21st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090128758 | POLARIZING PLATE WITH AN OPTICAL COMPENSATION LAYER, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, USING THE POLARIZING PLATE WITH AN OPTICAL COMPENSATION LAYER - There is provided a polarizing plate with optical compensation layers that contributes to reduction in thickness and has excellent heat resistance and moisture resistance. A polarizing plate with optical compensation layers according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a polarizer; a first optical compensation layer; a second optical compensation layer; and a third optical compensation layer, in this order. The first optical compensation layer has a refractive index profile of nx>ny=nz, and an in-plane retardation Re | 2009-05-21 |
20090128759 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal panel or the present invention comprising a liquid crystal cell, a first polarizer and a second polarizer provided on both sides of the liquid crystal cell, a first optical compensation layer provided between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizer, and a second optical compensation layer provided between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizer, wherein a wavelength dispersion of the liquid crystal cell satisfies Re | 2009-05-21 |
20090128760 | FLAT DISPLAY PANEL HAVING STRENGTH ENHANCING STRUCTURE - A flat display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a sealant disposed between the first and second substrates. The sealant, the edge of the inner surface of the first substrate, and the edge of the inner surface of the second substrate form a space, and the flat display panel further includes a protection layer disposed inside the space so as to reinforce the structural strength of the flat display panel. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128761 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A liquid crystal display device in accordance with one aspect of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel including a electrode substrate, a opposed substrate disposed opposite to the electrode substrate, and liquid crystal sandwiched between the electrode substrate and the opposed substrate, and a transparent conductive film formed on the opposite surface of the opposed substrate to the liquid crystal, wherein the thickness d | 2009-05-21 |
20090128762 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal mixture. The first substrate includes a pixel electrode, which includes a first domain forming unit, and a first vertical alignment layer arranged on the pixel electrode. The second substrate faces the first substrate and includes a common electrode and a second vertical alignment layer arranged on the common electrode. The liquid crystal mixture is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and includes liquid crystal molecules, an ultraviolet-curable monomer, and an ultraviolet-curable initiator. A distance between the first substrate and the second substrate is 3.6 μm or less, and a rotational viscosity of the liquid crystal mixture is 130 mPa·s or less. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128763 | Rubbing method, method of fabricating liquid crystal display device using the same, and liquid crystal display device manufactured thereby - A liquid crystal display device capable of reducing a disclination region generated when an alignment layer is not normally rubbed due to physical interference between a pattern spacer formed on a substrate and fibers of a rubbing cloth in a rubbing process and a rubbing and fabricating method thereof are disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel having two bonded substrates with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, alignment layers formed on the two substrates to align liquid crystal molecules in a predetermined direction, and a pattern spacer formed on any one substrate to maintain a distance between the substrates. The alignment layers are rubbed by a rubbing cloth having fibers inclined in a left or right direction with respect to a perpendicular direction of a rotation shaft of a rubbing roll, and the pattern spacer has an inclined surface parallel to the fibers. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128764 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display includes a pair of transparent substrates opposed to each other with liquid crystal therebetween, one of the pair of transparent substrates having a plurality of drain signal lines and a plurality of gate signal lines, and a plurality of pixel areas defined by the drain signal lines and the gate signal lines. The pixel areas includes a pixel electrode formed of a transparent electrode having a plurality of slits including a slit opened in a first direction and a slit opened in a second direction, and a counter electrode formed of a transparent electrode disposed between the transparent electrode of the pixel electrode having the plurality of slits and the one substrate. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128765 | Display device - A display device may include a first substrate including a pixel region; a gate line disposed on the first substrate; a data line intersecting the gate line; a first electrode disposed on the data line; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a second electrode disposed on the second substrate, the second electrode including domain dividers, the domain dividers including a first domain divider having a first area S | 2009-05-21 |
20090128766 | Display Device - A display device includes a substrate having display portion and peripheral portion, a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines formed over the substrate, a plurality of switching elements connected to the plurality of gate signal lines and the plurality of drain signal lines and formed over the substrate, and a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of switching elements and formed in the display portion. An organic interlayer film is formed in the display portion and the peripheral portion, and a covering layer is formed on the organic interlayer film in the peripheral portion and the insulating film includes at least one of a plurality of recesses and protuberances. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128767 | Curable resin composition for column spacer,column spacer, and liquid crystal display panel - It is an object of the present invention to provide a curable resin composition for a column spacer which has excellent developability and solubility and is capable of forming a clearly patterned column spacer without leaving a development residue at the time of pattern formation of the column spacer to be used in producing a liquid crystal display panel. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128768 | Self-planarized passivation dielectric for liquid crystal on silicon structure and related method - According to an exemplary embodiment, a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) structure includes a number of pixel electrodes overlying an interlayer dielectric, where diagonally adjacent pixel electrodes are separated by a gap. The LCoS structure further includes a self-planarizing passivation dielectric situated over the pixel electrodes and in the gap, where the self-planarizing passivation dielectric has a selected thickness. The self-planarizing passivation dielectric can be an Oxide-Nitride-Oxide (ONO) stack. The selected thickness of the self-planarizing passivation dielectric causes the self-planarizing passivation dielectric to have a substantially planar top surface. In one embodiment, the thickness of the self-planarizing passivation dielectric can be approximately equal to twice a width of the gap. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128769 | COMPOUND, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, OPTICAL ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A compound of the following formula (1): | 2009-05-21 |
20090128770 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal optical device showing small haze value in transparent state and being excellent in productivity, a process for producing such a device, and a liquid crystal composition for producing such a device. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128771 | FABRICATION METHODS FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICES - Fabrication methods for cholesteric liquid crystal display devices are presented. A roll of a first substrate is conveyed from a first direction. A patterned enclosure structure is formed on the roll of the first substrate, wherein the patterned enclosure structure includes a plurality of stripes for dividing liquid crystals. A roll of a second substrate is conveyed from a second direction. An adhesion layer is formed on the roll of the second substrate. The first and the second substrates are assembled by dual rollers, thereby tightly combining the adhesion layer and the patterned enclosure structure. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128772 | Discrimination Medium, Discrimination Method, and Discrimination Apparatus - An object of the present invention is to provide a discrimination medium which has high discrimination ability, and which is more difficult to counterfeit than conventional discrimination mediums. A discrimination medium comprises: a cholesteric liquid crystal layer; and a liquid crystal layer acting as a half-wave plate and provided on the cholesteric liquid crystal layer in a predetermined pattern. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128773 | Eyeglasses with attached second lenses - This invention is to provide a structural combination of eyeglasses with attached second lenses, comprising an eyeglasses frame, a first lenses and a second lenses, where the eyeglasses frame is provided with protruded sockets at the appropriate locations on the left and right of the top rim, and the socket has a trough shaping multiple corners at its internal and having the entry facing ahead, while the second lenses is provided with a pivot rod in the shape of cornered pillar corresponding to each of the trough on the eyeglasses frame, through the cornered-pillar pivot rods are lodged in the cornered-groove troughs of the eyeglasses frame respectively, a firm combination is formed, where the second lenses is then available to be lifted or lowered in front of the first lenses, which achieves to position the clip-on lenses precisely. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128774 | EYEGLASS HOLDER - A system, method and device for comfortably, safely and securely holding eyeglasses close to and on the person, when not in use, is disclosed. In some embodiments, the device comprises an adjustable band member to comfortably fit around any persons arm or leg and an eyeglass holding member adjustably coupled to the top of the band member such that an eyeglass can securely, and safely be held between the band member and the eyeglass holding member. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128775 | System for obtaining a fundus image - The present invention is related to a system for obtaining a fundus image, constituted by optical means implemented in an equipment to observe and photograph the image of the wall fundus ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090128776 | FUNCTIONAL IMAGING OF THE RETINA - An apparatus and a method for obtaining, in vivo, a measurement of retinal response to an optical stimuli. Light sources provide optical stimuli to the retina in accordance with predetermined stimulation sequences, and images of the retina are obtained and correlated with the predetermined stimulation sequences so as to determine responses of the retina to the optical stimuli. In one particular embodiment, optical stimuli are provided according to m-sequences and correlated with corresponding optical coherence tomography images to determine a functional response of the retina. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128777 | ARTIFICIAL EYE AND MEASURING INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING THE ACCOMMODATION OF AN EYE - A liquid lens system comprises a liquid drop 10 whose shape can be influenced by electrical fields. A plurality of electrodes are arranged annularly around the liquid drop. The liquid lens system may be employed in an artificial eye, an accommodation measuring instrument and a dioptric telescope. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128778 | Ophthalmic Apparatus - To provide an ophthalmic apparatus capable of performing efficient measurement of a plurality of eye characteristics of an examinee's eye, which comprises a first measurement unit comprising a first measurement system for performing measurement of a first characteristic of the eye, a second measurement unit comprising a second measurement system for performing measurement of a second characteristic of the eye, a measurement unit in which the measurement units are placed such that heights of first and second measurement axes of the respective systems are different from each other, a movement mechanism unit moving the measurement unit in a vertical direction, and a control unit controlling the mechanism unit such that the height of the first measurement axis at the time of first measurement by the first measurement unit becomes almost the same as that of the second measurement axis at the time of second measurement by the second measurement unit. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128779 | Movie Copy Protection - A method for frustrating piracy of a movie, the movie including a plurality of filmed frames, each of the filmed frames including an image, the method including editing the movie prior to projection such that different regions of the image of one of the filmed frames are in different frames so that the different regions will be projected at different times, and repeating the editing for other ones of the filmed frames. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128780 | Polarization conversion system and method for stereoscopic projection - A polarization conversion system separates light from an unpolarized image source into a first state of polarization (SOP) and an orthogonal second SOP, and directs the polarized light on first and second light paths. The SOP of light on only one of the light paths is transformed to an orthogonal state such that both light paths have the same SOP. A polarization modulator temporally modulates the light on the first and second light paths to first and second output states of polarization. First and second projection lenses direct light on the first and second light paths toward a projection screen to form substantially overlapping polarization encoded images. The polarization modulator may be located before or after the projection lenses. The polarization-encoded images may be viewed using eyewear with appropriate polarization filters. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128781 | LED multiplexer and recycler and micro-projector incorporating the Same - A micro-projector comprises an LED layer, a light pipe coupled to the LED, a LCOS panel, a projection lens, a PBS, an aperture layer coupled to the output end of the light pipe which has a transmissive opening for transmitting a portion of the light output and a reflective surface for reflecting the remaining portion of the light output toward the input end of the light pipe. Thus, the remaining portion of the light output is recycled back to the LED to increase the brightness of the light output of the LED. The micro-projector also comprises a reflective polarizer disposed between the light pipe and the aperture layer for transmitting the light output of a predetermined polarization and reflecting other polarization of the light output, thereby recycling unused polarization of the light output back to the LED to increase the brightness of the light output of the LED. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128782 | MEMS Based Projector - A MEMS-based projector may be included in various user devices. A selective fold mirror, a MEMS-based projector, and a polarization rotator may be oriented to reflect a beam within the device for external projection. Alternatively, a total internal reflection prism may take the place of a selective fold mirror or a polarization rotator and may reduce the number of necessary components in the user device. Various optical components may be placed in the MEMS-based projector and arranged in different positions to reflect a light beam in a desired direction for external projection. The components that make up the MEMS-based projector may depend on the available footprint in the device and the direction in which the light beam is to be projected. Some optical components may provide multiple functionalities which would otherwise require multiple components and may reduce the size of the projector. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128783 | Ocular-protection projector device - The present invention discloses an ocular-protection projector device, wherein the projector is additionally equipped with an image-capture unit. When the projector projects information onto a screen, the image-capture unit captures the human-shape image of a user. An image-processing unit, which is arranged inside the projector or an external electronic device, receives the human-shape image, creates a human-shape black mask, and outputs the human-shape black mask via the projector onto an area of the screen corresponding to the user's position. Thereby, the present invention can effectively protect the user's eyes from the harm of intense light. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128784 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device is discussed, which includes an optical system having an improved arrangement, thereby being capable of reducing the size of the projection display device. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128785 | MULTIFUNCTION PROJECTOR CASE WITH SCREEN - A case for holding a portable projection device, the case including a housing having interior surfaces for holding the portable projection device; and a projection screen for viewing images from the portable projection device. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128786 | IMAGING SYSTEM WITH A MICROELECTROMECHANICAL LIGHT VALVE - An imaging system comprises a light valve having an array of light valve pixels. For processing grayscale/color images, each light valve pixel represents a discrete grayscale level. During image processing, desired grayscales can be accomplished by imaging the light valve pixels onto the target such that the perceived grayscale of each target pixel is a sum of grayscales represented by a plurality of light valve pixels. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128787 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus enables an efficient collection of a solvent vapor discharged via a nozzle onto a wafer on which a resist pattern is formed. A retaining base that retains the wafer is moved relative to the nozzle, which includes a nozzle head. A pair of leakage preventing portions are disposed opposite to each other across the nozzle head. Each of the leakage preventing portions has an opening via which the solvent vapor discharged out of the discharge opening can be sucked, or a solvent vapor blocking gas can be discharged selectively. A solvent vapor supply source and a gas supply source are switchably connected to the supply opening of the nozzle head via a first switching valve. An exhaust pump and a solvent-vapor-blocking gas supply source are switchably connected to the openings of the leakage preventing portions via a second switching valve. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128788 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING PHOTOMASKS - The present application is directed a method for determining the position of photomask patterns in a mask making process. The method comprises providing one or more mask rules defining the minimum spacing between photomask patterns. The method further comprises determining the position of a first photomask pattern relative to an adjacent second photomask pattern, the first photomask pattern having a critical edge for defining a critical dimension of a first device structure and a non-critical edge for defining a non-critical dimension. The non-critical edge is attached to the critical edge so that the positioning of the non-critical edge will affect the length of the critical edge. The non-critical edge of the first photomask pattern is positioned a distance X from an edge of the second photomask pattern, wherein the distance X is chosen to be substantially the minimum spacing allowed by the mask rules. Embodiments directed to software modules for implementing the method and patterning processes employing the method are also disclosed. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128789 | Projection exposure device, and exposure process performed by the device - The present invention relates to provide a projection exposure device having a small volume, thereby not occupying a large installation space. The projection exposure device is configured to transfer patterns formed on a mask to a surface of film-shaped tape on an upright exposure stage by projecting the patterns onto the surface using light. This projection exposure device includes a transfer mechanism for feeding the tape to the exposure stage vertically, and a projection optical mechanism for irradiating the surface of the tape with the light. The projection optical mechanism is composed of Dyson optics located opposite the transfer mechanism across the exposure stage, and has an optical axis that is substantially perpendicular to the exposure stage. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128790 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - When a transition is performed from a state where one wafer stage is positioned in an area including a liquid immersion area to a state where the other wafer stage is positioned in the area including the liquid immersion area, eaves sections arranged in both wafer stages are to be engaged to make a proximity or a contact state in the X-axis direction, and both stages are simultaneously driven in the X-axis direction while maintaining the state. In this manner, the liquid immersion area moves back and forth between the two stages via the eaves sections. This can restrain leakage of the liquid via a gap between both wafer stages, and further, a liquid leakage to the reflection surfaces arranged on the side surface of both wafer stages can be restrained. Further, interference between the reflection surfaces arranged in both wafer stages can be avoided. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128791 | Stage system, lithographic apparatus including such stage system, and correction method - A position measurement system to measure a position of a movable stage includes a reference plate; a plurality of sensors arranged such that, depending on a position of the movable stage relative to the reference plate, at least a subset of the plurality of sensors is configured to cooperate with the reference plate to provide for each of the sensors in the subset respective sensor signals representative of a position of the respective sensor relative to the reference plate; and a processor arranged to determine from the sensor signals a stage position, the processing device configured so as to, when the stage is in a position where an over-determined number of sensor signals is provided by at least the subset of the sensors that are in operational cooperation with the reference plate, (a) determine the stage position from a subset of the over-determined number of sensor signals, and (b) correct a sensor signal of one or more of the sensors from a discrepancy between the determined stage position and a remainder of the sensors signals. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128792 | Lithographic apparatus and method - A method is disclosed that includes introducing a substrate into a pre-aligner of a lithographic apparatus, using a detector to measure the location of an alignment mark provided on a side of the substrate which is opposite to the location of the detector, and after measurement, putting the substrate onto a substrate table of the lithographic apparatus, the substrate being positioned on the substrate table such that the alignment mark provided on the opposite side of the substrate is visible through a window of the substrate table. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128793 | Liquid recovery apparatus, exposure apparatus, exposure method, and device manufacturing method - A lithographic projection apparatus includes a substrate table by which a substrate is held, a projection system via which a patterned beam is projected onto the substrate to expose the substrate through liquid, and a liquid supply system. The liquid supply system includes a supply flow path, and supplies the liquid via the supply flow path during the exposure. The liquid supply system also includes a device by which the supply flow path is connected with a vacuum system to prevent liquid in the supply flow path from leaking. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128794 | INTERRUPTER - An interrupter includes: a light emitting device; a light receiving device placed at a position on which light emitted from the light emitting device can be incident; and a mold member made of a material that transmits part of the light and absorbs the rest, including a section enclosing the light emitting device and a section enclosing the light receiving device, and having a gap between the light emitting device and the light receiving device. At least one of the thickness of the section of the mold member enclosing the light emitting device and the thickness of the section of the mold member enclosing the light receiving device is relatively thin in a region intervening in a linear light path from the light emitting device to the light receiving device, and is relatively thick in a surrounding region around said region. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128795 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An exposure apparatus is configured to expose a pattern formed on an original onto a substrate using extreme ultraviolet light. The exposure apparatus includes a stage configured to move at the time of exposure, an electrostatic chuck which is provided on the stage and is configured to hold the original, an electrode which is provided outside the electrostatic chuck on the stage via an insulator, and an electric field forming member which is provided so that an absolute value of an electric potential difference with respect to the electrode is greater than an absolute value of an electric potential difference with respect to the original at a position facing the electrode. The particle adherence to the original can be effectively avoided. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128796 | Illumination optics apparatus, exposure method, exposure apparatus, and method of manufacturing electronic device - An illumination optical apparatus which constantly controls a plurality of polarization states with high accuracy. An illumination optical system, which illuminates a pattern surface of a mask with illumination light, includes a polarization optical system and a depolarizer. The polarization optical system includes a half wavelength plate and PBS, which varies a polarization state of the illumination light to form a linear polarization state having a predetermined polarization direction. The depolarizer is arranged toward the mask from the polarization optical system and varies the polarization state of the illumination light emitted from the polarization optical system. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128797 | Retro detector system - A light detection system duplicates the dynamic range of low intensity non-cooperative targets for high intensity cooperative targets. Both dynamic ranges of return light pulses are supported at the same time. In one embodiment, two beam splitters are used to reduce the intensity of reflected light that is received from high intensity sources to levels that can be accurately ranged. Ambiguity between the two paths is resolved by using an additional detector. Alternatively, one beam splitter is used to reduce the intensity of reflected light that is received from high intensity sources to levels that can be accurately ranged. The beam splitter system increases the effective dynamic range of the detection and ranging system passively without any need to reconfigure the system. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128798 | COHERENT OPTICAL RANGE FINDER - A coherent range measurement system includes a detector optical arrangement defining a current optical field of view and an illumination subsystem configured for transmitting pulses of coherent illumination at different times along each of a plurality of directions within the current optical field of view without moving parts. A detection arrangement is configured to direct part of the transmitted pulses and a reflected signal from each of the directions onto a common detector. The output of the detector is processed by a processing system to derive range data associated with each of the directions by coherent detection of the reflected signals employing the part of the transmitted pulses as a local oscillator. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128799 | MATERIAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING COINCIDENT PROPERTIES AND RELATED METHOD - A material measurement system ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090128800 | Seismic Exploration - A method and apparatus for carrying our seismic exploration which comprises generating a seismic event; applying the seismic event to the earth's surface; detecting a response to the event, using an interferometer, in which there is relative motion between the earth's surface and the interferometer, the detected response including P-waves and S-waves in the earth's surface; and analysing the detected response; and in which: the detecting step comprises monitoring and recording the response to the seismic event in the form of movements of particles at the earth's surface, from a position spaced from the earth's surface, the detecting step being carried out over a response period, the response period being a predetermined period of time after the seismic event; and the analysing step comprises analysing the movements of particles at the earth's surface in the recorded response to the seismic event during the response period; the said relative motion having a total velocity V | 2009-05-21 |
20090128801 | MEASUREMENT OF CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES OF A POWDER SUBJECT TO COMPRESSIVE AXIAL AND RADIAL LOADING, USING OPTICAL SENSING - A method and system for measuring radial strain on powder or other granular material while the powder is subject to compressive axial and radial loading. The powder is contained within a pliable sleeve. As pressure is applied to the powder, the sleeve changes diameter. An optical emitter emits a beam of light, which is intersected by the entire diameter of the sleeve. An optical sensor receives the intersected beam, and generates a response signal that indicates the diameter of the sleeve. This change in diameter can be related to a constitutive property such as strain. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128802 | Time and Space Resolved Standoff Hyperspectral IED Explosives LIDAR Detector - A system and method for standoff detection of explosives and explosive residue. A laser light source illuminates a target area having an unknown sample producing luminescence emitted photons, scattered photons and plasma emitted photons. A first optical system directs light to the target area. A video capture device outputs a dynamic image of the target area. A second optical system collects photons, and directs collected photons to a first two-dimensional array of detection elements and/or to a fiber array spectral translator device which device includes a two-dimensional array of optical fibers drawn into a one-dimensional fiber stack. A spectrograph is coupled to the one-dimensional fiber stack of the fiber array spectral translator device, wherein the entrance slit of the spectrograph is coupled to the one dimensional fiber stack. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128803 | PACKAGING OR CONTAINER WITH OPTICAL INDICATOR - An optical indicator ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090128804 | Optical unit - An optical unit includes a light source unit emitting parallel light; a light-receiving element array; and a prism rendering emitted light from the light source unit incident on a specimen placement section and introducing totally reflected light from the specimen placement section into the light-receiving element array. The prism has an entrance surface rendering the parallel light emitted from the light source unit incident on the prism, a curved reflecting surface which reflects light passing through the entrance surface and incident on the prism toward a focal position thereof, the specimen placement section of a planar shape provided at a position including the focal position of the curved reflecting surface, and an exit surface making light totally reflected at the focal position of the curved reflecting surface in the specimen placement section emerge into the outside of the prism. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128805 | BIOLOGICAL COMPONENT MEASURING SENSOR - A biological component measuring sensor comprising a plurality of light-receiving regions provided in a light-receiving element for receiving light from an organism, and a plurality of waveguides provided in correspondence with the plurality of light-receiving regions, each including an in-let side opening through which the light enters and an out-let side opening from which the light exits, and introducing the light to the plurality of light-receiving regions, respectively. The plurality of waveguides are provided in a waveguide formation member formed integrally, and the opening area of the in-let side opening of each of the waveguides is larger than the opening area of the out-let side opening. Consequently, the sensor can receive light from an organism more efficiently. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128806 | SPECTRAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, SPECTRAL IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND SPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM - A spectral image processing system and method of performing robust unmixing on measurement noise. Based on an observed spectral image acquired from a specimen and emission spectral data of each of plural materials contained in the specimen, a contribution of each of the plural materials to the observed spectral image is unmixed by a process, including an evaluating step of evaluating reliability of each component of the observed spectral image based on a predicted spectral image of the observed spectral image, and a reflecting step of reflecting a result of the evaluation in a content of the unmixing. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128807 | Photometric instrument - A metallic structure is provided on a surface of a substrate. A component having a longer wavelength than excitation light is detected from luminescence from fixation positions of biomolecules and emitted from a material other than the biomolecules, and is used for photometrical analysis. As the structure, usable is a particulate (a metallic structure of a size not larger than a wavelength of the excitation light), a minute protrusion, or a thin film with minute apertures, which are made of a metal such as gold, chrome, silver or aluminum. In the case of the particulate or the minute protrusion, photoluminescence of the structure is detected with a biomolecule being fixed thereon. In the case of the thin film with minute apertures, Raman scattered light of specimen solution around the biomolecules, and photoluminescence of the metallic structure near the biomolecules are detected with biomolecules being fixed in the apertures. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128808 | METHOD FOR THE COMMUNICATION AND COMPARISON OF THE WHITENESS OF PAPER - The instant invention relates to a process for the rating of optically brightened paper by visually assessing the paper to ensure that it is white, followed by measurement on a highly accurate single reference spectrophotometer to generate a simple rating, which can then be used to inform the consumer or end user of the whiteness level of the paper. The whiteness level is controlled during production by an audited quality system to ensure each sample of paper is identical in rating. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128809 | METHOD OF ANALYSIS IN OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS - The method of the present invention generates a regularly lined electric field inside a container | 2009-05-21 |
20090128810 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATION VERIFICATION OF AN OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTER - Described herein is a portable, low power consuming optical particle counter calibration verification system and reliable and sensitive methods for verifying the calibration status of a gas or liquid particle counter. The calibration verification systems described herein are useful for quickly determining the calibration status of an optical particle counter at its point of use, as well as for allowing the end user to determine if an optical particle counter is in need of a recalibration before the recommended calibration schedule suggests. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128811 | FULL HEMISPHERE BI-DIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION INSTRUMENT - According to an embodiment there is provided a bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) instrument, including an enclosure having a plurality of sides. A first side has a relatively high reflectivity substantially non-specular interior surface, while each of the remaining sides has a relatively low reflectivity interior surface. A bottom of the enclosure has a relatively low reflectivity interior surface. A viewport is formed in one of the plurality of sides or the bottom, at least one exit port is formed in at least one of the sides, and at least one entrance port is formed in at least of the sides. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128812 | Method of reducing peak broadening in analytical measurements - A method of reducing peak width in flow-through analytical instrumentation measurements, comprising introducing a sample into an analytical instrument; recording the time required for a plurality of individual analytes within the sample to travel a known distance between a first point and a second point within the analytical instrument to produce a plurality of travel times; recording the time required for a plurality of individual analytes within a sample to travel a known distance between a first point and a second point to produce a plurality of travel times; dividing the travel times into a plurality of groups comprising a fixed number of travel times; assigning a ranking to the travel times within a group; selecting from each group at least one travel time to produce a set of selected travel times; and producing from the set of selected travel times an output signal in the form of a peak. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128813 | Refractive Index Matching in Capillary Illumination - System and method for fluorescent light excitation and detection from samples to enhance the numerical aperture and/or reduce the cross-talk of the fluorescent light. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128814 | Modulated polarizer-based polarimeter, and method for determining the polarization state of an optical signal - In one embodiment, a polarimeter includes a modulated polarizer, a detector and a processing system. The modulated polarizer is modulated at a modulation frequency and is configured to transmit a portion of an optical signal based on its modulation. The detector is configured to generate a time-varying output signal related to a time-varying power of the transmitted portion of the optical signal. The processing system is configured to i) detect at least three frequency components of the time-varying output signal, and ii) determine the polarization state of the optical signal based on the at least three frequency components. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128815 | REMOTE CONTROL POINTING TECHNOLOGY WITH ROLL DETECTION - A roll detection system is disclosed for detecting a roll angle of a light emitting apparatus around a longitudinal axis thereof. The light emitting apparatus preferably is a pointing device ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090128816 | Miniature Optical Readhead and Colorimeter for Analysis Media - A miniature readhead is provided for photometric color detection using ambient light. The readhead is hand-held, including a superposed plate and tray. The tray receives sample media configured to react and to change color according to an amount of analyte in a sample. The plate is optically transmissive, so that ambient light is transmissible therethrough to the sample media indexed within the tray. An array of light detectors is disposed along the plate, including sets of detectors configured to detect light of at least three mutually distinct wavelengths reflected from the test areas. Light shields superposed with each of the light detectors selectively permit ambient light to pass to the tray, while substantially preventing ambient light from reaching the light detectors prior to reflecting from the test areas. The readhead may be incorporated into a photometric diagnostic instrument configured to analyze the reflections and derive a diagnosis value. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128817 | Method of analyzing a presence in a space - A method of analyzing a presence in a space ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090128818 | APPARATUS AND METHODS TO ANALYZE DOWNHOLE FLUIDS USING IONIZED FLUID SAMPLES - Apparatus and methods to analyze downhole fluids are described herein. A disclosed example method involves obtaining a sample of a downhole fluid, and depressurizing at least a portion of the sample. Additionally, a disclosed example method involves ionizing at least the portion of the sample, and analyzing the ionized portion of the sample to determine a parameter of the downhole fluid. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128819 | LOW COST APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF NITROGEN-CONTAINING GAS COMPOUNDS - Nitrogen-containing compounds are detected by chemically converting ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090128820 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND ATOMIC OSCILLATOR BACKGROUND - An optical system of an atomic oscillator includes: a coherent light source emitting two resonant light components each having a p-polarized light component and an s-polarized light component, the tow resonant light components being coherent light and having a different frequency each other; a polarization splitter arranged at an output side of the coherent light source, the polarization splitter transmitting one of the p-polarized light component and the s-polarized light component and changes an optical path of the other of the p-polarized light component and the s-polarized light component to be outputted; a quarter-wave plate arranged at an output side of the polarization splitter so as to convert one of circularly polarized light and linearly polarized light to the other of circularly polarized light and linearly polarized light; a gas cell in which metal atom vapor is enclosed; a light guide that guides light after passing through the gas cell back to the gas cell as a turned-back light; and a photodetector that detects the turned-back light, the turned-back light having been passed through the gas cell and changed the optical path by the polarization splitter. The atomic oscillator controls an oscillation frequency by using a light absorption characteristic caused by a quantum-interference effect when the two resonant light components are incident on the optical system. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128821 | SMOKE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - In a smoke sensor, a first light-receiving element which receives light from a light-emitting element and is disposed in a position where the quantity of received light changes according to a density of smoke and a second light-receiving element which monitors the quantity of light of the light-emitting element are arranged symmetrically with respect to the light-emitting element. Furthermore, a signal from the first light-receiving element and a signal from the second light-receiving element are amplified by an identical amplifier circuit. In a microcomputer, the density of smoke is computed based on a difference between an output obtained by amplifying an output of the first light-receiving element with the amplifier circuit and an output obtained by amplifying an output of the second light-receiving element with the amplifier circuit. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128822 | TARGET SUBSTANCE DETECTING DEVICE, TARGET SUBSTANCE DETECTING METHOD USING THE SAME, AND DETECTING APPARATUS AND KIT THEREFOR - A target substance detecting device, which is a device that has a substrate, a structure disposed on a substrate surface in isolation using a metal, and a target substance trapping substance disposed on the structure, and which is for detecting a target substance using localized plasmon resonance, characterized in that the above-mentioned structure is constructed by stacking at least two metal layers, sandwiching a non-conductive layer between the metal layers. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128823 | Reflectance measuring apparatus - A reflectance measuring apparatus is provided in the present invention. In addition to measuring the intensity of light directly reflected from a sample, the apparatus is further capable of collecting large-angle reflected light scattered from the sample through a reflecting cover disposed over the sample and measuring the intensity thereof. In one embodiment, the reflecting cover has a parabolic surface for modulating the large-angle reflected light to become parallel light projecting onto a photo-detector. In another embodiment, the reflecting cover has an elliptic surface for modulating the large-angle scattered light to focus on the photo-detector. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128824 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM WITH EXTENDED DEPTH OF FOCUS - The invention concerns an optical imaging apparatus comprising (o) a light source ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090128825 | Apparatus and method for dynamic cellular probing and diagnostics using holographic optical forcing array - The present invention utilizes a holographic optical forcing array for dynamic cellular probing and diagnostics. A holographic optical trapping system generates optical forces on objects so that deformations thereof may be quantified. In one embodiment, digital holography is used to generate an interference pattern, and an analysis thereof determines the phase profile which yields a measurement of the objects' shape deformation using only one image. In another embodiment, phase-stepped holography allows the phase profile of an object to be measured using only one image, by using a holographic optical element to make phase-shifted replicas of the beam in space. In another embodiment, the optical forcing array applies optical forces to beads placed on the objects' surface, deforming the objects. The beads' position is determined by applying Mie theory, and analysis thereof yields the three dimensional position of the beads, and a measurement of the deformation displacement on the objects' surface. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128826 | HIGH RESOLUTION IOC DRIVE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPES - Methods and system are provided for driving light through a sensing coil of an optical gyro. The system includes a photodetection circuit having an input for receiving an optical output from the sensing coil and having an output, and a signal processing circuit having an input coupled to the output of the photodetection circuit and having an output for supplying an output signal to modulate the sensing coil. The photodetection system produces a digital signal from the optical output. The signal processing circuit produces a feedback signal from the digital signal and adds a random number to the feedback signal to produce the output signal. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128827 | INTERFEROMETER UTILIZING POLARIZATION SCANNING - In one aspect, the disclosure features methods that include using a microscope to direct light to a test object and to direct the light reflected from the test object to a detector, where the light includes components having orthogonal polarization states, varying an optical path length difference (OPD) between the components of the light, acquiring an interference signal from the detector while varying the OPD between the components, and determining information about the test object based on the acquired interference signal. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128828 | Device for measuring the position of at least one structure on a substrate - A device for measuring the position of at least one structure on a substrate is disclosed. The substrate to be measured is positioned in a mirror body. A flat insert is provided in the mirror body and is formed such that the substrate and the insert together always have the same optical thickness, irrespective of the mechanical thickness of the substrate. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A DEVIATION OF AN ACTUAL SHAPE FROM A DESIRED SHAPE OF AN OPTICAL SURFACE - A method of determining a deviation of an actual shape from a desired shape of an optical surface ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090128830 | INTERFEROMETER DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention discloses an interferometer device and method. In embodiments, the device comprises an electromagnetic radiation source emitting radiation having a first mean wavelength λ | 2009-05-21 |
20090128831 | OPTICAL ELEMENT POSITIONING APPARATUS - An optical element positioning apparatus of the present invention includes a moving unit including an optical element | 2009-05-21 |
20090128832 | Lithographic Method - A method includes determining relative positional relationships between applied fields on a substrate, one of the applied fields including a first field; in a lithographic apparatus, using an alignment apparatus to obtain at least one absolute positional relationship between the position of at least the first field of the substrate and a part of the lithographic apparatus; and determining an absolute positional relationship between at least one field, other than the first field, and a part of the lithographic apparatus using the relative positional relationships and the at least one obtained absolute relationship. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128833 | Dual mode depth imaging - Dual mode depth imaging system and method is provided, the system comprising a first and second image sensors and a processor able to switch between a first mode of depth imaging and a second mode of depth imaging according to at least one predefined threshold. The method comprising providing depth sensing by Time of Flight if the distance of the sensed object from the camera is not below a first threshold and/or if a depth resolution above a second threshold is not required, and providing depth sensing by triangulation, if the distance of the sensed object from the camera is below the first threshold and/or if a depth resolution above the second threshold is required. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128834 | Image Processing Apparatus and Control Method Thereof - An image processing apparatus. First reducing means generates a first reduced size image by reducing an original image. Second reducing means generates a second reduced size image having a size larger than that of the first reduced size image and smaller than that of the original image by enlarging the first reduced size image. Red-eye correction means detects a red-eye position based on the second reduced size image and performs red-eye correction processing based on the detected red-eye position. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128835 | GAMUT MAPPING - A mapping technique is disclosed that maps color image data of an image displayed on a first image display device to output color image data for display on a second image display device. This mapping technique maps the color gamut of the first image display device to the color gamut of the second image display device while controlling one or more characteristics of the color image data, and generates one or more lookup tables that correspond to the gamut mapping, for example. The color image data is then mapped to the output color image data based on the lookup tables. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128836 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MULTI-CROPPED IMAGE FORMING METHOD THEREOF - A multi-cropped image forming method of an image forming apparatus includes displaying at least one image, setting a plurality of print regions with regard to the at least one image, and performing printing with respect to the plurality of print regions. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128837 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINT DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A print data processing method of an image forming apparatus that has a storage unit includes: setting at least one print speed enhancing mode; performing a pre-processing corresponding to the set print speed enhancing mode; and processing the print data by using a result of the pre-processing. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128838 | Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method, and Image Processing Program - An image processing device and image processing method maintain hue and prevent a drop in print quality while also reducing consumption of recording materials. For example, a host computer | 2009-05-21 |
20090128839 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an input unit which inputs a plurality of image object data, an acquisition unit which acquires resolution information and area information, a generation unit which generates image data based on the resolution information and stores the image data in a memory unit, an extraction unit which extracts overlap area information and resolution information of each of the image objects, and a composition unit which reads out, from the memory unit, pixel data corresponding to a pixel position of interest in accordance with the area information, if a plurality of pixel data existing at the pixel position of interest are located in the overlap area, converts one of the plurality of pixel data in accordance with higher resolution information extracted by the extraction unit, composites the converted pixel data with the other pixel data, and outputs the pixel data. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128840 | Apparatus, method, signal and computer program product configured to provide output image adjustment of an image file - An apparatus, method, signal and computer program product is provided to generate an image file that can correctly reproduce image data at a predetermined output device. The image file includes an image data storage area that stores image data, and a control information storage area stores output control information. The image data is stored in JPEG format for example, and output control information is stored in TIFF format. The output device control information is information set so as to be able to obtain an optimal image output results according to a paired-combination of the input device and output device, taking into consideration their respective image processing characteristics. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128841 | System and method of operating a raster image processor - A page that is designated by a page description language representation is printed using first and second print units, wherein each print unit prints a portion of the page. A first RIP rasterizes the page description language representation to generate a first raster image representation that is printed by the first unit. A second RIP rasterizes the page description language representation to generate a second raster image representation that is printed by the second unit. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128842 | Image processing apparatus, copier, and image processing method and program - An image processing apparatus that generates printing data comprising a scanner mechanism that reads an image of a document to set the read image as image data; a printing-pixel number distribution grasping member that sets a band as one unit, and grasps distribution of the number of printing pixels in a main scanning direction of the serial printer in every band; a processing-band setting member that sequentially sets each band as a processing band; a reference position setting member that sets an analyzing band, obtains a cumulative value and sets a start reference position when the cumulative value exceeds a predetermined range, and obtains a cumulative value and sets a end reference position when the cumulative value exceeds the predetermine range; and a printing-data generating member that generates printing data by setting a printing area based on the start reference position and the end reference position. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128843 | Application-based profiles of printer driver settings - A method for managing printer driver settings using application-based profiles, comprising: applying the print settings for the application using application-profile name table and print settings table, and applying selective lock-in print settings process based on the user's administrative privilege status. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128844 | SYSTEM OF A PLURALITY OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSES, DISPLAY METHOD THEREIN AND SERVER DIRECTED THERETO - An image forming apparatus MFP requests, when a user operates the image forming apparatus, input of a user ID for identifying the user. The image forming apparatus MFP obtains customizing information corresponding to the input user ID from a server SRV, and in accordance with the obtained customizing information, changes display mode of an operation panel. The customizing information is formed allowing setting by each user of the image forming apparatus MFP, and each user can arbitrarily set the display image to be convenient for use by the user. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128845 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PDF DOCUMENT DIRECT PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - A PDF (portable document format) document direct printing method of an image forming apparatus having a memory, the method includes comparing a size of the PDF document with an available capacity of the memory; transmitting the PDF document that is larger than the available capacity of the memory to at least one external device if a determination is made that the size of the PDF document is larger than the available capacity of the memory; receiving the PDF document from the external device, and forming an image corresponding to the received PDF format. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128846 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to the printing of an image. In one version, first image data representing a first background image of a first size is stored in a memory. A printing apparatus is connected via a network to a server that stores second image data representing a second background image of a second size that is greater than the first size. A condition for printing is set based on image data representing an image to be printed. Based on the set condition, the image data representing the image to be printed is synthesized with the first image data representing the background image that is stored in the memory or the second image data obtained from the server by accessing the server via the network. Printing is performed based on the synthesized image data. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128847 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND HOST APPARATUS - A printing system has a host apparatus including a generating unit that generates print data and an output unit that outputs the print data generated by the generating unit, and a printing apparatus having an input unit that receives the print data output by the output unit and a printing unit that performs printing based on the print data received by the input unit. The printing system can include an appending unit, a storage unit, a selection unit, and a control unit. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128848 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS, AND REMOTE DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus sets setting information for forming an image, detects, using a media sensor, characteristic information of a recording medium on which an image is formed according to setting by the setting information, forms an image on the recording medium, the characteristic information of which is detected by the media sensor, on the basis of the setting information, stores, as log data, the setting information for forming an image on the recording medium and the characteristic information of the recording medium detected by the media sensor, and transmits the log data to an image diagnosis apparatus that diagnoses a state of image forming processing in the image forming apparatus. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128849 | PRINT SYSTEM, CLIENT-TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PRINT-CONTROL METHOD - A terminal-server-printer driver generates job-ticket data including function-restriction information set by a manager. Upon receiving a print instruction, the job-ticket data is added to print-job data and the print-job data is transmitted to a print-control module. The print-control module selects a first printer deriver and/or a second printer driver for processing based on details on the print-job data, and outputs the print-job data and the job-ticket data in accordance with the first printer driver and/or the second printer driver. The first printer driver and/or the second printer driver rewrites the print-attribute settings thereon without fail on the basis of the job-ticket data, and transmits drawing data generated on the basis of the rewritten print-attribute settings to a printer. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128850 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - It is determined whether fixed data used for a plurality of pages is merged with variable data different from the fixed data on a page-by-page basis or on a record-by-record basis. If it is determined that the fixed data is merged with the variable data on the page-by-page basis, the fixed data is merged with the variable data and print data composing printed pages into which at least one insertion page is inserted for every predetermined number of pages is generated. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128851 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DATA STORING METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM EXECUTING THE DATA STORING METHOD - A data storing method of an image forming apparatus which is capable of being connected to a portable storing apparatus includes selecting a data which is to be stored in the portable storing apparatus, selecting a backup target file among a stored file in the portable storing apparatus and encrypting the backup target file if a storing space of the portable storing apparatus in which the selected data is to be stored is insufficient, deleting the backup target file and backing up the encrypted backup target file, and storing the selected data in the portable storing apparatus. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128852 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORD MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing system comprises a device with which network settings are associated, information processing devices connected to the device via a network, a registration unit in which identification information (specifying each information processing device storing the network settings of the device and controlling it using the network settings) is registered, a change information generating unit which generates change information (for incorporating a change in the network settings associated with the device into the network settings stored in each information processing device) upon a change in the network settings associated with the device, a first transmission unit which transmits the change information to each information processing device specified by the identification information registered in the registration unit, and an addition unit which additionally registers identification information specifying an information processing device in the registration unit upon installation of an application regarding control of the device in the information processing device. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128853 | IMAGE-PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE-PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information-processing apparatus includes a print-job-transmission unit operable to transmit a print job to a first image-processing apparatus, and a driver-information-transmission unit configured to transmit at least one driver-information item including a driver list which is the list of at least one driver existing on the information-processing apparatus to the first image-processing apparatus upon receiving cancellation information indicating that the transmitted print job is cancelled by the first image-processing apparatus. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128854 | Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus and computer readable information recording medium - A first part calculates corrected image data for each pixel in the range in which the reading parts of the adjacent image sensors overlaps in the main scan direction, for correcting the image data for a position shift less than an amount corresponding to one pixel in the main scan direction of the image sensors. A correcting method is determined in such a manner that a position shift amount to be corrected increases in a step-by-step manner as moving from a base portion to an end portion in the range in which the adjacent image sensors overlap in the main scan direction. A second part multiplies the image data corrected by the thus-determined correcting method by a weighting factor determined according to a position in the main scan direction in the adjacent image sensors. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128855 | Method and apparatus printing e-mail - An e-mail printing method and its apparatus print an e-mail directly received from an e-mail sender. A printing apparatus is designated as/assigned a domain name, thereby providing a print destination. The print-destination domain name is included in the e-mail by the e-mail sender and the e-mail is transferred to the e-mail printing apparatus as designated by the e-mail sender using the print-destination domain name. Accordingly, a receiving mail server is bypassed, allowing quick/direct printing of the e-mail in real time, and eliminating an e-mail printing failure caused by malfunctioning of the receiving mail server. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128856 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING PRINT JOBS - A system and method for modeling print jobs provides a central server that is accessible to remotely located print shops. The remote print shops are able to communicate with the central server to forward print job parameters and to receive the output from a modeling program to enable the print shop to run “what-if” scenarios to maximize print shop efficiency. The central server is also provided with various other print shop tools to assist with print shop design and organization. | 2009-05-21 |
20090128857 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - A band plotting processing unit analyzes input data to plot in pixel units an image of RGB data corresponding to a character image to be printed, analyzes the input data to generate micropixel RGB data of a low resolution and micropixel shape information (DOT information) of a high resolution. The low resolution image is then converted to a high resolution output image based on the RGB data, the DOT information, and the micropixel RGB data stored in a main memory. | 2009-05-21 |