| 10th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
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| 20090059190 | MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SYSTEM UNIT, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The upper end of a static gas bearing member of a wafer side seal unit is connected to an edge section on the outgoing side of an exposure beam of a chamber in an air tight state via bellows, and the lower end surface is in a state forming a predetermined clearance with a wafer and a wafer holder. By this arrangement, the inside of the chamber is isolated from the outside. Accordingly, it becomes possible to maintain a vacuum environment in the periphery of the optical path of the exposure beam without arranging a vacuum chamber to house a wafer, a wafer holder, and a wafer stage, which allows the size of the entire exposure apparatus to be reduced, and also makes it easy to have access to the vicinity of the wafer stage. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059191 | SUPPORT PLATE, EXPOSURE APPARATUS HAVING THE SUPPORT PLATE, AND A DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate through a liquid. The apparatus includes a stage that holds the substrate and moves, and a support plate disposed on the stage and around the periphery of the substrate and supporting the liquid together with the substrate. The support plate includes a liquid-repellent structure portion on the surface of which is formed a texture repellent to the liquid, and a flat portion on the surface of which is formed a film repellent to the liquid. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059192 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - A lithographic apparatus includes a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate. The apparatus also includes a barrier member, surrounding a space between the projection system and, in use, the substrate, to define in part with the projection system a reservoir for liquid. A radially outer surface of the barrier member facing a portion of projection system and a radially outer surface of the portion of the projection system facing the barrier member each have a liquidphobic outer surface. The liquidphobic outer surface of the barrier member and/or the liquidphobic outer surface of the portion of the projection system has an inner edge that defines in part the reservoir. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059193 | Image production apparatus - Disclosed herein is an image production apparatus, including a light source; an optical modulation apparatus of the one-dimensional type; and a projection optical system including a scanning optical system; the scanning optical system including a main scanning optical system, and a sub scanning optical system for carrying out scanning in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, and a scanning direction by the main scanning optical system, the sub scanning by the sub scanning optical system is carried out between frames of the main scanning by the main scanning optical system, a frame rate and an average of substantial numbers of times of movement until the sub scanning optical system returns from a sub scanning origin to the sub scanning origin satisfy a relationship of Rf/Ns>15 where Rf is the frame rate and Ns is the average of substantial numbers of times of movement. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059194 | POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND TOOL AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A first grating is placed on the upper surface of wafer stage WST, and on the +Y side of the first grating, a calibration area is arranged where an auxiliary grating is formed. By performing a predetermined calibration process using the calibration area, such as calibration process related to position measurement of the wafer stage using a head and the like of an encoder, it becomes possible to perform position control of the wafer stage in the predetermined direction with good precision using the encoder after the calibration process. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059195 | EXPOSURE DEVICE WITH MECHANISM FOR FORMING ALIGNMENT MARKS AND EXPOSURE PROCESS CONDUCTED BY THE SAME - The present invention relates to an exposure device for transferring circuit patterns of a mask to a roll-film-shaped object. The exposure device includes a supply reel rotation section that is constituted by a supply reel around which the object is wound and that feeds the object by rotating the supply reel, at least one guide roller for guiding the object fed from the supply reel rotation section, an exposure stage on which the circuit patterns are transferred to the object guided by the guide roller, and an alignment mark forming section which forms, on the object, alignment marks that are used to align the mask with the object and which is positioned between the guide roller and the exposure stage. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059196 | Systems and Methods for In-Situ Reflectivity Degradation Monitoring of Optical Collectors Used in Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Lithography Processes - Systems and methods for in-situ reflectivity degradation monitoring of optical collectors used in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography processes are described. In one embodiment, a method comprises providing a semiconductor lithography tool employing an EUV source optically coupled to a collector within a vacuum chamber, the collector providing an intermediate focus area, measuring a first signal at the EUV source, measuring a second signal at the intermediate focus area, comparing the first and second signals, and monitoring a reflectivity parameter of the collector based upon the comparison. In another embodiment, a method comprises emitting a signal from a non-EUV light source optically coupled to the collector, measuring a signal reflected by the collector, and monitoring a reflectivity parameter of the collector based upon a comparison between the emitted and measured signals. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059197 | Exposure apparatus and method of exposing a semiconductor substrate - An exposure apparatus includes a light source adapted to emit light, a photomask in a path of the light between the light source and a semiconductor substrate, the photomask being in a mask plane (MP) and having patterns to be transcribed onto the semiconductor substrate, and a spatial light modulator (SLM) in a first image correction region of the photomask between the light source and the photomask, the SLM being adapted to adjust a distribution of intensity of the light. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059198 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE SYSTEM, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A controller uses two Z heads, which are positioned above a reflection surface installed on the ±X ends of the upper surf ace of a table, to measure the height and tilt of the table. According to the XY position of the table, the Z heads to be used are switched from ZsR and ZsL to ZsR′ and ZsL. On the switching of the heads, the controller applies a coordinate linkage method to set an initial value of the Z heads which are to be newly used. Accordingly, although the Z heads to be used are sequentially switched according the XY position of the table, measurement results of the height and the tilt of the table are stored before and after the switching, and it becomes possible to drive the table with high precision. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059199 | Method of loading a substrate on a substrate table and lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - The invention relates to a method of loading a first object on a second object in a lithographic apparatus. The method includes: a) loading the first object on the second object, b) waiting a predetermined time interval and c) performing a relaxation action. The first object may be a substrate and the second object a substrate table. The first object may also be a substrate table and the second object a support structure, supporting the substrate table. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059200 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY MEDIUM - A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a display medium, the manufacturing apparatus including an image data storing unit that stores image data for text or image to be displayed on the display medium; an electrode pattern generating unit that generates an electrode pattern based on the image data stored in the image data storing unit so that when the text or image is configured of a plurality of independent regions, the electrode pattern has a plurality of integrally and electrically connected electrodes corresponding to a plurality of regions; an electrode forming unit that forms the first electrode on either an electrophoretic medium integrally configured of the second substrate, the second electrode, and the electrophoretic layer or the first substrate based on the electrode pattern generated by the electrode pattern generating unit; and a bonding unit that bonds the electrophoretic medium to the first substrate after the electrode forming unit has formed the first electrode. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059201 | Full-Field Light Detection and Ranging Imaging System - Apparatuses and methods determine positional information from a reflected optical signal for an object on a per pixel basis. A spread spectrum imaging system includes a transmitting module transmitting a transmitted optical signal that illuminates a target space and contains a transmitted pulse that is modulated with a first pseudo-noise (PN) code. The imaging system includes a receiving module that receives a reflected optical signal from an object. The reflected signal is processed by an optical array that detects a detected signal from the reflected optical signal, where the detected signal contains a plurality of pixels spanning a target space. When the determined PN code corresponds to the selected PN code, image information and the positional information is presented for the object. When different positional information is obtained for different pixels in the image, the imaging system may determine that different objects appear in the received image. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059202 | Sample analyzer and sample analyzing method - The present invention is to present a sample analyzer capable of automatically stabilizing the laser diode in multi-mode oscillation. A sample analyzer | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059203 | Apparatus For Measuring Concentration of a Specific Ingredient In-Situ - Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring the concentration of a specific ingredient in a solution. According to one embodiment of the present invention, said apparatus comprises: a signal collector for collecting a plurality of signals emitted from a target in a selected volume of the solution, and one of the signals corresponding to the selected volume; detectors for detecting the signals; and beam splitters for splitting said signals and transmitting the signals to the detectors. The present invention provides an apparatus for effectively measuring concentration in-situ without the need of extracting the solution out of its original container. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059204 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING OBJECTS USING MULTIPLE IMAGES HAVING VARYING OPTICAL PROPERTIES - An automated object inspection system is presented. The inspection system includes an imaging system to produce at least two images of said object having different optical properties and an analyzer coupled to the imaging system to receive the images and to perform a variety of inspection operations on said images. The imaging system may produce images of the object under inspection in the visible range having varying exposure values. A vision engine included in the analyzer may combine said images through an algorithmic process into one image having high light dynamic range. Alternatively, the imaging system may produce images of the object in the visible or non-visible electromagnetic range. The analyzer may perform inspection routines on said images. An imaging system capable of producing digital video is presented, wherein each frame of video produced by said camera is composed of multiple images having different optical properties. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059205 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION RELATED TO TERAHERTZ WAVES - To provide an apparatus capable obtaining a temporal waveform of terahertz waves transmitted through or reflected by a sample in a set region. A delay unit is configured to change a timing at which the detection unit detects terahertz waves transmitted through or reflected by a sample, which is originated from terahertz waves generated by a generation unit. A waveform obtaining unit is configured to obtain a temporal waveform of the transmitted terahertz waves which are obtained by using the delay unit. The delay unit, of which more than one may be used, is controlled so that the detection unit detects the transmitted terahertz waves in an area related to the temporal waveform set on the basis of information related to the sample that is pre-stored in the storage unit. Then, a temporal waveform of the transmitted terahertz waves in the area is obtained. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059206 | Optical Linear and Rotation Displacement Sensor - A system includes a measuring tool, a fixture, and a rotatable target. The measuring tool includes a light source, an imaging device, and an electronic circuit. The fixture allows the rotatable target to rotate about an axis. The rotatable target includes a surface having microscopic asperities. The imaging device is mounted to provide a sequence of images derived from said microscopic asperities. The electronic circuit is connected to the imaging device for measuring rotation of the rotatable target from the sequence of images. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059207 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING PHOTOLUMINESCENCE, ABSORPTION AND DIFFRACTION OF MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS IN A FLUID - The invention relates to a device and to a method for measuring photoluminescence in a fluid present in a measurement vessel. According to the invention, the fluid in the measurement vessel simultaneously receives at least two excitation beams coming from two optical systems. The optical systems are positioned so that their axes form between them a non-zero obtuse angle other than 180° around the measurement vessel. A measurement of light emission is deduced according to the invention from coupling data obtained from emission beams picked up simultaneously by the pickup elements. The optical systems are also positioned in such a manner that there exists at least one partial overlap beam between the excitation beam from the source of a first optical system and the emission beam picked up by the pickup element of a second optical system. The device is also provided with at least one extinction pickup element in the vicinity of at least one of the sources for picking up light at the excitation wavelength in the partial overlap beam, a measurement of absorbance and/or diffraction being deduced from data obtained from the light picked up by the extinction pickup element. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059208 | Apparatus and method for a combined interferometric and image based geometric determination, particularly in the microsystem technology - The apparatus and method according to the invention includes an objective ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059209 | LOCK-IN DEMODULATION TECHNIQUE FOR OPTICAL INTERROGATION OF A GRATING SENSOR - A grating sensor and method for optical interrogation of that sensor uses a lock-in technique to achieve simultaneous measurements of strain (and related temperature) and ultrasonic stress wave signals, as well as other environmental conditions that affect a reflection spectrum of the grating sensor. It achieves this by using a lock-in amplifier or a software demodulator to detect slight shifts in the grating reflection spectrum with high sensitivity and accuracy. A dynamic feedback loop based on the lock-in error signal output retunes the light wavelength of the light source (e.g., a tunable laser) or of a wavelength filter in the reflection path to maintain it relative to a specified reflection point of the grating reflector. The lock-in error signal serves as a measure of temperature/strain changes and of ultrasonic vibrations. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059210 | Simple matrix method for stray-light correction in imaging instruments - A simple matrix method and computer program product for stray-light correction in imaging instruments is provided. The stray-light correction method includes receiving raw signals from an imaging instrument and characterizing the imaging instrument for a set of point spread functions. For high resolution imaging instruments, the raw signals may be compressed to reduce the size of the correction matrix. Based on stray-light distribution functions derived from the point spread functions, a correction matrix is derived. This fast correction is performed by a matrix multiplication to the measured raw signals, and may reduce stray-light errors by more than one order of magnitude. Using the stray-light corrected instrument, significant reductions may be made in overall measurement uncertainties in radiometry, colorimetry, photometry and other applications. Because the PSFs may include other types of undesired responses, the stray-light correction also eliminates other types of errors, e.g., interreflection between a CCD and the detector window. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059211 | OPTICAL BIOSENSOR USING SPR PHENOMENON - An optical biosensor using a surface plasmon resonance phenomenon includes an input optical waveguide including a first optical mode converting unit for converting a core mode to a cladding mode; and an optical sensing unit for allowing a specific wavelength among wavelengths constituting the converted cladding mode to be lost according to density of bio-material. The optical biosensor can accurately measure density of bio-material by using an optical signal. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059212 | Inclined detector - An inclined detector comprises: a detector body provided with an interior containing space including a lower alcove which is funnel-shaped; a pair of detection components including a transmitting component and a receiving component, wherein, the transmitting component is used to transmit a first signal which goes through the said containing space of the detector body, and the receiving component is used to receive the first signal transmitted by the transmitting component; and a ball disposed in the containing space of the detector body, wherein the ball stays at the bottom center of the lower alcove of the containing space when in a static state. By such arrangements, when the detector body is inclined to make the ball leave the former place where the ball is when in a static state, the receiving component will transmit a second signal for controlling after receiving the first signal transmitted by the transmitting component. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059213 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WHEEL ALIGNMENT - A mounting fixture assembly allows the attachment of a laser light emitting device—in this case a laser level—used along with a light reception board to determine thrust, toe, and camber measurements of motor vehicles. The mounting fixture provides a means of surface mounting the laser device to the rims of the wheels of motor vehicles without the need for any physical clamping or attaching devices used at the rim, wheel, or tire of a vehicle in conjunction with a laser emitting device support fixture. The mounting fixture permits the surface mounting of the laser device to wheels having camber angles within a normal range of deviance (+/−10° approximately). The fixture assembly maintains surface contact of the laser device throughout the adjustment process. The fixture allows for the radial rotation of the light emitting device facilitating the determination of measurements used in the calculation of toe angles. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059214 | Methods and Systems for Inspection and/or Identification of Pellet-Shaped Articles - A conveyer mechanism may include one or more composition inspection units provided along the intended product transport path. The product's composition, e.g., its ink composition, is compared with a predetermined standard, to determine whether the product is acceptable. A bar code may be provided to an external surface of the article for identification/traceability purposes. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059215 | Systems and Method for Simultaneously Inspecting a Specimen with Two Distinct Channels - A system is provided herein for inspecting a specimen. In one embodiment, the system may include a dual-channel microscope, two illuminators, each coupled for illuminating a different channel of the dual-channel microscope and two detectors, each coupled to a different channel of the dual-channel microscope for acquiring images of the specimen. Means are provided for separating the channels of the dual-channel microscope, so that the two detectors can acquire the images of the specimen at substantially the same time. In one embodiment, the channels of the dual-channel microscope may be spectrally separated by configuring the two illuminators, so that they produce light in two substantially non-overlapping spectral ranges. In another embodiment, the channels of the dual-channel microscope may be spatially separated by positioning the two detectors, so that the illumination light do not overlap and the fields of view of the two detectors do not overlap within a field of view of an objective lens included within the system. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059216 | DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD AND DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS - A defect inspection apparatus comprises: a stage which scans a sample in a horizontal plane; an illumination optical system which illuminates light at an oblique angle with respect to a normal of a sample surface, and illuminates light in a linear form on the sample at an angle inclined to a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction of the stage; a front scattered light detection optical system which is disposed in the same orientation as the scanning direction, positioned at an elevation angle where a specular reflection light from a pattern parallel to the scanning direction is not spatially detected, and detects scattered light from a region illuminated in the linear form; an image sensor detecting an image formed by the front scattered light detection optical system; and an image processing unit performing a comparison operation of the image detected by the image sensor, thereby determining a defect candidate. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059217 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A wafer measurement/inspection instrument receives information on at least one of a processing result and an operating state of at least one of a coater/developer that performs film forming/resist processing to a wafer and an exposure apparatus that performs liquid immersion exposure to the wafer, and optimizes inspection conditions of the wafer based on the received information (steps | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059218 | STABLE TURBIDITY CALIBRATION STANDARDS - The present invention relates to a turbidity calibration standard comprising: a number of from 1 to 5 sequentially-interfaced layers, wherein each layer independently comprises a light-permeable polymer or light-permeable interpolymer; a measured light transmission modulating amount of at least one light transmission modulator, which is distributed in any one or more of the layers; and a light-permeable container, which contains the layers and the at least one light transmission modulator. Also, the invention relates to methods of making and using the standard, and kits comprising the standard. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059219 | Electronic Multi-Reticle Pattern Scope - A scope is disclosed as including a display to display a plurality of reticle-patterns, means for selecting one of the reticle-patterns to be displayed by the display, and an optical prism for projecting the displayed reticle-pattern onto a piece of lens viewable by a user. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059220 | System and Method for Chemical Imaging of Microarrays - The disclosure relates to systems and method for chemical imaging of microarrays. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a system for simultaneous spectral imaging of a plurality of samples arranged on an array. The system includes an illumination source for providing illuminating photons to said plurality of samples, the illuminating photons interacting with each of the plurality of samples to emit interacted photons; an array for receiving said plurality of samples, the array having an external dimension such that the samples are within a simultaneous field of view of the optical device; an optical device for collecting the interacted photons and directing the photons to an imaging device, the imaging device simultaneously forming a plurality of images corresponding to each of the plurality of samples. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059221 | Plasma spectroscopy system with a gas supply - A spectroscopy system for spectro-chemical analysis of a sample includes a plasma torch ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059222 | Integrated nucleic acid analysis - The present disclosure provides fully integrated microfluidic systems to perform nucleic acid analysis. These processes include sample collection, nucleic acid extraction and purification, amplification, sequencing, and separation and detection. The present disclosure also provides optical detection systems and methods for separation and detection of biological molecules. In particular, the various aspects of the invention enable the simultaneous separation and detection of a plurality of biological molecules, typically fluorescent dye-labeled nucleic acids, within one or a plurality of microfluidic chambers or channels. The nucleic acids can be labeled with at least 6 dyes, each having a unique peak emission wavelength. The present systems and methods are particularly useful for DNA fragment sizing applications such as human identification by genetic fingerprinting and DNA sequencing applications such as clinical diagnostics. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059223 | LIGHT IRRADIATION METHOD, LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE, AND FINE PARTICLE ANALYZING APPARATUS - A light irradiation method of irradiating a specimen in a flow channel with directional light includes the step of irradiating the specimen with the directional light while performing scanning using the directional light in a widthwise direction of the flow channel. The directional light has an irradiation spot that is smaller than a width of the flow channel. Accordingly, energy density of the irradiation spot can be increased without increasing output power of a light source. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059224 | Polychrometer and method for correcting stray lights of the same - In a polychrometer and a method for correcting stray light of the polychrometer, relative spectral (inter-pixel) distribution of stray light independent of a spectral distribution of an incident light is obtained, intensity coefficient of the stray light is calculated according to spectral (inter-pixel) distribution of the incident light, spectral (inter-pixel) distribution of the stray light included in a spectral (inter-pixel) distribution of an incident light is estimated and corrected. Thus, the stray light can be more accurately corrected as compared with a conventional case where stray light distribution is directly estimated from an incident light. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059225 | INSTRUMENT FOR MAKING OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS ON MULTIPLE SAMPLES RETAINED BY SURFACE TENSION - The invention is an installment for making multi-channel spectroscopic measurements on a plurality of nanodrop samples held by surface tension between opposing optical fibers wherein a single fiber is scanned across a linear spaced array of receiving, detecting fibers. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059226 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS - An analysis apparatus for analyzing a specimen comprises a spectral separator for dispersing spatially an electromagnetic wave introduced from the specimen into spectral components, a sensing element array containing plural sensing elements for sensing the spectral components of the electromagnetic wave dispersed spatially by the spectral separator, and a spectrum calculator for calculating the spectrum from the signal sensed by the sensing elements; the sensing element array having sensitivities different to each of the spectral components of the electromagnetic wave dispersed spatially by the spectral separator, and the spectral separator and the sensing element array being placed so as to receive the spectral components by each of the sensing elements at different incident angles. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059227 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE POLARMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SCATTERING MEDIA UTILISING POLARIZATION DIFFERENCE SENSING (PDS) - A method for polarmetric analysis of scattering media. A first step involves directing stimulus from a linearly polarized stimulus source at a sample. A second step involves directing the stimulus coming from the sample through a collimating system into a polarization segregation unit which causes the stimulus to be segregated into a linearly polarized unscattered component and a depolarized scattered component. A third step involves quantification of scattering processes through computationally comparing the unscattered component and the scattered component. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059228 | SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETER, FILM THICKNESS MEASURING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FOCUSING IN SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETER - In a spectroscopic ellipsometer, light emitted from a light source enters a measurement surface of a substrate through an optical system in a lighting part so as to incline to the measurement surface to be directed to a light receiving device, and ellipsometry is performed based on spectral intensity of reflected light reflected on the measurement surface, the spectral intensity being acquired by the light receiving device. In focusing of the spectroscopic ellipsometer, a focus position of the measurement surface is obtained based on a total light amount in a predetermined wavelength band of the reflected light, the total light amount being obtained by the light receiving device. In the spectroscopic ellipsometer, since the optical system for ellipsometry and the optical system for focusing are common, it is possible to eliminate influences of change of the optical systems by temperature change or the like and to achieve high accurate focusing. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059229 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING POSITION OF SUBSTRATE, ELLIPSOMETER, AND FILM THICKNESS MEASURING APPARATUS - In an apparatus for detecting a position of a substrate in a film thickness measuring apparatus, an image pickup area on a substrate by an image pickup device of an imaging part is rotated by a rotation mechanism of a position detecting part. With this operation, an image of an edge of the substrate can be easily picked up at a plurality of image pickup positions around a central axis to detect a position of the substrate, without providing a mechanism for rotating a stage holding the substrate. As a result, it is possible to suppress upsizing of a structure for detecting a position of the substrate in the film thickness measuring apparatus and to achieve high-speed and high precision-position detection of the substrate, as compared with a conventional apparatus where a mechanism for rotating a substrate is provided above a mechanism for moving the substrate in a horizontal direction. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059230 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE CONCENTRATION OF A SUBSTANCE PRESENT IN A SOLUTION, USING ELLIPSOMETRY - The invention relates to a device for determining the concentration of a substance present in a solution, using ellipsometry. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059231 | Surface inspection apparatus - A surface inspection apparatus includes units illuminating repetitive patterns formed on a surface of a suspected substance and measuring a variation in an intensity of regular reflection light caused by a change in shapes of the repetitive patterns, units illuminating the repetitive patterns with linearly polarized light, setting an angle formed between a repetitive direction of the repetitive patterns and a direction of a plane of vibration of the linearly polarized light at a tilt angle, and measuring a variation in a polarized state of the regular reflection light caused by the change in the shapes of the repetitive patterns, and a unit detecting a defect of the repetitive patterns based on the variation in the intensity and the variation in the polarized state of the regular reflection light. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059232 | Web Measurement Device - A sensor is provided that measures web caliper using optical and magnetic measuring devices. The optical measuring devices may employ a confocal chromatic aberration method to accurately determine the distance to the moving web and the magnetic devices may be ferrite core coil and target. Means of stabilizing a moving web are included for improving dynamic measurement accuracy. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059233 | MICROFIBER PHOTONIC DEVICES IMMERSED IN A LIQUID MATERIAL - An electromagnetic device, including: a microfiber or other optical waveguide configured to guide an electromagnetic field output by an electromagnetic field source, the microfiber or other optical waveguide having a diameter that is less than or on an order of a wavelength of the electromagnetic field output by the electromagnetic field source; and a first optical material in contact with the microfiber or other optical waveguide, wherein at least a contact region of the microfiber or other optical waveguide and the first optical material is immersed in a liquid or cured dielectric that has an index of refraction less than the index of refraction of the microfiber or other optical waveguide. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059234 | HOLLOW WAVEGUIDE CAVITY RINGDOWN SPECTROSCOPY - Laser light is confined in a hollow waveguide between two highly reflective mirrors. This waveguide cavity is used to conduct Cavity Ringdown Absorption Spectroscopy of loss mechanisms in the cavity including absorption or scattering by gases, liquid, solids, and/or optical elements. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059235 | Rotationally Asymmetric Chaotic Optical Multi-Pass Cavity - The present invention relates to a rotationally asymmetric chaotic optical multi-pass cavity useful in optical gas sensing spectroscopy, optical delay lines, and laser amplification systems, for example. The cavity may include a single closed mirror having a light reflective surface that is deformed in two orthogonal directions and more particularly, but not exclusively, in the shape of a quadrupole in both horizontal and vertical planes. The cavity includes a light entry port and a light exit port which may be the same or separate ports, as well as a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The optical path length, the beam divergence rate, and the spot pattern are controlled by selecting the cavity deformation coefficients and the input beam direction to achieve the desired beam path and beam quality. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059236 | Wafer Edge Inspection - In one embodiment, a surface analyzer system comprises a radiation targeting assembly to target radiation onto an edge surface of a wafer, the radiation targeting assembly comprising a first expanded paraboloid or expanded ellipsoid reflector positioned adjacent the edge surface of the wafer, a reflected radiation collecting assembly that collects radiation reflected from the surface, a signal processing module to generate surface parameter data from the reflected radiation, and a defect detection module to analyze the surface parameter data to detect a defect on the surface. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059237 | DIGITAL FEEDBACK SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL GYROSCOPES - A digital feedback system and for an optical gyroscope include a fiber optic sensing coil, an optical phase modulator, a photo detector and a processor. The sensing coil induces a phase differential between light waves traveling though the coil. The optical phase modulator causes a second phase differential between the light waves. The photo detector receive the light waves and outputs an intensity signal representing a phase difference between the light waves. The processor determines a rate of rotation of the fiber optic sensing coil based on the phase difference. for the system operates by generating a closed loop feedback signal, demodulating the signal to determine the phase difference, determining a rate of rotation, periodically incrementing a feedback ramp signal once every τ second period based on the rate of rotation, and resetting the feedback ramp signal when the ramp is incremented a predetermined number of times since a previous reset. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059238 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SLOW LIGHT IN OPTICAL SENSORS - An optical sensor includes at least one optical coupler and an optical waveguide in optical communication with the at least one optical coupler. The optical waveguide is configured to receive a first optical signal from the at least one optical coupler. The first optical signal has a group velocity and a phase velocity while propagating through at least a portion of the optical waveguide, the group velocity less than the phase velocity. An interference between the first optical signal and a second optical signal is affected by perturbations to at least a portion of the optical sensor. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059239 | Method of Determining the Depth Profile of a Surface Structure and System for Determining the Depth Profile of a Surface Structure - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of determining the depth profile of a surface structure includes: irradiating the surface structure with irradiation light including light components of different wavelengths; and determining the depth profile of the surface structure in dependence on interferometric effects caused by the reflection of the irradiation light at the surface structure. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059240 | INCORPORATING FILM OPTICAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS INTO SCATTEROMETRY METROLOGY - A method includes collecting optical data from an unpatterned region including a first process layer. At least one optical parameter of the first process layer is determined based on the optical data associated with the unpatterned region. Optical data is collected from a patterned region including a second process layer. At least one characteristic of the patterned region is determined based on the optical data associated with the patterned region and the at least one optical parameter. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059241 | System and Method for Three-Dimensional Measurement of The Shape of Material Objects - A system and method are provided for the 3D measurement of the shape of material objects using non-contact structured light triangulation. The system includes a light projector for projecting a structured light pattern onto the surface of any object and a camera for capturing an image of the structured light pattern acting on the surface of the object. The system further includes computing device for determining the 3D measurement of the surface shape of the illuminated object through a triangulation algorithm employed based on a calculated correspondence between the projected structured light and the captured image. The structured light includes coded elements that lie within planes passing through vertices of the central projection areas of both the projector and the camera also that pass through the space of the object being measured. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059242 | Three-dimensional measurement method and three-dimensional measurement apparatus - Images of a work piece in which measurement object is restricted to a specific point or domain are taken by a camera which takes the image of the work piece from a front-view direction and a camera which takes the image from obliquely above, and a height of each measurement object region is measured. Each pixel of the front-view image used in measurement processing is virtually disposed in a three-dimensional coordinate system including x- and y-axes constituting a coordinate system of the image and a z-axis indicating the height, and a perspective transform is performed to produce a processing result image expressing measurement result. A measurement value is set as the z-coordinate at the pixel which is a height measurement object, and the z-coordinates of other pixels are set at other pixels. A mark for identifying a position and an auxiliary line indicating the height are set at measurement object points and measurement object region in the image. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059243 | Method for determining the absolute thickness of non-transparent and transparent samples by means of confocal measurement technology - The invention relates to a method for determining the absolute spatially resolved double-sided topography and thickness of specimens using two opposite confocally working microscopes. After the unit has been calibrated, the topography of the specimen is measured on both sides of the specimen, is added and the calibration plane is subtracted. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059244 | Web Measurement Device - A sensor is provided that measures web caliper using optical and magnetic measuring devices. The optical measuring devices may employ a confocal chromatic aberration method to accurately determine the distance to the moving web and the magnetic devices may be ferrite core coil and target. Means of stabilizing a moving web are included for improving dynamic measurement accuracy. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059245 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for performing an image formation by synthesizing an additional image to image data, comprises: an image forming section that performs an image formation on a sheet; a display section that displays an additional image to be added to image data; and a control section that displays, on the display section, the additional image based on a position and a size of the additional image to be formed on the sheet to which the image formation is performed, and by a font same as a font of the image formation. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059246 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF IMAGE FORMING UNITS, INITIAL ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM FOR CAUSING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO PERFORM INITIAL ADJUSTMENT - An image forming apparatus includes a main body storage part, a determination part, and an initial adjustment part. The first image forming unit includes a first storage part storing first information indicative of whether or not an initial adjustment of the first image forming unit has been completed. The determination part determines whether or not the first information stored in the first storage part and the second information stored in the main body storage part satisfy respective prescribed conditions. The initial adjustment part causes the first and second image forming units to perform the initial adjustment when the first information indicates that the initial adjustment of the first image forming unit has not been completed and the second information indicates that the second image forming unit corresponds to an unused state. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059247 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an image processing apparatus that generates print data for printing by an inkjet printing apparatus, based on a rendering command group that includes a rendering command for a vector image, comprising: a determination unit which determines, for each rendering command included in the rendering command group, whether ink having a predetermined property is to be used; a rendering unit which renders in a first memory a raster image corresponding to a rendering command for ink having the predetermined property is to be used, and renders in a second memory a raster image corresponding to a rendering command for ink having the predetermined property is not to be used; a lossy compression unit which lossily compresses the raster image in the first memory; and a generation unit which generates print data that includes the raster image in the first memory and the raster image in the second memory. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059248 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - A printing apparatus prints by scanning a print head having the first nozzle array of a plurality of nozzles corresponding to the first dot size and the second nozzle array of a plurality of nozzles corresponding to the second dot size different from the first dot size. Each nozzle array has a plurality of groups each formed from a plurality of nozzles. The printing apparatus includes a print buffer for holding multi-valued data. A predetermined number of multi-valued data in the scanning direction of the print head are read out for each group from the print buffer. Dot data corresponding to a nozzle included in each nozzle array is generated from readout multi-valued data. The generated dot data is transferred to the print head. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059249 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE FORMING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus for forming the image based on the image information on the prescribed surface of the transfer material, having an image forming section | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059250 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing system having a document reading unit, a printing unit, and a generating unit configured to generate print data used to print by the printing unit, the system comprising: a grouping designation unit configured to group the print data; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of print data grouped by the grouping designation unit; and a specifying unit configured to specify target print data in the storage unit on the basis of a result of reading, by the document reading unit, a printing medium printed by the printing unit on the basis of at least one of the print data. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059251 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE PERFORMING IMAGE CORRECTION BY USING A PLURALITY OF SAMPLE IMAGES - An image processing device includes a first image inputting unit, a comprehensive first characteristic quantity data determining unit, a second image inputting unit, a second characteristic quantity data determining unit, and an image correcting unit. The first image inputting unit is configured so as to be capable of inputting a plurality of first images. The comprehensive first characteristic quantity data determining unit determines comprehensive first characteristic quantity data based on the plurality of first images inputted by the first image inputting unit. The second image inputting unit is configured so as to be capable of inputting a second image. The second characteristic quantity data determining unit determines second characteristic quantity data expressing a characteristic of the second image inputted by the second image inputting unit. The image correcting unit corrects the second image based on the comprehensive first characteristic quantity data and the second characteristic quantity data. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059252 | Stable Emissive Toner Composition System and Method - An emissive toner composition for producing an emissive image component of an image indicia on a substrate. The emissive toner composition includes a photoluminescent agent, a charge control agent, and one or more additives, each selected and present in an amount such that when the toner composition is printed to produce an image component on a substrate, the toner composition has stable spectral characteristics. In one embodiment, the emission spectra of the image component printed on the substrate, for irradiation with an excitation energy includes only dominant emission peaks corresponding to one or more emission peaks of the photoluminescent agent. In another embodiment, the image component has a photoluminescent toner stability factor of about greater than or equal to 25. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059253 | COLOR GAMUT DATA CREATING DEVICE - A color gamut data creating device includes a target plane determining unit. The measurement points are defined in a color space. The color space has an achromatic axis and an axis perpendicular to the achromatic axis. The target plane determining unit further determines a plurality of target planes. Each target plane has a fixed hue angle and including the chromatic axis. A difference between a maximum saturation at a hue angle of each target plane and a maximum saturation at a hue angle of another target plane that is adjacent to the each target plane is lower than a prescribed value. The locating unit that projects, on each target plane, those measurement points that are within a prescribed range relative to the subject target plane. The color gamut creating unit creates color gamut data indicative of a distribution range of the measurement points projected on each target plane. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059254 | Tint Block Image Generation Program and Tint Block Image Generation Device - A tint block image generation program causes a computer to execute a tint block image generation step of generating tint block image data. The tint block image generation step comprises a step of acquiring camouflage pattern data that has multi-grayscales exceeding two grayscales; a step of generating corrected camouflage pattern data by correcting grayscale values of the camouflage pattern data based on input grayscale values of the latent image portion and background portion; and a step of generating latent image portion image data corresponding to the grayscale values of the corrected camouflage pattern data by referring to a latent image portion dither matrix in an area corresponding to the latent image portion, and generating background portion image data corresponding to the grayscale values by referring to a background portion dither matrix in an area corresponding to the background portion. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059255 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A dividing unit divides image data that is formed with a plurality of pixels each including an image dot in a main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction in units of pixel, and divides a target pixel, which is a pixel to be corrected from among divided pixels, into a plurality of image blocks including a plurality of image dots. A correcting unit corrects the image dots of the image blocks, based on contrast of densities of adjacent pixels adjacent to the target pixel, by shifting the image dots in a density direction that is a direction toward an adjacent pixel having a higher density. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059256 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE OUTPUTTING IMAGE FOR SELECTING SAMPLE IMAGE FOR IMAGE CORRECTION - An image processing device includes an original image inputting unit, an original-image characteristic quantity data determining unit, an outputting unit, a selecting unit, and a correcting unit. The original image inputting unit is configured so as to be capable of inputting an original image. The original-image characteristic quantity data determining unit determines original-image characteristic quantity data expressing a characteristic of the original image inputted by the original image inputting unit. The outputting unit outputs at least one set of image data or indication concerning at least one set among a plurality of sets of sample-image characteristic quantity data. The selecting unit enables a user to select one set of image data among the at least one set of image data. The correcting unit corrects the original image based on one set of sample-image characteristic quantity data corresponding to the selected set of image data and the original-image characteristic quantity data. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059257 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE CAPABLE OF PREVENTING NEEDLESS PRINTING - An image processing device includes a first image inputting unit, a second image inputting unit, an image processing unit, and a restriction control unit. The first image inputting that inputs a first image. The second image inputting unit inputs a second image. The image processing unit performs a prescribed process on the second image based on the first image. The restriction control unit is configured to restrict the prescribed process based on information of the first image. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059258 | Image forming apparatus - Test print images are created as focusing on one image quality mode among a plurality of image quality modes that are provided in advance according to the type of document and with high practical needs such as text mode, photo mode, text/photo mode containing both text and photographs, etc. The test print images thus created are image-formed on a sheet of recording paper and offered for the purpose of image quality selection in accordance with a user's preference. Consequently, an image forming apparatus capable of realizing a test printing function that is practical with a high level of user satisfaction can be provided. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059259 | SINGLE PASS DOCUMENT HANDLER WITH OPTIMIZED PERFORMANCE AND EXTENSIBLE DESIGN - System and methods providing image reading devices having rated throughput capacity substantially equal to half of the rated throughput capacity of the associated printer module. The system includes a plurality of image reading devices, associated buffer storage devices, and a printer module arranged in a fashion allowing for maintaining throughput capacity while reducing overall costs. The image reading devices have individual rated throughput capacities that are substantially equal to half the rated throughput capacity of the printer module in duplex. The output from the image reading devices are loaded into buffer storage devices, from which the printer module is sequentially loaded from the buffer storage devices. The buffer storage devices allow for downgrading the rated throughput capacity of at least some of the image reading devices to approximately half of the associated printer module, thus, allowing for reduced manufacturing and operating costs, and advantageously using commercially available units. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059260 | MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL - There is provided a multifunction peripheral having a plurality of functions, including: a phone communication unit having a phone communication function; a communication interface to interface the multifunction peripheral with an external device; a processing unit to control operations of the multifunction peripheral; a judgment unit to judge whether external data received through the communication interface corresponds to data of a first predetermined type; and a conversion unit having a function of converting, without controls by the processing unit, the external data into data of a second predetermined type adapted to the phone communication function in response to a fact that the judgment unit judges that the external data corresponds to data of the first predetermined type, and having a function of converting, without controls by the processing unit, data of the second predetermined type into data of the first predetermined type to be outputted through the communication interface. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059261 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INTEGRATED DOCUMENT GENERATING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a vectorizing unit configured to convert bitmap image data into vectorized data; an integrated document generating unit configured to generate an integrated document which includes the vectorized data and metadata; an accompanying information extraction unit configured to extract one or more of accompanying information relating to the bitmap image data from the bitmap image data; a selection unit configured to select accompanying information meeting conditions which have been defined beforehand out of one or more of accompanying information extracted by the accompanying information extraction unit; and a registration unit configured to register the accompanying information selected by the selection unit as the metadata of the integrated document. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059262 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The one embodiment of present invention provides an image forming apparatus including a memory unit that stores image data, a main control block that causes an image forming section to output an output image onto an output medium on the basis of the image data generated by an image reading section and stored in the memory unit, case members that houses any one of the memory unit and the main control block or both, respectively, and a cooling mechanism that is located in a predetermined position of the case members and guides an air flow that has passes through one case member to the other case member. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059263 | IMAGE PROCESSOR - An image forming processor includes a generating unit and a correcting unit. The first characteristic quantity data obtaining unit obtains a set of first characteristic quantity data. The receiving unit receives data of an original image. The second characteristic data obtaining unit obtains a set of second characteristic quantity data based on the data of the original image. The generating unit generates at least one set of image data concerning the first characteristic quantity data. The display unit displays the at least one set of image data to prompt a user to specify one set of image data among the at least one set of image data. The correcting unit corrects the original image by using the set of second characteristic quantity data and a set of first characteristic quantity data that has been used to generate the one set of image data specified by the user. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059264 | Multifunctional input/output aparatus, control method thereof, and computer program product - A decoding unit decodes, when original data obtained from an original contains symbolic information that is encoded information of a predetermined operation instruction, the symbolic information to obtain the operation instruction. An executing unit executes an operation indicated by the operation instruction obtained by the decoding unit. A reading unit reads a specific area of the original preassigned for the symbolic information. When the symbolic information is obtained from the specific area, the decoding unit decodes the symbolic information obtained from the specific area. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059265 | Image data processing apparatus and method - An image data processing apparatus including: a reader that reads image data included an image file from an external storage medium, the image data being variable-length coded data of image blocks The reader performs a first reading processing for reading the image data in an arrangement order thereof from a storage medium and the data processor performs a boundary information derivation processing based on the image data for obtaining boundary information representing a boundary in a data arrangement in the storage medium between the image data belonging to two image blocks located adjacent in the data arrangement in the storage medium and at mutually different positions in the sub scanning direction. The reader performs a second reading processing for reading the image data from the storage medium in an order determined based on the boundary information and saving them in the storage. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059266 | Method of automatically controlling print quality in digital printing - A method of automatically monitoring and controlling print quality in digital printing with a first and second scanner capturing an image from different locations in the printing engine. In an exemplary embodiment, a first scanner captures an image from a surface internal to the print engine while an external scanner captures an image from a printed sheet. If the external print image quality is acceptable, the internally captured image is saved as a reference. The system periodically compares internally captured images with the saved reference and provides automatic image correction if the variation from the reference is within a correctable range. If the image variation is not within a correctable range, the system runs a new test print and creates a new reference image. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059267 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - An image forming system is provided which controls usage of a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to a network for each user of the image forming system. Usage of the plurality of image forming apparatuses is permitted or prohibited based on information in a disable flag associated with each user. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059268 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - The image forming apparatus decodes a two dimensional code within an image and obtains a password; stores the image in a storage unit if the password thus obtained matches a password entered through an operating section; and when an instruction is given by a user to display the image stored in the storage unit on a display unit of the image forming apparatus, performs a control to display the image on the display unit of the image forming apparatus without requesting an entry of the obtained password, and when an instruction is given by a user to display the image stored in the storage unit on a display unit of an external device, other than the display unit of the image forming apparatus, performs a control to request an entry of the obtained password for displaying the image on the display unit of the external device. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059269 | RECORDING APPARATUS IMAGE SUPPLY DEVICE AND RECORDING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - When a print command that designates a layout recording function by its upper layer, and designates a frame print function by its lower layer is transmitted from a camera to a printer, the printer determines a layout print function that prints a plurality of images on a single sheet, based on the upper layer. In a case where the printer can determine the lower layer of the command, the printer acquires details of a layout. In a case where the printer cannot determine the lower layer of the command, the printer determines a normal frame print function. The printer prints a normal layout image or special frame image in accordance with the determined layout of images. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059270 | Planogram Extraction Based On Image Processing - Image analysis techniques, including object recognition analysis, are applied to images obtained by one or more image capture devices deployed within inventory environments. The object recognition analysis provides object recognition data (that may include one or more recognized product instances) based on stored product (training) images. In turn, a variety of functionalities may be enabled based on the object recognition data. For example, a planogram may be extracted and compared to a target planogram, or at least one product display parameter for a product can be determined and used to assess presence of the product within the inventory environment, or to determine compliance of display of the product with a promotional objective. In yet another embodiment, comparisons may be made within a single image or between multiple images over time to detect potential conditions requiring response. In this manner, efficiency and effectiveness of many previously manually-implemented tasks may be improved. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059271 | Methods and apparatus for web-based status of facsimile transmissions to electronic storage destinations - A method for a computer includes determining a call-in fax telephone number called by a facsimile transmission device, receiving the facsimile transmission from a facsimile transmission device including a digitized representation of a transmission page including an optical representation of data associated with an e-mail address, determining the data optically, which is independent of the call-in number, determining a graphics template associated with the call-in number, combining a digitized representation of the transmission page with the graphics template to form a digitized representation of a composite page, formatting the digitized representation of the composite page into a second format, determining additional service provider data in response to the facsimile or the scanned image, and transmitting the additional service provider data and the digitized representation of the composite page in the second format to the electronic destination address. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059272 | Printer auto installation - Tools in the form of apparatuses, systems and methods for automatic installation of a printer or other image forming device are provided. Such tools improve the turnaround time between when a printing device is received and is installed and on-line, ready for use by users. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059273 | PULL PRINT SUPPORTING IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - When a user applies a pull print request by operating an operation panel unit of an image forming apparatus MFP, a server SRV transmits a list of print data stored therein and setting information of each print data to the image forming apparatus MFP. The image forming apparatus MFP receives the setting information of each print data, and based on device information of itself, calculates compatibility as a degree representing to which extent the request of the setting information of each print data can be satisfied, and displays the print list and the compatibility corresponding to each print data in the list, to the user, | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059274 | PULL PRINT SUPPORTING IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS DIRECTED THERETO - When a specific image forming apparatus is selected as an output destination, a CPU reads a printer driver corresponding to the selected image forming apparatus from a printer driver group, and loads the driver in a memory unit or the like. On the contrary, if no specific image forming apparatus is selected as the output destination, the CPU reads a general purpose printer driver from the printer driver group, and loads the driver to the memory unit or the like. Further, the CPU displays a print setting image on a display unit | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059275 | PULL PRINT SUPPORTING IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, SERVER, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A server includes a data converting unit, a converted data storage unit, and a converted data transmitting unit. The data converting unit converts, based on device information of each image forming apparatus, print data to converted data allowing image formation by each image forming apparatus, for each image forming apparatus. The converted data storage unit stores the converted data in correspondence with information specifying the corresponding image forming apparatus. The converted data transmitting unit transmits, in response to data request from the image forming apparatus, the converted data corresponding to the image forming apparatus stored in the converted data storage unit, to the image forming apparatus. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059276 | INSTRUCTION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, INSTRUCTION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for controlling a printing process, the process including: receiving instruction information including (i) a content of the printing process for printing image data and (ii) identification information of an instruction user instructing the printing process, the content of the printing process which includes detailed information for printing the image data; acquiring when the instruction information is received, third-person information indicating a third person staying around a printing apparatus which performs the printing process; determining whether or not the third person indicated by the acquired third-person information has a certain relation with the instruction user indicated by the identification information included in the received instruction information; and determining a mode of the printing process in the printing apparatus; and controlling the printing process in the determined mode. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059277 | FACSIMILE MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a facsimile machine having a two-sided communication function includes the steps of transporting an original document to a standby position after supplying a front side of the original document to a scanning unit; transporting the original document to the standby position after reversing the original document and supplying a back side of the original document again to the scanning unit; further reversing the original document and transporting the original document to a discharge position; and sending an EOM signal to a communication destination after having the back side of the original document scanned by the scanning unit and transmitting back side image data to the communication destination. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059278 | PRINTING SETTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing setting apparatus is disclosed that includes a first part to establish a connection to a printing apparatus; a second part to make a setting with respect to printing of printing data; a third part to add a first ground pattern to the printing data in response to the second part making a first setting for adding the first ground pattern; a fourth part to obtain information indicating whether a second setting for adding a second ground pattern is made in the printing apparatus; and a fifth part to disable the second part from accepting the first setting in response to the fourth part obtaining the information indicating that the second setting is made in the printing apparatus, and enable the second part to accept the first setting in response to the fourth part obtaining the information indicating that the second setting is not made in the printing apparatus. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059279 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus using a management code including a plurality of layers to designate a charging destination in performing charging based on a result of processing performed by an image processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether a conflict exists in print setting items corresponding to respective layers included in the management code, and a setting unit configured to, if it is determined that no conflict exists in the print setting items corresponding to respective layers, set, for the print job, a print setting based on the management code and, if it is determined that a conflict exists in the print setting items corresponding to respective layers, set, for the print job, a print setting based the management code and a policy for determining a print setting for the conflicting print setting items. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059280 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Personal address books of users are stored in an address server. Each user registers, with the personal address book of his/her own, conditions (transmission conditions) that should be satisfied when other users transmit image data to the user. The conditions are registered in correspondence with addresses of the other users. When one of the other users transmits (as a transmission source) to the user (as a transmission destination) who has set the transmission conditions, from an MFP, the transmission conditions, which were set by the transmission destination user with respect to the transmitter, are downloaded from the address server to the transmission source MFP. And then the MFP transmits the image data to the transmission destination user under the downloaded transmission conditions. This enables the transmission destination user to cause the image data to be transmitted thereto under such conditions that match the needs of the transmission destination user. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059281 | Printing System, Printer, Host Computer, Printing System Control Method, And Program - A printing system enables easily recognizing the status of a printing process. The host computer | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059282 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast signal including print information, the apparatus being configured to communicate with a printing apparatus and to receive a print request, is provided. The apparatus comprises: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain first information regarding a period of duration of a print process that is being executed by the printing apparatus; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain second information regarding an existing period during which print information that corresponds to the print request is included in the digital broadcast signal that is being received; a determination unit operable to determine whether or not the existing period ends earlier than the period of duration based on the first information and the second information; and a controller configured to control issuance of an instruction to suspend the print process that is being executed based on a determination result by the determination unit. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059283 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A digital multifunction peripheral includes a communication unit which inputs document image data, a processing circuit which processes the document image data from the communication unit, a print unit which prints an image corresponding to the document image data processed by the processing circuit, and a memory which holds a ground pattern image file which is generated by converting ground pattern image data into a machine dependent format extractable only by the processing circuit and is registered from outside. The processing circuit extracts the ground pattern image data from the ground pattern image file in a case where document image data of a ground pattern print object is input from the communication unit, and embeds the ground pattern image data into the document image data. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059284 | JOB-SUBMISSION-REQUEST APPARATUS AND METHOD - Under circumstances where each of a plurality of servers controls print jobs submitted to at least one output apparatus, jobs intended for the same printer are submitted to the output apparatus in the order of requests made by a user. If there is a print server performing print processing for a printer specified as the submission destination of a print job, the print server is instructed to execute printing. Consequently, under circumstances where each of plural print servers controls print jobs submitted to printers, print jobs intended for the same printer can be submitted to the printer in the order of requests made by client PCs. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059285 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - There is provided an arrangement that contributes to practical use of a product adapted to generate an instruction adapted to handle information relating to post- processing to be performed on printed material. Specifically, there is provided a printing system including a generation unit adapted to generate an instruction, and a controller adapted to control a printer to generate printed material without generating the instruction by the generation unit in a case wherein the instruction does not need to be generated. The controller is adapted to control the generation unit so as to generate the instruction along with the printed material being generated at the printer in a case in which there is a need to generate the instruction. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059286 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROLLING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printer is caused to perform a checking print for a job in a case that a predetermined user's instruction is received via a user interface. The printer is caused to perform the checking print for the job without receiving the predetermined user's instruction in a case that the job meets a predetermined condition. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059287 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus which permits service providing an image forming that has high priority is selected as an image processing apparatus for storing count information by using service information representing whether each image processing apparatus permits counting the usage of printing materials in order to allow charging of service for providing the image forming associated with each user identification information, and a priority table for storing count information based on the contents of image forming. When image forming is executed, the count information representing the contents of the executed image forming is transmitted to the selected image processing apparatus, thereby causing the selected image processing apparatus to store the count information. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059288 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An image communication apparatus notifies a client apparatus of a URI of an image to be transmitted by an electronic mail. The client apparatus accesses to the URI of the image. The image communication apparatus requests input of a password from the client apparatus. The client apparatus determines a password and transmits it to the image communication apparatus. The image communication apparatus encrypts the image based on the acquired password and transmits it. The client apparatus decrypts the encrypted image based on the determined password. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090059289 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY PROGRAM - A display system configured to display a print preview of a roll paper image and a print area includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a roll paper width, and a horizontal length of a set paper size, a print-area determination unit for determining a print area based on the acquired roll paper width and horizontal length, a determination unit configured to determine whether the determined print area is displayable in a preview area, a calculation unit configured to calculate a scaling required to display the entire print area in a preview according to a vertical length of the print area, and a display control unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the entire print area is not displayable, preview a roll paper image and a print area based on the scaling calculated by the calculation unit. | 2009-03-05 |
