24th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140160474 | OPTICAL REFLECTORS FOR SPECTROMETER GAS CELLS - A spectrometer cell can include a spacer, at least one end cap, and at least one mirror with a reflective surface. The end cap can be positioned proximate to a first contact end of the spacer such that the end cap and spacer at least partially enclose an internal volume of the spectrometer cell. The mirror can be secured in place by a mechanical attachment that includes attachment materials that are chemically inert to at least one reactive gas compound. The mechanical attachment can hold an optical axis of the reflective surface in a fixed orientation relative to other components of the spectrometer cell and or a spectrometer device that comprises the spectrometer cell. The mirror can optionally be constructed of a material such as stainless steel, ceramic, or the like. Related methods, articles of manufacture, systems, and the like are described. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160475 | Light Gathering Adjustable Ballistic Reticule - A weapon sighting system for gathering ambient or generated light and projecting a fixed or adjustable ballistic reticule image for targeting. The system includes a partially reflective, zero parallax, optical lens assembly, an illuminating reticule projection component, and an adjustable bracket fixed to the weapon being sighted. The bracket supports the lens assembly at one end and the projection component at an opposing end. The projection component is aligned to project a light image onto the lens assembly to be reflected back into the target sightline. The projection component gathers ambient (or generated) light through polymer acrylic solid materials and/or fiber optics, and directs the light through a fixed or adjustable mask. The movement of the weapon effects a corresponding movement in the angle of reflection through the optics of the sighting system. An adjustable mask allows the projected image to change to accommodate near and distant targets. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160476 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Spectral Classification - A method and a device useful for identifying or detecting the presence of a material of interest, such as an explosive or a biological contaminant, in a sample is presented herein. The sample is illuminated with electromagnetic radiation at a predetermined set of wavelengths. An example of an illumination source includes a quantum cascade laser (QCL). The radiation reflects from a sample and is detected at pixels of a detector. Examples of the detectors include digital focal plane array (DFPA) cameras. Intensity of the reflected radiation is measured at each illumination wavelength. The pixels can be configured to add weighted intensities of the reflected radiation, the weights of the intensities being based on a predicted optical response value for the sample at the wavelengths of the first set and the second set of wavelengths. Based on the sum of weighted intensities of the reflected radiation, the likelihood that the material is present within the sample is determined. Speed enhancement over conventional multispectral imaging can be >100-fold. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160477 | MICRO-PLASMA EMISSION DETECTOR UNIT AND METHOD - The micro-plasma emission detector unit is for use with a gas chromatograph. It includes an airtight housing having an internal ionization chamber and a makeup gas inlet chamber, a pair of spaced-apart ionization electrodes positioned on opposite sides of the ionization chamber, and a permeation device having a semi-permeable membrane. The semi-permeable membrane is at least partially and removably insertable through the makeup gas inlet chamber. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160478 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CORRECTING MEASUREMENT DIFFERENCE OF TRANSMITTANCE FREQUENCY SPECTRUM OF COLOR FILTER - The present disclosure provides a method for correcting a measurement deviation of a transmittance frequency spectrum of a color filter. With the standard measuring data of transmittance frequency spectrum of the color filter, based on the deviation between the standard measuring data and the instantaneous measuring data of the transmittance frequency spectrum, the measurement of the transmittance frequency spectrum can be corrected automatically, which reduces the time of the transferring of the glass, analysis of the data, and manual correcting, reduces the labor, improves the utilization rate and productivity of the machine. The present disclosure further provides a system correcting a measurement deviation of transmittance frequency spectrum of a color filter. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160479 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMOTE SENSING OF AMOUNT OF INGREDIENTS AND TEMPERATURE OF GASES - Aspects of the invention are directed to a device and method for detecting characteristics of a gas. The gas includes an exhausted plume from a vehicle or factory plant, leaked gas from an oil well or gas resource, or unidentified gas from an unknown source. The method includes sweepingly directing a beam of light through the gas to a target surface on which the beam of light is scattered, acquiring the scattered light scattered from the target surface, and processing the acquired scattered light to determine the characteristics of the gas, where the characteristics of the gas comprise at least one of a temperature of the gas and an amount of at least one ingredient of the gas. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160480 | METHOD AND SENSOR DEVICE FOR MEASURING A CARBON DIOXIDE CONTENT IN A FLUID - An ATR sensor has a housing and sensor components in the housing including an electromagnetic radiation source for emitting a predefined wavelength range, a reflection body permeable for radiation and contactable with a fluid to be evaluated, and a detector for the reflected radiation as well as other members for conducting the measurement and for operation. The sensor is particularly suited for measuring a CO | 2014-06-12 |
20140160481 | REFLECTIVE SURFACES FOR SURFACE FEATURES OF AN ARTICLE - Provided herein is an apparatus, including a photon emitter configured for emitting photons onto a surface of an article; a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface configured to reflect the photons onto the surface of the article; and a processing means configured for processing signals from a photon detector array corresponding to photons scattered from surface features of the article. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160482 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR ENDOSCOPIC INTERNALLY-REFERENCED INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING, AND METHOD FOR EMPLOYING THE SAME - An exemplary arrangement can be provided which can include a lens arrangement which can have at least two reflecting surfaces on opposing sides thereof, each of the reflecting surfaces can have a reflectivity that can be greater than 10%. The lens arrangement can include a gradient index lens, and can have a refractive optical element, a diffractive optical element, a planar convex lens, an aspheric lens, a ball lens or a cylindrical lens. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160483 | POLARIZATION SCRAMBLING IN INTERFEROMETER SYSTEMS - A system and method to obtain and process interferometer output scans is described. The interferometer-based sensor system includes a tunable laser to transmit a transmit signal and a polarization scrambler to produce a polarization state change on the transmit signal. The system also includes an interferometer to provide an output scan based on the transmit signal with the polarization state change and a processor to process the output scan. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160484 | DISTORTION CORRECTED OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - An axial motion distortion-corrected optical coherence tomography system. The system can include an optical coherence tomography sensor, a light source, a fiber-optic system arranged to provide a reference beam and an observation beam, an optical detection system arranged to receive combined light from the reference beam and the observation beam and to provide detection signals, and a data processing system arranged to receive said detection signals, construct a plurality of A-scans from said detection signals, and construct one or more images from said plurality of A-scans. The data processing system can be configured to correct distortion in the images caused by net axial motion of at least one of said optical coherence tomography sensor or a target of said optical coherence tomography sensor by calculating an estimate of the net axial motion using Doppler shift, and then shifting the A-scans according to the estimate. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160485 | DURABLE SINGLE MODE FIBER PROBE WITH OPTIMIZED REFERENCE REFLECTIVITY - A probe for a common path optical coherence tomography system includes a sheath having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a lumen therein, a single mode optical fiber disposed within the lumen of the sheath such that a portion of the single mode optical fiber extends beyond the distal end of the sheath. The single mode optical fiber has an end face for transmitting and receiving light. The probe also includes a layer of hardened epoxy encasing the portion of the single mode optical fiber that extends beyond the distal end of the sheath except for the end face. The single mode optical fiber has an optical axis extending along a longitudinal direction of the single mode optical fiber. The hardened epoxy is polished at a non-orthogonal angle relative to the optical axis at the end face. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160486 | SAPPHIRE LENS-BASED OPTICAL FIBER PROBE FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - A probe for an optical coherence tomography system according to an embodiment of the current invention includes a sheath having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a lumen therein, an optical fiber disposed at least partially within the lumen of said sheath, and a sapphire lens attached to the distal end of the sheath to form a fluid-tight seal to prevent fluid from entering the lumen of said sheath. The optical fiber has an end arranged in an optical path with the sapphire lens to provide optical coupling between the sapphire lens and the optical fiber. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160487 | REAL-TIME 3D AND 4D FOURIER DOMAIN DOPPLER OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - An optical coherence tomography imaging system includes a Fourier domain optical coherence tomography sensor system, a signal processing system configured to communicate with the Fourier domain optical coherence tomography sensor system to receive detection signals therefrom and to provide imaging signals, and an image display system configured to communicate with the signal processing system to receive the imaging signals. The signal processing system includes a parallel processor configured to calculate structure information and Doppler information from the detection signals in real time such that the imaging signals provide a real time display of combined structure and flow of an object under observation. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160488 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPACE-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - A space-division multiplexing optical coherence tomography apparatus and system is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a light source, a reference arm, and a sample arm. The sample arm splits the sampling light into a plurality of sampling beams which may be scanned simultaneously onto a surface of a sample. An optical delay may be introduced into the sampling beams before scanning. A plurality of reflected light signals returned from the sample is collected. In one arrangement, the signals may be combined to produce a single reflected light signal. The reflected light signal(s) and a reference signal are combined to produce an interference signal comprising data representative of digitized images captured of the actual object. In one embodiment, a single sample arm may be used for scanning and collecting image data. A related method is also provided. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160489 | FOUR-AXIS FOUR-SUBDIVIDING INTERFEROMETER - Four-axis four-subdividing interferometer comprising a four-axis light splitting module and an interference module which are sequentially arranged along the incident direction of polarization orthogonal double-frequency laser. The four-axis light splitting system comprises three 50% plane beam splitters and three 45-degree plane reflecting mirrors. The invention comprises a four-axis four-subdividing plane mirror interferometer and a four-axis four-subdividing differential interferometer. In the differential interferometer, an adjustable 45-degree reflecting minor is used to guide the reference light to a reference reflecting minor which is arranged in the same direction as a measurement minor and fixed on the moving object. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160490 | INTERFERENCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND INTERFERENCE MEASURING METHOD - An interference measuring apparatus measuring a distance to a surface for inspection is provided. The interference measuring apparatus includes a light dividing unit that divides each of the plurality of light fluxes into light to be inspected and reference light; an objective lens that transmits light to be inspected; a photoelectric conversion element that receives interference light between the light to be inspected and the reference light for each of the plurality of light fluxes and output an interference signal obtained by converting the interference light into an electrical signal; and a calculation unit that calculates the distance to the surface to be inspected based on a phase obtained by subtracting a defocused wavefront from a phase component of a complex amplitude at the pupil position of the objective lens which transmitted light to be inspected for each of the plurality of light fluxes by using the interference signal. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160491 | METHOD FOR THE ABSOLUTE MEASUREMENT OF THE FLATNESS OF THE SURFACES OF OPTICAL ELEMENTS - A method for absolute measurement of flatness of surfaces of optical elements. In the method, an interferometer having a measurement axis is used for applying a three-flat method by three optical elements, by conducting actual measurements on the elements, and planes of the elements are reconstructed by an iterative processing operation in which measurements are simulated and simulated measurements are compared with the actual measurements. At least two actual measurements are made after having performed a rotation around the measurement axis and/or a translation perpendicularly to the measured axis, of a measured optical element relatively to the other. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160492 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A PLURALITY OF PLACEMENT POSITIONS ON A CARRIER OBJECT - Disclosed is an optical apparatus for locating a plurality of placement positions on a carrier object. The optical apparatus comprises: i) an imaging device having a plurality of imaging sensors, each imaging sensor being operative to capture an image of a part of a selected row of placement positions on the carrier object and the plurality of imaging sensors defining a combined field of view that includes all the selected row of placement positions; ii) a positioning device coupled to the imaging device, the positioning device being operative to position the imaging device relative to successive rows of placement positions on the carrier object; and iii) a processor connected to the imaging device and which is configured to receive the images captured by the plurality of imaging sensors for image processing in order to identify exact locations of the placement positions comprised in the selected row of placement positions. A method of locating a plurality of placement positions on a carrier object is also disclosed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160493 | DETECTION OF CONFIGURATION CHANGES IN AN ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - Technology for detecting a change in a configuration position of one or more elements in an illumination system is described. A light source generates an illumination signal, and an element of the system directs a portion of the light of the signal back to a light detector. In one example, the portion of light is reflected back to the light detector. By monitoring an output signal of the light detector based on the directed light, control circuitry can detect that a position of an element of the system has changed. In one example, an off-the-shelf integrated circuit laser diode package including a monitor photodiode can be used with a reflective element. In one example, the reflective element is a tilted optical element. Changes can be detected in the configuration of one or more optical elements of the illumination system which are outside the laser diode package. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160494 | COORDINATE DETECTOR AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BOARD SYSTEM - A coordinate detector includes a pair of light sensor units disposed on a side of a display part having a display surface to be touched by a target to be detected, optical reflective members respectively disposed on remaining three sides of the display part, and a sensor position adjusting unit configured to adjust a rolling direction of the light sensor unit with respect to the optical reflective members. When the target touches the display surface, coordinates of the target are detected based on light reflected off the optical reflective members that is received by the light sensor units. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160495 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL, POSITION-SENSITIVE SENSOR-BASED SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING OBJECT HAVING SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM IN SPACE - A two-dimensional, position-sensitive sensor-based system for positioning an object having six degrees of freedom in space, used for positioning of a silicon table and mask table of a lithography machine. The system comprises mainly a semiconductor laser | 2014-06-12 |
20140160496 | SIZE INSPECTION DEVICE - A size inspection device includes an inspection frame, a transferring belt, a positioning assembly, a positioning assembly, an inspection assembly, a suction assembly, and a controller. The transferring belt is slidably mounted on the inspection frame. The positioning assembly, the inspection assembly, the suction assembly, and the controller are mounted on the inspection frame. The controller is electrically connected to the inspection assembly and the suction assembly. When the positioning assembly positions the workpiece on the transferring belt below the inspection assembly, the inspection assembly obtains size value of the workpiece and transfers it to the controller, the controller compares the size value to a preset standard range to determine whether or not the workpiece has passed quality inspection, and controls the suction assembly to handle the workpiece which is not of passing quality away from the transferring belt. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160497 | PRINTER IMAGE ALIGNMENT - A printer calibration method is disclosed. A printer prints a first target on a page. The page is rotated 180 degrees and reloaded into the printer. The printer prints a second target onto the same side of the page. The two targets produce information on image alignment to the page. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160498 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In a system for printing by use of an image forming apparatus and an image processing apparatus connected thereto, calibration in the image processing apparatus may not be properly performed depending on the result of the calibration in the image forming apparatus. This leads to a problem of not being able to obtain an optimum printing result. To solve this problem, the image forming apparatus determines whether there is a need for calibration in the image processing apparatus by referring to the result of calibration therein. The image forming apparatus then sends notification to the image processing apparatus to prompt a user to perform calibration depending on the determination. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160499 | MAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus is capable of generating a color image according to an image processing request for execution of image processing on a document being read and computerized, and also capable of reducing a consumption amount of developing material to print a background image. A control method for controlling an image forming apparatus includes reading an image of a document, recognizing a background color of the read image, storing image data indicating the read image and the recognized background color, receiving a processing request for execution of processing on the stored image data, and controlling execution of processing on the image data according to the received processing request and the stored background color. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160500 | RECORDING DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, RECORDING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, RECORDING DATA GENERATION METHOD AND IMAGE DATA DISPLAY METHOD - Included are a display portion that displays image data; a selection portion that allows selection of a partial pixel from amongst the pixels of image data; a color range setting portion that allows setting a color range on the basis of a color of the partial pixel; a determination portion that determines whether or not an image pixel constituting falls within the color range; a determination practice portion that sequentially performs this determination until the pixel adjacent to a determination-completed pixel becomes a pixel not falling within the color range; a pixel designation portion that designates at least one pixel as falling within the color range; a color conversion portion that converts a color of each pixel designated by the pixel designation portion; and a recording data generation portion that generates recording data on the basis of image data resulting from the color conversion. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160501 | System and Method for Color Reproduction Tolerances - Systems and methods for color reproduction tolerances are provided. One method according to the present disclosure may involve selecting a printing configuration, printing a color scale sample using the printing configuration, and scoring the printed color scale sample based at least in part on an extent to which transpositions of the color swatches occur over a color range. When the score of the printed color scale sample indicates a print quality is or will he above a threshold level of quality, a print job using colors of the color range may be printed using the printing configuration. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160502 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MACHINE AND DOCUMENT DISCHARGING METHOD - An image reading apparatus with a structure capable of reliably discharging a document, and a multi-functional machine having the same are disclosed. The image reading apparatus includes a document feed path having a document outlet, a reading unit which reads an image of a document fed through the document feed path, and a guide member which is disposed at the document outlet downstream of the reading unit to form a curl on the trailing end portion of the document. The curl formed on the document may make it possible for a subsequent document being discharged to push the curled document out of the document outlet. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160503 | INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an input device and an image processing method thereof. The image processing method of the input device having a scan function includes acquiring a first image frame and a second image frame to detect coordinates of the acquired first image frame and coordinates of the acquired second image frame; dividing an overlap region between the first image frame and the second image frame into a plurality of sub overlap regions by using the detected coordinates of the first and second image frames; dividing each of the sub overlap regions into unit regions; setting a reference feature point of a plurality of feature points within the divided unit regions; and extracting corresponding points by using the set reference feature point. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160504 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided with an image processing apparatus. A storage unit stores capability information indicating a job processing capability of the image processing apparatus. A receiving unit receives screen information provided by a server. A display unit displays an operation screen used to accept a setting for a job from a user, based on the capability information stored in the storage unit and the screen information received by the receiving unit. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160505 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus having a first electric power state and a second electric power state in which less electric power is consumed than in the first electric power state, includes a detection unit including a plurality of detector elements capable of detecting an object, a registration unit configured to register a detector element in the plurality of the detector elements as an invalid detector element that is to be neglected, and an electric power control unit configured to turn the image processing apparatus into the first electric power state or the second electric power state according to a detection state of a detector element other than the detector element registered as the invalid detector element by the registration unit. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160506 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus forms an image on a sheet, execute post-processing for the sheet, changes a mode of the image forming apparatus from a first mode of permitting formation of an image to a second mode of restricting formation of an image and permitting the post-processing unit to execute post-processing, setting, as a condition for changing the mode from the second mode to the first mode, a first condition for changing the mode without a user instruction for changing the mode from the second mode to the first mode or a second condition for changing the mode in accordance with the user instruction, and controls to change the mode from the second mode to the first mode in accordance with the set condition. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160507 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - If a specified firmware subject to update is firmware of a sub control unit, an image processing apparatus updates the firmware of the sub control unit when a shifting condition for shifting from a first power mode to a second power mode has been satisfied. And the image processing apparatus shifts from the first power mode to the second power mode when the update of the firmware of the sub control unit has been completed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160508 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus determines whether software to be updated is software related to a GUI display function. If the software to be updated is determined to be software related to the GUI display function, the printing apparatus performs control to display information about a status of the own apparatus during execution of the update by using a CUI display function. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160509 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS THAT REDUCES POWER CONSUMPTION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus that reduces electric power consumption. A communication apparatus includes a storage section for storing an image received by fax. Power rate information indicative of a time period during which a power rate is high is acquired. A forced memory reception time period during which an image received by fax is not immediately printed but stored in the storage section is set based on the acquired power rate information. When an image is received by fax during the forced memory reception time period, the image received by fax is stored in the storage section. The image stored in the storage section is printed at a time other than the forced memory reception time period. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160510 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprises: a processing unit which performs a predetermined process on input data, and outputs the input data on which the predetermined process has been performed; a measurement unit configured to measure an output amount of the output data from the processing unit; a specifying unit configured to specify a period in which the predetermined process is performed by the processing unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether the output amount measured by the measurement unit in the specified period satisfies a predetermined condition; and an output unit configured to output a log associated with the predetermined process by the processing unit on the basis of the determination result. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160511 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus, a method of controlling it and a storage medium. The apparatus detects an error, reproduces moving images corresponding to operations of an operation procedure for cancelling the error, and detects user operations. When the apparatus detects an operation during reproduction of a corresponding moving image, and the operation is not a last operation, the apparatus reproduces a next operation moving image. When the operation is not detected during reproduction of the corresponding moving image, the apparatus ends reproduction of the moving image. In a case that the operation is detected during reproduction of the corresponding moving image, and the operation is the last operation, the apparatus executes error recovery processing. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160512 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A first service in a system in which a plurality of services cooperatively perform processing, comprises: a generation unit which generates authorization information to use a function provided by the first service and link information to call an input window of the authorization information; a holding unit which holds the link information and the authorization information in association with each other; a providing unit which provides the link information to a second service; a notification unit which notifies a user of the authorization information; a displaying unit which displays the input window corresponding to the link information when the user has designated the link information obtained from the second service; and a permission unit which permits use of the function provided by the first service when the user has input the notified authorization information to the displayed input window. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160513 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - The present invention aims to, even if a job for which there is a strong possibility that necessary power exceeds maximum power consumption is requested, process the job in an operation mode in which necessary power does not exceed the maximum poser consumption. Thus, in case of performing a copy function of printing an image on a paper based on read and acquired image data, an image forming apparatus performs control not to simultaneously perform a reading operation of reading an image of an original and a printing operation of printing an image on a paper, when information for restricting an amount of power that the image forming apparatus can use has been received, and performs control to simultaneously perform the reading operation of reading the image of the original and the printing operation of printing the image on the paper, when the information is not received. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160514 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes a storage unit; a multiple programs executing unit configured to execute multiple programs; a log file recording unit configured to record pieces of log information output by the respective multiple programs as multiple log files, respectively, in the storage unit; and a collected log file recording unit configured to integrate the multiple log files into one collected log file and record the collected log file in the storage unit in a chronological order. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160515 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus can achieve power saving while preventing documents from being incorrectly placed upside down. A control method for controlling the image processing apparatus includes processing, by a first image processing unit, image data, read by a first reading unit, on a first side of documents, processing, by a second image processing unit, image data, read by a second reading unit, on a second side of the documents, determining whether the first reading unit or the second reading unit has read a predetermined number of blank pages, and if it is determined that the first reading unit or the second reading unit has read the predetermined number blank pages, performing power control to shut off power supply to the first image processing unit or the second image processing unit before reading the documents is completed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160516 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND MEMORY MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM - In an image forming apparatus having a power button for shifting the apparatus to either a power shutoff state where power supply is shut off or a power-saving state where power supply is limited, the image forming apparatus is shifted to the power-saving state when the press continuing time of the power button is shorter than a threshold, and shifted to the power shutoff state when it is longer than the threshold. When the press continuing time is shorter than the threshold, information indicating that the shift will occur is displayed on a display unit before the image forming apparatus is shifted to the power-saving state. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160517 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS - A printing system includes a printing control apparatus including a reception unit that receives a print job transmitted from an external apparatus, a first storage unit that stores the print job, and a transmission unit that transmits the print job to a printing apparatus, and the printing apparatus including a reception unit that receives the print job, a printing unit that performs printing in accordance with the print job, and a notification unit that notifies the printing control apparatus that the printing is completed in a case where the printing unit completes the printing in accordance with the print job. The transmission unit transmits information indicating that the printing apparatus is permitted to be shifted to the power saving state upon reception of the printing completion notification. The printing apparatus further includes a control unit that shifts the printing apparatus to the power saving state upon reception of the information. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160518 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus including applications and system side software for providing system side services to the applications is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes: an authentication module for displaying an authentication screen on an operation panel of the image forming apparatus, wherein the authentication module allows the image forming apparatus to display a screen for using the image forming apparatus instead of the authentication screen if authentication data input from the authentication screen satisfies an authentication condition, and wherein the authentication module is provided in the image forming apparatus separately from the system side software. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160519 | PRINTER - In one example a media authorization code may be authenticated in a printer to authorize the colorant supply to print when a counter does not exceed a predetermined amount of authorized media units. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160520 | APPLICATION MANAGEMENT OF PRINTING REQUESTS THROUGH INDUCED ANALYTICS - An approach for managing printing requests of a computer printing system is provided. In one aspect, the approach comprises a computing printing system receiving a printing request based on parameters of a printing request data. The approach further comprises the computing printing system determining printing alternatives for the printing request based on the printing request data. In addition, the computing printing system detects if the printing request can be archived in an email repository or transmitted to a mobile device of the requestor based on the printing alternatives. Moreover, the approach further comprises the computing printing system redirecting the printing request to one or more of an email archive of the email repository or the mobile device based on the detection of the printing request. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160521 | VALIDATION OF BRANCHING PRINT WORKFLOWS - Methods and systems disclosed provide for validating branching print workflows by segmenting the workflows into a plurality of linear sequences of steps, and validating each of the linear sequences. In one embodiment, a system receives a print workflow for a print job. The print workflow comprises steps identifying the print shop activities to perform for the print job. The system determines whether the print workflow comprises a branching workflow. If the print workflow is a branching workflow, then the system segments the branching workflow into a plurality of linear sequences of steps. The system then determines if the branching workflow is valid by analyzing each of the linear sequences based on workflow rules. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160522 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus, a method of controlling it and a storage medium. The apparatus detects a level of a load on the CPU, and selects, when a communication request is received, a communication mode corresponding to the communication request from a plurality of communication modes in accordance with a level of the load on the CPU detected levels of the loads on the CPU for communication modes stored in a storage unit. The apparatus communicates with a device that issued the communication request in accordance with the selected communication mode. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160523 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - While calibration is being executed in an image forming apparatus, it is not possible to execute printing until the calibration is completed, and therefore, usability of a user is poor. An image forming apparatus including Media Direct Print function to print data stored in a portable storage medium. The image forming apparatus includes a connection detection unit configured to detect connection of the portable storage medium and a control unit configured to control calibration from being executed in response to the connection detection unit detecting the connection of the portable storage medium. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160524 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a printing apparatus in which when paper information is set for a paper holding unit, it can be determined whether to set paper information already stored in a paper brand database or generate new paper information and set the newly generated paper information for the paper holding unit. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160525 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A printing control apparatus configured to transmit a received job to an image processing apparatus transmits, in a case where, after receiving information indicating that preparation for transition to a power saving status is completed from the image processing apparatus, determination is made that a job to be preferentially transmitted to the image processing apparatus exists among the plurality of received jobs stored in a storage unit, the job to the image processing apparatus with priority over a job stored in the storage unit before the job. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160526 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus sets, as time for performing pre-processing before performing print processing, first time if the printing rate calculated by the calculation unit is smaller than a predetermined value, and second time that is longer than the first time if the printing rate calculated by the calculation unit is larger than the predetermined value. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160527 | System and Method for Prioritizing Print Jobs in a Batch - Systems and methods for prioritizing print jobs of different families within a print job batch are provided, Such a system may include, for example, an input/output port and a processor. The input/output port may output a print job batch including at least one print job of a first family and at least one print job of a second family. The processor configured may determine the order of priority of the print job batch based at least in part on a first trend of expected differences in setup times between print machines when the first family is prioritized before the second family and a second trend when the second family is prioritized before the first family. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160528 | APPLICATION MANAGEMENT OF PRINTING REQUESTS THROUGH INDUCED ANALYTICS - An approach for managing printing requests of a computer printing system is provided. In one aspect, the approach comprises a computing printing system receiving a printing request based on parameters of a printing request data. The approach further comprises the computing printing system determining printing alternatives for the printing request based on the printing request data. In addition, the computing printing system detects if the printing request can be archived in an email repository or transmitted to a mobile device of the requestor based on the printing alternatives. Moreover, the approach further comprises the computing printing system redirecting the printing request to one or more of an email archive of the email repository or the mobile device based on the detection of the printing request. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160529 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A clearing section includes a counter for measuring a period up to the reset of contents set by means of an operation panel to initial values. If a position discriminating section discriminates that the operation panel is at a first position, the clearing section starts measuring the period by means of the counter from the first entry made to the operation panel. When a count value reaches a predetermined value, the clearing section executes an automatic clear processing to reset the contents set by means of the operation panel to the initial values. On the other hand, the clearing section cancels the execution of the automatic clear processing if the position discriminating section discriminates that the operation panel is at a second position. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160530 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a screen information storage part to store, on a user basis, the screen information of an operating screen containing a shortcut for calling an application; a shortcut creating part to, in response to receiving a request for a job of the application, create a job shortcut for executing the job based on the information of the requested job, and make a request for updating the screen information of a user having requested the job; a screen management part to, in response to receiving the screen information updating request, add information of the created job shortcut to the screen information of the user; a user management part to authenticate and manage the user; a screen creating part to create the operating screen containing the job shortcut based on the screen information of the managed user; and a display part to display the created operating screen. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160531 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a mechanism of preferentially using a memory layer which suffers a small influence of heat of an SOC die, based on the positional relationship between the SOC die and the memory layer, and decreasing the refresh frequency of the DRAM and a leakage current. To accomplish this, an information processing apparatus allocates, in order to execute an accepted job, a memory area for executing the job preferentially from a memory physically farthest from the SOC die among a plurality of memories, and then executes the job. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160532 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - By using different conversion patterns from input gradation values to output gradation values for each coordinate inside a continuous region with a predetermined area, an image processing circuit is for halftoning which approximately expresses a number of gradations which is higher than the number of gradations which are output for each dot is optimized for each type of apparatus while being shared between types of devices where the number of gradations in the output gradation values is different. There is an image processing apparatus where the number of indexes is relatively high in a case which corresponds to a low gradation level which is a halftone level where the number of gradations in the corresponding output gradation values is relatively low. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160533 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - This invention obtains a high-quality output image in which a jaggy or a disconnection of a thin line hardly stands out. An edge detection unit detects whether the pixel of interest is an edge pixel or a non-edge pixel. A screen processing unit performs screen processing for the pixel of interest to determine the output value of the N-level tone. A calculation unit performs filtering processing having a preset visual sense characteristic for an area including the pixel of interest to calculate the target value of the pixel of interest, and corrects the value of the pixel of interest so as to come close to the target value, thereby determining the output value of the N-level tone. The selector selects, according to the detection result by the edge detection unit, either the result from the calculation unit or that from the screen processing unit. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160534 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image processing method, an image forming apparatus and an image forming system are provided. When a printed image is read to generate data, the amount of data can effectively be reduced. A data acquisition unit acquires the print image data of each page of a reference printed copy as baseline data, and the print image data of each page of a non-reference printed copy. A differential data generating unit | 2014-06-12 |
20140160535 | CAPTURING REAL-TIME VIDEO WITH ZOOMING CAPABILITY AND SCANNING HIGH RESOLUTION STILL IMAGES OF DOCUMENTS USING THE SAME APPARATUS - Disclosed is a method of acquiring an image of a target to provide an output video image that has a plurality of frame images. The method includes the steps of receiving a series of frame images from a video camera, using a processor to manipulate the series of frame images, which includes determining a reference resolution for providing output frame images, and displaying and/or storing the manipulated series of frame images as the output video image without changing a resolution of the output frame images. Also disclosed is a document imaging apparatus that includes a digital imaging unit. The digital imaging unit contains optics that having an infinite focal length. The document imaging apparatus also includes a processor that is coupled to the digital imaging unit and that is configured to cause the digital imaging unit to zoom in or zoom out in real-time while maintaining a resolution value of stored images constant. A non-transitory storage medium stores images obtained from the digital imaging unit and a display displays the stored images. A folding suspension arm supports the digital imaging unit at a distance from a target to be imaged. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160536 | ILLUMINATION ASSEMBLY - A lens receives light emitted from an illumination source along an orientation in which a center of the lens is aligned with a central axis of illumination that forms an acute angle of incidence relative to a to-be-imaged surface and the lens directs the light toward the to-be-imaged surface. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160537 | SCANNER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A scanner device according to one aspect of the present disclosure has a first mode for reading a normal object placed on a document table, and a second mode for reading a self-luminous object placed on the document table. The scanner device has a light detecting portion and a control portion. The light detecting portion detects light of an object placed on the document table. The control portion switches the reading mode between the first mode and the second mode on the basis of a detection result of the light detecting portion. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160538 | SCANNER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A scanner device according to one aspect of this disclosure includes a document table, a light detecting portion, and a control portion. The light detecting portion detects light from an object placed on the document table. The control portion adjusts reading sensitivity for the object on the basis of a detection result of the light detecting portion. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160539 | SCANNING DEVICE - A scanning device including a body, a transparent cover, a scanning module, a flat-cable and a pressing unit is provided. The body has a space, a first inner-side and a second inner-side. The transparent cover covers on the body to hide the space. The scanning module disposed in the space is capable of moving back and forth between the first and the second inner-sides. The flat-cable is disposed in the space and connected with the scanning module and the body. The pressing unit is pivotally connected on the scanning module with a side thereof, so that another side of the pressing unit without being pivotally connected on the scanning module leans against on the flat-cable through the weight itself to suppress the flat-cable, so as to prevent the flat-cable from contacting with the transparent cover when the scanning module moves back and forth between the first and the second inner-sides. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160540 | IDENTIFICATION MEDIUM - An identification medium cannot be reused when an attempt has been made to remove it from an object by using solvent. A cholesteric liquid crystal layer subjected to a hologram processing is formed while contacting a COP (cycloolefin polymer) layer. When the identification medium is removed using a solvent from a state in which it was adhered to an object by an adhesive layer, the COP layer is melted by the solvent and is damaged. The COP layer is a layer which functions as a substrate of the identification medium, and the identification medium is damaged by contacting with the solvent, as described above, and it is difficult to reuse. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160541 | HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE SELECTIVE RECONSTRUCTION APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus for identifying authenticity of a holographic image, which is capable of identifying the authenticity by comparing a holographic image reconstructed by irradiating light having the same characteristic as an irradiation characteristic of a first reference beam used in generating the holographic image with an original image. Accordingly, since an image or a pattern is recorded by using a reference beam having a specific angle and a specific laser wavelength band in making a hologram, replication or copying for forgery is prevented from being easy. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160542 | Novel method of fast fourier transform (FFT) analysis using waveform-embedded or waveform-modulated coherent beams and holograms - Method of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) Analysis for collecting waveforms and other vibrational intelligence and modulating or embedding same into one or more coherent reference beams of an n-dimensional holographic recording device for producing one or more holograms of objects, including singularity points in space. The result provides wholesale differentiation of waveforms distinguishable from others based on their spectral characteristics. When said holograms are presented with reference beams of vibrational waveforms having similar characteristics to those which were present during recording of the original objects, phantoms of the original objects or subjects will reconstruct themselves in space with an energy glow of intensity that varies thusly with the degree of similarity between the waveform modulations of the reconstructing wavefronts and those of that same which were used to originally record said objects. Said n-dimensional description space can be sampled of the said glowing phantoms. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160543 | HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING OPTICAL DEVICE - In relation to a field of creating and processing a digital image, a compact portable device for generation and observation of dynamic and static holograms is provided. A system including a holographic display may be based on reconstruction and transmission of a wavefront encoded with a spatial light modulator while preserving information about a wave amplitude and a phase. Due to such features of the holographic process, an optical device may restore a wavefront similar to a wavefront coming from real objects. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160544 | HOLOGRAPHIC BUBBLE GENERATING SYSTEM - An optical effect bubble generating system includes an optical effect viewing device including one or more desired holographic images. The optical effect viewing device can be eyeglasses having lenses containing the holographic images. The lenses can be interchangeable to provide different holographic images. The system includes a bubble generating device that can be manually or automatically-operated. The system operates to provide the optical effect of imposing the desired holographic image onto one or more bubbles when the bubbles are generated in a naturally or artificially-lit environment, and the one or more bubbles viewed by a user through the optical effect viewing device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160545 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning device includes: a light source including a plurality of light-emitting elements; a deflector that defects light beams output from the light source; a scanning optical system that condenses the light beams deflected on the deflector onto a surface to be scanned, and includes at least one resin scanning lens and at least one folding mirror disposed behind the at least one resin scanning lens; a light-receiving element to which part of the light beams, which is deflected on the deflector but not used for scanning the surface, enters not via the at least one folding mirror as light-amount monitoring light beams; and a controller that controls a driving signal for the light-emitting elements based on an output signal from the light-receiving element. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160546 | SCANNING OPTICAL APPARATUS - In a scanning optical apparatus, an illumination optical system has a diffractive power φdM and a refractive power φnM in a main scanning direction, and a ratio φnM/φdM in the main scanning direction for a focal length fi in a range of 10-22 mm satisfies: g2(fi)≦φnM/φdM≦g1(fi), where A(Z)=(1.897×10 | 2014-06-12 |
20140160547 | SCANNING LENS AND OPTICAL SCANNER - A scanning lens molded of resin includes: a lens portion having an elongate shape extending in a main scanning direction and having first and second longitudinal ends located opposite to and away from each other in the main scanning direction; and a flange portion extending outward in the main scanning direction from the first longitudinal end of the lens portion. The scanning lens has first and second sides located opposite to and away from each other in a sub-scanning direction, and a first protrusion is provided on the first side to protrude outward in the sub-scanning direction. The flange portion protrudes farther beyond the first longitudinal end in an optical axis direction of the lens portion. As viewed from the sub-scanning direction, the first protrusion is located at a position overlapping an interface between the lens portion and the flange portion. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160548 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL ROTARY MOTION APPARATUS MOVING A REFLECTIVE SURFACE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A rotary motion controller controlling the motion of a mirror in a projection system is described having a mounting element coupled to a support member. A two-axis coupling is provided with at least two input shafts coupled to two drive mechanisms. A channeled portion is provided in a second of the two input shafts through which the support member extends there through and is guided thereby and where the at least one support member is coupled to the first input shafts via an input coupling coupled to and driving the support member and a control input controlling the position of the at least two input shafts. A method of controlling a mirror in an underwater projection system is also provided along with a method of operating a controller for an underwater projection system and a further embodiment for providing movement of a mirror in an underwater projector. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160549 | COLLOID ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION - The invention relates to a colloidal electrolyte composition comprising a polyelectrolyte selected from one or more cationic polymers, a particulate phase forming a colloidal dispersion, and a binder system able to form a cross-linked network upon curing the electrolyte composition. Also, the invention relates to a method of preparation the colloidal electrolyte composition, to an electrochemical cell and to a method of preparation the electrochemical cell. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160550 | MULTIPURPOSE CONTROLLER FOR MULTISTATE WINDOWS - “Smart” controllers for windows having controllable optical transitions are described. Controllers with multiple features can sense and adapt to local environmental conditions. Controllers described herein can be integrated with a building management system (BMS) to greatly enhance the BMS's effectiveness at managing local environments in a building. The controllers may have one, two, three or more functions such as powering a smart window, determining the percent transmittance, size, and/or temperature of a smart window, providing wireless communication between the controller and a separate communication node, etc. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160551 | METHOD OF MODIFYING SURFACE OF CARBON BLACK AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE CARBON BLACK - Provided are methods of modifying a surface of carbon black and display devices with the carbon black. The display device may include an upper electrode, a lower electrode spaced apart from and facing the upper electrode, and a pigment between the upper and lower electrodes to include a plurality of micro-capsules. Each of the micro-capsules may include carbon black, whose surface may be modified to have hydrophobicity. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160552 | LIGHT-CONTROLLING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The light-controlling device includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a partition wall separating the first and second substrates to define a cell. A light-adjustment medium containing a plurality of charged particles is disposed between the first and second substrates. One of the first electrode on the first substrate and the second electrode on the second substrate covers lesser area of the light-controlling device than the other electrode. The electrode covering lesser area of the light-controlling device may have grooved surface to increase the surface area without increasing the overall area of the light-controlling device covered by the electrode. Particle guidance member can be used to create a reservoir for holding increased amount of charged particles on the electrode covering lesser area of the light-controlling device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160553 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including first and second substrates, at least one of which has a light transmitting characteristic, as well as first and second electrodes provided on the two mutually facing surfaces of the first and second substrates respectively; and an electrophoretic device provided between the first and second substrates, wherein the first substrate and the first electrode each have an external edge folded back so as to cover at least a portion of a terminal surface of the second substrate. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160554 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image display apparatus, including a display device displaying right-eye images and left-eye images. A light-modulating device attached to the display device; and a temperature sensor monitoring the light-modulating device temperature. The light-modulating device deflects the right-eye and left-eye images to an observer's right and left eyes respectively without a temperature variation in the temperature sensor. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160555 | Light Generating System and Method - An optical system includes an electrically pumped laser light source and an optically pumped laser light source. An optical switch is located in a light path of the electrically pumped laser light source such that when the optical switch is in a first position light from the electrically pumped laser light source is directed toward the optically pumped laser light source and when the optical switch is in a second position light from the electrically pumped laser light source is directed away from the optically pumped laser light source. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160556 | DAYLIGHT COLLECTORS WITH THERMAL CONTROL - Lighting devices and methods for providing daylight to the interior of a structure are disclosed. Some embodiments disclosed herein provide a daylighting device including a tube having a sidewall with a reflective interior surface, a light collecting assembly, and a light reflector positioned to reflect daylight into the light collector. In some embodiments, the light collector is associated with one or more light-turning and/or light reflecting structures configured to increase the amount of light captured by the daylighting device. Optical elements may allow for the absorption and/or selective transmission of infrared light away from an interior of the daylighting device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160557 | SURGICAL MICROSCOPE - The present invention relates to a surgical microscope comprising a first tube ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140160558 | FOCUS CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A focus control apparatus and method capable of generating a focus position signal according to a real focus position error even in proximity to the interference between regions having different thicknesses to perform a high precision focus position control using the focus position signal are provided. A focus control apparatus includes an error signal correction portion configured to correct a focus error signal which indicates an error from a focus position of an object with respect to an optical system and a region conversion detection portion configured to output a regional signal which corresponds to an observation region or a non-observation region, when the observing region of the optical system is converted between the observation region and the non-observation region having a height different from a height of the observation region, wherein the error signal correction portion corrects the focus error signal to a value corresponding to an error from the focus position in the observation region when the region signal indicates the non-observation region. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160559 | llumination System - The invention is a system and method for controllable alignment of any of a plurality of electro-optical components mounted to a circuit board with an optical axis. In one embodiment, the invention provides an improved illumination system for microscopy. The system incorporates a circuit board 31 providing structure and directly mounting a plurality of light emitting sources. The mounted light sources are rotatably alignable with a plurality of optical axes. The system further includes selectable conditioning of the sources. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160560 | PROTECTION DEVICE AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - Provided is a protection device including a cover member that is disposed on a stage of a microscope main unit, which is provided with a shutter that can block the entry of laser light into an objective lens from a total-reflection illumination optical system, so as to cover a specimen, and that can be opened and closed; and an open/close sensor that detects open and closed states of the cover member and that outputs a drive signal that causes the shutter to block the laser light when the cover member is detected to be in the open state, wherein the cover member has an opening at, in the closed state, a position away from a track along an optical path of the laser light that has been focused by the total-reflection illumination optical system and that has passed through the specimen. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160561 | ADJUSTING DEVICE ON AN OPTICAL INSTRUMENT - An adjusting device for linearly displacing an assembly has a rotary knob rotatable in first and second rotary directions. A gear unit rapidly displaces the assembly in a first linear direction when the rotary knob is rotated in the first rotary direction and slowly displaces the assembly in a second linear direction opposite the first linear direction when the rotary knob is rotated in the second rotary direction over a defined rotation angle. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160562 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A light source device includes: a light guide plate having first and second internal reflection planes facing each other; a first light source applying first illumination light from a side surface of the light guide plate into an interior thereof; a second light source facing the second internal reflection plane, and applying second illumination light to the second internal reflection plane; and a reflective member between the second internal reflection plane and the second light source. The second internal reflection plane is provided with a total-reflection region allowing the first illumination light to be reflected in a total-internal-reflection manner whereas allowing the second illumination light to pass therethrough, and a scattering region allowing the first illumination light to be reflected and scattered. The reflective member is disposed in a position corresponding to the scattering region, and reflects light having passed through the scattering region, toward the first internal reflection plane. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160563 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a projection unit, a change unit, and a separation unit. The projection unit projects first rays containing parallax image components. The change unit receives the first rays projected from the projection unit, collimates the first rays, and causes second rays to emerge. The separation unit receives the second rays emerging from the change unit, separates the parallax image components contained in the second rays at angles corresponding to the parallax image components, and projects the parallax image components to a viewing area. The separation unit includes a lenticular lens in which cylindrical lens elements are arrayed and boundaries are set between adjacent cylindrical lens elements. The parallax image components pass through areas of the cylindrical lens elements except for the boundaries. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160564 | POLARIZER SUPPORT MEMBER AND LIGHTING-INSPECTION EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - The present invention belongs to the technology field of a tool for testing an optical property of a structural member, and discloses a polarizer support member of a lighting-inspection equipment and a lighting-inspection equipment. By providing a connecting portion at each corner region of the support plate, and providing a fixing member which is detachably connected with the connecting portion at a location on the frame of the lighting-inspection equipment corresponding to each connecting portion, the forces applied to the support plate between the connecting portions and the fixing members are balanced so as to remain the support plate in a horizontal state, thus, the supporting stability of the support plate is ensured and the damage to the panel or other parts due to the sag of one end of the support plate is avoided. In addition, the structure of the support member is simple and the installation and detachment of the support is easy. The lighting-inspection equipment having the above polarizer support member as its upper polarizer support member can stably support the upper polarizer support member, and have a better inspection effect. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160565 | LOW FOCAL SHIFT KW CLASS OPTICAL ISOLATOR - A kW Class optical isolator employs negative feedback to yield low focal shift over dynamically changing power levels. The isolator is useful as a kW fiber laser output isolator. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160566 | CORRECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS, IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A correction optical apparatus configured to correct an image blur includes a rotating member rotatably supported, a sliding member movable in a first direction, a movable member configured to be movable in a second direction and support a correction lens, a first driving unit provided between the rotating member and the sliding member, and a second driving unit provided between the sliding member and the movable member. The image blur is corrected by driving of the first and second driving units. When the image blur correction is not to be performed, a regulating member provided on the rotating member is made to engage with an engaging portion provided on the movable member by driving of the first driving unit, thereby regulating translation of the movable member. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160567 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - An Al film is formed so that film forming particles are incident at normal incidence to grating wall surfaces of a diffraction grating having multiple grating portions and are incident at oblique incidence to optical effective surfaces. After that, oxidation treatment is performed from a direction to be incident at normal incidence to the optical effective surface so that the Al layer on the optical effective surface is changed to Al | 2014-06-12 |
20140160568 | Optically Variable Element, in Particular Security Element - An optically variable element, in particular a security element, has a transparent carrier layer, an at least partly transparent reflective layer formed on the carrier layer, and a transparent embedding layer formed on the reflective layer. The reflective layer is structured in a motif region such that the layer forms a multiplicity of partly transparent micromirrors which present a perceptible motif upon plan viewing of the motif region due to specular reflection of incident light. The refractive indices of the carrier and embedding layers differ in the visible spectrum by no more than 0.2 in order that the motif perceptible in plan view is not recognizable upon transmission viewing of the motif region. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160569 | Apparatus and Methods for Reducing Frequency or Severity of Photophobic Responses or Modulating Circadian Cycles - The present disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for reducing the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to melanopsin ganglion cells in a retina over the action potential spectrum of the melanopsin cells of the human eye and a visual spectral response of the human eye. Embodiments of an optical filter are described. In one embodiment an optical filter may be configured to transmit less than a first amount of light weighted across the action potential spectrum of the melanopsin cells and to transmit more than a second amount of light weighted across the visual spectral response. Methods of manufacturing optical filters are also described. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160570 | HIGH ASPECT RATIO DAYLIGHT COLLECTORS - Lighting devices and methods for providing daylight to the interior of a structure are disclosed. Some embodiments disclosed herein provide a daylighting device including a tube having a sidewall with a reflective interior surface, a light collecting structure, and a light reflector positioned to reflect daylight into the light collector. In some embodiments, the light collector is associated with one or more light-turning and/or light reflecting structures configured to increase the amount of light captured by the daylighting device. Optical elements may allow for the absorption and/or selective transmission of infrared light away from an interior of the daylighting device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160571 | PLASTIC LENS AND LENS BARREL - A plastic lens, comprising: a first edge section having a first outer circumferential edge surface formed substantially parallel to an optical axis of the plastic lens; and a second edge section having a second outer circumferential edge surface formed so as to have a step with respect to the first outer circumferential edge surface, wherein the first outer circumferential edge surface is not coated with a black coating material that suppresses internal reflection of light, and at least a portion of the second outer circumferential edge surface is coated with the black coating material that suppresses internal reflection of light. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160572 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING LENS ARRAYS - A lens array for imaging image elements in an object plane, and a method of making a lens array. The lens array includes lenslets formed in or on one side of a transparent or translucent material with the image elements disposed on the opposite side, and has a gauge thickness corresponding to the distance from the apex of each lenslet to the object plane. Each lenslet has a set of lens parameters. The gauge thickness and/or at least one lens parameter is or are optimised such that each lenslet has a focal point size in the object plane which is either substantially equal to the size of the image elements in the object plane, or varies from the size of the image elements by a predetermined amount. | 2014-06-12 |
20140160573 | LENS ARRAY, IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-READING APPARATUS INCLUDING LENS ARRAY - A lens array includes a first image-forming unit having a plurality of lens portions arrayed in a first direction and configured to form an intermediate image of an object at an intermediate image plane; and a second image-forming unit having a plurality of lens portions arrayed in the first direction and configured to re-image the intermediate image of the object onto a final image plane. The plurality of lens portions of the first and second image-forming units each have an anamorphic surface on a lens surface closest to the intermediate image plane, and each anamorphic surface has a shape having a decreased power at end portions as compared to a power in the vicinity of a surface vertex. | 2014-06-12 |