28th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110170033 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a liquid crystal display device that can be manufactured inexpensively by allowing easy, proper installation of additional light sources, and the manufacturing method for the same. The liquid crystal display device ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110170034 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - Provided is a backlight unit within a liquid crystal display (LCD) device where the backlight unit includes one or more light-emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB). Positioning of the PCB and its LEDs is provided by a PCB fixing member which includes a base portion and a support portion extending upward from a surface of the base portion. The PCB fixing member is structured to transfer heat energy away from the PCB and to an attached portion of the LCD device such as to a lower housing which houses the PCB and the PCB fixing member. The PCB fixing member includes a press-fit insertion groove into which at least part of the PCB can be easily inserted, thus simplifying manufacturing while assuring appropriate heat dissipation. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170035 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY MODULE EMPLOYING THE BACKLIGHT UNIT - A backlight unit and a display module employing the backlight unit, the backlight unit including a light guide panel for guiding light to a display apparatus for displaying an image; and a plurality of light source devices arranged in a side portion of the light guide panel, wherein the plurality of light source devices are electrically connected to each other by connecting units having conductivity. The display module may be further slimmed since the limitation due to the thickness of a light source device circuit board is eliminated. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170036 | AREA LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An area light source device that is capable of more evenly emitting light and capable of enhancing the light emission luminance by exiting light of narrower directional characteristics. A light guide substrate includes a light introducing section and a light guide plate main body for exiting the light from a light exit surface. A number of diffusion patterns are formed at the light exit surface. A low refraction index layer is formed at the lower surface of the light guide plate main body, and a reflection layer is formed at the lower surface of the low refraction index layer. The point light source is arranged at a position facing the end face of the light introducing section. A tapered portion inclined to gradually increase the thickness of the light introducing section the farther away from the light source is arranged on the upper surface of the light introducing section. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170037 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED COLOR GAMUT - A display system includes a reflective display panel and a light source tailored to enhance the color gamut of the system. The panel, which may be a Cholesteric liquid crystal display panel, includes an array of reflective pixels, each pixel comprising a first, second, and third subpixel of different first, second, and third colors. The light source illuminates a front of the display panel with source light to enable observers to view images formed by the panel. The light source includes a lamp and an enhancing element. The lamp, which may be a metal halide lamp, emits lamp light that includes the first, second, and third colors. The enhancing element may be an optical filter, a supplemental LED light source or other light source, or both. The enhancing element enhances the system color gamut, for example, by increasing the color gamut area relative to illumination with the lamp alone. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170038 | Transflective liquid crystal display device - A transflective liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal film and a polarizing plate on a backlight source side. A transflective liquid crystal display device includes an uniaxially anisotropic film (a quarter wave plate) and a polarizing plate on a visual confirmation side. The liquid crystal film has the nematic hybrid orientation, in which a polymeric liquid crystal substance formed in a liquid state is fixed. The optical axis of the anisotropic film is disposed to be orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to that of the liquid crystal film. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170039 | Photo-patterned pre-tilt liquid crystal cells, lenses and methods - Liquid crystal cells and lenses having a variable resulting pre-tilt across two or more areas of the cell, and in particular, cells and lenses are provided wherein a resulting pre-tilt is varied across the cell according to any desired birefringence profile that can be utilized in liquid crystalline optical elements and liquid crystal displays. Methods of fabrication of the liquid crystal cells with variable resulting pre-tilt are disclosed. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170040 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel and a phase difference plate. The liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate provided therein with pixel areas to display an image, an opposite substrate which faces the array substrate, and a blue-phase liquid crystal which is interposed between the array substrate and the opposite substrate. A reflective peak wavelength indicated by the peak reflectance of the blue-phase liquid crystal is positioned in the wavelength band of a visible light. The phase difference plate is provided above or below the liquid crystal display panel. The driving voltage and the memory ratio of the blue-phase liquid crystal are reduced, and the light leakage caused by a visible light selectively reflected by the blue-phase liquid crystal can be prevented. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170041 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that can be easily produced and has a high contrast ratio in a wide viewing angle range. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes in the following order: a first polarizer; a first birefringent layer (II) (nxny≧nz); a liquid crystal cell; a second quarter-wave plate having an Nz coefficient substantially equal to that of the first quarter-wave plate; a second birefringent layer (II) having an Nz coefficient and an in-plane retardation that are substantially equal to an Nz coefficient and an in-plane retardation of the first birefringent layer (II), respectively; and a second polarizer, wherein the device includes at least one birefringent layer (III) (nx≈ny≧nz) disposed at least one of: between the first birefringent layer (I) and the liquid crystal cell; and between the liquid crystal cell and the second birefringent layer (I); the first quarter-wave plate has an in-plane slow axis forming an angle of about 45° with an absorption axis of the first polarizer; the second quarter-wave plate has an in-plane slow axis substantially orthogonal to the in-plane slow axis of the first quarter-wave plate; the second polarizer has an absorption axis substantially orthogonal to the absorption axis of the first polarizer; the first birefringent layer (II) has an in-plane fast axis substantially orthogonal to the absorption axis of the first polarizer; the second birefringent layer (II) has an in-plane fast axis substantially orthogonal to the absorption axis of the second polarizer; and the device displays a black screen by aligning liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer substantially vertically to the substrate surface. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170042 | Reflective color filters and display devices including the same - A reflective color filter may include a substrate, a photonic crystal layer including a plurality of photonic crystal patterns, and a light energy conversion device. The substrate may be between the light energy conversion device and the photonic crystal patterns. A reflective display device may include a liquid crystal layer having a light transmittance that is electrically controlled, a thin film transistor (TFT)-array layer including a plurality of TFTs for driving the liquid crystal layer according to image information, and a reflective color filter adapted to reflect light having a wavelength band corresponding to a photonic band gap from among light incident through the liquid crystal layer. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170043 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel includes: a first substrate with a conductive layer formed on one surface thereof; a color filter layer including a plurality of color filters formed on the conductive layer; a conductive light shielding layer formed between the plurality of color filters; a second substrate with a pixel array formed on one surface thereof; and a liquid crystal layer filled between the conductive light shielding layer and the pixel array, wherein the conductive layer is electrically short-circuited with the pixel array. Since a voltage is applied to the conductive layer formed on the front surface of the first substrate, liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer between the conductive layer and the pixel array can be prevented from being vertically aligned, thus improving liquid crystal efficiency. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170044 | LIQUID CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A liquid crystal includes about 60 wt % to about 80 wt % of a first compound material, about 2 wt % to about 15 wt % of a second compound material, and a neutral compound material. The first compound material has a dielectric anisotropy of a first polarity, and the second compound material has a dielectric anisotropy of a second polarity. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170045 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display (LCD) capable of easily implementing a repairing process is provided under a circumstance where a width of a sustain electrode line is reduced or even no sustain electrode line is provided for the purpose of ensuring an increased aperture ratio, and a method for repairing the liquid crystal display is provided. The LCD includes a gate line, extending in a first direction, and a data wiring being insulated from the gate line. The data wiring includes a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a data line extending in a second direction. A pixel electrode is connected to the drain electrode via a contact hole, and a sustain electrode line is formed in a substantially the same plane as the gate line and has a sustain electrode overlapped by the contact hole. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170046 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING AMOUNT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL IN AN LCD DEVICE INCLUDING REDUCING THE THICKNESS OF A SEAL MEMBER TO FORM A REPAIR REGION BY LASER HEATING A METAL PATTERN THEREUNDER - A method for adjusting an amount of liquid crystal in a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes injecting a liquid crystal into a liquid crystal receiving space. The liquid crystal receiving space is disposed between a first substrate, a second substrate that faces the first substrate, and a sealing member interposed between the first and second substrates. The method for adjusting an amount of liquid crystal in a liquid crystal display (LCD) device further includes reducing a thickness of the sealing member at a predetermined portion of the sealing member to form a repair region, and pressurizing the liquid crystal to break the sealing member at the repair region to discharge some of the liquid crystal from the liquid crystal receiving space, so as to adjust the amount of the liquid crystal in the liquid crystal receiving space. The method for adjusting an amount of liquid crystal in a liquid crystal display (LCD) device also includes resealing the broken repair region of the sealing member. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170047 | EYEWEAR WITH PINHOLE APERTURE AND LENS - Eyewear is equipped with at least one lens and at least one pinhole aperture. Lenses and apertures may be used in place of or in combination with one another, and may be disposed in or on full frame, half frame, wire frame or rimless eyeglasses. The lens may be a corrective lens. Pinhole apertures may have a diameter no greater than about 3 mm, and a diameter/thickness ratio no less than about 66.7%. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170048 | Vision assist device with an integral carabiner and optional light - A vision assist device without side temples comprises a frame for holding a first vision assisting lens with a carabiner clip that extends from the frame for use as a handle. The carabiner clip has at least 3 sides, at least one of said sides including a bar with spring biasing to define a closed clip position. The carabiner clipped device can be used as reading glasses, a magnifying glass, lorgnette and/or binoculars. Optionally, the carabiner includes a switch-activated light. One preferred embodiment uses overlapping lenses to provide twice the vision correction when folded closed. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170049 | Eyeglasses - The invention relates to a pair of eyeglasses which include a lens stand and a pair of gaskets. Each gasket can be detachably connected to the lens stand. Each gasket has an inner edge that protrudes forwards to accommodate the lens. The degree of the curve of the lens is smaller than that of the lens stand relative to the horizontal direction, so that the size of the lens can be efficiently reduced, and hence the lens with diopter can be used easily and aberration can be efficiently eliminated. Furthermore, after the gaskets are connected to the lens stand, the upper portion of the gaskets may generate gas permeable holes so as to prevent the lens from fogging up. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170050 | LOCKING BRIDGE - An arrangement for, but not limited to, a built-in or mounted eyewear nose-bridge, to allow folded and unfolded positions of two bodies or three bodies wherein one of them is the connecting body of the other two, in which those positions are independently locked by the force of a compression spring or by the magnetic attraction of at least two magnets or a combination of both forces. Particularly useful for sun, vision correction, sports and safety eyewear, and the like, either framed or un-framed, for adults and for children, wherein the lenses or lenses frames can fold vertically and/or horizontally in order to take full advantage of the use of a flexible temple in the eyewear. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170051 | HINGELESS FLEXIBLE SPECTACLE ARM - An elastically deformable, hingeless spectacle arm is made exclusively of composite materials which have at least one layer of a reinforcing cloth and a coating or matrix made of a thermoplastic or heat-curable material. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170052 | EYEWEAR EARSTEM DEVICES AND METHODS - An earstem for eyeglasses is provided that can incorporate an interchangeable elastomeric traction member disposed in a recessed seat which extends along a length of the earstem to provide a contact area between the earstem and the head. The traction member can be disposed along the bottom portion of the earstem and/or around the periphery of the earstem. The traction device can be detachably coupled to the earstem so that the traction device can be exchanged to accommodate different needs or situations. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170053 | NOSE BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR SPECTACLES, AND SPECTACLES INCLUDING SAME - A nose bearing assembly is secured onto a central area of the spectacles, directly on the optical or sun lenses, or on the bridge connecting the lenses or on a rim frame of the latter, each of the two nose bearing assemblies having a pad intended to contact the nose ala of a user and carried by a pad-bearing arm connected to the spectacles, characterized in that the pad is made of a elastically deformable material and is divided into two areas, i.e. an upper area for receiving a free end of the pad-bearing arm or securing and stiffening the pad in area, and another lower area capable of elastic deformation and of floating freely in all directions in order to obtain a self-adjustment of the pads independently from the morphology of the nose of the user when in contact with the latter. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170054 | Eyewear With Removable Audio System - Eyewear includes a left temple and a right temple. Each of the temples has a cavity sized to receive an audio device such as a BlueTooth transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with a remote device like a cell phone or a digital sound device. The BlueTooth transceiver may be placed in the cavity of either temple with the other temple cavity covered with a cover plate. An earphone may be connected to the BlueTooth transceiver through a receptacle. The earphone delivers the audible sound to the user's ear. The receptacle of the BlueTooth transceiver to which the earphone connects is also configured to receive the connector from a charger to charge a rechargeable battery in the BlueTooth transceiver. The eyewear may also be configured with cover plates over the cavity in both of the temples or with an audio device in both cavities to provide audible signals to both ears of the user. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170055 | CONTACT LENS WITH VISUAL INDICATOR - A contact lens is provided with an indicator that is visible when placed in contact with a solution, but substantially transparent when removed from that solution. The indicator may be of the type to designate whether the contact lens is to be worn on the right or left eye. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170056 | Colored Contact Lenses With a More Natural Appearance - A colored contact lens having a non-opaque pupil section, an iris section surrounding said pupil section, and a colored, opaque, intermittent pattern over the iris section which is indiscernible to the ordinary viewer. The pattern is made up of a first portion having a first shade, a second portion having a second shade different from the first shade, and a third portion having a shade different from the second portion and either the same or different from the first portion. A first uneven border differentiates the first and second portions, and a second uneven border differentiates the second and third portions, however, said portions may overlap. The lens is capable of changing appearance of the iris of the person wearing the lens. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170057 | TORIC INTRAOCULAR LENS WITH SPATIALLY-VARIANT ASTIGMATISM - An intraocular lens for correcting or reducing the astigmatism of a cornea includes a pupil that is spatially divided into discrete zones, with each zone having a particular astigmatism magnitude and astigmatism orientation. In one embodiment, the zones all have the same astigmatism magnitude, which is equal and opposite the cornea astigmatism magnitude to within a particular tolerance, such as 0.25 diopters. In one embodiment, some or all of the zones all have different astigmatism orientations, with the angular separation between astigmatism orientations being on the order of the rotational misalignment tolerance of the lens to the cornea. The visual performance of such a lens deteriorates more slowly with rotational misalignment, when compared to a comparable lens having a uniform astigmatism orientation across its entire pupil, leading to more relaxed tolerances for a surgeon that implants the lens. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170058 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING SPECTACLE LENSES - A plurality of to-be-evaluated lenses that differ in lens surface design from one another is prepared in an evaluation-value calculating step. Thereafter, a subject's predetermined biological information, e.g., brain waves, is measured for each of the to-be-evaluated lenses by allowing the subject to wear each of the lenses, and an evaluation value for each of the lenses is calculated relative to a predetermined index in the brain waves, for example, relative to a “state of being under stress.” Thereafter, a correlation between the calculated evaluation value and a lens surface shape is calculated as an index characteristic in a lens-surface-shape determining step. Thereafter, a lens surface shape of a suitable spectacle lens in the index is determined based on the index characteristic, and the lens surface shape is fed back as a shape of a to-be-evaluated lens of the evaluation-value calculating step. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170059 | PHYSICAL MODEL EYE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An optically realistic model eye is described. The optically realistic eye model has an optical axis and includes: an anterior replaceable module comprising a model cornea, model iris and model lens rotatably mounted for rotation about said axis, said module being representative of an emmetropic or pathological natural eye; an enclosure located posterior to said module and adapted to enclose a retinal area within which an image of an external object is brought to focus by said module; and a photoactive device movable within said enclosure and retinal area and adapted to detect or reflect a portion of the image for inspection, processing or analysis. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170060 | Gaze Tracking Using Polarized Light - A gaze-tracking system uses separate “glint” and “pupil” images to determine the position of the pupil relative to the position of the glint. Since separate images are obtained, the exposures can be independently optimized for each image's intended purpose (e.g., locating the glint or locating the pupil, respectively). Polarizers are used to eliminate the glint in one image. This more saliently reveals the pupil, allowing its position relative to the glint to be determined more precisely, and enhancing the accuracy and robustness of the system. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170061 | Gaze Point Tracking Using Polarized Light - A process and a system that determine a glint position and a pupil position are disclosed. The process includes illuminating one eye to produce a glint on that eye, and obtaining a glint image of that eye showing that glint on that eye. A glint position is determined at least in part from that glint image. The process further includes illuminating that eye using polarized light, and obtaining, through a polarizer that can attenuate reflected polarized light, a pupil image of that eye. A pupil position is determined at least in part from that pupil image. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170062 | FUNDUS OBSERVATION APPARATUS - A fundus observation apparatus that is capable of assisting an examiner in judging the presence or absence of abnormality in an examinee's eye based on a fundus tomographic image. The fundus observation apparatus includes an optical coherence tomography device that has an optical scanner for setting an image pickup position on a fundus of an examinee's eye, and is arranged to obtain a tomographic image of the fundus, and an information display unit that is arranged to display on a monitor the tomographic image obtained by the optical coherence tomography device and assisting information for assisting an examiner in performing judgment on the tomographic image, and the information display unit is arranged to change the assisting information based on image pickup information on the tomographic image. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170063 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING METHOD - An ophthalmologic imaging apparatus that captures an image of a subject's eye is provided. The apparatus includes a focusing unit configured to focus light returned from the subject's eye that is illuminated by the light of a first wavelength, onto an imaging unit, and a moving unit configured to move the focusing unit based on an optical path length difference between the light of the first wavelength and the light of a second wavelength that is different from the first wavelength when light returned from the subject's eye that is illuminated by the light of the second wavelength is focused onto the imaging unit. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170064 | BINOCULAR PUPILLOMETERS - A binocular pupillometer apparatus is provided with processing means to calculate the relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD) in a subject. The RAPD is calculated as the shift required to bring the two pupillary responses of the left and right eyes into coincidence. Where the responses are not parallel, modified pupillary responses are determined having the same area difference between the responses and an average rate of change with respect to stimulation intensity. The RAPD is calculated from the modified pupillary responses rather than the observed responses. Improvements to the pupillometer include a divider positioned between the left and right stimulating channels. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170065 | ELECTRO-OCULOGRAPHY MEASURING DEVICE, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS DEVICE, EYE-GAZE TRACKING DEVICE, WEARABLE CAMERA, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, ELECTRONIC EYEGLASSES, ELECTRO-OCULOGRAPHY MEASURING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electro-oculography measuring device includes: an electro-oculography measuring unit configured to measure an electro-oculography original signal; a view capturing unit configured to capture a view picture; a drift estimation processing unit configured to estimate a drift signal; and a subtractor which subtracts the drift signal from the electro-oculography original signal to output an electro-oculography signal, and the drift estimation processing unit includes: an electro-oculography change amount calculating unit configured to calculate an electro-oculography change amount; a motion vector estimating unit configured to estimate a motion vector of a moving object included in the view picture; a drift change amount estimating unit configured to estimate a drift change amount assuming that a change in a gaze direction follows a motion of the moving object; and a drift estimating unit configured to estimate the drift signal by adding the drift change amount to a past drift signal. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170066 | NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE, ELECTRO-OCULOGRAPHY MEASURING DEVICE, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS DEVICE, EYE-GAZE TRACKING DEVICE, WEARABLE CAMERA, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, ELECTRONIC EYEGLASSES, NOISE REDUCTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A noise reduction device includes: a saccade information obtaining unit that obtains saccade information from an electro-oculography original signal that indicates an electro-oculogram resulting from an eye movement of a user, the saccade information relating to a saccadic movement which is a rapid eyeball movement; a control unit that determines a filter property for reducing noise included in the electro-oculography original signal, on the basis of the saccade information obtained by the saccade information obtaining unit; and a filtering unit that reduces the noise included in the electro-oculography original signal using the filter property determined by the control unit, to output an electro-oculography signal. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170067 | EYE-GAZE TRACKING DEVICE, EYE-GAZE TRACKING METHOD, ELECTRO-OCULOGRAPHY MEASURING DEVICE, WEARABLE CAMERA, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, ELECTRONIC EYEGLASSES, AND OPHTHALMOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS DEVICE - An eye-gaze tracking device, which detects a gaze direction of a user based on an electro-oculogram, includes: a drift estimating unit which estimates drift noise included in a set of observation voltages among observation voltages that are electro-oculograms generated in a living body and observed at the plurality of electrodes, based on a component outside an electro-oculography subspace that is an assembly of sets of electro-oculograms theoretically observed at a plurality of electrodes; and an eye-gaze tracking unit which detects la the gaze direction of the user, based on a signal generated by removing, from the observation voltages, the drift noise estimated by the drift estimating unit. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170068 | Method and apparatus for self-examination of the eye - A method to enable the use of hand-held mobile devices for self-examination of opacities in the eye. Specifically, an image of a pinhole light source is created on the screen of a mobile device. The user then holds the screen of the mobile device close to the eye such that the pinhole image is along the optical axis of the eye. A detailed image of opacities in the eye is thus formed on the retina. The following features are used for optimizing the image of opacities: The light intensity of the pinhole image is adjustable. The pinhole image can be pulsed. The location of the pinhole image on the screen can be changed. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170069 | Stereoscopic film marking and method of use - A method and apparatus are described for monitoring frame alignment status and correcting misalignment for film in a stereoscopic 3D projection system, in which gap indicia are provided onto the film in a gap between images, whether the images belong to the same frame or different adjacent frames. Thus, gap indicia are positioned in at least one of an interframe gap and an intraframe gap of the stereoscopic film. During projection of the film, presence or absence of the gap indicia is used to determine a frame alignment status. Frame misalignment is then easily diagnosed and corrected. Characteristics of the gap indicia are modified for improving frame alignment diagnosis. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170070 | LIGHT-MIXING MODULE AND OPTICAL PROJECTION SYSTEM - A light-mixing module includes a first plate, a second plate, a first dichroic mirror, a second dichroic mirror, and a third dichroic mirror. The first dichroic mirror is disposed between the first plate and the second plate and is substantially perpendicular to the first plate and the second plate. The second dichroic mirror is disposed on a first side of the first dichroic mirror. The second dichroic mirror forms an angle with the first dichroic mirror and is substantially perpendicular to the first plate and the second plate. The third dichroic mirror is disposed on a second side of the first dichroic mirror and is substantially perpendicular to the first plate and the second plate. The third dichroic mirror is substantially parallel with the second dichroic mirror. The second dichroic mirror and the third dichroic mirror together form a fourth dichroic mirror, and at least one of the first dichroic mirror and the fourth dichroic mirror has a bevel gradient dichroic film. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170071 | Laser display device - Provided is a laser display device. The laser display device may include at least one light source configured to emit at least one laser beam, at least one scanning unit configured to perform a scanning with the at least one laser beam, and an image forming unit configured to generate excitation light and scattering light by receiving the at least one laser beam from the scanning unit to form an image. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170072 | Dual in Focus Gobo - A gobo holder with two gobos that are rotatable one relative to the other. The gobos are located with their patterned surfaces facing one another and very close to one another so that both can be in focus at the same time. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170073 | IMAGE PROJECTOR - The image projector of the present invention includes a lighting device configured to light a high pressure discharge lamp, a rotary color filter, an image display device, and a synchronization device. The rotary color filter is configured to rotate about its axis and is divided into plural segments which are arranged around the axis and transmit lights of different colors. The synchronization device is configured to determine a rotation state of the rotary color filter, and output a synchronization signal to the lighting device on the basis of the determined rotation state. The synchronization signal is kept at ON-level over a time period in which predetermined one of the plural segments moves across the light path. The lighting device includes a time period calculation unit configured to calculate, for each of the plural segments, a time period in which the segment moves across the light path, on the basis of time in which the synchronization signal is kept at ON-level, of central angles of each segment, and of an order in which the plural segments come across the light path. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170074 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN ENHANCED IMMERSIVE DISPLAY ENVIRONMENT - An immersive dome includes a number of novel features designed to enhance the performance of the immersive dome over presently-known immersive dome environments. Projectors are mounted in a multi-tier tower, out of sight beneath a viewing platform positioned to provide optimal wrap-around viewing. The projection surface consists of open-cell foam that allows passage of behind-surface sound into the dome while allowing unwanted ambient noise within the dome to escape. A visually-reflective coating, in conjunction with the open cell structure, provides a textured surface that acts as a micro-baffle and suppresses cross-reflection of projected imagery. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170075 | DEVICE FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS USING PHOTO-GENERATED REAGENTS - This invention provides method and apparatus for performing chemical and biochemical reactions in solution using in situ generated photo-products as reagent or co-reagent. Specifically, the method and apparatus of the present invention have applications in parallel synthesis of molecular sequence arrays on solid surfaces. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170076 | IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS - In one embodiment, an immersion lithography apparatus has a substrate stage that holds a workpiece and is configured to be possible to take an exposure position under a light projection unit and to keep away from the position. A cleaning stage has a reservoir of a cleaning or immersion liquid, and is configured to be possible to take the exposure position by replacing the substrate stage. An immersion liquid supply system supplies the immersion liquid between the light projection unit and the workpiece or in the reservoir, and an immersion liquid recovery system recovers the immersion liquid. A cleaning liquid supply system supplies the cleaning liquid in the reservoir to include contact regions to the immersion liquid, and a cleaning liquid recovery system recovers the cleaning liquid. A concentration measuring instrument is installed on the immersion or cleaning liquid recovery system, and measures a concentration of the cleaning liquid. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170077 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed in which a space between the projection system and the substrate is filled with a liquid. An edge seal member at least partly surrounds the substrate or other object on a substrate table to prevent liquid loss when edge portions of the substrate or other object are, for example, imaged or illuminated. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170078 | Projection System and Lithographic Apparatus - A projection system (PS) is provided which includes, in an embodiment, two frames. The optical elements of the projection system are mounted on a first frame ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110170079 | RADIATION SYSTEM AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A radiation system is configured to generate a radiation beam. The radiation system includes a radiation source configured to generate a plasma that emits radiation and debris, and a radiation collector configured to direct collected radiation to a radiation beam emission aperture. A magnetic field generator is configured to generate a magnetic field with a gradient in magnetic field strength to direct the plasma away from the radiation collector. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170080 | Projection exposure apparatus, cleaning and maintenance methods of a projection exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method - A projection exposure apparatus that exposes a substrate with a liquid interposed between a surface of the substrate and an optical element on the substrate side of a projection optical system; includes liquid supply and discharge mechanisms, which supply the liquid via a liquid supply tube as they recover the liquid via a liquid recovery tube, and an adhesion preventing mechanism that prevents an adhesion of impurities on member forming a flow path for the liquid. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170081 | Maskless exposure apparatuses and frame data processing methods thereof - Example embodiments are directed to a maskless exposure apparatus to efficiently process frame data of a Digital Micro-mirror Device (DMD) and a frame data processing method thereof. The frame data includes data obtained when a reference pixel of a virtual mask of the DMD and subsequent pixels of the virtual mask of the DMD, each of said subsequent pixels having an exposure time succeeding an exposure time of the reference pixel, are located on the same line. The generated frame data is selectively time-delayed and is changed to exposure frame data, and a pattern is exposed on a substrate using the exposure frame data. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170082 | METHODS OF OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION IN MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A method of optical proximity correction for a photolithographic progress in manufacturing semiconductor devices is disclosed. The method includes providing an illumination source in an optical system, dividing the illumination source into a number of segments in the form of concentric rings, and assigning a first intensity level to a first ring of a first radius and assigning a second intensity level to a second ring of a second radius, wherein the first intensity level is smaller than or equal to the second intensity level when the first radius is smaller than or equal to the second radius. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170083 | Lithographic Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method - A system and method are used to detect thermal radiation from a mask. Debris particles on the mask heat up, but do not cool down as quickly as the surrounding mask. Due to the temperature difference, the wavelength of radiation emitted by particles and the mask differs. Thus by detecting the thermal radiation, it is possible to detect the presence of particles deposited on the mask. If particles are detected, the mask can be cleaned. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170084 | LIGHT EXPOSURE MASK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a light exposure mask which can form a photoresist layer in a semi-transmissive portion with uniform thickness, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device in which the number of photolithography steps (the number of masks) necessary for manufacturing a TFT substrate is reduced by using the light exposure mask. A light exposure mask is used, which includes a transmissive portion, a light shielding portion, and a semi-transmissive portion having a light intensity reduction function where lines and spaces are repeatedly formed, wherein the sum of a line width L of a light shielding material and a space width S between light shielding materials in the semi-transmissive portion satisfies a conditional expression (2n/3)×m≦L+S≦(6n/5)×m when a resolution of a light exposure apparatus is represented by n and a projection magnification is represented by 1/m (m≧1). | 2011-07-14 |
20110170085 | ELECTROSTATIC CLAMP, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROSTATIC CLAMP - An electrostatic clamp for use in a lithographic apparatus includes a layer of material provided with burls, wherein an electrode surrounded by an insulator and or a dielectric material is provided in between the burls. The electrostatic clamp may be used to clamp an object to an object support in a lithographic apparatus. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170086 | RANGING DEVICE AND RANGING MODULE AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE USING THE RANGING DEVICE OR THE RANGING MODULE - A ranging device including: a lens array member which has first and second ranging lenses, optical axes of the pair of ranging lenses being parallel to each other, and first and second optical images of a subject being formed by the first and the second ranging lenses respectively; a mirror array member which has first and second reflecting members, each of the pair of reflecting members being provided with a reflecting plane; a medium mirror member which has first and second reflecting planes, the medium mirror member being arranged between the pair of reflecting members; an imaging element which is configured to convert the first and the second optical images to electronic signals; and an electronic circuit which is configured to calculate a distance to the subject based on the electronic signals output from the imaging element. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170087 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSITIONING FROM A MISSILE WARNING SYSTEM TO A FINE TRACKING SYSTEM IN A DIRECTIONAL INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES SYSTEM - A method for transitioning a target from a missile warning system to a fine tracking system in a directional countermeasures system includes capturing at least one image within a field of view of the missile warning system. The method further includes identifying a threat from the captured image or images and identifying features surrounding the threat. These features are registered with the threat and image within a field of view of the fine tracking system is captured. The registered features are used to identify a location of a threat within this captured image. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170088 | Sensors, Systems and Methods for Position Sensing - Various systems and methods for estimating the position of a radiation source in three-dimensional space, together with sensors for use in such systems are described. In some embodiments, the systems include a plurality of radiation sensors. The three-dimensional position of the radiation source is estimated relative to each sensor using an aperture that casts shadows on a radiation detector as a function of the incident angle of the incoming radiation. In some embodiments, the ratio of a reference radiation intensity to a measured radiation intensity is used to estimate direction of the radiation source relative to the sensor. When the angular position of the radiation source is estimated relative to two sensors, the position of the radiation source in three dimensions can be triangulated based on the known relative positions of the two sensors. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170089 | Method and Apparatus For Vehicle Service System Optical Target Assembly - A method and apparatus for determining the alignment of a vehicle wheel using an optical target attached to the vehicle wheel, the optical target having a dimensionally stable shape and a plurality of visible features defining target elements arranged in a known geometric and spatial configuration relative to each other across at least two surfaces. A two-dimensional image of the optical target is acquired by an imaging system to detect a plurality of target element images corresponding to the plurality of target elements. A spatial orientation of the optical target and an alignment of the vehicle wheel is then determined from the plurality of target element images and the known geometric and spatial configuration of the plurality of target elements on the target surfaces. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170090 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL INSPECTION - Apparatus for generating optical radiation includes a laser, which is configured to operate in multiple transverse modes simultaneously so as to generate an input beam, which is characterized by a first speckle contrast. The transverse modes of the input beam are optically mixed so as to generate an output beam have a second speckle contrast, which is substantially less than the first speckle contrast. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170091 | INSPECTION GUIDED OVERLAY METROLOGY - Inspection guided overlay metrology may include performing a pattern search in order to identify a predetermined pattern on a semiconductor wafer, generating a care area for all instances of the predetermined pattern on the semiconductor wafer, identifying defects within generated care areas by performing an inspection scan of each of the generated care areas, wherein the inspection scan includes a low-threshold or a high sensitivity inspection scan, identifying overlay sites of the predetermined pattern of the semiconductor wafer having a measured overlay error larger than a selected overlay specification utilizing a defect inspection technique, comparing location data of the identified defects of a generated care area to location data of the identified overlay sites within the generated care area in order to identify one or more locations wherein the defects are proximate to the identified overlay sites, and generating a metrology sampling plan based on the identified locations. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170092 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING PATTERN - A method and apparatus for inspecting defects includes emitting an ultraviolet light from an ultraviolet light source, illuminating a specimen with the ultraviolet light in which a polarization condition of the ultraviolet light is controlled, controlling a polarization condition of light reflected from the specimen which is illuminated by the polarization condition controlled ultraviolet light, detecting the light reflected from the specimen, processing the detected light so as to detect defects, and outputting information about the defects. The ultraviolet light source is disposed in a clean environment supplied with clean gas and separated from outside. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170093 | CRYOSTAT - Provided is a cryostat that can effectively prevent water condensation on the surface of a cell. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170094 | Cuvette, Insert, Adapter and Method for Optically Examining Small Amounts of Liquid - Cuvette, comprising at least one measuring area on each one of two arms that are pivotally connected to each other such that from a swung-apart condition, they can be swung together into a measuring position in which the two measuring areas have a distance for positioning a sample between the measuring areas, and means for positioning the two arms in a measuring position in a cuvette shaft of an optical measuring device with a sample between the two measuring areas in a beam path of the optical measuring device that crosses the cuvette shaft. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170095 | DSC-RAMEN ANALYTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A combination DSC testing and Raman spectroscopy system is provided for running investigations on a single sample in the same experiment. A DSC instrument includes a set of optics, which allows an associated Raman unit to emit a pulsed laser that intermittently directs a laser signal to the sample and to collect the Raman signal while simultaneously running a DSC experiment on the same sample. The DSC has a vessel adapted to contain the sample, a thermal analysis environment is adapted to hold the vessel. An associated temperature control apparatus changes the temperature of the analysis environment between temperature endpoints to observe the sample at various transitions. The Raman spectroscopy unit is configured to generate laser pulses which stimulate emission of Raman spectra to provide further information about the sample without introducing excessive noise in the DSC aspect of the investigation. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170096 | PROBE FOR NEAR-FIELD LIGHT SCATTERING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A probe for near-field light scattering, has, on the tip thereof, at least fine particles containing silver or silver oxide, a titanium oxide layer, and a silver layer at least in the named order from the surface thereof. A process for producing the probe for near-field light scattering comprises at least steps of forming a silver layer, a titanium oxide layer, and fine particles containing silver or silver oxide in the named order on the body of the probe. A near-field optical microscope or a Raman spectroscope, comprises the probe for the near-field light scattering; a control function for bringing the probe into contact with a surface of a test sample; an optical excitation system for producing an exciting light to or vicinity of the tip of the probe; and detecting optical system for detecting detection light emitted form the tip of the probe. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170097 | Fiber-Based Optical Probe With Decreased Sample-Positioning Sensitivity - Reflectance systems and methods are described that under-fill the collection fiber of a host spectrometer both spatially and angularly. The under-filled collection fiber produces a response of fiber-based spectrometers that is relatively insensitive to sample shape and position. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170098 | POLARIMETRIC HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGER - A hyperspectral sensor or imager comprising a laser for illuminating a scene and a detector for detecting light emitted by the laser and transmitted through the scene, wherein the laser is a chirped laser arranged to output multiple pulses having different wavelength ranges, the multiple pulses being used to form an extended continuous spectrum for illuminating the scene. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170099 | SPECTROMETER CAPABLE OF ELIMINATING SIDE-TAIL EFFECTS - A spectrometer capable of eliminating side-tail effects includes a body and an input section, a diffraction grating, an image sensor unit and a wave-guiding device, which are mounted in the body. The input section receives a first optical signal and outputs a second optical signal travelling along a first light path. The diffraction grating receives the second optical signal and separates the second optical signal into a plurality of spectrum components, including a specific spectrum component travelling along a second light path. The image sensor unit receives the specific spectrum component. The wave-guiding device includes first and second reflective surfaces opposite to each other and limits the first light path and the second light path between them to guide the second optical signal and the specific spectrum component. The first and second reflective surfaces are separated from a light receiving surface of the image sensor unit by a predetermined gap. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170100 | Single-Lens 3-D Imaging Device Using Polarization Coded Aperture Masks Combined with Polarization Sensitive Sensor - A device and method for three-dimensional (3-D) imaging using a defocusing technique is disclosed. The device comprises a lens, at least one polarization-coded aperture obstructing the lens, a polarization-sensitive sensor operable for capturing electromagnetic radiation transmitted from an object through the lens and the at least one polarization-coded aperture, and a processor communicatively connected with the sensor for processing the sensor information and producing a 3-D image of the object. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170101 | CAMERA WEB SUPPORT - Web supports ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110170102 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Aftertreatment Control and Diagnostics - A method includes providing an exhaust stream for an internal combustion engine, where the exhaust stream is fluidly coupled to an aftertreatment component. The method includes optically determining an amount of an exhaust gas constituent in the exhaust stream. The method further includes modifying a model stored on a computer readable medium in response to the amount of the exhaust gas constituent. The model is an engine NO | 2011-07-14 |
20110170103 | NANOANTENNA AND USES THEREOF FOR BIOSENSING - A metal nanoantenna for use in a biosensing device is disclosed. The metal nanoantenna is arranged to exhibit at least two particle plasmon resonances or surface plasmon resonances (SPRs). The nanoantenna is for use in a sensor and allows detection at low concentration of biological components. In one aspect, the nanoantenna can have an asymmetric structural configuration and spectrally separated resonances. In one aspect, there is a location in its structure providing local electromagnetic field enhancement at all of the SPRs. The metal nanoantenna can be used for background free measuring of a quantity of a biological component. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170104 | METHOD FOR MEASURING THE SPECTRAL PHASE OF A PERIODIC SIGNAL - The invention relates to a self-referenced device ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110170105 | Techniques for Improving Optofluidic Microscope Devices - Embodiments of the present invention relate to techniques for improving optofluidic microscope (OFM) devices. One technique that may be used employs surface tension at a hydrophobic surface to passively pump the fluid sample through the fluid channel. Another technique uses electrodes to adjust the position of objects in the fluid channel. Another technique computationally adjusts the focal plane of an image wavefront measured using differential interference contrast (DIC) based on Young's interference by back propagating the image wavefront from the detection focal plane to a different focal plane. These techniques can be employed separately or in combination to improve the capabilities of OFM devices. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170106 | MULTIPLE SUPERIMPOSED INTERFACE PATTERN POROUS MICROSTRUCTURE MULTI LAYER BIOSENSING METHOD - A preferred embodiment biosensor is a multi-layer micro-porous thin film structure. Pores in a top layer of the micro-porous thin film structure are sized to accept a first molecule of interest. Pores in a second layer of the micro-porous thin film structure are smaller than the pores in the top layer and are sized to accept a second molecule of interest that is smaller than the first molecule of interest. The pores in the second layer are too small to accept the first molecule of interest. The pores in the top layer and the pores in the second layer are sized and arranged such that light reflected from the multi-layer micro-porous thin film structure produces multiple superimposed interference patterns that can be resolved. In preferred embodiments, the multi-layer micro-porous thin film structure is a porous silicon thin film multi-layer structure formed on a silicon substrate, such as a silicon wafer. Specific and nonspecific binding can be detected with biosensors of the invention. The position of peaks in the Fourier transform of the reflection spectrum and the shift in peak amplitudes can be used to determine the presence and quantity of targeted biological molecules of interest. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170107 | DETECTION CHAMBER WITH VARIABLE VOLUME - The invention proposes a detection chamber ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110170108 | Fast Microscale Actuators for Probe Microscopy - A system for measuring a property of a sample includes an actuation device disposed on a substrate and includes a flexible surface spaced apart from the substrate and configured so as to allow placement of the sample thereupon. The actuation device also includes a vertical actuator that is configured to cause the flexible surface to achieve a predetermined displacement from the substrate when a corresponding potential is applied thereto. A sensing probe is disposed so as to be configured to interact with the sample thereby sensing the property of the sample. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170109 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL BASED SENSOR OR MODULATOR - A gyroscope having photonic crystals for sensing rotation uses the Sagnac effect to determine angular motion. The gyroscope comprises a photonic crystal capable of guiding counter-propagating light beams in a closed path. A light source, coupling, and detection apparatus permits detection of phase changes between the counter-propagating beams, thereby permitting measurement of angular rotation. The photonic crystal comprises a periodic structure of pillars and voids which creates a photonic bandgap waveguide within which light waves in the proper wavelength range propagate with low loss. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170110 | WAVELENGTH-TUNABLE LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A wavelength-tunable light source apparatus includes a first light source apparatus and a second light source apparatus. The first light source apparatus is capable of changing an oscillation wavelength and includes a resonator. The resonator includes an optical amplification medium for amplifying light and a waveguide having wavelength distribution. The second light source apparatus is connected to the waveguide and configured to introduce pulsed light as modulation light to the first light source apparatus. The oscillation wavelength is controlled by active mode locking employing cross-gain modulation using the modulation light. The pulse width of the modulation light has a duration shorter than a duration of a half period of a driving signal for generating the modulation light. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170111 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) APPARATUS, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS - A free-space Michelson Interferometer-based Dual Detection Frequency Domain-Optical Coherency Tomography (DD-FD-OCT) apparatus includes a non-polarizing beam splitter that can be used to misalign sample and reference beam paths to provide a stable π/2 phase shift between simultaneously detected interfering sample and reference beams to eliminate the mirror image created by Fourier transformation during image reconstruction. A hybrid fiber system Mach Zehnder Interferometer- and free-space Michelson Interferometer-based Dual Detection Frequency Domain-Doppler Optical Coherency Tomography (DD-FD-DOCT) apparatus provides higher power efficiency and thus better sensitivity compared to the free-space DD-FD-OCT. Both DD-FD-OCT systems enable functional imaging with the contrasts of Doppler and that of polarization, in addition to full range images simultaneously. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170112 | HIGH INTENSITY FABRY-PEROT SENSOR - A sensor assembly having an optical fiber, a lens in optical communication with the optical fiber, a reflective surface spaced from the lens, for reflecting light from the beam back to the lens, a partially reflective surface positioned between the reflective surface and the lens, the partially reflective surface for reflecting light from the beam back to the lens, and an alignment device for aligning the lens and reflective surface with respect to one another, such that light from the beam of light transmitted from the lens reflects from the reflective surface back to the lens. The alignment device can have a rotational component and a base component, where the rotational component rotates to align a beam of light transmitted from the lens. The rotational component can also cooperate with the base component to move axially with respect to the reflective surfaces to align the beam for optimum power. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170113 | LASER-BASED COORDINATE MEASURING DEVICE AND LASER-BASED METHOD FOR MEASURING COORDINATES - A laser based coordinate measuring device measures a position of a remote target. The laser based coordinate measuring device includes a stationary portion, a rotatable portion, and at least a first optical fiber. The stationary portion has at least a first laser radiation source and at least a first optical detector, and the rotatable portion is rotatable with respect to the stationary portion. The first optical fiber system, which optically interconnects the first laser radiation source and the first optical detector with an emission end of the first optical fiber system, has the emission end disposed on the rotatable portion. The emission end emits laser radiation to the remote target and receives laser radiation reflected from the remote target with the emission direction of the laser radiation being controlled according to the rotation of the rotatable portion. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170114 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A TRANSFORMATION PROCESS OF CHARGE MATERIAL TO A PRODUCT - A method for controlling a transformation process in which the conversion of charge materials to a product takes place along a transformation interface from the crystal and/or grain and/or phase and/or pore surface into the charge material, wherein one or more chemical elements in the charge materials is released and/or incorporated and/or rearranged and wherein the conversion of the charge materials takes place along advancing transformation interfaces. The charge materials are identified on the basis of at least one optical, in particular microscopic, analysis with respect to their phases and/or phase components and/or their phase morphology, structure, texture and/or their chemical composition. On the basis of these variables, reference functions for the charge materials, which describe the conversion of the charge materials in the process, are assigned and used for establishing the process parameters of the transformation process. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170115 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD - An optical coherence tomographic imaging apparatus which has a light intensity varying portion provided on a first optical path for guiding a measuring beam to an object for varying an intensity of the measuring beam; an illumination condition varying portion for varying an illumination condition of the measuring beam that has passed through the light intensity varying portion for the object between a first illumination condition in which a center part of the measuring beam is not blocked and a second illumination condition in which the center part of the measuring beam is blocked; and an image forming portion for weighting a first tomographic image acquired in the first illumination condition and a second tomographic image acquired in the second illumination condition and composing the weighted first second tomographic images to form a third tomographic image. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170116 | EFPI SENSOR - An apparatus for estimating a property, the apparatus includes: a hollow core tube having a first opening and a second opening; a first optical waveguide disposed within the first opening; and a second optical waveguide disposed within the second opening and spaced a distance from the first optical waveguide, the distance being related to the property; wherein a portion of at least one of the optical waveguides within the tube is perimetrically isolated from the tube. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170117 | TRANSDUCER SYSTEM | 2011-07-14 |
20110170118 | Device and Method for Determining a Position and Orientation - The invention relates to a device for determining the position and orientation of a movable object. The latter exhibits at least two relative sensors ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110170119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT - The present invention relates to a detection system for detecting movements of a movable object ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110170120 | Apparatus and method for printing plurality of pages on one page in PDF direct printing - An apparatus and a method of printing a plurality of pages on a single page in a portable document format (PDF) direct printing, the apparatus including: a data input module to receive a PDF document; a user interface to receive an input number of pages to be printed on a single page; a controller arranged to convert the received PDF document to printing data according to the input number of pages; and a printing module to print in PDF direct printing the printing data obtained from the controller corresponding to the input number of pages on a single page. Accordingly, a plurality of pages can be respectively printed on one or more corresponding pages in PDF direct printing as in printing using a printer driver by converting an input PDF document to a PostScript language according to a ratio corresponding to the input number of pages. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170121 | IMAGE PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - This invention relates an image printing apparatus capable of copying by executing enlargement/reduction (E/R) processing optimum to an instructed mode. According to the apparatus, a copy mode and an enlargement rate are input. The use priority order of each enlargement/reduction (E/R) unit of the apparatus is decided. The enlargement rate is distributed to each E/R unit in accordance with the copy mode, decided use priority order, and the E/R rate upper limit value of each E/R unit. An image is copied by causing each E/R unit to sequentially execute E/R processing in accordance with the distributed enlargement rate and the decided use priority order and causing a printing unit to print based on the image data that has undergone the E/R processing. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170122 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system includes an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus that are connected via a network. The information processing apparatus receives inputs designating scan setting and a layout method, and transmits the scan setting and the layout method to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus reads an original document according to the scan setting, outputs image data, extracts a content from the image data according to the layout method, and transmits the content to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus determines, according to the layout method, a layout of the content on a page, arranges the content on the page according to the layout, and generates the drawing data. The image forming apparatus forms an image on a sheet of paper corresponding to the page according to drawing data. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170123 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE USING A FIRST PRINT MATERIAL AND A SECOND PRINT MATERIAL - A printing apparatus comprising a first engine for performing a print using a first print material connectable to a feed unit of a second engine for performing a print using a second print material is provided. The printing apparatus comprise a first controller configured to control the first engine and a second controller configured to control the second engine. Power control unit of the second controller configured to restrict consumption power of the image processing unit of the second controller in a case that transmitted information for the second engine from the first controller does not include the data to be processed by the second engine. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170124 | Image processing system and image processing apparatus - An image processing system is disclosed that is configured to input color image data, generate color image data identification information identifying the color image data, store the color image data identification information in association with the color image data, generate monochrome image data based on the color image data, combine the color image data identification information with the monochrome image data according to a predetermined format and print the combined monochrome image data on a first recording medium. Also, the image processing system is configured to read the combined monochrome image data from the first recording medium, extract the color image data identification information from the combined monochrome image data, read the color image data stored in association with the extracted color image data identification information, and output the read color image data in a predetermined visible format. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170125 | OPTICAL READING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR AN OPTICAL READING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - The length of the process from capturing an image by an optical reading unit to discharging the medium is shortened, and throughput improved. A media transportation mechanism conveys a medium to be scanned. An optical reader disposed to the medium transportation path optically reads the conveyed medium. A storage unit stores the captured image. A transmission unit reads and transmits the captured image stored in the storage unit to another device. A discharge control unit discharges the medium while the captured image is being transmitted to the other device after the optical reader finishes scanning the medium. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170126 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a case that it is determined that a first feeding unit is not ready to feed upon designation of a first print job that requires air feeding, start of the first print job is waited until the first feeding unit is ready to feed. In a case that a second print job that requires roll feeding is accepted during waiting for the first print job, the second print job is executed, and the first print job that requires air feeding is executed after completion of the second print job. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170127 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM EQUIPPED THEREWITH - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image based on job information, an operation section that enables an operator to conduct an input operation, and a controller that controls the image forming section, the operation section and a job, and is capable of conducting an output setting for the job. The controller causes the operation section to designate a part of pages of the job which is outputted in progress and to change the output setting. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170128 | LINKAGE SYSTEM OF PLURAL MULTI FUNCTION PERIPHERALS - According to an embodiment, a linkage system of plural multi function peripherals includes a first multi function peripheral and a second multi function peripheral. The first multi function peripheral includes a first network interface, a first memory and a first management unit. The first memory is configured to store a first data group. The first management unit is configured to manage first management information relating to the first data group. The second multi function peripheral includes a second network interface, a second memory, a second management unit and a control unit. The second memory is configured to store a second data group. The second management unit is configured to manage second management information relating to the second data group. The control unit is configured to link the first management information and the second management information. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170129 | PASSWORD SETTING DEVICE FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PASSWORD SETTING DEVICE - A password setting device for an image forming apparatus includes: an image reading unit which reads image information on a document; an image forming unit which forms an image on a sheet based on image data read by the image reading unit; an acceptance unit which accepts setting of a password used for user authentication; a determination unit which determines whether the password accepted via the acceptance unit violates prohibition information of the password or not; and a notification unit which notifies a user of information to prompt the user to change the password when it is determined by the determination unit that the password violates the prohibition information. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170130 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus manages distributed processing by a plurality of devices which are connected to a computer network and have a power-saving mode. The apparatus includes a retriever, arranged to retrieve device information and operation states of the plurality of devices, and a selector, arranged to select target devices of the distributed processing based on at least one of the device information and operation states. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170131 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - An image forming apparatus that executes a waiting print job and charges for the execution of the waiting print job. The waiting print job is inputted by a user and is kept from being executed until an execution instruction is inputted in the image forming apparatus by the user. The image forming apparatus includes: an allocation part that analyzes the waiting print job when the waiting print job is inputted, determines a billing amount therefor based on a result of the analysis and allocates, for the waiting print job, a budget amount equivalent to the determined billing amount; and an execution part that performs the execution when the budget amount has been allocated. When the waiting print job is inputted, the allocation part performs the allocation regardless of whether the execution instruction is inputted. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170132 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus processes a print job which includes electronic document data containing a shared object to be used wholly in the print job, a non-shared object to be used in part of the print job, and position information on each object, and a job ticket indicating print setting information associated with the electronic document data. The apparatus determines a dividing unit for the electronic document data, based on print attribute information contained in the electronic document data and the print setting information in the job ticket associated with the print attribute information, generates, according to the determined dividing unit, multiple electronic document data items each containing the shared object and the non-shared object associated with the dividing unit, but not including non-shared object unassociated with the dividing unit, and sequentially transmits the generated divided multiple electronic document data items to a printer. | 2011-07-14 |