| 09th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
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| 20090051878 | STEREO PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM - A stereo projection optical system, includes a first polarizing beam splitter configured for separating a light input into a first polarized light component and a second polarized light component; a first image assimilator positioned to receive the first polarized light component; a first image assimilator positioned to receive the second polarized light component; a fourth polarizing beam splitter positioned to receive the light outputs of the first, second image assimilators. The first, second image assimilators to project two images formed by the first polarized light component and the second polarized light component with spatial information in the stereo projection optical systems. When viewers wear glasses that have two polarizing lenses whose polarization directions are perpendicular to each other, the viewers can perceive projected images as three-dimension. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051879 | Viewing System for Augmented Reality Head Mounted Display with Rotationally Symmetric Aspheric Lenses - The method and system focuses a projected image with a multiple rotationally symmetric aspheric surfaces and an ellipsoidal reflector-relay onto or in a user's eye. The image is projected from the first elliptical foci and is focused on the eye at the second foci. A peripherally mounted outboard projector unit uses three lenses and a substantially flat projector surface. Alternatively, an inboard mounted projector unit uses two lenses with non-rotationally symmetric aspheric surfaces and a biconic projector surface (organic light emitting diode (OLED) or curved silicon). The image projector-lens system and the ellipsoid pupil relay are correctly positioned on the head of the user by a head mount system which may be goggles, eye glasses worn by the user, or screens or shields depending from a head piece or helmet worn by the user. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051880 | PROJECTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A projector includes a transmissive heat exchange element having a transparent thermoelectric conversion layer consisting mainly of an oxide and an electrode for supplying the transparent thermoelectric conversion layer with a current, and an optical element, and cooling or heating of the optical element is performed using the transmissive heat exchange element. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051881 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - The image projection apparatus includes a light source lamp including a discharge light emitting tube and a reflector, the discharge light emitting tube including a light emitting portion disposed inside of the reflector and an electrode portion disposed outside of the reflector, a cooling fan, and a duct configured to guide a cooling air flowed by operation of the cooling fan toward the light source lamp. The duct includes a first air guiding portion and a second air guiding portion that cause parts of the cooling air to respectively proceed toward a first area and a second area opposite to each other on an outer circumferential surface of the light emitting portion, and a third air guiding portion that causes another part of the cooling air to proceed toward the electrode portion. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051882 | PROJECTION TYPE VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projector comprises: a cooling fan for sucking ambient air through a filter; switching means for switching the operational mode of the cooling fan between a lowland mode and a highland mode; and control means adapted to obtain current fan voltage to determine the normal rpm value for that current fan voltage in reference to a highland voltage-rpm characteristic when the switching means is in the highland mode, obtain current fan rpm, and enables alarming means to issue a filter clogging alarm in the event that the current fan rpm is larger than the normal rpm value plus a predetermined value. Thus, filter clogging can be detected with precision in highlands. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051883 | X-PRISM FOR USE IN PROJECTOR - An x-prism provides four triangular prisms each of which includes a hypotenuse side, a first side surface adjoining the hypotenuse side surface, a second side surface perpendicular to the first side surface, a first end surface and an opposite second end surface, the first and second end surfaces being at opposite sides of each of the triangular prisms, the triangular prisms being attached to each other with the hypotenuse side surfaces thereof facing outward. The four triangular prisms includes at least two triangular prisms with the first end surfaces thereof being coplanar with each other, and at least one triangular prism with the first end surface thereof being non-coplanar with the first end surfaces of the other triangular prisms. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051884 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus including an illumination system, a reflective light valve, a projection lens, and a color filter is provided. The illumination system has a light source for providing an illumination beam, and the reflective light valve is disposed on the transmission path of the illumination beam. The reflective light valve has a plurality of pixels arranged in an array for converting the illumination beam into an image, and the projection lens is disposed on the transmission path of the image. The color filter is disposed between the light source and the reflective light valve and on the transmission path of the illumination beam. Moreover, the color filter includes a transparent substrate and a color filter array disposed on a first surface of the transparent substrate. The color filter array includes a plurality of filter patterns, and each of the filter patterns corresponds to one of the pixels, respectively. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051885 | LIGHT SHIELD USED IN PROJECTOR - A projector includes a casing, a light source, and a heat dissipation device. The light source and the heat dissipation device are installed inside the casing. Two openings are formed at two sides of the casing opposing to the light source. A light shield is positioned on one of the two openings. The light shield has a fixing plate, and a plurality of first parallel light-shielding plates and a plurality of second parallel light-shielding plates for blocking light leaking from the openings. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051886 | Illumination Device and Projector - An illumination device includes a light source device including an ellipsoidal reflector with a reflecting concave surface and a light emitting tube having an emission center in the vicinity of a first focal position of the ellipsoidal reflector, and defining a first focal position and a second focal position of the ellipsoidal reflector in a cross-sectional plane in a first virtual plane including a center axis of the ellipsoidal reflector as F | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051887 | Projector and cover plate thereof - A projector and a cover plate thereof are disclosed. The cover plate includes a main lid, a pivot member and an auxiliary lid. The main lid has a lock portion and a window portion. The auxiliary lid has a side connecting to the pivot member. By means of the pivot member, the auxiliary lid is capable of being opened by lifting relative to the main lid, so as to cover the window portion selectively. In addition, the auxiliary lid has a hook member disposed at a position corresponding to the lock portion. Therefore, when the auxiliary lid covers the window portion, it is capable of being moved parallel and relative to the main lid by means of the pivot member, and the hook member is locked by the lock portion selectively. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051888 | Liquid jet and recovery system for immersion lithography - A liquid immersion lithography apparatus includes a projection system having a last element. The projection system projects an image onto a workpiece to expose the workpiece through a liquid filled in a space between the last element and the workpiece. A liquid supply device includes a supply inlet that supplies the liquid from the supply inlet to the space between the workpiece and the last element during the exposure. The last element includes an optical element and a plate. The plate prevents the degradation of the optical element that may be affected by contact with the liquid. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051889 | Optical element driving apparatus, projection optical system, exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method - An outer ring ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051890 | MICROLITHOGRAPHY PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, TOOL AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION - A microlithography projection optical system is disclosed. The system can include a plurality of optical elements arranged to image radiation having a wavelength λ from an object field in an object plane to an image field in an image plane. The plurality of optical elements can have an entrance pupil located more than 2.8 m from the object plane. A path of radiation through the optical system can be characterized by chief rays having an angle of 3° or more with respect to the normal to the object plane. This can allow the use of face shifting masks as objects to be imaged, in particular for EUV wavelengths. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051891 | Lithographic Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method - A system and method use a substrate with a pattern of individual, indiscrete alignment marks, i.e., the marks are separate and distinct from each other, and each mark is not divided into component parts. The pattern of marks is distributed over an area of the substrate, and the method also comprises the steps of providing a beam of radiation using an illumination system and an array of individually controllable elements to impart the beam with a pattern in its cross-section, providing a projection system to project the patterned beam onto the substrate, and providing a movement system to effect relative movement between the substrate and the projection system. A detection system, able to detect the alignment marks individually, is also provided, and the method includes using the detection system to detect the marks to determine a relative position of the substrate to the projection system, using the movement system to position the substrate relative to the projection system, and using the projection system to project the patterned beam of radiation onto a target portion of the substrate. The pattern comprises one or more rows of simple alignment marks, such as spots and short linear marks. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051892 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE SYSTEM, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, MEASURING METHOD, AND POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - By moving a wafer stage while monitoring an XY position of a wafer stage WST using an interferometer system, and scanning a Y scale in an X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction using a surface position sensor, an XY setting position of the surface position sensor is measured. Based on information of the setting position obtained, by measuring a position coordinate of the wafer stage in a perpendicular direction with respect to an XY plane and a tilt direction, the wafer stage is driven in a stable manner and with high precision. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051893 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE SYSTEM, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A controller uses two Z heads, which are positioned above a reflection surface installed on the ±X ends of the upper surface of a wafer table, to measure the height and tilt of the wafer table. The Z head to be used is switched according to XY positions of the wafer table. On the switching of the heads, the controller applies a coordinate linkage method to set an initial value of the Z head which is to be newly used. Accordingly, although the Z head to be used is sequentially switched according the XY position of the wafer table, measurement results of the height and the tilt of the wafer table are stored before and after the switching, and it becomes possible to drive the wafer table with high precision. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051894 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE SYSTEM, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND MEASURING METHOD - A wafer stage is moved while monitoring a position using an X interferometer and a Y interferometer, and a Z position of a Y scale arranged on the wafer stage upper surface is measured using a surface position sensor. In this case, for example, from a difference of measurement results of two surface position sensors, tilt of the Y scale in the Y-axis direction is obtained. By measuring the tilt of the entire surface of a pair of Y scales, two-dimensional unevenness data of the scales are made. By correcting the measurement results of the position surface sensor using the unevenness data, and then using the corrected measurement results, it becomes possible to drive wafer stage WST two-dimensionally with high precision. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051895 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE SYSTEM, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND PROCESSING SYSTEM - A position of a stage in a perpendicular direction with respect to a movement plane and a tilt direction is measured, using a surface position sensor and a Z interferometer. And, the stage is driven in a stable manner and also with high precision, by appropriately switching between three control modes; servo control using a measurement result of the surface position sensor (a first control mode), servo control using a measurement result of the Z interferometer (a second control mode), and servo control using measurement results of both measurement systems (a third control mode), or by appropriately switching between two control modes out of the three control modes. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051896 | Optical Air Data Systems And Methods - Systems and methods for sensing air outside a moving aircraft are presented. In one embodiment, a system includes a laser for generating laser energy. The system also includes one or more transceivers for projecting the laser energy as laser radiation to the air. Subsequently, each transceiver receives laser energy as it is backscattered from the air. A computer processes signals from the transceivers to distinguish molecular scattered laser radiation from aerosol scattered laser radiation and determines one or more air parameters based on the scattered laser radiation. Such air parameters may include air speed, air pressure, air temperature and aircraft orientation angle, such as yaw, angle of attack and sideslip. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051897 | Method and Apparatus for Identifying and Characterizing Objects based on Fluorescence - A method and apparatus for characterizing objects. The method includes the steps of illuminating the object with incident red light having at least some wavelengths between 620 nms and 650 nms and detecting red light fluorescence from said object having a wavelength greater than visible wavelengths greater than that of the incident wavelengths, for example by using a filter. An apparatus including a source of red incident light, a detector for longer wavelength fluorescent light and a means for physically removing the detected objects from the rest is also provided. An embodiment of the present invention may be used in a mine, for example, to separate gem stones from less valuable ore rock or in prospecting to detect the presence of gems. In this embodiment the detection is not possible with the naked eye alone. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051898 | NON-INVASIVE PROBE FOR MEASURING BODY COMPONENTS AND A NON-INVASIVE BODY COMPONENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING THE NON-INVASIVE PROBE - A non-invasive probe for measuring body components, and a non-invasive body component measurement system including the non-invasive probe is provided. The non-invasive probe includes an input light transferring unit for transferring an input light emitted from a light source; a light splitting unit for splitting the input light into a plurality of living body incident lights; a light condensing unit for condensing the plurality of living body incident lights, so that the plurality of living body incident lights can be irradiated onto a plurality of measuring points, each measuring point corresponding to one of the plurality of living body incident lights; and an output light transferring unit for transferring a plurality of output lights, which each correspond to the one of the plurality of measuring points and, which are obtained by irradiating the plurality of living body incident lights, to a spectrometer that classifies the output lights by wavelength. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051899 | DOPPLER ASYMMETRIC SPATIAL HETERODYNE SPECTROSCOPY - A Doppler Asymmetric Spatial Heterodyne (DASH) spectrometer includes an input aperture for receiving an input light; a collimating lens for collimating the input light into a collimated light; offset establishing means, including at least one grating, for i) receiving and splitting the collimated light into a first light wavefront in a first optical path and into a second light wavefront in a second optical path, ii) establishing an offset in a light wavefront path distance between the first and second optical path light wavefronts, and iii) diffracting and recombining the first and second optical path light wavefronts into an interference wavefront to form an interference image that includes a plurality of phase points of a heterodyned interferogram measured simultaneously over the path distance offset; and an output optics section comprising a detector for receiving the interference image and outputting an interference image pattern. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051900 | Apparatus and Method for Detecting Particulates in Water - Provided is an apparatus and method for determining a concentration of particulates in water, comprising irradiating a laser beam to a sample for a water quality analysis, and measuring a sound generated upon decomposition of particulates in the sample by the irradiated laser beam to thereby determine a concentration of a material in the sample. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a laser beam generator for generating and outputting a laser beam having a given frequency, an output control unit for controlling an output of the laser beam to a constant level by installation of a filter in a laser beam path of the laser beam generator, a beam splitter for splitting a route of the laser beam output through the output control unit into two routes, a laser beam measurement unit for measuring an output intensity of a portion of laser beam split from the beam splitter and outputting the measured value as an electrical signal, a condensing lens for condensing a portion of laser beam split from the beam splitter, a sample cell for storing analyte water and being positioned in the laser beam path to receive irradiation of condensed laser beam, a beam stopper for absorbing the condensing lens-passed laser beam to prevent leakage of light, an acoustic sensor provided in the sample cell, measuring a sound generated from the sample cell, and outputting the measured value as an electrical signal, and a control unit for receiving the signal of the acoustic sensor, calculating a concentration of particulates and outputting a device control signal. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051901 | INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDIC OPTICAL DEVICE FOR SUB-MICRO LITER LIQUID SAMPLE MICROSPECTROSCOPY - The present disclosure relates to the fields of microchips with microfluidic optical chambers for multiplexed optical spectroscopy. Embodiments of the present invention allow for ultra small sample volume, as well as high detection speed and throughput, as compared to conventional optical sample cuvettes used in optical spectroscopy. Particular embodiments relate specifically to the spectroscopic detection of many biochemical assays for disease diagnosis or other suitable analysis. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051902 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING LASER BEAM QUALITY - A measure of the quality of a laser beam is obtained by comparing the power of a theoretical Gaussian beam through a (certain sized area) pinhole to the power of a test beam through a same sized (area) pinhole. The theoretical surrogate Gaussian beam with the same second moment of intensity as the test beam is used to determine the “bucket size” used in “power-in-the-bucket” techniques. The bucket size is an interaction area determined by the wavelength of the laser light, the focusing distance, and the | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051903 | LENS REPLACING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ALTERNATIVE LENS - A method for replacing a lens having refractive power in a first projection optical system includes measuring a wavefront of measuring light passing through the first projection optical system in a state in which the lens having refractive power or a master lens is mounted in the first projection optical system, measuring a wavefront of measuring light passing through a second projection optical system in a state in which the master lens or an alternative lens is mounted in the second projection optical system, processing the alternative lens in accordance with measurement results, and replacing the lens having refractive power in the first projection optical system with the processed alternative lens. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051904 | Apparatus for measuring decenter error of a lens - A lens decenter error measuring apparatus including a testing device, a lens supporter, and a lens carrier is disclosed. The testing device is configured for measuring a decenter error of a lens. The lens supporter is configured for receiving the lens. The lens carrier is installed within the lens supporter and includes at least three spheres and an elastic member. The spheres associated with the elastic member constrain the lens when the lens is placed in the lens supporter. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051905 | Optical Inclination Sensor - An optical inclination sensor is provided having at least one reflective surface and at least two separate optical fibers having ends spaced from a reflective surface. As the reflective surface tilts with respect to a pre-determined reference position the gap lengths between the fiber ends and the reflective surface change and the differences in these gap lengths is used to calculate an angle of inclination with respect to a reference position. The optical inclination sensor can include at least one mass attached to a housing and moveable with respect to the housing as the mass and housing are rotated about one or more axes. Optical strain sensors are disposed a various locations between the mass and housing so that as the mass moves with respect to the housing, each one of the optical strain sensors are placed in compression or tension. The housing can be a generally u-shaped housing having two arms and a base section with the mass disposed within the housing. Alternatively, the housing includes a first beam, and the mass is a second beam arranged generally orthogonal to the first beam and pivotally attached thereto. The optical strain sensors are disposed between the first beam and the second beam. The optical strain sensors are placed in tension or compression as the second beam pivots with respect to the first beam. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051906 | Optical tracking device employing a three-axis gimbal - An optical tracking device, includes an azimuth sub-assembly providing a 360-degree range of motion and a transducer sensing the azimuth position within this range of motion; and an elevation sub-assembly coupled to the azimuth sub-assembly and providing at least a −30-degree to +100-degree range of motion and a transducer sensing the elevation position. A cross-elevation sub-assembly is coupled to the elevation sub-assembly and provides at least a ±14-degree optical range of motion and a transducer sensing the cross-elevation position. An elevation gyroscope is affixed to the elevation sub-assembly and generates an elevation rate signal; and a cross-elevation gyroscope is affixed to the elevation sub-assembly and generates a cross-elevation rate signal. A controller receives the azimuth, elevation, and cross-elevation position signals, and the elevation and cross-elevation rate signals and sends command signals to the sub-assemblies to initiate movement to allow inertially stabilized tracking of an object. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051907 | METHOD FOR MEASURING BRIGHTNESS UNIFORMITY OF A PANEL - A method for measuring brightness uniformity of a panel is disclosed. The method includes steps of: dividing the panel into a plurality of areas, measuring brightness of each area, calculating each area of an average value K the brightness differences between the area and the other adjacent areas, and comparing the value K with a predetermined value. When the value K is greater than the predetermined value, it indicates that the brightness difference between the area and the adjacent areas exceeds a uniformity threshold. When the value K is smaller than the predetermined value, it indicates that the brightness difference between the area and the adjacent areas is below the uniformity threshold. The entire panel is evaluated to ensure accuracy of measuring results. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051908 | Surface Particle Counter - A surface particle-counting device where the scanner element and the particle counting element have been combined so to reduce the number of lost particles and increase the overall efficiency of the particle-counting device. By removing the conventional tube that connects the scanner element and the particle counting element accuracy is increased. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051909 | METHOD OF DETECTING POROUS MATERIAL DEFECT - A method of detecting a defect in a porous body ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051910 | Calibration reference light source and calibration system using the same - In a calibration reference light source and a sensitivity calibration system using the same, a plurality of single-wavelength light sources for emitting reference lights having mutually different single-wavelengths are used instead of a black body radiation source for radiating a white light, and not only the intensities of the single-wavelength reference lights, but also the wavelengths thereof are measured to obtain sensitivity correction coefficients of intensity-to-radiance conversion data. Thus, obtained reference radiance are highly reliable and sensitivity correction of spectrophotometers and spectral illuminometers can be performed with high accuracy and reliability at a user side, whereby the calibration reference light source and the calibration system using the same can be obtained at low cost. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051911 | SAMPLE TRAVELING STAGE WITH FLEXURE MECHANISM MODULE TO ABSORB THE DEFORMATION OF THE SLIDE - A sample traveling stage is used for inspection equipment or precision processing equipment for semiconductors or FPDs, (Flat Panel Displays). The sample traveling stage includes a moving part in which a first slide, which is mounted on a base frame and moves along a first guide block, and a second slide, which is mounted on the first slide and moves along a second guide block, is installed in a mutually crossing direction. A traveling part that travels sample through the sample table is installed by a flexure mechanism module formed on the second slide and measures displacement through the X, Y bar mirror installed at the above sample table in a mutually vertical direction. A measuring part includes a laser head, a beam divider, and an interferometer installed at the operating path of the moving part forms the output into a displacement signal by receiving the input beam interference signal reflected by the X, Y bar mirror from receiver. The deformation error of the mirror and sample, including the sample table, decreases because deformation by the slide is not delivered to the sample table, and measuring accuracy improves because the relative distance of the mirror and the sample is set. Productivity improves due to the minimization of defective proportions because the accuracy is improved. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051912 | Modular Microfluidic Flow Cytometer and Method Applications - An embodiment of the invention is directed to a portable, modular, microscope mounted, microfluidic flow cytometry system. The system includes a microscope platform having an optical input/output port, imaging optics, and a sample stage; a sample illumination source module that is removably integrated with the optical input/output port; an optics module that is removably integrated with the sample excitation light source module and the optical input/output port; a detector module that is removably integrated with the optics module and the optical input/output port; a fluidic pump module having a fluidic input and a fluidic output, a first removable fluid conduit for connecting a fluid source to the input, and a second removable fluid conduit for connecting the output to an input of a microfluidic flow module; and, a system control and programmable data processing module. The system may further incorporate a microfluidic flow module positionable on the microscope sample stage having an output removably connectable to a fluidic waste collector. Method embodiments relating to applications of the microscope-mounted microfluidic flow cytometry system are also described. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051913 | SENSOR DEVICE - A sensor device for detecting a substance contained in a fluid comprises first and second photonic crystal regions, first and second flow channels, an optical waveguide connected to the first and second photonic crystal regions and an optical detector for detecting the lights transmitted through the first photonic crystal region and the waveguide and transmitted through or reflected by the second photonic crystal region. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051914 | Method and System for Inspecting Indirect Bandgap Semiconductor Structure | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051915 | Arrangement for Monitoring Thermal Spray Processes - An arrangement for measuring characteristic properties of a plasma beam in a thermal spray process, including a device for introducing spray materials into the plasma, a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array including first optical waveguides for receiving the light radiation emitted by the plasma, and other optical waveguides for distributing the light radiation emitted by the plasma. A device is provided for splitting the light guided in the first optical waveguides into the other optical wave guides, one optical waveguide being connected to the opening diaphragm of a particle flow arrangement, and the other optical waveguide being connected to the opening diaphragm of a spectrometer. A device is also provided for determining the current state of the spray process. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051916 | Measuring Apparatus, Measuring Method, and Characteristic Measurement Unit - A measuring apparatus includes a light intensity information acquisition section | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051917 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING OVERLAY OF STRUCTURES HAVING ROTATIONAL OR MIRROR SYMMETRY - Disclosed are overlay targets having flexible symmetry characteristics and metrology techniques for measuring the overlay error between two or more successive layers of such targets. In one embodiment, a target includes structures for measuring overlay error (or a shift) in both the x and y direction, wherein the x structures have a different center of symmetry (COS) than the y structures. In another embodiment, one of the x and y structures is invariant with a 180° rotation and the other one of the x and y structures has a mirror symmetry. In one aspect, the x and y structures together are variant with a 180° rotation. In yet another example, a target for measuring overlay in the x and/or y direction includes structures on a first layer having a 180 symmetry and structures on a second layer having mirror symmetry. In another embodiment, a target for determining overlay in the x and/or y direction includes structures on a first layer and structures on a second layer, wherein the structures on the first layer have a COS that is offset by a known amount from the COS of the structures on the second layer. In a specific implementation, any of the disclosed target embodiments may take the form of device structures. In a use case, device structures that have an inherent 180° rotational symmetry or a mirror symmetry in each of the first and second layers are used to measure overlay in a first layer and a second layer. Techniques for imaging targets with flexible symmetry characteristics and analyzing the acquired images to determine overlay or alignment error are disclosed. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051918 | OPTICAL SAMPLING APPARATUS - Provided is an optical sampling apparatus that samples light to be measured having a pulse waveform, including a sampling light output section that outputs a first sampling light and a second sampling light, both having pulse waveforms of a spectrum different from that of the light to be measured; a first sampling section that includes a first nonlinear optical medium, which causes a nonlinear optical effect by causing at least a portion of the light to be measured and the first sampling light to pass therethrough and outputs light generated by the nonlinear optical effect, and that outputs at least a portion of the light generated by the nonlinear optical effect as a first output light; and a second sampling section that includes a second nonlinear optical medium, which causes a nonlinear optical effect by causing at least a portion of the first output light and the second sampling light to pass therethrough with a temporal overlap in order to output light generated by the nonlinear optical effect, and that outputs at least a portion of the light generated by the nonlinear optical effect as a second output light. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051919 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING A TEST OBJECT - A method of testing a test object, comprising the steps of arranging the test object at a deformable contact element of a holding device, wherein the contact element is at least partially deformed so that at least a partial area of the test object is in gap-free contact with at least a partial area of the contact element, and wherein for at least two contact points of the contact element, which are in contact with the partial area of the test object, upon through-radiation by means of electromagnetic radiation that is parallel to a predefined through-radiation direction, an optical path length of the electromagnetic radiation through the holding device and the test object is substantially identical; having the electromagnetic radiation radiate through the holding device and the test object in parallel to the predefined through-radiation direction detecting the electromagnetic radiation after through-radiation; and evaluating the detected electromagnetic radiation. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051920 | Plasmon tomography - Plasmon energy is produced by exciting a plasmon resonance at least one excitation position on a first surface of a first material, and the plasmon energy is detected at at least one measurement position on the first surface after the plasmon energy has propagated from the at least one excitation position to the at least one measurement position. An attenuation of plasmon energy is determined along a plurality of paths between the at least one excitation position and the at least one measurement position, and relative distances between the first surface and a second surface of a second material are determined at a plurality of points on at least one of the surfaces based on the determined attenuation of plasmon energy along the plurality of paths. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051921 | OPTICAL SENSOR - An optical sensor includes an optical detector for detecting light reflected from an object to be sensed, an optical source for producing light for illuminating the object to be sensed, and a reflection unit for reflecting the light reflected from the object to be sensed toward the optical detector, the reflection unit being positioned on the path of the light reflected from the object to be sensed, such that the interference of light between the light source and the optical detector is minimized. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051922 | SEMICONDUCTOR RING LASER GYRO - A semiconductor ring laser gyro comprises: a semiconductor laser for emitting light from each of both ends thereof; a splitting means for splitting and guiding the light emitted from the semiconductor laser into two axis directions; a plurality of reflecting means for reflecting the light split and guided by the splitting means into the two axis directions; two optical circuits, in each of which the plurality of reflecting means cause the light to travel in a plane and to enter an end of the semiconductor laser opposite to the end from which the light is emitted; and a blocking means for blocking light traveling in one of the two optical circuits. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051923 | ARTERIAL PROBE FOR OCT - An apparatus and associated method for detecting vulnerable plaque within a lumen defined by an intraluminal wall is described. The apparatus includes a probe having a distal portion and a proximal portion. The apparatus includes an optical waveguide extending along the probe. The optical waveguide is configured to carry optical radiation between the distal and proximal portions, and has a distal end in communication with the intraluminal wall. The apparatus includes an interferometer coupled to the optical waveguide and configured to provide an interference signal for sub-surface imaging of the intraluminal wall, and a processing module configured to provide spectroscopic information from detected intensity of light collected from the intraluminal wall. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051924 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF A SUBSTRATE - An apparatus for measuring thickness is provided. A light source irradiates a front surface or a rear surface of a substrate with a light. A splitter splits the light into a reference light and a measurement light. The reference light is reflected by a reference light reflecting device. An optical path changing device changes an optical path length of light reflected from the reference light reflecting device. A light receiving device measures an interference of the reflected light from the substrate and the reference light from the reference light reflecting device. A thickness of at least one of the front surface, rear surface or inside of the substrate is measured based on a measurement of the interference. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051925 | DETERMINATION OF INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATOR MIRROR CURVATURE AND AIRGAP VARIATION USING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS - Air gap variation in an interferometric modulator over a two-dimensional spatial map of the modulator is determined by acquiring a digital photograph of the modulator. Color parameters of individual pixels in the photograph are determined and compared to a model of color parameters as a function of air gap distance. The model and individual pixel color parameters may be plotted on a color space plot for comparison. The determined distances may be plotted over a two-dimensional spatial map of the interferometric modulator to visualize the mirror curvature and air gap variation. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051926 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY OPTICAL MIXER AND DEMULTIPLEXER AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE SENSING - A pulsed laser system includes a modulator module configured to provide pulsed electrical signals and a plurality of solid-state seed sources coupled to the modulator module and configured to operate, responsive to the pulsed electrical signals, in a pulse mode. Each of the plurality of solid-state seed sources is tuned to a different frequency channel separated from any adjacent frequency channel by a frequency offset. The pulsed laser system also includes a combiner that combines outputs from each of the solid state seed sources into a single optical path and an optical doubler and demultiplexer coupled to the single optical path and providing each doubled seed frequency on a separate output path. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051927 | OPTICAL SCATTERING DISK, USE THEREOF, AND WAVEFRONT MEASURING APPARATUS - Optical scattering disk, use and wavefront measuring apparatus. The optical scattering disk includes a transparent substrate ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051928 | Method for analyzing a wavefront through frequency difference multilateral interferometry - The method comprises positioning a diffraction grating with a two-dimensional meshing on the path of the beam to be analyzed and processing at least two interferograms of at least two different colors, each interferogram being obtained in a plane from two sub-beams with different diffraction orders. The invention can be used to analyze and correct divided wavefronts. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051929 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE MEASURING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a three-dimensional image measuring apparatus comprising: an XYZ shaft transfer means mounted onto a base member; a work stage mounted to the base member, for moving a measuring object to a measuring position and thereafter supporting it and having a predetermined reference surface set at a side thereof; an image obtaining means in which it is moved toward X,Y and Z shafts by the XYZ shaft transfer means, scans a grating image by the frequency of N times to a side of the measuring object supported and fixed to the work stage, obtains the changed grating image by the measuring object by N times; a light emitting means mounted to a side of the image obtaining means for generating and emitting light with a predetermined wavelength; and a control unit which irradiates light generated from the light emitting means mounted to a side of the image obtaining means to the reference surface set the side of the work stage, receives the changed grating image obtained from the image obtaining means, thereby producing the three-dimensional image. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051930 | METHOD FOR DETECTING SURFACE DEFECTS ON A SUBSTRATE AND DEVICE USING SAID METHOD - A method for detecting surface defects, such as slip line type defects, on a substrate designed to be used in electronics, optoelectronics or analogue, including projection of a pattern of light fringes and dark bands onto the substrate, relative displacement of the substrate relative to the pattern, acquisition of a sequence of at least three images of the pattern reflected by the substrate to a sensor, the images corresponding to displacement of the fringes of the pattern, determination of the gradient of the surface of the substrate using displacements of fringes of the pattern, and determination of the presence of a surface defect on the substrate using variations in the gradient of the surface of the substrate. Another embodiment comprises a device using said method. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051931 | Systems and methods for measuring sample surface flatness of continuously moving samples - Measurement of sample surface flatness of a continuously moving sample. A conveyor continuously conveys a sample beneath a grating disposed at a non-zero angle with respect to the plane of conveyance. The relative distance between the sample and the angled grating changes with the horizontal translation of the sample. A camera disposed above the sample and the grating captures, at constant time intervals, a sequence of images, each image comprising a shadow moiré fringe pattern that is indicative of the sample's surface flatness. The continuous change in relative distance between the sample and the grating introduces a known or unknown phase step between the shadow moiré fringe patterns of each successive image. A computer associated with the camera processes the images to determine phase values of pixels at, and the relative height of the sample surface at, selected pixel locations of the sample. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051932 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A MEASUREMENT OBJECTIVE IN THE Z-COORDINATE DIRECTION OF AN OPTICAL MEASURING MACHINE HAVING MAXIMUM REPRODUCIBILITY OF MEASURED STRUCTURE WIDTHS - A method for determining the ideal focus position on different substrates is disclosed. A focus criterion is determined with which the best reproducibility may be achieved. An offset permits the user to set the optimal operating point of the coordinate measuring machine for a reproducible measurement of dimensions of structures on a substrate. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051933 | Tool Detection - An object detection apparatus and a method for calibrating an object detection apparatus. The apparatus comprises a housing provided with a light source and a light detector. The light source directs a beam of light towards the light detector. The housing has a base which is provided with a datum surface. The light beam has a defined distance and angle from the datum base. The method for calibrating an object detection apparatus involves setting threshold levels for light intensity received at the light detector. The apparatus has two modes of operation. The invention also includes an adapter for an object detection apparatus which detects the presence of an object by obstructing a light path. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051934 | Method and apparatus for vibration detection and vibration analysis, and lithographic apparatus equipped with such an apparatus - The invention provides a method for determining vibration-related information by projecting an aerial image at an image position in a projection plane, mapping an intensity of the aerial image into an image map, the image map arranged for comprising values of coordinates of sampling locations and of the intensity sampled at each sampling location, and measuring intensity of the aerial image received through a slot pattern. The method further includes determining from the image map a detection position of a slope portion of the image map, at the detection position of the slope portion, measuring of a temporal intensity of the aerial image and measuring of relative positions of the slot pattern and the image position, the relative positions of the slot being measured as position-related data of the slot pattern and determining from the temporal intensity of the aerial image vibration-related information for said aerial image. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051935 | Automatic Geometric Calibration Using Laser Scanning Reflectometry - Systems and methods for calibrating a solid-imaging system ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051936 | Method for measuring positions of structures on a substrate with a coordinate measuring machine - A method for measuring structures ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051937 | Device and method for measuring profiles of electron beam and laser beam - A device for measuring profiles of an electron beam and a laser beam is provided with a profile measuring device | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051938 | Multi-beam optical probe and system for dimensional measurement - A multi-beam optical probe according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention generally reduce the limitations, difficulties and disadvantages of the conventional measurement devices and techniques by providing a non-contact multi-beam optical probe apparatus and system for the dimensional measurement of objects. The narrow elongated probe provides at least two orthogonal, divergent or parallel laser beams, the reflection of each beam on the object being simultaneously detectable without moving the probe. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051939 | Substrate film thickness measurement method, substrate film thickness measurement apparatus and substrate processing apparatus - A jet of water in a cylindrical form is supplied from a jet nozzle onto a measurement surface of a substrate to form a column of the water extending between the nozzle and the measurement surface. Light is emitted from an irradiation fiber and transmitted through the column of water to the measurement surface. The light reflected by the measurement surface is received by a light-receiving fiber through the column of water. A measurement calculation unit measures the thickness of a film formed on the substrate, based on the intensity of the reflected light. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051940 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, INK JET PRINTING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - To enable the printing in which it is difficult for the dot to stand out and it is difficult for the gradation sequence properties to be degraded. Therefore, among plural dots each having a different size, the binary processing is carried out by using the same first dot arrangement pattern in regard to the large and medium-sized dots and the binary processing is carried out by using a dot arrangement pattern different from the first dot arrangement pattern in regard to the small-sized dots. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051941 | Method and apparatus for printing images - An apparatus and method of printing a personal image including at least one person, and individual information corresponding to the person or location information of a place in which the personal image was captured, on respective sides of a sheet of printing paper. The apparatus and method can print the image and individual information by providing an image file comprising a personal image including at least one person and face recognition information of the person to a printing apparatus, printing the personal image on a first side of the sheet of printing paper, and printing individual information corresponding to the face recognition information on a second side of the sheet of printing paper. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051942 | Image output apparatus using radio contact element - An image output apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives first information from a first radio contact element that performs a close-range radio contact; an image processing unit that forms image data of an image to be output from the first information; and an image output unit that outputs the image to an output medium from the image data. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051943 | DUAL PRINTHEAD CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE FOR INK QUALITY ASSURANCE CIRCUITRY - Dual printhead controller architecture includes a master central processor capable of being interfaced with a first printhead. A slave central processor is capable of being interfaced with a second printhead. Data transfer means is operatively connected between the master central processor and the slave central processor to permit communication between the master and slave central processors. A host link is operatively connected to the master central processor to permit the master central processor to receive page data from a host processor. Ink cartridge quality assurance integrated circuitry is connected to the master central processor. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051944 | Image processing method for reducing imaging artifacts - An image processing method includes a step of converting halftoned pixels of an image to be printed represented at a first lower tonal resolution into pixels represented at a second higher tonal resolution. Image processing is used on the pixels having a higher tonal resolution to reduce image quality artifacts when the pixels are printed at the first lower tonal resolution. In a preferred embodiment, the image processing includes error diffusion of a sigma delta modulation. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051945 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - An image forming method which examines validity of an output object using an ROP, for example, and determines whether the output object is printed in a color mode or in a mono mode, is provided. The method includes detecting an output object having a color value from among output objects constituting a mono page, examining the validity of the detected output object, and outputting the detected output object as a mono object if the output object is determined not to be valid. Accordingly, if a mono image having an RGB value is recognized as a color object but is data not to be output on paper or media, the image is recognized as data which are not necessary to be output using color toner, so that only black toner is used. Accordingly, the printing rate increases, and efficiency of processing a printing is enhanced. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051946 | IMAGE AREA SELECTING METHOD - A method for controlling a printing apparatus includes displaying a display image on a display unit based on image data, detecting a plurality of positions touched on a touch panel, for each of the positions detected on the touch panel, designating a position on the display image displayed on the display unit according to the position detected on the touch panel, obtaining an aspect ratio of a printing area, determining a crop area of the display image having the aspect ratio of the printing area and including all of the designated positions on the display image, and printing an image on a recording sheet based on the determined crop area. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051947 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus analyzes a print job made up of multiple records, detects record segments using the analysis results, correlates each record and the printing page corresponding to each record, and displays a list of records based thereupon. Further, upon operation instructions of printing control input as to a record in the displayed list, the information processing apparatus executes processing based on operating instructions as to an instructed record according to operation instructions. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051948 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image-forming apparatus includes a first monitor which detects whether a non-paper-medium supplier is attached to the main body of the image-forming apparatus. When a normal copying process is selected, the copying process is stopped immediately if the first monitor determines that the non-paper-medium supplier is attached and an error message indicating that a printing process cannot be performed since the non-paper-medium supplier is attached is shown on the main body. In addition, if a facsimile is received while the non-paper-medium supplier is attached to the main body, the user is informed that the facsimile call is received. Accordingly, the user can change the setting of the image-forming apparatus so that the facsimile can be received. Thus, the facsimile is received manually if the non-paper-medium supplier is attached to the main body and is received by operation after the line is acquired by a handset telephone. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051949 | PRINT MEDIA AND FLUID CARTRIDGE OF PHOTOFINISHING SYSTEM - A print media and printing fluid cartridge is provided removably mounted to a support structure of a digital photofinishing system in juxtaposition with a printer mounted to the support structure together with a digital processor and print media drive mechanism. The cartridge has a roll of print media, a print media delivery arrangement arranged to couple with the drive mechanism so as to feed the print media from the roll to the printer, and at least one removable printing fluid first cartridge for feeding printing fluid to the printer. The digital processor is arranged to receive digitised data that is representative of a photographic image and to process the data in a manner to generate a drive signal that is representative of the photographic image for the printer. The printer processes the drive signal and page-width prints the photographic image on the fed print media using the fed printing fluid. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051950 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus which combines a character string image with an image of image data and forms a combined image, including: a display section to display the character string image; and a control section to generate the character string image to be combined to the image and to display the character string image on the display section, wherein the control section controls the display section to display the character string generated with same font data as font data used for forming the character string image of the combined image on a sheet. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051951 | MULTIPLEX SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A multiplex system such as copying system is supplied capable of improving read speed. The multiplex system comprises a scanner to read manuscript and generate image data, and a printer to print the image data generated by the scanner; in the scanner, a scan page data storing section stores the image data; in the printer, a scanner controlling section controls status information of the scan page data storing section, and outputs a read instruction of one page manuscript to the scanner on the basis of the status information. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051952 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SCREEN GENERATING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a user interface screen inclusive of an operation screen, a display image information extracting unit configured to extract display image information from an information carrier medium having the display image information embedded therein, the display image information including an operation-purpose display image to be displayed on the operation screen, position information indicative of a position of the operation-purpose display image on the operation screen, and operation information indicative of an operation associated with the operation-purpose display image, and a user interface screen generating unit configured to generate a user interface screen based on the display image information extracted by the display image information extracting unit, the user interface screen having the operation-purpose display image that is placed at the position indicated by the position information and is associated with the operation indicated by the operation information. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051953 | Image Forming Apparatus and Method for Managing a Mode Program Constituted by Operation Mode Information Set to a Job Performed by the Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus registers a mode program constituted by operation mode information set to a job in order to execute the job by retrieving the mode program. A mode program registration section outputs an instruction to acquire the operation mode information set to the job and acquires the operation mode information. An operation mode acquisition section sends a request to a software part corresponding to a process constituting said job to acquire the operation mode information, and acquires and outputs the operation mode information of a predetermined type, which is a return value output from the software part, to the mode program registration section. A mode program information management section creates mode program information including the operation mode information acquired by the mode program registration section and identification information of the mode program, and stores the mode program information in a mode program information retaining section. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051954 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PRINTER DRIVER - A print control device has a group of filters including at least two functional filters which execute a modifying process for modifying print job, a filter configuration storage that stores configuration information of the functional filter group, a filter execution unit which retrieves functional filters based on the filter configuration information and causes the retrieved functional filters to execute a modifying process of the print job data. The functional filter group includes a specific functional filter for modifying the print job data by adding additional information. The specific functional filter includes a conversion formula acquiring unit which acquires a conversion formula for converting the additional information corresponding to the modifying process executed by the other functional filters, and an additional information arranging unit for determining an arrangement of the additional information with respect to the print job modified by the other filters based on the conversion formula. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051955 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving image information including first user information; a detection unit for detecting the first user information from the image information; an input unit for inputting second user information and a process; a comparison unit for comparing the first user information with the second user information; and a control unit for limiting an input through the input unit when the comparison unit determines that the first user information is different from the second user information. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051956 | Multifunctional printer - An image processing apparatus | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051957 | INK JET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An ink jet image forming apparatus includes a reset correction unit to restrict a heater driving time so as to prevent a heater from being damaged due to overheating when an error occurs in a system clock. The reset correction unit may determine that an error occurs in the system clock if a discharging voltage of at least one charging circuit, which performs a charging operation using the system clock, is decreased to a reference voltage. In this case, the reset correction unit can generate a reset signal having an initial state such that the heater is no longer driven. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051958 | Image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus includes an image forming unit, power supplier, power controller, memory, signal transmission unit and transmission timer. The image forming unit forms an image based on image data from a plurality of host devices. The power supplier supplies power to a power system including the image forming unit. The power controller controls the power from the power supplier to the power system. The memory stores a usage amount of each host device. The signal transmission unit transmits a response request to a host device having at least a predetermined usage amount. The transmission timer counts a first time period from a transmission of the response request. The power controller halts the power from the power supplier to the power system when determining, based on the first time period, that a reply to the response request is not transmitted from the specific host device for a predetermined period. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051959 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - There are provided an image forming apparatus which is capable of efficiently performing necessary actions to thereby reduce downtime. At least one job can be registered. Image formation is performed according to the at least one registered job. Action objects are detected on which actions necessary for the image forming apparatus should be taken. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051960 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A CUSTOMIZABLE DEVICE DRIVER FOR INTERFACING WITH A DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE - The subject application is directed to a system and method for customizable device driver system for interfacing with a document processing device. A workstation and a set of operative functions of the device are interfaced via a core device driver resident in the memory of the workstation. Next, the core device driver is linked with at least one secondary function associated with the device outside the set of operative functions. A display corresponding to each of the operative functions is generated on the workstation. Secondary functions unique to the set thereof are stored in an associated memory. Selection data is received corresponding to at least one selected secondary function. At least one secondary function is retrieved from the memory according to the received selection data. Each retrieved secondary function is linked to the core device driver such that the secondary function is enabled and appears on the display. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051961 | DOCUMENT MONITOR DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DOCUMENT MONITOR PROGRAM, DOCUMENT MONITOR SYSTEM, AND DOCUMENT MONITOR METHOD - A document monitor device, which includes: a confidential information storage section that stores confidentiality level information of documents managed in a document management device associated with identification information of each of the documents; a feature storage section that stores features of the documents associated with the identification information; a selection section that selects a target document from the managed documents based on the confidentiality level information; an acquisition section that acquires a target image to be processed by an image processing device; an extraction section that extracts features of the target image; a similarity level calculation section that calculates a similarity level between the features stored in association with the identification information of the selected target document and the extracted features; and a detection information output section that, when the similarity level is a prescribed value or over, outputs information indicating that a similar image is detected. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051962 | CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - In an image processing system, when a user request is received from a client apparatus, an image processing management apparatus determines whether the user request can be processed by the image processing system to generate a determination result, and generate an instruction indicating how the image processing system should operate based on the determination result. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051963 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A management apparatus includes a management unit configured to manage information associating each of a plurality of image processing apparatuses constituting a virtual device with a function executed by the each of the plurality of image processing apparatuses, a control unit configured to provide a display for setting a virtual device as a transmission destination of transmission data, an identification unit configured, if a virtual device is set as the transmission destination of the transmission data, to identify an image processing apparatus that executes a function corresponding to a type of the transmission data from among the plurality of image processing apparatuses constituting the set virtual device based on the information managed by the management unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission data to the image processing apparatus identified by the identification unit. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051964 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device includes a first tag data reading unit, a storing unit, an extracting unit, a display unit, and a transmitting unit. The first tag data reading unit is configured to read tag data from a wireless tag. The tag data is written in the wireless tag. The storing unit is configured to store transmit data and identification data in association with each other from the storing unit. The extracting unit is configured to extract, if the tag data corresponds to the identification data, the transmit data in association with the identification data. The display unit is configured to display contents of the transmit data that is extracted by the extracting unit. The transmitting unit is configured to transmit the transmit data displayed on the display unit to a destination device. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051965 | Communicating apparatus and communicating system - A communicating apparatus is supplied capable of maintaining a receiving corresponding to high communication capability for receiving from all partner apparatuses; reducing the cost of apparatus; and eliminating dependence on an exchange machine. In the communicating apparatus, a sending and receiving controlling section, when communicatively connected with a sending side communicating apparatus via telephone line, sends a first DIS signal generated by a signal generating section to the sending side communicating apparatus; a DCS judging portion judges whether received or not a DCS signal corresponding to the first DIS signal from the sending side communicating apparatus, if it is not received, sends a second DIS signal of high communication capability to partner apparatus; the sending and receiving controlling section sends CFR signal which represents that it has been confirmed to execute communication process in the communication capability notified by the DCS signal from partner apparatus with respect to the first DIS signal or the second DIS signal; then, receives image data from the sending side communicating apparatus. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051966 | Printing system and printing method - In a client PC, a print object permitted to be printed is specified for each MFP among the created distribution materials, a correspondence table between the object and an ID for identifying an MFP permitted to print the object is prepared, and the distribution materials and the correspondence table are transmitted to a print server. When the MFP transmits a print request and an ID assigned to the MFP to the print server, the print server transmits to the MFP a print object corresponding to the transmitted ID upon receiving the print request. The MFP receives and outputs the object. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051967 | DISPERSED INPUT AND OUTPUT SYSTEM - There is disclosed a dispersed input and output system adapted to instruct the execution of a dispersed divided input operation at a document input and output device, perform control to cause a plurality of document input and output devices other than the document input and output device to cooperatively carry out dispersed divided input operations, and register the operations as one job in a document handling function at the end. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051968 | PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - When a subsidiary printout is printed from a printer driver, it is an object to enable a subsidiary print job to be formed without destroying a relationship between the master and the servant in a print process. A first print job formed by a first application program is input through an operating system and a printer driver processes the input first print job. A second application program which forms a second print job different from the first print job and sends to the operating system is provided. The printer driver starts the second application program, transfers settings of the printer driver to the second application program, receives the second print job formed by the second application program through the operating system, processes the second print job, and allows a printer to print the second print job. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051969 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - A terminal apparatus includes an interface unit connected to an image forming apparatus, and a controller to convert a file into print data page by page before a file print command is input and to transmit the converted print data to the image forming apparatus when a preset event occurs in the file. Therefore, a user prepares a document which is highly likely to be printed, so that a print delay time may be reduced and a printing speed may increase. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051970 | IMAGE DATA STORAGE METHODS, IMAGE DATA STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUSES, IMAGE DATA STORAGE PROGRAMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FRAME DATA GENERATION AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DATA ACQUISITION, AND METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR IMAGE DRAWING - An image data storage method is provided for obtaining image drawing spot data to be inputted to an image drawing spot forming unit that forms image drawing spots on an image drawing surface. The method comprises the step of storing the image data in storage means in such a manner that a direction along which addresses in the storage means are consecutive agrees with a direction of arrangement of the image data corresponding to a predetermined scanning direction of the image drawing spot forming unit relative to the image drawing surface. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051971 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE RECORDING, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE MANAGEMENT, PHOTO ALBUM, AND PROGRAMS - An image recording apparatus is configured to comprise identification information reading means for reading identification information from a photo album having a communication device storing the identification information identifying the photo album that contains print storage units wherein index prints having a plurality of images laid out in a predetermined layout can be stored and a recording medium storage unit wherein a recording medium storing the images is stored, and recording means for recording all the images laid out in the index prints in the recording medium, by relating the images to the identification information. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051972 | Method and Apparatus Capable of Producing FM Halftone Dots in High Speed - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus capable of generating frequency-modulation halftone dots in high speed and belongs to the field of the digital image halftone. In the prior art, read-write operation is usually carried out many times in error rows during processing each pixel so that halftone dots are generated in low speed. In the method according to the present invention, the error generated by the current pixel is buffered in a register file and the final accumulated error values are written in the error rows only after all of the relative pixels are processed. Thus, read-write operation is carried out only once in the error rows for processing each pixel. The present invention also provides an apparatus to implement the method. The apparatus comprises an error row memory, an error buffer register file, a gray generation circuit, a threshold comparison circuit, an error generation circuit, an error buffer register file control circuit, and an error row control circuit. The method and apparatus according to the present invention decrease the steps in operation and improve the speed for generating the frequency-modulation halftone dots. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051973 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A color processing apparatus includes an input range obtaining unit configured to obtain an input range of input color data represented by a first color space that is an extended color space, a setting unit configured to set grid point coordinate values for each of a plurality of color components included in the input color data, and a generating unit configured to generate a look-up table by performing conversion processing on each of look-up-table coordinate values corresponding to grid point coordinate values set for the plurality of color components, and storing a result of the conversion processing in the look-up table. The setting unit sets the grid point coordinate values such that each of the primary colors in a second color space that is a base color space is located at a grid point and the color components have the identical grid point coordinate values among the primary colors. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051974 | Image processing device - An image processing device is structured such that an appropriate judgement of an image, at which blurring or disappearance or the like will occur, is possible. When pixels, which form a line image at which there is the possibility that blurring or disappearance will occur at the time of printing by using a printing plate, are extracted, a line image warning function gives notice by displaying a warning message on a monitor of a client terminal. Thereafter, image converting and print setting are carried out such that an extracted line image is clarified. In this way, when a proof is prepared, an image, at which there is the possibility that blurring or disappearance will occur on a printed matter obtained by using a printing plate, is clarified, and appropriate proofing is possible. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051975 | SHEET TURNAROUND ASSEMBLY - A sheet turnaround assembly including a drive shaft positioned laterally across a transport path from a processing system, a plurality of drive wheels axially coupled to and positioned in a spaced fashion along the drive shaft, and a plurality of continuous belts, one belt corresponding to each drive wheel. Each belt is positioned so that its outside surface is tensioned against and forms a desired wrap angle about the corresponding drive wheel to create an arcuate turnaround path there between extending between input and output nips formed by initial and final points of contact between the belt and the drive wheel. The sheet turnaround is configured to receive a thermally developed sheet of photothermographic imaging media from a thermal processor at the input nip via the transport path. Rotation of the drive wheels by the drive shaft causes the outside surface of each belt to run along the corresponding drive wheel and drive the developed sheet along and expel the developed sheet from the turnaround path at the output nip to an output device after turning the developed sheet from the transport path by an angle substantially equal to the wrap angle. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051976 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus having an image readout sensor that is provided with a plurality of pixels that optically read out an image, and a driving unit that moves the image readout sensor. The driving unit moves the image readout sensor, whereby the driving unit and the image readout sensor are controlled so that each of the plurality of pixels reads out a chart with a predetermined pattern. A feature amount of the plurality of pixels is calculated from the image data that has been read out by each pixel through the control, and MTF characteristics of the plurality of pixels are analyzed from the calculated feature amount. Then, nonuniformity of MTF characteristics of the plurality of pixels is corrected according to the analysis result. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051977 | Image processing to reduce image printing time - A digital image containing design elements to be printed and a background not to be printed is processed before printing to prepare a cropped version of the image by detecting and removing areas of background from the top, bottom, right, and left sides of the image. The cropped version of the image and associated positioning information are supplied to the printing system for printing. By reducing the size of the image provided to the printing system to eliminate areas that will receive no color ink, the area that must be traversed by the inkjet print heads is reduced, thereby reducing the time required to complete the printing process and allowing a larger number of items to be printed during a given period of time. | 2009-02-26 |
