26th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140176900 | Method and Algorithm for Designing Custom Optics - Provided herein is a computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an algorithm to optimize a wavefront guided correction for a custom ophthalmic lens. The correction is determined from inputs of quantified wavefront error and registration uncertainty and a metric predictive of a visual performance task of interest and provides a level of visual performance within a user-defined performance range. Also provided is a method for optimizing a wavefront guided correction for a custom ophthalmic lens via inputting residual wavefront error values and quantified translational and rotational movements into an algorithm configured to determine the optimal wavefront guided correction therefrom and a custom ophthalmic lens comprising the correction. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176901 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND MACHINING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BEVELLED LENS AND CORRESPONDING LENSES - A central area of a lens is defined with a central perimeter coinciding with a perimeter of a frame, a temporal line divides the central area into a nasal area and a temporal area, a useful perimeter is formed from the nasal area and the temporal line, a useful area is delimited by the useful perimeter, and a prescription is determined for the user. The temporal line is outside a cone with at least a 30° opening, an apex of which is in a center of rotation of a user's eye, which is an optical axis. A lens thickness is optimized according to the thickness of the perimeter of the nasal area. Subsequently a transition area is defined extending between the useful perimeter and an external perimeter of the lens. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176902 | SHUTTER AND POLARIZED EYEWEAR - Apparatuses and methods of shuttering glasses are disclosed. One apparatus includes a first lens operable to blank for a first blocking time, wherein light passing through the first lens is polarized in a first orientation, a second lens operable to blank for a second blocking time, wherein light passing through the second lens is polarized in a second orientation, wherein the second orientation is different than the first orientation, and a controller for controllably setting at least one of the first blocking time and the second blocking time. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176903 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL CONFOCAL IMAGING USING OCT LIGHT SOURCE AND SCAN OPTICS - Various approaches are disclosed for simultaneously generating optical coherence tomography (OCT) and confocal scanning laser images by spatially separating the signal normally used for OCT imaging with selective reflecting or beam directing devices. In one preferred embodiment, the invention includes a minor having a central transmission region, such that the radially outer region of the returning signal beam is reflected and used for generating a confocal image while the central part of the signal beam is transmitted and used to generate an OCT image. In other embodiments, the signals may be spatially separated in other ways, such as with an optic having a reflective center surface, a mirror having two parts oriented at different angles, one or more wedged optics, or a dispersive component. A further aspect of the invention is the ability to increase the frame rate of the confocal imaging. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176904 | Ophthalmic Aberrometer Capable of Subjective Refraction - The present invention contemplates an ophthalmic aberrometer combining measurements of wavefront aberrations and subjective refraction into a single instrument and refers both measurements to the same corneal plane The present invention also contemplates an ophthalmic aberrometer employing an open field and subjective correction to overcome instrument myopia and to ensure accurate measurement of the best-corrected visual acuity in addition to measurement of wavefront aberrations. The present invention further contemplates an ophthalmic aberrometer implementing an optical relay with adjustable optical power compensation to eliminate the need for flipping plurality sets of trial lenses for defocus correction. The present invention also further contemplates an ophthalmic aberrometer making wavefront measurement along a viewing path of the subject eye and enabling accurate measurement of the residual wavefront aberrations after compensating for the subjective refraction. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176905 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomography image of a target to be captured, a detection unit configured to detect layer boundaries of a plurality of layers sequentially positioned in the depth direction from the acquired tomography image, and a determination unit configured to determine a structure of the target to be captured according to the number of the detected layer boundaries. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176906 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BALANCING INFRARED ILLUMINATION IN EYE IMAGING - The field of the invention relates to systems and methods for eye imaging and, more particularly, for balancing illuminations in eye imaging. An asymmetric illumination method to compensate for the imbalance illumination caused by nose reflection is described. In one embodiment, a method for balancing illuminations in eye imaging comprises generating one or more eye images, using the images to detect the imbalance illuminations from the nasal sclera and temporal sclera with the selected region of interest. In another embodiment, a system for balancing illuminations in eye imaging uses the detected imbalance illumination ratio of nasal/temporal sclera as the signal for adjusting the brightness of the infrared LEDs for asymmetric illumination. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176907 | ABERRATION CORRECTING METHOD AND ABERRATION CORRECTING APPARATUS - Aberration is measured as phase information at each of a plurality of aberration measurement points, and at the time of correcting the aberration with correction pixels of an aberration correction unit of which the number is greater than the number of the plurality of aberration measurement points, correction pixels corresponding to each aberration measurement point are driven based on the phase information. Regarding correction pixels not positionally corresponding to the aberration measurement points, the aberration correction unit is driven based on phase information in the vicinity of this correction pixel. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176908 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AMYLOID IN A RETINA IN A DIAGNOSIS, ADVANCEMENT, AND PROGNOSING OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, MACULAR DEGENERATION AND A PLURALITY OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISSORDERS AND OCULAR DISEASES - An eye imaging apparatus to produce an image of an eye of a patient user is disclosed. The eye imaging apparatus may include a video camera, a slit lamp chinrest, a camera housing, a plurality of illumination source optics and a processing system. The eye imaging apparatus may also include a video camera, a plurality of video camera optics, a camera housing, a microscope assembly, a plurality of illumination source optics and a floor base. The eye imaging apparatus may be utilized in combination with one or more contrasting agents. The eye imaging apparatus may detect amyloid-beta plaque, amyloid or amyloid-beta peptide by a spectral signature. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176909 | Portable Diopter Meter - An inexpensive, easy-to-use self-refracting device which adjusts to continuously variable prescription corrections for a patient. In preferred embodiments specially designed gear arrangements, controlled by control knobs, moves one lens relative to the other or both lenses relative to each other in directions perpendicular to the viewing direction. The patient turns the device's knobs until vision is clearest. Once the patient adjusted the device for best vision, the patient's prescription can be read off various scales on the device. The diopter meter, therefore, can be used to easily and quickly screen for refractive error problems by allowing patients to self-adjust power and, if refractive error is present, see for themselves how much better they could see with corrective glasses. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176910 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC PROJECTION SCREEN - An autostereoscopic projection screen including a projection area and a control, wherein the projection area includes micromirrors, wherein the control is adapted to adjust orientation of the micromirrors such that the micromirrors can reflect light emitted by an image source into directions creating an image in each direction at a viewing distance such that each image can only be seen by one eye of a viewer located in said direction at said viewing distance, and wherein two images are created at a first viewing distance and spaced apart such that a viewer in the first viewing distance can see one of the two images with a first eye only and the other of the two images with a second eye only, wherein the viewer has the impression of seeing the two images simultaneously. The invention further relates to a method and a system for autostereoscopic projection. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176911 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROJECTOR - A method is provided for projecting a three-dimensional image. The method includes providing a first light source that emits first eye images and a second light source that emits second eye images. A polarization of the first light source is orthogonal to a polarization of the second light source. A first eye image of a first color is projected from the first light source. A second eye image of the same first color is projected from the second light source. A first eye image of a second color is projected from the first light source. A second eye image of the same second color is projected from the second light source. A first eye image of a third color is projected from the first light source. A second eye image of a third color is projected from the second light source. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176912 | Polarized Stereoscopic Projection System and Method - A stereoscopic display system and method of stereoscopic projection that include a polarization-switching light source and a polarization-preserving projector. The polarization state of the polarization-switching light source is synchronized with alternate projection of left-eye images and right-eye images. The polarization-switching light source may include a laser and a rotating disk, and the disk may include a waveplate that switches the polarization state as the disk rotates. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176913 | LASER PROJECTION DEVICE - An exemplary laser projection device includes a substrate, three laser chips mounted on the substrate, and a spectroscope arranged on laser beams paths of the laser chips. Each laser chip is a laser diode. The spectroscope includes a first group of splitters, and a second group of splitters spaced from the first group of splitters. Laser beams emitted from the laser chips are adjusted into the second group of splitters by the first group of splitters. And then, the laser beams adjusted into the second group of splitters are adjusted to be oriented toward the same direction and mixed together to obtain light of a predetermined color. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176914 | Lighting Device Comprising Pump Light Source, Phosphor Arrangement and Filter Arrangement - A lighting device ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140176915 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND PROJECTOR - A light source unit having a luminescent material plate tight sealing construction with a dust-proof measure where a luminescent material plate is sealed tight from a circumference thereof by attaching tightly a luminescent material plate holding metallic plate to a collective lens and a projector having the light source unit are provided. The light source unit has an excitation light source device emitting excitation light and a luminous light emitting device, and the luminous light emitting device includes a luminescent material plate on to which excitation light from the excitation light source device is shone to emit luminous light of a different wavelength from the excitation light, a substrate on which the luminescent material plate is rested, a collective lens covering the luminescent material plate, and a lens holder holding the collective lens, whereby the luminescent material plate is sealed tight by at least the substrate and the collective lens. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176916 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT ABLE TO DIFFUSE LASER BEAM SUFFICIENTLY, PROJECTOR, AND IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD - There is provided a light source unit having a light source which emits a laser beam, a plurality of diffusing plates on which the laser beam is incident and which emit the laser beam incident thereon as diffuse light, and a driving mechanism which moves the plurality of diffusing plates, wherein the laser beam from the light source is incident on one diffusing plate of the plurality of diffusing plates, and diffuse light emitted from the one diffusing plate is incident on the other diffusing plate of the plurality of diffusing plates. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176917 | PROJECTOR, IMAGE PROJECTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROJECTING METHOD - A projector system may include a camera, a controller unit and a projecting unit. The camera may pick up a first image of a projection surface by visible light and a second image of the projection surface by a decreased visible light. The controller unit may perform a keystone distortion correction processing on a basis of the first image and perform an interactive processing on a basis of the second image. The projecting unit may project an image based on the performed keystone distortion correction. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176918 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A projector including a discharge tube as a light source includes a light source driver that supplies the discharge tube with electric power and an electric power control portion that controls the level of the electric power with which the light source driver supplies the discharge tube to perform a normal mode in which the light source driver supplies electric power of a predetermined electric power level and a power saving mode in which the light source driver supplies electric power of a power saving level lower than the predetermined electric power level. The power saving mode is a mode in which light emission from the discharge tube can be maintained. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176919 | PROJECTION SYSTEM AND PROJECTOR - A projection system includes: a relay system that focuses light having exited through a first image plane on a second image plane; and an enlarging system that enlarges and projects an image focused on the second image plane on a third image plane, wherein the relay system includes a first lens element on which the light having exited through the first image plane is incident, the first lens element having positive refracting power, a reflective member that reflects a light having passed through the first lens element, the reflective member having positive refracting power, and a second lens element on which a light reflected off the reflective member is incident and which focuses the light reflected off the reflective member on the second image plane, the second lens element having positive refracting power. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176920 | LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM, METHOD OF CLAMPING AND WAFER TABLE - The invention relates to a lithography system, for example for projecting an image or an image pattern on to a target ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140176921 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH SUPPRESSION OF DEGRADATION - An optical assembly including: a beam generating system generating radiation ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140176922 | Debris Removal in High Aspect Structures - A system for removing debris from a surface of a photolithographic mask is provided. The system includes an atomic force microscope with a tip supported by a cantilever. The tip includes a surface and a nanometer-scaled coating disposed thereon. The coating has a surface energy lower than the surface energy of the photolithographic mask. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176923 | Wynn-Dyson imaging system with reduced thermal distortion - A Wynn-Dyson imaging system with reduced thermal distortion is disclosed, wherein the reticle and wafer prisms are made of glass material having a coefficient of thermal expansion of no greater than about 100 ppb/° C. The system also includes a first IR-blocking window disposed between the reticle and the reticle prism, and a second matching window disposed between the wafer and the wafer prism to maintain imaging symmetry. The IR-blocking window substantially blocks convective and radiative heat from reaching the reticle prism, thereby reducing the amount of thermally induced image distortion in the reticle image formed on the wafer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176924 | PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS WITH OPTIMIZED ADJUSTMENT POSSIBILITY - A projection exposure apparatus for microlithography includes: an illumination system configured to illuminate a mask in an object field with exposure light; and a projection objective comprising multiple optical elements configured to image the exposure light from the mask in the object field to a wafer in an image field. The projection exposure apparatus is a wafer scanner configured to move the wafer relative to the mask during an exposure of the wafer with the exposure light. The projection objective further includes at least one manipulator configured to manipulate at least one of the optical elements and a control unit configured to control the manipulator. The control unit is configured to manipulate the optical element with the manipulator during the exposure of the wafer with the exposure light. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176925 | INTERFERENCE EXPOSURE DEVICE AND METHOD - An interference exposure device, including: a light source ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140176926 | EUV OPTICS - In a first aspect, a method of fabricating an EUV light source mirror is disclosed which may comprise the acts/steps of providing a plurality of discrete substrates; coating each substrate with a respective multilayer coating; securing the coated substrates in an arrangement wherein each coated substrate is oriented to a common focal point; and thereafter polishing at least one of the multilayer coatings. In another aspect, an optic for use with EUV light is disclosed which may comprise a substrate; a smoothing layer selected from the group of materials consisting of Si, C, Si | 2014-06-26 |
20140176927 | OPTICAL IMAGING ARRANGEMENT WITH INDIVIDUALLY ACTIVELY SUPPORTED COMPONENTS - An optical imaging arrangement includes an optical projection unit and a control device. The optical projection unit includes a support structure and a group of optical element units adapted to transfer, in an exposure process using exposure light along an exposure light path, an image of a pattern of a mask unit onto a substrate of a substrate unit. The group of optical element units includes a first optical element unit and a plurality of second optical element units, the first optical element unit and the second optical element units, under a control by the control device, being actively supported by the support structure. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176928 | IMAGING CATOPTRIC EUV PROJECTION OPTICAL UNIT - An imaging catoptric optical unit has at least four mirror, which image an object field in an object plane into an image field in an image plane. A first chief ray plane of the optical unit is prescribed by propagation of a chief ray of a central object field point during the reflection at one of the mirrors. A second chief ray plane of the optical unit is prescribed by propagation of the chief ray of the central object field point during the reflection at one of the other mirrors. The two chief ray planes include an angle that differs from 0. In an alternative or additional aspect, the imaging optical unit, considered via the image field, has a maximum diattenuation of 10% or a diattenuation that prefers a tangential polarization of the imaging light for a respectively considered illumination angle. The result of both aspects is an imaging optical unit in which bothersome polarization influences are reduced during the reflection of imaging light at the mirrors of the imaging optical unit. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176929 | Lithographic Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method Using Dose Control - A system and method are used to manufacture a device using at least one exposure step. Each exposure step projects a patterned beam of radiation onto a substrate. The patterned beam includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel delivers a radiation dose no greater than a predetermined normal maximum dose to the target portion in the exposure step and/or at least one selected pixel delivers an increased radiation dose, greater than the normal maximum dose. The increased dose may be delivered to compensate for the effect of a defective element at a known position in the array on a pixel adjacent a selected pixel or compensate for underexposure of the target portion at the location of a selected pixel resulting from exposure of that location to a pixel affected by a known defective element in another exposure step. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176930 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - A microlithographic illumination system can include a light distribution device that can generate a two-dimensional intensity distribution in a first illumination plane. A first raster array of optical raster elements can generates a raster array of secondary light sources. A device with an additional optical effect can be disposed spatially adjacent to the two raster arrays. The device can be configured as an illumination angle variation device. The device can influence the intensity and/or the phase and/or the beam direction of the illumination light. The influence can be such that an intensity contribution of raster elements to the total illumination intensity can vary across the illumination field. This can enable the illumination intensity to be influenced across the illumination field in a defined manner with respect to the total illumination intensity and/or with respect to the intensity contributions from different directions of illumination. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176931 | INTERMITTENT TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF MOVABLE OPTICAL ELEMENTS - An optical system including an optical element, a positioning mechanism configured to position the optical element into an operational position, and a temperature control mechanism configured to intermittently control the temperature of the optical element between operations. By alternatively positioning the optical element between an operational position and a position in thermal contact with the temperature control mechanism, the two mechanisms for positioning and controlling the temperature of the optical element are de-coupled from one another. As a result, the mechanism for each may be optimized In non-exclusive embodiments, the temperature control mechanism may be used to control the temperature of an individual optical element or a plurality of optical elements, such as for example, a fly's eye mirror used in an illumination unit of an EUV lithography tool. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176932 | RETICLE, EXPOSURE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND EXPOSURE METHOD - A reticle including exposure monitoring keys. The reticle includes an exposure region that is to be exposed to light during an exposure process, and a non-exposure region surrounding the exposure region and not to be exposed to the light. The exposure monitoring keys are disposed across a boundary between the exposure region and the non-exposure region. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176933 | LIGHT DETECTING AND RANGING SENSING APPARATUS AND METHODS - According to one aspect, an optical apparatus for a light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) sensing system is provided. The optical apparatus can comprise an optical directing device; and a multi clad optical fiber, wherein said multi clad optical fiber comprises a core, at least one inner cladding, and an outer cladding. The core is arranged to receive optical rays transmitted from a light source of said sensing system and route said transmitted optical rays on an optical path leading to optical directing device. The optical directing device is configured both to direct said routed transmitted optical rays on an optical path leading to a target to be sensed and direct optical rays reflected from said target on an optical path leading to said inner cladding of said multi clad optical fiber. The inner cladding is configured to receive said reflected optical rays and route said reflected optical rays on an optical path leading to a detector for receiving reflected optical rays of said sensing system. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176934 | BINOCULAR TELESCOPE HAVING AN INTEGRATED LASER RANGE FINDER - A binocular telescope with an integrated laser rangefinder, consisting of:
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20140176935 | Measuring Method And System For Measuring Positions Of Elements Of A Structure - A method for measuring a position of an element of a structure includes the steps of: attaching a receiving device to the element at a measurement position; attaching a first reference device to the receiving device; determining a first measurement point with a first measurement device adapted to measure a position of the first reference device; removing the first reference device; attaching a second reference device to the receiving device; and determining a second measurement point with a second measurement device adapted to measure a position of the second reference device. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176936 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE HYDROGEN AND MOISTURE CONTENT OF TRANSFORMER OIL - A sensor assembly senses hydrogen and moisture content of insulation liquid of a liquid-filled electrical equipment. The sensor assembly includes a radiation source for emitting electromagnetic radiation, a water detection section for receiving a water-containing component of the liquid when the assembly is in operational connection with the electrical equipment and for being illuminated by electromagnetic radiation from the radiation source, a first detector for detecting electromagnetic radiation from the water detection section at a wavelength indicative of an amount of water present at the water detection section, a hydrogen detection section for receiving a hydrogen-containing component of the liquid when the assembly is in operational connection with the electrical equipment and for being illuminated by electromagnetic radiation from the radiation source, and a second detector for detecting electromagnetic radiation from the hydrogen detection section at a wavelength indicative of an amount of hydrogen present at the hydrogen detection section. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176937 | DISTRIBUTED DISTURBANCE SENSING DEVICE AND THE RELATED DEMODULATION METHOD BASED ON POLARIZATION SENSITIVE OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY - This invention relates to a distributed disturbance sensing device based on polarization sensitive optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR) and the related demodulation thereof. The device, adopting OFDR, polarization controlling and analysis techniques, consists of a ultra-narrow linewidth tunable laser source module, polarization generating and polarization splitting balanced detecting module, laser source optical frequency and phase monitoring module, high-speed optical switch and so on to establish a large-scale and long-distance optical sensing network. The demodulation method consists of analysis the polarization information from sensing optical fiber, the method of suppressing and compensating of the non-linear optical frequency and the laser phase noise, super-resolution analyzing, advanced denoising method and the polarization information analysis method based on Jones and Mueller's matrices using distributed wave plate model of optical fiber. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176938 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DETECTING TILT ANGLE OF OBJECT SURFACE AND METHOD AND SYSTEM OF COMPENSATING THE SAME - A method and a system of detecting a tilt angle of an object surface and a method and a system of compensating the same are provided. The detecting method includes the following steps. Light beams are projected by a light source device to the object surface. An image of the object surface is captured so as to obtain light spots on the object surface. A focus program is executed by adjusting a vertical distance between the light source device and the object surface, so as to gather the light spots in a focal point on the object surface. The vertical distance is adjusted, and a correction angle between the light beams and the object surface is calculated according to the light spots. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176939 | MICROCUVETTE CARTRIDGE - A microcuvette cartridge for optical measurement of a specimen includes: a substrate having a recess on an upper surface thereof to receive a fluid specimen therein, the substrate having a plurality of cavities therein to receive the fluid specimen transported from the recess, the substrate further defining a plurality of channels communicating with the recess and with the plurality of cavities, respectively, to transport the fluid specimen from the recess to the plurality of cavities, said substrate further having one or more of windows at positions corresponding to the plurality of cavities, the windows being transparent to wavelength of light with which the optical measurement is to be carried out so as to allow the light to interact with the fluid specimen in the cavities; and a transport mechanism to promote and complete flows of the fluid specimen from the recess to the plurality of cavities through the plurality of channels. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176940 | HAND HELD TOXICITY TESTER - A system and method for reliably testing for toxic substances is described. Based on spectrographic means, the system embodies one or more types of spectrometers, designed for the detection of toxic elements such as lead, and alternatively designed for the detection of toxic compounds such as asbestos. By restricting the broad functionality common to a typical spectrometer, dramatic cost reductions can be made permitting the device to be cost-effectively manufactured and made available to the typical consumer. The device is can be portable and incorporates safety systems to inhibit improper use. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176941 | USE OF RAMAN MARKERS FOR AUTHENTICATING SECURITY DOCUMENTS - The present invention relates to the use of non deactivable security markers comprising the combination of at least two types of nanoparticles of materials presenting Raman effect, wherein said nanoparticles are in a dispersed state or is forming ag glomerates of between 2 and 500 nanoparticles. The invention also relates to security documents, articles or elements incorporating these markers, as well as to a method and system for the detection thereof. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176942 | SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY EMPLOYING A NANOROD IN A SURFACE INDENTATION - A surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) apparatus employs a nanorod in an indentation in a surface of a substrate. The SERS apparatus includes the nanorod having a tip at a free end opposite to an end of the nanorod that is supported by the substrate indentation. The indentation has a tapered profile and supports the nanorod at a bottom of the indentation. The free end of the nanorod extends away from the indentation bottom. The SERS apparatus further includes a Raman-active material at a surface of one or both of the nanorod and the indentation. The indentation and the nanorod facilitate one or both of production and detection of a Raman scattering signal emitted by an analyte in a vicinity of the nanorod and indentation. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176943 | SURFACE DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A surface defect inspection apparatus and method is provided which illuminates a plurality of beams set to different intensity values to a sample. Scattered light from the plurality of beams is detected and processed to analyze the surface defects. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176944 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A PROBE-OFF CONDITION IN A MEDICAL DEVICE - A physiological monitoring system may determine a probe-off condition. A physiological sensor may be used to emit one or more wavelengths of light. A received light signal may be processed to obtain a light signal corresponding to the emitted light and an ambient signal. The signals may be analyzed to identify similar behavior. The system may determine whether the physiological sensor is properly positioned based on the analysis. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176945 | ALIGNING MODULE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE WITH LENS USING THE SAME - An exemplary aligning module for aligning a lens with a light-emitting diode (LED) chip includes a controlling module, a first image sensing module and a second image sensing module controlled by the controlling module, and a gripping module controlled also by the controlling module. The controlling module controls the first image sensing module and the second image sensing module to sense the light center of the LED chip and the geometric center of the lens, respectively. The controlling module controls the gripping module to bring the geometry center of lens to be aligned precisely with the light center of the LED chip according to a coordinate of the light center the LED and a coordinate of the geometric center of the lens. The present disclosure also relates to a method for aligning a lens with a light emitting diode chip. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176946 | Methods and Apparatus for Downhole Fluid Analysis - Methods and apparatus for downhole fluid analysis are disclosed. An example method includes obtaining first measurements from a first spectrometer and a second spectrometer when a light source is on, obtaining second measurements from the first spectrometer and the second spectrometer when the light source is off and calibrating the first spectrometer based on the first measurements and the second measurements. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176947 | Providing Locality Information Via Light Sources - In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a rack having a plurality of rack-mounted devices and a strip coupled to a portion of the rack and including a plurality of segments, each with a light source. The rack-mounted devices may each include or be associated with a photosensor to be in communication with the light source. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176948 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING A COLOR DISPLAY - Improved methods are provided for calibrating color on a color display coupled to a computer, which are useful for obtaining calibrated data in a virtual proof network for enabling different color devices to render consistent color. Methods involve user interactions with screens on the display to set color display parameters. An apparatus is also provided for calibrating a sensor which may be used for measuring color of a display in one or more of these methods. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176949 | Automatic Initiation Of Reference Spectra Library Generation For Optical Monitoring - A method of generating reference spectra includes polishing a first substrate in a polishing apparatus, measuring a sequence of spectra from the first substrate during polishing with an in-situ optical monitoring system, for each spectrum in the sequence of spectra, determining a best matching reference spectrum from a first plurality of first reference spectra to generate a sequence of reference spectra, calculating a value of a metric of fit of the sequence of spectra to the sequence of reference spectra, comparing the value of the metric of fit to a threshold value and determining whether to generate a second library based on the comparison, and if the second library is determined to be generated, storing the sequence of spectra as a second plurality of reference spectra. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176950 | ARTIFICIAL RETINA DEVICE - The present technology provides a color-sensing device that includes an electrically-conductive substrate and a bulk heterojunction (BHJ) polymer layer formed on the substrate. The color-sensing device is configured to detect a first color of two colors and produce a first electrical signal that includes a first current response indicating detection of the first color. The color-sensing device is further configured to detect a second color of the two colors and produce a second electrical signal that includes a second current response indicating detection of the second color. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176951 | MULTI-BAND MULTIPLEXING INTRA-CAVITY GAS SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed is a multi-band multiplexing intra-cavity gas sensing system and method. The system consists of a laser resonant cavity subsystem, a gas sensing subsystem and a detection-demodulation subsystem. The laser resonant cavity subsystem consists of the first beam splitter, two ways of gain paths composed of a pump light source, a wavelength division multiplexer, a rare earth doped fiber, an optical isolator and a tunable optical attenuator, a beam combiner and an F-P tunable optical filter. The gas sensing subsystem consists of a gas cell and an optical reflective mirror. The detection-demodulation subsystem consists of an optical coupler, the second beam splitter, two optical detectors, a data acquisition module and a computer. In this invention, different rare-earth doped fibers are multiplexing into one system, in order to cover more maser bands of different rare earth, which greatly expands the scanning range of wavelength, and is capable of detecting various gases simultaneously. New gain paths can be added to the system, to further expand the scanning range of wavelength. Hence, the present invention has strong expandability. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176952 | MICROFLUIDIC ABSORPTION CELL - An absorption cell for microfluidic chemical analysis made from tinted or coloured polymers, for example polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), in which microfluidic channels are cut. Light is coupled into the absorption cell via two windows (typically 200 um thick) that are retained at either end of the channel. Absorption is measured using a light source, such as a light emitting diode (LED) and a photodiode butted against the windows. Spurious scattered and/or reflected light is absorbed by the coloured polymer over the length of the measurement cell, while very little light loss occurs at the coupling windows. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176953 | REFLECTION CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING APPARATUS - A measuring apparatus includes an illumination device including a surface light source, a detector configured to detect a light intensity distribution formed on a light-receiving surface by reflected light, and a processor configured to obtain the reflection characteristic based on first data of the light intensity distribution detected by the detector. The processor is configured to estimate, based on the first data, second data of a light intensity distribution formed by specular reflected light and third data of a light intensity distribution formed by diffuse reflected light in a case where a point light source is disposed at each position in a light-emitting region of the surface light source, and to estimate, based on the second data and the third data, a light intensity distribution formed by reflected light from the surface. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176954 | LASER BEAM PATTERN PROJECTOR - Methods and systems consistent with some embodiments presented provide methods for denying visual access to a first area from a target area. In some embodiments, methods for denying visual access from a target area may include generating a structured light pattern and projecting the structured light pattern from onto the target area. Reflections and retroreflections from the target area can indicate the presence of sensors. Characterization of one or more sensors in the target area based on the reflections and retroreflections can be performed. Parameters of the structured light pattern, such as color content, amplitude, pattern, and movement of the pattern, can be adjusted based on the type of sensor detected. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176955 | Inspection Methods, Inspection Apparatuses, and Lithographic Apparatuses - A method for determining overlay error includes measuring asymmetry of radiation reflected from each of a plurality of targets on a substrate. The plurality of targets include a predetermined overlay offset. The method also includes comparing the measured asymmetry of the radiation reflected from each of the plurality of targets to the corresponding predetermined overlay offset of the respective target. Additionally, the method includes determining the overlay error of a point on the substrate as a function of measured asymmetry reflected from the point. The function is determined by fitting a polynomial or a Fourier series to a comparison of the measured asymmetry of the radiation reflected from each of the plurality of targets to the corresponding predetermined overlay offset of the respective target. The function limits an effect of linearity error. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176956 | Super-Steep Step-Phase Interferometer - Step-phase interferometers are provided for use as optical interleavers/de-interleaver for optical communication. High data rates require a wide band-width to pass the high-speed modulated optical spectrum, and further require a wide stop-band to reject the signal from adjacent channels. The present interferometers provide a steep slope at the transition from the passband to the adjacent stop-band, thereby enlarging the width of both the pass-band and stop-band. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176957 | Integrated Optical Sensor Circuit - A photonics integrated system is disclosed, comprising a substrate, an integrated interferometer integrated in the substrate and being configured for receiving radiation from a radiation source, and an integrated spectral filter integrated in the substrate and being configured for receiving radiation from the interferometer. The integrated interferometer has a period and the integrated spectral filter has a bandwidth such that the period of the integrated interferometer is smaller than the bandwidth of the integrated spectral filter. The integrated spectral filter has a periodic transfer characteristic with a period and the system has a bandwidth such that the period of the periodic transfer characteristic of the integrated spectral filter is larger than the bandwidth of the system. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176958 | OCT System with Bonded MEMS Tunable Mirror VCSEL Swept Source - A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) in which the MEMS mirror is a bonded to the active region. This allows for a separate electrostatic cavity, that is outside the laser's optical resonant cavity. Moreover, the use of this cavity configuration allows the MEMS mirror to be tuned by pulling the mirror away from the active region. This reduces the risk of snap down. Moreover, since the MEMS mirror is now bonded to the active region, much wider latitude is available in the technologies that are used to fabricate the MEMS mirror. This is preferably deployed as a swept source in an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176959 | SWING-STYLE AND HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO DEMODULATION DEVICES AND CORRESPONDING DEMODULATION METHOD FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF LOW COHERENCE INTERFERENCE DISPLACEMENT - This invention provides a swing-style and high signal-to-noise ratio low coherence interference demodulation devices and the corresponding demodulation method for the measurement of displacement. In the displacement sensing method, the optical path difference, which is built by the light reflections from the reference surface and the test object, varies with the displacement of the test object. When the reflected signal lights is sent to a low coherence polarization interference system, the birefringent wedge formulates a spatial distribution of optical path difference, from which the optical path difference of the reflection signals thus can be demodulated. In the displacement scanning method, the reflected signal lights are collimated and transferred to a time scanner consisting of a rotating mirror and a f-θ lens, to perform thin light beam scanning along the longitudinal direction of a birefringent wedge. This innovation provides two demodulation devices that are both applicable for the measurement methods. One uses a linear camera array and the other uses a linear micropore array and single PIN photoelectric detector, to receive interference fringes. Since the energy of the scanning beam is highly concentrated, the signal-to-noise ratio for low coherence interference signal is significantly higher than that of the traditional devices. In addition, the accuracy of these demodulation devices is significantly improved, because the linear camera array and the linear micropore array maintain a consistent spatial position of the received light spot. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176960 | POLARIZATION SENSITIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - The invention generally relates to a polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (OCT) system that includes both polarization maintaining and single mode optical fiber and methods of use thereof. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176961 | MANUAL CALIBRATION OF IMAGING SYSTEM - The invention generally relates to methods for manually calibrating imaging systems such as optical coherence tomography systems. In certain aspects, an imaging system displays an image showing a target and a reference item. A user looks at the image and indicates a point within the image near the reference item. A processer detects an actual location of the reference item within an area around the indicated point. The processer can use an expected location of the reference item with the detected actual location to calculate a calibration value and provide a calibrated image. In this way, a user can identify the actual location of the reference point and a processing algorithm can give precision to the actual location. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176962 | Interferometer - An interferometer includes a light source and a beam splitter, via which the beam of rays emitted by the light source is split into a measurement beam and a reference beam. The measurement beam propagates in a measuring arm extending in a first direction between the beam splitter and a measuring reflector. The measuring reflector brings about an offset perpendicular to the direction of incidence between the measurement beam falling on it and the measurement beam reflected back by it. In a reference arm extending in a second direction, the reference beam propagates between the beam splitter and a reference reflector. In addition, the interferometer has a detector system, to which the superposed and recombined measurement beam and reference beam are able to be supplied, and via which a distance-dependent interference signal with respect to the position of the measuring reflector is able to be generated. The measuring reflector in each case includes at least one transmission grating as well as a reflector element. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176963 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM THAT IS RECONFIGURABLE BETWEEN DIFFERENT IMAGING MODES - The invention generally relates to an optical coherence tomography system that is reconfigurable between two different imaging modes and methods of use thereof. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176964 | OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM - An optical touch system comprises a first light-emitting unit, a second light-emitting unit, a first image sensor having a first filter, and a second image sensor having a second filter. The first light-emitting unit generates first wavelength band light. The second light-emitting unit generates second wavelength band light. The first light-emitting unit generates first wavelength band light when the first image sensor is capturing an image. The first filter allows first wavelength band light to enter into the first image sensor and blocks second wavelength band light. The second light-emitting unit generates second wavelength band light when the second image sensor is capturing an image. The second filter allows second wavelength band light to enter into the second image sensor and block first wavelength band light. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176965 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING USING A SINGLE CAMERA - The attenuation and other optical properties of a medium are exploited to measure a thickness of the medium between a sensor and a target surface. Disclosed herein are various mediums, arrangements of hardware, and processing techniques that can be used to capture these thickness measurements and obtain three-dimensional images of the target surface in a variety of imaging contexts. This includes general techniques for imaging interior/concave surfaces as well as exterior/convex surfaces, as well as specific adaptations of these techniques to imaging ear canals, human dentition, and so forth. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176966 | Print Controller Generating Print Data Causing Print Executing Unit to Perform Printing Operation - A print controller controls a print executing unit having a print head in which L nozzles are arranged in a first direction. A pitch of first nozzles in the first direction is set to a first predetermined nozzle pitch. The print controller generates print data based on image data. The print data causes the print executing unit to execute N pass printing. A pitch of lines formed through N pass printing is one N-th of the first predetermined nozzle pitch. At least one of the L number of first nozzles is unused for forming dots on the printing medium in each pass printing. Combinations of the first nozzles used in the N number of pass processes are different from one another. A movement distance of the print head when the first moving process is executed once is different from that when the second moving process is executed once. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176967 | COLORIMETRIC RENDERING - A method for colorimetric rendering includes receiving, by a display device, an image that has been preprocessed for adjusting color and disregarding, by the display device, the preprocessing for adjusting color. The display device performs a colorimetric rendering transform at the time of display or print of the image by using an embedded colorimetric reference. A display device for colorimetric rendering of digital images is also provided. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176968 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The blocking unit generates first block property data having a first value if all pixels in the block image do not have a color of the color plane, and generates first block property data having a second value if at least one pixel in the block image has the color. The gamma correction unit performs gamma correction for the block image having the second value and does not perform gamma correction for the block image having the first value. The screen process unit generates a block dot image by performing a screen process for the block image after the gamma correction. The toner adhesion amount calculating unit identifies values of the first block property data of block images adjacent to an objective block image, and identifies the toner adhesion amount of the object block as a value changed correspondingly to the identified values of the first block property data. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176969 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a paper type to be used at the time of execution of an input print job, a determination unit configured to determine a paper type to be used for executing the input print job by using information about the paper type acquired by the acquisition unit, and a generation unit configured to generate a correction table corresponding to the paper type determined by the determination unit, the correction table being used to correct an image that is formed by an image forming unit by using a value obtained as a result of measuring a patch formed by the image forming unit on paper of the paper type determined by the determination unit. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176970 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING IMAGE PROCESSING PARAMETERS - An image processing apparatus includes a first determination unit configured to determine whether a difference between the result of measuring a first chart formed by an image forming unit and a target value is larger than a first preset threshold value, and a control unit configured to, based on a result of determination by the determination unit, control execution of correction of reproduction characteristics of an image formed by the image forming unit by using the result of measuring a second chart formed by the image forming unit and the target value. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176971 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING AN IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming device includes a residual paper amount detecting unit, a first execution unit and a second execution unit. The residual paper amount detecting unit is configured to detect a residual paper amount of a paper feeding cassette which retains papers. The first execution unit is configured to, if the number of papers required in executing an initially-inputted earliest job among a plurality of print jobs is more than the residual paper amount detected by the residual paper amount detecting unit, execute printing of a predetermined minimum number of printing papers in the earliest job. The second execution unit is configured to, after the printing of the minimum number of printing papers is executed by the first execution unit, execute one of the print jobs satisfying a predetermined priority condition. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176972 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SERVICE ACTIVITY USING A CLOUD ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM - A cloud administration system for managing service information in a network printing context may include a processing module in communication with a plurality of print devices and a plurality of remote systems, and one or more storage modules in communication with the processing module. The processing module may be configured to receive fault information, store the received fault information, send at least a portion of the fault information to the remote systems, receive response information associated with the at least a portion of the fault information, aggregate the received response information into a set of response information, and cause at least a portion of the set of response information to be displayed at one or more of the print device from which the fault information was received, and a computing device associated with a service technician servicing the print device from which the fault information was received. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176973 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTING A LOCATION TO STORE A PRODUCTION CONSUMABLE - A method of determining a location of one or more print production items in a storage facility may include identifying one or more print production items used by one or more autonomous production cells in a print shop, and determining, by a computing device, a demand value associated with each of the identified print production items. The demand value may represent a frequency with which the print production item is used by the autonomous production cells over a period of time. The method may include grouping the identified print production items into one or more groups based on the autonomous production cell that uses the identified print production items, assigning each group to an autonomous storage cell, and determining a location of one or more autonomous storage cells based on the demand values associated with the print production items in the group associated with the autonomous storage cell. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176974 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a storage and a controller. The storage stores an additional program having an interface for switching processing using first-choice hardware to processing using an alternative to the first-choice hardware depending on usage of the first-choice hardware. In the case where processing related to the additional program is executed, the controller executes the processing related to the additional program on image data by using the first-choice hardware or the alternative depending on the usage of the first-choice hardware. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176975 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus, and a method of controlling it. The apparatus performs, in a case where at least one function out of a plurality of functions of the apparatus ceases to be usable, degeneracy control for operating to provide functions other than the at least one function, and stores information indicating a degeneracy control state is entered. The apparatus controls so as to activate without initialization operation of an image forming mechanism in a case where it is determined that the activation is due to the return from a power saving mode and the information is stored and so as to activate with the initialization operation when the activation is due to a power of the apparatus being turned on. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176976 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus which has a first and second mode in which power consumption is lower than that of the first mode is disclosed that includes an accepting unit configured to accept an operation; a display configured to transmit a notification when the apparatus switches from the second mode to the first mode; and a control unit configured to store function data representing function providing units registered; generate, in response to the notification received from the display, a first screen indicating the units and cause the display to display the first screen; store identification data identifying one of the units selected; transmit, in response to the notification received from the display, the notification to the units represented in the function data; and when a response is received from the unit identified in the identification data, cause the display to display a second screen generated by the identified unit. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176977 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an operating section; a plurality of human body sensors configured to detect an operator and issue a detection signal; an operation recording section configured to record whether the operating section has been operated within a predetermined time of detection; a setting section configured to, based on an operation history recorded in the operation recording section, set as a sleep non-cancel sensor, out of the human body sensors, a sensor for which an operation of the operating section within the predetermined time of detection occurred with a low frequency; and a mode shift section which, when, during a sleep mode of the apparatus, receiving the detection signal from the sleep non-cancel sensor, maintains the apparatus in the sleep mode and, when, during the sleep mode, receiving the detection signal from the sensor other than the sleep non-cancel sensor, shift the apparatus to the normal operation mode. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176978 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A power supply apparatus controls an output voltage based on a difference between a predetermined reference voltage and a feedback voltage obtained from the output voltage. The power supply apparatus includes a feedback voltage adjustment circuit. The feedback voltage adjustment circuit is configured to gradually reduce or increase the feedback voltage by a predetermined amount, when a condition for increasing or reducing the output voltage to a target value is satisfied. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176979 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus, and executing a predetermined function based on a setting value managed by the external apparatus. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176980 | Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing Computer Executable Instructions for Information Processing Apparatus - An information processing apparatus may communicate with a communication-target device, which is a device with which the information processing apparatus is to communicate, via a first type interface section. The information processing apparatus may store in a first storage area target identification information for identifying the communication-target device as a default identification information, in a case where a first network to which the communication-target device is belonging is identical to a second network to which the information processing apparatus is belonging via the second type interface section. The target identification information may be stored in association with at least one of a plurality of attributes. The information processing apparatus may cause the target identification information not to be stored in the first storage area as the default identification information in a case where the first network is not identical to the second network. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176981 | Information Processing Apparatus, Method for Controlling the Same, and Computer Readable Medium for the Same - A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable instruction which configures a processor to function as: a first communication unit configured to execute a communication using a first type interface with a communication target device; a second communication unit configured to obtain, by using the first communication unit, identifying information used to execute a communication with the communication target device through a second type interface when a first network in which the communication target device is included is different from a second network set as a communication destination for a communication through the second type interface; a third communication unit configured to execute a communication with the communication target device through the second type interface when the first type network is same as the second type network; and a fourth communication unit configured to execute a restoring process where the communication destination is restored to the second network. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176982 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PRINT STOCK INFORMATION USING A CLOUD ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM - A cloud administration system for managing stock information in a network printing context may include a processing module in communication with a plurality of print devices. The processing module may be located remotely from the plurality of print devices. The cloud administration system may include one or more storage modules in communication with the processing module. The processing module may be configured to receive stock information from at least one of the plurality of print devices, store the stock information in at least one of the storage modules, and enable a remote system to access at least a portion of the stock information from the storage module. The remote system may be located remotely from the processing module. The cloud administration system may operate as a shared resource for each of the plurality of print devices and the remote system. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176983 | PROTOCOL FOR BIOMETRIC DEVICE CAPTURE AND QUALITY ANALYSIS - Systems and methods are disclosed herein to a computer-implemented method for communicating with peripheral devices comprising loading, by a computer, a configuration file specifying supported peripheral devices and defining commands for each supported peripheral device; receiving, by a computer, a selection of one of the supported peripheral devices from a list of peripheral devices presented in an interface; calling, by a computer, a device handler for the selected peripheral device; invoking, by a computer, protocols for the selected peripheral device that are specified by the device handler corresponding to the selected peripheral device; and sending, by a computer, commands entered through the interface to the selected peripheral device using the invoked protocols of the device handler corresponding to the selected peripheral device. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176984 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROXY RESPONSE METHOD - A printing system includes plural image forming apparatuses and a host apparatus. Each image forming apparatus is configured to work in one of a waiting state and a power saving state. An image forming apparatus as a sub-unit includes a control section configured to, on changing from the waiting state to the power saving state, request another image forming apparatus connected to the wired network to make a proxy response to the host apparatus for the sub-unit. An image forming apparatus as a base unit includes a control section configured to, in response to receiving a request to make the proxy response, receive a packet sent from the host apparatus to the sub-unit through the wireless network, and on determining that a communication error has occurred, instruct another image forming apparatus connected to the wired network to receive a packet sent from the host apparatus. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176985 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main body and a replaceable component. The main body includes a first storage unit storing first authentication informations for authentication with the replaceable component, a data storage unit storing authentication data for choosing the first authentication information. The replaceable component includes a second storage unit storing second authentication informations corresponding to the first authentication information. Authentication data is set to be different among different image forming apparatuses. The main body attempts authentication with the replaceable component using the first authentication information chosen based on the authentication data. When the second authentication information corresponding to the chosen first authentication information is stored, a control unit establishes connection between communication units of the main body and the replaceable component. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176986 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A power supply apparatus switches between normal operation mode and power saving mode, to supply power to the loads. Power supply apparatus includes first power supply, second power supply, current detection portion, determination portion, and supply control portion. First power supply is configured to supply power to plurality of loads. Second power supply has an output current capacity which is less than that of first power supply. Current detection portion is configured to detect current consumption of first load that is operating. Determination portion is configured to determine whether or not the current consumption detected by current detection portion is less than or equal to the output current capacity of second power supply. Supply control portion is configured to supply, based on a result of determination made by determination portion, power to the first load from one of first power supply and second power supply in the power saving mode. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176987 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MANAGING APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - A disclosed managing apparatus and image forming apparatus management system ensure confidentiality of information in an image forming apparatus while usability is maintained. An image forming apparatus acquires IC card identifying information with an IC card reader. A management server acquires a user ID associated with the acquired IC card identifying information and use limit information concerning use of the image forming apparatus. A process is performed in the image forming apparatus in accordance with the use limit information. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176988 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINT SHOP JOB ROUTING - A print job processing system determines a set of job size thresholds for a set of print jobs received over a period of time by a print shop. The print shop includes multiple cells. The system orders the job size thresholds from lowest to highest, assigns the lowest job size threshold to a first one of the cells, assigns the highest job size threshold to a second one of the cells, and assigns each of the remaining thresholds to the remaining cells so that each of the cells has an assigned threshold. Then, when the system receives a print job, it determines a size for the received print job, identifies which of the cells has an assigned job size threshold that corresponds to the size of the received print job, and routes the received print job to the identified cell. The identified cell may then process the received print job. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176989 | PREDICTIVE SCHEDULE-BASED TRACKING OF INCOMING PRINT JOBS - Systems and methods are provided for predictively tracking expected print jobs. The system comprises a memory that identifies categories of print jobs, and that stores rules that indicate how often print jobs will be received at a presentation system. The system also comprises a control unit operable to identify a rule for a category of print jobs, to analyze the rule to generate a predicted schedule of print jobs expected for receipt at the presentation system, and to determine whether expected print jobs have been received at the presentation system in accordance with the schedule. The control unit is further operable to generate an alert if an expected print job has not been received at the presentation system in accordance with the schedule. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176990 | PRINTER - A label printer comprising: a connector configured to allow said label printer to be connected to a PC; at least one memory; at least one processor; said label printer being configured to function as a Human Interface Device (HID) when connected to said PC. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176991 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - An image forming apparatus having at least one of print, scan, copy, fax, and web browsing functions, the image forming apparatus including a near field communication (NFC) module to detect a mobile terminal through NFC, a touch panel to display an interactive screen on which at least one object appears and to receive an input of a gesture with respect to the object from a user, and a control unit to interpret a gesture from the user based on a relative position relationship between the NFC module and the touch panel and to transmit the object to the mobile terminal according to a result of the interpretation of the gesture. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176992 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING PRINTING SERVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for implementing a printing service, comprising: a user terminal, a cloud printing service platform in a cloud, and a plurality of printing service provider terminals; wherein the cloud printing service platform comprises: a receiving module, configured to receive over the cloud a file from the user terminal, and a selection of the plurality of printing service provider terminals; a converting module, configured to convert the file into a file in a uniform format; and a sending module, configured to send the file in the uniform format to the selected printing service provider terminal for printing. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176993 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - The present image processing apparatus externally receives document data, obtains attribute information that indicates information on matters from a matter management server, and transmits the received document data and the obtained attribute information on individual matter data to a document management server. The document management server presents, in accordance with a request from an external apparatus, the transmitted document data and attribute information on matters to the external apparatus, and receives, from the external apparatus, association information that is selected in accordance with the presented information and associates the document data with the matter data, and registers, together with the association information, the corresponding document data in the matter management server. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176994 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM WITH IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM STORED THEREON - An image forming apparatus includes an image reading section, an image processing section, an image forming control section, and an image forming section. The image reading section is configured to read an original document and output a band data set for one band. The image processing section is configured to compress the band data set at a first compression rate to generate a first compressed band data set, expand the first compressed band data set, and subject the expanded band data set to image processing. Thereafter, the image processing section compresses the band data set subjected to the image processing at a second compression rate to generate a second compressed band data set. When the number of second compressed band data sets reaches a printing start value, the image forming control section allows the image forming section to start forming an image based on the second compressed band data sets. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176995 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A plurality of received documents is stored, and a plurality of documents transmitted from the same transmitting source as an identified document is selected from the stored plurality of documents. A screen is then provided which allows information on the plurality of documents that have been selected, to be collectively registered. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176996 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing apparatus includes: a display processing unit configured to display a preview of content of an image file; an acquisition unit configured to acquire designation information which designates an image to be printed in the image file in units of a page; and a creation unit configured to create a print job in which a page designated by the designation information is to be printed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176997 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEMS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSES - Image forming systems include servers and image forming apparatuses. Image forming apparatuses include first storage devices, printing devices, accepting devices, and first controllers. Printing devices print images corresponding to image data pieces stored in first storage devices. Accepting devices accept instructions. First controllers include first control devices. Servers include second storage devices and second controllers. Second controllers include second control devices. First controllers specify printing conditions for print-target image data pieces based on instructions. First controllers start downloading print-target image data pieces from servers in response to specifying printing conditions for print-target image data pieces. First controllers store downloaded print-target image data pieces in first storage devices. First controllers control printing devices to print downloaded print-target image data pieces stored in first storage devices after accepting print-start instructions at accepting devices. Second controllers transmit print-target image data pieces based on instructions accepted at accepting devices. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176998 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing System - An information processing apparatus includes connection portion, first acquisition portion, printing condition determination portion, second acquisition portion, and first selection portion. Connection portion connects the information processing apparatus to a plurality of image forming apparatuses. First acquisition portion acquires management data in which meeting information relating to the content of meeting is associated with material information relating to material used for the meeting. Printing condition determination portion determines printing condition to be applied to printing process for the material, based on the meeting information acquired by first acquisition portion. Second acquisition portion acquires printing condition information relating to printing condition that can be set in each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses. First selection portion selects, from among the plurality of image forming apparatuses, image forming apparatus that satisfies the printing condition determined by printing condition determination portion, based on the printing condition information acquired by second acquisition portion. | 2014-06-26 |
20140176999 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus is connected to a plurality of external apparatuses. A job reception portion receives from each of the external apparatuses request to execute print job for forming image on paper sheet. A print control portion causes image forming portion to form image on paper sheet based on the print job received by the job reception portion, and causes discharge portion to discharge to paper sheet discharge portion the paper sheet on which the image has been formed by the image forming portion based on the print job. A collection determination portion, after the person detection portion has detected the presence of person, when person detection portion has not detected the presence of person and discharge detection portion has not detected the presence of paper sheet, determines that all paper sheets discharged to the paper sheet discharge portion have been collected. | 2014-06-26 |