| 10th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
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| 20130057883 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEACTIVATING POWER-SAVING MODE, RELAY DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A power-saving mode deactivation apparatus for performing communication via a communication network with specific processing apparatuses for particular processing is provided. The power-saving mode deactivation apparatus includes a storage portion for storing therein a deactivation method for deactivating a power-saving mode of each of the specific processing apparatuses; a detection portion for detecting that particular processing data for the particular processing is not delivered to, among the specific processing apparatuses, a destination specific processing apparatus of the particular processing data, and a deactivation portion for performing, when the detection portion detects that the particular processing data is not delivered to the destination specific processing apparatus, deactivation processing for deactivating a power-saving mode of the destination specific processing apparatus based on the deactivation method, stored in the storage portion, for the destination specific processing apparatus. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057884 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes: a retaining unit that retains condition information to control an output setting of first output data based on a predetermined condition; a receiving unit that receives second output data obtained by dividing the first output data into pieces each having a predetermined amount of data; and a first determining unit that determines whether to control the output setting of the first output data based on the second output data, having the predetermined amount of data, and the condition information. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057885 | Printing System, POS System, Connection Device, Control Method of Printing System, and Program Therefor - A printing system has an interface unit ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057886 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD - In an image inspection apparatus, a first accumulation part acquires a reference accumulated value distribution by accumulating values of pixels in a reference image arranged in an image recording direction. A second accumulation part acquires an inspection accumulated value distribution by accumulating values of pixels in the inspection image arranged in the image recording direction. A sensitivity correction part performs sensitivity correction wherein a plurality of accumulated values other than a local peak in the inspection accumulated value distribution are corrected so as to relatively approach a plurality of corresponding accumulated values in the reference accumulated value distribution, based on a ratio between the inspection accumulated value distribution from which the local peak has been removed and the reference accumulated value distribution. A comparison part subtracts the reference accumulated value distribution from the inspection accumulated value distribution that has undergone the sensitivity correction to detect a defect. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057887 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PRINTING FILE ATTACHED TO ELECTRONIC MAIL, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which is capable of printing a file attached to an e-mail using an existing printing apparatus. An electronic mail with a file attached thereto is received. With respect to each of printing apparatuses, a printer driver used in the printing apparatus and an identifier that identifies the printing apparatus are stored in association with each other in a storage unit. Based on the stored information, a printer driver corresponding to an identifier that identifies a printing apparatus entered in the received electronic mail is identified as a printer driver to be used. Print data is generated from the file attached to the received electronic mail using the identified printer driver. The generated print data is sent to the identified printing apparatus. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057888 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an image reading apparatus that reads an image of a document includes a determination unit configured to determine whether image data received from the image reading apparatus is image data read in a batch reading mode in which the image reading apparatus reads images of respective back surfaces of a plurality of documents after reading images of respective front surfaces of the plurality of documents, and a control unit configured to execute processing for changing a page order of the image data received from the image reading apparatus if the determination unit determines that the image data is image data read in the batch reading mode. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057889 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device comprises a main body, a printing section which is arranged in the main body and prints various information onto a continuous-feed paper, a first display section which is arranged rotatably between a first position where the upper part of the printing section is covered and a second position where the upper part of the printing section is opened at the position adjacent to the printing section of the main body and a second display section which faces to a direction different from the first display section and is connected to the first display section, and abuts against the printing section or the main body in a state of the first display section being located in the first position, and controls the rotation of the first display section towards the printing section side is controlled. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057890 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An optical scanning apparatus, including: a light source unit; a deflection unit; an incident optical system; and an imaging optical system, wherein at least one optical surface of a plurality of imaging lenses included in an imaging optical system has a non-circular shape in a sub-scanning section perpendicular to a main scanning direction, and a non-circular amount of the non-circular shape changes along the main scanning direction, and wherein the followings are satisfied: ds(Y=0)<0; and ds(Y=Ymax)>0, where ds(Y=0) and ds(Y=Ymax) respectively represent a paraxial field curvature at a center position in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction and a paraxial field curvature in the sub-scanning direction at a maximum image height in an effective scanning range of the surface to be scanned by the beam from the light source unit in the main scanning direction, among field curvatures at a center position in the effective scanning range. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057891 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input data, a first processing unit configured to generate intermediate data using a printer driver based on the data input by the input unit according to a print setting that is determined not to divide an editing area of the data into pages, and a second processing unit configured to perform editing processing based on the intermediate data generated by the first processing unit. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057892 | STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PRINTED PRODUCT - In a method for creating a printed product, JDF files are converted into a DOM tree to represent the files in a representation in a main memory of a computer. The conversion, as well as individual processing steps, is time-consuming. To accelerate the encoding and processing steps, a method is performed wherein a file in a first data format is stored in a memory, the file contains information for creating the printed product. The file is decoded into a representation in the main memory. The first data format includes two memory areas, a first memory area contains attributes for method steps to be implemented and/or for materials of the printing process and/or of the printed product. The representation is included in the two memory areas, and the data of a first memory area of the representation are essentially identical with the data of the first memory area of the file. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057893 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus, including a storage unit wirelessly accessible from an external device, switches its operation mode related to wireless access of the image forming apparatus between an active mode in which a signal for wirelessly connecting to an external device is transmitted and a passive mode enabling access to the storage unit in response to a signal for wireless connection from an external device | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057894 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM - Disclosed is a power supply control apparatus including plural processing units, a mobile body detection unit, a determination unit, a transition unit, a mobile body confirmation unit, and a controller that controls the transition unit such that states of all of the processing units transit to the powered-off state when a result of confirmation in the mobile body confirmation unit represents absence and controls the transition unit such that the states of the plural processing units selectively and individually transit to the powered-off state when a result of confirmation in the mobile body confirmation unit represents presence. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057895 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SECURE NETWORK SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR UPDATING CERTIFICATE INFORMATION - An image forming apparatus registers, when certificate information has been updated, the updated certificate information in an authentication server, and after the registration has been finished, transmits an event notification indicating that the certificate information has been updated to a printer server. The printer server re-acquires cached certificate information in response to this notification, and then again caches the certificate information. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057896 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital MFP includes a dual I/F storage unit including two different interfaces: an external interface (RFID) and an internal interface (bus). When the power of the digital MFP is turned ON, in steps S406 and S407, if a main controller of the digital MFP determines that license information has been written in the dual I/F storage unit from a portable terminal while the power of the digital MFP was OFF, then in step S5408, the main controller validates a function of the digital MFP corresponding to the license information, by using the license information. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057897 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGES BY AUTHENTICATING USER THEREOF - A method of performing an image forming operation through a user authentication of an image forming apparatus that supports a peer to peer (P2P) connection includes: receiving and storing user identification information and an image forming operation by the image forming apparatus; receiving a P2P connection request from an external wireless device by the image forming apparatus for a user authentication; receiving device information from the wireless device by the image forming apparatus that is P2P connected to the wireless device, and performing the user authentication by using the received device information and the stored user identification information; and when the user authentication is succeeded, performing the image forming operation by the image forming apparatus. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057898 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF MANAGING SECURITY BASED ON SIGNAL INTENSITY THEREOF - A method of managing security of an image forming apparatus that supports a P2P connection based on a signal intensity includes: measuring an intensity of a signal transmitted from an external wireless device by the image forming apparatus; and controlling an access of the wireless device by the image forming apparatus based on the measured signal intensity. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057899 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: an operation input acquiring section which acquires operation input instructing temporary data of an image process object generated temporarily to be overwrote and erased with predetermined data; a temporary data erasing section which performs an erasing process in which the temporary data to be overwrote and erased with predetermined data; a temporary data management section which manages in a predetermined storage area temporary data management information including at least information of whether or not the temporary data is erased; a temporary data management information acquiring section which acquires from the predetermined storage area the temporary data management information; and a display control section which displays on a screen the information of whether or not the temporary data is erased in the temporary data erasing section, correlated with history information of the job corresponding to the temporary data, based on the temporary data management information. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057900 | DEVICE COOPERATION SYSTEM, FUNCTION PROVIDING METHOD - A first device includes a determining unit for determining a first number allocated to the first device and a second number allocated to a second device, a first storage for storing a first possible amount that the user can output with the first device, a first output unit for outputting an object of the first number, when the first number is less than the first possible amount, and a first update unit for updating the first possible amount according to an output number output by the first device. The second device includes a second output unit for outputting an object of the second number, when the second number is less than a second possible amount, and a second update unit for updating the second possible amount according to an output number output by the second device, only when authentication of the user is successful. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057901 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus which makes it possible to realize a configuration for processing a plurality of print jobs efficiently without waste while meeting needs for performing a glossing process on prints. When a sheet printed in a first process is fed from a sheet feeder, the printing apparatus executes a second printing process for processing the fed sheet. When an interrupting factor occurs during execution of the second printing process to cause interruption of the processing, the interrupted processing is resumed on condition that the interrupting factor is removed. A resuming method of resuming the processing is determined based on contents of the processing in the second process. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057902 | SPONSORED FACSIMILE TO E-MAIL TRANSMISSION METHODS AND APPARATUS - A method for sending an e-mail message comprises receiving a transmission instruction page, entering a plurality of text entries from a user on the transmission instruction page to form a filled-in transmission instruction page, wherein the plurality of text entries includes an e-mail address, and sending a facsimile to a facsimile server, wherein the facsimile includes the filled-in transmission instruction page and one or more pages of a document, wherein the facsimile server converts the facsimile into an e-mail attachment, wherein the facsimile server sends the e-mail message including a service provider indicator and the e-mail attachment to the e-mail address, wherein the facsimile server optically derives the e-mail address from the transmission instruction page of the facsimile, and wherein facsimile server need not know the e-mail address prior to receiving the facsimile. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057903 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In an information processing apparatus, information concerning the data format of a document designated by a terminal apparatus and a data format compatible with the image forming apparatus are received in accordance with an instruction from a user, and a connection route, of a plurality of connection routes to the image forming apparatus designated by the user and the terminal apparatus, which allows the image processing apparatus to process the document data is selected based on the received data format of the document and the data format compatible with the image forming apparatus. The terminal apparatus displays the selected connection route. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057904 | INDUSTRIAL INKJET PRINTER WITH DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS - A supply cable of a printing head of a continuous inkjet printer, including means for supplying fluids to the head, means forming a bidirectional digital serial link in order to transmit digital data between the head and the means for driving the printer, and low voltage power supply means, as well as a circuit for a printing head of a continuous jet printer and a method for transmitting data to the printing head. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057905 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SETTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A control apparatus that controls a wireless communication setting in an information processing apparatus such that the setting can easily be set, without the provision of an additional device in the information processing apparatus. A PC as a control apparatus is USB connected to a printer as an information processing apparatus having a wireless communication function, and controls the setting of wireless communication between a wireless access point and the printer. The printer and the wireless access point are instructed via a USB interface and via a wired LAN by the PC to start the setting of wireless communication. When receiving from each of the printer and the wireless access point a setting result notification that represents a result of execution of the setting of wireless communication, the PC causes a display unit thereof to display the setting result notifications. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057906 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A device management apparatus which manages a device and a terminal which remotely uses the device, the apparatus comprises a log acquisition unit configured to acquire a log of the device; a usage location specification unit configured to specify a location of the terminal at the time of use of the device based on the log acquired by the log acquisition unit; and a generation unit configured to generate information of an area where the device is used, based on the location of the terminal at the time of use of the device which is specified by the usage location specification unit. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057907 | NETWORK APPARATUS WITH FAX FUNCTION - A network apparatus with fax function is provided. The network apparatus includes a fax modem, a Wide Area Network (WAN) interface, a Local Area Network (LAN) interface, and a processing unit. The fax modem receives or transmits fax data. The WAN interface is connected to an external network, the external network uses an external Internet Protocol (IP) address, and the network apparatus is addressed by using a legal IP address on the external network. The LAN interface is connected to an internal LAN, and the internal LAN uses a private IP address. The processing unit works as an operation core of the network apparatus. An electronic device connected to the internal LAN shares the legal IP address of the network apparatus on the external network through the network apparatus. Thus, the network apparatus has a fax function, and the cost is further reduced. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057908 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF MANAGING ADDRESS BOOK THEREOF - A method of managing an address book of an image forming apparatus that supports a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection includes connecting the image forming apparatus to an external wireless device in the P2P connection method through a wireless local area network (WLAN); operating a soft access point (AP) module of the image forming apparatus so that the image forming apparatus operates as an AP; allocating an internet protocol (IP) address to the wireless device by driving a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server unit (DHCP server) of the image forming apparatus; and registering the wireless device connected to the image forming apparatus in the address book, which stores wireless devices that are connectable to the image forming apparatus, with the allocated IP address. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057909 | PRINTING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF COPING WITH DIFFERENT PRINT SETTINGS FROM THOSE THEREOF, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus incapable of changing print settings when executing printing, which is improved in user-friendliness when the print settings are different from the settings of the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus include an NVMEM storing setting information indicating predetermined respective settings for setting items for use in printing. A controller unit receives job information including image data to be printed, from a server. When the received job information includes setting information configured at the server, the setting information is caused to be temporarily stored in a RAM of the server. Some of the setting information configured at the server is stored in the NVMEM, and then the image data is printed according to the setting information. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057910 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The image forming apparatus management system includes type decision means for determining the type of the user terminal as a notification target, based on movement frequency of the user terminal; notification target decision means for determining which user terminal is likely to be using each of the image forming apparatuses, based on position information on the user terminal and position information on the image forming apparatus, according to the type of the user terminal determined by the type decision means, and thereby judging the user terminal that is likely to be using the image forming apparatus, as a notification target to be notified of a power status of the image forming apparatus; and power status notification means for sending power status notification to the user terminal judged as the notification target, when the power status of the image forming apparatus is changed. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057911 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that is accessible from an external device even if the image forming apparatus is in a power off state, a setting unit configured that sets information on an installation status of the image forming apparatus, and a control unit that, according to the information on the installation status set by the setting unit, enables writing, in the storage unit, of information corresponding to the information on the installation status from information used by the image forming apparatus at a plurality of timing points. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057912 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION THEREOF - A method of controlling a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection of an image forming apparatus that supports the P2P connection includes: receiving in the image forming apparatus a P2P connection request from an external wireless device; checking a device type of the wireless device by the image forming apparatus; determining whether the device type corresponds to connection restricted device types; and when the device type is the connection restricted device type, blocking a P2P connection to the wireless device by the image forming apparatus, and when the device type is not the connection restricted device type, P2P connecting the image forming apparatus to the wireless device. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057913 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING JOB AUTHORITY THEREOF - A method of controlling job authority of an image forming apparatus that supports a P2P connection includes: storing a profile of a wireless device that is P2P connected to the image forming apparatus in the image forming apparatus; receiving and storing job authority information corresponding to the profile; when the wireless device requests the image forming apparatus to execute an operation, setting a job authority of the wireless device by using the profile and the job authority information; and checking the job authority of the wireless device by the image forming apparatus, and executing the requested job when the wireless device has the authority to perform the requested job. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057914 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH CONTROL PROGRAM FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has: a display unit that can switch and display a plurality of operation screens, including an operation screen to display elements constituting the operation screen in three dimensional display; a storage unit that stores image data of a page image; a receiving unit that receives a command to display the page image in the display unit; and a display control unit that, when the command is received by the receiving unit and an operation screen for displaying the page image, among the plurality of operation screens, is displayed in the display unit, generates the page image based on the image data that is stored in the storage unit, on the operation screen, as an image for two dimensional display. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057915 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus for performing printing under control of a head controller which receives image data, and which is connected to a print head for printing. The head controller includes an image data shaping unit for shaping the image data into print data corresponding to the print head, a sequence information generating unit for generating sequence information, based on the print data, showing operation at a time of printing by the print head, a data guarantee information adding unit for adding data guarantee information to the print data and the sequence information, for error detection based on the print data and the sequence information, a readout unit for reading print information including the print data, the sequence information, and the data guarantee information, and an information inspecting unit for inspecting propriety of the print information based on the data guarantee information and the sequence information read by the readout unit. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057916 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an accumulating unit to accumulate documents, a document selecting unit to receive selection of the accumulated documents to be printed, a screen displaying unit to display on a display unit a printing condition setting screen including default values for selecting plural of the accumulated documents and a list of setting items when the selection received by the document selecting unit indicates plural of the accumulated documents, a reset receiving unit to receive selection of the setting item to be changed and resetting of a default value of the selected setting item, a reset control unit to change a content of the setting item into a resetting content when the setting item is resettable or allow the content to remain unchanged when the setting item is not resettable, and a printing unit to print the accumulated document, the setting item of which is reset. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057917 | DEVICE COOPERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, FUNCTION PROVIDING METHOD - A device cooperation system includes a first device including an acquiring unit for acquiring image data, an output condition receiving unit for receiving output conditions used by the first and second devices when outputting the image data, a first important document determining unit for determining whether first important information is included in the image data, a first operation information recording unit for recording operation information of a first output unit when it is determined that the first important information is included in the image data, and a second device including a second operation information recording unit for recording operation information of a second output unit when the determination result indicating that the first important information is included in the image data is acquired from the first device. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057918 | APPARATUS COOPERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND FUNCTION PROVIDING METHOD - An apparatus cooperation system including first and second apparatuses connected via a network to share a function, the first apparatus including a first counting unit counting a number of the output objects output by the first output unit based on a first counting rule, the second apparatus including a second counting unit counting a number of the output objects output by the second output unit based on a second counting rule. Further, when an output condition to output the image data by the first apparatus and the second apparatus is accepted, the first counting unit counts a total number of the output objects output by the first output unit and the second output unit based on the first counting rule. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057919 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus acquires communication setting information for communicating with an image processing apparatus by a second communication unit via a first communication unit. In accordance with the acquired communication setting information, communication by the second communication unit is established to execute, via the second communication unit, an image processing service provided by the image processing apparatus. When establishment of communication is detected, an operation window display request for executing the image processing service is transmitted via the second communication unit. The image processing apparatus receives the operation window display request from the information processing apparatus via the second communication unit. In accordance with the received operation window display request, an operation window for executing the image processing service is displayed. Image processing for input image data is executed on the basis of the settings set via the displayed operation window. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057920 | APPARATUS THAT INHIBITS LEAVING AND FORGETTING OF ORIGINALS - Each user can use an image forming system by performing authentication through an ID card. In a case where a first user does not remove an original even though reading of the original has finished, a user ID of the first user is stored. Next, when a second user removes the original, the user ID of the second user is stored associated with the user ID of the first user. The user ID of the first user who forgot the original and the user ID of the second user who removed this original are outputted, and therefore the first user can more easily discover the original by inquiring to the second user of the whereabouts of the original. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057921 | UPDATING A SUPPORTED-SUPPLIES DATABASE OF AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to update a supported-supplies database ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057922 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing control method includes obtaining a size of a sheet to be used for printing, determining a size of a post-trimming sheet according to the obtained sheet size, specifying a print position of barcode information according to the determined sheet size, and controlling the barcode information to be printed in the specified position. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057923 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system that facilitates process of color universal design that enables people with color amblyopia to recognize color difference as image pattern without changing characteristic of coloration and gradation and people with no disabilities who look the same image to feel less discomfort. A hue determining unit | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057924 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing device including: an outline detection unit which analyzes image data to detect an outer edge pixel forming the outline of image, and to determine an edge direction of the outer edge pixel; a thinning unit which processes thinning by reducing a pixel value of the outer edge pixel; and an outline adjusting unit. The outline adjusting unit determines a correction value of front end fading to be adopted to the outer edge pixel, depending on sheet-feeding direction when the image data is printed and the edge direction of the outer edge pixel; reduces the correction value of front end fading, depending on the ratio of reduction by the thinning of the pixel value of the outer edge pixel; and corrects the front end fading by adding the reduced correction value to the pixel value of the outer edge pixel. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057925 | Real-time electronic facsimile delivery system - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computing devices and systems, as well as software, computer programs, applications, and user interfaces, and more particularly, to systems, devices and methods to facilitate real-time facsimile delivery. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057926 | IMAGE COMPENSATION IN REGIONS OF LOW IMAGE CONTRAST - To compensate an image, a profile thereof is obtained from pixel values in a marginal area of the image. A background value of the image determined from the profile and correction to the image is performed in accordance with the background value and the profile. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057927 | MOBILE DEVICE PHOTO SCANNER - A mobile device photo scanner is disclosed. The mobile device photo canner includes a cradle portion configured and arranged to hold a mobile device. The cradle has an opening therethrough configured and arranged to align with a built-in camera of the mobile device. A shroud depends from the cradle portion forming an enclosure beneath the cradle portion and centered beneath the opening, such that a user may use the built-in camera of the mobile device to scan a photograph placed within the shroud portion. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057928 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit that, after reading an image of a first side of a first document and an image of a first side of a second document, reads an image of a second side of the first document and an image of a second side of the second document, and an output unit configured to output the image of the first side of the first document read by the reading unit, store the image of the second side of the first document read by the reading unit in a storage unit, and after outputting the image of the first side of the second document read by the reading unit, output the image of the second side of the first document stored in the storage unit, and output the image of the second side of the second document read by the reading unit. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057929 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is an image reading apparatus, including: a placing member on which an original is to be placed; a reading section arranged so as to be opposed to the original across the placing member and reading an image of the original placed on the placing member; a casing which supports an outer peripheral edge portion of the placing member; and a support member supporting a portion other than the outer peripheral edge portion of the placing member, the support member including an abutment portion abutting against the casing, the support member being capable of supporting the placing member under a state in which the abutment portion abuts against the casing. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057930 | PAPER PROCESSING APPARATUS - A paper processing apparatus equipped with a paper transferor for sequentially transferring paper sheets while maintaining a predetermined interval between a certain paper sheet and the next paper sheet; a paper position detector for detecting the position of a paper sheet; a plurality of processors for performing processing for the paper sheet; an information reader for reading information relating to processing to be performed for the paper sheet; and a controller for controlling operations relating to the paper transferor, the paper position detector, the plurality of processors, and the information reader, wherein upon judging that the certain paper sheet has passed through a certain processor, the controller carries out control to adjust the widthwise position of the certain processor so as to be adapted for the processing for the next paper sheet. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057931 | SWIPE LINEAR IMAGE SENSOR WITH ANALOG AND DIGITAL SUMMATION AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - The invention relates to scanning linear image sensors with signal integration, in which an image of a line of points from an observed scene is reconstructed by the addition of successive images taken by a plurality of photosensitive lines which successively observe the same line of the scene as the scene moves across the sensor perpendicularly to the lines. The sensor according to the invention uses charge transfer pixels (P | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057932 | Image Readers - An image reader is provided, which includes a feed tray that has a loading surface and is swingable around a first swing axis parallel to a width direction of a document sheet placed on the feed tray between a first position where the loading surface is directed downward above a housing and a second position where the loading surface is directed upward at an upstream side relative to the housing in the feeding direction, a first opening formed between the housing and the feed tray placed in the second position, the first opening being configured such that an inside of the housing communicates with an outside of the housing therethrough, a second opening formed in a position higher than a power supply unit and lower than the first opening inside the housing, and a communication path through which the first opening communicates with the second opening. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057933 | SCANNER - A scanner is provided with a main body, hinge, cover member, and plurality of sets of pins and pin holes. The main body includes a transparent plate on the top surface for placing a document. The hinge connects the main body and the cover member. The cover member rotates between an opened and closed state with respect to the main body. The cover member has a bottom surface, which contacts the top surface of the main body when closed. The pins are fanned on either the top surface of the main body or the bottom surface of the cover member, while the pin holes are formed on the opposing surface. The plurality of sets adjusts a positional relationship between the main body and the cover member in the closed state. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057934 | IMAGE EDITING SYSTEM, IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND IMAGE EDITING PROGRAM - An image layout apparatus includes a cropping unit, a displaying unit, a checking unit, first and second computing units, a noticing unit, and a preventing unit. The cropping unit crops an image file image. The displaying unit displays and arranges cropped images on a page. The checking unit checks whether first and second image files are same. The first computing unit computes, in response to the first image file and the second image file being the same, an overlapping area between a first displayed image and a second displayed image. The second computing unit computes overlapping size ratio of the computed overlapping area. The noticing unit notices, in response to the first image file and the second image file being the same, information regarding duplication of image files. The preventing unit prevents, in response to the computed overlapping size ratio being smaller than a predetermined value, noticing the information. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057935 | APPARATUS FOR THE EXACT RECONSTRUCTION OF THE OBJECT WAVE IN OFF-AXIS DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY - A method for preparing a digital hologram representing an image of an object, which includes generating a measurement beam and a first reference beam, irradiating the object by the measurement beam and guiding the measurement beam reflected to an optical sensor. The method also includes guiding the first reference beam to a first mirror, extending under an angle different from 90° with the optical axis of the first reference beam, and guiding the reflected beam to the optical sensor so that both beams generate an interference pattern on the sensor. The method further includes reading out the sensor and providing a digital signal representing the interference pattern on the optical sensor, and processing the signal to obtain a digital hologram. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057936 | VIBRATION-ACTUATED MICRO MIRROR DEVICE - A vibration-actuated micro mirror device comprises a substrate, a swinging frame, a reflection mirror, and a vibration part. The swinging frame is rotatably arranged within a first accommodating space formed on the substrate. The reflection mirror is rotatably arranged within a second accommodating space formed on the swinging frame. The vibration part further comprises a plate coupled to the substrate, and a first and a second vibration structures. The first and the second vibration structures are coupled to the plate and are spaced a distance away from each other, wherein the first vibration structure receives a first driving signal having a first frequency and the second vibration structure receives a second driving signal having a second frequency smaller than the first frequency, thereby enabling the swinging frame to rotate about the first axis while enabling the reflection mirror to rotate about the second axis. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057937 | AUTOMATED SHADE CONTROL IN CONNECTION WITH ELECTROCHROMIC GLASS - Automated shade systems may comprise controllers that use algorithms to control operation of the automated shade control system and components thereof, for example window coverings, glass having variable characteristics, and so forth. These algorithms may include information such as: 3-D models of a building and surrounding structures, shadow information, reflectance information, lighting and radiation information, information regarding one or more variable characteristics of glass, clear sky algorithms, log information related to manual overrides, occupant preference information, motion information, real-time sky conditions, solar radiation on a building, a total foot-candle load on a structure, brightness overrides, actual and/or calculated BTU load, time-of-year information, and microclimate analysis. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057938 | DISPLAY ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention includes light valve section ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057939 | ELECTROCHROMIC GLAZING WITH SERIES CONNECTED CELLS, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - An electrochromic glazing containing: a substrate including a layer structure thereon, which contains a first and second electrode layer, between which a first and second electrochemically active layer are situated, which each reversibly incorporate ions, wherein the first active layer contains an electrochromic material and the two active layers are separated from each other by an electrolyte layer, the layer structure being subdivided into series-connected electrochromic cells by a transition zone comprising: a first trench; a second trench; and a third trench between the first and second trenches, wherein the first and second trenches subdivide the first and second electrode layers into first electrode sections electrically insulated from each other and second electrode sections electrically insulated from each other, respectively, and the third trench is filled with an electrically conductive material, by which the first and second electrode sections of the cells adjacent the transition zone are electrically connected. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057940 | SURFACTANT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A surfactant includes a hydrophobic functional group, a hydrophilic functional group and a linker disposed between the hydrophobic functional group and the hydrophilic functional group, and the linker is connected to the hydrophobic functional group and the hydrophilic functional group. The linker has a cleavable bond with a bond energy lower than a bond energy of a bond included in the hydrophilic functional group and a bond included in the hydrophobic functional group. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057941 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for making a support plate for an electrowetting device includes providing the support plate with a hydrophobic layer; arranging a pattern of hydrophilic material on the hydrophobic layer; and removing a surface layer of the hydrophobic layer by a solvent. The electrowetting device may include a support plate with a hydrophobic layer having a thickness, and a pattern of hydrophilic material arranged on a first area of the hydrophobic layer, the thickness of the hydrophobic layer being larger within the first area than outside the first area. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057942 | COLOR DISPLAY DEVICES - The present invention is directed to a color display comprising an electrophoretic fluid comprising two types of pigment particles of contrasting colors and carrying opposite charge polarities dispersed in a clear and colorless solvent, wherein said electrophoretic fluid is sandwiched between a common electrode and a plurality of colored sub-pixel electrodes or colored pixel electrodes. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057943 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICE - An electronic paper display device includes an electronic paper display panel, and a functional layer. The electronic paper display panel includes a common electrode layer and a display surface. The functional layer is located on the display surface and includes a carbon nanotube touching functional layer. A distance between the common electrode layer and the carbon nanotube touching functional layer is above 100 microns and equal to or less than 2 millimeters. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057944 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A flat panel display apparatus includes a first substrate; a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate, barrier walls disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and partitioning unit pixels, first electrodes disposed on a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate and located in the respective unit pixels, black matrices disposed on the surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate and corresponding to the barrier walls, second electrodes disposed in regions corresponding to the black matrices between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an electrophoretic dispersion solution disposed in the unit pixels and comprising charged pigment particles and a fluid in which the charged pigment particles are dispersed. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057945 | OPTICAL-PATH-SWITCHING APPARATUS AND LIGHT SIGNAL OPTICAL-PATH-SWITCHING METHOD - An optical-path-switching apparatus according to the present invention includes a reducing optical system capable of guiding signal light and control light along the direction of gravity into a thermal-lens-forming optical element having an incidence plane positioned to be perpendicular to the direction of gravity in such a way as to differentiate respective convergence points in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. The apparatus further includes a light-receiving unit configured to converge or condense straight-traveling signal light in the absence of irradiation with the control light and signal light whose optical path has been switched due to irradiation with the control light using the same optical element. Further, the apparatus includes a wedge-type prism provided at a passing position of the optical-path-switched signal light to increase the distance between the optical axis of the optical-path-changed signal light and the optical axis of the straight-traveling signal light. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057946 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHODS - Methods, systems and apparatus for manipulating electromagnetic radiation such as laser beams. A method and apparatus for correcting magnification chromatic aberration utilises one or more dispersive lenses such that long wavelength components are magnified less than short wavelength components. A telecentric relay is preferred to achieve this aim. Further, the use of polarisers to block the undesired zeroth order components of diffraction emanating from acousto-optic deflectors (AODs) is disclosed. Furthermore, specific designs of AOD including narrow transducer AODs which produce a diverging acoustic wave and AODs having two transducers and a selection switch are disclosed. Further, the invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for allowing the wavelength of radiation to be changed, for providing a user selectable degree of compensation, for providing a scanning and/or a pointing system and for providing a compact system that does not require telecentric relays between adjacent acousto-optic deflectors. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057947 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MEDIUM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The instant invention relates to mesogenic media exhibiting a blue phase, comprising two or more components selected from the following components, components A to C, | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057948 | BIDIRECTIONAL OPTICAL AMPLIFIER - A bidirectional optical amplifier ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057949 | HIGH-POWER PULSED LIGHT GENERATOR - A high-power pulse light generator includes: a master oscillator generating oscillated pulse light in synchronization with a master clock signal; an optical amplifier amplifying the oscillated pulse light output from the master oscillator and outputting high-power pulsed light; a driving unit driving a pumping semiconductor laser in synchronization with the master clock signal; and a control unit controlling the driving unit so that the driving current to be supplied to the pumping semiconductor laser becomes lower than or equal to a set value at which the pumping semiconductor laser is not in a laser oscillation state when returning light from an irradiated body with the high-power pulsed light reaches the pumping semiconductor laser connected to the optical amplifier, the control unit determining a timing of the control in accordance with an optical path length between the irradiated body and the pumping semiconductor laser. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057950 | OPTICAL LENS WITH ANTI-REFLECTION FILM AND LENS MODULE - An optical lens includes a lens body and an anti-reflection film. The lens body includes an optically effective portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the optically effective portion. The optically effective portion is configured for transmitting light therethrough. The optically effective portion has a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first and second surfaces each have a curvature of greater than zero. The anti-reflection film is formed on the first surface of the optically effective portion. A reflectivity of the anti-reflection film to light rays has wavelengths in a range from about 400 nm to about 850 nm being lower than 2%. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057951 | SOLAR CONTROL GLAZING WITH LOW SOLAR FACTOR - The present invention relates to a substrate carrying a multilayer solar control stack, as well as to a multiple glazing incorporating at least one such sheet of glassy material carrying a solar control stack. The multilayer solar control stack comprises at least n functional layers based on a material which reflects infrared radiation and (n+1) transparent dielectric coatings such that each functional layer is surrounded by transparent dielectric coatings, n being greater than or equal to 3. The stack comprises at least one layer of metallic nature absorbing in the radiation which is visible inside the stack. The invention applies particularly to the formation of solar control glazings with low solar factor. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057952 | SUBSTRATE MADE OF AN ALUMINUM-SILICON ALLOY OR CRYSTALLINE SILICON, METAL MIRROR, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a substrate made of an aluminium-silicon alloy or crystalline silicon to which a polishable layer is applied and also to a metal mirror which comprises this substrate. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for the production of metal mirrors and also the use of the metal mirror according to the invention. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057953 | NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSCOPE - A nonlinear optical microscope includes: a light source unit emitting pulsed light having a wavelength of 1200 nm or more and having a pulse width of several tens through several hundreds of femtoseconds; an objective emitting the pulsed light from the light source unit to a sample and having a working distance of 2 mm or more; and an immersion liquid filling the space between the sample and the objective and having an internal transmittance higher than an internal transmittance of pure water with respect to the wavelength of the pulsed light emitted from the light source unit. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057954 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The three-dimensional image display apparatus includes a display unit having display pixels arranged in rows and columns, and configured to display right-eye images and left-eye images alternately at every other column. Lenticular lenses with positive refractive power are provided corresponding to respective columns of the display pixels. The lenticular lenses and the columns of the display pixels are the same in number. The lenticular lenses collimate light representing the right-eye images and light representing the left-eye images. A deflection optical element deflects the collimated light representing the right-eye images and the collimated light representing the left-eye images toward right-eye and left-eye three-dimensional viewing areas. The deflection optical element includes a plurality of planes extending in a direction of the columns of the display pixels and inclined relative to a normal line of the display unit. The planes and the columns of the display pixels are the same in number. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057955 | ANTI-GLARE FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME, POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an anti-glare film having an excellent anti-glare property, and sufficiently suppressing white muddiness and scintillation, generation of cracks in a process for attaching the films to polarizing elements and a fabrication process of liquid crystal cells, and changes of an anti-glare property over time, even if the film is used in a high definition display. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057956 | ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL, OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND MULTILAYER DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT - An organic-inorganic composite material contains a cured material of an organic-inorganic composition containing a resin component, fine particles of a transparent conductive substance, and a polymerization initiator. Refractive properties of the Abbe number νd and anomalous dispersion θg, F of the organic-inorganic composite material are within a range surrounded by (νd, θg, F)=(16, 0.50), (16, 0.40), (23, 0.50), (23, 0.47). The content of the fine particles of the transparent conductive substance in the organic-inorganic composite material is from 7.7% to 20.0% by volume. The resin component contains a compound represented by the following formula: | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057957 | LENS MODULE WITH ANTI-REFLECTION FILM - A lens module includes a lens barrel, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and two spacers. The lens barrel includes an object-side end and an image-side end. The first, second, and third lenses are received in the lens barrel and arranged in that order from the object-side to the image-side. The second lens includes an object-side surface facing the object-side end and an image-side surface facing the image side end. An anti-reflection film is coated on the image-side surface of the second lens. The reflectance of the anti-reflection film to light rays having wavelength in a range from about 700 nm to about 740 nm is lower than about 2.25%. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057958 | LAMINATE - The laminate of an embodiment is a laminate including an antireflection film and a protection film bonded onto the antireflection film, wherein the surface of the antireflection film includes a plurality of protrusions; the protection film includes a supporting film and an adhesive layer; the adhesive layer includes an adhesive agent, a copolymer, and a carboxyl group-containing monomer; the weight average molecular weight of the copolymer is 1000000 or more and 2000000 or less; the copolymer includes the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester with the alkyl group having 4 or less carbon atoms in the largest weight proportion among the monomer components; the acid number of the copolymer is 16 mg KOH/g or more and 120 mg KOH/g or less; and the mixing amount of the epoxy cross-linking agent in relation to 100 parts by weight of the copolymer is 1.5 parts by weight or more. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057959 | HIGHLY DISPERSIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH BINARY TRANSMISSIBILITY - The current application is directed to a new, highly dispersive optical element that is characterized by binary transmissibility. Various alternative implementations of the new optical element (“NOE”) are fashioned from semiconductor materials, including binary III-V and II-VI semiconductor materials. When applied as components within various optical devices and systems, the NOEs are fashioned to have shapes that provide high dispersion at non-extreme exit angles. The NOEs are additionally coated with multiple anti-reflective coatings which facilitate high transmission, in excess of 90 percent, across a wide range of visible and infrared wavelengths. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057960 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, METHOD OF FORMING OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT ARRAY, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided an optical element including first and second substrates that are disposed to face each other; a pair of wall portions that are erected on an inner surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate to be adjacent to each other in a first direction and extend in a second direction different from the first direction; first and second electrodes that are disposed on wall surfaces of the pair of wall portions to be insulated from each other and face each other and are provided to be apart from the first substrate; an insulating film that covers the first and second electrodes; a third electrode that is provided on an inner surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate; and a polar liquid and a non-polar liquid that are sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate and have different refractive indexes. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057961 | DISPLAY, INSTRUMENT PANEL, OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT - A multiple depth display provided for displaying images at different depths comprises a single display device ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057962 | ZOOM LENS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes an aperture diaphragm, and a plurality of lens units including a negative lens unit arranged on a light incident side of the aperture diaphragm, the zoom lens being configured to make variable a focal length by changing an interval in the plurality of lens units. The negative lens unit includes a negative lens having a radial type refractive index distribution and a concave surface on the light incident side. The negative lens has a wavelength dispersion distribution in which a differential value is negative on an optical axis of the zoom lens, and the differential value increases at a position that is more distant from the optical axis. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057963 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - Provided is a lens apparatus in which a plurality of lenses are formed, including: a housing filled with a first liquid and a second liquid that do not mix with each other; a partition to divide the inside of the housing into a plurality of regions, each of the regions being filled with one of the first liquid and the second liquid; and a pressure control section that controls the internal pressure of the region filled with the first liquid, where the partition is provided with a plurality of openings, in which a plurality of lenses having different characteristics from each other are formed by the interface between the first liquid and the second liquid, and the regions inside the housing filled with the first liquid are linked to each other so that the first liquid can move therebetween. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057964 | ZOOM LENS - An embodiment of this invention provides a zoom lens that primarily comprises, in order from an object side to an image-forming side, a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having positive refractive power. The second lens group comprises several lenses, in which the focal length of the first lens from the object side is efl3, the focal length of the second lens from the object side is efl4, and efl3 and efl4 satisfy: 0| 2013-03-07 | |
| 20130057965 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel includes a rotational drive source, a lead screw that is provided parallel with an optical axis, and rotates by rotation of the drive source, a lens frame that moves in an optical axis direction, a distance ring that rotates around the optical axis by receiving a manual operation, a guide spur gear that rotates by receiving the rotation of the distance ring, and a nut that is screwed onto the lead screw, wherein when the distance ring is rotated, the nut rotates on the lead screw by being linked with the rotation of the guide spur gear, and moves on the lead screw to press the lens frame in the optical axis direction. When the lead screw rotates by the rotation of the rotational drive source, the nut moves on the lead screw to press the lens frame in the optical axis direction. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057966 | IMAGE LENS SYSTEM - This invention provides an image lens system in order from an object side to an image side comprising: a positive first lens element with a convex object-side surface; a negative second lens element; a plastic third lens element with a concave image-side surface, both the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; a positive plastic fourth lens element with a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, both surfaces thereof being aspheric; and a negative plastic fifth lens element with a concave image-side surface, both the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric, at least one inflection point is formed on at least one of the two surfaces thereof; wherein there are air distances between each of lens elements. By such arrangement, not only the photosensitivity and total track length of the system can be reduced, but also better image quality can be obtained. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057967 | PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY - An photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with negative refractive power including a convex object-side surface, a second lens element with positive refractive power, a third lens element with positive refractive power including a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, a fourth lens element with negative refractive power includes a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, and a fifth lens element with positive refractive power including an image-side surface, an object-side surface and at least one inflection point. At least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element is aspheric. By adjusting the photographing optical lens assembly, the total length of the photographing optical lens assembly is reduced, the aberration is corrected, and the image quality is improved. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057968 | IMAGE CAPTURING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY - An image capturing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The third lens element with refractive power has a concave object-side surface, wherein the surfaces of the third lens element are aspheric. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power, wherein two surfaces of the fourth lens element are aspheric. The fifth lens element has refractive power, wherein two surfaces of the fifth lens element are aspheric, and the fifth lens element has at least one inflection point formed on at least one surface thereof. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057969 | WIDE-ANGLE IMAGING LENS MODULE - The wide-angle imaging lens module includes four lenses arranged from an object side to an image side in a sequence of: the first lens, having a positive refractive power, a convex surface on the object side and at least one aspheric surface; a diaphragm; the second lens, having a positive refractive power, a concave surface on the object side and at least one aspheric surface; the third lens, having a positive refractive power, a concave surface on the object side and at least one aspheric surface; the fourth lens, having a negative refractive power, a convex surface on the object side and at least one aspheric surface. The first and the second lenses perform a symmetry concave, providing the wider field of view angle and the larger aperture. A structural design that allows lenses to restrain better aberrations performances of aspheric surfaces further provides high-definition and high imaging qualities. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057970 | IMAGE LENS WITH HIGH RESOLUTION, LOW CHROMATIC ABERRATION, AND LONG FLANGE BACK DISTANCE - An image lens includes a first lens and a second lens. The first lens includes a first and a second surfaces. The second lens includes a third and a fourth surfaces. The image lens satisfies: FB/TTL>0.23; G | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057971 | PANORAMIC IMAGING LENS AND PANORAMIC IMAGING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Provided is a panoramic imaging lens including a first lens piece and a second lens piece. The panoramic imaging lens realizes reduced complexity and cost of manufacturing, and stray rays causing flare or ghost phenomenon are suppressed by cutting a side of the second lens piece, thereby improving image quality. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057972 | SINGLE FOCUS LENS SYSTEM AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A single focus lens system and a photographing apparatus including the single focus lens system are disclosed. A single focus lens system is provided that includes a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a stop, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, sequentially arranged in order from an object side, wherein the first lens group comprises first and second air lenses having a negative refractive power, a meniscus shape and a convex surface toward the object side, and the second lens group comprises a lens that has a positive refractive power, is disposed closest to the object side, and has a convex surface toward the object side. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057973 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; and a fourth and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. The first lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface is positive and the second lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface and a curvature radius of an image plane-side surface are positive. The third lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface is positive, and the fifth lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface and a curvature radius of an image plane-side surface are both positive. An Abbe's number from the first and the third to the fifth lens is greater than 45, and an Abbe's number of the second lens is less than 35. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057974 | LENS MODULE SOCKET - A lens module socket includes an insulating housing, a plurality of conductive terminals, an inner shielding shell and an outer shielding shell. The insulating housing has an accommodating space therein for receiving the lens module and a plurality of buckling grooves distributed at outsides of corresponding side walls thereof. The conductive terminals are assembled in the insulating housing. The inner shielding shell surrounds the insulating housing, and has a plurality of side plates which define a plurality of through-holes corresponding to the respective buckling grooves. The outer shielding shell covered on the insulating housing includes a top plate and a plurality of lateral plates extending downward from a periphery of the top plate and defining a plurality of openings. A buckling arm is extended upward and bent inward from a bottom of each opening to be buckled in the corresponding buckling groove through the through-hole. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057975 | POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS AND LENS BARREL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME - Position detecting apparatus that has a high detecting precision and a lens barrel assembly including the same are disclosed. A position detecting apparatus is provided that includes a base; a magnetic scale spaced apart from the base by a first predetermined distance and movable in a first direction; a first adjustment portion coupled to the base to adjust a second distance from the base; and a sensor rotatably coupled to the first adjustment portion and that senses a change in a position of the magnetic scale. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057976 | Pair of External Vehicle Mirrors - A pair of external vehicle mirrors with a driver-side external vehicle mirror and a passenger-side external vehicle mirror are provided. Each have a mirror foot and a mirror housing pivotably attached, in which an adjustable mirror glass is arranged. The mirror housings of the two external vehicle mirrors are constructed symmetrically, so that an identical oncoming wind flow situation is achieved, and that on a rear side of the two mirror housings there is arranged a mask encompassing the mirror glass, the mask of the driver-side external vehicle mirror being formed asymmetrically to the mask of the passenger-side external vehicle mirror. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057977 | MAGNETIC RECORDING REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - In information recording areas of a disc-shaped magnetic recording medium, recording columns adjacent to each other relative to a radial direction are formed to partially overlap with each other in the radial direction. A first recording and a second recording are selectively performed. In the first recording, a first recording column, a second recording column (the outer adjacent recording column of the first recording column) and a third recording column (the outer adjacent recording column of the second recording column) are formed so that the radial positions of the inner and outer circumferential edges of the first recording column, those of a second recording column, and those of a third recording column satisfy R | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057978 | MAGNETIC RECORDING REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - In an information recording area of a disc-shaped magnetic recording medium, recording columns adjacent to each other relative to a radial direction are formed so as to partially overlap with each other in the radial direction. Each recording column has an overlapping portion which partially overlaps with either of the adjacent recording columns in the radial direction, and a non-overlapping portion which does not overlap with any of the recording columns in the radial direction. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057979 | LIBRARY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - A library device in which, even if the relation between the number of pulses of a stepping motor and an encoder count number changes, a movement distance of a medium transfer means can be verified by an encoder count number counted by an encoder sensor is provided. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057980 | MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS - The strength of a magnetic field applied from a main pole to an oscillator and the strength of a magnetic field applied from the main pole to a recording medium are improved in a magnetic recording head for microwave assisted recording. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057981 | SHINGLED MAGNETIC RECORDING (SMR) HEAD WITH BENT TRAILING SHIELD AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION THEREOF - In one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a main pole, a trailing shield positioned near a trailing side of the main pole, a side shield positioned near both sides of the main pole in a cross-track direction, a leading shield positioned near a leading side of the main pole, and a gap positioned between the main pole and the shields, characterized in that Sg | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130057982 | DISC CONVEYING DEVICE - A disc conveying device includes a route adjuster which is pressed and turned by a disc-shaped recording medium being conveyed in a direction orthogonal to a central axis direction in a lead-in direction of being extracted and led in from a disc cartridge and an ejecting direction of being stored in the disc cartridge after being ejected; wherein a positioning groove is formed to the route adjuster, in which a peripheral portion of the disc-shaped recording medium is inserted at the time of the disc-shaped recording medium being conveyed, so as to position the disc-shaped recording medium. | 2013-03-07 |
