27th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140185040 | MOTHER GLASS INSPECTION DEVICE AND MOTHER GLASS INSPECTION METHOD - The present invention provides a mother glass inspection device and a mother glass inspection method. The inspection device includes: a main body, a platform mounted on the main body, a light absorption layer formed on a top surface of the platform, a laser transmitter mounted on the main body and opposing the platform, and an image sensor arranged above the platform to correspond to the laser transmitter. The platform supports a piece of mother glass to be laid flat thereon. The mother glass inspection device adopts a flat-laying type platform to support a piece of mother glass and provides a light absorption layer on the platform so as to eliminate fault inspection result of the image sensor caused by light reflection by stains present on the back side of the mother glass. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185041 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS USING THE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS USING THE DEVICE - A surface inspecting apparatus can inspect a smaller defect by using a PSL of a smaller particle size. However, the particle size of the PSL is restricted. In the conventional surface inspecting apparatus, therefore, no consideration has been taken as to how to inspect the defect of such a small particle size as is not set in the PSL which will be needed in the near future in an inspection of a semiconductor manufacturing step. The invention has a light source device for generating light which simulated at least one of a wavelength, a light intensity, a time-dependent change of the light intensity, and a polarization of light which was scattered, diffracted, or reflected by an inspection object, and the light is inputted to a photodetector of the surface inspecting apparatus. The smaller defect can be inspected. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185042 | MOLECULAR ANALYSIS DEVICE - In the present invention, a molecular analysis device comprises a substrate, and a waveguide with a planar integrating element and filter or reflector element adjacent thereto is disposed on the substrate. The waveguide comprises a coupling means configured for coupling a predetermined frequency range of laser radiation into the waveguide. At least one metallic nanostructure is disposed on or adjacent to the planar integrating element, at least one metallic nanostructure is configured such that the field intensity and the gradient of the laser radiation, that is coupled into the waveguide, are enhanced over a sufficiently large volume around the nanostructure to simultaneously cause plasmonic based optical trapping of analyte(s) in a medium, and plasmonic based excitation of the particles to produce Raman scattered radiation. A Raman scattered radiation collection means is disposed on the substrate for collecting said Raman scattered radiation produced by the particles. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185043 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING SAMPLES - This disclosure relates to a method for analyzing a sample of material. The method includes (a) converting a portion of the sample into a plasma multiple times; (b) recording a spectrum of electromagnetic radiation emitted in response to each of the sample conversions to define a sequence of spectra for the sample, in which each member of the sequence corresponds to the spectrum recorded in response to a different one of the sample conversions; (c) using an electronic processor to compare the sequence of spectra for the sample to a sequence of spectra for each of at least one reference sample in a reference library; and (d) using the electronic processor to determine information about the sample based on the comparison to the reference samples in the library. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185044 | Apparatus and Method of Inspecting a Defect of an Object - An apparatus for detecting a defect of an object may include a light emitter configured to emit straight polarized lights having different polarized directions, a spatial filter having openings through which the straight polarized lights selectively pass, an optical member configured to condense the straight polarized lights, which pass through the openings, on the object, and a light detector configured to detect lights reflected from the object. Thus, the defect may be accurately detected in a short time. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185045 | ETALON-BASED WAVELEGNTH LOCKING APPARATUS AND ALIGNMENT METHOD - Consistent with the present disclosure, an apparatus for producing a control signal for a laser source is provided, comprising an etalon configured to receive light from the laser source and control circuitry that provides the control signal, wherein the control signal is indicative of a comparison of (a) a difference between a forward transmission signal of the etalon and a backward reflection signal of the etalon and (b) the light received by the etalon from the laser source. Alternatively, the control signal is indicative of a comparison of (a) a difference between a forward transmission signal of the etalon and a backward reflection signal of the etalon and (b) a combination of the forward transmission signal of the etalon and the backward reflection signal of the etalon. Also consistent with the present disclosure, a method of aligning an etalon-based wavelength locking apparatus is provided, wherein the etalon of the apparatus is aligned with an optical axis along a direction of propagation of the output of the laser source by monitoring the signals indicative of the forward transmission signal and the backward reflection signal of the etalon. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185046 | FOOD ANALYSIS DEVICE - A food analysis device includes a variable wavelength interference filter adapted to disperse light reflected by the food into a plurality of lights with respective wavelengths, an imaging section adapted to image the lights with the respective wavelengths obtained by the dispersion to obtain spectral images corresponding respectively to the wavelengths, and a control section adapted to obtain spectrum of each of the pixels from the spectral images corresponding to the respective wavelengths, and then detect a pixel including the absorption spectrum of water, and then detect a plurality of components based on the spectrum of the pixel detected. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185047 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a measurement image on a sheet, a measurement unit configured to irradiate the measurement image with light and measure light reflected from the measurement image, a white reference plate arranged to be movable to a first position opposed to the measurement unit and a second position separated farther from the measurement unit than the first position, a shielding unit arranged to be movable to a third position that blocks the light with which the measurement unit irradiates the white reference plate and a fourth position that does not block the light, and a control unit configured to control positions of the reference plate and the shielding unit. When the measurement unit measures the white reference plate, the control unit moves the shielding unit to the fourth position and the white reference plate to the first position. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185048 | Method for Detecting Defect of Display Panel and Related Detecting Device - The present invention provides a method for detecting a defect of a display panel and related defect detecting device. The method includes: utilizing lights having different colors to illuminate the display panel; obtaining a plurality of corresponding grey-scale diagrams when the lights illuminate the display panel; and determining whether the display panel has a defect. If the grey-scale diagrams indicate a grey-scale difference, determining that the display panel has a defect. In this way, the present invention is able to raise defect detecting ability for the display panel and prevent from missing the defects. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185049 | SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS METHOD AND SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZER - The present invention improves an S/N ratio and light intensity resolution provided by an A/D converter, and an analyzer includes: a measurement cell irradiated with light during sample measurement; a dimming element irradiated with the light during reference measurement; an amplifier configured to amplify an analog light intensity signal outputted from a light detector; an A/D converter configured to convert the analog light intensity signal into a digital light intensity signal; and an arithmetic device configured to calculate absorbance using a digital sample light intensity signal outputted from the A/D converter during the sample measurement and a digital reference light intensity signal outputted from the A/D converter during the reference measurement, wherein an amplification factor of the amplifier is set such that the analog reference light intensity signal and the analog sample light intensity signal become less than or equal to a full scale of the A/D converter. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185050 | READER FOR URINE ANALYSIS - A urine analysis device includes a light emitting part, a light receiving part and a control part. The light emitting part includes a plurality of light emitting diodes. The light emitting diodes provide a light to an inspected object. The inspected object has a plurality of inspected areas. The light receiving part receives the light reflected by the inspected object. The control part drives the light emitting part and receives an electric signal from the light receiving part. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185051 | SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SPECTROMETER WITH AN ACTUATOR DRIVEN ANGLE SCANNING MECHANISM - An instrument comprises a semi-circular rail and a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism is attached to a light source mount and a detector mount, and both the light source mount and the detector mount are attached to the semi-circular rail with connectors. Each connector allows the light source mount and detector mount to slide along the rail. The synchronous movement of the light source mount and the detector mount changes the angle of incidence of a light beam from the light source with respect to the plane of the sample surface on the sample stage. An SPR analysis system includes an SPR analysis system control computer program having a graphical user interface and configured to control the operation of an SPR analysis apparatus. According to an embodiment, an SPR data analysis computer program includes an SPR microarray video viewer and a sensorgram generator responsive to the SPR video. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185052 | FOURIER-TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER AND METHOD - The present invention is related to a Fourier-transform spectrometer arrangement comprising a first polarizer, a birefringent plate, a pair of birefringent wedges, a second polarizer, a photo detector, and a control unit. According to the invention, the cross sections of the two birefringent wedges of the birefringent wedge pair are similar triangles, the first wedge is fixed, the second wedge is capable of linearly movement along the side, the optic axes of the pair of birefringent wedges are parallel to each other and orthogonal to the optic axis of the birefringent plate, the polarization of the first polarizer is in 45 degrees with the optical axis of the birefringent plate, the polarization of the first polarizer is also in 45 degrees with the optical axis of the pair of birefringent wedges, the polarization of the second polarizer is parallel, or orthogonal, to the polarization of the first polarizer. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185053 | OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRIC APPARATUS - An optical interferometric apparatus comprises a light source emitting a coherent light, a polarizing beam-splitting element splitting the light into a first light and second light which travel along an optical fiber element and then are combined. Then, a beam-splitting element split the combined light into a third light and a fourth light, and a first phase-modulation element and a second phase-modulation element respectively are disposed on the optical paths of the third and fourth lights. A first polarization element and a second polarization element respectively superpose the P wave and S wave of the third and fourth lights, and a first detection element and a second detection element respectively detect the third and fourth lights to respectively generate a first polarized signal and a second polarized signal. A demodulation computing element is used to calculate and determine phase information according to the first and second polarized signals. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185054 | System and Method for Stabilizing Mode Locked Swept Laser for OCT Medical Imaging - An optical coherence analysis system uses a laser swept source that is constrained to operate in a stable mode locked condition by modulating a drive current to the semiconductor optical amplifier as function of wavelength or synchronously with the drive voltage of the laser's tunable element based on stability map for the laser. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185055 | Methods and Systems for Integrated Imaging Using Optical Coherence Tomography and Photoacoustic Imaging - Systems and methods for photoacoustic imaging are provided. Photoacoustic signals are excited from a body and the excited photoacoustic signals are detected with a low coherence interferometer system serving as a photoacoustic detector. Cross-sectional images of the body are then reconstructed by the system from the detected photoacoustic signals. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185056 | FIBER OPTIC SENSOR FOR POSITION SENSING - A system for sensing the position of a movable object includes a polarization maintaining fiber configured to receive light from a light source; an optical system configured to rotate an angle of polarization of the light by a first predetermined angle; a low birefringence fiber connected to the optical system at a first end and having a mirror connected to a second end configured to reflect the light and rotate the angle of polarization at a second predetermined angle, the second end being configured to overlap a magnetic field of the a magnet attached to the object. The angle of polarization is rotated to a third predetermined angle proportional to at least one of the strength of the magnetic field and an amount of the overlap. The optical system is configured to decompose the third predetermined angle into a first component and a second component. A detector is configured to detect a differential between the first and second components indicative of the amount of the overlap. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185057 | Optical Position-Measuring Device - An optical position-measuring device is adapted to detect the position of an object in several spatial degrees of freedom. The object is disposed in a manner allowing it to move at least along a first direction of movement and along a second direction of movement. The position-measuring device includes at least one light source and at least one first and second measuring standard which are located on the object, extend along a first extension direction and a second extension direction and include graduation regions disposed periodically along the first and second extension directions. In addition, a scanning plate is provided, into which at least first and second retroreflector elements are integrated, the first retroreflector element extending parallel to the first extension direction and the second retroreflector element extending parallel to the second extension direction, and via which, sub-beams that fall on them from the first and second measuring standard, are reflected back in the direction of the respective measuring standard. From superposed sub-beams, a detector system is able to generate position signals at least with respect to the movement of the object along the first and second direction of movement. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185058 | WRINKLE DETECTION DEVICE AND WRINKLE DETECTION METHOD - A wrinkle detection device ( | 2014-07-03 |
20140185059 | AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENT OF DIMENSIONAL DATA WITH A LASER TRACKER - Measuring with a system having retroreflector targets and a laser tracker includes storing a list of coordinates for three targets and at least one added point; capturing on a photosensitive array a portion of the light emitted by a light beam and reflected off the targets; obtaining spot positions on a photosensitive array of a tracker camera from the reflected light; determining a correspondence between three spot positions on the photosensitive array and the coordinates of the targets; directing a beam of light from the tracker to the targets based at least in part on the coordinates of the first target and the first spot position; measuring 3-D coordinates of the targets with the tracker; determining 3-D coordinates of the at least one added point based at least in part on the measured 3-D coordinates of the targets and the coordinates of the at least one added point. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185060 | DEVICES FOR DETERMINING LAYER THICKNESS AND/OR CONTAMINATION LEVEL OF A BELT - The invention relates to an apparatus for determining a layer thickness on a tape moved along a feed direction, comprising: a movement unit for moving the tape along the feed direction, a light generating unit for generating illumination radiation, a beam shaping unit disposed downstream of the light generating unit for shaping at least one strip-shaped illumination beam for linear illumination of the tape transversely with respect to the feed direction, a detector unit for detecting illumination radiation reflected and/or transmitted at the tape, and an evaluation device for determining the layer thickness on the basis of the detected illumination radiation. The apparatus can also be used for determining a degree of contamination of a surface of the tape, the surface being contaminated by particles, by detecting illumination radiation scattered at the tape. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185061 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IN-LINE REAL-TIME CALCULATION OF THICKNESSES OF SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS OF A PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE - A method and system for real-time, in-line measurements of thicknesses of semiconductor layers of photovoltaic devices is provided. The method and system include taking ex-situ optical data measurements after deposition of the semiconductor layers. The measurements are then used to calculate the thicknesses of the layers in real-time using optical modeling software. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185062 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - A controller of an image forming apparatus is configured to judge whether a first sheet size of the first image data is larger than a size of an in-use sheet. When the first sheet size is larger than the in-use sheet size, it is judged whether the resizing operation is to be applied to the first image data, resize the image size of the first image data to meet the in-use sheet size by applying the resizing operation to the first image data when the resizing operation is to be applied to the first image data, and control the image forming device to form an image on the sheet based on the first image data to which the resizing operation has been applied. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185063 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus, including a driving unit, a separator unit, a conveyer unit, a reader unit, a reducer unit, a size detecting unit; and a controller is provided. The separator unit includes a drive shaft, a contact member, and a clutch. The controller manipulates the conveyer unit via the driving unit to convey the sheet at a first conveying speed when the size of the sheet detected by the size detecting unit is greater than a predetermined size. The controller manipulates the conveyer unit via the driving unit to convey the sheet at a second conveying speed, which is lower than the first conveying speed, when the size of the sheet detected by the size detecting unit is one of smaller than and equivalent to the predetermined size. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185064 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A print-data generating section generates print data in accordance with a high-resolution raster image generated by a high-resolution rasterizing processor. A low-resolution rasterizing processor generates a low-resolution raster image having lower resolution than that of the high-resolution raster image. An overcoating-data generating section generates coating data in accordance with the low-resolution raster image. Overcoating data is handled with low resolution, resulting in less processing time for overcoating than when the overcoating-data is handled with high resolution. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185065 | ULTRASHORT LASER MICRO-TEXTURE PRINTING - Systems and methods for providing laser texturing of solid substrates are disclosed. The texturing may be used to provide grayscale images obtainable from substrates, which may include steel, aluminum, glass, and silicon. In some embodiments, images may be obtainable from the substrate by modifying the reflective, diffractive, and/or absorptive features of the substrate or the substrate surface by forming random, periodic, and/or semi-periodic micro-structure features on the substrate (or substrate surface) by an ultrafast laser pulse train. The ultrafast pulse train may be modulated in order to vary, for example, optical exposure time, pulse train intensity, laser polarization, laser wavelength, or a combination of the aforementioned. The ultrafast pulse train and the substrate may be scanned with respect to each other to provide different optical energies to different regions of the substrate (or substrate surface). In some embodiments, the image is provided by making one or more passes of the ultrafast laser pulse train relative to the substrate. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185066 | RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING DATA CONCEALMENT PROCESSING FUNCTION - When executed by a controller of recording apparatus, the instructions causes the recording apparatus to perform: calculating at least one of a first recording ratio and a second recording ratio based on an image data of an image recorded on a recording medium; controlling a depositing device of recording apparatus to perform a concealment process when at least one condition is satisfied, the at least one condition including a condition that the at least one of the first recording ratio and the second recording ratio is smaller than a threshold value; and controlling the depositing device not to perform the concealment process when the at least one of the first recording ratio and the second recording ratio is greater than or equal to the threshold value. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185067 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGES - An image processing apparatus prints an image without streaks on a medium. A receiving section receives base color image data and non-base color image data. A detecting section detects a boundary between a first area in which the base color image is printed and a second area which surrounds the first area and no image is printed therein. A correction section performs correction on the image data to generate one of a third area defined in a peripheral portion of the first area and a fourth area which is defined in a peripheral portion of the second area and is contiguous to the first area. A smaller amount of base color toner is consumed in the third and fourth area than in the first area. A printing section prints an image on a medium in accordance with the corrected base color image data and the non-base color image data. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185068 | IMAGE CORRECTION DATA GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CORRECTION DATA GENERATING PROGRAM - An image data acquiring unit | 2014-07-03 |
20140185069 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING A PRINTING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire information for specifying an attribute of a printing medium, a first control unit configured to, in a case where an attribute of a printing medium corresponding to a first printing and an attribute specified by the information newly acquired by the acquiring unit for a second printing are different, control the printing apparatus so that the second printing is not executed, a display control unit configured to cause a display to display a screen for confirming an attribute of a printing medium, in accordance with an instruction by the user, and a second control unit configured to control the printing apparatus so that the control by the first control unit is not executed and the second printing is executed, on the condition that the screen be displayed before the acquisition of the information corresponding to the second printing. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185070 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a mode instruction information obtaining section, a color determination threshold storage section, a mode determination section, and an automatic color determination threshold adjustment section. The mode determination section, using a color determination threshold, determines a mode to be a color mode when the image data belongs to a color mode range, and determines the mode to be a monochrome mode when the image data belongs to a monochrome mode range. The automatic color determination threshold adjustment section adjusts the color determination threshold so as to widen a mode range corresponding to the mode determined by the mode determination section, when the mode indicated by the instruction information obtained by the mode instruction information obtaining section is different from the mode determined by the mode determination section. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185071 | APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS CALIBRATION FOR MAINTAINING IMAGE QUALITY - To add an arbitrary recording medium as a recording medium that can be used for calibration to maintain the quality of an image to be formed, an image forming unit forms a pattern image on each of a specific recording medium that can be used for the calibration and the arbitrary recording medium. A creating unit creates second conversion setting information applied to the arbitrary recording medium to convert luminance information into density information, using first luminance information obtained from the pattern image formed on the specific recording medium, second luminance information obtained from the pattern image formed on the arbitrary recording medium, and first conversion setting information applied to the specific recording medium for converting luminance information into density information. A determining unit determines a common image formation condition applied to the specific recording medium and the arbitrary recording medium based on the second conversion setting information. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185072 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING HTML CONTENT - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are described herein for generating printer commands for controlling a printing device, based on HTML. More specifically, the example embodiments of the system described herein provide for receiving HTML representing a label that comprises, in some examples, a barcode or other print content, transforming the HTML to a printer control language, and rasterizing the image on a printing device in preparation for printing, all while preserving barcode print quality and high speed printing and scanning. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185073 | Systems and Methods for Universal Imaging Components - A method of operating a cartridge chip installed in an imaging device includes: causing, by the cartridge chip, the imaging device to enter an error condition; monitoring the timing or sequence of communication signals received from the imaging device during at least a portion of the error condition; and operating, based on the timing or sequence of the communication signals received from the imaging device during at least a portion of the error condition, in a first mode of operation compatible with a first type of imaging device or in a second mode of operation compatible with a second type of imaging device. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185074 | ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for generating accessible documents. In one embodiment, an initial document in a print format is obtained. The print format of the initial document is identified as one of a plurality of print formats. A parser corresponding to the one of the plurality of print formats is applied such that the initial document is parsed according to the print format of the initial document. An intermediate document that conforms to an intermediate format is generated based upon results obtained from applying the parser. A template for converting the intermediate document into an accessible document is obtained. The template is then such that an accessible document corresponding to the initial document is generated, wherein the accessible document includes a plurality of tags that designate an order of a plurality of regions of the accessible document. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185075 | RELAYING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM COMPRISING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND RELAYING DEVICE - A relaying device may be configured to communicate with an image processing device and a server device via a network. The server device may store first type data which cannot be interpreted by the image processing device and second type data which can be interpreted by the image processing device. The relaying device may receive, from the image processing device, data selection instruction information identifying selection data. The relaying device may receive, from the server device, the selection data identified by the received data selection instruction information. The relaying device may execute conversion processing in a case that the received selection data is the first type data. The conversion processing may convert the selection data into converted data which can be interpreted by the image processing device. The relaying device may receive converted data reception information for causing the image processing device to receive the converted data. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185076 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In an image forming device including a processor unit, a first screen generating part generates a screen to be displayed on an operation panel and displays the screen on the operation panel. A second screen generating part generates screen data to be displayed on an information processing device and transmits the screen data to the information processing device. An application managing part selects, in response to a request of execution of an application, one of the first and second screen generating parts as a candidate for use of the application based on a source inputting the request. The first and second screen generating parts are configured to receive a request of generation of a screen using a common interface, and the application inputs through the common interface the request to the selected one of the first and second screen generating parts. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185077 | MULTI-FUNCTION MACHINE, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A multi-function apparatus which is capable of properly coping with cases where an auto-clear function is activated to thereby improve operability after execution of the function. The operating section of a copying machine displays an operating screen associated with each function and receives inputs via the operating screen. According to the auto-clear function, set values associated with predetermined functions are reset to initial values when no input operation has been performed via the operating section over a predetermined time period, and the operating section is caused to display an operating screen associated with a predetermined function. A controller unit of the machine determines whether the copying machine should be operated in a first mode in which disconnection from the network is carried out or in a second mode in which connection to the network is maintained. The controller unit selects one of the first mode and the second mode based on a result of the determination. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185078 | PRINT JOB DISTRIBUTION WITHIN A PRINTING SYSTEM - Disclosed are a method, computer program product, and system for print job distribution. An amount of available consumable resources for each of a plurality of printers is determined. An estimated usage of the consumable resources for the plurality of printers for one or more printer jobs in a printer queue is determined. A maintenance schedule related to the maintenance of the consumable resources for each of the plurality of printers is accessed. A print distribution plan for each print job in the printer queue is determined, based at least in part on the amount of available consumable resources for each of the plurality of printers, the estimated usage of consumable resources for the plurality of printers for each printer job in a printer queue, and the maintenance schedule related to the maintenance of the consumable resources for each of the plurality of printers. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185079 | Process Enablement in Network Downtime Condition - It is a first aspect of the present disclosure to provide a computer implemented method of enabling, by a mobile device, a peripheral device connected to a network that includes establishing a connection with the peripheral device when the peripheral device fails to communicate with the network; querying the peripheral device for a document; receiving a document from the peripheral device; processing the document; and sending the processed document to the peripheral device. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185080 | POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A power supply management system includes an off-operation register configured to hold a situation of reception of an off-operation of a power supply and a power control unit configured to turn off the power supply upon receiving a power-off request from a server via a network. The server includes a server control unit that serves as an off-operation situation grasping unit for grasping, via the network, the situation of reception of the off-operation held in the off-operation register and serves as a power-off request transmitting unit for transmitting the power-off request via the network to the entire image forming devices belonging to a group in which the entire image forming devices have received the off-operation. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185081 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A print control apparatus capable of communicating with a printing apparatus has a first power mode and a second power mode, and power consumption of the second power mode is lower than power consumption of the first power mode. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185082 | SYSTEM INCLUDING OPERATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION STORING APPARATUS, METHOD PERFORMED BY THE SYSTEM, AND THE INFORMATION STORING APPARATUS - A system includes an operation device and an information storing apparatus, which are connected via a network. The operation device determines, based on information input from the outside of the operation device in response to an operation performed on the operation device, an electronic device among a plurality of electronic devices connected to the system, for causing the electronic device to input electronic data to the information storing apparatus, and sends, to the information storing apparatus, a first request to cause the determined electronic device to input the electronic data to the information storing apparatus. The information storing apparatus sends, to the determined electronic device, a second request based on the first request sent from the operation device, and stores the electronic data that has been sent from the determined electronic device based on the sent second request. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185083 | NETWORK PRINTER SELECTION BASED ON PRINTER STATUS AND PROFILES - A computer program product maintains a printer profile associated with each of a plurality of printers. For each printer, the printer profile includes the current power status, a cost to power up, and a rate of cost to print. A print job is received and, for each printer, a total cost to print the print job, including the cost to power on the printer, is determined. The print job is redirected from a default printer to a destination printer selected from printers having a lower total cost to print. Each printer profile may further include a time period to power up and a print speed, and, for each printer, a total time period to print the print job is determined. The total time period includes an amount of time to complete other print jobs, and further includes, where the printer is off, the time period to power on the printer. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185084 | PRINT JOB DISTRIBUTION WITHIN A PRINTING SYSTEM - Disclosed are a method, computer program product, and system for print job distribution. An amount of available consumable resources for each of a plurality of printers is determined. An estimated usage of the consumable resources for the plurality of printers for one or more printer jobs in a printer queue is determined. A maintenance schedule related to the maintenance of the consumable resources for each of the plurality of printers is accessed. A print distribution plan for each print job in the printer queue is determined, based at least in part on the amount of available consumable resources for each of the plurality of printers, the estimated usage of consumable resources for the plurality of printers for each printer job in a printer queue, and the maintenance schedule related to the maintenance of the consumable resources for each of the plurality of printers. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185085 | Process Enablement in Network Downtime Condition - It is a first aspect of the present disclosure to provide a computer implemented method of enabling a peripheral device connected to a network during an inactive communication with the network, that includes activating an ad-hoc network connection with a mobile device during the inactive communication of the peripheral device with the network; transmitting a document to the mobile device for processing; receiving the processed document from the mobile device; storing the processed document in a memory of the peripheral device; and sending the processed document to a remote storage location once the peripheral device is determined to be actively communicating with the network | 2014-07-03 |
20140185086 | USING A PRINTER DRIVER PROVIDED BY A TARGET PRINTER - Systems and methods of operating a computing system may involve providing a printer driver to a print client in order to print a document. In one example, a request to print a document is initiated, wherein it is determined that a driver for a selected printer is not installed on the print client. Upon such a determination, a driver for the target printer may be located, transmitted to the print client, and installed on the print client. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185087 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus which communicates with a data providing apparatus includes a printing mechanism which executes a printing operation. The printing apparatus receives a number of print copies, and acquires print data from the data providing apparatus by executing a request processing of transmitting to the data providing apparatus a data request of the print data, and a reception processing of receiving the print data from the data providing apparatus. When executing a printing operation of N copies (N is an integer of 2 or larger), the acquiring executes, for each copy, the request processing and the reception processing to acquire the print data from the data providing apparatus while executing the request processing of the print data of M-th copy (M is an integer of 2 or larger and N or smaller) after the reception processing of the print data of (M−1)-th copy is completed. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185088 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) FUNCTION AND METHOD OF SETTING AN IMAGE JOB USING NFC DEVICE - An image forming apparatus supporting a near field communication (NFC) function and a method of performing setting an image job by using an NFC device. The method includes tagging an NFC device to receive setting information stored in the NFC device and performing an image job based on the received setting information. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185089 | PRINTER IDENTIFICATION AND MOBILE PRINTING - Techniques are provided for displaying encoded data that represent a) features and options currently supported by a printing device, b) a printer identifier for the printing device, and c) network service interface data for a network service, wherein the network service interface data allow a mobile device to send print settings selection data and electronic document identification data to the network service; and processing print data and causing a printed version of an electronic document represented by the print data to be printed by the printing device. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185090 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING SYSTEM OF A REMOTE SCREEN, AND DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD - A display processing apparatus comprising: a transmission portion for transmitting screen data for operations of the apparatus to a portable terminal apparatus; a receiving portion for receiving operation information indicating an operation by a user on a remote screen from the terminal apparatus and for receiving the operation information and enlargement display information indicating an enlarged display state when a user operation is performed on the screen displayed with some part thereof missing in a state in which the screen is enlarged; a determination portion for determining whether the operation is an operation of displaying a popup portion; and a screen generating portion for adjusting a display position of the popup portion to generate next screen data, so that the popup portion is displayed in an image enlarged state if the operation information and the enlargement display information are received, and the operation is the operation of displaying the popup portion. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185091 | Box Print Realized by Image Forming Apparatus Having No Auxiliary Storage Device - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus coupled to the network. The image forming apparatus stores, in a memory device, an information processing apparatus identifier that is assigned to the button and transmits, to the information processing apparatus, press-down information that includes the information processing apparatus identifier corresponding to the button that is pressed-down, in response to a request for the press-down information that is received from the information processing apparatus via the network The image forming apparatus also prints, on a sheet, an image based on print job data that is received from the information processing apparatus via the network, if, in the information processing apparatus, it is determined that the information processing apparatus identifier in the press-down information matches with the information processing apparatus identifier of the information processing apparatus. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185092 | Device Control System, A Printer, And A Control Method of The Device Control System - A device control system has a terminal | 2014-07-03 |
20140185093 | Device Control System And A Control Method of The Device Control System - A device control system has a terminal | 2014-07-03 |
20140185094 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of screen information, each corresponding to a type of an external device that is capable of accessing the apparatus, a transmitting unit configured to transmit the screen information to the external device, a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction request that is based on the screen information displayed in the external device, and an executing unit configured to execute processing in response to the instruction request received by the receiving unit. The screen information includes a common section that is common among the plurality of pieces of screen information regardless of the type of the external device and a difference section that differs among the plurality of pieces of screen information depending on the type of the external device. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185095 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CHANGING CONTENT DISPLAY LANGUAGE AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes: a touch panel, a content storage unit that stores content to be displayed on the touch panel in different languages; a selected language storage unit that stores a selected language; a content display unit that displays, on the touch panel, content in the selected language stored in the selected language storage unit, from pieces of content stored in the content storage unit in the languages; and a language setting unit that displays a language selection screen on the touch panel if a particular operation is accepted in a non-explicit area, which is not explicitly indicated as being ready for accepting an operation, the language selection screen being one of screens displayed on the touch panel, and also stores, in the selected language storage unit, a language selected by an operation accepted on the language selection screen. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185096 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system, including a plurality of image forming apparatus mutually connected to one another through a network, each of the plurality of image forming apparatus being configured to form an image on a recording medium, each of the plurality of image forming apparatus including: an environment detecting device configured to detect environmental information of each of the plurality of image forming apparatus; and a control unit configured to control image forming conditions based on the environmental information detected by the environment detecting device, wherein the control unit of one of the plurality of image forming apparatus sets the image forming conditions of the one of the plurality of image forming apparatus based on the environmental information of another of the plurality of image forming apparatus through the network. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185097 | Mobile Terminal Device, and Method and Computer Readable Medium for the Same - A mobile terminal device is provided, which includes a control device configured to acquire contents data, output screen data for controlling a display unit to display thereon images based on the acquired contents data, acquire, in response to an accepting unit accepting a selecting operation of selecting one or more images from among the images displayed on the display unit based on the screen data, image selection data for identifying specific contents data, of the acquired contents data, corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, and transmit, in response to a near field wireless communication unit establishing near field wireless communication with a printer, a print instruction to print the specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, based on the acquired image selection data. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185098 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing apparatus, a data handling unit (a) estimates a size of the intermediate data on the basis of the image data, and (b) selects one of a first rendering mode and a second rendering mode on the basis of a size of the image data and the estimated size of the intermediate data. In the first rendering mode, the data handling unit makes a copy of the image data and stores the copy in the storage device and causes a rendering unit to generate bitmap image data from the image data stored in the storage device. In the second rendering mode, the data handling unit causes the rendering unit to generate the bitmap image data from the image data stored in the removable drive. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185099 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a first storage device, a second storage device, a rendering unit, and a data handling unit. The rendering unit is configured (a) to generate intermediate data from image data, store the intermediate data in at least one of the first storage device and the second storage device, and (b) to generate bitmap image data on the basis of the intermediate data. The data handling unit is configured to select one of the first storage device and the second storage device as a storing place of the intermediate data on the basis of free area sizes of the first storage device and the second storage device and data transfer rates of the first storage device and the second storage device. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185100 | PRINTING CONTROLLER AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - There are provided a region specifying unit configured to specify a region containing a barcode which is a target to be subjected to density reduction processing and is constituted by black and image data other than the barcode constituted by a color different from black in original data; a color determiner configured to determine whether or not each pixel is black in the region specified by the region specifying unit; a density reduction processor configured to apply density reduction processing to the pixel determined by the color determiner to be black; and a print data creating unit configured to create the print data on the basis of the original data subjected to the density reduction processing. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185101 | Scanner-Driven Push Operation Realized by Image Forming Apparatus Having No Auxiliary Storage Device - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus coupled to the network. The image forming apparatus stores, in a memory device, an information processing apparatus identifier that is assigned to a button of the image forming apparatus and transmits, to the information processing apparatus, press-down information of the button that includes the information processing apparatus identifier. The image forming apparatus additionally reads, if, in the information processing apparatus, it is determined the information processing apparatus identifier in the press-down information matches an information processing apparatus identifier stored within the information processing apparatus, a document image set in a scanner, in response to a scan execution request that is received from the information processing apparatus via the network. The image forming apparatus further transmits image data of the document image to the information processing apparatus via the network, and resets the press-down information. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185102 | Scanner and Process for Detecting a Scan Lid Open Condition - A scanner and process for detecting a scan lid open condition. The scan lid open condition is detected by aligning two scan bars with one another, illumining one of the scan bars with a predetermined illumining pattern and during the illumining, scanning the illumined scan bar with the other scan bar. The response of the scanning scan bar is compared with an expected response for the illumining pattern with the scan lid closed. If a positive comparison occurs, the scan lid is closed. If a negative comparison occurs, the scan lid is open. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185103 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS - An image processing device may acquire original image data, acquire a level selected from a plurality of levels representing compression degrees, and compress the original image data according to the original image data and the selected level to generate compressed image data. The device compresses first original image data using a first-type compression method, when the original image data is the first original image data and the selected level is a specific level of the plurality of levels. The device compresses second original image data using a second-type compression method different from the first-type compression method, when the original image data is the second original image data and the selected level is the specific level. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185104 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS - An image processing device may generate text image data and background image data, based on original image data. The background image data may be generated by performing a correction process on target image data for setting a value of a first-type pixel having a tone value within a specific range before the correction process is performed to a tone value within the specific range after the correction process is performed, and setting a value of a second-type pixel having a tone value out of the specific range before the correction process is performed to a tone value within the specific range after the correction process is performed. The specific range may include a plurality of consecutive tone values that include a peak tone value. The peak tone value is included in a tone value distribution of the original image data and corresponds to a background of a text. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185105 | RECEIPTS SCANNER AND FINANCIAL ORGANIZER - A portable device is configured to obtain an image of a document, the document being of no predefined format and containing numerical data. The numerical data is extracted and automatically organized into a report in a predefined or customized format and stored into a database. The database is accessible and searchable by a user to obtain either the numerical data of the image or the report. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185106 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CHARACTER RECOGNITION - A character recognition apparatus may include an imaging element configured to read a character string placed on an information recording medium; an image memory configured to store image data of the character string; and a character segmenting unit configured to segment a character constituting the character string. The character segmenting unit may include a minimum intensity curve creating unit configured to detect a minimum intensity value among light intensity values, and create a minimum intensity curve of the image data according to the minimum intensity value of each pixel row; a character segmenting position detecting unit configured to calculate a space between the characters neighboring in the created minimum intensity curve, in order to detect a character segmenting position between the characters; and a character segmenting process unit configured to segment each character according to the detected character segmenting position between the characters. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185107 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INDICATING SCANNING CONDITION AND SCANNING APPARATUS AND SCANNING SYSTEM RELATED THERETO - A method and device for indicating a scanning condition and a scanning apparatus and scanning system related thereto are provided. The method includes: converting a scanning condition of a scanning apparatus into a control instruction for controlling a light strip to provide an indication; and executing the control instruction to control the light strip to provide the indication in the case of the scanning condition, wherein the light strip is mounted on an exterior of the scanning apparatus. Thus, the scanning condition of a scanning apparatus is converted into a control instruction for controlling the light strip to provide the indication, and the control instruction can be executed to control the light strip on the exterior of the scanning apparatus to indicate the scanning process when the scanning condition of the medical-scanning apparatus occurs. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185108 | METHOD OF PROCESSING DOCUMENT IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - A method of processing a document in an image forming apparatus and an image forming apparatus using the method are provided. The method includes receiving a user's setting regarding a determination standard for determining a mode to process a document from among a monochrome mode and a color mode, determining a mode to process the document from among the monochrome mode and the color mode based on the user's setting regarding the determination standard and a color ratio of scan data, and processing the document according to a result of the determination. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185109 | LENS ARRAY, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A lens array including: a plurality of imaging portions arrayed in a first direction; wherein each of the plurality of imaging portions includes a first optical system configured to form an intermediate image of an object and a second optical system configured to re-form the intermediate image of the object in a first cross section parallel to the first direction and a direction of optical axes of the imaging portions, and wherein in each of the plurality of imaging portions, an optical flux from an object height at which a light available efficiency becomes 90% is restricted by at least one of a first aperture surface of the first optical system and a second aperture surface of the second optical system, and the optical flux from an object height at which the light available efficiency becomes 10% is restricted by the aperture surface which restricts the optical flux from the object height at which the light available efficiency becomes 90%. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185110 | IMAGE SENSOR UNIT AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - In an image sensor unit including a plurality of sensor chips mounted in a line on a sensor substrate, image signals from the sensor chips are sequentially read according to a reading order among the sensor chips, a current consumption circuit that consumes set current is arranged, and the current consumption circuit starts consuming the set current in response to a signal indicating end of reading of the image signals by all of the sensor chips and ends consuming the set current in response to a signal indicating start of reading of the image signals first by the sensor chip after a start signal to thereby reduce variation in the current consumption of the image sensor unit. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185111 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus includes: a document table that includes one surface on which a document is to be placed; an image reader that is provided over the other surface of the document table and is configured to read an image of the document being placed on the document table; and a resin housing that houses the document table and the image reader therein. The image reader includes: an image sensor including a plurality of reading elements arranged in a first direction; a holder configured to support the image sensor; a resin guide integrally formed with the housing; a reinforcement member which is made by a metal plate and provided at the guide; and a driver configured to move the holder along the guide in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185112 | IMAGE READING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF REDUCING SKEW OF IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes an automatic document feeder to feed an original document downstream, a frame, an image reader to read the original document fed by the automatic document feeder, and an image reader mounting unit to hold the image reader thereon. The frame pivotally supports the image reader mounting unit. A parallelism adjusting unit is provided to adjust parallelism of the image reader mounting unit. The parallelism adjusting unit is disposed on a side opposite a pivoting center for the image reader mounting unit at a prescribed interval therefrom. The pivoting center is located near a reading reference point in the image reader, at which the image reader starts reading the original document in main and sub-scanning directions. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185113 | Image Reading Device - An image reading device includes a conveyor unit that conveys a document along a conveying path for ADF-type image scanning including a curved path. The conveyor unit includes a conveyor roller that reverses a conveying direction of the document in the curved path. The device further includes a first contact surface that comes into contact with a first side of the document when the document is conveyed, a second contact surface that comes into contact with a second side of the document when the document is conveyed, a first reading unit that reads an image on the first side of the document, and a second reading unit disposed above the second contact surface and reading an image on the second side of the document. A part of the conveyor roller is disposed lower than the first and second contact surfaces in an up down direction of the image reading device. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185114 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR FORMING A MEASUREMENT IMAGE ON A SHEET - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a measurement image on a sheet, a measurement unit configured to irradiate light on the measurement image and measure reflected light from the measurement image, a white reference plate provided to be movable to a first position and a second position, a black member provided to be movable to a third position where the black member shields light that is irradiated on the white reference plate and to a fourth position that is retracted from the third position, and a control unit configured to, in a state in which the white reference plate is at the second position and the black member is at the third position, cause the sheet, on which the measurement image has been formed, to pass between the measurement unit and the black member and cause the measurement unit to measure the measurement image. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185115 | INTEGRATED HOLOGRAM OPTICAL DEVICE - An integrated hologram optical device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an integrated hologram recording apparatus are provided. The integrated hologram optical device includes a two-dimensional (2D) array of a plurality of hogels. A holographic element is configured to be recorded such that a combination of the plurality of hogels is configured to adjust at least one of an angle and a focal length of a signal beam. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185116 | SCANNING MIRROR DEVICE - A scanning mirror device includes a mirror, a first supporting body that supports the mirror, a plurality of securing materials that has higher rigidity than the first supporting body and supports the first supporting body, a reinforcing material that has higher rigidity than the first supporting body and is attached to the plurality of securing materials on a surface different from a surface on which the mirror is disposed, and a first driving portion that deforms the first supporting body so as to cause the mirror to be displaced around a first axis. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185117 | ACTUATOR, OPTICAL SCANNER, AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An actuator includes: a movable portion that swingably moves around a first axis; a first shaft that extends from the movable portion and swingably supports the movable portion around the first axis; a frame portion that is connected to the first shaft and swingably moves around a second axis that intersects the first axis; a second shaft that extends from the frame portion and swingably supports the frame portion around the second axis; a support portion connected to the second shaft; a coil provided on the frame portion; and a magnet that produces a magnetic field that acts on the coil, wherein the frame portion is so formed that the frame portion surrounds the movable portion, the first shaft, the second shaft, and the support portion in a plan view viewed in a thickness direction of the movable portion. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185118 | Adjustable Mirror Motor Mounting for Laser Printhead - A scan unit printhead of an imaging device having an adjustable mirror mounting. The scan unit includes a housing to which a rotatable minor, one or more light sources and an optical assembly are secured. The scan unit also includes a motor for driving the rotatable mirror, a plurality of fasteners for securing the motor to the housing and a plurality of spacers interposed between a base associated with the motor and the housing. The plurality of spacers resiliently bias the base of the motor away from the housing such that each of the plurality of spacers allows relative adjustment of a space between the base of the motor and the housing during a tightening and loosening operation of at least one of the to plurality of fasteners. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185119 | ULTRA WIDE BAND ACHROMATIC RISLEY PRISM SCANNER - A system and method for scanning a wide band beam is presented. An apparatus includes a pair of prism triplets. Each prism triplet includes a first wedge prism, a second wedge prism and a third wedge prism all formed with different optical materials. In operation, a beam passing through the wide band team scanning apparatus first passes through the first, second and third wedge prisms of the first prism triplet. The beam then passes through the wedge prisms of the second prism triplet in a mirrored order (the third, then second, then first wedge prisms) than that of the first prism triplet. This apparatus with two prism triplets allows wide band light transmitted through it to emerge with its plurality of different wavelengths of light travelling in the same direction to equalize net dispersive effects each of different wavelengths. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185120 | Rotating Spectral Display Device - A solar powered rainbow-making device produces a visual display that is created by the interplay of light and a light refractive element that form constantly changing patterns from a rotating crystal. The rotating display device includes a circular-shaped refractive element that is mounted on a base and is turned by a motor driven transmission gear train. The crystal rotates about a horizontal axis as sunlight is transformed into a color spectrum that moves in a circular fashion. The color images can include a plurality of distinct rainbow images that are projected onto the walls and other structures in the immediate environment. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185121 | DISPLAY APPARATUS INCORPORATING HIGH-ASPECT RATIO ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for enabling a display to have a faster switching rate and an increased aperture ratio by using looped electrical interconnects with a reduced footprint. In one aspect, a display apparatus includes an array of display elements and a high-aspect ratio electrical interconnect connected to at least one display element in the array of display elements, wherein the high-aspect ratio electrical interconnect forms a loop that defines a closed boundary. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185122 | LIGHT MODULATORS AND OPTICAL APPARATUSES INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are examples of light modulators and optical apparatuses that may include the light modulators. A light modulator may include a plasmonic nano-antenna and an element for changing plasmon resonance characteristics of the plasmonic nano-antenna. The plasmon resonance characteristics of the plasmonic nano-antenna may be changed due to a change in refractive index of the element, and thus light may be modulated. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185123 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROCHROMIC WORKING ELECTRODE AND ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE - A manufacturing method of an electrochromic working electrode is disclosed, comprising electroplating a first conductive polymer and nanoparticles in order on a surface of an ITO conductive glass using an electrochemical method so as to obtain a electrochromic working electrode coated with the first conductive polymer and the nanoparticles. The invention further discloses an electrochromic device. By adopting the invention, the reaction rate of an electrochromic material on a surface of the electrochromic working electrode can be improved, and the response time of the electrochromic material can be reduced. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185124 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE - An electrochromic device includes: a substrate having an inner surface; at least one first electrode layer formed on the inner surface; at least one second electrode layer formed on the inner surface and spaced apart from the first electrode layer; and an electrochromic unit formed on the first and second electrode layers and including an electrochromic layer and an electrolyte layer that is in contact with the electrochromic layer. When a potential is applied between the first and second electrode layers, the electrochromic layer can undergo chemical reduction or oxidation reactions and change color. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185125 | System and method for improving performance of photonic samplers - An interferometer used for modulating an optical signal with an electrical signal is described, where the optical signal can be subsequently detected so as to sample and digitize the electrical signal. Nonlinear optical elements can be located inside the interferometer to reduce the minimum detectable electrical input signal size. The interferometer can contain more than two arms to improve the tolerable dynamic range of the electrical signal. In some cases some outputs of the interferometer are dependent on the electrical input frequency while others have minimal frequency dependence, thereby allowing the frequency of the input electrical signal to be measured more easily. Ideally the modulator operates in a push-pull mode with a single electrode for the input electrical signal. Such a modulator can be constructed by using appropriate optical delay elements. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185126 | ELECTROWETTING CELLS AND DRIVING METHODS THEREFOR - An electrowetting cell includes first and second substrates, a spacer, first and second electrodes, a dielectric layer, and a medium. The spacer is disposed between the first and second substrates to substrate define a compartment. The first and second electrodes are disposed on the first and second substrates respectively. The dielectric layer is formed on the first electrode. The medium is filled in the compartment and deformed in accordance with an electric potential difference between the first and second electrodes. One of the first and second electrodes is applied by a driving signal. The driving signal is divided into a plurality of driving sections in a first time period. A first driving section is changed between first and second threshold voltage levels, and a horizontal voltage level is inserted into the first driving section. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185127 | PREVENTING GLASS PARTICLE INJECTION DURING THE OIL FILL PROCESS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for preventing particles from entering electromechanical systems (EMS) display devices. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a plate, a substrate supporting at least one EMS device, a seal joining the plate and the substrate to define a cavity therebetween and at least one port for receiving a fluid, and a filter disposed between the port and the EMS device. The filter includes elements formed on at least one of a surface of the substrate and a surface of the plate, defining a gap sized to allow the received fluid to pass and to inhibit non-fluidic particles carried in the fluid from the EMS device. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185128 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a first substrate, a second substrate, a display layer, a color filter layer, a transparent electrode layer and a transparent sealing is provided. The first substrate is opposite to the second substrate. The display layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The color filter layer is disposed between the display layer and the first substrate. The transparent electrode layer is disposed between the color filter layer and the display layer. The transparent sealing surrounds the display layer so that the display layer is sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a curable temperature of the transparent sealing is lower than or equal to 40° C. A fabrication method of a display device is further provided herein. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185129 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - There are provided a transparent display apparatus and a method for controlling the same. The transparent display apparatus includes a transparent display unit that includes a plurality of first pixels having an emissive area on which an image is displayed and a transmissive area on which a background is projected; a light control unit that includes a plurality of second pixels disposed on one surface of the transparent display unit; and a transmittance control device that extracts at least one object from an image displayed by the transparent display unit and controls transmittance of an area, which corresponds to the light control unit and the extracted object. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185130 | Despeckling Red Laser Light - A method of despeckling light that includes mixing high-speckle far-red laser light with low-speckle green laser light in amounts selected to achieve a desired color point in a digital image. The far-red laser light may be red laser diodes with wavelengths in the range of 640 to 680 nm. The green laser light may include stimulated-Raman-scattering light from an optical fiber. The desired color point may be DCI red or Rec. 709 red. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185131 | Multi-Wavelength Light Source Apparatus - The present invention discloses a multi-wavelength light source apparatus. The multi-wavelength light source apparatus includes: a pump light source, configured to provide pump light; an erbium-doped optical fiber, configured to absorb energy of the pump light and emit wide-spectrum laser light; and an optical fiber, configured to filter the wide-spectrum laser light and output a multi-wavelength optical signal in a free spectral range of the optical filter, where the multi-wavelength optical signal is incident on the erbium-doped optical fiber, and the erbium-doped optical fiber is further configured to re-amplify and output the incident multi-wavelength optical signal. In the multi-wavelength light source apparatus in the embodiments of the present invention, a wavelength of output light can be selected, spectral energy of the output light is concentrated, and power of the output light is high. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185132 | ALL FIBER LOW DYNAMIC POINTING HIGH POWER LMA FIBER AMPLIFIER - High power fiber lasers include large or very large mode area active fibers. Mode preserving pump combiners are situated to counter-pump the active fiber using one or more pump sources. The mode preserving pump combiners preserve single mode propagation in a signal fiber, and such combiners can be identified based on optical spectra, beam quality, or temporal response. Active fibers can also be included in a pump combiner so that the active fiber is splice free from an input end that receives a seed pulse to an output end. Peak powers of over 100 kW can be obtained. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185133 | CONTROLLED TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTION IN WINDOWS - A variable transmission medium having a plurality of patterned surfaces disposed on light-transmissive material and separated by an inter-surface gap enabling regulation of light transmission by a change in angle of incident or viewing. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185134 | INFRARED LENS UNIT, IMAGE CAPTURE MODULE, AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An infrared lens unit includes, in order from the object side, an aperture, a lens group, and a band-pass filter which passes a light beam of a prescribed wavelength band of the infrared region. The lens group further includes, in order from the object side, a first meniscus lens which has a positive power and is convex on the object side, a second meniscus lens which has a positive power and is convex on the image side, and a convex lens which has a positive power and is convex on the object side. The lens group further includes a near-telecentric state on the image side, wherein the angle of entry of the light beam into the band-pass filter is either 0° or close to 0°. Thus, it is possible to accurately pass a light beam of a prescribed wavelength band of the infrared region by the lens unit. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185135 | PROTECTIVE FILM FOR POLARIZING PLATE, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A protective film for polarizing plate contains a resin, an ultraviolet absorbing agent A having an absorption maximum in a wavelength range of from 350 to 400 nm and an ultraviolet absorbing agent B having an absorption maximum in a wavelength range of from 270 to 330 nm, and a content of the ultraviolet absorbing agent A is from 0.1 to 5% by weight relative to the resin, a content of the ultraviolet absorbing agent B is from 0.1 to 5% by weight relative to the resin, and the protective film fulfills the requirements (a) to (d) as defined herein. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185136 | MULTI DIRECTIONAL ILLUMINATION FOR A MICROSCOPE AND MICROSCOPE - A dome illumination for a microscope and a microscope are disclosed. At least one objective lens carries a dome at a free end, wherein the free end of the objective lens is facing a surface of the object. At least one light source is arranged such that an illumination is provided to the dome when the objective lens is positioned in an optical axis or working position of the microscope. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185137 | Optical Microscope Apparatus - An optical microscope system and method having a birefringent material for decomposing light from a light source into ordinary and extraordinary waves, a first prism for directing the decomposed light sequentially through a specimen and an objective along a light path and a second prism positioned in the light path of the decomposed light, said second prism positioned subsequent the objective and prior to an ocular assembly. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185138 | PERISCOPE WITH WIDE-ANGLE VIEWING FIELD - A periscope that provides a wide-angle viewing field while having a compact physical size is provided. The periscope has at least two objective lenses with their optical axes at an angle to each other so that the objective lenses image different solid angle regions. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185139 | Birefringent Crystal Polarization Beam Splitter Assembly - An optical apparatus, comprising a polarization beam splitter (PBS) comprising a birefringent crystal having a front-end and a back-end, and an optical rotator positioned on the back-end of the birefringent crystal. Included is an optical apparatus comprising a PBS comprising a birefringent crystal and an optical rotator, wherein the PBS is configured to receive a multiplexed optical signal comprising a first polarized optical signal and a second polarized optical signal, wherein the second polarized optical signal is orthogonal to the first polarized optical signal, separate the first polarized optical signal from the second polarized optical signal using the birefringent crystal, and rotate the second polarized optical signal using the optical rotator such that the rotated second polarized optical signal is parallel to the first polarized optical signal. The PBS may further comprise only one lens, wherein the lens is positioned on the front-end of the birefringent crystal. | 2014-07-03 |