| 32nd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
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| 20120200796 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device having a front window, light from a backlight is prevented from leaking through chamfered edges of the front window. An upper polarizing plate is formed on an opposing substrate and a light shielding material is formed abutting on an outer edge of the upper polarizing plate. Edges of the upper polarizing plate are located inward of edges of the front window. The upper polarizing plate and the front window are bonded with a boding material including an ultraviolet curable resin. The ultraviolet curable resin also lies over the light shielding material. Chamfers are formed in the front window and the ultraviolet curable resin does not adhere to the chamfers of the front window. By this structure, light from the backlight is prevented from entering the internal part of the front window through the chamfers of the front window and light leakage is prevented. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200797 | CAPACITOR, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A capacitor includes a first electrode, a dielectric layer, and a second electrode that are sequentially stacked. The dielectric layer has a stacked layer structure including a predetermined number of hafnium oxide sublayers and predetermined number of tantalum oxide sublayers. The number, materials, and thicknesses of the sublayers are determined so that the thickness ratio has a range in which, in voltage-leakage current characteristics showing the relationship between the voltage between the first and second electrodes and the leakage current, a start voltage at which the slope of an increase in the current starts to discontinuously increase satisfies an electric field strength of 3 [MV/cm] or more when the ratio of the total thickness of the predetermined number of tantalum oxide sublayers to the total thickness of the dielectric layer is varied, and the thickness ratio is within the range such that the start voltage is within the range. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200798 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal module includes a transmissive liquid crystal cell, a light source device, a light guide plate and a frame. The light source device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in a row on a board. The light guide plate includes a light incidence surface on which light emitted from the light source device enters and a light exit surface from which light that has entered the light guide plate through the light incidence surface is output. The frame is configured to hold a peripheral portion of the liquid crystal cell and the light source device and to comprise a first projection projecting from a position close to the light source device toward the light guide plate. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200799 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device has pixel electrodes including a transmissive pixel electrode and a reflective pixel electrode. The liquid crystal display device includes a TFT array substrate, an opposing substrate, a sealing material that bonds both substrates, an organic film formed on the TFT array substrate and having a thick film portion provided below the pixel electrode and a thin film portion provided outside the thick film portion, a columnar spacer formed on the opposing substrate and holding substrate gap between the both substrates, and a gap retaining pad formed in a region outside the display region and inside the sealing material to adjust the substrate gap outside the display region according to the substrate gap on the pixel electrode. The columnar spacer holds the substrate gap between both substrates over the gap retaining pad and over the pixel electrode. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200800 | BACKLIGHT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A backlight apparatus comprises a light emission control unit which controls light emission of each of a plurality of light source blocks; a luminance detecting unit which detects a luminance of the light source block; and a correcting unit which successively executes a correcting process for the plurality of light source blocks by allowing one light source block to emit light so that a light emission amount of the concerning light source block is corrected on the basis of a detected luminance value and a target value thereof; wherein a temperature fluctuation suppressing process is executed when the correcting unit executes the correcting process, so that a plurality of the light source blocks, which include the light source block assumed to emit light in the correcting process to be executed next time, are simultaneously allowed to emit light for a predetermined period at a predetermined luminance. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200801 | LIGHT SOURCE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAME - Light sources are disclosed. A disclosed light source includes an optically reflective cavity that includes an input port for receiving light and an output port for transmitting light, a lamp that is disposed at the input port, and an optical stack that is disposed at the output port. The optical stack includes a forward scattering optical diffuser that is disposed at the output port and has an optical haze that is not less than about 20%, and an optical film that is disposed on the optical diffuser. The optical film enhance total internal reflection at the interface between the optical film and the optical diffuser. The optical film has an index of refraction that is not greater than about 1.3 and an optical haze that is not greater than about 5%. The optical stack also includes a reflective polarizer layer that is disposed on the optical film. Substantial portions of each two neighboring major surfaces in the optical stack are in physical contact with each other. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200802 | DIRECTIONAL BACKLIGHTING FOR DISPLAY PANELS - Various embodiments are disclosed that relate to display panel backlight systems that output light with a narrower angular intensity distribution than a diffuse backlight. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a backlight system comprising a wedge-shaped light guide comprising a thin end and a thick end, the thick end of the wedge-shaped light guide comprising a linear reflector with plurality of facets, and wherein the backlight system also comprises a plurality of light sources arranged along the thin end of the wedge-shaped light guide. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200803 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal cell, light source devices and a light guide plate. The light guide plate applies, to a rear surface of the liquid crystal cell, light beams from the light source devices. The light guide plate includes a first light input portion at a first-shorter-side side surface and a second light input portion at a second-shorter-side side surface. The light guide plate includes a flat first surface opposed to the rear surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second surface includes a first slant surface inclined so that a thickness of the light guide plate decreases as a position goes from the first-shorter-side side surface to an approximately central portion and a second slant surface inclined so that the thickness decreases as a position goes from the second-shorter-side side surface to the approximately central portion. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200804 | PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection-type display apparatus includes: a light source that emits light; a plurality of vertical-alignment-mode reflective liquid crystal light valves that respectively modulate the light; phase difference compensating plates which are provided for the respective liquid crystal light valves and in which columnar structures made of an inorganic material are inclined toward substantially one direction of in-plane azimuthal directions of each liquid crystal light valve; a color synthesis optical system that synthesizes the light which are modulated by the plurality of liquid crystal light valves; and a projection optical system that projects the light which are synthesized by the color synthesis optical system. A size of the phase difference compensating plate in the substantially one direction of in-plane azimuthal directions of the columnar structures is larger than a size of a display region of each liquid crystal light valve in a direction corresponding to the substantially one direction. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200805 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - Light emitted by a backlight can be prevented from leaking through a chamfered portion of a front window of a liquid crystal display device. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200806 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT - A display device includes a display section displaying images, and a liquid crystal barrier section having liquid crystal barriers formed to extend in a first direction tilted from a vertical direction in a display plane, the liquid crystal barriers allowing light to pass therethrough or to be blocked. The liquid crystal barrier section includes a liquid crystal layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode which are disposed at positions corresponding to each of the liquid crystal barriers to sandwich the liquid crystal layer. The first electrode includes a first stem extending in the first direction, and branches extending on both sides of the first stem, branches on one side of the first stem extending in a first extending direction, whereas branches on the other side of the first stem extending in a second extending direction, the first and second extending directions being line-asymmetrical about the first stem. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200807 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH COLOR LIGHT GUIDE PANEL - An LCD including a backlight module and an LCD panel is provided. The LCD panel includes a color light guide panel, suitable for differentiating an incident light into multiple color lights. The color light guide panel includes a substrate and a color light output structure. The substrate has multiple pixel regions, and the color light output structure is disposed in each of the pixel regions. The color light output structure includes first˜fourth nano-patterns. The incident light is scattered by the first nano-pattern for producing a first color light, scattered by the second nano-pattern for producing a second color light, scattered by the third nano-pattern for producing a third color light, and scattered by the fourth nano-pattern for producing a fourth color light. The color light guide panel can output uniform and high luminous first˜fourth color light, and the LCD can display high quality image. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200808 | Polymer compound and polymer light emitting device - To provide a polymer compound which is useful as a light emitting material or charge transport material having a boron atom. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200809 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object is to provide a liquid crystal display device using a liquid crystal material exhibiting a blue phase, in order to enable a higher contrast. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal layer exhibiting a blue phase, a first structure body and a second structure body are provided over a first electrode layer (a pixel electrode layer) and a second electrode layer (a common electrode layer), respectively. The first structure body and the second structure body are insulators each having a higher dielectric constant than a liquid crystal material used for the liquid crystal layer, and are provided to project into the liquid crystal layer. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200810 | Display Method, Display Apparatus, Optical Unit, Method of Manufacturing Display Apparatus, and Electronic Equipment - A display method of forming an image by using a plurality of pixels includes projecting light beams from the plurality of pixels on a pupil of an eye of an observer, and each diameter of the light beams which are incident on the pupil is smaller than a diameter of the pupil. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200811 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid-crystal display device that can achieve high contrast ratios in a wide range of viewing angles and reduce coloration during black display. The liquid-crystal display device according to the present invention includes a polarizer, a first quarter-wave plate adapted to satisfy nx>ny≧nz, a vertically aligned liquid crystal cell, a second quarter-wave plate provided with substantially the same Nz factor as the first quarter-wave plate and adapted to satisfy nx>ny≧nz, a birefringent layer adapted to satisfy nx| 2012-08-09 | |
| 20120200812 | LASER PROCESSING OF DISPLAY COMPONENTS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Electronic devices may be provided with display structures such as glass and polymer layers in a liquid crystal display. The glass layers may serve as substrates for components such as a color filter layer and thin-film transistor layer. The polymer layers may include films such as a polarizer film and other optical films. During fabrication of a display, the polymer layers and glass layers may be laminated to one another. Portions of the polymer layers may extend past the edges of the glass layers. Laser cutting techniques may be used to trim away excess portions of the polymer layer that do not overlap underlying portions of the glass layers. Laser cutting may involve application of an adjustable infrared laser beam. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200813 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate on which pixels having a thin film transistor are formed in regions surrounded by scanning lines and video signal lines, a second substrate which faces the first substrate and having color filters and light blocking films formed thereon, and a liquid crystal layer which is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. The thin film transistor has a gate electrode connected to the scanning line, a drain electrode connected to the video signal line and a source electrode connected to a pixel electrode. The pixels include first pixels having a first width and second pixels having a second width smaller than the first width. The pixel electrode of the second pixel has a branch electrode extending from the pixel electrode with at least a portion of the branch electrode overlapping the video signal line or the scanning line. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200814 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - On an opposite substrate ( | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200815 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display panel and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The display panel includes: a first substrate, a touch spacer formed on a first substrate, a common electrode formed on the touch spacer, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a sensing electrode facing the touch spacer on the second substrate and an alignment layer on the sensing electrode or the touch spacer, wherein the alignment layer has a thickness equal to or less than 500Å. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200816 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES HAVING REDUCED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO NEWTON RINGS, AND/OR METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Certain example embodiments relate to electronic devices (e.g., LCD or other display devices) having reduced susceptibility to Newton Rings, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the electronic device includes at least first and second glass substrates. An Anti-Newton Ring (ANR)/antireflective (AR) coating is provided on the second and/or third surface of the electronic device (e.g., on an inner surface of the cover glass and/or on an outer surface of the color filter substrate of an LCD device) so as to help reduce the formation of Newton Rings caused by the air pockets that surround one or more points of unintentional glass deformation. This may be made possible in certain example embodiments because the ANR coating is optically matched to reduce reflections of light between the first and second substrates. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200817 | Plasmonic Reflective Display Fabricated using Anodized Aluminum Oxide - A method is provided for forming a reflective plasmonic display. The method provides a substrate and deposits a bottom dielectric layer. A conductive film is deposited overlying the bottom dielectric layer. A hard mask is formed with nano-size openings overlying the conductive film. The conductive film is plasma etched via nano-size openings in the hard mask, stopping at the dielectric layer. After removing the hard mask, a conductive film is left with nano-size openings to the dielectric layer. Metal is deposited in the nano-size openings, creating a pattern of metallic nanoparticles overlying the dielectric layer. Then, the conductive film is removed. The hard mask may be formed by conformally depositing an Al film overlying the conductive film and anodizing the Al film, creating a hard mask of porous anodized Al oxide (AAO) film. The porous AAO film may form a short-range hexagonal, and long-range random order hole patterns. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200818 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel having a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode. A first thin film transistor is connected to the first sub-pixel electrode. A second thin film transistor is connected to the second sub-pixel electrode. A third thin film transistor is connected to the second sub-pixel electrode. A fourth thin film transistor is connected to a drain electrode of the third thin film transistor. A first gate line is connected to the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor. A data line is connected to the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor. A second gate line is connected to the third thin film transistor. A third gate line is connected to the fourth thin film transistor. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200819 | FLAT DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF REPAIRING THE SAME - A flat display panel includes a bridge line disposed between adjacent common lines. When a short defect occurs, the common line near the short defect can be directly cut off in order to repair the short defect and the common voltage can be transferred through the bridge line to maintain the normal operation of the flat display panel. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200820 | DISPLAY DEVICE - On a first light transmissive substrate, a first scale mark portion is formed inside an opening portion, and on a second light transmissive substrate, a second scale mark portion is formed. On the second light transmissive substrate, a first metal layer, a semiconductor layer, and a second metal layer are laminated. A thin film transistor is formed so as to include a part of the first metal layer, a part of the semiconductor layer, and a part of the second metal layer. The second scale mark portion is formed of another part of the second metal layer. Under the second scale mark portion, another part of the semiconductor layer is formed so as to extend off from the second scale mark portion. Below the second scale mark portion and the semiconductor layer, another part of the first metal layer is formed in a size capable of shielding the opening portion. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200821 | SOFT CONTACT LENS - A soft contact lens for fitting to a cornea includes a lens main body made of a light permeable member. The lens main body has a diameter larger than that of a light-shielding portion which shields incident light incident to the cornea. The light-shielding portion includes a main body constituting a light-shielding member, an aperture that allows incident light to be transmitted, the aperture being positioned on a position of the main body of the light-shielding portion, and multiple holes that maintain a scotopic vision and a night vision, the holes being provided around the aperture in the main body of the light-shielding portion and each of the holes having a diameter smaller than that of the aperture. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200822 | PROGRESSIVE-POWER LENS - An eye-side refractive surface | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200823 | Ophthalmic Lens with Multiple Phase Plates - An ophthalmic lens for providing a plurality of foci includes an optic having an anterior surface, a posterior surface, and an optical axis. The ophthalmic lens has a first region and a second region. The first region has a first refractive optical power and includes a first base curvature having a finite radius of curvature and a first phase plate having at least one diffraction order with a diffractive optical power. The first region is configured for forming a first focus and a second focus. The second region has a second refractive optical power and includes a second base curvature having a finite second radius of curvature that is different from the first radius of curvature and a second phase plate having at least one diffraction order with a diffractive optical power. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200824 | OPHTHALMIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - An ophthalmic photographing apparatus includes: an interference optical system having a light source, a splitter for splitting light from the light source into measurement light traveling toward an examinee's eye and reference light, and an optical detector for receiving combined light of the measurement light reflected by the examinee's eye and the reference light; an optical scanner arranged in an optical path of the measurement light to scan a photographing region of the examinee's eye with the measurement light; a controller for obtaining a tomographic image of the photographing region by controlling the optical scanner and processing an output signal from the optical detector; and an image processor for obtaining a combined tomographic image by combining a plurality of tomographic images corresponding to a plurality of different incident angles. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200825 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS - An ophthalmologic apparatus comprises an optical measurement system that radiates measurement light to an eye to be examined, an imaging unit that takes a cross sectional image of the eye by using reflected light of the measurement light from the eye, and a controller that controls the optical measurement system and the imaging unit. When the optical measurement system is positioned at a measurement position, the controller obtains a two-dimensional cross sectional image by the imaging device. One axis of the two-dimensional cross sectional image extends in a vertical direction of the eye, and another axis of the two-dimensional cross sectional image extends in a depth direction of the eye. The controller determines whether the eye is in an examinable state or not based on the two-dimensional cross sectional image. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200826 | OPHTHALMIC MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Provided is a technique that makes it possible to carry out more accurately alignment of a device optical system by a simpler method in measuring an optical characteristic at an anterior ocular segment of an eye of examinee's by an ophthalmic measurement device. In measuring an optical characteristic at an anterior ocular segment of an eye (A) of examinee's, an adjustment of positional relationship between the eye (A) of examinee's and a measurement optical system is carried out by utilizing reflection lights (B, C, D), i.e., the light (B) generated by reflection of the irradiated light from the infrared L.E.D. ( | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200827 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS - An ophthalmologic apparatus comprises a light source | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200828 | LED DEVICE HAS CHANGEABLE IMAGE - The LED device has changeable image incorporate kaleidoscope-means, miniatures-means, project-means, optics-means, LED(s), Power means, control means, vibration-means, motor-means, adjustable focus means, circuit-means, sensor-means, IC means, display-unit(s), Lens, hologram means, lenticular means, laser created means, digital data means and other related parts & accessories inside co-inventors prior filing cases as listed inside content to make the LED device project the colorful splendid patterns to any desired surface(s). The said Kaleidoscope means has different mirror numbers, mirror arrangement, different miniatures can created very pretty colorful splendid spectrums to viewer on walls, ceiling, object surface, floor, outdoor surface etc. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200829 | IMAGING AND PROJECTING DEVICES AND METHODS - An imaging device is disclosed which may include at least one single pixel imaging sensor configured to sense image data for a single pixel along a line of sight. The imaging device may also include at least one reorientable mirror, of which each reorientable mirror is exclusively optically coupled to one or more of said at least one single pixel imaging sensor for deflecting the line of sight of that single pixel imaging sensor. The imaging device may further include a controller for synchronously reorienting each of said at least one reorientable mirror to scan the line of sight across at least a sector of a scene. The imaging device may also include a readout circuit for reading out acquired image data from each of said at least one single pixel imaging sensor. The imaging device may be configured to sample at least two independent dimensions of a four dimensional light field. A plenoptic imaging device and a plenoptic projector device are also disclosed. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200830 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a light source device; a light modulation device adapted to modulate a light beam emitted from the light source device; a light transmissive substrate adapted to transmit the light beam modulated by the light modulation device; and a projection optical device adapted to project the light beam transmitted through the light transmissive substrate, wherein the light modulation device includes a first light modulation unit having a plurality of pixels arranged, the pixels having colors different from each other, and the light transmissive substrate is disposed so as to be tilted with respect to an imaginary plane perpendicular to a light axis of the light beam modulated by the first light modulation unit. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200831 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical element is provided with: first polarization-separation layer ( | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200832 | IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE, IMAGE PROTECTION METHOD, DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD - An image projection device includes: a variable-focus lens ( | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200833 | IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE, IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image projection device includes beam generation means | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200834 | Projector arm assembly for whiteboard stand - The invention relates to a folding mounting assembly mounted on a mobile stand for controlling movement of a projector arm, having a projector at one end, from an operable position substantially perpendicular to a screen or other surface mounted on the stand and onto which the projector is intended to project and a closed position parallel to the screen. The assembly comprises a vertical support member that is connectable to the stand and a projector arm mounting means pivotally connected to the vertical support member by means to control the rate of movement of the projector arm mounting means so that it can easily be manually moved from the operable to the closed position and vice versa and will support a projector arm. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200835 | RETICLE PROTECTION MEMBER, RETICLE CARRYING DEVICE, EXPOSURE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CARRYING RETICLE - A position measurement device measures the position of a position measurement mark formed on the lower surface of a reticle, thereby measuring the position of the reticle. A position measurement device measures the position of the position measurement mark formed on the lower surface of a lower lid, thereby measuring the position of the lower lid. The relative displacement of the reticle and lower lid is known when the position of the reticle and the position of the lower lid are known. Therefore, when the lower lid having the reticle loaded thereon is carried with a carrying device and set in an exposure device, the stop position of the lower lid is determined by taking this displacement into account. As a result, the reticle can be correctly set in the exposure device. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200836 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate by forming a liquid immersion region on the substrate, and projecting a pattern image onto the substrate via a projection optical system and a liquid that forms the liquid immersion region. The exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system having a plurality of optical elements, by which a pattern image is projected onto a substrate via a liquid to expose the substrate and a liquid recovery system that recovers the liquid along with a gas and has a separator that separates the recovered liquid and the recovered gas. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200837 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic projection apparatus includes an illumination system that conditions a radiation beam, a support structure that holds a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern, a substrate table that holds a substrate, and a projection system that projects the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate. In addition, a liquid supply system provides a liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate, the liquid supply system having a member. A liquid seal device forms a liquid seal between the member and the substrate. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200838 | METHOD FOR A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A method of increasing a depth of focus of a lithographic apparatus is disclosed. The method includes forming diffracted beams of radiation using a patterning device pattern; and transforming a phase-wavefront of a portion of the diffracted beams into a first phase-wavefront having a first focal plane for the lithographic apparatus, and a second phase-wavefront having a second, different focal plane, wherein the transforming comprises: subjecting a phase of a first portion of a first diffracted beam and a phase of a corresponding first portion of a second diffracted beam to a phase change which results in an at least partial formation of the first phase-wavefront, and subjecting a phase of a second portion of the first diffracted beam and a phase of a corresponding second portion of the second diffracted beam to a phase change which results in an at least partial formation of the second phase-wavefront. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200839 | Pulse to Pulse Energy Equalization of Light Beam Intensity - A system for equalizing pulse to pulse energy of a light beam includes a group of optical devices including an optical device configured to exhibit nonlinear properties, e.g., higher order or third order nonlinear properties. Transmission properties of an unequalized light beam passing through the group of optical devices change such that an output intensity of a resulting light beam output from the optical devices is equalized. One example configuration includes at least first and second prisms having nonlinear properties, i.e., higher order or third order, and configured as a beam steering system. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200840 | Continuous Index of Refraction Compensation Method for Measurements in a Medium - Described herein are devices and methods for making extremely accurate measurements in a medium by continuously measuring the index of refraction of the medium such as water or biological tissue. Also described herein is a device for constantly measuring the index of refraction, and using the index of refraction data to constantly calibrate the optical measurement device. In addition, a primary measurement device (a ladar) that is optimized for data collection in a volume backscattering medium such as water or biological tissue is described, along with data results from the lab. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200841 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE, LIGHT RECEIVING SYSTEM, AND DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE - A first photoelectric conversion element, which detects light and converts the light into photoelectrons has: one first MOS diode having a first electrode formed on a semiconductor base body with an insulator therebetween; and a plurality of second MOS diodes, each of which has a second electrode formed on the semiconductor base body with the insulator therebetween. The first electrode of the first MOS diode has, when viewed from the upper surface, a comb-like shape wherein a plurality of branch portions are branched from one electrode portion. Each second electrode of each of the second MOS diodes is, when viewed from the upper surface, separated from the first electrode, and is disposed to nest between the branch portions of the first electrode. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200842 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE, LIGHT RECEIVING SYSTEM, AND DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE - A first photoelectric conversion element, which detects light and converts the light into photoelectrons has: one MOS diode having an electrode formed on a semiconductor base body with an insulator therebetween; and a plurality of embedded photodiodes formed in the semiconductor base body. The electrode of the MOS diode has, when viewed from the upper surface, a comb-like shape wherein a plurality of branch portions are branched from one electrode portion. Each of the embedded photodiodes is disposed to nest between the branch portions of the electrode when viewed from the upper surface. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200843 | LENS SYSTEM - A fragmented lens system for creating an invisible light pattern useful to computer vision systems is disclosed. Random or semi-random dot patterns generated by the present system allow a computer to uniquely identify each patch of a pattern projected by a corresponding illuminator or light source. The computer may determine the position and distance of an object by identifying the illumination pattern on the object. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200844 | DEVICE FOR RADIATION ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATION THEREOF - A device for radiation absorption measurements may include a radiation source emitting electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the interval 0.2 μm-20 μm, a detector detecting the electromagnetic radiation, when in a measurement mode at least a portion of the radiation has passed through a medium and been reflected by a surface at a distance from the radiation source, before reaching the detector. The device may further include a fluid calibration cell, which is adapted to be arranged in the path of the electromagnetic radiation between the radiation source and the detector. A method for calibrating a device for radiation absorption measurements may involve emitting electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the interval 0.2 to 20 μm, directing at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation through a fluid calibration cell, and detecting the electromagnetic radiation. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200845 | BIOLOGICAL TISSUE INSPECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for inspecting biological tissue that has no applied coatings or treatments to improve reflectivity comprises an optical detection system with an exposed surface for inspection by an optical detection system; and a laser for exciting an ultrasonic wave within the tissue, which wave propagates within the tissue at least near the surface. The optical detection system includes: a laser to emit a pulsed detection laser beam onto the surface at a detection spot, the pulsed laser beam having a wavelength at which there is large scattering and little absorption by the tissue, and a pulse duration is chosen to correspond with ultrasonic propagation times associated with a range of depths of the scan, whereby the fluence of the detection laser is not applied unless ultrasonic information regarding a given depth is being obtained; and large étendue collection optics for collecting reflected and backscattered light from the detection spot; and a demodulator to extract information from the ultrasonic wave from the collected light. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200846 | OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER USER INTERFACE - An OTDR user interface including a setup menu that includes a plurality of user settings capable of displaying information corresponding to a test, wherein each of the plurality of user settings is capable of displaying information corresponding to a different aspect of the test, and wherein one of the plurality of user settings is a dynamic range setting capable of displaying a dynamic range of the test. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200847 | PROTECTION FACTOR RATING SYSTEM FOR PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR - A method of rating eyewear includes providing eyewear to be rated, measuring a physical property of the eyewear selected from a group that includes ultraviolet radiation absorption, blue light radiation absorption, infrared radiation absorption, and light blocking capability, transforming the physical property into a rating value, and informing a prospective consumer of the rating value. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200848 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING VAPORIZATION-MELT RATIO - A detection device for measuring the vaporization-melt ratio, the device including a light source, a first and second optical lens group, a slit, a first and second steering minor, a first and second primary minor, a glass containers, an object, a colored blade, and a high-speed recording analyzer. The first and second primary mirror is symmetrically placed at both ends of the glass container. The first optical lens group is located between the light source and the slit. The second optical lens group is located between the colored blade and the high-speed recording analyzer. The first steering mirror is installed behind the slit, passing the light through the slit to the first primary mirror. The light reflected by the second primary mirror is passed to the colored blade through the second steering minor located between the second primary minor and the colored blade. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200849 | APPARATUS FOR INSPECTION OF CONCAVE ELEMENTS, SUCH AS CONTAINERS, CAPS OR LIKE - The present invention relates to an Apparatus for inspection of concave elements, for detection of contaminations and/or defects, comprising means for lighting a concave element to be subjected to inspection, an image detection unit, such as a camera or like, an optic group and means for processing images acquired by said image detection unit, in order to individuate said contaminations and/or said defects of said concave element, characterized in that said lighting means comprise a first light source, suitable to generate a diffused lighting direct on the concave surface, and a second light source, suitable to generate a grazing lighting directed on the outer lateral surface of said concave element, and in that said optic group is placed so as to detect light emitted by concave surface and transmitting the same to said image detection unit. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200850 | CYTOLOGICAL METHODS FOR DETECTING A CONDITION SUCH AS TRANSPLANT EFFICIENCY BY RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING - Raman molecular imaging (RMI) is used to detect mammalian cells of a particular phenotype. The disclosure includes the use of RMI to detect transplanted and/or grafted cells, to differentiate between normal and diseased cells or tissues, as well as in determining the grade of said cancer cells. Raman scattering data may be analyzed to determine the transplant efficiency, disease state, clinical outcome, and/or prognosis of cells or tissue. This data may be combined with visual image data to produce hybrid images which depict both a magnified view of the cellular structures and information relating to the disease state of the individual cells in the field of view. Also, RMI techniques may be combined with visual image data and validated with other detection methods to produce confirm the matter obtained by RMI. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200851 | RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY LIGHT AMPLIFYING STRUCTURE - A light amplifying structure | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200852 | SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTRAL IMAGING METHODS AND APPARATUS - The invention pertains to a new type of spectroscope comprising an array of Fabry-Perot cells having no moving parts and that can be fabricated inexpensively using semiconductor fabrication techniques. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200853 | SPECTROSCOPIC DEVICE - Disclosed is a spectroscopic device that includes a light input unit to which light from a light source is input; optical elements; an optical deflection element; a reflector element that reflects the light emitted from the optical deflection element; and a photodetector. The optical deflection element includes a refractive index change region made of a material having an electro-optical effect and electrodes arranged to pinch the refractive index change region. The reflector element is a resonator filter having wavelength selectivity such that light having a predetermined wavelength is resonantly reflected. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200854 | Integrated Photonic Spectrograph - Described herein is a photonic spectrograph for accurately measuring and displaying spectra from radiation signals received from a telescope. One embodiment provides a photonic imaging device, in the form of a spectrograph, including a plurality of input ports for receiving an arbitrary incident electromagnetic radiation field containing one or more spatial propagation modes; a coupling device attached to the multi-mode optical fibre for efficiently coupling the incident electromagnetic radiation field into an arbitrary plurality (N) of single-mode optical fibres; an optical manipulation device which selectively combines the single-mode signals into a continuous optical spectrum; and an optical detector for detecting the continuous optical spectrum. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200855 | Methods and Systems for Chemical Composition Measurement and Monitoring Using a Rotating Filter Spectrometer - The invention relates to methods and systems for measuring and/or monitoring the chemical composition of a sample (e.g., a process stream), and/or detecting specific substances or compounds in a sample, using light spectroscopy such as absorption, emission and fluorescence spectroscopy. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to spectrometers with rotating narrow-band interference optical filter(s) to measure light intensity as a function of wavelength. More specifically, in certain embodiments, the invention relates to a spectrometer system with a rotatable filter assembly with a position detector rigidly attached thereto, and, in certain embodiments, the further use of various oversampling methods and techniques described herein, made particularly useful in conjunction with the rotatable filter assembly. In preferred embodiments, the rotatable filter is tilted with respect to the rotation axis, thereby providing surprisingly improved measurement stability and significantly improved control of the wavelength coverage of the filter spectrometer. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200856 | SAMPLE ANALYSIS APPARATUS - A sample analysis apparatus to detect detection objects at various positions is provided. The sample analysis apparatus includes a disc including first and second detective regions. The first detective region is located at a first distance in a radial direction from the center of the disc and the second detective region is located at a second distance greater than the first distance. The apparatus further includes a light emitting element spaced apart from an upper or lower surface of the disc by a predetermined distance so as to face the first and second detective regions, and first and second light receiving elements positioned on the opposite side of the disc as that of the light emitting element while being respectively oriented to face the first and second detective regions. The light emitting element is configured to irradiate a uniform intensity of light onto the detective regions. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200857 | FLUID STREAM IMAGING APPARATUS - A fluid stream imaging apparatus having either optics for manipulating the aspect ratio or sensing elements configured for manipulating the aspect ratio of an image of the fluid stream. This application may also relate to a system for acquiring images of a portion of a fluid stream at high speeds for image processing to measure and predict droplet delays for individual forming particles. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200858 | SELF-MIXING INTERFERENCE DEVICE WITH WAVE GUIDE STRUCTURE - The proposed self-mixing interference device comprises a substrate ( | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200859 | FREQUENCY-DOMAIN OCT - A device for establishing geometric values at least from a first region (MB | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200860 | NON-CONTACT SCANNING SYSTEM - A non-contact scanning system is disclosed for three dimensional non-contact scanning of a work piece for use in various applications including reverse engineering, metrology, dimensional verification and inspection The scanning system includes a scanner assembly, a gantry assembly and a fixture assembly. The gantry assembly and the fixture assembly are carried by a table or base. The scanner assembly is carried by the gantry assembly. The fixture assembly is rotatable about two (2) orthogonal axes axis under the control of a control system. The fixture assembly optionally allows the height of the fixture assembly to be adjusted relative to the plane of the table by way of rectilinear movement. The scanning system provides a spherically shaped scanning envelope which facilitates three dimensional modeling of a work piece. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200861 | OPTICAL DISPLACEMENT DETECTION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DISPLACEMENT DETECTION METHOD - The present invention discloses an optical displacement detection apparatus and an optical displacement detection method. The optical displacement detection apparatus comprises: at least two light sources for projecting light of different spectrums to a surface under detection, respectively; an image capturing device for receiving light reflected from the surface under detection and converting it into electronic signals; and a processing control circuit for calculating displacement according to the electronic signals from the image capturing device, wherein the processing control circuit is capable of switching between the light sources. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200862 | OBJECT DIMENSIONING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - A method and apparatus for dimensioning and, optionally, weighing an object. A platform with a surface is used for supporting an object. A user selects between two different dimensioning devices of the apparatus. The first device employs three distance sensors to determine a distance between each of the distance sensors and a side of an object. The second device includes a movable gate which is passed over and about an object or objects on the platform. Sensor arrays, such as paired, aligned light emitter and receiver arrays, are used in combination with a plurality of sensed gate positions to determine the dimensions of the object(s) as the gate passes around the object(s) based on whether or not light from an emitter on one side of the gate reaches a light receiver on another, opposing side of the gate. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200863 | Zone Based Resolution Settings For Identifying Document Portions Including Metadata - There is disclosed a method and apparatus for zone based resolution settings for identifying document portions including metadata. The method includes scanning a physical document at a resolution suitable for obtaining metadata from a visible element on the physical document in order to obtain a digital representation of the physical document as an electronic document. The method continues by receiving user input as to a portion of the electronic document containing the visible element and reducing the resolution of the electronic document other than the portion. Finally, the metadata is obtained from the portion of the electronic document containing the visible element. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200864 | GENERATING AN UNAMBIGUOUS DEFINITION OF DESIGNER INTENDED COLORS IN A DOCUMENT CREATION APPLICATION - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for determining and capturing the designer intended colors in an image so that the printer has an accurate color rendition target. The present method operates by capturing the monitor RGB values together with the monitor profile to get a representation of the intended image in a device-independent color space like L*a*b*. The teachings hereof work for vector graphics as well as raster images. Advantageously, this invention solves a real problem currently existing, for example, in the packaging print market, wherein colors produced from multiple spot colors with their overlays and blends are not well color managed. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200865 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a check unit, an acquisition unit, a first determination unit, and an output unit. The check unit checks a processing status of a printing apparatus. The acquisition unit acquires exception processing information including a content of exception processing from the printing apparatus in response to the processing status checked by the check unit being in execution of the exception processing. The first determination unit determines a check operation to be added to a physical job ticket according to the exception processing content included in the exception processing information acquired by the acquisition unit. The output unit outputs the physical job ticket including the check operation determined by the first determination unit. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200866 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A printing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to identify a print area of a sheet on which a copy material is provided based on a print job, and, regarding the print area, generate image data subjected to other image processing which is other than image processing to be applied to the entire print job and in which an usage amount of a color material applied to the print area is not smaller than a defined value, and a forming unit configured to form an image in the print area by applying the color material according to the image data. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200867 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR SAME, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - An image processing device includes: a storage part configured to store a correlation between a pre-deformation color and a post-deformation color that reflects a color variation accompanying a deformation of a medium, with respect to a degree of deformation of the medium; an acquisition part configured to acquire degree-of-deformation information and color information for each region of a deformed object; and a determination part configured to determine a color of the image based on the degree-of-deformation information, the color information, and the correlation, so that the post-deformation color of each region of the deformed object approximates the color information. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200868 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: an image forming section which forms an image on paper; a plurality of image reading sections each of which reads the image formed on the paper, and is connectable to the image forming apparatus; a storage section which stores connection information on a connection state between each of the image reading sections and the image forming apparatus; and a control section which selects a test image reading section from among the image reading sections based on the connection information, makes the selected test image reading section read a test image formed by the image forming section, and performs image quality adjustment based on the read test image. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200869 | Color Document Printing System - The different illustrative embodiments provide a method and apparatus for managing a set of colors in a document. A plurality of respective costs are identified. Each respective cost is associated with printing the document using a respective combination of a plurality of combinations of the set of colors. An amount of contrast for a first respective combination is identified using a contrast matrix. A determination is made as to whether the amount of contrast for the first respective combination and an associated respective cost meet a set of criteria. Responsive to a determination that the set of criteria is met, the document is printed using the first respective combination. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200870 | IMAGE INPUT UNIT AND IMAGE INPUT METHOD - The invention is characterized by the fact that an area sensor for outputting an analog signal responsive to the light reception amount of light of CMYG is used and when CMYG image data is converted into RGB image data, RGB image data having a domain also in negative values is generated without performing processing of putting the RGB image data into values of 0 or more, without decreasing the information amount of the CMYG image data. Further, the invention is characterized by the fact that when the image data is recorded in a file section | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200871 | INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, REMOVABLE DEVICE, DEVELOPER CONTAINER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An information storage device installed in a removable device configured to be removably installed in an image forming apparatus body, includes: an information storage unit that stores information communicated between the image forming apparatus body and the removable device; a terminal that comes in contact with a body side terminal; and a substrate that holds the information storage unit and the terminal and includes a hole configured to be engaged with a protruding section installed in the image forming apparatus body. The terminal includes a plurality of terminals each including one of a plurality of metallic plates arranged in a transverse direction thereof. An earth terminal, which comes in contact with a body side earth terminal formed in the protruding section, is formed in the hole. The hole is disposed at a position sandwiched between two metallic plates among the plurality of metallic plates. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200872 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This invention provides a printing apparatus which controls power to be supplied to each connected apparatus in detail for each apparatus in accordance with the processing contents of a print job to be executed, and a control method therefor. To accomplish this, the printing apparatus analyzes the processing contents of a print job to be executed. In accordance with the analysis result, the printing apparatus controls at least one of a plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses which supplies a printing medium to the printing apparatus and a plurality of post-processing apparatuses which are receives a printing medium from the printing apparatus to shift to an active state in which normal power is supplied, a power saving state in which power necessary to convey a printing medium is supplied, or an inactive state in which no power is supplied. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200873 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - An information processing apparatus and method control execution of jobs performed by a printing apparatus and by a post-processing apparatus that performs a post-processing in which printed matters printed by the printing apparatus are used. Based on a plurality of jobs that designate the execution of printing with the printing apparatus and a post-processing with the post-processing apparatus, the apparatus acquires post-processing step information for the post-processing apparatus designated by the jobs, as well as sheet feed/discharge information related to paper feed to the post-processing apparatus and paper discharge from the post-processing apparatus, and determines whether the front of the printed matter discharged from the printing apparatus is face-up or face-down, as well, as the order in which the jobs are to be executed in the post-processing on the basis of the post-processing step information and the sheet feed/discharge information. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200874 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD - An electronic apparatus includes a main body of the electronic apparatus; an operation unit including an operation block having a display unit, the operation block being detachable with respect to the main body of the electronic apparatus, and the operation block enabling at least a bidirectional wireless communication with the main body of the electronic apparatus; and a detection unit configured to detect relative positional information between the operation block and the main body of the electronic apparatus, when the operation block is detached from the main body of the electronic apparatus. The operation block being detached from the main body of the electronic apparatus is able to display information corresponding to the relative positional information on the display unit, in accordance with a condition of the main body of the electronic apparatus. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200875 | Pattern Based Scan Batch Separation - Pattern based scan batch separation is disclosed. A method includes receiving from a user specification of a pattern in a document set, sensing pages, scanning the pages, applying the pattern specification to the pages to create a group of documents, the group of documents including a plurality of documents separated according to the pattern specification. A group of documents is stored in a destination location. The method may be implemented as instructions such as software or firmware and may be performed by a multifunction peripheral (MFP). | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200876 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - Communication systems, communication apparatus, and image processing apparatus, which connect with communication apparatus are disclosed herein. The communication apparatus includes a first memory, which stores first additional information; an additional-information notifying portion, which notifies the image processing apparatus of the first additional information; and a second transmitter, which transmits image data transmitted from a first transmitter to the destination apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a second memory, which stores second additional information; an information generator, which generates third additional information; and the first transmitter, which adds the third additional information generated by the information generator to the image data and transmits the image data comprising the third additional information to the communication apparatus. The third additional information includes the first additional information notified by the additional-information notifying portion and the second additional information stored in the second memory. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200877 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An installer of the driver B according to the present invention searches a print queue of the driver A corresponding to a printer controlled by the install target driver B, determines whether an output destination of the searched print queue is a remote printer, and if it is determined that the output destination of the print queue is the remote printer, ends install processing without making an update request for the print queue to the operating system. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200878 | TERMINAL DEVICE - A communication device has a process unit, a network interface, a communication interface, an interface control unit, a device control unit, and a relay unit. The network interface communicates with a terminal device connected to a network. The communication interface communicates with a locally connected peripheral device. The interface control unit controls the communication interface and transmits control data to the peripheral device, the control data being for controlling the peripheral device. The device control unit generates the control data for the peripheral device in accordance with an instruction entered from the processing unit, and transmits the control data to the interface control unit. The relay unit extracts the control data for the peripheral device from a packet received by the network interface, and transmits the control data to the interface control unit. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200879 | PRINTING STRUCTURE OF MEDIUM SURFACE ON WHICH DOT PATTERN IS FORMED BY PRINTING, PRINTING METHOD, AND ITS READING METHOD - With the aim of realizing an easy and inexpensive method of realizing a “stealth” dot pattern, whose presence on a medium surface is not visually recognizable, merely through minor improvements in the existing printing technology, the present invention provides dots which form a dot pattern by printing these dots using an ink of any color reactive in the infrared or ultraviolet wavelength range on a medium surface on which a dot pattern is to be formed, for use with a dot pattern reading system that irradiates infrared or ultraviolet light on a medium surface having a dot pattern provided thereon, recognizes the dot pattern by reading the reflections of the light with an optical reading means, converts the dot pattern into the corresponding data, and outputs the text, voice, images and so forth contained in the data. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200880 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprising, a detector unit configured to detect an event that a user logged in to the image processing apparatus logs out, an query unit configured to be operable when said detector unit detects the event, to query the user whether or not to change a setting of a job under execution, and a control unit configured to be operable when the setting of the job is to be changed as a result of the query made by said query unit, to change the setting of the job and then perform a logout, and, when the setting of the job is not to be changed as a result of the query made by said query unit, to restrict the logout. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200881 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives print control information input by a user, a unit that stores, in a memory, the print control information received by the receiving unit, and a print controller that causes a printing unit to print an image representing an image to be printed on a sheet to be imaged on the basis of the print control information stored in the memory when a predetermined operation is performed. The print control information includes first information indicating whether the sheet to be imaged is an envelope and second information indicating the size of the sheet to be imaged. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200882 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A user setting generation unit generates a user setting by eliminating a conflict between print settings corresponding to a printer, and associates the user setting with a PPD file using identification information about the user setting to store the associated user setting in a user setting save file. An application displays a print setting in the PPD file and identification information about the user setting on a print setting dialogue. When identification information has been selected, the application passes identification information to a PS filter program, and the PS filter program makes a print setting using a user setting that is stored in a user setting save file and is associated with the identification information. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200883 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Disclosed is a system in which a device which can measure a power consumption amount and a management apparatus which manages the device are connected to a network. In the device, a power consumption amount of the device is obtained by a power meter, and whether or not the power consumption amount of the device was normally measured is determined. The device notifies the management apparatus of information which associates at least the obtained power consumption amount with the determination result. In the management apparatus, the notification from the device is received, and the power consumption amount of the device is estimated and corrected with reference to the received determination result. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200884 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a storage device composed of a plurality of storage sections for storing a job data to be input; an image forming section for performing an image formation based on the job data having been stored in the storage device; and a control section configured to control a first mode for processing an independent job data, and a second mode for processing a plurality of job data in parallel, wherein the control section is configured to control in such a manner that a storage section, in said plurality of storage sections, to be used in the first mode differs from a storage section to be used in the second mode. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200885 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing system includes a storage unit that associates and stores print job data and post processing job data; a printing unit that prints a code regarding the association on media when an image is printed on the media based on the print job data; a code reading unit that reads the code that is printed on the media; and a post processing unit that selects the post processing job data that is associated from the storage unit based on the read code and performs the post processing with respect to the media based on the selected post processing job data. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200886 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - Disclosed is an image forming system including: an output image reading control section reading an image formed on each of output materials to generate output image data when the image is formed on paper and the output materials are obtained by printing-out based on job data in which a plural-copy-execution number is set; a storage section storing output image data of an output material generated by the output image reading control section as comparison image data; a comparison section comparing, with the comparison image data, output image data of another output material generated after the comparison image data is stored, to judge whether the output image data is identical with the comparison image data; and an operation control section suspending an operation related to the printing-out based on the job data when the comparison section judges that the output image data is not identical with the comparison image data. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200887 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a file including a plurality of applications in a form of a plurality of separated data pieces, a detection unit configured to detect information indicating that an application corresponds to the image forming apparatus from the data received by the reception unit, and a control unit configured to, if the detection unit detects the information indicating that the application corresponds to the image forming apparatus, perform installation processing using data about the application received by the reception unit after the detection, wherein the control unit discards data that is determined as data other than data about the application corresponding to the image forming apparatus from among the data pieces received in the file. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200888 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A printer transfers print data received from a host computer to a cloud server, requests a response, from the cloud server, indicating an ending time period when the cloud server processes the print data, receives the response indicating the ending time period returned from the cloud server, and shifts the printer to a sleep state during the ending time period. After the printer returns from the sleep state when the ending time period has elapsed, the printer requests processed data from the cloud server, receives the processed data returned therefrom, and performs print processing on the processed data. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200889 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus outputs, when both bookbinding printing for outputting a book and a number of pages arranged on a surface of a sheet are set, a print product that a user can easily read by synchronizing an opening direction and an arrangement order. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200890 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus sends its own operation history information and trouble information occurred to a management server. In a trouble cause analysis system of the management server, related information is extracted from the trouble information, and a trouble cause is analyzed with use of the operation history information of the image forming apparatus. Then, information on a coping method for coping with a trouble is sent to the image forming apparatus. On the image forming apparatus, the sent information on the coping method is displayed, and test printing is performed according to user's selection. In the case of having a good result of the test printing, a user performs operation for determining the coping method so as to change to a device setting corresponding to the determined coping method. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200891 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS IMPROVED IN CONVENIENCE OF PROGRAM UPDATE OPERATION, AND METHOD OF UPDATING PROGRAM OF THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus improved in the convenience of a program update operation performed by a user. A CPU updates firmware installed in the information processing apparatus. Update information on the program is stored in a hard disk when update of the program is executed the CPU. Operation information on other programs which are not updated is stored in the hard disk. A console section displays the update information in association with the operation information, when an instruction for displaying update history of the program is input. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200892 | METHOD OF PLACING AN ORDER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING - In an image network system used for network print service which receives an order for printing or the like by using a communication network such as the Internet, there are provided a center server capable of providing service which is different depending upon points given to a customer according to an order track record, at a time of using the system, capable of suitably setting a storage capacity and a storage period of an image for a user without placing a burden on the user while importance is placed on an operational efficiency of the system, capable of allowing a user to upload images as many as possible in an album, and useful for prompting an order, and an image network system including the center server. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMPUTER-BASED POSTAGE STAMPS - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for creating computer-based postage that may be used on any date and with an undetermined addressee includes generating a request to print postage, determining the means for generating the request, determining the master serial number for label stock, tracking the master serial number and printing the postage. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200894 | WIRELESS SYSTEM-IN-PACKAGE AND IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL APPARATUS - A system in a package includes a printed circuit board and first and second SOCs. The printed circuit board is connected to a second circuit board mounted within a printer. The first SOC is mounted on the printed circuit board and includes a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives a first radio frequency signal from a low noise amplifier and generates a first baseband signal based on the first radio frequency signal. The transmitter transmits, based on a second baseband signal, a second radio frequency signal to a power amplifier. The second SOC is mounted on the printed circuit board and includes a baseband processing module and an imaging module. The baseband processing module processes the first baseband signal and the second baseband signal and generates a data signal based on the first baseband signal. The imaging module processes the data signal to implement physical printing. | 2012-08-09 |
| 20120200895 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to output the image data written in the bitmap format from an HDD without increasing the storage capacity of the DRAM, so as to implement the image forming operation in the high speed operating mode. The apparatus comprises an HDD that is provided with a first storage area and a second storage area; a conversion processing section to convert first data, inputted from an external environment and stored in the first storage area, to second data to be employed for an image forming operation. The first data and the second data are stored into the first storage area and the second storage area, respectively. The controlling operations for reading out the second data from the second storage area and for transmitting the second data to an image forming section are implemented in synchronization with an image forming timing, thereof. | 2012-08-09 |
