| 09th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
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| 20100053295 | THERMAL HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - In a thermal head | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053296 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER - The present invention has an object to reduce a thickness of a protecting film having a small thermal conductivity. A thermal head includes: a plurality of heat generating resistors formed via an insulating layer; a driver circuit unit for driving the plurality of heat generating resistors to generate a heat; a wiring for connecting the driver circuit unit to the plurality of heat generating resistors; a protecting film formed to cover the plurality of heat generating resistors, the driver circuit unit and the wiring, wherein the plurality of heat generating resistors, the driver circuit unit, the wiring | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053297 | Thermal Printer - In order to place both ends of a platen roller in bearing portions of a frame to perform accurate printing on a recording sheet with improved operability, a thermal printer comprises: a pair of concave portions ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053299 | WIDE FIELD DIODE-LASER MARKER WITH SWINGING PROJECTION-OPTICS - Apparatus for laser-marking on tape includes a laser arranged to emit a modulated beam of laser-radiation. Projection-optics are arranged to focus a beam to a spot on the tape. The tape is driven under the focal spot for scanning the beam in the length direction of the tape. The projection-optics are rotated reciprocally to scan the focal spot over the tape in a direction transverse to the length direction of the tape. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053302 | Permission-Based Content Filtering for Video Recordings - Computer-readable media having corresponding apparatus and methods embodies instructions executable by a computer to perform a method comprising: receiving a request to stream a video recording; selecting one of a plurality of user types based on the request; selecting one of a plurality of content filters for the video recording based on the selected user type, wherein at least one of the content filters identifies one or more portions of the video recording to be omitted; and streaming the video recording, except for the one or more portions of the video recording to be omitted. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053304 | Control System for Navigating a Principal Dimension of a Data Space - Systems and methods are described for navigating through a data space. The navigating comprises detecting a gesture of a body from gesture data received via a detector. The gesture data is absolute three-space location data of an instantaneous state of the body at a point in time and physical space. The detecting comprises identifying the gesture using the gesture data. The navigating comprises translating the gesture to a gesture signal, and navigating through the data space in response to the gesture signal. The data space is a data-representational space comprising a dataset represented in the physical space. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053307 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION SYSTEM - A communication terminal includes: an image or video collecting and generating module, adapted to collect and generate 3D image or video data; a communication module, adapted to send or receive image or video and generated 3D image or video data; and an image or video display module, adapted to display the 3D image or video according to the collected or received and generated 3D image or video data. An information system includes a 3D image or video information center. The 3D image or video information center further includes: a 3D image or video information relay, adapted to interact with the communication terminal; and a 3D image or video information server, adapted to store 3D image or video information and convert between 3D image or video information and SMS. The communication terminal features simple structure and good performance. The information system supports communication through 3D image or video information. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053338 | Method And System For Automatic Color Wheel Calibration In A Projector - In a method for automatic color wheel calibration in a projector, the color wheel includes three primary colors and a non-primary color. The method includes: enabling the projector to project the non-primary color, and measuring first optical physical amounts of the projected non-primary color; enabling the projector to project a combination color of the three primary colors having respective color level values, measuring second optical physical amounts of the projected combination color, and adjusting the respective color level values of the three primary colors according to respective values of differences between the first optical physical amounts and the second optical physical amounts; and repeating the above steps until each of the values of differences approximates zero, thereby obtaining color level values for the three primary colors to produce a combination color matching the non-primary color. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053339 | DIAGNOSTIC ERROR CODE - Systems and methods that facilitate a multi-color error code recognition system. In a one embodiment, the device includes a micro processor based control system and one or more LED indicators coupled to the control system and capable of emitting two or more colors of light. In operations, the control system detects a failed mechanism in the device and causes the one or more LED indicators to blink in a first color a number of times corresponding to the first digit of the error code and then blink in a second color a number of times corresponding to the second digit of the error code. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053342 | IMAGE EDIT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - An image edit method and apparatus for a mobile terminal having a touchscreen is provided for intuitively editing images by means of edit tools provided in the touchscreen. The image edit method includes displaying a first image with an edit tool in the touchscreen, breaking, when the first image is a motion picture, the first image into a plurality of frames and editing at least one of the frames using the edit tool in accordance with user manipulation, and acquiring, when the first image is a still image, a second image from an image source, and generating a third image by synthesizing the first and second images. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053344 | APPARATUS HAVING IMAGE SHAKE CORRECTION FUNCTION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An apparatus and a method of controlling the apparatus are provided that can realize high-accuracy correction of image shake due to shift shake. Rotation radiuses at a plurality of frequencies among the frequency components of the shift shake are obtained. Correction amount is determined based on a result of assigning a respective weight to the rotation radius at each of the plurality of the frequencies based on information regarding at least one of an angular velocity and acceleration. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053345 | DIGITAL CAMERA HAVING A VARIABLE FRAME RATE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera capable of variably setting a frame rate may include an imaging device which outputs a plurality of temporally continuous image frames when photographing a moving image. The digital camera may also include a digital signal processor that determines a frame rate with which the image frames are filed, wherein the digital signal processor variably determines the frame rate according to a motion speed of a subject in the frames. The digital camera may further include a recording medium in which the filed image frames are stored. Accordingly, as the frame rate is varied according to the motion of a subject, the motion of the subject can be smoothly realized in a high motion speed section from a reproduction perspective, and substantially repeated image frames can be removed in a low speed motion section. Thus, the size of moving image files can be reduced, saving memory resources. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053347 | Content-Aware Video Stabilization - In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a source video sequence; determining a stabilized camera path to which the source video sequence is to be stabilized; and generating a stabilized video sequence, wherein each frame of the stabilized video sequence is generated as a content-aware warp of a corresponding frame in the input sequence. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053352 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CAPTURE COMPRESSED IMAGES - Example methods and apparatus to capture compressed images are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes capturing a first output of a first photodetector representative of a first weighted sum of the a plurality of portions of an image, capturing a second output of a second photodetector representative of a second weighted sum of a second plurality of portions of the image, and computing a first wavelet coefficient for the image using the first and second captured outputs. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053355 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: display means; operation input receiving means; and display control means for making a display control of allowing an image to correspond to an image card as an object imitating a real card, displaying a check image, which indicates a shape in which a plurality of the image cards overlap, on the display means, displaying one of an image corresponding to a specific image card and information indicating the image in a partial or overall area of the specific image card when a check operation indicating an instruction to check the specific image card is received, and changing a display state of the display means from a first state where the checking image is displayed to a second state where the image corresponding to the specific image card is displayed when a selection operation indicating that the specific image card is selected is received. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053356 | Imaging Device And Video Signal Generating Method Employed In Imaging Device - Provided is an imaging device comprising means for binning by adding up and reading out pixel signals from a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction of a pixel arrangement of an imaging element. The imaging device is provided with first means for changing a combination pattern of added pixel signals on a per-frame basis, and second means for generating image signals for one frame based on added signals from plural frames having different combination patterns. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053357 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus which corrects, based on information of a foreign substance adhered to an optical element arranged in front of an image sensor in an image capturing apparatus, a shadow of the foreign substance in the moving image data generated by performing predictive encoding by referring to image data of a different input frame, the image processing apparatus comprises: a moving image decompression unit which decompresses an image of each frame by obtaining information representing a difference between frames from the moving image data; and a correction unit which corrects the information representing the difference between frames when the information representing the difference between frames that is obtained by the moving image decompression unit in correspondence with a region containing the shadow of the foreign substance represented by the foreign substance information is determined to be larger than a predetermined threshold. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053359 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CAMERA - A system and method for detecting a camera. In one embodiment, although not limited thereto, an illuminator illuminates an area of interest. A camera then takes multiple pictures of the illuminated area and an algorithm is then used to compare the pictures and locate and pirate cameras based on the reflection characteristics. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053360 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method includes acquiring shooting data indicating a condition used for capturing image data, calculating an adaptation field size using data indicating an adaptation field angle and the acquired shooting data, executing filter processing on the image data according to the adaptation field size to calculate data indicating an adaptation state of a scene that is a shooting object of the image data, and calculating data indicating appearance of the scene using the data indicating the adaptation state. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053361 | Image Pickup Apparatus Electronic Device and Image Aberration Control Method - An optical system comprising an aberration control optical system is disclosed. An aberration control optical system is operable to produce an image aberration, and an aperture stop is operable to limit a light beam passing through the aberration control optical system. An image pickup device is operable to capture an object image passing through the aberration control optical system, and the aberration control optical system provides inflection points within a diameter of the aperture stop to obtain a depth extending effect. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053365 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE WITH ZOOM FUNCTION - When continuous-zoom-photographing mode is selected, the through image of a subject and first and second continuous-zoom-photographing frames are produced on an image-display section. When a user operates a cross key, recorded information about the trimming position of each of the first and second continuous-zoom-photographing frames is updated according to the cross-key operation and the first and second continuous-zoom-photographing frames are produced at the updated trimming position recorded after the update. After a shutter button is pressed down, still-image photographing is started and image data obtained thereby is stored in a buffer memory. On the basis of the obtained image data, image data is generated for each of the first and second continuous-zoom-photographing frames through trimming processing and stored in the buffer memory. The obtained image data and the generated image data are stored in a flash memory. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053366 | Device and method for image processing, program, and imaging apparatus - An image processing device includes a white balancing unit configured to perform white balancing on an image signal within a pull-in frame defined by the color temperature of a light source to output the resultant signal, and a control unit configured to, when the white balancing unit performs white balancing on an image signal obtained by capturing an image of a subject illuminated by light emitted from a light emitting device, adjust a region of the pull-in frame on the basis of color information of a light emission signal output from the light emitting device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053368 | FACE TRACKER AND PARTIAL FACE TRACKER FOR RED-EYE FILTER METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image acquisition device includes a flash and optical system for capturing digital images. A face tracker identifies face regions within a series of one or more relatively low resolution reference images, and predicts face regions within a main digital image. A face analyzer determines one or more partial face regions within the one or more face regions each including at least one eye. A red-eye filter modifies an area within the main digital image indicative of a red-eye phenomenon based on an analysis of one or more partial face regions within the one or more face regions identified and predicted by the face tracker. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053370 | PRE- AND POST-SHUTTER SIGNAL IMAGE CAPTURE AND SORT FOR DIGITAL CAMERA - A camera system includes an image sensor and a processing apparatus receiving image frames from the sensor before and after receipt of a user picture signal. The processing apparatus discards frames that do not meet a quality criterion such as under-exposed frames. Also, the processing apparatus compresses only a subset of remaining frames, specifically, those that meet a compression amount threshold. The remaining frames are presented to a user, who can select a representative frame as the “picture” that was taken. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053374 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus includes a frame operation unit configured to perform addition to or subtraction from a frame and a storage unit configured to store a result of an operation performed by the frame operation unit. A data bus including two channels, one for writing to the storage unit and the other for reading from the storage unit, is provided between the frame operation unit and the storage unit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053375 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for processing spectral image data of an object includes a normalization unit configured to normalize spectral data in each pixel of the spectral image data with respect to luminance level, a deviation amount calculation unit configured to calculate a deviation amount between the spectral data of a reference pixel and the spectral data of a target pixel to be clustered, which are normalized by the normalization unit, among each of the pixels of the spectral image data, and a segment determination unit configured to determine an affiliated segment of target pixel in the object of the spectral image data based on the deviation amount calculated by the deviation amount calculation unit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053377 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus having an electronic zoom function, comprising an image sensing element, a zoom magnification setting unit, a pixel signal readout unit, an image processor, and a controller which, when the zoom magnification is between first and second zoom magnifications, controls to read out pixel signals of a first pixel count, and to generate the image using pixel signals of a second pixel count, and when the zoom magnification is between third and fourth zoom magnifications, controls to read out pixel signals of a third pixel count, and to generate the image using pixel signals of a fourth pixel count, the second pixel count is not larger than the first pixel count, the fourth pixel count is not larger than the third pixel count. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053399 | Analog-digital converter, analog-digital conversion method, image pickup device, method of driving the same, and camera - An analog-digital converter includes: comparators disposed to correspond to analog signals which are converted into digital signals and configured to compare a voltage value of the analog signal, which is converted into the digital signal, with a voltage value of a predetermined reference signal; counters disposed to correspond to the comparators and configured to count a count value at the time point when the comparison process of the corresponding comparator is finished; and a determiner configured to determine a time point when all the comparators finish their comparison processes. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053401 | Method and Apparatus for Imaging - According to one embodiment, a shading correction circuit, which corrects for the influence of ambient light quantity shading, for input image light from three CCD sensors of R, G and B, based on a distance from the center of a screen. A shading correction circuit does not make correction for a maximum correction area which is out of a circle with a distance a from the central part of a screen, and corrects for the influence of ambient light quantity shading for a minimum correction area with a distance b from the central part of a screen, after calculating a square L | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053404 | CHARGE-TRANSFER APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DRIVING CHARGE-TRANSFER APPARATUS, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - Driving is performed so that a transition start time point ta of drive pulse signals φH | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053405 | Demodulation Pixel with Daisy Chain Charge Storage Sites and Method of Operation Therefor - A demodulation pixel architecture allows for demodulating an incoming modulated electromagnetic wave, normally visible or infrared light. It is based on a charge coupled device (CCD) line connected to a drift field structure. The drift field is exposed to the incoming light. It collects the generated charge and forces it to move to the pick-up point. At this pick-up point, the CCD element samples the charge for a given time and then shifts the charge packets further on in the daisy chain. After a certain amount of shifts, the multiple charge packets are stored in so-called integration gates, in a preferred embodiment. The number of integration gates gives the number of simultaneously available taps. When the cycle is repeated several times, the charge is accumulated in the integration gates and thus the signal-to-noise ratio increases. The architecture is flexible in the number of taps. A dump node can be attached to the CCD line for dumping charge with the same speed as the samples are taken. Different implementations are described herein, which allow for smaller design or faster speed. The pixel structure can be exploited for e.g. 3D time-of-flight imaging. Both heterodyne and homodyne measurements are possible. Due to the highly-efficient charge transport enabled by static drift fields in the photo-sensitive region and small-sized gates in the CCD chain, high frequency bandwidth from just a few Hertz (Hz) up to greater GHz is supported. Thus, the pixel allows for highly-accurate optical distance measurements. Another possible application of this pixel architecture is fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), where short laser pulses for triggering the fluorescence have to be suppressed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053407 | Wafer level compliant packages for rear-face illuminated solid state image sensors - A solid state image sensor includes a microelectronic element having a front face and a rear face remote from the front face, the rear face having a recess extending towards the front surface. A plurality of light sensing elements may be disposed adjacent to the front face so as to receive light through the part of the rear face within the recess. A solid state image sensor can include a microelectronic element, e.g., a semiconductor chip, having a front face and a rear face remote from the front face, a plurality of light sensing elements disposed adjacent to the front face, the light sensing elements being arranged to receive light through the rear face. A packaging structure, which can include a compliant layer, can be attached to a front surface of the microelectronic element. Electrically conductive package contacts may directly overlie the light sensing elements and the front face and be connected to chip contacts at the front face through openings in an insulating packaging layer overlying the front face. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053408 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: display means for displaying an image; operation-input receiving means for receiving operation input of a user; and display control means for performing, when the operation-input receiving means receives predetermined operation for a root image displayed on the display means, display control for causing the display means to display a related image related to the root image. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053410 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING QUADRANGLE AREA IN IMAGE - An image processing apparatus includes: a line segment detecting unit configured to detect vertical line segments and horizontal line segments in an image; a facing-lines candidate generating unit configured to generate vertical and horizontal facing-lines candidates from the vertical and horizontal line segments, the vertical and horizontal facing-lines candidates being candidates for pairs of facing lines configuring quadrangle areas in the image; a rectangle candidate generating unit configured to generate a plurality of pairs of one of the vertical facing-lines candidates and one of the horizontal facing-lines candidates, and to generate the quadrangle areas as rectangle candidates; and a calculating unit configured to calculate likelihood of each of the rectangle candidates based on a relationship between line segments constituting the vertical facing-lines candidates and the horizontal facing-lines candidates and the rectangle candidates. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053411 | Control of Adaptive Optics Based on Post-Processing Metrics - Adaptive optics (AO) elements in imaging system allow dynamic and precise control over the optical wavefront to reduce uncontrolled wavefront errors in imaging systems. Traditional control of such devices is based on inverting the wavefront function to minimize the RMS wavefront error. However, this approach is not always optimal, particularly when the wavefront error is near or exceeds the limit of the AO element's correction capability. In the current approach, the AO element is instead controlled based on a performance metric that takes into account image processing, and not just RMS wavefront error. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053413 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053414 | COMPOUND EYE CAMERA MODULE - A compound eye camera module according to the present invention includes a lens array including a plurality of lenses located on the same plane; an imaging section including a plurality of imaging areas on which a plurality of images of a subject formed by the plurality of lenses are projected in a one-to-one relationship, the imaging section converting each of the plurality of projected images into an electric signal; and an optical aperture section including a plurality of optical apertures corresponding to the plurality of lenses in a one-to-one relationship and located oppositely to the imaging section with respect to the lens array. A difference between a linear expansion coefficient of a material used to form the lens array and a linear expansion coefficient of a material used to form the optical aperture section has an absolute value of 0.7×10 | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053428 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, a program, and an image display apparatus that are configured, when a predetermined image signal is superposed on an image signal before interpolation, to enhance the quality of an image signal after interpolation. A MPU | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053433 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME WITH MODE SWITCH FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of a digital photo frame (DPF) with mode switching function is provided. The method includes: determining whether the DPF is in a DPF mode or a TV mode upon receiving a power off signal; detecting whether any multimedia file exists in the DPF if the DPF is in the TV mode; and switching the DPF from the TV mode to the DPF mode if any multimedia file exists in the storage. A related DPF is also provided. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053434 | AUTO INSTALL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AV DEVICE CONNECTION WITH DIGITAL TV - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for automatically setting an external device ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053437 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME WITH A PICTURE-IN-PICTURE OUTPUT FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for outputting multimedia files and broadcast contents of a selected television (TV) channels on the DPF in a picture-in-picture (PIP) output mode is provided. The method includes: starting the PIP output mode when the DPF plays multimedia files under a DPF mode; defining a PIP region on the DPF; receiving broadcasts of a selected TV channel; and outputting the multimedia files and the broadcast contents of the selected TV channel in the PIP output mode. A related DPF is also provided. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053468 | DEVICE IR SETUP USING IR DETECTOR - Systems and methods that allow the user to press one key on the device's remote to setup the IR codes for an AV device to be controlled by a universal remote control unit or centrally controlled by a television over IR blaster cables. In a preferred embodiment, the IR signal detection system of a television or a universal remote control unit is used to detect and learn the IR code corresponding to a single key, preferably the power key, on a remote control for the AV device to be controlled. Once the code corresponding to the key of the remote control unit pressed by the user is learned, the control system will search for a matching code in IR code tables stored in memory, which include IR code sets for different AV devices. Once a match is found, the control system will assign the corresponding code set to the AV device for future control. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053469 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL BROADCASTING SET-TOP BOX CONTROLLER AND DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - An apparatus for controlling a digital broadcasting set-top box and a method of driving the apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes a touch pad which senses a touch of a user, converts the sensed touch into an input signal corresponding at least one of a location and a state of the sensed touch, and outputs the input signal; a micro control unit which receives the input signal from the touch pad and converts the input signal into a control signal; and a communication module which receives the control signal from the micro control unit and outputs the control signal to the digital broadcasting set-top box. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053470 | ACTIVE DISTRIBUTED SIGNAL SPLITTING APPARATUS - An active distributed signal splitting apparatus has an architecture conducive for cost-effective expandability, and provides improved features including, for example, independent frequency selection for output signals. According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes a source of an input signal and a plurality of output points. A signal splitter including a field effect transistor is coupled between the source of the input signal and the plurality of output points. One of the output points associated with the field effect transistor includes a filter. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053472 | Image content transmitting server, image display apparatus, image content transmitting method, and image displaying method - An image content transmitting server includes a remote control service unit that transmits, to an image display apparatus connected via a network, data of a desktop screen displayed on another display apparatus, and receives an input from an input unit connected to the image display apparatus; an image-content transmission service unit that transmits a list of identification information of image contents to the image display apparatus, and transmits the image contents to the image display apparatus, based on the identification information of the image contents included in the list of identification information; and a service advertising unit that advertises services implemented by the remote control service unit and the image-content transmission service unit to the image display apparatus in accordance with a discovery protocol for finding the services. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053473 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes an interface unit, a control unit, and a projection unit. The interface unit includes a plurality of ports, each of which connects to a corresponding connector to allow the projector to connect to a corresponding signal source. The control unit identifies format of information read from the corresponding signal sources via the interface unit and identifies which port is connected. The projection unit projects a menu image, the menu image comprising a plurality of icons, each associated with a corresponding port and configured for indicating connection states of the corresponding ports. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053475 | ILLUMINATED STATUS INDICATOR FOR AN IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Systems and methods for an illuminating status indicator for an image display device are provided. In one example, an image display device is provided including a light source, an image generating element configured to receive light from the light source, and in response, generate an image, a projection lens configured to display the image on a viewing surface, and an illuminated status indicator configured to visually indicate a status of the image display device and extending at least partially around the projection lens. The example image display device further may include a control system in communication with the light source, the image generating element, and the illuminated status indicator and a housing comprised of a plurality of faces, where the housing encloses the light source, the image generating element, and the control system and where the illuminated status indicator is viewable by a user when the user is looking at a face of the housing. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053477 | Spatial Light Modulator Sub-Pixel Architecture and Method - A semiconductor device comprises an array of individually controllable image pixels arranged in a plurality of reset groups. Each of the image pixels in the array of individually controllable image pixels has a one-to-one correspondence with at least one memory cell in an array of memory cells. The semiconductor device further comprises a plurality of sub-pixel sets, wherein each sub-pixel in the plurality of sub-pixel sets is a micromirror, and wherein each of the image pixels comprises a sub-pixel set. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053490 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a gate line and first and second data lines disposed on the first substrate, a first thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the first data line, a second thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the second data line, a color filter disposed on the first substrate, a protrusion disposed on the color filter, a first pixel electrode including a first linear electrode disposed on the protrusion and connected to the first thin film transistor, a second pixel electrode including a second linear electrode disposed on the protrusion and connected to the second thin film transistor, a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate, and blue phase liquid crystal disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053491 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display apparatus, includes a liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate provided on a display light receiving side, and a second substrate provided on a display light exiting side so as to oppose the first substrate with a liquid crystal material interposed therebetween, the liquid crystal display panel having a bright dot defect portion therein, wherein: the first substrate includes a light-blocking portion formed in a region thereof corresponding to the bright dot defect portion; and the second substrate includes a light-collecting portion formed in a region thereof corresponding to the bright dot defect portion. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053493 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The first line and the plurality of second lines are formed on the light-emitting diode substrate and on the connection substrate. The plurality of second lines are arranged, on the connection substrate, in the same direction as a direction in which the plurality of light-emitting diodes mounted on the light-emitting diode substrate are arranged. The first line is formed outside the plurality of second lines, on the connection substrate. The plurality of second lines are formed without intersecting with one another, on the light-emitting diode substrate. The first line is formed, on the light-emitting diode substrate, so that the first line extends along with a periphery of the light-emitting diode substrate from a connection part with respect to the connection substrate so as to come around to an opposite side of the connection part with respect to the connection substrate. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053498 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - A backlight device ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053499 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal display module including a backlight unit and a liquid crystal panel; a first polarizing plate attached to a side of the liquid crystal panel, the side facing the backlight unit; a transparent front plate mounted on a side of the liquid crystal panel, the side not facing the backlight unit; a transparent organic medium layer placed between the front plate and the liquid crystal panel; and a second polarizing plate attached to a surface of the front plate, the surface opposite from a surface thereof closer to the transparent organic medium layer. An end section of the second polarizing plate is sealed using resin so as not to be directly exposed to air. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053500 | Liquid Crystal Display Element and Liquid Crystal Display Device - An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device where there are fewer moiré effects between lenticular lenses and the backlight. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device where the arrangement or form of lenticular lenses | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053502 | PRISM SHEET AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a prism sheet and a liquid crystal display having the same. The prism sheet includes a base and a plurality of prism mountains. The base includes a front surface and a rear surface facing the front surface. The prism mountains are integrally formed with the base on the rear surface of the base. At least one prism mountain includes a plurality of light incidence surfaces and a reflective surface. The light incidence surfaces receive light. The reflective surface is adjacent to one of the light incidence surfaces to reflect the light. A vertical angle of the prism mountains formed between the light incidence surface adjacent to the reflective surface and the reflective surface, is in a range of about 70° to about 100°. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053504 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A backlight assembly includes a light guide plate and a light-emitting module. The light guide plate guides light. The light-emitting module is disposed to face an incidence surface of the light guide plate. The light-emitting module includes a printed circuit board (PCB) vertically disposed to face the incidence surface and a plurality of LEDs mounted on the PCB to emit light toward the incidence surface. Each of the LEDs includes a blue chip emitting blue light, a red fluorescent substance and a green fluorescent substance for converting the blue light into white light. Therefore, a thickness of the backlight assembly is reduced and an LED-mounting stability of the LED is improved. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053505 | BACKLIGHT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a backlight for a liquid crystal display device which is easy to repair and prevents the brightness from lowering on the screen, and thus can provide high-quality images, where the region where point light source elements are aligned is divided into a number of smaller regions, and backlight units are provided so as to correspond to the respective smaller regions, as well as a liquid crystal display device using the same. The present invention provides a backlight for a liquid crystal display device where a number of point light source elements | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053506 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - An LED back-light unit and other devices using the LED back-light unit are discussed. According to one embodiment, an LED back-light unit includes a light guide portion that includes a light guide plate and a reflection plate coupled to the light guide plate, wherein the light guide plate has a light input part and a first connection part, and wherein the reflection plate has a second connection part connected to the first connection part, and a light source including at least one light emitting diode, the light source emitting light toward the light guide portion. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053509 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to an optical compensation film comprising a light absorbing layer and a retardation layer, wherein the light absorbing layer shows absorption anisotropy in the plane (x-y plane) thereof with respect to light of wavelength λ nm in the visible light region and a degree of polarization P of 0.986 or smaller, and the in-plane absorption axis of the light absorbing layer and the in-plane slow axis of the retardation layer are orthogonal to each other. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053512 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is an electro-optical device including: a pair of substrates; an electro-optical material sandwiched between the pair of substrates; a seal material disposed in a seal region located at the periphery of a region in which the electro-optical material is provided on the pair of substrates so as to bond the pair of substrate to each other, between the pair of substrates; and a coloring layer provided in a concave portion formed in the region in which the electro-optical material is provided on one substrate, wherein a upper surface of a coloring layer facing the electro-optical material is formed nearer to the other substrate than a seal region surface overlapping with the seal material on one substrate. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053513 | Method of Manufacturing a Display Substrate, a Display Substrate Manufactured According to the Method, and a Method for Manufacturing a Display Device Having the Display Substrate - In a method of manufacturing a display substrate, a color filter is formed on a first substrate including a switching element. A pixel electrode is formed on the first substrate including the color filter. An inorganic alignment layer including an inorganic compound is formed on the first substrate including the pixel electrode. Thus, impurities generated from the color filter may be blocked from flowing into a liquid crystal layer, and liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer may be aligned by the inorganic layer. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053548 | Toric Contact Lenses - The invention provides a toric lens having back surface toric correction that does not result in increased corneal staining. More specifically, the back surface toric optic zone of the lens of the invention is equal to or greater than about 50% of the entire back surface area. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053549 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING A CONTACT LENS WITH OPTICS - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and processes for constructing a contact lens. In one embodiment, a contact lens assembly is provided, comprising: a curved polymer polarizer with an aperture; a lenslet disposed inside the aperture, wherein the lenslet enables imaging near objects; and a filter attached to the lenslet. In further embodiments, a method for fabricating a flexible contact lens is provided, comprising: fabricating an element having an extrusion; providing a front concave mold, wherein the front mold has an intrusion to accommodate the extrusion of the optical element; affixing the extrusion of the optical element to the intrusion of the front mold; attaching a back convex mold to the front concave mold, thereby forming a mold cavity; and filling the mold cavity with a pre-polymerized liquid, whereby upon polymerization, the pre-polymerized liquid forms the flexible contact lens and the optical element is partially encapsulated within the lens. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053550 | MULTI-TINT COLOURED OPHTALMIC LENSES - The invention relates to an ophtalmic lens comprising, on its surface, a first central zone preferentially transmitting the long wavelengths of the visible spectrum, and a second peripheral zone preferentially transmitting the short wavelengths of the visible spectrum. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053551 | METHOD TO REPRESENT IMAGES FOR DISSOCIATIVE STEREOSCOPIC VISION AND RELATED SYSTEM - The following is a method to represent images for dissociative stereoscopic vision, which allows, by means of some simple operations on stereoscopic images, to develop a device comprising a processing card and LCD shuttering goggles, which together with a computer equipped with a graphic card with LVDS output and any image display device, enable to perform visual acuity tests on patients. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053555 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING EYE MOVEMENT - An eye tracking apparatus includes a first image detector for capturing scene images, a second image detector fixed relative to the first image detector for capturing eye images including a pupil of a person and a reference object located within an image detection field, a processor for receiving the scene images and the eye images and outputting eye tracking images, each of the eye tracking images including a gaze point corresponding to a line of sight of the person, the processor for determining a location of the gaze point based on a calibration mapping that maps pupil location within the image detection field to the scene images and a correction mapping that corrects for movement of the reference object within the image detection field of the second image detector. Wherein the first image detector and the second image detector are coupled to a wearable accessory and movement of the reference object within the image detection field corresponds to movement of the wearable accessory relative to the person. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053556 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AN ANALYTE IN AN EYE FLUID - The invention proposes a manual measuring appliance ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053557 | INTERACTIVE ZOETROPE ROTOMATION - A 3D zoetrope that allows for storytelling and user interaction. The zoetrope includes an object support such as a disk that supports a plurality of objects. In one embodiment, the object support mechanism rotates the plurality of objects at a predetermined speed. The objects are illuminated and obscured by an illumination source in such manner as to make the objects appear to be animated in an interactive manner based on user input such as voice input. For example, the zoetrope may include an input interface for receiving external signals that may affect the operation of the animation sequence. The external signals may include audio, video, digital, or analog signals. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053560 | LED PACKAGE HAVING IMPROVED LIGHT COUPLING EFFICIENCY FOR AN OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - One aspect of an LED package, which is covered by this disclosure, includes at least two LED emitters located on a substrate wherein each of the at least two LED emitters forms an emitting area. The emitting area is substantially equal to a reflective area of the LED package, and the LED package has an optical axis that is substantially non-parallel to an optical axis of each of the at least two LED emitters. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053561 | PROJECTION DEVICE PROVIDING REDUCED SPECKLE CONTRAST - A projection device includes a diffuser and a light source system. The light source system includes a light source, a dichroic element, an actuator, and a reflector. The light source generates a light beam that is directed to the dichroic element. The dichroic element forms first and second individual light beams from the light beam. The first individual light beam is transmitted to the diffuser. The second individual light beam is reflected from the reflector to the diffuser. The actuator is fixed to the reflector and has a removal frequency exceeding 20 Hz. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053562 | PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS AS WELL AS CONTROL PROGRAM FOR PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Exemplary embodiments provide a projection-type display apparatus, which can address or realize a reduction in weight and size, a reduction in power consumption, and a reduction in noise, and address or realize a reduction in price, and a control method for the projection-type display apparatus, as well as a control program for the projection-type display apparatus. The projection-type display apparatus includes a solid-state light source that emits light, a mirror device that controls an emitting direction of the incident light to thereby subject the incident light to temporal modulation, and a projecting device that projects the modulated light. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053566 | COMPACT PROJECTOR - A compact projector includes a main control board, an optical engine positioned on the main control board, a heat dissipation assembly, a light source control board, and a digital-micromirror-device control board. The optical engine includes a light-shading member and a projection lens module. The light-shading member includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate and the projection lens module are approximately perpendicular to the second plate to form a U-shape. The heat dissipation assembly is positioned adjacent to the first plate. The light source control board is positioned on one side of the main control board adjacent to the second plate. The digital-micromirror-device control board is positioned on one side of the main control board perpendicular to the light source control board. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053568 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device includes: a light modulator for modulating light from a light source; a polarizer disposed at a position facing the light modulator; a cooling section for allowing an air to flow in a space between the light modulator and the polarizer; and an air deflector for deflecting the air flowing in the space between the light modulator and the polarizer toward the polarizer. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053570 | PROJECTION LENS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a projection lens that has a small size, a simple inner focus structure, a high optical performance, and a wide angle of view of about 75 degrees or more, and a projection display device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053573 | HANDHELD PROJECTOR - A handheld projector includes a housing, a projection lens module defining an optical axis, and an adjusting member movably mounted inside the housing. The projection lens module includes a sleeve, an outer barrel fixing the sleeve therein, an inner barrel received in the outer barrel, and a projection lens received in the inner barrel. The sleeve includes a first sidewall defining a guide groove angled relative to the optical axis. The outer barrel includes a second sidewall defining at least one cam groove angled relative to the optical axis. The projection lens includes at least one cam follower corresponding to the cam groove. The adjusting member includes a first surface facing the projection lens module. A guide post extends from the first surface corresponding to the guide groove. Each cam follower is plugged into the corresponding cam groove. The guide post is plugged into the guide groove. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053574 | Liquid Immersion Lithography System Comprising a Tilted Showerhead Relative to a Substrate - A liquid immersion lithography system includes projection optics (PL) and a showerhead ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053575 | Thermal Control For EUV Lithography - A method of patterning an integrated circuit including generating a thermal profile of a reticle is provided. The thermal profile of the reticle may illustrate heat accumulation (e.g., a temperature) in a EUV reticle due an incident EUV radiation beam. The thermal profile may be determined using the pattern density of the reticle. The reticle is irradiated with a radiation beam having an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wavelength. A thermal control profile may be generated using the thermal profile, which may define a parameter of the lithography process such as, a temperature gradient of a thermal control chuck. The thermal control profile may be downloaded to the EUV lithography tool (e.g., scanner or stepper) for use in a process. A separate thermal control profile may be provided for different reticles. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053576 | RADIATION SOURCE, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A radiation source is configured to produce extreme ultraviolet radiation. The radiation source includes a chamber in which, in use, a plasma is generated, and an evaporation surface configured to evaporate a material formed as a by-product from the plasma and that is emitted to the evaporation surface. A method for removing a by-product material in or from a plasma radiation source of a lithographic apparatus includes evaporating a material which, in use, is emitted to that surface from the plasma. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053581 | RADIATION SOURCE AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A radiation source is configured to generate extreme ultraviolet radiation. The radiation source includes a droplet generator constructed and arranged to generate fuel droplets, a heater constructed and arranged to heat the fuel droplets following generation of the fuel droplets by the droplet generator, and reduce the mass of fuel present in the fuel droplets and/or reduce the density of the fuel droplets, and a radiation emitter constructed and arranged to direct radiation onto the fuel droplets that have been heated by the heater to generate the extreme ultraviolet radiation. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053582 | Device Manufacturing Method, Control System, Computer Program and Computer-Readable Medium - A device manufacturing method in a lithographic apparatus includes determining a plurality of positions on a substrate. The plurality of positions on a measurement substrate are scanned in a first direction to determine a first substrate map of the substrate levels of the measurement substrate. The plurality of positions on the measurement substrate are scanned in a second direction to determine a second substrate map of the substrate levels of the measurement substrate. A difference map is produced that includes information of the difference in measurement substrate surface level using the first substrate map and the second substrate map. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053584 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination optical system includes first and second reflection integrators. The second reflection integrator forms a plurality of linear light sources using light from the first reflection integrator. The illumination optical system further includes a pair of flat plane mirrors that are arranged parallel to the meridional line direction on the second reflection integrator and opposite to each other so as to sandwich the plurality of linear light sources in between, a unit for changing an aperture shape of an aperture stop arranged at an exit side of the second reflection integrator in a direction perpendicular to the meridional line direction so that the aperture stop has an optical Fourier transformation relationship with the surface to be illuminated, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust an interval between the pair of flat plane mirrors as the aperture shape of the aperture stop is changed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053587 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to radiant energy includes: a stage including a chuck, and configured to hold the substrate on the chuck with vacuum and to be moved; a recovery device configured to recover the substrate from the stage; a first detector configured to detect an error of holding of the substrate on the chuck; a measuring device configured to measure an amount of positional deviation of the substrate relative to the chuck; and a controller configured to cause the measuring device to measure the amount of positional deviation in a case where the first detector detects the error, and to control an operation of the stage such that the amount of positional deviation falls within a tolerance based on the measured amount. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053609 | Wide Swath Imaging Spectrometer Utilizing A Multi-Modular Design - A wide swath imaging spectrometer utilizing an array of individual spectrometer modules in the telescope focal plane to provide an extended field of view. The spectrometer modules with their individual detectors are arranged so that their slits overlap with motion on the scene providing contiguous spatial coverage. The number of modules can be varied to take full advantage of the field of view available from the telescope. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053611 | Ultra-high Density Diffraction Grating - A diffraction grating structure having ultra-high density of grooves comprises an echellette substrate having periodically repeating recessed features, and a multi-layer stack of materials disposed on the echellette substrate. The surface of the diffraction grating is planarized, such that layers of the multi-layer stack form a plurality of lines disposed on the planarized surface of the structure in a periodical fashion, wherein lines having a first property alternate with lines having a dissimilar property on the surface of the substrate. For example, in one embodiment, lines comprising high-Z and low-Z materials alternate on the planarized surface providing a structure that is suitable as a diffraction grating for EUV and soft X-rays. In some embodiments, line density of between about 10,000 lines/mm to about 100,000 lines/mm is provided. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053612 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCANNING HYPER-SPECTRAL IMAGE - The apparatus for scanning at least one hyper-spectral image comprises an optical system, the hyper-spectrometer and the relay module. The hyper-spectrometer is disposed apart from the optical system. The optical system can focus an optical image of a target in a focal plane thereof, where the focal plane contains a plurality of row portions of the optical image. The relay module can selectively relay one of the row portions of the optical image to the hyper-spectrometer. Moreover, a method for scanning at least one hyper-spectral image is disclosed in specification. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053614 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND DISCRIMINATING PARTICLES IN A FLUID - A particle detection system that images and detects particles in a fluid flow stream through use of detector array(s) is described. The detection system may include light source arrays that may selectively illuminate a particle in a fluid stream. The detection system may also include a detector array employing smart binning to read the measured signals. The smart binning of the detector array may be achieved through knowledge of an exact particle location provided by a position sensitive detector. The detector array(s) may be low cost based on intelligence built into the system. This particle detection system may be particularly useful for detection and discrimination of different particle types since the read-out of the particle signals can be accomplished with low noise and can be flexible enough to optimize the read out measurements for each particle. The particle detection system may be used, for example, in early warning contamination detection systems and manufacturing processes. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053658 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MAINTENANCE SYSTEM, AND JOB CONTROL METHOD - To reduce downtime due to maintenance of an image processing apparatus as much as possible. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053660 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention provides an image formation apparatus that reconstructs and prints a document based on document data written in a markup language. The image formation apparatus arranges, by using browser software, text data included in the document data within a page of the document, and acquires image data from servers and arranges the image data within the page of the document. If the image formation apparatus fails to acquire one or more pieces of the image data, it judges whether each of the pieces of image data is important or not according to the attribute information of the image data. If judged negatively, the image formation apparatus executes printing of the document reconstructed based on the text data and/or the acquired pieces of image data. If judged affirmatively, the image formation apparatus cancels the printing of the reconstructed document. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053661 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A job processing apparatus that is capable of recording an execution history of a job appropriately for each user even if a user does not spontaneously instruct a change of a user who operates an apparatus by a key operation etc. A receiving unit receives an operation of a user via an operation unit. A determining unit determines, when the receiving unit receives an operation, whether a user who performs the operation is identical to the user who has operated the operation, without inputting information for specifying the user. A control unit controls, when the determining unit determines that the user who performs the operation is not identical to the user who has operated the operation unit, so as not to keep an execution history of a job that is instructed to execute as an execution history of the user who has operated the operation. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053662 | DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A document transmission system includes a document provider, a document receiver, and a network transmission system. The document provider is utilized for providing a document. The document receiver is utilized to receive a paper with data to provide a document. The network transmission system is utilized for respectively providing network addresses to the document provider and the document receiver, and for transmitting the document from the document provider to the document receiver according to the network addresses. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053663 | Systems and Methods for Printing on Recycled Media - Apparatus, systems, and methods consistent with disclosed embodiments provide for managing the printing of documents using recycled media. In some embodiments, a printer comprises at least one input tray capable of holding print media; at least one image sensor capable of detecting recycled print media; and a print engine capable of placing marks on documents. The print media received from the input tray is routed to an output tray without marking by the print engine, if the image sensor detects recycled print media in the print media feed path during the processing of a non-recycled print; otherwise the print media is routed to a print engine on the printer. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053665 | Print optimization mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a print file, removing images from the print file, replacing each image with a reference to the image, storing each image removed from the print file; and printing the print file. Each image is retrieved from storage to be printed upon encountering a reference to the image during printing of the print file. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053679 | PRINTING SYSTEM, JOB PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing system high in flexibility and/or user-friendliness which make it possible to use only post processing by a post-processing unit connected to a printing unit without requiring printing by the printing unit. An execution request receiving unit receives a request for execution of one of an inline job requiring post processing by the sheet processing unit after execution of printing by the printing unit, and an offline job requiring post processing by the sheet processing unit connected to the printing unit, without requiring printing by the printing unit. A controller performs control such that the offline job is executed by the sheet processing unit prior to an inline job associated with an execution request received earlier by the execution request receiving unit than an execution request associated with the offline job. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053683 | Universal Imaging Cartridge Chip - Provided is a universal imaging cartridge chip capable of activating a plurality of types of imaging machines. In one embodiment, the universal imaging cartridge chip interprets a signal to identify a type of imaging machine. The universal imaging cartridge chip then selects the correct data for the identified imaging machine from the universal imaging cartridge chip data base. The imaging machine may then be activated with the correct electrical handshake and other required data. In another embodiment, the universal imaging cartridge chip contains the correct electrical handshake and other required data to activate a plurality of imaging machines, and communicates the correct electrical handshake and other required data to the imaging machine. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053684 | PRINTER CARTRIDGE MICROCHIP - Printer cartridge microchips that can be used in conjunction with several different types of printer cartridges and/or printer models or families are described. Several printer cartridge microchips are provided that respond to data or information requests and/or commands from the printer (e.g., the printer processor). If the correct data or information is stored on the microchip, the printer can then function with that particular cartridge. In order to optimize the memory requirements of the microchip, at least one separate read-only memory subunit and at least one writable memory subunit is provided in the memory element. Each of the read-only memory subunits can correspond to a particular printer model or family type. In this manner, several different printer model or family types can function with the use of a single microchip for the printer cartridge. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053685 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Selecting an image processing module for each attribute in accordance with discriminated attribute and the content of image processing made to correspond to the attribute, generating an image processing flow for each attribute by use of the selected image processing module; judging whether or not the image processing flow can be constructed in an image processing area; when it is judged that a processing area of the image processing flow cannot be constructed in the image processing area, selects an image processing flow having an image processing module which is not held by the other image processing flows from among a plurality of the image processing flows, constructs the selected image processing flow in the image processing area such that the processing area of the image processing flow is included in the image processing area. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053688 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which makes it possible not only to improve reusability of data in another apparatus, but also to increase the speed of data output. If a process is requested to be executed on the image data and the file data contains data usable by the image processing apparatus in addition to the image data, the apparatus executes the requested process using the usable data, whereas if the file data does not contain data usable by the image processing apparatus in addition to the image data, the apparatus executes the requested process using the image data. Further, the apparatus adds data generated during execution of the requested process using the image data to the file data, as data usable by the apparatus. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053689 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus of the present invention uses a spatial filter section or an enlarging/reducing section to perform a blur process on image processing data to be supplied to an image display device, thus allowing the image display device to display a preview without deterioration in image quality. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053690 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a bit number correction process section for converting tones of binary image data into a maximum tone and a minimum tone of multilevel image data; a spatial filter section for performing a smoothing process on image data resulting from the bit number conversion; and an enlarging/reducing section for performing an interporation process on the image data subjected to the smoothing process so that smoothness of tones of the image data is maintained, the image data subjected to the interporation process being supplied to the image display device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053693 | DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A document transmission system includes a document provider, a document receiver, a storage device, an identifying device, and a transmission system. The document provider is utilized for providing a document having a symbol. The document receiver is utilized for receiving the document, wherein the symbol indicates an address of the document receiver. The storage device is utilized for storing the address. The identifying device is utilized for identifying the symbol to obtain the address from the storage device. The transmission system is utilized for transmitting the document from the document provider to the document receiver according to the address. | 2010-03-04 |
