22nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110128538 | System for Generating Raman Vibrational Analysis Signals - A system for generating signals for Raman vibrational analysis, particularly for a CARS microscope or spectroscope of an external specimen, the system comprising a a laser source apt to emit at least one fundamental optical pulse in a first band of fundamental frequencies comprising at least one first (ω | 2011-06-02 |
20110128539 | METHOD FOR QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DETERMINING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS IN VARIOUS COMPOSITION ROCKS - A method is proposed for preparation of a sample of various rocks, containing organic compounds of precious metals (such as Au, Pt, and Pt). The sample is usable for further analysis of the metals content. The sample being analyzed is mixed with potassium chloride or sodium chloride in a ratio of 5-to-95 percent, and further subjected to assay fusion with litharge. The resulted entrapped cold shot is dissolved in aqua regia, and its dilute solution is analyzed by the known atomic-absorption method or by the known method of atomic emission with the use of plasma fixed by induction. This method makes it possible to preserve maximum of the metal components being analyzed, whereas the traditional methods of sample preparation cause loss of the most part of organic components containing the precious metals. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128540 | CALIBRATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A calibration device | 2011-06-02 |
20110128541 | Radiation Generation Device for Generating Electromagnetic Radiation Having an Adjustable Spectral Composition, and Method of Producing Same - A radiation generation device for generating resulting electromagnetic radiation having an adjustable spectral composition includes: a multitude of radiation elements (configured to generate a radiation element specific electromagnetic radiation, respectively, upon being activated, a first radiation element of the multitude of radiation elements being activatable independently of a second radiation element of the multitude of radiation elements; a dispersive optical element; and an optical opening; the dispersive optical element being configured to deflect the radiation element specific electromagnetic radiations, in dependence on their wavelength and on a position of the radiation element generating the respective radiation element specific electromagnetic radiation, such that a particular spectral range of each of the radiation element specific electromagnetic radiations may exit through the optical opening, so that the spectral composition of the resulting electromagnetic radiation exiting through the optical opening is adjustable by selectively activating the multitude of radiation elements. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128542 | CALIBRATION APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD - A calibration apparatus associates a pixel position and a wavelength of a spectrometer sensor. In calibrating the sensor, the calibration apparatus searches for a first pixel value corresponding to a bright line spectrum of incident light by a first search method based on the pixel value corresponding to the incident light acquired by the sensor and searches for a second pixel value corresponding to the bright line spectrum of the incident light by a second search method based on the pixel value corresponding to the incident light acquired by the sensor. The calibration apparatus associates either one of a first pixel position and a second pixel position with the wavelength of the bright line spectrum of the incident light. The calibration apparatus can appropriately acquire a correspondence relation between a detection position and a wavelength even if the correspondence relation has varied due to aging or changes in the temperature. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128543 | RAIN SENSOR USING LIGHT SCATTERING - A rain sensor using light scattering, and more particularly to, a rain sensor for detecting an amount of moisture particles, such as raindrops or fog, accumulated in a front windshield of a vehicle, and applying the amount of moisture particles to an operation of a wiper of the vehicle. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128544 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS - A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receivers. A second spectrometer system receives light from a second set of the plurality of light receivers. A processor, wherein the processor receives data generated by the first spectrometer system and the second spectrometer system, wherein an optical measurement of a sample under test is produced based on the data generated by the first and second spectrometer systems. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128545 | Fast-Indexing Filter Wheel and Method of Use - Various embodiments of a sequencing system capable of rapidly imaging samples at multiple wavelengths are provided herein. In one embodiment, the system includes a fast-indexing filter wheel having a plurality of excitation and emission filters capable of being rapidly rotated into and out of communication with an excitation source (e.g., an arc lamp, a laser. For example, the filter wheel can be configured to index in an amount of time falling within a range of about 40 ms to about 60 ms, preferably 50 ms. The system can also be configured to account for vibrations resulting from the quick starts and stops of the fast-indexing filter wheel as well as vibrations resulting from other sources. Various methods of rapidly imaging a sample at multiple wavelengths are also provided herein. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128546 | Variable Penetration Depth Biosensor - A surface plasmon resonance sensor system including a high refractive index prism, a sensor chip, a light source having multiple wavelengths over a broad range of wavelengths, optical lenses, a photodetector, a data acquisition unit, and as defined herein. The sensor chip can include, for example, a thin layer of silicon and gold on one face of a transparent substrate and the prism adjacent to the opposite face of the transparent substrate. Such an arrangement provides variable penetration depths up to about 1.5 micrometers with a dynamic range for sensing index of refraction changes in a sample that are several times greater than that of a conventional SPR sensor. The disclosure provides methods for using the surface plasmon resonance sensor system for cell assay or chemical assay related applications. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128547 | Object recognition apparatus utilizing beam scanning for detecting widths of objects of various sizes and located at various ranges - An object recognition apparatus performs a sweep of a scanned region by transmitting scanning wave beams at respective scan angles and successive timings, derives a received-wave signal strength value and reflection location corresponding to each scan wave beam during the sweep, and assigns a set of mutually adjacent reflection locations as a segment. A corresponding range value of the segment is calculated, expressing an estimated distance of a detected object. A threshold value is derived in accordance with the segment range, a region of the segment in which the signal strength values exceed the threshold value is extracted, and the width of the extracted region is designated as the width of the detected object. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128548 | Portable and Cartridge-Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing Systems - This specification discloses various improvements in the field of SPR sensing systems. One improvement relates to a portable SPR sensing system, e.g., a system contained within a suitcase that can be hand-carried to a monitoring site. Another improvement relates to a portable, cartridge-based SPR sensing system. In this system, selected portions of the system's electrical and fluidics systems are allocated between a base unit and a removable/disposable cartridge. Other improvements relate to methods or protocols for operating an SPR sensing system. Such methods provide for the elimination of false positives and increased sensitivity, e.g., by using secondary antibodies with specificity for different target epitopes and by sensor element redundancy. In addition, protocols are provided for the detection of small molecules. Such protocols may employ a competition type assay where the presence of the analyte inhibits the binding of antibodies to surface immobilized analyte, or a displacement assay, where antibodies bound to the analyte on the sensor surface are displaced by free analyte. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128549 | INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL SENSOR, AND OPTICAL MODULE - An interference filter includes: a first substrate; a second substrate that faces one side of the first substrate and is bonded to the first substrate; a first reflection film formed on the side of the first substrate that faces the second substrate; and a second reflection film provided on the second substrate and faces the first reflection film, the first substrate including a first gap formation region in which the first reflection film is disposed and which is not contact with the second substrate, and wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are adhesively bonded to each other with the adhesive applied into the adhesive grooves with the first bonding region and the second bonding region bonded to each other. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128550 | Surface inspection apparatus and method, and slit coater using the same - Provided are a surface inspection apparatus and method capable of detecting foreign materials on the surface of a substrate, and a slit coater having the surface inspection apparatus. In the surface inspection apparatus, a slit lighting unit irradiates slit-shaped light. An optical system splits the slit-shaped light into two beams traveling along two different paths, is incident upon a subject, and extracts an interference image caused by combination of the two beams reflected from the subject. An imaging device captures the interference image to output an image signal. An analysis unit acquires a luminance value of the image signal, analyzes the luminance value in real time, and determines whether or not foreign materials are present. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128551 | INTERFEROMETRIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A PATH DIFFERENCE - An interferometric system for measuring a measured object, having an arrangement for generating a measuring beam path, measuring beams being directed at the measured object, having an arrangement for generating a reference beam path, reference beams being directed to a reference element, having an adjusting arrangement for adjusting a path difference between the measuring beams and the reference beams, and a having a detector for recording images of the superposition of the reference beams and the measuring beams reflected by the measured object. According to the present system, a synchronization arrangement is used to control the adjusting arrangement so that the path difference between the measuring beams and the reference beams is adjusted in synchronization with the images recorded by the detector. The present system also relates to a method for adjusting a path difference. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128552 | ROTATIONAL AND LINEAR SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SCANNING OF OBJECTS - A scanning system comprised of a multi-axis drive module comprised of a first linear drive operable along a first axis, a second linear drive joined to the first linear drive and operable along a second axis non-parallel to the first axis, and a first rotary drive mounted on the second linear drive, operable around an axis parallel to the first axis, and comprised of a rotary fixture for holding the object. A first optical probe is provided for scanning the object. The rotary fixture for holding the object may include a central object-receiving port. A first fluid circuit may be provided, which is in communication with the central object-receiving port. In that manner, an internal cavity of the object may be pressurized through a passageway in the portion of the object that is disposed in the central object-receiving port, thereby stabilizing a region of the object to be scanned. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128553 | OPTICAL-TYPE POSITION DETECTING DEVICE, HAND APPARATUS, AND TOUCH PANEL - An optical position detecting device includes: a translucent unit; a light source unit that emits detection light toward the translucent unit and forms with the detection light transmitted through the translucent unit a first light intensity distribution in which the intensity decreases as it becomes farther from the translucent unit; a light detecting unit that receives the detection light reflected by a target object located within the first light intensity distribution; and a position detecting unit that detects a position of the target object based on the intensity of light received by the light detecting unit. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128554 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTION DEVICE, HAND DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH POSITION DETECTION FUNCTION - A position detection device includes: a light source adapted to form a light intensity distribution of a detection light beam; a first detector adapted to receive a reflected light beam of the detection light beam reflected by an object in a detection area where the light intensity distribution is formed; a transmissive member disposed between the detection area and the light source, and between the detection area and the first detector, and having a first surface directed toward the detection area and a second surface directed toward the light source; a second detector adapted to receive a light beam reflected by the second surface out of the detection light beam; a position detector adapted to detect the object based on the detection result in the first detector; and a light blocking member disposed between the second detector and the detection area, and adapted to block the reflected light beam. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128555 | BROAD VIEWING ANGLE DISPLAYS AND USER INTERFACES - Disclosed are methods and systems for displaying images, and for implementing volumetric user interfaces. One exemplary embodiment provides a system comprising: a light source; an image producing unit, which produces an image upon interaction with light approaching the image producing unit from the light source; an eyepiece; and a mirror, directing light from the image to a surface of the eyepiece, wherein the surface has a shape of a solid of revolution formed by revolving a planar curve at least 180° around an axis of revolution. Another exemplary embodiment provides a method for implementing a floating-in-the-air user interface, including displaying a first image in a display space of a first floating-in-the-air display, inserting a real object into the display space of the first floating-in-the-air display, locating a location of the real object within the display space of the first floating-in-the-air display, locating the real object in the display space, and providing the location as input to the floating-in-the-air user interface. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128556 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When both of a trapping and a resolution converting process are executed, a deterioration in picture quality occurs. In order to solve this problem, an image forming apparatus is provided which performs a trapping process to expand outlines of objects whose boundaries are in contact with each other, performs a resolution conversion process to change density of edges of an image, and restricts processing so that the trapping process and the resolution conversion process are not executed to a same pixel. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128557 | TABLET PRINTING APPARATUS AND TABLET PRODUCTION METHOD, AND TABLET - There is provided a tablet printing apparatus that can perform printing at a high speed on tablets arbitrarily supplied in volume at irregular intervals and has a high printing quality. A tablet printing apparatus | 2011-06-02 |
20110128558 | SELECTING BLENDED REGIONS OF COLOR SPACE - A method for adjusting the color of an image is provided. The image includes a plurality of pixels. The method includes receiving a natural language command to adjust a selected color of at least a portion of the image; determining a selection value for a pixel of interest by comparing a location of a color of the pixel of interest within a color space to a plurality of planes defining a multi-dimensional boundary of a portion of the color space corresponding to the selected color; and adjusting, based on the natural language command, the selected color of the pixel or the pixels of at least the portion of the image determined to be within the portion of the color space corresponding to the selected color. The selection value is representative of whether the pixel of interest lies within the portion of the color space corresponding to the selected color. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128559 | PRINTING DEVICE THAT EXECUTES CALIBRATION AT FREQUENCY SUITED TO USER DEMAND - A printing device including a printing unit that prints an image with print agent, a calibration unit that executes a calibration process, a specifying unit that specifies a usage amount of the print agent, and a control unit that controls the calibration unit to execute the calibration process at a lower frequency when the specifying unit specifies a lower amount as the usage amount. The calibration process is for printing a mark with the print unit, detecting the mark, and calculating a calculation value based on a detection result. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128560 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a thinning unit. The acquisition unit may acquire color information concerning color of an image having an attribute of at least one of character or line drawing. The determination unit may determine a thinning ratio for thinning data of non-edge portions of the image according to the color information acquired by the acquisition unit. The thinning unit may thin data of the non-edge portions according to the thinning ratio determined by the determination unit. The thinning ratio determined by the determination unit when the color information indicates a color other than black is lower than the thinning ratio determined when the color information indicates black. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128561 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When the number (M) of passes is smaller than a threshold value, a first processing mode is selected. In the first processing mode, multivalued image data is divided into pieces of multivalued data corresponding to passes and a common multivalued data for a plurality of passes, the pieces of multivalued data are individually binarized to generate pieces of binary data corresponding to the passes, and the common multivalued data is binarized to generate common binary data for these passes. On the other hand, when the number (M) of passes is equal to or larger than the threshold value, a second processing mode is selected. In the second processing mode, multivalued image data is binarized and the binary data is divided into pieces of binary data corresponding to passes with a mask. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128562 | COLOR DESIGNATION CONTROL DEVICE, COLOR DESIGNATION CONTROL METHOD, AND MEDIUM STORING COLOR DESIGNATION CONTROL PROGRAM - A color designation control device includes: an image acquisition section that acquires a color image; and a display control section that displays a user interface screen, which includes at least a preview image of the acquired color image and a hue scale representing a change in hue, on a predetermined display while accepting designation of a position or a region within the preview image, acquiring a hue at the designated position or in the designated region from the preview image, and adding a specific indication for a range within the hue scale corresponding to the acquired hue. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128563 | AUTOMATIC DEVICE-INDEPENDENT ADAPTATION OF PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE DATA STREAMS - A system and methodology are described herein that enable a network with a plurality of independent computers, with differing print drivers having generated various otherwise potentially incompatible page description language print jobs, to successfully interface with a centralized printer system through a plurality of lines by virtue of on-the-fly adaptation of the page description language stream job headers before the jobs go to a subsequently designated print device. The header is consumed and parsed to mitigate print-stream header differences by transforming the header commands into page description language commands and imbedding the page description language commands in the original page description language data, and therefrom sending on a resulting pure page description language stream. The resulting pure page description language stream is necessarily a modification of the original page description language data, designed to produce a result compliant with the request as manifest in the originating header. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128564 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus configured to execute functions determines whether an another apparatus can operate a target function, enables display used for causing a user to input an instruction for causing the other apparatus to operate the target function when the other apparatus can operate the target function, transmits information used by the other apparatus in order to operate the target function, to the other apparatus, in response to input the instruction, and accepts an operation from the other apparatus, being inputted on the other apparatus by using the information, and executes the target function. In response to input the instruction, the display control unit controls a default screen so as to being capable of newly operating for executing a function. The function execution unit accepts an operation related to a function different from that being operated from the other apparatus and being executed, and executes the different function. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128565 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An includes a determination unit, a reading unit, a transmission unit, a receiving unit, and a printing unit. The determination unit is configured to determine an external apparatus corresponding to a user authenticated by an authentication unit for authenticating a user, as an external apparatus to be used in a plurality of the external apparatuses. The reading unit is configured to read a document and generate image data. The transmission unit is configured to transmit the generated image data to the determined external apparatus. The receiving unit is configured to receive image data from the external apparatus, where image processing is performed to the image data in the external apparatus. The printing unit is configured to print using the received image data. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128566 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, HOST APPARATUS, AND SECURITY COPY METHOD THEREOF - A security copy method of an image forming apparatus includes generating scan data by scanning a document including predetermined additional information, determining whether to security-print the document by using the additional information of the generated scan data, determining whether the scan data include color information corresponding to the security area, and printing the scan data excluding a security area corresponding to the color information from the scan data according to the determination result. With this, the image forming apparatus minimizes the amount of the security information included in a bar code or mark and enables a simple print process. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128567 | Replacement Printer Cartridge Chip With A Microcontroller With An Encrypted Memory Device - The invention is a replacement printed circuit board or chip that allows a printer to utilize a replacement printer cartridge. The printed circuit board has an encrypted memory device and a microcontroller, wherein the microcontroller is programmed to intercept the request from the printer for the unique lot number data and to provide the appropriate unique lot number data to the printer in response to the request. The encrypted memory device is programmed just like the custom original equipment manufacturer encrypted memory device, and, with the exception of providing the unique lot number data to the printer, communicates with the printer just as the original equipment manufacturer encrypted memory device would. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128568 | MANAGING DIGITAL IMAGES TO BE PRINTED - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for managing digital images to be shared with and/or printed for a user. In one embodiment, the digital images may be received for the user. That a count of the digital images exceeds a threshold count may be determined. The digital images may be transmitted to a location where they may be printed for the user. The user may be notified when the printed images are ready to be picked up by the user. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128569 | Image forming apparatus and control method thereof - An image forming apparatus including a main body having an image forming unit forming an image to a printing medium; and a plurality of mail box modules which are disposed to an output side of the printing medium in the main body, each mail box module respectively including a driving unit selectively outputting the printing medium from the main body, and a control circuit unit controlling the driving unit. The control circuit unit includes a shift register having channels corresponding to the total number of the plurality of mail box modules, and, if receiving an identifying ID information of the mail box module from the main body, turns on one channel of the channels corresponding to the identifying ID information; and a multiplexer which outputs an active signal to the driving unit if the channel turned on by the shift register corresponds to a predetermined identifying ID. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128570 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A document data management method of an image forming apparatus which is connected to at least one external device by using an IPv6 address which includes receiving the document data from the image forming apparatus, determining whether to assign an IPv6 address to the received document data, assigning a corresponding IPv6 address to the document data, adding the document data information and the corresponding assigned IPv6 address to an IPv6 address information table, and storing the document data in the image forming apparatus, wherein the IPv6 address information table includes storage information of the document data and the assigned IPv6 address information. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128571 | PERIPHERAL APPARATUS CONTROL SYSTEM, PERIPHERAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PERIPHERAL APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In a network printing system utilizing WSD Print Service, a highly operable peripheral apparatus control system that utilizes a mass storage device and a low-cost shared printer that does not include a function for requesting print data to an information processing apparatus is provided. The peripheral apparatus control system includes an information processing apparatus and a peripheral apparatus mutually connected via a network. The information processing apparatus inputs a job request and a reservation request to the peripheral apparatus. The peripheral apparatus includes a first measurement unit that measures the difference between reception timings of the job request and the reservation request. If the difference between the reception timings is equal to or less than a first predetermined time, a reservation ID is input and a reservation of the job request is accepted. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128572 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printer performs printing based on a print setting related to a session ID. A Web application transmits print data to the printer together with the session ID. If a print setting related to the session ID is present, the printer performs printing based on the print setting. If no print setting related to the session ID is present, the printer prompts a connection destination to confirm the print setting related to the session ID. When the session ends, the printer deletes the print setting related to the session ID. With the above configuration, issues are solved. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128573 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT OBTAINS CONTENTS FROM WEB SERVER AND DISPLAYS SAME ON DISPLAY UNIT, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that, when contents are obtained from a reliable Web server set in advance, hides an address bar so as to make effective use of a display region of an operation unit in displaying the contents. Contents corresponding to a designated address are obtained from a Web server. The obtained contents are analyzed and displayed on a display unit. The designated address is displayed on the display unit. Obtainment control is provided such that when the designated address is a specific address, obtainment of contents is permitted, and when the designated address is not the specific address, obtainment of contents is inhibited. When contents are displayed while the obtainment control is being carried out, an address is hidden, and when contents are displayed while the obtainment control is not being carried out, an address is displayed. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128574 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display portion that displays a condition input screen on which a user enters a condition for a process of printing or scanning an image, a control portion that, when first operation is performed, controls a storage portion to store the condition thus entered, a retrieval portion that, if second operation is performed, reads out the condition from the storage portion, a re-display portion that displays again the condition input screen in a state where the condition thus read out is entered, and a process execution portion that, if third operation is performed, executes the process of printing or scanning an image based on a latest condition stored in the storage portion. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128575 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A display apparatus displays a list of functions for application software; stores one or more display modes for disposing setting information in a display component for each of the functions; receives the selected function, generates the one or more display modes of the display component of the function while disposing the setting information in the one or more display modes of the display component and generates a display mode list screen that displays a list of the one or more display modes of the display component of the function; and receives the display mode selected from the display mode list screen, and displays, based on size information of the display component of the display mode, a disposing place candidate for disposing the display component of the display mode on a screen on which the display component of the display mode is to be disposed. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128576 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT SOURCE ELEMENT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH CONTROL DEVICE BUILT THEREIN - Provided is a control device for controlling a light source element configured to irradiate light for reading an image on a document including: a drive portion configured to selectively apply a first drive voltage and a second drive voltage lower than the first drive voltage to the light source element; a detector configured to detect a light quantity of reflected light of the light irradiated to the image; and a control portion configured to control the drive portion and switch between applications of the first drive voltage and the second drive voltage, wherein the control portion controls the drive portion based on a threshold period set in relation to an elapsed period from an application time of the first drive voltage and a threshold light quantity set in relation to the light quantity of the reflected light. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128577 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM, PRINT CONTROLLER AND COMPUTER EXECUTABLE METHOD USING THE PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM - A computer readable medium having a computer program product stored thereon configures a print controller to perform as a generation section, a storing section, a determination section and an execution section. The generation section is configured to generate a print command based on printing object data that is sequentially input. The storing section is configured to store the print command in a memory without outputting to an image forming section. The determination section is configured to determine which one of processing including outputting, deleting and keeping storing is executed for the stored print command based on a content of printing object data that is input after the printing object data for which the print command has been generated. The execution section is configured to execute the processing that is determined by the determination section for the stored print command. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128578 | JOB MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING JOB MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS - In a job management system, a PC includes a job reception section for receiving setting of a job from a user and a job transmitting section for transmitting the job to a multifunction peripheral. The multifunction peripheral includes a job receiving section for receiving a job from the PC, a prohibition determining section for determining whether a combination of functions constituting the job is a target of a prohibition process, a controlling section for executing the job, and a prohibition information transmitting section for transmitting prohibition information indicating that the combination of functions constituting the job is the target of the prohibition process to the PC when the combination of functions is the target of the prohibition process. The PC further includes a prohibition information receiving section for receiving the prohibition information from the multifunction peripheral and a prohibition information storage for storing the prohibition information. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128579 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a storage unit that stores printing status information and host apparatus identification information. The printing status information includes a printing status representing whether a printing processing of the print job is interrupted, and the host apparatus identification information represents the host apparatus as a requestor of the print job. The printing system includes a update unit that updates the printing status information based on a monitoring result of the printing apparatus; a job managing unit that judges whether to execute the print job according to the printing status information when receiving a processing request of the print job from the host apparatus; and a printing status information managing unit that decides printing status information to be stored in the storage unit. The printing status information managing unit first deletes, from the storage unit, printing status information on a print job transmitted from a low-ranked host apparatus. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128580 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (PRINTING TIME SETTING FUNCTION) - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus including, a data acquiring unit configured to receive data, an image forming unit configured to visualize the data input to the data acquiring unit and output the data onto a sheet medium, and a managing unit configured to store a condition for visualizing the data input to the data acquiring unit and permit the visualization of the data by the image forming unit according to the visualizing condition. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128581 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To a multi-functional peripheral, an external terminal is connected by an external user who performs a remote operation or remote monitoring of an operation for the operation screen. The multi-functional peripheral has a specific user determination portion which determines whether or not the external user who has made the connection is a remote monitoring user who performs remote monitoring, and when the external user who has made the connection is not the remote monitoring user, an operation screen during connection displaying information to show that the external terminal is being connected is displayed, and when the external user is the remote monitoring user, a normal operation screen without the information to show that the external terminal is being connected is displayed. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128582 | Printer, control method, and used amount acquiring method - There is provided a printer that performs print on a medium by color materials, including: an advance information reading and writing section that reads and writes advance information from and in an advance information holder for storing the advance information; a print control section that outputs a print driving controlling print when the advance information is read by the advance information reading and writing section; and a used amount acquiring section that acquires a used amount for the printer based on the print driving signal output from print control section. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128583 | PRINTER FOR COMMUNICATING COMMANDS WITH HOST DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAID PRINTER - Provided is a printer which receives inquiry information relating to the print setting sent from a host device, sends to the host device reply information based on its characteristic information in response to the received inquiry information, receives print setting information sent from the host device based on the reply information, requests print object data to the host device in accordance with the received print setting information, receiving the print object data sent from the host device in accordance to the request, and prints the received print object data Thereby, the present invention enables a host device to make a printer print document data in the host device without requiring conventional printer drivers. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128584 | FILE CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THEM - Print setting information including information indicating an order of entries of files is created, and a print job is created by appending the print setting information. A sequence of created print jobs to be transmitted is arranged based on the information which is included in the print setting information and indicates the order of entries of files, and process restriction information associated with the print job is acquired from a print device. When it is determined that restriction by the process restriction information is exceeded upon continuously receiving a plurality of print jobs, a succeeding print job is changed so that the process restriction information is not exceeded even when the succeeding print job is transmitted. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128585 | Digital Image Processing With Inherent Compression - A method including storing a plurality of page elements. Each of the page elements includes i) a drawing command to render a page on a rendering device, and ii) a plurality of segments, in which each of the segments includes a drawing command for a scanline. The page elements are non-overlapping, and the segments are non-overlapping. The method further includes receiving a first page element and merging the first page element into the plurality of page elements by reducing the first page element into a first set of segments and by merging one of the first set of segments into the plurality of segments. Merging the one of the first set of segments into the plurality of segments includes selectively shrinking one of the plurality of segments. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128586 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The cluster of a background is specified among a plurality of clusters classified by clustering processing, and a label area whose size is less than a first threshold value is combined with adjoining another label area which is not the cluster of the background among label areas to which the same label number is given by labeling processing. Then, whether the label area is combined with the adjoining another label area based on characteristic quantity obtained from the label area is determined, and combining, vector data is generated based on the label area after combining the label area when determined as the label area being combined. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128587 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention performs rendering logic sequence determination, rendering region determination, and transparency conversion determination, and, if conversion to a transparent object is determined to be necessary, performs pattern conversion to convert a target pattern into a transparent object. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128588 | Image forming apparatus and method for processing image noise using the same - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an output unit to output a density pattern, a detector to detect the output density pattern, a signal extraction unit to extract an image noise signal from at least two sensing areas of the detected density pattern, and a control unit to determine if image noise generated on the detected density pattern is one-dimensional noise or two-dimensional noise based on the extracted image noise signal. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128589 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus performing image processing on image data stored in a temporary storage area, is provided. The image processing apparatus includes: a size-reducing unit that reduces a size of original image data, wherein the size of the original image data is reduced according to a parameter of the original image data such that a size-reduction ratio of a chroma component is greater than a size-reduction ratio of a luminance component, to perform the image processing; and a storage control unit that stores size-reduced image data in the temporary storage area to perform the image processing. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128590 | READING APPARATUS - A reading apparatus includes an image reading unit that reads an image line-by-line and generates an image signal, a signal processing unit that performs signal processing on the image signal, a reference clock generation unit that generates a reference clock signal, and a PLL unit that generates a driving clock signal from the reference clock signal to be supplied to one of the image reading unit, the signal processing unit, and the reference clock generation unit. Skew in the synchronization between the reference clock signal and a driving clock signal is detected, and in the case where skew in the synchronization has been detected during image reading operations performed by the image reading unit, the image reading unit is controlled to read the image having returned to a position that is a predetermined number of lines previous to the current reading position. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128591 | SCAN APPARATUS AND CARRIER SHEET HAVING BACKGROUND PATTERN FOR BOUNDARY DETECTION - A scan apparatus having a background pattern for boundary detection includes a scan region, a scan assembly and a background member. The background member is disposed within the scan region and has the background pattern, which includes two sets of lines intersecting each other. The scan assembly scans an original and the background pattern of the background member within the scan region, and generates a corresponding image signal. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128592 | ERECTING EQUAL-MAGNIFICATION LENS ARRAY PLATE, OPTICAL SCANNING UNIT, AND IMAGE READING DEVICE - An erecting equal-magnification lens array plate includes: a first lens array plate and a second lens array plate each provided with a plurality of convex lenses on both surfaces; a first light-shielding member provided with a plurality of first openings; and a second light-shielding member provided with a plurality of second openings. The first lens array plate and the second lens array plate form a stack such that a combination of the lenses associated with each other form a coaxial lens system. The first light-shielding member is provided on the first lens array plate such that the first opening is located opposite to the corresponding convex lens. The second light-shielding member is provided on the second lens array plate such that the second opening is located opposite to the corresponding fourth lens. An open end of each of the first opening and the second opening facing the lens is formed to become progressively larger in diameter toward the end. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128593 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING LIMITING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: an image scanning unit which scans an image of a document; a storage control unit which causes image data acquired by the image scanning unit scanning the image to be stored in a predetermined storage area; a limitation information associating unit which associates limitation information prescribing a limitation content for a processing content to be performed to the image data with the image data that is stored in the predetermined storage area, based on at least one of an image scanning condition in the image scanning unit and a content of the image data acquired by the image scanning unit; and a processing limiting unit which limits the content of processing performed to the image data stored in the predetermined storage area, based on the limitation information associated by the limitation information associating unit. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128594 | EXPOSURE HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an exposure head including a light emitting element array including light emitting elements disposed in a first direction, a light blocking member including an aperture stop through which lights emitted from the light emitting elements pass, and an image forming optical system that makes an image by using the lights having passed through the light blocking member. An absolute value of a magnification in the first direction of the image forming optical system is equal to or more than 0.7 times and is equal to or less than 0.8 times. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128595 | SCANNING SPEED ADJUSTING METHOD AND SCANNING SYSTEM - A scanning speed adjusting method is used in a scanning system including a scanning module and a controller. Firstly, a document is scanned by the scanning module, thereby generating an image data. Then, the image data is received by the controller, and transmitted to an output device. An input speed of receiving the image data from the scanning module and an output speed of transmitting the image data to the output device are detected by the controller. If the input speed and the output speed are different, a scanning speed of the scanning module is adaptively adjusted according to a difference between the input speed and the output speed. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128596 | AUTOMATIC MEDIA FEEDER, IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS, MULTIFUNCTIONAL PERIPHERY, AND IMAGE SCANNING METHOD - An automatic media feeder includes: a media stacker on which sheets are to be stacked; a discharged media stacker; a scanning position where the sheet is to be scanned; a first conveyance path from the media stacker to the scanning position; a feeding device configured to convey the sheet from the media stacker to the scan position along the first conveyance path; a discharging device configured to discharge the sheet that passed through the scanning position to the discharged media stacker; a first reverse mechanism configured to turn over the sheet conveyed from the media stacker toward the scanning position along the first conveyance path and return the turned-over sheet to the first conveyance path; and a second reverse mechanism configured to refeed the sheet that passes through the scanning position to the first conveyance path. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128597 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS AND RELATED DATA TRANSFER METHOD - A document reading apparatus includes a conveying unit configured to continuously convey a document having a series of sheets along a conveyance path, a reading unit configured to obtain image data by reading a sheet at a predetermined reading position, a storage unit configured to store the image data obtained by the reading unit, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the stored image data to a transfer destination. The transfer satisfies a relationship X+Y≧Z>X, wherein X represents a reading time required for the reading unit to read said sheet, Y represents an interval time between an end of reading said sheet and a beginning of reading a next sheet of the series, and Z represents a transfer time required for the transfer unit to transfer the image data stored in the storage unit to the transfer destination. A related method is also disclosed. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128598 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In the present invention, in a color copy machine, original modes of copy job units, and setting changes of sharpness adjustment, whose updates are permitted beforehand, are totaled, change of default is judged, when this accumulated result is larger than a threshold value, and the original mode whose accumulated result is larger than the threshold value, and the sharpness adjustment are set to change a default state of an image processing unit. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128599 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH A COLOR MISREGISTRATION CORRECTION PROCESSING UNIT - An image forming apparatus having a temperature detection unit that detects a current interior temperature based on a detection signal from a temperature sensor. A temperature change detection unit calculates a difference between the current interior temperature and an interior temperature detected in a last color misregistration correction processing as a temperature change amount. When the temperature change amount is equal to or higher than a threshold, a determination unit determines that a color misregistration correction operation needs to be executed. A mode setting unit determines whether a monochrome printing processing is currently carried out. When the monochrome printing processing is currently carried out, the mode setting unit sets an estimation color misregistration correction mode as a color misregistration correction mode, and an estimation color misregistration correction processing unit executes an estimation color misregistration correction processing based on a previously determined color misregistration amount in accordance with the interior temperature. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128600 | OPTICAL SECURITY ELEMENT - The invention concerns an optical security element and a process for the production of an optical security element in the form of a multilayer body having a projection element ( | 2011-06-02 |
20110128601 | MIRROR ACTUATOR AND BEAM IRRADIATION DEVICE - A mirror actuator includes a turning axis for turning a mirror; a support section for supporting the turning axis so as to be capable of turning; and a sliding contact member that is arranged on the turning axis and is opposed to the support section in a direction parallel to the turning axis with a predetermined clearance from the support section. The turning axis is biased in one direction parallel to the turning axis. This biasing causes the sliding contact member to contact the support section. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128602 | OPTICAL SCAN UNIT, IMAGE PROJECTOR INCLUDING THE SAME, VEHICLE HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MOBILE PHONE - An optical scan unit ( | 2011-06-02 |
20110128603 | FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A focal plane shutter includes: a board including an opening; a blade closing and opening the opening; a driving lever holding a movable iron piece, swingably supported, and driving the blade; a self-holding solenoid being able to adsorb the movable iron piece in a non-energized state, and an adsorptive force in an energized state being smaller than an adsorptive force in the non-energized state; and a biasing member biasing the driving lever to move away from the self-holding solenoid. The driving lever includes an engagement portion engaging the movable iron piece and made of a non-magnetic material. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128604 | LIGHT-AMOUNT ADJUSTING APPARATUS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE LIGHT-AMOUNT ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A light-amount adjusting apparatus includes a plurality of light-amount adjusting blades that causes a size of a light-passing aperture to change by rotation thereof. Each of the light-amount adjusting blades includes a base portion on which a rotation center portion and a driven portion are formed, and a blade portion that overlaps another light-amount adjusting blade in a light-passing direction so as to form the light-passing aperture. A thickness of the blade portion is thinner than that of the base portion. When the plurality of light-amount adjusting blades is rotated to set the light-passing aperture to be smaller than a full-opened aperture, a thickness of a portion that overlaps an adjacent stop blade is thinner than that of a portion that does not overlap the adjacent stop blade in each of the light-amount adjusting blades. The blades have high dimension accuracy, and deterioration of the optical performance of the apparatus is reduced. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128605 | Radiation-Protection Device - A radiation-protection device is provided that includes a substrate and a surface structure formed on the substrate. The surface structure has an arrangement and interacts with radiation and the substrate to at least (a) substantially transmit or attenuate radiation at a wavelength and an energy below a threshold energy, and (b) substantially reflect radiation at the wavelength and an energy above the threshold energy. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128606 | Electrochromic formulation and organic electrochromic switchable electronic component - An electrochemical formulation has an active dye. An organic electrochromic switchable electronic component of high switching speed is made using the dye. The component is used to make electrochromic displays. The dye has substituents limiting or preventing a π-merisation of the aromatic moieties. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128607 | Display system for higher grayscale with a varying light source - The present invention provides a projection apparatus that includes:
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20110128608 | ELECTRO-PHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - An electro-phoretic display device includes a first substrate, an active elements array, a driving circuit, a conductive flexible board, an electro-phoretic layer, a second substrate and a sealant layer. The first substrate has a first surface defining a display area and a circuit area, and a second surface. The active elements array is disposed within the display area and the driving circuit is disposed within the circuit area and electrically connected to the active elements array. The conductive flexible board is partially disposed at the first substrate and electrically connected to the driving circuit. The electro-phoretic layer and the second substrate are sequentially disposed on the active elements array and the driving circuit. The sealant layer is interposed between the second substrate and the conductive flexible board to seal the electro-phoretic layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. A fabricating method of electro-phoretic display device is also disclosed. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128609 | BEAM STEERING USING A THERMALLY ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM - Apparatus for steering a beam of radiation includes a thermally anisotropic element configured such that the shape of the optical element can be varied by varying the temperature of the element. The beam is reflected from or transmitted through the element in a manner such that the direction of the beam on leaving the element can be varied by the change of shape resulting from the temperature variation. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128610 | PHENOLIC CONFIGURATIONALLY LOCKED POLYENE BULK SINGLE CRYSTALS, CRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS AND WAVEGUIDES FOR ELECTRO-OPTICS AND THZ-WAVE APPLICATIONS - The invention concerns Phenolic Configurationally Locked Polyene Single Crystals, which are especially suited as highly efficient nonlinear optical organic material. The invention also concerns methods for growth of crystalline thin films or bulk crystals from melt and/or solution. The compounds are suited and the methods may be used for manufacturing optical elements for several bulk and integrated applications, e.g. electro-Optics and THz-Wave applications. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128611 | WHITE LIGHT SOURCE WITH CRYSTAL FIBER AND METHOD FOR COLOR TEMPERATURE TUNING THEREOF - The present invention relates to a white light source, and particularly to a white light source with crystal fiber and a method for color temperature tuning thereof. The white light source of the present invention comprises a pumping source for providing a first-color light, and a gradient index lens for coupling the first-color light into a crystal fiber. The crystal fiber absorbs a portion of the first-color light and generates a second-color light and a third-color light, and a white light with high color rendering index can be obtained. The crystal fiber is made of a first rare earth element oxide and a second rare earth element oxide co-doped yttrium aluminum garnet. The color temperature of the white light can be tuned by adjusting the position of the focus of the pumping light on the end section of the crystal fiber. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128612 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT - In a wavelength conversion element in which a periodic poled crystal that converts an input laser light into a laser light of a predetermined wavelength is provided on a thick-film resistance substrate including a heating unit, a heat spreader having a predetermined thermal conductivity, which equalizes a temperature distribution of the periodic poled crystal, is provided between the thick-film resistance substrate and the periodic poled crystal, and the thick-film resistance substrate and the heat spreader, and the heat spreader and the periodic poled crystal are adhered by an adhesive member having a predetermined thermal conductivity. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128613 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PULSED HARMONIC ULTRAVIOLET LASERS - An apparatus for producing coherent, pulsed ultraviolet light with pulse durations that range between 1 ps and 1 μs includes one or more source lasers in the visible or near-infrared frequency range. The apparatus also includes one or more FC stages, at least one of the one or more FC stages including a nonlinear FC device and one or more optical elements. The optical elements include a reflector, a focusing element, a polarization-controlling optic, a wavelength separator, or a fiber optic component. The FC device includes a huntite-type aluminum double borate nonlinear optical material configured to produce FC light having a wavelength between 190 and 350 nm and a composition given by RAl | 2011-06-02 |
20110128614 | SURFACE-PLASMON-ASSISTED OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION - A frequency-conversion method that uses a nonlinear optical process to transfer energy between a surface-plasmon (SP) wave that is guided along an electrically conducting strip and a light beam that is guided along an optical waveguide whose core is adjacent to the electrically conducting strip. A periodic structure spatially modulates the nonlinear susceptibility of the waveguide core with a spatial period that is related to a momentum mismatch in the nonlinear optical process. The spatial modulation provides quasi-phase matching for the SP wave and the light beam and enables efficient energy transfer between them. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128615 | SINGLE FOCUS WIDE-ANGLE LENS MODULE - A single focus wide-angle lens module includes a fixed aperture diaphragm, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens arranged from an object side to an image side in a sequence of: the first lens, the diaphragm, the second lens, the third lens and the fourth lens. The first lens has a concave surface on the image side and at least one aspheric surface. The second lens has a positive refractive power, a concave surface on the object side and at least one aspheric surface. The third lens has a meniscus shape, a negative refractive power, a concave surface on the object side and at least one aspheric surface. The fourth lens has a positive refractive power, a convex surface on the object side and at least one aspheric surface. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128616 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTOR - An omnidirectional structural color (OSC) having a non-periodic layered structure. The OSC can include a multilayer stack that has an outer surface and at least two layers. The at least two layers can include at least one first index of refraction material layer A | 2011-06-02 |
20110128617 | HIGH INFRARED REFLECTION COATINGS, THIN FILM COATING DEPOSITION METHODS AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIES - The invention provides low-emissivity coatings that are highly reflective of infrared radiation. The coating includes three infrared-reflection film regions, which may each comprise silver. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128618 | GLASS PRODUCTS WITH A SATIN-MATTE FINISH AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF - Satin-matte finish glass products having a uniform finish perfectly homogeneous, a soft and smooth touch with a pleasant aspect to the eye are disclosed and described. Such products may in some aspects have finish characteristics defined by values of transmittance, absorbance, reflectance, roughness and a series of micrographs taken with an atomic force microscope to see the morphology and structure of satin-glass. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128619 | OBSERVATION DEVICE WITH A RANGE FINDER - The invention describes an observation device ( | 2011-06-02 |
20110128620 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A SPLIT FIELD OF VIEW IN AN OPTICAL SIGHT - A method and apparatus involve: admitting through objective optics of an optical sight a beam of radiation representing a scene; generating two different images of the scene; supplying the images to respective portions of a field of view at a viewing section; and superimposing a respective reticle onto each image. According to a different aspect a method and apparatus involve: causing two beams of radiation within an optical sight that represent different images of a scene to approach a reflective section in different directions, the reflective section causing a portion of each beam to reach a respective portion of a field of view at a viewing section; and superimposing a respective reticle onto each beam portion. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128621 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A marker for lens is provided as aligning unit in a lenticular lens that is of optical unit, and a marker for display panel is provided as aligning unit in a transmissive liquid crystal display panel that is of the display panel. Fixing unit is provided in at least a part of an area that encloses an image display area of the lenticular lens. An image display device is formed in such a manner that alignment between the lenticular lens and the liquid crystal display panel is performed by the marker for lens and the marker for display panel and the lenticular lens is fixed to a surface of the liquid crystal display panel on the side of a viewer. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128622 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH LENS FOR SPLITTING LIGHT ALONG TWO AXES - A three-dimensional display device includes a display panel and an optical film. The display panel includes a plurality of display units arranged in a matrix. Each display unit includes a plurality of pixels configured for displaying sub-images having stereoscopic parallax. The optical film includes a plurality of lenses, each corresponding to a respective display unit. The lens is disposed opposite to the corresponding display unit and configured to split light corresponding to two sub-images of the corresponding display unit to reach both left and right viewing sides, respectively. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128623 | POLARIZER AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A method for manufacturing a polarizer utilizes a support, which is coated with a photoresist. A carbon nanotube film is located over the photoresist, and one portion of the carbon nanotube film is submerged in the photoresist. Metal or semi-metallic particles are deposited over the carbon nanotube film and the photoresist, which is removed. The carbon nanotube film with the metal particles or semi-metallic particles is adhered to a substrate to obtain the polarizer. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128624 | Reflective object and the production process thereof - The present invention is related to a reflective object, which comprises the structure with the following layers sequentially: an adhesive layer embedded with optical components; a color layer; and a reflective layer; wherein the reflective object is characterized that the color layer is not contacted with the optical components. The present invention is also disclosed a method of producing the reflective object. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128625 | Low Power Retro-Reflective Communications System and Method - Presented is a low-power retro-reflective communication system that reflects modulated light back in substantially the same direction as the light source using a retro-reflector. The light modulator in the retro-reflector modulates the light in response to a stimulus, such as an electrical communications stimulus or an environmental stimulus. In embodiments, the retro-reflector is a corner-cube retro-reflector and the modulator is one of the reflecting surfaces, or a spherical retro-reflector and the light modulator is a variably reflecting backing. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128626 | DIFFRACTION FIELDS FOR GUIDING AN OBJECT TO A TARGET - An object moving towards a target with a velocity can be accurately estimated and targeted based on keeping the object within a field of diffraction, the object being disturbed by effects caused by noise. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128627 | ANTIGLARE FILM AND DISPLAY DEVICE - To an adhesive tape, which is attached to a display of a display device, an antiglare film is attached so that a resin coating layer of the antiglare film faces down and so that an antiglare layer of the antiglare film is on a front side. In this state, reflection of extraneous light can be prevented or reduced, because the antiglare layer is on the front side of the display. The antiglare film is peeled off the display of the display device, flipped over, and re-attached so that the antiglare layer faces the display of the display device and so that the resin coating layer is on the front side (upper side). In this state, the display is provided with clear and excellent clarity of an image viewed through the antiglare film | 2011-06-02 |
20110128628 | ANISOTROPIC LIGHT-DIFFUSING FILM, ANISOTROPIC LIGHT-DIFFUSING LAMINATE, ANISOTROPIC LIGHT-REFLECTING LAMINATE, AND USE THEREOF - An anisotropic light-diffusing film, an anisotropic light-diffusing laminate, and an anisotropic light-reflecting laminate are provided which are excellent in both light transmittance and diffusivity. Also provided are a lighting equipment and a display device which employ any of the film and laminates and are excellent in light-diffusivity and brightness and in economy, etc. The anisotropic light-diffusing film is a film formed by melt-extruding a mixture of at least two thermoplastic resins incompatible with each other. The film has parallel light ray transmittance of 20-85%, haze of 10-80%, glossiness of 10-70%, and ratio of the vertical-direction diffusivity to the horizontal-direction diffusivity of transmitted light of 1.3-6.0. The anisotropic light-reflecting laminate comprises a light reflector and the anisotropic light-diffusing film laminated over at least one surface of the reflector. In the laminate, diffusivity ratio, reflectivity and diffusivity of reflected light satisfy respective specific ranges. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128629 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical element with an antireflection function is provided with a substrate having a surface and a plurality of structures formed from convex portions or concave portions and arranged in large numbers on the surface of the substrate with a minute pitch less than or equal to the wavelength of the visible light, wherein the modulus of elasticity of the material forming the structures is 1 MPa or more, and 1,200 MPa or less, and the aspect ratio of the structure is 0.6 or more, and 1.5 or less. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128630 | LENS SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - A lens system comprising, in order from an object side: a first lens group G | 2011-06-02 |
20110128631 | LENS MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND LENS MANUFACTURED THEREBY - A lens manufacturing apparatus includes a first mold, a second mold, a first core, and a second core. The first mold defines a first compartment therein. The second mold defines a second compartment therein. The first core is inserted into the first compartment of the first mold, and includes a first mold surface with a first half-mold cavity and a conic ring surrounding the first half mold cavity. The second core is inserted into the second compartment of the second mold, and includes a second mold surface with a second half-mold cavity. The second half-mold cavity includes a bottom which connects to the periphery of the second mold surface by an acclivitous surface. The acclivitous surface is parallel with the outermost conic surface of the conic ring. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128632 | VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A variable magnification optical system includes first lens group having negative refractive-power, an aperture-stop and second lens group having positive refractive-power, arranged from the object-side. A negative lens having a concave surface facing the image-side is arranged on the most object side of the first lens group, and an aspheric lens having a concave surface facing the object-side and an aspheric surface facing the image-side is arranged on the most image side of the first lens group. A positive lens having a convex surface facing the image-side is arranged, on the object-side of the aspheric lens, immediately before the aspheric lens. The image-side surface of the aspheric lens at the most image side of the first lens group includes a portion having higher positive power on the outside of positions through which outermost rays of an axial beam pass, compared with the vicinity of the optical axis. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128633 | VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A variable magnification optical system includes first-lens-group having negative refractive power, aperture stop, and second-lens-group having positive refractive power, arranged from the object-side. An aspheric lens, a central portion of the object-side surface of which is convex, is arranged on the most object-side of the second-lens-group. The object-side surface of the aspheric lens is formed in such a manner that positive power decreases from the central portion of the object-side surface of the aspheric lens toward the periphery thereof, or that an inflection point is present between the central portion and the periphery and positive power decreases as a distance from the central portion increases between the central portion and the inflection point, and negative power increases toward the periphery between the inflection point and the periphery. The aspheric surface satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2) about refractive index and Abbe number: | 2011-06-02 |
20110128634 | Lens Barrel, Camera and Information Device - A cam locus of the cam surface on the image plane side of the first group cam groove of the rotating cylinder has an angle to a flat surface where the optical axis crosses perpendicularly. When the cam follower engages with the cam surface on the image plane side, an impact force is dispersed into the optical axis direction and the rotating direction of the rotating cylinder, and a load on the cam follower and male helicoid is reduced. When the first group lens system is pressed by a light load, the cam follower of the first group lens movement frame engages with the cam surface on the image plane side, and an angle of the cam surface is equal to an angle of a force occurring in the rotating direction. Therefore, the rotating cylinder does not rotate easily, and returns to its previous position when the load is removed. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128635 | Aspherical Fiber Coupling Lens - An aspherical fiber coupling lens applied to a photoelectric coupling module is disclosed. The spherical fiber coupling lens is a bi-convex lens with positive refraction power and having a first optical surface and a second optical surface, both are aspherical surfaces while optical features of the lens satisfy the following conditions: | 2011-06-02 |
20110128636 | PROJECTION LENS - A projection lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group. The first lens group is composed of a first lens. The first lens has a concave surface and a convex surface, and the concave surface of the first lens faces a reducing side of the projection lens. The second lens group has positive refractive power, and includes a second lens having positive refractive power and a third lens having negative refractive power. The second lens is a biconvex lens, and the third lens has a concave lens facing the reducing side. The third lens group is composed of a fourth lens, and the fourth lens has a convex surface facing a magnifying side of the projection lens. The first lens group, the second lens group, and the third lens group include at least two aspheric lenses. | 2011-06-02 |
20110128637 | IMAGING LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging lens system includes three lens groups having four lenses including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens arranged in order from an object side, and an aperture stop arranged between the first lens and the second lens. The second lens and the third lens are joined each other. The first lens is a negative meniscus lens having a convex surface at an object side. The second lens is a positive lens having a convex surface having a large curvature at an image side. The third lens is a negative lens having a concave surface having a large curvature at an object side. The fourth lens is a positive lens having a convex surface having a large curvature at an image side. The following conditions are satisfied: | 2011-06-02 |