18th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120105816 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A projection display device including: an image projection section configured to project an image toward a projection surface; an imaging section configured to shoot the image projected on the projection surface; a location specifying section configured to specify a location of a position indication light based on a shot image by the imaging section; and a display control section configured to set a projection range of the image to a range including an image area corresponding to the location specified by the location specifying section, and to alter the projection range of the image in accordance with the set projection range. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105817 | LEAF SPRING, STAGE SYSTEM, AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A leaf spring to be mounted between two objects, the leaf spring configured to have a high stiffness in two orthogonal directions, and a relative low stiffness in other degrees of freedom, wherein the leaf spring has a substantially panel-shaped body, the leaf spring including a first mounting location at or near the center of the panel-shaped body to mount the leaf spring to a first of the two objects, wherein the leaf spring includes one or more second mounting locations at or near the circumference of the panel-shaped body to mount the leaf spring to the second of the two objects, and elongate grooves and/or slits in the panel shaped body between the first mounting location and the second mounting location, the grooves and/or slits running in at least two non-orthogonal directions in the plane of the two orthogonal directions. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105818 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD - An illumination system having a plurality of reflective elements, the reflective elements being movable between different orientations which direct radiation towards different locations in a pupil plane, thereby forming different illumination modes. Each reflective element is moveable to a first orientation in which it directs radiation to a location in an inner illumination location group, to a second orientation in which it directs radiation to a location in an intermediate illumination location group, and to a third orientation in which it directs radiation to a location in an outer illumination location group. The reflective elements are configured to be oriented to direct equal amounts of radiation towards the inner, intermediate and outer illumination location groups, and are configured to be oriented such that they can direct substantially no radiation into the outer illumination location group and direct substantially equal amounts of radiation towards the inner and intermediate illumination location groups. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105819 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING PATTERN FROM PATTERNING DEVICE ONTO SUBSTRATE, AND DAMPING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a support frame which is supported by a base via a vibration isolation system; a projection system arranged to transfer a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate, wherein the projection system includes a first frame which is spring-supported by the support frame; and an active damping system configured to damp movement of the first frame, including: a first sensor system configured to provide a first sensor output representative of absolute movement of the first frame, a first actuator system arranged to apply a force between the first frame and the support frame, and a control system configured to provide a drive signal to the first actuator system based on the first sensor output. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105820 | VIBRATION CONTROL APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - A vibration control apparatus includes a first spring mechanism to support a first object as part of a first system. To control vibration of the first object, a first actuator applies a force to the first object via a command value generated by a first computing based on an output of a detection system. The detection system includes a second spring mechanism to support a second object as part of a second system. A third spring mechanism supports a third object as part of a third system. The first displacement detector detects displacement of the third object relative to the second object. The third object is prevented from being displaced relative to the second object. A second natural frequency of the second system is higher than a first natural frequency of the first system, and a third natural frequency of a third system is higher than the first natural frequency. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105821 | TRACKING METHOD AND MEASURING SYSTEM HAVING A LASER TRACKER - A target equipped with a reflector can be tracked in a measuring system including a laser tracker. The reflector is tracked by means of a tracking unit in a normal tracking mode and by means of a surveying device in an extraordinary tracking mode. A capturing unit having a detection range lying between the detection ranges of the tracking unit and of the surveying device is also present. If the target cannot be detected by the tracking unit but can be detected by the capturing unit, the orientation of the tracking unit is controlled according to a measurement by the capturing unit. If the target can then be detected by the tracking unit, a transition to the normal tracking mode is initiated. If the target can be detected only by the surveying device, the orientation of the tracking unit is controlled according to a measurement of the surveying device. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105822 | Super resolution telescope - A super-resolution telescope. A target is illuminated with at least three laser beams, each beam having a slightly different frequency so as to produce an illumination pattern comprised of several sets of straight interference fringes which sweep across the target. The frequencies of the illumination beams are chosen so that each pair of beams has a unique beat frequency, and the corresponding fringe pattern for each pair sweeps over the target at a unique speed. By collecting a series of images, and demodulating them at the various beat frequencies, the downshifted spatial frequencies can be identified, correctly up-shifted, and fitted together with a set of special Fourier transform based algorithms to reconstruct high-resolution images. Applicants have performed laboratory experiments that this invention can provide resolution substantially better than diffraction limited resolution. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105823 | COLOR SENSOR INSENSITIVE TO DISTANCE VARIATIONS - A system for calibrating a color sensing pixel based upon the distance between the color sensing pixel and an object. The distance is determined by measuring the phase shift of electromagnetic radiation as reflected from the surface of the object compared with the wave profile of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the object surface. The color sensing pixel is associated with a Time-of-Flight (ToF) pixel which is employed to determine the distance of the color sensing pixel. The electromagnetic radiation can be from any part of the electromagnetic spectrum, in particular the infrared and visible light portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The color sensing pixel and the ToF pixel can reside on the same semiconductor or on disparate semiconductors. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105824 | Laser Surveying Instrument - A laser surveying instrument comprising a light source unit having two or more light emission sources for emitting pulsed distance measuring lights with different wavelengths, a light projecting unit for projecting the pulsed distance measuring lights with the two or more wavelengths on an optical axis, and a deflection member provided on the optical axis, is disclosed. The deflection member has two or more reflection surfaces which reflect each wavelength of the pulsed distance measuring lights independently, thereby dividing the pulsed distance measuring lights for every wavelength, and deflecting each of the distance measuring lights toward an object to be measured. The instrument comprises a single photodetection element for receiving reflected distance measuring lights from the object to be measured. In the laser surveying instrument, a measurement of distance is performed for every pulsed distance measuring light based on a photodetection signal produced by the photodetection element. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105825 | MEASURING DEVICE FOR NONCONTACT MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCES TO A TARGET OBJECT - A measuring device, having: a housing; a distance measuring unit situated in the housing uses an optical measuring beam, with the aid of which the distance between a reference point and at least one measuring point on a target object is measurable without contact; a photoelectric image acquisition unit situated in the housing having a viewfinder and camera lens situated in the housing as well as an image path connecting them for detecting target points of the target object, an image processing unit and a control and computation unit with the aid of which the image of the image processing unit is displayable. The image processing unit defines target points pixels in exactly one single photoelectric image, the control and computation unit allocating the distance of the reference point to the measuring point to at least one of the pixels, the allocation available for further processing. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105826 | High Sampling Resolution DTS System and Method - A method of improving sampling resolution in a distributed temperature measurement system using a fiber optic distributed sensor by means of programmed delayed trigger signals to a laser light source in order to improve the spatial resolution of such systems. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105827 | COMBINED RAMAN AND IR FIBER-BASED SENSOR FOR GAS DETECTION - A double-pass fiber-optic based spectroscopic gas sensor delivers Raman excitation light and infrared light to a hollow structure, such as a hollow fiber waveguide, that contains a gas sample of interest. A retro-reflector is placed at the end of this hollow structure to send the light back through the waveguide where the light is detected at the same end as the light source. This double pass retro reflector design increases the interaction path length of the light and the gas sample, and also reduces the form factor of the hollow structure. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105828 | Passive optical gaseous emissions sensor - A probe assembly for measuring the concentration of exhaust's emissions in a turbine engine. The probe assembly including a first probe member configured and operable to passively generate a beam of light wherein the wavelength of the beam of light is contingent upon the configuration of the first probe member. A second probe member positioned in the probe assembly to receive the beam of light generated by the first probe member, the second probe member configured and operable to attenuate the light passively generated from the first probe member contingent upon the gaseous species present in the exhaust emissions of the turbine engine. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105829 | INFRARED SENSOR MODULE, TOUCH SENSING METHOD THEREOF, AND AUTO CALIBRATION METHOD APPLIED TO THE SAME - An infrared sensor module, a touch sensing method thereof, and an auto calibration method applied to the same are disclosed, the touch sensing method includes turning on the infrared sensor module which includes a sensor block with a light receiving region and is arranged to be perpendicular to a surface of a display panel, the light receiving region being divided into m×n blocks (where, each of m and n is a natural number of two or more) arranged in m rows by n columns, each of the blocks having a plurality of light receiving pixels arranged in a row direction, scanning optical signals of each block, selecting the block having maximum output optical signals with respect to the blocks of each column, and summing the optical signals of the light receiving pixels of the block selected from the column. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105830 | Automated In Situ Contaminant Detection System - The present invention provides apparatuses for in situ chemical analysis of liquid samples. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105831 | MEASURING MODAL CONTENT OF MULTI-MODED FIBERS - The output modal content of optical fibers that contain more than one spatial mode may be analyzed and quantified by measuring interference between co-propagating modes in the optical fiber. By spatially resolving the interference, an image of the spatial beat pattern between two modes may be constructed, thereby providing information about the modes supported by the optical fiber. Measurements of the phase front exiting the optical fiber under test are advantageously performed in the far field. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105832 | ANGLE MEASUREMENT FOR A WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW (WFOV) SEMI-ACTIVE LASER (SAL) SEEKER - A SAL seeker focuses laser energy reflected off a target into a spot on the surface of a multi-segment non-imaging detector. A matched filter is responsive to the normalized detector response to estimate an angle measurement to the target. The matched filter is particularly well-suited for use in wide FOV systems as it unambiguously selects the angle measurement over the extended FOV whereas the conventional centroid calculation introduces ambiguity. The centroid calculation and angle selection may be used to improve the search and selection of the matched filter. Alternately, the matched filter may be used to disambiguate the angle selection based on the centroid calculation. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105833 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING LENS MODULE - A system for testing a lens module is provided. The lens module includes a barrel and a lens received in the barrel. The barrel includes a side surface which is parallel to the central axis thereof. The lens includes a smooth flat non-optical surface. The system includes an alignment device, a position detection device, and a processing device. The alignment device includes a leveling unit and an alignment block including an alignment surface for being in contact with and parallel to the side surface. The leveling unit adjusts the alignment surface to be perpendicular to a horizontal plane such that the side surface is perpendicular to the horizontal plane. The position detection device determines the three dimensional coordinates of three non-collinear points on the non-optical surface. The processing device determines whether the non-optical surface is parallel to the horizontal plane according to the coordinates of the three non-collinear points. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105834 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISIBLE LIGHT SOURCE EVALUATION - Particular embodiments of the present disclosure relate systems and methods for evaluating visible light sources. According to one embodiment, a method of evaluating a visible light source including a semiconductor laser having a gain section, a wavelength selective section, and a phase section includes applying a gain drive signal to the gain section of the semiconductor laser at a gain modulation frequency, and applying a triangular wave drive signal to the wavelength selective section of the semiconductor laser at a wavelength selective modulation frequency that is greater than the gain modulation frequency. The light source emits a plurality of optical output pulses. Output power values of the optical output pulses at a selected wavelength are detected. The output power value of one or more selected output pulses is compared with an output power threshold value to generate an indication of whether the visible light source satisfies an output power specification. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105835 | ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS - Techniques associated with energy storage devices are generally described. An example energy storage device includes a battery integrated with a sensor such as an optical waveguide. The sensor can be arranged in contact with an outer wall of the battery and can be configured to detect a safety condition associated with the battery. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105836 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF LED PACKAGE - An apparatus for measuring the optical properties of an LED package includes: a light detection unit detecting light output from a plurality of LED packages of an LED package array in order to measure the optical properties of each of the LED packages; a mounting unit fixing the LED package array thereon when the optical properties thereof are measured; and a voltage application unit applying a driving voltage to the individual LED packages in the LED package array when the optical properties of the LED packages are measured. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105837 | Optical Cup - The present invention relates to a system for conducting the identification and quantification of micro-organisms, e.g., bacteria in biological samples. More particularly, the invention relates to a system comprising a disposable cartridge and an optical cup or cuvette having a tapered surface; wherein the walls are angled to allow for better coating and better striations of the light, an optics system including an optical reader and a thermal controller; an optical analyzer; a cooling system; and an improved spectrometer. The system may utilize the disposable cartridge in the sample processor and the optical cup or cuvette in the optical analyzer. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105838 | Multipoint method for identifying hazardous agents - The invention relates to apparatus and methods for assessing occurrence of a hazardous agent in a sample by performing multipoint spectral analysis of the sample. Methods of employing Raman spectroscopy and other spectrophotometric methods are disclosed. Devices and systems suitable for performing such multipoint methods are also disclosed. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105839 | Progressive Cut-Size Particle Trap and Aerosol Collection Apparatus - Improved centrifugal particle traps for aerosol particle collection and sampling characterized by a curved, progressively tapered impactor channel operable over a incompressible or compressible flow regime, or a flow regime transitioning from incompressible to compressible over the length of the particle trap. Mixtures of particles in a flowing gas stream are impactingly captured and separated by size. The particle traps can be operated to collect submicron particles without blockage, have lower pressure drops to reduce overall power requirements, and surprisingly, viability of biological particles captured in the particle traps of the invention is increased. Also disclosed are systems and methods combining these improved particle traps with in-line particle concentrators and with aerosol sample or liquid sample processing and analysis systems. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105840 | SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD PRODUCING A RAMAN SIGNAL - A sensing device that produces a Raman signal includes micro-rods or nano-rods arranged on a substrate in a two-dimensional (2D) array, each of the rods having a length in a single row being substantially the same, with the rod length of each row being different from the rod length of each other row. Each row of rods has a respective resonant vibration frequency that varies from row to row. A source of vibration energy, operatively connected to the substrate, excites vibration in each of the rods such that a responding row resonates when an exciting frequency approaches the resonant vibration frequency of the responding row. A method includes exposing the 2D array to a light source and analyzing Raman scattering at each rod of the 2D array to render a Raman map. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105841 | APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SERS - An apparatus for performing surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) includes a substrate and a plurality of nano-pillars, each of the plurality of nano-pillars having a first end attached to the substrate, a second end located distally from the substrate, and a body portion extending between the first end and the second end, in which the plurality of nano-pillars are arranged in an array on the substrate, and in which each of the plurality of nano-pillars is formed of a polymer material that is functionalized to expand in the presence of a fluid to cause gaps between the plurality of nano-pillars to shrink when the fluid is supplied onto the nano-pillars. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105842 | METHODS FOR CALIBRATING A MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND DEVICES THEREFROM - The invention provides a method of calibrating measurement device using a Raman-active composition, wherein the composition is active, in one embodiment, in a wavelength region that ranges from about 300 nm to about 1200 nm, and in another embodiment, from about 550 nm to about 650 nm. The method is especially useful in the calibration of fluorescent measurement devices. The method of the invention provides several advantages, such as, in facile identification of problems with the device when it occurs, in not having to tune and adjust the device very often, and neutralizing variations between different runs and different instruments. In another aspect, the invention also provides a device that is calibrated using the method of the invention. In one embodiment, the Raman-active composition useful in the invention is a derivative of 1,4-bis(2-methyl-styryl)-benzene. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105843 | SPECTRAL IMAGE ACQUIRING APPARATUS - A spectral image acquiring apparatus includes an optical filter on which light is incident; an image sensor including a two-dimensionally disposed pixel array for detecting the light via the optical filter; and a signal processing unit generating a difference-value image based on a detection signal from the image sensor. The optical filter includes a diffraction grating having a lattice pattern corresponding to one or more pixels on the image sensor. The signal processing unit calculates a difference value in an amount of received light between two adjacent pixels based on the detection signal from the image sensor, and generates the difference-value image based on the difference value. The difference value between the two adjacent pixels is varied depending on a difference in an interference point on the image sensor corresponding to a diffraction angle of the light that has passed through the diffraction grating. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105844 | Coded Aperture Snapshot Spectral Imager and Method Therefor - The present invention enables snap-shot spectral imaging of a scene at high image generation rates. Light from the scene is processed through an optical system that comprises a coded-aperture. The optical system projects a plurality of images, each characterized by only one of a plurality of spectral components, onto a photodetector array. The plurality of images is interspersed on the photodetector array, but no photodetector receives light characterized by more than one of the plurality of spectral components. As a result, computation of the spatio-spectral datacube that describes the scene is simplified. The present invention, therefore, enables rapid spectral imaging of the scene. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105845 | Imaging Spectrometer - Optical radiation from a sample is received by the slit and it is passed through an aperture in a reflective plane of a folding mirror towards a curved reflective surface of a collimating mirror. The slit and the curved reflective surface have a common optical axis. The reflective plane and the curved reflective surface face each other. The optical radiation passed through the folding mirror is collimated by the curved reflective surface. The collimated optical radiation is directed to the reflective plane of the folding mirror by the curved reflective surface. The collimated optical radiation is reflected in a direction other than the common optical axis of the slit and the curved reflective surface by the reflective plane. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105846 | SPECTRUM MEASURING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a spectrum measuring apparatus for shortening such a measurement time period for an object being measured including two or more mutually different measurement portions as is required for the spectrum measurements of the lights from individual measurement portions. The spectrum measuring apparatus comprises a slit group having two or more slits, a spectroscope for separating the lights extracted by the slit group, for the individual slits, and a measuring unit for measuring the intensities of the individual components, which are separated by the spectroscope, for the slits. The individual slits extract such ones of the lights coming from an object being measured including two or more mutually different measurement portions, as come from the individual measurement portions. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105847 | SPECTROMETRIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR VEILING GLARE - The present solution is directed to a measuring system and a method for determining spectrometric measurement results with high accuracy. The spectrometric measuring system, comprises a radiation source, an entrance slit, a dispersion element, and a detector with detector elements arranged in a linear or matrix-shaped manner in one or more planes. The detector has an even distribution of at least two different wavelength-selective filters on its detector elements. While detectors from photography and video applications are used for this purpose, use of the invention is not limited to the visible spectral region. Further, color filters on the pixels may be omitted or modified in the manufacturing process. It is also possible to use other types of detectors in which the wavelength-selective filters and associated detectors are arranged one behind each other in a plurality of planes in which complete color information is available to each individual picture point. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105848 | NANOPARTICLE DETECTOR - The present technology provides a nanoparticle detector that includes a nanoparticle collector that is configured to collect a volume of air that includes nanoparticles and a light source that is configured to transmit light through the volume of air. The nanoparticle detector further includes a first light-receiving element that is configured to receive at least a portion of the transmitted light and to detect characteristics of the nanoparticles within the volume of air based on scattering properties of the transmitted light. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105849 | POLARIZED ELASTIC SCATTER DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TRACKING AND MEASURING THE VELOCITY OF INDIVIDUAL AEROSOL PARTICLES - Measuring and tracking velocity of individual aerosol particles in a bio-threat detection system are accomplished using a single beam laser source in combination with a birefringent crystal that splits the laser beam into two beams having orthogonal polarization. Scattered light is collected with an elliptical reflector and directed into two detection channels, sampling total elastic scatter in the first channel and sampling polarized elastic scatter in the second channel. The difference in intensity of the scattered light in the polarized channel is used to identify the position of the particles. By taking the ratio of signal output from the polarized detector to the total scatter detector, a threshold level can be established to determine the presence of particles traversing the two beams. The particles are time stamped as they traverse the two beams and the time difference between the pulses can be used to measure the velocity of the particles. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105850 | CASSETTE-BASED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE PRESENCE AND CONCENTRATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL SUBSTANCES IN A MEDICAL FLUID - A medical fluid delivery system includes a medical fluid delivery machine including a light source configured to generate a light beam; a polarizer configured to receive the light beam and to allow a portion of the light beam within the medical fluid to be transmitted through the polarizer, a photodetector to provide a measurement of an intensity of the light beam transmitted through a medical fluid and the polarizer; a medical fluid cassette operating with the medical fluid machine to pump the medical fluid, the medical fluid cassette loaded onto the medical fluid delivery machine such that the light source resides on a first side of the cassette and the photodetector resides on a second side of the cassette; and a computer configured to use the measurement of the intensity to determine whether the medical fluid can be delivered to a patient. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105851 | SPECTRAL COLORIMETRIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A spectral colorimetric apparatus includes a housing which includes a side wall. An outer surface of the side wall is an adjustment surface capable of adjusting a position of a linear sensor by moving while attaching the linear sensor to the adjustment surface. The linear sensor is supported by the side wall of the housing while abutting on the adjustment surface and receives a light beam that is dispersed by a concave surface reflection type diffraction element and passes through an opening portion. The adjustment surface is parallel to a tangential line at a part of a Rowland circle of the concave surface reflection type diffraction element, through which a light beam received by the linear sensor passes. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105852 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND IMAGING OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL SAMPLE ARRAYS - A detection system for a two-dimensional (2D) array is provided. The detection system comprises an electromagnetic radiation source, a phase difference generator, a detection surface having a plurality of sample fields that can receive samples, and an imaging spectrometer configured to discriminate between two or more spatially separated points. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105853 | SENSING DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES USING 3-D ARRAYS BASED ON SURFACE PLASMON EXCITATIONS - Techniques, apparatus, material and systems are described for implementing a three-dimensional composite mushroom-like metallodielectric nanostructure. In one aspect, a surface plasmon based sensing device includes a substrate and a layer of an anti-reflective coating over the substrate. The surface Plasmon based sensing device includes a dielectric material on the anti-reflective coating shaped to form a 2-dimensional array of nanoholes spaced from one another. Also, the surface Plasmon based sensing device includes a layer of a metallic film formed on the 2-dimensional array of nanoholes to include openings over the nanoholes, respectively, wherein the sensing device is structured to support both propagating surface plasmon polariton (SPP) waves and localized surface plasmon resonant (LSPR) modes. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105854 | SURFACE PLASMON FOUR-WAVE MIXING MICROSCOPY - Laser pulses are applied to surface plasmon resonant articles such as gold nanoparticles within a microscopy sample to generate a four-wave mixing signal that is detected as the output of the microscopy process. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105855 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - A diffractive optical element includes: a first diffractive element in which a plurality of basic units are two-dimensionally arranged; and a second diffractive element in which a plurality of basic units are two-dimensionally arranged, wherein when a direction in which the basic units are arranged in the first diffractive element is a first direction, a direction in which the basic units are arranged in the second diffractive element is a second direction, an angle φ between the first direction and the second direction is such that −|φ | 2012-05-03 |
20120105856 | HIGH SENSITIVITY PLASMONIC STRUCTURES FOR USE IN SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSORS AND METHOD OF FABRICATION THEREOF - There is disclosed a method for fabricating a plasmonic structure for use in a surface plasmon resonance sensor, comprising: coating a surface of an optically clear substrate with a monolayer of microspheres forming a sphere mask; etching the sphere mask to produce an array of microholes; depositing an adsorption layer on the etched sphere mask and the surface of the optically clear substrate; depositing a metallic film on the adsorption layer; and removing the sphere mask. This is also disclosed a plasmonic structure for use in a surface plasmon resonance sensor, comprising: an adsorption layer; and a metallic film deposited on the adsorption layer; wherein the adsorption layer and the metallic film comprises an array of microholes. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105857 | HIGH SENSITIVITY LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR AND SENSOR SYSTEM USING SAME - The present invention relates to a high sensitivity localized surface plasmon resonance sensor and to a sensor system using same, the sensor comprising: a first metal layer including a first metal; a second metal layer arranged parallel to the first metal layer and including a second metal; and a conductive cross-linking layer disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and made of a third metal with a corrosion response that is different than that of the first metal and of the second metal. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105858 | Spatial Light Interference Microscopy and Fourier Transform Light Scattering for Cell and Tissue Characterization - Methods and apparatus for rendering quantitative phase maps across and through transparent samples. A broadband source is employed in conjunction with an objective, Fourier optics, and a programmable two-dimensional phase modulator to obtain amplitude and phase information in an image plane. Methods, referred to as Fourier transform light scattering (FTLS), measure the angular scattering spectrum of the sample. FTLS combines optical microscopy and light scattering for studying inhomogeneous and dynamic media. FTLS relies on quantifying the optical phase and amplitude associated with a coherent image field and propagating it numerically to the scattering plane. Full angular information, limited only by the microscope objective, is obtained from extremely weak scatterers, such as a single micron-sized particle. A flow cytometer may employ FTLS sorting. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105859 | Optical Measuring Apparatuses - An optical measuring apparatus may include a light source, linear polarizer, polarized beam splitter, quarter wave plate, objective lens, and/or light receiver. The polarized beam splitter may be configured to transmit linearly polarized light from the linear polarizer to any one of a first and second optical path. The quarter wave plate may be configured to circularly polarize light transmitted through the first optical path from the polarized beam splitter and transmit the circularly polarized light to an object to be measured, and the quarter wave plate may be configured to linearly polarize the circularly polarized light reflected from the object to be measured and transmit the linearly polarized reflected light to the second optical path of the polarized beam splitter. The objective lens may be configured to generate light having different wavelengths by generating chromatic aberration in the circularly polarized light from the quarter wave plate. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105860 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT AN OPTICAL COMPARISON BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO SAMPLES, PREFERABLY BY COMPARING SECTIONS THAT CAN BE SELECTED - An improved method and an improved device for carrying out an optical comparison between at least two samples, preferably by comparing sections that can be selected, is characterized by the following characteristics: the sample (UR, LE, I) that is to be examined and is characterized by a non-uniformity in the structure and/or color is illuminated by diffused light; from the light reflected by the sample (UR, LE, I) to be examined, an interference spectrum is created by means of a spectrometer; the interference spectrum created by the spectrometer is depicted on a camera; the interference spectrum obtained in this way and/or values of the sample (I) to be examined derived therefrom are used as sample values which are compared to sample values of a reference sample (UR, LE) obtained accordingly. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105861 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTICAL PATH LENGTHS - The present invention relates to a method for determining optical path length differences and for optical coherence tomography, having the steps of: generating spatially coherent light by a light source (SQ, BQ) emitting a spatial monomode, or the emission thereof being limited to a single spatial mode by suitable means (F); dividing at least a part of the light coming from said light source into two spatially separated paths; placing a sample (P) to be measured in the measurement path; using as at least two detectors (D) or one detector (D, A) having at least two detector elements (D) and further means (S, T, BP, F, Q, L, G, Z) for guiding beams, said means bringing light from a reference path and a measurement path together to the detectors/detector elements (D) and bringing said light to interference; receiving and analyzing the light intensities at the detectors/detector elements (D) in order to obtain a data set; and numerically analyzing and displaying the data set such that conclusions are possible about both the spatial position and the strength of the reflection or scattering of the sample (P) or structures within the sample (P). | 2012-05-03 |
20120105862 | Optical Angle-Measuring Device - In an optical angle-measuring device for ascertaining the relative movement between at least one scanning grating and a graduated disk having at least one measuring graduation, the scanning grating is in the form of a linear scanning grating, and the graduated disk includes a first and a second combined radial-circular grating as measuring graduation, and has a mirror. An incident beam of rays is initially split at the scanning grating into two partial beams of rays that then propagate in the direction of the first combined radial-circular grating and are diffracted there, then propagate in the direction of the mirror and are reflected there in the direction of the second combined radial-circular grating, subsequently propagate in the direction of the second combined radial-circular grating and are diffracted there, and then propagate in the direction of the scanning grating, where a superposition of the partial beams of rays results. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105863 | Wavefront measurement apparatus - A wavefront measurement apparatus includes a light source that emits a light beam; a light splitting unit that splits the light beam emitted from the light source into an object light beam and a reference light beam; an objective lens that converges the object light beam at a predetermined position of a test object; a light combining unit that superimposes the object light beam returning from the test object and the reference light beam; a light deflecting unit that guides the object light beam returning from the test object towards the light combining unit; an imaging unit that captures an image of an interference pattern formed by combined wavefronts; and a light quantity adjusting filter that adjusts a light quantity, and that is arranged in a optical path between the light deflecting unit and the light combining unit that allows only the transmission of the object light beam from the test object. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105864 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF LEAD ANGLE OF GROOVE IN MANUFACTURED PART - A portion of the surface of a cylindrical part with a machined groove is mapped with an optical profilometer and the height map is fitted to a virtual cylindrical configuration that best fits the data. Two-dimensional Fourier Transfer analysis of the map data is advantageously used to find the orientation of the groove on the part. The orientation of the groove is then compared to the longitudinal axis of such virtual cylinder to calculate the groove's lead angle. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105865 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND RELATED METHOD - A microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes an optical surface and a measurement device which measures a parameter related to the optical surface at a plurality of separated areas on the optical surface. The measurement device includes an illumination unit which directs individual measuring light beams towards the areas on the optical surface. Each measuring light beam illuminates at least a portion of an area, which is associated with the measuring light beam, and at least a portion of an adjacent area which is not associated with the measuring light beam. A detector unit measures a property for each measuring light beam after it has interacted with the optical surface. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105866 | COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE (CMM) AND METHOD OF COMPENSATING ERRORS IN A CMM - A coordinate measuring machine for determination of at least one spatial coordinate of a measurement point on an object to be measured. The coordinate measuring machine comprises a stationary base, a probe head for approaching the measurement point and a frame structure for linking the probe head to the base. A first reference path is provided by an optical reference beam, wherein the reference beam extends along a guide of a linear drive mechanism so that the reference path is parallel to a first direction. Furthermore, at least one displacement sensor is assigned to the reference beam, the reference beam and the displacement sensor being designed and arranged in such a way, that a displacement of the movable member of the linear drive mechanism relative to the first reference path is measurable being indicative of a translational and/or rotational displacement of the movable member from its ordinary bearing position. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105867 | PROFILE MEASURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURE, AND STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - There is provided a profile measuring apparatus which measures a profile of an object including: a projection unit which projects a pattern on the object from a projection direction; a measurement unit, which is displaced at a difference position for the projection unit and takes an image of the pattern from a direction different from the projection direction to measure a position on a surface of the object based on an image data obtained with the taken image; an object-rotation unit which rotates the object in two directions; and a pattern-rotation unit which is connected to the projection unit so as to be able to rotate the pattern relative to the object-rotation unit. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105868 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A measurement device includes a pattern light characteristic setting unit configured to set illumination light having a pattern light characteristic to be projected onto a measurement object, a reflected light measurement unit configured to measure reflected light when the measurement object is irradiated with the illumination light on, an image feature extraction unit configured to extract from the measured reflected light an image feature based on a physical characteristic of the measurement object, a feature distribution calculation unit configured to calculate a distribution characteristic for each local region of the image feature, and a pattern light control unit configured to control the pattern light characteristic of the illumination light, which includes a pattern light characteristic for distance measurement and a pattern light characteristic for image feature extraction, based on the calculated distribution characteristic for each local region. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105869 | THREE DIMENSIONAL INSPECTION AND METROLOGY BASED ON SHORT PULSES OF LIGHT - A system and a method may be provided. The system may include an illumination module arranged to illuminate an object by short pulses of light that form at least one spot on the object; a collection module that comprises a sensor that is arranged to generate detection signals representative of three dimensional information about the object: and a mechanical stage that is arranged to introduce a movement between the object and at least one of the collection module and the illumination module. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105870 | LAYOUT METHOD - A method of directing a beam of laser light at a target point on a wall or other generally vertical surface defined by the intersection of a reference line with the wall or surface includes the steps of: a.) defining the reference line, b.) calculating the three dimensional location of a point on the line, c.) directing a beam of laser light from an automated total station toward said point on the line, d.) measuring the three dimensional location of the reference point on the vertical surface illuminated by said beam of laser light, e.) determining the point on the reference line closest to said reference point on the vertical surface, f.) redirecting the beam of laser light from the automated total station toward the point on the reference line closest to said reference point, and g.) repeating steps d.) through f.) until the point on the reference line closest to said reference point is less than a predetermined distance from said reference point. The point on the line in steps b.) and c.) may be the midpoint of the line. The reference line may be defined by specifying the end points of the line. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105871 | OPTICAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical measuring apparatus for measuring optical characteristics of a stereoscopic display device includes a test image supplier for generating a 3D test signal, a 3D display for displaying left-eye image and/or right-eye image based on the 3D test signal supplied from the test image supplier, a image selection member for selectively transmitting the left-eye image and right-eye image to be displayed on the 3D display, and a light measuring device for measuring intensity or color information of the image transmitted via the image selection member. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105872 | OPTICAL FILM THICKNESS METER AND THIN FILM FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH OPTICAL FILM THICKNESS METER - An optical film thickness meter capable of measurement of an optical film thickness and spectroscopic characteristics with high accuracy and a thin film forming apparatus provided with the optical film thickness meter are provided. The optical film thickness meter includes a light projector ( | 2012-05-03 |
20120105873 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - When draw data that has been created by an application program is spooled, whether the resolution of the draw data is to be lowered is decided. If it is decided that the resolution of the draw data is to be lowered, printer information in which the resolution of print data to be spooled has been lowered is returned and spooling is performed at the lowered resolution. The draw data thus spooled is rasterized into a raster image at a resolution that conforms to the resolution of an image forming device, and the raster image that has been rasterized is output to a printer to thereby form an image. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105874 | IMAGING PRODUCT LAYOUT SYSTEM - An imaging kiosk comprises an image printer, a frame-specification reader for reading frame-specification information specifying two or more image openings in a picture frame, an image-acquisition device, and a computer system for controlling the image printer, the frame-specification reader, and the image-acquisition device. Images are acquired for rendering a single printable image having the two or more acquired images located in positions corresponding to the two or more image openings, and for printing the rendered image to make a frame-matched multi-image print. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105875 | IMAGING PRODUCT LAYOUT METHOD - A computer implemented method for making a single rendered printable image corresponding to a picture frame. Two or more digital images are arranged on a print sheet according to machine decodable frame-specification information that specifies where two or more image openings in a picture frame are situated. The two or more acquired images are rendered into a single printed page of images having the two or more acquired images located in positions corresponding to the image openings. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105876 | COLOR PLANE REGISTRATION ERROR CORRECTION - A printing method and system include printing a first image on a first portion of a first page and determining a color plane registration (CPR) error using a second portion of the first page. A second image is modified based on the CPR error, and the second image is printed on a second page. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105877 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a determination unit and a restriction unit. The determination unit determines an image forming capability of each of the image forming apparatus and a different image forming apparatus, an image being formed on a printing medium that is transported between the image forming apparatus and the different image forming apparatus. The restriction unit restricts an image forming operation of the image forming apparatus when the determination unit determines that the image forming capability of any one of the image forming apparatus and the different image forming apparatus is to be lower than an image forming capability of the other one of the image forming apparatus and the different image forming apparatus when independently performing an operation to form an image on the printing medium. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105878 | ACCURATE PRINTING OF A TARGET COLOUR - A method of accurately printing a target colour is provided. The method comprises: in a first step measuring the light spectrum ( | 2012-05-03 |
20120105879 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention prevents a printing result desired by a user from being unable to be printed out, due to registration of the same color name for sheets of different colors. To accomplish this, an image forming apparatus includes a reading unit that reads in a sheet; a generating unit that generates color data indicating a color of the sheet read by the reading unit; an obtaining unit that obtains a color name corresponding to the color data generated with the generating unit, by searching a color sample database, wherein color data and color names corresponding to the color data are stored in the color sample database; and a setting unit that sets a sheet feed cassette to the color name obtained by the obtaining unit. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105880 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image data acquisition unit, a frequency distribution acquisition unit, and a color setting unit. The image data acquisition unit acquires image data representing a color image. The frequency distribution acquisition unit allocates a color of each pixel of the data as a class and acquires a frequency distribution representing an occurrence rate of the color based on the data acquired by the image data acquisition unit. The color setting unit sets a first color with the highest frequency distribution occurrence rate as a background color in the color image, sets a second color with an occurrence rate next in magnitude to the first color as a character color in the color image, and sets a color with an occurrence rate lower than that of the second color as a pattern color that is a color of a specific pattern in the color image. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105881 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING IMAGE CONTROL ACCORDING TO TARGET VALUE - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section configured to form a toner image on an image bearing member; and a first control section configured to change an image target value of the image forming section. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105882 | PRINT COLOR PREDICTING APPARATUS, PRINT COLOR PREDICTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A print color predicting apparatus, a print color predicting method, and a recording medium having a program recorded therein acquire a spectral reflectance of a print, estimate a plurality of sets of optical property values of a protective film that covers the print, depending on the spectral reflectance of the print, and predict a spectral reflectance of a protective-film-covered print, using the spectral reflectance of the print and the sets of optical property values of the protective film. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105883 | System and Method for Document Processing Device Cloning - The subject application is directed to a system and method for cloning of document processing device configurations. The system and method include a first document processing device which has configurable components and is operable for placement in networked data communication with other document processing devices, each including an equivalent set of configurable components with the first document processing device. Registration data corresponding to an identity and address of each of the plurality of document processing devices is stored on a first document processing device. Modified configuration data corresponding to the first document processing device is received and a configuration of the configurable components of the first document processing device is updated in accordance with received modified configuration data. Modification data is communicated to each of the plurality of document processing devices corresponding to the modified configuration data in accordance with the registration data. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105884 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus of the present invention is provided with input means for inputting a job, selection means for selecting circuit configuration data corresponding to a type of the job input by the input means from a plurality of circuit configuration data stored in the storage means, reconfiguration means for reconfiguring the circuitry of the data processing means using the circuit configuration data selected by the selection means, and control means for causing the data processing means whose circuitry has been reconfigured by the reconfiguration means to execute the job input by the input means. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105885 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PERFORMING NETWORK COMMUNICATION - An image forming apparatus having at least a normal mode and an energy saving mode of less energy consumption than the normal mode includes: a main controller executing image processing in the normal mode and stopping operation in the energy saving mode; energy saving controller controlling the image forming apparatus in the energy saving mode; nonvolatile storage unit connected to the main controller; volatile storage unit connected to the main controller and the energy saving controller; and network communication unit connected to the energy saving controller to perform network communication. The nonvolatile storage unit stores a MAC address with which the energy saving controller controls the network communication unit. The main controller writes the MAC address stored in the nonvolatile storage unit into the volatile storage unit during startup of the apparatus. The energy saving controller controls the network communication unit based on the transferred MAC address. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105886 | OPERATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND OPERATION METHOD - An operation device including: a touch screen;
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20120105887 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An image formation apparatus configured to execute print processing, includes an information storage configured to store print-limit information and notification-destination information set for each user. The print-limit information includes at least one of a print condition and a limit on a printable amount. A user-information acquisition unit is configured to acquire print-instructing-user information, which is information on a print-instructing user instructing a print-executing user to execute printing. An information-acquisition unit is configured to acquire, from the information storage, the print-limit information and the notification-destination information corresponding to the print-instructing-user information acquired by the user-information acquisition unit, and a notification unit is configured to notify the print-instructing user of a result of print control by the print controller, based on the notification-destination information acquired by the information-acquisition unit. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105888 | Image Forming Apparatus, Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium for Storing Image Forming Program, and Image Forming Method - An image forming apparatus includes an area setting unit, a reading unit, a number recognizing unit, and a number determining unit. The area setting unit is configured to set a reading area on the basis of a page number. The reading unit is configured to read image data in the reading area. The number recognizing unit configured to recognize a number from a result of reading by the reading unit. The number determining unit is configured to compare results of recognizing of two consecutive pages by the number recognizing unit, determine the presence of consecutive numbers, and determine one of the consecutive numbers as the page number. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105889 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a reading mechanism having an original placement portion on which an original document is placed for reading an image; a recording mechanism having a medium supply tray on which a recording medium is set, the recording mechanism being disposed in such a manner that a longitudinal direction of the medium supply tray is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the original placement portion; an angular casing that houses the reading mechanism and the recording mechanism while stacking the reading mechanism and the recording mechanism vertically; and a cartridge holder that houses an ink cartridge and is disposed in a space located at a corner position of the casing below the reading mechanism and surrounded by a circumferential wall of the casing and a side wall of the medium supply tray. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105890 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINT SETTING REFLECTION METHOD PERTAINING TO AN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a first type printer driver and a second type printer driver that is different than the first type printer driver, where each driver runs on the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus also includes a display control unit that displays an identification of the first type printer driver as a printer driver suited to create print data based on drawing data in response to a first type application outputting the drawing data, and displays an identification of the second type printer driver as a printer driver suited to create print data based on drawing data in response to a second type application different than the first type application outputting the drawing data. The first and second type printer drivers are used for a printing apparatus. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105891 | Image Processing Apparatus, Computer Program Product, and Preview Image Displaying Method - In an image processing apparatus, preview images are generating by continuously scanning both sides of originals. The page scrolling unit scrolls the preview images while pairing a first preview image to be processed with a second preview image that is not processed as pages of front and back sides of an original or a two-page spread, and a preview displaying unit displays at least one of the first preview image and the second image. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105892 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD AND IMAGE READING SYSTEM - To keep track of which process each process job currently exits and when it comes in own charge or which job must be processed, it is necessary to use a workflow system on a PC, and this necessitates to move back and force between the PC and the apparatus, thereby leading to the deterioration of the operational efficiency. An object of the invention is to provide a system in which the apparatus and the workflow server are connected, and by moving forward the processing by using the operation unit of the apparatus, the workflow of the operator in the centralized copy room and the print center of the company can be smoothly moved forward. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105893 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention, being capable of communicating with an operation panel provided with a display unit, obtains, from the operation panel, information indicating a display layout for data that is displayed on the display unit. The display layout is set by a direction of the operation panel. The image processing apparatus then generates image data in accordance with the display layout, based on the obtained information, and outputs the generated image data. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105894 | Avoiding Redundant Printing - A method, system, and computer usable program product for avoiding redundant printing are provided in the illustrative embodiments. An application executing in a data processing system receives a request to print a document. A determination is made whether a valid shared print of the document is available, the valid shared print being a hard-copy of the document that is currently within a validity period and is available for sharing among multiple entities. The shared valid print is requested from a current owner of the shared valid print. If the request is successful, possession of the shared valid print is changed in a prints repository from the current owner to a new owner and a new printing of the document according to the request to print the document is suspended. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105895 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an allowable output amount storage unit that stores allowable output amounts of respective combinations of a user and a predetermined totalization period; a total output amount recording unit that records total output amounts of the respective combinations of a user and a predetermined totalization period; and a processing unit that receives, from a user, an instruction that designates image forming information and an instruction to perform image formation on the basis of the designated image forming information, and performs image-formation-related processing for the designated image forming information if a value obtained by adding together an output amount of the image-formation-instructed image forming information, a sum of total output amounts of the user, and a sum of output amounts of pieces of particular image forming information specified by the user is smaller than or equal to an allowable output amount of the user. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105896 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND THRESHOLD SETTING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a detecting unit that detects illuminance; a storage unit that stores therein a threshold with respect to the illuminance in accordance with a distance from a light source to the image forming apparatus, the threshold being for switching to an energy-saving mode in which electricity is supplied only to a part of the image forming apparatus or for turning, off a power source; a comparison unit that compares a detected illuminance with the threshold; and a control unit that, if the detected illuminance is equal to or less than the threshold, causes the image forming apparatus to switch to the energy-saving mode or to turn off the power source. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105897 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system that performs printout based on encrypted, submitted data includes a printing apparatus including a decrypting unit that decrypts the submitted data; and an editing apparatus that accepts an editing operation to be performed on the submitted data. The editing apparatus transmits an execution instruction for performing a process of creating an image for editing used for the editing operation, to the printing apparatus. In response to the execution instruction, the printing apparatus performs a process on an image obtained by decrypting the submitted data using the decrypting unit, and thereby creates a non-equivalent decrypted image as the image for editing, and transmits the non-equivalent decrypted image to the editing apparatus, the non-equivalent decrypted image being a decrypted image non-equivalent to a printed material related to the submitted data. The editing apparatus displays the non-equivalent decrypted image as the image for editing. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105898 | CONTROL APPARATUS, STATE DETECTION METHOD OF CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A control apparatus includes a state change detection unit configured to detect a state change of a particular unit and to output a state change information indicating the state change; a state detection unit configured to detect a state of the particular unit; a storage unit operable with electricity supplied by a battery and configured to store information indicating that the state change information was input; and a control unit operable with electricity supplied by a power supply different from the battery configured to determine whether the information indicating that the state change information was input is stored in the storage unit during the off-state of electricity supplied by the power supply and, when it is determined that the information is stored, to acquire the state detected by the state detection unit. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105899 | ELECTRIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An electric energy consumption control system that is capable of maximizing convenience to users while controlling the system so that the electric energy consumption of the entire system in a period falls within a target electric energy. An electrical apparatus transmits electric energy consumption of a job with a user name to a control apparatus through the network. A restrictive period setting unit of the control apparatus starts a restrictive period when the electric energy consumption of the entire system is beyond a restriction starting value, and finishes it when the electric energy consumption of the entire system is below a restriction release value. A job restriction unit restricts the job of the user concerned when the accumulated electric energy consumption of the user is beyond the reference value in the restrictive period. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105900 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGES - An image forming apparatus performs a direct printing function. A selecting section selects at least two files from a plurality of files stored in at least one of an internal storage medium and an external storage medium. A human interface receives passwords form a user. A password determining section determines whether the selected files are protected by passwords. A file extracting section extracts the selected files from an internal storage medium or external storage medium. A password verifying section determines whether passwords contained in the selected files and the passwords inputted through the human interface coincide. A printer prints the selected files. A printing controller controls the printer, causing the printer to print at least one of selected files if the password verifying section has determined that the password contained in the at least one selected file and the password inputted by the user coincide. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105901 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVER APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION MEDIUM CONTROLLER - According to one embodiment, an information management server apparatus transmits processing result information that includes management register information including a child management ID when traceable duplication request information received from an information medium controller satisfy an access control policy and a permission policy. On the basis of the processing result information, the information medium controller outputs document print data that includes the child management ID tag and an electronic data body, and management register data including the management register information. When a paper document printed by the document print data is collected after being distributed, the information medium controller transmits a collection completion update request including the child management ID read from the paper document by an exclusive reader. On the basis of the child management ID in the collection completion update request, the information management server apparatus updates the status information to “collected”. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING TRANSACTIONS BY MEANS OF PRINT MEDIA THAT INCORPORATE ELECTRONIC RECORDING AND TRANSMISSION MEANS - A system and method for enabling automatic electronic, telephonic, and Internet transactions through print media, as well as providing value that flows to a supplier for the service of enabling such transactions. The transactions can utilize print media that can include electronic recording media and counterfeit protection, where the electronic recording media can identify suppliers of the media, providers of the service promoted by the electronic media, and can set a value for a supplier, such as a print media supplier or facilitator. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105903 | NETWORKED THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - Three-dimensional fabrication resources are improved by adding networking capabilities to three-dimensional printers and providing a variety of tools for networked use of three-dimensional printers. Web-based servers or the like can provide a single point of access for remote users to manage access to distributed content on one hand, and to manage use of distributed fabrication resources on the other. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105904 | RECEIPT VERIFICATION OF PRINT JOBS IN AN AUTOMATED DOCUMENT FACTORY ENVIRONMENT - Methods and systems are provided for verifying the receipt of print jobs submitted to an Automated Document Factory (ADF) system from a client. The ADF system receives a print work summary from the client indicating print jobs scheduled for submission to the ADF system. The ADF system may then receive print jobs from the client. A determination is made regarding the differences between the print jobs received from the client and the print jobs scheduled for submission as indicated in the print work summary. A tracking report is generated indicating the differences, and a notification is provided to the client when the tracking report indicates that a difference exists between the print jobs received from the client and the print jobs indicated in the print work summary. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105905 | System and Method for Operation of Document Processing Devices Via Portable Data Devices - The subject application is directed to a system and method for operation of document processing devices via portable data devices. A wireless data connection is established between a document processing device including a processor and associated data storage and an associated mobile data device. A remote installation of a software interface for the document processing device is initiated on the mobile data device via the wireless data connection. A multicast probe is received via the wireless data connection from the mobile data device initiated in accordance with operation of the software interface after installation. The mobile data device is registered with the document processing device in accordance with a response to the multicast probe. Control data generated by the software interface operable to commence at least one document processing operation on the document processing device is received from the mobile data device via the wireless data connection. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105906 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed is a printing system and method for printing documents over a network. The system comprises: a document server connected to the network, the documents being accessible via the document server; a client device connected to the network and adapted to transmit a document print request identifying a document to be printed; a print access server connected to the network and adapted to receive the document print request and, in response to the received document print request, transmit a print token, the print token identifying the document to be printed and a printer for printing the document; and a printer connected to the network, the printer being adapted to receive a print token and to retrieve and print a document via the document server based on the received print token. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105907 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PRINT JOBS - In a system and method for managing print jobs of a printer, when the printer acquires a print job, the print job is stored in a buffer having a corresponding priority level of the print job. A first buffer that stores one or more print jobs and has a higher priority level than other buffers currently storing print jobs is selected. A first print job stored in the first buffer is executed. If a second print job is stored in a buffer having a higher priority level than the first buffer when the first print job is being executed, the first print job is suspended and the second print job is executed. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105908 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREIN AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - An information processing apparatus connectable to a server which manages print data, and a printer which prints based on the print data receives the print data from the server, and transfers the received print data to the printer by each first data size. When a disconnection between the server and the information processing apparatus is detected, the information processing apparatus transfers the print data to the printer by each second data size smaller than the first data size. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105909 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an execution portion configured to execute a job, a providing portion configured to provide a Web page in response to a request, a determination portion configured to determine a time-out period, which is a period during which a response from the providing portion to the request is acceptable, depending on conditions of a job that is being executed by the execution portion and conditions of a job that waits to be executed by the execution portion, and a management portion configured to manage execution of a process by the execution portion and a process by the providing portion in such a manner that the former is executed before the latter. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105910 | CONVERTER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONNECTED THERETO - A converter device supplied with a drive power from an image forming apparatus instead of an external device and an image forming apparatus connected to the converter device. The converter device is provided between the image forming apparatus including a power supply port and a USB port and a host device including a parallel port such that data is transmitted and received between the image forming apparatus and the host device. The converter device is connected to the image forming apparatus through the power supply port and a power cable to be supplied with power. The converter device is operated with the supplied power to convert data output from the USB port into data capable of being input to the parallel port or convert data output from the parallel port into data capable of being input to the USB port. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105911 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING AN INTERMEDIATE FILL WITH A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS - A method of associating a shared fill with a plurality of objects, is disclosed. Each of the objects is associated with a fill. A bounding region of the shared fill is determined based on a fill of a first of the plurality of objects. The first object is associated with the shared fill. A second object is received and the shared fill is updated based on a fill of the second object if: (a) the fill of the second object is contained within the bounding region; and (b) the fill of the second object is non-overlapping with the fill of the first object. The second object is associated with the updated intermediate fill. The updated shared fill is shared by the first object and the second object. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105912 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus transmits a print job to a printer after performing print setting processing for variable print data. An operation information setting unit receives print setting information in which the leading page of each of the records is specified as the first page for a page or a page range in each of the records to perform print setting. A job ticket generation unit sets print setting information to a job ticket in accordance with the instruction which a hot folder manager gives that detects and manages print data. A print data transmission unit generates a print job and transmits it to a printer. The printer analyzes the received print job, and repeatedly applies the print setting information set to one record to each of the records to thereby execute print processing. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105913 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An image processing device is provided, which includes a first processor, a second processor configured to perform communication with the first processor, and a memory connector that is connected with the second processor, configured such that an external memory is detachably attached thereto, and provided with a terminal that is connected with the first processor and connectable with a memory area of the external memory which area stores specification information of the external memory. The first processor is configured to, prior to the second processor being booted, determine whether an error relating to the external memory is caused, via the terminal. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105914 | MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a circuit includes an input buffer, an output buffer, a counter, an issuing unit, a first controller, a register, and a second controller. The input buffer and the output buffer have a variable storage capacity. The counter cyclically counts from a first value to a second value. The issuing unit issues a write command if a count value of the counter is a third value and issues a read command if the count value is a fourth value. The register stores a first setting value, a second setting value and a third setting value to be capable of changing each of the setting values. The second controller controls the components to set the storage capacity, the second value, and one of the third and fourth values respectively to values corresponding to the first to third setting values. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105915 | CONTROLLER AND HALFTONE DOT SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING GLOSSINESS OF IMAGE - An image glossiness controller has a main component color specifying unit that identifies a prescribed component color and output identification information thereof. A change in amplitude of a convexoconcavity of a toner layer of the prescribed component color is greatest among those of the other component colors when each of the component color toner is formed and fixed alone. Three or more halftone dot signal generators convert clear toner image information into three or more binary clear toner image signals corresponding to three or more component colors per component color pixel using multiple halftone dot characteristics, respectively. Each of the multiple halftone dot characteristics generating three or more binary clear toner image signals has a reversed phase from that generating three or more binary component color image signals. | 2012-05-03 |