09th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140055709 | Frameless Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention provides a frameless liquid crystal display device, which includes a rear enclosure, a backlight module arranged inside the rear enclosure, a mold frame arranged on the backlight module and mounted to the rear enclosure, and a liquid crystal display panel arranged on the mold frame. The liquid crystal display panel has an upper portion that is mounted to the mold frame through a plurality of connection sections. Each of the connection sections includes a cylindrical base plate and a cylindrical projection mounted to the cylindrical base plate. The liquid crystal display panel includes a CF substrate and a TFT substrate laminated on the CF substrate. The CF substrate forms a step with respect to a lower edge of the TFT substrate. A surface decoration is bonded to the step and fixed to the mold frame to assemble the liquid crystal display panel to the mold frame. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055710 | Frameless Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention provides a frameless liquid crystal display device, which includes a rear enclosure, a backlight module arranged inside the rear enclosure, a mold frame arranged on the backlight module and mounted to the rear enclosure, and a liquid crystal display panel arranged on the mold frame. The liquid crystal display panel includes a CF substrate and a TFT substrate laminated on the CF substrate with first and second steps formed between edges of the CF substrate and the TFT substrate that correspond to opposite sides of the mold frame. The mold frame forms a retention section corresponding to the second step. The second step is received in and retained by the retention section. A surface decoration is bonded to the first step and fixed to the mold frame so as to fix the liquid crystal display panel to the mold frame. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055711 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device comprises a rear cover, a display panel, a drive device, an upper end guide frame, a lower end guide frame, a first adhesive member, and a second adhesive member, the rear cover including a bottom wall, an upper end sidewall and a lower end sidewall; the rear cover further includes an upper end coupling portion, an upper end support portion, a lower end coupling portion and a lower end support portion; the upper end guide frame includes an upper end panel support portion and an upper end guide sidewall, the first adhesive member bonding the upper end panel support portion to the upper end of the display panel; the lower end guide frame includes a lower end guide sidewall and a lower end panel support portion, the second adhesive member bonding the lower end panel support portion to the lower end of the display panel. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055712 | BACKPLATE ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A backplate assembly for accommodating and positioning an optical unit, comprising: a backplate, a plurality of cone-shaped holes, and a plurality of positioning columns. The backplate includes a plate and a vertical lateral side which vertically surrounds the plate. The cone-shaped holes are formed in the backplate. The positioning columns are protruding from the first surface for positioning the optical unit. Each positioning column has a column body part and a ring-shaped head part forming on an end of the column body. An external diameter of the ring-shaped head part is smaller than a diameter of the column body. The ring-shaped head part of each optical unit column inserts into each cone-shaped hole through the first opening by an external force and engages with the cone-shaped hole, such that the positioning column is fixed in the backplate. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055713 | THIN DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a technique related to a thin display device having a frame structure in which accuracy is ensured. First and second restricting convex portions ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140055714 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH A TOUCH PANEL - Provided is a liquid crystal display device with a touch panel, including a fixing member ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140055715 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND FABRICATION METHOD OF THE SAME - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal layer, a light source, a first polarizing member, and a reflector. The first polarizing member includes a wire-grid polarizing part and a reflection part. The first polarizing member is disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the light source. The reflector is disposed below the light source. The reflector reflects light from the light source and light reflected from the reflection part. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055716 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL-LENS TYPE LIGHT-MODULATING APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A liquid-crystal-lens type light-modulating apparatus and a liquid crystal display having the same are disclosed. The liquid-crystal-lens type light-modulating apparatus comprises: a first light-transmissive substrate, with a first electrode layer and a first alignment layer being provided sequentially on an upper surface thereof; a second light-transmissive substrate located over the first substrate, with a second electrode layer and a second alignment layer being provided sequentially on a lower surface thereof; and liquid crystal sandwiched between the first and second alignment layers, wherein at least one from the first and second electrode layers is formed as a patterned electrode, and the patterned electrode comprises: a plurality of electrode light-transmissive regions and a plurality of light-shielding regions, arranged at an interval therebetween; and the liquid-crystal-lens type light-modulating apparatus further comprises a shielding sheet provided above the second substrate, and the shielding sheet comprises: a plurality of shielding sheet light-transmissive regions and a plurality of shielding sheet light-shielding regions, arranged at an interval therebetween; and each of the shielding sheet light-shielding regions is located over one of the electrode regions in the patterned electrode, and has an area less than the area of an electrode region corresponding to it. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055717 | Systems and Methods for Preventing Light Guide Plate Scratching Artifacts - Systems, methods, and devices for preventing scratching artifacts on a light guide plate of a backlight are provided. In one example, an electronic device may include a processor to generate image data and a display to display the image data. The display may include a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight unit. A light guide plate and a diffuser of the backlight may be separated at least partly by a light guide plate scratch protection component. The light guide plate scratch protection component may be a pattern of molded convex bumps on the light guide plate, a self-healing coating, a nonstick (e.g., Teflon) coating, or some combination of these surfaces. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055718 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - Disclosed are an organic light emitting diode display device, a manufacturing method for the same and a display system, for realizing compatibility of ordinary non-transparent display and transparent display in the organic light emitting diode display device, as well as the switching between ordinary non-transparent display and transparent display. The display device comprises: a transparent organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140055719 | Display with Reduced Border - An electronic device may be provided with a display such as a liquid crystal display having upper and lower polarizer layers, a color filter layer, a liquid crystal layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. The display may have backlight structures that include a light guide plate, a reflector, and optical films. An opaque masking layer may be formed in a strip that runs along a peripheral edge of the lower polarizer in the display. The lower polarizer and the optical films may be separated by an air gap. The uppermost optical film may be a brightness enhancing film. The lower polarizer may be a matte polarizer layer, a polarizer film attached to an achromatic polarizing compensating film, or a matte polarizer that is attached to an achromatic polarizing compensating film coated with a matte coating. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055720 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical compensation structure and a display device are disclosed. The former comprises a front side polarizer and a rear side polarizer arranged at both sides of a VA liquid crystal unit; wherein the front side polarizer includes a front side polarization unit as well as a biaxial film arranged between the front side polarization unit and the VA liquid crystal unit; the rear side polarizer includes a rear side polarization unit as well as a first rear side TAC film arranged between the rear side polarization unit and the VA liquid crystal unit. The region having serious dark-state light leakage can be transferred from a horizontal viewing angle to a vertical viewing angle, which improves the display effect. There is no addition of the number of layers of the biaxial film, which reduces the cost. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055721 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device includes a substrate, a cover layer, a liquid crystal layer, at least one electrode, and a sealant layer. The cover layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a tunnel-shaped cavity. The liquid crystal layer is disposed in the tunnel-shaped cavity. The at least one electrode is configured to apply an electric field to the liquid crystal layer. The sealant layer is configured to seal the tunnel-shaped cavity. The liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of domains defined by liquid crystal molecules pre-aligned in different directions. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055722 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To suppress light leakage at the time of dark state, and to provide a liquid crystal display device whose electrodes in the reflection areas can be formed with high precision. The liquid crystal display device has a reflection area within a pixel unit by corresponding at least to a reflection plate forming part, and the reflection area is driven with a lateral electric field mode and normally-white. A driving electrode for forming an electric field to a liquid crystal layer of the reflection area is formed on the reflection plate via an insulating film by using a non-transparent electric conductor. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055723 | Color Filter Substrate, Array Substrate, Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus, And Manufacturing Methods Of The Color Filter Substrate And the Array Substrate - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a color filter substrate, an array substrate, a liquid crystal display apparatus, a manufacturing method of the color filter substrate and a manufacturing method of the array substrate. The color filter substrate comprises a first substrate, a color filter layer, a planarization layer and a first alignment layer. The color filter substrate further comprises a first polarizing film provided between the first base substrate and the planarization layer. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055724 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a display panel of a display apparatus including the display panel and a backlight unit disposed under the display panel, the display panel including: an upper substrate; a lower substrate disposed to face the upper substrate in a traveling direction of light radiated from the backlight unit; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; a polarizing layer disposed at least below the upper substrate and configured to transmit light polarized in a preset direction of the radiated light to the upper substrate; and an antireflection layer formed on a light exiting surface of the upper substrate through which the radiated light exits and configured to substantially prevent reflection of external light from an external environment thereon. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055725 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical compensation structure and a display device are disclosed. The former comprises a front side polarizer and a rear side polarizer arranged at both sides of a VA liquid crystal unit; the front side polarizer includes a front side polarization unit and a first front side TAC film; the absorption axis of the front side polarization unit is perpendicular to the horizontal normal of the VA liquid crystal unit; the rear side polarizer includes a rear side polarization unit and a biaxial film; and the absorption axis of the rear side polarization unit is parallel to the horizontal normal. The region having serious dark-state light leakage can be transferred from a horizontal viewing angle to a vertical viewing angle, which improves the display effect. Meanwhile, there is no addition of the number of layers of the biaxial film, which reduces the cost. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055726 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display including: an insulation substrate; a microcavity formed on the insulation substrate; a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed in the microcavity on the insulation substrate; and a liquid crystal layer position in the microcavity, and a manufacturing method thereof. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055727 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In an array substrate, a first pixel is arranged at one end of an active area, and a second pixel is arranged adjacent to the first pixel more inside of the active area than the first pixel. A common electrode extends to the first and second pixels, and an insulating layer is formed on the common electrode. First and second pixel electrodes are formed on the insulating layer in the first and second pixels. The pixel electrodes include electrode portions forming slits facing the common electrode. A second substrate includes a shield layer arranged outside the active area. The first pixel electrode is formed more widely than the second pixel electrode, and extends to outside of the active area. The first pixel electrode includes an extending portion extending to outside of the active area and facing the shield layer. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055728 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a first substrate, a first organic insulating film is arranged in an active area, and includes a first surface and a first concave portion in a peripheral area outside the active area. The first concave portion is located more close to a substrate end side than the first surface. In a second substrate, a shield layer is arranged in the peripheral area facing the first substrate. A second organic insulating film includes a second surface facing the first surface and a second concave portion facing the first concave portion. The second organic insulating film overlaps the shield layer in the peripheral area. A pillar-shaped spacer is arranged between the first surface and the second surface in the peripheral area. A seal material contains the pillar-shaped spacer and is arranged between the first surface and the second surface, and between the first concave portion and the second concave portion. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055729 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - There are provided an array substrate and a liquid crystal display apparatus. The array substrate comprises: array structures ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140055730 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device, which comprises: a backlight source ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140055731 | INTEGRATED FORCE LOCALIZER AND DIGITIZER AND/OR LCD DRIVE FOR CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A cholesteric liquid crystal display and a method of making are provided. The cholesteric liquid crystal display may include a first layer of insulating material forming a force backplate and having a conductive trace laminated thereto. Components may be soldered to and electrically connected to the conductive trace. A second layer of insulating material may be laminated over the first layer, the soldered components, and the conductive trace to form a thin smooth layer. A pressure-sensitive cholesteric liquid crystal display layer may be laminated to a surface of the thin smooth layer. The force backplate is substantially thick such that when pressure is applied to a surface of the pressure-sensitive cholesteric liquid crystal display layer with an implement dragged across a surface thereof, a reflective state of liquid crystal is changed and a line representative of a thickness of the implement is displayed. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055732 | OPTICAL FILM, OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, POLARZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An optical film is provided and has retardations satisfying relations (1) to (3): | 2014-02-27 |
20140055733 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display, this liquid crystal panel comprising: a lower substrate with a pixel matrix, an upper substrate with a color filter, and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the upper and lower substrates; the pixel region is provided with a pixel electrode and a first common electrode, and the liquid crystal panel further includes a second common electrode layer arranged on the lower surface of the upper substrate, with the voltage applied to the second common electrode layer for working being the same with that applied to the first common electrode. With the technical solution of the present invention, a voltage difference is generated respectively between these two common electrodes and the pixel electrode after the voltage is applied, thus making the liquid crystal between the lower and upper substrates achieve a better alignment effect, reducing the display defects and improving the display effect. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055734 | Liquid Crystal Display Matrix with Irregular Aperture Geometry - In the field of active matrix liquid crystal displays and, more particularly, to microdisplays produced using collective fabrication technologies, a matrix comprises, for each pixel, a transparent electrode and opaque regions resulting from the presence in the pixel of at least one row conductor, one column conductor, and one control transistor for the pixel connected to the electrode of the pixel. The pixel comprises at least three possible geometrical configurations, the position of the transistor with respect to the rows and to the columns being different in the various configurations, the various configurations being distributed in a pseudo-random manner within at least one region of the matrix. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055735 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An array substrate including a first substrate, an under-resin layer formed on one surface of the first substrate, a display area, and an integrated circuit mounted on a mounting portion located apart from the under-resin layer. A counter substrate is arranged facing the array substrate and includes a second substrate and a shield layer formed on the second substrate for shielding a peripheral area surrounding the display area. A plurality of pillar-shaped spacers is arranged on the under-resin layer in the peripheral area, the pillar-shaped spacers formed in the seal material. Spacer area density of the pillar-shaped spacers arranged in the peripheral area adjacent to the mounting portion seen from the counter substrate side is larger than that of the pillar-shaped spacers arranged in the peripheral area not adjacent to the mounting portion. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055736 | RUGATE OPTICAL LENS TO PREVENT MACULAR DEGENERATION - An improved lens with Rugate filter specifically designed to be worn in prescription and non-prescription glasses, contact lenses, intraocular lenses and sunglasses, and to provide protection against macular degeneration by reducing harmful visible blue light transmission and ocular photochemical damage. The lens at least includes a single lens layer with a Rugate filter deposited thereon to selectively block visible blue light. Other layers may be added including a polarizing layer, dielectric layer and/or color tint in a lens sandwich configuration, to additionally give a high degree of UVA and UVB protection, color contrast, and glare reduction. The Rugate filter is a stop band which yields an exceptional light transmission profile under all light conditions, thereby maximizing protection as well as clarity of vision. In the multi-layer embodiment, all of the lens layers provide comprehensive protection for preventing macular degeneration, cataracts and other ocular injuries, yet maintain a balanced light transmission profile for visual acuity. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055737 | Light Control System and Associated Methods - A light control system including a lens may also include a first portion carried by the lens to filter a first polarized light, and a first central region within the first portion. The light control system may further include a second portion carried by the lens to filter a second polarized light, and a second central region within the second portion. The first portion may not substantially be in series with the second portion, and the first central region may not be substantially in series with the second central region. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055738 | Eyeglasses for Easy Fabrication - A pair of eyeglasses has a lens body, a frame, two temples and two endpieces. The lens body is formed integrally with two lenses and two engaging members. The frame is mounted detachably on the lens body and has two connecting sections. The temples are pivotally mounted respectively on the engaging members of the lens body. The endpieces pivotally fasten the temples respectively to the engaging members of the lens body. The lens body is formed into a single piece so that lenses are formed without being further fabricated on the rim member. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055739 | HIDDEN FLEX WITH AN OPEN END - The most practical production of this innovation is shown in pictures | 2014-02-27 |
20140055740 | USAGE COMPLIANCE INDICATOR FOR CONTACT LENSES - An ophthalmic lens incorporating a usage compliance indicator may be utilized to indicate when the lens should be discarded or otherwise treated. The usage compliance indicator comprises a material that is clear when the lens is removed from its packaging and transforms to a visible marking over a given period of time corresponding to the manufacturer's suggested usable time. The material is compatible with the lens material and does not interfere with the optics. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055741 | CONTACT LENS WITH A HYDROPHILIC LAYER - Embodiments of the technology relate to a contact lens having a core that is covalently coated by a hydrogel layer, and to methods of making such a lens. In one aspect, embodiments provide for a coated contact lens comprising a lens core comprising an outer surface; and a hydrogel layer covalently attached to at least a portion of the outer surface, the hydrogel layer adapted to contact an ophthalmic surface, wherein the hydrogel layer comprises a hydrophilic polymer population having a first PEG species and a second PEG species, the first PEG species being at least partially cross-linked to the second PEG species. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055742 | SPECTACLE LENS - A progressive power lens | 2014-02-27 |
20140055743 | OPTICAL LENS - Provided is an optical lens having a pattern formed therein to be used as a spectacle lens, wherein the pattern can be viewed from outside while the field of vision of the wearer can be ensured without discomfort. An optical lens includes a lens substrate, an antireflection film arranged to cover the side of one principal surface of the lens substrate, and a transparent pattern formed by a light transmissive material and arranged in a position where the transparent pattern is to be laminated to the antireflection film; wherein the transparent pattern is visible when viewed from the side of the one principal surface of the lens substrate. The antireflection film has a structure formed by alternately laminating a low refractive index film and a high refractive index film. The transparent pattern is arranged between the layers of the antireflection film, or above or below the antireflection film. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055744 | LENS PRECURSOR WITH FEATURES FOR THE FABRICATION OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS - This invention provides for the fabrication of ophthalmic lenses via the utilization of DMD shows and/or DMD files. More specifically, the use of the DMD shows and/or DMD files to generate lens precursor designs comprising described features to form part of a substructure for the fluid reactive media portion of the lens precursor and wherein the lens precursor can generate particular ophthalmic lens designs in a free-form manner using methods described herein. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055745 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - This image processing apparatus includes: a planar image acquisition unit configured to acquire a planar image showing a polarization state of a subject, a tomographic image acquisition unit configured to acquire a three-dimensional tomographic image including a plurality of two-dimensional tomographic image of the subject, a display control unit configured to display, on the display unit, an index indicating a position of a tomographic image to be displayed on the display unit among a plurality of two-dimensional tomographic images, by superimposing it on a planar image showing the polarization state, and an instruction unit configured to give an instruction to change a position of the index on a planar image showing the polarization state. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055746 | Optical measuring device and system - The invention relates to an optical measuring device ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140055747 | Optical Measuring Device and Method for Capturing at Least One Parameter of at Least One Eye Wherein an Illumination Characteristic is Adjustable - The invention relates to an optical measuring device ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140055748 | FUNDUS IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUNDUS IMAGING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A fundus imaging apparatus comprising: position detection means for detecting a position of a pupil of an eye to be examined; wavefront detection means for detecting a wavefront of return light from the eye irradiated with light through an illumination optical system; correction means for correcting an aberration based on the detected wavefront; and determination means for determining a correction effective region of the correction means based on the detected position. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055749 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A REAL TIME LARGE DIOPTER RANGE SEQUENTIAL WAVEFRONT SENSOR - A sequential wavefront sensor includes a light source, a beam deflecting element, a position sensing detector configured to output a plurality of output signals and a plurality of composite transimpedance amplifiers each coupled to receive an output signal. The output of each composite transimpedance amplifier is phase-locked to a light source drive signal and a beam deflecting element drive signal. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055750 | ACCOMMODATION COMPENSATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and systems for obtaining an ocular aberration measurement of an eye of a patient are provided. Exemplary techniques involve obtaining a first induced metric for the eye that corresponds to a first accommodation state of the eye, obtaining a second induced metric for the eye that corresponds to a second accommodation state of the eye, and determining a natural metric of the eye based on the first and second induced metrics. An induced metric may include a pupil size or a spherical aberration. Techniques can also include determining a target metric for the eye base on the natural metric, determining whether an actual metric of the eye meets the target metric, obtaining an ocular aberration measurement of the eye if the actual metric meets the target metric, and determining a treatment for the eye based on the ocular aberration measurement. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055751 | DISPLAY AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A display includes a light source, a first color wheel, a second color wheel, an actuator, a controller, and a light modulator. The light source is for providing a light beam. The first color wheel includes plural primary-color filtering areas, and the second color wheel includes plural left or right eye filtering areas. The actuator rotates the first color wheel and the second color wheel. The controller is for controlling the rotations of the first color wheel and the second color wheel, such that the light beam passing through the first color wheel and the second color wheel is filtered to plural left or right eye primary-color light beams with different spectra. The light modulator is for modulating the left or right primary-color light beams and projecting the modulated left or right primary-color light beams onto a screen to display an image. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055752 | PROJECTOR - A projector adapted to switch between a right-eye image and a left-eye image at predetermined timings to output the right-eye image and the left-eye image alternately, includes: a discharge lamp; a discharge lamp drive section adapted to supply the discharge lamp with a drive current for driving the discharge lamp; and a control section adapted to control the discharge lamp drive section, wherein a period between the switching timings temporally adjacent to each other starts with a first period and ends with a second period, and the control section performs a second period alternating-current control process for controlling the discharge lamp drive section so that an absolute value of the drive current becomes relatively small in the first period, and becomes relatively large in the second period, and an alternating current is supplied to the discharge lamp as the drive current in the second period. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055753 | 3D PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND DUAL-CHIP LIGHT SPLITTING AND LIGHT COMBINING MODULE THEREOF - A dual-chip light splitting and light combining module is provided, which comprises a light splitting prism, a first mirror, a first polarizing TIR prism, a first displaying chip, a second mirror, a second TIR prism, a second displaying chip and a light combining prism. The dual-chip light splitting and light combining module is adapted to split an incident non-polarized light into a first polarized light and a second polarized light and combine the first polarized light and the second polarized light together. Also, a 3D projection optical system comprising the dual-chip light splitting and light combining module is provided. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055754 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, PROJECTION DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION METHOD - An illumination system, a projection device, and an illumination method are provided. The illumination system includes a polarized light source, a polarization switching element, a beam splitting element, a wavelength conversion element, a reflective element, and a wave plate. The polarized light source emits a polarized light beam with a first color. The polarization switching element switches a polarized direction of the polarized light beam at different time points. The beam splitting element separates polarized light beams having different polarized directions. The wavelength conversion element converts the polarized light beam having a first polarized direction to a converted light beam. The reflective element reflects the polarized light beam having a second polarized direction to form a reflected light beam. The beam splitting element combines the converted light beam and the reflected light beam comes from the wave plate disposed between the beam splitting element and the reflective element. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055755 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING SPECKLE IN PROJECTED IMAGES - An image projector includes a light source for displaying light and a diffusing screen coupled to an in-plane vibrator. The diffusing screen is positioned to receive the display light from the light source and generate phase-modulated display light. The image projector also includes a collimating element positioned to receive the phase-modulated display light. The image projector further includes a display panel positioned to receive the phase-modulated display light after being collimated by the collimating element. The display panel is configured to generate a projectable image using the phase-modulated display light. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055756 | OPTICAL MODULE AND SCAN-TYPE IMAGE PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical module including a plurality of laser diodes and outputting optical beams emitted from the laser diodes includes a radiator unit for radiating heat and a case enclosing the optical module. The case has a first attachment surface to which a red laser diode is attached, a second attachment surface to which a green laser diode is attached, and a corner part where the first and second attachment surfaces intersect with each other. The optical module has a first attachment part, for connecting the case to the radiator unit, in the vicinity of the corner part. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055757 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND TRANSPARENT SCREEN FOR IT - There is provided a projection apparatus using an oblique projection optical system, which generates little reflection loss by providing a linear Fresnel lens at an incident surface in the case where the apparatus is used as a linear system, wherein said linear Fresnel lens makes total reflection of image light, and is capable of obtaining total surface property with good brightness in a region with small incident angle onto a screen, by using a total reflection Fresnel lens and a refraction Fresnel lens in combination. In addition, total surface property with further good brightness can be obtained by using a plurality of projection image display apparatuses in the same projection apparatus. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055758 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image projection apparatus includes a light source; an intake port to take in low-temperature air into the image projection apparatus; an exhaust port to exhaust air from the image projection apparatus; a first ventilation unit to generate an air flow from the intake port to the exhaust port; a first flow path for hot-air exhaust; a second flow path for a part of the low-temperature air, taken from the intake port; and a mixing unit to mix the hot-air exhaust flowing from the first flow path and the low-temperature air flowing from the second flow path; and a second ventilation unit to generate an air flow for the second flow path to the mixing unit. The air exhausted from the mixing unit converges with another part of the low-temperature air, flowing from a third flow path outside the mixing unit. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055759 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - In one embodiment, a light source device comprises an arc tube having a first sealing portion extending from a light emission portion. A reflection mirror is attached to neighbor the first sealing portion and has a concave reflection surface. A container accommodates the arc tube and the reflection mirror. A branch portion has a first opening which branches a part of a cooling air flowing within the container to guide the cooling air to the arc tube. First and second duct portions are each connected to the branch portion. The first and second duct portions extend along a center axis of a light reflected by the reflection mirror such that the air flows in a direction opposite to a traveling direction of the light reflected by the reflection surface. A guiding member directs the air toward the first or second duct portion by moving by its own weight. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055760 | Method For Monitoring Developer Solution And A Developing Apparatus - A developing apparatus comprises: a photodetection unit, which emits detecting light toward the development area of the substrate to be developed within a scheduled time after the substrate to be developed is immersed into the developer solution; and a processing unit electrically coupled with the photodetection unit for determining the time interval which it takes for development to occur in the development area by means of the detecting light, and for determining that the developer solution is failed if the development time interval is determined to be out of the preset time range. A method for monitoring the developer solution is also provided. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055761 | LIQUID IMMERSION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid immersion exposure apparatus which is configured to include a table, a plate, an illumination unit, an exposure position movement unit, and relative position change units. A substrate is mounted on the table. An opening portion surrounding a circumferential edge portion of the substrate mounted on the table is installed in the plate. The illumination unit forms a liquid immersion area filled with liquid immersion water at an exposure position of the substrate mounted on the table, and the illumination unit illuminates an exposure light beam on the exposure position through the liquid immersion area. The exposure position movement unit moves the exposure position. The relative position change units change a relative position between the table and the plate. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055762 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT OF AUTOFOCUS ELEMENTS FOR USE WITH IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY - A lithographic projection apparatus includes a projection system having a last element from which an exposure light is projected onto a wafer through liquid in a space under the last element. A light incident surface of the last element has a convex shape. A liquid retaining member is disposed adjacent to a surface of the last element through which the exposure light does not pass. The liquid retaining member has an undersurface under which liquid is retained. A gap is formed between the liquid retaining member and the surface of the last element, the gap being in fluidic communication with the space. The liquid is retained between the last element and the undersurface of the liquid retaining member on one side and an upper surface of the wafer on the other side. The liquid locally covers a portion of the upper surface of the wafer. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055763 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate by irradiating exposure light on the substrate through liquid. The exposure apparatus has a substrate holder for holding the substrate, a substrate stage capable of moving the substrate held by the substrate holder, and a temperature adjusting system for adjusting the temperature of the substrate holder. The temperature of the substrate is controlled so that there is no difference in temperature between the substrate and the liquid, thereby preventing a reduction in exposure accuracy resulting from variation in temperature of the liquid. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055764 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, PROGRAMMABLE PATTERNING DEVICE AND LITHOGRAPHIC METHOD - In an embodiment, a lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a modulator configured to expose an exposure area of the substrate to a plurality of beams modulated according to a desired pattern and a projection system configured to project the modulated beams onto the substrate. The modulator may be moveable with respect the exposure area and/or the projection system may have an array of lenses to receive the plurality of beams, the array of lenses moveable with respect to the exposure area. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055765 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides an exposure apparatus for exposing a shot on a substrate to first pulsed light, the apparatus including an optical element for guiding the first pulsed light to the substrate, an irradiation device configured to irradiate the optical element with second pulsed light having an infrared wavelength which the first pulsed light has less than the second pulsed light has, and a controller configured to control the irradiation device in a process of exposing the shot to the first pulsed light plural times, such that the irradiation device irradiates the optical element with the second pulsed light during at least one period of non-irradiation periods in which the shot is not irradiated with the first pulsed light. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055766 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - An exposure apparatus includes an optical system configured to expose a substrate. The optical system includes an optical member, a holding portion which holds the optical member, a pressing portion which presses the holding portion and the optical member against each other, and a sealed adhesive material which is filled in a space formed by the optical member and the holding portion pressed against each other, and adheres the optical member and the holding portion to each other. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055767 | MIRROR ARRAY - A mirror array having a total surface extending perpendicularly to a surface normal, comprises a multiplicity of mirror elements each having a reflection surface and at least one degree of freedom of displacement, wherein the totality of the mirror elements form a parqueting of a total reflection surface of the mirror array, and wherein the mirror array is embodied modularly as a tile element in such a way that the parqueting of the total reflection surface can be extended by a tiling of a plurality of such mirror arrays. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055768 | POSITION DETECTOR, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A position detector configured to detect a position of an object to be detected. The position detector has an optical system configured to detect a mark on the object to be detected that includes a lens that has a positive refractive power, and a reflection member configured to reflect a light flux that passes through the lens in a convergent state or a divergent state. The reflection member is configured from at least one material of a material that exhibits a refractive index of less than 1.0 and an extinction coefficient of greater than 0.0, and a material that exhibits a refractive index of greater than 1.0 and an extinction coefficient of greater than 0.5. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055769 | Method For Nanolithography - A method of performing nanolithography is disclosed, comprising use of an optical printing head that enables a super-resolution lithographic exposures compatible with conventional optical lithographic processes. The super-resolution exposures are carried out using light transmitted through specially designed super-resolution apertures, of which the “bow-tie” and “C-aperture” are examples. These specially designed apertures create small but bright images in the near-field transmission pattern. A printing head comprising an array of these apertures is held in close proximity to the object to be exposed. A data processing system is provided to re-interpret the layout data into a modulation pattern used to drive the multiple individual channels and the multiple exposures. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055770 | DISTANCE MEASURING METHODS - A distance measuring method includes: emitting a pulse of measuring light towards an object; receiving a pulse measuring light from the object and generating a pulse signal corresponding to the pulse of measuring light received from the object; delaying a first portion of the generated pulse signal for a predetermined time; generating an intensity signal indicative of an intensity of the generated pulse signal, while delaying the first portion of the generated pulse signal; amplifying the delayed first portion of the generated pulse signal using a gain dependent on the generated intensity signal; and determining a value representing a distance based on the amplified delayed first portion of the generated pulse signal. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055771 | Time of Flight Camera with Stripe Illumination - A time of flight (TOF) based camera system includes an illumination module that illuminates only portion of the sensor's field of view that translates to a given region of the pixels of the imaging sensor. The acquired data of the pixel region is processed and/or readout, typically. After the exposure time of the first pixel region is completed, a second pixel region is illuminated and the second pixel region is processed. This procedure can be repeated a couple of times up to a few hundred even thousand times until the entire pixel array is readout and possibly read-out a number of times. The full depth image is then reconstructed based on the results from the different pixel region acquisitions. This system can be used to reduce stray light. Compared to state-of-the-art TOF camera, the presented method and device show improvements in background light stability and a reduction in multiple reflections. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055772 | BOTTOM BRACKET UNIT FOR A BICYCLE - A bottom bracket unit including a bottom bracket axle ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140055773 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSPECTING GLASS SUBSTRATE OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention provides a method and a device for inspecting glass substrate of liquid crystal display. The method includes (1) providing an inspection device, wherein the inspection device comprises a device body, an operation table mounted on the device body, an irradiation lamp mounted to the device body and located above the operation table, and a steam nozzle mounted to the device body and located above the operation table, the operation table having a bearing surface, the bearing surface forming an included angle with respect to the horizon; (2) positioning a glass substrate-to-be-inspected on the bearing surface; and (3) turning on the irradiation lamp and spraying steam through the steam nozzle toward the glass substrate-to-be-inspected and at the same time, performing visual inspection of the glass substrate to which the steam attaches. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055774 | DEFECT DETECTION METHOD - A defect detection method comprising, irradiating light from a light source in an optical system and obtaining a plurality of optical images of a sample having a repeated pattern of a size smaller than a resolution of the optical system; while changing the conditions of the optical system, performing correction processing for the optical images with the use of at least one of a noise filter and a convolution filter; shifting a position of the other optical images based on any of the plurality of optical images, obtaining a relationship between shift amounts of the other optical images and a change of correlation of a gray scale value between the plurality of optical images, and performing positional alignment of the optical images based on the shift amount obtained when the correlation is highest, performing defect detection of the sample with the use of the optical images after the positional alignment. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055775 | MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION AND DISCRIMINATION - A material is illuminated with one or more light sources including at least one light source which emits light of controlled coherence properties. Both of a spectral characteristic and a speckle statistic are derived using light reflected from the illuminated material. The spectral characteristic and the speckle statistic are compared against plural entries in a database. Each entry in the database correlates the identity of a material against a corresponding spectral characteristic and a corresponding speckle statistic for the material. At least one candidate for the identity of the illuminated material is determined based at least in part on the comparison. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055776 | READ OPTICAL POWER LINK SERVICE FOR LINK HEALTH DIAGNOSTICS - A method is provided for monitoring a state of an optical link in a Fibre Channel infrastructure and includes sending an Extended Link Service (ELS) request to read an optical power of the optical link, and diagnosing a degradation of the optical link, based on a response to the ELS request. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055777 | HIGH-POWERED OPTICAL MODULE SAFETY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method, optical module, and optical amplifier are configured to detect fiber discontinuities at or near a port from which high powered optical signals are input into a fiber span. These fiber discontinuities can include fiber pinches, and are detected by monitoring for slight changes in a backscatter signal. Detection is quick and efficient based on the backscatter signal being attenuated by the fiber discontinuities twice, namely once as the high powered optical signals and again as the associated backscatter signal of the high powered optical signals returning to the port. Various remedial actions can be taken upon detecting fiber pinches at or near the port. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055778 | Sensors, Systems and Methods for Position Sensing - Various systems and methods for estimating the position of a radiation source in three-dimensional space, together with sensors for use in such systems are described. In some embodiments, the systems include a plurality of radiation sensors. The three-dimensional position of the radiation source is estimated relative to each sensor using an aperture that casts shadows on a radiation detector as a function of the incident angle of the incoming radiation. In some embodiments, the ratio of a reference radiation intensity to a measured radiation intensity is used to estimate direction of the radiation source relative to the sensor. When the angular position of the radiation source is estimated relative to two sensors, the position of the radiation source in three dimensions can be triangulated based on the known relative positions of the two sensors. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055779 | LIGHT DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND LIGHT DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENT METHOD - A light distribution characteristic measurement apparatus includes: a detecting unit for detecting light from a light source; a mirror for reflecting the light from the light source to direct the light to the detecting unit; a movement mechanism for moving the detecting unit and the mirror relatively to the light source; a rotation mechanism for rotating the mirror while maintaining an optical path length from the light source to the detecting unit; and a processor adapted to calculate the light distribution characteristic of the light source, based on a plurality of measurement results that are detected by the detecting unit under a condition that the detecting unit and the mirror are arranged at a plurality of measurement positions relative to the light source and the mirror is oriented at different rotational angles for each measurement position. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055780 | PATTERN TEST APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a pattern test apparatus includes a light source configured to apply test light to a test sample, a polarizing beam splitter which reflects or transmits the test light, an imaging device which receives light which has been reflected by the test sample and transmitted through or reflected by the polarizing beam splitter, an optical system which forms a Fourier transform plane of the test sample between the test sample and the polarizing beam splitter, and a polarizing controller disposed in the Fourier transform plane. The polarizing controller includes a first region which lets the test light through, and a second region which is greater than the first region and lets the light reflected by the test sample through, and the each regions have different retardation quantities. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055781 | ADVANCED INSPECTION METHOD UTILIZING SHORT PULSES LED ILLUMINATION - An illumination module that may include a LED driver; a group of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that comprises at least one LED; the group of LED is coupled to the LED driver; wherein the LED driver is arranged to activate the group of LEDs by driving a high current short duration driving signal; and wherein the group of LEDs is arranged to emit at least one light pulse in response to the high current short duration driving signal. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055782 | FLOW CELL - A flow cell includes holding members for holding two ends of a capillary. A refractive index of holding members is 1.31 or less or 1.40 or greater at least in portions through which the holding members make contact with an outer surface of the capillary. A numerical aperture of light for measurement that enters from a light source into the capillary is 0.22 or less so that reflectance of portions through which the holding members make contact with the capillary is constant even when sample liquid that flows through the capillary is converted to water and acetonitrile. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055783 | METHOD OF ANALYZING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE USING THE ANALYSIS METHOD - A method of analyzing a nitride semiconductor layer in which a mixing ratio at a ternary mixed-crystal nitride semiconductor layer can be analyzed non-destructively, simply, and precisely, even its surface is covered with a cap layer is provided. The nitride semiconductor layer having an AN layer or a BN layer with a thickness of 0.5 to 10 nm that is stacked on an A | 2014-02-27 |
20140055784 | CAMERA SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING TWO-DIMENSIONAL SPATIAL INFORMATION AND HYPER-SPECTRAL INFORMATION - An spectrometer having a first lens, a perforated focal plane mask having a front surface and rear surface and a plurality of perforations, the first lens configured to focus incoming radiation onto a front surface of the focal plane mask, each of the perforations of the focal plane mask causing a radiation beam that is emitted from the rear surface of the focal plane mask, a dispersing element receiving the radiation beams and configured to disperse each of the radiation beams into dispersed radiation beams, a second lens, and a focal plane array, the second lens configured to focus the dispersed radiation beams onto the focal plane array. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055785 | POLARIMETRIC CALIBRATION OF A REMOTE SENSOR - Described are methods and systems for vicarious polarimetric calibration and performance validation of a remote sensor. The system includes a plurality of reflective mirrors configured and arranged to reflect radiation from a source of radiation onto the remote sensor with accurately known polarimetric properties. Each of the reflective mirrors are located so that the target images do not overlap. The remote sensor is configured to receive the radiation reflected from the plurality of reflective mirrors and store the received radiation as image data (e.g., the image of each mirror appears as a point target). The system includes a processor configured to process the received data to provide direct calibration and performance validation for each polarimetric or spectral channel of the remote sensor. In addition, the calibration method removes all atmospheric effects except for transmittance and provides reference targets that have high polarimetric contrast, full spectrum performance and easy to deploy. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055786 | FREE SPACE SINGLE-MODE FIBERS AND FIBER COMPONENTS FOR FIBER SENSOR APPLICATIONS - This invention relates to a near real time optical compensation verification system for verifying a fiber or fiber component through internal or external compensation to achieve equivalently free space propagation of a broadband light when coupled into fiber. Preferably, no component is added to the fiber or fiber component, and the compensation method is realized through real time fiber bending, twisting or other means at either or both ends of a fiber or fiber component. The output optical characteristics of the compensated fiber or fiber component are measured by a polarimeter through changing the input light properties. The required multi-variable compensation to achieve Unitary Matrix free space condition is computed in near real time, and as the feedback to formulate the required compensation. The disclosed invention not only enhances yield in the fiber and fiber component, but also accelerates the optimization of optical fiber sensors employed free space fiber coil. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055787 | Multi-Angle Colorimeter - A multi-angle colorimeter employs a multi-angle mode and a symmetrical arrangement mode in an optical arrangement. Light detection on both sides of the symmetrical arrangement is performed by a single photodetector unit. The photodetector unit is used on both sides, and thus, the device becomes simpler, without any impact on individual difference in characteristics of multiple photodetector units. Conversely, elements for illumination can be used on both sides. Also in a case where multiple photodetector units are used, the size and cost of the device can be reduced with the use of a photodetector unit having a relatively low wavelength resolution as a photodetector unit to be used on one side. This enables to reduce an attitude error due to relative tilting of a measurement surface while reducing the size and cost of the device. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055788 | Method and Apparatus for Angular-Resolved Spectroscopic Lithography Characterization - An apparatus and method to determine a property of a substrate by measuring, in the pupil plane of a high numerical aperture lens, an angle-resolved spectrum as a result of radiation being reflected off the substrate. The property may be angle and wavelength dependent and may include the intensity of TM- and TE-polarized radiation and their relative phase difference. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055789 | TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS HAVING MODULATION AND CORRECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A tomographic image generation apparatus includes a light source unit configured to emit light to be used for scanning an object; an optical control unit configured to control a direction of propagation of light; an optical coupler configured to divide and combine incident light; a plurality of optical systems optically connected to the optical coupler; and a modulation and correction device configured to modulate and correct the light to be used for scanning the object. The modulation and correction device may be disposed between the optical control unit and the optical coupler, or may be included in an optical system that irradiates light onto the object among the plurality of optical systems. The modulation and correction device may only modulate light that is reflected to the object. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055790 | VARIABLE WAVELENGTH SURFACE EMITTING LASER - A surface emitting laser includes a first laser, and a second laser, wherein each of the first laser and the second laser includes a light resonant cavity including a pair of reflecting mirrors, and a semiconductor layer configured to emit light and arranged inside the light resonant cavity, an oscillation wavelength of light varied by displacing a location of the reflecting mirror in a thickness direction of the semiconductor layer, the semiconductor layer is shared by the first laser and the second laser, the first laser has a resonant cavity length for oscillating with (n+1)th order (n is an integer of 1 or more) of a longitudinal mode, the second laser has a resonant cavity length for oscillating with nth order of a longitudinal mode, and respective wavelength bands of light oscillated by the first laser the second laser are different. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055791 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present application describes the acquisition of a tomographic image indicating a polarization state of a subject; a region is extracted from the tomographic image; and a first index indicating a first form in the region and a second index indicating a second form in the region are displayed. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055792 | ESTIMATING MATERIAL PROPERTIES USING SPECKLE STATISTICS - A surface roughness value and a sub-surface scattering property of a material are estimated. The material is illuminated with a light beam with controlled coherence properties at multiple incident angles. Multiple speckle patterns are recorded, each speckle pattern being recorded for a respective one of the multiple incident angles. Both of a surface roughness value and a sub-surface scattering property of the material are estimated by calculations using the multiple speckle patterns and the incident angle for each such speckle pattern. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055793 | Projection Laser Profiler - A laser profiler includes: a laser diode mounted within a substantially cylindrical housing; a conical mirror positioned upstream from the laser diode within the cylindrical housing; and a transparent shroud positioned to surround the conical mirror. A beam produced by the laser diode is directed to the conical mirror and is reflected therefrom at 360° through the transparent shroud to produce a ring of light. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055794 | SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND SHAPE MEASUREMENT METHOD - A shape measurement apparatus includes a distance measurement meter configured to emit and receive the beam in relation to the object; a beam deflection mechanism configured to deflect the beam from the distance measurement meter; and a control unit configured to determine at least one of a maximum beam deflection angle due to the beam deflection mechanism and the distance between a detected surface and the beam deflection mechanism when the beam is incident perpendicularly to the detected surface of the object, so that an error of a first measurement error that depends on a change in a spot diameter of the beam on the detected surface and a second measurement error that depends on an incidence angle on the detected surface of the beam is no more than a threshold value of a permitted error. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055795 | SPACE IMAGING OVERLAY INSPECTION METHOD AND ARRAY SUBSTRATE - Embodiments of the invention discloses a space imaging overlay inspection method and an array substrate; the method comprises: forming a thin film having a space imaging overlay mark by photolithography; when the thin film is a transparent thin film, performing a color developing treatment on the space imaging overlay mark on the transparent thin film, so as to make the space imaging overlay mark appear in a non-transparent color; and conducting a space imaging overlay inspection between the transparent thin film and an adjacent thin film by using the space imaging overlay mark appear appearing in the non-transparent color. In the method, by conducting the color developing treatment to the space imaging overlay mark on the transparent thin film and then conducting positioning, the space imaging overlay mark can be positioned quickly and accurately, thus alignment condition between two photolithography procedures can be detected swiftly and effectively. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055796 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING STRUCTURAL DOCUMENTS WITH SECURITY FEATURES - A method of creating a structural document may include determining a shape of a structural document, determining a plurality of dimensions of the structural document, receiving information associated with one or more content items, identifying one or more security features associated with the structural document and causing a graphical representation of the structural document to be displayed at a user computing device. A shape of the graphical representation may correspond to the determined shape, a plurality of dimensions of the graphical representation may be representative of the determined plurality of dimensions, and the graphical representation may include at least a portion of the received content items and at least a portion of the identified security features. The method may include receiving an indication that a user is finished creating the structural document, generating a print document including an encoded data mark, and providing the print document to print-related devices. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055797 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - Acquired monochrome image data is converted into color image data using a first lookup table in which gray line gradations are mapped to coordinate values in a color space. Image processing corresponding to printing is executed for the converted color image data, and the color image data that is subjected to the image processing is converted into color material data using a second lookup table in which the coordinate values in the color space are mapped to coordinate values in a color material color space. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055798 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes bus, adding portion, image processing portion, and output processing portion. In the case where document sheet data as a processing target is monochrome image data, the adding portion outputs, to the bus, color image data obtained by adding, to the monochrome image data, dummy image data pieces for a plurality of colors each corresponding to a predetermined processing unit amount which corresponds to a part of the monochrome image data. The image processing portion performs image processing per data amount equal to or smaller than the processing unit amount and outputs the resultant data to the bus. The output processing portion outputs image data pieces for a plurality of colors included in the color image data processed by the image processing and acquired from the bus, in accordance with synchronization signals inputted for the respective image data pieces for the plurality of colors. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055799 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a first display unit configured to display the name of registered print setting information; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not print setting information set for output data and print setting information of the name are identical when the output data is generated based on the print setting information set via a setting screen; and a second display unit configured to display the name of the registered print setting information as the name of the print setting information set for the output data when the determination unit determines that the print setting information set for the output data and the print setting information of the name are identical. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055800 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A management device transmits a response confirmation request to multiple image forming devices, receives a response from any one of the multiple image forming devices, and acquires data indicating an operational status of an image forming device by requesting the pertinent data from an image forming device that has issued a response. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055801 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, APPLICATION SWITCHING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH APPLICATION SWITCHING PROGRAM - A control portion of an image forming apparatus includes an internal control portion to execute a process predetermined for an internal command, a first application executing portion, and an application control portion to convert an application command output from one of second application executing portions into an internal command for output to the internal control portion. The application control portion includes a current task setting portion to set a second application executing portion to a currently selected state, and an arbitration portion to output operation identification information of a common operation accepted, to the second application executing portion currently selected. The first application executing portion includes a post-transition application determining portion which, when a process switching operation is accepted, determines a second application executing portion to be changed to the currently selected state next, on the basis of the process switching operation and the second application executing portion currently selected. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055802 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC PAPER PRINT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus comprising: an e-paper storage that loads one or more sheets of e-paper; a first transmitter that transmits a target image to the one or more sheets of e-paper loaded on the e-paper storage; a detector that detects when the target image is seen via any of the one or more sheets of e-paper; a judgment portion that judges whether or not the number of sheets of e-paper via which the target image has been seen reaches the number of copies specified; and a request transmitter that, if the number of sheets of e-paper via which the target image has been seen reaches the number of copies specified while any of the one or more sheets of e-paper still remains in the e-paper storage without being seen, transmits a request to delete the target image to the remaining sheet of e-paper. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055803 | Dynamic Variable-Content Publishing - A product creator system includes a business application and a distribution utility. The business application enables a user to specify and/or edit (via a user client) a document. The business application generates a packet that is transmitted to the distribution utility. The packet describes the document, such as a document of a particular type (where the document is based on variable content and/or variable layout), and a distribution method for the document. Distribution methods include print, ship, mail, fax, email, and save. The distribution utility generates and distributes the document (via an output device) based on the packet. The business application, which can be used with a variety of distribution utilities, includes a web front-end and a packet generator. The distribution utility, which can be used with a variety of business applications, includes control logic and a document processor. The document processor helps generate the document. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055804 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - An image processing apparatus capable of communicating with a server that provides a microblogging function authenticates a user and acquires, in accordance with an authentication of the user, a message registered on the server by the authenticated user. The image processing apparatus determines whether or not the acquired message requests processing of image data, and in a case where the acquired message requests processing of the image data, the image processing apparatus processes the image data designated by the message. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055805 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - An image processing apparatus that communicates with a server that has a microblogging function performs user authentication processing and follows a user authenticated by the user authentication processing in accordance with the performing user authentication processing succeeding. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055806 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A printing system includes following components. Each printing apparatus prints print document information and outputs a document. A terminal transmits print document information stored therein and location information. A print server receives, from the terminal, the print document information and the location information, generates authentication information in association with the print document information, identifies one printing apparatus in accordance with the received location information and location information of the printing apparatuses, and transmits the generated authentication information to the identified printing apparatus. The identified printing apparatus displays authentication reference information in accordance with the received authentication information. The terminal receives input of information based on the authentication reference information and transmits the input information to the print server. If the input information matches the authentication information, the print server transmits the print document information associated with the authentication information to the identified printing apparatus. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055807 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which is capable of appropriately replaying movies to be displayed to the user. The image forming apparatus stores combinations of a plurality of movies for a plurality of maintenance procedures of the image forming apparatus and orders of replay for the plurality of movies according to each type of the plurality of maintenance procedures, specifies a type of the maintenance procedure to be executed to the image forming apparatus, and acquires a plurality of movies corresponding to the type of the specified maintenance procedure based on the stored information and replays the acquired movies as a series of movies according to the orders of relay. | 2014-02-27 |
20140055808 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PRINTING IMAGE DATA ASSOCIATED WITH PRINT RIGHT, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of providing security for print right-associated image data. An image forming apparatus is capable of communicating with a management server that manages print rights. When printing image data stored in the storage section, a CPU determines whether a print right is associated with the image data. Whenever it is determined that a print right is associated with image data, the CPU makes an inquiry of the management server about print permission of the image data associated with the print right. A printer section prints an image represented by the image data when a response from the management server indicates that the image data associated with the print right is permitted to be printed. | 2014-02-27 |