21st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120127412 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device including a substrate having a display region and a non-display region at one side of the display region; gate lines along a first direction and in the display region; data lines along a second direction and in the display region, the data lines crossing the gate lines to define pixel regions; auxiliary gate lines along the second direction and in the display region, the auxiliary gate lines respectively connected to the gate lines; data pad electrodes in the non-display region and electrically connected to the data lines, respectively; and gate pad electrodes in the non-display region and electrically connected to the auxiliary gate lines, respectively. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127413 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same - An LCD device includes a substrate including an active region and a dummy region; gate and data lines disposed on the substrate crossing each other to define a plurality of pixel regions in the active region; a pixel electrode disposed in each of the plural pixel regions; a common electrode which is patterned in the active region to define common electrode pattern portions, respective common electrode pattern portions and the pixel electrodes each forming an electric field; a first sensing line disposed on the common electrode and electrically connected with the common electrode to sense a user's touch; and at least one dummy electrode disposed in the dummy region adjacent one of the common electrode pattern portions. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127414 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display device comprises gate and data lines arranged to cross each other on a substrate to define a plurality of pixels; a pixel electrode formed in each of the plurality of pixels; a common electrode forming an electric field together with the pixel electrode, patterned to sense a touch of a user; a sensing line discontinuously formed on the common electrode and electrically connected with the common electrode; a jump line formed below the common electrode to electrically connect discontinuous portions of the sensing line with one another; and first and second connection electrodes for electrically connecting the jump line with the sensing line, wherein the first connection electrode is connected with the jump line, and the second connection electrode is connected with the sensing line and the first connection electrode respectively. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127415 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a liquid crystal display device where source electrodes each of which includes an overlapping portion which is a portion overlapping a surface of a pixel electrode, video signal lines each of which is formed of a stacked portion constituted of the metal layer and the semiconductor layer, and drain electrodes each of which is formed of a stacked portion constituted of the metal layer and the semiconductor layer are formed, and opening portions each of which exposes a joining portion which is a portion leading to a surface of the pixel electrode from a surface of the source electrode via an edge portion of the overlapping portion are formed in a second insulation layer, and a conductive film which is formed into a common electrode is formed over the joining portion exposed by the opening portion. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127416 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having improved transmittance. The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention has a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face each other, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a pixel electrode to which a signal voltage is supplied and a common electrode to which a common voltage is supplied. The pixel electrode and the common electrode both comprise comb teeth. The comb teeth of the pixel electrode and the comb teeth of the common electrode are disposed with each other alternately via an interval. The liquid crystal layer contains liquid crystal molecules having positive dielectric anisotropy. The liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the first substrate in a voltage non-application condition. The first substrate includes an extension wiring provided in a position overlapping at least one comb tooth of the comb teeth of the pixel electrode and the common electrode so as to extend along the at least one comb tooth via an insulating film, and the extension wiring serves as a wiring to which the signal voltage is supplied. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127417 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device providing uniform display without lowering the transmissivity. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127418 | CONDUCTIVE LIGHT ABSORPTION LAYER COMPOSITION, CONDUCTIVE LIGHT ABSORPTION LAYER, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY EMPLOYING THE SAME - A conductive light absorption layer composition, a conductive light absorption layer, and a liquid crystal display employing the same are provided. The conductive light absorption layer composition includes: 10-40 parts by weight of an adhesion agent; 40-50 parts by weight of a non-conductive nano-pigment; 10-25 parts by weight of a conductive material; 10-25 parts by weight of a surfactant; and 0.1-1.0 parts by weight of an interface modifying agent. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127419 | Novelty Shades - Attractive eyeglasses and novelty shades are provided that are fun and entertaining and can be worn at sporting events, pep rallies, amusement parks, popular concerts, car races, parties, with costumes, and at other places. The improved eyeglasses and novelty shades can comprise an eye glass assembly with at least one appendage connected to the frame and a novelty item connected to the appendage. The novelty item can comprise imitation parts of an animal, mammal, human being, bird, fish, insect, avatar, or cartoon character. At least part of the novelty items can extend outwardly and upwardly from the appendages when the eyeglasses are being worn by the user. The eye glass assembly can also have a logo. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127420 | ELECTRONIC SPECTACLE FRAMES - Embodiments may provide a first device that includes a frame having a first temple and a second temple. The frame may also comprise a housing module coupled (e.g. attached) to a structural member. The first device may further include a first lens and a second lens coupled to the frame and an electronics module that may be located within the housing module. The electronics module may include at least any two of: a power source; a controller; and/or a sensing mechanism. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127421 | EYEGLASS FRAME/ONE-PIECE LENS WITH A SOFT SLEEVING ELEMENT - The present invention provides an eyeglass frame/one-piece lens with a soft sleeving element. The soft sleeving element is provided with an elongated groove disposed inner the upper portion, and at least an inlaid flange is disposed in the elongated groove so as to form at least two spaced sections. At least a through hole and at least a curved slot are disposed in each side of the soft sleeving element, and a distal end is disposed at the bottom of each curved slot. The eyeglass frame/one-piece lens is provided with at least a pair of protrudent extensions at each side, at least a lower catching hollow is disposed at the bottom of each lower protrudent extension, and a catching concavity is formed on the upper rim of the eyeglass frame/one-piece lens. Each pair of protrudent extensions are inserted through the through hole and the curved slot, each distal end is caught and firmly secured in each lower catching hollow, and the inlaid flange is caught in the catching concavity. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127422 | AUTOMATIC ACCOMMODATIVE SPECTACLES USING A SCENE ANALYZER AND FOCUSING ELEMENTS - A pair of spectacles that can automatically change its power so that a fixation region of interest (ROI) of the user is always in focus. The automatic accommodative spectacle device includes focusing elements, scene sensors, scene analyzer, focus engine, focusing element controller, and power supply. The scene analyzer determines the fixation ROI in the scene by analyzing the scene images. The fixation ROI is used to determine powers for the focusing elements in order to bring the fixation ROI into focus. The focusing element controller carries out the needed optical power adjustment to apply to the focusing elements. Optional light sources may be provided to the scene sensors. Additional optional eye sensor(s), eye light source and line of sight detector can be used to help the scene analyzer extract the fixation ROI. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127423 | ELECTRONIC SPECTACLE FRAMES - Embodiments may provide a first device that comprises eyeglasses, where the eyeglasses may further include a lens housing, a first temple and a second temple coupled to the lens housing, and a first and a second lens supported by the lens housing. The first device may further include a façade that covers the lens housing. The first device may further comprise an electronic component and at least one conductive path may be provided from the electronic component to the first lens having a portion that runs through the lens housing. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127424 | STABILIZATION OF CONTACT LENSES - Contact lens designs are provided with improved stabilization wherein the moments of momentum are balanced. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127425 | ONE-PIECE LENS WITH SURPLUS INNER OPTICAL MATERIAL - The invention relates to one-piece lens made from optical material and including an outside part and an inside part, in which the inside parts comprises a surplus amount of the same optical material as the lens, for the purpose of cutting ophthalmic lenses, said surplus material being positioned close to the central part of the lens. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127426 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING BINOCULAR ANOMALIES - A system for treating binocular anomalies. The system includes one or more imaging devices, one or more visual displays, and a computing device. The imaging devices may include right and left imaging devices that capture images of a patient's right and left eyes, respectively. The displays may include right and left displays that provide right and left visual stimulation, respectively. The computing device identifies right and left locations on the right and left retinas, respectively, based at least in part on images of right and left eyes, respectively. The brain fuses images positioned at the right and left locations on the retinas into a single image. The computing device transmits right and left positioning signals to the right and left displays, respectively, that indicate that the right and left visual stimulation, respectively, are to be displayed so they are positioned at the right and left locations, respectively, on the retinas. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127427 | 3D RETINAL DISRUPTIONS DETECTION USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - System and method for | 2012-05-24 |
20120127428 | OPHTHALMIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - An ophthalmic photographing apparatus of the present invention is capable of favorably assisting an examiner when a three-dimensional tomographic image is obtained. The ophthalmic photographing apparatus includes an optical scanner for two-dimensionally scanning light from a measurement light source, a detector for detecting the state of interference of measurement light from the measurement light source and reference light, an optical coherence tomography device for obtaining a three-dimensional tomographic image of an examinee's eye, an observation optical system for obtaining a front observation image of the eye as a moving image, an arithmetic analyzing unit for specifying an abnormal portion by analyzing through image processing the three-dimensional tomographic image, and a display control unit for extracting a tomographic image corresponding to the abnormal portion from the three-dimensional image, and controls a monitor to display at the same time the extracted tomographic image and the moving image of the front observation image. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127429 | EYE POSITION REGISTERING AND TRACKING - Embodiments of the invention refer to a system for registering and tracking the position of a person's eye, in particular for refractive ophthalmic surgery. According to embodiments, the system is structured such that eye images containing at least the iris and the pupil of the eye are made at a first wavelength of light and that eye images containing scleral blood vessels are made at a different second wavelength of light. The invention furthermore refers to a corresponding method for registering and tracking the position of a person's eye. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127430 | System And Method For Objective Chromatic Perimetry Analysis Using Pupillometer - The present invention relates to a system, device and a method for objective visual field testing and in particular, to such a system and method in which provides objective chromatic perimetry test or color vision test using a pupillometer. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127431 | SCANNING OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR LARGE AXIAL SCAN DEPTH ANTERIOR SEGMENT OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) - An optical coherence tomography scanning system includes a lens divided into two halves: one optimized to achieve normal incidence angles on the posterior surface of the eye's lens, the other optimized for the anterior surface of the eye's lens. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127432 | MEASURING OCULAR POINT SPREAD FUNCTION USING ADAPTIVE OPTICS - Measurement of the optical point spread function through a double-pass technique is enhanced by using adaptive optics to form a tiny spot of light on the retina. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127433 | SELF-SCREENING WELLNESS ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM - A self-screening wellness assessment and recommendation system is described, including a device having monitors configured to display graphics associated with vision screening, mirrors configured to reflect graphics along an optical path, the mirrors enclosed in a moveable chamber, a view portal opening through which graphics are visible, a display configured to provide a user interface associated with a wellness assessment, a touchscreen configured to transmit a user selection to a computer, and a housing. In some examples, a method using a self-screening wellness assessment and recommendation system may include positioning a user interface at an eye level, the user interface being displayed on a monitor coupled to a lift, requesting input associated with a wellness assessment using the user interface, performing the wellness assessment, providing a result of the wellness assessment using a display, and providing a recommendation associated with the result on the display. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127434 | PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A projection-type display system includes: a projection-type display apparatus that alternately switches images for the left eye and images for the right eye and projects the images onto an object; and an opening and closing control device that receives a control signal based on the display states of the images projected onto the object by the projection-type display apparatus and controls switching apertures of stereoscopic image viewing glasses corresponding to left and right eyes, wherein the projection-type display apparatus is connected to one end of a LAN cable and the opening and closing control device is connected to the other end of the LAN cable. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127435 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source device includes a phosphor layer formed on a base, and an excitation light source exciting the phosphor. A dichroic mirror is arranged between the phosphor layer and the excitation light source and inclined with respect to a propagation direction of excitation light from the excitation light source. An incident region of the excitation light and an exiting region of fluorescence emitted from the phosphor belong to a space on the same side with respect to the surface with the phosphor layer disposed. In a dominant wavelength of the excitation light, the dichroic mirror has a spectral characteristic of transmitting 50% or more of light of a p-polarized component and reflecting 50% or more of light of a s-polarized component. Fluorescence emitted from the phosphor layer can be extracted highly efficiently and propagated by a compact and simple optical system. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127436 | ILLUMINATION MODULE AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus including an illumination module, a display panel, and a projection lens module is provided. The illumination module includes a light source assembly including a light guide plate, a light source, a reflector, and a reflective polarizer, and a polarized beam splitter (PBS). The light guide plate has a light emitting surface, a bottom surface opposite to the light emitting surface, and a light incident surface connected between the light emitting surface and the bottom surface. The light source, the reflector, and the reflective polarizer are faced to the light incident surface, the bottom surface, and the light emitting surface respectively. The PBS is disposed beside the reflective polarizer away from the light guide plate. The display panel and the light source assembly are respectively located at two adjacent sides of the PBS. The projection lens module is disposed beside the PBS away from the display panel. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127437 | Wavelength-Switched Optical Systems - Optical systems operable to emit an output beam having fast-switched wavelengths are provided. In one embodiment, an optical system includes a laser and a wavelength conversion device. The laser emits a pump beam that switches between at least two fundamental spectral peaks at different wavelengths at a wavelength cycling period that is shorter than a response time of the human eye. The wavelength conversion device includes a non-linear optical medium configured to phase match the frequency doubling of the at least two switched fundamental spectral peaks such that an output beam that switches between at least two frequency-converted spectral peaks at different converted-wavelengths is emitted from an output facet of the wavelength conversion device when the pump beam of the optical source is incident on an input facet of the wavelength conversion device. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127438 | PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to the present invention, a projection type image display apparatus enables control of a large amount of light masking through a light-masking unit while maintaining a uniform illumination distribution in an area to be illuminated by the illumination light. The apparatus uses two array lenses on which lens cells are arranged in matrix form, where light-masking unit masks the array lens installed on the light source side in their particular area. The light-masking unit adjusts the amount of light emitted from the light source. The light-masking area of lens cells adjacent to lens cells closest to an optical axis is made smaller than the light-masking area of other cells. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127439 | PROJECTION APPARATUS, ILLUMINATION MODULE AND BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTING METHOD FOR THE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus, an illumination module and a brightness adjusting method for the projection apparatus are provided. The projection apparatus comprises the illumination module and the actuator. The illumination module comprises a luminous element. First, the actuator drives the luminous element to move from the first position to the second position to detect the first brightness and second brightness generated by the luminous element. When the first brightness is higher than the second brightness, the actuator is adapted to drive the luminous element to the first position. Thereby, the brightness of a projection image generated by the projection apparatus can be adjusted to an optimal value. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127440 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY FOR PROJECTION LITHOGRAPHY - An optical assembly for projection lithography has an optical component to guide imaging or illumination light. The optical component has a reflective substrate that contains a fluorescent component. An excitation light source is used to produce fluorescence excitation light. An excitation optical system is used to guide the fluorescence excitation light to the fluorescent component of the substrate. The optical assembly also has a fluorescent light detector and a fluorescence optical system for guiding fluorescent light to the fluorescent light detector. The fluorescent light is produced via fluorescence of the fluorescent component upon irradiation with fluorescence excitation light. The optical assembly can detect a temperature or temperature distribution of the substrate of the optical component with a high degree of precision. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127441 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An immersion lithographic apparatus has adaptations to prevent or reduce bubble formation in one or more gaps in the substrate table by preventing bubbles escaping from the gap into the beam path and/or extracting bubbles that may form in the gap. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127442 | DETERMINING LITHOGRAPHIC SET POINT USING OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION VERIFICATION SIMULATION - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining a lithographic set point using simulations of optical proximity correction verification. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of determining a lithographic tool set point for a lithographic process is disclosed. The method may include: providing a model of a production lithographic process including simulations of printed shapes; analyzing the model of the production lithographic process to determine whether a set of structures on a production mask used in the production lithographic process to create the printed shapes will fail under a plurality of set points; determining an operating region of set points where the set of structures on the production mask does not fail; and establishing a set point location within the operating region based upon a set point selection function. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127443 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A RELIEF IMAGE FOR PRINTING - The present invention involves a method for making a relief image. A film that includes a carrier sheet and an imageable material is used to form a mask image that is opaque to a curing radiation. In one embodiment, the mask image is formed on the carrier sheet while in another embodiment, the mask image is formed on a receptor sheet. The mask image is then transferred to a photosensitive material, such as a flexographic printing plate precursor. The resulting assembly is exposed to the curing radiation resulting in exposed and unexposed areas of the photosensitive material. The carrier sheet or the receptor sheet may be removed from the mask image either before or after exposure to the curing radiation. Finally, the photosensitive material and mask image assembly is developed with a suitable developer to form a relief image. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127444 | Reflection Mask For EUV Lithography, System For EUV Lithography, And Method Of Fixing The Reflection Mask For EUV Lithography - Example embodiments of the inventive concepts relate to a reflection mask including an upper surface configured to reflect extreme ultraviolet EUV light, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, where the lower surface includes at least one alignment key. The reflection mask may include a conductive layer, a substrate on the conductive layer, a reflection layer on the substrate, and an absorption pattern on the reflection layer. The reflection layer may define the upper surface configured to reflect extreme ultraviolet EUV light. The absorption pattern may expose the upper surface of the reflection layer. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127445 | ISOLATION SYSTEM FOR AN OPTICAL ELEMENT OF AN EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An optical isolation assembly ( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127446 | LIGHT EXPOSURE METHOD, AND LIGHT EXPOSURE APPARATUS - There is provided an EUV exposure apparatus which restrains its optical systems or a mask used therein from being polluted by contaminations generated in its chamber. An energy beam generating source is arranged near a wafer stage set in the chamber of the EUV exposure apparatus to decompose an emission gas generated from a resist painted on the front surface of a wafer by an energy beam. In this manner, lightening mirrors configuring a lightening optical system as one of the optical systems, projection mirrors configuring a projection optical system as another of the optical systems, the mask, and others are protected from being polluted by contaminations. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127447 | METHOD FOR DETERMING A COMMUTATION OFFSET AND FOR DETERMINING A COMPENSATION MAP FOR A STAGE - A method for determining a commutation offset for a mover ( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127448 | DUAL WAFER STAGE EXCHANGING SYSTEM FOR LITHOGRAPHIC DEVICE - A dual wafer stage exchanging system for a lithographic device is disclosed, said system comprises two wafer stages running between an exposure workstation and a pre-processing workstation, and said two stages are set on a base and suspended above the upper surface of the base by air bearings. Each wafer stages is passed through by a Y-direction guide rail respectively, wherein one end of said guide rail is connected with a main driving unit and another end of said guide rail is detachably coupled with one of the two X-direction auxiliary driving units with single degree of freedom, and said two wafer stages are capable of moving in Y-direction along the guide rails and moving in X-direction under the drive of the auxiliary driving units with single degree of freedom. The position exchange of said two wafer stages can be enabled by the detachment and connection of the Y-direction guide rails and the auxiliary units with single degree of freedom. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127449 | Controller, Lithographic Apparatus, Method of Controlling the Position of an Object and Device Manufacturing Method - A controller is provided that controls an actuator system having a plurality of actuators arranged to act on an object. The controller uses a gain balancing matrix to convert a first control signal, representing a set of forces desired to be provided to the centre of gravity of the object into a second control signal, representing an equivalent set of forces to be provided by the plurality of actuators. The system is further configured such that a first gain balancing matrix is used at a first frequency band and a second gain balancing matrix is used at a second frequency band. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127450 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE SYSTEM, AND PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND PATTERN FORMATION APPARATUS - A first positional information of a wafer stage is measured using an interferometer system such as, for example, a Z interferometer. At the same time, a second positional information of the wafer stage is measured using a surface position measurement system such as, for example, two Z heads. Moving average is applied to a difference between the first positional information and the second positional information for a predetermined measurement time to set a coordinate offset, which is used to inspect the reliability of output signals of the surface position measurement system. When the output signals are confirmed to be normal, servo control of the wafer stage is performed using a sum of the first positional information and the coordinate offset. According to this hybrid method, drive control of the wafer stage which has the stability of the interferometer and the precision of the Z heads becomes possible. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127451 | POSITIONING SYSTEM, A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR POSITIONAL CONTROL - A positioning system for controlling a relative position between a first component and a second component of a lithographic apparatus, wherein a position of each component is defined by a set of orthogonal coordinates, the positioning system including: a measuring device configured to determine an error in the momentary position of one of the components with respect to a setpoint position in a measurement coordinate; and a controller configured to control movement of the other component in a control coordinate based on the determined error; wherein the measurement coordinate is different from the control coordinate. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127452 | METHOD FOR COARSE WAFER ALIGNMENT IN A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A method for alignment of a substrate, in which the substrate includes a mark in a scribe lane, and the scribe lane extends along a longitudinal direction as a first direction. The mark has a periodic structure in the first direction. The method includes providing an illumination beam for scanning the mark in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the mark's periodic structure along a first scan path across the mark, scanning the spot of the illumination beam along a second scan path across the mark, the second scan path being parallel to the first scan path, wherein the second scan path is shifted relative to the first scan path over a first shift that corresponds to a fraction of the repeating distance of the periodic structure. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127453 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE SYSTEM, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND CALIBRATION METHOD - A controller measures positional information of a stage within an XY plane using three encoders which at least include one each of an X encoder and a Y encoder of an encoder system, and the stage is driven in the XY plane, based on measurement results of the positional information and positional information (p | 2012-05-24 |
20120127454 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a pattern including first and second block phases is formed by self-assembling a block copolymer onto a film to be processed. The entire block copolymer present in a first region is removed under a first condition by carrying out energy beam irradiation and development, thereby leaving a pattern including the first and second block phases in a region other than the first region. The first block phase present in a second region is selectively removed under a second condition by carrying out energy beam irradiation and development, thereby leaving a pattern including the first and second block phases in an overlap region between a region other than the first region and a region other than the second region, and leaving a pattern of second block phase in the second region excluding the overlap region. The film is etched with the left patterns as masks. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127455 | STATIONING AN UNLEVELED OPTICAL TOTAL STATION - A method of stationing an unleveled optical total station includes placing the unleveled optical total station at a first station. At the first station, positions of at least three non-collinear measurement points in an instrument coordinate system are determined using the unleveled optical total station. The method also includes obtaining positions of the at least three non-collinear measurement points in a local coordinate system. A transformation is computed between the instrument coordinate system and the local coordinate system using the positions of the at least three non-collinear measurement points in the instrument coordinate system and the positions of the at least three non-collinear measurement points in the local coordinate system. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127456 | FLOW CELL OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a flow cell optical detection system comprising a light source, a flow cell and a light detector, wherein the light detector is arranged in a separate detector unit that is arranged to be releasably attached to a detector interface, the detector interface being in optical communication with the light source and comprises optical connectors for optically connecting the flow cell and the detector unit in the light path from the light source, and wherein the flow cell is an interchangeable unit arranged to be held in position by the detector unit when attached to the detector interface. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127457 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING SEALING RESIN - A liquid crystal panel ( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127458 | MULTI-FUNCTION OPTICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A multi-function optical measurement device having an optical wavelength and power measurement function, a ferrule/fiber scoping function, and a ferrule/fiber cleaning function includes a path select unit separating an optical signal for transmission and an optical signal for scoping from a ferrule/fiber; a wavelength and power measurement unit measuring a wavelength and a power of the optical signal for transmission from the path select unit; and a ferrule/fiber scoping unit converting an optical signal for scoping from the path select unit into an electrical signal. It is possible to perform a wavelength and power measurement and a ferrule/fiber scoping by one connection. Since a ferrule/fiber cleaning may be additionally included in one measurement device, it is easy to handle and carry an optical measurement device. A time required to perform a work using an optical measurement device may be reduced. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127459 | Distributed Optical Fibre Sensing - There is disclosed a distributed optical fibre sensing system in which the sensor fibre comprises at least first and second waveguides used for separate sensing operations. The sensor fibre may be, for example, a double clad fibre having a monomode core and a multimode inner cladding. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127460 | INTEGRATING CIRCUIT AND LIGHT-DETECTION DEVICE - A photodetecting device | 2012-05-24 |
20120127461 | METHOD OF INSPECTING A SUBSTRATE - A method of inspecting a substrate is disclosed. The method of inspecting a substrate, comprises: obtaining phase data per projecting part with regard to a substrate, by projecting pattern beam onto the substrate having a target object formed thereon through a plurality of projecting parts in sequence; obtaining height data per projecting part with regard to the substrate by using the phase data per the projecting part; setting up a projecting part with highest reliability in the a plurality of projecting parts to be a reference projecting part; modifying height data of remaining projecting part, referenced by height data of the reference projecting part; and obtaining integrated height data by using the modified height data. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127462 | SURFACE INSPECTION DEVICE FOR CYLINDRICAL BODY - The present, invention relates to a surface inspection device for a cylindrical body provided with an illumination light source ( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127463 | INSPECTION APPARATUS - An inspection apparatus includes a work stage part, an optical module, and an optical module moving part. The work stage part receives a board. The work stage part includes work stages disposed in parallel. The optical module includes a projecting part disposed over the board, an image capturing part disposed at a side portion of the projecting part to receive the grating pattern light and capture a reflection image, and an optical path changing part changing a path of the grating pattern light and guiding the grating pattern light to the image capturing part so that the grating pattern light is downwardly incident into the image capturing part. The optical module moving part is disposed over and coupled to the optical module to move the optical module. Thus, time may be reduced and a space may be secured, required for inspecting a board. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127464 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light source apparatus that emits pulsed light includes an optical resonator and a modulator. The optical resonator has an optical gain medium that amplifies light and an optical waveguide. The modulator modulates an intensity of the light in the optical resonator. The optical resonator with the optical gain medium includes a plurality of optical resonators having different optical path lengths from each other to make a difference between intervals of free spectral ranges in the plurality of optical resonators, to reduce a spectral line width of the pulsed light compared to that of a light source apparatus separately using the plurality of optical resonators as an individual optical resonator, the spectral line width determined by an envelope formed by a sideband wave of an oscillation mode which is generated by the modulation. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127465 | Methods and Apparatus for Transport of Airborne Molecules Using an Active Cyclical Vapor/Liquid Exchange - Methods and apparatus for detection and/or analysis of gas phase analytes and chemical compounds. The apparatus can be formed with microfluidic cells containing a selected fluid that interacts with the analyte(s), wherein the fluid can selectively transition between a vapor phase and a liquid phase. During condensation of the fluid, the population of analytes present within the vapor phase region of the fluid can be transported into the liquid phase region of the fluid within the microfluidic cells. During evaporation of the fluid, the analytes can be substantially retained within liquid phase region of the fluid and within the cells. Repetitive cycling of this vapor/liquid exchange can provide a build-up of the analytes within the microfluidic cells where they can be detected/analyzed. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127466 | PVT ANALYSIS OF PRESSURIZED FLUIDS - Methods and systems for performing pressure-volume-temperature testing on fluids include: a portable environmental control chamber | 2012-05-24 |
20120127467 | Object Inspection Systems and Methods - Methods and systems for inspection of an object include the use of spectroscopic techniques for the detection of unwanted particles on an object's surface, based on the different responses of the unwanted particles as compared with the object to be inspected due to their different materials. Time resolved spectroscopy and/or energy resolved spectroscopy of secondary photon emission from the surface of the object can be used to obtain Raman and photoluminescence spectra. The objects to be inspected can for example be a patterning device as used in a lithographic process, for example a reticle, in which case the presence of metal, metal oxide or organic particles can be detected, for example. The methods and apparatus are highly sensitive, for example, being able to detect small particles (sub 100 nm, particularly sub 50 nm) on the patterned side of an EUV reticle. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127468 | THROUGH-THE-LENS ILLUMINATOR FOR OPTICAL COMPARATOR - An illumination system shares portions of an objective of an optical inspection system. A plurality of beam-shaping optics collects light from a plurality of effective light sources and directs the light through a portion of the objective for illuminating an object under inspection. The objective includes a front relay lens, a rear relay lens, and an objective stop disposed between the front and rear relay lenses for collecting light scattered from the object and forming an image of the object with the collected light. The beam-shaping optics, which surround the objective stop, are arranged together with the associated effective light sources for non-uniformly distributing light within a range of angles required for illuminating the object. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127469 | FLOW CELL, DETECTOR, AND LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH - In a liquid chromatograph, a flow cell, in which a direction of detecting light and a flow direction of a sample fluid are parallel to each other, and in which the flow direction of the sample fluid changes at the moment of the sample fluid flowing out of a detecting portion into an outflow channel and at the moment of the sample fluid flowing into the detecting portion from an inflow channel, is capable of suppressing a peak broadening of a chromatogram. A plurality of outflow channels are provided, which shorten a distance between a flow outlet and a flow bend in the sample flow. A plurality of inflow channels are also provided, some of which collide jets flowing into the detecting portion from the inflow channels and others of which produce a swirl of jets flowing into the detecting portion from the inflow channels. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127470 | Optical System Design for Wide Range Optical Density Measurements - This invention relates to optical cell geometry and to the arrangement of optical elements in an absorbance (at 200 nm to 50000 nm) detector. The invention allows to significantly expand the dynamic range of an optical density measuring instrument without affecting the signal to noise ratio. The invention also allows to enhance the precision of said instrument by eliminating the artifacts that arise from partial reflections of the incident beam, which occur on the passage of the beam through interfaces between different media. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127471 | INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND OPTICAL ANALYZER - An interference filter includes a fixed mirror and a movable mirror which are disposed so as to face each other with a gap therebetween. The fixed mirror is formed by laminating a one-layer TiO | 2012-05-24 |
20120127472 | Broadband Discrete Spectrum Optical Source - A new broadband discrete spectrum light source comprising a gain medium placed in a feedback cavity is disclosed. A design for a feedback cavity including reflectors having raised-edge reflectivity is presented. Bandwidth enhancement is achieved by selectively enhancing the intensity of the discrete emission lines near the band edges of the gain medium spectrum. The bandwidth of a broadband discrete spectrum light source is further enhanced by digitally applying a spectral correction to each detected signal according to a predetermined correction profile. A combined effect of using a broadband discrete spectrum light source and applying spectral correction to the detected signal in an imaging system such as a Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) imaging system, results in a desired spectral profile and a bandwidth necessary to achieve higher depth resolution for obtaining high quality diagnostic images. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127473 | OPTICALLY ENHANCED HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRIC TESTING METHODS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, MATERIALS, WAFERS, AND FOR MONITORING ALL PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURE - Improved methods and systems for inspection imaging for holographic or interferometric semiconductor test and evaluation through all phases of device development and manufacture. Specifically, systems and methods are disclosed for extending the range of optical holographic interferometric inspection for testing and evaluating microelectronic devices and determining the interplay of electromagnetic signals and dynamic stresses to the semiconductor material are provided in which an enhanced imaging method provides continuous and varying the magnification of the optical holographic interferometric images over a plurality of interleaved optical pathways and imaging devices. Analysis of one or more holographic interference patterns displays internal and external stresses and the various effects of such stresses upon the operating characteristics of features within the features, interior structures or within the internal surfaces of the semiconductor device at any stage of development or manufacture. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127474 | OPTICAL FIBER DEVICE FOR INTERFEROMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE SURFACE CONDITION OF AN OBJECT - The instant disclosure describes an optical device for the interferometric analysis of the surface condition of an object, including: a light source; an optical fibre capable of receiving the incident light wave and transmitting said wave to the object; a detector capable of detecting a combination between a light wave reflected by the optical fibre and a light wave returned by the object; and in which the optical fibre has a free end in the shape of a cone, with a vertex angle of between 15 and 25 degrees, the tip of the cone having dimensions of less than 50×50 nm, and the tip of the cone being placed, while in use, at a distance of between 5 and 50 μm from the surface of the object. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127475 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR LOW-COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY (LCI) - Low-coherence interferometry (LCI) techniques enable acquisition of structural and depth information of a sample. A “swept-source” (SS) light source may be used. The swept-source light source can be used to generate a reference signal and a signal directed towards a sample. Light scattered from the sample is returned as a result and mixed with the reference signal to achieve interference and thus provide structural information regarding the sample. Depth information about the sample can be obtained using Fourier domain concepts as well as time domain techniques. In another embodiment, an a/LCI system and method is provided that is based on a time domain system and employs a broadband light source. The systems and processes disclosed herein can be used for biomedical applications, included measuring cellular morphology in tissues and in vitro, as well as diagnosing intraepithelial neoplasia, and assessing the efficacy of chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic agents. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127476 | PROCESS, SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE LOCATION IN A SAMPLE USING AN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - A system, process and software arrangement are provided to determine at least one position of at least one portion of a sample. In particular, information associated with the portion of the sample is obtained. Such portion may be associated with an interference signal that includes a first electro-magnetic radiation received from the sample and a second electro-magnetic radiation received from a reference. In addition, depth information and/or lateral information of the portion of the sample, may be obtained. At least one weight function can be applied to the depth information and/or the lateral information so as to generate resulting information. Further, a surface position, a lateral position and/or a depth position of the portion of the sample may be ascertained based on the resulting information. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127477 | INTERFEROMETER AND DISTANCE CALCULATION METHOD THEREFOR - A method of calculating a geometrical distance of a test optical path on the basis of interfering a test beam and a reference beam includes an optical-path-length calculating step of calculating an optical path length of the test optical paths having different wavelengths by using the interfering beam having mutually different wavelengths, a refractive-index calculating step of calculating the refractive index of the test optical path on the basis of the optical path length of the test optical path calculated by the optical-path-length calculating step, a smoothing step of smoothing a plurality of refractive indices acquired by repeating the optical-path-length calculating step and the refractive-index calculating step to calculate a smoothed refractive index, and a geometrical distance calculating step of calculating the geometrical distance of the test optical path on the basis of the smoothed refractive index calculated by the smoothing step. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127478 | REFLECTOR, OPTICAL ELEMENT, INTERFEROMETER SYSTEM, STAGE DEVICE, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATING METHOD - A reflecting member has: a first reflecting surface, which extends in a second direction that includes a first direction component; a second reflecting surface, which extends in a third direction that includes the first direction component, that is substantially symmetric to the first reflecting surface; and a third reflecting surface, which extends in a fourth direction, that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127479 | Pattern forming apparatus, mark detecting apparatus, exposure apparatus, pattern forming method, exposure method, and device manufacturing method - While a wafer stage linearly moves in a Y-axis direction, a multipoint AF system detects surface position information of the wafer surface at a plurality of detection points that are set at a predetermined distance in an X-axis direction and also a plurality of alignment systems that are arrayed in a line along the X-axis direction detect each of marks at positions different from one another on the wafer. That is, detection of surface position information of the wafer surface at a plurality of detection points and detection of the marks at positions different from one another on the wafer are finished, only by the wafer stage (wafer) linearly passing through the array of the plurality of detection points of the multipoint AF system and the plurality of alignment systems, and therefore, the throughput can be improved. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127480 | TOPOGRAPHY DEVICE FOR A SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE - A device for analyzing the topography of a surface ( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127481 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A DEVIATION OF AN ACTUAL SHAPE FROM A DESIRED SHAPE OF AN OPTICAL SURFACE - An optical element having an optical surface ( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127482 | FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER - A Fabry-Perot interferometer includes a fixed mirror structure and a movable mirror structure. The fixed mirror structure has a fixed mirror in a spectral region. The movable mirror structure includes a membrane spaced from the fixed mirror structure. The membrane has a movable mirror in the spectral region and multiple springs arranged one inside the other around the spectral region. A spring constant of the inner spring is less than a spring constant of the outer spring. One of the fixed mirror structure and the membrane has multiple electrodes, and the other of the fixed mirror structure and the membrane has at least one electrode that is paired with the electrodes to form opposing electrode pairs arranged one inside the other around the spectral region. The number of the opposing electrode pairs is equal to the number of the springs. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127483 | THREAD FORM MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A thread form measurement device for measuring a threaded object includes two grip arms adjustably spaced apart from each other by a holding gap for holding the threaded object, and a support frame disposed to be movable uprightly relative to the grip arms and carry an illuminating unit and an image capturing unit that are spaced apart from each other such that a light path of a beam emitted from the illuminating unit is in alignment with the holding gap. The contour of an image captured in the image capturing unit is formed by a non-light-exposed area projected by a profile of the threaded object. By processing of a processing unit of a controller, quantitative information of the thread form of the threaded object can be obtained. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127484 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH POSITION DETECTING FUNCTION - In a light source unit of an optical position detecting device, a plurality of light emitting devices are mounted on a band-shaped flexible substrate, and the plurality of light emitting devices emit detection light. The flexible substrate is arranged so as to overlap a convex face of a substrate supporting member, and accordingly, in a case where the flexible substrate is too long, the end portion of the flexible substrate can be inserted into a notch. Therefore, there is no case in which the flexile substrate floats. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127485 | PRESSURE APPLICATION APPARATUS AND PRESSURE APPLICATION METHOD - A pressure application technique is provided that enables two objects to be pressurized (e.g., objects to be bonded) to be positioned with greater accuracy before having pressure applied thereto. The objects to be pressurized are moved relative to each other in a Z direction such that the objects are brought into contact with each other (step S | 2012-05-24 |
20120127486 | METHOD OF INSPECTING A SUBSTRATE - A method of inspecting a substrate is disclosed. The method of inspecting a substrate, comprises: obtaining phase data per projecting part with regard to a substrate, by projecting pattern beam onto the substrate having a target object formed thereon through a plurality of projecting parts in sequence; obtaining height data per projecting part with regard to the substrate by using the phase data per the projecting part; compensating tilt of the height data by using the height data per projecting part; modifying the tilt-compensated height data per projecting part; and obtaining integrated height data by using the modified height data. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127487 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MEASURING THE THICKNESS OF GLASS SUBSTRATES - Methods and apparatuses for determining a thickness of a glass substrate are disclosed. The method includes conveying the glass substrate past an optical measurement head and determining a measurement separation distance d | 2012-05-24 |
20120127488 | Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming Method - An image forming apparatus has: (a) a character-area identifying unit that identifies a character area in image data, and (b) a screen processing unit that performs a screen process of an area in the image data other than the character area by using a first dot growth pattern, and performs a screen process of the character area by using a second dot growth pattern different from the first dot growth pattern. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127489 | Data Processing Program and Data Processor - A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a set of program instructions installed on and executed by a computer. The set of program instructions includes (a) acquiring a layout image size where the layout image is generated based on an original image data, the size of the layout image is specified by base data, and the base data represents graphical image in which the layout image is arranged and includes location data that specifies a location at which the original image data is stored, (b) acquiring an original image size, (c) determining whether the original image size is greater than the layout image size, (d) setting the original image as a print target when the original image size is greater than the layout image size, and (e) generating a print instruction instructing to print the original image set as the print target in a size larger than the layout size. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127490 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - An electronic apparatus includes a communication unit to communicate with other electronic apparatuses and a license management apparatus; a license file management unit to obtain license files from the license management apparatus; a license information management unit to manage license information to determine licensed software programs; an apparatus management unit to manage apparatus-related information including component parts information; and a license distribution management unit. The license distribution management unit confirms that licensed software programs are present. When transferring licenses for the confirmed software programs, the license distribution management unit requests and obtains the license information and the apparatus-related information from the other electronic apparatuses. The license distribution management unit conducts a searching process to identify the electronic apparatuses to which licenses are allowed to be transferred based on the obtained license information and apparatus-related information from the other electronic apparatuses, and transfers the licenses to the identified electronic apparatuses. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127491 | HIGH DENSITY INK-JET PRINTING ON A TRANSPARENCY IN A CIELAB COLORSPACE - A method of printing a high density image on a transparent medium. In some examples, the method includes calculating an expected optical density for an input pixel value, using a first function configured to output an optical density which produces a substantially linear relationship between the input pixel value and the output optical density as substantially perceived by a human eye. The method may also include calculating an L* value which represent a parameter in a CIELAB colorspace using the expected optical density. In some examples, the method includes calculating a response function that describes the relationship between L* and an output pixel value, the output pixel value specifying the amount of ink to deposit onto the transparent medium. In other examples, the method includes using the response function to solve for an output pixel value for the L* value; and creating a look up table. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127492 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention can generate printed matter on which a multi-valued discrimination image of three values or more cannot be visually confirmed under ordinary light but can be visually confirmed via an infrared camera under infrared light. To this end, a holding unit holds items of color information C | 2012-05-24 |
20120127493 | INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - For a selected pixel value, amounts of color material used of respective color materials used to print a background region, and those of respective color materials used to print a latent image region are calculated. The calculated amounts of color material used are stored in a memory in association with the selected pixel value. Amounts of color material used corresponding to respective pixel values of a pixel value group are read out from the memory, and are output to a printing apparatus. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127494 | IMAGE TONE CONVERSION APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SYSTEM - An image tone conversion apparatus includes: a region specifying section configured to specify a region of an original image, to which region an image tone conversion is to be performed; an image tone specifying section configured to specify a different type of image tone in accordance with an elapsed time since the region specifying section has specified the region; an image converting section configured to convert an tone of the original image in the region specified by the region specifying section to the image tone specified by the image tone specifying section; and a superimposing section configured to superimpose the image in the region to which the image tone conversion has been performed by the image converting section on the region of the original image specified by the region specifying section. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127495 | PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROLLER OF PRINT SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Confidentiality of a job that requires authentication processing prior to printing is maintained as much as possible. A method for controlling a printing system is provided that is capable of receiving a plurality of types of print jobs including a first type print job that requires authentication processing prior to printing and a second type print job that does not require authentication processing prior to printing, comprising the steps of allowing the printing system to execute a specific operation for allowing the printing system to start printing of a target job in case where resources required to complete printing of the target job are present in the printing system and causing the printing system to execute the specific operation in case where the target job is the first type job. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127496 | Terminal device having correction function for natural color and method thereof - A terminal device having a correction function for natural color and a method thereof are provided for creating an image closest in color to the natural color. A priority storing unit stores at a reference color data area a range of natural colors which are colors of objects existing in the natural world. A color editing unit corrects natural color image data corresponding to the natural color area, based on a command for correcting the natural area existing in a predetermined image from the user. A controlling unit decides whether the natural color image data corrected by the color editing unit is included in the reference color data area. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127497 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DISPLAYING PRINTS OF RECONSTRUCTED 3D IMAGES - A method of providing a composite image for lenticular printing. The method comprises providing a plurality of reconstructed volume images, providing an indication of a reference zone in at least one of the plurality of reconstructed volume images, forming a composite image by interlacing at least two of the plurality of reconstructed volume images, the composite image forms stereoscopic effect depicting the reference zone at a selected distance from the composite image when attached to an image separating mask, and outputting the composite image. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127498 | PRINTER COMPATABILITY MATRIX - An exemplary method or device determines which print drivers are being used within a printing environment. The method or device identifies a plurality of print queues. Each of the print queues is associated with one of the print drivers. The method or device submits a plurality of test documents to each of the print queues to produce a plurality of page description language (PDL) files. The method or device identifies print drivers that produce different types of PDL files as being non-compatible. If corresponding PDL files produced by different ones of the print drivers in response to the test documents contain all identical header commands (in any order) the method or device identifies the different ones of the print drivers as being compatible. If corresponding PDL files produced by different ones of the print drivers in response to the test documents do not contain all identical header commands, the method or device identifies the different ones of the print drivers as being non-compatible. The method or device produces a compatibility matrix listing which of the print drivers are non-compatible and which of the print drivers are compatible. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127499 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus may include a determination unit, a division unit, and a rearrangement unit to process print data impositioned by an application program. The determination unit determines whether at least one of an impositioned appearance indicating an arrangement of logical pages in respective physical pages of the impositioned print data, and a print output attribute, which is an attribute of an output of the impositioned print data, satisfies a division condition set in advance. If the determining unit determines that the impositioned appearance or the print output attribute satisfies the division condition, the division unit divides the impositioned print data in logical-page unit. The rearrangement unit rearranges divided logical pages in an order according to the impositioned appearance. If neither the impositioned appearance nor the print output attribute satisfies the division condition, the impositioned print data is prevented from being divided in logical-page unit. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127500 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANAGING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - When an application is installed in an image forming apparatus, a counter used for the application is identified by using identification information indicating counters used in relation to a function of the application from among a plurality of counter types specified according to a type of the image forming apparatus, and an area for the identified counter is reserved in a storage area in the image forming apparatus. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127501 | Print Data Processing Method, Print Data Processing Device, And Print Data Processing System - A print data processing method can generate print data for duplex printing so that the scanning accuracy of a barcode printed on one side of a receipt is not reduced by a logo or other graphic that is printed on the other side of the receipt. Whether or not a linear barcode or other code data B is contained in the front print data D | 2012-05-24 |
20120127502 | Method of performing operations in image forming apparatus, image forming apparatus and image forming system for performing the method - A method of performing operations in an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus and an image forming system for performing the method. The method includes: determining whether a user selects an input button for performing a predetermined operation on image data obtained by capturing from a host device connected to the image forming apparatus; if it is determined that the input button is selected, determining a current operation mode of the image forming apparatus from among the plurality of operation modes; and performing an operation, which was previously set in correspondence to the operation mode, on the image data, according to a result of the determining. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127503 | Interface circuit for utilizing a facsimile machine coupled to a PC as a scanner or printer - Printing and scanning methods using a facsimile machine communicating with a computer over a bi-directional direct passive link connected between digital communication ports of the computer and facsimile machine Upon receipt of an instruction at the facsimile machine, the printing method includes receiving digital image data from the computer via the bi-directional direct passive link. The digital image data is processed substantially as it is received at the facsimile machine and printed onto media. Upon receipt of an instruction at the facsimile machine, the scanning method includes scanning content from media provided within the facsimile machine to create digital image data digital image data representative of the content, and providing the digital image data substantially as it is created to the computer via the bi-directional direct passive link. The instructions and digital image data are transmitted in a standard facsimile machine format using standard facsimile machine protocols. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127504 | Print Driver For Printing Policy-Enabled Electronic Documents Using Locked Printing - An approach is provided for printing policy-enabled electronic documents using locked printing. A client device includes a user interface, an application program and a print driver. The application program allows a user to generate an electronic document. The print driver corresponds to a particular printing device and is configured to cause a graphical user interface to be displayed on the user interface. The graphical user interface allows a user to specify one or more access policies to be applied to the electronic document. The print driver is configured to generate print data that includes a plurality of print commands which, when processed by the particular printing device, cause a printed version of the electronic document to be generated at the printing device. The print data includes data that indicates the one or more attributes of the one or more access policies that are to be applied to the electronic document. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127505 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD SUITABLE FOR THE PRINTING SYSTEM - There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of realizing a trial printing function that minimizes unnecessary consumption of time and supplies. Images that are inputted are accumulated in a memory. An output mode is set and a setting is made as to whether trial printing is to be carried out in the output mode or not. A CPU provides control to read out a corresponding image from the memory according to the set output mode and form the readout image on a sheet. When it is determined that the trial printing is to be carried out during image formation according to the set output mode, the CPU provides control to set the number of trial print pages according to predetermined conditions and carry out the trial printing for the set number of trial print pages. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127506 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING FOR MISSING RESOURCES - A method of searching for missing resources associated with an image forming apparatus, which includes forwarding a print job having a resource call-out from a host computer to an image forming apparatus; receiving the print job on the image forming apparatus; checking the image forming apparatus for a resource, which has been called out by the print job, and if the resource is not available on the image forming apparatus, obtaining the resource from a device having the resource by: sending a request for the resource from the image forming apparatus to the device having the resource; receiving a response from the device having the resource indicating that the resource is a secured resource requiring user authentication; and obtaining the secured resource by sending the user authentication to the device having the secured resource. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127507 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING FOR MISSING RESOURCES - A method of searching for missing resources associated with an image forming apparatus, which includes the steps of: forwarding a print job having a resource call-out from a host computer to an image forming apparatus; receiving the print job on the image forming apparatus; checking the image forming apparatus for a resource, which has been called out by the print job, and if the resource is not available on the image forming apparatus, obtaining the resource by: sending a request for the resource from the image forming apparatus to a device having the resource; receiving a response from the device having the resource indicating that the resource is a non-sharable resource and including at least one link to where the non-sharable resource can be obtained; and choosing a link having the non-sharable resource and obtaining the non-sharable resource. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127508 | Mechanism for Controlling Secure Print Jobs - A computer generated method disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job, processing the print job data stream, determining if a condition occurs during processing of the print job data stream that matches one or more pre-defined criteria and inserting one or more secure print command lines if a condition occurs that matches one or more pre-defined criteria. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127509 | Activation Code Provided with Discrete Increment of Paper Substrate for Activating Remotely Accessible Printer Controller Software - A system which has an electronic database for entry of an activation code provided with a discrete increment of a printable paper substrate and printer controller software for use with the printable paper substrate which is remotely accessible and which is activated after entry by a user of the activation code into the electronic database. Also, a method for providing the discrete increment of the printable paper substrate to the user, wherein the discrete increment is provided with the activation code which the user enters into the electronic database to activate code to activate the remotely accessible printer controller software for use with the printable paper substrate, as well as a product including the discrete increment of the printable paper substrate along with the activation code to permit the user to activate the remotely accessible printer controller software. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127510 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of collecting electronic data efficiently and avoiding sharing highly confidential and secure electronic data with an indefinite number of users. The information processing apparatus is connected to an external apparatus through a network. The information processing apparatus receives electronic data from the external apparatus, registers attribute information related to the received electronic data in association with the received electronic data so that the received electronic data can be retrieved by using the attribute information, and controls the registering unit so as to register the attribute information related to the received electronic data when the received electronic data is not confidential data, and so as not to register the attribute information related to the received electronic data when the received electronic data is confidential data. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127511 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY REDIRECTING JOBS IN A DEVICE COMMUNITY - A system and method for automatically redirecting a job in a community of networked devices. A peer-based device community can be created by connecting at least two networked devices utilizing a manual/self-discovery approach based on a set of rules and policies in order to interact and publish a device capability within the device community. A self-assessment approach can be employed to monitor and track the status and consumables of each networked device. A device can perform a self-assessment based on particular criteria and then determine, based on such criteria, whether to request assistance. Such a request is broadcast by the device and includes job ticket data and data indicating why such a request is being made. Devices receiving the request then perform a self-assessment in relation to the specific job and determine if they can provide better service. The job can be automatically transmitted between the networked devices in response to a help request with respect to an exception condition in the device community. A notification indicative of the transmission of the job to another device can be provided to a user. Such an approach provides an internal workload balancing with greater customer satisfaction by re-routing the job from the devices in the exception conditions. | 2012-05-24 |