32nd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140218678 | METHOD OF MAKING EYEWEAR HAVING FLEXIBLE FRAME WITH RIGID LENS RETAINER - A lens is permanently engaged with a substantially rigid lens retaining apparatus to form a lens unit during a formation molding process of the lens retaining apparatus. The rigid lens retaining apparatus is permanently engaged with a substantially flexible eyewear frame during a formation molding process of the frame. Therefore, a secure attachment of lenses to the substantially flexible eyewear frame through rigid lens retaining apparatus is provided. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218679 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE CUSTOMIZED ADJUSTMENT PARAMETER OF A LENS CARRIED BY A SPECTACLES FRAME FACING THE EYE OF A WEARER - A method for evaluating at least one individualized fitting parameter for a lens mounted in a spectacle frame. The method includes the following steps: (a) evaluating a postural parameter of the wearer of the spectacle frame in a vision posture, the postural parameter being selected from a plurality of preset postural parameters; (b) evaluating a second pantoscopic angle formed between, on the one hand, the projection of the temple of the frame onto the sagittal plane of the wearer, and on the other hand, the trace, on the same plane, of the front side of the frame; and (c) evaluating the first pantoscopic angle as a function of, on the one hand, the second pantoscopic angle evaluated in step (b), and on the other hand, the postural parameter of the wearer evaluated in step (a). | 2014-08-07 |
20140218680 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING INTERPUPILLARY DISTANCE - The proposed innovation provides methods and systems for measuring the interpupillary distance. The proposed innovation provides a fitting pad ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140218681 | STATISTICAL AUTOREFRACTOR - Methods for determining a prescription (Rx) for a person include providing aberrometric data characterizing wavefront errors of the person's eye, the aberrometric data being obtained using an wavefront sensor and comprising one or more coefficients characterizing the wavefront errors; determining a starting Rx for the person's eye based on the one or more coefficients and on predetermined information relating aberrometric data and subjective refraction data for a plurality of people's eyes; and reporting the starting Rx to an eye care professional. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218682 | AUTOMATED VISION SCREENING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A system and method for screening vision including: requesting user information; performing objective visual acuity tests; and reporting visual acuity results without assistance from another person. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218683 | AUTOMATED DETECTION OF UVEITIS USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - Systems and methods for automatically detecting, classifying and quantifying clumps indicative of inflammation in the eye using optical coherence tomography images are described. Clump detection relies on both intensity and geometric thresholding. Applications of the invention include improved diagnosis, classification and monitoring of inflammatory disease. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218684 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUB-APERTURE BASED ABERRATION MEASUREMENT AND CORRECTION IN INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING - Systems and methods for sub-aperture correlation based wavefront measurement in a thick sample and correction as a post processing technique for interferometric imaging to achieve near diffraction limited resolution are described. Theory, simulation and experimental results are presented for the case of full field interference microscopy. The inventive technique can be applied to any coherent interferometric imaging technique and does not require knowledge of any system parameters. In one embodiment of the present invention, a fast and simple way to correct for defocus aberration is described. A variety of applications for the inventive method are presented. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218685 | EYE REFRACTIVE POWER MEASURING APPARATUS - An eye refractive power measuring apparatus includes: a measuring part configured to project measurement light onto a fundus of an examinee's eye and measure refractive power of the eye based on reflection light of the measurement light from the fundus; a fixation target presenting part configured to present a fixation target to the eye; a drive part configured to move a presenting position of the fixation target; and a control part configured to control the drive part to move the presenting position from far distance to near distance, the apparatus being configured to measure the eye refractive power in at least a far position and a near position, wherein the control part controls the drive part to change a control amount thereof based on a change in measurement results of the eye refractive power while the fixation target is moved from the far distance to the near distance. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218686 | ATTENUATION-BASED OPTIC NEUROPATHY DETECTION WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - Optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan data of a subject is acquired over a region of interest which can include an optic disc or a macula of a retina. Layer boundaries of retinal layers are identified in the OCT scan data to facilitate measurements. In one aspect, a measurement related to ratio value between a total backscattered signal intensity of one or more target layers of the retina and a total backscattered signal intensity of one or more reference layers is computed on a location-by-location basis within a region of interest of the OCT scan data. Measurements can be collected, aggregated, analyzed, and displayed in connection with other information taken or derived from the OCT scan data. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218687 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGING AN EYE - A slit lamp mounted eye imaging, a slit lamp integrated, a handheld, OCT integrated, or attached to a separate chinrest-joystick assembly apparatus and method for producing a wide field and/or magnified views of the posterior or the anterior segments of an eye through an undilated or dilated pupil is disclosed. The apparatus images sections and focal planes and utilizes an illumination system that uses one or more LEDs, shifting optical elements, flipping masks, and/or aperture stops where the light can be delivered into the optical system on optical axis or off axis from center of optical system and return imaging path from the eye, creating artifacts in different locations on the eye image. Image processing is employed to detect and eliminate artifacts and masks from images. The apparatus can be used in combination with an OCT, microscope and can be disposed in a hand-held housing for hand-held use. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218688 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGING AN EYE - A slit lamp mounted eye imaging a slit lamp integrated, a handheld, OCT integrated, or attached to a separate chinrest-joystick assembly apparatus for producing a wide field and/or magnified views of the posterior or the anterior segments of an eye through an undilated or dilated pupil. The apparatus images sections and focal planes and utilizes an illumination system that uses one or more LEDs, shifting optical elements, flipping masks, and/or aperture stops where the light can be delivered into the optical system on optical axis or off axis from center of optical system and return imaging path from the eye, creating artifacts in different locations on the eye image. Image processing is employed to detect and eliminate artifacts and masks from images. The apparatus can be used in combination with an OCT, microscope and can be disposed in a hand-held housing for hand-held use. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218689 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC PATIENT FIXATION SYSTEM - The field of the invention relates to systems and methods for ophthalmic laser procedure and, more particularly, to systems and methods for dynamic fixation used in the fixation of the eye(s) of a patient during laser-assisted ophthalmic surgery and/or ophthalmic diagnostic and measurement systems where visualization and concentration on a target are desired. The invention generally enhances the alignment between the eye and a laser beam of a laser eye surgery system using visual fixation system and laser delivery optics. The visual fixation system allows a patient's eye(s) to be accurately focused at one or more fixation targets. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218690 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASCERTAINING AND MAPPING DATA REPRESENTING THE OPTICAL IMAGING PROPERTIES OF AN EYE - A method and a device for ascertaining and mapping data representing the optical imaging properties of an eye of a person, in which n different test images are displayed individually in succession on an electronically controllable monitor unit, are seen by the person from a settable viewing angle and at a settable distance, and are identified by means of an input comprising: a) ascertaining a characteristic viewing angle value at a given distance, at which a first probability for correct identification of the test images is achieved, b) ascertaining a characteristic distance value while maintaining the ascertained characteristic viewing angle value, at which a second probability for correct identification is achieved which is greater than the first probability, c) repeating steps a) and b). | 2014-08-07 |
20140218691 | Visual Perimeter Measurement - In one example of the invention a patient display is provided on which a fixation graphic or video is shown in substantially the centre of the display, and then target graphics or video are shown at different positions on the display about the centre. A test subject is positioned in front of the patient display at a known distance, and a camera captures an image of the test subject's eyes, to allow gaze direction determination to be performed. The captured images are displayed to a clinician user by a controlling test application, the clinician making a determination based on the images as to whether the test subject saw a target graphic or video when it was displayed. The clinician user then makes an appropriate input into the controlling test application, which also logs the position at which the target image was displayed. By displaying target graphics at multiple locations on the screen and logging the clinician inputs, the controlling test application is able to build up a plot of the peripheral vision field of the test subject. This plot can then be graphically displayed to the clinician user, and stored with the test results for future clinical use. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218692 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING FOR COLOR VISION LOSS - A method and apparatus for administering eye tests to identify cone sensitivity loss associated with hereditary and acquired color vision loss which may be used for early detection, progress, treatment, and monitoring of eye conditions, traumatic brain injury, optic neuritis, systemic and neurological diseases including Glaucoma, Retinopathy, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's Disease, and Parkinson's Disease and retinal toxicity. Particularly, the method and apparatus disclosed uses a Cone Contrast Test (CCT) to test individuals for hereditary or acquired color vision loss associated with (a) early signs of potential disease/damage/toxicity in an effort to (i) provide opportunity for treatment, and (ii) prevent permanent eye damage, and (b) monitor progress and treatment of such disease/damage/toxicity. The system comprises a computer system including an input device and a display device, and the accuracy and repeatability of the testing is provided by repeated calibration using a colormeter. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218693 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image projection apparatus includes an optical part disposed in a light path of an projection image; an enclosing unit to enclose the light path of the projection image and having an window for projecting the projection image onto a projection plane; and an air supply unit to supply air into an internal space of the enclosing unit enclosing the light path. Pressure of the internal space of the enclosing unit is kept at a positive pressure with respect to an external pressure of the enclosing unit during an image projection operation. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218694 | HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE OF PROJECTION DEVICE AND HEAT DISSIPATION METHOD THEREOF - A heat dissipation structure of a projection device includes at least one fan, at least one light emitting unit, at least one air guide, and a sensing device. The fan with an outlet is used for providing a cooling flow. The light emitting unit is used for providing a light beam. The air guide is dismountable disposed in front of the outlet. The air guide is used for guiding the cooling flow to a hot spot of the light emitting unit. The sensing device is used for sensing a projection direction of the projection device. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218695 | ORTHOGONALLY DISPOSED PROJECTION SURFACES - A system for projecting changeable electronic content across multiple display surfaces. The system includes display surfaces arranged at a non-zero angle with respect to one another, such as three orthogonal display surfaces in the corner of a rectangular shaped product container. Changeable electronic content, including video and digital still images, is converted such that, when the projector receives and projects the content to the multiple display surfaces, the content is displayed undistorted to a viewer. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218696 | LIGHT SOURCE DRIVE DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND LIGHT SOURCE DRIVE METHOD - A light source drive device includes a supply unit that supplies a high-frequency first drive signal and a second drive signal whose frequency is lower than a frequency of the first drive signal to a discharge lamp which has a pair of electrodes, and a control unit that controls the supply unit so that the second drive signal is supplied during a second period after the first drive signal is supplied during a first period and the second period is lengthened as a voltage between the pair of electrodes is increased. It is preferable that the second period be longer than two minutes. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218697 | LIGHT SOURCE DRIVE DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND LIGHT SOURCE DRIVE METHOD - A light source drive device includes a supply unit that supplies a high-frequency first drive signal and a second drive signal whose frequency is lower than a frequency of the first drive signal to a discharge lamp which has a pair of electrodes, and a control unit that controls the supply unit so that the first drive signal and the second drive signal of fixed durations are alternately supplied and that controls the supply unit so that the first drive signal is supplied in a case where a voltage between the pair of electrodes is below a threshold. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218698 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus including a light source module and a Micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) mirror is provided. The light source module outputs a plurality of illumination beams having different transmission paths. The MEMS minor is disposed on the transmission paths of the illumination beams. Each illumination beam propagates to the MEMS mirror respectively, and the illumination beams are respectively reflected by the MEMS mirror to project on a plurality of positions within an imaging region, wherein the transmission paths of the illumination beams transmitted from the light source to the MEMS mirror are not intersected with the imaging region. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218699 | IMAGE PROJECTOR HAVING AN OPTICAL PROJECTION SYSTEM WITH INDEPENDENTLY FOCUSING LENS - An optical projection system for projecting an enlarged image on a projection surface is provided. The optical projection system includes an image forming element, a coaxial optical system and a concave mirror. The coaxial optical system and the concave mirror are arranged in this order on an optical path from the image forming element to the projection surface. The coaxial optical system includes lens groups and an aperture stop that share an optical axis. The lens groups include a first lens group and other lens groups. The first lens group has negative refractive power and independently moves in an optical axis direction for adjusting the focus of the optical projection system. The aperture stop is arranged at a position closer to the image forming element than the first lens group that is arranged closest to the concave mirror among the lens groups having the negative refractive power. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218700 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR LOCKING RESONATING FREQUENCY OF A MINIATURE SYSTEM - A resonance locking system for a pico-projector, the system comprising a resonance frequency sensor operative for sensing change in resonance frequency of a miniature mechanical device ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140218701 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, SUPER-LUMINESCENT DIODE, AND PROJECTOR - A light emitting device includes a laminated body having an active layer, a first cladding layer, and a second cladding layer, the active layer constitutes an optical waveguide, the optical waveguide includes a first portion connecting a first exit section and a first reflecting section to each other, a second portion connecting the first reflecting section and a second reflecting section to each other, and a third portion connecting the second reflecting section and a second exit section to each other, and a current density in the first portion and a current density in the third portion are higher than a current density in the second portion. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218702 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD - An image projection method includes: reflecting, by a concave mirror, light having transmitted through one or more lenses after forming an intermediate-focused image of the light; and projecting an image onto a projection plane through reflecting the light reflected by the concave mirror by a plane mirror that has an aspect ratio of 1.9 or more. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218703 | ILLUMINATION METHOD, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL DEVICE, AND EXPOSURE DEVICE - There is provided an illumination method for illuminating an illumination objective surface by using a light from a light source. The illumination method includes setting control amount for controlling a plurality of optical elements, to control a state of an incident light coming into each of the plurality of optical elements, the plurality of optical elements being arranged in parallel and being capable of controlling the state of the incident light; illuminating the illumination objective surface with the light from the light source via the plurality of optical elements; monitoring integrated energy of the light from the light source; and correcting the control amount for the plurality of optical elements on the basis of a result of the monitoring of the integrated energy. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218704 | HIGH NA (NUMERICAL APERTURE) RECTANGULAR FIELD EUV CATOPTRIC PROJECTION OPTICS USING TILTED AND DECENTERED ZERNIKE POLYNOMIAL MIRROR SURFACES - A catoptric system for EUV lithography includes six freeform reflective surfaces that are specified based on fringe Zernike polynomials. Each of the surfaces is tilted and/or decentered in a meridian plane and with respect to a common axis so that image and object planes are parallel. Rectangular fields can be imaged with image space numerical aperture of at least 0.5. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218705 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An object is to provide an illumination apparatus that achieves illumination with a uniform illuminance distribution, while reducing a light quantity loss. An illumination apparatus for illuminating an illumination target surface has: a deflection member configured to form an illuminance distribution with a periodic pattern along a predetermined direction on a predetermined face traversing an optical path; and an optical integrator system having a plurality of wavefront division facets arrayed on the predetermined face and configured to form secondary light sources with use of a beam from the deflection member; the deflection member forms the illuminance distribution with the periodic pattern of an integer times or a unit fraction times an array period of the plurality of wavefront division facets. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218706 | RADIATION SOURCE AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A radiation source comprises a nozzle configured to direct a stream of fuel droplets ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140218707 | EXPOSURE METHOD AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus which transfers a pattern formed on a mask onto a photosensitive substrate placed in proximity to the mask, the apparatus including an illumination optical device which illuminates the mask with an energy beam, a mask holding device which holds a periphery area of a pattern area of the mask from above, and makes a force at least within a plane parallel to a predetermined plane act on the mask and a substrate holding device which moves along the predetermined plane holding the substrate. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218708 | LIGHT MODULATOR AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus comprises a light modulator which includes a modulator substrate and an array of mirrors that are supported by the modulator substrate. At least some adjacent mirrors partly overlap. The light modulator further comprises a plurality of actuators that are supported by the modulator substrate and are configured to tilt the mirrors individually. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218709 | FIELD FACET MIRROR FOR AN ILLUMINATION OPTICS OF A PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS FOR EUV MICROLITHOGRAPHY - A field facet mirror for an illumination optics of a projection exposure apparatus for EUV microlithography transmits a structure of an object arranged in an object field into an image field. The field facet mirror has a plurality of field facets with reflection surfaces. The arrangement of the field facets next to one another spans a base plane. Projections of the reflection surfaces of at least two of the field facets onto the base plane differ with respect to at least one of the following parameters: size, shape, orientation. A field facet mirror results which can ensure a uniform object field illumination with a simultaneously high EUV throughput. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218710 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS FOR FORMING A RETICLE - A method of forming a reticle includes: loading a blank reticle; projecting an electron beam; moving a second aperture plate having a first pattern aperture and a second pattern aperture so that the first pattern aperture is directly overlapped by a first aperture of a first aperture plate, the electron beam passing through the first pattern aperture after passing the first aperture; exposing the blank reticle with the electron beam after the electron beam passes the first pattern aperture, to form a first exposure pattern; moving the second aperture plate so that the second pattern aperture is directly overlapped by the first aperture of the first aperture plate, the electron beam passing through the second pattern aperture after passing the first aperture; exposing the blank reticle with the electron beam after the electron beam passes the second pattern aperture, to form a second exposure pattern; and developing the blank reticle having the first and second exposure patterns to form the reticle having first and second patterns. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218711 | Electrostatic Clamp, Lithographic Apparatus, and Device Manufacturing Method - An electrostatic clamp for use in holding an object onto a supporting table, the electrostatic clamp comprising: a multi-layer film comprising an electrode defined in an electrically conducting layer which is positioned between electrically insulating layers. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218712 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - An exposure apparatus and a fabrication method thereof include an obtaining unit configured to obtain data of a first imaging position at which light from a first pattern having, as a longitudinal direction thereof, a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis of a projection optical system forms an image via the projection optical system, and data of a second imaging position at which light from a second pattern having, as a longitudinal direction thereof, a second direction which is not parallel to the first direction and is perpendicular to the optical axis forms an image via the projection optical system, when the first pattern and the second pattern are respectively placed on an object plane of the projection optical system, and a control unit configured to control a stage so that a substrate is positioned at a target position of the substrate along the optical axis. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218713 | Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Process - A process of an extreme ultraviolet lithography is disclosed. The process includes receiving an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask, an EUV radiation source and an illuminator. The process also includes exposing the EUV mask by a radiation, originating from the EUV radiation source and directed by the illuminator, with a less-than-three-degree chief ray angle of incidence at the object side (CRAO). The process further includes removing most of the non-diffracted light and collecting and directing the diffracted light and the not removed non-diffracted light by a projection optics box (POB) to expose a target. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218714 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND RETICLE FOR IMPROVED PATTERN QUALITY IN EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET (EUV) LITHOGRAPHY AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE RETICLE - A reticle for use in an extreme ultraviolet (euv) lithography tool includes a trench formed in the opaque border formed around the image field of the reticle. The trench is coated with an absorber material. The reticle is used in an euv lithography tool in conjunction with a reticle mask and the positioning of the reticle mask and the presence of the trench combine to prevent any divergent beams of radiation from reaching any undesired areas on the substrate being patterned. In this manner, only the exposure field of the substrate is exposed to the euv radiation. Pattern integrity in neighboring fields is maintained. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218715 | STRUCTURE OF AN OPTICAL PATH FOR LASER RANGE FINDING - A structure of an optical path for laser range finding includes a main body and a light-emitting unit assembled in the main body. The main body has a transmitting channel, a receiving channel and a calibration channel. The light-emitting unit is assembled in the transmitting channel. The light-emitting unit emits an external optical beam and an internal optical beam. The external optical beam is emitted through the transmitting channel. The internal optical beam is emitted to the receiving channel via the calibration channel. An included angle is defined between the external optical beam and the internal optical beam. A receiver is mounted in the receiving channel. Under this arrangement, the external optical beam and the internal optical beam do not interfere with each other. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218716 | FLEXIBLE FIBRE OPTIC DEFORMATION SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cable for distributed fibre optic sensing comprising a flexible tape, an optical fibre suitable for Brillouin scattering measurement forming at least two lengths, and at least one free end of at least one length being connectable to a reading unit, wherein at least a section of the longitudinal length of the flexible tape is situated between at least a section of the two lengths such that the two lengths are in close proximity such that a temperature gradient between the two lengths is minimized, and wherein the section of the tape and the section of lengths can flex together. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218717 | BOTDA System that Combined Optical Pulse Coding Techniques and Coherent Detection - A BOTDA system that combined optical pulse coding techniques and coherent detection includes a narrow linewidth laser, two polarization-maintaining couplers, microwave generator, two electro-optic modulators (EOMs), fiber under test, an optical circulator, a 3 dB coupler, a polarization scrambler, a pulse generator, a balance photodetector, an electrical spectrum analyzer, digital signal processing unit and a frequency shifter. The optical pulse coding techniques and coherent detection are simultaneously used in the invented system, which can be enhance the signal-to-noise ration (SNR), the measuring accuracy and the sensing distance of BOTDA. Moreover, the proposed system has the capacity of break interrogation. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218718 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE TO FACILITATE EVALUATION OF SUBSTANCES USING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY - Sampling device geometry reduces specular reflectance, using lenses to focus electromagnetic energy to predominately return scattered rather than reflected electromagnetic energy to detector(s), reducing effect of non-matte surfaces and/or window. Sampling device includes inherent automatic optical calibration, and optionally thermal calibration. Calibration detectors are optically isolated with respective emitters. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218719 | DETECTION SYSTEM WITH ONE-PIECE OPTICAL ELEMENT TO CONCENTRATE AND HOMOGENIZE LIGHT - Detection system comprising an examination region, a one-piece optical element including a focusing portion to concentrate light received from the examination region and a guiding portion to homogenize light received from the focusing portion, and a detector configured to detect homogenized light received from the guiding portion. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218720 | COMBINED RADIATIONLESS AUTOMATED THREE DIMENSIONAL PATIENT HABITUS IMAGING WITH SCINTIGRAPHY - An apparatus and method to map the body habitus, without the use of ionizing radiation, and to simultaneously track the position of an ionizing radiation imaging detector with respect to the body habitus map so that the radiotracer distribution of the patient can be fused with the body habitus map and thus provide an anatomical reference for the radiotracer distribution within the patient. A depth camera, capable of imaging a 3-dimensional surface, is attached to an ionizing radiation imaging detector where the relative position between the two is known. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218721 | OPTICAL FIBER FAULT LOCATOR - A device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory operable to perform operations. The operations include determining a first estimated distance associated with a first location of an optical fiber based on first light detected by a sensor, where the first light is detected at a first time when a portion of the optical fiber has a first configuration, and determining a second estimated distance associated with a second location of the optical fiber based on second light detected by the sensor, where the second light is detected at a second time when the portion of the optical fiber has a second configuration. The operations further include determining a third estimated distance associated with a third location of the optical fiber based on the first estimated distance and the second estimated distance, where the third location is associated with a fault in the optical fiber. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218722 | Optical Inspector - An optical inspector includes a radiating source, a time varying beam reflector, a telecentric scan lens, a first and second lens, a field stop, and a detector. The radiating source irradiates a first position of on the time varying beam reflector with a source beam. The time varying beam reflector directs the source beam to the telecentric scan lens, which in turn directs the source beam to a sample. The first lens focuses scattered radiation from the sample to generate multiple scan lines at a first focal plane. The field stop is positioned at the first focal plane to block one or more scan lines at the first focal plane. The scan line not blocked by the field stop propagates to the second lens. The second lens de-scans the scan line and generates a point of scattered radiation at a second focal plane where the detector input is located. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218723 | SURFACE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A defect inspection apparatus including: a first illumination optical system which is configured to illuminate the inspection area on a sample surface from a normal line direction or a direction near thereof with respect to said sample surface; a second illumination optical system which is configured to illuminate said inspection area from a slant direction with respect to said sample surface; a detection optical system having a plurality of first detectors which are located, in front of, on the sides of, and behind said inspection area, respectively, with respect to the illumination direction of said second illumination optical system, and where the regular reflected light component, from said sample surface, by illumination light of said second illumination optical system, is not converged; and a signal processing system which is configured to inspect a defect, upon basis of signals obtained from said plurality of first detectors. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218724 | Optical Inspector - An optical inspector includes a radiating source, a time varying beam reflector, a telecentric scan lens, a separating minor, and a first and second detector. The radiating source is configured to irradiate a first position on the time varying beam reflector with a source beam. The time varying beam reflector directs the source beam to the telecentric scan lens, which in turn directs the source beam to a sample. The telecentric scan lens directs specular reflection and near specular scattered radiation to the time varying beam reflector. The specular reflection is directed by the separating mirror to the first detector. The near specular scattered radiation is not reflected by the separating minor and propagates to the second detector. In response, the optical inspector determines the total reflectivity, the surface slope, or the near specular scattered radiation intensity of the sample. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218725 | Inspecting Device for Detecting Appearance of Debris on a Surface of a Glass Substrate, Inspecting Apparatus and Method for Conducting Inspection - The present invention discloses an inspecting device for detecting whether there is an appearance of debris on a surface of a glass substrate, including a laser unit, a platform, and an image sensor unit. The suface of the platform is coated with a light-absorbing material so as to absorb laser beams penetrating through the glass substrate to prevent the image sensor unit from receiving the reflected laser beam from the underside of the glass substrate. Besides, the present invention discloses an inspecting apparatus for detecting whether there is an appearance of debris on a surface of a glass substrate, using the inspecting device given above, and a method for conducting inspection. The inspecting device features a simplified configuration; the method is easy to operate; and the device can effectively prevent the backgrotmd interference from the underside of glass substrates when determining whether there is an appearance of debris on top surfaces of glass substrates. The device prevents mistakes in detecting glass substrates; and the device improves the accuracy rate of inspection. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218726 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLEX SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING - A system for measuring an sample includes an illumination source providing electromagnetic radiation pulses at a selected temporal frequency. A microscope focuses the radiation to interact with the sample and produce resultant electromagnetic radiation. A disperser disperses wavelengths of the resultant radiation onto optical sensors, and respective resonant amplifiers amplify signals having the selected temporal frequency. Optical detection apparatus includes the optical sensors, resonant amplifiers, and disperser. The resonant amplifiers amplify portion(s) of their inputs having a selected temporal frequency and attenuate other portion(s). A method of analyzing constituents of a sample includes contemporaneously irradiating the sample with narrowband light and broadband light, the optical power of either modulated at a selected temporal frequency; dispersing wavelengths of resultant light across the optical detectors; and filtering respective signals from the optical detectors to provide spectrum data including signals corresponding to the selected temporal frequency. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218727 | APPARATUS FOR USE IN A SENSING APPLICATION HAVING A DESTRUCTIBLE COVER - An apparatus for use in a sensing application includes a body having a cavity containing an opening. The apparatus also includes a plurality of nano-fingers positioned in the cavity and a destructible cover covering the opening in the cavity to protect the plurality of nano-fingers, wherein the destructible cover is to be destroyed to enable access to the plurality of nano-fingers. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218728 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CADMIUM WITH OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY - An apparatus and method for detecting cadmium using optical emission spectroscopy is provided. The apparatus contains a system which uses optical emission spectroscopy which is programmed and calibrated to detect the presence of cadmium in PPM. The system is calibrated using test samples which have been prepared with a lead/cadmium matrix material having at least one iron based electrode integrated therein. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218729 | Means of Introducing an Analyte into Liquid Sampling Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge - A liquid sampling, atmospheric pressure, glow discharge (LS-APGD) device as well as systems that incorporate the device and methods for using the device and systems are described. The LS-APGD includes a hollow capillary for delivering an electrolyte solution to a glow discharge space. The device also includes a counter electrode in the form of a second hollow capillary that can deliver the analyte into the glow discharge space. A voltage across the electrolyte solution and the counter electrode creates the microplasma within the glow discharge space that interacts with the analyte to move it to a higher energy state (vaporization, excitation, and/or ionization of the analyte). | 2014-08-07 |
20140218730 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a measurement apparatus which measures a position of a surface to be measured, comprising a light detection unit configured to detect light reflected by the surface to be measured, a confocal optical system configured to irradiate the surface to be measured with light and guide the light traveling from the surface to be measured to the light detection unit, and a control unit configured to determine a position of the surface to be measured, based on an output from the light detection unit, wherein the control unit obtains a plurality of signals to be used for determining the position of the surface to be measured, selects one of the plurality of signals, and obtains the position of the surface to be measured, based on the selected signal. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218731 | CONFOCAL SPECTROMETER AND METHOD FOR IMAGING IN CONFOCAL SPECTROMETER - A broadband light source is provided for a confocal spectrometer having a first aperture device with a first slit grid of a main slit direction arranged in front of the light source to produce a slit-shaped pattern of the light source. A first imaging optical unit focuses the slit-shaped pattern of the light source on an object to be imaged. A detector system has a detector apparatus that captures the light reflected by the object for generating a spectrally resolved image of the object. A second imaging optical unit focuses the reflected light onto the detector apparatus. A dispersion element, arranged in front of the second imaging optical unit, spectrally disperses the light reflected by the object along a dispersion axis perpendicular to the optical axis of the second imaging optical unit. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218732 | PARTICLE COUNTER TESTING METHOD, AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE, AND AEROSOL GENERATING METHOD - A particle counter testing method includes the steps for storing particles in a container, blowing a compressed gas through an inlet flow path, through a wall of the container, into the particles that are stored within the container, spraying the particles that are blown by the compressed gas to outside of the container through a nozzle that is provided on the container, and measuring the number of particles by a particle counter. In the method, an outer shape of the nozzle is a conical shape. The compressed gas is blown into the container through an inlet flow path so that a pressure of a sprayed aerosol gas flow that includes particles is lower than a pressure of a surrounding gas. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218733 | IN-LINE ARRANGEMENT FOR MEASURING POLARIZATION EXTINCTION RATIO - An in-line polarization extinction ratio (PER) monitor that generates a value of an optical signal's PER from a single measurement, without requiring the optical transmission signal path of the system to be directly coupled into a separate measurement device. The polarization extinction ratio may be defined as: 10 log(P | 2014-08-07 |
20140218734 | PAPER SHEET RECOGNITION APPARATUS, LIGHT GUIDE AND LIGHT GUIDE CASING FOR USE IN SPECTROMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF PAPER SHEET - A paper sheet recognition apparatus that recognizes a paper sheet based on optical characteristics of the paper sheet is proposed. The paper sheet recognition apparatus includes at least one light source that emits a light toward the paper sheet; a light-guiding member that receives any of reflected lights reflected from plural regions on the paper sheet and transmitted lights that have passed through plural regions on the paper sheet because of emission of the light on the paper sheet from the light source, condenses the received lights, and outputs the condensed light from a light outputting section; an optical processing unit that generates spectral distribution from the condensed light output from the light outputting section of the light-guiding member; and a recognition processing unit that recognizes the paper sheet based on a feature of the spectral distribution generated by the optical processing unit. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218735 | COLORIMETRY METHOD AND COLORIMETRY APPARATUS - An imaging section that detects the amount of light separated by a wavelength tunable interference filter to acquire a spectroscopic image (imaging device and light amount acquisition section) detects the amount of light successively separated for three wavelengths to acquire spectroscopic images for producing a combined image. A display controller causes a display section to display a combined image based on the spectroscopic images for producing the combined image. A specified position detection section identifies based on user's operation a specified position where a colorimetry result is to be outputted. The imaging section detects the amount of light successively separated for a plurality of wavelengths by the wavelength tunable interference filter to acquire spectroscopic images for colorimetry corresponding to the plurality of wavelengths. A colorimetry section measures the color in the specified position by using the amount of light obtained from each of the spectroscopic images for colorimetry. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218736 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF A TARGET - The invention relates to a system and a method for optical measurement of a target, wherein the target is illuminated, either actively illuminated, reflecting ambient light, or self illuminating, and a measurement light beam received from the target or through it is detected. The prior art optical measurement systems generally include mechanical filter wheels and photomultiplier tubes, which cause the equipment to be expensive, large-sized and often not sufficiently accurate and stable. The objective of the invention is achieved with a solution, in which the illuminating light beam and/or measurement light beam is led through a Fabry-Perot interferometer or a set of two or more Fabry-Perot Interferometers, and the pass band of the Fabry-Perot interferometer or a set of two or more Fabry-Perot Interferometers is controlled during the measurement of a single target. The invention can be applied in optical measurements where, for example, reflectance, absorption of fluorescence of the target is measured. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218737 | Marker for Optical Mark Response Forms - In a method, a response sheet is provided to a user. The response sheet includes a machine-readable form having a number of response areas where the user can provide responses. After being received from the user, the response sheet has ones of the response areas marked by the user with a non-reflective fluid and also has other ones of the response areas being marked by the user with a reflective fluid. The received response sheet includes response areas marked with the non-reflective and the reflective fluid that were not marked in the provided response sheet. Responses provided by the user can be determined using an optical reading apparatus. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218738 | PLASMONIC INTERFEROMETER BIOSENSORS - An optical device includes a transparent substrate and a conductive layer disposed over an upper surface of the transparent substrate. The conductive layer defines at least one groove inwardly extending from an upper surface and includes an aperture that is spaced apart from the at least one groove. An interface between the upper surface of the conductive layer and an ambient medium defines an optical branch along which surface plasmon polariton modes are excited in response to at least partially coherent light being received by the optical device. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218739 | INTERFEROMETER EMPLOYING A MULTI-WAVEGUIDE OPTICAL LOOP PATH AND FIBER OPTIC ROTATION RATE SENSOR EMPLOYING SAME - An interferometer employed, in part, as a Sagnac interferometer or fiber optic gyro (FOG) includes a light source that provides a source light wave that is split into first and second light waves that are directed to traverse a defined optical loop path in opposite directions. The defined optical loop path in accordance with the present invention is provided by multiple waveguides wound into a coil such that the opposite traveling first and second light waves serially travel through all of the waveguides in opposite directions around the optical loop path. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218740 | Method and System for Optical Coherence Tomography - The present invention relates to a method as well as a corresponding system ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140218741 | OCT Swept Laser with Cavity Length Compensation - An optical coherence tomography system utilizes an optical swept laser that has cavity length compensator that changes an optical length of the laser cavity for different optical frequencies to increase the length of the laser cavity for lower optical frequencies. Specifically, a spectral separation between longitudinal cavity modes of the laser cavity is shortened or alternatively lengthened as a passband of a cavity tuning element sweeps through a scanband of the swept optical signal. In some examples, the compensator is implemented as two gratings. In others, it is implemented as a chirped grating device. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218742 | Optical Coherence Tomography Control Systems and Methods - In part, the invention relates to methods, devices, and systems suitable for controlling a light source. The light source is configured for use in a data collection system such as an optical coherence tomography system. The light source can be controlled with a drive waveform. Linearizing and symmetrizing parameters of the light source such as forward and backward scan durations is achieved using a suitable drive waveform. Phase, amplitude, and other parameters for different harmonics of a fundamental wave can be identified that improve operating parameters such as the duty cycle and peak frequency matching between scans. The fundamental wave and one or more of such harmonics can be combined to generate the suitable drive wave form. The light source can include a tunable light source that includes or is in optical communication with a tunable filter. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218743 | Wavelength-Tunable Light Source Apparatus, Driving Method Thereof, Optical Tomographic Image Acquisition Apparatus Including Wavelength-Tunable Light Source Apparatus, and Optical Tomographic Image Acquisition Method - A wavelength-tunable light source apparatus that has a wavelength-tunable light source that simultaneously operates a plurality of light sources with different wavelengths to emit light, includes:
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20140218744 | SYSTEMS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM WHICH UTILIZE SYNTHETIC APERTURE(S) FOR EXTENDING DEPTH-OF-FOCUS OF OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING - An exemplary apparatus can be provided for generating at least one image of a structure. The apparatus can include at least one first arrangement that has a structural configuration with a first aperture and a second aperture. At least one detector second arrangement can b provided which is configured to detect (i) a first electro-magnetic signal provided to or from the structure via the first aperture, and (ii) a second electromagnetic signal provided to or from the structure via the second aperture. The first and second signals can be associated with data regarding at least one portion of the structure. The exemplary apparatus can further include at least one processing third arrangement which is configured to combine an amplitude and a phase of each of the first and second signals with one another to form a combined amplitude and a combined phase of a combined signal, and then generate the image(s) based on the combined signal. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218745 | DETECTOR CIRCUITS FOR INTERFEROMETERS - A detector circuit for a multi-channel interferometer, typically as may be used in an optical coherence tomography device, comprising: a plurality of measurement channels ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140218746 | OPTICAL POSITION-MEASURING DEVICE - The present invention relates to an optical position-measuring device for generating a plurality of phase-shifted scanning signals regarding the relative position of a fiber optic scanning head and a reflection measuring standard movable relative thereto in at least one measuring direction. In the fiber optic scanning head, a scanning reticle is disposed before the measuring standard end of an optical fiber. The scanning signals are coded in a wavelength-dependent manner. To this end, a beam incident on the scanning reticle is split into at least two sub-beams which strike the reflection measuring standard and are subsequently recombined to interfere with each other so as to generate the phase-shifted scanning signals. The sub-beams travel different optical path lengths between splitting and recombination. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218747 | CHIP-SCALE INTERFEROMETRY FOR HYPERENTANGLEMENT PROCESSING - An interferometer module for quantum processing is described including a substrate having two or more input ports and two or more output ports; multiple photonic pathways embedded in the substrate for conveying photons from the two or more input ports and the two or more output ports; and one or more partial beam splitters embedded in the substrate in a photonic pathway for generating spatial and polarization entanglement. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218748 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ANGLE-RESOLVED LOW COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY BASED OPTICAL CORRELATION - Systems and methods of angle-resolved low coherence interferometry based optical correlation are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes directing a sample beam towards a sample for producing a scattered sample beam from the sample. The method also includes receiving the scattered sample beam at a multitude of scattering angles in at least two directions. Further, the method includes cross-correlating the scattered sample beam with a reference beam to produce a two-dimensional angle and depth resolved profile of the sample scattered beam. The method also includes processing the two-dimensional angle and depth scattered profile to obtain correlated information about scattering structures in the sample. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218749 | SPARSE APERTURE OPTICAL ALIGNMENT AND RELATED METHODS - A method for configuring an alignment of a plurality of optical segments in a sparse aperture configuration of an optical device includes providing at least one beam of light from at least one light source located on the sparse aperture optical device, directing the at least one beam of light toward at least one segment of the plurality of optical segments, detecting a reflection or transmission of the at least one beam of light off of the at least one segment of the plurality of optical segments, determining a characteristic of the reflected or transmitted light, and based on the characteristic of the reflected or transmitted light, determining an alignment of the at least one segment of the plurality of optical segments. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218750 | WAVELENGTH SCANNING INTERFEROMETER AND METHOD FOR ASPHERIC SURFACE MEASUREMENT - The present invention discloses a wavelength scanning interferometer and a method for an aspheric surface measurement. The wavelength scanning interferometer comprises a set of tunable lasers ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140218751 | DISPLACEMENT MEASURING DEVICE AND DISPLACEMENT MEASURING METHOD - Displacement measuring device with light irradiation system, first and second FBGs and detecting system. The first FBG has first transmittance distribution or first reflectance distribution. The second FBG has second transmittance distribution or second reflectance distribution. The detecting system detects light passed through the first and second FBGs of which at least one of the first transmittance distribution and the second transmittance distribution changes in a wavelength direction with a change amount different from that of the other, according to a displacement amount of an object, or amplitude of the light passed through the first and the second FBGs of which at least one of the first reflectance distribution and the second reflectance distribution changes in the wavelength direction with a change amount different from that of the other, according to the displacement amount of the object, and acquires an index to indicate the displacement amount based on the amplitude. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218752 | LENS POSITION DETECTING CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A position of a lens is detected by detecting, using a phototransistor, light that is emitted from a photodiode and that varies depending on lens position. A control unit divides a moving range of the lens into a plurality of areas, approximates a relationship between lens positions and current of the phototransistor for each of the areas, corrects a current of the phototransistor using the approximated relationship so as to obtain a corrected detection current having a linear relationship with respect to lens positions, and detects the position of the lens using the obtained corrected detection current. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218753 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In low-resolution processing (reduction processing) in which input image data is separated into character print data and image print data to generate print data of lower resolution than that of the input image data, if a plurality of pixels is simply reduction-processed to one pixel, color of a color image surrounding a character may change. In an image processing method, calculation for performing reduction processing so that the plurality of pixels in the input image data corresponds to one pixel in the print data is performed as follows. A ratio of using a pixel value of a character attribute pixel in the calculation is set to 0, or set smaller than a ratio of using a pixel value of an image attribute pixel. As a result, a change in the color of the color image surrounding the character can be prevented. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218754 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An image capturing device includes: a housing; a reference pattern used for color measurement and arranged in the housing; an image capturing element that captures an image of the reference pattern in a first area and an image of an object in a second area of the image capturing area; an image forming element causing the image of the reference pattern and the image of the object to be formed on the image capturing element by being arranged on a first optical path between the image capturing element and the reference pattern and a second optical path between the image capturing element and the object; and an optical member that guides any one of the images of the reference pattern and the object formed by the image forming element so that the images are to be formed on an element surface of the image capturing element. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218755 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that includes an image forming section, a conveyance section, a position detecting section, an abnormality detecting section and a control section. When determining as the first determination that it is possible to eject each of the paper sheets and/or the image-formed paper sheets outside and determining as the second determination that it is necessary to re-output the new image-formed paper sheet, the control section incompletely ejects each of the retention paper sheets, remaining within the image forming apparatus, outside from the ejection opening. By controlling the apparatus as above-mentioned, even in a case where it is impossible to eject the concerned paper sheet onto a separate tray, it becomes possible to prevent the retention paper sheet from remaining at an apparatus-inner position, from which it is difficult for the user to remove the retention paper sheet concerned. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218756 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus, in a case where determination whether resource data can be added and registered in a printing control apparatus is made, and if it is determined that the resource data cannot be added and registered, without transmitting a resource registration job, performs control so that the print job is transmitted to the printing control apparatus, and when the print job arrives at the top of a print queue, performs control so that the resource registration job is transmitted, and after registration of the resource data, performs control so that output of the print job being stopped in the printing control apparatus is started. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218757 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In an image forming apparatus that includes a plurality of processing units configured to perform predetermined image processing and a connection unit configured to connect to an external storage unit, a CPU identifies, in response to the connection of an external storage unit, a read/write state of data in the external storage unit. The CPU specifies the processing units to supply power to among the plurality of processing units based on the identified read/write state, and supplies power to the specified processing units. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218758 | IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE WHICH, WHEN AUTHENTICATION MEDIA ARE READ BY AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, EXECUTES JOBS STORED IN STORAGE MEDIUM ON THE BASIS OF RESULT OF AUTHENTICATION - When a plurality of authentication cards are read by an authentication device and the authentication cards are authenticated in an image output device, a binding and printing process is carried out. The image output device combines (binds) jobs associated with the authenticated cards into one job. The order of combining the jobs and the print mode for the combined job are set in accordance with the order in which the authentication cards have been authenticated or the priorities assigned to the respective jobs. The image output device prints the combined job to obtain a set of printouts. It is thus possible to provide the image output device which can output a plurality of jobs collectively, without the need of complicated operations, while maintaining a high level of security. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218759 | CREATING SOCIAL PRINTS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS MAINTAINED BY A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A social networking system user may request physical prints of digital photographs stored in connection with the user's user profile on the social networking system. The physical prints are generated by a photograph developer, such as a retail store, and retrieved by the user. The user may request the physical prints from an application executing on a user device that allows the user to identify social context information associated with a digital photograph for inclusion on the physical print. The social networking system may notify users connected to the user and/or to the digital image of the physical print generation. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218760 | Preview Display Device, and Method and Computer Readable Medium for the Same - A preview display device is provided that includes a display unit, and a controller configured to determine whether a print-requested page requested to be printed is permitted to be printed, based on print restriction information, and control the display unit to display a preview image showing a print result of the print-requested page in advance of printing of the print-requested page, in a manner to distinguish the preview image showing the print-requested page determined to be permitted to be printed from the preview image showing the print-requested page determined to be not permitted to be printed. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218761 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus includes a display portion, a control portion including a display control portion for causing the display portion to display a preview image of output target data, a touch sensor for receiving, on the display portion, a user operation for performing output setting for the output target data concerning the preview image, an output portion for outputting the output target data based on the output setting, and a control portion for, in a state where the display control portion arranges objects in page unit sequentially to be displayed as the preview image, when the touch sensor receives a predetermined pinch operation for the objects, performing page setting concerning the objects to be operated. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218762 | SYSTEM, JOB MANAGEMENT SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A job management server, which is connected to a Web application server and a job processing apparatus via a network, comprises: a registration unit which registers, when a job received from the Web application server is added with information indicating that a request source of the job is the job processing apparatus, the job in a first job queue, and to register, when the job is not added with the information, the job in a second job queue having a lower priority than the first job queue; and a transmission unit which transmits the job registered in the first job queue in response to a request from the job processing apparatus while a user utilizes a Web application via the job processing apparatus. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218763 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device capable of communicating with an information processing terminal and a cloud server. The image processing device comprises a communication controller to communicate with the information processing terminal, a server connecting unit to make connection to the cloud server based on connection information received from the information processing terminal and acquire an operational screen about a job from the cloud server, a remote screen generating unit to generate a remote screen based on the operational screen acquired by the server connecting unit and transmit the remote screen to the information processing terminal, the remote screen being used for remote control from the information processing terminal, and a job controller, if operational information received by the communication controller is an order made on the remote screen to execute a job, the job controller executing the job in cooperation with the cloud server. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218764 | SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus receives a job list of a user using the image forming apparatus from a document management server, and, in response to the user instruction, receives from the document management server print data corresponding to a job selected from the job list, and prints the received print data. Further, in response to the user instruction, the image forming apparatus requests the document management server to enable a specified other user to print a job selected from the job list. According to the user instruction, the document management server adds data corresponding to the job selected from the job list of the user to the job list of the specified other user. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218765 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM PERFORMING COMMUNICATION THROUGH VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNICATION MODE DIFFERENT FROM VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus having a light emitter and an information terminal performing visible light communication and normal communication with the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a visible light output unit outputting information stored in the image forming apparatus through visible light communication using the light emitter, and an output control unit controlling operation of the visible light output unit. The information terminal includes a light receiver, and an information acquisition unit acquiring visible light communication information based on information obtained by receiving visible light with the light receiver. The information acquisition unit gives a light emission communication start request to the output control unit through the normal communication with the image forming apparatus. When the light emission communication start request is received and the visible light output unit is stopping outputting information, the output control unit allows output of information. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218766 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION - On a touch-panel display of an image forming apparatus, a function selecting area and a preview area are displayed next to each other. On the function selecting area, a function setting menu is displayed in one display mode among an icon mode in which only a group of icons are displayed, a regular mode in which a group of icons and a group of texts are displayed, and an express mode in which a group of icons, a group of texts and a group of function setting buttons are displayed. In the icon mode, detailed preview information is displayed on a large preview area, and in the express mode, detailed function selecting information is displayed on a large function selecting area. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218767 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus that performs image processing using information stored in a semiconductor memory includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain from the semiconductor memory a block size used for data reading and writing, and a management unit configured to discretely arrange and manage, with respect to a specific region set in the semiconductor memory, use-based information to be updated along with execution of the image processing, included in the stored information, according to the obtained block size. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218768 | IMAGE EDITING DEVICE, IMAGE EDITING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an image editing device that enables a user to easily assign images to a plurality of pages constituting an album or the like so as to satisfy editorial restrictions. In the image editing device: image data acquisition means ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140218769 | PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A printing control device is disclosed. The printing control device includes a user interface unit to receive an print command for a print job, an extraction unit to extract a bitmap image from the print job, a sketch image generating unit to generate a sketch image by using the extracted bitmap image, a print data generating unit to replace the bitmap image by the generated sketch image in the print job to generate print data, and a communication interface unit to transmit the generated print data to an image forming apparatus. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218770 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing apparatus, fast error diffusion processing is performed without increasing the size of an error diffusion processing circuit, even in cases where the print data to be generated is 12 colors data or similarly large data. More specifically, with quantization by error diffusion, binarized image data for 12 colors is obtained by causing an image processing circuit that executes 6 colors quantization processing to operate twice. At this point, RAM realized by DRAM with comparatively slow operating speeds, for example, is accessed for error data diffused to a first raster and error data diffused from a last raster. In contrast, an error buffer realized by SRAM inside the image processing circuit with fast operating speeds is accessed for all other error data. Thus, as a result, memory access speeds for reading out and writing error data can be improved overall. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218771 | SCANNING DOCUMENTS USING ENVELOPES AS DOCUMENT SEPARATORS - Methods and systems remove sheets of media from envelopes, and scan the envelopes and the sheets of media through an optical scanner. Such method and systems use the envelopes as separator sheets between groups of the sheets of media. During the scans each envelope is followed by a corresponding group of sheets of media that were within the envelope when the envelope was received. Further, the exterior of each envelope comprises classification data that classifies the corresponding group of the sheets of media. Such methods and systems produce electronic scan documents of scans of the groups of sheets separated according to the envelopes that act as the separator sheets. The electronic scan documents and the classification data can then be automatically provided to an electronic records system. The electronic records system automatically processes the electronic scan documents using the classification data. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218772 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus corrects a deviation of a reading position of a document to accurately correct a luminance intensity distribution variation. Light is radiated to a shading plate ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140218773 | Image Forming Apparatus that Buffers Data in a Storage Device and Reduces Delays in Process - An image forming apparatus includes a processor, and a storage controller that writes band data to a storage device and reads the band data. The processor: (a) generates a write-side process and a read-side process; (b) generates a write-side thread by the write-side process; (c) generates a read-side thread and a file read thread by the read-side process; (d) notifies the read-side process of an identifier within the storage device, and causes the storage controller to sequentially write the band data; and (e) requests the file read thread to cause the storage controller to sequentially read out the band data corresponding to the identifier and causes the storage controller to sequentially read out the band data and one or more subsequent band data. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218774 | Image Forming Apparatus that Buffers Data in a Storage Device and Reduces Delays in Process - An image forming apparatus includes a processor, and a storage controller that writes band data to a storage device and reads the band data. The processor: (a) generates a write-side process and a read-side process; (b) generates a write-side thread by the write-side process; (c) generates a read-side thread and a file read thread by the read-side process; (d) notifies the read-side process of an identifier within the storage device, and causes the storage controller to sequentially write the band data; and (e) requests the file read thread to cause the storage controller to sequentially read out the band data corresponding to the identifier and causes the storage controller to sequentially read out the band data and one or more subsequent band data. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218775 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - Methods, devices, and computer-readable storage media are provided. Some embodiments of the invention include an image processing device displaying on a display of the image processing device a machine-readable code, wherein information encoded in the machine-readable code is usable by a mobile computing device to establish a communication session between the mobile computing device and the image processing device. In some embodiments, the mobile computing device reads the machine-readable code, obtains the information by decoding the machine-readable code, and establishes the communication session using the information. In some embodiments, during the communication session, the image processing device receives a scan command, scans a physical document in response to the scan command, and sends an electronic document representing the scanned physical document to the mobile computing device. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218776 | SCANNING DEVICE - A scanning device is capable of scanning both sides of a medium and includes a lens module, an optical-electric coupling unit, and a processor. The lens module faces the medium to be scanned. The optical-electric coupling unit is optically connected to the lens module. The processor is optically connected to the optical-electric coupling unit, and includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit. The light beams emitted from the light emitting unit are directed into the lens module through the optical-electric coupling unit, and illuminate the medium to be scanned. The light beams reflected by the medium enter into the optical-electric coupling unit through the optical-electric coupling unit, and then to the light receiving unit. The processor processes the reflected light beams into electrical signals to obtain scanning signals. | 2014-08-07 |
20140218777 | DECOLORIZING DEVICE, SHEET DECOLORIZING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING DECOLORIZING PROCESS PROGRAM - A decolorizing device includes a first reading section, a decolorizing section, a second reading section and a controller. The first reading section reads a first side of the sheet. The decolorizing section performs a decolorizing process on the sheet and the second reading section reads the first side of the sheet. The controller is configured to determine if the decolorizing process is necessary or not on the first side based on first image data of the first side read by the first reading section, to read the first side of the sheet having been subjected to the decolorizing process at the decolorizing section by the second reading section if it is determined that the decolorizing process is necessary, and to avoid reading of the first side of the sheet by the second reading section if it is determined that the decolorizing process is unnecessary. | 2014-08-07 |