DEVICES - Methods and systems receive a request to print an item into a computerized device, and automatically create print driver output files. Such methods and systems also automatically combine the print driver output files into a multiple page description language (multi-PDL) file for the item and store the multi-PDL file in a non-volatile computer storage medium. This multi-PDL file allows the decision on which of the page description languages or other formats are needed to be delayed to a time when it is clear what device, method or system will be using the output files. Subsequently, the methods and systems receive an instruction to print the item into a printing device. In response, such methods and systems automatically retrieve the multi-PDL file from the non-volatile computer storage medium using the printing device, and automatically select one of the driver output files from the print driver output files in the multi-PDL file. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022574 | PRINTER MALFUNCTION-DIAGNOSIS - A malfunction diagnosis system of a printer is provided. A printer controller receives malfunction-related input by the user from an input device, which user input specifies a print defect perceptible to the user. It generates image data representing a test print job in response to the user input specifying the perceptible print defect, and forwards the test print job image data to the printing unit to produce a corresponding test printout. Measurement data output from a sensing device as measured on the test printout is received and analyzed, and information indicative of a cause for the print defect based on the analyzed measurement data output from the sensing device is output. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022575 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-READING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image-forming apparatus forms a test image on a sheet being transported. The test image includes a defect detection image for image defect detection and a plurality of marks for detecting the angle of inclination of the test image on the sheet in a two-dimensional plane extending in a transport direction of the sheet and a width direction of the sheet crossing the transport direction. The plurality of marks are formed at positions remote from each other in a central region of the sheet in the width direction. The image-forming apparatus then reads the test image, detects the plurality of marks, calculates the angle of inclination of the test image based on the plurality of marks, corrects the test image for inclination based on the calculated angle of inclination, and detects an image defect based on corrected-image data representing the corrected test image. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022576 | Printing Device, Printing System, and Printing Method - A first printer | 2014-01-23 |
20140022577 | COMMUNICATION ESTABLISHMENT ASSISTING SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A communication establishment assisting system includes: an electronic apparatus arranged on a first network; and a server device arranged on a second network different from the first network and configured to provide a control driver to be installed in the information processing terminal. The information processing terminal includes: an input unit that communication setting information is inputted to; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the communication setting information to the server device; and a receiving unit configured to receive the control driver from the server device to control the electronic apparatus. The server device includes: a receiving unit configured to receive the communication setting information from the information processing terminal; a setting information applying unit configured to apply the communication setting information to the control driver to be transmitted to the information processing terminal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the control driver to the information processing terminal. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022578 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, APPLICATION EXECUTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH APPLICATION EXECUTING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes an operating portion to control hardware resources, an internal control portion to perform a process predetermined for an internal command, an application executing portion to execute an application program and output a simplified command or application command, and an application control portion to convert the simplified command or application command output by the application executing portion into an internal command and output the internal command to the internal control portion. The application control portion includes a simplified command converting portion to convert the simplified command output by the application executing portion into one or more application commands, and output the application command(s) in the order defined for the simplified command, and an application command converting portion to convert the application command output by the application executing portion, or each of the application command(s) sequentially output from the simplified command converting portion, into an internal command. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022579 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for customizing a printer driver includes a receiving unit, a detection unit, and a notification unit. The receiving unit receives a fixing instruction to fix a specific setting item on the printer driver at a specific setting through operation input from an operator. The detection unit detects a setting that is a setting of a different setting item from the specific setting item and that is in a prohibited relationship with the specific setting as a corresponding prohibited setting resulting from the fixing instruction. The notification unit notifies the operator of the corresponding prohibited setting detected by the detection unit. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022580 | Printing Device, Printing System, and Printing Method - A POS system | 2014-01-23 |
20140022581 | Printing Device and Printing System - A printer can be connected to a computer or other host device without being limited by the type of data processed by the printer. A POS system | 2014-01-23 |
20140022582 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE XHTML-PRINT CONTENTS - A method and apparatus to generate XHTML data in a terminal, the method and apparatus including setting printing-related parameters to determine contents to be printed from among the contents of one or more standard data items desired to be printed, generating XHTML extension data that can be inserted into XHTML basic data prepared in advance, corresponding to the set contents, and generating the XHTML data by inserting the generated XHTML extension data into the XHTML basic data. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022583 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD - An image forming apparatus is connected a client terminal and a data processing apparatus via a network. The client terminal stores electronic data from which a printing target is selected. The data processing apparatus stores data pertaining to the printing target. The image forming apparatus includes a list reception unit receiving list data pertaining to a list including the one printing target from the data processing apparatus, a printing execution reception unit receiving an instruction to execute printing of the printing target included in the list, a printing data transmission request unit transmitting a request for transmitting a target printing data corresponding to the printing target to the client terminal, a target printing data reception unit receiving the target printing data generated by the client terminal in response to the request from the image forming apparatus, and a printing unit executing printing of the target printing data. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022584 | Print Driver Expediency Selection - A printer includes a control system configured to receive an expediency selection signal when the printer is in a low energy state indicating that a print job can be performed prior to completion of a warm-up process. Upon receiving an expediency selection signal, a controller selectively performs an expedited printing process to enable faster printing when print image quality can be compromised. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022585 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTABLE DOCUMENT JOB SUBMISSION - In some embodiments, a method which includes receiving an indication of the presence of a first message from a first client device, the first message including a first specification file and a first network address associated with a first print data file. The method includes retrieving the first print data file from the first network address. The method includes processing the first specification file and the first print data file by a raster image processor. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022586 | Method for Enforcing Document Privacy Through Third Party Systems - The application discloses systems and methods for securing a document while routing through native or third party infrastructure. A process resident on the user's platform generates a three-part secure document from the user's original document. The first part is public and contains document metadata such as a public key. The public key is used to encrypt the second part of the document's metadata which includes a user supplied password. The third part contains the original document that has been symmetrically encrypted using the user supplied password. The result is that only the first part of the new document is visible to unsecured transmission channels or third party infrastructure. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022587 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A LOCATION OF AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING MOBILE DEVICE LOCALIZATION - A system and method detect and localize image forming devices in an office environment by causing a mobile wireless device to send location information of the mobile wireless device to a central server system, which may be cloud-based and to which an image forming device is networked, upon executing an information retrieval request for establishing communication with the image forming device or when initiating an image forming operation, such as a print job, in the image forming device using the mobile wireless device. Mobile wireless device location information may be used as an aid in automatically plotting and/or updating a site location indication of each image forming device on a site map or in a central database. Location information may be employed to provide a user with a series of selectable options regarding a plurality of image forming devices in a vicinity of the mobile wireless device for use. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022588 | Image Forming Apparatus and Computer Readable Recording Medium - An image forming apparatus comprises a display unit; and a display controlling unit that causes the display unit to display a first ready screen and a second ready screen. The first ready screen is displayed when a job can be accepted, and the first ready screen indicates that a job can be accepted and has a first button for detecting operator's input of a request for displaying a screen having first information. The second ready screen is displayed when a job can be accepted after input of the request is detected, and the second ready screen has the first information and has a second button for detecting input of a request for displaying second information other than the first information. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022589 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, APPLICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH APPLICATION CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes an internal control portion to execute a process predetermined for an internal command, an application executing portion to execute an application program, and an application control portion to convert an application command output from the application executing portion into an internal command and output the internal command to the internal control portion. The application control portion includes a controlled-object determination portion to determine whether the hardware resource to be controlled by a first internal command obtained by converting a first application command input from a first custom portion and the hardware resource to be controlled by a second internal command obtained by converting a second application command input from a second custom portion are of the same type, and an arbitration portion to control timings for outputting the first and second internal commands on the basis of the determination result by the controlled-object determination portion. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022590 | COOPERATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, COOPERATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PORTABLE INFORMATION APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A cooperative image processing system comprises an image processing apparatus and a portable information apparatus; the image processing apparatus comprises: a file creator that creates a file; a transmitter that transmits the file to the portable information apparatus; and a log information generator that generates log information of the image processing apparatus which includes a transmission history; the portable information apparatus comprises: a display; one or more processors; a cooperation portion that shows on the display an operation screen; transmits user instructions entered through the operation screen, to the image processing apparatus; receives the file in exchange for the user instructions; and transfers the file to any one of the one or more processors; a log information obtaining portion that obtains: the log information of the image processing apparatus and that of the portable information apparatus; and a log information manager that consolidates the log information of both of them. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022591 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus determines whether an import data receiving path is affected by import processing, imports import data when it is determined that the import data receiving path is not affected, outputs an import result log via the import data receiving path, and displays, when it is determined that the import data receiving path is affected, a warning screen indicating that the import data receiving path is affected by the import before the import data is imported. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022592 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, EMAIL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, PRINT CONTROLLING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A print control device, comprises: a receiving part for receiving an email; an address extracting part for extracting an address designated as a recipient of the email received by the receiving part; and an output controlling part for controlling production of a printed output based on the email when the receiving part receives the email. The output controlling part does not produce the printed output based on the email received by the receiving part if the multiple addresses are extracted by the address extracting part. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022593 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The information processing system includes an arithmetic processing unit, a master control unit including a master memory, and slave control units each including a slave memory. The master control unit stores in a master memory transmission data including address information that can designate the address of any one of the master memory and the slave memory, which is sent from the arithmetic processing unit, or transmits the transmission data to the corresponding slave memory via a communication data memory. Such the information processing system can reduce the number of times of directions from the master control unit to the slave control unit. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022594 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT RELAY SERVER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SERVER, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a mechanism to acquire content that has not been converted into print data from a vendor server providing a print service. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022595 | IMAGE CAPTURE UNIT AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM USED IN COMBINATION WITH SAME - An image capture unit and computer readable medium used in combination therewith is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the image capture unit includes an image capturing sensor, a visual display, an instance of the computer readable medium, and circuitry for integrating functionalities thereof. The computer readable medium causes sensor data received from the image capturing sensor to be processed. The sensor data includes a plurality of image tiles and position indicating data defining a respective relative position of each one of each image tiles. Each one of each image tiles includes data representing a discrete portion of visual content. The computer readable medium causes a feedback image be displayed on the visual display. Displaying the feedback image includes correlate the relative position of each one of each image tiles with at least one other image tile that has previously generated and displayed. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022596 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - Upon designating bookbinding print, preview images are displayed in a layout after bookbinding. When “store” of intermediate data is designated in a print process, a spooler ( | 2014-01-23 |
20140022597 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RENDERING - Systems and methods are provided for producing a rendered drawing or rendering from a detailed image of an object (e.g. photograph) resulting in a rendering that is photogrammetric and that preserves detail in the said image of said object. The combination of the metric nature and image detail preservation in a rendering resulting from the process enhances the usefulness of the rendering to users. The invention is useful in particular for large format renderings such as wire frame style drawings used for blueprints in the architecture, engineering and construction industry (AEC industry) when used for existing structures. The processes combine graphic arts techniques with photogrammetric techniques to preserve, fully or partially, information about an object as captured in image detail of said object and to present said information in photogrammetrically correct rendering, which rendering may be incorporated into drawings useful to and/or familiar to end users of said drawings. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022598 | REPRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR PRINTING AND COPYING DIGITAL DOCUMENTS - A reproduction system includes a printer for printing a print job on receiving material in accordance with a set of values for a plurality of basic settings, a control for controlling the print job in order to print the print job, and a display and activating device for displaying a visual representation of settings for the print job and for activating values of the basic settings for the print job. The control is configured to define a plurality of settings categories each of which is directed to an aspect of the print product and includes a predetermined category option which determines a set of values for a plurality of basic settings, the category options for the settings categories together completely describing the print product. The display and activating device is configured to simultaneously display the complete plurality of settings categories, each settings category showing the corresponding category option. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022599 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMATION SUPPORTING METHOD - When an initial communication program is started, a handheld device searches for image forming apparatuses within its communicable range. Then, upon receiving a response of that inquiry from an image forming apparatus, the handheld device requests the image forming apparatus for an image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices according to a predetermined determination condition. The image forming apparatus then responds to the inquiry from the handheld device and sends to the handheld device the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices that has been stored in a memory device. Upon receiving the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices, the handheld device stores it in a memory unit, terminates the execution of the initial communication program, and executes the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022600 | IMAGE HANDLING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESS CONTROLLING PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image handling apparatus is disclosed, including an operation panel, hardware resources, a transferring part, and an image generation controlling part. The transferring part transfers image handle information input at the input screen to an external apparatus. The image generation controlling part receives and parses image generation information for at least one of the hardware resources to execute an image generation based on the image handle information, from the external apparatus in response to an instruction of the image generation, so that at least one of the hardware resources executes the image generation. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022601 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An image forming device has an image processing unit that generates first image data on the basis of image forming data describing an object. The first image data specify first gradation values of at least one black or chromatic color. The image processing unit also identifies certain pixels in an area in which the object is disposed, and generates second image data specifying a second gradation value that is greater than a predetermined gradation value for the identified pixels. An image forming unit forms a first image, based on the first image data, by using at least one black or chromatically colored developing agent, and forms a second image, based on the second image data, by using a white developing agent, thereby reproducing colors in white areas while reducing the usage of the white developing agent. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022602 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PERFORMING IMAGE FORMING BY SUPERIMPOSING IMAGES OF AT LEAST TWO COLORS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COLOR SHIFT CORRECTION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a chart creation section, an input section, and a color shift correction section. The image forming section includes a plurality of image forming units that individually form images of different colors. The chart creation section inputs, to the image forming section, the image data of a chart including first lines containing a reference color and a stepped image located between the first lines and that has second lines containing an adjustment color. The input section receives the input of an adjustment value selected based on a chart formed by the image forming section. In response to the adjustment value, the color shift correction section moves the image forming position of the image forming unit forming the image of the adjustment color with respect to the image forming position of the image forming unit forming the image of the reference color. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022603 | VARIABLE DATA IMAGE WATERMARKING USING INFRARED SEQUENCE STRUCTURES IN BLACK SEPARATION - An image watermarking method includes a color transform on RGB image data to derive CMYK image data that define a constant K image. Variable infrared (IR) mark data defining an IR mark are received and a sparse two-dimensional pattern of black pixels is defined that corresponds to the variable IR data, e.g., using Gold codes or pseudorandom binary sequences. A watermarked black separation K″ is defined by embedding the sparse two-dimensional pattern into the constant K black separation K′ while maintaining local average levels. A watermarked image includes the watermarked black separation K″ in combination with the CMY separations of the constant K image. A decoding process includes using an IR microscope fitted with IR LEDs and an IR pass filter to capture an IR image, which is subjected to exposure correction, thresholding, and dilation operations to extract the two-dimensional pattern for subsequent correlation processing. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022604 | COPY-FORGERY-INHIBITED PATTERN IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A combination of a latent-image pattern which forms a latent-image part and a background pattern that forms a background-image part is determined so that the latent-image part and background-image part have equal print densities. The determined latent-image pattern and background pattern, color information used to determine a color of the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image, input image information as an image to be processed, copy-forgery-inhibited pattern basic information used to designate the latent-image part and background-image part, and camouflage region designation image information used to designate a camouflage region are input. A copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image is generated on the basis of the input information. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022605 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image reading apparatus includes a document cover, a cover state detector that detects whether the document cover is open or closed, an image reading unit that reads an image by conducting an optical scan that moves a scanning body with a mounted light source, detecting reflected light from the target object with a photoelectric transducer, and outputting a signal expressing the detected pixel densities, a white reference plate used as a reference for correcting an image, a power manager that switches between a power-saving state and a standby state, and a controller that controls the respective units such that in the case of restoring the standby state due to detecting the opening or closing of the document cover, an image of a document is read to detect the document size, and an image of the white reference plate is read after the detection to acquire correction values. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022606 | SCANNING APPARATUS FOR LARGE SCALE DOCUMENT - A scanning apparatus for scanning a large scale document, includes a main body, a scanning sensor, and a document transferring apparatus. The main body includes a transparent document placing portion. The scanning sensor is slidably mounted below the document placing portion. A scale of the scanning sensor is smaller than a scale of the transparent document placing portion. The transparent document placing portion supports the document thereon. The scanning sensor moves in at least two dimensionalities below different portions of the transparent document placing portion to scan different portions of the document. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022607 | IMAGE CAPTURE UNIT AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM USED IN COMBINATION WITH SAME - An image capture unit and computer readable medium used in combination therewith is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the image capture unit includes an image capturing sensor, a visual display, an instance of the computer readable medium, and circuitry for integrating functionalities thereof. The computer readable medium causes sensor data received from the image capturing sensor to be processed. The sensor data includes a plurality of image tiles and position indicating data defining a respective relative position of each one of each image tiles. Each one of each image tiles includes data representing a discrete portion of visual content. The computer readable medium causes a feedback image be displayed on the visual display. Displaying the feedback image includes correlate the relative position of each one of each image tiles with at least one other image tile that has previously generated and displayed. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022608 | IMAGE-READING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image-reading apparatus and method for controlling the image-reading apparatus including a document plate where an original document is placed, a line image sensor that reads an image on the document plate by scanning to obtain image data, a reference-setting image that is placed outside a region of the document plate at a position where the line image sensor is able to read the reference-setting image, and a control unit configured to set a reference position when the image sensor reads the image, wherein the control unit detects the reference-setting image from the image data and, depending on a power-on state of the image-reading apparatus, selects the manner in which the reference position is set based on the reference-setting image. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022609 | DOCUMENT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COVER PLATE, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE READING METHOD - There is provided a document, wherein a measurement image for measuring a position of an image relative to a document is formed on a first surface thereof, a designation image for designating a document position, at which the document is placed on an image reading apparatus that reads an image, is formed on a second surface thereof, and wherein the document is spaced from an end portion of a reading region of the image reading apparatus by placing the document in accordance with the designation of the designation image, and the designation image is formed such that the measurement image is placed in the reading region of the image reading apparatus. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022610 | ARRANGEMENT FOR READING FROM AND/OR WRITING TO FLEXIBLE SHEET MEDIA IN A CURVED CONFIGURATION AND METHOD - An arrangement is described for reading information from and/or writing information to a sheet of flexible sheet material. A platen supports the sheet in a curved configuration across its width such that its first surface is inwardly oriented with respect to a curved configuration to define a tubular shape having lengthwise edges of the sheet positioned in a confronting relationship. An actuator moves the sheet in a direction along a lengthwise path oriented at least generally along the length and transverse to the direction of curvature, but without rotation about the lengthwise path. At least one of a read head and a write head, which can be fixed in the direction of movement along the lengthwise path, performs at least one of reading and writing information widthwise across the surface of the sheet as the sheet is moved along the path. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022611 | Cylindrical Object Scanner - A scanner for scanning an object having a circumferential surface comprising a housing with a glass pane defining an internal area containing a camera assembly configured to scan the circumferential surface of an object, and a carriage assembly to rotatably move the object across the glass pane of the scanner. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022612 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus comprises a reading unit including a sensor; a driving unit configured to move the reading unit to read an original placed on a platen; a feed unit configured to feed the original to move and read the original with respect to the reading unit being at rest in a predetermined position; a transfer unit configured to transfer a driving force of the driving unit to the feed unit while the reading unit is at rest in the predetermined position; and a switching unit configured to permit or restrict movement of the reading unit from the predetermined position. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022613 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus comprises a reading unit including a movable sensor, a first reading mechanism which moves the reading unit to read an original placed on a platen, a second reading mechanism which conveys the original relative to the reading unit to read the original, a common driving source which drives the first reading mechanism and the second reading mechanism, a transfer unit which transfers a driving force from the driving source to the first reading mechanism and the second reading mechanism, and a switching unit which switches rotation used to drive the second reading mechanism to one of forward rotation and reverse rotation with respect to rotation of the driving source in one direction, the switching unit operating as the reading unit moves. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022614 | COLOR IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A CONTROL PROGRAM FOR IMAGING DEVICE - The precision of phase difference AF control is raised. An image pickup device includes a color filter that is provided with repeatedly disposed basic array patterns configured with a first array pattern and a second array pattern disposed symmetrically about a point, wherein the first array pattern includes a first filter placed over 2×2 pixels at the top left and a pixel at the bottom right of a 3×3 square array, a second filter placed over a right end pixel of a vertical direction center line of the square array and over a left end pixel a lower edge line, and a third filter placed over a pixel at the right end of the vertical direction upper edge line of the square array and over a center pixel of the lower edge line, and the second array pattern has the same placement of the first filter as that in the first array pattern and has a placement of the second filter and a placement of the third filter swapped over therefrom; and phase difference detection pixels that are placed at positions corresponding to 2 pixels that are adjacent in the horizontal direction out of the 2×2 pixels of at least one side of the upper side or lower side disposed first and second array patterns out of the 2 first array patterns and the 2 second array patterns configuring the basic array pattern. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022615 | CURVED VOLUME PHASE HOLOGRAPHIC (VPH) DIFFRACTION GRATING WITH TILTED FRINGES AND SPECTROGRAPHS USING SAME - The subject matter described herein includes a curved VPH grating with tilted fringes and spectrographs, both retroreflective and transmissive, that use such gratings. A VPH grating according to the subject matter described herein includes a first curved surface for receiving light to be diffracted. The grating includes an interior region having tilted fringes to diffract light that passes through the first surface. The grating further includes a second curved surface bounding the interior region on a side opposite the first surface and for passing light diffracted by the fringes. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022616 | LASER DESPECKLER BASED ON ANGULAR DIVERSITY - A device for reducing laser speckle using a micro scanner and a holographic diffuser. The micro scanner includes a first transparent optical substrate with an input surface and an output surface and a second transparent optical substrate with an input surface and an output surface and a variable refractive index medium sandwiched between the output surface of the first substrate and the input surface of the second substrate. Transparent electrodes are applied to the output surface of the first substrate and the input surface of the second substrate. The electrodes are coupled to a voltage generator. The input surface of the first substrate is optically coupled to a laser source. The input surface of the second substrate is configured as an array of prismatic elements. At least one of the input surface of the first substrate or the output surfaces of the second substrate is planar. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022617 | FREEFORM HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A freeform holographic imaging apparatus includes an imaging table for supporting a substrate, an imaging beam positioned adjacent to the imaging table; and a controller operatively connected to the imaging beam and configured to control a position of the imaging beam with respect to the imaging table. The controller is configured to control the imaging beam to image first and second holographic optical elements on the substrate, wherein each of the first and second holographic optical elements are a single pixel. The first holographic optical element is imaged according to a first parameter set and the second holographic optical element is imaged according to a second parameter set. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022618 | Aspherical optical surfaces and optical scanners - Optical systems with aspherical optical elements are described. The aspherical optical elements have surfaces in which the in-plane radius of curvature spatially varies and the in-plane cross section surface profile is characterized in that the multiplication of the cosine of the incidence angle raised to a non-zero exponent by the in-plane radius of curvature varies less than twenty percent between any two points on the in-plane cross section surface profile. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022619 | Observer tracking autostereoscopic display - A spatially multiplexed autostereoscopic display is arranged to provide landscape and portrait operation. Multiple optical windows may be provided by spatial and temporal multiplexing techniques. A fast response lens array pair is aligned with a fast response spatial light modulator, and synchronized to provide first and second sets of images with first and second respective directionalities to provide first and second sets of respective optical windows. The first and second sets of optical windows may each comprise two or more optical windows in each viewing lobe. The optical windows may be arranged with an inclination to the vertical of 25 degrees to 65 degrees. An observer tracking system may be arranged to direct left and right eye image data to the left and right eyes of an observer, respectively, for landscape and portrait orientations of the display. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022620 | MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH FORMED REFLECTIVE ELEMENT SUBSTRATE - An exterior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror head portion and a reflective element accommodated by the mirror head portion. The reflective element includes a glass substrate and a mirror reflector coated at a surface of the glass substrate. The reflective element is configured to provide a field of view of at least about 15 degrees at the side of the vehicle and provides a substantially undistorted reflected image as viewed by the driver of the vehicle. The reflective element may have a width dimension of less than about 15 cm and a height dimension of less than about 9 cm. The mirror substrate is curved or formed via a hydro-bending process utilizing at least one bending element, which may be CNC formed in accordance with a free form pattern of curvatures. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022621 | DEFECT-MITIGATION LAYERS IN ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES - Electrochromic devices and methods may employ the addition of a defect-mitigating insulating layer which prevents electronically conducting layers and/or electrochromically active layers from contacting layers of the opposite polarity and creating a short circuit in regions where defects form. In some embodiments, an encapsulating layer is provided to encapsulate particles and prevent them from ejecting from the device stack and risking a short circuit when subsequent layers are deposited. The insulating layer may have an electronic resistivity of between about 1 and 10 | 2014-01-23 |
20140022622 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An electrowetting display device and manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method comprises forming pixel electrodes on a substrate, forming an insulation layer on the pixel electrodes, applying light through a mask to expose portions of the insulation layer, developing the insulation layer to at least partially remove the exposed portions of the insulation layer, wherein the developing forms a water repellent layer on the pixel electrodes and partitioning walls on the water repellent layer, and forming an oil layer between the partitioning walls and on the water repellent layer. The water repellent layer and the sides of the partitioning walls are hydrophobic. Upper surfaces of the partitioning walls are hydrophilic. The partition walls are thicker than the water repellent layer. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022623 | WATER PROOF DISPLAY DEVICE CONSISTING OF EPD AND LED MATRIX - A display module includes a circuit board, a plurality of electrophortetic display pixels and a transparent coating. The circuit board has a plurality of light-emitting diodes disposed thereon. A plurality of electrophortetic display pixels are arranged over the circuit board, and each electrophortetic display pixel has a through hole via which each corresponding light-emitting diode goes through and protrudes out. The transparent coating is arranged over the electrophortetic display pixels and the transparent coating at least seals the through hole of each electrophortetic display pixel. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022624 | LIGHT-ENHANCING STRUCTURE FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - The present invention is directed to a display device comprising a display fluid layer sandwiched between a first substrate layer and a second substrate layer, and a light-enhancing layer between the display fluid layer and the second substrate layer. The light-enhancing structure can enhance the colors displayed by the display device, especially the colors displayed through lateral switching of the charged pigment particles in an electrophoretic fluid. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022625 | PRINTING INFORMATION ON ELECTRONIC PAPER - A method and system for displaying information on an electronic paper (or “e-paper”) is included herein. The method includes passing the e-paper through an e-paper printer. Additionally, the method includes changing a status of a pixel on the e-paper. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022626 | HYBRID OPTICAL AMPLIFIER WITH OPTIMIZED NOISE FIGURE - Methods for optimizing a noise figure of a variable gain hybrid amplifier (HA) which includes a variable gain Raman amplifier with adjustable average gain G | 2014-01-23 |
20140022627 | OPTICAL COMPONENT, OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIER, AND OPTICAL FIBER RING RESONATOR - An optical component includes a multicore optical fiber and an I/O optical fiber. The multicore optical fiber has longitudinally extending cores within a common cladding. The cores are arranged on a circumference of a circle centered at a fiber axis in an end face of the multicore optical fiber. Both end faces of the multicore optical fiber are connected to each other such that the cores of the multicore optical fiber are optically connected to each other. Both end faces of the multicore optical fiber are adapted to rotate relative to each other about the fiber axis. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022628 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER DEVICE AND OPTICAL MATRIX SWITCH - The semiconductor optical amplifier device includes a plurality of active units. Each active unit includes an active stripe structure of an optical amplifying medium and a current circuit configured to inject current into the corresponding active stripe structure. Each active stripe structure extends from an input end to an output end. An optical splitter device is configured to split an incoming signal light and for distributing corresponding parts of the incoming signal light into the different input ends of the active stripe structures. The optical splitter device is configured to supply each active stripe structure with the same signals. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022629 | TRANSPARENT TAGS WITH ENCODED DATA - Transparent tags with encoded data include both a base mirror component and a matrix component, and may optionally include a filter component. These components are combined to achieve a system having a tag that absorbs infrared light in particular portions and reflects infrared light in other portions, presenting a pattern which encodes the data included in the tag to sensors of a display panel. This combination of components also reduces near infrared and/or red ambient light that can be sensed by the sensor in the display panel, reducing interference from such ambient light when identifying the pattern while enabling the tag to be substantially visibly transparent to a user. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022630 | TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE PROVIDED WITH A THIN-FILM MULTILAYER - The invention relates to a transparent substrate provided with a thin-film multilayer comprising a metallic layer having infrared-reflection properties located between two, subjacent and superjacent, nonmetallic dielectric coatings, the superjacent dielectric coating comprising the sequence of thin layers deposited in the following order:
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20140022631 | MICROSCOPE SLIDE FOR SPECIMEN TRACKING AND VERIFICATION, AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A microscope slide article that is processable for color-contrasting marking thereof. The article includes a microscope slide with a main surface including an end surface portion, to which contrast coating material is applied. Various modes of processing are described for the contrast coating material, which are effective to produce color-contrast indicia on the slide, e.g., alphanumeric characters, barcodes, etc. that enable tracking and verification of the slides and specimens mounted thereon. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022632 | OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH OFF-AXIS PACKAGED ILLUMINATOR - A dual-function optical system including a secondary optical path incorporated, off-axis, within a primary optical path of the system and sharing a single aperture and at least some of the optical components with the primary optical path. In one example, an optical system includes an optical telescope including a plurality of mirrors configured to receive and direct first light rays through an entrance aperture of the optical system along a primary optical path, a detector positioned behind the optical telescope in the primary optical path and configured to receive the first light rays from the optical telescope, and an illuminator positioned behind the optical telescope and configured to produce second light rays and to direct the second light rays to the optical telescope, the optical telescope being further configured to transmit the second light rays along a secondary optical path through the entrance aperture of the optical system. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022633 | SIGHTING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING MAGNIFICATION - A sighting apparatus for displaying a magnification value is described. The sighting apparatus includes a magnification adjustment module; a magnification generation module, which comprises a magnification pattern for undergoing a movement of the magnification pattern in response to the operation of the magnification adjustment module, and a sensing unit for detecting the magnification pattern to obtain a current magnification value and generates a magnification signal corresponding to the current magnification value, wherein the sensing unit comprises a plurality of electrically conductive portions and a grounding portion, each of the electrically conductive portion is in an electrical contact with the magnification pattern, and a detection voltage level is formed between each conductive portion and the grounding portion; and a display unit, which displays the current magnification value corresponding to the magnification signal, wherein the display unit is disposed on an optical focal plane of the sighting apparatus. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022634 | 3D DISPLAY AND ALIGNMENT METHOD THEREOF - A 3D display, at least comprising a display panel, a backlight module disposed beneath the display panel and a lens sheet disposed on the display panel is provided. The display panel comprises a display medium sandwiched between two substrates, and at least two alignment marks are formed at one of the substrates, and each alignment mark comprises an indicator and a reference mark. The lens sheet has an array of plural lenticular elements arranged in a lens direction, wherein the alignment marks are identifiable through the lens sheet and corresponding alignment mark images are presented on the lens sheet, and each alignment mark image comprises an indicator image and a reference mark image. Whether the alignment between the lens sheet and the display panel is accurate is determined by a correlation between the indicator image and the reference mark image. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022635 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - An autostereoscopic display apparatus includes a substrate, a plurality of sub-pixels, a plurality of concave lens structures, a middle layer and a lenticular layer. The sub-pixels are disposed on the substrate, and each sub-pixel includes a light permeable area and at least one light masking area. The concave lens structures are disposed on the sub-pixels and on the optical paths of the light permeable areas. The middle layer is disposed on the concave lens structures, wherein the concave lens structures is used to expand the illumination distribution of the light from the light permeable areas of the sub-pixels, so as to form a plurality of virtual sub-pixel patterns. The projections of virtual sub-pixel patterns respectively projected to the sub-pixels cover the light masking areas of the sub-pixels. The focal point of the lenticular layer falls on the virtual sub-pixel patterns. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022636 | OPTICAL APPARATUS USED IN 3D IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An apparatus includes first and second lens apparatuses, which have first and second focus lenses, first and second driving units that drive the first and second focus lenses, first and second detectors that detect first and second in-focus information of an object by phase difference detection, and first and second controllers that control driving of the first and second focus lenses. The first controller sets a first target position based on the first in-focus information detected by the first detector and drives the first focus lens. The second controller obtains the first target position or information corresponding to the first target position from the first lens apparatus, sets focus range based on the first target position or the information corresponding to the first target position, and drives the second focus lens based on the focus range and the second in-focus information detected by the second detector. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022637 | System for 3D Image Projections and Viewing - Shaped glasses have curved surface lenses with spectrally complementary filters disposed thereon. The filters curved surface lenses are configured to compensate for wavelength shifts occurring due to viewing angles and other sources. Complementary images are projected for viewing through projection filters having passbands that pre-shift to compensate for subsequent wavelength shifts. At least one filter may have more than 3 primary passbands. For example, two filters include a first filter having passbands of low blue, high blue, low green, high green, and red, and a second filter having passbands of blue, green, and red. The additional passbands may be utilized to more closely match a color space and white point of a projector in which the filters are used. The shaped glasses and projection filters together may be utilized as a system for projecting and viewing 3D images. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022638 | POLARIZER - A polarizer, having touch sensing capability includes a first transparent conducive layer, a second transparent conducive layer, a polarizing layer, first electrodes and second electrodes. The first transparent conducive layer has a minimal resistance along a first direction and a maximal resistance or insulation along a second direction. The second transparent conducive layer has a maximal resistance or insulation along the first direction and a minimal resistance along the second direction. The polarizing layer is located between the first transparent conducive layer and the second transparent conducive layer. The first electrodes are spaced with each other and arranged in a first row along the second direction and electrically connected with the first transparent conducive layer. The second electrodes are spaced with each other and arranged in a second row along the first direction and electrically connected with the second transparent conducive layer. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022639 | ANTIREFLECTION FILM AND POLARIZING PLATE - An antireflection film is provided which includes stacking in order a transparent base material, a first layer, and a second layer whose refractive index is lower than the refractive index of the first layer. The first layer is formed by curing a coating film containing an ionizing radiation curing material, a quaternary ammonium salt material, and a leveling material. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022640 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR ANECHOIC CHAMBER - An illumination system for illumining an anechoic chamber includes a light gathering device mounted on an outer surface of the anechoic chamber for gathering daylight, a light guiding post mounted to the anechoic chamber, and a diffusion device received in the anechoic chamber. The light guiding post is connected between the light gathering device and the diffusion device. The light guiding post includes two shields mounted in the light guiding post, which are respectively adjacent to the light gathering device and the diffusion device, to protect the anechoic chamber from electrostatic or magnetic interference. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022641 | RETROREFLECTIVE SHEET AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A retroreflective sheet and a fabrication method thereof are provided, the retroreflective sheet including a base, a bonding layer formed on the base, a colored layer formed to be thicker in a non-reflective region NRA | 2014-01-23 |
20140022642 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An optical element | 2014-01-23 |
20140022643 | VARIABLE WAVELENGTH INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL FILTER DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING VARIABLE WAVELENGTH INTERFERENCE FILTER - A variable wavelength interference filter includes a stationary substrate and a movable substrate opposed to each other, the stationary substrate includes a stationary reflecting film, a first drive electrode, and a first capacitance detecting electrode, and the movable substrate includes a movable reflecting film arranged to have an inter-reflecting film gap with the stationary substrate, a second drive electrode arranged to have an inter-drive electrode gap with the first drive electrode, and a second capacitance detecting electrode arranged to have an inter-capacitance detecting electrode gap with the first capacitance detecting electrode. The capacitance detecting electrodes detect the capacitance between the electrodes. The gap amount of the inter-reflecting film gap is changed by the drive electrodes. The gap amounts of the inter-reflecting film gap, the inter-drive electrode gap, and the inter-capacitance detecting electrode gap are different from each other. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022644 | ANTIREFLECTIVE FILM COMPRISING LARGE PARTICLE SIZE FUMED SILICA - Antireflective films are described comprising a light transmissive substrate and a low refractive index layer disposed on the light transmissive substrate. The low refractive index layer comprises the reaction product of polymerizable resin composition comprising at least 20 wt-% fumed silica. In one embodiment, the polymerizable resin is ethylenically unsaturated. In a favored embodiment, the low refractive index layer increases in porosity from the light transmissive substrate interface to an opposing porous surface. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022645 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE - A head-up display device which can improve light irradiation efficiency toward an eye box, suppress the amount of brightness change for a display image affected by the movement of the viewpoint, and achieve desirable properties for the light distribution angle. An illumination optical system of the head-up display device has a light source for emitting a light beam, a lens array for generating a plurality of images of the light source by dividing the light beam, and a field lens for irradiating on a display member at a given angle the light beam emitted from the image of the light source, which is generated by the lens array, wherein the lens array is arranged such that the imaging surface of the light source generated by the lens array is located on the side of the principal point of the field lens with respect to a focal point on the side of an object of the field lens. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022646 | Adapter Sleeve For Observation Telescope - The invention relates to an adapter sleeve for fastening an accessory, such as a fixture for an optical recording or measuring device, to an eyepiece portion of an observation telescope. The adapter sleeve has a basic body that centers the adapter sleeve on the eyepiece portion, an attachment portion that fastens the accessory to the adapter sleeve, and a fixing device that locks the adapter sleeve at the eyepiece portion. Likewise, the present invention relates to different fixtures for attaching an optical recording or measuring device to the eyepiece portion of an observation telescope. This provides both an adapter sleeve and a fixture that meets increased positioning accuracy requirements, while being adjustable to fit the needs of different observation telescopes and optical recording or measuring devices. | 2014-01-23 |
20140022647 | ZOOM LENS, AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SAME - The invention provides a zoom lens, characterized by comprising, a zoom lens, which comprises, in order from an object side thereof: a first lens group of negative refracting power, a second lens group of positive refracting power, a third lens group of negative refracting power, and a fourth lens group of positive refracting power, wherein: upon zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of the zoom lens, a separation between the respective lens groups changes, upon focusing from a focusing-on-infinity state to a close-range focusing state, the third lens group moves in an optical axis direction, and the conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied at the wide-angle end. | 2014-01-23 |