| 18th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
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| 20140118749 | ACOUSTIC SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - There is used an acoustic signal receiving apparatus including a wavelength-tunable light source for irradiating measurement light, a controller for controlling a wavelength of the measurement light, a Fabry-Perot probe having a first mirror on a side where the measurement light enters, a second mirror on a side where an elastic wave from an object enters, and a spacer film positioned between the first and second mirrors and deforms in response to the elastic wave, an array photosensor for detecting a reflected light amount of the measurement light by the Fabry-Perot probe, and a signal processor for acquiring an intensity of the incident elastic wave based on a change in the reflected light amount. The controller sweeps the wavelength of the measurement light, and the signal processor determines the wavelength based on the reflected light amount at each wavelength subjected to the sweep. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118750 | Method and Configuration for Depth Resolved Optical Detection of an Illuminated Specimen - A method and a configuration for the depth-resolved optical detection of a specimen, in which a specimen or a part of the specimen is scanned by means of preferably linear illumination. The illumination of the specimen is periodically structured in the focus in at least one spatial direction. Light coming from the specimen is detected and images of the specimen are generated. At least one optical sectional image and/or one image with enhanced resolution is calculated through the specimen. Images are repeatedly acquired and sectional images are repeatedly blended while changing the orientation of the linear illumination relative to the specimen and/or spatial intervals between lines exposed to detection light from the illuminated specimen region are generated for the line-by-line non-descanned detection on an area detector or a camera and/or, during a scan, light is further deflected upstream of the detector through the line in the direction of the scan of the specimen. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118751 | PECVD PROCESS - A method of processing a substrate according to a PECVD process is described. Temperature profile of the substrate is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Plasma density profile is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Chamber surfaces exposed to the plasma are heated to improve plasma density uniformity and reduce formation of low quality deposits on chamber surfaces. In situ metrology may be used to monitor progress of a deposition process and trigger control actions involving substrate temperature profile, plasma density profile, pressure, temperature, and flow of reactants. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118752 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which generates, from first image data having a first resolution, second image data having a second resolution lower than the first resolution, comprises: a determination unit configured to determine a pixel of interest in the first image data based on the first resolution and the second resolution; a selection unit configured to select one of a plurality of filters in accordance with a position of the pixel of interest in the first image data that has been determined by the determination unit; and a generation unit configured to generate second image data having the second resolution by performing filter processing for a region including the pixel of interest by using the filter selected by the selection unit. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118753 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a document reading section, a recording medium size selecting section, a large-size document identifying section, and an image forming area setting section. The recording medium size selecting section is configured to select a size of recording media for use in forming images from image data sets of original documents. The large-size document identifying section is configured to identify an image data set greater in document size than a predetermined document size. The image forming area setting section is configured to, for the image data set of greater document size, set an entire imageable area of a recording medium to an image forming area and, for the image data set of the predetermined document size, set one half of the imageable area of a recording medium to an image forming area in a layout for booklet printing. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118754 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A device generating a drawing to be output determines a scale of the drawing based on a size of an output area and generates a drawing to be output based on the determined scale. In this way, a drawing with an appropriate scale can be generated. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118755 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - Color shifting correction is performed first based on shifting amount information indicating a shifting amount with respect to the scanning direction on an image carrier of each image forming unit, and halftone processing is then performed, thus suppressing caused by color shifting correction, and forming a high-quality image. An image forming engine has color shifting amount storage units storing actual shifting amounts with respect to ideal scan directions on image carriers in image forming units. Color shifting correction amount arithmetic units calculate color shifting correction amounts for respective color components using stored color shifting amounts. Color shifting correction units perform color shifting correction by converting coordinates upon reading image data from bitmap memories using calculated color shifting correction amounts, and perform tone correction. Data after tone correction undergo halftone processing. PWM processors generate PWM signals for scanning, and output them to exposure units of respective image forming units. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118756 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A CUSTOMIZED IMAGE ON A WEB OF MATERIAL - A method allowing a customer to provide a customized design on a web of material involves the steps of giving the customer access to a database containing graphic image data, allowing the customer to select or manipulate the graphic image data contained in the database to obtain a desired graphic image; and allowing a third party to gain access to the desired graphic image to apply the desired graphic image on the web of material. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118757 | METHOD OF PRINTING A PANORAMIC PRINT - A method of making a panoramic image includes capturing a first image ( | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118758 | METHOD FOR CREATING A COPY IMAGE AND REPRODUCTION SYSTEM - A method creates a copy image from a hardcopy original on a reproduction system including a display. The method includes displaying a predetermined digital image according to image parameters set with initial image parameter values, reading out image parameter values entered by a user for replacing the initial image parameter values and characterizing the hardcopy original, displaying the predetermined digital image in accordance with the read-out image parameter values, determining a first conversion of image parameters mapping the initial image parameter values to the read-out image parameter values, determining a second conversion of image parameters by inverting the first conversion, scanning the hardcopy original resulting in scan-bound image parameter values, applying the second conversion to the scan-bound image parameter values resulting in converted image parameter values, and creating the copy image by taking into account the converted image parameter values. A reproduction system is configured for applying the method. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118759 | PROCESSING IMAGE DATA STRIPS IN COLUMNAR REGIONS - An apparatus and methods for processing image data in which an image pipeline serially processes columnar regions of a multi-row strip of the image data. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118760 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus and an image forming method are provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a communication interface which receives printing data; a storage which stores a plurality of symbol set tables; a searcher which, if the printing data is a text document, searches for a symbol set table to be applied to the text document among the plurality of symbol set tables stored in the storage; a user interface (UI) which displays a preview image of the searched symbol set table and receives a selection of whether the searched symbol set table is to be applied; and an image former which performs a print job with respect to the text document by using the selected symbol set table. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118761 | OPTIMIZED FONT SUBSETTING FOR A PRINT PATH - Subject matter described herein is directed to providing font-rendering information (e.g., XPS file) that is usable to print a document. For example, a font file is received that defines a font type included in the document. A determination is made that a quantity of pages of the document does not exceed a subsetting-optimization threshold. When the quantity of pages does not exceed the threshold, a subsetted font file of the font type is generated. The subsetted file is provided, such as via the spool file, to a print subsystem. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118762 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium; an inverting transport unit to invert first and second surfaces of the recording medium, and front and rear ends of the recording medium to transport the inverted recording medium; a recording medium width measuring unit to measure an end position of the recording medium in a width direction orthogonal to a transporting direction of the recording medium at a measuring position having an approximately identical distance from one end of the recording medium in the transporting direction before and after the image is formed on the recording medium; and a correcting unit to correct an image to be formed on a subsequent recording medium based on a change in a shape of the recording medium computed based on a measured result from the recording medium width measuring unit. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118763 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a document size detecting section, a recording medium size selecting section, and a control section. When one of a pair of image data sets to be placed on both sides of a common recording medium by image formation of the image forming section is greater in length of the document size detected by the document size detecting section than the other, the recording medium size selecting section selects, as a size of the recording medium for the pair of image data sets, a size greater in length than the other image data set. When the other image data set is to be formed as an image on a page preceding the one image data set, the control section allows the image forming section to form the image on an area from a leading edge to a middle of the recording medium. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118764 | SMART MOBILE DEVICE HOLDER ON MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER - A multifunction printer includes a printing apparatus including: a printing device; a media advance system for advancing recording medium for printing on by the printing device; a controller for controlling the operation of the multifunction printer; an image capture platform; a lid having a closed position in which the lid covers the image capture platform, and an open position in which a front edge of the lid is raised above the image capture platform; a holder for a smart mobile device, the holder being mounted proximate the front edge of the lid; and a proximity device for identifying a particular smart mobile device that is placed in the holder. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118765 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO PROCESS PRINT JOB DATA IN DEEP SLEEP MODE AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of processing print job data received in a deep sleep mode by an image forming apparatus which performs a print job based on authentication includes: detecting a wakeup event at at least one external input port included in the image forming apparatus, parsing print job data while maintaining the deep sleep mode if the wakeup event is reception of the print job data, checking whether an authentication field value for performing authentication exists in the parsed print job data, and ignoring the wakeup event and keeping the deep sleep mode if the authentication field value does not exist based on the checking. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118766 | HOST DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF THE HOST DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - There are provided a host device, a driving method of the host device, an image forming device, an image forming method, and a computer-readable recording medium. The host device includes a monitoring unit to monitor whether an image forming job is executed, a controller to control the host device to request an image forming device to send job table information for the image forming job, to receive the job table information from the image forming device, and to transmit a user's account information input to an interface window and job information regarding the image forming job to the image forming device, and an interface unit to request and receive the job table information, to transmit the user's account information and the job information, and to display the interface window, such that the controller requests the job table information according to the result of the monitoring by the monitoring unit. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118767 | HOST DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE HOST DEVICE - A host device connected to image scanning devices and a method of controlling the host device is provided. The host device includes an interface connected to a plurality of image scanning devices, a storage storing an integrated driver that supports a plurality of drivers corresponding to a plurality of applications, and a controller controlling the integrated driver that supports the plurality of drivers to execute the driver corresponding to the application if the application is executed in the host device. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118768 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of devices configured to perform different job processing, a control unit configured to control job processing performed by each device, a reception unit configured to receive an instruction for causing the control unit to shift to a state where the job processing is capable of being performed, and a power control unit configured to, when the control unit is shifted to a stand-by state in response to receiving the instruction, supply a power to a device specified based on a job processing function corresponding to an initial screen to be displayed. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118769 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR DATA PROCESSING APPARATUSES - Image processing systems include image processing apparatuses and information processing apparatuses. Image processing apparatuses include first and second communication devices, which communicate using first and second communication protocols, respectively. Information processing apparatuses include third and fourth communication devices, which communicate using the first and second communication protocols, respectively. First and third communication devices communicate therebetween using the first communication protocol to transmit connection information therebetween. The connection information includes information for establishing communication using the second communication protocol. Second and fourth communication devices use the connection information to establish communication therebetween using the second communication protocol to transmit image data therebetween. Image processing apparatuses and information processing apparatuses start processes for completing a job prior to second and fourth communication devices establishing communication therebetween using the second communication protocol. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118770 | METHOD OF MANAGING PROGRAMS IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of managing programs that perform functions that have been previously performed according to a user setting regarding image forming job, based on user information by generating the programs that perform functions that have been previously performed according to the user setting; confirming user information of a user; and storing the generated programs with the confirmed user information and information regarding the generated programs in a storage unit. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118771 | NETWORK CONTROLLER, NETWORK CONTROLLING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A network controller includes a communication portion, a disconnection portion, a change portion, and a re-linking portion. The communication portion is capable of communicating with another network device via a network. The disconnection portion temporarily disconnects communication from the communication portion to the other network device when a sleep signal instructing a shift from a normal state to a sleep state is received. The change portion changes a speed of the disconnected communication from the communication portion to the other network device, to a communication speed lower than a communication speed in the normal state. The re-linking portion causes the communication portion to communicate with the other network device at the changed communication speed. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118772 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a controlling method thereof are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a communication interface unit which is connected to a server where on-line output quota information set for each user is stored, a storage unit which stores off-line output quota information received from the server, a controller which, when a job command is input in an on-line state where communication with the server is available, determines whether to perform a job based on on-line output quota information stored in the server, and when the job command is input in an off-line state where communication with the server is cut off, determines whether to perform a job based on the off-line output quota information stored in the storage unit, and an image forming unit which, when job performance is determined by the controller, performs an image forming job corresponding to the job command. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118773 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing apparatus includes: a generating unit that generates a print job including one or more print data, first information indicating the one or more print data divided into multiple units for which respective print conditions when printing is executed are set, and second information indicating the print conditions; an accepting unit that accepts designation input which designates a print range of a specified job indicating a print job specified from among one or more print jobs; a determining unit that determines whether a unit is included in the print range with respect to each of units indicated by first information included in the specified job; and an output control unit that performs control, as for a unit determined to be partially included in the print range by the determining unit, so as to output options to set a print condition for the unit. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118774 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INSTRUCTION EXECUTION METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that connects to a device. The image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores, for each types of page description languages for describing printing data, permission information indicating whether execution of a control command described in the corresponding page description language is allowed; a receiving unit that receives the control command transmitted from the device; a determination unit that determines whether the execution of the control command is allowed for the image forming apparatus, based on the permission information being stored in the storage unit; and a controller that controls the image forming apparatus. When the execution of the image forming apparatus is disallowed for the image forming apparatus, the controller prevents the image forming apparatus from executing the control command. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118775 | Automated Printer's Dashboard - Techniques are provided for generating and using automated production and performance dashboards. For example, an automated production dashboard is generated and used that includes, but is not limited to, defining production performance metrics, job stats, trends, red/green/yellow with health check, and risks. As well, an automated upkeep dashboard is generated and used that includes, but is not limited to, defining supplies, maintenance, trends, next service appointments, red/green/yellow with health check, and risks. Such techniques may include a remote view of such dashboards, e.g. via native mobile applications in addition to web/client, etc. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118776 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROLLING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus includes a network manager to deactivate a WiFi Direct function of the electronic apparatus when an application to perform a print job is operated and which is connected to an image forming apparatus around the electronic apparatus using a WiFi Direct method, a job generator to generate print data regarding a file based on an input print command to print the file, and a controller to transmit the generated print data to the image forming apparatus that is connected using the WiFi Direct method. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118777 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus, includes: a communication unit that communicates with a server apparatus and another image forming apparatus; an identification unit that identifies a user of a local device as the image forming apparatus; a request transmission unit that transmits a request to check a state to another image forming apparatus through the communication unit; a data acquisition unit that, when a result of a response for the request indicates that an error occurs in said another image forming apparatus, obtain image data of the user who is identified by the identification unit from the server apparatus through the communication unit; and an image forming unit that forms an image in accordance with the image data acquired by the data acquisition unit. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118778 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, WIRELESS CONNECTION METHOD, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus includes a network managing unit configured to form a link to an access point through a first communication network and form a link to an image forming apparatus through a second communication network different from the first communication network, a collecting unit configured to collect wireless setting information of the access point, and a controller configured to transmit the collected wireless setting information to the image forming apparatus using the second communication network to form a link with the image forming apparatus via the access point. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118779 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main storage device, an auxiliary storage device, a receiving unit, and an execution unit configured to execute a program corresponding to a first-type packet by reading the program from the auxiliary storage device to the main storage device to shift the image forming apparatus to a first power state based on the first-type packet in a case where the received network packet is the first-type packet, and execute a program corresponding to a second-type packet by reading the program from the auxiliary storage device to the main storage device to shift the image forming apparatus to a second power state based on the second-type packet in a case where the received network packet is the second-type packet. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118780 | PRINT DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINT DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINT DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A print document management system adds individual transfer document information to a transfer document list, which can be accessed by a plurality of users, if it is determined that a transfer destination user is specified in a request for uploading print document data, wherein the individual transfer document information includes information for identifying the print document data, information about a transfer source user, and information about the transfer destination user. When the transfer destination user makes a request for acquiring a print document list, the system searches the transfer document list for individual transfer document information and adds print document data identified based on the searched-for individual transfer document information to a print document list of the transfer destination user. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118781 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, SETTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH SETTING PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus includes a position detection portion for detecting a position designated on a display, a data select portion for selecting data identified by a first image displayed on the display as target data, a clone image display portion for arranging a clone image corresponding to the first image at the detected position, a clone image moving portion for moving the clone image, a second image display portion for arranging one or more second images for identifying one or more kinds of processes executable on the target data at positions based on the position of the first image, a candidate process decision portion for deciding a process identified by the second image having a predetermined relative positional relation to the clone image as a candidate process, and an execution process decision portion for deciding the candidate process as an execution process when the position is no longer detected. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118782 | DISPLAY APPARATUS ACCEPTING SCROLL OPERATION - An image forming apparatus displays part of function keys for menu items of basic functions so as to be stopped at a predetermined stop position. The image forming apparatus switches the function keys for menu items of basic functions to be displayed, by displaying another part of function keys for menu items of basic functions so as to be stopped at a predetermined stop position. When part of function keys for menu items of advanced functions are displayed so as to be arranged in a predetermined direction, the image forming apparatus accepts scroll operation and then moves the menu items of advanced functions by a distance decided based on the speed of the scroll operation. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118783 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD TO OUTPUT IN AN APPROPRIATE SEQUENCE - An image forming apparatus includes a print engine configured to perform printing on a recording medium, a job issuing unit configured to issue a print job, two print control units configured to control the print engine in accordance with the issued print job, and a job allocating unit configured to allocate the print job to an appropriate print control unit, among the two print control units. If a last print job that is issued is for a first print control unit, the control of the print engine by the first print control unit in accordance with the last print job allocated to the first print control unit is not completed, and a next print job that is issued is for a second print control unit, the job allocating unit is configured to place on standby the allocation of the next print job to the second print control unit. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118784 | SET VALUE INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SET VALUE INPUT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A set value input device, comprising: a display in which a screen having at least one set value input area can be displayed; a touch detection portion; a first input portion which is displayed when the touch detection portion detects the set value input area is touched and which is to input a set value in the set value input area; a judging portion for judging, whether a second input portion is in an enabled state or in a disabled state, the second input portion being operable of the set value input screen, and inputting a set value when the set value input area is selected; and a control portion which disables the first input portion, makes one of the set value input areas selected if the second input portion is enabled, and which makes all the set value input areas non-selected if the second input portion is disabled. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118785 | FUNCTION SETTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A function setting control system includes: an image forming apparatus including a control unit, a setting information storage unit, and a function setting information transmitting unit; and a mobile terminal device including a mobile-side display unit, a mobile-side receiving unit, and a display control unit. The setting information storage unit associates a plurality of pieces of setting item information and a plurality of pieces of setting content information with each other and stores the associated information as first function setting information. The function setting information transmitting unit transmits second function setting information including at least a part of the pieces of setting item information included in the first function setting information and corresponding pieces of setting content information. The display control unit associates the setting content information and the setting item information included in the received second function setting information and displays the associated information on one screen. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118786 | OPERATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND OPERATION METHOD - An operation device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a touch panel, storage portion, and display reception portion. The touch panel displays a predetermined screen, and, when a key representing a predetermined name has been pressed on the screen, receives an input of a setting condition regarding the key. The storage portion stores as a table a name of a key displayed on the screen and an alternative name in association with each other, the alternative name being different from the name and representing a function substantially equivalent to a function of the name. The display reception portion, if an alternative name exists for a name in the table, displays, near a key of the name for which the alternative name exists, the alternative name corresponding to the name. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118787 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AS WELL AS METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - A display input device, when it has been determined that a plurality of messages, display periods of which overlap with each other, are mutually similar, selects one of the plurality of mutually similar messages as a display message to be displayed, and displays the display message in a display mode corresponding to a highest one of respective importance levels of the plurality of mutually similar messages, while not displaying, among the plurality of mutually similar messages, a message other than the display message. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118788 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a storage part configured to store a plurality of job data, an output part configured to output a job of the job data and a job data erasion controlling part configured to erase a previously output job data output from the output part by overwriting. The job data erasion controlling part erases the previously output job data by overwriting in an idle time other than a time at which the storage part is read and/or written when the job is output, and then, if the storage part has a free space area having a capacity larger than a predetermined capacity, the output job data is erased by overwriting in descending order of data size, and if the storage part has a free space area having a capacity smaller than the predetermined capacity, the output job data is erased by overwriting in ascending order of data size. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118789 | Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Mediums and Image Processing Apparatus - A process and system for minimizing an image processing apparatus from remaining in a waiting state when communication with a client application has been lost. Various implementations are described in which processing requests are canceled based on losses of communication with the client application. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ROUTING OF PRINT JOBS - A computer-implemented method for controlling routing of print jobs, the computer-implemented method includes determining whether a print job meets at least one predetermined criteria and sending a notification based on a result of the determination. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118791 | Image Forming Apparatus That Performs Color Conversion Specific to a Particular Graphic Form - An image forming apparatus includes a specific graphic form storage section, an image determination section, and determination color conversion processing section. The specific graphic form storage section is configured to store a visual image of a specific graphic form and attribute information specific to the specific graphic form as a reference image and reference attribute information, respectively. The image determination section is configured to determine at least one of (i) whether or not an image matching with the reference image is included in target data and (ii) whether or not an image having the reference attribute information is included in the target data, and detect the image identified through the determination as an image corresponding to the specific graphic form. The color conversion processing section is configured to perform specific color conversion processing for the image corresponding to the specific graphic form. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118792 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus for processing image data to be used for image formation, comprises: a black background area determination unit configured to determine a black background area formed from a plurality of black lines using the number of consecutive black lines and the number of consecutive lines adjacent to the black lines and other than the black lines out of the image data; and a thinning processing unit configured to perform thinning processing for the black background area by switching a thinning pattern to convert a value of a pixel based on the number of lines included in the black background area determined by the black background area determination unit. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118793 | Method, system and apparatus for determining position of a watermark annotation - A method is disclosed where an initial placement of a watermark annotation on an output medium associated with a page and placement of an area of the page, is determined. The determined initial placement is relative to the output medium and independent of the placement of the area of the page. The initial placement of the watermark annotation is adjusted so that the watermark annotation at least partially overlaps the area of the page. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118794 | FAX MACHINE AND METHOD OF PERFORMING HANDSHAKING PROCESS BASED ON T.30 PROTOCOL - A method of performing handshaking between fax machines on the basis of T.30 protocol includes transmitting information on a first data rate selected to transmit a fax document to a receiving-side fax machine, transmitting a plurality of frames including bit strings predefined to test data transmission/reception at the first data rate prior to transmitting the fax document to the receiving-side fax machine, and receiving a message informing success or failure of the test. The transmitting of the frames includes determining a time duration of the transmitting the frames based on at least one of a TCF flag value and the first data rate. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118795 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image reading portion, an image processing portion, a storage portion, a storage selector portion, an image forming portion, and a control portion. The storage portion includes a first storage portion and a second storage portion with greater vibration resistance than the first storage portion, and stores image data scanned by the image reading portion and processed by the image processing portion. The storage selector portion selects one of the first storage portion and the second storage portion based on the strength of mechanical vibrations during an operation of the apparatus, and a data size of the image data. The control portion causes the image data to be stored in the storage portion selected by the storage selector portion, and controls the image forming portion to read the stored image data and form an image. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118796 | Using a scanning implemented software for time economy without rescanning (S.I.S.T.E.R.) - Methods and devices are described for detecting boundaries of documents on flatbed and multi-function scanners on a first pass of a carriage assembly, and then performing a high resolution scan on a second pass. High resolution images of documents can then be obtained with little or no interaction normally necessary to identify areas of interest on the scanner bed. Patterns on the scanner cover or lid facilitate not only edge determination, but orientation of text and other objects, and straightening of images in preparation for OCR and related functions. Electronic images and files derived from paper documents may be automatically cropped, deskewed, subjected to OCR, and named consistent with content or other information derived from them. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118797 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes an image acquisition part acquiring first image data, a character detector detecting, based on the first image data, data of a character area in the first image data, a marking detector detecting, based on the first image data, data of a marking area in the first image data, an image adjustment area determination part determining, based on a detection result of the character detector and a detection result of the marking detector, data of an image adjustment area in the first image data, and an image processing part subjecting the data of the image adjustment area in the first image data to image processing to output second image data. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118798 | Image Scanner and Image Scanning Method - An image scanner includes a transparent plate, a scanning device, a driving device, a positioning member, a light absorbing portion and a white reference portion. The transparent plate has an original placing surface. The scanning device irradiates an original with light by means of a light source and scans reflected light from the original. The driving device reciprocates the scanning device along the transparent plate. The positioning member positions the original placed on the original placing surface of the transparent plate. The light absorbing portion, which is disposed on the original placing surface side of the positioning member and at substantially a central portion of the positioning member in moving directions of the scanning device, absorbs ambient light entering to the original placing surface side of the positioning member through the transparent plate. The white reference portion is provided to the original placing surface side of the positioning member. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118799 | PORTABLE MAGNIFYING CAMERA - A portable camera for recording and displaying an image of an object such as printed paper wherein the camera is arranged to be positioned on an object to be recorded wherein the cameras is provided with an outer lower surface which is arranged to be in contact with the object if the camera is positioned on the object, a light sensitive sensor for obtaining an image of at least a portion of the object, a display and processing means for processing the image obtained by means of the sensor and for displaying at least a portion of the recorded image on the display in a possible magnified form, wherein the camera is provided with at least one lighting unit for lighting the object to be recorded when the camera is positioned on the object, wherein the camera is arranged such that light rays of the at least one lighting unit which are, in use, submitted to the object are directly submitted to the object, possibly via a mirror and/or a lens wherein the lighting unit is arranged within the camera such that if the object which is recorded would be a flat mirror whereon the camera is positioned for recording the flat mirror, the lighting unit is located outside a viewing field of the sensor which viewing field is formed in combination with the flat mirror. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118800 | ELECTRONIC READING POSITION MANAGEMENT FOR PRINTED CONTENT - Features are disclosed for facilitating content consumption among various formats or representations of a content item. An electronic device may be used to maintain a current content position when consuming a physical printed representation of a content item, either alone or in conjunction with an electronic representation of the content item. The electronic device may be used to retrieve, from a network-accessible server, a user's last position within the content item. The user may then turn to the location within the physical printed representation that corresponds to the last position within the electronic representation. Highlights, comments and other content interactions may be maintained by the electronic device and stored at the network accessible server. From there, content interaction data may be subsequently obtained by the user when resuming content consumption, either from the same device or a different device. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118801 | Article Image Annotation System - An article image annotation system including an imager and a transparent sheet discrete from the imager having a first face adapted to engage an imageable surface of an article and a second face adapted to receive annotations and adapted for engagement with the imager to allow imaging of the imageable surface of the article in association with the annotation through the transparent sheet, thereby producing an annotated article image. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118802 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus configured to reduce a force required for moving a document cover to an open position is provided. The image reading apparatus includes a document table having a top surface and a reading area and a document cover that is configured to pivot, around an axis extending in a first direction, between a closed position and an open position. The document cover includes a sheet. The top surface has a marginal area which is located outside of a reading area on a side opposite to the axis. The marginal area includes a contact area and a non-contact area which are arranged in the first direction. When the document cover is in the closed position, the top surface in the contact area contacts the sheet, and the top surface in the non-contact area does not contact the sheet. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118803 | SCANNING DEVICE - A scanning device includes a scanning platform, a feed roller mounted above the scanning platform and rotatable to bring a sheet-like medium across the scanning platform, first and second elastic elements located under two ends of the scanning platform to press the scanning platform against the feed roller. One end of the scanning device near to the first elastic element is defined as a datum end for guiding the mediums to enter the scanning device. The first elastic element acts a greater force on the scanning platform than the second elastic element, or the distance from the first elastic element to the datum end is smaller than that from the second elastic element to the other end of the scanning device and the force from the first elastic element is equal to that from the second elastic element, so as to make the medium levelly transmitted during being scanned. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118804 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - There is provided an image reading apparatus including: a reading device configured to read a manuscript supplied by a first or a second supply mode, a switching device configured to switch the first and second supply modes, a display, and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the display to display a first screen in a case that the switching device switches the supply mode to the first supply mode, as well as to cause the display to display a second screen in a case that the switching device switches the supply mode to the second supply mode. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118805 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: an apparatus main body including an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet; an image reading apparatus provided on an upper portion of the apparatus main body; a document feeding apparatus located on the image reading apparatus and configured to feed a document to the image reading apparatus; and a support portion configured to support the document feeding apparatus on the apparatus main body without the image reading apparatus in a state in which the document feeding apparatus is openable and closable with respect to the image reading apparatus. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118806 | Apparatus and Method for Displaying a Video Image - A method of displaying a video image comprises receiving sequential image frames at a processor. Each image frame is processed to obtain a kinoform. A programmable diffractive element such as an SLM represents the sequence of kinoforms allowing reproduction of the image using a suitable illumination beam. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118807 | HOLOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTING DEVICE AND APPLICATION ADAPTED TO PORTABLE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS - Disclosed are a holographic reconstructing device and its application for portable electronic products. The holographic reconstructing device includes a compound hologram ( | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118808 | LASER SCANNING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A light scanning unit includes: a light source emitting a light beam according to an image signal; a light deflector deflecting and scanning the light beam emitted from the light source; and a synchronization detection optical system comprising a synchronization detection sensor detecting a synchronization signal by receiving a portion of the light beam that is deflected and scanned by the light deflector and a synchronization detection lens disposed between the light deflector and the synchronization detection sensor, wherein the synchronization detection lens is an anamorphic lens in which refractive power in a first direction and refractive power in a second direction different from the first direction are different, and wherein the first direction of the synchronization detection lens is inclined with respect to a main scanning direction in which a light beam incident on the synchronization detection lens is scanned. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118809 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SCANNING METHOD - Provided is an optical scanning device capable of solving the problem of low driving efficiency. A pair of coupling parts | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118810 | MODULAR AIRCRAFT WINDOW WITH MULTIPLE LIGHT CONTROL ELEMENTS - Various systems and techniques may be used to provide light control in modular aircraft window assemblies. In particular implementations, a modular aircraft window assembly may include a frame having an opening and a substantially transparent exterior lens attached to the frame and covering the opening thereof The window assembly may also have at least a first smart window element. In particular implementations, the first smart window element may be segmented into portions that may be individually controlled. In certain implementations, the window assembly may additionally have a second smart window element. In some implementations, the first smart window element may be adapted to maintain substantial transparency while allowing variable light transmittance responsive to a first input signal, and the second smart window element may be adapted to alternate between substantial transparency and substantial translucency responsive to a second input signal. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118811 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING A DEVICE FOR CORRECTING THE EFFECT OF A MEDIUM ON A LIGHT SIGNAL, METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR CORRECTING SAID EFFECT - A method and a system is provided for configuring a device for correcting the effect of a medium on a light signal having propagated through the medium, the device including at least one optical element whose phase profiles are individually adjustable. The configuring system and method include propagating a reference signal and a disordered signal obtained at the output of the medium through the correcting device. An interference parameter is measured and optimized by modifying the phase profile of each of the optical elements of the correcting device. A method and a system is also provided for correcting the effect of a medium on a light signal having propagated through the medium. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118812 | PHOTOCHROMIC AUTOMOBILE WINDOWS - A system and method of vehicle window tinting comprising the steps of: implementing photochromic technology into at least one window of a vehicle; integrating a first degree of shading associated with the at least one window, where the first degree of shading is active when the window lacks sun exposure; adjusting the photochromic technology to create a second degree of shading on the at least one window upon exposure to sun poisoning UV rays, where the second degree of exposure is darker than the first degree of shading. In one particular embodiment, the step of implementing photochromic technology includes implementing the photochromic technology within a front windshield of the vehicle, a rear windshield of the vehicle and/or side windshields of the vehicle. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118813 | COLLIMATING OPTICAL DEVICE AND SYSTEM - There is provided a light-guide, compact collimating optical device, including a light-guide having a light-waves entrance surface, a light-waves exit surface and a plurality of external surfaces, a light-waves reflecting surface carried by the light-guide at one of the external surfaces, two retardation plates carried by light-guides on a portion of the external surfaces, a light-waves polarizing beamsplitter disposed at an angle to one of the light-waves entrance or exit surfaces, and a light-waves collimating component covering a portion of one of the retardation plates. A system including the optical device and a substrate, is also provided. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118814 | DISPLAY DEVICE - a display device includes a lower substrate with lower electrodes and an upper substrate with upper electrodes, a plurality of pixels between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, electrochromic particles that are implanted into the plurality of pixels, each electrochromic particle comprising a core and a shell layer surrounding the core, and reflective layers on the lower electrodes and corresponding to the plurality of pixels. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118815 | HEAT BLOCKING SYSTEM UTILIZING PARTICULATES - A multi-layered coating system for reflecting infrared waves is disclosed. The multi-layered coating system comprises a layer one positioned above a substrate, wherein the layer one includes a plurality of well separated spherical particulates of radius a | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118816 | Surfactants With A Terminal Dialkyl- Or Cycloalkyl-Substituted Tertiary Amine And Inks Including The Same - Surfactants are provided that have a hydrophobic tail portion and a hydrophilic head portion. The hydrophilic head portion includes a terminal dialkyl-substituted tertiary amine or a terminal cycloalkyl-substituted tertiary amine. Also provided are pigment-based inks employing the surfactant, a combination of an electronic display and the pigment-based inks, and a process for reducing conductivity in primary amine-based surfactants and improving reliability of electronic inks employing such surfactants. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118817 | HIGH RESOLUTION OPTICAL SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a high resolution optical system. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118818 | ENLARGEMENT OPTICAL SYSTEM - Disclosed is an enlargement optical system configured to form an image of an object at an enlargement side, including a lens system and a mirror system in order from a side of the object, the lens system including at least one lens, the mirror system including a first mirror and a second mirror in order from a side of the object, and the second mirror being an concave mirror, wherein an intermediate image conjugate to the object is formed at a side of the object with respect to the second mirror and the first mirror is held to be capable of adjusting a position thereof. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118819 | OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM WHICH INCORPORATES THE OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD IMPLEMENTED BY THE IMAGING SYSTEM FOR IMAGING A SPECIMEN - An optical device is described herein which is a four mirror objective with a large numerical aperture and a small central obscuration. The four mirror objective places two Schwarzschild-like objectives in series with respect to one another. This allows a large numerical aperture, a long working distance, and small central obscuration. Each objective has a primary and secondary mirror. An imaging device and method for imaging a specimen are also described herein. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118820 | MICROSCOPE AND CONTROLLING METHOD - A microscope includes a light source, a condenser lens, an objective lens, a polarizer, a compensator which is disposed on an optical path XA of the light source between the condenser lens and the polarizer and is rotatable about the optical path XA and is configured to adjust variation of retardation with respect to a specimen S by transmitting only a component of light in a specified vibration direction transmitted through the polarizer depending on an angle of rotation from a reference position, a driving unit configured to rotate the compensator, and a control unit configured to cause the compensator to increase or decrease the retardation within a range including a position where the retardation is zero as a reference. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118821 | Method of Manufacturing a Rifle Scope Having a Longitudinal Base Plate - A method of making a rifle scope that utilizes a mounting assembly that includes a longitudinal base plate and a mating, closure housing piece. Separate optical assemblies are attached to the base plate to form an optical train of optical assemblies, extending longitudinally along the base plate, to form an image magnifying assembly. Also, at least some of the optical assemblies include a support and an optical element and an adjustment feature permitting adjustment of position of the optical element relative to the base plate. In the method, at least one of the adjustment features is used to adjust position of one of the optical elements, relative to the base plate, and wherein the optical element is then permanently fixed in place. Finally, the mating, closure housing piece is attached to the longitudinal base plate and the closure housing piece is fastened to the base, thereby forming a rifle scope. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118822 | PARALLAX BARRIER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a parallax barrier, a manufacturing method thereof and a display system, the parallax barrier including: a first substrate and a second substrate cell-assembled; a peripheral cavity wall, used to form a closed cavity; a transparent hydrophilic fluid and an opaque hydrophobic fluid, filled in the closed cavity; a first electrode and a second electrode; a hydrophobic-hydrophilic switching layer, on the second electrode; and barrier walls, disposed on the hydrophobic-hydrophilic switching layer parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other, wherein at least a part of each barrier wall is transparent, and when not being powered on, a thickness of the hydrophobic fluid is not larger than a height of the barrier wall, and when being powered on, a highest place of each accumulation region of the hydrophobic fluid is not higher than a highest place of the corresponding barrier wall. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118823 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR AND 3D DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are a colour filter substrate, a manufacturing method therefor and a 3D display device. The colour filter substrate comprises a substrate, a colour filter unit and a cylindrical lens structure between the substrate and the colour filter unit. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118824 | THREE DIMENSIONS DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - An autostereoscopic display device including a display panel, a parallax barrier and a control module is provided. The display panel has a display surface and includes a plurality of first sub-pixel units and a plurality of second sub-pixel units alternately arranged with each other. The parallax barrier is arranged at a side of the display surface and includes a plurality of barrier units. Each barrier unit includes 1st to Nth gratings, wherein N is an odd number larger than 1. The controlling module is electrically coupled to the display panel and the parallax barrier, and used for controlling the parallax barrier and images displayed by the first sub-pixel units and the second sub-pixel units. A displaying method of the autostereoscopic display device is also disclosed. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118825 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A stereoscopic image display apparatus including: a light source unit; a light guide plate having an incidence surface and an emission surface; and a liquid-crystal panel which spatially modulates light. The light source unit emits the light so that the light is incident on the incidence surface in the first and second directions for the right and left eyes of a viewer, which are different from each other and each is inclined at a predetermined angle in the emission surface with respect to a reference direction perpendicular to an alignment direction of the right and left eyes of the viewer. Also, the light emitted from the emission surface of the light guide plate is in a direction which is determined according to the propagation direction of the incident light and in which a component in the alignment direction, included in the propagation direction, is maintained. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118826 | Displays With Polarizer Layers for Electronic Devices - An electronic device may have a display. Inactive portions of the display may be masked using an opaque masking layer. An opening may be provided in the masking layer. A camera may receive light through the opening in the opaque masking layer. The display may include upper and lower polarizers, a color filter layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. The upper polarizer may have an unpolarized window aligned with the opening in the opaque masking layer for the camera, a logo, or another internal structure. The unpolarized window may be formed from openings in polarizer layers such as a polyvinyl alcohol layer and optical retarder layers. The openings may pass through all or less than all of the polarizer layers. The openings may be filled with transparent filler material. The polarizer may include a try-acetyl cellulose layer that continuously covers the opening in other polarizer layers. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118827 | RETROREFLECTIVE APPLIQUES AND ARTICLES - Retroreflective appliqués and articles include a first binder layer with a first major surface and a second major surface, a retroreflective layer including a plurality of retroreflective elements at least partially embedded in the first major surface of the first binder layer, a second binder layer adhered to the second major surface of the first binder layer, and a substrate layer attached to the second binder layer. The first binder layer is a non-thermoplastic crosslinked copolymer with a Tg of less than 30° C. The second binder layer is an adhesive polymer. The first binder layer and the second binder layer include functional groups capable of co-reacting to form a chemical bond. The retroreflective appliqués can be attached to clothing articles. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118828 | SAFETY CONE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A safety cone is configured to reflect light in any orientation. The safety cone has a base attached to an upper portion. The base further comprises a base top side and a base bottom side. Reflective material attached in a plurality of locations on the base top side and the base bottom side. The reflective material is configured to reflect the light in any orientation. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118829 | SEE THROUGH NEAR-EYE DISPLAY - The various embodiments include a near-eye display having a transmissive display and a diffractive micro-lens array. The transmissive display may be positioned relative to the diffractive micro-lens array so that the distance between the transmissive display and the diffractive micro-lens array is be approximately equal to focal length of the diffractive micro-lens array. The transmissive display may also be positioned relative to the diffractive micro-lens array so that a percentage of light emitted from the transmissive display is diffracted by the micro-lens array and collimated into focus on a retina of a human eye. The transmissive display may be further positioned relative to the diffractive micro-lens array so that light from a real world scene passes through transparent portions of the transmissive display and is diffracted by the micro-lens array out of focus of the human eye. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118830 | OPTICAL GRATING INCLUDING A SMOOTHING LAYER - An apparatus and method pertaining to an optical grating are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, in response to a light incident on the optical grating, a first component of the light at a first wavelength is selectively reflected while a second component of the light at a second wavelength is selectively rejected. A reflectance efficiency corresponding to the selective reflection of the first component of the light being a function of a surface roughness of an intermediate layer included in the optical grating. And outputting the selective reflection of the first component of the light at the first wavelength to an optical component included in an extreme ultra violet (EUV) lithography system. The first wavelength being an EUV wavelength and the reflectance efficiency maximized at the first wavelength. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118831 | LIGHT DIFFUSER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A light diffuser including a transparent substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface having formed thereon a plurality of tilted plane portions including a first tilted plane portion and a second tilted plane portion. The first tilted plane portion being tilted in a first direction and the second tilted plane portion being tilted in a second direction. The first direction of the first tilted plane portion being different from the second direction of the second tilted plane portion. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118832 | TOUCHSCREEN PANEL - There is provided a touchscreen panel, including: a transparent substrate including a first area having a first surface roughness and a second area having a second surface roughness; and an ink layer formed on the second area, wherein the degree of second surface roughness is higher than the degree of first surface roughness. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118833 | ANTI-BLINDING DEVICE FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A light filter assembly for an automotive vehicle that includes a central plate or a sleeve with at least one filter attached to by a fastener. The filter has a substantially triangular shape with at least one curved edge, and can rotate about the fastener in a plane parallel to the central plate or sleeve. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118834 | Compound-Eye Unit - A highly accurate compound-eye unit is provided, which can assemble a compound-eye lens member to a lens holder with high positional accuracy even when using the compound-eye lens member that is unsatisfactory in dimensional accuracy of an external shape. A highly accurate compound-eye unit is provided, which can assemble a light shielding member having a plurality of apertures with high positional accuracy. A distance W | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118835 | LENS SHEET HAVING LENS ARRAY FORMED IN PRESELECTED AREAS AND ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM - A lens sheet having one or more lens arrays positioned in selected discrete areas. Each lens array includes a plurality of lenses, each having a width, a height, and a lens peak. The lens array is set below the planar surface of the lens sheet, such that lens array does not extend above the lens sheet. Furthermore, the lens array is completely bordered by or contained within planar portions of the lens sheet. One or more dimensional images are printed below each of the lens arrays, and/or one or more static images can be printed on the planar portions of the lens sheet. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118836 | COLLIMATING OPTICAL DEVICE AND SYSTEM - There is provided a light-guide, compact collimating optical device, including a light-guide having a light-waves entrance surface, a light-waves exit surface and a plurality of external surfaces, a light-waves reflecting surface carried by the light-guide at one of the external surfaces, two retardation plates carried by light-guides on a portion of the external surfaces, a light-waves polarizing beamsplitter disposed at an angle to one of the light-waves entrance or exit surfaces, and a light-waves collimating component covering a portion of one of the retardation plates. A system including the optical device and a substrate, is also provided. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118837 | COLLIMATING OPTICAL DEVICE AND SYSTEM - There is provided a light-guide, compact collimating optical device, including a light-guide having a light-waves entrance surface, a light-waves exit surface and a plurality of external surfaces, a light-waves reflecting surface carried by the light-guide at one of the external surfaces, two retardation plates carried by light-guides on a portion of the external surfaces, a light-waves polarizing beamsplitter disposed at an angle to one of the light-waves entrance or exit surfaces, and a light-waves collimating component covering a portion of one of the retardation plates. A system including the optical device and a substrate, is also provided. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118838 | Wide Angle Projection Lens - The present invention uses the concave hybrid architecture to form a wide angle projection lens with large numerical aperture. The wide angle projection lens includes a refraction system and a reflection system, wherein the refraction system includes a first lenses group containing a plurality of spherical lenses and at least one spherical lenses, and a second lenses group containing at least two aspheric lenses and at least one spherical lens, and the at least one spherical lens is configured between any two of the at least two aspheric lenses. The present invention is beneficial in reducing the wide angle projection lens in size and is able to effectively overcome the problem in low geometric efficiency, and enable the ultra-short focus projector have compact and portable advantages. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118839 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth and a seventh lens units respectively having positive, negative, positive, negative, positive, negative and positive refractive powers. A distance between adjacent lens units change during zooming so that a distance between the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit at a telephoto end is shorter than the distance at a wide angle end and a distance between the fifth lens unit and the sixth lens unit at the telephoto end is longer than the distance at the wide angle end. And the fourth lens unit moves during focusing. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118840 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system includes a plurality of lens groups, a lens group of which is moved to perform zooming, wherein a specified lens group of the lens groups is a focusing lens group; a normal photography mode in which focusing is carried out from infinity to a predetermined photographing distance by moving the focusing lens group of the specified lens group; and a shifting mode which shifts from the normal photography mode to a macro photography mode by moving a lens element of the specified lens group other than the focusing lens group when focusing on an object at a photographing distance that is shorter than the predetermined photographing distance. When the zoom lens system is in the macro photography mode, focusing is carried out from the predetermined photographing distance to a minimum photographing distance by moving the focusing lens group. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118841 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens substantially consists of, in order from the object side: a first lens group that has a positive refractive power and is fixed during magnification change; a second lens group that has a negative refractive power and is moved along the optical axis during magnification change; a third lens group that has a negative refractive power and corrects for fluctuation of the image plane along with magnification change; and a fourth lens group that has a positive refractive power and is fixed during magnification change. Focusing of an object at a distance between infinity and a predetermined distance is achieved by moving a first-group second lens sub-group, which is a part of the first lens group, along the optical axis, and focusing of an object at a closer distance than the predetermined distance is achieved by moving the third lens group along the optical axis. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118842 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel of the present invention comprises: first and second guide shafts arranged parallel to an optical axis X and provided in one of adjacent lens holding frames; first and second guide receiving holes formed in another of the adjacent lens holding frames for allowing the first and second guide shafts to be inserted therethrough and guided by the first and second guide shafts respectively; a first urging means of urging the one and the another of the adjacent lens holding frames along the direction of the optical axis; and a second urging means to rotate another of the adjacent lens holding frames in a circumferential direction of the first guide shaft. The first guide receiving hole is guided by the first guide shaft at two positions that are spaced apart from each other in the direction of the optical axis. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118843 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT FOR CONVERTING AN INCIDENT LIGHT BEAM, METHOD FOR CONVERTING A LIGHT BEAM TO A LINE FOCUS, AND OPTICAL DEVICE THEREFOR - In a method for converting a light beam to a line focus, wherein the line focus extends according to its length along a first direction (y) and is narrow in a second direction (x) perpendicular to the first direction (y), the light beam is directed onto at least one conical optically operative surface, by which it is converted to the line focus. The light beam is directed onto the at least one optically operative surface with a ring-segment-shaped cross section transversely with respect to the light propagation direction. A device, in particular for carrying out the method, and an optical arrangement for generating a light beam with a ring-segment-shaped cross section are likewise described. In accordance with a further method and a further device, a line focus is generated only with spherical and/or cylindrical elements. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118844 | OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHING LENS SYSTEM - An optical photographing lens system 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, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power, wherein at least one surface of the fourth lens element is aspheric. The fifth lens element with positive refractive power has a convex image-side surface and both of the surfaces are aspheric. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface changing from concave at a paraxial region to convex at a peripheral region, and both of the surfaces are aspheric. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118845 | WIDE-ANGLE LENS - A wide-angle lens may include six or more plastic lenses arranged in a plurality of groups. The plurality of groups may include a fourth group comprising a first lens having an aspherical image side and a second lens having an aspherical object side. The aspherical image side of the first lens may be cemented to the aspherical object side of the second lens. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118846 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. The first lens has object-side and image plane-side surfaces with positive curvature radii. The second lens has object-side and image plane-side surfaces with positive curvature radii. The third lens has an object-side surface with a positive curvature radius and an image plane-side surface with a negative curvature radius. The fourth lens has an object-side surface with a positive curvature radius and an image plane-side surface with a negative curvature radius. The fifth lens has object-side and image plane-side surfaces with negative curvature radii. The first to fifth lenses have specific Abbe's numbers to satisfy specific conditions. The fifth lens has a specific focal length to satisfy specific conditions. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118847 | IMAGING LENS - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to an imaging lens, the imaging lens including, in an ordered way from an object side, a first lens having positive (+) refractive power, a second lens having negative (−) refractive power, a third lens having positive (+) refractive power, a fourth lens having negative (−) refractive power, and a fifth lens having a negative (−) refractive power, wherein the third lens takes a meniscus shape convexly formed at an object side. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140118848 | IMAGING LENS HAVING FIVE LENS ELEMENTS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An optical imaging lens includes five lens elements. The first lens element has a positive refracting power, and its object-side surface has a convex portion near the optical axis and a concave portion near its periphery. The second lens element has a negative refracting power, and its object-side surface has a convex portion near its periphery. The third lens element has an object-side surface having a concave portion near its periphery and an image-side surface having a convex portion near its periphery. The fourth lens element has an object-side surface having a concave portion near its periphery and an image-side surface having a convex portion near its periphery. The image-side surface of the fifth lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis and a convex portion near its periphery. | 2014-05-01 |
