| 28th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
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| 20090174858 | Array Substrate Adapted for Liquid Crystal Display Device and Liquid Crystal Display Device - An array substrate adapted for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and the liquid crystal display device are provided. The LCD device includes an opposing substrate, an array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The array substrate is disposed opposite to the opposing substrate, and the liquid crystal layer is filled therebetween. The array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of switching devices, and an insulating layer. The scan lines are substantially perpendicular to the data lines to define a plurality of array pixels. The switching devices are connected to the corresponding scan lines and the data lines. The insulating layer is deposited above the scan lines and the data lines, and has a plurality of free ends. Two of the free ends define a broken region. Each of the free ends has a tilt down profile with a decreasing width facing the broken region. The profile can avoid the short circuiting between the two adjacent array pixels, which is caused by the residual transmissive electrode during the process. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174859 | LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING METHOD, AND LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet discharging method of the present invention forms a pattern on a substrate by discharging liquid droplets on the substrate from a discharging bead having a liquid droplet discharging device, and moving the discharging head and the substrate relatively, and includes the steps of: preparing CAD data specified by a combination of a plurality of vector data; preparing bitmap data including an XY-matrix in which discharging positions of the liquid droplets are specified based on the CAD data; preparing liquid droplet discharging data for discharging of the liquid droplets based on the bitmap data; and forming the pattern by driving the liquid droplet discharging device based on the liquid droplet discharging data. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174860 | EYEGLASS FRAME WITH EMBEDDED DESIGN PATTERN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An eyeglass frame including a thermoplastic sheet laminate incorporating transfer printing eyeglass decorative patterns and a one or more covering layers bonded thereto. A process for manufacturing an eyeglass frame including: preparing a thermoplastic sheet laminate incorporating eyeglass decorative patterns; bending said thermoplastic sheet laminate under heat and pressure forming a one or more intermediate products in a first mold; and bonding a one or more covering layers to the intermediate products from the bending step in a second mold. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174861 | Rimless Eyeglasses Having Side Branches Essentially Of Wire Structure - The invention relates to rimless eyeglasses comprising a bridge ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174862 | METHOD FOR TREATING A LENS APT TO TRIMMING AND LENS APT TO TRIMMING - A method for treating an ophthalmic lens comprising two main sides, wherein at least one side comprises an organic or mineral external layer coated with a MgF | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174863 | FREE FORM OPHTHALMIC LENS - This invention provides for an ophthalmic lens with at least one portion of the lens including multiple voxels of polymerized crosslinkable material. In addition, the present invention provides for apparatus for generating an ophthalmic lens with at least one portion including multiple voxels of polymerized crosslinkable material. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic Lens includes a surface with one or both of a raised area and a depressed area. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174864 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING EYE MOVEMENT - A system for tracking eye movement is disclosed. A first light source, emitting light including a first wavelength, is adapted to illuminate corneal tissue of an eye. The first wavelength is selected such that it is strongly absorbed by corneal tissue. A position sensitive detector is adapted to detect a reflection of light at the first wavelength off the corneal tissue. Signal may be generated in response to the detected reflection which are representative of the position of the reflection, and therefore the position of the corneal tissue, with respect to the position sensitive detector. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174865 | Pupilary Screening Method and System - A method of screening a pupil of a subject to determine whether the pupil reflex resembles a canonical pupil reflex is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of stimulating the pupil with a stimulus source. The method further includes the steps of using a pupilometer to track the pupil's constriction response over a duration of time, wherein the step of tracking the pupil constriction response begins substantially simultaneously with or immediately subsequent to time | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174866 | PROJECTOR AND PROGRAM - A projector includes a projection light source, a light-off detector that detects that the projection light source is shut off, and a relighting controller that is triggered to carry out a relighting process for relighting the projection light source based on the detection performed by the light-off detector. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174867 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING IMAGE ARTIFACTS IN A PROJECTION DEVICE USING A SCROLLING REFRACTIVE ELEMENT - A system and method for reducing speckle and smearing phenomena caused by a coherent light source. The light beam from the coherent light source is preferably refracted by a rotating refractive element. The refracted beam is focused and projected through a light valve by a plurality of optical components. The rotation of the refractive element causes the beam to scroll across the surface of a light receiving element, which reduces the smearing effect. The rotation of the refractive element also causes the propagation path of the beam to vary, causing rays of the light beam to undergo relative phase shift, varying the interference pattern on the light receiving element, resulting in a reduction in the appearance of the speckle phenomenon. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174868 | Image processing system, projector, computer-readable storage medium, and image processing method - A projector is configured of a difference image generation section that generates a difference image between an all-white first calibration image and a second calibration image which includes an image having features at the center and periphery thereof, a center reference position detection section that detects a reference position of a center block area in the difference image, a peripheral reference position detection section that detects a reference position of a peripheral block area, and a projection area information generation section that generates projection area information indicating a position of a projection area, based on those reference positions. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174869 | Projection display and optical aperture unit - A gear portion meshing with the first step of a pinion gear at the side of a motor, which is a driving unit of optical aperture mechanism, is designed to be a two-gears composition of a gear portion abutting on one side surface of the channel of the pinion gear, and a gear portion abutting on the other side surface of the channel of the pinion gear. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174870 | Cleaning apparatus and immersion lithographic apparatus - A cleaning apparatus to clean a substrate or component of an immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed. The cleaning apparatus may comprise a plasma radical source, a conduit and a radical confinement system. The plasma radical source may provide a flow of radicals. The conduit may supply radicals from the plasma radical source to the surface to be cleaned. The radical confinement system may direct the radicals to clean a localized portion of the surface. The cleaning apparatus may comprise a rotator and may be configured to clean a substrate edge. An immersion lithographic apparatus comprising the cleaning apparatus to clean a surface is also disclosed. The immersion lithographic apparatus may comprise a substrate table to support a substrate and a fluid confinement structure to at least partly confine immersion fluid between a projection system and a substrate table and/or substrate. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174871 | Lithographic apparatus and method of cleaning a surface of an immersion lithographic apparatus - A method of cleaning a lithography apparatus using an aerosol spray is described. The spray from the aerosol is contained in a space. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174872 | Cleanup method for optics in immersion lithography - An immersion lithography apparatus and cleanup method used for the immersion lithography apparatus in which an immersion liquid is supplied to a gap between an optical element of a projection optics and a workpiece during an immersion lithography process. A surface of an object, which is different from the workpiece, is provided below the optical element, a supply port and a recovery port. During a cleanup process, a cleaning liquid is supplied onto the object such that the cleaning liquid covers only a portion of the surface of the object. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174873 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus that exposes a substrate is provided, the exposure apparatus comprising a first exposure system that drives a movable component which holds the substrate, and that, using patterned first exposure light, exposes a first shot area where a chip which is used to create a device can be formed on the substrate; and a second exposure system that comprises a holding component which is different from the movable component and is able to hold the substrate, and that, while relative movement between the substrate and patterned second exposure light, exposes a second shot area where the chip is not to be formed on the substrate using the second exposure light. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174874 | Optical Projection System - An optical projection unit comprising a first optical element module and at least one second optical element module is provided. The first optical element module comprises a first housing unit and at least a first optical element, the first optical element being received within the first housing unit and having an optically used first region defining a first optical axis. The at least one second optical element module is located adjacent to the first optical element module and comprises at least one second optical element, the second optical element defining a second optical axis of the optical projection unit. The first housing unit has a central first housing axis and an outer wall extending in a circumferential direction about the first housing axis. The first optical axis is at least one of laterally offset and inclined with respect to the first housing axis. Furthermore, the first housing axis is substantially collinear with the second optical axis. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174875 | SCANNING EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A scanning exposure apparatus is configured to project a pattern of an original onto a substrate by a projection optical system while scanning the original and the substrate, thereby scanning-exposing the substrate, the apparatus including a barycentric position adjusting unit configured to adjust, based on a target barycentric position, a barycentric position, in a direction of a scanning axis, of exposure light that irradiates an image plane of the projection optical system. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174876 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING THE IMAGING BEHAVIOR OF SUCH APPARATUS - The disclosure relates to an optical apparatus including a light source that emits light in the form of light pulses having a pulse frequency, and including at least one optical element. The disclosure also relates to a projection exposure machine including a pulsed light source and a projection objective, and to a method for modifying the imaging behavior of such an apparatus, such as in a projection exposure machine. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174877 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic projection system has an illumination system with a polarization member. A plurality of directing elements reflect different sub-beams of an incident beam into adjustable, individually controllable directions. By means of re-directing optics any desired polarized spatial intensity distribution of the beam can be produced in its cross-sectional plane. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174878 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE - An optical measurement device for measuring an optical appearance of a surface of a sample, in particular the surface of a human skin, wherein the optical measurement device comprises: a first illumination device ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174879 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY EXAMINING SECURITY DOCUMENTS - An apparatus for optical analysis of value documents (BN) possesses a recording area ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174880 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An optical plate having an exit pupil array or a lens array aligned at a predetermined pitch is disposed at the front of a display. A test pattern is supplied to the display to light a pixel corresponding to the predetermined pitch. A first optical element transmits a light from an inspection position of the optical plate. A second optical element coaxially disposed on the first optical element, focuses the light from the first optical element. An image from the light focused at the second optical element is obtained. A three-dimensional position at the inspection position of the optical plate relative to the display or a predetermined period of the optical plate is calculated from a position and a period of luminance distribution of the image, and a distance between the optical plate and the first optical element. Whether the three-dimensional position or the predetermined period is within a threshold is inspected. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174881 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR A FLOW CYTOMETER WITH AN INTERROGATION ZONE - The optical system of the preferred embodiments includes a first light source that creates a first beam of a first wavelength, a first collimating element that collimates the first beam, a second light source | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174882 | Spatial Separation of Optical Frequency Components Using Photonic Crystals - Disclosed are various devices and methods employing photonic crystals ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174883 | OPTICAL METROLOGY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Metrology systems and methods that measure thin film thickness and or index of refraction of semiconductor wafers with at least one deposited or grown thin film layer. The present invention measures near normal incidence and grazing angle of incidence reflection (using reflected broadband UV, visible, and near infrared electromagnetic radiation) from a small region on a sample. Embodiments of the system selectively comprise a near-normal incidence spectrometer/ellipsometer, a high angle of incidence spectrometer/ellipsometer, or a combination of the two. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174884 | Resonant Optothermoacoustic Detection of Optical Absorption - A device comprising an acoustic detector, one or more thermal sensing elements coupled to the acoustic detector, and a light source. A method comprising directing a beam of light at a wavelength at or near one or more thermal sensing elements, wherein the thermal sensing elements are coupled to an acoustic detector, determining a resonance frequency of the acoustic detector, wherein the acoustic detector is coupled to one or more of the thermal sensing elements, and measuring the response of the acoustic detector to detect optical radiation absorption proximate to or at the surface of one or more thermal sensing elements. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174885 | Sensor And Method Utilizing Multiple Optical Interferometers - Disclosed is a low-cost high-resolution compact accelerometer which utilizes multiple self-mixing optical interferometers. The device is also a micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems (MOEMS) sensor. The interferometers are used to detect acceleration as well as monitor the wavelength, temperature, and refractive index and perform differential measurements. In addition, photodetectors are employed to monitor the input optical power. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174886 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE BY OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY - In optical tomography measurement using light, the wavelength of which is periodically swept, interference light between reflection light and reference light is split into first interference light and second interference light by a light splitting means. The optical path length of the first interference light and that of the second interference light are adjusted by an interference-light optical path length adjustment means so that they become the same. Further, balanced detection is performed on the first interference light and the second interference light by an interference light detection means. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174887 | Printer, printer control program, printer control method, image processing device, image processing program, image processing method, and storage medium storing the program therein - The printer includes a print head having nozzles that are arranged in a plurality of lines and that form dots by discharging ink onto a medium used for printing. The printer prints out an image on the medium by one scanning operation using the print head. The printer includes a printing image data acquisition device, an N-level processing device, a dot forming information generating device, a print position information modification device, and a printing device. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174888 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming part which picks up a recording medium at a predetermined pickup timing and forms an image at a predetermined printing speed; and a controller which accelerates the timing for picking up the recording medium in advance of the predetermined pickup timing, and which lowers the printing speed so as to allow the printing operation to take place at a lower fusing temperature during warming up from a cold start in order to shorten the first print output time (FPOT). | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174889 | METHOD TO PREVENT COUNTERFEIT AND MULTI-FUNCTION PRINTER USING THE SAME METHOD - A method of preventing counterfeiting an object document in a multi-function printer, the method includes discriminating the document, determining whether a job on the discriminated document is prohibited, and printing the document of which front and back sides are different in a duplex-printing start position in the case that the job on the document is prohibited. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174890 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - The image forming device includes an image data input unit that receives image data of a document; a set password acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a password from the image data received by the image data input unit; an input password receiving unit that starts reception of input of the password before the reception of the image data of all pages of the document is completed by the image data input unit; a password verification unit that performs verification between an input password and a set password; and a job execution unit that cancels execution limit of a job based on a verification result and executes the job, wherein, when the password is set in arbitrary one page of the document, the image data input unit sequentially completes the reception of the image data of the next page of the arbitrary one page of the document, before the input of the password corresponding to the password set in the arbitrary one page is completed by the input password receiving unit. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174891 | RIGHT INFORMATION MANAGING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A right information managing device includes: a right information storage that associates both old right information and new right information with a target user, and that stores, as first right information showing the right to use of the target user for an information processor, the information associated with the target user; a detecting unit that detects a start of a use of the information processor based on the new right information by the target user; and a use limiting unit that limits the use of the information processor based on the old right information by the target user in accordance with a result obtained by the detecting unit. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174892 | Server device, image forming apparatus, and image processing system - An image forming apparatus, a client PC, and a thin client PC are connected to a server device via a network. The client PC, or the thin client PC, transmits a printing instruction to the server device and the server device transmits the printing instruction to the image forming apparatus. In a thin client environment, a network between the server device and the image forming apparatus can be a narrowband network. Therefore, the server device compresses the whole printing instruction and then transmits the compressed printing instruction to the image forming apparatus. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174893 | PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A print management system is provided with a printer having a tag reader that reads a unique identifier of an IC tag attached to a medium, a log server that acquires information related to printing on the medium as a log, an ID management server that receives the identifier read by the tag reader, links the identifier to the time of printing on the medium or time at which the information of the IC tag is received and holds them in a storage and a print log integrating server that transmits the identifier of the IC tag attached to the medium to the ID management server, acquires the time at which the identifier is received from the ID management server, acquires logs in the vicinity of the time from the log server, links the log and the medium, stores and manages them in the storage. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174894 | PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL SERVER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - To provide a mechanism for causing a printing apparatus in which a user logged to display data printable by the user, there is provided a printing control method in a printing control system in which the image forming apparatus includes the steps of transmitting the input user identification information to the printing control server, and displaying the printing data information list received from the printing control server, so that the printing data printable by the image forming apparatus and the printing data not printable by the image forming apparatus can be discriminated from each other. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174895 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ROUTING OF PRINT JOBS - A computer-implemented method for controlling routing of print jobs, the computer-implemented method includes determining whether a print job meets at least one predetermined criteria and sending a notification based on a result of the determination. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174896 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system includes a printing device, and a printing data processing device. A status data generating unit generates status data indicating a status of the printing device. A storing unit stores status image data that graphically indicates a content of the status data. A text data generating unit generates status text data that explanatorily indicates a content of the status image data with words. A data editing unit edits the window data to include the status text data and the status image data. A display unit displays the window by using window data such that the window displays an image corresponding to the status image data and a text corresponding to the status text data. A specifying unit specifies the text on the window. A voicing unit voices the specified text based on the corresponding status text data. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174897 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus that reflects edited content in a process flow when the process flow has been created based on a template and the template forming the basis of the process flow has been edited. To accomplish this, the information processing apparatus, which executes processes in accordance with process flows, creates a process flow that describes the process content of tasks, based on a process flow template. At this time, the information processing apparatus edits the template used by the process flow when editing of the template is instructed, and changes a portion corresponding to the template of the created process flow into the changed content of the edited template. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174898 | PLURALITY OF IMAGE PROCESSING IN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING ONE OR MORE NETWORK-CONNECTED IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSES - An image processing apparatus in an image processing system in which a plurality of image processing apparatuses is connected via a network performs processing as below. The apparatus judges a type of data, sets priorities of image processings for the data in accordance with the judged type, obtains a plurality of image processing capabilities provided for the plurality of image processing apparatuses via the network, and determines a processing route along which the data is processed through the plurality of image processing apparatuses. Image processings for the data are performed in the image processing system by transferring the data along the determined processing route. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174899 | Method and Apparatus for Asynchronous Print Analysis - The disclosed print tracking software takes the process of asynchronous print analysis currently available in the prior art in which the final print tracking events, such as billing and enforcement, occur in a nonlinear, non-sequential or non-temporal fashion, and expands on this model by achieving similar non-linearity at the front-end analysis phase by re-arranging the timing in which the printing and print analysis takes place within the print software. A print stream extraction component places print stream data from a print job in a known cache location. The print job continues to a printer while independently a software monitor component checks for new cache data and if new cache data is found, invokes an analyzer component which writes print related statistics to a data store for subsequent billing and reporting purposes. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174900 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - The image forming device includes: an image data input unit that receives image data of a document; a set password acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a password from the image data received by an image data input unit; an image data input completion determination unit that determines whether or not all image data of the document is received by the image data input unit; an input password receiving unit that starts reception of input of the password, when the image data input completion determination unit determines that the image data input unit receives all image data of the document; a password verification unit that performs verification between an input password and a set password; and a job execution unit that cancels execution limit of a job based on a verification result to execute the job. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174901 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - There is provided an image forming device that executes a job, being prescribed processing regarding image data, with execution of the job of this image data restricted by a password set in the image data. The image forming device includes: a password input unit that inputs the password necessary for releasing a restriction of executing the job; a password receiving unit that receives input password information, being information regarding the inputted password; a job execution instruction receiving unit that receives a job execution instruction after the password receiving unit receives the input password information; and a password verification unit that receives the job execution instruction and verifies the inputted password with a password set in the image data, wherein the job is executed by using the job image data based on a verification result of the password verification unit. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174902 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA TO ENHANCE IMAGE PROCESSING IN A COLOR REPROGRAPHIC SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and media to enhance image processing for a color reprographic system are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention may calibrate a component like scanner and/or printer in response to user input and/or coupling the component to the reprographic system. More specifically, embodiments may generate correction parameters that describe differences in color values between an image scanned by a scanner or an image printed by the printer by comparing the outputs to known characteristics like color values for the image. Some embodiments comprise a graphical user interface (GUI) to communicate with the user, allowing the user to select user preferences to change, for example, the brightness of an image being copied. Further embodiments incorporate network and phone system interfaces to communicate with remote components as well as to receive input from and/or output to other systems via email, facsimile, etc. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174903 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REMOTE MONITORING OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method and system for monitoring and controlling machines, such as printers, copiers, facsimile machine and other image forming machines. A server is used for transmitting and communicating information among machines and computers. The server acquires, after machine installation, reference values and during operation, current condition information. The server evaluates this information with the reference values such that a response to the machine may be executed remotely. The server also may update the reference values which change during operation. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174904 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING A CAPABILITY OF HALTING A PRINTING PROCESS FOR OFF-LINE PROCESSING, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING PROCESS INCLUDING HALTING THE PRINTING PROCESS FOR OFF-LINE PROCESSING - A printing process is preset for each page of a print job such that the printing process is halted when a page needs off-line processing, and the printing process is resumed in response to an operation to resume the printing process. After the print job is started, a CPU determines for each page whether off-line processing is specified to be performed. If the current page is specified to be subjected to off-line processing, the printing process is halted. If an operation to resume the print processing is detected, the printing process is resumed. Thus, after the print job is started, a user can make a confirmation in terms of the printing state of the printer before printing for the particular page is started. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174905 | SCANNER CHARACTERISTIC ADJUSTMENT - A method and system sense print a calibration feature towards an edge of a medium, scan the feature to determine a parameter and adjust a characteristic of the scanner based on the parameter. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174906 | OPEN SYSTEMS PRINTING - A method for open systems printing including routing print jobs automatically from different types of source computers to different types of printers without the source computers selecting printers for each print job. The method including routing print jobs automatically from an arbitrary number of source computers to an arbitrary number of printers without the source computers selecting printers for each print job. The method using a print server for use with different types of source computers and different types of printers, the print server directs print jobs received from the source computers to the printers without the source computers selecting printers for each print job. The print server being for use with an arbitrary number of similar types of source computers and an arbitrary number of similar types of printers, the print server directing print jobs received from the source computers to the printers without the source computers selecting printers for each print job. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174907 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOMIZED, BIDIRECTIONAL PRINTING - Method and apparatus for randomized printing of transactions or voting records using a printer with a paper roll supply where after one area is printed, the paper is randomly shifted either in a one or bidirectional fashion to another area not adjacent to the previously printed area thus removing a set print record order and preserving randomness in print. Motorized paper rollers are used for bidirectional paper shifting, an optical sensor is used to check if an area of paper roll is available for printing by reading indicia, and algorithms are used to randomly move the paper roll to prevent printing in continuous motion. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174908 | METHOD OF PRINTING AND PRINTER - In an inkjet printer, a halftone image is generated from a grayscale original image with using a first threshold matrix, and the halftone image is printed with color inks having light curability on a base member with liquid repellency. A tint image with a dot area rate 1 to 40% is generated with a second threshold matrix where the number of halftone dots defined in a unit area in an image generated with the second threshold matrix is smaller than that in an image generated with the first threshold matrix, and the tint image is printed with clear ink having light curability. On the base member, halftone dots of the clear ink are distributed according to the tint image, and relatively large projections and depressions are macroscopically uniformly formed with lessening small projections and depressions of the color inks, to acquire a printed matter with uniform gloss. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174909 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA TO ENHANCE IMAGE PROCESSING IN A COLOR REPROGRAPHIC SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and media to enhance image processing for a color reprographic system are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention may calibrate a component like scanner and/or printer in response to user input and/or coupling the component to the reprographic system. More specifically, embodiments may generate correction parameters that describe differences in color values between an image scanned by a scanner or an image printed by the printer by comparing the outputs to known characteristics like color values for the image. Some embodiments comprise a graphical user interface (GUI) to communicate with the user, allowing the user to select user preferences to change, for example, the brightness of an image being copied. Further embodiments incorporate network and phone system interfaces to communicate with remote components as well as to receive input from and/or output to other systems via email, facsimile, etc. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174910 | DIGITAL WATERMARK EMBEDDING APPARATUS AND DIGITAL WATERMARK DETECTING APPARATUS - A plurality of background texture patterns each of which includes a region not having a dot and having a feature different from those of the other background texture patterns, are combined, and information is embedded in a background region of a document image. Then, a mathematical-morphology-based conversion is performed on the document image, and thereby a feature of a region not having a dot in each of the background texture patterns is extracted in order to identify the embedded information. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174911 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processor includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires image information of a plurality of pages formed by reading copies of a plurality of pages with an image reading unit; a second acquiring unit that acquires image information composed of at least one page formed by reading the copy of at least one page selected from the copies of the plurality of pages by the image reading unit; and an outputting unit that outputs the image information composed of the plurality of pages divided in accordance with the page specified on the basis of the image information of at least one page of the image information of the plurality of pages. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174912 | METHOD OF EMBEDDING DATA IN ORIGINAL IMAGE WITH REDUCED EFFECT ON VISIBILITY OF ORIGINAL IMAGE - A PC generating image data divides data to be embedded into a predetermined size and arranges it in a predetermined area of a watermarking image. In the predetermined area are defined positions a-h assumed by an information dot configuring an information pattern based on the data to be embedded, and, of positions a-h, a position defined for the information pattern is assumed by a point dot. Of positions a-h, a position that is not defined for the information pattern is assumed by a linear dot. Furthermore in the predetermined area there is a position assumed by a positioning dot defining the predetermined area, and this position is assumed by a point dot. The linear dot has a geometry extending in one of the main scanning direction and vertical scanning direction of an image formation apparatus that allows higher performance in reproducibility for a line. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174913 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The invention aims to provide an image forming apparatus digitally correcting curve and inclination of a laser beam. To this end, provided is an image forming apparatus that corrects a position shift of a scan line in a sub-scanning direction. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174914 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING ARTICLES - Method and apparatus for applying unique composite indicia or markings to a succession of articles, in which each unique composite indicium comprises two or more indicia. At least part of each of the indicia may be co-located at a predetermined location on the article with such co-location being unique or distinct for each composite indicium for each article. The indicium may be overprinted with one or more images, logos or color-schemes. A code (e.g. an alphanumeric string) that is stored in a database may be derived from the composite indicium from one or more mathematical properties. The code may be later accessed for identifying or verifying the article with the indicium. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174915 | LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A write control circuit includes a first data switching circuit that sets a correspondence relationship between signals from line buffers and input signals to a delay circuitry, based on a signal from a CPU; and a second data switching circuit that sets a correspondence relationship between output signals of the delay circuitry and drive signals, based on a signal from the CPU. This enables a plurality of light emitting sections to be driven properly, regardless of a main scanning direction and an arrangement of a plurality of light spots being in any of CASE-1 to CASE-4 in an optical scanning device. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174916 | IMAGE INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING THE SAME - With a small and simple constitution, a three-dimensional subject and a sheet document can be imaged. There are provided an image forming unit ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174917 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a reader connecting unit capable of being connected with an original document reader. The original document reader can be a color original document reader that reads original documents in color mode or a monochrome original document reader that reads original documents in monochrome mode. A control unit receives original document data from the original document reader connected to the reader connecting unit, subjects the original document data to prescribed processing corresponding to the format of the original document data and generates image data. Finally, an image forming unit forms an image based on the image data. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174918 | ELECTRICALLY-CONTROLLED, VARIABLE FOCAL LENGTH H-PDLC OPTICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An optical imaging apparatus having a variable focal length is disclosed. A plurality of holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal (“H-PDLC”) lenses are arranged in a stack, each lens having a unique focal length. A controller is configured to program a plurality of voltages applied to the plurality of H-PDLC lenses to achieve a plurality of focal lengths, the plurality of focal lengths higher than the plurality of H-PDLC lenses. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174919 | Directed illumination diffraction optics auto-stereo display - A display device includes a surface configured to be illuminated by at least two directed light beams, and one or more holographic optical elements. The surface is configured and disposed with respect to the holographic optical element to display an autostereo image that is illuminated by the directed light beams wherein the holographic element diffracts the directed light beams to form separate stereo viewing areas. The surface and the holographic optical element may be configured and oriented with respect to each other to enable the directed light beams to be alternately switched in synchronization with left and right stereo images presented on the surface to yield an autostereo view to one or more observers. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174920 | APPARATUS FOR RECORDING/REPRODUCING HOLOGRAPHIC DATA - A holographic information recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes: a light source to emit light; a polarization conversion device to form a polarized signal beam and an orthogonal polarized reference beam; an optical path forming optical system to separate the optical paths of the signal beam and the reference beam; a focus adjustment optical system disposed on the optical path of at least one of the signal beam and the reference beam, and to vary a position of a focus of at least one of the signal beam and the reference beam in a depth direction of the holographic information storage medium; an objective lens to focus the signal beam and the reference beam in the holographic information storage medium, and form an interference pattern to record information; and a 4f relay system disposed on an optical path between the focus adjustment optical system and the objective lens. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174921 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical device includes a mass section in a plate shape including a light reflector with light reflectivity, a supporting section for supporting the mass section, a pair of elastic sections with elastic deformability for coupling the mass section to the supporting section in a pivotally movable manner, and a driving unit for pivotally moving the mass section, the driving unit including a magnetic section provided to the mass section, magnetized in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the mass section, a pair of magnetic poles with different polarities, provided in a manner to face each other in a direction perpendicular to a pivotal movement central axis with the magnetic portion intervened on the basis of a top view of the mass section in a non-driven condition, and a magnetic field generator having a coil for generating a magnetic force between the pair of magnetic poles. The mass section is pivotally moved upon torsional deformation of the elastic section by operating the driving unit so that a direction of light reflected by the light reflector is changeable. The magnetic generator is structured in a manner to generate a magnetic field between the pair of magnetic poles by applying a voltage to the coil to pivotally move the mass section with respect to the supporting section. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174922 | LIGHT DEFLECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS EFFICIENTLY USING A FLOATING MIRROR - Method of deflecting light includes the steps of providing a substrate and forming a supporting member on the substrate. Next forming step forms electrodes at predetermined positions on the substrate. Next forming step forms a plate-like-shaped thin film member including light reflecting means. Placing step places the plate-like-shaped thin film member on the supporting member so that an opposite surface thereof faces the electrodes. Forming step forms space regulating members on edges of the substrate for regulating a space formed above the substrate in which the plate-like-shaped thin film member is freely movable. Applying step applies predetermined voltages to the electrodes to change a tilt direction of the plate-like-shaped thin film member in accordance with the voltages applied to deflect the input light in an arbitrary direction. Disclosure also describes light deflecting apparatuses, light deflecting array apparatuses, image forming apparatuses, image projection display apparatuses, and optical data transmission apparatuses. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174923 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device comprising a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a light-emitting layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate which is capable of emitting light from a plurality of pixels including at least a first subpixel and a second subpixel, the first subpixel forming a first image and the second subpixel forming a second image, and a light-shielding layer arranged between the second substrate and the light-emitting layer having an opening which is capable of transmitting light emitted from a first subpixel in the light-emitting layer through the second substrate to a first range and transmitting light emitted from the second subpixel of the light-emitting layer through the second substrate to a second range. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174924 | ELECTRO OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro optical device having a substrate, scanning lines, data lines, and pixel electrodes arranged to correspond to intersections of scanning and data lines, a counter electrode opposite the substrate from a pixel electrode, an emission layer between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode, a driving transistor connected to the pixel electrode, a driving circuit for supplying a signal to at least one of the scanning lines and data lines, a potential supply line for the driving circuit, an insulating film between the driving transistor and the counter electrode, the insulating film in a first area on the substrate, and a planarizing layer covering the counter electrode, wherein the potential supply line extends along an edge of the substrate in a second area, and the planarizing layer covers the insulating film and overlaps with at least a part of the potential supply line in the second area. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174925 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE - An electrode that includes a transparent substrate having a first and second surface; a conductive layer disposed on the second surface of the substrate; and an electrode layer disposed on the conductive layer, wherein the electrode layer includes doped tin oxide nanoparticles and an organic binder, and wherein the electrode layer is transparent. Also disclosed is a method of making such an electrode and electrochromic articles including such an electrode. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174926 | Micromirror device with a single address electrode - A micromirror device comprises a plurality of mirrors arranged on a substrate, an elastic hinge for supporting each mirror to be deflectable in a plurality of directions, an address electrode composed of first and second regions that are arranged across the deflection axis of each mirror, and a driving circuit for controlling the mirror to deflect in the directions of the first and the second regions. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174927 | Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing Electrophoretic Displays - A method for manufacturing an electrophoretic display includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a flexible plate on the substrate; forming an electrophoretic layer on the flexible plate; forming a transparent protection layer on the electrophoretic layer; forming an edge protection member between the flexible plate and the transparent protection member, the edge protection member surrounding the electrophoretic layer; and providing a laser beam to irradiate the flexible plate from a side of the substrate facing away from flexible plate, so as to release the substrate from the flexible plate. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174928 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display substrate, an electrophoretic display (EPD) device including the same, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The display substrate includes a display region and a non-display region. The display region includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) and a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed at crossings of the gate lines and the data lines. The non-display region is located at a peripheral region of the display region and includes a solar battery. The solar battery includes at least one semiconductor layer arranged between a lower electrode and an upper electrode that oppose each other. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174929 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source device includes: a light source unit configured to emit light; a wavelength conversion element configured to convert the wavelength of light emitted from the light source unit; a light source housing configured to accommodate at least the light source unit and the wavelength conversion element; and a temperature control unit configured to control temperature of the wavelength conversion element. The temperature control unit is disposed outside the light source housing. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174930 | REGENERATIVE LASER AMPLIFIER - A laser amplifier system is presented including a pump regenerative amplifier. The amplifier generally has a cavity defined by a pair of end cavity mirrors between which an amplified pump pulse oscillates. The amplifier also includes an interaction cell with a tunable gain medium amplifies laser pulses (e.g., Raman gain). The interaction cell may be positioned within the pump amplifier cavity and an input pulse may be injected into the cavity of the amplifier to transit through the tunable gain medium of the interaction cell. A pump pulse transfers energy via interaction with the input pulse (e.g., Raman interaction) as the pulses counter-propagate through the gain medium of the interaction cell. Amplification of output laser pulses, however, is generally achieved according to the wavelength of the pump laser pulses thereby providing a wavelength dependent, or “tunable”, means for amplifying laser pulses. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174931 | Fourier domain mode locking: method and apparatus for control and improved performance - A control system for improving and stabilizing Fourier domain mode locking (FDML) operation. The control system may also provide regulation of FDML operational parameters such as filter tuning, laser gain, polarization, polarization chromaticity, elliptical polarization retardance, and/or dispersion. The control system may be located internal to or external from the FDML laser cavity. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174932 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER BANDWIDTH ALTERATION - The alteration of the bandwidth of an optical amplifier. Before alteration, optical signals having a first set of wavelengths are provided through a gain medium of the optical amplifier. In addition, a first pump having a set of pump wavelengths is propagated through the gain medium to thereby amplify the optical signals. After alteration, optical signals having at least a partially different set of wavelengths are able to be optically amplified by coupling a second pump into the optical medium. The second pump is at least partially distinct from the first pump in that the second pump includes at least one pump wavelength that was not included in the first pump. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174933 | EFFICIENT DISCRETE AMPLIFICATION - An optical amplification mechanism that introduces optical pump(s) into one port of an optical circulator. The optical circulator directs the optical pumps from that port into another port that is coupled to the output of a gain stage. The optical pump(s) then pass from the output to the input of the gain stage while amplifying an optical signal passing from the input to the output of the gain stage. A residual amount of optical pump(s) that exits the input of the gain stage is reflected back into the input of the gain stage. The reflected optical pump(s) then further assists in the amplification of the optical signal. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174934 | REPAIR METHOD FOR OPTICAL ELEMENTS HAVING A COATING AND CORRESPONDING OPTICAL ELEMENTS - A method for repairing optical elements having a coating, in which the coating is fully or partially removed or left on the optical element, a polishing layer being provided in the coating or a polishing layer being applied, which allows simple processing of the surface to achieve high geometrical accuracy and lower surface roughness. A new coating is applied onto the corresponding polishing layer. Also addressed are corresponding optical elements, including optical elements recycled according to the method. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174935 | SCANNING MICROSCOPE HAVING COMPLEMENTARY, SERIAL SCANNERS - Described is a scanning microscope that includes at least two scanners disposed in series within an excitation beam, wherein one of the scanners is a two-axis galvanometer-controlled scanner, and the other of the scanners is a single-axis resonant scanner. The device may also include a spatial detection system disposed within the excitation beam at a point downstream of the at least two scanners, wherein the spatial detection system is configured to detect a sum of deflections generated by the at least two scanners, or to detect angular differences in the excitation beam when two or more illumination sources are used. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174936 | MICROSCOPE ARRAY FOR MULTANEOUSLY IMAGING MULTIPLE OBJECTS - A microscope array for simultaneously imaging multiple objects. A preferred embodiment of a method according to the invention includes arranging the objects into an array, providing a microscope array having a plurality of imaging elements with respective fields of view arranged into a corresponding array such that the imaging elements are optically aligned respectively with the objects, and simultaneously imaging the objects with the microscope array to produce respective images of the objects. The invention also provides for scanning while imaging, and for stepping and repeating the imaging process. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174937 | OBJECTIVE-COUPLED SELECTIVE PLANE ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPY - A microscope assembly ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174938 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope includes a condenser lens that is provided in an illumination light path and in which at least one optical device is insertable into and removable from an illumination light axis for switching observation method. The microscope also includes a first polarizing plate that is provided in the same light axis as the optical device and is insertable into and removable from the illumination light axis integrally with the optical device; and a second polarizing plate that is provided in the illumination light axis independently from insertion and removal of the optical device into and from the illumination light axis. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174939 | Binocular - Binoculars have two tubes which are connected to each other via a folding bridge and an Abbe-König prism system is arranged in each tube. The Abbe-König prism systems are each provided for image reversal of respective visual viewing beam paths. Each Abbe-König system comprises an isosceles prism and a roof prism adjacent thereto. A laser transmitter ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174940 | CURVED LENSES CONFIGURED TO DECODE THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT - Curved lenses configured to decode three dimensional content and method of fabricating the same. The lenses comprise a polyvinylalcohol polarizer film laminated with triacetate on both sides, wherein the polarizer film has a polarizing efficiency equal to or exceeding 99% and a transmittance percentage equal to or exceeding 35% and a retarder film (e.g., norbornene copolymer resin) laminated on a front surface of the polyvinylalcohol polarizer film laminated with triacetate and aligned to produce a desired circular polarization responsive to specified retardation wavelengths. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174941 | OPTICAL DEVICE - There is provided an optical device including a plurality of first phasors having substantially the same phase delaying axis as each other; and a plurality of second phasors having substantially the same phase delaying axis as each other in a direction different from that of the first phasors and providing a phase difference substantially the same as that provided by the first phasors, in which the plurality of first phasors and the plurality of second phasors are arranged on substantially the same face, a density of the first phasors is substantially the same as a density of the second phasors, and a spatial distribution of the density of the first phasors and a spatial distribution of the density of the second phasors are substantially uniform. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174942 | Azo compound and dye polarizing film containing the same - Disclosed is an azo compound represented by the formula (1) or (2) below, or a salt thereof. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174943 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR - An illumination device includes: a light source unit that emits coherent light; and a diffractive optical element that diffracts the coherent light emitted from the light source unit and makes the diffracted light travel to an illuminated surface. The diffractive optical element is disposed such that the coherent light is incident in a state of being inclined with respect to a perpendicular line of a reference plane on which the diffractive optical element is disposed. Zero-order light, which is light other than the diffracted light, of light components emitted from the diffractive optical element travels to a position other than the illuminated surface. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174944 | A Structural Body, a Method for Forming a Structural Body, an Apparatus for Forming a Structural Body, a Method for Reading a Structural Color and/or Diffraction Light, and a Truth/False Discriminating Method - Decoration of a material is enabled with a high degree of recycling properties while satisfying the requirements for putting a structural color into practical use on the industrial scale. Furthermore, whether an object is genuine or not can be verified easily, and reusing by peeling as in the case of a hologram seal is prevented. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174945 | CONTIGUOUS MICROLENS ARRAY, METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME AND PHOTOMASK FOR DEFINING THE SAME - A contiguous microlens array including a plurality of contiguous microlenses is described. Each microlens has substantially circular contours at the heights higher than the connection sections of the microlens with neighboring microlenses, and has substantially partially circular contours at the heights on the connection sections adjacent to the neighboring microlenses. The shape of the curved surface of a microlens in the microlens array is selectively adjusted according to its position in the array and the incident angle of light incident thereto. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174946 | CUSTOMIZABLE HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - A HMD including a display substrate and an optics module disposed in a housing for generating an image and projecting a beam of the image on the display substrate, wherein a position of the beam from the optics module with respect to the display substrate is adjustable so as to adjust a virtual distance at which the image is seen. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174947 | Electronic element wafer module; electronic element module; sensor wafer module; sensor module; lens array plate; manufacturing method for the sensor module; and electronic information device - An electronic element wafer module is provided, comprising: an electronic element wafer arranged with a plurality of electronic elements having a through hole electrode; a resin adhesion layer formed in a predetermined area on the electronic element wafer; a transparent cover member covering the electronic element wafer and fixed on the resin adhesion layer; and a plurality of resin optical elements adhered and fixed on the transparent cover member to be integrated in such a manner to correspond to the respective plurality of electronic elements. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174948 | LIQUID-BASED OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention discloses an optical device comprising a container enclosing an insulating liquid (A) and a liquid responsive to an electric field (B), the insulating liquid (A) and the liquid responsive to an electric field (B) being immiscible and being in contact with each other via an interface ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174949 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same - A zoom lens includes a positive first lens unit G | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174950 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus incorporating the same - A zoom lens comprises, in order from its object side, a first lens group of positive refracting power, a second lens group of negative refracting power, and a third lens group of positive refracting power located on an image side with respect to the second lens group. Upon zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, the spacing between the first lens group and the second lens group grows wider at the telephoto end than at the wide-angle end, and the spacing between the second lens group and the third lens group becomes narrower at the telephoto end than at the wide-angle end. The first lens group comprises a negative lens and a positive lens, and the number of the negative lens in the first lens group is only one. At least one positive lens in the first lens group satisfies the following conditions (1) and (2): | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174951 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus incorporating the same - A zoom lens comprises, in order from its object side, a front lens group having negative refracting power at a wide-angle end and a rear lens group having positive refracting power at the wide-angle end. The front lens group comprises, in order from the object side, a first lens group of positive refracting power and a second lens group of negative refracting power, and the rear lens group comprises, in order from the object side, a third lens group of positive refracting power and a fourth lens group of positive refracting power. There is an aperture stop interposed between the lens surface located in, and nearest to the object side of, the second lens group and the lens surface located in, and nearest to the image size of, the third lens group. Upon zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, the spacing between the first lens group and the second lens group grows wide, the spacing between the second lens group and the third lens group becomes narrow, the spacing between the third lens group and the fourth lens group changes, and an F-number grows greatest when the aperture stop is open in the course of zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174952 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same - A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side thereof, a first lens unit G | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174953 | LENS MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE UTILIZING THE SAME - A lens module includes a barrel, a first lens, an annular retaining member and three driving devices. The retaining member is arranged in the barrel. The driving devices are arranged on the retaining member. Each of the driving devices has a base attached on the retaining member, a plurality of first electrodes formed on the base and a comb-shaped carrier. The carrier has a beam attached on the base and a plurality of second electrodes extending from the beam and suspended above the first electrodes at a first position. The first lens is carried by the second electrodes. When a first voltage is applied on the first electrodes and a second voltage is applied on the second electrodes, an electrostatic force is generated between the first electrodes and the second electrodes, and the second electrodes are moved down, such that the first lens is brought to a second position. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174954 | Connecting method or lenses for an imaging-device, lens unit constructed by using the connection method and imaging-device comprising the lens unit - To connect N lenses to construct a lens unit for an imaging-device in series, (n−1)-th (where 2≦n (integer)≦N) lens having an outer periphery rim region which extends with a certain thickness from an outer periphery edge end portion of the lens region directing to the side of the adjacent nth lens and the outer periphery rim region which has a circular-arc tapered surface inclined with respect to an optical axis on a outer part of the lens region, and the nth lens having a bulgy-protrusion-shaped portion with head-top portion milled to be round along an outer part of the lens region on a surface of an outer periphery rim region opposed to the (n−1)-th lens are arranged, and lens position adjustment is made by putting the bulgy protrusion-shaped portion to the circular-arc tapered surface to perform point contact. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174955 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes: an image pickup optical system including a plurality of lenses. The plurality of lenses includes an adjusting lens for a shift adjustment in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the image pickup optical system. The lens barrel further includes a lens frame holding the adjusting lens; and a housing holding the lens frame and including a wall portion. The lens frame comprises a plurality of protrusions coming contact with the wall portion and each of the plurality of protrusions has a protruding amount which differs from the other for correcting a tilt of an optical axis of the adjusting lens. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174956 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE - A lens drive device capable of preventing a lens holder from inclining with respect to the optical axis direction of a lens is provided. A first gear ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090174957 | Polarization Linkage of High Dielectric Constant Pivoted Planar Solar Concentrator Mirrors - This invention deals with novel method and apparatus for highly polarizable high dielectric constant positioning and motion control of the elements (approximately planar mirrors) of a Fresnel reflector solar concentrator tracking heliostat array wherein the elements are suspended with the center of mass above the swivel point, below the swivel point, or have an internal-swivel. This achieves an advantageous natural vertical stability. The torque to produce angular deflection, and rotational motion is provided induced and/or permanent dipole coupling to an electronic grid. The force interaction is greatly enhanced by securing a high dielectric material adjacent to each mirror. Thus forces and torques are produced without the use of motors. The instant invention is ideally suited for maximization of solar energy focused by a low-profile concentrator array onto a receiver. Since there are no motors or mechanical linkages, the instant invention provides less costly and greater ease of manufacture. Dynamic motion can be controlled over a wide range of dimensions from nanometers to decimeters. | 2009-07-09 |
